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THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SATURDAY, JANUARY 15, 1916.
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WASHINGTON STATE IS
STORMBOUND
FROM
i ONE jNDJO OTHER
Weather Continues to Be the
,' ; Subject of Much Concern
Iv-? to Man and Beast,
RIVERS: FROZEN UP TIGHT
.Wena tehee District Seems Hardest Hit
--. sad XnUi on OroviU Branch
j 1 Are &o la Drift.
' Seattle, ash.. Jan. 15. ( P. N. S I
,' Washington, so far as the greater part
f the state Is concerned, la held fast
In the grin of the Ice king today.
t- From practically every section of the
lata cornea, reports of freezing weath
er, of blizzard, of tra ns snowbound,
of rivers blocked with Ice and of
Iiardehlp tq man and beast. Weather
conditions throughout the entire state
Are undoubtedly more severe than at
any time Inr recent years.
' With a to mil gal blowing. We
natchee and the territory surrounding
- la probably the greatest sufferer from
..printer's hardships. Train service on
the Oroville branch of the :r-.it
Northern railroHd is susrm'leJ- The
rotary snow plow wkiiih was digging
tta way toward a snowbourid train on
i the ilanafltUl line broke down and :s
helplessly buried under dicpcnlni
rift a. Division Superintendent Kvli
-- aey of the Great Northern is mow-
bound betwe. n Touhey and Withrow.
Ali i told there are ttren enginrs, the
- Maaafleld train, a private car, one ro
. taxy and one snow plow stormbound
la that section.
: j.- Fishing' Through Ice.
Reports from Iiellinghain state that
" the- Nooksack river Is frozen four
mllr-a from Its mouth and the Luminl
-Indians for the first time in era
-are fishing- through holes in the Ice.
- In t?kaglt and Snohumlsh counties
rler navigation Is &t a standstill ar.d
the) streams are causeways for floating
lea.
' ' Walla Walla reports weather that j
' fcai frozen the pipe line of the l'a. ifi- j
- Power A Light company, resulting !t.
' : complete paralysis of Lie electric at .1 ;
".transportation system. The city wis I
cwihout either lights or streetcars iaM j
fclht.
: -i ? Bad fox Livestock,
j From North Yakima come reports
- ti severe weather that is fraught with
danger to hundreds o: sheep and cal
tla. A heavy death toll of livestock
a feared unless tne weat.ier moderate.
In the vicinity of Aberdeen nearly
every Industry is paraizt-d. b"hurlato
' cff uel, la k of w ater a:id the increas
ing? fall of fimw make ordinary com
mercial pursuits practically impossl-
' ble.
' In Seattle and vicinity there Is prob
ably less inconvenience from cold note I
tban In any other st-ction of the state.
'Although tlio weatner lias been tharM
ana tne temperature r.as Eteuui.y r. -
fused to asvCtKl jmnve freezing point
'there la little iuanifestauynt of hard
ship and no serious mte-rr'uut'.on of
s oaity pursuits heru. The weather to
ay Is clearing.
- May Skate In Stalium.
. l Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 15 i P. N. P.)
Members or the school to.ird today
wr trying to evolve a tdrr.oin plan
for flooding thf Stadium to make an
" artificial ice rmk for publi ' us, pro
. tded the cold wea'her cx'ntln ioe. The
- theory has been advan ed that the
- Stadium floor cm be turned into h-e
. at practically no cosf and without
, damage to the bed of the big athletic
; field.
. liar Ktaiul It Well.
Newport, (t., Jan 15. Snow from
One to three Inches deep covers New
port and the hills around town. The
weather U cold enough to keep the
anew from melting and the boys are
having the mi.e of their lives, as
anow is a rare thing in Newport.
The heavy siect and rain storms of
the toot few day have not roughened
thenar and vessels lave all cleared.
W Ikl Animals Suffer.
- Corvallls, Or, Jan. 15. Itesldentsof
the mountain hamlets of the Coast
range west of this city report that the
Bnowfall Is heavy in tKo hiils and that
hunters and trappera are making the
most of it. A man who lives In th
foothills of the Cascades was In the
tlty Thursday and he said the snow
Was four feet deep, that deer, coyotes
and Other wild animals wtre coming
.down to the ranch houses in search
. Of food, and that a large rn.oun.ain
Hon was shot by a rancher in the
Wastem part of Linn county the first
Of the week. He said the animal bold
ly came to the ranch barns In broad
iavUarht.
There la eald to be less snow In the
" immediate vicinity of Corvallia than
at any point between Iort!and and
.Eugene. There is about three inches
otl the level, while other localities re
port from t to 10 Inches.
Tough in Lewi.
Centralis, Wash.. Jan. 15. J. A.
tJlah of Glenoma, who has kept a gov
ernment weather station at his place
0f many years past, reports that this
. Id the worst winter eastern Lewis
county has experienced In 10 years.
