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HELD 1 DEAD, 1 INJURED, NEW SNOWY GALE CHILLS PORTLAND EL PASO IS HAT MAKERS TEST WEST'S RABBIT FUR C MIDDLh WLSTbl ILL IS BITTERLY COLD 1 ILL FROM FIRE IN AUSTRIAN GRIP AGAINST Mil. MSOTT IXTI.RU-TS r.S! I M1.V.M lACTOHY I TLA. WAVK rASMXti EASTWARD MAY BAKl K MAX SUCCUMBS AFTER PUTT1XG OUT SMALL BLAZE. i.ita:it Al-L THIS WtLK. MONTENEGRO RIOTING diidc MiTncDUiniT ru dun ui unnuiiu MEXICANS MEXICO ORDERED Knives Used in Fights in Many Quarters SOLDIERS JOIH I.N DISORDER Ambulances Racing Through Streets: Doctors Summoned. MARTIAL LAW IS DECLARED i ilia .lrerrrnl and mrr Mn or dte- la l-ae Ir (rata t.ijinl Hwfulfiil IHrr MlwKTT I1f I a. "ft. r Tv. 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Mar po narai af fa aftn'an lat taa lirnii ait tna a .ivurta . it la 21 a'nta. j ti ba baaa .;4 fat tba Caaair Jt .4 ' nwi abarca 10 raata far aao j i. la all ! la (barto af j Si ' tr tba parajit. I rva Mat ba to IW Heard, I. ;:. Or. J aa II r-eclal A aaa state . the ward of wblc war wr.tten v M'a J ara Wa'.ar laiM aad tba -. uaw by J. Mormaa v aterhauae. af l.aseae. will ba ftaaa I' B-at m;,, prsaaatatiaa al IB sea- af tba .,saea r araioa.e ri.tr. ta wft ck i: lautt w ij lake ta'l. I iUt. Jiauart It. Mwc loser a4 crittra of I i.ralora trredrct fs iaa aaaa a bri;aat eavvee. IxabllahMM-nl of Markrt for lral lo Kapflaal Trade la llldra V lib (rrnunj la rrofaoacd. or.cwxus sews bit.caC. -- iaclea. J a a. II. At Ik raqaral ot BP rtll finBoll. of Oracon. a fcal fa.-lorr la Panr!ala a ronductln ( aiBarinwaU lo datarmlaa irhalbar or nol a fr of Waaiari, jararaoblt. taa ba lit ia4 In h manafarlura of drrbr a4 alhar lrl' of ' b If Ibo tiparlnrnli ora ti-caf at. Iba ortisa aiambar la roafidant lhara raa raa4: ba bai!l up an A mar Iran mar bat lot arhrabMt fur. and cm th mar- bat la aalabllahao. ba faala Ibara arltl b a doubla n-anila for kllllnc ona of tba not. I fala arlth nbt.h l Wt- ara firmer baa lo 4al. la ronaataatlon nub a rnnlol rancrma tm lima afo, Mr. Pin fMit aarna4 Ibal rabbl fur la tmport a4 from t;armanr tr Iba maaufartura of fall. aa4 ba- aua of Iba war Ibla up pi baa bn rul off. Tba 4aa or. -arrad la btm thai If Oarrnan rabbll fir U O'lllaMa tor manufariurlnc fall. Iba fitr of Iba Jarkrabblt Oilht ba aq-aalll valaabla. Taranch IM CanfrtMinaa. Mr. ln aaii arrani4 la baa Iba ranarlaala bal fariorr prlmar.i ajiib jarkrab bil far. aa4 ha I ban ani In Oraaon and bad a Ursa b of )a-krabMI akin frnar44 lo kim. Tha.a aklna bava baaa nl oa lo ;o rannalanla fc lorr. STEAMSHIP IS NOT WARNED tllarh o Hrtloo la lrdllrrran-a n l-rarrllanl hj frrnrh Iipalch. !rV. Jan. II Tba Hr.lib aiaam al p ClaomMla. annb la Iho M'dilarra aaan mm Janoarr II. aa lorpadoad alt tool varninc. arrordina to a Kara 4palrr ladar from Mrlra. Ta - aama dtapal.-h raporta thai I narwr Tafna. obirk arrKod al Mar aalltaa from rnilippailla. ax-apad for Ik aaaon4 lima from a aabmarloa bj pa4 a4 rlavar luaavttrt. I'apKla i'bairr, of iba ii:t and ;a) man of iba rraar arra ptrkad ap T Iba alaamar Moaaoul. Iba dlapalrh a-arja. Mia Ibraa llncUabmaa of Iba rar aad Ha ITilaaaa vara loat. GRAYS HARB0RW00D LOW Traaaaarra al brHa-n Mrlke aad rl la-Oal Wat Adtaac. AHKtlt'KltS. t'ab. Jan. IX. pa cal I roiloalRC Iba rloatna of mill tbfotoat tba couair. Iba harbor ntiaa ara fa'lo an acuto wood hort aa. Tha aurptr at mill wood la aboal tKaaalad aad roal la proalnc a hi aal.ar. aaool tana bain aotd hara la tba lat tna 4aa. boal nafoa taamairra lodar atrark far a ;-caal adTanra aad racaiaad II. Tha aumaar af fr oaa a ptpra In bouaaa lbroa!snt