s,nn morxixo oregonian. Wednesday, xovesiber 23, 1010. LEGISLATORS FACE COASTWISE LINTR THAT YESTERDAY COLLIDED WI TH NORWEGIAN STEAMER SELJA OFF POINT REYES, AND FIFTEEN MINUTES LATER HAD GATHERED OF FICERS AND CREW Or LOST VESSEL FROM STORMY WATERS AND ABANDONED VOYAGE TO PORTLAND TO RETURN TO SAN FRANCISCO. Foreign Exchange 7 V MANY QUESTIONS .;. Washington Lawmakers Will :: Go to Ofypmia With Many :: Issues to Decide. "LOCAL OPTION IMPORTANT ; Hrnlts of Gmrrtl Election M Ideas f What Tropic Want to Way of Liquor Laws Hard 1 to Determine. . LTMPTA. W.ih, Nor. 2. (Spe cial.) Local option, good road, the In vestigating comm!tfei report. the 'lection ef a fritted States ."'Cilnr. the Improvement by the state of do-k and wbArTM In waterfront cities, the Improvement of diking of rivers that j y overflow durlnir the rainy ion, the I , redietrlctlnc of the atate. a new In ur- I anre code, aome rhanm In the nr l criminal rode. amenrinif-nTs to the f!l "rert primary law. con.llcratlon of th ', Initiative. referendum and recall "amendments to the echool code, the 4-extenaloa of the powers of the state 'railroad commission, how to aran each part of the state what It wants In the way of sr-v!.l appropriation, ; vlve the state officials and stale ln . stttutlnns what they desire In the way ' of Improvements and to k down the ..total bijdeet so as to reduce the tax levy, are Just a few of the qurotions .''to which the 1MI Washington 1-eKis- : i la t tire Is expertetl to find an answrr. ' ' The local option and rood roads j questions are entitled to be heralded ,,as "top liners." for both are coins; to i cans about as much trouble as the J. other questions combined, although ' lively row la In prospect over the re import of the Investliratlnr committee, '.the redisricting of the state and the i appropriation budgets. , . People? Arc I'ndocMod. II i. To act an Idea from the results of J'the general election as to just what , the people want In the line of liquor I 'legislation la alanot Impossible. Soma 'of the legislators are coming to Olym pit la favor of submitting to the pea- ; pie two years hence a prohibition con- iistltotlonal amendment: others want an ,','out and out prohibition law. so that .llf It Is found public sentiment la against the measure, the Legislature iean repeal It. whereas It would be al- i most Impossible to get a prohibition Vcaue atrtcken from the constitution. !ss It Is argued by those who want the l;prohlbltlon law. , Thera Is coins; to be a strong faction to fight for the county unit, while a J portion of this crowd will want the i. first-class eltlea exempted, while oth j;er wl!l favor allowing; second and . , thlrd-claaa eltlea to ba units. Oa top of this will coma the battle ;,.f th larger eltlea for mora -home roie. nowara Taylor. of Xing 'j;rooty, who claims to have the wrlt t.tea Pledges of St Kepubllran house J members who will support him for , .speaker. Is an open advocata of letting 'the present local option law stand and be tried out Cor annth.. . ;' nSom. predict that out of It all will J;oome a liquor bill weaker than the .present local option law; others de clara that tht result will be prohibi tion, a ad aome look for the present lsw to stand. In any event the liquor JV4etlon la bound to stir up trouble. Convention to Ictermin. - Tha Wall Walla convention of the ..Washington Good Roads Association .will la a measure determine whether the state aid road law is ti atand or fall this Winter, and at that place It will be determined whether tha plan of Samuel Hill for a UOO-mlla hlgh- way around tho state win be accepted r rejected by the good road enthual eate. The good roads fight afflicts the Legislature. like the poor do so. jjclrty. according to the Bible. ; Thera may. but It la hardly likely. fight ensue from the election of the - United States Senator, allies Polndex. tar. representative from the Third dls - trlct. received such an overwhelming ; vote at the primaries that he will no .doubt get practically all of the Kepub. lican votea In the Legislature. Hrprn.e Avenue Opened. Wben King and Pierce Countlea . combined In 10 aad put through a bill carrying an appropriation pf S0. .CTO for the Improvement of the Puyal- 4,up ana ntuca itivers. they opened an Avenue ror spending money that may . wi me siaie minions or dollars. Kv . ery county west or the Cascades that .