At Riff the thermometer registered
1 degTe above rero. while at Morton
It waa- 2 degrees above.
, - Worst Sine 1009.
Lebanon, Or.. Jan. 15. Weather con
ditions here axe worse than they have
been atnee the winter of 1903.
River Xear Ice-Bound.
'.. Vancouver, Wash., Jan, 15.' The Co
lumbia Hver at this point presented
1 somewhat different appearance late
"last night and this morning than it
6 faelTr0e o
If
icia f 0icntaf Rua 8xftl(ilt
a
s,H wu awarded the GRAND PRIZE and the GOLD MEDAL in the
Turkish Pavilion and Palace of Varied Industries.
-'It will be ready for Extraordinary Exhibition here in a few days.
- Watch Sunday's paper (society page) for definite date.
Thief Substitutes
A Phony Diamond
Clever Bus Works Successfully la
Local Jewelry Store and $30 MSng
Za Stolen.
"I want to purchase an engagement
ring for a friend of mine." said one of
two strangers to the clerk on entering
Tsubol brothers' Jewelry store at 307
Burnsid street, about o'clock last
night.
The case of diamond rings waa pro
duced for the Inspection of the men,
who were well dreased. They left the
store without purchasing. As the at
tendant w-as replacing the rings in the
case he found that a phony" had been
substituted for a ring that had con
taired a $J0 diamond. The police were
notified.
AMBASSADOR IS
INVOLVED WITH
PAPEN'S STUBS
'Continued From Page One!
idea that the attache, knowing he must
touch at an Knglih port, would have
sny Incriminating documents on his
person.
The administration Indicated that it
lnrlsta on further inquiry and will
probaMy await photographic copies of
the dn.-uments now being forwarded by
American Ambassador Page from Lon
don. Hot Officially Interested,
" The nature of the von I'apen papers
la of tio official Interest to me," com
mented Hen.storff to. lay. reiusing to
discus- the case in detail
The envoys pos.iiun it t.'int while he
gave von Pa pen money. It was a mat
ter of i onveni) re e. and that the attacue
accounte-l for it to Benin and not to
the. embassy.
Concerning the $700 payment to Wer
rer van H rn. alleged di.arniter. it is
expe'tf-d ll. eml'assv will maintain
ttat It was for Van Horn's defense as
a German c.tlzen.
Tre state department Intends to
scrutinize carefully the payments of
Von Pap' n to t'onsul Muelicr Of Se
jittle, who Is low In charge of the At
ir.nta -"nsi:!ate. .Muellers explam
tion that he reciv.d the money to
Ff t.d reservists ti New York is ion
sidered one capable of proof or dis
proof. Hold AmbaasaAor Beaponalbla.
Authorities vpr not disposed to ac
cept the tjnbassy dis lattner of U'no
ranee as absolving the German diplo
mats from re.-l'Otislbii.ty. Von liern
stoi f f. as on Pu pen's chief, it Is saW
was rcsponsii.l" to a ertain extent.
A tang.- of .-mbassy accounting, pre-f'.-d:rig
positive proof of miscondui t
of officials other than Von Papen, is
Lo!'.s;i!ered a possible development.
London auvh es i'ldiiatrd that Von
J'i'pcii r.ot only niaiie pu)ni-nts to
Wernrr Van Hon., alleged wou'.dbe
d r.:im!!'r of the Intel national bridge
at Vanceboro. Maine, but that he also
furnisi.ed funds for Anton Kueperle
(tri'bably Kur-i ferlt'i. a fJennan spy
suspect wl.o latef committed suicide
Money Bent to Seattle.
There was other evidence that Von
Papen sent money to tr.e Beettle con
sul previous to a suspicious dynamite
occurrence m that vicinity.
In various letters were lndicnttons
of li'rman displeasure at the Wilson
administration. Ut.e spoke of Wilson
us being too strong in his representa
tions to Auslna, even, lur those who
lo alTy -backed wr.
Disclosure Opportune.
London. Jan. 15 (I'. P.) The Pr!t
lsh foreign office executed a clever
stroke, officials declared today. In
making pubi.e at this time the seilcd
documents of German Attache ion
Papen. regarded here as showing tne
source of payments for anti-ally activ
ities in America. Weil posted authori
ties believo the publication of these,
together wit!: F.ngl.uids furnishing
th. in officially to tne I'nlted States
state department, will check American
agitation for protests against the
Uriti.-h blockade.
Cne official commented:
"We believ President Wilson will
heir.ta'o. ;endir.g an lnvestinaiion of
Ambassador von Hernstorff's connec
tion with, the Von Papen paymer.'a,
uud nl discover whether Teuton sub
marine leniency is actuated purely by
,. spirit of friendliness for America or
lot the purpose of bet'.er tarrying out
of tli.i campaign of 1 1 ti h I f u iness in
A merica."
