PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY
1916.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
VOL. LV.XO. 17,220.
8-HOUR DAY SORE
MORE SNOW IS
TODAY'S FORECAST
ZEPPELIN REPEATS
AID DAID ON PARIS
LOOTERS BUSY
SUBMARINE OF K
CLASS IS MISSING
AMERICAN LINER
IS IN COLLISION
EARLY RECOGNITION
TO BE
IN FLOOD WAKE
PHILADELPHIA CRASHES INTO
SAILING SHIP OFF WALES.
WEATHERMAN PREDICTS COLD
EAST WIND, TOO.
CRAFT XOT WITH SISTERS AS
CHARLESTON IS REACHED.
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DEMANDING
DEMANDED
Admiral Pictures Situation
as Serious.
OTHER DAMS THOUGHT GONE
Fifteen Billion Gallons of Water
Pour Down the Valley
of Tia Juana.
, 29 BODIES ARE RECOVERED
Warship's Men, Instructed to
Kill Ghouls on Sight, Pa
Patrolling District.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., Jan. 30. (By
Federal Radio to San Francisco.)
Looting, described by Kear-Admiral
William F. Fullam, commanding the
Pacific Reserve fleet, as the "worst I
have ever seen," broke out in .the
stricken Otay Valley today while sail
ors and marines from warships in San
Diego toiled to recover the bodies of
the 50 estimated victims of the Lower
Otay reservoir flood.
At sundown 29 bodies, some mutil
ated, had been gathered together.
Two More Dams Thought Gone.
A new flood poured down the Tia
Juana River today, standing four feet
high near its mouth, which is at the
foot of San Diego Bay. Officials here
said that it undoubtedly indicated the
bursting of the Morena dam, 60 miles
back in the hills.
On a chance that the 15,000,000,000
gallon.! of water impounded by the
dam would tear a new channel for
the river across the Coronado strand
into the sea, residents of Imperial
Beach, a hamlet three miles, north of
the river on the strand, were ordered
to flee for their lives.
Telephone reports were received
early tonight from two sources that
the Cuyamaca dam, at the source of
the San Diego River, had broken, re
leasing 3,000,000,000 gallons of water,
which has created a new flood menace
in a district already inundated.
Ten Killed in Two Valleys.
Reports late last night that the
eoludburst in San Luis Rey and San
Pasqual valleys probably cost no more
than ten lives reduced the probable
iotal death list in this region to about
60.
The lower Otay Valley was an
armed camp today. Marines and sail
ors from the battleship Oregon and
the cruisers Milwaukee and South Da
kota patrolled all approaches and
penetrated into the valley, with orders
to shoot looters on sight. Each car
ried 20 rounds of ammunition. The
marines, under Captain Charles T.
Westcott, Jr., camped in the valley.
The sailors, under Ensign Hamilton
O'Brien, of the Milwaukee, took quar
ters in the little brick schoolhouse at
Otay City. The United States de
stroyer Lawrence acted as base ship
and a hospital squad from the Mil
waukee operated in conjunction with
both forces.
Collapse of Dam Described.
First news of the reported collapse
of the Morena dam came through An
drew Ervast, City Engineer of Coro
nado and chief engineer of what are
known as the Speckles interests in
this vicinity. Ervast, trying to reach
the Mexican town of Tia Juana today,
met a Japanese running along the
lank of the Tia Juana River.
"Get back," cried the Japanese in
broken English. "Tell people lots
water coming."
Ervast could see a four-foot wave
coming down the river. He turned
his automobile and spread the warn
ing. George Cromwell, City Engineer
of San Diego, and others said that
nothing but the breaking of the Mo
rena dam could cause the flood.
Break la Unexpected.
That the dam should go out was
generally unexpected. It stood 265
feet high in a narrow gorge and was
built of masonry and concrete, bolted
with iron rods. The top of the dam
was 25 feet wide and itwas braced
with loose rock on the downstream
side. The rock fill on the upper side
of the dam was derricked and hand
placed. A water supply was drawn
from the reservoir behind the dam by
a tunnel through solid rock and was
conducted through a little watershed
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Quartette on Way to Maneuvers on
Florida Coast; Buoy Tender
Is Sent Out in Search.
