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VOL.. L.V NO. 17,219. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 29, 1916. PRICE FIVE CENTS. Si DIEGO DAM 0 DNOffl 11,000,000,000 Gallons of Water Released. 51,000,000 DAMAGE DONE Bridges Washed Out, Streams To Treacherous to Permit - f.c-cjers to Go Out. HUNDREDS FACE FAMINE Bodies Are Seen Floating on Flood and List of Victims May Be Increased. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Jan. 28. At least 50 persons were believed to have been killed late Thursday when the lower dam of the San Diego water system in the Otay Valley, south of here, broke under the heavy pressure of the flood waters. A wall of water SO feet high was released. Sweeping down the valley the great flood of water carried people, live tock and valuable farm property to destruction. Scores of residents were missing tonight. Houses on 25 ranches were swept away. Wires Down, Roads Impassable. The first news of the disaster reached here late today. There had been ro communication with the dis trict since the disaster occurred, as . wires were down and roads were im passable. At least 25 Japanese men, women and children were reported to be among those lost. An area 15 miles long and two miles wide is devastated. Rescuers were unable to reach the scene of the disaster tonight, as all bridges were washed out and the swollen streams were fio treacherous that it was impossible to launch boats to go to the rescue. Bodies Seen on Floods. Several bodies have been seen floating in the flood waters, accord ing to reports received here. The breaking of the dam released 11,000,000,000 gallons of water, which rushed down through the thickly pop . ulated and narrow Otay Valley. Property Loss at Least $1,000,000. The property loss will amount to at least $1,000,000. Because of the fact that they were isolated by the breaking of the dam, which shut off any means of reaching other com munities, hundreds of families in the - vicinity were facing a food famine to night. All possible efforts were being made here to send relief to the flood suf ferers in the valley. The heavy rains of the last few days filled the lower Otay dam for the first time in its history. Unable longer to withstand the terrific weight of the water, the dam gave way, releasing a flood of water. Earnings of the impending danger of the break had been given to the people in the valley, but few heeded them, it was said tonight, choosing to stay and endeavor to protect their property. 6AN FRANCISCO. Jan. 28. Suffering and danger from floods, snow and in tense cold In the Rocky Mountain region accompanied today the storm which struck the Pacinc Coast yesterday and Is moving east. Mercury 34 Below at Havre. Havre. Mont., reported 54 degrees below aero, with many other towns not greatly behind. Eastern Washington and Idaho suffered with Montana. Towns in the Coeur d'Alene region were isolated by snowslldes. Another slide on the Missoula division of the Chicago. Milwaukee & 6t- Paul Railroad caused traffic to be diverted over the Northern Pacific tracks, while Great Falls, Mont., reported the Great North ern's Kalispell division tied up by cold, with not a train moving. Car Mipa em ley Rails. At Putte a streetcar slipped on icy rails and IS passengers were injured. Southwestern Colorado was reported snowed in. with IS feet of drifted snow In Durango streets, and connection with the Sllverton mines cut off. Railroad communication with Phoe nix. Arix stopped when a bridge on the Atchison. Topeko 4V Santa Fe Rail road at Agua Fria River went out. The aupply of sugar in Phoenix was reported about gone. Ray. in the same state, was said to face a, real famine, while reports reaching Yuma, in the southwest corner of the state, told of rising streams, and frightened inhab itant, not yet adjusted to conditions tConcludt.4 oa Page 4, Columa ) STANFORD TO BAR STUDENT DRONES EVIDENCE OF PAST INDUSTRY CONDITION OF ADMISSION. Trustees Approve Plan to Open In stitution Only to Tbose Thor oughly in Earnest. STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal.. Jan. 28. Compelled by financial limitations to cut according- to their cloth the trustees of Stanford