Responsible officials stated that
I'.nglaicl will not abandon I er block
ade atrainst Germany, despite possible
American protests.
Th-y h id. too. that though this was
origmaliy a measure of reprisal
r.Kauist Teuton submarine attacks. It
lias now developed Into a legal war
blockade.
W. H. Ciell. IMoneor, Is Dead.
Vancouver. Wash.. Jan. 14 W. H.
Gell. a p.or.eer settler of Clarke coun
ty, died today at the sanitarium at
Milwa-kie, Or. He Was about 6il years
old and is survived by several children,
among whom are C. L. G 11 and Miss
Gertrude (Jell, of Cathlamet; Cletls
Ge.l and Miss Nellie Gell, of liattie
Ground, and Mrs. Joseph Higdon, of
Manor.
The body will be brought to the Lim
ber undertal'.ing parlors In Vancouver.
Kuneral services will be held at Battle
Ground Surulav.
did yesterday morning. A large quan
tity of ice which had become lodged
against the construction work and
piers of the new Interstate bridge was
broken loose by the strong wind
which sprang up yesterday, and began
to lodge against the Railroad brld(t
below. The continued cold weather Is
causing the Ice to t-ecome thicker, and
at times trouble is experienced in
making trips between this point and
Haydep island
A strong wind from the east last
night and this morning set all of
Vancouver shivering, and it was with
difficulty thut buildings which had
become cold overnight were heated to
a temperate degree.
To Prevent tne Grip.
Polls ranse Crip Laxatlre nr.iino Qnlnlne re.
more th rMe. Tber It onlr in. -B11'0
QliMXF." r. W. Grore'i lmture en hoT.JT.s
AD CLU& JINKS BIG
T FOR BEAUTIES
OF CITY AND STATE
Live Wire Organization Cele
brates Close of Year With
Rousing Demonstration,
BOOS
Un. LUVtLAND SrcAKcn.0" ,h!' i!e t; hummit, r.uhed pott-
Officers for the Tear Are Installed
W. S, WTdtcomb la President
Union Program Za divan.
With mingled mirth nnd serlouyness.
the Ad olub held Its annual jinks at
the Multnomah hotel last night. Th is
was endued the work of 11M5. The
service of 1916 was bigun and the
officers for the yenr were Installed.
First announcement wui made at the
banquet that the Ghamber of Com
merce will contribute 1750 toward a
fend of j:-:50 to be completed by the
Ad club to send the Perger-jones
"Wonder Color Ilotures" of the Co
lumbia river highway for exhibit in
0is tern cities.
Program features dwelt upon na
tional advertising of Portland s scenic
reHourrrs. Facts about climate, low
death rate, fine educational opportuni
tis and pure water supply were re
cited In- oiio man after another as the
leant. ful color views were flashed
upon a screen.
Program Is Unique.
Another program feature was built
about the plans for the construction
of the V'ist i Houso on Crown point.
To nerve the plans of the evening,
a Haiip, with all Its properties was
installed In one end of the banquet
i coin. A laughable event was the re
turn to American shores of the Oscar
II. and the unmieceswfui efforts of
Iinry Ford to explain to W. J. Bryan
the ruffled feathers and bruised body
of the ship's mascot, tlia Dove of
Peace.
A p.igo entered thr room calling for
"Mr. Comlskey.'" who, in hU haste to
re--pond. t . 11. Dr. Pert Slupherd and
Dr .Manion ver I m m d I ..: i. .
svene. contending for the honor and'
iee or aiieriiimg the patient. 1'inaliv
they tticd tlieir differences in a
s quared ring, with substitutes, and the
ao. men witnessed a ver pretty bit of
fpurrinrr. i
Sr. Xiovaland Is Bpeaker. I
TJ.e address of the evening was de
livered by Itev. Frank L. Loveland.
who pointed the way to the heights
which may he reached In the campaign
iot clean advertising.
The Installation ceremonies were
conducted by two grave monks an.l in
verse composed by M. Mosessohn. aided
by F. H. Whi'fleld. The new officers
are W. D. Whitcomb. president; G. A.
Benedict and E. S. Hlgg;ns. vice presi
dents; James L. Duffy. fecrrtarv
treasurer; II 1 1 1 Strandborg, Dr K. M.
Kn.erson, 1 1. J. Ulaesing, Dr. John F.
Peaumont, M. Mosessohn, Miles Slafld
ith amflt. 1 1. Atkinson, directors.
Fcr Uio evening, the Ad club was
divided into 11 groups. ea-h in charge
of a special stunt. K. T. CarsVell a.nH
A. C. Plack had charge of the return
of the Oscar II. James L. Puffy and
I- H. Kami,' were resporisi bio for the
boxing match. M, k Pierong .and Carl
P.eiter presented the Muts' band a.id
some vaudeville turnfi.
