... WltTLAm OREGON. FRIDAY. JANUARY 13, 1911. PKICE, FIVE CENTS.
VOL. L NO. 15.tHJ. ; , -
lS LETTERS
ATTACK BALDWIN
Detective Wood Shows
Correspondence.
MRS. TURNBULL WAS SCORNED
Marriage Sought Even if Di
vorce Follows Quickly.
LETTERS CALLED FORGERY
PaNled Old Man foniM From Bos
on and Identifier Ixtnjr Series of
F.plMtes Mrs. TurnbuII One
of Baldwin Several Wives.
I .OS ANGELES. Jan. 11 With unex
pected celerity, the. attorney for Anita
Tumbull completed their cam In the
Baldwin will content today and counsel
for the defense. Immediately began their
effort to breuk down the testimony ad
duced to prove that Miss TambuU'a
mother. Mrs. Lillian Ashley Tumbull.
was Ltx-ky Baldwin's contract wife.
Tbelr principal witness Is James R
TVood. the Boston private detective, whom
Mra. Tumbull. during her Ions; atece on
the stand, repeatedly branded as a
traitor who had pledged his services to
her and then "sold her out.
Wood, a palsied old nimn of 72, all af
ternoon was busy Identifying as Mrs.
Turobulfs the letters which she previous
ly had branded as forgeries; perpetrated
by one of his employes la Boston. All
the letters were Introduced in the trial
of Mrs. Turnbull's former suit against
Baldwin for S7S,ox damages and some of
them wire relied upon by the defense to
controvert Mrs. Turnbull's contention
that she married Baldwin In 1SJI, by
sttowtng that prior to the trial of the
damage suit In ISM she herself had re
peatedly written the declaration that
Baldwin had betrayed her under the
promise of regarding her as hi daughter.
Woman Scorned Tolcra For jr.
One of the letters which Wood Identi
fied aa having been written to him by
Mra Turr.bull from Ban Francisco. July
1Z. 173, ppuk of the faint hop she had
that Baldwin would marry her and legltl
matUe her expected child. This letter.
Introduced in evidence on behalf of the
estate, says In part:
"Lucky Baldwin Is mighty stingy where
women are concerned, everyone says, and
If ha thought be could divorce his wife,
who really Is no wife at all (I hare heard
Imnet anyone can get a divorce In Chi
cago), and marry me to get out of this
srrapo any les. I am almost persuaded
he would do It. even phould he divorce me
soon after. Just to give our child a name.
Tou know. Mr. Wood, money can do al
most anything, and If ha will show me
and my little Innocent babe kindly con
sideration and give my baby a legal
name-, while I can never love him. I shall
always be grateful to him and let him
down easy, so to speak. .
"lis has succeeded In making fool of
me. an.l. If he Is cruel, as everyone knows
he ran be. he will find ma steel to deal
with. If I was a fool to let him get
around me. I will show him I am no
rheap fol. I shall aue him for tOOiOn
If he Is cruel and heartless, aa I expect
him to be. he will find one girl he has
ruined la his match, for hell hath no fury
like a woman scorned."
Witness Knew Several "Wives."
Jacob H. Wheatfield. of San Fran
cisco, a whisky broker, testified that
he first mel Mrs. Tumbull In Pan Fran
cisco la the cafe of the Baldwin Hotel.
"She tal with Baldwin at a table.
I wnt ovr to Baldwin's table. He
dld j.t recognize ma. but when I re
called our acquaintance, ha shook
hands.'' ha said. "He Introduced the
woman with him to me aa his wife. I
net Baldwin and the woman later In
the Cliff House a couple of times.
On cross-examination. Wheatfield
was not very positive as to tha Iden
tification of Mrs. Tumbult
"The features seem to be tha same,
he said. "There has been soma change
In her In IS years."
The witness testified that he had not
seen Mrs. ' Turnbull since 1191 until
this morning.
"And you recognised her at once."
asked Carln McNab, fur the defense.
"The features came back." answered
Wheatfield. "She Is Just about the
same, except for about 100 pounda ad
ditional weight."
Teeth Remembered 18 Tears.
"I recognised her by her teeth, too,"
added Wheatfield.
"Yon asked her to open her mouth
and let you see her teeth?" aaked Mc
Nab. "Ton guessed rl;ht that time." was
the answer. "When I met her In 1(91
we commented on her teeth. They
were very reguU.r and pretty."
"And you remembered her teeth II
years V
"Yea. sir."
