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VOL. L.III XO. 16,J.Jb. - i 00 OR MGRE DEAD IN CYCLONE'S VAKE Central and Southern States Swept. PROPERTY DAMAGE MILLIONS Wire and Train Service De moralized by Gale. ALABAMA IS HIT HARDEST 6torm, Which Is Billiard In Illinois and Indiana, Is Tornado in South Buildings Toppled and Occupants Sleet Death. CHICAGO, March (Saturday.) Mora than 0 persons are reported killed and hundreds are Injured, some of them seriously, by a storm of tor nado Intensity which raged over cen tral, western and southern and parts of eastern states yesterday. Property damage will run well Into the mil lions. Definite Information has been re ceived accounting for more than 40 per sons dead, with reports from points temporarily cut off from wire com munication by the storm adding1 hourly t the list. Iteports from Alabama show the loss t.f life was heaviest in that state, the number of dead there being already planed at 2S. Two are dead in Indiana, two in Tennessee, three in Ohio, two In New York, one in Michigan and two In ' Louisville. Mat of Injured Large. Accompanying the death list are es timates of Injured totaling more than 100, with additions coming in at brief Intervals. The greatest loss of life Is reported from Lower Peach Tree, Ala... where a cyclone which struck that place demolished the town and killed 17 persons. Seventeen of the dead are white persona. Thirty-two were hurt, some fatally, by the twister, which did property damage estimated at 130.000 and then swept on to Fulton. Ala where to persons were Injured, but none killed. Falling Buildings Kill Many. The storm swept with great fury over a dozen states, left In its wake a long train of death. At Poplar BlufT, Mo, Ave persons were killed and 60 Injured In the crash of falling build ings, while at Hoxte. Ark, one was killed and C3 persons Injured and the town virtually wiped out. A big hotel In the course of construction was blown down and the roof was thrown on an other building, crushing it and injuring a dozen occupants. The railway sta tion was destroyed and an adjacent brick building flattened. Three stores were blown down and the school build ing wrecked. When the cyclone had departed It left a path half a mile wide swept virtually clean through the cen ter of the town. At Saline. Is. another was killed and heavy damage done, not only in Saline, but In GIbbsland. a town In the same parish. Storm Arises Suddenly. Coming up out of the southwest early Friday morning. Just as Spring was ushered in. the storm swept with stun ning suddenness diagonally across the country from Northern Texas to West ern Pennsylvania and Eastern New York, bisecting the Mtaslsslppl Valley and moving northward across the Ohio Into the Great Lakes region. Shifting winds of great violence, ac companied in various sections by snow, sleet and hall, characterized the storm, easily the most destructive of the year. Buildings toppled before the blow In nearly a dozen states and death lay In Its wake. The property loss was great and the wind, rain, hail and sleet did serious damage to crops. Estimates of dam age to property from Indiana and Mich igan alone aggregate $.000,090, about evenly divided. Early reports of loss ranging from $:50.000 to 1500.000 or moro from sections of the storm region indicated that the total would reach large figures. Wires Are Prostrated. Wires fell In all directions. Not in many years has th-re been such a pros tration of telegraph and telephone service. Chicago was cut off for hour from communication with points East. It will be several days before normal service Is restored. Railroad traffic was seriously delayed in many districts where wire communication was crippled and washouts occurred. Throughout the day there were prac tically no Western Union wires working out of Chicago. The same was true of the Postal company, but strenuous work managed to get several wires of each company working at Intervals by night fall. Train service was delayed In all di rections. Street Traffic Snape-aded. In Chicago many trolley lines were tied up by fallen power wires or by poles falling across the streets. Dur ing the tlrst of tbe storm street traffic was suspended. Half a