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- Y " " ' ' x f I " - . - - " ' ' , . - . ' ' 1 ' , , , 17 you Aave a ' really desir-: able? home or apartment to s rent, your "ad" will constitute GOOD NEWS to some anxious rial a tonight and Saturday; . , possibly snow; , ' S-E winds; humidity 83. 'V pc?pl VOL. XII. NO. 233. PORTLAND, OREGON. FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1913 TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. HMP i , . . i'. . i v m w m m m . m ... .-.! ,1 j ! , - arm . f.rv aUw" ' av . " a a a' aa. a -mm m a . m a m .. m mm fa '.,. - BARRIER OF SNOW SEPARATES 1ST Worst of. Storm Is Between Denver and Cheyenne; Bliz zard Covers Wyoming and Reaches to New Mexico. SOUTH TEXAS FLOODS APE SWOLLEN BY RAIN Workers Unable to Get Home in Denver and Sleep in Public Buildings. (United PreM Leaded Wire.) San Francisco, Cal., Dec. 6. A Storm lone, extending from northwest to southeast practically across the coun try, had nearly though not quite cut off wire communication b6tweon the eastern and western states today, and was greatly delaying railroad traffic. From the northward well down toward the Texas line the storm was one -of snow. Across central Texas It took the form of torrential rains, with floods cohering thousands of acres. Of the snow storm tho worst wss "between Cheyenne and Denver. The snow began falling at the latter place early yesterday. As the day drew to a close the wind rose and today a furious blizzard was . raging. Last night 24 inches of snow had fallen on the level but today it was piilng up in mountain ous drifts, street cur traffic was sus pended, tralr.s were many hours lata and telegraph and telephone services were crippled. Conditions wcro practically the same at Cheyenne and intermediate points as at Denver, and the weather depart ment was predicting 10 hours more of the storm. . From Chcyenno west to Sherman, Wj-o., the Wires were down and as far as Laramie the blizzard raged In full violence. West of Laramie, however, the storm was not severe. To tho south of Denver 18 Inches of snow was reported, at Colorado Kprlngs drifting badly. Even northern New Mex ico felt tho Icy touch. Albuquerque dispatches reported four to 18 inches of snow in the north and east and heavy rains and falling temperature in the cen tral and southern counties. Texas flood conditions were Improved today In the central part of the state, but the ssutli they grew worse, tho Brasos river continuing to rise between Hearne and Richmond. The towns which suffered most se- ((Concluded on fuse Kie, Column Two) COLLAPSE AT EXETER After 24 Hours Going With out Food and Drink Her Condition Is Serious. (Tolled I'reaa Leaned .Wire.) Exeter. England. Deo. 5. Mrs. Em- mellne Pankhu:st collapsed in Jail to night front 24 hours of hunger and thirst striking. Her condition wus said & bo serious, and It. was believed she would soon he released on license. Mrs. Fankhtirst has taken neither food nor water since she was locked up. Not enough time hau p:apsed for her fast to have hud serious results, but the prison authorities were much worried. They were awaiting orders from Home .Secretary McKenna before resorting to forcible feeding. Mra. Pankliurst Gets Sympathy. London. Dec. B. Mrs. Kmmeline Pank hurst's arrest was not popular in Kng- land, It was to be seen today, even out side suffragette circles. Most of the newspapers expressed more or less emphatic disapproval of the government's course. Those which favor the suffragette cause termed the arrest an outrage. Opponents of "votes for women" said the theatrical manner n which the authorities acted had giv en the incident a political importance It ought not to have been permitted to ac quire. Some of them admitted the ar rest looked like persecution and prob bly would create sympathy for Its vie ' tim. " Buffriigettcti llurii Mansion. Skelmorlie, Scotland, Dec. B. As the first step in their campaign of reprisal for Mrs. Kmmeline Pankhurst's arrest, militant suffragettes today burned Kelley mansion, near here, with $125, 000 loss. They left a huge placard on the grounds inscribed "Retaliation." TWO FIREMEN KILLED IN APPARATUS CRASH Akron,-. Ohio, Dec. B. ,Two firemen were Instantly kvfled ajrfl "three others seriously injured tpdaywhen two pieces of fire apparatus collided while respond ing to a false alarm at the plant of the International Harvester company. SHOP- EARLY v For once, "my girlie,' 'Please shop early, , And see ffor yourself how It .works. , The Consumers League ' - Saves great fatigue ' To customers, merchants, and . clerks. , . ' ; FROM EAST TODAY HUNGER STRIKE ENDS PANKHURST'S WHY OF EFFORT FOR AT Chamberlain Dines N.