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V II tHE DAlLi' JOURNAIi IS Two Cents a Copy Sunday Journal 5 cents; or 15 cents a week,- for Daily and Snnday Jour nal, by carrier, delivered. The weather Fair tonight and Sunday; oolder. VOL. VIIL N0..259. , . i 1 WG110F r Whlle Last Year Was a Record Breaker ; ini Manufacturing, Excepting Casket Business, NewYear, Will Be Greater. PortlaniS's manufacturing , lndnstrlM, i thm Una. hava no cause for iomplalnt fn regard to last year's busl fee ss. Good fortune and prosperity have been showered upon them .during- the 1J iionths Just closed, have expanded them, lulW 'still more solid foundaUonsunder aiem and preparea mem V expansion durtnfr the year to come. Estimates of growth, gleaned from Ait (.rent lines of industry, "how that the roducing. Industries of-the city have rown from 10 to more than BO per cent Win the year. And they are expect g to surpass the record during the rt 12 months. ' ' t More people in Portland, a larger pop latlon In Oregon and throughout the Srthwest territory covered oy ma me rles here have aided In the upbuilding . a nariiDt fnr th thlncrs produced om raw material in the city. Added this . the -rrajiA. hi noma - iaea nil Ji an 5 j i . 'i 'o o-"-vy ion, and this was greatly aiaea ine men nd firms wno maice inings 10 sen. Hew Tear Will 9s OMater. ' MannfMf tnrlna- men look forward to he eomlng year with the expectation that iinititrnnii orlll favor them men mnr Man during the; past year. , The outlook ow is mucn, netter tnan was ia mnths ago. iThen the stagnation fol- wlng .the. financial - crisis was stlU logging the. "Brheels ol trade. Tna ra ffle coast, made a dumping ground for heap products from the east, was filled in with etnolr- that M htaw ttin ntnTid- ny ioo iarg wnen iney am como. The passing oJ the months brought a hange In this condition,: however,.. and .MBlnoM ateadtlv increased in volume as he tlnie passed. ?A. .. ncord was Increased ; beyond . former Today.. In the -beginning of ths new ear, the future look very bright. .The Hey haveeen for a long' time, and, the (Continued on Page Eleven.) m tnextmeraence or certain Tract, of Planet After Six Months' Obscuration there Are Two Brand New Ditches. (ttalted Press Leased Wire.) BpstoruJan. lAcoordlng to an an- puncement made today, Div Perclval lowell of the. tiowell observatory at lagstaff, Arl?., has further proof that ople live on Mars and that they build nals. Professor liOwelL who' has idled the red tlanet for veara. de- res he Is now fully convinced that It inhabited, and he points to the phe- inefla Which h hn pwnri1i1 I T. L.OWC11 dlfimvfhrAirl twn now Mnla ithe face of Mara on September 80, 19, when one section of the planet ne Into view after being out of sight six weeks. It was the first ttrno astronomical history that human eye 1 beheld these supposed waterways, rl Dr. Lowell concluded they' had been lit by the Martians in the time that rtlon of Mars had been In hiding. The w canals ars said to have the nar regular lln'B of the older channels. B CLOUDY DAYS IN DECEMBER IS REPORT Walla Walla, Wash;, Jan. 1 For the ar which ended last night, the Walla alia vallev hart n. rain foil nt fhes, one of .the heaviest on record. Je normal. is 17.ST Inches. This ex- s u due to.; precipitation that has fjirred since the first of September. ' December was the cloudiest month In jcara, naving nai z days that lacked i. Only once was thl i-cumwt m,oii l(l never hfla 1hfrA hn.n a mMu -ui. fre cloudy , days. . The precipitation. - 'uiies, wan aooui normal. CITY INDUSTRIES.1 G-ASTOffillG 1 testerday afternoon the enormous demand for conlea of the ve&r'a pd numbejvof The Journal on the; streets had exhausted the edition. ft apparent that the edition was to be sold out before the evening Iwas over, Earlv tn thn nveninaf- was rtAcosnarv to ah tit i off thn lM ... - , . ,v " ' attended to the supply had been wiped outr this In . the face of the' PORTLAND, Lumber Cruiser Loses Toes to Surgeon and Rather En joys Operation. Seattle, Dec51. Stovalne, - the most remarkable anaesthetic that has been discovered Blnce the