THE
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. ...... .
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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.
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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."
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. 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.)
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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
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RUNNING
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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 - ..
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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
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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