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VOL. LIV. 0. 10,020. PORTLAND, OREGON,' TUESDAY. MARCH 3, 1914. PRICE FIVE CENTS. i E LURKS OF Food and Fuel Famine Feared in East. CONFLAGRATION PERIL IS HIGH Week Needed, Is Estimate, to Restore Conditions. MANY TRAINS ARE "LOST" Cleven Die in or Near Xew York and Other Fatalities in Stricken Area Are Reported Value of Tnder proiind "Wires Realized. NEW YORK, March 2. With tem peratures rising and fair weather promised, New York and vicinity began tonight to emerge from the storm which railroad and telegraph company officials assert has been the most de structive in this section of the country since the memorable blizzard of 18SS. Reports from other cities showed the damage caused by wind, snow, rain and sleet to be widespread. From Cleveland on the west and Baltimore on the south, to the Canadian and Nova Scotian borders, the storm has been general. In New England further damage is expected from rivers and streams swollen by melting ice and snow. In and near New York 11 per sons perished yesterday and today and several fatalities were reported else where. Ilunlness Still Tied Up. Except by roundabout routes and with tTie aid of a few wires running underground, commercial New York still remained tonight cut off from tele graph communication with the West and South. The public service corporations reached Philadelphia by way of Mon treal and had a few wires to Wash ington, Baltimore, Pittsburg and Seranton, Wilmington and Richmond and Reading. For the most part these were telephone circuits. It will be at least a week, it was stated, before service can be restored to normal con ditions. Telegraph company officials said they could not estimate the cost of making repairs. The loss to one com pany alone was placed at J200.000 for New York and vicinity. I'ndersround Wire Value Proved. Citing the lesson taught at the time Washington was cut off from com munication on the day of the Taft Inauguration, telephone company offi cials said at no time has telephone service to the National Capital been cut off completely. After the experience in 1909 wires to Washington were placed underground and during the present disturbance, according to the telephone officials, proved the value of the change. Despite the serious wire situation that has continued for more than two days, the service of the Associated Press has been maintained intact throughout the Eastern territory af fected. While routed In a slightly roundabout manner in some-instances, wires to the south and west by way of AVashington, Pittsburg and Chicago were kept in constant operation. Many Train "Lout." Poughkeepsie and Schenectady were the only cities even temporarily cut off from communication. Wire con nection with Poughkeepsie was es tablished early tonight after it had been cut off from wire intercourse with the outside world for 30 hours. The fallen telegraph poles which In terrupted wire service continued to delay trains for many hours. Trains are "lost" on many roads in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and other states. The Pennsylvania Railroad an nounced tonight tha it had resumed sending out trains regularly from the local terminal at 8:35 P. M. after 25 hours of interrupted service. Three trains en route from Phila phia were stalled at Trenton and their passengers were sent to hotels by the Pennsylvania Railroad somewhere in New Jersey a train with Vice-President Marshall as a passenger was believed to be proceeding slowly toward Wash ington. The Congressional Limited that left New York yesterday was be lieved to be near Wilmington tonight. An express train that left here yes terday at 4 o clock, it was learned to day, reached Philadelphia, two hours distant, after 21 hours. On the 12-mile stretch of the Lehigh Valley line between Jersey City .nd Newark, 103 poles were in the path of trains. The Federal Express, which left Washington" yesterday afternoon over the Pennsylvania lines, arrived here at 8:27 tonight. Today's Federal Express had not been heard from tip to a late hour. Milk Shortage Imminent. The train delays have interrupted the transportation of mails and have left the city facing a possible shortage of milk, meat and provisions. A coal famine is threatened because of the snow-filled streets, which are almost impassable after a snowfall of between 13 and 14 inches since yesterday morning: Fire Commissioner Robert Adamson said tonight the danger of a confla gration here was the greatest In years, owing to the fire alarm telegraph sys tem being interrupted. Seven hundred firemen were assigned to patrol the WAKE BLIZZARD (Concluded on Page 8.) 