advent . of ether,1 was used on the Pacific Coast for the first time when William Par son, a lumber cruiser, was operated on by surgeons at the city hospital. Parson's feet werebadly frosen re cently while he was working In the cascade mountains. He, was taken to the city hospital and owing to the fact that his condition would not permit the administration of ether. Dr.. Crlchton sent to Baltimore -for some stovaine. The , needle containing the remarkable anaesthetlo was Inserted Into the vjc tlra'B spinal cord, and immediately all the lower portion .of tola body became numb. - El gh t of lstaejLffierearepji tted and throughout the operation he joked with the physicians and beyond the . fact that his heart action was slightly quicker, his condition was normal. After the toes had been amputated - Parsons was placed In bed. The surgeons do not fear complica tions. . FIRST FLOUR FROM FRISCO FOR YEARS 1. 1 i in ..I (rnltffd PreM LcaaeQ Wire.) San Francisco, Jan. 1, As a result of he rearrangement of the tariff bill between this country and the Philip pine Islands, it Is more than likely that the liner Korea, sailing from San Fran cisco on January 7, will carry the first consignment of flour that has been shipped from here for three years. Australia and .India have been serv ing J the Islands with' milled cereals since a duty was Imposed on the flour of this ' country. California millers have already made arrangements for the building up of the flour trade with Manila, and the Korea will start the revival.--. 1 . I . ; V TIME FLIES ON THE WINGS OF tAN AEROPLANE : I N . . . - r x -C; l .kWStJ . -, . ' vr . . ' f . " . . nr,-,i jw3j.FL,.jw ;i.:yyyyArr"-r- .- i -jr - v. r )iiwt-. i 'i . i Bl " tt J . . - - '4isU ' v,gS-t:,;.; 1 55"- , - ' .. , , ' ' ' TpBjsssWaassTsTssssssA 1 "" ''trai'WWP"MT?T,'l''"WjWW"J,M .s"---.;--------.- - . --sl.-. ; . . J ., . , PAIlENTMES BY SNOWFALL iiWUIH HAD TUNG THEFT ARRESTED i ' mAin imif mr ... YEAR END EDITION OF THE JOURNAL EXHAUSTED WJthlrV TYntritfJtirr frunr'the time the "edition watToff the nress Heavy advance orders from different sections of the state and he unexpectedly h eavv call for t.ne nanorif In atreet. salpR. soon mad a unner rsale or papers to, the newsboys In order to" protect the reg- t T irom-shortage.. The routes, having been sent out, atten lon was turned to filllnsr standlne ordnrs. , Rv' th tlmS theRewnr i.t mac an unusually large number of extra copies .had been printed expectation -of heavy-sales.' , u - . OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY - i; 1910.TWO SECTIONSl-EIGHTEEN PAGES.. PRICE " TWO 1 I llll II II . Illl II I 111 ' I , t I .. . I First Flakes in Twenty-eight Years Cover Streets of ' ; . . Raisin City. (Cnlted Prens Lei.ed Wire.) Fresno, Cal., Jan. 1, For the first time In- 28 years Fresno this morning experienced a snowstorm. The flakewl began to fall at 6 o'clock this morning, I and continued for several hours until the whole country was covered with a mantle of beautiful white. The fall varied from a fraction of an Inch fo two inches. Snowballing Is being Indulged In by eld and young, and the town Is greatly excited. Camera men wera early on the scene, and photographs are being taken all arCund town. A grfeat feature was & big snow man built 'by some enthuslsts In the courthouse park. The show bids fair to remain on the housetops .all day, and. Fresno Is. cele brating an old fashioned New England New Year. s VISALIA ENJOYS SNOWBALL GAME (United Fran laed Wtra.1 Vlsalla, Cal.. Jan 1. Snow fell at Vlsalia for Two hours today, probably for the first time in the history of the city. Hundreds of children and many adults had never before seen a show fall, and flocked Into the streets to en gage lij a snowballing New Year's cele bration. Trees and houses wore a white mantle, and winter roses and oranges were covered with snow. EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINS AT POMONA , (United Press Leased wfre.) f Pomona, . Cal., Jan. 1. Damage amounting to more than 50.000 has been done by torrential rains t,hat have fallen In this section during the last 24 hours. Ths storm Is one of the most severe that ever visited Pomona, and Is continuing, unabated today. , At Camp Baldy, In the mountains near Arusa, f6 pleasure seekers .who ascend ed to the camp yesterday to- watch the old year cut, are marooned.. .A.h'eavy landslide has blocked; the. traH,."and a return trip would be extremely hazardous.