University an nounced today their approval of a fac ulty plan limiting the advantages of the institution to students thoroughly qualified and strictly in earnest. Under the new plan, which will be effective in August, the beginning of the next academic year, students who are not doing better than barely quali fying may be arbitrarily dropped. In addition to raising the scholarship requirements, the maximum number of students admitted in the entering classes-will be limited to 450 for the first and 60 for the second semester. More rigid tests of purpose and prog ress, it was announced, would be made in all clasies and it was further made clear that credentials presented with application for admission must be ac companied by evidence of the appli cant's past Industry. MAHONY SELLS TO OLSON Steamship Firm or Quarter Century Standing Dissolves. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 28. (Special.) Andy Mahony and Oliver J. Olson, who have been doing business on this coast for many years as the Olson & Mahony Steamship Company, an nounced today that they had dissolved partnership, that Mr. Mahony had sold his Interest to his partner and that the business, which involves the operation of 10 steamers, would be conducted in the future as the Oliver J. Olson Steam- shio Company. The deal is said to have involved nearly $2,000,000. Mr. Olson and Mr. Mahony were schoolboys together in the Mission dis trict of San Francisco. The Olson & Mahony Lumber Com pany remains as heretofore. TEACHING RECORD UNIQUE Lane County Man 23 Years In Sire's Footsteps. UNIVERSITY OF OREGON, Eugene, Or., Jan. 38. (Special.) A man who has taught in Lane County public schools for 23 consecutive years, whose father taught for 43 years in the same county and who is now teach ing in the same school in which his father taught 42 years ago. recently applied to the extension division of the university for reading circle questions. He is Elmer T. Jordan and he is teaching in the Deerhorn district. TITANIC CLAIMS SETTLED Widow of Theatrical Man Expected to Receive Largest Amount. NEW YORK, Jan. 28. Attorneys for the White Star line announced today that agreements had been reached with more than 200 claimants whereby about 1600,000 will be paid in claims arising out of the Titanic disaster. The largest amount to be paid as a death claim will be $50,000, which prob ably will be received by Mrs. Irene W. Harris, widow of Henry B. Harris, the theatrical producer. Mrs. Harris' claim was originally for $1,000,000. LOGWOOD CONDITIONS MET American Dye Makers Agree to Di vide With Canadians. WASHINGTON, Jan. 2S. Principal American manufacturers of dyestuffs from logwood have agreed to Great Britain's condition of exporting a rea sonable amount of products to Canada In return for the lifting of the export embargo from the British possessions in the West Indies. No further difficulty in getting the raw material for American industries now ia expected. FRANCE TO FIGHT. DRUGS Repressive Legislation Follows Epi demic of Cocaineomania. PARIS, Jan. 28. Repression of the opium and cocaine traffic in France is made stricter by an amending law passed today by the Senate. The dis cussion indicated existence of opium dens, winked at by the French authori ties in French ports, and of what Dep uty Cascneuve termed "a veritable epi demic of cocoaineomania" at Paris. Under the new law any unlicensed place where stupefying drugs are sold must be closed for at least a year. G0EBEN IS DAMAGED AGAIN Petrograd Iteports Casualties In En gagement Were Heavy. FETROGRAD, via London, Jan. 28. An official communication made public today says: "It has been learned that the Turkish cruiser Goeben (Sultan Selim) sus tained severe damage in an engage ment January S. Her casualties includ ed 33 men killed and SO wounded." Germans Save Hides on Battlefield. LONDON. Jan. 28. As an Instance of German thrift, the Germans remove the hides from dead army horses, says the Daily Mail's Balkan correspondent in describing a trip from Constantino ple to Nish over a road from which the evidences of war. he said, had been almost entirely, removed, BRANDEI5 WILL BE OPPOSED Ifl SENATE Unfitness for the High