VOL. LX NO. 1 !,"' 2 Entered at Portland I Oregon) t'oBtofficf ai Second-Claaa Matter PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1921 PRICE FIVE CENTS HOMESTEADER SLAIN; BLOODY AX IS FOUND JAPAN KEEPS YAP; CABLES GIVEN ALL SEATTLE CAPETS OUSTED 4 COUNCIL NEW YORK STARTLED WHEN WOMAN STRIPS 4 KILLED, 3 HURT $1,000,000 IS VOTED FOR AID OF VETERANS si; NAT F. BEARS HrNDltF.OS OF EX-SOLDIERS ARE DYING. .m dt nnrrnrn im iu uL or LLULii ur LICENSE" '.OKKD AND LAW ONLY SILK STOCKINGS AND GARTERS ARE RETAINED. ICE MAX, MURDERED. NAVAL DECISIONS FLOQn CDWDITIOWS TRAIN WE RULE WASH nibTuii GOV s; ti O . A. iNG 1IF.PEALED. I uiu uuiiimiLLet; ui LApei la Is Scrapped. DELEGATES ON NEW ONE Instructions Are Received by Japan's Envoys. NATURE NOT REVEALED British Spokesmen Describe Action as Means "to Short Circuit" Delays. WASHINGTON'. D. C, Dec. 12. (By the Associated Press.) New machin ery to expedite final action on niival limitation agreements wa set up to day by the arms conference. At the suggestion of the American group the former committee of experts was "scrapped" in favor of a "committee of 15," Including both delegates and civil and naval experts of the five powers. The naval subject. Including the 5-5-3 ratio, was turned over to the new committee to be put In shape. It became known that the Japa nese delegation had received Instruc tions from Toklo regarding the 5-5-3 ratio. The nature of the communi cation was not disclosed. There were many Indlcat'ons. however, that it marked a long stride toward final acceptance of '.his vltul point. Delays to Be Prevented. "The committee of 15" was de scribed by a Dritish spokesman as a means "to short circuit" delays. The new committee can reach decisions as to direct recommendations to the conference. There were Indications, however that the new step was based on an Informal communication from the Japanese delegation that Japan stood ready to accept the 5-5-3 ratio, sub- It ' 1 iu iti.uu luvuaicaLiuua 111 ut- tall. It appeared likely that It would be come the business of the "committee of 15" to write into treaty form for signature by the five powers the definite agreement based on the 5-5-3 proposal, but carried out in detail. The new steps throw in prominence for the first time In the conference the question of the French and iianan place in me navai ruuo. inai must be worked out by the "com mittee of 15." Submarines Are Discussed. A point particularly stressed by all British spokesmen was the firm con viction that submarines should be abolished as naval weapons. It wal asserted, however, that British ac ceptance of the 5-5-3 ratio was not conditional on such action. Great Britain does hope, however, her At-i.L ..iifnn .u v for n f Vi fi tli'd In "RtatA her case to the world" as to subma rines before the conference. The "big three" Secretary Hughes, A J. isauour ana .lumirai uaron ivato mat tniluv and were undprstndd to have considered the naval ratio prob- iccurred was made. They will confer again tomorrow ley were shaping up the programme for deliberations of the "committee pi ' in tne ugni or me iokio in structions to its delegates. Message Held Favorable. That the Japanese communication as regarded aB most favorable to a cmplete agreement as to naval can and British circles. One Ameri can official said matters seemed to Secretary Hughes will head the 1 1, w. I i ti ffrnun nn the rnmmittn nf aided fey Assistant Secretary a naval officer. Mr. Balfour will head the BritiBh. ideH bv Lord L,ee. as civilian adviser. id Rear-Admiral Chatfield of the Baron Kato will head the Japanese iin.'til ft Sl:i ml itn K:il ms Hinges on Pacific Bases. WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 12. It vaa i i 1 ii'. I am nrnhnhl. ihnl lannn. acceptance of the "5-5-3" ratio low hl.iges somewhat on an agree- lent as to naval bases In the Pacific. nether this is to be worked out in separate treaty was not disclosed. rhere is a disposition in American circles, however, to accept a status uo understanding on I'aciric bases nd fortifications and indfeuf lonn ara that Japan would be content with n is. British interest In the fortifications iroblem would be reDresenteri bv Irltlsh spokesmen as being indirect nd growing out of a friendship for toth the United States and Japan as he parties chiefly concerned. Great irltain was said to be very hopeful The BritiBh group strongly pre- ents the case of Great Britain in rginB .uviioiiiiicin ui ouumarines ,nere is uiwc uuuui a.n eiion bring British arguments for such .