Minstrel Act Given.
Cliestr A. Whitemom intn-!.ccd
P' v. pp. eland. I'h.i S li.n.s .i-il
-Viaish.ili N. Pana. hied . luirir.. lb.-
'T'erson.Uly oinlucttd'' to.ir of the
j Columbia river highway, aided by the
, Hot try .lob members of Iho Ad club.
".'ar au.ievllle" Wa.s the titl.j of a
I stunt attempted by A. c. McMick..n
j an.l Itiil Str.imll.org. and Howard H.
S.i.is'c.;jy n ii i Harvey O'HiyaJl pre
jsentf.l the gri-at issue. "Pciico at Any
j Price.'"
j Dr. It. M. Emerson and Miles Stan
dish led In a minstrel at. W. E.
.'onklm and Aaron Frank were tlue
(Chairmen of the Vista Iiouse featuro.
A sje. i.u stunt by K I. Moreland. C.
W. Kobmsori and Ea.rnett Goldstein
was one cf the best fun producers
of the evening. Much ere. lit was
given the t'c-neral chairmen. Hoy
V. Edwards and Edgar 8. Higgms.
G-eorge L. I taker, retiring pn-snient,
wa-s pres. nte.1 with a life membership
by N. l'ike for the cluh.
EXPLOSION ON
SUBMARINE E-2
KILLS SEVERAL
(Cortinued Froni Page One)
ered their wounds and made ti:em ap
lear almost like charred bodies. It
was believe. that probable many of
tne crew of Z:., most of whom wok
aboard when the blast came, were ser
iously burned as they fought their
way through the smoke and flamed
filled diver to the exits. Some of those
who fought their way to the outside
were cloaked In flames.
The submarine waa at the yard for
repairs
When It became apparent that the
accident might have been more seri
ous than at first Indicated the naw
yard was closed. Then officials with
held authoritative Information and
cloaked the whole afTalr In mvstery.
The evnlnainn ! ih. i .t:.
r w . . ,c ma net.'. nil ol?i.lP"-
ter of recent months among undersea
vessels. TlLe other was the sinking of
the. F-4 at Honolulu, with all her
crew aboard. Faults within the sub
marine were assigned In that case,
too. as responsible for the accident.
Secretary of the Navy Daniels who
was in New York to make a speech, is
1 eileved to have gone to Brooklyn as
soon aa he heard of tho explosion.
Ten Caught In Hold.
Washington. Jan. 15 CI. N. 8.)
Admiral Vsher, commandant at the
Brooklyn navy yard, today reported to
the navy department that 10 men were
In the Interior of the submarine E-3
when the explosion occurred, this
afternoon.
Gas was ao strong that the rescuers
were unable to remove the men and
l.'sher did not attempt to estimate the
number of dead.
An hour alter the explosion It was
stated at the -uavy yard that two men
were known to be dead, possible eight
more had perished, and nine men wore
injured, some of whom were likely to
die.
Admiral Usher, as soon as the -explosion
came, organised a rescue squad
which handled the wounded. Some of
the men were blown through a man
bole. These were cared for, but the
fumes were so dense in the body of
the submarine that rescue work was
suspended until they cleared. Be
cause of this, there was great confu
sion. The exact' number of fatalities
Mrat Train Taroofh from Tillamook
Stalled. Several Houra y Slid of
how ana Debris.
When the flrnt train aince the big
arrow pulled In from Tillamook at 1 2 : 5 r.
last night, it discharged a party of
ra.ver.oiLs humans who hml fasted all
throug-h the Coast mountains with the
tn.in stalled for hours on the rld-o-
Three engines were required to tiaJl
the train through the big drifts. Trea
trunks, broken off by slides, made thi
task doubly difficult and passenger
wtre called upon to help remove ob
structions. A t m tr ) -. . . 1 .... . T' I . I.
lann at t n clock hLt t night, but the on
arriving iater was the first to come all
the way.
DUCKS AND DOGS ARE
BONE OF CONTENTION
IN HOT COURT BATTLE
Canine Pack Accused of
Overrunning Duck Pre
serves; Damage Suit Filed,
I'orlle domestic ducks and docs are
to Uio thnr inning in the circuit
court of Multnomah county. As the
till role actors In a near tragedy at
Carlton. Or., January 2, 1314. these
presumably peaceful fowls and ani
mals are the chief topics of discus
sion In a COio word complaint filed
tcday by Mrs. Kirsten Nielsen, 64
years old. against Dr. K. A. J Mar
ket, zie. Mrs. Nielsen e.sks for $lu,000
cf the doctor's money.
The complaint nets forth that Mrs.
