THE MORMNG OREGOXIAX, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1914. CALIFORNIA STOH IS FATAL TO THREE Terrific Deluge Responsible for Drowning of Two Capital ists and Laborer. DAMAGE TO ROADS $500,000 Railroads Klther Tied Up or Seri ously Interrupted by Swollen Streams Cnldentiried Boy Keported Swept Away. IX3 ANGELES, Jan. 26. Three men two capitalists and a laborer were drowned; a boy was reported to have lost his life; many people were driven from their homes; buildings were dam aged, and steam and electric railroad traffic was either tied up or seriously Interrupted In Southern California to day as the result of the rain which deluged this section In the last 24 hours. The deaths were those of Louis Jones, a retired banker of Montecito; Hugh Spear Haven, a Chicago capi talist, drowned near Monrovia, and Iilco Rodriguez, who sank In the flood waters of the San Gabriel River near VhIttier. Mr. Haven, who had come to Mon rovia to pass the Winter with his wife, was drowned when he attempted to jump a storm drainage ditch and fell In. His body was found with his right hand caught In the woodwork of a bridge near the scene of his death. An unidentified boy was said to have been swept into the Los Angeles River and drowned when a cable upon whleh he had been leaning gave way. For ten miles along the Rio Hondo, near Montebello, ranchers were ma rooned by flood waters which reached a depth of six feet In their homes, forcing the occupants to roofs or to second stories. All were rescued. The Southern Pacific, the San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake and the anta Fe all suffered from the deluge of rain which changed ordinarily sluggish streams to swollen and menac ing rivers. Damage to highways In Los An geles County alone will reach $500,000. With the entire countryside literally soaking, the forecast for tonight and tomorrow was "more rain." Already the precipitation to date is 13.92 inches, or nearly twice the normal rainfall. In the 24 hours ending at E o'clock this afternoon the precipitation was 4.60 STORM HITS NORTHWEST by 12 Inches and 12 feet long and car ried It through a window of the Iron works Into the center of the pattern room. Nine Western Union poles were blown down and service was .crippled. Seventy-five telephones In Baker are out of commission today and electric light wires also suffered. The cornice was blown from the Courthouse, big plate glass windows were smashed by the dozen, several residences were unroofed, porches were torn from residences and in four cases brick chimneys crashed through roofs. The Standard Oil warehouse was wrecked, the city barns demolished, five cathedral glass windows demol ished and trees were uprooted right and left. One residence in South Baker' was turned around and blown into the next lot. One freak was that scores of bulb lenses in a big electric sign were un screwed from their sockets by the wind and scattered around over a Toof. DRAW BRIDGE BLOWN' OIEN Corvallls Homes Lose Screens; Wire less Station Gone. CORVALLIS, Or., Jan. 26. (Special.) Maroone.d on the draw of the new steel bridge across the Willamette here, which the wind blew open Sun day, was the experience of George Way, a Japanese, who started across when the gale was at its highest. Boat tenders braved the raging Willamette and closed the draw. This Is the sec ond time the draw was blown open. Screens were blown away, limbs of trees were broken off, old chimneys were razed and the aerial and upper 60 feet of the private wireless station operated by George F. Hess was blown off late last night. One of the last messages received was from the station at North Head, at the mouth of the Columbia, report ing an 80-mile gale. Heavy rains fell today. worst wind in the history of the town. Ranchers In various sections were. affected by the storm, some losing hay, which was blown away, while light land grain of others was blown from the ground. Numerous towns report small build ings damaged, some destroyed, while heavy rains or light showers followed the gale. The barometer at Astoria dropped to the low record mark. Indicating a ter rific gale Is raging out on the Pa cific Storm Warnings Still Out. Brisk to high southerly winds along the coast were forecast last night. Weather bureau officials said there were no alarming conditions threaten ing. During the day the highest wind at North Head was 56 miles an hour. The barometer was 29.26 last night. South west storm warnings were ordered con tinued at all stations In the district for 24 hours. In Portland the highest wind for 24 hours ending last night was 39 miles. It was from the