VrtT, TV-jL NO 19 033 Entered at Portland (Oregon)
V VAj. 1jA-V i,V0 .Pontoffleeaa Berond-Claaa Mailer.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1921
PRICE FIVE CENTS
AUTO DRIVER MISSING;
I POLICE BEGIN SEARCH
LEGISLATIVE ACTION
THE DALLES IS CAUGHT
SILVER THAW'S END
ON FAIR NEXT STEP
UNDER 35-INCH SNOW
FORECAST FOR TODAY-
27,111 TO
FOIt-HIRE CAR OPERATOR NOT
SEEN SINCE FRIDAV.
SPECIAL. SESSION IN JANUARY
WORST STORM ON RECORD
WEATHER MAX PREDICTS RISE
IN TEMPERATURE.
COUNTED PROBABLE.
TOPPED OFF BY SLEET.
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Gars Blockaded; 6600
Phones Are Out.
POWER LINES GO DOWN
Poles and Trees Snapped
Off Under Weight of
Mantle of Ice.
EASTERN TRAINS ARE HALTED
Slides and Snow Hold Up
Traffic; No Mail Is Re
ceived in Portland.
STORM RESULTS 1ST PORT
LAND AND VICINITY.
All train service from cast
blocked since Saturday by
slides and snowdrifts. Trains
to east canceled.
More than 6000 telephones In
city out of service. Lines and
poles down. "
All direct telegraph lines
east through Columbia gorge
down.
Street car service crippled
much of day.
Interurban traffic badly de
moralized. All arc lights out last night
as safety precaution; light
service off intermittently.
Transmission line from Bull
Run carrying 67.000 volts down.
Rainfall of 4.18 Inches in 24
hours; thousands of trees are
wrecked.
The Storm Today.
Weather bureau predicts
strong southeasterly winds,
causing thaw today.
Telephone company starts 600
men repairing city service this
morning.
Street car company ready to
use all men needed repairing
lines.
Western Union to have tem
porary cables to bridge the line
break; up Columbia river by
noon.
Portland was gripped yesterday in
the center of a silver thaw belt
which cut the city completely off
from all direct connections east
ward, paralyzed telephone communi
cation, blocked street car service,
cut down high power and secondary
light wires and strewed streets and
lawns in outlying districts with
limbs, tree trunks and telephone
poles. '
The silver thaw, coming at an un
precedented season, took hold with
an intensity that promised to leave
the city paralyzed and isolated, un
til the sleet gave way to rain early
last night '
The wonder of the entire day was
the minimum of accidents of all
kinds.' No fatalities and no serious
mishaps were reported up to night
fall. Damaging Tie-up Avoided.
The coming of the storm on Sun-,
day, when practically everyone could
remain at home, saved the city from
a damaging tie-up that would have
been inevitable on a business day.
Street car lines, which made the
early trips in .comparative safety,
met trouble by 6:30 or 7 A. M. when
the storm apparently broke on Port
land. Ice-encrusted trolley wires
which slowed down traffic were soon
followed by breaking trolley wires,
falling poles and tree limbs. The
Montavilla, Mount Tabor and Rose
City lines on their eastern extremi
ties were hard hit. The cold east
wind, sweeping down the Columbia,
locked the interstate bridge in an
ice sheet that' hampered Vancouver
street car traffic the entire day.
Service was restored to near normal
on a majority of lines by mid-afternoon.
' . Eastern Rail Traffic Halts.
During the day and on through
the night the city was isolated from
all direct eastern connections by rail
or wire. Traffic to the eastward
over the , O.-W. R. & N. was com
pletely interrupted, with eight trains
stalled between here and The Dalles.
Three. trains between Portland and
Eagle Creek could move neither di
rection because of snowslides. Pas
sengers from these trains were be-
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Wife of W. It. Fnnk, Who Recently
AVas Robbed by Two 3Ien,
Reports Disappearance.