-1. . is' -. . The county road over Hogback moun tain has been severely damaged, and many bridges, are reported to have been washed away, Early last, evening the high, waters In San Antonio canyon put the municipal electric plant out of commission, and Pomona celebrated New Tear's evs. by candle light. .A torrent oft muddy wter is rushing down, the canyon,' and the floor of the power plant Is under a foot of water. ' Gangs of workmen are scattered about Ibe county roads today' frying fo pre vent runner wantage. . Snow in Santo Cruz Mountains. Santa Crus, Jan. tSow,fjeU In the BY CAR. MAY DIE Pennsylvania Millionaire At- tempts, to Cross Busy San Francisco Street With Ser- Au&pAOf4lf- -- (United Prens Leased Wire.) San iFrancisco Jan. l.-F. N; Jermyn, millionaire member of the family of coal magnates of that name, of Scranton, Pa., was struck by a streetcar here early to day and Is in a critical condition at the Adler sanatorium. Jermyn came here six weeks ago and has been living at the Fairmont hotel. Last night he Joined with the New Tear's eve revelers who thronged and blocked Market street, continuing the celebration until long"after midnight. It was about 2:16 a. m. when Jermyn, With a party of friends, attempted to cross Market street at the Intersection of Third. They tried to pass between two cars going in opposite directions. Jermyn was hurled to the pavement and was unconscious when he was picked up and taken to the Emergency hospital. - After an examination was "made It was found that the. millionaire's condl- (Continued on Page Three. "HAPPY NEW YEAR , TO YOU," IS MAYOR'S GREETING TO CITY Mayor Simon's Greetings. . To the People of Portland I 4 4 wish you one and all a happy New Year and many more. The best wish that Can be made at this time Is that the city will continue to . show the . same steady growth that has mad It 0 the lodes lone for homeseekers " " during years past. To you, my fellow townsmen and. loyal clt- lzns, I extend congratulations for the spirit of progress with which you have been Imbued. Allow me to express the hope that you wljl keep up the good work und tliBt . progress .and ' prosperity may be the twin slo- 4 gans for the business campaign 1910. During the year Just launched today let ns hope that public Improvements of all kinds 4 " will receive" an 'added Impetus. 4 ' I call .your especial attention 4 to the record of the past year in street paving and to the. plans of 'this administration for- at least J 00 miles of new pave- ' 4 , ments In 1910 X earnestly sk 4 i t pr . your aid in our efforts to extend the water system. ..To "that , end I ask you 'to vote for the amendment to be submitted ' r at the special election In Feb- ruary - r - JOSEPH SIMON, ': fayor."4 Only Greater Noise Could Have Been - Noiskri'-ZThan V : Last Night's. , ' Panic, walls of J the. simmering lost, Incantations of the furies! No.-not that,- merely horns, cowbells, squawkers BSd Ttrass -iKtund lungs were agents in me production of pandemonium on Portland's streets, last night. The num ber of people who took the striped horn method of celebrating release from con sciences- because of last New Year's brokerT resolutions was surprising. A youth who , was never known to be Jovial in all fats like linked his arm In that of a frjend and went down the street tooting fiendishly. A large, fat man stood In- front of a . brown clad wife, of the east side, who actually wanted to hurry home, and , tooted' a horn In her face for a full minute, while she energetically shook' a cow bell at him. .Then both smiled, and the rat man wiped away the presptratlon, while the woman hurried on. There was nobody to. stop the crowd. The special police at the corners first looked dignified and exhibited .their stars to