THE 3IORXIXG -OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, JANUARY CO. 1922 MLIM SWEPT PRESIDENT OPENS FARMERS' CONFERENCE. PASSES OUT TO SEA If Then.and Now'Series jf i Storm From Pacific Hits Los Angeles Country. Effort Made to Rp sume Nor Another Step Forward mal. Activities. m COAST SHIPPING MENACED CAR SERVICE IS HALTED i . " m Dl bnUW AMJ HAIN ! ! 1 : ill t; 1 m. -.I m ii i If ?'hrftfK w. $;l n h.. ' , HI I ,mnTr..n-milMlllllVX J ri'iS life. a;5 rtCV Three Staterooms on Steamer Yale Stove In by Big 'Wave In 8a n Pedro Harbor. WI.M'BH START STEW DRIVE 0- 5UHIHBESI. The followlns were some of the weather conditions reported throughout the northwest and in California yesterday: Portland, 24 above xero. Hood Hiver, coid and snowing. Eugene, snow. s Los Angeles. Cal., snow, bail, ran. fan I!ernardino, Cal., snow and coid. fc Sacramento, Cal., cold rain and snow. ' Ktockton, Cal., snow. Riverside, C:il., snow, ban Jose, Cal., snow. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 29. Rain and snow were general throughout California today and present, cold weather is likely to continue tomor row, according to the weather bu reau. In the soutaern section there were strong winds. Los Angeles ex periencing a 34-mile gale and at San JJlogo the velocity reached 42 miles an hour. The steamer Tale was damaged In San Pedro harnor, three staterooms being stove in by a bitr wave. At Benecla a snowfall of two feet was reported and Vallejo was blan keted with three Inches. In Berkeley one part of the University of Califor nia campus was covered with snow and the foothills and Mount Tamal pais were white. nan rranclsco experienced a snow- rain, flakes coming down but melt ing as they touched the ground. Today snowfall in the San Fran cisco region, according to records, was the first of any consequence Blnce December 29, 191o. The weather bureau reported that snw fell In the early morning hours throughout the north central and northeastern parts of the state, from Red Bluff to the Oregon line, and varied In depth from two to four Inches. Storm Has Knergy. The storm is of considerable energy end Is central near the middle or the California coast, and a large hicrh pressure ana overlies the Canadian northwest, according to the weathei bureau. , Continued cold rains In western Oregon and snow in Nevada and pos sibly in eastern Oregon was the forecast. Washington's forecast was fair and continued cold. Rainfall during the last 24 hours In California was heaviest at Los Angeles and San Luis Obispo. Modesto was mantled in white as the result of a snow storm lasting three hours In the morning. Snow ball battles in the downtown streets v ere the order of the day. A steady drizzle of rain followed later. The snowfall was two Inches and east erners here said the flakes were the largest they had ever seen, some being an Inch in diameter. A similar snowfall occurred here January 1, 1916. Ileddlnft Gets Snow. Four inches of snow fell in Redding Jrly today and in other sections of southern Shasta county a light fall was reported. In the northern and mountainous section of the county the fall was considerably heavier. 6XOW FALLS IN LOS ANGELES Heavy ;ule From 1'uclfic Stirs Vp Sun Pedro Harbor. LOS ANGKUKS, Cal., Jan. 29. Snow flurries of large I lakes, also hail and heavy rain, fell In Los Angeles today in a sudden storm coming out of the Pacific. The fall wai sufficient in the city to bank up an Inch or more between houses, where It remained , on the ground several hours. It was quite Reneral through the valleys near Los Angeles and at Mount Wil son, above Pasadena, 12 Inches of snow was reported. Low temperatures and the residen tial call tor heat proved a heavy drain on the city gas supply, with a resultant low pressure and numer ous complaints throughout Los An geles. The storm averaged close to two Inches of rain In the 24 hours In the district In and around Los Angeles. Heavy seas menaced shipping at San Pedro and the steamer Yale, ar riving there from San Francisco In the morning, was struck by a big w ave while turning in around the breakwater and three staterooms on tho upper deck wertt stove in. 21 ABOVE ZEKO IS KECOKDED East Wind Brings Cold Snap Back to Portland. A cold east wind sweeping down the Columbia from the eastern Ore gon snow fields brought Portland an other touch of freezing weather early yesterday. The weather bureau ther mometer, which registered 28 degrees at & A. M.. fell during the next two hours and a half to 24 degrees. The east wind, continuing through out the day. kept a winter tempera ture wherever It found a full sweep. The sunshine, however, brought the