dozen persons were reported severely Injured in Chicago as a direct result of the blizzard. Some of them will die. Suffering among the poor Is extreme. The tornado which swept Indiana BANK CLEARINGS PASS HIGH RECORD WITH $18,661,582 FOR "WEEK PORTLAND EXCELS SEATTLE. Gain Is 1 1-2 Per Cent Over Highest 5 lark Heretofore and Sum I $1,572,582 Over Sound City's. Portland's bank clearings for the week endine Thursday were not only the largest ever recorded by the Clear ing-House Association, but exceeaea h total of Seattle by .1.572.SS2. The agregate clearances for the, six days hkci Ktl with a gala of 14.2 per cent. The best previous showing was made In the wees: enoing aP , 113. when the total clearings wer S15.87S.500. The totals at Seattle reacnea Aa An.) ith m .ain at S4.B mt cent: at Spokane, ts.897,000. with a loss of 5.7 per cent, and at Tacoma 4.i6.uuu, wim i. .e 9 n. int The combined clearings of Spokane and Tacoma were less than one-nan or i-oruanu s The dally summary of Portlands clearances Is as follows: Prldsv z WKI.013 Saturday IT?? Monday S'T'iSl Tuesday stS?. Wednesday Ht?7' inuna.y Total i6,aai.sba BUTCHERS ASK LOW TARIFF Retailers Petition Wilson and Show How Meats Could Be Cheaper. RAV FRANCISCO. March 21. (Spe cial.) The Retail Butchers' Associa tion of San Francisco and the Alameaa countv Butchers' Exchange have sent & petition to President Wilson and the California delegation In Congress ask ing for a revision of the tariff on meats and cattle imported Into the United States. Regarding the price of meats In California the petition sajs. "Our associations have concluded Mniv h, wholesale butchers of this state are receiving the beneflts accru ing from prices which we nna are ex orbitant. "Information discloses that the .h.ti.tiA of easts to our retail dealers for meats which are available for Im portation from Australia, as wen as ... - with charsres of c.iuv , . - , - freight, etc, would be considerably less .i t.. ...hAriiiln nf market nrlces de- manded'1y our wholesalers, providing that suon importation cuum free from duty." SIGN DIVIDES ART CRITICS Some Say It Is Xaughty, Others Op pose; Mayor to Decide. War has broken out In Portland art olrcles among the liberals and the con servatives, and Mayor Rushlight has consented to play Anthony Comstock's role In order to settle the controversy. The trouble arose when a brewing .nnmnr erected a large electric sign near the east approach to. the Haw thorne bridge. The sign snows me hmt nt a woman and a little child. Conservative art critics, through wom en's clubs of the East Side, declare that the sign Is Indecent and Immoral. They say it should be removed. The liberal faction opposes this view, de claring the sign to be a work of art. Th owners of the sign refuse to re move It and now the matter has been put up to the Mayor for decision, both idea ae-reelnir that he is a qualified Judge of art and Its proprieties. ANTI-SPEED PLAN URGED Bumps In Paved Streets Will Be Tried as Preventive Measure. Bumps In paved streets as a means of stopping automobile speeding is to be given a trial In Portland. At a meeting yesterday of the street com mittee of the City Council. City En- a-nleer Hurlburt was . requested to draw plans for placing a substantial bump on Vista, avenue, wnere resi dents complain of auto and motorcy cle speedsters and where futile at tempts have been made by the police to bring the speeding to an end. The bump plan was suggested to the committee by C. E. S. Wood, a resi dent of tbe district. He said that a bump or roll running across the street would be more effective than all the policemen and police courts that could be brought together. OLD INDIANWAR RECALLED Companies Abandon Claims for Cat tle Taken by Sioux In 18S0. WASHINGTON. March 21. Echoes of the Sioux uprising led by Chitting in 1S90 were heard today in the Supreme Court of the United States, when two cattle companies which lost thousands of cattle during the Indian raids abandoned appeals from suits brought In the Court of Claims to recover from the Government. The Court of Claims held that the. Indians were not In enmity with the Federal Government at the time the cattle were taken, and therefore, under the statute, the companies were not en titled to recover. EX-G0VERN0RBLACK DEAD New York Republican Leader Suc cumbs to Heart Trouble. trot. x. T March 21, Frank S. Rl.irk. ex-Governor of New Tork. long prominent In Republican politics, died at his home here this morning. Valvular disease of the heart was t,t, nPrr.nx a A TTTRX. A Y. MARCH 22. 