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About The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current | View Entire Issue (Jan. 7, 1912)
EOE2TE3 UT CITY PAKK AKD ON PORTLAKD HEIGHTS WHERE TREES ABE LADEN WITH SNOW AND SLEET SHATTERS TELEPHONESERVICE ; ;: 5- Only Business District, Where Wires Are Buried, Escapes Wreck Due to Storm. UNES AND POLES FALL V All Long-Dtatance Shot Off and Res idence System Is Paralysed. Wind Swaying Strand Canses) Many Craahea. Telephone service outside ths Port land district Is prostrsta. It Is thought that by today few telephones will be serviceable In any part of the city where the wires are carried overhead. Reports last night from .both the Pa clflo and the Home companies showed every lone-distance line to be down In every direction, with no hope of recov ery until the storm Is over. Thou sands of telephones were disconnected early laat night when trees and poles were falling on all sldea At t o'clock the Pacific Company re ported 200 residence telephones out of order. At S o'clock the number had Increased to 1000. and reports were comlnc In at the rate of nearly 1000 an hour. To repair the damage will re quire several days. The Pacific Company's toll lines be gan to go out at noon. By 4 P. M. the entire northern service was out. cut ting off communication with Jeattle and Tacoma. The Astoria linos went out at noon and were recovered a short time later, but soon went out again. All Osteite Cat Oft. The last toll line to go down was that of Oregon City, which collapsed about 7 o'clock. This cut off all com munication by telephone between Port land and the outside. Destruction of lines In the residence districts hmun at noon. At i o'clock the Pacific Company reported more than 2000 lines gonet and between ?i and 100 poles doan. The reports con tinued to come In during the night at such a rate that It became apparent that morning will see the system more seriously demoralised than ever before ort account of a storm. The heavy coat of Ice which formed on the wires caused a great deal of the trouble. A stiff breexe about T o'clock caused the wires to sway and the weight pulled the poles down. lea Poles Crash at Ones. On Belmont street, near Mount Ta bor, a gust of wind carried down ten poles and cut off the telephone service of 100 homes. More than 00 lines and 10 stations were rut cut on the West Hide with about 10 poles. Ten party lines serving 10 telephone patrons and two poles fell In the Bellwood dis trict under the strain of one gust ef wind. In the close-In business district oa the East Side more than 200 telephones went out early In the evening. Last reports showed about 19 lines out In Bt. Johns. 10 In Wood lawn and lines out In every pert of the city. Tbe Home Telephone Company's lines began to fall simultaneously with those of the Pacific Company. At o'clock there were no more toll lines left and a large part of the residence district service waa gone. At t o'clock the entire service outside the busi ness district waa demoralized. It waa not possible for the telephone companies to estimate their damage last night. -It Is Impossible to tell anything about It." said J. I TamelL commer cial manager of the Pacific Company. -The llnea are going out continually and the damage la growing every minute. We have every available line man at work trying to recover the service. If there la a change In the weather for the better, wa will be able to proceed rapidly with our repair work. I believe wa could have the en tire service working again In a few lays If the weather changes." STORK HELP IS SENT HOME Force Dismissed Early Wnen Storm Threatens. Many employee of the larger depart ment stores were dismissed as early as S o'clock In ths afternoon, and by o'clock nearly all the stores were closed. At olds. Wortman King's employes living at some distance were allowed to go home early. This step was taken after receiving word from the Portland Railway. Light Power Company that there might be difficulty In moving cars later In the day. Those employes living within walking dis tance of the store remained until t o'clock. The men clerks stayed st the store until It closed at o'clock. At Up man, Wolfe Company's store employes were permitted to leave at 3 o'clock. The management hsd been ad vised that cars would be In operation until o'clock, but before that hour traffic had been stopped on many lines, so many of the employes were sent home In automobile tracks, delivery wagons and taatcaba Speaking of the arrangements for raring for the employes In the Meier at Frsnk store. Julius L. Meier said lsst nlsht: -At noon I was Informed by C 3. Franklin, of the street rsllway com pany, that there likely would be troublo on the carlmea. due to the silver thaw. At l:Ji o'clock we posted bulletins giv ing all our employes, who live In the outskirts of the city, permission to lave the store and return to their homes at once. At 4 o'clock 450 of our employes had already gone, and at that hour we permitted others to go. At o'clock more left, with Instructions not to return after dinner. At I o'clock we closed the store, although customera rn t!ll arriving. Cashiers and book keepers mho hsd remained were sent heme In automobiles. We suspended our delivery wagon service In the aft ernoon and sent all horses to the barns, continuing deliveries by automobile trucks until evening." SNOW IS BENEFIT TO WHEAT Heavy Blanket In Gilliam County Affords Protection to Crops. ARLINGTON. Or, Jsn. . Special.) Every acre of wheat In Gilliam Coun. ty has from 12 to 14 Inches of snow en It. There Is hardly any wind, and the general condition of ths wheat at this time Is better In every respect than at ny previous time for ten years. It Is till snowing. Bee. WUTIsia Peter !CIte. rector e the Ctirrk of h o Shepherd at Nsahsa. f H.. ree-mtly suboilttva l" an op.rtll.tn fr the trmasfusloa ef blood hereby the lu-e mt eae e aia aarUbleaera was prott aaiy aaeed. !. "-i--jtify. ,"l!ipi '.. - ' '"-V ' - v . '-iifVi -S '" r f - '. 