'BACHELOR' DOCTOR TELLS OF HIS WIFE PEXULCTOX "ELIGIBLE" ALSO FATHER, HE AXXOCXCES. Dr. Hagood, Leaving City, Says His ".Double Life" Was Practiced a to Hold Hospital Job. PENDLETON, Or., March 2. (Spe cial.) The proverbial "bolt from a clear sky" is altogether Inadequate to Lexpress the sensation caused ty tne announcement that Dr. Rufus H. Hagood, second assistant physician at the Eastern Oregon Hospital for the Insane, Is a married man and the father of a child. During the year Dr. Hagood has been in Pendleton he has become exceedingly popular in social circles, and the fact that he was an "eligible bachelor" did not lessen his popularity in the least. The announcement was made by the doctor himself at a little grill party arranged as a farewell affair in his honor. Dr. Hagood said his "double life" was practiced through force of circumstances, namely a desire to ob tain and hold the position here, which was open to a single man. His wife went to Philadelphia to live with rela tives. A baby daughter has been born since he came West. He played the bachelor role so suc cessfully that none guessed his secret until he disclosed it Just before leav ing to take up his new position as an Army surgeon. LAUDER SINGS TO COUNCIL Meeting at San Francisco Becomes Vaudeville Entertainment. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal.. March 2- (Special.) Harry Lauder and a doze Diners in kilties turned the regula Monday meeting of the Supervisors into a vaudeville show this afternoon. The Supervisors insisted on the come dian' singing a song. "It will cost jou a dollar," said the Canny Scot. Several members of the Board tossed dollars on the Mayor's desk, which Lauder gathered up and presented to the Mayor with the request that he put the money in the city poor box. He then sang an Irish ballad by request, a Scotch song and a German number. HARRY M'GREGOR KILLED Seattle Young Man Caught Between Cars at Centralia. CENTRALIA, Wash., March 2. (Spe cial.) Harry McGregor, a tramp, was killed in the railroad yards last night. McGregor, whose .home -is in Seattle, caught a freight train out of there yesterday with a friend named Lee. The men were sitting on the edge of a coal car and when the train gave a sudden jerk McGregor was thrown be tween the cars, the wheels passing over him, severing one arm and practically cutting his body in two. The victim was 24 years of age. His mother came down from Seattle this afternoon and made arrangements for sending the body back to Seattle. SNAKE DISPLAY UNDER BAN After Complaints Are JIade Mayor Orders Haulers Removed. Display snakes are under the ban In Portland. Following receipt of a num ber of complaints against the exhibi tion of a pair of big rattlers in the window of a museum on Sixth street, Mayor Albee yesterday ordered the owners to take the animals out. They can be displayed on the inside but not in the window. "So many people objected to the snakes," said MayorsAlbee after giving the order, "that I considered it best to stop them from being exhibited." "BLUE SKY" LAW UPHELD Kansas District Court Denies Meas ure Is Unconstitutional. ATCHISON, Kan., March 2. The con stitutionality of the Kansas "blue sky" law was upheld today in a decision by Judge William Jackson, in the case, of A. C. Lewis, of Muscotah, Kan. Lewis, who was an agent of Don A. Mounday, of Topeka, was charged with violating the law through land sales amounting to $20,000. Lewis' attorneys sought to quash the indictment on the ground the law was unconstitutional. This is the first test given the "blue sky" law. SEAL GOES ON EXPLORATION Animal at AVashington Park Tires of Watery Home. But for the interference of park keepers the West Side business center might have been visited yesterday by a big seal the kind that is found in the frigid regions of. the north. The big anirnal slipped out of the park pond, got through a fence and started down town. While wiggling along near the Washington-street entrance to tho park he frightened a number of passersby. The