Position Asserted. IRRITATION IS MANIFESTED Radicalism Opposed, Without Reference to Party Lines. DEMOCRACY ALSO DENIED Sectional Considerations to Figure, Too Bid by ViIson for Jew ish, Pro-German and La bor Vote Is Detected. BY JOHN CALLAN O'LAUGHLIN. WASHINGTON. Jan. 28. (Special.) President Wilson precipitated a big fight with the Senate today when the J nominated Louis D. Brandeis, of Bos ton, to be an associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Republican Senaors are predicting to night that the nomination will bp re jected. Just ati the nomination of Mr. Hornblower, of New York, was rejected when made by President Cleveland. Sev eral of the Democratic Senators like- wise look with disfavor upon the nom ination and are voicing their opposi tion. Religion Relied Oa as Aid. Nevertheless, because Mr. Brandeis is a Jew. because this is the first time in the history of the country that a man of his race has been nominated for the Supreme bench, the Administra tion is confident that in the end the Senate will accord confirmation to the nomination. Those who are opposed to Mr. Bran deis. declare their objection does not lie in his race or religion does not relate in any way to the fact that he is of German origin. They base their criti cisms on his radicalism, and what they term his "unfitness" for appointment to a court, which today has the com plete confidence of the American people. Extreme Radicalism Opposed. With Mr. Brandeis' views as to the basic methods of settling Important economic and social questions there can be, of course, an honest difference of opinion. As evidence of his radicalism, reference is made to his support of the bill creating a Federal Trades Com mission, which now exists; but the Boston lawyer wanted the powers of that Commission made more extensive than Congress described. He was con cerned in the advocacy of other radical measures of the extreme type. He also aroused the irritation of members of the Senate and House who investi gated the celebrated Ballinger-Pfnchot controversy, serving as counsel for Glavis, who was connected with the Pinchot camp. Issne Also Partly Sectional. There is sectional opposition also to Mr. Brandeis' appointment. The great Middle West has only one representa- ( tive on the Supreme Court of the United States Associate Justice Day, (Concluded on Page 3, Column 1.)' WOODKOW SHOT AN ABOW ICY BLAST BEARS NEW SNOW STORM NKAIS-BLIZZARD ARRIVES AND 31 ORE IS IX STORE. Physicians Call Attention to Dan. gcr of Grip and Other Ills, Due to Itcnewcd Bad Weather. A biting east wind, with a blustering dry snow swept down on Portland late yesterday and the weather man with all confluence says it is likely to con tinue today, and grow worse. The minimum temperature yesterday was 24 and the maximum was only 29, and a recurrence of the bitterly cold spell of a few days ago is expected be fore nightfall. Snow flurries which soon became J howling snow storm reached Portland shortly before 9 o'clock last night, and unless the temperature makes it too cold for continued snow, a considerable fall is likely. Montana had the coldest weather in the country yesterday, when the mer cury huddled down around 54 degrees below at Havre. The barometer continues to fall, indi eating the storm predicted for several days is about due. Physicians who find in the east wind the germs of grip and other Winter ills yesterday urged pre caution for those sensitive to the Win ter blasts. DUST STORM COLORS SNOW Pendleton Wakes, to Gaze on Brown Where White Mad Been. PENDLETON. Or.. Jan. 28. (Special.) Pendleton was much surprised this morning to find the snow which had fallen last night to be a dirty brown color. A big dust storm struck the west end of Umatilla County yesterday, where there is little snow, and the dirt rarticles had drifted here. . , The weather continues cold, the ther mometer dropping to 13 degrees above zero last night, registering only 17 above at 1 o'clock today. TRAIN HURLS SCHOOLGIRLS One May Die Following Collision in Which Buggy Is Wrecked. CALDWELL, Idaho, Jan. 28. (Spe cial.) Mary and Genevieve Garvin, sis ters, were badly injured this morning when westbound passenger train No. 75 struck the buggy carrying them to school, killing the nre and complete ly demolished the venicie. ine two girls -were -thrown several nunarea feet. But little hope is expressed for the recovery of Genevieve aged 13, who is suffering from internal injuries. The accident occurred in a blinding snow storm. 