'Pt !- ' : -Tv ! "a-" J Sf;s H f'J v 'i - -r-Ji ..'vv- --W,' - ,-.lV . ! ,,llv .' ; . : -. - " ' :' j r crry&v? T . f ' z H U id mr-t4M .e ICE IMPERILS HOR! TWO KILLED BY ELECTRICITY, SIX SHOT AFTER HCRTS. Traffic Impossible on Slippery Streets, Driver In hitch Teams and Abandon Wagon. Hors- and drivers shared in ths hardships brought about by slippery streets in the residence districts. In ths afternoon, when the storm reached Ita most severe point and a coat of lee formed on the streets not heavily traveled, traffic became Impossible and drivers were required to unhitch their horses and abandon their wagons. Much of the same trouble was experienced In the uptown districts. Dosens of loaded wagons were left standing at the curbs because of the Inability of the horses to draw them over tbe sllpy pery Ice. Many horses were Injured by falling on the streets. Notices were received at the cltjr Incinerator that eight horses had been killed In various parts of the city. Some of these were killed by falling wires ar.d trees and others were shot aftsr sustaining broken legs In falling on the Ice. Defective electric circulta on the Steel Brtdge caused the death ef two horses yester day morning and a temporary stoppage of travel over the bridge. The sleet broke the connection between ths bridge deck snd the draw span, so that when a peddler drove his hors up with one foot on the draw a charge of electricity shot through the animal's body and It dropped dead. A moment later a horse attached to a wagon of ths Pacific Vault Company met Its death In the same way. Condition of the dumb beasts was mads a special detail for policemen, by order from Chief Slover. yesterday. The men were told to keep watch for ani mals left stsmimg wimoui prupci- pro tection from the weather. Pursuant to the order. Sergeant Crnt and Patrolman Burke arrested Clrlch Temler. driver of a milk wagon, for al lowing his horses to stand In the atorm. The police reported that the animals had been driven hard and became heated and then chilled. They were shivering when the policemen found them. AMBULANCE STAGEMAX'S TAXI T. B. nnffaaer, of Orplieum. Tuta In Call to Reach Theater. It required the brain activity of the stage manacer of a Portland theater to break the snow blockade which stopped streetcar traffic between East and West Portland last night. Thomas B. Huffaker. stage director for the Orpheum, called an ambulance and was taken serosa the river in time to take charge r the performance at the big vaudeville theater before the curtain was sent up on the first act. Mr. Huffaker managed to reach his home at 321 Alnsworth avenue after the matinee and took dinner with his fam ily. Between dinner and T o'clock, when he should have started for the Orpheum again, he found the cars on his Una had stopped, and the varleus tax lea b eompanlea declared themselves unable to aid htm in reaoning m theater. Huffaker then went to a telephone and sent In an emergency call for an ambulance. The wagon was prompt in responding, considering the weather conditions, and on arrival the driver of ths big machine would scarcely be lieve that the Joke was on him. Mr. Huffaker was perched en- the front seat of the machine and ordered to assume the duty of rinsing the gong on the return trip. He was delivered at the theater, paid the charges for the service and sauntered' Into his office as If he had no knowledge of having accomplished what appeared to be the Impossible , STORM CREATES WORK CITY'S TJ7TEM PLOYED TO BE HIRED TO CLEAX STREETS. Superintendent Donaldson Await Clear Weather to Encage Big Force to Remove Slush. An opportunity to work will be given Portland's unemployed men Just as soon as the storm subsides, declares Alex Donaldson, Superintendent of the street Department. With two forces of CO men each, one working days and the other nights. Mr. Donaldson says he Is doing all that can be done In the wav of making the street walks pas aable. Twenty teams are kept busy hauling the slush and mud away. The number of men now at work cleaning the streets Is sufficient to hsndle the situation." said Superin tendent Donaldson last night. "As soon as the storm abate, however. I will ask that a larne gang of men be put to work. Extra teams also will have to be called Into service. "With the storm keeping up there Is little opportunity for the Street De partment to do noticeable work. Just as soon as ths slush Is cleared away It appears again. At present the men are trying to keep the street crossings clear In the residential sections. 