VOL. LI 0. 15.954
REPUBLICAN RAGE
NARROWED 10 TWO
Choice Between Taft
and Roosevelt.
LA FOLLETTE BOOM COLLAPSES
Cummins' Never Launched;
Beveridge's Just Joke.
THIRD PARTY PERIL OVER
Colonel In Position. If He Ielre, to
Swing Larue Part of Ininirgent
Following to President
t Close.
BT RARRT J. TtROffN.
OREGONIAN XEWS Bl'REAC. Wash
ington. Jan. 11. The contest over the
Republican Presidential nomination
haa narrowed down to two men. Taft
and Roosevelt. The utter collapse of
the La Follette boom has taken th
Wisconsin Senator out of the list of
contenders, and there Is no other In
surgent who has sufficient backing; to
Justlfr serious consideration of his
name. Thus, the Republican ptrty
haa one candidate who la seeking- re
nomination, and another who has re
peatedly declared he Is not a candl
date for the nomination, but who haa
not succeeded In discouraging the use
of his name as a candidate to be run
aralnst the President.
It seems true that Roosevelt will do
nothing in the Immediate future to put
a stop to the use of his name by those
who prefer him to Taft. Therefore, It
la probable there will be two Repub
lican factions at the Chicago conten
tion In June one favoring the renoml
nation of Taft. the other urging; the
nomination of Roosevelt.
naoaeyelt Enjoys Mystery.
The attitude of Colonel Roosevelt Is
puzzling; to politicians, but that la noth
Ins; new for him. for he always delight
ed In keeping; politicians In the dark
as to his purpose and his plana, and It
Is only natural he should play the game
In his own way now. That he Is not
averse to the free use of his name In
connection with the Presidential nom
Inatlon is evidenced by his refusal to
make any move which would put an
end to the current talk. He evidently
figures that It would not be good pol
Itlca and. even from the Taft stand
point, this may be true.
The Roosevelt movement, vague and
Indefinite as It still Is. had a great
deal to do with the collapse of the
La. Follette boom. In the Summer and
Fall months It Is not to" be denied
that the Lb. Follette forces were
steadily gaining; ground. They never
reached a point where they could see
victory ahead, but they felt they were
approaching; that point. Whether they
were or not. La Follett.'s support be
(an to scatter as soon . i.K of Roose
velt spread over the rou:itry. and It
was not long; before La Follette found
himself leading- a feeble minority of
the Insurgent faction. The majority of
Insurgents, while friendly to La Fol
lette In a way. were not willing; to
support htm for the Presidential nomi
nation, and the Roosevelt movement
gave them an opportunity to demon
strate their lack of confidence In the
Wisconsin man.
Caisaaslaa Boom TV ever Lanmrhed.
Now that It la apparent Roosevelt Is
the first choice of Insurgent Repub
licans, there Is no other Insurgent who
can force himself Into the fray and
command as much support as the for
mer President haa at this minute.
When Concress adjourned for the holi
days. Senator Cummins went home to
Iowa with the full Intention of pro
claiming; himself a candidate for the
Presidential nomination. He confided
his purpose to some of his friends In
Congress, and these same friends are
authority, for the statement that Cum
mins, down In his heart, felt that he
might be nominated. But the Cum
mins boom was never launched, and
the failure of the Senator to come
Into the fray la attributed to the rapid
growth of Roosevelt sentiment.
In Indiana there has been some
talk of brlnsing forth ex-Senator Al
bert J. Peveridge for the nomination:
in fact, he has been brought out. and
was Indorsed by l.overnor Osborn. of
Michigan, and by some of the Indiana
and Illinois political leaders. But the
Beverldge boom Is a joke, for Beverldge
could not carry his own state two
years ago. and It is said by well-Informed
Indiana politicians that he
could not secure more than one or two
Indiana delegates to the nezt National
convention. A man who s aa weak
aa Beverldge at home would stand no
show In the big field. Nobody takes
Beverldge seriously, outside of a small
circle of friends. He Is a nice young;
fellow, but not of Presidential size,
l.a Felletle ( haagra Fro at.
With La Follette down and out. Cum
mins driven back to cover, and Bev
erldge getting nowhere. It would be
difficult to And any other Republican
who would care to jump Into the race,
now that It haa settled down to Taft
and Roosevelt. The La, Follette people,
however, are trying; to cover their de
feat with aa much glory as possible,
and now they are attempting to make
1 1 iid ue pauiu0)
: . i t . ..i in lurmrfirnno iaaictc lnni n nuan nrnrTn
t
ftiirrniMPT nADCT. I
SLAPS ANGRY MAN
TINT WOMAN HITS IIAKD; BLOW
PROMPTLY RETCB.VED.
