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and Saturday; . ,
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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.
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