-nae any aina of stream that ov.r. flows In the wet season wanta the state to build dikes for the protection of me towianaa. ana on top of this. Ever- ii nas siariea a crusade to have tha iaie improve municipal waterfront property by building docks and t wnarves. j. Taken as a whole, the 111 session vi ma nasnington Legislature prora - tsea to be fairly exciting and If urh section gets the appropriations dairv " mvmoers or ine Legislature. who broke all records by appropriat ing llv.OOO.OOO. wl;l be "mere pikers" "' compared to the enthusiastic 1111 legislators. PENSIONS ARE ADVOCATED ft - ' Jtesoiauons I rg C onxress to Pro- yide for Aged CItII her rice .Men, Tesolutioca requesting the pasHage by Conereaa of a bill providing for an an rertty or pecelon to civil service employes oi the government when they rvach the ere where their efficiency ao workrra nees:atesi their retirement. as p.-sed last night at a Diaaa meeting of cltizena angl government empluea held In the T. 3 C A. The revolutions t-re Introduo 1! by A. II. Iorera The only person taking , an opnonta view to tha purposes of the resolution aa rr. J. D. Wetherbee. Those favoring tla plan sugcealed asre Kav. J. U. Cud-IW-r. of the .;race M. K. church, and Kev. H Nelson Allen ef the liaaihorne Itcp-b)-tertan church. It claimed for the prepared rreulutlons that a penei-in sys tem would benefit the service by tha Lei'.natlon of thoee Impaired by age. In troduce younsvr pvrsons. attrai-t a better c-i of empioyea on account of the pro vhyon for old ate and create an Incen tive for the employe to do his level beat. T resolutions opposn the contributory plan unices congresa provided an Increase In pay sufficient to meet such contribu tion 3 Pastor Com mils Suicide. 'itTA. Iowa. Nor. JI. Rev. J. O. TCtndstrom. pastor of the Swedish Lu theran Church tore, killed blmsaif. cutting hie throat with a rasor this corning:. Jt la believed he waa Insane. z ... . x STOIlPil UNSPENT, SURGES IN NORTH Gale Now Centered Off Coast of Washington and Brit ish Columbia. DANGER OF FLOODS FELT Fleet of Vesaels Still Hues Mouth of ColumMa, 1'nable to Jct In ftlde iovernnient Stations Hj Warnins; Slgnalv Although the. heavy gale which be Ban last Friday showed signs ot dl mlnlshlna; Monday, It whipped up the North Taclflc Coast with renewed vigor yesterday. Its seventy was felt most off the coast of Washington and British Columbia, although a 78-mlle wind raged for a time off the Oregon coast. Storm warnings were displayed along the North Coast. 'Although the storm Is concentrated on Washington and British Columbia, tha danger to ship ping ail along the coast Is not yet over. Ships of the halibut fleet scurried to shelter at Seattle and other craft sousrht safe harbors. Although shifts of the gale have been reported, there were no indications last eight that tha storm was abating. KalnfaU Is Heavy. Tha rejuvenated gale was accompa nied by heavy rain, which did consid erable damage on land, particularly In Washington. At Grays Harbor the floods ware most menacing and near Brlllngham. on the coast line of the Great Northern, a bridge was washed out. Telegraph and telephone lines uffered and trains ware delayed. No disaster at sea on the North Coast was reported yesterday. but It Is known that many vcssuls were out In It. having a severe tussle with the ele ments. Several vessels are still hug ging tha mouth of the Columbia, wait- ng for a lull that win enable them to scoot over tha bar to a plat a of safety. In Tortland. the wind was not felt. but .It Inches of rain fell. The Willam ette Klver Is rising and the Installa tion of the lift span of the Hawthorne brldke has been postponed on that ac count. Utvcre Rlalna; Rapidly. Rivers and creeks throughout Oregon and Washington are rising rapidly and ranchers are hurriedly driving their stock out of lowlands, fearing a damag ing flood. Brisk breeses from the southeast that were registered at North Head at U miles an hour at I o'clock yesterday morning. Increasing to ;s miles at t o'clock and 29 miles at o'clock, gained rapidly In velocity up to 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when a terrific gale was reported that whipped BIO CARRIER THAT FIGURED RAMMED AND SUNK mm f5Sl.i STKAMtll BEAVER, OF along the coast at 7S miles an hour, with no indications of abatement. Unable to gain Jhe entrance to the Coumbla Klver because of the tempest uous weather, a fleet of five vessels, the steamers Maverick, Thomas I. Wand, Rosccrans. Qulnault and Coaxter, all bound here from San Francisco, were reported off there late In the after noon, while there waa but one vessel, the Johan Poulsen, to crovs out. Late last night general Information received by the Weather Bureau was to the ef fect that the gale had shifted and was blowing more from the south, varying to the southwest, and there are pros pects that with a cessation of the off shore wind the steamers could gain shelter inside. Ob.