Further questions revealed that In
liOl Mrs. Turnbull was a blonde. Now
the has brown hair.
To you know the real Mra. Baldwin-Lilly
Bennett Baldwin?" asked
McNab.
"I wouldn't swear that ever met
the real Mrs. Baldwin." answered
Wheatfield. I was Introduced by Bald
win to three different women whom
ha called his wives. I met a brunette
WW
tOoaclu4d Qm i'aae Z.
WOMAN AS SLEUTH
DAZZLES POLICE
BAXKKR S WIFE FINDS JEWELS
THEY HAD GIVEN VP.
Seattle Matron Conduct Search and
Kccovers Necklace and Brooch
Belonging to Friend.
SKATTLJ-i. Jan. 12. (Special.) Mra.
Joseph A. Swalwell. wife of a Seattle
banker, has traced down stolen property
which the police departments of Seattle
and Everett were unable to recover.
The residence of Charles G. Smyth, In
Everett, waa entered by burglars and a
large number of heirlooms and trinkets
taken. A description waa placed In the
band of the Seattle authorities and Mr.
Smyth offered a reward of "00.
Mrs Swalwell, white passing a Jewelry
store here two daya ago, saw a neck
lace which she had seen about the neck
of her friend. Mrs. Smyth. She Inspect
ed the necklace and discovered the
Smyth Initials on a pendant locket.
A telephone message from Mrs. Swal
well took Mra Smyth to Seattle, where
she Identified her property. Mrs. Smyth
then visited the Sesttle police headquar
ters and ai-ked to Inspect the dally re
porta turned In by pawnbrokers, and
found a description of a 1W0 brooch that
had been taken from her home. This she
recovered from a second-hand store.
LOYAL NURSE GETS $6000
Woman Who Attended Captain Gra
ham Remembered In Will.
OREGON CITf. Or.. Jan. ll-fSpeclal.)
The will of the late Captain John M.
Graham was admitted to probate here
today. The estate Is valued at 115.000.
The chief beneficiary Is Mra. Julia E.
Haskell, who Inherits S000 for fajthful
service, she having taken care of Cap
tain Graham during hla declining years.
Until the estate Is settled Mrs. Haskell
la to receive ISO a month. The bequest
becomes void if she remarries.
The remainder of the eatate la willed,
share and ahare alike, to the sons and
daughters Alden B-. Arthur W and
John N. Graham, and Mercy W.- Ander
sen. Anna May Morrill and Jessie E.
Fucha, hla daughters.
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NEWLY-WED LOSES PURSE
I lone t Stranger Returns Money and
Tickets for Honeymoon Trip.
EUGENE. Or, Jan. It. (Special.)
Louis Aye, of Eugene, owes It to a
kind-hearted and boneat stranger that
hla wedding trip was not sadly disar
ranged. If not prevented. While tak
ing some clothes to the cleaner yes
terday Mr. Aye dropped a pocketbook
containing over 150 snd two tickets
to Medford for himself and bride.
Consternation prevailed when the lose
was discovered, but the purse fell In
good hands, and was returned this
morning. Mr Aye waa married yester
day to Misa Margaret Hetlch, of Eu
gene. BILL COMPELS POLITENESS
Missouri Legislator Would Fine Sta
tion Agents Who Won't Talk.
JEFFERSON CTTT. Mo.. Jan. 12.
The tongues of railroad station agents
In Missouri may be loosened If a bill
Introduced In the State Legislature to
day by Representative Floyd Tuggle la
passed. The bill provides a fine of 125
to 130 for any agent who refuses to
answer any questions put by travelers.
Mr. Tuggle said years of rebuffs by
country agents of whom he had In
quired If the trains were on time, had
aroused In him a lingering longing to
get back at the "sphinx behind the
wicket.
WAGNER MEMOIRS COMING
Composer's Autobiography Will Be
Published May 1.
BERLIN. Jan. 11. The publication
of an autobiography of Richard Wag
ner, the existence of which has been
a matter of doubt. Is announced for
May 1.
In a preface, the composer authenti
cates the manuscript which was dic
tated to his wife. and directs that It
remain unpublished until some time
after his deatn. In order that others
mentioned therein shall not be embar
rassed. $1,000,000. WILL FILED
Seattle Founder's Widow Remem
bers Her Grandchildren. .
SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. II. The
11.000.000 will of Mrs. Mary Ann Denny,
widow of the founder of Seattle, was
filed for probate today.