east and southeast. According to the reports filed at the Merchants Exchange, no vessels passed Into the river or sailed yesterday. Rainfall Above Normal. In the past 34 years the record of 10.58 Inches, which was reported from the United States Weather Bureau last night, has been exceeded only four times. These times were January, 1880, 12.27 inches: January, 1883, 13.71 Inches: January, 1887, 12.31 Inches, and January, 1890, 11.13 inches. The normal rainfall for January is 6.50, and the normal for January up to this date is 5.43. The total rain fall since September 1 exceeded the normal several days ago. HOMES WRECKED, THTUEE HURT Bursting or Gravity Pipe Line Dam ages Tacoma. TACOMA. Wash., Jan. 26 Loss of about $20,000 was caused today by the breaking of the city's 36-inch high pressure pipeline from the Green River waterworks to the J-street standpipe. The collapse was the result of last night's storm, succeeding a slight fall of snow early today. For three hours afterward 5,000.000 gallons of water played havoc with nearby homes and streets, and train traffic was tied up seven hours. The city's water supply was for a time threatened, but emer gency pumps were soon In operation. Two weeks will be required for repairs. Several women and children were res cued under exciting circumstances from the rush of waters, which wrecked four homes. Six hundred feet of track of the Northern Pacific was covered by cave- Ins, shutting off all train service of the Northern Pacific and the W.-W. R. & N. lines south of Tacoma. Five hun dred men were put to work to clear the railroad tracks. Mrs. Nettie Foster, 2935 South I street and her babe of 17 months were swept Into the Gulch with the wreck age of their home, but were rescued. Mrs. R- Shade, living in the same home, was beaten down by the water three times and' carried to the edge of the uuicn. Mrs. Mary Classen, living next to Mrs. Foster, was carried across th torrent by neighbors. The home of Frank Llnck, 2922 South I street, was washed away and Mrs. Llnck and two children were badly bruised. The home of Irving Thompson, 2931 South I street, was swept away. Thompson Dareiy escaped. RAKER IS BADLY SHAKEN" UP Many Buildings and Residences Damaged by Record Wind. BAKER, Or.. Jan. 26. (Special.) une naraest wind ever recorded In Baker played havoc this morning with windows, fences, lumber, signs, chim neys, awnings, telephone and telegraph wires, poles, trees and several ronf. Reports from the country nearby r mat naysiacics were Dlown to bits, fences and telephone and telegraph puies oiown cown. About half the roof of th Bl Mountain Ironworks and part of the nricK gaDie iront were wrecked. Lum her in the Shockley Lumber Yaivl d Joining was scattered to and fro and the wind took one piece of lumber, one ASYLUM ROOF 13 RIPPED OFF Many Windows, Trees and Wires Damaged at Salem. SALEM. Or., Jan. 26. (Special.) Trees were uprooted and broken off, window panes were shattered and one roof was blown away by the 60-mile-an-hour wind which swept the city last night and this morning. At the State Insane 'Asylum,' 40 yards of tin roofing of the main building were car ried away, scores of windows broken and the trestle of a small railroad at the asylum farm was wrecked. A big tree at the Salem Woolen Mills was blown down, crashing through the em ployes' library. The Oregon Electric station at Hafce lau, two miles south of Salem, was blown from its foundations. Tele phone, telegraph and electrlo light wires In all parts of the city were blown down. WRECKAGE TELLS OF STORM Beach Combers of Bay City Find Mahogany "Driftwood." - BAY CITY. Or., Jan. 26. (Special.) Evidence of the terrible storms at sea are indicated by the wreckage scat tered along the beaches near the mouth of the bay. Beach combers have been picking up a lot of mahogany lumber which evidently has been washed from some passing steamers. Conditions on the railroad to this dis trict have not been much improved. The prospects are that the road will be tied up for a week longer and possibly more. The daily rains are causing more slides and delaying the opening of the road for transportation. ASHLAXD SEES FALL OF S.VOW Big Power Line Over Siskiyous Is Out of Commission. ASHLAND, Or., Jan. 26. (Special.! An Intermittent downpour Sunday, ac companied by a brisk gale, brought snow this morning. Two Inches fell. but it soon disappeared. Eight Inches of fresh snow are re ported at Siskiyou summit, and the Oregon-California power line over the mountains is out of commission. The high wind yesterday did considerable damage to roofs and glass fronts at Eagle Point. Sailing Vessels in Storm. SEATTLE, Wash.. Jan. 26. -The se verest storm on Puget Sound since the establishment of the Seattle weather bureau is In progress. At 4 o'clock this morning, the wind blew 60 miles an hour at Cape Flattery and 54 miles at Seattle. Several sailing vessels are off the Washington Coast. For many weeks a succession of gales have raged off the Pacific Northwest coast, all incoming vessels reporting trouble. The excess of rainfall at Seattle since January 1 has been five and a third inches. The financial loss has been insig nificant. Phone Systems Damaged. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 26. (Special.) The heaviest wind experienced here in many years swept this section of the state early this morning. Two small sheds were blown down in this vicinity. Rural telephone lines generally were down today and many toll lines also were out of commission. Most of the trouble had been remedied tonight. Al bany's fire alarm system was out of commission during the storm. Wasco County Feels Blow. THE DALLES, Or., Jan. 26. (Spe cial.) 'A terrific gale swept over Wasco County last night, causing con siderable damage to haystacks, some buildings and the transmission line of the Pacific Power & Light Company between this city and White River. Three of the big poles supporting the power line were blown to the ground, cutting this city off from electric light temporarily. High Tide Backs TJp. .ABERDEEN, Wash., Jan. 26. Three inches of rain fell here in 21 hours. The wind reached 50 miles and the gale increased this afternoon. No damage is reported. All wires are working and flood conditions have not begun to appear, although the wind is backing up an eight and a half-foot tide. The total rainfall for January is now 20 75 inches. MINERS OPEN FIGHT IN MOVER'S BEHALF Federation Asks That Indict ments Be Quashed, Alfeg ' ing Grand Jury Error. 30 OTHERS ARE ACCUSED Lawyers for Labor Leaders Charged With Conspiracy to Interfere With Non-Union Employes Protest "Secret" Session. HOUGHTON. Mich.. Jan 9.K Th. Western Federation of Miners began us iignt in the courts today In behalf of Its president, Charles H. Moyer. and Its SO-odd nfflolslG , are under indictment here on the cnarge or conspiring to interfere with nonunion employes of the- Michigan copper mines. When the strike cases were called in the Houghton County Circuit Court counsel for the Federation asked for time within which to make special pleas and at the same time filed a motion to quash the Indictments on the ground the special grand Jury had beeh Illegally summoned and that Its deliberations had not been conducted in secret. Judge O'Brien announced that he would set tomorrow afternoon for hearing arguments on the motion. An gus W. K'nrr TT. w T m - ... ugcuutu LUU EA. A. McNally will appear as attorneys mo uiiiun ana rrosecuior Antnony Lucas and Special Prosecutor George E. Nichols will represent the Btate. Venae Change Plea Expected. The Federation lawyers are expected to renew their demands for a copy of the testimony before the grand Jury, made today. Mr. Kerr said that an attack also would be made on the form of the Indictments. After this preliminary skirmish the next move of the union forces probably will be an application for a change of venue in all the Important strike cases pend ing before the court. "Moyer, Mahoney and other officials will be here when they are needed," Mr. Kerr said. "The strikers who were Indicted Jointly with them, with one exception, appeared today and were released under the same bond to return to court next Monday. The ex ception was Sydney Pault, a striker who has renounced his membership in the Federation and has returned to work in the mines. He entered a plea of not guilty and furnished other bonds. Special Prosecutor Nichols said to night that he did not take the motion to quash seriously. He said the law provided that the Attorney-General of the state could go before the grand jury while it is in session. Governor Ferris appeared before the Jury only during a recess, he added. Jail Sentences Given. Two strikers received Jail sentences today for carrying concealed weapons and at the same time Judge O'Brien served notice that anyone convicted In his court on that charge would be dealt with In a similar manner. Eleven women relatives of strikers appeared as defendants in strike cases and pleaded guilty. Three had been oonvicted in a Justice's Court on the charge of using indecent language. Three were charged with intimidation. All were released under suspended sen tence. George Males, who was con victed of assault upon a union man at the September court, was sentenced to 20 