-W. Del egation jn Congress; Teal Is Toastrriaster at Event. (Washington Bureau of The Journal. Washington, Dec. 5. Senator Cham berlain's dinner to the senators and rep resentatives from the northwest nearly broke up the session of the senate last night but in the end the senate pre vailed over good cheer and oratory, and broke up the dinner while a number of speeches were still undelivered. The need of a quorum sent an emis sary of the sergeant-at-arnia to de mand the presence of the senators. Ho arrived at the dinner while .Senator Walsh was speaking and as soon as he sat down they were rushed in taxis to the senate chamber. In an introductory speech. Senator Chamberlain said this was the first time representatives from the north west had ever got together in this man ner and he hoped that it was an indi cation that hereafter they would always be found working together for the com mon good of the section from which they come. C. S. Jackson of Portland was one of the speakers, lie pleaded for effi ciency and economy in the expenditure of public funds, told of the tremendous resources tributary to the Columbia river and Portland and enlivened his speech with many witty references and anecdotes. Senators Lane and Gar rlson spoke on problems of the north west and their solution and others made Interesting addresses. J. N. Teal, as toastmastcr, mingled wit and story with a serious presentation of the great de velopment projects in which Portland is vitally Interested. It was with evi dent reluctance that the assemblage dls persed when the senators were obliged to withdraw. GAILLARD GIVES LIFE L Work in Culebra Cut Finally Proves Fatal to Noted Army Engineer,' (United PreM Leaned Wire. Baltimore, Md., Dec. 6. "Colonel David Gaillard, aged 60, one of the chief engi neers engaged in the work of , building the Panama canal, died today at Johns Hopkins hospital here. He suffered from hardening of the arteries of the brain, brought on, physicians said, by his work in the Culebra cut of the canal. , JEAN DEPUY IS NAMED . PREMIER : OF FRANCE Paris, Dec. 6. Jean Depuy was ' ap of France by "succeed Louis with the other a few days ago, the chamber of government. pointed today premier President r Poincare, to Barthou, who resigned members of his cabinet. following the failure ot deputies to sustain the NORTHWEST IS TALKED SENATORS DINNER PANAMA ANA TOTTERING! OFFISH E IS INTACT S Governor Expected to Appoint Three New Members Within Next Day or Two, (Salem Bureau of Tb Journal. Salem, Or., Pec. S. Holding that members of th9 State Fish and Game commission cannot vacate their office by resignation until their successors are appointed and qualified, Attorney Gen eral Crawford today rendered an opin ion to the effect that the commission is still Intact. This opinion will prolong the life of the old commission but a day or two, as within that time Governor West says he intends to appoint three new mem bers on Ihe commission. It develops that the governor has never accepted the resignation of George II. Kelley, who Was appointed on the commission by the other four members, and M. J. Kinney, tho alleged trouble maker, still remains nil Lha commission,- Thift w411 make a full commission of five mem bers. Two of the new members will be appointed from eastern Oregon and one (Concluded en Paso Twmt.T-Uiree, Column Four) ASKS INVESTIGATION OF CELILO PROJECT Chamberlain Resolution Pro poses Inquiry Into Naviga tion Possibilities, (Wnahlneton Bureau of The Journal.) Washington, Dec. 6. Senator Cham berlain