temperature up to 36 for the greater part of the day. At 5 P. M. tt had fallen to 34 degrees, with a drop of another degree during the next half hour. The cold temperatur rame too late In the morning to cause much ice, txcept a surface glaxe on pavements and a heavy frost upon roofs and lawns. Private thermometers re corded temperatures below 20 In some parts of the city. A low-pressure area to the south, with heavy rainfall along the Cali fornia coast, indicated little danger rf a prolonged cold spell or a very 'low drop In temperature, according to E. L. Wells, weather observer. HOOD IUVEIt IS COLD AGAIN 10.33 Feet of Snow Said to Have Fallen This Winter. IIOQP RIVER. Or. Jan. 29. (Spe cial) The respite from winter was brief over the mid-Columbia with a temperature slightly above freezing and a disagreeable east wind prevail ing. Snow has fallen throughout the day, the new blanket reaching a depth four Inches In the upper valley. 1'U.l was the beginning of the 11th Photo Copyright by Underwood. MR. HARDING ADDRESSING OPENING SESSION. President Harding opened the national agricultural conference called into being by tha department of agricultrue Three hundred delegates, representative farmers and agriculturists, from all parts of the country gathered at Wash ington to discuss the serious situation facing the agricultural interests of the country. week of east wind, unbroken except for four days of thaws. Old timers declared the winter a record one for sustained low temper atures and continuous snowing. The total snowfall for the season has reached 10.33 feet. San Bernardino Has Snow. SAN BERNARDINO. Cal., Jan. 29. The heavlest'snow In 30 years fell over San Bernardino city and valley today. The snow measured from 1 to 3 inches in depth. The' temoerature did not rise over 3 degrees and hundreds of people participated in a snow frolic.' The snoav was still in the streets and on roofs tonight. The storm was gen eral throughout San Bernardino and Riverside counties and the snow clung to trees, an unusual sight. A foot of snow at Devore has halted automobile ravel through Cannon pass. Weather records here show 12 incites of snow fell on January 12, 18S2. and an inch of snow December 29. 1915. On seven other occasions in 30 years there was light snow. Snow Falls at Stockton. STOCKTON. CaL. Jan.- 29. Follow ing a light rain, snow began to fall about 7 o'clock this morning, con tinuing until about noon end thor oughly Covering the ground. About 1 o'clock there was another' fall, this time the flakes coming down more heavily and continuing until about 2:30. when a light rain began to fall, turning the snow into slush. The youngsters made the most of it. and as a result snow men were to be seen decorating the front lawns of many of the residences. This is the first snow storm n Stockton since January 1, 1916. It was estimated that the fall measured about 3 J inches. Italn at Fresno. FRESNO. Cal.. Jan. 29. Rainfall totaling .14 of an'inch fell here today. stopping at nightfall. Turlock and Newman, situated about 80 miles north of this city, were visited with snow early this morning, according to reports reaching here. Madera. 20 miles north, reported .41 of an inch, and Dlnuba. 20 miles south, one-half inch of rain. San Diego Keports Rain. SAN DIEGO. Cal., Jan. 29 With a velocity of 42 milea an hour, the heaviest wind recorded here In five years swept the city today. Rainfall during the afternoon totaled .55 of in Inch, bringing the seasonal total to -50 inches more than normaL Snow fell 60 miles east of the city. No storm damage was reported. Eugene Keports Snow. EUGENE. Or., Jan. 29. (Special.) Two inches of snow fell In Eugene early this morning, but about half of it has melted off. The mountainous districts report almost a continual snowfall for two or three days, and on high elevations in the Cascades it is several l'eet deep. San Jose Has Snow. SAN JOSE, Cal.. Jan. 29. Snow fell continually today on the mountains and hills surrounding the city and in many Instances points unvisited by snow for years were blanketed in white. Rain fell intermittently over the floor of the valley. Storm Hits Sacramenot. SACRAMENTO. Cal., Jan. 29. Cold rain, accompanied by a few flakes of snow and sleet, fell here throughout the day. At Gait. 16 miles south, it was reported the ground was covered with snow. Heavy rain with some snow was reported in a number of towns north. Ground White at Riverside. RIVERSIDE. Cal., Jan. 29. Snow sufficient to whiten the ground fell in the district between Riverside and Perris, 18 miles east of here, today. The snowfall in Riverside was light. Turlock Has