days In Jail. He has been in Jail 46 days. Mike Knez, a striker, was arrested today under an indictment for perjury. The offense is alleged to have been committed at the inquest into the mur der of James Pollack, a deputy sheriff, at which time he repudiated a confes sion he Is said to have given to Prose cutor Lucas. The special 'grand Jury did not meet today but will resume its sessions on Wednesday. Ten strikers returned to work today in the Mohawk and Ahmeek mines, ac cording to information from company sources. THREE DIE IN AVALANCHE HOUSE SPLISTERED AS 300-FOOT SLIDE CRASHES. Buildings Leave Foundation. HARRISBURG. Or.. Jan. 26.rSr, cial.) Several buildings here and in this vicinity were moved from their foundations and a large barn on George McCarfs farm was blown down during the storm last night. Awnings, were stripped, and the town ha. without light or power since 11:30 last Building Wall Falls. COTTAGE GROVE, Or., Jan. 26 (Special.) Wind yesterdav blew th north wall of the new Jenks building w i"o eruuno. it naa just barely been rebuilt after the same kind of an accident a week before. Several light sneas wmcn nan witnstood the ele ments for years, went down. Water Tower Falls. JUNCTION CITY, Or., Jan. 26. (Spe cial.) The hlgn wind last night wrecKea me su-ioot tower of the June tion city waterworks and leaves the city depending on wells for its sudoIv. This puts the school temporarily out of commission, as the school Is heated wlta hot water. County. So far the petitions are not being signed up here, for the reason U.at the people want to know how and where this money will be expended. They want to be assured that each part of Clackamas County will re ceive its portion of the road funds. Until all this has been cleared up the voters are withholding their signa tures. The people of Sandy and vicinity say they are not opposed to road con struction and will vote the bonds when assured that there will be a fair dis tribution of the money. H. M. Kramer, author and ex-newspaper man, will lecture Tuesday night under the auspices of the Sandy Wo men's Club In Shelley's ball. His topic will be, "Rags and Rainbows." The Sandy Fir Lumber Company will this week start up its sawmill, which has been closed down for several months. It Is stated that other mills in the Sandy Valley may resume opera, tions In a short time. The Mount Hood Fruitgrowers' Association will hold an Important meeting next Saturday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. STATE AID NOT DESIRED CALIFORNIA UNEMPLOYED PROB LEM COMMUNITY QUESTION. Labor Commissioner Thinks Public As sistance Would Draw Idle Men From Other Places 4O0O Need Help. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 26. (SpeclaL) It would be unwise for the state to assist or provide work for the unem ployed, says State Labor Commissioner McLaughlin In a report to Governor Johnson today. Mr. McLaughlin divides the unem ployed of the state Into these seven classes: Permanent residents, who are Idle through economic reasons, the number of which Is no greater than two years ago. Men Idle on account of strikes and lockouts, not as many as two years ago. Winter residents who have been driven Into San Francisco by the De cember rains. Migratory workmen from the interior of the state. . Migratory workmen from other states, who come to California to escape rigors of colder climates. Workmen who come to California be cause they hope to get work here. In San Francisco the Commissioner estimates that there are between 20, 000 and 25.000 men out of work. Of these from 3000 to 4000 need assistance. The others are living on their savings. in los Angeles between 12,000 and 15,000 men are Idle. Most of them are Mexican laborers. Mr. McLaughlin does not consider that the problem is one that will long be serious. As soon as the rains cease, he says, there will be plenty of work. The work of assisting the unem ployed, he says, should be left to mu nicipalities, because if the state should undertake to aid, more men would come from other states. SACRAMENTO, Jan. 26. "The line must be drawn between the men really wanting work and those who preach the tenets of the Industrial Workers of the World, who neither wish work for themselves nor desire employment for others, and who preach an anarchis tic doctrine at variance with organized government." Such was" the comment of Governor Johnson today upon receiving the re port or btate Labor Commissioner Mc Laughlin. , DRY STATE PREDICTED MAYOR HIXDLEY OF SPOKANE SAYS SALOONS WILL LOSE. Surviving; Inhabitants of Starrs In Constant Dread as Result of the Thaw Now In Progress. STORKS, Utah, Jan. 