THE OREGON DAILY. jdURNAX, ' PORTLAND, MONDAY FEBRUARY 7. 1916. brief; information S8TH DAT Or !!. A3IUSEMENTS BAKER Broadway, real - Morrison. - 6akr Players In iTbe Escape." OKl'HfcUM Broadwsr at TamUlU. Vaudeville. tANTAGWi Broadway a t Alder.. Vaudeville, 2:80, 7:SO an-. :10.- 7 . KM Broadway at 1 Stark. Vaudeville, 2:3,, and 8; 15 week, daa. CootUtouiia from o:30 Buudaya. LY UlCh'oartb and Stark. Musical comedy, 2:30, : and 8:10. MAJESTIC Wahin ton at Park. Motion pic tures, U a. m. i 11 p. m. ClHCtJi ftmrtb sear Waniilngton. Motion picture, 11 ;n. is. td U p. m. COLUMBIA Sixth, between Washington and Stark. Motion picture. IX a. m. to 11 p. id. GLOBfc-WaabaiaUju at Eleventh Motion plc- tore. - . ' NAXloXAL Park, Stark, West Park. Ho lloa pictures. xABi' MUSfcliU Fifth and Taylor, floor 9 to 0 week ay; 2 to 5 Sunday. Crea after- U.y and Sunday. '. Coming Events. . Oregon Society -of stagiaeers, annual meet ing, - Chamber of Commerce, February 7, 6 p. m. Apollo club concert at tba Hefllg, Febro- : ary a. - Koury club annual meeting. February 8, 6:jo p. m. Ad club luncheon at noon February 9. 'ron reuhid iiutue Aleu's vtuu luncheon. February 10, at noon. ., Woudrow Witeon leagae meeting. Central U rraty, February W, tt p. m. Lincoln lay services la .public acnoola, Feb ruary lw. 3, Lincoln Day (February 12) . wIU be observed February 11, with addresses at the German Uouse, 13tb and Main street. healty buard luucbeoa February 11. at noon. Lliicum Memorial exercise ebrury 12 t It p. m.. at German Huuae, 13th and .Mala ktreeta. Oregon Civic league luncheon. February 12. Luuerau tioicu Muwloury cuunuiUou. February 13-1. - Willamette Valley Granger HogralMng eon lenuce, North Portland, February 14. Puriutud mphoujr urcuaua' uuiwert at tb Ileitis. February 20. ' Jsckaoo club meet at Central library, Feb ruary 21, ov p. m. - Chamber ( commerce dinner In honor ol foreign conauis, February 22. Oregon Irrigation, Drainage and Rural Cred it vuutereuce, Salem. M&reh B. Today's Forecast. Portland and vicinity Tonight and Tuesday occaaioual rain, colder tonight; strong south westerly wtnd. Oregon Tonight awl Tuesday rain, colder tonight; strong southwesterly wind in inter ior; moderate southwesterly gales along the . coast l dangerous avalanches in mountain prcbable during the next 24 hours. Watiilngton Tonight and Tuesday rain, wat mar tunlgbt; moderate tliweaterly gales; floods on the wait at ope of the Cascades im minent and dangerous aralancbes iu moun tains probable during the next 'M hours. Idaho Tonight and Tuesday rain, warmer north portion tonight; increasing southerly winds; dangerous avalanches In mountains ptvbable during the next 86 hours. Weather Conditions. A moderate disturbance is central over west ern Washington and it bas caused heavy rain in western Oregon and western Washington and light rain in eastern Oregonscrtithern Ida ho, northern Utah and extreme northern Cali fornia. Light snow has fallen in eastern Washington, northern Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. Small craft warnings were or dered for thla disturbance at 7:15 a. m. and wsrutng were issued that floods are im minent along the west slope of the Cascade mountains and dangerous aralancbes will prob ably occur la the mountainous sections of the entire district during the next 24 to 30 hours. Condition are also favorable for general rain with warmer weather in the north and cooler weather In the south portion of this district. EDWARD A. REALS, Forecaster. Observations. -. Teuiix-rature n . STATIONS i oS - . i 5 s 11 s ? 5J - S fc ta 'j C3 l P 0. Baker, Or 4 ..... 44 aft -14 liolae. Idaho. ... 42 2 4S 38 20 Boston. Mass... 428 40 88 0 Chicago, 111 2 22 20 2 12 .01 Denver, Colo.... 24 18 62 20 O Podge, Kan 1 48 10 .... 