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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 24, 1915)
1 TIIE MORNING OREGOXTATf, FRIDAY, DECEmER 24, 1915. WILLAMETTE RISE 12 FEETIN 38 HOURS clal Tba caaaatloa of rala and rhanc of lamparatar today cau4 tba flood im rntllB la Hacoma blatorv. Th PARTY DELEGATES 'MUST PAY EXPENSES rlt ara and alrama ara mil racredlnar and tha aaabmarcad portion of tha ;'ty ara arainies rapidly. II waa laarta aa mM I'.rl 1 1. . . . t .1.4 Ma lha bafika O tba Cb'bali la ltii. would ba wabd way. but H wa aacartalnad thl mora laT that tba atructur would withstand tba taiao of tba rlr. TUAIXS RtMXO "ox timi: Coasrallon la Putoffar Woral Ira Change cf Nine Feet at Ore Aspirants Are Numerous De spite Repeal of Law Allow gon City Most Rapid Re corded Since 1833. lar? of VBhlnto Tla-npa. ing $200 for Conventions, UKATTUK. aih, TVc. JX AM trana rontinantal traina la la Mat of Vah Inatoa ara rprtd ioin oa tlma t. day. Two da of root weather .ant tba rTt bach to their Batura. SALEM IS AFFECTED MOST FILING INQUIRIES MADE couraaa. t.. u.i.111 In litr r aroutht br TOtianp l la Hlver Greater Ilrlrrm tam IV'raaae of - IUrkwilrr Iran rtarkama and Ilrad tor Power Hoaa Ilrdarrd. rr.T.r.rtS TTT. V. Tac. n "pa etal ) Th ria of th Willamette fliver dr'.ii t.K. J hoirs from To- "h: to Thursday mornlns: was th Wiot rapid ! It'J. accordine? to record srt by th Croan Wl!lniil! I".r Company. TTt comtiar reee river readme from point Bp th river. well from point r the vicinity of Iho mill At falena th rt n tn river durtns; e 3 kolra wae 13 feet, and Just above the falls here the Willmtt went up f: fe. t In tiat period nd Bin ft e'ow trie fill. Th lower river rl mora rapidly than th upper becana of th barfc water Iwm th ficaama. Itiver rdin ut i'-ir rtw that iho low. r rtr I SI feet aoa low waler. while tra nrpar river reciatere It.S feet aiiova low water. While t"ir l moro water otn er th f:! to than ml asy tlm fist early tnt year, iho power hae dM-r4f win- lo tha backwater, which iada-ea IB head at the powr um He.ersl taa wet maehin, sj.ed la avaatnaj po'j. are hut dowa at too Crow a Wiiumtt tnltL kivi.ua swi l.L; ii:iim;k r.oxr Train Srr W-e Imported Mill Para- Ijse-d by Marrae-roa Hide. r AT CtTT. Or.. Pee. 21 (5p-lal Tram rU--a oi IX Tillamook Una I ml paralysed by the umfua slid- wi4-a occurred diMns; tha thrae-day form thai eutmlnaled Tuesday JiltTht. Kalra for that dy waa etimaled at four IrM-baa and. with aa -ml. arale. consider. Me damaa-e w aa dona rally tnruuehout tha county. Wueon. Kihta. Mvaml. Traak an4 T1:umouk rira eitl!"iJ thlr bank an.l a. I ts lowUnda ara anl-r tr. A t.rM-r of ta drlea rcn. veil, a f woriaiBa ta tba rbannal. dia aep.ar.4 d artna ta atorm and ao traca af It b ba di.-ord. Kaabt:itct- of railroad rommunl- ati.c witla I'ortlaBd la t araotd Katul i.v CttfiAA;hr A WMit. bat taa oa!a ta Moi.-r want Inta opara- lirt l.j1y. fca araia aoac iu o.r fr l'vrt:aR't TuUit axrnin I tan4 at W!'. wbr partK-uIarty baary :it xarr.J. Tba bride ar Wilaua I al out. T f.'uts.ra V'if- liaa t TUU rn.no a wai.