1913. PRICE FIVE CENTS. ; , CITY HAS 265,000 BY NEW DIRECTORY Work on 1913 Book Al most Completed. ESTIMATE IS CONSERVATIVE Suburbs Are Included In Com puting Population. MULTIPLE OF 2.25 IS USED Xames of All Bllnors and Married Women Are Excluded From List. Boole Made Smaller by Using Ditto Marks. Portland has a population of more than 265,000. according to the advance and unofficial estimates of the 1913 city directory, which will be Issued within a few days. Although the count of the names In the book Is not yst complete an ap proximate estimate of what the pop ulation figure this year will bo can be gained from the work so far done. As far as the work has proceeded, the records have registered their usual gains, say officials of the directory company. The rest of the volume. It is expected, will maintain the same pro portionate Increase. Estimate Believed Cornet. In the last three years the directory has reflected vsrlous population in creases and this year's work will have to be figured conservatively. How ever. It is believed the estimate of 165, 000 Is approximately correct. In 1910. when the Federal census showed the population of the city prop er to be 207.214, the directory publish ers said Portland and Its environs had 2T0.000 Inhabitants. However, it Is ad mitted now that the Government's fig ures were too low and that the unof ficial estimate made by the census di rector on May 1. 1910, giving the pop ulation of the city proper as approxi mately 225,000 was more nearly correct than the official figure. The following year the directory pub. n.h.n introduced a new method of estimating their total. Previously they had multiplied the nomDer or names actually In the book by 2.5. This fig ure represented the proportion of wo men and children not registered in the book. In 1911, however, the multiple nf t -jx was Introduced. This reduced the total materially, but brought about a result more nearly accurate. J.nis figure was 252.621. lla Directory Has 114,440 Names. Last year further reductions resulted by excluding from the book the names of all minors and married women. The (Concluded on Page 5) I INDEX OF TODAYS NEWS The Weather. DiiyTBHOATS 'Maximum temperature, 40 decrees; minimum. SI decree. TODAY'S Occasional rain or snow; not so cold; easterly winds. 1 orelgn. Constantine takes oath as King of Greece. Pace 1 Austria's relations with Montenegro portend ultimatum. Page 8. National. MeComfcs declines post of Ambassador to France. Pace 4. Domestic Aviator Eutro and companion have narrow scape In Golden Gate. Page X. Letter tells of Mra Eaton's convtotloo Ad. miral was Insane. Pass 5. Son or rebels plan to subjugate Canaaea. Page A Government proceeding eantlotisly tn Inves tigation of Frledmaan serum. Page 1. Insane passenger escapes bonds oa Coast steamer and disappears. Page 2. More than SO dead In cyclone In Central and Southern States, Face 1. Admiral Eaton regarded as Insane by wife. Page 6. Sport. Rain hampers Colts tn training camp. Page 10. MeCredle shuffles batting order for Beavera Page 16. 8tate bowling tourney opens next Monday night. Page 10. Pacific Northwest. Biting winds and continued snowfalls make Pacific Northwest shiver. Pago 7. Humphry, brothers will hang this morn ing. Pago 7. Increased burdens . of state Board leaves much state business to clerks, says Ol- cott- Page 7. New Oregon wool rates go into effect April IS. page. C Fruit men of four North Pacific states gather to work out details of selling agency. Page 6. Commercial and Marine. Large operations in Oregon hop contract market. Page 17. Retail trade expands at all leading commer cial centers. Page 17. i Yacht Bayoeean to be operated as excur sion boat at San Francisco Exposition. Page 17. Portland and Vicinity. New directory shows Portland has more than 265,000 population. Page 1. Johnson's role as Barbara Hare becomes hair-raising to him. Page 12. Portland bank clearings break all former records. Page 1. Rosarians write to 6000 property-holders In viting aid for Festival fund. Page 10. William H. Crane gives his secret to per petual youth. Page 0. Grand Jury begins probe on Tong war. Page 12. 