Iba citjr raa ap Inlo baa drada aad la croalar Ibaa al aa lima dorinc Ibo p't alt ar. INDIAN BABIES DYING OFF pi-al Mailr lor (Ulraaloa of Prop- acanda Asaifial lUrmt. XV A!HIN';TOf. Jan. II la aa appaal -aa fa Indian FaMaa." ant t. to day to atcif amploja of Iba frill ad fiataa Ind aa aaraica. Cata trail. Com miaaioaar for Indian Affair, cltad ata tialKa to hor that approlmalrlr tbraa-firiha at Iba Indtaa Infaal diad bafora Iba aa of fia taara. Tba com miaaioaar urad tba atlralna lion ot abat ba farmed Iho lolo;ar abla" condition that tnfrat am In dian boraaa. and axtaaalon of tha adu- STUDENT TAKES COLD SWIM rortlaad IVn Ibona flalhlns tall la I ra-a In aT TrmprraUrr. KUll.Ml Ot. Jan I! lpactat I laanaa Heanay. fraahmaa at tha lnl araltr af Orason. oirtoaa koma la ta fort and. I4ar doonrd I la bathiBf. ait and took a p:usca In tba ml. I race auk tha tamparatura balow fraaalna. fiannay atasad bla vrlormMne at Iba rr af Iba Kappa tticma fralaratly aooaa. sotna from tha bouaa to tba a alar, abaal ba'f a blok. la b a b:k-lac-ault ARMY SURGE0N DROWNED ( na.i .rtllrrr Prlaalr-a Alao aae IJir-a la Mrarnrr Colllaloa. li t.Vl:TOV. T. Jan. Il-fttln tl r. .Vnaa. Madl.-al forra. V. . A. att-t.ad lo tba Coa! ArtiMara pool at .art Oovhatt. aad tlraa prOataa ot fa foaat An 1'fl nara dronaod todajrl a tba liaaaaton cbantiat attn l-a! l)jirman haat J ft l aiaa run doaa' aad ! b tha tank taaroailp Chart IL HameodL oulon4 for Tiapi'o. Tsa body af I'aplala Noaa baa baan ra--a afad OAKLAND CURBS JITNEYS Califoeaia To a Prohibit Opera Itoa la llaalaeaai Dlatrlet. t.i.tiKl.Nt. Cat. Jan. It, Jnne. ware rrohiMt4 free operating la f e i -aaaaa 4 atri.-t cf Oakland by aa or-; 4inaa. a4opt4 today by taa City j l"csiL I Attrea for Jltary oparatora aald i aald I meal thai would aaak to n)o'a aaforva ; tha aaaaara. Ambassador Promises Prompt Action. LANSING WARNS AMERICANS Citizens Told to Leave Trou bled Districts. WILSON CONSIDERS CASE Xmhlns lo Hr pnnr I nlll Iwialln aira Olxalnod Inirnae Inilia Ballon la Flrrimrd In Holt llouir of Congress. n tIIIM.Tn. Jan. IX 4 aalarc af tvaaanl Joao Radrlaara. . a a era I Alaal- 4a aad aatrral otaar a Ilia rhlrftalna br (arraaaa toeava aaar Madara aaaa aanaaaaad taalakl la dlapalrbaa from ri raa to too btato Dapartmrat aad tha Kaatma I'jabaaar. Almlada aaaa bal Immediate!, tba araaait ta the rnbaaar aald. and aammare raaaajtloa or nariara ba4 baaa "aderad hr t.ea. oral (aaalra. ranaaaalai the aarriaoa at Jaarra. W AilllNJToV. Jan. 11 r.Ilaea Ar- radondo. Ambaaaador of tha lelcaa da facta oarrmn. rallad at tha bint Iapartment today mI paraonallr a ured berlarr Ianain Ibal t'arranta trooper bad baaa dlapalrhed to Writ, rrn i"hihuahua ariib order 10 kill or raptor alt tha bandtl concerned la tho alarms of American rliiaena. Ila raid orary t'arranra Midler In Norlh ra Milco would ba preaaed Into errlra If aararr. In a iamnt latar Mr. Arrrdondo declared thai I ha men who lol their lle had attempted to reach lhair plar ot bualneaa befora romplat con trol of lb realon bad bean arcom p:iahed by tha l arraau force. Ila aid I bar bad raralaad per m l aa I o at their oaa raqueet to paaa thro'iah tha t.'ar ranaa linaa. althsucb American bava baart warned lo heap out of territory In which urrltta aarfar was In lrosr. VI aralaa bite, baya wSae. Mr. Arredondo went to tha Utalo fa- parlmenl at tha riaaa of a day deroled J lariely In ofTl-'lal circle to tba Mexican ituation. ITldent Wilaon conferred with ha-rratary of Ktala Uanalnc and dlacuaaed tha aubj'ct with caller. II I understood to bar told aoma of Ih lallar thai Chihuahua mine