The will provides that the estate re
main Intact until the death of the last
of Mrs. Denny's six children, when It
shall be divided among her grand,
children and'great-grand-chlldren.
COLD KILLS MONTANANS
Rabbit Hunter and Stage Passenger
Froxen to Death.
BUTTE. Mont.. Jan. II. The extreme
cold of the last two days has caused
at least two deaths.
Moses Klein, a homesteader near
Culbertson. was frozen to death while
hunting rabbits, and William Compton
died of cold near Rlngllng. when the
stage In which he waa riding broke
down.
EDDY BEQUEST TO
CHURCH ATTACKED
Lawyers for Relatives
Say It Is Void.
FORBIDDEN BY STATE LAW
Claim of Mother Church o
Scientists Contested.
$13,000,000 IS AT STAKE
Chandler Harris Taylor and Others
Cite Law Forbidding Legacies In
Excess of $5000 a Tear to Any
New Hampshire Church.
CONCORD, N. H- Jan. II. The resid
uary clause in the will of Mrs. Mary
Baker G. Eddy, founder of the'chrlstlan
Science Church, Is null and void. In the
opinion of ex-United States Senator
William E. Chandler, Hannls Taylor,
professor' of constitutional and Inter
national law at George Washington
University, and others .according to a
statement given out for publication.
The clause In question provides for
a gift of 13,000,000 to the First Church
of Christ. Scientist, Boston, known as
the "Mother Church."
Law Forbids Snch Gifts.
A statute of New Hampshire, pro
hibiting a bequest to a church of more
than 5000 annually and one of Massa
chusetts forbidding more than $2000
annually are the basis of the opinion,
which was written by Professor Tay
lor, formerly Minister to Spain. Ac
cording' to the residuary clause held
"null and void," the opinion says:
"As to the void gift, the testatrix
died Intestate and Its aubject mattes
passed on her death to her next of
kin under the New Hampshire statute
of distribution."
In the closing paragraph the opinion
advises the attorneys for the next of
kin 'that such agreements stand and
contracts aa they made with the testa
trix and her trusteea In her lifetime
bind tbem only "to recognize as valid
such provisions of her last will as are
legally valid."
Residuary Clause Void.
To that extent." continued the opin
ion, "you are bound and required to join
with the executors In requesting the
Probate Court of New Hampshire to ad
mit such will to probate In solemn form.
In order that all Its provisions may pre
vail, so far aa they are not forbidden by
law.
"After you have ao acted and per
formed every part of the agreement you
have entered Into, It will remain for the
courts of equity. Federal or state, to
construe the will. In order to determine
whether the residuary clause Is valid
or void."
Besides Mr. Chandler and Professor
Taylor, the signers of the opinion are
Attorneys John W. Kelley, of Ports
mouth, and DeWltt C. Howe, of Con
cord, who were associated with Mr.
Chandler as counsel for the "next
Concluded on Pace 6.)
'IF MY NAME
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The. Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 30
dogreea; minimum, 33 degrees.
TODAY'S Snow flurries; west to north
winds. ' '
Legislature.
"President of Wsshlngton Legislature, after
squabble, retained as chairman of rules
committee. Pace 6.
Dr. I'lamondon. superintendent . of new
branch asylum at Pendleton, removed
by estate Board. Page T.
Initiative and referendum Is before Idaho
Legislature. Page 7.
Fore's-
Eighteen revolutionists defeat 175 Dlas sol
diers In fierce battle. Page 1.
' National.
Advance In fselght rates suspended until
March 13; Interstate Commission may de
cide by. March 1. Psge IS.
Champ Clark defends Democratic action In
supporting Cannon in recent conteru
Page .
Ullbum makes argument for Standard Oil
Company btfore Supreme Court. Page-
President sends mesuge to Congress recom
mending Panama Canal fce fortified.
Page 2. '
Government will condemn block for Port
land Postofflce site. Page 8.
If President had investigated Irrigation
question personally. Oregon would nave
got millions Instead of paltry I925.00O.
Page 2.
West will gain by reapportionment. Page IT.
Politics.
Eaton forces may succeed In naming House
committees at Salem. Page 12.
Domestic.
Schenk's nurse testifies that Mrs. Schenk
did not love husband and tried to poison
him. Page 5.
Rotary clubs will hold 1911 convention in
Portland in June. Page 12.
Twin sisters, of Chico. CaL. elope with af
finities on same- dsy. Page 1.