1 Many vpolored eggs hidden for children's hunt Monday. Page 1. Catholic Women's league to give dance Monday night. Page 10. Portland-Seattle T. M. .C. A. membership contest ends tonight. Page 12. School of commerce of O. A. C and glee club take Portland by storm. Page 1. Woman mysteriously dies after drive with automobile party. Page 12. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 12. Booker T. Washington speaks on work at Tuskegee. Page 4. Clark County bridge committee confers with Multnomah men. PSge 12. MISSrPANKHURST IS FREE Authorities Fear IMrther Imprison ment Will Endanger Iiife. LONDON, March 21. Sylvia Pank hurst, the militant suffragette, won her liberty today from Holloway Prison by a "hunger strike." Further confinement would have endangered her life. Miss Fankhurst, daughter of Mrs. Emmallne Pankhurst, leader of t.e mil itants, was sentenced February 18 to two months' imprisonment for engag ing In a wlndow-Bmashlng campaign. She went on a hunger strike and the authorities pried open her mouth with a steel gag and fed her through a tube. WHY NOT ACCOMMODATE HIM? GOVERNMENT SLOW IN JUDGING "CURE" Serum Will Be Tested First as to Safety. OPINION NOT DUE FOR MONTH Dr. Blue Advises Public Not to Travel Far for Treatment. CULTURE FOUND TO BE LIVE Reports That Federal Officers Have Expressed Opinion as to Merita of BYiedmann's Tuberculosis Demonstrations Are Denied. WASHINGTON, March 21. The Pub lic Health Service, through Surgeon General Blue, Issued its flrst statement today relative to the Government In vestigation of Dr. F. F. Friedmann's alleged tuberculosis cure. The state ment, which emphasises the Govern ment's policy to proceed cautiously. Is as follows: "On March t the Secretary of the Treasury, on the recommendation of the Surgeon-General of the Public Health Service, caused a board of med ical officers to be detailed to make a thorough Investigation of Dr. Fried mann's alleged cure for tuberculosis. "These officers proceeded Immediate ly to New Tork and arranged with Dr. Frledmann for demonstrations of his remedy upon persons suffering from tuberculosis. These demonstrations are being carried on in New York hos pitals and will be continued until suf ficient information has been obtained for the forming of an opinion a; to the merits of the treatment. Safety of Serum to Be Tested. "Dr. Frledmann has submitted to the board a culture of the bacteria, which he states is used In his method of treatment. In addition to the observa tion of persona under treatment by Dr. Frledmann, the board of officers will make experiments to ascertain whether this culture Is, as Dr. Frled mann claims, harmless to warm-blooded animals. . "Considerable time will nfecessarlly be required to carry out the Investiga tion, but the work will be carried out as rapidly as possible. "In the meantime the publlo is in formed of the lnadvisabillty in the great majority of cases of traveling long distances In the hope of receiv ing treatment, as those selected for demonstration constitute only a small proportion of applicants. Ko Opinions Yet Given. "Certain statements purporting to (Concluded on Page S ' l 1 ' - - - , ..... ! PINK-EYED BUNNY PRIZE IN EGG HUNT TES THOCSAXD CHILDREX WILL SEARCH PLAYGROUNDS. Woman's Organizations Throughout Portland Are Busy Preparing for Easter Fun. A live white rabbit with pink eyes Is to be the reward in each of the play grounds of tbe city at the Eastern egg hunting contest Monday for the child who secures the greatest number of the colored eggs that have been hid den by the playground Instructors. The rabbits were donated by R. R. Rout ledge. The Hazelwood Company has furnished Easter confectionery for other prize awards. Eggs are being prepnred by the ciozen for the event and 'oy tonight the storage rooms about the city where people have been instructed to leave donations of eggs will present an array of colors that will shame the many colored coat of Joseph. Women at the Portland