animal was herded back into his watery home with difficulty. MULE BLOCKS RAILTRAFFIC Hitching Hope Short Circuits Signal System on Southern Pacific SAN FRANCISCO, March 2. An in coming train brought word today that a refractory mule had tied up traffic on the Southern Pacific Coast line near Ventura Cal., for half an hour. The owner of the mule hitched It to a block signal post. The hitching rope short-circuited two wires controlling the signal board, and the first train that came along found the block closed. PRESIDENT REFUSES TO BE STAMPEDED Intervention When All Else Fails Is Hint. MEXICAN SITUATION Rr Size and Power of States War rant for Calm Course. RADICAL SPEECHES FUTILE Wilson Gives Callers to Understand . Should Necessity Arise, as Is Pos sible, Government Will Act Decisively, Effectively. WASHINGTON, March 2. President Wilson revealed to those who discussed Mexican affairs with him today that he fully realized the gravity of the situa tion resulting from the killing of Wil liam S. Benton, a British subject; the reported murder of Gustav Bauch and Clemente Vergara, American citizens, and General Carranza's denial of the right of the United States to look after he interests of foreigners generally in Mexico. The President spoke deploringly of armed Intervention, but pointedly re ferred to the size and power of a coun try like the United States as being suf ficient warrant for a calm and patient course while compliance with the American demands was being sought. Radical Speeches Ignored. Callers got the Impression from the President that he was determined to try every peaceful means at his dis posal to solve the Mexican problem, but that he realized certain eventualities might mean, a drastic course. He spoke with a firmness that showed his deter mination not to be stampeded into action by radical speeches In Congress, but left a hint that when the necessity arose the American Government could be expected to move decisively and ef fectively. Upon Great Britain's atti tude toward the Benton case depends largely the extent -to-wiiirti the United States will become involved. Should England show an Inclination to let thrf Benton case await final adjudication at a time when a firm government is established in Mexico, the United States will not feel called upon to challenge General Carranza's specific refusal to supply the Washington Administration with information about Benton's death. Carranxa Expected to Act. Representations have been made to General Carranza, it is understood, through American Consul Simpich at Nogales, and on their outcome depends whether or not the expedition which had planned to go to Chihuahua from (Concluded on Page 2.) !A DIETY JOB : : ! 1 J J - hi for. v mMl - INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TESTERDAT'S Maximum temperature, degrees; minimum, 43 degrees. TODAY'S Rain; southerly winds. National. Wilson's canal toll, policy vlns convert In senate, rage a. President gives all to understand he re fuses to be stampeded into Mexican in tervention. Page 1. Jetty project likely to be put on continuing contract basis. Page 3. Xomebtlc. Miss H" ,.VC ore Huntington is buying ft - Page -2. - jtj durance aavocatea as one way i X wlng together capital and' labor. Page 2. Congressional committee explores Colorado mine to learn conditions from men at work. Page 1. Calumet & Hecla manager tells Congres sional committee copper Is getting more expensive to mine each year. Page 3. Danger from food and fuel famines and fire lurks in wake of blizzard gripping East. Page 1. Sport. Federals will offer Job to Fielder Jones. Page G. Baker managers sign young talent in Port land. Page 7. - Look taken at Levinsky and Dan Morgan. Page 6. Big Bill James makes good on first try-out in Florida. Page 7. David Swing Ricker sees new spirit In Southern Oregon. Page 0. racifle Northwest. Popular "eligible bachelor" doctor of Pen dleton tells of hs wife and child. Page 1. Seattle election today parallels that of two years ago. Page 1. Doctor tells how to gargle away cigarette habit. Page 1. Steam service between Eugene and Corvallls is history soon, is report. Page 5. Commercial and Marine. Oriental flour markets reported to be heav ily stocked. Page 17. , Wheat firmer at Chicago on talk ot crop damage. Page 17. Wall Street stock business curtailed by storm. Page 17. Record carlot movement of livestock at North Portland. Page 17. Navy to inspect local liners as possible troop ships. Page 10. Pacific Steamship Company chooses cap tains for Alaska run and names rates. Page lti. Portland and Vicinity. Falsity of graft charge against County Commissioner confessed. Page 11. Judge McGinn rebukes those seeking to es cape Jury duty. Page 16. Maps prepared to show how Somers system of curve benefits works. Page 11. Blue sky law to be attacked on question of constitutionality. Page 11. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 17. Probably more than 3000 Oregonians to pay income tax. Page 12. Registration likely to pass first expecta tions. Page 12. WIFE TANGOS, BUCK DRINKS Squaw's "Kick Dancing" Drives v Spouse to Firewater and Jail. EUREKA, Cal., March 2. Because he said his squaw disrupted his home by attending too many "kick dances," an Indian version of a dance somewhat resembling the tango, Charles Sims, an Indian, told the Judge .of the Superior Cou.t, today, he began drinking heavily. In resisting arrest he stabbed the City Marshal of Blue Lake. He re ceived a prison sentence of two years. PRISONER WRECKS JAIL Hammond, Ind., Man Bites Off Mar shal's Thumb and Breaks Bars. HAMMOND, Ind., March 2. George Hohn, in resisting arrest, today bit off the Town Marshal's thumb. Hohn was then lassoed and dragged to jail. There he tore the bars off and wrecked the interior of the jail. COMMITTEE ENTERS BIG COLORADO MINE Strike Investigation Is Conducted En 'Tour. MINERS SWEAR AT FIRST In Overalls, Jumpers, Lamps. Representatives Learn. . "DEATH SPECIAL" RIDDEN Workmen Tell Members of Congress They Are Xot Dissatisfied and Have No Intention of Quitting. Conditions Are Viewed. TRINIDAD, Col., Mar. 2. Before the brief closing session here today, Rep resentatives byrnes, Sutherland and Evans, of the congressional strike In vestigation committee, made a person al Inspection of the workings of the Delagua mine, the largest producin coal property in Colorado. The three Congressmen were accompanied by two interpreters, whose combined powers sufficed to negotiate the 15 or 20 languages spoken by the Delagua min ers, and by a reporter. The now peaceful "death special," the machine gun - bearing automo bile used by the mine guards at the Ludlow battle, divested of its steel armor and with no ma chine gun frowning from its tonneau carried the party through the district where a few months ago its appear ance was a signal for alarm and even bloodshed. Cheers greeted the ma chine as it raced past the Ludlow tent colony and into Hastings Canyon. Each Man "Identified." At the mine office the whole party was taken to the company store, where Su perintendent B. W. Snodgrass fitted out the statesmen in bib overalls, jumpers and miners' caps with lamps on the fronts. Then the party returned to the office, where each man received brass identification check, with a num ber corresponding to his name, care fully preserved at the office. The Con gressmen were then led into the mouth Qf the mine in which, in 1910, an ex plosion killed scores of miners. "How much coal do you think you can get out?" grinned a mine official. "Better get a few extra cars into the mine," retorted a Congressman. "W.e'll have the coal coming out in a few minutes." With' no light but that showed by the torches on each man's cap, the party trudged down the long main entry, with Snodgrass in the lead. At times the roof was too low to permit the shortest man to stand erect. After some time the men reached (Concluded on Page 3.) CIGARETTE HABIT IS GARGLED AWAY PHYSICT.VN" TELLS HOW TO USE SILVER X1TKATE AT HOME. Wash Mouth With C Per Cent Solu tion, Is Advice or Doctor at Stato Training School for Boys. SALEM, Or., March 2. (Special.) Here is the "cure" for the cigarette habit, as given out today by W. S! Hale, superintendent of the State Training School for Boys, who says that it has been efficacious in every case tried at the institution: Home treatment Two per cent solu tion silver nitrite (not silver nitrate) Gargle at night three times a weektfor a month. Will not be able to smoke next day after first gargle and will b cured after taking treatment for one month. Treatment by physician or nurse Five per cent solution silver nitrite. Swab mouth and throat daily until it is