Detective wood Identifies . letters he st-
trlbutes to Mrs. Turubull at Baldwin
trial. Page 1.
Taft asks House members to agree on tar!
I IT details. Page
Lawyers for Eddy heirs say bequest to
Christian Science Church is void. Page 1.
At farewell banquet President Harahan. of
llinols Central road, excoriates grafters.
Page 4.
Sports.
Chlvlngton sgsln heads American Associa
tion. Page $.
Changes In game laws to be asked by Ore
gon sportsmen. . Page 8.
Pacific Northwest.
Two trains burled in mountain snows since
Monday.. Page 1.
"Cunningham claimants" lose . "Washington
state coal lands. Page 6.
Woman as sleuth dazzles police. Page 1.
Thirty members of lower house adopt reso
lutions favoring reapportionment of
Washington. Page 4.
- Commercial and Marine.
Record of commercial failures in 1010.
Page 21.
Strong demand for cattle at Portland stock
yards. Page 20.
Wheat deecllnes at Chicago on heavy selling.
Pago 21.
8tock market unsettled by selling of Penn
sylvania, page 21.
Grain carriers ready for sea. Page ,20.
Port land and Vicinity.
Scottish Rite degrees conferred on class of
30. Page 12.
East and west line of Harriman system now
depends only on bond sale. Page 14.
Judge McOInn sorry he cannot Impose heav
ier sentence on "white slaver." Page 11.
Man found guilty of turning father, 80
years old. out into cold, page 14.
Council passes modified 'model" liquor "or
dinance. Page 16.
East Side residents favor ML Hood Rail
way franchise. page 14.
"First Paclflo Northwest livestock show will
be held In Portland in March. Page 15.
BLAST KILLS 5; 12 HURT
Store Destroyed, Buildings Near
Damaged, at Connellsvllle, Pa.
CONNELLSVILLE. Pa.. Jan. 12. Five
dead and 12 injured Is the toll of the
explosion that today wrecked a 5 and
10-cent store, destroyed the building by
fire and damaged nine other structures.
A score of shop girls and a number of
customers had narrow escapes.
One young woman was Identified only
by her shoes, which her father recog
nised. The bodies of a man and a wo
man were taken from the ruins tonight
so badly burned that they have not been
Identified.
The dead Mabel Grace "Wagner, clerk;
Chrlstobal S. Smith; Minnie juulae,
clerk; unidentified woman: unidentified
man, probably negro porter.
The Injured Include four women
clerks, two carpenters, Charles Loomls.
assistant manager, and four customers.
All will recover.
ISN'T IN THE PAPER YET, IT SOON WILL BE."
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18 REBELS DEFEAT
175 DIAZ FIGHTERS
Federal Force Is Forced
to Retreat.
20 KILLED DURING BATTLE
Regulars Charge Handful of
Enemy but Are Forced Back.
TWO OF INSURRECTOS DIE
Arrival of Reinforcements Enables
Valiant Mederolsts to Ketreat
to Hills With Their Dead
and Injured.
COMSTOCK, Tex., Jan. 12. For three
hours a handful of lnsurrectos 18 men
held at bay a force of Mexican gov
ernment troops, numbering 175, on the
bank of the Rio Grande, opposite this
place yesterday.
The revolutionists were surprised by
the government force but they immedi
ately occupied a strategic position in the
trail and coolly poured deadly fire into
the enemy. The total dead in the en
gagement, which continued hotly Until
darkness fell, was 20, of whom two were
of the valiant band of rebels.
Twice the government force, compris
ing 75 rurales and 100 regular infantry
men, charged the lnsurrectos, but the
latter, drawn up In the crags, fired so
frequently and so accurately that the
government soldiers were forced to re
treat. On one attack, only nine rebals
remained at the guns and withstood the
enemy, the others having been killed
or wounded.
Rebels Are Reinforced.
When darkness came, the lnsurrectos
were reinforced by 20 men, who had
been off on a raid, and with the assist
ance of this force, the crippled but
courageous rebels were able to retreat
to the mountains with their dead and
injured. Had they remained the super
ior force of regulars would, in the course
of a few hours, have annihilated them.
Besides the two revolutionists killed,
seven were wounded. E. 8. O'Rielly, a
correspondent with the revolutionists,
received a slight wound.
Twice the rurales charged the rebels
position, once coming within 50 yards,
but each time they were repulsed. Tho
correspondent counted 18 soldiers who
were carried from the field during the
battle.