Women's Union spent last night coloring six dozen "hard-boiled" donated by the Sealy-Dresser Company. Fifteen dozen colored eggs have been promised by the Daughters of the Revolution and one of the members of the committee In charge of the egg hunt has promised a donation of 28 dozen colored eggs. In every circle of the Mothers' Con gress the women are arranging for contributions and Mrs. Stella W. Dur ham, of the committee on preparation, yesterday started an "endless chain" whereby It Is hoped that the stream of contributions may be Increased until there shall be colored eggs for all of the 10,000 children. Donations of eggs to be used in the various playgrounds should be left at the following stations: Washington Park, at Woodard, Clark & Co.; Brook. lyn playground, at Rowe & Martin's pharmacy; Sellwood playground, at Koutledge seed store; Mount Tabor playground, at Tabor Heights phar macy and W. H. Marshall & Co. gro cery store; Peninsula playground, at Castleman's pharmacy and Albina branch of People's Institute, at 73 Rus sell street, and Columbia playground, at Mann's grocery and the Peninsula Feed & Fuel Company's store. SISTERS, BROTHERS ELOPE Uncle of Brides Aid Venture by Tying Marital Knot. WASHINGTON, March Two tele grams were all that were necessary today to apprise two families of the marriage of four of their members when Deo F. and Townsend B. Titus, brothers, of Lucketts, Va, and Mary G. and Lucy E. Stonebruner, of Lovets vllle, sisters, from the same - state, broke the newa of their elopement and marriage here. They were married by Rev. Samuel Smith, of Pennsylvania, uncle of the brides, who romantically aided in the double elopement. "It's Interesting," said the marriage license clerk as he made out the neces sary papers. "In case of children, what relation would result?" "For goodness sake, spare me that,' Interrupted Dr. Smith, holding up an appealing hand. "I've been asked that before." The elopers, fearing parental storms, disappeared on a honeymoon and will return later when the situation Is calmer. PAWNSHOP IS BESIEGED Hundreds Fight to Redeem Pledges at Store Robbed of $250,000. NEW YORK, March 21. Three hun dred persons, many of whom had been there since daylight, fought to gain entrance to the pawnbroker shop of Martin Simons & Son today when the doors, which bad been closed since the shop was robbed of $250,000 worth of property last Sunday, were opened to admit holders of pawn tickets. The store was kept open until 4 o'clock, when only 200 ticket holders had been able to gain admittance. About 150 recovereu their property. The others found that their valuables were among the stolen loot. Some of them, Including several women with babies In their arms, came out weep ing. GOOD FRIDAY. IS OBSERVED Episcopalian and Roman Catholic Churches Have Special Service. The anniversary of the death of Christ was observed in various churches yesterday, the Episcopalian and Roman Catholic services being most impressive. At St. Stephen's Pro- Cathedral. Bishop Scaddlng conducted the devotions and Dean Ramsey gave addresses on "The Seven Words From the Cross." Roman Catbollo churches were stripped of ornamentation and deep mourning was used Instead. The ven eration of the crucifix by the faithful, and "The Way of the Cross," Illus trated by 14 pictures bearing on inci dents In the life of Christ, were sol emnly observed. SUFFRAGE FOLK BIDDEN Dr. Shaw and Mrs. Catt Invited to Attend Big Demonstration. WASHINGTON, "March 21. Much progress was made today on prepara tions for the woman suffrage demon stration which Is to take place on the opening day of tho special session of Congress. April 7. rit.notci were sent to Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, president of the Ameri can Woman Suffrage Association, ask inr her to preside at a mass meeting. and to Mrs. Carrie E. Chapman Catt. president of the International Suffrage Alliance Association, asaing nor to sneak at tho meeting. . COLLEGE IN Tl IKE TOWN BY STORM Commerce Students cf 0. A. C. Are Guests. GLEE CLUB MAKES BIG KIT Business Men Fete Students at Commercial Club. FACTORIES . ARE VISITED Future Leaders In Oregon's Develop ment Wind Up Day of Sight Seeing at The Oregonian