26. With a roar that could be heard for miles an avalanche, sweeping down the moun tain side, today Instantly snuffed out three lives and seriously Injured three other persons. Four houses were ground to splinters. Every tree in the path of the icy mass was snapped off at me roots. The bodies of Mrs. Anna Packovich and two Greek miners were recovered shortly after they met their deaths. All had been trapped in their homes, where tney were crushed almost beyond rec ognition. An hour after the slide came. E. T. Thorne was rescued six feet below the surface of the snow. The debris had packed in such a way that he escaped Buuurauon. tie suiierea internal In Juries and a broken leg. Shortly before his rescue two Greek ia.uorers were uncovered. Both were Daaiy bruised and nearly suffocated. w uen the avalanche started Mrs. A. P. Webb was standing on her porch with an infant in her arms and two children by her side. They fled along me mountain side, and, although show ered by flying particles of snow and Ice as it swept it by, they managed to nee from its path. The avalanche descended a distance of only half a mile from near the end of the canyon and stopped at the edge of this coal-mining camp. It measured sou reet in width. Tonight the inhabitants are in fear or further disaster, as an unusual thraw has loosened the snow, which is packed from six to ten feet deep on me precipitous slopes. Immediately after the avalanche had run Its course the entire population turned out with picks, shovels and sounding poles to recover those buried beneath. The three dead and three in Jured were all located with the sound ing poles and uncovered in less than an bour. Strike to Be Arbitrated. PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 26. Arbitra tion was agreed upon today by mill owners and the striking hosiery wor';. ers as a means of settling- tha e-iir and the 3500 strikers, mostly women and girls, are expected to return to work tomorrow. The strike has been in progress for more than, a month. Executive Confident Prohibition. Will Carry Washington by Majority of 30,000 Votes. SPOKANE. Wash., Jan. 26. (SDe- ciaL) "The State of Washington will be voted dry at the November election of this year by a majority of at least 20,000 votes." This is the prediction made this morning by Mayor Hlndley. who has Just returned from the coast, where he talked with the Mayors of 11 Wash ington cities and prominent coast busi ness men on the present issue of pro- niDition. "Even If the three largest cities of the state, Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma, should give a majority of 25,000 against prohibition, I am led to believe after this visit to the coast the local option forces will carry the state by at-least 20,000," declared the Mayor. "I predict that the majority In favor of prohibition will be more than 20,000, for I do not believe that the cities of Seattle, Spokane and Tacoma will mus ter a majority of 25,000 In favor of the saloons." The Mayor pointed out that the state is now 42 per cent dry and that only 35 per cent of the population of the state is in the three largest cities, which are conceded to the "wets." HIGH OIL RATE PROTESTED Independent Refiners Say Increased Freight Would Ruin Them. WASHINGTON" Jan. 28 TrHn.r,). ent oil refineries of the territory east oi ine Mississippi tiver and north of the. Ohio told the Interstate Commerce Commission today that they virtually would be driven sut of business if the general 5 per cent freight rate in crease demanded by the railroads was granted. They said the freight tariffs figured on the basis of that Increase and sus pended by the Commission pending hearings would directly benefit the Standard Oil Company at the expense of the independents. Tomorrow ice shippers of the East ern territory will be heard. REVISION URGED IN CANADA America's New Tariff Feared bj Oomlnlon Lanmakei. MONTREAL. Que, Jan. 26. That the American trade between the Cana dian West and the United States and the application of the new tariff bill will make for an economic division be tween Eastern and Western Canada was predicted today by E. M. MacDon- ald, M. P., of Canso, N. S., In an ad dress before the Canadian Club. Mr. MacDonald said that the situs. tion In Canada was similar to that In the United States during and after the Civil War, and argued that a revision of the Canadian tariff In favor of the west must be made immediately if crisis Is to be avoided. Phone Train Orders Opposed. WASHINGTON, Jan.' 26. Forty per cent of the railroads are permitting trainmen to take orders by telephone wnen tney snouia not do so, H. B. Perham, president