emplor had baen rapaciaily warned not to so Into Mexico. Purina tha day Jiecretary I-analng mad It clear that Iba American Oov arnmant would demand from tba dc facto (oiraramenl arldenr that the murderer bad been punlahed. and that If thl wer not don an lu micbt arte betaeen Ih American and Car ranu aovernmant. Thla atatement aaa ronaldered inlflcnl of Ih do- 4 an rasa 2: l'o:uma 3- WHY VVsV IJS -TS yrSOT rhra-Ua Has Worst 'Weather of t-rmntnll May fie Warmer lo JtocLy Mountains .Todajr. KANSAS CITT. Jan. 1J. Ultlla hop of relief from sro temperatures for th next S hours In the 8outhwet was offered by the local weather bureau hera tonight. Whlla rUInf; tempera ture tomorrow wera predicted for Oklahoma and Nebraaka. tha cold war will continue throuahout the atates. Kar.aa. Mlnanurl and Iowa, for the r malndrr of Ih meek, at least. It wa aald. Tempcraturre, In Kanui and Ml rourl mere expected to be from 6 to IS dree below sero ton lent. At 1 o'clock hera the temperature waa I decree blow sero. tha same mark as thai of lat nlsht at the same tiro. On death from exposure mas re ported today In Kansas. nKXVrr.. Jan. IX The cold war extending over the Rocky Mountain for three day ha paed eaxtward. It m announced by tha local weather bureau tonlxht. Snow I probable In Utah tomorrow, but generally throughout the mountain rrElon warmer weather Is forecast. NORFOLK. Neb.. Jan. IX Northern Nebraaka experienced the colnest perature at Norfolk dropping to St below and throughout this territory ranging from SS to X below. t'entral South. Dakota had relief to day from yesterday's sarere cold, the mercury rising from 40 below to SO below. PU'fX FAUJ". S. P.. Jan. IS. Thirty-lhrea degree below xero wa he temperslure officially recorded hera last night. Ih coldest for several years. Robert Jacobaon. a farmer Ivlng near Salem, waa found dead In hi buggy and a companion, badly frnaen. waa found on the (round nearby. ALONZO M. MURPHEY OUT Investment flanker of Spokane la Candidate for Congress. rTOKANi; Waeh.. Jan. IS. (Spe cial. I Alonxn M. Murphry. Fpokane In vestment banker, today announced his rsndidary for Congreas. subject to the republican primaries of It's. Though a leader of the Ilepubllran party In the early day and a realdent of th com munity since llll. Mr. Murpbey of lata yeara has Pot been active politically and hi candidacy cam a a surprise to many ot the party workers In tha Fifth dlatrlct. ' -My campaign will ba made upon the Republican platform as It Is going to be drafted by the coming National con vention. Mr. Murphey aald. KAISER'S SISTER SENT FOR Hume Hear Jneen Sophie Will Go! to Hrrlln at Oner. 1XN1X.N". Jan. 11. A wireless dis patch from Rome says thst Queen tiorhlr. o' Greece, hss been summoned lo tha bedside of ler brother. Emperor William, whose lllnc.n. I deacribed aa aeriou. Th Q'.een. th message ays. la to depart at once for Berlin. NOT BUILD ANOTHER CHINESE a. I a a W in .a - -, .a Armr;r:.u. hoe. STRUGGLE : BELIEVED ENDED London Thinks King Nicholas Will Not Continue. SEA CAMPAIGN AFFECTED Italy' Ambition to Dominate Adri atic Cheeked, W ith Far-Reaching Consequence to Naval Move ments In Mediterranean. LONDON. Jan. IX Another decisive stage in the Balkan situation has been reached, with Montenegro now follow ing Serbia In virtual absorption by the Invading forces. It mas learned to night tbat Austria and Montenegro had come to an armistice, this being con strued as the last act of the little coun try after having Its capital. Cettinje. dominated by the Austrian capture of Mount Lovoen. Whether King Nicholas mill