Efforts of the police to locate W. R.
Funk, for-hlre car driver, who dis
appeared from his stand at Sixth and
Washington streets with a stranger
Friday, have failed and grave fears
were held yesterday for his safety.
Police and other officials in nearby
towns have been notified to aid in
locating Funk.
September 15 Funk was hired by
two strangers who said that, they
desired to go to the Ruby Stock farm
on the Craig road. In a lonely spot
they held up Funk, relieved him of
his watch, an overcoat and his money
and after tying him to a tree and
gagging him they disappeared. Funk
freed himself and came to " town,
where he notified the police.
Later Jack Henderson and John
Stamann were arrested and confessed
that they had robbed Funk. Later
they were sentenced to the peni
tentiary.
Mrs. Funk, who lives at 1221 East
Washington street, told the police
that always before her husband took
trips out o Portland he telephoned
her. His failure to do this in this
case caused her to notify the officers.
P0RT0 RICAN HEAD LANDS
New York Police Quell Demonstra
tion Against Governor.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. A demon
stration of persons opposed to the
Porto Rican administration of Gov
ernor Reily was broken up today by
police when the governor landed from
the steamer Tanamou. Banners car
ried in the crowd referred to the gov
ernor as an "autocrat," to Porto Rico
as "America's Ireland," and to the
Reily administration as "mongrel
rule."
Members of the party denied re
ports that the governor had used
harsh language to the natives and
declared that the only criticism of his
administration had come from the
"secessionist group," a small mi
nority. FARMERS HOLD TURKEYS
Limited Offerings at Rosebnrg Sold
to Seattle Firms at 41 J c.
ROSEBCRG, Or., Nov. 20. (Special.)
Failure of the pool to get enough
turkeys to warrant consignment
caused the farm bureau exchange to
award the pool to the Independent
Packing company and the Jim Henry
company, both Seattle firms, at 41 H
cents, the price reached In competi
tion bidding today. The pool netted
only 14,000 pounds, which was about
65 per cent of the total tonnage on
the Thanksgiving market.
Turkeys sold on the cash market at
40 cents yesterday at closing time,
but very few birds were received. The
Christmas supply will be much heav
ier as a large number of the growers
are holding back until that time.
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Upper left. Beautiful shrubbery In Lanrelhorst breaking under Ice roatlns;.
wrecked telephone ad ligat service La outlying districts
Vote One of Largest Cast
in City Election.
MAJORITY MORE THAN 4 T0 1
Weather Blamed for Approval
. Not Being Greater.
STATE ELECTION IS. NEXT
Governor Olcott's Favorable Atti
tude Believed to Assure Ex
tra Legislative Session.
With one of the largest votes ever
cast in a municipal election, the 1925
exposition taxation measure .was
passed Saturday with, a majority
slightly better than 4 to 1,' according
to unofficial lflnal returns announced
yesterday morning, when returns from
all of the 37 precincts had been com
piled.
The count showed a total vote of
33,796, with 27,111 for the measure
and 6685 against it.
The total registration for the city
was 85,525, which brings the: voting
percentage to 39 , or 4 per cent
larger than the vote on the soldiers'
bonus, when a 35 per cent vote was
cast. The majority In the case of the
exposition taxation bill was also
greater, the bonus carrying by 3.85 to
1, with a vote of 28,276 in favor and
7298 against.
Larger Vote Expected.
An even larger vote was expected
than 39 V4 per cent, however, and many
expressed the opinion yesterday that
the inclement weather on Saturday
had kept a great many voters away
from the polls.
While there were some districts
that showed much larger majorities
than others, there was not in the
entire city a precinct that voted
against the tax. So far as the pre
cincts were concerned, the slogan of
the campaign committee was achieved, ,
for the precincts were unanimous, not
a single one carrying a majority
against the bill.