100 FIREMEN OVERCOME Gas Funics From Burning Drugs Prostrate Detroit Fighters. DETROIT, Jan. 28. More than 100 firemen were overcome by 6moke and s fumes today while fighting the most stubborn blaze Detroit has had in 15 years. The drug store of E. C. Kinsel, in the heart of the business district, was burned out. The total damage was about $200,000, practically covered by insurance. Explosion of chemicals which were being tested is believed to have caused the fire. I INTO THE AIR, IT FELL TO EARTH, WE ALL KNOW WHERE. FORCE OF 1,025,000 FOR OUSTS "Vital Areas" Defined by Army Exrrfe REPORT niinnriiTiii ..o ".. minnnm i iui Single Division Held Sufficient to Defend Columbia. FORTS ARE VULNERABLE fviniuni Cost of Oueration of Chamberlain Universal Training - System Put by Aleshire at $188,000,000 a Year. WASHINGTON, Jan. 28. Why a force of at least 1.025,000 men wouiq do -.ooi in nrntirt the "vital areas" of th United States against a strcug enemy was detailed to the Senate mil itary committee today By Lieutenant- Colonel W. G. Haan. a raemoer oi War Department Board, which spent seven years working out defense plans. The Board visited and studied mi nutely every part of the coast line. it renorted in 1913, but its findings have been held' confidential by the de- oartment. To protect the various areas irom Portland. Me., to Norfolk, Colonel iaan added, the board had concluded that a total of 380,000 mobile troops would be necessary for this section, exclusive of the coast artillery supports ana Dat tery personnel. Pacific Coast Needs Described. The needs of the Pacific Coast he gave as three divisions in the Puget Sound region, one at the mouth of the Columbia River, three at San Fran cisco, and one at Los Angeles and San Diego. Six divisions should be held in re serve, he said. 'How large an army would the plans involve? asked Senator Chamberlain. One million? and twenty-five thou sand men to protect the critical areas," Colonel Haan replied. Ships could lie outside of Boston, Colonel Haan said, in discussing har bor defenses, and destroy the Navy yard, the State House, the Fore River Works and the business district with out being in range of the American guns. He recommended that eight 16 inch rifles for direct fire and 16 12-inch long-range mortars be added to the de fenses there, all with a range of more than 30,000 yards, against the maxi mum range of 18,000 yards of the pres ent guns. Chamberlain Plan Cost Estimated. The maximum cost of putting into operation the Chamberlain bill propos ing universal military training would be $188,000,000 a year, according to figures submitted to the committee to day by Quartermaster-General Aleshire. They were based on the assumption that 11,000,000 men between the ages of 12 and 23 years would be trained. The average cost of a continental army proposed in the War Department measure was estimated at $31,000,000. PRESIDENT BEGINS TRIP FOR DEFENSE AXTI-PRF.PAREDXESS MIDDLE WEST TO BE TOURED. Banquets to Be Avoided Women En ltoute Are to Meet Mrs. Wil son on Private Car. WASHINGTON. Jan. 28. President Wilson left Washington tonight for a speaking tour of the Middle West in advocacy of his preparedness pro gramme. He has been told that most of the opposition to the Army and Navy increases is centered in that section of the country and believes that the success of his defense plans depends in large measure on the impression he makes. He will remain away from Washington until February 4. The first address will bo in Pittsburg tomorrow afternoon. After that he will go to Cleveland, Milwaukee, Chicago, Des Moines, Topeka, Kansas City and St. Louis, making brief platform speeches en route. He will speak to morrow night in Cleveland, where he will remain over Sunday. Throughout the trip the President will avoid banquets and other enter tainments, but on Wednesday he will have lunch with Governor and