continue the unequal struggle Is considered doubtful in London, but the accepted view among the best Informed men in London I that Montenegro ha virtual ly passed under Austrian control. Hold aa Adriatic Htreagtkraed. The chief significance of thl does not lie in the small territorial acquisi tion, which la less than that of Ser bla. but In Montenegro's Adriatic front. lying alongside the Austrian main of fensive naval station of Cattaro. where dispatches announce the entire Aus trian fleet, including three dread noughts, was assembled and from which departed the recent naval raid against Italian troops going to the re lief ot Serbia. This further extension of Austria's Adriatic front with the dominating nasal center of Cattaro. la viewed aa further tending toward the realisation of Austria's object of making the Ad riatic an Austrian sea and thus check ing Italy's ambition to make it an Italian sea. Italy Mas Mack at Stake. Italy had so much at stake that offi cials and diplomats had been waiting anxiously for the steps that Italy would take to relieve Montenegro and at the same time avert another Austrian ex tension on the Adriatic They were aware that Italy had once before pre vented Austria from gaining territorial concessions from Montenegro near Cat taro. by emphatically objecting to the treaty made in 112. - As Italy was then a member of the triple alliance. Aus tria reluctantly yielded to the Italian objection. It was believed that dynas tic reasons would play a part in Italy's assistance of Montenegro, as King Nicholas' daughter is the wife of the King of Italy, but help from that quar. Concluded on Page. 4. Column 1.) WALL? 4 ! J a I Firemen Have to Work Way Tast Angry TKg, Goats and Chickens In Home, Then Fight Owner. BAKER. Or.. Jan. 13. (Special.) One man dropped dead, one was in jured and a woman .made so seriously III that she may have to be sent to a hospital as the result of a fire this morning that did only a few dollars' damage. The dead man is Walter Finch, aged 70. who climbed to the attic, halt clothed and barefooted, quenched the blaze, and dropped dead from heart disease and exposure soon after the firemen arrived. His wife is in a frenxy and may be turned over to the county for care. She accuses the firemen of being responsible for killing her hus band. Finch tried to keep the firemen from the attic and in the efforts J. II. Kane, a fireman, was knocked unconscious by a falling board. The home was one of squalor snd Fire Chief Grabner had to stand off a snarling dog and then work his way through goats and chickens livirvg in the room with the aged couple as he led the way to the blaze. A defective flue caused the fire. Finch leaves two daughters living In Sparta, PENDLETON FIVE INDICTED One Return by Grand Jury Is Xot Announced, but Four Enter Pleas. rKNDI.ETO.W Or., Jan, 13. (Special.) Five Indictments and one not true bill were returned today by the Jan uary grand Jury. The not true bill was returned in the case of George Yogle son, charged witn larceny alleged to have been committed at Stanfield. Bills were returned against J. C. Brumett and Abraham Goldburg for the alleged theft of a watch and chain from A. B. Watson at the last Round up. M. McMurray, colored, who was ar rested December 6 for chasing Harvey Bazelle with a long cleaver, was In dicted for assault with a dangerous weapon. Gus Expinosa was indicted for assault on James Beck, proprietor of a livery stable. The fifth bill was not made public. The four men, on being arraigned this morning, pleaded not guilty. The investigation of the election riots