Neilsen and tier husband owned a duck
ranch at Carlton. Near this place was
the country horde of Dr. Mackenzie,
who was the proud owner of two bird
doirs and one airedale terrier. This
canine clique, nccoiding to Mrs. Niel
sen, wa8 vicious. One J. P.. Hicketts,
an employe of the doctor, had guar
dianship of the brace of bird dogs and
the terrier.
Hi. ketts. Mrs. Nielsen alleges, per
mitted t ho pack to romp over her
duck ieserve on January Uti, 1914. and
when the remonstrate J with the ca
idi.es against the slaughter of her
ducks, the whole pat k played a dog-in-thematger
.-let. Their resentment whs
so bitter that Mrs. Nielsen asserts she
v. as knocked down, bruised and bitten.
She fays she sustained two broken
ribs, a wrenched b;o k, t. rn rm and in
ternal Injuries, as the result of which
she was confined to bed for two
mcrth s.
These Injuries, the complaint alleges,
were permanent, and Mrs. Nli lsen
prays the court fur a verdict of $10,000.
SEVEN I'EKSO.VS ARRAIGNED
Only Two I'mler Intlict mcnt Make
PIea.s of u i 1 1 y .
Of the seven persons hi tailed before
Circuit Judi;e Kavamiugh today on In
dictments returned by the January
grand jory, only two entered pieies of
tfttfTty: -Sentence In WKi instances will
be pronounced Mor.lnv. The arraign
ments nr.d pleas follows:
Edward Pogart, pica of guilty to
larc :i .
Al l'.mson, iot g llty of burglary.
Ji" lia ise.-, not uilty of larceny by
bailee..
John l:amoid nnd John Ryan tint
gnnlty of four burglaries. Trial set for
i-'ci ' ruary 2 1 .
t'narles Clarke, alias Charles S-o,
guilty of forgery.
Nicholas J.c o b b. not guilty to as
sault with deuuiy weapon.
Pertha Mii;:..., colored, not guilty to
larceny from the person of a Chinese.
Woman Sues for Iainnfres.
P'.llt of I.'.'Se Rog rs. a tni.iiner. to
collet $:,, .of) damac-es from the Hel-ii-
The. lire company, opened beforo
Jii ige Duffy an.l a juiy In Ju.lge Jim
tow s dcpiti tii. m of the circuit court
this moinin--. .H;-s ltogorrf alleees
that she pusialneil permanent internal
Injuries when Humbled over a
piece of turn carpet in the balcony of
UV3 lltilig thejttru Juno 26, 1914.
Alimony In (irantfd.
A decree of divorce nnd J:'.". a month
alimony was granted to I, v. Ha G. Ita
bier against Edward T. Raider by Clr
1 lit Judge l hi tens v sTcrr! iv.
will not be known until It Is possible
to penetrate the- whole ot the subma
rines intetior.
Had New Kll.sn Ilattcrien.
"Washington. J in. 1 5. - -i I ". j. i The j
submarine E-'J. .. t:n of an explosion '
at the Brooklyn tvivyvard today, was
the first under sea bout in the t'nited
States navy to he equipped with the
new Mi-'n batteri. s The depart
ment explained that Unre Is r.o such
tiling as a battery explosion and that
previous submarine explosions had
been caused by jreticrn'Iun (,- poisonous
rases from tiie batteries, with no out
let while the craft v.-a a submerged.
The Edison battery was designed to
obviate su.-h poisoning.
The first department reports said
ten men were aboard, two of whom
were seriously Injured, and that rescue
of tne others was prevented by deadly
eases inside.
PORTLAND FIRE RECORD
I Thursday.
93S a.m.. Ml Thirteenth street,
ashes dumped on floor; Jlo damage.
I in n m.. 31 hlast Seventy-fifth street
! North, overheated flue; $10 damage.
I I'd", p. m., 215 East Fifty-first street,
I defective f.re rla e; rio damage i
! Priday. . j
1:03 p.m., . M. Bell, 716 East
Eighty-fourth street; unknown origin;
less, JHuO.
1:13 p.m., 431 Main street, burning
flue; no damage.
2:52 p.m., M5 Rldgewood avenue,
falling stovepipe: no damage.
6:40 p. m.. Astor lodging house,
90-2',4 Fifth street, defective flue;
$200 damage.
8:10 p. m., Peter I Thompson resi
dence. S14 Halsey street, t, unknow n
origin; loss, $4000.
11:20 p.m., 604 East Fourteenth
street, illumination from vulcanizing
plant; no damage.
Saturday.
No flrea.