Snow. TURLOCK. Cal.. Jan. 29. One inch of snow, the first in six years, fell in this section early today but melted within a few hours. SUICIDE PLAY IS FATAL Several Cylinders Unloaded, But Weapon Is Discharged. OAKLAND, Cal.. Jan. 29. As two 16-year-old high school boys, chums, toyed with a loaded revolver here last night they laughingly discussed sui cides and one of them, Hollls Clarke, unloading several of the cylinders, re marked, "this is the way they do it." He held the weapon against his tem ple, there was-a click, then a report and Clarke fell dead, his friend, Har vey Britting. said. gritting said Clarke evidently thought he had unloaded the two cyl inders nearest the barrel and pulled the trigger in fun. BOAT SINKS; PILOT LOST L. II. JACKSON LOSES LIFE IN SAX PEDRO HARBOR. Craft Capsizes in Storm and Res cuers From Battleship Arrive Too Late to Save Man. SAN PEDRO. Cal., Jan. 29. L. H. Jackson of San Pedro harbor was drowned off the breakwater here to fay when the pilot boat, Hesper. of v hich he was In charge, capsized and sank, in a heavy southwester. The sinking was observed by the battleship Tennessee and boats were dispatched to the scene, but.no traces remained of the Hesper nor Jackson. Jackson went out to bring intd the inner harbor the steamer Pacific, which, while off Point Loma, bound from San Diego to San Pedro, broke a tail "shaft. The destroyer Renshaw, bound from San Pedro to San Diego, picked up the Pacific and started to tow her into San Pedro. She wirelessed for a tug and 20 miles out of the har bor was met by the tug Cardinal. Captain George Hammar ofthe Pa cific declined to permit the Cardinal to guide him into the harbor and cast anchor outside the breakwater. There he pent up signals for a tug pilot, which were mistaken by Jackson as signals of distress, it was believed. The Pacific was later brought into the harbor by the tug Bahada. while sailors of the Tennessee, in small boats, searched for Jackson and the Hesper. They found neither and to night gave up the search. Jackeon was said to be survived by a widow and two children. OLD SKELETONS FOUND BONES 1000 YEARS OLD COVERED IN CAA'E. DIS- Hatchets and Beads Indicate Re mains Those of Indians; Scien tists to Make Investigation. BRISTOL. Va., Jan. 29. (Special.) With the view of making a careful in vestigation of the cave near Benhams, Va., in whfch about 800 human skele tons were discovered. Dr. Ales Hrd licka, famous scientist of the Smith sonian institution, Washington, ac companied by Professor Henry Wrood man of this city, who was the first to explore the cave, left here today for Benhams. Va. The heap of skeletons found in the cave is 33 feet high and about 80 feet in diameter at the base, according to the measurements made by Professor Woodman. Entrance to the cave is provided by a narrow tunnel running straight down for about 30 feet to the top of the heap of bones. Experiments al ready made with skulls brought to Bristol indicate the skeletons were placed In the cavern nearly 1000 years ago. It is believed the bones were thrown Into the cave by Indians who inhabited the section around Benhams hundreds of years ago. As an evi dence that the skeletons are those of Indians, two or three Indian hatchets and some beads were found in the cave. Until the investigation in the cave Is completed curiosity seekers will not be allowed to enter. ACTRESS IGNORES DEATH Trying Role Is Played While Hus band's Body Is in Home. NEW YORK. Jan. 29. Effie Ellsler played her trying1 role in one of New York's st a Re successes through two wforrranrfs yesterday, though her hubsand, Frank Weston, retired actor ul u.Ketopearean roles, lay dead in their home. Mr. Weston, who was 72, died yes terday morning'. News of his death was broken to hi wife after the aft ernoon performance. "There is no understudy to take my place," she said. "My husband would tell me to go on with my work." The marriage of Miss Ellsler and Mr. Weston was a stage romance of 39 years ago. Her father was a part ner of Joseph Jefferson. BUILDING MEN ARE FETED Chehalls Electrical Contractors and Dealers Entertain. CHEHALIS. Wash.. Jan. 29. (Spe cial.') E 1 e c t r 1 c a 1 contractors and dealers of Chehalls and Centralis were hosts last night at a banquet given at the Hotel St. Helens. Their guests were lumbermen, realty men. architects, building contractors and ethers engaged- In the building cam paign activities of this section of the state. Stephen I. Miller, dean of the University of Washington was the irincipal speaker. His subject was along the lines of building activities. Others on the list of speakers in cluded James Chester Dolphin of Cen