Mrs. Xellle Shaw. Recall 'Worker,
Corners Citizen When He Won't
Sign Petition How Begins.
SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 11. (Spe
cial.) John Doe. well-dressed, urbane
and possessing outward appearance of
class, came out of the Prefontalne
building, where he. had just registered.
Mrs. Nannie Shaw, ardent recaller. tried
to tell Mr. Doe why he should sign
the petition for the. recall of Council
men Blaine and Wardall. That started
an argument.
air. Doe tried hard to edge out, but
Mrs. Shaw cornered him. The Doe
person, according; to Mrs. Shaw, re
ferred to hnr In slighting; terms.
Mrs. Shaw tips the scale at 88
pounds, but when Doe made the ob
jectionable remark she bristled up and
said she would be Justified in clout
ing him on the cheek.
"Try it if you dare." yelled Mr. Ioe,
at the same time Jutting; out his clean
shaven submaxillary.
Five feet of outraged womanhood
crashed against Doe's chop so hard
that the ezplosion could be heard all
nv.r th olace. Mr. Doe then landed
a slap Just below Mrs. Shaw's left ear. 1
Mrs. Shaw said today that her tymp
anum tingled all night.
Patrolman Thompson dashed Into the
human whirlpool.
"Do you want this woman ar
rested?" demanded the cop. aa he gased
with pity on John Doe.
"Oh, no," responded Doe. "I couldn't
think of it"
And with that Mr. Doe. ducked.
In the meantime Mrs. Shaw and her
88 pounds of pugnacity ar1 petition
are still on the Job.
"I'd like to see. them throw me out
of the window like they said they
would yesterday." sniffed Mrs. Shaw.
TACOMA MAYOR MAY QUIT
Humor Is Illness but 'Knocks' Like
ly to Cause Seymour to Resign.
TACOMA. Wash. Jan. 11. (Special.)
Mayor W. W. Seymour, who Is seri
ously ill at his home. Is going to re
sign, according to a rumor In circula
tion today. It la said by some of the
Mayor's friends that he haa been at
no time particularly enamored of the
job and the petty kicking which aooom
panlos Ir.h'llty to pleajre all of th
people all of the time.
Being a man of Independent wealth,
whose time la worth more to him than
the 8400-a-niontb. salary the city pays,
the Mayor's friends say the office rep
resents a financial sacrifice to htm.
The Mayor was taken very 111 last
week, the crisis being reached yester
day. Dr. Edwin James, who is attend
ing the Mayor, says It will be February
before he can return to his desk.
In event of the Mayor's resignation,
the four Commissioners would elect
a successor to fill out the unexpired
term which was originally begun two
years ago by Mayor Fawcett. who
was recalled last year. Owing to the
Mayor's condition, the resignation ru
mor cannot be verified. Afternoon pa
pers give It credence.
JOHN DAY VALLEY SHIVERS
Pioneers Unable to Recall Period of
Such SeTere Weather.
JOHN PAT, Or- Jan. 11. (Special.)
rioneers who came to this region at
the time of the gold rush of 1S62 are
staying close by the stoves In the
stores here and combing their mem
ories for a spell of weather that
equaled In severity the past few days
In the John Day Valley.
More than two feet of snow fell here
within 30 hours and the thermometer
registered 14 below zero Monday.
Malls have been delayed and the
stages have encountered distressing
difficulties In traveling over the high
ways. Grave fear Is expressed for the
safety of ranchers living in the out
lying districts.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. Snow In the
Northwest has caused greater delays in
mall train schedules than for many
years, according to reports to the
Postoffice Department today.
The Oregon Trunk line has been
blockaded einee Saturday, but It Is ex
pected It will be open tonight. A
Great Northern train, due at Seattle
yesterday, is not expected before Sat
urday. Other lines entering Seattle
also have snow-bound trains.
CHILD GIVES BABY ACID
Three and One-Vear-Old Are Dying
When Mother Returns Home.
HUNTLEY. Mont. Jan. 11. The
S-year-old son of Mrs. T. O. Threet
found a bottle of carbollo acid In a
trunk while his mother was away from
the house last night. He gave the
baby. 1 year old. a drink, and took
some cT it himself.