Colder for Mkldle WemU
Chicago. Jan. 15. ( U. P.) A cold
wave, more bitter than the below zero
weather of several days past is des
tined to strike the middle west tomor
row, the weather bureau said bvdiv
Utbt snows were predicted from the I
I Rockies to the Great Lakes. i
HIGHWAY Will tt A
CONVENTION FEATURE
Chamber, of Commerce Acts
Promptly on Invitation to
Exhibit.
ENGINEER WILL LECTURE
i Publicity Bureau Sets Aside Pnnd to
Cover Cost of Sending- Pictures
to Washington.
Tlio Chamber of Commerce acted
promptly yesterday on Its Invt'ation
;to exhibit the natural color pictures of
the Columbia river highway before the
annual convention of the Chamber of
Commerce of the United States at
Washington, I), a, the evening of Feb
ruary 9.
i At the noon meeting of the cham
I ber's delegation to the convention and
tho publicity bureau the sum of $7"0
was appropriated to be used in send
ing Henry Berger Jr. and Frank I.
Jones and their pictures east. In ad
dition the expense of Samuel C. Lan
caster, engineer of the highway, who
1 will make the presentation at Wash-
l Ington. The $750 is to be part of a
sum of not less than $21'00. the re-
1 mainder to be secured by the Ad club.
It is expected that the total amount
will meet the expense of Messrs. Ber
ger and Jones for three months as
they exhibit the highway pictures
among eastern cities.
Plan Is Outlined.
An outline of the Chamber of Com
merce plan for the Washington event
is contained In a telegram sent EJlIott
If. Goodwin, secretary of the National
Chamber of Commerce yesterdyay by
George E. Hardy, executive secretary
of the Portland chamber:
"Arranging short and most interest
ing program" for Wednesday night,
February 9, as indicated in your tele
gram. Delegates and chamber en
thused over opportunity to be hosts
and deliver a message from the west
to President Wilson, his cabinet, con
gress and delegates to Unltod States
Chamber of Commerce meeting. W'e
will spare no efforts to make this oc
casion a memorable one. Will consider
it a privilege and honor if President
Wilson will favor us with such time
as he Is able to giva Jingraved invi
tations, details for r"Tieshment and
other necessary arra "gements being
perfected using this . ite. If Presi
dent Wilson's plans necessitate a
change, please advise i t once. Mean-
l lie secure Willard (ootel) ballroom
for this date unless you are obliged
l change it."
Mr. Filene Made ffug-gestlon.
Tho orlsina.1 e-uggestion that Port
land might te given the unprecedented
or po-rtunity of showing; the highway
views was made by Edward. A. Filene
cf Boston, vloe president of the
t'nited States Chamber of Commerce.
, He 8;iw the highway while here te
' ccntly, then the natural color pic
tures, find lie sent the following tele
gram to J. H. Fahey, president of the
national orgariizat Ion :
"People of Portland and state of
; Oregon have constructed a great
! tj enic and industrial highway through
'. Cascade mountains to tlie sea.
When General George W. Goethals
, pasd over this highway through the
gorge of the Columbia he said It was
a splendid Job of engineering and ab
solutely without e'iual for scenic In
terest in America.
1 "If It Is possible arrange for half
or three-quarters of an hour on tne
convention program. Sunvuel C. I.an
i aster, engineer who built the high
way, will give a most interesting Illus
trated talk describing the completed
highway. This great road is compar
, able to the best there is in continental
Europe and Mr. Lancaster's talk will
' b both instructive nnd entertaining.
If this cannot be done I suggest that
ou arrange for a smoker In the rv.
i.li.g. Reply to George E. Hardy,
ex.-cutlvo ectotary, Portland Chumbir
of Commerce."
LAUNCH TIPS
NEAR TACOMA;
3 KNOWN DEAD
fi'ontlnued From Pace Onel
Defiance, bound for North Bay ports,
and was caused, passengers say, when
sudden squall from the north struck
the vessel and caused her cargo of lum
ber to shift. This heeled the little
i beat over and allowed the water to
Beginning Tomorrow
Greater
ME BATTLE C1RY
No Raise
in Prices
pour Into the after cabin through the
open windows. The engine room was
flooded and the boat Immediately
began to slowly sink.
Panic seized the passengers and s
rush for the upper deck .where the
lifeboat swung at its davits was made.
Ven frantically kicked and pounded at
the windows to gain their freedom
from the rapidly filling cabin.
Preservers Save Borne.
Finally the lifeboat waa successfully
launched but not until several of the
passengers had been thrown or had
fallen Into the Icy wafers of Puget
sound. Some were held up by hastily
donned life preservers. At this timo
the steamer Atlanta, passing nearby
was attracted by the signals of dis
tress and made haste to come to the
rescue.
Lifeboats were lowered and those
struggling in the water were taken on
board and later brought to the munici
pal dock in Tacoma.
All Were Buffering.
All were suffering from cuts, caused
by breaking window glass In the
rabln of the sinking ship and from
exposure to the Intense cold. William
Clark collapsed from exhaustion and
immersion in tho icy waters and was
unconscious when taken on board the
Atalanta's lifeboat. M rs. Bower, mother
of Walter nnd Florence BoVer. who
lost their lives, was taken to a hos
pital In a serious condition from
shock and exposure. William McGln
ii la Is at a hospital also seriously in
jured, apparently by being struck by
floating timbers.
Tugs towed the sinking Victor to
Salmon Beach and there beached her.
When the tide goes out an exploration
of the nearly submerged boat will be
made to determine whether there ari
any bodies In her cabin.
ALL PORTLAND PLANS
TO TAKE PART IN BIG
LETTER WRITING WEEK
Committees Preparing De
tails for Campaign That Is
to Advertise Oregon,
V
Make Some Holes Wext Week.
4 Engineers stationary, locomo-
tlve and steamloat In fact any
tk engineer within rea h of a
whistle are requested by -1
the Chamber of Commerce
to cooperate in making
Utter writing week a sue-
cess by letting loose with
their noise makers at high noon
every day next week. -ft
Noon has leen chosen as the
hour when letters are to be
posted in the giant mall box on
Sixth treet. the posting to be -H
accompanied by appropriate
Ceremonies. H
ifr Noise jubilant noise, the
shrieks of factory whlstlei, in- id
He dustrlal sirens, locomotive toots
and h-oarse steamer blajtts. noise
of all kinds Is wanted and the
engineer is asked to do his part
Letter writing week committee are
rushing at full speed today to arrange
all details for the campaign that is
to advertise "Oregon for the Tourist"
In all parts of the land.-
A commlttfe headed by A. M. Grlllcy
Is camasslng Portland'a 400 business
houses to enlist tlm In tho move
ment and with most gratifying re-
iUltS.
Woodard. Clarke & Co. will send out
5f0 letters. Allen & Iewls are to dis
patch many hundreds and the Em
ployers' association will send bunches
of letters to the secretary of every
similar organisation In the country for
distribution among Its members.
The S., P. & S. Co. Is sending out
more than 2000 letters asking its rep
resentntive and agents to write Ut
ters, and eery employe of the North
iBank siem will bo urged to do his
I share in writing to friends and ac
; tjtiu I n ta ices back east.
Great interest Is also being' aroused
in the public schools through the offer
I of a -et oj leference woi k to the
s. boo which makes the bet showing
In the posiihg of letters in proportion
to Us en t . .11 men t.
Chapman Makes Complaint.
Charging that under Commissioner
Dleck. he had been forced downward
(torn a-n engineering position to that
of a mere clerk.- W. S. Chapman, one
of Port land's first engineers and an
emplow of the dty for about 25 years,
has urged the civil service board to
Investigate conditions in the depart
ment or public works. The civil ser
vice board will make an Investigation.
t
The Greatest Spectacular and Most
Sensational of All Photo Spectacles-
Than "The Birth of
OF PEACE
TALBOT DENIES ANY
POLITICAL INTENT OF
ITER POWER MEN
Statement That Interests At
tempted to Grab Portland's
Chance Gets a Reply,
SITUATION NOW REVIEWED
Controversy About Program of United
itates Chamber of Commerce
Is Kenewea.
Guy V. Talbot, president of the pa
cific Power & Light Co., replied today
to the statement that the water power
interests tried to grab Portland's op
portunity before the T'nited Stat, a
Chamber of Commerce, in Washington
D. C.
He said It would be difficult for him
to continue a member of the Portland
delegation to tlie national gathering
of business men. If under a cloud.
Portland hits been Invited to present
the natural color views of the Coluin
bia river highway before the National
Chamber of Commerce in f ashinglon,
D. C, the evening of February ?.
Yesterday it w is Hated that the In
vitation, wMh jH without precedent,
had been obtained without ctiiessioii
bo the water power Interests, which
had offered ue of their Influence to
get the Invitation If in retum Port
land would permit half the evening to
be devoted to a speech against thd
Ferris water power bill, now pendlns
before congress.
Political Intent Denied.
Mr. Talbot said: "Thfre was im pur-
jkw to make a political pt esen tat ion
of the water power situation, nop to
attack the Ferris Mil. Nor wan there .
offered a trade of Influence in ex
change for a place on the progrnm. I
"Henry J. Pierce of Seattle, one of
the best authorities on wat-r power '
development, desired to present Ids n.l- i
dreas on the necessity of water power
development if we are to have Invest
ment and payrolls. The evening of
February 9 was the only one wtv :i I
SU' h an address. Illustrated, might he'
delivered. President I'aiiey of the
United States Chamber of Commerce
suggested that time might be divided.
My evidence of this Is the tel.-eiain
from Mr. Pierce w hu h I transmitted
to the Chamber of Commerce. It
reads:
"Fahey, president of the United
States Chamber of Commerce, says
the evening of February 9 at the con
vention Is reserved for the smoker to
be given by the Portland chamber of
commerce to show views of the Co
lumbia highway. Fahey suggests I
grive my water-power address and pic
tures that evenitig. and that, as I am
from Seattln, Seattle join with Port
land and make it a northwestern eve
ning. Please try to have Portland and
beat tie cliarnbt-rs of commerce get to
gether on this step.
Partisanship Is Admitted.
"Have duplicate deflrdte telegrams
e-nt as quick as possible to Mcretary
Goodwin in Washington, and Presidr-nt
Fuhey, Tremont building, Boston. Try
to arrange with Portland chamber that
I be given for mjt address one hour
and a quart.J" before highway pic
tures are shown. TelegTaph me at
Washington duplicate of telegram sent
Fahey and Goodwin. All other time
of Uie convention is occupied, and this
win be the only opportunity for nie
to make the address. I spend Tues
day and Wednesday forenoon In New
York, reaching Washington Wednes
day evening."
The telegram la dated January 8.
"We recognize the need of water
power legislation." continued Mr. Tal
bot. "We believe it should be of the
kind that will encourage the Invest
ment of money and the establishing of
payrolls. I will admit I am partisan tn
the matter of thu Ferris bill. I am
against it. or rather against certain
features of It. but Mr. Pierce, whose
views are endorsed by such men as
Senator Walsh and Joseph N. Teal, In
tended only to present the address
which he made before the western
states water power conference In
Portland."
Premier Escapes Assassin.
London. Jan. 16. (I. N. 8.) A
futile attempt to assassinate Premier
Radoslavc.ff of Bulgaria wws made re
cently, aciording to a dispatch re
ceived here today from Amsterdam.
Bdow t tM5 high by winds, bnt fuel rn
N procured promptly and "t right rrl
frem tho who adrtle 1q todtj eUlfiel
meet Ion. ' A1-i
.
SUNDAY
JAN. 16
a Nation
ft
No Raise
in Prices
Vancouver "Pay Up"
Day Is Wednesday
Vancouver, Vash., Jan. 15. Next
Wednesday la "Pay Up" day In Van
couver and citlxena generally are being
reminded of the fait daily Large
numbers of stickers and hand bills
are being uaed to good advantage by
the merchants and imna can plead
ignorance of what the day means.
It Is not Intended that the move
ment shall make any one person, rich.
It was Inaugurated simply to permit
one person to pay his bills owing to
another that that person in turn might
do the same for someb.Mly else.
The Merchants association is bark
ing the movement and ail arrange
ments are In the hands of a commit
tee consisting of Clement Scot
Charles W. Davie and 11. C. StJunibeic..
GERMANY WILL TAKE
REPRISAL MEASURES
AGAINST THE BRITISH
Statement Comes Through U.
S, Ambassador Gerard in
"Baralong Murders"-Case.
Berlin. Jnn. : :. .r N s. i Ger
many, acting throne., ,i KrKii offices
of American Amh.i"'i..or Gemrd. has
notified (treat J'tuiilt. that measures
of reprisal for the 'Hsralor.g murders'"
will be adopted Immediately.
The text of the statement given out
today by the German foreign office 1
as follows:
"The British answered German
memorandum on the Baralong case by
doubting the correctness of the farts
and making accusations that German
military and naval forces deliberately
committed countless Crimea against In
ternational law and the laws of hu
manity wherein the perpetrators went
unpunished.
"Great Britain advanced ho proofs
of these rhnrges, contenting Itself
with mentioning, without produciim
evidence. three lnrldcnts, each of
which was to te Investigated by a
couit of Amcicnn raftl ofifcers.
"German Investigation of the sink
ing of the Arabic showed that the
fosiniatider of the submarine, believ
ing that the Arabic was trying to ram
him. acted, he thought. In self defem
"Great Britain merit. oned the case .if
a Germnn destroyer attrk!ng a l:r::
lsh submarine. The fact In that a flitut
: developed between th two wnraiilps
and the submarine defended Useif wliti
gunfire
j "In destroying the British steamer
Reul. ihe German submarine merelv
applied nu-asures of reprisal announced
In February. I!l5i wlri, rorreM tided
to international law because Ki.elr.nd
was endeavoring through an Illt-giU 1 1 e
I up of legitimate maritime corniuerce
between neutrals an.l Germany to stop
the latte r s Imports and starve the
' German people.
I "Appropriate reprisals are permlse
! able."
AMUSEMENTS
VVeLUriE2lV
Sixth at Wash-
tngton i
Last Time
Wm. S. Hart
House Peters
Enid Markey
In the Powerful
ProJuction
Between f
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VI nn
men
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