tralia, who discussed "Th Need ot New. Homes'"; J. DeF. Griffin of Che halls, whose subjrt was "Need for Close Contact Between the Architect and the Various Contractors"; Galen DeV'ore of Centralia, on "The Elec trical Contractor and the Builder"; R. P. Arkley of Chehalis, "Building and the Lumber Business." AID IN RATE FIGHT ASKED Tacoma Requested to Help Works Department in Phone Case. TACOMA. Wash.. Jan. 29. (Spe cial.) The co-operation of the city of Tacoma in trie preparation and con duct of the state department of pub lic works case instituted recently against the Pacific Telephone & Tele graph company and the Home Tele phone & Telegraph company of Spo kane was asked yesterday by Hance H. Cleland, supervisor of public utili ties in the state department. His letter was addressed to the mayor and city council, explaining that all principal cities of the state are interested in the case. The ac tion questions the reasonableness of (he telephone rates, rules, regulatione and contracts, seking lower rates. LINN COUNTY TO BE HOST Delegates to Western States Exten sion Meet to 'lie Guests. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 29. (Special.) Delegates to the western states' ex tension service conference, which will begin in Portland tomorrow, will be entertained in Linn county on Febru ary 3 with a series of meetings, lec tures and demonstrations, according to plans being made by A. C. Hey man, county agricultural agent ot Linn county. After passing the night of February 2 in Salem the delegates will arrive in feinn county early on the morning of February 3 and will visit the farm of S. B. Holt, near Scio. Rev. W. J. Johnson to Speak. ALBANY COLLEGE, Albany, Or.. Jan. 29. (Special.) Rev. W. J. John son of Los Angeles, Presbyterian min ister and speaker of nation-wide prominence, will deliver the convoca tion address at the opening of the second Bemester of the school year at Albany college tomorrow. The ad dress will be given in the college chapel at 11 o'clock during the exer cises which will mark the beginning of the semester. Two Granges to Meet. ST. HELENS. Or., Jan. 29. (Spe cial.) Columbia County Pomona grange will meet with Vernonia grange Saturday morning, February 4. The visiting grangess and their families will be entertained by Ver nonia grange at luncheon. Several grange speakers of promience will attend the meeting and be on the programme arranged by- A. H. Tar bell, master of Pomona. Washington's Streets Blocked With Snow and Many Buildings Are Endangered. WASHINGTON. D. C. Jan. 29. Bur ied under from one to more than two feet of snow by one of the most se vere storms in several decades, the middle Atlantic section spent Sunday In efforts to resume activities sus pended Friday night when the storm broke. The etorm, described by the weather bureau as the worst in 23 years, to night had passed out to sea and its center was said by the weather bu reau to be some distance northeast of Bermuda. Washington, as' the 'center of the storm's strength, suffered the most severely a toll of 100 lives having been taken and more than 100 in jured. The loss of life here with one or two exceptions was due to the collapse of the roof of a motion pic ture theater under the weight of 26 Inchea of enow. Street Car Service Stops. Daybreak today found the capital without street, car 'service, its streets blocked with "snow, its suburbs cut off. deliveries of perishable foodstuffs curtailed and many buildings endan gered by the load of snow. Sunday was spent in attempts to restore a semblance of normal conditions and though aided by favorable weather the city tonight still was in grip of the storm. Other portions in the middle section reported conditions similar to a lesser degree. At Baltimore the snow was almost as heavy as-here. Southern Pennsylvania, and the region about Philadelphia were covered with one foot to one foot and one-half of snow. New York city and adjacent sections also experienced a heavy snowfall, ilong with eastern Delaware and New Jersey. The Hampton Roads district experienced heavy seas alcng Its water fronts, a 42-mile gale, ind ;i dense mist of snow and sleet which made navigation extremely perilous. Several Porches Collapse. All indications here were that even with the favorable weather forecast it would be days before normal con ditions were restored. Many apart ment houses and office, buildings is sued orders today for removal of the snow from the roofs. Several porches collapsed. Reflecting the tie-up of railroad transportation, hundreds slept last night in the Union station on cots the war department sent. New York Traffic Recovers. NEW YORK. Jan. 