Both children were dying when Mrs.
Threet got home.
BECKWITH VICTORIA MAYOR
Commission Merchant Elected by
Majority of 40 Votes.
VICTORIA. Jan. 11. J. I Beckwlth.
a commission merchant, was elected
Mayor today by a majority o 40 votes
over Alfred J. Morley. the Incumbent.
Morley haa held the office lour
terms,
. .. TivTTtnv 40 101Q PRICE FIVE CENTS
nnurr in nREnnv. KTJin.W. JAMIARY 13. Ull-s.
ISLETS
INFLUENCE CITED
Donor of Fortune Un
balanced Is Charge.
HIGH PRIESTESS DENIES IT
Architect Says Mrs. Thurstpn
Was Easily Swayed.
MILLIONAIRES IN CULT
Ex-Secretary to . A. G. Spalding,
Former Member of Theosophists'
Brotherhood, Tells of Exer
cises at Headquarters.
BAN DIKGO. Cal Jan. 11. (Spe
cial.) Deposition and testimony by
which the contestant In the Harriet P.
Thurston will contest seeks to intro
duce evidence to show that Mrs. Thurs
ton was weak-minded and was easily
Influenced formed the ohler Mature oi
today's hearing.
Theodore P. Leake,
an architect of Kingston. N. T who
had charge of the erection of a house
for Mrs. Thurston there, tended to
show that while Mrs. Thurston linen
Mrs. Patterson) was at Kingston, Mrs.
nt,.h.th Hut, wss her almost con
stant companion, and that Mrs. Patter
son was easily controuea oj
Hasty.
Th nnnuun was to show that II
Mrs. Patterson wss easily Influenced
by a woman of Mrs. Hastrs frame oi
mind, she would also be Influenced
by a woman of Mrs. Katharine Ting-
ley's powers.
Mother Unbalance. Sajs Soau
it.. ,nntini. rieorre L. Patterson.
son of Mrs. Thurston, maintains that
v ... wi. .,.,.. made her will she was
of unsound mind. Mrs. Tlngley, high
priestess of the Theosopnistr urotner
bood. denies this.
Arocng the depositions read today
was that of Ernest H. Jarvls, formerly
secretary to A. O. Spalding, the sport
ing goods manufacturer. Jaryla was
formerly a member of the Tneosopnisia-
Brotherhood.
He testified that It was Mrs. Eliza
beth C Spalding, wife of A. O. Spald
i president of the Woman's
League, a subsidiary organization of
the Brotherhood, who nrst iniroaucea
him to Mrs. Tingle"-.
Spalding's "Secretary Warmed.
t -.r..m-A to Mrs. Patterson-
Thurston, he told about her residence
at Tent Village and the visits of Mrs.
Tlngley and other theosophlsts to her
tent, and the Raja Toga scnooi cnii
dren brought flowers to Mrs. Patter
son and sang In front of her tent.
He said In substance In his deposi
tion that when he showed an Interest
i- D.tt.ninn'1 affairs he was told
by members of the Brotherhood to re
main away from her.
The deposition contained a descrlp-
(Concludd on Page Three.)
CARNEGIE "AND JOHN
Ml
CITY IS TO BURN
ITS LOVE LETTERS
BOXFIRE WILL BE MADE OF
PROPOSALS TO WIDOWS.
JIayor of tanta Monica Authorizes
Job at Request of Women YVho
Tire of Bachelors' Pleas.
i
SANTA MONICA, CaL. Jan. 11. A
small room full of letters, each one
containing some bachelor's yearning;
plea for a mate, will be burned tomor
row by order of the Mayor's advisory
council of women. Thus will end the
municipal matrimonial flurry which was
started accidentally several weeks ago
when it became known that there were
250 handsome widows In this city, who
held the balance of power politically.
The story of the ascendancy of the
widow here reached the eaxa of the
Oatman Bachelors' Club, of Oatman,
Ariz, which at onoe forwarded a pro
posal to marry the entire 250 widows.
Lonely bachelors elsewhere hastened
I to enter their offers and finally letters
began arriving by hundreds.
Chief of Police Barreto was swamped
and gave up opening the proposals of
marriage. All the letters were stacked
In a storeroom and all will be de
stroyed without even having been
brought to the notice of any mateless
woman, although some of the missives
contained stories of extensive bank ac
counts possessed by men who wanted
wives.
IDEAL APPLE IS SOUGHT
Walla Walla Valley Growers After
Best Variety.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., Jan. 11.