"Forty In Original Party.
The original party of lnsurrectos num
bered 40 men. They bad been on a raid
through the country south of Las Vacas,
getting horses and recruits. , For two
days 70 rurales had chased the band and
Tuesday night the party went to the
river to water their Jaded horses, think
ing they had eluded the government
forces.
The next morning, 20 rebels started
for a ranch about 12 miles away to
get more horses. The company of ln
surrectos was discovered and mounted
Infantrymen were sent to the support
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TWIN SISTERS GO
WITH AFFINITIES
BORX TOGETHER, THEY ELOPE
OX SAME DAY, TAKING BABES.
When Husband of One Returns From
Renting Xew House, He Finds
Wife, Money, Watch Gone.
CHICO, Cal., Jan. 12. (Special.) Tak
ing with them all the money and Jewelry
they could find at home and leaving a
letter to their husbands, in which they
Jointly bade a fond adieu, Mrs. Charles
Rose and Mrs. Al Lawson, twin sisters
aged 22 years, last night departed from
Chico, presumably bound for Portland.
Their husbands, however, believe they
have gon to Sacramento to join affini
ties whose presence around the two
homes and aroused suspicions. Mrs.
Rose took with her a 2-year-old child by
a former husband, and Mrs. 'Lawson took
her two children, aged two and four
years.
The elopement was made while Rose,
acting under his wife's directions, had
gone to arrange for a new house, into
which they planned to move. When he
returned, he found a note written by his
wife in which she said she and her sister
were tired of housekeeping and did not
love their husbands enough to take their
hard-earned money.
Rose missed his money and gold watch
and has asked, the officers to apprehend
the pair.
PEARY'S CLAIM APPROVED
House Subcommittee Recommends
Promotion to Rear-Admiuil.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 12. Captain
Robert E. Peary, Arctic explorer, to
day was formally approved by a sub
committee of the House committee on
naval affairs.
The sub-committee at an executive
meeting, from which the two principal
opponents of Captain Peary, Roberts
and Macon, were absent, adopted a fa
vorable report to the full committee on
the Bates bill, which extends the
thanks of Congress to Peary and re
tires him with the rank of Rear-Ad-mlral
In the Engineer Corps of the
Navy.
Captain Peary is 63 years old, and the
action, if approved by the full commit
tee and agreed to by the Senate, will
place him Immediately upon the retired
list with about, the same pay $6000
as he Is receiving as a Captain upon
the active list, .
The report probably will arouse a
lively discussion, in the House.
PLAGUE SLAYS THOUSANDS
Manchnrls Being Fast Depopulated
by Bubonic Scourge.
PEKIX, Jan. 12. Bubonic plague In
Manchuria is spreading rapidly. Reports
reaching here state that hundreds of per
sons are dying every day and that the
number of fatalities is increasing. A
French plague expert has succumbed to
the disease.
The Chinese government has pleaded to
the foreign communities for assistance
In combating the epidemic and four mis
sionary doctors, one an American and
the others British, have volunteered
their services.
It was planned to quarantine the rail
ways and the great wall In the hope of
arresting the spread of the scourgo south
ward.
GIRLS WEAR OWN HAIR
Xew Vogue Is Ushered In at Salem
High School.
' SALEM, Or., Jan. 12. (Special.)
Rats, switches, rouge and powder were
absent from the high school yesterday
as a result of a decree Issued by the
co-eds themselves. They have decided
to dispense with all artificial aids to
beauty.
Yesterday's decree revived the old
fashioned braid, the large number of
the young women Inclining to the plait
down the back.
Court was held and all girls wearing
superfluous hair were fined. But there
were few violations of the decree.
7 OPEN POSTAL ACCOUNTS
High School Girl Is First Depositor
at Klamath Falls.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or., Jan. 12.
(Special.) Only seven persons took ad
vantage of the opening of the postal
savings bank here today and but $126
was deposited.
Miss Laura Nelson, high school girl,
was the first depositor. J. C. Stanley
was the last depositor With $61. An
other was for $60 and the rest for $1
each.
Local bankers expect no effect upon
the private banks of the city as a re
sult of the Government institutions.
CENSUS MAN IS ON TRIAL
Seattle Enumerator Charged With
Slaking False Returns.
SEATTLE, Jan. 12. Furman J. Shad,
a former Seattle enumerator, charged
with making false returns, will be
tried in Seattle. The papers in the
case were brought today from Tacoma.
