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THE SUNDAY OREGON! AX, PORTLAND, JANUARY 19, 1919. RAIL AND SEA TRAVEL HAMPERED BY STORM Grays Harbor Country Feels Full Effect of Gale. RAIN IN 4 DAYS IS 6 INCHES Trains Forced to Detour Because of Washouts; Vessels in Grays Harbor Barbound. ABERDEEN Wash., Jan. 18. (Spe cial.) Another storm, severer than that of Wednesday night and Thursday, wept Grays Harbor last nigrht, coming in on a 60-mile wind and bringing a drenching downpour of rain. The rainfall for the past four days Is Just under srx inches, offIial weather records show. The owl train from Portland and Se. 'tie was detoured on account of an Oregon-Washington washout hear Tn. ep. .dence. The train from Moclips. due at 8:10, was aban doned on account of a washout west of Carlisle. The Government storm signal pole was blown down, so th- no weather signals could be Hoisted in the usual place. An immense number of trees have been felled In the woods, loggers state. Steamer Kvichak arrived from San Francisco this afternoon at 4 o'clock. She will load a cargo of lumber at the Grays Harbor Commercial Company mill in Cocmopolis. The bar was so rough that no steamers ventured out, though several are ready to sail. ASTORIA HAS 8 0-MILE GALE Lightning, Thunder and Rainfall Accompany Severe Storm. ASTORIA, Or., Jan. 18 (Special.) The southerly gale which has been eweeping over this district for several days culminated during last night in the worst gale of the season and one of the most severe in years. The wind, which came in frequent squalls all night, attained a rate of approximate ly 80 miles an hour at the mouth of the river, while at times rain fell in sheets, and there were frequent sharp flashes of lightning with the accom panying heavy peals of thunder. The official record at the weather ob server's office shows that from 6 o'clock last evening to the corresponding hour today the rainfall was 2.5 inches, and during the previous 2i hours it was 1.88 inches, making a total precipita tion of 4.38 inches in 48 hours. All the telegraph and telephone wires went down in the blow, and for several hours Astoria was entirely shut off from communication by wire with the outside world. The barometer dropped to 29.35 during the blow, and has risen only slightly since, so the indications are the storm has not completely spent its force. Aside from tying up ship ping, blocking sewers and drains and flooding basements, no further damage of note either on shore or at sea has been reported. On high tide at 2 o'clock this after noon, the schooner W. H. Marston, which drifted onto the sands opposite the city on Wednesday night, was suc cessfully floated. The stern-wheel steamers State of Washington and Weone and the tugs Samson and Wal lula pulled on her for an hour and a Quarter before she could be moved into deep water. So far as can be ascer tained the schooner is not injured and she left about 2:30 for Portland. COOS RIVER RISIXG RAPIDLY Korth Bend Electric Service Is De moralized. NORTH BEND, Or.. Jan. la. Spe cial.) The heavy southwest storm that has prevailed here almost continuously since last Tuesday Increased in severity during the last 48 hours, and as a consequence, telephone, telegraph and electric light service have been temporarily demor alized and passenger and mail service delayed by slides and damage to track age. The downpour of rain las been the heaviest recorded here for some time and Coos River and other streams in this vicinity are reported to be ris ing at the rate of several feet a day. In many places these streams have overflowed their banks and have flood ed farms and roads and are endanger ing bulkheads that protect large areas of fertile bottom land. A. high tide in conjunction with the strong southwest gale has raised the water in the bay until It is within a few Inches of ex- tiemi- high water mark and some fear is entertained tnat damage may r-suii to some of the waterfront industries from flooding. Sand and dirt washed from the ele vated and unpaved streets clogged the sewers and gutters in m.iny parts of the cty today and flooded the Pi-emises of a number of residents. The coast guard statirn reported that the wind along the Coast had reached a high velocity this afternoon .ind that the water on the bar and off shore was exceptionally rough. Boats will be un nble to cross in or out until the storm subsides. WASHINGTON" STREAMS HIGH AVarm Rain Causes Rivers to Leave Their Channels. SEATTLE, Jan. 18. Constant fall of a warm rain during the last few days today resulted in the rapid rising of water in