THE OREGOf J -SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND', SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 14, 1912.
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Long South Jetty Off Mouth of Columbia, Through End of Which Schooner Admiral
Crashed, and Section of It, Showing Character of Rock Base Just Missed By Vessel
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Assistant United i States At-
Pendleton ?Vioman, Interested
in Estate of . Wealthy Wheat
. Grower,' to Be Tried Third
Conservative Press Calls Up-
,on Public to Make Deter
mined Stand Against So
cialists in Rebaltoting.
torney Walter Evans Enters
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Race for Republican , Nom
ination; Qualifications.
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Walter H. Evans.
,. v Assistant United States Attorney Wall
ter'H. Evans has definitely decided to
enter the race for the Republican nomt
." nation for ; district" attorney : for . Mult
V nomah county, the' fourth Judicial dis
trict.,' Ha" announced nls candidacy yes-
. terday and said he would file his petl
; tion end Issue his statement within the
-. -. next few days.:?.;.,'.' Pf.-'Mj '
Mr, Evan has been frequently taen
- tioned for; the district attorneyship In
the .'past three months and was -suggested
as . a candidate) should George
Cameron be recalled.". Be has been es-
-eletant united StateB ttirneyvfttft?ie
Past five years, was araduat f rom the
law school of the 'University Of Oregon
and is at treesjka lecturer In that In
stitution. , He. has been practicing law
,". in Portland since 1905.
Mr,. Evans said yesterday, In speak-
Vina; of hit candidacy:. I have been am.
bitlous to become district attorney for
Portland for some time, but have hesi
tated about making the ' step, being a
poor 'man and fully appreciating' the un
certainties of political life,
Beta Xneonraffement.
' -...A received v. niuun ' utcuurBBcmen
. frorn so "many different) sources, how
, ever, that I decided to announce my
-.; candidacy- for the. .Republican nomlna-
t . "XT; elected I expect . to take- full
charge -of the office .during, my term
and will make It the sole and only ob
ject of my energies. In my opinion the
district attorneyship la an Important office.-a
dignified office, and commands
. a salary sufficient to. demand the best
that is. in any man who undertakes (to
fill it. 'I am ambitious to occupy the
' position of district attorney and I be
lieve my. experience has been such that
I can conduct tho' office in such a -man-
ner:that it .will prove satisfactory to
eredit upon my own administration.
' "During , the campaign as well as in
the future, should I Be elected, I expect-to
keep myself, free from any en
tanglement or alliance, but will make
i every possible effort to merit the sup
port of , the thinking and law abiding
t citlxens of the district. . , . ,
, .. ... Important Office. : V .'..-"
"The district attorney Is, in my opln
ion. the law officer of the community
and as such officer no man can over
estimate the benefit he can be to-the
community if he makes an honest and
r i eariess enaeavor jo support ins courts
In "the administration of the laws, ' nor
can any one- measure the harm that may
, come from; a lax, Indifferent and lnef
flclent conduct of his office.,. , ' ; r'
- "If elected I shall expect, during my
v incumbency, - to conduct the affairs of
. me onice witn an eye single to xne en
, forcement of the law for the betterment
of the community, :- No man should be
given to boasting, yet I believe . I can
" say withe .v fear of contradiction, that
( my ' five years : In:, the United States
attorneys office is, and ought to.be,
to some extent mt least, a voucher 'for
my future conduct in a similar sltua
- tlon.' ' v !t-rt:v:.v'.V
. I shall In - the near future prepare
i my announcement to the publlo and
Iflle tny petition,-and shall go beforeH
' the people on the proposition that the
j publlo la entitled to a fair, open, honest
j and energetic administration of ,the of-
J floa of district attorney."
-' Atwmya ' Hard . . Worker, v -,
Mr. vans is 4) years old. Is married,
j has three children, and lives at (86
1 Multnomah street He has attained
I what success he has through hard work,
i having been born on a farm in Indiana.