(Special.) In an effort to determine
the variety of apple best adapted for
production in the Walla Walla Valley,
with a view of getting the fruitgrowers
of the valley to specialize In the grow
ing of suoh a variety of apple, a com
mlttee consisting of H. D. Lamb, A. W.
Simmons and J. N. Stone, of the Milton
Fruitgrowers' Union, is today in con
ference with L. M. Brown, publicity
manager of the Commercial Club.
This action is the result of Mr.
Brown's talk before the recent meeting
of the stockholders of the Milton Union,
In which he told of the results being
obtained by other apple producing
localities of the Northwest by speciali
zation in the production of a few varie
ties of apples.
While the work of the committee will
cover several weeks, it Is probable that
the varieties chosen will be included
In the following: Walla Walla Valley,
Spltxenberg, Rome Beauty, Yellow
Newtown. Jonathan. Wlnesaps and
Delicious.
ROMANCE FROWNED UPON
Hazel Harvey, Bride of Japanese,
Warned by Juvenile Court.
SACRAMENTO. CaL. Jan. llfBpe
clnL) Miss Hazel Harvey, who was
married yesterday in Vancouver. Wash,
to Kay Walanabe, Japanese,, lived at
624 N street, in this city, with her
mother. Both she and her mother
were before Judge Hughes, of the Juve
nile Court, several months ago be
cause of the girl's association with
Walanabe and other Japanese, and
were then warned that if she continued
she would be taken up aa a delinquent.
Walanabe is a well-educated, pol
ished Japanese of artlstlo temperament
and was in the drug business here for
some time.
ACTUALLY THOUGHT HE HAD
CARNEGIE LONG III
IGNORANCE OF LAW
Sherman Act Never Ex
- plained by Knox.
DETAILS LEFT TO OTHERS
Legal Adviser, However, Urged
for Cabinet
V
STEEL TARIFF OUTGROWN
House Committee Told That Except
for Needles, Which Are Not
Made In America, Products
Need No Protection.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. Andrew
Carnegie, pressed hard today by mem
bers of the House committee inquiring
t, TTnlted States Steel Corpora
tion, admitted that he reoommended the
appointment of Philander c. itnox. tno
..nf R.retarv of State, as Attorney-
General In McKinley's Cabinet in 1901,
Mr. Knox having been one of the gen
eral counsellors for the Carnegie Steel
Company after 1890. when the Sherman
anti-trust law was passed.
Mr. Carnegie repeatedly had declared
before the committee that he
never knew that the participa
tion of his company In the steel
plate pool and other like pools was un
l.wrfiil. And Representative MoGilll-
cuddy, of Maine, sought to show that he
had recommended to President McKin
ley the appointment of Mr. Knox after
Mr. Knox, as counsel for the confpany,
had left him In Ignorance of the Gov
ernment statutes so many years.
Tariff oa Ralls Unnecessary.
Mr. Carnegie also told the committee
that he believed no protective tariff
was necessary on steel rails or steel
products, with the exception of needles,
which are not manufactured in this
country. He asserted that Congress
need have no fear that foreign rails
would flood the United States If the
tariff were removed.
An uncomfortable half hour was
given the ironmaster late In the day
by MoGUUcuddy, and he is to be re
called tomorrow, although be urged
that he be permitted to conclude his
testimony today.
"You said that you did not know for
many years the scope of the Sherman
anti-trust law," said Mr. McGllllcuddy
in beginning his examination of Mr.
Carnegie. "Between the years 1890 and
1900 you were the head of the Carnegie
Steel Company, were you not?"
"I never was Its head, not even a. di
rector," Mr. Carnegie replied." "I was
the majority stockholder, owning 64
per cent of the stock."
"From 1890 until 1900 you had attor
neys r Mr. McGllllcuddy asked.
"The company had attorneys."
"Was Philander C. Knox, the present
Secretary of State, one of themT"
"Yes, Mr. Knox was one of our attor-
(Concluded on Faze Two.)
SOLD ME A GOLD BRICK."
WOMEN'S WAISTS
WILL BE LOWERED
RETURX TO NATURE MAKKS
FASHIONS FOR 1912.
Turkish Toweling Under Expensive
Name to Be Extensively Used
as Trimming.
CHICAGO, Jan. 11. (Special.) New
lines and curves In women's gowns
were demonstrated today on 12 lithe.
willowy, live-models at the National
Tailor and Dressmakers' Congress. One
noticeable change Is the return to the
natural waistline. The Empire effect.
which placed a woman's waist between
her shoulder blades, is taboo. Sailor
collars and large lapels have also fallen
Into disfavor and all coats are to nave
a decided "cutaway" effect.