-a b-b"l by ltJ 11 n pmuntaln wt of Tlmbar r!y ti a . t " 'I of comrrtiaion f it ISrouCI trartic. aitnouca tralna ara ib ran fron Torttand aa far aa TVmbar without lntrrnptio. It la clot tt I"" ta::rl otr 'i-a' that taa I aa will tat ba ropa4 bafr ti f.r.l vf aml waaa. i IV inVHt V.Vl - r Cart.tma pr.aea:. aa tba puatotflc clera. a wtm ira "" ba able to work up all th tUlayed mat be tore Saturday. DEFENSE FILM STIRRING tT-rt: ttr o rt:t i:- ai an n.ta: at iikii.ic aJalera aad Veteraaa 9r leaaaa af ITrraaredaeaa aad of Kl parla Art a-awpbaataad. Trvrnendou lntret wa arouead at tha prlvala exhibition of V -Uatt: Cry of rac.. lha elaborata acraea pro- pacaoda dealsned to awaken public en- timent In tAor of aa adiuata Army t ; - Vp A a 1 ' ' : r- 1 t a i-a ' i . .t - ate. .. -t. .tarwaa TaleaM ana) Cbarlra Rlebraaa la - Ba 1 1 la I rr af raa.- UTOCK l KIIUD HY STOIIM roaUle-raMo ptmuc to rror-rrtr at TllUroawk lirporte-d. Tlf-X-Wl'KtK. Or. I-. SJ. ISpa- iL ""oniarabla daanaara to atovk a nt proparty baa re.tait.d from Ta-a-day'a atorm Many hoc pasturing oa a . L l.n.l b.e. baaa drowned, but tha .stent of tba damns, baa not b-enl duroeared yt. a. many of tba county road, ara mtabl-. Alt atraama ara oaer tBlr baahe: tel'prtona and tela--raph antka wa out Turaday and y.acerdar. and the Ucnt plant wa flooded a to taa boilera Tuesday nlsat aa that no current wa furnind from ; j. f. M. to A. M. Wa.lna.edjy. Tba raia wa beileead to fca. th heatteet la : year. ttotnat damaca w a dona by tha Math wind oa tba waterfront. m;l boat binr awepc from their rvoorinra and a tuaxload of machinery for tha Coate Unlwr Company. atu-d at lie, wa ap.at In tha bay. ay.eeral famlileal wera compaiiei to rnova rant tneir bomaa beeau of blarb water. and Ny and Coa.tal defenae. which wa. .eo at tha H"l IC Ut nlatht. The eah !)itl.n waa attended by th trwr. of taa National Uuard atatloned In Mu.momah fountr. comraotei ef tna TRird Infantry and IVattery A. Troop A. tha eighth company of th C.ei Arti.:ery furp. officra and ladle, from Vanrouirr isarrackav. jspan-lbA-r.eru-aa War Vaterana and th Orand Army Veteran. II je American flaaT draped tha bote., and (Ufa of tanoua 1 if war p:a-.d about lha th.ater. Aa rKl:tr.l orcheaira kept up a rteer-re..r. ptay of tnartiai murir. Tba wild'et enihualaem re:cneJ. with continued applaaa from tba .oilier aa tha ap.en.ii. I picture wa unfolded. I'xultaar Interest a attached to laat niabt ehtMtaon. aca rtacticatry ar. err rraa wKo appear In uniform la either a member of tha National Ouard or l:ecu:ar Army. Taa blat auna of tha fort around New York ara ab In action, oao of tha draadnousht la n firmr. a ubrr.arina aoe Ihrouch Ita ..otutinn and lb atal militia ar oat la fu: force. Tha drama of vara terror I. baeed for tha mo.t part on llu.Uon Maxim book. "tefrr.elaaa America.- and. like It. rarrlea for a text tba neceaalty of aroualnar th American peopla to a r.aluatlon of their w.akae.a In car of Inea.ion by a foreign powr. Tha pictur will ba on exhibition at tba ll'lllar ait thl next week, hear In -airar tomorrow at I. M. Tha r.iatht performance, hear In at Ji o'clock. I:I.M I.fOK itkt: M-POHT Mlta? of Watre Spratra Soutrx-ra Tart I'rorra Abe-rvlre-n. Ar-r.rnrK.v. waeh.. ie.