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Newspaper Page TextTHE WEATHER TEMPERATURES TODAY Rain or enow tonight and Saturday; east to northwest winds. ' ' v Boston, a. m. .I Portland, 8 a. in WewYor 4.;8eauie Charleston - , , Boee ; ' ' Weshingt'n ,.-Bn rran. ', Chicago, T a. tt...34llosebnrg . Xan. i City ., ,.i Spokane 's Portland humidity, a . m. ...... . .31 .Ji .21 .M .40 .73 VOL. XII. NO. 11. PORTLAND, ' OREGON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 1 21, 1013.-rWENTY-SIX PAGES. PRICE" TWO-CENTS." ow t mx )b rri TASDS mi CUII 111SI1M COST: EXPERT BEGINS WORK IS OF THE CZAR. is SUGGESTED! BRIDGE SOLUTION II nnsii fBoecke i ' FEA.r; IJY a Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Indiana "Visited by, Twisters That Cause Mil lions of Dollars Damage; Every North ern State East of Montana Snowbound Hoxle. Ark dead. BO Injured. ,roplar Bluff. Mo. dead, 100 injured. walnut Kiage, Ant. x - ueso, xu in jured. ; Ballne. La.--S deaJ, 80 injured. " Frankfort. Md. 1 dead. ' Lafayette, Ind. 1 dead. " ' Tif tin. Ohio One killed, six Injured. Northern Mlsis8lppl--Four dead. 20 Injured." '. - ' :' -' ' -. - '' ' ; Lower Peachtree, I. Fifteen dead. Coldwater, Mies. Two dead. -;.-' .' Columbus, Ohio Qna dead. s . ' : . Senatobla, Miss One dead. . . ' Alalno,' Tenn. One dead.' . , w Unlontown, Tenn. One dead. t ' Spring City, Tenn. One dead. (Cnlttd Preaa Uaaed WlrM CMrtBo. til. March 21. Forty per sona met death and 500 were Injured In a storm and blizzard which la raging today in nearly every atate eaat or Cnr,t.no Moat at tha f&talltlea oc curred in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mis souri, where several towns are reported wiped out, and in three states the storm approximated a blizzard. 1 i-. Wire communication with tha storm swept districts is prostrated and It is Imnat ffartain that tha death list Will be inoreaaed when ' it is restored. ? Poplar Bluff. Mo., a. town or . tuwvi Inhabitants, is reported destroyed, with seven persons dead and more yian 100 l.lnni Tha atnrm left tiardlT a build ing standing at Hoxle, Ark., whore four persona are reported oeaa ana -jy. in jured. : ' s At Sayne, La., a town, or zoo innam tanta, five persons were killed and 30 .injured. Sixty buildings were demol ished. . ' , a . 1. am A Am A I- wainui r.lllKO, vr., refium who ap.d10 injured. , Several other persons were Killed in maiana towns vj .wuui signs and Jn otner acciaenis. T.nt ( hAld In the rrasn of L t4 storm, and tha damage to crops la conservatively aiitimatea tnis anernoon t $2,500,000. . w The Missouri valley is in tne center or , .tnriti'i riath and the rale Is claying haypo with bulldlnKS and other property. The weatner oureeu nere noias oni uv tu hone t&r Immediate relief. Drediotlnr lower temperatures for tonight. Ttu( TiAranna int. klllfH at CnlJwatar Ulnar mmA ah. IrlllnA tn mrH ftt tha tn w lowing towtiaf Columbus, Ohio; Bena- tooia, miss.; , Aiamo, union. own ana .4:hJ ?bMz4rd" city eariy toaay accompaniea Dy a oiino .ipgnnowfall and a terrific gale. - KAnAfii Trnm Miiwauitee Bar- inn snow, started falling there at midnight, -our lncheS:having fallen at o'clock this morning, au street car ana ran mo A trafflA ) at a. atnndntl II. , Five Inches of snow Is reported at La Crosse, Wis., and two Inches at Minne apolis, where zero weatner prevails. : Twenty states are suffering from to day's storm. Tha crop damage will run . into tha millions. In the northwest the APPLE MEN OF ENTIRE TORGANI -Central Selling Agency, How ever, Is "Opposed - by Local Units at North Yakima, J (Sp-lal to Tbe lonrnitt North .Takima, . Wash March 21 Representatives of all leading fruit pro ducing sections of Oregon, Idaho, Mon- , tana and Washington, from Medford to Hamilton and from wenatcnee to ray- ette and Hood River, assembled here tc ' flay at tha organization meeting or, the Paelflo fruit distributors. Tha sessioo'thls morning was an in formal open . conference and this after noon an executive session was held. Representatives of different sections seem anxious t organize for assembling of national and international data re- garding" crop and markets . and for standardizing or stock and grading, but ao not seem prepared to unite on a cen tral selling agency, which Is the main object of the gathering. : , Some districts seem anxious to retain identity in selling, label ar-d reputatloa The conference wil last until Satur- oay mgnt. INCH OF SNOW THIS AT (Speol.1 toTTi Journal.) : ' Eugene, Or., March 21. Fully an inch of snow fell hera this morning. 