(Concluded na fags 3. Column l i Deed Done Evidently While Victim Was Asleep Purse Found Near by, Open and Empty. MOLALi,A, Or.. Dec. 12. (Special.) Everett E. Davis, a homesteader living seven miles south of Molalla and a lieutenant overseas during the war, was found to have been mur dered with an ax when neighbors In vestigated today following his non appearance around his farm for about two weeks. Davis apparently had been killed while asleep. His head had been cut twice with the ax, which was found about 40 feet from the house, and his purse was lying open on the bed, empty. There was no evidence of a struggle and nothing in the house had been disturbed. Neighbors became curious about Davis when they noticed that he had not called for his mall for two weeks and that his car had stood in front o' his house for about that time. He was not well known in the neigh borhood and had come to the district only a few months before from Mon tana. . He was about 32 years old. a member of the Elks' lodge of Helena. Mont., and had a substantial account in one of the Molalla banks. At times since his arrival here friends from Portland visited at the farm home, but he was not known to have many acquaintances in the neighborhood. An Inquest will be held at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. MEXICAN VOLCANO ACTIVE Popocatepetl Bursts Into Violent Eruption Natives Flee. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 12. (By the Associated Press.) Popocatepetl, the great volcano southeast of this city, burst Into violent eruption yesterday afternoon, a column of smoke and ashes being thrown 2500 feet above the mountain summit. President Obregon was entertaining a party of friends at Chapultepec castle and had strolled with them on the balcony when he observed the eruption. He called for strong field glasses and after closely observing the column of sr.. ok rising 40 miles away, directed that two aviators be sent to the moun tain to ascertain the seriousness of the outbreak. The aviators reported upon their re turn that they had heard heavy rumb ling In the mountain and that lava was flowing down the elopes below the crater, "warnings have been sent to the residents of villages near the mountain, but reports indicate that these small towns have been deserted for weeks. EUGENICS LAWHELD VOID Prisoner at Penitentiary Escapes Intended Operation. ALBANY, Or., Dec. 12. (Special.) Oregon's sterilization laws were held unconstitutional in an opinion of Percy R. Kelly and G. G. Bingham, Judges of the third Judicial district, which was forwarded by Judge Kelly today to the clerk of Marion county. The act of 1917 was held unconstitu tional because it designates inmates of state institutions only as subject to It and hence is class legislation. The 1919 act was held Invalid because it provides no court of procedure for the disposal of cases. The ruling was made in a case filed by Attorney Tom Garland of Portland In behalf of Jacob Cllne, an inmate of the state penitentiary, on whom an operation was to be performed by or der of the state board of eugenics. WARM WAVE IN DENVER All Records for December Weather I Broken in Section of West. DENVER. Dec. 12. A warm wave almost without precedent, according to the weather forecaster, Is sweep ing this section of the west. All records for warm December days were shattered this morning in Den ver when the mercury recorded 60 degrees above zero. There is no "re lief in sight .according to F. W. Brlst, district forecaster. The warm wave Degan Sunday in the Canadian northwest after a series of low barometric pressure areas along the Canadian border and also has spread over most of the United States, Brlst said. OCTETS BORN TO WOMAN All of Infants Die, But Bother Is Reported to Be Well. MEXICO CITY, Dec. 11. From Tampico comes a report, published by El Universal, that Senora Enri- quita Rulbo, at that place, gave birth yesterday to eight children, but I none of them survived. The mother) Is well. The Mexico City Medical associa tion is showing much Interest in the report and will institute an investi gation as to its authenticity. $11,500,000 DEAL IS UR BUI for Purchase of Cape Cod ( anal Property Before House. WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 12. Chairman Winslow of the house com merce committee today introduced a bill authorizing purchase by the fed eral government of the Cape Cod ca nal property for $11,500,000. Purchase was recommended by Sec retaries Weeks, Denby and Hoover, who Informed congress that $11,500,- 1 000 would be a "reasonable price for UU property," , U. S. Fight for Rights on Island Declared Won. COMMUNICATION IS OPEN Rights Are Granted to Nationals Alike. All MANDATE IS TO STAND U. S. Nationals to Be Free From Taxes, Licensing and Censorship in Keeping Communication. WASHINGTON, D. C, Dec. 12. (By the Associated Press.) The American and Japanese governments have com posed their differences over the Pa cific Island of Yap and are preparing to sign a treaty by which Japan re tains administrative control over the Island and the United States secures the cable and wireless privileges there for which she has contended since the Paris peace conference. Japan's league of nations mandate over Yap and ajl other northern Pa cific Islands formerly under German sovereignty, is