CHARLESTON1. S. C Jan. 30. Re
port reached here tonight from appar
ent reliable sources that one of four
submarines of the X type en route from
the New York Navy-yard to the Fensa
cola Navy-yard had been missing
since 1 o'clock Sunday morning:.
Trie monitor Tallahassee and thre
submarines of the K type, said to be
the K-l, K-2 and K-, arrived off
Charleston bar early tonight but did
not enter because of the fog. The
buoy tender Mangrove left Charleston
apparently toward Cape Komain. off
the Carolina coast northward of here,
where It was said the submarine was
last sighted. The K-5 was one of
four submarines en route to Penscola.
Captain Bryan, commandant of the
Charleston Navy-yard, declined to give
any Information other than to confirm
the report that one of the submarines
was reported missing. The buoy ten
der. Mangrove, left here for the vi
cinity of Cape Romain. The Mangrove
has no wireless. It was said three of
the submarines were standing off
Charleston bar tonight.
NEW" YORK, Jan. 30. The sub
marines K-l, K-2, K-S and K-6, each
carrying a crew of from six to eight
men. sailed from here Friday for Key
West for Winter maneuvers along the
Florida coast. They were accompanied
by the submarine tender Tallahassee.
All were supposed to be In perfe
condition.
DRUNKARD LIST STIRS CITY
Consternation and Dissatisfaction
Caused to Many Jefferson Folk.
GATEWAY. Or, Jan. 30. (Special.)
Consternation has' been caused
among several citizens of this place
by the appearance of their names on
Habitual Drunkard" lists that have
been given the railway agents In Jef
ferson County by the Prosecuting At
torney. Great dissatisfaction, too, has been
expressed aby many of the persons af
fected, who contend that it is a ques
tion as to what constitutes an habitual
drunkard.
VAN DYKE MAKES PROTEST
United States Minister Acts When
British Seize Mails.
NEW YORK. Jan: 30. An informal
protest against the seizure of mail from
the Holland-American line steamship
Rotterdam by British authorities in
the Downs was filed with the boarding
officers by Dr. Henry Van Dyke. United
States Minister to the Netherlands.
Dr. Van Dyke was a passenger aboard
the steamer, and announced on the ar
rival of the vessel here tonight that
he had taken this action.
COAST TRAIN IS DERAILED
The Lark" Passengers in California
Escape Injury.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30. -The
Lark," a Southern Pacific Coast line
train, northbound from Los Angeles to
San Francisco, was derailed today near
Elkhorn, a station about 110 miles
south of this city. Officials of the
company here said that none was hurt.
Passengers were brought here on a
special train. The rails spread when
the roadbed was weakened by waters
impounded by a clogged culvert.
BERLIN REPLY IS REFUSAL
Grrmany- Said to JH-clinc to Disap
prove Sinking of Lusitania.
IXJXDON. Jan. 31. The Daily Ex
press' Geneva correspondent quotes the
Frankfurter Zeitung to the effect that
Germany's final answer in the Lusi
tania case has been submitted to Wash
ington. It says that "the action of the sub
marine commander is not disapproved,
and Germany will make no further
concessions."
TURKS FLEEING ERZERUM
Russians Surrounding City and Also
Advancing to Tigris.
ATHENS, via Paris. Jan. 30. The
Russians are surrounding Erzerum,
from which city the Turkish authori
ties have fled, according to reports
reaching here.
A strong Russian column Is advanc
ing to the Tigris Valley, the advices
added.
BURNS HAS $12,000 FIRE
Hardware Company Loses Store and
Contents in Blaze.
BURNS. Or, Jan. 30. (Special.)
The Burns Hardware Company store
and contents burned this morning.
The loss is about $12,000, covered by
insurance.
Mrs. Felota- C. Wilcut Dead.
Mrs. Feiota C Wilcut died yesterday
afternoon at ber residence. 3930 East
Sixty-second street, following an illness
of some months. Mrs. Wilcut was 62
years old. The body has been taken
care of by P. L. Lercb, of East Eleventh
and East Clay streets. The funeral will
be held Tuesday, although the hour
has not been set.
Place in St. Louis Con
vention Picked.
POLITICAL LEVERAGE SOUGHT
Temporary Chairmanship Cov
eted Far in Advance.
WILSON MEN FOR DELAY
Nebraska n Regarded as Certain to
Head Resolutions Committee
Unless President Shows De
termined Opposition.
CHICAGO. Jan. 30. (Special.) Will-
lam J. Bryan wants to be temporary
chairman of the Democratic National
convention at St. Louis. Failing in this,
he is willing to accept the chairman
ship of the committee on resolutions.
The meetlne- of the sun-committee on
PI3 JJnoo eunjdng tmocratic Na
l.VVft .UBjq ld , st Louig
ieuruaiy e win ue me opening test as
to the opportunity of the ex-Secretary
of State to deliver the keynote speech
of Democracy.
National Chairman McCombs is lead
ing the figh-: for the election of the
temporary chairman at that session.
Selectloa May Be Delayed.
If the vote is to be close, or there
seems to be danger that Chairman Mc
Combs has a chance to put over his
proposition, a letter is to be read that
will be quoted as authority that Presi
dent Wilson's political managers do not
wish to have the temporary chairman
selected so far ahead of the date of the
National convention.
Jt will be urged that Congress will
be in session up to the threshold of the
St. Louis convention and that mid
Winter is no time to be picking a tem
porary chairman, who would monopo
lize the spotlight, politically, up to the
moment that he transfers the gaveL to
the permanent chairman of the con
vention. Bryan Wants to Be Chosen.
This is said to be exactly what is
wanted in behalf of Mr. Bryan. The
story in Chicago Is that Chairman Mc
Combs' proposition, is the easiest way
of balancing political scores as between
the Wilson management at the Balti
more convention, which was controlled
largely by Mr. McCombs, as the recog
nized head of the Wilson pre-Conven-tion
campaign, and Mr. Bryan.
Mr. Bryan, the story continued and
it came from one of the men that will
be of recognized consequence at St.
Louis next June is not only willing,
but strongly desirous, of taking the
temporary chairmanship, provided he
can get it, when the sub-committee
meets next week.
It is figured from a Bryan stand
point that the ex-Secretary would be
in a commanding position all the way
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Boat With Seven Men That Put Off
to Aid Damaged Vessel Fails to
Return Sailor Also Missing.
LONDON, Jan. 30. The American
Line steamer Philadelphia has been in
collision with the Liverpool sailing
ship Ben Lee. 12 miles south of Carnar
von Bay.
The collision between the Ben Lee
and the Philadelphia, which was out
ward bound from Liverpool for New
York, occurred about 9:30 o'clock Sat
urday night. The Philadelphia 'sus
tained considerable damage to her up
per structure.
A boat containing seven men which
left the Philadelphia to assist the Ben
Lee has not returned, according to the
Central News. It also is reported that
one member of the crew of the Ben
Lee is missing, the others having been
saved.
Carnarvon Bay is on the Welsh coast.
The American Line, owners of the
Philadelphia, issued the following
statement at Liverpool tonight con
cerning the collision:
"On Saturday, the Philadelphia, pro
ceeding on her voyage to New York,
while steaming down St. George s
Channel, came into collision at Car
narvon Bay with a sailing ship, re
suiting in considerable damage to the
Philadelphia's upper structure. The
Philadelphia dispatched a boat to the
assistance of the sailing vessel. After
ward, owing to her damaged condition.
the captain decided to put back to Liv
erpool.
'No injury was sustained by anyone
on board the Philadelphia and her pas
sengers will have the option of being
transferred to the Adriatic or proceed
ing by the Philadelphia as soon as re
pairs are effected."
NEGRESS TO CAST BALLOT
Native of Tennessee Registers at
Hood River as Republican.
HOOD RIVER, Or., Jan. 30. (Spe
cial.) At the coming May primaries
Daisy Moody, a domestic in a local
family, if her plans materialize, will
be the first colored citizen to cast a
vote in Hood River County. Accord
ing to her registration, the girl is a
native of Tennessee. She registers as
a Republican.
Of the Hood River County voters who
have registered Republicans are over
whelmingly in the majority, the fig
ures, being as follows: Of 154 men
113 are Republicans, and 14 women
are Republicans out of a total of 18
registered.
JUDGE IN 2 TRIALS AT ONCE
Judgment Given at One Hearing
While Other Is Going On.
District Judge Dayton solved the
problem of being at two places at the
same time Saturday, when he beard
two cases simultaneously.
While the argument was going on in
the case of Joe Vaile. for bootlegging,
Judge Dayton stepped to the doorway
of his private chambers, and, with one
ear cocked toward the courtroom and
the other receptive to the new evi
dence being presented, heard out the
case of the Auto Painting Company
against Martin Schacht. He allowed
Judgment of $33.55 in the latter case
and returned to the bench.
SO SWEET SHOULD BE SO CRUELLY DESTROYED.'
Railway Unions' Reier
endum Will Carry.
BOTH SIDES ARE PREPARING
Issue Involves 40,000 Men and
$40,000,000,000 Capital.
PUBLIC SUPPORT SOUGHT
-Managers. Contend Bankruptcy Will
Result for Them No Limit to
Number of Hours to Be
Worked Is Intended.
NEW YORK. Jan. 30. It is taken for
granted in railroad circles here that
the referendum vote now being taken
by members of the four great railroad
unions will certainly result in a de
cision to present on March 1 a demand
for an eight-hour day with time and a
half pay for overtime. Preliminary re
turns indicate that the majority In
favor of the demands will be heavy. In
one district the trainmen have voted
10 to one for action.
This situation will involve more men
than did the great coal strike. It will
involve every railroad in this country
and some in Canada, having a total in
capital securities of more than $20,000
000,000. It will threaten the railroads
with a tremendous increase in operat
ing expenses.
Gravity of Situation Admitted.
The seriousness of the situation is
admitted by railroad managers East
and West. The leaders of the four
great railroad unions involved in this
demand, the Brotherhood of LocomO'
tive Engineers, the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Firemen and Englnemen.
the Order of Railway Conductors and
the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen
which for the first time are acting as
p. unit in such cas?, likew'. e realize
the seriousness of the situation they
are precipitating and are bending all
their energies to arousing their mem
bers and getting them to stand firm
when the matter is brought to a head.
Both sides are preparing to appeal to
the public for its 6Upport, without
which, it is admitted, neither side can
win.
Nearly 400,000 Men Involved.
In these unions there are between
350.000 and 400,000 men. There are
more than 62,000 engineers, more than
65.000 firemen, more than 47.000 con
ductors and more than 15,000 trainmen.
In the year 1914, when there were up
ward of 310,000 employes of these
classes on the railroads of this coun
try, they drew a total in wages of
$386,000,000. Their unions are the
strongest in the country in the hold
they have on their respective indus
tries and in the funds which they have
at their disposal.
The demand, which -the heads of
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Review of Conditions for Month
Shows Frost on All but Five
Days, With 13 Minimum.
Still the official forecast is snow.
The prognosticator also predicts that
the day shall be cold, with East winds
blowing.
Perfect weather for the fall of snow
prevailed yesterday, and the thermome
ter registrations hovered between a
maximum of 27 and a minimum of 21
degrees.
A brief review of the weather con
ditions during the month of January
reveals the fact that freezing weather
has prevaailed on all but five days
of the month so far. On January 6, 9.
21, 22 and 23 minimum temperatures
of 31, 33, 38, 41 and 35 degrees, re
spectively, were recorded, all the
others being below the freezing point.
Seven of the days of the month
showed a temperature less than 20 de
grees, and 20 degrees was registered
once.
The minimum for the month is 13 de
grees, that being the registration on
January 12.
No unusual difficulties have resulted
from the fall of snow for the past few
days, the only danger being in the
drifting of the snow by the wind.
Streetcar traffic has been unham
pered, and the fact that the snow has
been melting somewhat has made it
more easy to keep sidewalks clear.
BOOKS TO BE OPEN UNTIL 6
Registration Hours Extended to Ac
commodate Busy Men.
Registration being far below normal
owing to the inclement weather. County
Clerk Coffey has resorted to the expedi
ent of keeping the registration office
at the Courthouse open' until 6 o'clock.
This is an innovation which will be
gin Tuesday, and is to allow many men
who cannot leave work before 5 o'clock
an opportunity to register.
It must not be forgotten that this
is a permanent registration, and those
failing to register at the present time
may not vote in any of the coming
elections. Once registering, however,
one need not register again unless he
moves from his precinct, or fails to
vote for two years.
CAPTIVES CHARGE TORTURE
Austrian Cadets Volunteer for Task,
Say Escaped Russians.
PETROGRAD, via London, Jan. 30.
The Russian army headquarters has is
sued a statement concerning the atti
tude of Austrians toward Russian pris
oners. The statement tells the experiences
of six soldiers who escaped from cap
tivity in Austria. It declares that they
and 500 of their comrades refused to
dig trenches and were tortured, four
being shot on June 14 at a village near
Innsbruck. The executioners, the state
ment says, were cadets who volunteered
for the task.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature, 28
degrees, minimum, 21 degrees.
TODAY'S Snow flurries; continued cold;
winds mostly easterly.
War.
Twenty-four killed in Zeppelin raid on Paris
Page 1.
German correspondent views Roumanian
situation with alarm. Pago 3.
Foreign. .
American liner Philadelphia in collision off
Welsh Coast, .page 1.
National.
President and bride surprise church audi
ence. Page 4.
American in Hawaii says Japanese have
worked out plan for sudden blow In event
of trouble. Page 3.
Domestic.
Looters commit excesses in San Diego flood
district; another dam breaks. Pago 1.
Bryan wants to be chosen right away as I
u-mporary chairman at fat. Louis. Page 1. '
Railway unions certain to present demand
for S-hcur day. Page 1.
SnowslTile bares rich gold deposit in Col
orado. Pago 1.
Mary Magdalen,"' of Oberammergau, says
styles submerge American women. Page 2.
Los Anpeles Chamber of Commerce has
"homecraft reserve." plan tor defense
Page 4.
Discord caused failure of Ford peace mis
sion, say members. Page 2.
Three thousand homeless from San Diego
flood. Page 2.
Reasons for land-grant bill set forth in pre
amble.
Roosevelt say munitions exports . to help
free Belgium are ' highly moral." Page -.
Sport.
Washington State basketball team lead
Northwest Conference. Page 10.
Nixon, new Beaver outfielder, is rated high.
Page 10.
Uncle Sams count on checking Vancouver
when hockey teams meet.
Berry withdraws opposition to $4500 monthly
payroll, page li.
Pacific Northwest.
$40,000 La Grande Catholic Church Is dedi
cated, page j.
Portland and Vicinity.
White Temple considers Dr. H. E. Beeman
as pastor, page 14.
H. W. Stono urges Y. M. u. A. Mutual
Fire Insurance company, page v.
Jamleson Parker, of Portlana. wins nign
honors at universny oi renjiBiiui.
Page 0.
E. Howard leases California theaters for
musical comedy. Page 12.
Methodists wipe out $12,000 preliminary to
dedication ol tsunaay scnoot lerapw.
Page 9.
Irving Bacheller preaches against departure
from plain Americanism. Page 7.
Partial eclipse of sun may be seen Thursday
here about i a. ja.. j-a.se o.
Songster wins all at Orpheum. Page 14.
Miss Grace De Graff, peace delegate, will
arrive In poruana touay. rase
Mrs. Maud L. Richards assigned to school
dosu Page l.
Snow storm keeps ships in port. Page 11.
Mr. Baker to report on 2500 unemployed.
Page 8.
pretty Athenian to wed prosperous Portland
Greek. Page o.
Snow's disappearance to open thousands of
Jobs. Page t.
,'eather report, data and forecast. Page 12.
Weatherman predicts snow aun toaay.
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Many Deaths Result
From Two Attacks.
AVIATORS PURSUE IN VAIN
Three and Half Tons of Explo
sives Dropped on City.
HOLE BLOWN IN SUBWAY
People Taken Completely by Sur
prise, Relying on Tast Repulses;
Majority of the Victims Are
Killed in Their Beds.
LOXDO.V. ';lan. 31. A Zeppelin air
ship was over Paris at 10 o'clock Sun
day night.
One of the bombs fell in the court
yard of a hotel. A corporal returning
from the front at Hartmans-Weiler-kopf
had just entered the hotel with
his wife when the explosion occurred.
Both escaped injury.
Another bomb destroyed a modest
two-story dwelling, killing a man and
his wife, but only slightly injuring
their four children.
Telephone Chief Falls. Dead. '
In curious contrast with the general
calm was the sudden death from fright
of the 62-year-old chief of the Gobe
lins telephone office at the moment h
learned of the Zeppelin.
Seven members of the Petitjean fam
ily were celebrating the return of 3
Zouave on leave of absence. A bonis
fell on the building, destroying it an
killing the entire family, including UK
Zouave.
The raid of Saturday 'night resulted
in the death of 24 and injury to 27 per
sons, according to the official state
ment issued today. Ten of the wounded
were placed in hospitals.
Discussing the defense aKainst the
Zeppelin, one of the men who partici
pated said:
"It was not through lack of foresight
or lack of speed that the aeroplanes
were unable to reach the hostile air
craft. The fog was the real reason for
the German success. Last night it cov
ered Paris completely, and the search
lights were unable to pierce this wall.
Land Artillery Powerlcs.
"As for the land artillery, It was con
fronted with absolute invisibility, mak
ing it impossible to fire.
"And the aeroplanes were put into
operation when the alarm of the pres
ence of a Zeppelin was given, but only
the aviators of the sector entered by
the Zeppelin were able to perceive it.
Even most of these got only a glimpse,
as the Zeppelin was not u.sing search
lights. The aviators in the other sec
tors were able only to remain In the
air and guard tneir districts, wnicn
they did for several hours."
30 Aeroplanes Join Hunt.
Five French aeroplanes are said to
have fired on the Zeppelin, one of them
pursuing it toward the west for more
than 50 minutes. Thirty French ma
chines took part in the hunt for the
raider.
Frightened, doubtless, by the numer
ous war planes rising toward it, the
Zeppelin wheeled and drove at full
speed northward, dropping in Us trail
in the darkness a cargo of about three
and one-halt tons of bombs. 1 hen,
continuing its flight, 14.000 feet above
the earth, the airship vanished.
Parisians had been warned half an
hour before by fire engines rushing
through the streets, trumpeting the
call known as "stand to arms," of tho
presence of the raider. The electric
street lights went out and polico noti
fied careless householders to close their
shutters and darken their windows
immediately.
City Completely Surprised,
It was still early in tho night, close
to 10 o'clock, and many persons were
in the streets, the cafes were open
and the moving picture theaters and
playhouses were still entertaining
their spectators and audiences. Then,
In all parts of the city, could be heard
the whir of numerous aeroplane pro
pellers, while everywhere people went
upon the balconies to watch for Zep
pelins. Few Parisians' appeared to believe
the raiders were likely to came, as
they had been turned back many times
previously. But sddcnly in one of the ,
northeastern parts of Paris there wa
a great flare in the sky as the Zep
pelin dropped an illuminant so thut
it might be seen by those on the air
ship whether they were over the city.
Then a bomb fell into a street, crush
ing through into the subway and tear
ing a hole 15 feet in diameter. but
injuring no one. Quickly a series of
other detonations occurred, sounding
dully throughout the city.
Hoase Bisected, Family Killed.
One of the missiles fell on an isolat
ed house occupied by a single family.
The building was bisected, one end be
ing demolished and its occupantx
hurled far out into an open lot and
killed. The other end of the house win
cut off sharply and a bedroom on tho
second flor was left intact with itn
occupants uninjured. The floor waa
carried away under the head of tho
bed, leaving the bed balanced on tiio
jagged edgs of the" ruins, with a -year-old
boy in it unharmed.
The Zeppelins ir.ust have been coins
at tep speed in thut neighborhood, fo--ACvucliHl.d
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