-. j. 5p- claL) Hima. ti mil'. at of her. 10 day rook Itka a aaaport town with practically tha entira valley aurroand a( tha aottta part of th towa o r.4 with water from th oeerflow of th. C!.uatl.m and thehalt rteara. TheCray HarborCounty rafr rround ro alas under water, and traffic; ba tweaa her and fouth 111 ma baa been upanded. ther belnc airnoat a mil of anser ferry la belnc operated by a tioo,ta 111 ma wan TfAUtTIX nows ONTO r.RMS I'amitir Are Xaronnrai and HrlJj la In Inrrr of lioiot Oat. O ASTON". Or.. Ie. (.paclaL Tha heavy rain which baTaa la. I tndr nihl b awoltaa tao Tuala tin Kieer av-rth of town until II t aaoul a mil w Ida. and farmera oa th low land report that Ihe.r cellar ar fort of water. Many of tha farm bultdins ar en tirely aurroaaieH by water, and tha farmer ara anaroond. Tha lone bridare aauth of Ca.toaa on taa main county road ta partly und-r water, and If taa water ahou'.d rlaa mora ther 1 2ecr of It tcoiBar out. Daaaax? Slight al Krlax K !:t0. Waah.. W. :i .e-tal After a tea-toot rt In th pr.cadinc ; aaira th Cow 1: 14 P.laer at Kei.o reatched It bKheat about midnis&t Ti.idir. balnar 14 feat, and ha been f::mf .imatir ani l.itti. ioe. e.s:ted frorrx tha flo-J-t In the vow lita Tre.a .arf ba baaa ra.tabtlh.d tnrouarS Kio aithouch all train ara lata. Ta waehout a oaar th railway at th betratoaer brlda baa been re-(eUrect STEVENS GETS GOLD BADGE llmuroa' tilft to Mar-dial rre--rnt-ral by Major. Kir War.hal Jay KtTna rac:etl laat nlarhl from tha men In tba dtatrlet ha aartaa aa aecond aaajtanl fir chief a handomo e ld bade rcocnlttoa of hi fficlent eerrl. and aa a Chrlat nvaa appreciation. Mayor Alba xnad taa presentation and accompanied It with a timely talk. tth ta,rakr Included Commie. tonera liakrr and iaelow and member of th Public siafely Comniion. im th far of th bade, which I modeled after th refutation fir de partment bads, la th Inscription -General Kir Mar.hal and le-cond Aitan Chief." in th Terere M th name of th companl. preDt la( th bads ar (la. GRIP COSTSMANY LIVES I !..... rnm ytraf tfe .aravre-p lla I tarhar of Saow. r.tvdKr. Itaho. rw. II SprlL tt aaoeaal bard her Minder and a fait cf about I Inch corered th a-ro'tnd. A h-ay Chinook wind ba baaaa biowiac an. J, tha aaaow h aa aearry all left and la atraeta ar flooded, it raiaad dartnar moat cf th BihL OatraUa lla C raaailoa la lorm. CENTKAUA. Waai, Dec li tSpo- mor accural, to rclativea ot lh old fa.Moned grip. Atthousa tba epidemic la tha moat aerlou lnc Hl. It la remarkabl be ta uae la bo culture yet examined by th ha!th department ba th orcaniam cf tru la Clpp bee a found. lactation of ry rictira of th epi demic forcible Uotatloa by mp!orrs. If aeceaaary. of ery employ wbo at tempt, to work whii Buffering from taa arlp waa urcad today by tr. Karl A. Meter .uperlctendent of lb Cook County KoepitaL He (aid: "I bltT ther ar at lat (.09b paraoa rlouty 111 with atrip la Chi rac today. W bar from to t caae that com to th County Hoa pltAl ry day. Iiecaueo of l-a con taciouat nalnro oT th dl.eaa. w at tempt to take la only th most rlou caaea. Th ot.r Imply receia first traatmeot. "'from II la I. out of 4 nurs-es her ar 111 with la nrlppa. That Indicate about tha proportion of Xlctlma all onr Iowa. Many doctors baa bee a or ar LU. "Tb epidemic Is particularly dpr eua bacac.a It aniatht ba followed by pne-iraonka or bead Infection. If tha etctim doaea aot tborousaiy conquer lb ltn h may become utJett to cbronle catarrh." S) ailtrn. asaratl.e la Ksaeae are pet. ttr. ta ae-it.r car r-r - 1 1. mA t-atlea ef 1 "ve ata peeparatorv ta .Aea. tna that tfeea ca's ara rp--a ee for the :.a la pacaeeaee ravenae rriaa le.l iraffl. ;.. aa t a anae taaa M iKes an tar .