The number of precincts where a
majority of less than 2 to 1 was re
ceived does not exceed five. The
champion stronghold of the opposi
tion was No. 244, the poll located at
Vancouver avenue and Fargo street.
Two of the strongest opponents to the
tax live in this precinct, and -the vote
here was 55 for and 52 against.
Portland Heights Surprise.
A vote of 71 to 39 in precinct No.
119, at East Sixty-second street and
Woodstock avenue, was another
stronghold, and Portland Heights sur-
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PORTLAND GRIPPED BY EARLY WINTER SILVER THAW THAT
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Solons Declare Early Law3 Should
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SALEM, Or., Nov
Whether Governor'
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special session of
ture to refer to '
regon legisla-
3 jiers a measure
v evy sufficient to
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providing for f
raise approxl-
support of W oposed world's ex
position to be he.d In Portland in 1925
Is the question that la uppermost In
the minds of a number of legislators
who passed a few hours In Salem
today.
If the Governor calls the session,
which Is considered probable it is be
lieved here that the date will be fixed
early In -January. There had been
some feeling throughout . the state
that the governor would not call the
special session in case of a close vote
In Portland, but since the majority
there was four to one in favor of the
exposition and accompanying tax,
there apparently is little doubt In the
minds of local legislators that the
lawmakers will gather here soon after
the first of the year.
' Session Is Favored.
At an Informal conference here to
day attended by a number of legisla
tors who were en route to their homes
after attending the University of Ore
gon home-coming ceremonies at Eu
gene yesterday, it was unanimously
agreed that a special session should
be called so that the voters of the
state may be given an opportunity to
express themselves on the question of
holding the exposition. To deny the
voters this privilege, some of the leg
islators Bald, would be adverse to the
principles of Oregon's government,
which give the people rather than the
legislature authority to express them
selves on all important matters of
taxation.
Should the legislature be called Into
jpecial session it is probable that some
action will be takento regulate the
operation . of automobile truck and
stage lines, which under present con
ditions threaten to destroy many" of
the hard-surfaced highways of the
state. It was said by legislators that
the financial saving to the state
through legislation tending to pre
serve the highways of Oregon would
be far greater than the cost of calling
the lawmakers to Salem,
State Regulation Expected.
Legislators prooably will be asked
to approve a law placing the opera
tion of automobile stage lines under
:he Jurisdiction of the public service
commission.
Under the proposed law suggested
by legislators only those stage lines
that have received permits from the
public service commission would be
allowed to operate on state highways.
Suggestion was made that the
weight of loads carried on trucks
should be reduced, and that some
amendments should be made to the
present law affecting tire width and
general operation.
Denton Burdick, member of the
house from Redmond, and Louis
Lachmund, senator from Marion
county, while noyt committing them
selves on the merits of financing the
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Rlicbti Ice-laden locust tree snaps trolley wires at Firth and Main streets. Lower lefti Ice-coated wires that
Rose City Park scene. Right i Sagging wires and breaking ornamental trees in Laurclhurst.
Eastern Oregon Reported to Be
.Practically Shut Off From
Outside World.
THE tXLES, Or.. Nov. 20. (Spe
cial.) With 35 inches of snow on the
level and sleet falling at 6 o'clock to
night, all, of eastern Oregon was shut
off from the outside world by one of
the severest storms this section has
ever experienced. Five trains, both
east and westbound, were snowbound
between The Dalles and Portland. A
big snow plow will leave The Dalles
at 4 o'clock Monday morning, fol
lowed by a wrecker, to attempt to
clear the way. The wrecker will
also carry' provisions for passengers
on the stranded trains. , 1
Livestock in all of eastern Oregon
will, suffer from 'the early storm,
which started Friday night and has
continued without let-up ever since.