eraphaslzs the majesty of the law. then looked vexed, flnnaiy grinned for dignity and majesty had no part with the throng that spread across the streets and kept up their noise until the guns and the bells announced thw birth of 1910 and the passing of 1909. Confusion was not confined to any particular . district. One young man. lacking better occupation, toured the city, a la street car, and saw on nearly evef y street celebrators of the - new year's coming. In such numbers that he won dered where they all came from. "I know I don't look Intelligent." said an immaculately dressed man, with two striped and really devilish horns, who leaned agafnst the Chamber of Com merce building to atch . his breath. "I know I don't look Intelligent: I know. I don't feel Intelligent. I reckon the combination Is almost asinine. lut I don' care, jhe only resolution of 1909 that I. See any chance of keeping now Is not to go home until 1910, and, since. I am in Portland. I am going to do as the Portlahders do grin and toot and forget common sense." SUFFRAGISTS ACTIVE IN KLICKITAT COUNTY i Spoclsl Dispatch to The Joqraal.) Bristol, Wash., Jan. 1. To ascertain the sentiment of voters of. KllcRltat county: on the suffrage question, which will be an issue at the general election In this state next' November, the Wash ington.; Woman's ' Suffrage ' association, through Mrs. Jennie Jewett of i White Salmon, 'chairman for this county asso ciation, IS taking straw ballot. Printed postal cards and circulars ars being sent out by.bundreds and recipients are asked only to glve their names and addresses and scratch out-the word 'yes'" or "no" on the. cards and mall them, so that the association in Cy. have an Indication of preferences upon, which to base future i calculations. ' t . - ? & iv,, Wi -j-.,.; , ?;':; Rude Detectives Interf ere With . Little Scheme jo Steal Cop per, Brass, Other Trash!, What the police' believe to be the biggest "fence" for burglars that has been unearthed for years was discov ered yesterday in the arrest of J. Weln steln, second-hand - Store dealer at Front and Columbia streets, and Sam uel Brautlgan, ' a man who has "been under police surveillance. Brautlgan has admitted stealing jfjully-JiOOO-verth- of copper, brass and other. Junk, within the past four months and disposing of It to Wetnsteln. Brautlgan said that lie took AVVeln' stein's wagon and went to the Junk Store of M. Barde & Sons, 353 Gllsan street, loaded it with copper and drove away. This was done at night. Within the post four weeks he has made four trips, each time loading his wagon to Its capacity. He""states he had an un derstanding with Welnsteln, who first proposedto htm to steal the Junk, say ing that after it got Into his place It Was. as safe as if dumped Into the river. He made frequent shipments to the foundry, and thus avoided being caught with the goods. ' When Brau,tlgan was arrested Weln steln refused "to help him out. This angered Brautlgan, who then said he would tell all he knew, and told the story, causing the. arrest of Welnsteln. The latter was released upon ball of $5000. Brautlgan also states they were planning to carry out a wholesale rob bery of valuable metals from all the Junk shops In the city. l" Detectlves Coleman and Snow arrest-, ed both men. The Pinkerton Detective agenoy located the stolen Junk, and the city detectives secured from Weln steln and Brautlgan their admissions of guilt. Welnsteln is charged with receiving stolen property, ' SEARCH MADE FOR v WOULD-BE ASSASSN ! OF JOHN A. CHANLER United Press Lasted Wire.) Denver, . Jan. 1. Detectives . em ployed by John Armstrong Chanler, for-j mer husband of the-Prlncess Troiibets key (Amelia Rives), are in this city seeking a foreigner ' who, Chanler de clared, fired upon him ' from' ambusjj. near 'his nome. "Merry mhis, a cob ham,. Va.. on Thanksgiving day. ,. i Bellevlntr that the attempt to kill him was ths result of a plot,Chanler offered $1000 reward for - the arrest of the would-be assassin i and1 said he would pay the- fugitive another" $1000- if he Would 'reveal . thendentlty 'of the per sons