-are. end a aacat pa.ata raeeaec raceipl kai aewrsaeed a par al. Of Narubr-r Allotted to Orrcon, Two VIII IVs Eleertcd l"roin Each of t"ontrrr-alooal Platrlcta. Mate at lJr-;r to Vote Four. 8ALKM. Or, Pec. i J. (Special.) laataaatea who may b elected to different National party conantlona for th nomination of Presidential can dldate. must pay their own expeniet la attending th conareotlona next year, aa th old law allowing therrt ISO aca waa repeated by th laat Uellatur. That thl will not dter aaplranta from aeeklna- to represent their r- pex-tlv partle la Indicated by In quiries which h been rceld by u ...... nr si.i. otcott within th laet few weeks from persona aaeklnc Information concrnln-r th manner In which they may hav their Bame placed on th primary ballot- Th primary election for nelectlnff. th National party delettat from O ra yon will ba held May It "ext. Candi date will b permitted to file their pe tition or declaration from after th Ural of nxt year until April I, or Si day prior to th primary alecUon. roasreaaloaal Dlatrtrt to Klee-t. f.f tha number of dele-rate allotted to Orecoa by tha National committee, two will b lrted from each of th .i.ia'a three Consrrrslonal dUtrlcta. and th rt from th state at tare. Aa now aaema probable, oreaon will end ! deleaatea to ach of th differ ent party ronrenllon. tnu ttiema imir to b Toted on from th tU at larg, or ix altocether. fndar th present statute, candidate for deleaat must cboos whether they will run from th tat at large or from th Cooerreaalonal district In w hich they happ-rn lo reside. Aspirant tor dele gate now hare th option of fl'.lns; a declaration of their randldary with th Secretary of Mat or of filing a pe tition. Th cost of filing tieclarattona U IIS. Name Mast Hrpresrst Kle-rlara. lf the asnirant decides to clrculal a petition, not Irs than two per cent of th electors of his political party. based on the Yote cant for J:preenta- tl In Congress by such party. In th tat at larg or In the district from which h seek Iho election, must b obtained on th petition. Th name on th petition also must represent elec tors residing In each of at least one tenth of th prertncU In each of at least seven counties In th state. If th candidal la running; In th state at larg. When th delegate rh 00 see to be a candidal from hi Congressional dis trict, then hi petition must represent electors residing In at least one-tenth of th precincts In at least one-fourth j of lh counties In th district. Not mora than " signature ar required on any petition, and no fe for filing; la charged. SECONDARY STUDY GROWS Tlir-r llandre-tl Oregon Srliools Of fer Work Above Elclilb Grade. of - 5KN ! am-r,f1 ' rU"-c---;aalaea',:r TV -" aeree "Tl-laS n . le" j -. T.: it c . Janr2 .".. -i ica - raa ' "TIL- . ettea a'- a-jeW aa-il ea rwVL- taaaa nftekw . eaaeyrv ' rw 1 25 - JZZ- T -a .- aesia -- et. . .1 v'-r 8ALKM. Or, Dec. : J (Ppeclal.) Three hundred Oregon schools are now offering work a bore tha eighth grade. Superintendent of Public Instruction ChurrMil announced today. Of this number 44 offer one year of secondary work. offer two years. offer thrr Tear and 11 offer four years of high school work. Approximately lie teachers ar employed In th sec ondary school, about per cent of whom ar graduates of colleges or uni versities, wb.le.many more ar grad uafrs of technical or normal schools. ly far tha largest number of grad uates teaching In the blah achoola of th slate ar from the 1'nlverslty of Oregon, th number being IIS. A large percentage of lh teachers of th voca tional