Of fices at SHdnrght, Bringing with them tbe buoyant In spiration of the "college spirit" which took the town by storm the members of the Oregon Agricultural College Glee Club and students from the School of Commerce of O. A. C. wore guests of honor In Portland yesterday. Not only were the alumni and ex students of the agricultural college out in force at all times to welcome their undergraduate friends, but the business men of the city united to express their interest In the work of the state col lege by doing honor to the delegation of clean-cut young men whom It had sent here to represent It. At noon yesterday the Portland Copi mercial Club entertained the party at a luncheon at the club. C. C. Chap man was toastmaster and, In behalf of the Commercial Club. Edgar B. Piper, the club's preHldent, gave the address of welcome. Judge C. H. Carey and Samuel Hill talked upon the rela tion of the agricultural college to the state and the part Its students are to play In the future development of Ore gon. J. A. Bexell, dean of the school of commerce, responded In behalf of the students, outlining the work of his department and explaining Its 'aims. Glee Club Is Feted. The Glee Club was also Invited to attend the luncheon of the lleahy Board and at both this luncheon and the Commercial Club entertainment the hosts were entertained with some of the best selections in the club's reper toire. Harry Russell, the Scotch monolo glst of the club, also gave several songs. Throughout the afternoon, as guests of the Commercial Club, under personal guidance of representatives of the club, the college ' men visited the leading business houses and factories of the city. Members of the committee from tlie Commercial Club which entertained them were: Edgar B. Piper. Charles H. Carey. C. C. Chapman, Samuel Hill, C. P. Cham berlain, M. E. Smead, Fred Lockley, A. C Callan, J. P. Rasmussen, E. A. Pierce, John M. Scott, C. W. Stinger, Philip & Bates, A. C. McMlcken, J. R. Rogers and John F. Carroll. Fitting close to their season was the second annual concert of the Glee Club at the Bungalow Theater last night, in which the college men offered to the people of Portland the fruits of a sea son of successful appearances In "the best programme of the year." Encores Are Numerous. Well-balanced and harmonious were the voices of the singers and speaking of a careful training under Professor Gaskell, dean of the department of music From the first ensemble num ber, "Hark, the Trumpet Calleth." to the "Colleglana," at the close of the programme, the audience refused to be satisfied with a single encore and brought the whole club back onto the stage again and again to respond to its Insistent demands. Favorite among the "stunt" features were the songs of Harry Russell, who appeared In plaid and kilts In Scotch monologue, with a repertoire of Harry Lauder's best songs. He Is a big, boy ish chap, who smiled engagingly across the footlights and put himself on good, terms with the audience from the very beginning on such good terms Indeed that they would not let him get back to the dressing-room to change his costume for the finale until be had sung them half a dozen Scotch songs. Joy Scudder appeared In readings in the first half of the programme and, with the assistance of A. J. Wilson, put on an original mannlkln stunt In the last half, followed by a Norwegian specialty In the finale, which gave him the palm for versatility among the members of the club. Soloists Well Received. Soloists George Randolph Thomas, of Portland, and L. R. Johnson were both well received, and the O. A.' C. Quar tette, consisting of Thomas, Johnson, Canfleld and Jordan, won applause and many recalls In both halves of the pro gramme. Two pieces of rare -quality in the programme were the songs of Profes sor Gaskins. "If Thou Could'st Know" was followed In encore by Cornelius' "Monotone," In which Professor Gas kins was at his best, every tone In the song ringing sweet and bell-Ilkc to the very last. Lawrence Skipton, the violinist of the club, played Dan cla's "Bolero" with grace and expres sion and was called back for a first encore and urged by the audience with (Concluded oa. Page 4.) tOooCAUded oa Page a the causa.