believed cure has been obtained. The formulas were prepared by Dr. G. C. Bellinger, physician at the train ing school. About 75 per cent of the boys cent to the institution are treated and cured by these formulas. "Since The Oregonian published the story tha,t we were curing boys of the cigarette habit with silver nitrite," said Superintendent Hale today, "we have received a half dozen to a dozen let ters a day from persons asking if they could come to the institution to be treated. "The fact that we have found the treatment efficacious, and the appeals ot many persons, have induced us to make the prescription and r treatment public. BANKING BROKERS HELD John W. Worthington and Harry II Thomas, of Chicago, Accused. CHICAGO. MaTch. '-.Tnhn w Worthington, former head of the American .Banking Association, which Is in the hands of a receiver, was ar rested today on two warrants, charg ing larceny by bailee. Judge Sullivan, in Superior Court, raised Worthing ton's bond from $2500 to J10.000. Mr. Worthington will be questioned as to his assets tomorrow and at the same time a number of amendments to the bill of the complainants will be filed. Harry H. Thomas was arrested later by United States deputy marshals on a charge that he and Mr. Worthington had kepi $2000 of the proceeds of bank certificates entrusted to them as brokers. W. C. Watson, postal division super intendent, declared that Messrs. Thomas and Worthington had obtained ?000 worth of the bonds of the Cen tral Savings Bank, of Waterloo, la':, to dispose of as brokers, and had kept the proceeds. .Mr. Thomas gave bonds of $7500. He has rooms at a fashionable club and an office in a downtown skyscraper. LAWYER DOES AS LINCOLN Counsel for Kailrond Kepresented bj Martyr 'Argues Same 2'oint. CHICAGO, Mrch 2. A question that was argued by Abraham Lincoln, as counsel for the Illinois Central Rail, road, 50 years ago, was heard again here today before Special Commission er Puterbaugh, representing the Su preme Court. Walter S. Horton, general attorney for tho road, stood in Lincoln's place and argued against taxation of $160, 000,000 of the road's bonds. The case was on appeal to the Supreme Court of Illinois and the state was repre sented by Attorney-General Lucey. The road contends that the state cannot tax, bonds on property already taxed. TANGOISTS JT0DEFY DEAN University of Washington Juniors to Dance Xew Steps. UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON, Se attle, March 2. (Special.) Although the tango, castle walk and the hesita tion steps are danced at most all the fraternity and sorority functions away from the University of Washington campus. Dean Isabella Austin refuses to give her sanction to .their being danced at the annual Junlpr informal, to be given on the campus. Despite her disapproval it is said that they will be danced, having been permitted by the faculty committee upon the conditions that a floor com mittee be appointed by the juniors to stop all dancing which does not comply with certain tastes of the chaperons. WIFE AIDS MATE'S RECALL "Xot Spite Work," Says Spouse of San Francisco Sheriff. SAN FRANCISCO. March 2. Not con tent with instituting divorce proceed ings against Sheriff Frederick S. Eggers, of San Francisco County, his wife announced today in a signed state ment that she would circulate a peti tion for his recall from office. They have lived together 35 years. "This is not spite work," said Mrs. Eggers. "I simply do not believe that a man who acts as Sheriff Eggers is acting is a fit man to be in publie office." MILWAUKEE ROAD LOSES Minnesota Tivo-C'ent Passenger Rate Violated, Says Jury. REDWING, Minn.. March 2. The Chi cago, Milwaukee & St. i'aul Railway Company was found guilty of violat ing the Minnesota state law, fixing the rate of 2 cents a mile, by a jury in the District Court here today. The railway company had been indicted in Goodhue County. Judge Albert Johnson denied a mo tion for a new trial and it was an nounced that the case would be re pealed to tho Supreme Court. SEATTLE ELECTION TODAY LIKE 1912 Commission Govern ment Secondary. MAYORALTY FIGHT FOREMOST Unsettled Weather and Betting Favor Gill Men. OBJECT LESSON DUE NOV Among Proposed Charier Amend ments Is One Limiting Height of Buildings to 200 I'cet Ex penditures Big Problems. SEATTLE. Wash., March 2. A city