who hired him to fire the shot.',. Chanler, who s a wealthy member of the" As tor family'. Inherited .a fortune CENTS.: TAwimi cStS FisSil SILETZ RESERVE Ballinger Ignores Plea of Orig inal Eritrymen for Time to Appeal to CongressWill Take Applications in Order. (Wiihlmton Boreas of The JooniaH .Washington, Jan. 1. Senator Cham- bsrlaln had believed that satisfactory arrana-ement hail hn ma with th. l: ,': terlor department for the protection of : actual homesteaders in the Si lets. Sec retary Ballinger had promised to with-, v. 1 . ,1 , . . k . . . . : t ... iimu wiuuu un uuiuBBieaa entries 'ib tns reserve so s to give the settlers op- ' portunity to present their case to, con ' ' gress and obtain remedial legislation. ' Today, however, Senator Chamberlain received a letter , from Secretary Bal.' linger saying that after conference with Assistant Secretary Pierce he had decide ed not to withhold action, but to pass, -upon the Silets .entries as they come" along In-regular, orden v'' FURTHER SHORTAGE IN - SAN FRANCISCO FUNDS (Tjnlted Prns Lciied Wlr. San lTranclsco,-Jan, 1. Nearly 130.000 has been added to the city's claim against former City Treasurer. Charles ' A. Bantel, sipce action- was brought against him a-ear gO' for $60,000 shortage revealed In his accounts as treasurer from 190 to 1908. In a civil suit filed late yesterday San Francisco : lays claim to 190,000., that has not been -accounted for by Bantel. The Aetna Indemnity company was also named a a a defendant, .'as Bantel's surety. .His bond amounted to, H00,000.;v , . The present suit Is In substitution of one fiWl a year ago, .' Since the com mencing of that action experts ,and the board of supervisors claim to have : discovered, further shortages. ,t The present' suit for iitha recovery of shortages that . occurred In ' "special' de posit funds' includes .those alleged to naye been caused by James A Tomalty, . Bantel's chief, bookkeeper, who -was Scstcnccd- to. itwe-i-years. -ftnprlsmimnf" after eo,nvictlon on a charge of Talsify tag public-records, and whose case Is ?w Pi appeal . ? ; . C' , -r isters Severe Shocks Cen-, ter Estimated to Be Within 3000 Miles. ' (United Press Leased Wire.) ' . ejreland professor of astronomy at St. IgnatluS college in this city, announced today that the seismograph at that Institution this morning recorded a severe . earth quake. ' . ' The shocks recorded. Father Odenbftch stated, were the severest comtnulcated to ;the instrument since he had been connected with the college He esti mated the center of the shock to be 3000 miles from Cleveland. , fhfi first shock Was felt at 15:07 o'clock.'; The severest vibrations were' recorded between 6:20 and 5:34. The final disturbance was at 6:0S. " .. (United Pits Letsd flti.) St. Louis, Jan. 1. The seismograph at St Louis university recorded -a se vere earthquake early today. The vib rations continued for 31 minutes and 20 seconds. Father Goesse of the uni versity astronomy, department, stated that-the shock was from west to east. He believes it started In the Pacific ocean and moved toward the North American coast.' Denver Mint to .Roopen. v., Denver Col... Jan. 1. Tha Denver mint, which was shut down last 'July, because of a surplus of all denomlna-'' tlons of gold coins, will reopen next week with between 118,000,000 and $20, 000.000 in gold bullion on hand, which wljl be immediately coined into money, of pmaJI denominations.. , . estimated at $10,000,000. ; Hs Is a brother of Lewis 8tuyvesant ' Chanler, . former lieutenant,: governor of New York. John Armstrong Chanler was once an Inmate of the ,New York asylum for th Insane .In 1900 he escaped from the Institntton and fled to -Virginia, Where the courts declared htm sane. Last March Chanler accidentally stmt and killed John Olllard, an :ngll(ihmai). while protecting Mr. . Olllard from tir husband, who had attacked her In thu Chanler home. A coroner's Jury cori pleteiy; exonerated Ahe mIlHf,naI re an.l declared the shooting, wasi Justifiable. ' it a. . believed the fugitive would-bs assassin 'of Chanler is working la mine near Denver. ' v ;W S.IX r;.