-ervntlons Are Taken. For 12 hours the blow was heavy and the Indications were such at 9 o'clock in the morning that special observa tions were ordered taken In the dis trict and those from Tutoosh, Seattle. Spokane, North Head and Roscburg showed that the storm waa heading for the Washington Coast and warnings were ordered dir;lnycd at Astoria. North Heud and the Point Adams Life. saving Station. At 1 1 o'clock the warn ings were extended to Marshflcld. while to the North they wcra displayed over the entire Washington Coast and the i'ugct bound territory. At 5 o clock Marshflcld reported that the gale waa blowing at to miles an nour, out that was merely' an estimate as that station Is not equipped to ac curately ascertain the velocity. Wires to Tatoosh were down when the hour for late reports arrived and no addi tional Informutton was obtained bear ing on the course of the storm. Locally little damage was sustained, but at the mouth" ot the Columbia s portion or the North Jetty suffered, a few piles being carried away, while the outer Jetty buoy shifted. Com mander J. M. Elllcott had been ap prised of no damage to aids to navi gation on the coast north or south of the river, but a day or two would be required for such messages to reach him. Houseboat's Moorings Part. In the harbor, a houseboat waa washed from Its moorings above the bridges and lodged against the dock of ha Union Bridge & Construction Com pany, built for the KHSt side pier of the new H;rrlman crossing. It was owed to tha East Side last evening after Inquiries failed to locate the owner. Secretary Seizor, of the cor poration, said that the bridge founda tion work had suffered none from the storm and that the only danger an ticipated was that rapidly rising wat ers would hamper the work. Tha lighthouse tender Manzanlta waa ordered to leave Puget Sound for As toria and shift the outer Jetty buoy at Grays Harbor, but late yesterday she had made no move, as tne storm held her within the harbor. The Willamette and Its tributaries re rising and small drift was run ning In the river all of yesterday. The stream has not reached a stage that causes any apprehension and it is prob able that with interrupted rainfall there will be no heavy freshet. Tho total precipitation yesterday was .45 of an inch, measured from S o'clock In the morning to & o'clock last eve ning, while tho rainfall for the previ ous 11 hours waa .13 of an Inch, mak ing .68 of an Inch for 24 hours. Postmasters Are Appointed. OREOOXIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash, tngton. Nov. 22. The following post masters have been appointed: Prom ise. William Ran nor; Rome, Urover C. Fretwell. Ernest E. Scott has been appointed rural carrier on route 2 at Central Point. IN PORTLAND'S FAR EASTERN COMMERCE, WHICH IN PACIFIC WITH VALUABLE MERCHANDISE CARGO. " TV KORWKCIA.K ITKlSICil SKUA. , i. : v- ".h V t 4 -VS f OU Si.-JS' ( SAW rRA.NClSCO A fOHTLAXD STKAMSUUP COMPANY'S PLBET. STEAMER BEAVER SINKS FREIGHTER Tramp Liner Selja Goes Down in Fog Off California Coast. SMOOTH SEA AIDS RESCUE Craft, Bound for Portland. Puts Back Into San Francisco Port With Bow Plates Smashed and Leaking Slightly. (Continued From First Page.) the nprk of discharging begins, It la not known what shipments were billed for Portland. There was waiting the Selja the largest cargo of wheat, flour and goods that she ever carried auross the Pacific, for during the time of her char ter she did not carry a deadweight cargo. She has been loaded fully on a measure ment basis, and It was estimated that with her bunker supply aboard she could handle 6700 tons deadweight. The question of replacing the Selja will be decided at the San Francisco head quarters. R. F. Schwerin, lieud of the Pacific .Mall and allied Uarrtman water lines, is said to he en route home from the Orient on the liner Manchuria, and is expected early In Pecember. It is probable that the matter of chartering another carrier will be deterred until his arrival. Tonnage available at San Francisco controlled