has Introduced a Joint resolu tion authorizing the secretary of war to detail two engineer officers to act with engineers from the interior department or the states of Oregon and Washing ton, as a board of consulting engineers in connection with the investigation of the Columbia river project near The Dalles with the Intent of taking into account the various uses of the water for navigation, Irrigation and power purposes. PRESIDENT IS BETTER BUT SEES NO CALLERS Washington, Dec. 5. President Wil son was reported improved today. His cold was ' yielding to treatment and he was able to take up his work in his office in the White House. He was not well enough, however, to preside over the regular meeting of the cabinet, and It wag abandoned. Neither was tho president well enough to receive a com mittee appointed by the American Na tional Woman Suffrage association con vention to discuss his failure to men tion suffrage in his recentmessage to congress. - u-v- Mayor Faints in fool Lodgings. Boston, Dec. 6. On an Inspection tour of Boston's chesft lodging , houses yester day afternoon Mayor Fltxgerald fainted iroru ioui air. COMMISSION AND GAM CRAWFORD PNIN T DE LAMA IS SENT TO E Dictator's Family Reported to Have Been Sent to' Vera Is Imminent, (United Preaa Leaatd Wire.) Mexico City, Dec. 5. In sending Fi nance Minister Adolf De la Lama to Kuropc after a loan, men very close to President Huerta admitted today that the dictator had played practically his last card. Unless De la Lama succeeds and suc ceeds soon, they owned Huerta's position would become untenable. Internal sources of financial supply were con fessed to have been squeezed virtually to the last cent. If Huerta could collect taxes throughout all of Mexico the sit uation would be different, but from the vast extent of territory under rebel con trol lie gets nothing. Tho unpaid troops were In a savage frame of mind and revolt among them at any time would surprise nobody. It was recognized that De la Lama Is an good a man as could have been chosen for the money seeking mission. His re lations are close with ex-Mtnister of (Concluded on Tage Twenty-three, Column One) JOHN D. SPRECKELS E Wife Alleges He Is Quarrel some and Fault-Finding; Humiliates Her. (United Press Leased Wire.) San Francisco, Dec. .6. Suit for abso lute divorce from John I). Spreckcls Jr. of San Francisco and San Diego was filed today In the superior court here by Mrs. Kdlth Marie Hpreckels. through her attornej', Joseph T. O'Connor. Tho divorce Is sought on tho ground of extreme cruelty. Among other things, Mrs. Spreckels alleged that her husband for several years had been Quarrelsome and fault-finding; that he romalnod away from home for two weeks at a time, and that his conduct to herself and friends had caused her great pain and humiliation. The couple were married December 15, 1902, and have three children, ovir whom the mother asks sole custody. Mrs. Spreckels states that there is no community property, and asks trie tourt to set aside adequate alimony for her self, in addition to a specific sum for tho education of th children. OREGON BRICK FOR NEW FEDERAL BUILDING '- (Waahln'arton Bureau of The Journal.) " Washington, D. C, Dec. -Senator Chamberlain having called the atten tion of the treasury department to the desirability ; of using Oregon brick In the new rortlrtnd" federal building the Secretary of the treasury rtrtsw asked that samples ot local brick be forward ed to him. ' i '.-'t:-if &i:-M "M K-:P0':C-: EUROP SEEKING LOAN TO PAY TROOPS SUED DIVORC FOUR NON-UNION MEN ARE SHOT BY MDB Or STRIKERS Automobile Dashes Up to Ice Wagon in Indianapolis, Two Strikebreakers Are Shot and Assailants Get Away. SHOTS FOLLOW STONES HURLED AT WORKERS Attempts to Operate Non Union Wagons Followed by Outbreaks. (United Presa Leaaeil Wire.) Indianapolis, Dec. 5. Two Cincinnati strikebreakers were shot early today, ono perhaps fatally, in a fight which followed an attempt by strike sympa thizers, to stop a non-union wagon. The wagon was manned by three armed non-unionists. A crowd had been following It for some distance, trying to