4 and , teaching school,, tutoring and -doing
manual labor to. secure his education at
.Valparaiso university. He was In the
government service 4n Porto Rico and
cam to Portland in 1903, attending tha
law department of the University of
Orea-on. In April, 1908, he was ap-
pointed assistant United States attorney
under vv.y. Bristol and was reappointed
the same year when John McCourt be
tne Mcuourt administration the united
State attorney's' office for the district
of Oregon has 'made the highest pro
portionate record of any district for
cases won or otherwise disposed of fav
orably from the government's point of
view.. ., , .
" r :.- Funeral of Monccr. .
(Hpecls! to The Jonrnil t -v
i The Dalle, Or., Jnn. 13. The funer
al of . Mr. W. N. Wiley was conducted
from the faintly residence on Webster
street yesterday arternoon. Mrs. Wiley
was born In Canton, N. T., 71 years' ago
and. died at her home here Wednesday
afternoon. Her-maiden name was Mary
McKwen, and she came with hery pa
rents to Oregon-whin" 1 'years of age.
In 1880 she was married In this city to
W. N., Wiley, a well known pioneer and
stock ' man,1 and - her home since - that
time has been either in The Dalles or
Vicinity,: Besides 'her ., husband v she
leaves three sons and three daughters:
K. 1a Wiley of Wallowa county, Ha
land ,Wlley of Hood River, and E. U
.Wiley, '-whose' home is in Nevada; Mrs,
T. ;, Condtn and Mrs, Huh -McCauley
of Portland and Mrs. O. T. Thompson
of this city, besides a number of grandchildren.
;--,;' jifV- " ygptelo to' Tht Jonrnl. ' ' ' '
Pendleton, Or Jan, IS. for, the third
time' Mabel Warner, alleged maker, of
many fraudulent wills, on January 2,
will face a Jury on a charge of forgery.
Circuit . Judge Phelpa having this week
sot that date'following the indictment
returned against her several months ago
by the . local grand Jury. Twice -s has
she gone .through the ordeal which was
to decide whether or not whe should go
to the penitentiary and twice she came
free by reason af a Jury disagreement,
although once. It 1 11 of the Jur
ors stood for conviction.-- ' .
Mrs. Warner is alleged to have made
five separate wills to which she . Is
charged with forging signatures lit an
effort to . gain ; possession of the es
tate of James Young, her undo and
stepfather One of these wills was up
held by Judge Henry J. Bean, now su
preme Judge and former -circuit Judge
of this district. ; Upon an .-appeal, the
supreme court reversed i the decision of
Judge Bean and Mrs. Warner was oust
ed from the farm whose profits she bad
been enjoying several years. :
, , WU1 Vever Tiled. ' ,
Another will Is alleged to have been
drawn ' uj but Jt was never filed for
probate because of the publicity given
It after the fact of Us existence had
leaked , out. Shortly afterwards the
grand Jury met and returned an indict
ment against Mrs. Warner for forgery,
the basis of the charge being the will
which the supreme court declared to be
fraudulent. -
Then came the story of the attack
made upon Mrs. Warner by a midnight
assailant which story many believe to
be true but which other deolare to have
been but an attempt of the shrewd
woman to excite sympathy for herself
before her third trial. At that time Mrs.
Warner gave out an account of how a
man had knocked at her door at night
while her husband was absent, choked
her Into Insensibility, and after ransack
ing the house for papers bearing on the
case, left her unconscious on the floor
where she lay for several hours. - '
:': Story of Assault.,
Still later. Mrs. .Warner, gave out a
story of a second attempt made by ber
enemies to invade her house. This time
she declares her husband was awakened
by'lft odor orwftloftwrnr"nd. :mfspect
tn that some one was attempting to
put the Inmates of the house under its
Influence, - grasped his revolver and
opened the door In time to see a. flee
ing man. ...- .'';-' -'-'- "' ' ' - i
. Mrs. Warner professes to have no
fear of th outcome of. tha coming trial
for she declares she has evidenoe
enongh not only, to establish her own
Innocence but to, put the leaders In the
long fight against her in the penitenti
ary, v ph will be tried by an outside
luda-e because . 'of ' the ' connection of
Judge Phelps had with her two previous
trials while he was district attorney,...,
ICY WAVE SWEEPS
DOWN UPON EAST;
. WEST, IS RELIEVED
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lotte, ft. C, seven inches. ': At New Or
leans, . he : thermometer stood : at SI
above. ' -.