The only source of communication
for eastern Oregon is by way of Spo
kane, where one wire was still hold
ing. The Dalles seemed to be .the
storm center.'as Madras reported only
a small - snowfall, with rain this
morning. .Bend was Isolated.' Worry
was felt as to the fate. of the Dalles
California caravan, which left Madras
Sunday morning' on the return trip to
The Dalles, according to telephone
communications. No trace was found
of the caravan, which was believed to
be stalled In the snow some place en
route. Nine of the The Dalles busi
ness men were In the party, together
with persons from Portland and Spo
kane. The steamer Teal was still
running between Portland and The
Dalles and was expected to play an
important part should the food situ
ation become serious. It was esti
mated that there is enough food on
hand In The Dalles to keep' the city
for several days, with what assistance
-Tine Teal might give.
Inland cities from The Dalles were
Isolated.' It was estimated that 50
automobiles were stalled on roads
around The Dalles between this city
and Portland, and between here and
Pendleton. No casualties were re
ported, although a number of per
sons were compelled to walk miles
to habitations after their automobiles
had become stalled. . All trains on
the North Bank were stalled. Six
miles of poles between here and Port
land were reported down, both tele
phone and telegraph.
The storm has done thousands of
dollars' worth of damage to cattle
and -sheep men. they said.- Fall calves
were yet on the range and the storm
came so suddenly that there was no
chance to herd them- In. It was ex
pected that vast numbers of cattle
will starve unless there is a thaw In
the near future. Anxiety was also,
expressed for the safety of a number
of sheep herders who were known
to be In the mountains. The herders
were not prepared for any such storm
as this, it was said, and were 'n
danger of losing their lives. Farm
ers were praying that the snow would
melt gradually. A' Chinook would
wash out the winter wheat. Just com
ing through the ground, and do in
estimable damage, they said. The sta.
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SUDDENLY SMITES CITY.
22.
America's "5-5-3" Pro
posal Is Approved.
3 POWERS IN CONFERENCE
Modification of -Submarine
Features. Is Slated.
AGREEMENT HELD SURE
Brland to Present Army Problems
of France at Session on
Land Armaments Today.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. .20. (By
the Associated Press.) Great Britain
has Indorsed without reservation the
"5-5-3' ratio proposed In the Amer
ican naval plan, it was learned to
night on highest authority. While
accepting the -plan as a whole only
in principle, because of their desire
to put forward proposed modification
of . the submarine , and replacement
features, the British delegation is said
to have approved the suggested rela
tive capital ship strength for Great
Britain, the United States and Japan
without equivocation.
Adherence of the British represent
atives to the capital ship ratio be
came known tonight as an aftermath
of the conference yesterday between
Secretary Hughes, Mr. Balfour and
Admiral itato. at which the naval
question was canvassed in the light
of Japanese reservations.
Sunday' was no day of rest for
armament delegates.
Executive Spanlon Held.
Practically without exception the
delegations spent the day either in
executive session among themselves
or in conference with representatives
of other nations.
The American grqup met at Secre
tary Hughes' home ,and devoted sev
eral hours to analysis of the naval
situation. At the disposal of the
American delegates were several sta
tistical studies. It was understood
that, heartened by the Information
that Great Britain would support the
capital ship ratio proposal, the dele
gation found nothing to warrant con
sideration of the possibility that the
naval proposal might be materially
revised.
Especially active today were the
groups having a vital interest in tne
far eastern question which is to come
up tomorrow.
Informal discussion was said to
night to have led to the belief that
consideration of the Chinese problem
might culminate in the raising of the
question of Shantung.
Tomorrow the conference will take
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Minimum Yesterday 20 Degrees,
With Mercury at 8 7 at 8
o'Clock Last Night.
Strong southeasterly winds and
heavy rains today will break the grip
of the silver thaw in Portland, ac
cording to forecast of the weather
bureau at I o'olock last night. Every
Indication pointed to a rising tem
perature. A minimum of 29 degree wm
reached yesterday shortly before
noon. The government Instruments
showed that the temperature had
been steadily going down all morn
ing. From noon till about 2 P. M.
the temperature remained almost sta
tionary and then began to rise quite
rapidly. By 8 o'clock lan night it
stood at 17 degrees, the highest point
of the day.