Tailored suits for Spring will not
vary much from those worn last Au
tumn. The short Jacket will obtain.
Long coats, except for motoring, will
not be worn. Skirts will fit closely
about the hips, but will have more flare
at the hem.
-Ratine, often mistaken for turkish
toweling, will be much used for trim
ming. Because of the name and its
popularity. It will be infinitely more ex
pensive than toweling, but the thrifty
woman will be able to use ordinary
toweling and be strictly in style.
Atlantic blue, is the new color. Cafe
au lait, parading under a new name,
is also one of the new colors. It com
bines beautifully with black. Black
and white, in tiny checks, resembling
an oxford gray, trimmed with touches
nt mil will be nonular. Tartan plaids
will be used to decorate white serge
and navy blue suits. Pongee in natural
colors with purple trimming will be
much used. Heavy laces will bo used
abundantly on tailored suits.
SHUSTER LEAVES PERSIA
Ex-Treasurer-General Says Persian
Commission Is Unfit.
TEHERAN, Jan. 11. W. Morgan
Khuster. the American recently re
moved as Treasurer-General of Persia,
i. tnrinv for Eurooe. accompanies Dy
his family and Edward Bell, Secretary
of the American Legation at -ieneran.
T'V. r, rr will nrOCC ed bv way of Battum,
on the Black Sea. and Constantinople.
Prior to his departure, Mr. snuster
said:
"After receiving an impolite and in
coherent proposal to turn over my of
fice, I notified the Cabinet, on Janu
ary 6, tliat the office would be trans
ferred to F. B. Cairns in 48 hours to
allow "me to get out with my family
before the roads were blocked by
snow. No action was taken by the
Cabinet, and I left Mr. Cairns in charge
and authorized him to transfer the of
fice to his successor.
"In my opinion the members of the
Persian Commission are entirely unfit
for the functions of treasury adminis
tration." 3
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TMTBRDAT-8-Maximum temperature, 41
degrees; minimum. 85 degree.
TODAY-a-Rain with brisk southerly winds.
No relief In sisht In Middle West, where
Dofortun. to Madam. Tlngley. cult
declared wealc minded. Page
XaaUtcnerf L is defendant U,
rr3 fiance, w.,1 put
up fund, la effort to save preach.i-s
Pag. 4.
National-
Republican rac. narrows down to Taft and
Roosevelt. Page I- ,
earnest, says he wa. long in ignorance of
lny" f Sherman law. Pag. 1.
insurgent, hadly beaten attempt to .v.r
rid. Leader Mann, rage m.
LorVmer tell, of his feuds with Chicago
ditora Page -
Pacific Northwest.
-ssss ornotf jsrws
murder charge. Page B.
Aberdeen Workers." quelled. agr.. to
truce. Page 8.
Railroad commi.elon hear. rat. que.tlon dis
cussed at Salem. Pag.
Slogan of "64-40 or Fight" echoed In law
ult at Vale. Page 7.
Orand Rond. Valley on. of mot prodnc
Uv. in country, say. Addl.on Bennett.
JobV. Buik. of La Grande, outline, po-
.1.1 t ..onH 7AZfl 14.
v. n n .n.l vicinity.
Kr.eutlv. Board fir. commute, .ays It will
look to Chief for enforcement of disci
pline. Page 9.
r.tialrman Selling, of campaign committee.
3lr rr. from every county .how
Oregon is strong for Taft. Page 0.
police to work overtime In endeavor to etp
ture outlaws Infesting city. Pag. 12.
Two Spokane and Inland Empire excur
sion, to vl.lt Portland In tour of West
Page 12. ,
County officials and big taxpayers to me.t
Thur.day to dl.cu.. tax .ltuatlon.
rasa
Record show. 1911 weather to have been
most odd in 40 years. Pag. 14.
Trial of Wild, for alleged embezzlement to
begin this afternoon. Page 13.
Chlneee Empire Reform Association prom
ises to raise rebel flag. Pag. Lfc
Sport.
Frofewlonal trap-.hooter. will begin tourna
ment Monday. Page 8.
Rodger, and Coltrin .ati.fied with 1912
alary. Page 8.
Multnomah Club .trengthened by addition
of boxer. Page 8.
Jforeign.