Mrs. Capper, of Kansas, in Topeka. Mrs. Wilson, who will accompany the Presi dennt, will be met at all stops by com mittees of women. The President and Mrs. Wilson will travel on a special car attached to regular trains. Two other special cars, one for secret service men and mem bers of the White House staff and another for newspaper men, will be attached. BOOTY GIVEN TO BULGARIA Kaiser Turns Over All War Material Captured in Serbia. BERLIN, via London, Jan. 28. Em- pepor William has presented to the Bulgarians all war materials captured by German troops in Serbia, according to an interview with the former Bul garian Minister to Italy, M. Rizow, printed in the Dusseldorf General An zeiger. Mr. Rizow said the booty comprised more' than 30 cannon, numerous ma chine guns, iens of thousands of rifles. quantities of ammunition, 127 baggage and hospital wagons and sanitary mate rial valued in all at "probably 30,000,000 to 40,000,000 marks." ALLIES BOMBARD FREIBURG Berlin Says Aeroplanes Dropped Five Bombs on Town. BERLIN, Jan. 28. (By wireless to Sayville, N. T.) Frieburg was bom barded at 10 o'clock las; night by two hostile aeroplanes, which dropped five bombs on the town, according to re ports received and given out here by the Overseas News Agency. There were no casualties. The city theater, because of the cele bration attendant on the Emperor's birthday, was crowded, but the audi ence remained calmly inside the build ing until the raid was over. OIL MEN LOSE $1,000,000 Hurry Call Sent North for Lumber to Repair Storm Damage. FRESNO, Cal., Jan. 28. Oil men in the Coalinga fields, Fresno County, to day estimated that the storm of yes terday did damage to the extent of $1,000,000 when 625 derricks were blown down and destroyed. It was announced tonight in Coalinga by the oil men that steps would be taken immediately to rebuild the der ricks and that telegrams had already been sent to Oregon and Washington for the necessary lumber. INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS ' The Weather YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 20 degrees: minimum, 24 degrees. TODAY'S Occasional snow, continued cold; easterly winds. War. British losses are more than 500,000 men and 8!1 non-combatant vessels. Pago 2. British steamer with 300 persons Is miss ing. Page 8. Russia expects early German offensive at north o line. Page 2. to National. Mr. Brandeis' nomination to encounter strong fight in Senate. Page 1. Louis D. Brandeis nominated for Supreme fencn by wuson. fage 3. Army expert says 1.025.000 men are reeded to defend 'Vital areas" on coasts. Page 1. President starts on tour for preparedness. Page 1. Domestic. Mrs. Mohr admits discussing divorce. Page 5. Paeiflc Northwest. West Coast Lumbermen's Association elects J. H. Bloedel president. Page 4. Sports. Beavers sell Kahler aud Lober to Lin coln. Page 11. "Break" of game often vital to victory, de clares Billy Evans. Page 11. Berry is after MeCredie's scalp over syndi cate charges. Page 11. Commercial and Marine. Coast and Interior wheat markets are now on parity. Page 15. Chicago wheat weakened by selling by foreigners. Page 15. War stocks advance as result of President's speech. Page 15. Schooner Repeat, listing, is docked. Page 14. Wheat cargo worth $259,000 leaves. Page 14. Portland and Vicinity. Perkins Hotel bar raided. Page 1. Auto men form state-wide organization. Page 10. Sleuths, after chose, nab pair with chickens and troubles of police start, """age 7. Sing's charity organization regarded as only scientific method of relief. Page 10. Jewish relief fund reaches $10,000. Page 16. Vere Cebell to continue fight for girL Page 8. Bis laugh had in Indian trial. Page 14. Weather report, data and forecast. Page 15. Many face starvation' and broken homes. rage O. i Near-hrizzard arrives. Pase 1, 1 PERKINS HOTEL BAR RAIDED AND CLOSED Contents Carted Off to the Courthouse. PROMINENT MEN ARE PATRONS Officers Declare Violation of Law Has Been Flagrant. REGULAR 'CLIENTS' LISTED Deputy Sheriffs Tell of letting Stiff Drinks, While Deputy Pros pector ltccalls Apparent Anx iety to. Obey Law Implicitly. "Here's looking at yuh. Bill!" "Here's to yuh, Sam!" And two of Portland's