election will be held tomorrow to choose a Mayor, Treasurer, Controller, Corporation Counsel, five Councilmen and 15 freeholders to revise the city charter. A large number of proposed amend ments to the city charter and pro posals for expenditure of city money will be voted on. The candidates for Mayor are: Hiram C. Gill, an attorney, who was elected Mayor in 1910, recalled by the votes of the newly franchised women the next year, and defeated when he ran again for Mayor in 1912, and James D. Tren holme, manager of an investment com pany. Bis Vote Is I'rol.nble. In the elimination primary on Feb ruary 17, when Gill and Trenholmo were selected from among nine candi dates to contest in the finals. Gill re ceived 2.1,419 votes and Trenholme 11,897. The total vote cast in the primary for Mayor was 61,709. It is believed that thousands of voters will scratch both candidates for Mayor, and that the total vote for Mayor tomor row will be about 60,000. The campaign closely parallels that of two years ago, when the opposi tion to Gill was able to rally the wo men voters and the reform forces gen erally against Gill and elect Cottcrill by 74S majority. The cry has been that to re-elect the once-recalled Gill would disgrace Seattle before the whole world. Two years ago Cotterill fell heir to a large share of the Socialist vote, the Socialist candidate for Mayor having been eliminated by the primary. This year the Socialists, when they vote at ail, will cast no ballot for Mayor, but only for their candidates for Corpora tion Counsel, Treasurer and Controller, who were not eliminated by the pri mary. Trenholmo is not so good a campaigner as Mayor Cotterill, but has had" the zealous support of Cotterill, who has been the most effective speaker for Trenholme. Gill Forced Confident. The Gill forces are extremely con fident, and declare that they will 'get the union labor vote and the votes ot many women. Betting is strongly in favor of Gill, but that fact signities nothing, except that betting men like him, for he was a strong favorite on the two occasions when he was de feated. There is no likelihood of the Socialist candidates for. office being elected. They got into the finals be cause they were practically unopposed for second place. One of the proposed charter amend ments limits the height of buildings to 200 feet. Among the proposals to be voted on are the following: Authorizing bonds for bridges over the Lake Washington canal and the Duwamish River; providing for the purchase o the Lake Cushman power site: providing for a cold s)rase ware house for the central municipal wharf. Government Form Secondary. As usual, the Mayoralty monopolizes the interest, and it's all Gill and Tren holme, with the commission form of government occupying a decidedly sec ondary place. There has been a marked recovery from the gloom that pervaded the Trenholme forces a week ago. Tren holme men say the report of the spe cial committee which gave Trenholme as Well as Gill a clean bill of health as far as campaign contributions and exactions are concerned has broken the backbone of the Gill campaign, which in the last few days has been laying great stress on the alleged fact that Trenholme was receiving heavy support from the s.-cali'd Interests. The report has added much to the con fidence of the Trenholme supporters. The final rallies were held today. Gill and Trenholme held big downtown meetings this noon. The big meeting tonight was Gill's, when he closed the campaign with an address at Dream land Rink, while Trenholme went out to Green Lake and Ballard. The final Trenholme meeting today was partici- pated in by ex-Mayor Dllling and Mayor Cotterill, both of whom have defeated Gill in city elections In the last three years. Dllling announced today that if Gill is elected he is going to sign the petition asking for a vote on state wide prohibition at the next general election. Unsettled weather is predicted far to morrov. end this Is considered as fa vorable to Gill, whose following is' among those who appear to take a keener delight in the personal side of poliLlcs than the Trenholme foijowtrti. On the whole Gill's chances have never been so bright since his election over William Hickman Moore four years ago. The election tomorrow should give Seattle an object lesson m the deyir (Concluded. on Page 2.) 1