recognized by thej United States on certain conditions. These include provisions for free ad mission of missionaries and protec tion of American interests in the mandated territory, and require that Japan shall report to the United States as well as to the league on de tails of her administration. Equality In Cables Won. The Yap cable and wireless rights, regarded as highly important be cause of the island's advantageous position in the Pacific, are accorded to the American and Japanese govern ments and nationals alike, on terms of equality. In the exercise of these rights. American nationals are to be free from taxes, licensing, censorship and every form of discriminatory super vision, and in addition are to be aided by the Japanese government in secur ing needed property and facilities. The immediate value of the ar rangement to the United States lies In the concession on cable com munications, because they insure complete American control of the existing cable between Yap and Guam. Considerable importance also is attached by American officials to the radio privileges, although it is to be agreed in the treaty that no American radio station will be in stalled while the present Japanese plant is operated without discrimina tory exactions. Signature is expected within a few days, erasing one of the principal causes for controversy between Wash ington and Tokio and ending several (Concluded o Page 3, Column 1.) However, Not Dlsheart- enob. N New Ordinance Regu lating Resorts Promised. PUGET SOUND BUREAU, Seattle. Wash., Dec. 12. (Special.) All Seat tle cabarets were put out of busi ness today by action of the city coun cil, which revoked all their licenses and repealed the ord'nance under which the licenses had been granted. For the time being ther. is no way in which a cabaret can operate here ex cept on sufferance by the police, and If the orders of Chief Searing are carried out there will be no such ap portunity. The sweeping change in council policy came as a result of the de mand of Chief- Searing, backed by Mayor Caldwell, that certain resorts alleged to have violated the provis ions of the cabaret ordinance be de r.ied renewal of their licenses. When the council proceeded to grant some of these renewals they were promptly vetoed by the mayor. The declared purpose of a council majority to grant the licenses over the veto brought a storm of protest from church societies, women's clubs -nd civic organizations, which rallied to the support of the mayor and his chief of police. When the matter came up for con sideration in council this afternoon representatives of all these organiza tions were there to overawe the re bellious spirit of the council, with results that surprised even the most ardent opponent of the cabarets. In a day or so they will learn that the fight is not over. What the council now purposes is to draft a new cabaret ordinance, more stringent. It is said, but which may or may not suit the mayor and chief of police. Cabaret operators look upon the closedown as only tem porary and will keep their musicians and performers at hand ready to re sume entertainment. MR. KING TO BE PREMIER Office in Cunada to Be Handed Out as Christmas Present. OTTAWA. Ont., Dec. 12. (By the Associated Press.) The premiership of Canada will be handed as a Christmas present to W. L. Mackenzie King, leader of the liberal party, which triumphed at the polls last week over Premier Meighen and his conservative following. Premier Meighen in a few days will present his resignation to the governor-general. Lord Byng of Vimy. The reins of power will be handed over to Mackenzie King a few days befqre Christmas. HUNGARY LIKES TREATY National Assembly Gives Unani mous Vote on First Reading. BUDAPEST, Dec. 12. (By the Associated Press.) The bill ratifying the peace treaty between Hungary and the United States passed its first reading today. The vote in the national assembly was unanimous. , ! "KEEP OFF THE OCEAN!" j rfflaWlarll mamm mm f SmemS r : i Just Then Policeman Arrives and Buttons Cabaret Singer Into His Overcoat. NEW YORK. Dec. 12. (Special.) Strip poker is an old game. It took Betty Landers, a 21-year-old cabaret singer, to ring in a variation of the game by inaugurating a moving spec tacle entitled strip solitaire. It would not have been so startling If Betty had not selected the uptown platform of the Lexington avenue sub. way at 96th street. It was 2 AM. hen Betty entered the subway station and began to sing and dance. Under ordinary cir cumstances, there are few travelers at that station at that hour. Betty drew a crowd. She paused, took a bow and then, with no preliminary, she started to undress. Betty is a quick worker. In 20 seconds there she stood in a pair of silk stockings and two garters dec orated with pink silk rosebuds. This is a difficult story to write just about here. We want to give you the facts, and we don't know how to do