Shad was indicted by the grand Jury
at Tacoma on October 13 on a charge
of feloniously making false and ficti
tious returns on a schedule of population.
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TRANS
BURIED
IN SNOW. DRIFTS
Passengers Are Ma
rooned for 5 Days.
SHQVELERS FIGHT IN VAIN
No Dining Cars Attached to
Stalled Equipment.
75 PERSONS SUFFER
Great Xorlhern Men Working With
Might and Main Xear Fielding,
Mont., to Rescue Trains,
Fearing Fatal Snowslides.
KALISPEL, Mont., Jan. 12. (Special.)
Two passenger trains, carrying not
less than 75 persons, have been buried
in the snow in the mountains near
Fielding, Mont., since Monday of this
week, and all efforts to get within ten
miles of them have been futile. Neither
train has a dining car.
Driven by a 70-mile gale, snow has
piled upon the tracks to depths that have
detied the strongest snow-fighting equip
ment of the Great Northern. The storm
has razed the telegraph wires leading to
the stalled trains and for two days no
word has reached the outside worldyfroxn
the marooned trains.
Armies of snow-fighting men have been
assembled under rush orders from the
headquarters of the Great Northern,
snow-fighting machinery that has hith
erto conquered the mountain drifts that
each Winter obliterate the railroad map,
has battered at the soggy white walls
that Isolate the passenger trains. It has
been useless.
Fight Is Kept Up.
Unceasingly siuce Monday night the
fight has been kept up. Division super
intendents, section foremen and laborers
and many volunteers have clawed and
hammered and dug side by side. Sleep
has been forgotten. Men have dropped
in their tracks. Others1 have Jumped to
fill their places. And still the snow
piles up, piles up faster than it can be
removed. Tonight word was given out
that the outlook carried little hope.
Railroad officials admit reluctantly
that the situation is the gravest in the
annals of mountain railroading. It
seems almost an impossibility to buck
the snow. What shall we do next? is
the only question that is heard at head
quarters. Fear of a repetition of the
Wellington disaster a snowslide multi
plies the anxiety.
Flour and Rice Food.
Flour and rice consignments were ear-,
ried on number fhree. "The Oregonian;"
one of the-stalled trains, and constitute,
the sole means of subsistence. Number
three is believed to have carried sufficient-coal
to last a week.
Rotaries coupled back to back, in pairs,
a measure that has been resorted to only
in rare cases, were sent out tonight to
attempt to bore into the 10-mile snow
bank. The bank was attacked from both
sides Whitegish on the West and Cut
bank on the East, but the rotaries were
compelled to return to avoid being burled
in the drifts.
Early yesterday, a relief train - left
Whiteflsh following a huge rotary. The
rotary was snowed in and it and the
train were compelled to return to White
fish. Two of the giant type of mountain
engine left Cutbank with two rotaries
this morning but had to turn back.
COLD WAVE STRIKES MEDFORD
Temperature Lowest In Years,
Portland Expects Xo Change.
Cold weather in the Northwest con
tinues, with the high-pressure area
spreading south. Eastern Oregon and
Southeastern Washington are in Win
ter's grip, although the snowfall in
those districts is light except in the
high altitudes.
The Medford district, in the Upper
Willamette Valley, was struck yester
day by a hard snow storm, accompa
nied by a Btrong wind. It is colder
there than it has been In 20 years.
Fruitmen believe that the orchards
will not be damaged, however.
The Walla Walla country reports cold
weather, yesterday being the coldest
day of the year. There is no snow on
the ground, and Fall-sown wheat is
in danger of being frozen out. The
cold wave has extended on south
through Eastern Oregon Into Nevada,
and, according to reports from Reno,
the worst snow storm In 20 years is
raging in that district. Rail commu
nication there Is completely tied up.
From the Canadian Northwest, Mon
tana and the Dakotas come reports that
the snow storm continues unabated, tho
mercury droping from 10 to 40 degrees
below zero last night. Train service on
nearly all the lines in those districts Is
blocked, and the situation appears to
be growing worse. It is feared that
there will be a large loss of livestock in
Alberta and Montana.
In Portland the weather yesterday
showed little variation, the mean tem
perature for the 24 hours preceding 5
o'clock last evening being SS degrees.
The weather turned colder last night,
and at 10 o'clock the mercury dropped
to 28 degrees above zero. Weather
Observer Beals predicts no marked
change-in local weather conditions for
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