Oold Wave Travels Oa. ".-'
-' In direct contrast -came dispatches
f rdm . the northwest and the central
states, which for two weeks have been
telling of . terrible devastation by the
invading oold waves, announcing less
severe conditions. - Nome, Alaska, is
olated because of the inability of ves
sels to reach the city, repotted an im
pending meat and coal famine but the
temperature had , riaen to two degrees
above! Oold mines have shut down for
lack of . fuel. At Butte. , Montana, - the
The thaw has loosened immense
masses of snow clinging to the moun
tain sides, ; making railroad trafflo ex
tremely dangerous. ; Overland Northern
Paoifio and, Chicago, Milwaukee St Pu
get Sound trains in Montana and Idaho
are creeping along carefully, a day be
hind time, v Several have been, caught
in snow slides. A freakish condition
was that at Piedmont.' 30 miles front
Butte.- , It is v 1 8 below aero ; while at
Butte tha mercury la 25 above. Through
out the middle west relief came. At
Duluth, ' St Paul . and other places in
Minnesota - the thermometer showed a
rising temperature of SO degrees -'in a
few hours, while i in - Kansas and Ne
braska it was 40 degrees warmer .than
the night' previous. t..v
' Below at St, ftonis. ' . '
At St. Louis tha cold Wave hung on.
Thirteen degrees below sero was . reg
istered, - moderating late in the day to
four below. The billiard has increased
the cost of living there, the price of po
tatoes, having . advanoed - from 60 cents
per bushel to 81,80. ; Horticulturists in
that vicinity say that the Aintrta peach
crop of the state has been destroyed
and half of the Jonathan apple crop la
believed to be lost - Tha heavy snow,
however. Is believed to have saved the
wheat orotx -.- , :';"'
Although, the temperature rose zo de
grees in lower Missouri and Kansas,
the railroads' still were fighting for a
passage. ' In some places the drifts were
reported to be 0 feet hi go.. -
Ice Jam Causes Flood.
At Appleton. Wis., an Ice Jam In the
Fox river- caused a flood- over the fae
tory district An appeal' was made by
the manufacturers to the government to
dynamite the ' ice ,; Jam. r ' -r-t. n
Frigid weather, : the coldest In many
years, swept the Atlantic seaboard,; ex
treme temperatures being reported from
northern New England points to the
Carolina. 'Relief Is promised tomotrow
cast of the Mississippi; river, although
snow was. predicted. . .? .-,:
Today was the coldest day New York
city had - experienced in eight years.
The North and East rivers were Jammed
with ice and ferries were at a stand
still. ,.- ...vV -'' '.'' '" ' i
Reports - from the Adlrondacks ' were
that the thermometer ranged from IS
to 48 degrees below sero and at points
along the - Hudson ' river :. the mercury
was 81 below.
.- Given Chan oe to Seouperate. - 7 t
The respite from the cold: gave Chi
cago and vicinity a chance to recuper
ate from -the privations undergone for
two weeks. ,,- Coal merchants y declared
that unless the cold . wave's back re
mained broken v for a - few days there
would be an alarming- shortage of fuel
in ehicago,v'7-.'liv..:,-i;.'7.,'', -''.. ,.'"