All Portland rainfall records for
November were broken In the 24
hour period which ended at 5 o'clock
last night. A total of 4.18 inches of
rain had fallen during that time,
compared with 3.62 Inches, the pre
vious 24-hour record for November.
The 24-hour records for all months
are 6.86 Inches in January and 7.66
In December.
Portland has been caught In a nar
row atmospheric belt separating the
warm air areas of the Willamette val
ley from the cold air areas of eastern
Oregon and Washington, according to
the explanation of the silver thaw
offered by United States weather bu
reau officials last night. The cold
winds of the north and east meet
over Portland with the warm winds
of the south and west.
The warm air currents have been
forced upward, resulting in a chill
that precipitates their moisture as
rainfall. The east wind chills the rain
as It falls and causes It to freeze on
whatever it touches.
The basic principle is almost ex
actly like that of the tornadoes of the
Mississippi valley, but a difference in
air currents causes the silver thaw
effect rather than the terrible storms
of that region, according to the
weather men.
F0CH IS DUE DECEMBER 1
Marshal o Visit Portland on 12,-OOO-MlIc
Tour of Continent.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20. New York
bade Marshal Foch au revoir tonight,
sending him off on a swing about
the continent that will not and until
December 13. when he returns her
to' sail the next day for Trance.
The itinerary announced tonight
Indicated that the generalissimo will
travel more than 12,000 miles and
visit 23 states and Canada.
The trip will take him to the Pa
cific i coast and back again to Wash
ington by a southerly route, thence
into Canada and back to New York
through New England. The marshal
left tonight for Washington, whence
his swing will be started Tuesday
night. He ended his visit to New
York at a public reception tonight.
His itinerary as announced by the
American Legion in part follows: No
vember 22, Washington; 25, Mason
City, Iowa; 28, Billings and Butte.
Mont.; 29, St. Maries, Idaho, thence
to Spokane; 30, Seattle; December 1,
Portland, dr.; 3, San Francisco; 4,
Los Angeles.
$1,400,000 TRACT IS GIFT
Secretary Mellon and Ilrotlier En
rich University of Pittsburg.
PITTSBL'RG, Pa., Nov. 20. Secre
tary of the Treasury Mellon and his
brother. It- B. Mellon, have given to i
the University of Pittsburg a plot of J
land acquired at a cost of $1,600,000, j
it was announced tonight by Chan
cellor J. (i. Bowman. The property,
some 14 acres, lies between the uni
versity and Carnegie institute. In the
educational center of the city, and
on it will be erected laboratories ded
icated to chemistry, physics, mathe
matics and biology.
The gift supplements a former gift
of the Mellons which resulted In the
opening of the Mellon Institute of re
search as a part of the university. .
INDEX "OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TftSTERDAT8 Maximum temperature. 36
degrees; minimum. degree.
TODAY'S Rain; altichtly warmer; strong
aoutheaaterly winds.
Dlftttrmament Conference.
Conference wine freedom of aea. Page 5.
Japanese accord in nava, programme be
lieved certain. Page ft.
Fngland indorse "a-5-S" naval plan.
Pace 1.
National.
Wilson, knowing trials of office, almost
regrets re-election 'n 10 10. Page 11.
Domentic.
Two Missouri towns Isolated by flood
Pass 1.
Sports.
D.wey win coach dentists' tnuers. pe io. I
Commercial and Murine.
Five ' lanro steamers arrive (or cariroea
Pass 12
Stanford at least thrills Its backers.
Pase 10.
Pal of Dempsey visitor in city. Page 10.
Portland and Vicinity.
Streams rlxe rapidly as reiult of heavy
ralna. Page L
Icy storm takes crip on Portland. Pans 1.
Bight pauenser trains marooned In storm.