business men raised their glasses of ginger ale as they stood at the temperance bar in the Perkins Hotel building and pledged healths in the good old dry year of 'lk. "I'll take the same," said an un obtrusive bystander. He did, and smacked his lips. "I'll try another." From there he went to, the office, of District Attorney Kvans, and re ported that the Perkins' bar was serv ing "kicks" in the ginger ale. Evidence Declared Plentiful. This was a week ago. After exten sive investigation and the securing of slathers of evidence, so they say. Con stables and Sheriff's officers were turned loose on the bar shortly before 5 o'clock last night, in a raid that left no doubt of their intentions. Glass ware, some of the bar fixtures, and bottles containing- suspected liquor were loaded into a dray and carted to the Courthouse to be held, some for evidence and the rest pending order of the court. George Schultz, proprietor of the bar, which is operated separately from the hotel on a lease obtained the first of the year, and his bartender, F. Fer gonia, were served with warrants, charging them with maintaining a nui sance, and the most spectacular and prominent raid since Oregon went dry passed into history. The warrants were provided with clauses for searching the hotel also, but L. Q. Swetland. pro prietor of the hotel, said last night that no warrant was served on him. The deputies, however, visited the base ment. Visitors Find Doora Locked. Up to a late hour last night, well meaning citizens who little suspected the closing of their favorite resort, bumped noses against the locked doors. Attorneys, an architect or so, a few insurance men, and other business men of Portland will be kept on the anxious seat until after the trial. District At torney Evans has a little list. He ad mitted this last night, and the names on that list include some men quite well known in Portland. Patronage Ia Regular. A number of our esteemed fellow- citizens most of whom have offices in the Yeon building have made a bee- line for the Perkins bar at noon and early night, with shocking regularity," commented Mr. Evans. "The ginger ale highball was very popular. Our men knew quite a few and Jotted down their names. "Now, of course, I don't want to be mean," and Mr. Evans smiled broadly, "but I rather think some of these men will be excellent witnesses In court." A tale of bold and flagrant violation of the prohibition upon intoxicants voted by Oregonians is told by officers concerned in the raid and previous per sonal research work. Constable Gets First News. Constable Andy Weinberger's office is said to have received the first infor mation against the Perkins bar, fol lowed in short order with a demand from Sheriff Hurlburt's office for a warrant against the same place. Deputy Constable Clyde Nicholson was one of the investigators. "Simplest thing in the world to get a drink of boose in there," he com mented. "We have been watching the place for a week. Here's the easy way it's worked. You go in there and ask for ginger ale. You get it. It's real ginger ale. That's the first time. You go back later and ask for a ginger ale. You get the same thing. 'Spose you're persistent and go a third time. Then, likely as not you get a ginger ale high ball for the same request. Salca by Flask Reported. "' "The highball, we have figured, is about one part whisky to two parts ginger ale. That's a fine prohibition) drink. And it only costs 15 cents. You can get a pint bottle of whisky after you are acquainted for 75 cents. Par don me, I mean you could get one. I know. We bought some." Deputy Sheriff Ward was served with his first ginger ale highball there yesterday morning. "Some ginger ale say. I could hardly walk," he reported to District Attorney Evans. 'Listen, if that isn't the real thing I'll drink it all," offered Deputy Sheriff Beckman as he sniffed at the neck of a two-quart bottle found behind the bar in the raid last night. There was about a pint of fluid left that sroelled, according to expert testimony on hand, for all the world like Al gin. Patrons Don't Loiter. When the officers broke in yesterday afternoon the brisk late trade hsd tCoBcluoTd oa Pass-sTcolumu 2.) '