THE 3IORXIXG -OREGOXIAX, MONDAY, JANUARY CO. 1922
MLIM SWEPT
PRESIDENT OPENS FARMERS' CONFERENCE.
PASSES OUT TO SEA
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Storm From Pacific Hits Los
Angeles Country.
Effort Made to Rp sume Nor
Another Step
Forward
mal. Activities.
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Stove In by Big 'Wave In
8a n Pedro Harbor.
WI.M'BH START STEW DRIVE
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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.
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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
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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.
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