persuade the trio to quit work, l-'aillng, some of thoso In the crowd began throw ing stones, upon which -the strikebreak ers pulled their pistols rrnd opened fire. They were answered by. several shots from the crowd. It. 10. WiHiams, one of the strikebreakers, suffering wounds In the knee and ankle, and Jacob Som enfield, a second strikebreaker, a possi bly fatal wound in the neck. The third strikebreaker whipped up the horses and flod with the crowd in pursuit for some distunce. Attracted hy the shooting, a police riot squad hastened to the scene and restored or der.. Ho far as could bo learned none of the strike sympathizers were hurt. Two negro striKebreakers were shot In tho street hero Just before noon to day. OfTe was hit in the head and will die. The shots were fired by men In an automobile which whirled up alongside tho Ice wagon tho non-unionists were driving. The car and its occupants escaped. T VERY EARNEST AFFAIR Speakers From Valley Cities Pledge Their Communities to Work for Mutual GooaV By Fred Lock ley. Hoseburg, Or., Dec. 6. Standing room only was the flgn hung out at the meet ing of the Greater Oregon Development association here last night. "I have been at hundreds of meetings," said Charles S. Fee, passenger traffic man ager of tho Southern Pacific Railway, "but I never saw an audience May as this ono hus. They are certainly in earnest." Judee W. M. Colvig of .Medford. who presided and introduced, the speakers, gave a brief history of th movement. "We first called a small convention at Medford." said Judge Colvig, "to ad vance certain movements for the bene fit of the whole state of Oregon. Wo beta the next meeting nt Grants Pass and today the movement has growi till our delegates crowd your lnrgoxt assembly hall in Roseburg. We should bold the next meeting In some of the prosperous Willamette valley cities and then in the metropolis of our state. "We are alive where I hail from. We sre used to flying with our own wings. We have Just vrtted a half million bonds to build a paved road over the Siski yous. In 1915 wo do not want the vis itors to the exposition at San Fran cisco to skip from one big city to an other. We want them to do more than hit the high spots. We want them to (Concluded on Page Kli, Column One) AGED GROCER FIGHTS F Wife and Daughter Badly Beaten; Man Shot Four Times in Scrimmage, (Cnltefl l"re reared Wire.) Los Angeles, Dec. Ii. With four hullet wounds in his chest and neck, received during a defense of his family and lit tle grocery from a pair of. masked burg lars, Ole Hall, 70, is near death today at a hospital here. Ills' wife, who also was in the thick of the fight, is in a serious condition from the beating and kicking she received, while his daughter, Pearl, 18, was badly battered and cut about the face and head. Hall leaped upon one of the burglars when the pair leveled revolvers at him and Ills wife. Both opened fire on him, while. Mrs. Hall and the daughter bela bored them with fists and tore their faces with fingernails. The older wo man was knocked down and beat'ji, Into Insensibility, While Miss Hall, who went to the floor several times under blows of a revolver, repcatedlyreturned to the aid of her, father. In spite of bis wounds," Hall fought savagely, hanging to the bandits until ths police arrived, when he fainted. The burglars escaped the officers by leap ing through a window, OREGON DEVELOPMEN MEETING AT ROSEBURG BURGLARS w TH AMILY fir POWER PROBLEM FELT RIVERS CONGRESS IS Clash Expected Between Con servationists and Antis Election This Afternoon, (l ulled I're.s Leaned Wire.) Washington, Dec. 5. A hot fight to prevent tho injection of the water power question Into the proceedings developed today in the session of the Rivers and Harbors congress here. So far the leaders havo succeeded in avoiding the subjects, realizing the certainty of a squabble on the con vention floor between tho advocates of states' rights and th "importers of the plan for federal control, if the mutter is mentioned ir was Known, however, that the resolutions commit tee Is considering a recommendation on tho whole