by the Pacific Mall would not be fitted for the- demands of the Portland-Oriental service, as "such steamers as the Artec would be too small to succeed a carrier of the Selja's ca pacity. STEAMER BEAR REACHES PORT Kevero Mead Winds Cause Delay of SO Hours to South. Havinar weathered the southeast gale that has been sweeping the Coast since Saturday morning, the steamer Bear, of the San Francisco & Portland Steamshln Company, poked her nose Into the Oolden Oate yesterday morn ing aSout 8 o'clock, over 20 hours be hind schedule. It Is the opinion of marine men that Captain Nopander arrived off the entrance during tha night and lay to until daylight. General Agent J. Walter Ransom re ceived a telegram yesterday. Inform, lng him of the safe aVrival of tha steamer and stating that she has sus tained no damage. Severe head-winds alone were attributed as the reason of her delay and It is promised that she will be on schedule when sne again re ports here, December S. Higher Velocity Reported. ASTORIA. Or.. Nov. 22. (Speclal.)- The arala. which slackened materially WAS e i -.,Jf. v . 1. yesterday, eame up again today and at one time this afternoon the wind at North Head attained a rate of 64 miles an hour. This evening It had dropped to a SO-mlle rate and the barometer started to go up. The bar is rough and the steamer Johan Poulsen was tho only craft that crossed out. LIME EXPLODES, CAUSING FIRE Rain Starts Blaze In Montesano, Carnegie Library Threatened. MONTESANO. Wash., Nov. 22. Spe cial.) Heavy rain today caused a barrel of unslacked lime to explode, setting Are to tho warehousa in which it waa stored. During the fire the Carnegie library was threatened with destruction, but - It was caved. Lightning also pleyed some freak tricks, twisting trees in Itnots and affecting elec trical appliances. It was expected that the storm would sbata today, but tha rein was heavier than yesterday JAP TRAINING SHIPS 111 PACIFIC FLEET WEICOSIES VIS ITORS TO SAX FRANCISCO. After Four Days' Celebration Squad- ron 'W ill Sail Down Coast a Far as Panama. BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2Z Welcomed by ealutes from the big gun of the Presi dio and the American cruisera anchored in the the harbor, a Japanese training squadron, arrived here to today. The squadron consists of the cruisers Areuna and Kasagi, and is In command of Kear Admiral Rokuro Yashiro. M. Tanaka is in command of the Awuma and K. Vamajl is captain of the Koaagi. Tho Paciflo fleet, in command of Rear Admiral Barry, has been anchored in the bay since yesterday awaiting the coming of the Japanese fleet. Salutes and visits were exchanged between the two fleets as soon as the visitors came to anchor in Man O'War 'row. The Japanese quarter of the city is gaily decorated in honor of the visiting sailors and the officers and men of the fleet will be entertained extensively while they , are in this port. The Japanese fleet will remain here four days, and after taking on coal will steam down the coast as far as Panama, stop ping at various ports on the way. Noonday Club Hears Address. Rev. Harry Leads, Pastor of the Mlspah Presbyterian Church, addressed the Noon Day Club of the Southern Pacific Shops. South Bast Side, yesterday at noon. James Ruddiman will talk today at noon. Tho club is composed of shop men who deeire to Improve themselves by listen ing to addresses and by the scientific, publications the club receives. There usually is an address by a rammer and a talk on some practical topic Wednes day. 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During the forenoon, ranch time was taken up In the discussion of the edu rational bill, and because of the equal division in the convention, no progress could be met do on the disposition of the provision for the segregation of white and negro children. There were half a dozen tie votes, but when the body reconvened for the afternoon session the segregation was Anally defeated by a vote of 22 to 21. Chairman Moeur, ef the education committee, warmly espoused the cause of segregation. The present law, which remains ef fective, provides that school districts may segregate tne white ana colored children, if it is desired In that dis trict. Thatcher School Damaged by Fire. VENTl'RA, Cel., Nov. 12 The main school, the recitation building and the The greatest crisis in a woman'a life is when first she becomes a mother. 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