'The temperature Is still low, the sky cloudy and mora snow is looked for. '--'V, " . v i;- -'--V. ' Cove, Or., March tl. This Is the coft est weather ever known -in this Vicinity at this time of year. .The mercury reg istered two degrees above at daylight yesterday morning. The farmers think little damage is done, however, as the vegetation had hardly started. Prairie City, Or March 21. Tile pres ent has .been tha longest and severest winter in the Tilstory of the Valley. Snow -" mir--ito grr.vr,Q tinin tar rupteill y since last November, and still lies heavy -throughout tho Valley, jw welt as the hills, stockmen haVe been feeding con tinuously since the first of December. Snow continues to fall. OR KTTRIGTO PERFEC ZATION MORNING EE storm has assumed the proportions of a blizzard. . All. railroad traffio- in North: and South Dakota, Minnesota, - Nebraska, Iowa and Illinois Is at a standstill and wire communication with scores of cities and towns In those states Is in terrupted. It is feared that when com munication is restored : many deaths will be reported. ; ,! ; In .North and South Dakota section men were still clearing the, tracks from last week's blizzard, and today's storm la certain to stall more trains. , Several fatalities are reported In Ohio and Indiana, ' A further drop in the temperature in the Missouri valley Is predicted tonignt. ; t A score of persons were Injured In the storm. John Frederlco was blown from a locomotive tender and fatally injured. Mrs. Mary Williams was blown under the hoofs of a team of horses and uauiy nurt. Towns Are Destroyed." flltttaWt Ppaae t mm.A tCtmm. a . Memphis, Tenn., March S L Twelve persons are reported killed and nearly 100 injured, ' soma probably fatally, in a tornado which last night swept the states of Arkansas and Missouri, ras ing several towns. Four persons are reportea aeaa and 60 injured at Hoxle, ahc, wnicn town was practically de strored by the storm. Seven were killed and 100 injured at Poplar Bluff, Mo., and one killed and 10 (Continued on Pago Fourteen.) 11 n nil nnnppi mnnu IU UI1 Mm bLUKI DOWN THE RIVER NOW Fighting Pride of Fort Stevens f Proves Himself a Genuine Sport, (Special to The Journal.) Fort Stevens, Or., March 21. Willie Cross of tha 160th company, stationed at Fort Stevens, has been pronounced fe:faU locarol!owers -of the - boxing game, an all around sport. Their ver dict rests upon the following facts. The fight took place- at : Chinook, Wash., between Cross and Chick Wright, a colored pugilist of Astoria. They had no more than shaken hands when Cross side stepped quickly and drove a . stiff uppercut through the other's guard. The fight was fast and furious for about 60 seconds. The negro was completely Outclassed and rapidly weakened. For some reason the gong Bounded at the end of a minute, thus prematurely clos ing the first round. V Both came together,, with a rush in the second round, the negro crouching with his head held extremely low. Cross, observing this, delivered a quick smash on the back of his opponent's neck. He straightened up somewhat bewildered. Cross met him with a terrlflo drive to the kidneys, followed with an uppercut to the Jaw, whereupon the colored boxer went Into tha land of oblivion. Tha ap plication of a tew palls of water brought Wright out of tha "dope. Expenses were paid, and the balance of the ' proceeds, exactly $2.50, was turned over to Cross. He walked over to Wright, handed him $1.60 and pock eted the dollar remaining. All hands then boarded the boat for Astoria. Wright discovered a dice box and start ed a crap game. Ten minutes elapsed and h was "all in." He "hit up" Cross for a loan and- secured half of the ban anas left in the fight treasury, 60 cents. Cross ability to be a sport down to the last tour bits, together with the fact that to date no one has lasted four rounds in his company, elicited the warmest praise from the negro. "That boy showly am fast." he said. "He hits like a tornyado, and am the genulndest sport on tha river! Get me cullyr POPE WEAK, PHYSICIANS T E (Cnlted Preae Leaned Wire.) Rome. March 21. .Vatican admitted todav that haart fallim mI.m stuck Pope Plua unless he soon rallied irom ma present weakness. Since he was stricken with influansa, the pontiff has been listless and Inactive.- LETTERS FROM OME REACH EAGER ALASKANS (Cnlted Vrn Leaned Wlt.) Fairbanks. Alaska. March it i n..n hungry mob was surfeited here toda'y wnen, id uouoie-enaer aog sleds ar rived with six tons of mail from- the south, tha first since tha snow ftincirari near Cordova two months ago. it was me largest single anipment or mail ever received overland 4n Fairbanks. The cost Of transportation Was $2.760. v . Chines General Assassinated, , I ' iVUHni givnaj aaJHrff m irth I I Shanghai, March , S 1 JtGaaarai-&unat lormcr iiuiiiaLvr t ttiuwuon, oaay Ufa aangerousiy wounuea, xouowmg an at tack on his Ufa at tha rallwav atatinn here. His assailant, who used a re- HEAR FIR Order Issued Today by State : Railroad , Commission Puts Into Effect 45 Per Cent Cut From Original Charges. - PORTLAND TO BECOME ' . DISTRIBUTING CENTER Estimated Saving to Oregon Shippers Will Be at Least $40,000 Annually. . . (Salem Burns of Tbe Journal.) Salem, Or., March 81. After contin uous fight, begun five years1 ago by the state railroad commission, Oregon wool growers today won a victory by obtain ing from the railroads in the state a re duction of over 45 per cent In ' the freight rates on "wool that obtained at the time the fight was started. At a formal hearing being held here today, the -railroad commission Issued an order to all the railroads In Oregon that had not already issued tariffs In conformity with the lower rates, com. pelllng them to file new tariffs, effec tive May 1. The larger roads have an ticipated this action, and within the last few days have been filing tariffs satis- (Continued on Page Seventeen.) WILD DOWN STEEP HILL Geary Street 'Trolley Breaks Loose in San Francisco; One Killed, Scores Escape, (Unllwl Pr?r trated Wlr.) San Francisco, March 21.- Killing one and Injuring half a dozen others durirlg its flight,, a new Geary street car.1 In tow of an Eins street car, broke away at tha top of a steep grade early to- wrecaea two oiner car ueiore ic came to a stop. Carl Scbutts. a member of the crew taking the car to the barn, was struck and killed when the coupling broke. Crashing headlong into an onoomlng ElllajtreeLcarj whose motorman could not see the unllghted Juggernaut In tbe darkness, the runaway injured six men who were in the Ellis street oar. Then it sent the Ellis street car speed ing ahead. Both cars were brought up when the wild procession rammed another Ellis street car, from which all the passengers had escaped. When the runaway car started its flight Police Sergeant John Collins Jumped In to an automobile, dashed ahead of the flying trolley and warned an vemcies ana pedestrians out ol the way. He probably saved a score of lives. RACING A WARS AGAINST CAR RUNNING J V ' . i !lllflt? "'! :i V'-l .:'? v t.::i:i?;::';ife:':-::'::;?: I , . .. ,., i t--:.;-::'.s:.'.::.:':::K;::':',:::'::;. I . ,a, - if,; 1 Wlnfred PORTLAND'S PAINSTHOSEOF FAST GROWTH, SAYS HOLTON ....... 'V . New York Cost Accounting Expert, Who Comes to Analyze City's Methods, Hopes to Be Able to Indicate a' Municipal Business. System. If Portland lacks correlation at city departments, there JsnounlfftfnVur chaslng system and r no established fceanariJosr ccol)'' 1?'?? ' If the result te'watiTjf taaajasrs money, .handicapping of publio improve ments, lessening of efficiency, multipli cation nf officials and overlapping of Is but the Inevitable penalty to be paid by a city that In ten years grew in population 127 per cent without plan ning ahead for such expansion. It furnishes reason for Just what Portland is doing squaring up to the situation, learning concrete facts about present conditions, using the informa tion in deciding whether a change to commission form of government is war ranted and necessary says Wlnfred B. Holton, cost accounting expert, who be gan, this morning, the work of muni cipal analysts authorized by the Port land bureau of municipal research, aid TAKING THE REfGNO V S. . T -. 'A.!" , l IB vaaaata b aaaa - .. li r B.1 ITolton. ed by the Kew York bureau of which Holton Is a representative, ' and approved and welcomed by tha mayor and other ty 'Official a, --i, y.- .'" The ,'survey,'--whlch Is now i technl cal term descriptive of the program of municipal analysis proposed for Port landmay show mainly what are the defects In administration, explained Mr, Holton. The policy of the work and the slogan of it, 'Inunloipal efficiency," requires, howev.er, that with the stating of the defect the method of correction must be suggested. Were the entire system of city government to be codified, the work would go on indefinitely, because there Is so much of it A repertoire of SOOO questions that touch on every phase of municipal ad ministration, an experience In research that Includes New York, Philadelphia, Indianapolis and several other cities, (Continued on Page Five.) German Historian Says Men ace on East Is Cause of the Kaiser's Desperate Means to Make Fatherland Strong. R0UMANIA AND BULGARIA MAY. START GENERAL WAR Austria Can Concede No More; Germany Faces Extinction, He Explains. (Cnlled rreat Le.j Wlre.l Berlin, March 21. That a. general European war Is a real danger; that this ati'uggh vlll start the moment Bui garla and Rovmanta clash; that Russia Is the flrebraud of Europe; that Austria Is in tha' last ditch and can concede no inore. and that Germany has approprl ated the enormous sum of $260,000,000 for military purposes only because she races possible national extinction, v.ere the remarkable statements made here today by Professor Hans Delbrueck, uermany s foremost historian. "Ojrniany rls in danger I will even say terrible danger, the gravity of which can hardly be exaggerated of being in volved in a war It doesn't desire and is seeking to avoid," said Delbrueck. "That danger is Russia at tha Jires ent time, not France or England. With the hope of averting such a war, Oer many la simply trying to make Itself strong enough to take such defensive measures as will discourage starting such a war. Xnssla's Ortm Poller. "Under the spur of the Pan-Slavlo movement, Russia is pursuing a relent less policy, which, if not ourbed, can' not but lead to war. It is playing a strong nand In the Balkans. It is Stir fenlng Bulgaria and Servla against mak ing acceptable apd reasonable peace terms wun Turkey; stiffening Bulgaria against Roumanla's demande and threat enlng Roumanla if tha latter dares go to .war with Bulgaria, .and, lastly, through its support of Servla and Mon tenegro, has forced Austria to the limit of concessions. - "Austria receded from its position on the. Banjak of Novlpasar: Austria gave up its dream of marching to Salonika; it moderated its Just demands, upon Servla, It gave up rights to fehich It was and Is entitled. And Russian in fluence pressed on relentlessly for more. Russia massed 600.009 men-on the-Ger man and Austrian frontiers, and today has something like 1.600.000 men under arms double the size of the German array. .' Waiting' Till Germany Za Sown. "Austria's strength as Germany's ally has been largely absorbed by the new situation in the Balkans. Germany must be prepared fo take care for itself to face two ways towards Russia and to- (Continued on Page Five.) SEATS FOR ALL IN Amended Ordinance Recom mended for Passage by City Council; Fare Bill Tabled, ins ordinance nroviflinar that nna seal must be furnished for every fe male employe of a factory, laundry, de partment store anct other place where women are employed was amended to day by the city council health and police committee no as to include male em ployes as well. As amended, 'the ordi nance was recommended to the city council for passage. The Clyde ordinance, providing for reduced fares on street .cars in , the morning and evening rush hours, was tabled for two weeks on -request of its author, who stated that he wants time In which to secure expert legal advice ana Information as to the physical valu ation of property of street car com panies. The Mfttfuire. ordinance flxlnc charges ror the burning or rood products and stable refuse at the city incinerator was indefinitely postponed. Superintend ent Otis of the Gujld'a Lake burner ap pearing before the committee 'to say mat the measure would not be practi cable until another crematory has been built and municipal collection of refuse established. The committee voted to transfer the position of fire escape Inspector from the building to the fire, department.. In accordance with the wishes of Fire Chief Dowell. CALVIN IS SAID TO BE SLATED FOR PRESIDENCY OF CENTRAL PACIFIC R'Y . , .. i ,1. . i.i. . S (United Prena LmupiT Wl t " ! a - ., . San Francisco, March 21. a Elevation to the office of presi. aV dent of the Central Panlflr. mii- a at road Is awaltlna E. r:iivin r a 10 San Francisco, at present vice a e clflc, according to reports re- ) 4 ceived here today from Kew ' Tork., It la declared that with a the taking over of the Central 'a e , Pacific by the Union Pacific, 'e e ; Calvin will be made head of the - ' former road, and W. R. Scott of ) ftnt Kr -ranar ' nt th Sraith.rn rodfl. in k a - - - -., r. ... um Y e 'given Calvin's place. . - e EMPLOYES POIED FOR IN NEW MEASURE a , Ways, and Means! of Building uregon-Washington Span Over Columbia, Discussed - With County Court." ' TOLL SYSTEM IS NOT ' FAVORED BY CLEET0N Multnomah Asked to . Pay All Over $500,000 . Which Would Be Needed. The calling of a special county else--tlon in connection with the city elec tion on June 2 for the voting of bonds " was suggested to a committee from the -Vancouver Commercial . ; cluTj ; which called on the county court this morning as the qnly solution of the Vancouver bridge proposition. Judge Cleeton d-. clared that the county court could 1 do ' nothing in regard to the matter and that the election would ba called only 1 on petition of the people. ' The committee from Vancouver asked that Multnomah county pay all over $500,000 which the bridge would coat. Joseph P. Stapleton, of the committee, declared that Clarke county, Washing ton, could be bonded for but a half million for the purpose of building the ' big bridge and that no other means of erecting the structure could be devised. He said that the committee la seeking to secure a mUch lower estimate than that of $2,000,000 placed by Engineer Modjeskl when it was prop6sed that the states erect the bridge and that he had figures ahowlng that with minor changea it could be built for leaa than $1,800,000. - ; Flana Art Sng-geated. !.-' Mr. Stapleton stated that two meth ods might be followed In arranging. the details of apportionment of the cost. He said that the North Bank bridge was assessed but one-twentieth of its length In Washington' and the rest in Oregon. He' suggested tlrat tha apportionment be . made on the basis of each state building to the state line or that Clarke counfy pay $500,000 and Multnomah county pay the remainder. He declared that should the cost of the bridge be' reduced, Mult nomah county would have no more to pay than would have been the case un der the proposed construction . of tha bridge by both states. , A proposal that the bridge be made a toll bridge and thus pay the Interest on . tha, bnnfla. Jlld. nflt-aaaat with favor in the mlnjis of the county court Judge Cleeton declared that such: a propesi- tlon would never be supported a the ones who would pay most for tha bridge . would in all prcbabillty be compelled to pay tha tolls and would object to that. suction Best Solution. ' Judge Cleeton declared that tha coun ty court would gladly call a special elec tion if it could ba dona by petition but. that he did not desire to take the re sponsibility on his owa shoulders and Commissioners Lightner and Hart con curred in that. v;. Representative J. I Nolta, who was present, declared that ha believed an election of that nature would ba the best means. The date of the city election was considered the best as a great part of the expense would thus be eliminated on account of the fact that only outslrtj of the city would special election of ficers and booths be necessary, - The members of the special commit tee of the Vancouver Commercial cluo Who were present were Joseph P. Staple- ton, Judge A. L. Miller, F. A Swan, B. L, Dorman and J. P, Klggina WILDE CONSIGNS BALL II SPOT; WIFE IS SNUBBED San Diego Society Leaders fn Disfavor With Former Portland-Mahr-He Says So, ; lUnlfed P Leea Win.) -- San Iiego. CaU March 21. ;"The pro- , moters of the charity ball can go plumb to -w. - Mr.' and Mrs. Wild will not be there." Wilde declares his wife has been dropped from the list of patronesses. "She doesn't Care a rap for, the honor." he said, "but I feel it keenly, particularly at this time.? It la thought he had in mind his indictment, trial and acquittal in Port land, Or., as a-result of a tehsphane stock deal Involving an Oregon bank. W tide took occasion also to point out what he considers a slight by the Ban Diego Y. M. C. A. in not inviting him to officiate at the opening of the new building In recognition of his help in raising subscriptions for it. CAPTAIN RANDALL, , OLDEST SKIPPER, DIES 'Onttffd ttn Leaned Wlre.J .." Samuel. B. Randall, one. of the br-str known Old time shippers on the Pactflu coast. Is dead here today aged 78. lie is believed to have-been the oldest cap tain In point, of service on tbe eost. Caotain Randall was a sitor for '. years, had commanded Vessels on Wil.t coast for more thaijO years ar.d l u I had more than 40 vessels under him. in last command,' under the fiprckeis t oio pan, he relinquished thra years r to lionolulti. ; '" Captain. Randall was born Ji r tneketi- Man o.-li wis a tafii.- '. for year on the CoiunHia r, steamer ..--'George W. I'M -maiden trip under 1 leaves a widow ar, l t . . PROMOTERS TO VARM