29. New York had recovered quickly tonight ' from the interruption to its railroad sched ules, particularly the Pennsylvania railroads service to the south, re sulting from an eight-inch snowfall. m 5i Second Buildta? Occupied by I -add & Tiltoo Corner Smrk and Front Street, (18M-1868) AS we progress from year to year, and period, to period in this resume of events in the history of Ladd & Tilton Bank as it developed with Portland and the Pacific Northwest, we are impressed by the steady, unpausing na ture of that development. Anticipating, with characteristic foresight, the era of great sectional prosperity which was predestined to follow on the heels of the Civil War, Ladd & Tilton, in the fall of 1864, moved the scene of their operations to more commodious quarters at the corner of Front and Stark Streets, in the building pictured above. In a Portland newspaper of that day, we read : "Moving Into New Quarters MessrB. Ladd & Tilton have fitted. up a new Banking Office in the building corner of Stark and Front streets, and commenced moving yester day. The new quarters will be decidedly more convenient than their former location, dispensing with the ascent of , a flight of stairs in the transaction of business. ..." Thus did Ladd & Tilton, Bankers, demonstrate their faith in Portland's future; faith which the passing years have not only served to justify but to strengthen, for today Ladd & Tilton is Portland's leading bank as it was Portland's first bank ; ever progressive, always demonstrating its faith in the city and community, willing and anxious to serve. LAB & HOTN BANK ' : Oldest in the Northwest Washington at Third Divorce Cases Decrease. TILLAMOOK. Or.. Jan. 29. (Spe cials There are 82 cases on the bar docket for the February term of the circuit court, including 12 persons who have petitioned for naturaliza tion papers. '1 Here appears to De a falling off in divorce cases, for there are only seven cases on the docket. Diphtheria Case Found. ILWACO, Wash.. Jan. 29. (Special.) Dr. Simpson of the state department of health has telegraphed Dr. Paul, lo cal health officer, that the culture of Barbara McGowan shows diphtheria The fourth-grade pupils will resume work tomorrow after a week's vaca tion. There are two cases of scarlet fever at Long Beach. These are now under observation by Dr. Paul and Miss Duncan. Red Cross school nurse An epidmic of grippe exists here, ac companied in many cases by tonsllitis The prestige of Oregonian Want Ads has been attained not merely by The Oregonlan's large circulation, but by the fact that all Its readers are Interested in Oregonian Want-Ads. Rend The Oregonian classified nds. A REAL BARGAIN EVENT RUPTURE EXPERT HERE SEEI.EY, FAMOUS IN THIS SPE CIALTY. CALLED TO PORTLAND. F. H. Seeley of Chicago and Phila delphia, the noted truss expert, will personally be at the Benson hotel and will remain in' Portland this Sat urday. Sunday and Monday only, January 28. 29 and 30. Mr. Seeley says: "The Spermatic Shield will not oaly retain any case of rupture per fectly, but contracts the opening in ten days on the average case. Being a vast advancement over all former methods exemplifying Instantaneous effects immediately appreciable and I withstanding any strain or position. ! no matter the sise or location. Large j or difficult cases, or Inrlaloaal rap-j turn (following operations) specially solicited. This Instrument received the oniy award in England and In j Spain, producing results without sur gery, injections, medical treatments' cr prescriptions. Mr. Seeley has doc uments from the United Stales gov ernment, Washington. D. C. for in spection. He will be glad to demon strate without charge or fit them if desired. Business demands prevent stopping at any other place in this i section. 1. S. K-rrry statement la this as. j tiee has brea verified before the Fed-1 eral aa State Cort. F. H. Seeley. 1 Ca-oaeratioa Lane-Davis Drug to. I Adv. 1 Low as - i d .V Others 322.SO and $32.SO Portland's Red Letter Week This is absolutely Portland's greatest bargain event for men in re cent years. Here you will find real bargains in Men's SUITS and OVERCOATS that have not been available since pre-war days. Come and see for yourself. You will be convinced that the prices are back to 1914-levels. I bought these goods at sacrifice prices and I propose to give the men of Portland the benefit; They are wonderful values plus style, quality and fit. Just the opportu nity you have been wishing for. Come early. I have been established for 12 years as Portland's leading Upstairs Clothier, but have never handed out such values as these. A 0 Of - Broadway and Alder -