It. Well, anyway, a cop came along, and put his overcoat around Betty, and took her away. She was ar raigned before Magistrate Corrigan in the Harlem court later in the day, and in the middle of the proceedings, she suddenly unbuttoned her over coat and let it drop to the floor. It was very embarrassing. Later Betty was committed Bellevue for more observation. to TREATY SIGNING IS TODAY Four-Power Pact Ceremony to Be In State Department. WASHINGTON, D. C. Dec. 12. (By the Associated Press.) The four power treaty dealing with the Pacific islands will be signed-at the state department tomorrow by representa tives of all the nations party to it. The seven representatives of the British empire will sign the treaty. It was announced by a British spokes man. The formal signing of the treaty, it was explained, Involved agreement on the Yap question, which was reached today. The ceremony incident to the sign ing of the treaty, which was initialed only, when presented to the rms conference will not be public. A British spokesman said It was found today that some of the dominion rep resentatives had come here without their official seals, but that this would cause no delay. PAY GUARANTEE IS AIM Union lPaclflc Asks Commission's Authority to Take Action. WASHINGTON. D. C. Dec. 12. Formal application was made by the Union Pacific railroad to the Inter state commerce commission today for authority to guarantee payment of interest and principal of an issue of $16,424,000 in Oregon Short Line rail road bonds. The money will be used to pay off a maturing obligation of the Oregon Short Line, which Is a subsidiary of the Union Pacific Track Gives Way Under Logging Train. RESCUERS CAUGHT BY SLIDE Victim Races for Camp to Get Aid for Others. CARS FALL INTO RAVINE No Warning of Impending Disaster Is Given and Five Are Caught in Cab of Engine. ABERDEEN, WASH., Dec. 12 (Spe cial.) Two men, a woman and a baby are dead and three men are injured, one perhaps fatally, as a result of two slides on the demons' Logging company's railroad, about 16 miles south and east of Aberdeen last night The first slide carried a logging train engine and a number of cars 200 feet down a steep embankment, killing outright the engineer, bis wife and 2-year-old baby, and injured j two brakemen. The second slide, half an hour later, killed one member of a railroad construction camp rescue party, which had been hurried to the scene. Injured another, and left a third as yet unaccounted for. The Dead. Gerald Willis, 26, locomotive en gineer, Melbourne. Mrs. Pearl Black Willis, 25. Geraldlne Willis, 2-year-old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Willis. Ernest Olson, 30, construction camp laborer, Montesano. The Injured: A. W. Hussy, S3, brakeman, right US broken below the knee, right band and both legs badly burned. John Lind, 35, construction camp la borer crushed by debris, leg frac tured, unconscious, perhaps fatally in lured. Ira Mclliott, brakeman, acting as fireman, two fingers cut off right hand, cut and bruised. missing W. T. Labelle, steam shoveling en gineer, construction camp, Hoquiam. The bodies of Willis, his 2-year-old daughter and Olson were brought to Aberdeen about 1:30 today. The in jured also were brought, on the same train and are now at the Aberdeen general hospital. The bodies of Mrs. Willis and of Labelle, also supposed to be dead, have not been recovered. A large crew of men are now engaged in clearing away the debris. Train Curried ZOO Feet. The slide occurred between 10 and 11 o'clock last night at a point eight miles southeast of Melbourne. A 7 o'clock train, carrying between 40 and 60 men to camp, passed over the track safely. When the second train entered the stretch at the top of a high embankment the earth slid from beneath It carrying it down 200 feet. Willis, his wife and child were killed outright. Elliott, the only member of the crew able to go for aid, ran to a construction camp a mile away and returned with a rescue party. Hardly had the work of succor begun when the second slide occurred carrying the rescuers and wreckage down the steep slope. Because of the high water. Mel bourne Is cut off from all road com munication. A special train was rushed from Aberdeen and brought nere the injured who had been taken to Melbourne station. The dead were brought here late this afternoon. Track Suddenly Gives Way. Members of the crew of tha wrecked train had no warning of the death that lay In wait for them, de clared Ira Elliott, who was firing the engine, and who was in the cab with the engineer, his wife and baby. The train was proceeding slowly and the headlight, in perfect order, showed a solid track ahead, then the track and the ground beneath it suddenly sank beneath the locomotive. Elliott was the hero nf the disaster. He was the only person of the five crowded into the small engine cab who was thrown clear of the wreck. He ran a mile to a construction