high school subjects ar sup plied by th Oregon Agricultural College. MAN WITH PISTOL FELLED Ifnsband Gives Cltaae to Caller At tempting to See III Wife. KLAMATIf TAL1A Or, I'M. iJ. (Special.) What might hav been a second shooting In Klamath Coun ty during tha week was prevented last night by th failure of aa automatic pistol to work properly. Hugh I Clopton. of Ilonansa, last Bight was driven away from th horn of If. M. Jalo. on Ninth street here after at temDltina several times to call on Mrs. Jalo. Whll Jalo was chasing Clopton away from th house on bis last visit Clopton drew a :-caliber automatic and tried to load It to shoot, but a cartridge Jammed and th pistol failed to go off. Jalo promptly re ilea 1. loptor with a stick and turned htm over to the police. Clopton was bound over to th grand Jury. Ilecenily Clopton and his wife wer dlvorcod. SLAIN WOMAN'S SON JAILED Allesed t-lajer Caotaea Arrest of Andrew Kuehrre. KLAMATH KAIJA Or, Dec .J. (Special.! Areordint; to District At tn.n. jntif Irwin, no data for th Pre liminary hearlraga of A. Ernest Law rence and Mr. and Mrs. Ouy Hunter has aa yet bean set. laawrenc and the Hunters art oeing jieio, cnarsa eua tba murder of Mr. Alma Kurhna on ktma.fa.it laat MondaV morning. As th grand Jury reconvenes next Monday. It la likely these caaea will ro directly to tba grand Jury without any preliminaries. Ouy Hunter today caused th arrest cf Andrew Koehn. son of th slain woman, on a cnarg 01 oeing armeo. with a dangerous weapon. Indian Trapsing Beaver lined li. CHEHALJS. Wara Dec St (Spe cial. Kaymond Boon, of Lacamaa. bagged am racoon whit oa a hunt ing trip this week. ' William Wilson, anolber hunter residing In Cowlltx County Bear th Lwi County Una. t r. pped a fine beaver. Oama warden Wyan. of Chehalla. In torn caught Wil son and obtained possession of th hid Wilson, who Is an Indian, pleaded guilty to a violation of th gam laws bafor Jostle Lots, of Vader. and was fined 117. n mm Saj Jk-; -ar One year ago when we reduced the price on ROYATJ CLUB COFFEE from 40c to 35c, we told you it was only temporary that we were sharing with you the saving to us in an exceedingly low, "war time," coffee market that as soon as the market went up we would have to re store the original 40 cent price. We were the only coffee roasters on the coast to take the public into our confidence and share our saving with them. The public has saved thousands of dollars as a result. Now we must raise the price of our ROYAL CLUB brand. The high grade Central American and Sumatra Coffees from which it is blended have gone up are still going up. We have every reason to believe they will stay "up." UNTIL JANUARY 1ST YOU CAN BUY ROYAL CLUB COFFEE AT THE REDUCED PRICE. If you are one of the thousands who have found satis faction in this delightful coffee, you should lay in a sup ply NOW at the reduced price. If you have never tried it, you should treat yourse!f and the family while the price is down. Say ROYaAL CLUB to your grocer today. LANG & CO. The "Royal Club" House Portland, Oregon. MR. WEST IS WRONG Charge That Lincoln Lands Not Assessed Unfounded. MARSHES TAXED 6 YEARS State Comrul.ilon Says It Is Un able to See Good Reason for feugseMion of Failure to Perform Its Duty. SALEM 'Or. Dec. !J.