a number of Western Wash ington rivers and in surrounding some 20 homes in the Rainier Valley, a few miles south of here, with two feet of water. Water in the Cedar River Basin was reported rising one foot an hour, but slightly cooler and foggy weather late today gave rise to hopes that the water would not rise suf ficiently to cause damage. Railroad lines have prepared for trouble In the Cascade division, where one slide east of Maple Valley today blightly delayed train service. Sno nualmie River is high and the Sky- Komisn is rising rapidly. Due to the unusually mild "Winter, however, there is little snow reported in the mountains, so that severe dam age from floods and slides may be avoided. "WILLAMETTE CP THREE FEET Treshet Is Predicted it Warm Rain Continues. As a result of the heavy rains and warm weather which have prevailed in the Willamette Valley for the past sev eral days, the Willamette River at Portland rose three feet, two inches ouring me 21 noirs ending at 3 f. M. yesterday. A freshet is predicted by mariners if the present warm rains continue. - The river reading at 3 P. M. yester day was 9 feet 2 inches. The rise has carried into the accelerated current great deal of driftwood, and this, cou pled with the fact that three large log rafts broke from their moorings in the tipper harbor early yesterday morning as a result of the high wind, is caus ing considerable trouble to mariners. The first log raft was torn from Its moorings in the west channel at Ross Island shortly after midnight. This raft is the property of the Multnomah Box Factory. The two other rafts have not yet been Identified. Everyone along the docks of the Portland harbor was warned of the drifing logs at an early hour yesterday morning by the Har bormaster's office. A number oftowboats began work at dawn yesterday In an effort to re move the flotsam from the river, and had met with considerable success by the middle of the afternoon. The weather forecast for Sunday is continued rain, and a further rise in the river is looked for. Up to 5 o'clock last night 1.31 Inches of rainfall was recorded at the weath er bureau in Portland for the day. Telegraph poles and trees thrown across the power lines by the high winds of Friday night badly crippled the service of the Portland Railway, Light & Power Company yesterday morning, and besides the damage done, a great deal of trouble and incon venience was caused in the early hours. The Portland Railway, Light & Pow er Company's wire lines are the only ones which were seriously damaged. A flume at the Cazadero power plant on the upper Clackamas River was de molished by the high water there and the power gave out as a result. Serv lfe is being maintained, though great ly weakened, and it is expected that this will continue until the flume is repaired, which is expected to require two days. If the storm continues it Is expected that train schedules will be interfered with, but up to noon yesterday no dif ficulty had been encountered on any of the railway lines because of wash outs or landslides. Service on all lines was practically normal last night. MARSHFIELD IS STORM SWEPT Streams Rising and Heavy Wind Is Cause of Property Damage. MARSHFIELD, Or.. Jan. 18. (Spe cial.) The wind and rain storm pre vailing for the past 36 hours has been violent at times today and considerable minor damage was done. During the night the wind blew down a ladder on which Guard Samuel Wamboult was climbing at the Coos Bay shipyard and injured him so seriously that he will be laid up several months. Today a plate glass window at the Gordon store was broken by the wind. The rain for most of the day fell in torrents and no such downpour has occurred here before during the pres ent Winter. In the Coquille Valley reports declare the Southern Pacific Railroad will be under water tomor row morning, if not before, at points between Coquille and Myrtle Point. Ranchers living on Coos Rivers and on the several branches of the Coquille, rorwaraed reports this afternoon tell ing of unusually rapid rising of the streams. All logs which have been cut in isolated sections in the past two years are expected to come out on the freshet tomorrow morning. Water shipping is at an absolute standstill and no craft can negotiate the bar, where the weather is very rough. The steamship City of Topeka arrived off shore this morning from fcureka and San Francisco but could not cross in. She will remain at sea overnight. Telephone and telegraph service restored last night after an in terruption of from 12 to 15 hours has stood up well today and communica tion is possible to all points outside and from here through the Coquille Valley. More than two inches of rain fell from 7:30 this morning to 6:30 tonight. RIVERS ARE RAISED BY RAINS Damage Done by Storms Not Ex cessive CASTLE -The heav raised the strong win down trees light lines, and Vader of the rai across the GREAT NHL BATTLE STOPPED BY MUTINY Plan of Attack by German Fleet Carefully Laid. SURPRISE WAS PLANNED Danger Not Anticipated. ROCK. Jan. 12. (Special.) y rains of the past few days river and creeks and the d did some damage, blowing on telephone and electric the high line between here being out for a time. Some ling of the county bridge Cowlitz was blown off. WOODLAND, Wash.. Jan. 19. (Spe cial.) Rains here caused a 12-foot rise in Lewis River which is still ris ing. No danger is anticipated as there was not much snow in the hills. Ccntralia Lowlands Flooded. CENTRALIA. Wash., Jan. J 8. (Spe cial.) The heavy rains of the past two days have caused the creeks and rivers in this section to rise to almost flood proportions. The lowlands between Centralia and Chehalis are under water. Considerable damage was done by a wind storm that swept through central Lewis County Tuesday and Wednesday. Power and phone lines were broken. The power line between Winlock and Toledo was . broken in six Blaces and Toledo was without lights for 48 hours. Albany Basements Flooded. ALBANY. Or., Jan. 18. (Special.) With a rainfall of 2.65 inches in 24 hours, Albany yesterday experienced the heaviest downpour it has seen in seven years. Though some basements in the city were flooded the rain was welcomed gladly for the good the down pour has done to growing crops and in other ways. All Submarines to Be Engaged in Order to Inflict as Much Damage as Possible. (Copyright. 1919. by the New York World. Published by Arrangement.) LONDON. Jan. 18. (Special Cable.) Captain Hinzmann, of the German Naval Staff, in an article in the Deutsche Zeitung, gives the particulars of the plans prepared by that body for an at tack on the British Coast, so states a dispatch to the Dally News. This at tack was the direct cause of the sailors mutiny at Kiel, Cuxhaven and Wil helmshaven and led to. the revolution. Captain Hinzmann says that, when It was reported the British contem plated landing, the German naval com mand decided upon an attack with all their available naval forces in order to lessen the pressure on the German right wing. To this end. either traffic between the mouth of the Thames and Belgium was to be cut off and naviga tion generally was to be made Imposs ible until the end of October. Plan Kept Secret. It was essential that the plan should remain secret, because the at tacks had to be made from the Bight of Heligoland and -on a dark night, so that it might be a surprise. It was also necessary to mass a sufficient force of submarines to engage the ad vance force of the allies and to inflict as much damage as possible. U-boats were no longer required for submarine war, therefore a sufficient number of them was available. The force was to leave its base at such an hour as to enable it to reach the Bight between Terschelling and the Horn -reef at nightfall. During the night two squadrons composed of destroyers and light cruis ers were to make an attacK simultan eously on the Flemish coast and the mouth of the Thames, but were to turn back within an hour. They were to be covered by a stronger force, which would lie in the vicinity of faoofden. where, as was known to the German naval authorities, only weak allied naval forces could be operated. The German main fleet was to remain in the rear to cover the return of the attacking squadrons. Prospects of Success Favorable. The plan was known only to officers of the naval staff and leaders of the submarine squadrons and to the latter only a few hours before the time set for the attack. Captain Hinzmann is of the opinion that the undertaking was no more risky than the attack on Dover in February. 1818. or than other raids on the British coast. The pros pects of success were favorable, he savs. There were more and better de stroyers and submarines available than on former occasions. Submarine observ ers had already been sent out and more were to follow with the fleet. The first line was to be stationed near the Fifth of Forth and the second half way between the Firth and the limit of the danger zone. If the British naval forces were to accept the chal lenge they would have had to pass both these lines and behind the second line the small cruisers would have laid a mine field In the meantime. Crews of Battleships Mutlned. "It is obvious." says the writer, "in view of such a plan that the story of a scheme to sacrifice our fleet was ridiculous. On the contrary the time and spot were chosen in such a manner that the British fleet, if it took up the challenge, must suffer severe loss. The plan miscarried because the crews of the big men-of-war left the submarines in the lurch and refused to undertake their part of the scheme." The author states that the plan wa not made known because, on former occasions plans had miscarried because particulars about them were divulged. Samaritan Hospital. He was discharged from the ItJd Infantry at Camp Greene, N. C. December 27. 1917. for physical disability. Mr. McKee Is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. McKee. one brother, four sisters and his grand father, Newton McKee, of Vancouver. Wash. MEXICO CITY. Jan. 17. John R. Silllman. American Consul at Guadala jara, since 191C. and the United States diplomatic representative with Presi dent Carranza from 1914 to 1916. died at Guadalajara of pneumonia today. Mr. Silliman was graduated from Princeton University in 1879. being In the same class as President Wilson. YAKIMA, Wash., Jan. 18. (Special.) Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Dilley have re ceived an official telegram that their son, Walter W. Dilley, 19, was reported missing in action October 1. A letter written to him In September was re turned. ALBANY. Or., Jan. 18. (Special ) William Laubner. resident of Linn County for the past 12 years, died Thursday night at his home, five miles southwest of Albany, aged 65 years. He came to Oregon from Ohio in 190. He is survived by his widow and five children: Mrs. Dent Stewart. Miss Emma Laubner. Miss Edna Laubner and George Laubner. all residing in or near Albany, and William C. Laubner, now In the service. Joel H. Johnson, a pioneer of 1861, died January 13. at his home, 6109 Seventy-seventh street Southeast. Hav ing crossed the plains In an emigrant train, he settled on a farm near the present site of Woodburn, Or. He leaves his wife and two daughters. Misses Nina Band Johnson and Joella B. John son, both of Portland. Obituary. SHERIDAN, Or., Jan. 18. (Special.) Following a severe attack of influ enza from which she had partially re covered, Mrs. H. N. Burchell of this city died yesterday. She leaves her husband and one daughter. Ada. NEW YORK, Jan. 18. Captain Fran cis Marion Gibson, United States Army retired, formerly of the Seventh Cav alry under Custer, died at his home here last night. He was 71 years old. William James McKee. 20. an eleva tor operator in the Broadway building, died January 14 of pneumonia in Good Jjg sQe Oregon Jm U (- (rill pill ;j- .1 "Portland's Favorite Dining Place -. 1 1 ; Come to this cozy, hospitable grill f - I 'I - ; today and enjoy j jj iii Midwinter jzl I Sunday Dinner -l f j - - 1 Served from 5:30 to 8 " jl A delicious menu; agreeable surround- j al ; ings; perfect ventilation; ample room. j 51 Our "Weekday Noon Lunch is served 1- "Portland's Finest Lunch'' SHIPYARDS OFFERING JOBS 10,000 Former Soldiers to Get . "Work In Fast. NEW YORK, Jan. 18 Arrangements have been made to place' 10.000 dis charged soldiers, sailors and Marines In jobs in shipyards In this district by the Mayor's committee of welcome to homecoming troops. It was announced tonight. Half the men need have no experi ence and will be hired immediately, sent to school, and paid from 46 to 56 cents an hour for an eight-hour day. 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Fifth and Alder terly meeting of the regents of th Oregon Agricultural College was held today. Only routine business was at tended to. No definite action was taken on measures. Thoe who attended the meeting were Messers. Woodcock, Weatherford. Kerr, Pierce and Moore. Mr. Moore has recently returned from Y. M. C. A. service overseas. Textile Mills Reduce Honrs. MANCHESTER. N. H.. Jan. Is. Be finninn next week, the Amorkeg mills. employing 15.000 textile workers, will be operated five and one-fourth hours a day. said an official announcement today. Oeneral trade conditions duo to readjustments were given as reasons for the curtailment. ONE WEEK STARTS TODAY l a. 1 I . 1 r- "1 - -"V ? .- . - t Z4M1JSI Ty V V 1 m.. liir m J i. A rorklnc K& production tbst will do nmn than plee. A a out -f-th-rd I nary pt-tMl w ith real ac tion la an art it atmnMHr A aiory that hold from Mart to finish. luM In t arnum in thin pt tun doe hv far the tKt murk be baa jet renlMred oo the tureen. Id'a Dally. 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