Page 3.
Opportunist cant scored by Dr. Bowman.
Pace 18.
Women boost ue of Oregon product..
Page IT.
Auto driver mlsjing; police begin search.
Page 1.
Memorial services held by grand era.
Page 18.
Peach leaf curl dlaeaae of buds. Page IS
Gardeners to meet at Forest Orove.
Page IS.
War rinanca corporation loans 11,500.000 to
farmers. Paeo 17.
Silver thaw's end forecast for today.
Tage 1.
fair tax carries, 27,111 to 0685. Pag J.)
Rivers Rise Rapidly; Roads
Inundated.
LOWLANDS HE FLOODED
Continuing Fall of Rain and
Snow Is Reported From
AH Sections.
WILLAMETTE UP 8.2 FEET
Residents Along Molalla Flee
From Homes; Pacific High
way Is Under Water.
EFFECTS OF STOHM I' OHE
itN AND wAsnnxurox.
St. Helens, Or. Heavy rain
continues; silver thaw melts.
Albany, Or. Rainfall since
Frldav 6.68 Inches. I'.asenients
flooded. Streams rising.
uaker, ur. snow i incnes
deep and still falling. No trains
from west.
Chehalls, Wash. Snow heav
iest In years. Loguing camps
may close. Rain later sets In
and continues all afternoon.
Eugene, Or. McKenzle high
way pass blocked by heavy
snow.
Corvallls, Or. Torrents of
rain fall. Pacific highway 6
inches under water.
Walla Walla. Wash. Snow
16 inches deep. Car lines
paralyzed. Farmers Isolated.
Salem, Or. Marlon county
streams rising as result of
heaviest rain In years.
Roseburg, Or. One Inch of
rain falls with brisk wind.
Eugene, Or. Willamette river
rises 8.2 feet in 36 hours. Rain
shows no sign of abating with
much land umler water.
Moro, Or. Snow 3 feet deep.
Collapse of roofs feared.
Astoria, Or. Disagreeable
rain accompanied by brisk
wind.
Prosser, Wash. Heavy snow
falls; wheat farmers rejoice.
La Grande, Or. Snow 27
Inches deep. Fall ceases and
rain sets in.
Tillamook, Or. Heavy rain t
puts Tillamook streams out of i
banks. t
Hillfboro, Or. Heavy rain
continues and lowlands are I
flooded.
The Dalles, Or. Snow 36
inches deep is topped off with 4
sleet storm. City Is paralysed. J
i Ashland, Or. Ashland has
first rain of season.
Pendleton, Or. $30,000 dam- J
age done by 21-inch snow.
Within 48 hours after Oregon and
Washington had been Btruck by a
heavy snow and driving rain storm,
streams in many parts of the two
states were reported to be rising
rapidly. Many creeks were out of
their banks and lowlands in several
districts were inundated. There were
few indications of any slackening in
the cold wave.
Highways were made impassable
by snow, ice, rain and slides. Auto
mobiles were marooned all along the
Columbia and Pacific highways. The
Pacific highway was under more
than six inches of water at several
points.
The snowfall continued throughout
Oregon, outside of the Willamette
valley and with the exception of a
few points such as Ashland which
reported its first rain of the season.
The Dalles Is Hard Hit.
In eastern Oregon the depth of the
snow ranged from a few inches to
several feet. At La Grande the snow
was 27 inches deep but the fall had
ceased and a rain had set in.
The Dalles, in the Columbia gorge,
was particularly hard hit. There, 35
inches of snow had fallen on the
level and at 6 o'clock last nigfct this
was being topped off with a driving
sleet storm.
Throughout eastern Oregon train'
service was reported to be virtually
at a standstill and fears were ex
pressed1 that there would be a big
loss in cattle Jftill on the range. The
Dalles seemed to draw the fury of
the storm as MadTas had only a light
snow, followed by rain.
Flood waters were reported in sev-
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