subject. The present jroverning board and ad minlstrative officers were expected to be re-elected this afternoon. The elec tion of officers and speeches by lead ers of Rtate delegations constituted to day's program. Los Angeles was citd as a bril liant example to cities desiring proper facililies for waterways commerce, in a speech by Representative Knowland of California. He said the city origi nally was 20 miles from the sea, but that it annexed other cities and pur chased a strip of land which made it continnoiiH to the sea. Then, he said. Los Angeles voted millions of dollars toward Improving terminal facilities. Knowland then told of tho fight to regain the waterfront in Oakland, which, he said, was meeting with suc cess. He said San Diego also was build ing docks and arranging for other fa cilities to aid commerce. "Portland l recovering by law Its waterfront," said Knowland. "lost years ago to individuals, and will spepd $25, 000,000 in improvements. "The whole Pacific coast is looking hopefully to the future in connection with the opening of the Panama canal." CITY MARSHAL SHOT BY AN-ALLEY THUG Gervais Official Returned Fire and May Have Wounded Assailant, (Sprdnl to The Journal.) Gervais, Or., Dec. 6. Firing from the dark receBscs of 'an alley one of two unknown men shot City Marshal John Zoller'fh tho neck late last night, and the wound may prove fatal. ' Marshal Zoller was making his usual rounds iu the business district, and seo ing the two men in the shadows of the alley he started towards them, lie had taken but a few steps when he was dropped in his tracks by a bullet. Zol ler returned the fire from the ground but his assailants escaped. Sheriff Each and a deputy are trailing them. A pedestrian heard Marshal Zoller's groans and took him to a physician for treatment. Suspect Is Wounded. Salem, Or., Dee. 5. A man with a bnllet in his shoulder, who walked into the sheriff's office here today and asked for medical assistance, was im mediately placed under arrest by Deputy Sheriff Needham. on the belief that he was one of the men who shot Marshal J. Zoller at Gervais last night. The man gave the name of Ray McCarolly, and said he was shot In Portland. Ife Is suspected of being connected win, the Gervais shooting by the state ment if Miss Armstrong, near whose bedroom window at the depot hotel the shooting occurred. Sho overheard one of the men say the marshal had shot him in tho shoulder. No Signs of Life Aboard and Masts Are Stripped of Rigging. (Sne'lnl to Tlio Journal.) Aberdeen, Wash., Dec. 5. Word was brought here today that a four masted schooner is wrecked near Destruction Island, about o0 miles north of Grays Harbor. The vessel's name Is unknown. She Hcems to be waterlogged, not even her deckhouses being visible. No signs of lifo can he seen on board and tho masts have been stripped of rigging. Tli vessel Is between tho reef and the shore and must have consequently entered from the south. The vessel is a short distance north of the Island in r,n angry surf. The Meteor left Callao October 23, tha R. C. Made, Valparaiso, October 22; Ed ward R. West, Valparaiso, October 3; Aloho. tho KiJIs, October 5, and the Luson cleared Antofogasta October 11. All are four masted and bound here. The tugboat company has been noti fied and a tug has been dispatched to investigate. Death-trap mine is unsealed; none enter Salt Lake City, Utah, Dec, 6 -Deputy sheriffs today unsealed the Utah-Apex mine, into which they had been driving poisonous gases In an- effort to as phyxiate Ralph Lopes, murderer of six men. The. air was so foul, however, that they dared not enter to look for Lopes' bod v. 1 : Sheriff -Smith said ' he - thought 4 search -would be possible tonight, ' , ACTION UNCERTAIN UNKNOWN SCHOONER REPORTED TROUBLE DALY WATER CODE : AMENDMENT LOST BYMEJOT02 Council Declines to Make the Property Responsible for Rates, After Tumultuous Session in City Hall. COMMISSIONERS SHOUT IN ORDER TO BE HEARD Chamber Crowded With Per sons Opposing Measure, Who Hiss and Cat Call. At one of the most tumultuous and disorderly meetings ever witnessed In the