0 Edmonton. Alta. -1 2 O -20 .... 0 Eureka, Cal 52 4 0O 52 62 Fiwuo, Cat 48 2 tttt 48 0 Helena. Mont... 44 8 O .20 Kalispell. Mont. 146 14 14 18 Kansas City, Mo. 8 25 8 12 0 Lewiston. Idaho. 28 2 2ft 02 Lo Angeles, Cal 4ft 0 66 46 0 New Orleans, La. 62 74 62 18 New x"ork. N.Y. 38 ..... 46 84 32 0 : N. Head, Wn 46 K. Yakima, Wn. 22 28 22 02 Pocatello, Ida.. 40 4 42 31 14 Itapld City, S.D. 26 ..... 26 0 18 f -Boseburg, Or 62 54 SO 1.46 Eacramento, Cal. 52 O 60 ,50 06 ; St Paul, Minn. . -14 8 4 -14 14 .02 Bait Lake, Utah 44 6 44 88 12 Ban Diego, Cal.. 52 0 66 62 .... O Ban Francisco. . . 64 2 62 52 0 Seattle, Wash.. 86 2 38 34 74 Bpokane, Wash.. 26 6 24 22 .10 Tacoma. Wash.. 36 2 36 72 Triangle I B.C. 30 4 38 80 10 0 ; Vancouver, B. C. 82 O 32 46 Victoria, B. C... 32 t 32 46 Walla Walla.... 24 6 26 24 20 (Washington, D.C. 44 12 54 42 12 0 TOWN TOPICS BrldJT Jkflre ag"" For tbo second time -within the week, the Grand ave oua bridge, spanning Sullivan's g-ulch, caught fire again yesterday. The : blaze wag in the gas pipe casing under neath the bridge floor, and had smold ered for a long time before the smoke was noticed by a streetcar xnotorman. Patrolman Chandler investigated and turned in an alarm. The blaze was finally extinguished with slight dam age by Engine .13. Last Wednesday afternoon, when the storm was at its height, the bridge caught fire. aaaMaaBBBMS- a- STational Convention Called -J. San ger Fox, secretary of the Prohibition party in Oregon, has received a copy of the official call for the national Prohibition convention, which wlil be held at St. Paul. Minn., July 16. Ore gon is entitled to 26 delegates. If all the states are fully represented the sonventlon will have 1254 delegates. Scont Workers Invited. The Scout tdaster Association of Boy Scouts will hold an open meeting in the story room on the first floor of the Central library at 7:46 o'clock tonight. Attor - ney George Estes, will deliver a lecture n woodcraft. ; All workers for the Scouts are invited to attend the meet ing. ';x;fi':: - , The ChrlstUIion Club will be held ' at the Masonic Tempis tonight in - place of Cristensen's hall owing to 'repairs made on roof. Classes will tonvene at Chrtstensen's hall as usual s luring week. v (Adv.) Alblna W. C. T. XI. to Meet. Albina W C. T. U. will hold a Frances Wll lard meeting at th home of Mrs. H. T. Gilbert, 34o Borth wick" street, tomor row afternoon at 2:30. A program of ipeaklng and music wUl, be given. OoTemment Asks Bids. The Alas ran commission Is calling for tenders tor. one track pile driver. For further ' Particulars see government advertise ment in class 25 today's Journal. ! . Badly Bruised in SEixup. A broken leg, two' black eyes and many bruises were received by Byron M. Dean a few ASS. FOR and GST ; V MOIr3ILICK!S k' THE ORIGINAL' HALTED T.1ILK Dhesp snbstitntes cost YOU aama ptSo minutes before he arrived at tba city Jail , early - yesterday morning in tha custody 'of Patrolmen LJtzenberg and Clement: Dean recently . finished a term of 30 days for vagrancy., The in juries were the result of a hearty beating for which Dean blames Charles Allen, proprietor of a ' cigar stand at Thirteenth and TamhiU streets. , .'Mrs. Louise Allen, wife of the alleged as sailant, was in the room with Dean, and was charged -with.vagraney by the police. Dean asserted that '.Allen and another man came ' to the room, and made the assault He was sent to St. Vincent's hospital. Allen later ap peared at police headquarters and ex plained the episode. rnneral of Krs. Enghes. Fuareral service for Mrs. Rose Tully Hughes, who died at the Good Samaritan hospi tal, last Saturday,', were held this aft ernoon at the residence establishment of J. P. Finley & Son, Mrs. Hughes is survived by her husband, Harry L. Hughes, and a son, Paul A. Schneider. Her home In this city was at WU Thirty-ninth avenue, 8. E. She came to this state in 1899 from Indianapolis. Ind., and settled on a . homestead in Wallowa county. To obtain title to it she fought through the United States land offices, pleading her own case and attracting a great deal of attention. At that time she was a widow and a school teacher, and was known- as Mrs. Rose Schneider. Funeral of tSxm. Brooks. Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Ellen Wood man Brooks, who died last Saturday at her home, 705 East Salmon street, will be held at 5 p. m. - from the chapel ot J. P. Finley & Son, Fifth and Mont gomery" streets, under direction of the Christian Science church. The . body will be forwarded to Hood River for interment. Mrs. Brooks is survived, by her husband. Otto E. Brooks; her moth er, Mrs. Anna Wilkinson of Hood River; two sisters, Mrs. F. C. Mann and Mrs. E. C. Cook of The Dalles; two brothers, Edward Woodman of this city, and William Woodman of Had lock. Wash.. Mrs. Brooks was bom in St. Helens and was 89 years of age. Pioneer of Oregon Passes Albert Kal Kof em, a pioneer of Oregon, died at his home in Lents, Sunday after an illness of three weeks. Mr. Kofem, who was better known by old timers as "Kal" had been a resident of Port land for 35 years.. He was 75 years old and a native of Germany. Mr. Kofem, wno roiiowed the harness business, had conducted a shop in Lents for the last 1 years. He is survived by the following children: Mrs. R. W. Elll throp, Conrad, Mont. ; Mrs. George Grfffin, Colfax, Wash,; Mrs. Burt Bromwell, Donald, Or.; Mrs. W. H. Duckworth, Lents; John Kal Kofem. Portland, and Alexander Kal Kofem. Colfax, Wash. Mrs. Williams Passes Away, Urs. Catherine H. Williams, wno died !n this city this morning at her home, No. 856 Waeco street, was 79 years f age and was born in New Brunswick. She is survived by two sons, Horace V. Williams of Sandpoint, Idaho, and H. G. Williams of Alberta, Can ada; and one daughter. Miss Rose C. Williams of this city. James Fall of Portland is a brother, and Fred Fall and James Fall Jr., are nephews. Funeral arrangements are In charge of J. P. Finley A Son. Michael Mackey Zs Dead. Michael Mackey, who died at his home, 601 Burr street, St. Johns, after an illness of five months, was 76 years old. He had been a resident of Portland for seven years, coming here from Ely, Minn. The widow and two sons, James W. and W. J. Mackey, and two daughters, Mrs. W. E. Harrington cf Portland and Mrs. Jane McCarthy of Ely, Minn., survive him. Funeral services will be held from St. Clem ent's Catholic church tomorrow at i o'clock. Had Xiived Zfere Six Tears. Fred ericks Dames, a native of Germany, died at her home, 443 Tacoma street. Sell wood, Saturday, 'after a short illness. She was 65 years old at the time of her death, and had been a resident . of Portland six years. Fu neral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Evangelical Lutheran church, "East Fifteenth and Leo avenue. Interment will be in the Milwaukie cemetery. Valentine Social Announced A good old fashioned leap "year Valentine so- nnl will rn iolH at V Dob n.i. school house Friday at 8 p. m. Men are requested- to bring the boxes. Women are especially requested to bring1 enough of the leap year money which they have been saving up for the past four years to purchase the boxes. An - interesting program of music and games has been prepared. Proceeds will apply on play apparatus for school children. Public is invited. J. V. Bowen Tails rrom Car. J. p. Bowen, ' of. East Twenty-fourth and Tillamook streets, while stepping into the vestibule of a : Washington street car, fell off the car while it was in motion. The mishap occurred on Washington street, near Park. He was taken into Bernl's drug store. It is believed he suffered internal injuries. Botary Club to J&ect The - Rotary club will hold its annual dinner and election of officers' tomorrow v evening. Six trustees : are to be chosen from a list of 12 candidates. Newly elected and holdover trustees elect the presi dent, vice president, secretary and treasurer. t 3oT? TrwWiir: w t L JlL It? -7 1, have been held tonight at the Central library,, has been postponed until Mon day night, February 21. This an nouncement was made today by John Benson, secretary of the club. Columbia Biver; Highway stage leaves Bridal Veil 7;30 a. m., St. Charles -hotel, Portland, 4 p. nu, Satur day and Sunday evening. Special trip leaves Bridal Veil 6:30 p. m Portland 11 p. m. For information call Sell wood 1177. (Adv.) Steamer Jesse Barkins for Camas. Washougal and way landings, daily, except Sunday. Leaves Washington Street dock at 2 p. m. , (Adv.) McCargar, Bates a Idvely Fire, cas ualty and automobile Insurance. Toon bldg. -Telephone Main lit. (Adv.) Bavins; Trouble With. Teur Sooff Call Farrington bldg.; Marshall & "Co. 80y-4 Henry 3270. 'Printed, Stationery, Books, Porter F. W. Baltes & Co. Main 165, A-1165. Dr. B. C Brown, Bye, Bar,. Mohawk building. . ; CAdv.) - , l .'. ' January Bales.- Everything reduced. Needlecraft, " - (Adv.) William Mossman Dies. Oak Orove, j Or., Feb. 7.-William Massinan. who died it his home here, was 43 years old and was a native of Germany. Funeral services will be held from the parlors of W. C. Ken worthy In Sell wood. Wednesday at z o'clock. Interment will be made in the Riverview cemetery. Use Bassett's. ' the Original Native Herbs for Constipation. Rheumatism. Headaches. 60 tablets 25c All druggists. IF aOODS HOLD, OFF NORTH.VEST WILL BE II Western Washington Reports Little Prospect of Danger ous Freshets; " : rflGH WATER IN OREGON State generally Zs Thawing; On as Xeralt Streams Are All Sna xtlng at XOg-h llaxk, Seattle, Wash., Feb. 7. P. N. S.) Weather conditions throughout west ern Washington are more favorable today-that at any time during the past week and Indications are that danger of serious storms or floods for the present is greatly lessened. : The big storm of last week, the severest the northwest has experienced in 25 years, is rapidly passing into history. Attacked by warmer temperature and by rain, the deep, snows that fell last week, today are melting rapidly. There is still danger that floods will follow the melting of the snow, but reports from the; government weather-bureau are optimistic and the prediction is made that the thaw will be so gradual ! that no serious floods will ocur. . He Tseshets Imminent. Streams In the .mountains will be swollen and some lowlands may be in undated, but no disastrous freshets ap pear imminent. turing the last 24 hours three quar ters of an inch of rain has fallen in Seattle. The temperature is 44 degrees above xero. The weather bureau pre dicts more rain and a gradually rising barometer. Car lines cldjsed since Wednesday last are gradually being opened to traf fic, streets are being cleared of snow, business is resuming a normal tone and all lines of industry are again moving. Seattle Sit Hardest. Throughout the entire northwest the damage resulting from last week's storm probably will exceed $200,000, with Seattle the heaviest sufferer. Available reports indicate that the storm has taken only one life. Schools reopened in Seattle this morning after being closed since Wed nesday. I m Tacoma Has Thaw. Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 7. (U. P.) With a strong southwest wind blow ing and rain predicted, the danger of serious flpods in the valleys near here, was imminent today, unless the tem perature remains sufficiently cool, gradually melting the deep snow on the ground. A moderate Chinook yesterday start ed the thaw, but no damage has re sulted so far. Ail transcontinental railroad lines reported traffic conditions better to day than at any t.ime since the snow- ( storms oegan to inienere wun tram movements. Freight trains were start ed! put for the first time in more than a week. Sloppy at . Chehalis. Chehalis. Wash., Feb. 7. The mild weather the last two days has melted most of the snow in the Chehalis streets, making it very sloppy but eaj- ier to get around than formerly. The temperature is much milder ana yes terday no rain fell locally, though there was an almost steady downpour Saturday night. Hoquiam Fears Floods. Hoquiam. Wash., Feb. 7. Serious floods are feared. All streams in this section are rising rapidly. Calllpooia Is Flooding. Bromensvllle. Or., Feb. 7. The Calll pooia river here this morning is the . i highef ' ha been in 20 years, If not the highest ever. The north ana south' sides are cut-off except to those who have high boots and are willing to take to the road. The river on the south side extends beyond the Presby terian church and is several feet deep over the walks between that and the river. In the north part of town the levee has broken and the river is over flowing the countryt for miles and Is damaging some orchards and berry patches. The H. C Thompsons were marooned in their ' house when they got up this morning, and eome kindly neighbors with long boots had to come to the rescue. On account of the high water the water power company is unable to operate., its pump and the town is facing a-water .shortage. Feed Problem Serious. , . " . fiLrtnrldaLn. Or.. Feb. 1. The feed nnMtlnn fnr Mtork ia becominsr av serl- ous one for stockmen in this vicinity. With snow covering the ground for so long a time grazing, bas been impossi ble and the feed provided-for ordinary necessities has become exhausted and ML.t.. S t .iAiln r- anMiiiiltM Cnma at. and cattle have already ! died from starvation and the price of hay has advanced to fl and $18 per ton and difficult to get at that price. River High at Salem. Salem. Or.. Feb. 7. The Willafiiette river is rising rapidly here and, warned by the government that it ' would reach a stage of 22 feet, tomor row and 2 feet Wednesday, the Ore gon City Transportation company moved its goods out today from the warehouse dock. The water had reached a stage of IS feet and covered part of the dock in front of the ware house this morning. : Eugene Iiowlands Flooded.. Eugene, Or, Feb. 1. With a total precipitation of 2.48 Inches during the S8 hours ending at 8 o'clock this I Beware of Tight Cough, . . Precedes Pneumonia, Kome-sCade atyrup Zosenai iTou can make a simple laxative cough syrup -which will - loosen the tightest cough in one hour and cure any cough or cold in . a very short time. Here is the formula; Essence Mentho-Laxene,.... 2V Ozs. Granulated sugar syrup. . . . .13 H Oi. : Make the syrup by using a pint of granulated sugar and a half pint of boiling water. Mix. stfr and let cooL Then go to the drug store and buy a 2 -ounce packaste of Essence Mentho Laxene (concentrated), empty it Into a pint- bottle and fill up with the syruo. Take a teaspoonful every hour or two as needed and you will soon be entirely rid of your cough and cold. This relieves and cures "old . people quicker and surer than anything ever heard of. and it is just, fine for chil dren. theyAjike the taste so well. Ad. WEATHER WAS HARD " f V . ..i.i ij.i i " i ' i-rriTOiiu m iih. - t ' 'HI" x "-x - ' f I L - : ... ' .: :. ' ' 4 i'"" ' 'V" -lv. ."I ff I i V X -III Si, '.i --v -t- ? if v. Xi 1 r - z: , 'