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the morning oregoniax. Saturday, October 21. ioig. GOLD WAVE COVERS INCREASING AREA Southwest Is Chilled, Central West Cold, Blizzard Is Rag ing in Minnesota. CENTRAL ILLINOIS FROZEN Crops Destroyed and Kail Traffic Interrupted Snow in Heavy Volume Falls In Many States. Storm Travels East. CHICAGO. Oct. 20. (Special.) With the entire Southwest in the grip of a cold wave and covered with a blanket of snow, Chicago tonight became en veloped in the wave. A sharp drop in temperature before noon, bore out the weather man's forecast that the tem perature would go below freezing to night. With, the cold wave snow is to come. A drop of 17 degrees was registered In three hours this morning. The storm center, passing in a northerly di rection and leaving in its wake the first cold and snow of the season, passed over Chicago at 10 A. M., and the mer cury began a steady drop. The snow fall today was not heavy. For the most part it was "raining to snow." The snow today did not break any records, for snowfall has been recorded In Chicago as early as October 11, in 1905 and 1909. Temperature Below Fmilne. Central Illinois has been covered with a mantle of white. Throughout this section temperatures of 30 degrees were uniform. In Minnesota a blizzard is raging, and the northern part of the state is covered with snow two to six Inches deep. In Kansas the thermom eter fell to 20 degrees, in Missouri to 24, at St. Joseph, in Oklahoma to 28. At Oklahoma City, and even in North ern Texas, the temperature has dropped to freezing. This practically established a record for early snow and cold weather for this part of the country. The wind blew over Kansas City last night with a velocity of 37 miles an hour, but di minished today. Snow and ice fol lowing in the wake of yesterday's storm, today covered Western Missouri, and a temperature as low as 26 was registered. Snow began falling in St. Louis today. All Trains Are Late. Crops were destroyed in the vicinity of Quincy, Hi., today by the first freez ing weather of the season. Burlington, la., awoke to face a blizzard. There was a snowfall of four inches. Rail traffic was interrupted and all trains were late. Bloomingtoni 111., today had the most severe snow and sleet storm for Oc tober In many years. The storm caused the postponement of the big barbecue. which was to have been held cn the outskirts of the town today. Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Mis souri and Michigan report snow in con siderable volume tonight. Illinois troops, returning from Texas, have arrived in New Orleans and tonight telegraphed friends here of their suffering in that city from cold. The cold wave has not yet struck the Eastern states, but is traveling rapidly east and southeast and probably will strike the seaboard tomorrow and the Gulf Coast ten hours later. In the iace of the cold wave comes the information that Chicago and the Northwest have coal supplies for only one week at trie best. KING NICHOLAS OFFENDED Monarch Resents Allies Request for , Iinancial Accounting:. BERLIN, Oct. 20. (By wireless to Eayville. N. x .) "The Berner Bund re ports that King Nicholas, of Monte negro, has received, up to the present time. JS0.00O a month for expenses of the Montenegro army and government administration," says the Overseas News Agency. "This subsidy was considered insuf flclent by the King, who asked Lon don for more. The British government demanded that King Nicholas give an account of the expenses. The King was offended by this demand and, it is said, will send a Montenegrin Prince to Petrograd and endeavor to mediate the controversy between the Monte negrin royal family and the economical allies. ADVANCE ON APPLES GIVEN Shipments From Hood River Are 16 Carloads Daily. HOOD RIVER, Or.. Oct. 20. (Spe eial.) Affiliated members of the Ap plegrowers Association are receiving advances of 25 cents per box on all fruit of the commercial packs now be ing delivered to the sales agency. The fruitgrowers' Exhange has this week also made its first distribution of 2 cenis per dox, tne total Distribution reaching an approximate sum of S10 000. Apples are being shipped from here at the rate of about 16 carloads per uay. mo fruitgrowers' Exchange, however, was unable yesterday to fill outstanding orders, according t Mon- ager Kenneth McKay, because of a uoriage or reirigerator cars. PHARMACY CLASS COMING O. A. C. Student Will Inspect Port land Drug Firm's Plant. OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE Corvallls. Oct. 20. (Special.) Led by Professor Adolph Zeltle, head, of the department. 65 students of the school of pharmacy of the Oregon Agricultu ral College will leave Corvallis tomor row over the Oregon Electric for Port land, where they will be the guests of the Blumauer-Prank Drug Com nan v for the day. The students will inspec tne enure plant or tne Portland firm and the different processes in the man ufacture of drugs will be explained to them. They will be the guests of the Multnomah Hotel for luncheon and in the afternoon will attend the football game between Oregon Agricultural Col lege and the University of Nebraska. KLAMATH SLAYER ACCUSED Coroner's Jury Charges Henry Hobbs With Death of E. C. Way. KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Oct 20. (Special.) The Coroner's jury verdict in the killing of Edwin C. Way was that he was killed by a gunshot wound in the head inflicted by Henry Hobbs and that "we believe the said Henry Hobbs to be guilty of a crime there by." Only two witnesses. Miss May Ask ins, half-sister of Hobbs, and Harry Mesner, bookkeeper for the Ale-nnin Lumber Crmpanys logging camp. were piacea on the stand by Coroner Whitlock. Miss Askins told of the killing of Way and Mesner testified re garding alleged trouble between Hobbs and Way. Mesner said that the Al- gonla Lumber Company was cutting timber off the Hobbs homestead, but discontinued this work a week ago; mat iiodos wanted more timber re moved, but Way wished to cut no more then. Miss Askins' story was the same as she had given before to the press. She also swore that Hobbs returned to the homestead from Klamath Falls Friday with a shotgun and revolver. HUGHES TAKES HOLIDAY iOUIXEB MAT PLAT OCCASIONAL GAME OF GOLF. Sew England to B Visited After Ad dress In Brooklyn Wednesday, Then Final Trip Westward. NEW TORK. Oct. 20. Charles E. Hughes left this city tonight for Mont clair, N. J, after conferring with Will iam R. Willcox, chairman of the Re publican National Committee, on plans ior tne candidate s rinal campaign trip to the Middle West. Mr. Hughes also talked with President Schurman. of Cornell University, and Herbert Par sons. The nominee will rest at Montclalr for three or four days and will see no visitors. It was said. An occasional game of golf is expected to be his chief recreation during his short holiday. Tentative plans have been made tnr Mr. Hughes to speak in New England after his speech in Brooklyn next weanesaay night. He then will spend three or four days here before starting for Indiana and Ohio. RAILWAY ARTERIES HARD MIL. VAXDERLIP SATS IT'S TIME TO TAKE BLOOD PRESSURE. Dollar Cannot Be Subjected to Invol untary Servitude Any More Than Man, Declares Banker. WARTTTVrtTnV n,. n - . .-- -. 1 no ouuieiy journed its meetings here today after an address by Frank A. Vanderlip, president of the National City Bank, New York; and electing officers, E. H. Alden, Philadelphia, being chosen pres. t rt . Government ownership of railroads REPUBLICANS IKE BIG GAIN OREGON All Other Parties and Total Registration Show Heavy Losses in Two Years. LEAD IS HIGH IN THOUSANDS Total Is 189,937 to 77,703 Demo crats, 143 5 Progressives, 7051 Prohibitionists, 69 91 Social ists, 9551 Scattered. SALEM. Or.. Oct. 20. (Special.) In the last two years the Republican party in Oregon has gained 15,954, while the Democratic and other parties have lost adherents, according to the registra tion figures for the November election on file with Secretary of State Olcott. The Republican registration for the coming election shows a total of 189. 937. as compared with 77,703 registered Democrats, 1435 Progressives, 7051 Prohibitionists, 6991 Socialists and 9551 of miscellaneous affiliation. The total registration this year Is 292,670, which is 12.060 below the num ber listed on the registration books two years ago. Republicans Show Gain. Despite the decrease in the number of electors, the Republicans have gained, a study of the figures showing that the gain almost exactly corre sponds to the loss in registration ex perienced by the Prohibition and Pro gressive parties. This year the Prohibition registra tion is 9381 below that of two years ago, and the Progressives have fallen off 6284, making a total decrease for these two parties of 15.665, as compared with a Republican gain in registration of 15,954. In 1914 the Democratic registration was 78,891, while this year it has fal len 1188 below that figure. The So cialist party had 9149 listed two years ago. but lacks 2158 of this number now. Party Lom la Only Four Conntleo. Only four counties in Oregon show a decrease in the number of Repub licans registered, these being Crook, Curry. Gilliam and Morrow. In Crook the decrease is due to the fact that since the last election Jefferson Coun ty h'as been created from a portion of Crook's territory, thus taking away a part of its registration. Were Jeffer son still a part of Crook, the combined figures show the Republicans would have gained. The registration by counties is as follows: f mint v Pakt-r Bentun . . . . cluckamaa Clatsop . . . . Columbia .. Coos ....... Crook Curry ...... Uouglas ... Uilliaiu .... Grant ...... Harney . . . . Honrt T?1vir Jackson . . . . Jt-fferson .. Josephine .. Klamath Lake ...... Lane ...... L,inmln I.lnn Malheur ... Marion . . . . Morrow Multnomah Polk XhrT an Tillamook . Umatilla Cnion ...... Wallowa ... Wasco . . . . . Wanhlnetnti WheelPr Yamhill .... Totals. Total. Rep. 7.7S7 a.TUT 5.4U 13.KH2 U,3tlH i.5s 4,O."0 .1;2 V.HJt .47tf 5.102 4.il 2,744 U53 15 9,1.")0 C.O.'iO 1.4:i9 2.! U.573 1.S20 2. 24 l.i!7i . 2.SB4 1.8'.7 8.341 5.4X3 1.644 ' 1,012 8,823 2.3113 4,3iiil , 2.83-t 1. UtiS 1,051 Jti.llil l.79 2. 4 1.A21 10. BO- U.O'.IH 4.582 2.773 18.1HSH 11.811 1. 8iiit 1.257 4.004 6(.H1 H. O.-.5 4.H I. 31" Sl4 8.0S5 2.219 fc.130 r.,5.-iS .'1'I9 3. fill 3.. 187 2.114 S.2J10 3.! 10.0s: 7,214 1.2H4 !42 8.4US 4.835 2f2,70 1SS.1)37 Dem. 3.3S.1 1.5B 3.472 1.1 18 8p9 2.2113 1,25 2!)S 2,457 4HS 013 838 M74 2.885 481 1.02H 1.28U till 4.379 477 3.431 l.::S S.K7X 432 22.43 2,17i 420 .".39 3.04S 2. 1 20 1.2" I 1.77 l.l'.V. 307 2.279 77.703 Prog:. Prohlb. Boc. Mlso. S 57 310 204 13 2'Mi 87 210 0 348 378 K32 23 48 177 ItM J (I 1O0 13rt ll Ktl 104 5U S70 1 05 1 20 85 1 5 23 11 2S 117 819 179 1 17 23 10 6 S 113 31 4. 15 Stf 25 14 H5 89 15 89 22t 289 419 13 33 39 B. 29 .17 185 142 1 29 89 1W 11 75 70 7t 453 839 14 4 7 127 no 25 SHU 219 42H 38 43 18.-, lor, 43 C17 322 495 1 17 70 29 724 1.(195 1.1 lis S 41 I 2.-.0 179 235 - - r,9 t i.i 12 75 12 108 25 1 (! lrt jyrj 28 12'1 220 204 "7 121 40 17 102 73 102 81 402 148 ssr, l .: . 21 312 lf.2 259 1.435 7.051 6.991 9.051 who were the victims of the influx of cheap foreign goods made by cheap labor. Foreign competition was crowd ing American laborers out of employ ment. "It was the war in Europe that saved us from a crisis." Mr. Hawley predicted that after the war there will again be a stampede of European producers to throw their commodities Into the American mar kets. "Even now.- he said, "they are pre paring to combine in a great trade war. in which they will Invade our markets if the tariff Is allowed to remain as it la" The audience received Mr. Hawley's remarks with enthusiasm, and he was compelled to stop at intervals until the demonstrations subsided. HEARING IS CONDUCTED CONTROVERSY- OVER WATER MB TEBJ AT VANCOUVER IS OX. City Want 75-Cent Minimus and Com pany Wants VI Mlilmnm Pnbllo service Body to Act. VANCOUVER. Wash., Oct 20. (Spe cial.) The Public Rnrl- tf-nn.m..l of Washington today held a hearing and Lcumony was taken In the controversy between the city of Vancouver and the North Coast Power the corporation aska the right to Install water meters on all connections In the city, ana establish tl as the minimum. The citv wants - TKw.n. i "Vancouver was represented by George ...ipuu. i Ly Attorney. J. L Stannard, a consulting unrlnuii of Portland, who recently tested the ..u.wuvcr water system and appraised It, testified on technical points. H. L. Harris, general manager of the com pany, gave information concerning the company: R. M. Boykln. gave evidence regarding engineering questions; C. W. Salisbury, local Tnanav- j . i . ..uo.a Lcoiiiicu inifti those of the city using water on a flat .0.1c, wnaie targe quantities. For the r 1 1 v (i,nrir n ciMK..- Attorney; E. L. Dorman. City Engineer. . oruy, -ierK. testified. The citv nnk rnw n n 1 1 Ing station and wants the alleged leaky mains of the company repaired. The company is contemplating an expendi ture of J60.000 in betterments fon the uiii waicr ByBiem. MARION LOSES MILLION i Exclusion of Grant Lands and Cut In Bank Items Are Responsible. SALEM, Or, Oct. 20 (Special.) The assessed property valuation In Marlon County for 1916. as equalized by the borl of equalization, totals foik14.2'120 r l-."0 less than in - ... wa. mmouncea today. ThB riecr.. I. J , -, . ---- -------- vnauipaiiy to tne fact that the Oregon & California Z, . " m tne county, which last year were assessed at ap proximately $600,000, are not on the roll this year; bank assessments are cut down about 2Kfi nnn . n . i " wiurr items also show decreases. Automobiles alone in.-rea.sea valuation, being valued at $329,640 for assessment pur- POSeS. This in nlmns (inn nnn than in 1916. -ore would be a tragedy, Mr. Vanderlip said. Jt is time to take the blood pressure of the railroads." he added: "When it is taken I predict there will be found a hardening of the arteries. We have put on the railroad, mirh mBirictinr,. that investors are no longer giving the rauroacis tne wherewithal for capital to meet the demands of business. If we ever eet into a strnsrirlA In khVi o condition we will go under. "We heard something thb other day in Washington about the possibility of enforced arbitration, and it Is also said that a man cannot be subjected to in voluntary servitude. Tou cannot sub ject a dollar to involuntary servitude either. There are 42.000 miles of rail roads now in the hands of receivers. We ought to be building 200,000 freight cars a year, but last year we only built 74,000." HUPP TOURISTS HERE PARTY IS MAKING CIRCUIT OF "ALL STATES, ALL CAPITALS. Trip Is In Interest of Good Roads. Salem to Be VUited After Run Out Colombia Highway. Piloted by cars dispatched from the Seattle, Portland and Vancouver, Wash., agencies for the Hupp Motorcar Com pany, the "all states, all capitals" auto mobile which is being driven entirely around the country in the Interests of good roads, arrived in Portland short ly before 8 o'clock last night after a run from Olympia, since noon. This morning the cross-country travelers, t;. Salisbury. CJ. R. Lipe, W. A. Krohn and J. S. Patterson will be driven over the Columbia River Highway as the guests of A. B. Manley and E. C. Habel, of the Dulmage Manley Auto Company, and H. R. Roberts, district manager for the Hupp Motorcar Company. Moving pictures win be taken of the Highway before the car leaves for Salem, its 28th capital on this trip, and points south. vv hen the car arrived in Portland It had turned up more than 8100 miles from Washington, . C. and was scheduled to make 12.000 additional miles before reaching its final desti nation. The members of the Dartv said last night that the roads between La fcrranae, Pendleton nd Kennewlck. Wash., and between Chehalis and Van couver, Wash., were about as bad as any they had encountered on the entire trip. They had praise, however, tnr th Sunset Highway from North Takima to Seattle and the Pacific Highway ii uiii Dcmiio to cfncrana. Woman Fined for Bootlegging. ASTORIA. Or., Oct. 20 (Special.) Mrs. J. T. Leasy, proprietress of a local lodging-house, was fined $100 in the Justice Court today on a charge of bootlegging. The specific charge against her was selling one pint of whisky to a fisherman, for which she received $3. Read The Oregonian classified, ads. SEARCH MADE FOR GIRL Mrs. Smith, of Seattle, In Roseburg Looking for Daughter of 16. ROSEBURO. Or.. Oct. 20. (Special.) Mrs. Martha Smith, of Seattle, passed yesterday in Roseburg searching for her daughter. Miss Myrtle tSmith. who 'disappeared from the Model Electric Laundry there September IS. After holding a conference with Mayor Ric and the police, Mrs. Smith left for tyrants r-ass and Med ford, where she win continue ner searcn. A description of the tnlsslnar E-trl fol lows: Age 16 years, about 6 feet four Inches tall, weight 125 pounds, light Drown nair, medium complexion, lonir upper lip. heavy brown mole on ria-ht gicie or upper up. wirn a good figure. SHIPBUILDING IS FACTOR IMPOHTWCK OP IXDl'STRY TO PORTLAND POI.TEIJ OUT. to Reasons for Supporting Measure Exempt Vesela Built Here Km. phaKlxed by G. BL McUrlde. George M. McBride told the City Club at Its luncheon at the ilazelwood yes terday that there was more than $6.- 000,000 worth of deep water vessels building on the ways in the Portland shipyards now and that contracts for as much more had been mart". He spoke on "What the Shipbuilding In dustry Means to Portland." Mr. McBride declared that Portland's future as a shipbuilding: center wna brighter than that of any other port in me racinc Aortnweat. and In ordur to encourage the industry and develop It to a volume commensurate wiih the importance of the city and its nut oral location advantages, he urged invest ment in local shipbuilding- concerns "Another way to encourage is to vote for the constitutional amendment that has been initiated to exempt vessels owned and built here from local taxa- v. . i . ... , no oaiu. v-aiirornia, Washington uiiu criusn uoiumwa have such a la viceu water vessels con structed and owned there and even elsewhere are registered there The only tax that these ships pay is "a state tax. Thi hill I have referred to should EUGENE HEARS HAWLEY DEMOCRATS IXCOJIPETEXT AS AD MI.MSTRATORS. HE SAYS. Oregon Representative Predicts Trade War and Shows Necessity of Protective Tariff. LUGENK. Or, Oct. 20. (Special.) neprtseniauTe nawiey addressed 600 persons in tne uregon Theater here .unncai on tne general subject of th .arm. including its effect upon the prices ot American-made products Im mediately before the war and lt ri.. tion to the American industries after the war. He also scored the present Auuiinisirauoa tor its policies toward Mexico. "I am here to discuss measures and policies, not men," said Mr. Hawlev. -r respect my Democratic friends, but I mAjntnin tlior thv ova . - ' - wuipuLeni to run our Government. As individuals they are sincere and honest, but they don't fit into public offices. Their shortcomings lie in their party beliefs and practices. , "After the passage of the Underwood tariff measure we in Congress were be sieged with letters from all over the United States asking aid to thousands of Impoverished- and idle workingmea Some of the Things to Buy for Your Boys at Ben Selling's Nobby Norfolk Suits "with extra knickers all the fancy weaves, navy serges, herringbones, tweeds and cheviots. Particu- (t larly attractive suitsk r -111 in all sizes, only. . . . r w w w . Boys' Full-weight Overcoats in rough, stylish weaves. For boys of all ages from 8 to 18 years. The prices are moderate: $5 to $12.50. Boys' Balmacaans all the newest color blendings. These are in ages 10 to 18 years,and they are priced only $10. Stylish Suits and Overcoats for little tads of 2Y2 to 8 years. Little prices, too --$4.50 and upwards. Boys' Mackinaws Fine Mackinaws, made from Oregon City wool plaids. Heavy, -warm fabrics in pleasing colors. $3.95 to $6.50. Mackinaw Outfits for little boys of 3 to 8 years, con sisting' of Coat, Hat and Leggins, all of the same material, $5 to $6.50. "Everything a Boy Needs, Save His Shoes.' C 11. enoenm Morrison at Tomw R VIEWS OF LAW CHANGING TRAIXMEN SEB WIIT RAILROADS UKK ADAMSOV BILL. Companies No Loncrr Embarrassed by Unions With Congress Now Source f Final Settlement. NEW YORK. Oct. 20. (Special.) An explanation of the action of presidents of great railroad systems who have re cently declared their support of Presi dent "Wllpon was suggested here to night by Henry J. Allen, of Kansas. In a speech on the Adamson law. "The more the railroad trainmen study this bill." said Mr. Allen, "the more they will dislike it. andthe more the railroad presidents contemplate It. the greater their satisfaction with it. Perhaps you have been surprised to note that the heads of certain great railroads have recently made nubile let ters in which they urge the re-election of President Wilson. I am not sur prised. Under the provisions of the Adamson law, railroad capital Is no longer menaced by railroad unionism, for Congress becomes th source of set tlement and they can deal more easily with organized politics than with or ganized labor. "The Administration has handed the sword for labor to kill Itself," continued Mr. Allen. "Why are Judge Lovett. chairman of the Union Pacific, and F. D. Underwood, president of the Erie Company, so enthusiastic for Wilson? Is it because they are so displeased with the Adamson act? "Is labor to be the goat?- Was this bill a gun loaded by labor orVa gun loaded for labor? This wage Increase did not come out of Wilson's pocket or out of the pocket of the Administra tion. No eight-hour day with ten hours' pay Is created for the railway postal clerks or other postal employes. No, that would show In the Wilson Admin istration's appropriation bill. "Labor again the football of politics! How often have Its sage counsellors warned it away from entangling politi cal alliances. One proud boast of labor is that its vote could neither be bought or delivered. Has It endured until now only to be sold to the party soliciting this vote with a rainbow Just before election?" ICngeno Has 4 3 Dry Days. EUGENE. Or, Oct. 20. (Special.) Except for minor traces, there has been no rainfall recorded at the Eugene Observation Station sine September 9, 43 days ago. according to II. M. Mayo. co-operative observer. Heavy fogs have prevailed In the early morning tor weeks and on one morning the fog was so heavy that It registered one one hundredth of an Inch of precipitation. VOTER IS NOT LIMITED Attorney-General Holds Ballot May Bo Cast in Any County. SALEM. Or.. Oct. 20. (Special.) Any qualified elector of the state of Oregon can vote for Presidential electors In any county of the state. Attorney General Brown today advised Walter II. Evans. District Attorney of Mult nomah County. The opinion was given upon request of Mr. "Evans, who said the question ot an electors ngnt to vote for Presidential electors In other precincts or counties than his own had been asked of him frequently. The Attorney-General advised Mr. Evans ti-at the entire question hinged upon whether a Presidential elector is a state or Federal ofticer. He con cludes that a Presidential elector Is a state otttcer. after citing that the weight of legal opinion favors this view. Ttesd The Oreponlsn classified ads. NEW TELEPHONE DIRECTORY TF YOU are planning to have a telephone installed you should make application so that your telephone may be in service in time to list your name in the new directory, which will go to press November 15, 1916. Please make application before November 1, if possible. The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company OAK AND PARK STREETS TELEPHONE BROADWAY 4920 SALES DEPARTMENT