council chambers, the-city council today voted down the Daly amendment to the water code, which provided for v quarterly payment of water bills sfter service, and their charge against the y premises and not the tenant. The vote three to two was taken ' while 500 property owners, landlords and their agents hooted, cheered and Hissed, so loudly that the commission ers were compelled to shout their vote so the secretary, sitting at the tab . with them, could hear. Owing to the general hubbub. Mayor Albee, on the suggestion of Com mis- . sioner Brewster, forced the ordinance to a vote without hearing a number of v people present to explain the viewpoint of the water consumers. ' II. D. Wagnon, who essayed to lead the water consumer forces in opposl-- tion to the property owners, got a? one minute opportunity to talk. He was nooted down, however, and finally, Jos-- -lng liis temper, charged the cltiiens . .' present with being as bad as the I. W. VV. This was a signal for renewed dis order and finally the mayor was com pelled to call a halt, and Wagnon, shak ing his fists and muttering threats, waa ' v forced to retire and the council pro ceeded to vote. Those voting against the amendment were Albee, Bigclow and Dleck. Daly and Brewster stood pat and voted "yes.' . , Even after the mayorhad announced that the ordinance wasK beaten,, the 1 crowd refused to leave, apparently fear ing that the matter might come up for reconsideration, and when ths council . reopened the session after half an hour's recess, the council chambers were Just . as crowded as at the beginning of ths meeting, and very few left until final adjournment at noon. Individually were In favor of tha r I v vruinauce, ana nia so expressed mem- ((nclnded on Pane Fire, Column One wtm,- VOTING PLACES SAME AS IN LAST ELECTION Redistricting Precincts Does Not Take Effect Until Af ter Balloting, The special municipal election to ! " held next Tuesday for the purpose of" voting on a number or amendments to the city charter will bo at practically the samn polling places and under tha supervision of the same officials as was the November 'election. , . " ; Owing to the recent decision declar- lng void the 19 TX " regTsfralldn, only those registered under the act Of 1893 . as amended will be entitled to vote. Those who registered under the invalid " law of 1213. or what is known as ths permanent registration law, will be com-. ; -lie I led to swear in their votes. In order to avoid confusion through ' lack of time for preparation, the county . officials have decided to postpone put- 1 ting into effect the new districting of tho county until after Tuesday's elec- T"T tion. Under the new districting thera will be about 325 election precincts in ; tho county, nearly double the present number. - In Tuesday's election, election offi cers will be Instructed that the day hoards are to give way to night boards when their hours of service have ex pired. Heretofore there have been in stances whore day judges and clerks would "shoo away" the night force in ' order that they might earn double pay. This was possible through a lack of. knowledge of their rights on the part of night officials. - If It should happen that there Is any vacancy In tho night board at p. in..' the hour of going on duty, the vsrsnoy may he filled' from the day board, but under no other circumstance. Lost Purse Returned to Owner Many people seem to think that the average person has not A very , high standard of honesty. If yoa' are one of that class this may Interest you; . On Tuesday Mrs. Hugh Bran don, who iiVes at' ICast Twentieth and Hawtnorn(j lost her puma containing 11 in cash, a fountain pen, eto. Rhe ran a little want fed In The Journal Tuesday after noon end on Wednesday morning ; her purse was returned with the ventents - untouched'1 Ths flnJr could easily have kept the monsy and run no risk; Instead of that she placed honesty above evtry thing ami returned the purs. j Before-you play ths cVnle statu and laugh st the thought of ids sversge iK-rson's lioneaty. think ef ' this and measure your words. .ft-:-' .'."i :::,im.m i .