( Special.) The rHate Tax Commission today In formed ex-Oovernor West that hl al legation that certain valuable tide and marsh lands -in. Lincoln County had not been plsced on the tax roll were .. Th. la'tr ara tha nroo- erty of the Corvallls 4 Eastern 1UII rosd Company, and. according to the Tax Commission, have been assessed for the last aix years. y rAmmimiratlon renlvlnjr to Mr. West, the Commission says that It It has not performed Its full duty In la "unable to see any good reason for - .....iinn direct or Indirect- that the matter of awesament and taxation of these lands. Writing to the commicinn, ir. west raised the point of whether the grant ing act conveyed to the railroad com pany any Interest in the ocean beach of Lincoln County, declaring ne did not believe It did. In reply the Com mission informed Mr. West that it had placed the question before Attorney General Drown, with the request, that he sugsrest the proper form of action to be brought with a view of obtain ing an early determination1 ct the matter. The Tax Commission instructed W. E. Ball. Assessor of Lincoln County, more than six months sgo to assess all the lands in question to the railroad com pany for this year, except wherever an apparently valid title to any por tion was recorded in the name of the owner. In which event the assessment should be made to such record owner. Th Assessor also was advised to place the lands on the tax rolls for the five years prior to 1915. as is provided for properly which haa been omitted from assessment and taxation. Mr. Bail noti fied the Commission that he had fol lowed Its Instructions and that tne lands had been on tha rolls for five years previous. MAN WORKS AS HORSE Animal Drops Dead, Driver Takes Place In Shafts. COLUMBUS. Ind, Dec 17. William Sanford heard there was work in the Shclbyville canning factory. He hitched his horse to a spring wagon, took his wife in the seat beside him, whistled to bis dog and started out. Twelve miles from Columbus the horse fell dead. Sanford pirlled the carcass to one side of the road got into the shafts himself along for encouragement, he pulled th and. with his wife and dog walking I wagon back to Columbus. Another Payroll in Danger Seventy people will be put out of employment and an annual payroll of over $70,000 wiped out if the Hofbrau is allowed to close its doors on January 1. Shall Portland Permit So Grave a Mistake? ta th f!eal year n4tnr with June. 74 eeaaele aer.iag from Arnertc.e) parts w.re aided la tuaae at sartl by iumn leiasracaj. Enjoy Your Christmas Make Sure and Reserve - Your Table for Christmas Dinner . at the Imperial Hotel Grill The Good Thing to Eat and Drink Are Here. Table d"Hote Dinner Served From 5 to 9 One Dollar Reserve Your Table for New Year's Eve Special music, extra, entertainment and appro priate souvenirs for diners. TWO DOLLARS for each person, advance reservation payment, which will be applied to the bill for the evening. W. J. VanSchuyver & Co. San Francisco, Cal., Jan. 1, 1916 We offer the same square deal methods that have characterized every transaction for over forty years. The same value at the price that has made our brands big sellers throughout the Northwest The same service that has made the name VanSchuyver a byword for efficiency in all deal ings with the trade. Dependable merchandise direct to you expressage prepaid at wholesale prices. WRITE FOR CATALOGUE W. J. VanSchuyver & Co. Established 1864 83-85 BEALE STREET San Francisco, California P.O.Box 801 P""1 1 " '""" J