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VOL. VIII.. NO". 41.
PORTLAND OREGON. SUNDAY , MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1912.
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- ICY WAVE SWEEPS
DOWN UPON IAST;
WEST IS RELIEVED
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nii-rrorrl That RflfieS AlonfJ the
FIRE BREAKS OUT IN
LEPER COLONY; CALL
; Denounces Trusts
IFADMIRAL
South Jetty Where Admiral Was Lost
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IN FREAKS OF SEA
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Its Wake.
POLICE OF BALTIMORE
CALLED TO ASSIST POOR
Mercury in Pennsylvania City
Registers 32 Degrees Be
low Zero.
(Br the International Newt Ben-ice.)
Chicago, Jan. 13.Shiverlng Chicago
obtained a short respite of the Arctic
' weather today, when the Icy wave swept
on to the eaatern states.. But by tomor-
.i.h h viAthM forecaster pre
dicta a new blast from the northwest
will strike the city and again cause tne
mercury to skid to the zero mark.
The bllsxard that raged through the
eastern states left devastation and pri
vation In Its wake. Telegraph and tel
ephone , wire were wrecked and from
early In the morning Chicago practical
ly was cut off from communication
with the east.
Wire Conditions Bad.
Brokers transacted business with New
York under the greatest difficulty and
the telegraph companies accepted mes
sages with the understanding that they
were to be sent when conditions made
communication possible.
The respite granted the destitute of
Chicago and the middle west was con
trasted in the eastern cities. There the
municipal- lodging houses and charity
' organisations were flooded with ap
peals from the homeless and suffering.
Many persons suffering from expos
ure wera taken to the hospital.
Aid of Folio Enlisted.
In Baltimore the situation became so
acuta that the aid of the police de
partment was enlisted in helping get
food and provisions to the poor.
After li days of aero weather Chl
cagoans were treated to a temperature
which varied from two degree to 18
degrees above en. Tb -crest of the
old war passed the elty around tnld-
Bight Friday. Sweeping on to the east
ern "amaaovunarw -,,-tow m "im
them tightly la its grasp. v : ; ' ,
At TlturvUlft, Pe the coldest spot re-
rorted. far tne east, the mercury was at
I degree below. At New York it was
four below and Philadelphia felt its
first aero weather of eight years. Rich
mond, Va., covered with a mantle of
now, experienced sero weather for. the
first time In 11 years. At Atlanta, Ga..
four inches of snow fell and at Char-
Oontinued on Page Five.)
BEGUN 10 FALL; IS
1 5 FT. AT EUGENE
McKenzie Is Also Falling and
While Lowlands Have Been
Flooded, No Damage of
Consequence Is Reported.
(Special to The Joornsl.t
Eugene, Or., Jan. 13. The Willam
ette river at this point, after attaining
a height of 18 feet last night about 11
o'clock, haa fallen since then till at
o'clock this evening It was 15 feet above
low water mark. . While quite an ex
tended area of lowlands was inundated
no damage has been reported, except
the washing away of some fences. Stage
traffic out of Eugene was hold up today
on account of numerous creeks along
the McKenzie and Sluslaw being out
of their banks, making it unsafe for
stages to cross, but Monday they will
be running on schedule again. The Mo
KmisIo river also is falling and as far
as reported there is no damage along
that stream.
GENERAL RAIN FALLS
OVER EASTERN OREGON;
NO FLOOD SIGNS YET
(Snecial te 'lti Journal.)
La Grande, Or., Jan. IS. The moun
tain snow is absorbing more rain than
had been believed possible and notwith
standing that it rained intermittently
today, there are still no visible signs
of flood In this territory, though wuch
condition Is anticipated any moment un
less the rains cease. Rain is general
all over eastern Oregon and even the
high divides are now . feeling the pre
cipitation, which has now prevailed al
most steadily for 36 hours. Because of
the great quantity of snow in the hills
a sudden thaw aided by rain Would do,
MIKE
HAS
Irreparable damage to bridges and
would be a menace to residence prop
erty In Xa Grande; Streets are im
passable in many places.
GREAT FRESHET IN COOS
IS BRINGING DOWN LOGS
FROIVUHIGH ON BANKS
: ' (Special to The Journul.)