'If the storm would stop we would have the city looking spick and span In a Jiffy." Rave vour dollars by visiting the Caln-Klce Shoe Company In their new location, the Medical building. 4 AMer street CRASH GRAZES WOMAN MASS OF ICE FALLS FROM TREE AT VAA'COCVER. Sirs. S. C. Werschkul Walking In Park Experiences Narrow Escape. City Isolated and Dark. VANCOUVER, Wash, Jan. 6. (Spe cial.) Mrs. Stanley Q. Werschkul. when walking through the city park, was grased by death this afternoon when -several hundred pounds of loe fell from a height of 40 feet from an evergreen tree. The Ice fell near Mrs. Werschkul, but did her no injury. Several other narrow escapes have been reported. The storm has left Vancouver Iso lated, all telegraph and telephone lines being out of commission, and no elec tricity, furnished from Portland, 1 coming into the city. The moving picture shows are closed and business houses, for the most part, are using candles and a few coal oil lamps have been found. The streetcars were left etsanded at t o'clock and In one car several persons waited until o'clock, hop ing against hope that the delay would be only temporary. Those living In the suburbs are having a hard time to get home. A line of the Home Telephone Com pany fell across the trolley wire be fore the power was off and burned out a number of lines In the garrison. The barber shops have bought dozens of candles and one man In each shop ta kept busy trimming them and hold ing them that the tonsorlal artists may shave Saturday-night patrons. A Iliac tree, several Inches In diam eter and 43 years old. In the yard of St. Luke's Episcopal . Church, brolce under the heavy strain of ice and fell across the hedge with its heavy bur den. The bush was planted shortly after the Civil War by Joseph M. Fletcher, a pioneer, long since dead. A tree standing on tbe corner by the church fell across the sidewalk, stop ping traffic Trees over all the city are breaking and wires in every direction are down. The Portland Hallway. Light A Power Company, which furnishes electricity from Portland, is helpless and has one candle In the office, which usually Is lighted with several thousand candle power of lights. Reports from different parts of the county are that much damage I being done to fruit trees by breaking down under the heavy Ice. Tbe cold rain has been falling continually all day and freeilng. Business In Vanoouvsr la paralysed YOUR HAPPY HOME AND OUR PIANO ' The home with music and children in it is twice blessed. The home without either is a mighty dull and uninteresting place. If you have no music in your home, what do you do in the evenings? How do you entertain your friends? Do you sit around and gossip or do you sit and stare into the fire until bedtime comes? ' Let's suppose that there is no music in your home. It's a melancholy place. The evening shadows linger longer than they should. There, is nothing to counter act the effect of the day's work. Age has a big chance to creep m. Smiles are rare. Even supper is a care-worn affair, to be gotten over as soon as possible. Let's try to change it. Let's see if a piano won't change the character of your thoughts. Try it and see if your home doesn't take on a brighter aspect. Let s see if you can't fill it with sunshine, singing and laughter. Anyone can afford a nice piano on OUR terms of sale and any working man can add years to his life if he has one. THE WIDEST CHOICE OF GUARANTEED PIANOS AT LOWEST PKICES IN THE CITY OF PORTLAND We show in our new store at the corner of Seventh and Morrison streets, a wider ranee and larger assortment of instruments than any other concern in Port land, and sell them at prices that, quality for quality, are much below what other stores ls1c- We have the piano or player piano you want at a price that just suits your circumstances. We will sell it to you on such convenient terms that the payment will never be a bother and ere you realize it you are the owner of a magnificent instrument. t1. . You owe it to yourself and your pocketbook to investigate our line of instru ments before buying. and the city looks deserted. Many business houses closed early. FROZEN PIGEONS SHELTERED Alnsworth Dock Flock Given Succor Until They Thaw. Two hundred pigeons suffered from the storm yesterday on Alnsworth dock, yet their plight proved their salva tion, for longshoremen and dock em ployes gathered the birds, which were helplessly hopping about on the road way with their wings heavy with Ice and their tails immovable, and placed them In a corral, where they will be held until tomorrow with the hope that tbelr feathers will thaw. As there Is an abundance of feed that can b picked up where oats and other cereala have been spilled or leaked from sacks, the birds will fare well as they are to be given the free dom of the dock today. Some suffer ing among the pigeons at other docks was reported, and In most cases they were cared for. ASTORIA HAS WIND AND RAIN City Soaked All Day and 2.55 Inches of Water Fall In 24 Honrs. ASTORIA,' Or., Jan. S. (Special.) Today has been one of the most dis agreeable of the present season so far as weather conditions are concerned. 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