German .lections today arouse deep interest
in Empire. Page S.
Commercial and Marine.
Port of Portland decide, to publish map.
and plat, of Columbia Klver banrn.
Pag. 18.
Hop contracting i resumed In California.
Page 19.
Profit-taking .ales wipe out advance In
wheat at Chicago. Page 18.
Bear campalrn continue. In Wall street and
prices dacUna, Page
COLD SNAP BESETS
CENTRAL STATES
Mercury Falling; No Re
lief Is in Sight.
BISMARCK, N. D. IS CHILLIEST
Flickertail Capital Wrests
Mark From Medicine Hat.
38 BELOW IS DAY'S RECORD
Another Descent of Thermometer Is
Predicted by Government Weath
er Bureau Blinding Snow
storms Are Raging.
CHICAGO. Jan. 11. Another descent
in the thermometer in the central
states was predicted tonight by the
Government weather bureau which
added that no relief was in sight. Lo
cal snow flurries were promised. A
blinding snow was blowing about Chi
cago and 1 other places most of the
day.
Temporary relief was of short dura
tion. In Chicago the temperature rose
to eight degrees above zero and re
mained at six above at 9 P. M., but
elsewhere In the Middle West and
Northwest the mercury's tevel stood
from zero to 88 below at 7 o'clock to
night "
Blsmark. N. D., with 88 below zero.
wreBted the low mark from Medicine
Hat, with 82 degrees below at 7
o'clock tonight, two aegrees colder
than its rival, Havre, Mont.
At Duluth It was 20 below; at
Omaha, 14 below; at St. Louis, zero;
Marquette, Mloh.. 10 below; Detroit,
six above; Denver, four above, and at
Salt Lake City the temperature was
Just 32 above.
A drop to 10 degrees below at Chi
cago, and a corresponding decreasa
elsewhere in this district was pre
dicted tonight.
MOXTAJfA IS IX BAD WAT
New Slide Undoes Work or Recover
ing Bodies at Java.
TTTTTETTtfA font. Jan. 11. Malta. 60
below zero; .Havre, 82; Billings, 20;
Helena, 18, and Sheridan, Wyo., IS
below, are some of the low tempera
tures which accompany the latest cold
wave over this region. In the midst of
this arctic visitation, Butte had a
record of 20 above, and Gardiner, B0
above. Missoula's minimum was 24
above.
Prnirrcsa made yesterday in un
covering the snow plow and the bodies
of Engineers Allen and Brullhort at
Java, on the Great Northern road, was
undone today by another slide. The
snow plow Is said to be buried under
neath the snow.
-cxt.n. broken rails have been
found by trackwalkers on the North
ern Pacific, according to reporta from
Livingston, and westbound trains are
from 12 to 36 hours late Forty-two
Inches of snow fell in 24 hours in the
Bitter Boot Mountains in Western Mon
tana, and the snow plows of the Mil
waukee and Northern Pacific roads find
great difficulty in keeping the lines
open.
Stockmen in Southeastern Montana
are facing losses of range cattle. In
seme counties hundreds of tons of hay
is being fed to stock.
The weather bureau at Helena ob
serves no indication of warmer
weather.
SOUTHWEST IS STTFFERIXG
Kansas Towns Without Railroad
Service Appeal for Aid.
KANSAS CITY, Jan. 11. With tem
peratures the lowest of the Winter, a
snow falling and a 45-mile wind blow
ing from the northwest, Kansas South
ern Missouri and Northern Oklahoma
suffered severely tonight
Temperatures range from 10 to de
grees from zero. Trains in all direc
tions are many hours late.
Announcement was made that the
University of Kansas would be closed
until the weather moderated.
Appeals for aid are pouring in from
all towns without railroad service.
Shortage of fuel is reported from
many places. Five thousand persons
are in need here.
BLIZZAKD RACES IX ST. LOUIS
Freezing of Mississippi Relieves
City's Water Situation.
ST. LOUIS, Jan. 11. This city was in
the grip ot the' worst blizzard of the
Winter tonight- At 8 o'clock the tem
perature was 1 degree below zero, with
a 25-mile wind blowing.
The city's water situation was con
siderably relieved today by the freez
ing of the Mississippi River at the
chain of rocks at the intake tower. A
solid sheet of ice protects the intakes
from floating ice and the pumps were
enabled to force more water into the
reservoirs than was used.
Taffs Cold Is Better.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 11. President
Taft's cold was much improved today,
although, he remained in his study.