camp for a'd as soon as he gained his feet, despite the fact that one finger had been slashed from his left hand, while a second dangled by a shred of flesh, and despite, too, the fact that he was severely bruised and stunned by the fall. Reaching the camp, he brought back with him the entire construction camp crew of 40 men. As soon as first-aid attention had been given his mangled hand, he helped with the work of rescue and search in the debris. Bottom Falls Ont of World. Elliott was the only person today able to describe his harrowing ex perience of last night. He told a simple, clear narrative and was un willing to take any "credit for his heroic part In the tragedy. "None of us had any feeling of dis aster ahead," he said, "but we were going slowly because tracks at this time of the year are treacherous Whei we came to the stretch of track atop the embankment, where the ravine falls below perhaps a thousand feet, we saw solid and even rails tCoacludcd c& Pe 2, - j Some 052 ex-Service Men Said to Be Suecumbliifc to Tubercu losis in Phoenix. WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 12. Told by Senator Ashurst, democrat, Arl sona, that hundreds of ex-servtce men were dying of tuberculosis "on the deserts of Arizona." where they went seeking a cure for dtsaotlitles resulting from gas attacks of the Germans, the senate tonight voted an appropriation of $1,000,000 for addi tional hospitalization. The funds, which are carried in the first deficiency bill passed by the sen ate,would be expended by the vet erans' bureau. There are 952 ex-servlc men dying of tuberculosis on the streets of Phoenix. Arlr., Senator Ashhurst de clared. He had "beseeched" the sen ate appropriation oommt,tee, he add ed, to relieve the sufferings, but that committee, "while agrering to an ap propriation of $1,000,000 for American participation in an exposition In Brazil," had refused. Ex-service men. he explained, were flocking to Arizona under the belief that the climato would aid them in recovery from tuberculosis and the effects of gassing. Present hospital facilities are overtaxed, he stated. CLUBMEN ARE HAPPY NOW Liquor Business in Vancouver, B. C, Is Flourishing. VANCOUVER. B. C, Dec. 12. The sudden growth In the number of Van couver's clubs licensed to sell malt liquor to members has resulted in the reopening of about 18 hotel bars with similar licenses as a test of the pro hibition restrictions. Membership In the hotel "clubs" costs 10 cents and business Is flourishing. The police have decided they can not interfere until February 1, when a new charter giving the city control and regulation of all clubs becomes effective. 3 HURT IN AUTO WRECK Indian Girls and Brother of One of Victims in t rash. PENDLETON, Or.. Dec. 12. (Spe cial.) Maude Craig, young Indian girl of the Umatilla reservation, is at the point of death; Louis; Martin another Indian girl, Is severely cut and John Craig, a brother of the fatally injured girl, is also seriously hurt, as a result of an automobile crash Just east of this city today. Miss Martin was driving and was making speed to bring the girls to school on time, it was reported. The machine was a total wreck. AUTOS FASCINATE INDIANS .Annual Report of Board of Com ini-sloners Made Public. WASHINGTON. D. C, Dec. 12 Th automobile "seems to possess the same Irresistible fascination for the Indian that It does for many of his white brethren." said the annual re port of the board of Indian commis sloners, made public today. The report recommended that citi zenship be conferred on all non-citizen Indians, but that the government continue its "protective supervision dver their property affairs." INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The Weather. TODAY'S Rain; southwesterly wind. YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 60 degrees; minimum. 51 degrees. Disarmament Conferenre. Yap cable rights won by United States. Page 1. Three more treaties to result from arms conference. Page 2. Four - power treaty to be signed today. Page- 1. Naval decision to be speeded up. Page 1. Senate gets first taste of 4-power treaty fight. Page 4. Value of Klao Chow railway discussed. Page 2. Foreign. Trend of developments indicates Irish ref erendum oa treaty with Britain. Page 2. National. Wilson dissatisfied with Shantung settle ment, but unable to coerce powers. Page 5. $1,000,000 for hospitals for ex-service men voted by senate. Page 1. Final railroad claims total $243,042,000. Page 16. Domestic. Rov Gardner gets another 25-year sentence. Pag . New York startled when cabaret singer strips In public. Page 1. Pselflc Northwest. Everett E. Davis, ex-service man, mur dered In home near Molalla. Page 1. Flood conditions rule Washington. Page 1. Four killed, three hurt in logging train wreyk. Page 1. Expert Investigator reports Seattle mu nicipal lines cannot pay interest. Page IT. Drainage sessions open December 28 at Corvallls. Page 1A. Orand Jury findings hit at politicians on Seattle port commission. Page 21. Sports. Handicap ratings for trapshooters are re duced to frOO minimum. Page 14. Dempsey bored by acting. Page 14. Huntington likely to stay at Oregon as football coach. Page 14. Selection of Pearl Harbor navy eleven to clash with Oregon resented in Islands. Page 15. Commercial and Marine. Milling wheat steady and export wheat weak In northwest. Page 23. Chicago wheat weakened by large deliveries on December contracts, rage 28. 8harp rise In foreign exchange stimulates trading In stock market. Page 23. Trade depression in orient psases. Page 22. Portland and Vicinity. Grain growers to market is. 000.000 bush els; Portland logical . outlet. Page 8. Fair play prompts city council to award materials contract. Page 13. Farmers' products not yet back to nor malcy. Page 22. Inefficient labor laid to bad eyesight. Page 9. Three theater robbers get prison terms. Page . Uniform road signs urged by county Judges aau cutunuuioBert, rat', v. Rivers Are Swollen and Trains Are Tied Up. SLIDES ARE FATAL TO TEN Property Damage in Many Districts Reported Heavy. RAILS ARE BEING CLEARED Conditions in Seattle Declared to Be Worst in City's History. Wires Arc Down. SEATTLE. Wash.. Dec. 12. West ern Washington, with rivers running ofer their banks, rail traffic Irreg ular and in some casea suspended, and telegraph and telephone communica tion seriously impaired, tonight was in the grip of flood conditions which threatened to become more nerious as the water from snows in the Cascude mountains, melted by warm rains and winds, found its way to the lower levels. Ten persons were known to be dead and a number injured as the result of rail accidents and slides, and property damage In several districts was reported to be heavy. Incessant rains which began early Saturday and continued Sunday and throughout today filled rivers to the flood stage, causing serious washouts and landslides. Weather bureau offi cials said tonight that pressure indi cations were for further heavy rains. Debris Is Bring Cleared. On the Great Northern line near Skykomlsh, north of here, workers were attempting to remove debris from the wreckage of fast mall train No. 27, which plunged through a weakened bridge over the Miller river yesterday, causing the death of two persons and Injury to two others. A Jam formed behind the debris threat ened to give way. and Inundation of a large territory was feared. Flood conditions here were said by C. R. Cas;, superintendent of streets, to be the worst In the history of the city. Four persons were killed by slides, which carried away two houses. Parts of Columbia City, Younaslown, West Seattle, Ballard and the Rainier valley were under from two to five feet of water and scores of futilities fled before slides that threatened to carry away their homes. City fire men rescued marooned families in the Rainier valley district. Four Killed In Accidents. In the Grays Harbor region, flood conditions were suid to be the worst in years. Near Aberdeen four persons were killed and several injured in two logging railway accidents caused by landslides. Highway bridges were washed out and rail traffic seriously hampered by washouts. Rail traffic between Olympla and the Grays Har bor district was balled by a washout at Belmore. Streams In Pierce county were re ported high and rail and wire com munications were cut In many in stances. Between Seattle and Ta- coma floods covered portions of the Pacific highway, and the town of Kent, midway between the two cities, was under water in some cases four feet deep. Rivers Are Rising. Rivers in Skagit county were out of their banks and reported rising. The Skykomish river at Index reached its highest level In years. Northern Pacific and Great North ern trains into oeuinKnani ere suf pended and Mount Vernon and neigh boring towns were said to be facing serious floods. Heavy rainfall was reneral over the western section of British Columbia nd Vancouver Island. Canadian Pa- cflc bridges were reported washed (Concluded on Page 4. Column 8.) OREGON AND THE TOUR IST FEATURE OF ORE GON1AX ANNUAL. Do you love beautiful scenery? Then you will be in terested in the annual edition of The Oregonian, to be issued January 2, for it will be re plete with magnificent views of the state's natural gTandeur. An especially attractive pic ture in colors of Mount Hood from Lost lake will adorn the cover page of a section devoted in large part to the tourist, showing the. great snow capped peak from a new angle. How Oregon receives the tourist; what the Pacific North west Tourist association is doing to attract them and what we have to offer them in the way of resorts, camps and con veniences will be told in story and picture. In all of this the automobile plays a big part and there will be many interesting articles on various phases of the subject in this section.