commenced today. SNOWSHOES TO BE USED Bull Hun Water Observer Must Visit .Lake This Week. The task of snowshoeing and skiing 40 miles through the wilderness of the Bull 'Run water reserve, where the snow Is dozens of feet deep in some places, has been assumed by Glen He Intyre. a rancher of Brightwood. He will make the trip this week, going as far as Bull Run Lake to record water depths. Mr. Mclntyre has a contract to make the trip twice a month. The distance from Brightwood is 20 ml lea.. The round trip is expected to take several days. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TE.STETRDAT'F Maximum temperature, 23 degrees; minimum. 17 degrees. TODAY'S Probably occasional snow; north erly winds. Mexico. Mexican Ambassador promiaes bandits will be pursued. Pag I. General Huerta Is dead. Page S. Tension on border Is acute. Page X Appeal sent to Roosevelt to us influence In Mexican affair. Pag 2. War. Montenegro makes armistice with Austria; struggle believed ended. Page 1. National. Jane Adrlama and General BMss beard en preparedneas. Page 7. Chans attends big White House reception, fa go 4. , Domestic. j Pennsylvania hat factory teats fur of West- I ern jackrabblt pest. Page 1. ! Mrs. Price Poat active In work of providing j ahoea for Belgians. Page 4. Middle-West still bitterly cold. Page 1. j Police of El Paso deport Mexicans In "clean- ' up." Page 1. i Sport. ! Callfomians find t.asketball play in North west rough. Page 14. Ralph Gruman to fight Frankle Callahan 2u rounds at salt l.ake tonight. Page 14. Vancouver hockey team to play Uncle Sams ' here tonlgnr, rage n. Dave Gregg, brot jer of Vean. signs Beaver J cuntracu Page 11. Pacific Nortbweot. One dead, one Injured, one ill as result of little blitze at Baker. Page 1. King County Republican meeting data moved ona day. Page 4. Amended complaint In land fraud case, filed by Mr. Brown. Is echo of Benson and Hyde case. Page 6. Tillamook train, which started Tuesday, still stalled in mountains. Page 6. Ice fills Columl.la and ties up Vancouver ferry. Page 7. Commercial and Marine. Snow storm checks farmers' sales of wheat In Interior. Page 111. Chicago alat advances on heavy buying due to cold wave. Page 10. Selling of Mexican shares weakens entire stock market. Page 19. Port comiisshn holds tusineas meeting. Page 1$. Portland and Vicinity. Vlata Houaa fund doubles in day. Page 13 Portland regarded as model in guarding oung from theatrical dangers. Page 11. H. H. RHdell Is put on trial for land fraud. Pag S- Tranapertalioa men plan to atart letter-week o!f with record. Pag 8. Snowclad Columbia Gorge is beautiful view from highway. Page . E. C Herlow sake psrola. before Imprison- -. . ..inrilln, Bnmin Para - 0 Weather report. 'data and forecast. Page 1. j State banks hold elections. Psge 18. j Pislnttff In Insurance case accused of dam-j aging company. Page &. j Bride of to weeks silli loyal to forger bus-j band. Page II. Ne' snoay gale chilis city after day of mod- ! erulinn. Pase I. ! bmuaat itiilua tho-rvd at Armory. lo i. Boreas Eases Grip for Few Hours Only. TROLLEY PLOWS RUSHED OUT Fall of Three Previous Days More Than Nine Inches. WEATHER MAN IS DISCREET Tenieraturc Forecast Xot Made, Worst Mar Is B. V. D. Boy, W ho Insists on Showing That , He Still Has 'Em On. VOl'SG GALE FRINGS SEW FALL OF SNOW. A marrow-chilling young gale, whipping into town from the northeast a few hours after sup per last night, brought with it more snow to dump on the 9.3 inches already cluttering the city's streets. Coming after 24 hours of com paratively calm weather in which no snow had fallen, it dispelled hopes of a speedy thaw. In the East Side suburbs and on Portland Heights the new storm had made such headway by 10 o'clock that motor brooms and snow plows sent to the barns the night before were or dered out to buck snow again by the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company. Numerous cars also were in operation through the night, on all lines, to keep the tracks clear. Aside from the activities of the B. V. D. boys, who bad revived sufficiently m-ith the rising temperature to become extremely pestiferous, the weather sit uation was more bearable In this snow beleaguered town yesterday. The B. V. D. boys? Oh, you know them.. Those enthusiasts who wear knee-length underwear all Winter and insist on bragging about their forti tude. It was noticeable that they were chiefly busy on Wednesday keeping warm, but yesterday they had thawed out enough to horn in with the usual formula: "Huh, you think it's cold, do you? Why this is nothing nothing at all. You talk about cold, but the trouble is you coddle yourself too much. Look at me I'm still wearing 'em, just as if it were Summer, and the cold hasn't touched me." Teraperatore Riaes ti 25. It's enough to make one wish it would drop to zero and stay there a week. The mercury yesterday actually ven tured up to 25 above zero for a few relatively speaking, of course per- spiry hours in the late aftc -. The minimum for the day was 17. At 7:30 o'clock last night it was 22 degrees, and the patient was hugging the stove but resting easy. ' Compared with Wednesday's shivery minimum of 13 above and maximum of only 17, yesterday's range of 17 to 25 degrees was a welcome blast of Sum mer warmth. Easterners from Pendleton, Baker, Denver, Chicago or New Tork sojourn ing in our midst may chortle satirically as they wist at the horrors of 13 above zero and eight Inches of snow. Snow Possible Today. Well and good; but it's a situation tragically far from a joke In a com munity that braves whole Winters without sight of a snowflake and with a temperature of freezing good for the front page. The weather man "-"diets possible, snow for today, with northerly winds. No venture is made as to probable tern- " perature. In this connection it should be ot interest to the populace to note that Edgar A. Beals, the genial forecaster who ordinarily presides at the weather office here, returned yesterday post haste from Washington, D. C, at news of the record-breaking cold. Mr. Beals has been East since Christ mas. He has been attending the ses sions in Washington of the Pan-American Scientific Congress. In his absence, Theodore F. Drake, assistant forecaster, has been batting well over .500 in the forecast league. It has snowed every time he has pre dicted snow, to the great unbappiness of the public. Snow "Vine lacbea Deep. The total snowfall of the present three-day cold snap has been 9.3 inches. Tho total snowfall since January 1 has been about 16 Inches, which breaks all records for nearly a generation. It is necessary to hark back to January and February of 1893 to beat it. No snow fell yesterday, and the over, worked platform men of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company had a rest. Some trouble with drifting snow was encountered on tha Mount Tabor and Hawthorne-avenue lines early yesterday, but otherwise there was no disturbance ot traffic. Motor brooms and snowplows reposed in the barns through the day. But with snow standing eight to ten inches deep even 'on the downtown streets, and deeper than that in the .iCuUWludcd UU 1'e.aV lb. CobO-lt l.J.