The two large lake steamers, the In
diana of the Goodrich company, and the
Kansas of the Northern Michigan Trans
portation company, are fast In tlio ice
off . Rogers Rock,, where they have been
Imprisoned slne early Friday morning.
Attempts to; reach the boats by " tugs1
today proved unavailing, the heavy fog I
preventing the tugs from locating the
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afternoon - at 6 o'clock is unchanged,
and at any time during the day It has
been Impossible to discern anything at
a distance of over 200 yards. Advices,
therefore, from'Nortb Head are extreme
ly vague. - . :
Story of Cap tala -Bender.
. According to Captain Bender, he had
been unable for five days to obtain
aalmuthai observations, and was steer
ing entirely by compass and tarrraii
log r when the Admiral tore Into . the
Jetty. The deviation from the regular
course assigned to this route is about
40 miles. , It . la therefore- presumed
that the ' Admiral prematurely shifted
her course to the south of the Colum
bia bar, bringing her up fully 80 miles
to the south of her destination,
"It had been five days since we were
able to see the pun." said "Captain Bend
er, "and then it was only a glimpse and
not of sufficient brilliancy to. permit
the - taking of a dependable observa
tion. ' I am familiar with the coast
and X am at a loss to account for the
fact that we were so far out of our
course. The Admiral ran into me jeny,
as near as I remember, about 7:18
o'clock thia .morning, and In two min
utes was on the other side, malting rest
for the dangerous spit across the ehan-
net,., : : i .' '; ;, ,-:- " . .: -
Brerybody Jramps oir.
In that remarkably short space of
time the entire crew: my wife and baby
and myself succeeded in Jumping from
the ship's deck to tne nroKen umoers
ef the Jettyr -swaying -with. the--a-aa
TRAVELS ON SKIS
Piles of SnoW'in Streets of
Stevenson Are 10 Feet
r" f;' In Depth. ' .
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' Stevenson. Wash.. Jan. 18. A. week
ago Thursday snow began to fall In
Skamania county- and continued stead
ily without let up for nearly a week.
Probably a level fall of five feet lay
on the ground at the end of this period.
Thursday of this week it began raining
and f reeling and the silver thaw was
repeated. Telegraph, electrlo light and
telephone wires came down in tangled
heaps and city business was at a siana
still. - -For
10 days there has not been
team through the high piled streets.
Standing on the railway tracks of the
S. P. 8., one can see but the tops of
houses on either side. Ehovelera have
been kept at work continually, and deep
paths have Been, dug lor xoot passen
gers only. ' " '"--'' "'
- The piles arejjow from 10 to 14 feet
in depth.; Some melting has taken place,
but not enough to clear the streets, and
considerable; apprehension , is felt for
ranohmen, only a few of whom have
been able to get through to town, i
, It la Impossible to estimate the dam
age but Jit will be very considerable,
not alone to wires and poles, but ' in
stODDlng business ' almost" altogether,
Great suffering from the cold has been
experienced by many, but so far no
loss of human life has been reported.
It is probable that some stock has per
ished from cold and starvation back In
the hills. -', .-..-,- .
For the first time in 18 years, the
Columbia river has frosen across im
mediately above the rapids. Progress
around Skamania county Is entirely by
means of skis. -i-,-!-'-n-'-.. ,''.
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though it were made of cork. The break-
era were dashing up and; soaking the
entire party. ; all. of whom suffered In
tensely from the bitter cold and rain
of the early morning. Chief Officer
Anderson took care of the boy, while I
assisted my ' wife to temporary safety
on the Jetty. We landed on the shore
side, while the seven. seamen leaped to
theend - ef the -Jetty.- -
The long, heartrending walk across
the three miles of precipitous trestle
work was the -worst experience I have
ever had. My wife and ' 4-year-old son
barely had time, to escape from the
foundering ship and the little babv had
absolutely no clothing except his nla-ht-
shirt and a thin blanket, hurriedly placed
arouna mm wnen ne was taken from his
bunk by Officer Anderson. The little
fellow, and . his mother suffered from
tne cold wind and downnour of rain
and were literally chilled when we took
mem to a rrienaiy house at Fort Stev
ens. , They are now beta well oared
for." - . - - - 7
Captain Wlcklund, of the' Life Saving
station.'. first received, the news of the
Admiral's imperiled position about eight
o'clock, when a -wireless message was
received from the steamer, 'Bear, out
bound for California, through the North
Head station, that a vessel was in dis
tress 'dangerously close to the Jetty.
Captain Wlcklund Immediately -' sum
moned r hherew of eight- and "-se-cured
the services of one 'of the engines en
gaged in government work on the- jetty.
He left at nine-o'clock and on the way
out picked up the party of four about
midway, whom he brought back to Fort
Stevens. - - -r-n
During Captalii Wlcklund's absence
the beach apparatus was loaded on a
flatcar and at 10:80 o'clock- this was
rushed to the end of the Jetty and a
breeches . .buoy .established, - by - which
every man was conducted over the surg
ing waters to - the shore side.
Only One Injury Throughout.
The rescue by Captain Wlcklund,
from the time the apparatus arrived
at the break in. the Jetty until the laat
man was transported by the buoy, was
30 minutes, which Is said to be a re
mark, able record,- But one accident re
sulted from the disaster, the cook, a
Fjrenchman, having -his right foot bad
ly mangled- by a falling timber. )V
. The miraculous feature of .the wreck
of the Admiral is the fact that,, out
or more, than seven miles of rockbased
Jetty construction, there la one part of
it about . 20-. yards wide that has not
been filled in and it was at this place
that the-Admiral struck. Striking 100
feet to- either side of -this place, ' the
vessel, would have been dashed to pieces
within 10 minutes and probably all lost.
as the depth., ranges from 40 to 60 feet.
with, combers -constantly breaking over
the Jetty. ' .: V
The Admiral was built at North Bend,
0i-18,by4hoPaclflo -Shipping
company, - of , San Francisco, and - was
named after Admiral Dewey.1- Her home
sort ia Ban-Francisco.' She was nro
seeding1 to Grays Harbor under orders
to load lumber, but it Is not known what
firm had her In view f or a'Charter,. ,
- 1 1. .fUnttod Press. 1!m4 Wlrs.t .
Berlin. Jan. 13. The conservative
press this afternoon call upon the
people -v to make . a 'determined stand
against Socialism when , the reballot
lng taken: place January 24.- Slxty-uev-
en, districts have elected . socialists to
the Relobstag and they are expected to
increase, their number to 100 and possibly-
more oh- the reballot ''
The - "progressives will combine with
the Socialists on the reballot hll tne
reactionary parties will staii3 together
in opposing the 'rs9 tlood." , - . v
;,.i,:',..';'?," MsniflM .Of . 1903, ":2'y; ;:
' It wat'lMrned from government lead
ers tonight that the situation in the
new Reichstag will be similar to the
one In 190S, but -the reactionaries are
expected to have enough; strength to
continue the present big army and naval
policies and to prevent any change in
the tariff. ''.-.' .-.'-- ,v . "
The i only crumb of comfort for the
reactionaries 1 seen tonight In the fact
that the Socialists gained their victory
Chiefly at the expense of the liberals
and- other progressives; The conserva
tives profess ' to see In this a sign that
Socialism is not increasing as its lead
ers, announce, - but that ( many liberals'
voted : with the followers of Carl Marx
In order' to accentuate- their protest
against the high cost of living and mil
itarism.' " y'ivii-, ;'.'.'.' ,;.
' Xlberals Are Disappointed.
' Liberals, r while' "sympathising with
the Socialists to a certain extent and
determined to aid them at the rebal
lotlng., are greatly disappointed with
their ' failure to gain adherents. They
believe 'that yesterday's election showed
what .has been- claimed many times by
politicians, that the German's temper
ament y ls such - that' , be must sup
port , 'one;' extreme there Is ' no allure
ment, for him In a : middle-of-the-road
course. a ; - : v-.is i '':'
The extremists and reactionaries will
be so evenly balanced In the next Reich
stag that little is expected In the way
of ' legislation ' The lines, have been no
sharply drawn that the sessions of the
new parliament will probably be marked
by; tha, most violent clashes In its his
tory, v: v..;:v-' '-'i"- J-? " ( :. . .-. v "
Joker-la)1 -e Crajdknei.;-;Ju!"-"
V -" (United Pren lH4 Wlir 4
San Andreas, CaL, , Jan. 13 Because
he does'not believe in interfering in oth
er people's affairs,, Stephen. Cassinelli
today -allowed .three cracksmen to- blow
open' his brother's safe, which he knew
contained nothing more than a bundle of
worthless catalogues 'and a bottle of
ink. - . ( -
; "The expressions on the bandit's faces
after the operation," said Cassinelli were
aboutas funny as three ulcerated teeth."
- The Georgia Democratic , state com
mittee ha decided to hold a presidential
primary ; election some time , prior to
June 18.'
BANNERS
MAY
URGE
VOTERS TO REGISTER
Voters to the number of 2284 have
placed-their 'names on the election reg
isters for the primary election in April.
The books will be open in the county
clerk's office until April , and all men
who have not signed the preolnct regis
ters by that date will have to have
their votes sworn in at the polls.
The lmoks have been , open since Janu
ary I. The number registered is con-
sidered very small , in comparison with
the heavy, vote- exneoted this year. Coun
ty Clerk Fields , is considering It ad
visable to have men carry banners on
the street ' urging voters td register
early inerdor-to avoid the rush of the
last few days,' - Many voters have not
registered until the last few days, which
resulted in a. congestion at the regis
tration counter, and many have not been
able to 'get their names on the books.
It Is considered - by the county clerk
much cheapen to Induce -early registra
tion than to hire extra help the last
few days the books are open.-'
Saturday has always been a busy day
at the. registration counter, but only
805 voters visited the place yesterday.
Of this number 241 were, Republicans,
49 Democrats and the .remainder regis
tered miscellaneously, : ' -
The primary election will , be held
April 19. The books will be opened for
registration after April 24,- but this
opening is to allow registering for the
November election. . A complete new set
of precinct registers ,wlll be used this
year, both for the primary and general
election, and voters who registered last
year must -Te-reglster,
big boats. Six freight steamer's have
beiti frozen fast in the Ice floe three
miles off Grand Haven, Mich., for the
past five days. 1 ,
: -thaix it is ; w this great sale, .it's the same cloth-
ing for which, usually, you gladly pay th(b regular price. , ; The.
world's best looms tuid tlie world's best designers joined in creating it; why not .
have the best when it costs you no more than , ordinary quality?, v Every garment
in this great clothing ; stock was brought hero for
YOU to choose irom--it is YOU that we wish to satisfy.
$45.00 Men's Suit.
$34.50
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$40.00-Men.. Suits
$29.50
$25.00 Men's Suits
$18.50
$20.00 Men's Suits
- $14.50
$35.00 Men's Suit
$25.50 -
$30.00 Men's Suits
$22.50
Regularly '&45.ob !4o.00 'g3S.oo $3Q.oo $25.00 g20.oo
Selling at $34.50 $29.50 $25.50 $22.50 $18.50 $14.50
-X" 'Regularly $35.00-$30.00 $25.00 $20.00
' Selling at $29.85 $24.85 $21.25 $16.85
Regularly $3.00 $4.00-$5.00 $6.00 $7.50
SeUing at $2.25 $3.00 $3.75 . $4.50 , $5.65 $ 7.50
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. ' Every article in the store, except a '
, few contract "goods, is greatly re-r
' , duced in price during this great sale.
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