Marshfleld, Or., Jan". 13. Thousands
., of logs, representing millions of feet
of lumber, are coming down the rivers
of Coos county on account of the fresh,
et. The rains of the past week caused
; the rivers to rise and for several days
' .there has been a heavy rainfall, which
, Is causing the rivers to rise still higher,
iiany logs which -could not ' be gotten
(Continued on Page Seven)
Twenty-Year-Old Victim, One of the
Thirteen Outcasts on Isolated Isl
and, Informs Outside world of
the . Conflagration.
(Unites Pre Laaied Wlr
Boston, Jan. IS,. Late this afternoon
the wireless station at Point Judith. R.
I., picked, up the following message:
"Send help quick to the leper colony
on Petlkese island, Buzzard's Bay, for
the buildings are burning." -'
It was the despairing' cry In dots and
dashes through space, of 12 miserable
human beings, victims of the dread
plague, who are confined' on the deso
late little Island. Four are umen.
The wireless message was telegraphed
by Archie Thomas, a 20-year-old boy,
who was sent to the island a victim of
the loathsome disease, a year ago. The
boy was stricken while in high school.
His devoted mother, a widow, would not
give him up and went with him to the
Island, where she has since stayed as
nurse In the employ of . the state.
Archie had experimented with wire
less telegraphy at bis home and the
state purchased for him the transmit
ting outfit with which he summoned
aid this afternoon.
His c.U sent the revenue cutter
Acushnet immediately to the scene from
this city.
The colony was established eight
years ago. It Is under the control of
the state board of health. . Dr. Frank
E. Parker is superintendent. With his
wife he lives 400 yards from the lepers.
Three other non-leprous persons live on
the Island.
The place Is practically cat off from
the outside world. A steamer stops
there occasionally to drop mall and pro
visions. . An Investigation showed that the ad
ministration building was burned to
the ground, but that most of the houses
occupied by the lepers were saved.
GOLF CLUB GROUNDS
Voting-1 spend $2S9,000 in beauti
fying the grounds, liquidating debts of
tlit.' club and to, ejreettnir. a,rpalatlal snew
Club building; members of the Waverly
Golf club last night held the most mo
mentous meeting In the history of the
organisation. , The Indebtedness of the
club is a little more than. 1160,000. The
amount of .money to be spent on the
building was left to the board of di
rectors, but ml less than $75,000 and
perhaps $100,000 "will be spent on the
proposed structure.
The name of the club will be changed
to "The Waverly Country club," ana
It Is the purpose of the members to
make the 110 acre tract adjoining Sell
wood the handsomest country club site
on the Pacific coast.
The manner of raising the money was
also left in the hands of the directors,
but the club voted to raise irt of It
by the sale Of 38 acres of the golf
links property. After this Is sold there
will still be left 116 acres. Real es
state dealers have placed a conservative
appraisement of $3000 an acre on the
land to be aold.
By almost unanimous vote the mem
bers decided to lay out a polo field on
that part of the grounds Immediately
abutting on the present clubhouse. The
sum of $5000 was voted for the erection
of stables and the making of the polo
course.
After the main business of the meet
ing had been transacted the club elected
directors for the ensuing year. They
are: William MacMaster, W. L. Brews
ter, M. L. Holbrook, Gordon Voorhles,
T. Kerr. C. H. Lewis, Howard Holland
George Warren and I. I. Webster. The
directors will hold a' meeting In the
near future to choose a president, secre
tary and other officers from among
their number. William MacMaster la
the present president. He has acted In
that capacity for three years.
Before the club adjourned Mr. Mac-
Master was tendered a 'rising vote of
thanks.
In expressing his appreciation of the
club's action Mr. MacMaster made a
brief address during which he recited
what the club has done In the past and
what he hopes It will do In the future.
"We have one of the finest country
clubs In the United States" said Mr.
MacMaster,. "and we are Just beginning
to realise the benefits that accrue to
members of the organisation and the
value of such an Institution to a city
like Portland. The club has Its mission
In the civic life of the community. Just
as the park system, public docks and
other municipal projects have. I hope
that each and every member will lend
his hearty cooperation toward making
the Waverly Country club the pride of
Portland."
FORMED IN FRANCE
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' Paris, Jan. 13. Premier Raymond
polncalre tonight announced that he Jiad
been successful In forming a cablnetand
all France is wondering If the new min
istry will be able to withstand the tur
moil growing out of the overthrow of
the Calllaux regime and the vitriolic
charges that are being bandied about
as a result of the recent Moroccan ne
gotiations with Germany. .
- M. Polncalre will look after, the for
eign affairs, In addition to his duties as
premier The make up of his cabinet Is
as follows: '
, Interior M. ' Bteeg: Justice, Ex-Premier
Brland; war, M. Mlllerand; navy,
M. Delcassa; finance, MKloti; colonial,
M. Lebrunn; 'public , works, M. Bour
geois, i Both Delcasse and Bqurgeola
had declined the premiership. ' . ',
'The ministry Is looked upbn as the
strongest In 'the history of the third
republic, v. . ,- ; . '
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CLliKHAtST. Wfi DC
Louis ' D. Brandeis.
STEEL EMPLOYES
Noted Economist Says Trust's
Workers Are Worse Than
Slaves, for Master Seeks
to Save the Slave.
(By the International Ke-s Service.)
New York, Jan. 13. At the end of
a spirited discussion on trusts before
the Republican club today, Louis D.
Brandeis, the Boston attorney and econ
omist, startled his audience by assert
ing: that a poll of the emptoyes of the
steel trust showed . that nine tenths of
thy aaoaHfeU'3Mvl0Wee- and Tevcmj'
tlon as the enly way to right their
wrongs.- ,-'' ;vl
"TheBe men are in a worse' condition
than' slavery," n tinned the speaker.
"The slave is considerately treated by
his owner, if the owner' be wise, In or
der that he will produce the greatest
amount of work throughout his life
time and not be wrecked in health and
become a burden or a total loss.
At First Afraid to Talk.
"When these laborers were at first
approached they said they were afraid
to talk. The discovery that they were
riving out information would mean sum
mary punishment. At last they admitted
they were anarchists and the only way
out of their thralldom was to over-
(Continued on Page Six.)
ANARCHISTS, SAYS
LOUIS D. BRANDEIS
CAN'T HOLD IT DOWN
Sixty Miles Out of Her Course,
Hurrying Vessel Hits One
Spot in Jetty Where No
Rock Base Existed.
GREAT SPEED TAKES HER
THROUGH-PILING, RAILS
As She Passes Through, How
ever, Ten Persons Aboard
Scramble Onto Jetty.
(Special to The Journal.)
Astoria, Or., Jan. 13. Crashing with
terrible force through the new Colum
bia river jetty In a strong soi?thwe3t
gale and In weather so thick It was Im
possible to see two feet ahead, the
American four masted schooner Ad
miral with all sails set, met Its fate
at the mouth of the Columbia at eight
o'clock this morning. The crew of seven
sailors and the captain and his wife and
child were rescued by Captain Wicklund
of the Point Adams Life Saving sta
tion. The Admiral was in command of Cap
tain Joseph Bender, and was 43 days
out from Valparaiso. Chile, In ballaHt
for lumber loading at Grays Harbor.
At the JJme. of the accident Chief Mate
Anaerson was witn captain Betwer on
the bridge, a constant double watch
having been kept the past two days
owing to the Inclement weather and
heavy seas.
The Admiral after tearing asunder
50 yards of the Jetty passed on to the
northward towards Peacock Spit, an.l,
after a vigorous but futile attempt by
the Port of Portland tug Walhila to
tow the 'helpless schooner to safety In
side the bar, capsized in the giant
breakers and was left to her fate. The
last seen of her was about 11 a. m.
when Captain Bender stated she was
making toward the spit in a strong ebb
tide.
A few minutes before the Admiral
capsized three men were sent by Cap
tain Nolan, of the Wallula, to board the
vessel and secure the lines. When, the
Admiral began turning to her beam
ends the three men were still aboard,
and with the agility of trick monkeys
they walked,, aa.. on a. treaeUnlllr-'.unttl
finally they stood square on the Vel
a IhA wHIrv wh4rH mnln totn that Sk,
sitlon until she was lost to sight In
blinding rain and spray. Three other
men put out from the Wallula In a life
boat and took the marooned sailors off,
Itself a wonderful feat of seamanship.
The men who remained on the vessel
as she turned turtle were. Mate Henry
Farrar, Frank BroecK and Antone Pe
tanz. There Is no hope of ever salving the
vessel in her present condition, even
should she be floating, which Is ex
tremely doubtful. The tide has no
doubt carried her far out to sea, un
less the shallow waters of the spit have
l made her fast, a menace to navigation,
The condition of the weather this
(Continued on Page Five.)
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(Special to Tha Jonrnal.)
-Fort ateyensyai Osva'jjav. S.The
schooner Admiral, commanded by Cap-,
tain Benson and owned by a San Fran
cisco corporation, was hurled into the
extremity of the Jetty this morning at
7 o'clock by a 75 mile gale. The ves
sel hung long enough to permit the
captain, his wife and child and crew
of seven to seek refuge on the broken
pilings of the Jetty.
The captain and family succeeded In
making their way to tho unbroken por
tion of the jetty and were rescued by
a train crew this morning.
The crew, less fortunate, were forced
to cling desperately t. the shattered
pilings of the broken end of the Jetty.
The Point Adams lifesavlng crew, com
manded by Captain Wicklund, was lm'
mediately notified. A wagon loaded
with wood happened to be going by.
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TO RESCUE WAS
They dumped Its contents and pressed
driver and -conveyance in to. service.- The
cannon to throw the life line and the
breeches buoy for carrying the rescued
over a life line were rushed to the en
gineers, where a special: train carried
mem 10 tne imperiled sailors, who at
the time of their rescue had been In
the water some hours.
Only one - member of the -crew, the
cook. Is seriously Injured. He Is now
In the Fort Stevens hospital. Members
of the engineers' department and sol
diers assisted In the work of rescue.
Tsars Pilings and Balls Oat.
The wrecked boat clung to the Jetty
only long enough to permit the crew to
escape, men armed off In the direction
of Sand Island; It Is undoubtedly a
total wreck. It demolished In its course
through the Jetty four rows of three
foot pilings and destroyed a double
track, tearing and twisting the four steel
rails composing the tracks. The bot
tom must be badly torn. The boat dis
appeared In the mist and has not been
definitely located.
One of the most spectacular sights
of the day was the race of the' three
tugs to the rescue. With clouds of
smoke and belching sparks they raced
past Kort Stevens, not 200 yards separat
ing the leader from the last boat
Worse Damage Ahead of Jetty.
The damage to the Jetty is very
heavy; moreover It leaves no niennx of
working on the extremity. It Is thought
tliererore that the entire end left re
maining will be carried to sea by the
violence of the present storm, which Is
raging with an ever Increasing fury, A
huge mass of white napped waves Is
tenilng through the gap over 75 feet
wldo left by the boat.
Another bout and tug are reported
Just off the end of the Jetty, evidently
waiting a favorable opportunity to at
tempt to phss the bar. The Fort Stev
ens telephone operator. Private Harris,
reluyed both telegraphic and wireless
news of the disaster by telephone. He
states that he passed the most strenu
ous half day of his life, 10 different
people calling at once, all askl,ng ques
tlons It was Impossible to answer.
The lifesavlng crew sent special pa
trols to the beach, fearing the possibil
ity of another wreck. A special train !
is aepi urea up ror use on tho Jetty
and the soldiers nre also holding them
selves In readiness to render all possi
ble aid.
TO
REGAIN HIS HEALTH
Cnnon City. Colo., Jan. 13. That one
of the convicts serving a term In the
Coloiudo state prison here pleaded guilty
to the charge against him solely to get
the benefit of the prison treatment for
consumption, was made known here to
day through an admission ty the pris
oner nimseir.
Albert Blunt, age 23, a victim of tu
berculosis, who was utterly destitute
and suspected of burglary at Grand
Junction, declares her confessed a crime
he did not commit In order, to enter tho
penitentiary, wnere no would have a
chance to effect a cure.
He eays he was, dying of the disease
In the Jail at Qran Junction, nnd
decided that his only means of regain
ing his health was to secure his. con
viction of the crime of which, he was
suspected and he ba sent to the peni
tentiary. 1 ' . . :'
That he did well there Is no denying,
for since he entered the penitentiary
last May he has gained IS pounds. -"My
. sentence in 'the penitentiary Is
from . two to three years' said Blunt,
"ana l hope at the end
I will be able to go out
and tarn a living."
of
that time
tho world
In
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JETTY DAMAGED
SEEKS
PRISON
Largest Army Ever Concen
trated by. Uncle Sam In
Time of Peace to Assemble
in Summer. ' M
27,000 SOLDIERS WILL -
TtiwnyriMTomLES"
Mobilization Probably Ordered
for Latter Part of June or
First Part of July.
(Speeial to The Journal.) '
San Francisco, Jan. 13. The largest
army ever concentrated by this gov- '
ernment in time of peace will be a-
sembled on the Pacific coast during the'
summer months. According to the re
port given out in army circles today and
confirmed by dispatches to this city
from Washington. It is planned by the
war department to order more than 27,-
uuu soldiers into the field in full fights
ing equipment. This will Include all
the regular and militia regiments of the
six Pacific coast states Oregon, Wash-5
ington, California, Arizona, New Mexico
and Utah. Cavalry, infantry artillery,"
signal corps and hospital corps will be
the different branches of the service
which will participate. ' : ,
It is stated that these huge maneu
vers will be held the latter part of
June or the first part of July. The
grounds selected for the mimic battles
will -oe In and around Klamath Falls.
Or.
Season Xs Hot Known!
What purposes the government had '
for the mobilization of such a large
body of troops the local army officers
state thev do not know, hut It haa k.
known for some time that the war de
partment has bees desirous of making
a show of force on - the Paclflo coast
similar to that which was made the '
bast summer along the Mexican border. '
The militia which will be ordered; into
the field will comprise all of the state-,
troops of California, Oregon, Washing-'
ton, Utah, Colorado and Arizona. These-,
will number 19,000 fighting men.
Itegmlars to Vnmbet T0OO,
Besides these all of the. regular
troops, new; -Stationed in the above
mentioned states will also be concen
trated. The regular organizations will
number more than 7000 soldiers and will
be composed of four regiments of In-''
fantry. three regiments of cavalry, two
regiments of field artillery, besides nu- '
merous detachments of hospital and sig
nal corps:
The selection of the site of the bat
tle maneuvers was only accomplished
(Continued on Page Six.)-
TO ELOPEMENT OF
Millionaire Husband Shoots
and Kills Father of Youth;
Who Ran Away With Wife;
Feeling Running High.
(t'nlted PreM Leased Wlre.1 ,
Fort Worth, Texas, Jan, 13. A tragto
sequel to the sensational elopement of
A. Q. Boyce Jr., with Mrs. J. B. Snead,.
wife of a millionaire Amarlllo banker,
was enacted here tonight when "Snead
shot young Boyce's father five times. In
flicting wounds from which he died at
10 p. m. V ;
The shooting occurred In the crowded
lobby of the Metropolitan hotel. Boyce
was sitting in a chaii- near the entrance
of the hotel talking with a friend When
Snead came In from the street
The two men saw each other. Neither
spoke a word. Swiftly Snead drew a
stxshooter- from a hip pocket and flrod
five shots, three bullets piercing . the
abdomen. -' ' :
. Boyce fell to the floor unconscious
and died shortly after. He was taken
to a hospital.
In the excitement Snead ran barehead
ed Up Main street two blocks before be
ing captured. He was charged With
murder. Boyce and his wife have beeri
here two weeks fighting to prevent ex
tradition of their son, who was held by
the Winnipeg authorities following the
arrest there of himself and 'Mrs. Bnead,
when he was charged by indictment here .
with abduction. Only today was the In
dictment quashed.
Mrs. Snead became hysterical tonight'
when Informed of the shooting. Early
in November young Boyce came to
Fort Worth and after drawing I10J.000
from local banks, ran off with Mrs.
Snead, who' had been placed In a sanita
rium here by her husband. Who sought
to break the relations between the pair.
Boyce and his father own the Capl-
tal ranch in the Panhandle, the largest
in the world. Young Boyce 'and Mrs.
Snead were traced to Pt. Iouls and New
York and later, to Winnipeg.
At that time Mrs. Pnead declare sIm
would stick to Boye but when hef ,
husband arrived, at . Winnipeg hi per
suaded her to accompany him to Texas.
Then began a fight between the Sneads
and Boyce over; an attempt to extra-'
dlte young Ifciyee for abduction, It
was claimed Mrs. Snead was of unsound .
mind. --The dispute developed Into s
fetid 1 which Irtt a been growing inors
bitter every day Both families .com
mand millions, . ..,...
j Snead today ' expreJ txunv'"'
when .he learned that the count'
ney had the charges Bsriirixt i.
Continued on 1
MURDER IS SEOUE
Y AM MAN