of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, told the House committee on commerce at a hearing on bills to limit the trainmen to 16 consecutive hours a day and telegraph and. telephone operators to eight. Of rierctianaise ot c iTient Unbj Clearance of House Dresses and Aprons $1.00 and $1.25 House Dresses 69c Made of percale, with white ground and large dotted figures, with round neck, in yoke effect with pleats over the shoulder belted waist line short sleeves and plain skirt. Or with high neck and long sleeves in black with white figures. $1.50 House Dresses, Clearance 98c Made with large collar and rever effect in front, fancy bandings on collar, sleeves and down front of skirt. Piped waist line and plain skirt. Come in black and white, light blue and white and navy and white checked percale. All sizes. 85c Coverall Aprons, Clearance 59c Gingham, percale and chambray cover-all aprons, made with round neck and short sleeves. The gingham and chambray aprons have turnback collars and cuffs of plain or checked material and piping. Percales are trimmed with plain piping. All with belt across back. Large variety of colors in light and dark, with dots, figures and stripes. 35c Fitted Work Aprons, Clearance 25c ;Of extra quality percale, in fitted style with bib over shoulder, buttoning in back. All with pocket. Plain colors, figures, dots, stripes and checks, in light and dark colors. . $1.50 Apron, Skirt and Cap Sets, Clearance $1.19 Very practical for house wear includes a coverall apron, with skirt and cap to match. Comes in navy blue in figured and checked designs, or with light grounds in striped effects in blue, gray and pink. 35c Tea Aprons, Clearance 25c These are made in round styles with scalloped edges, with embroidered design across front, or plain with pockets and initials. Hemstitched strings. Foortl Floor Clearance of Cluny Scarfs and Squares 35c Each, Instead of 50c This sale consists of a variety of scarfs and squares suitable for dressing tables, dining tables and buffets. Made of fine quality materials and edged with pretty patterns in German Cluny lace. The scarfs are 1 8 by 50 inches and the squares 30 inches. Scalloped Embroidered Edge Lunch Cloths Regular $1.75, $2, $3.50, Clearance 98c, $1.19, $2.59 These cloths are made of fine linen-finished cotton, having attractively scalloped edges and elaborately embroidered centers. In sizes 45-inch, 54 inch and 72-inch. Basement. The Smartest $3.75 Tailored Waists for Women Clearance, Tuesday, $1.50 Linen, madras, cheviot and soisette the materials best suited to the tubbing process which tailored waists are subject to. Smartly tailored mannish styles with pleated or tucked fronts some with plain backs and others with plain yoke across the back. Long sleeves and turnback cuffs. They are shown in a variety of colored stripes, such as cool blues, rose tints, tans, . browns, greens, black and combination effects. TnIrd Floor Cotton Messaline Petticoats, Clearance $1.23 Petticoats fashioned on simple styles and made of a good quality cotton messaline that looks like silk, but wears better than the best of silks. Has a deep flounce with a tucked or pleated ruffle'at the bottom, also a deep dust ruffle. In navy blue, white, Copenhagen, emerald green, Amercian Beauty and Nell Rose. Third Floor. French Lecture Tuesday "Par Les Champa et Par Lea Greves," Phonograph Hall, 11 to 12 Pictorial Review Pa4terrs The Fashion Sheets and Patterns for February now on sale. Second Floor. 75c to $1 Venise Lace Collars Clearance 49c Large and small styles in new shapes and pretty patterns that are suitable for dresses as well as suits. In white and ecru. Neckwear, Ha 7 Price 50c to $10, Now 25c to $5 Odds and ends of neckwear, consist ing of chemisettes, fichus, Dutch col lars, jabots and small lace collars. In all the newest shapes and made of fine, soft materials with trimmings of laces and em broideries. t 25c Embroidered Handkerchiefs For Women, 17c Pure linen handkerchiefs, made with a narrow hemstitched hem and attract ively hand embroidered in the corner. First floor. Chemisettes, Clearance 25c Made of fine net, having high neck and boned collars. In white, cream and ecru. Perfectly made and finished. Women's Hand-Made Night Gowns Reg. $6.50 Clearance $4.65 - Of long cloth and fine sheer ma terials made in the slipover style, with kimono sleeves. Exquisitely hand em broidered in floral and conventional de signs, showing punch work and close patterns. Embroidery on the sleeves and front of gowns. Round or square necks, finished with hand-embroidered eyelets, ribbon run and scallops. Fourtk Floor. 4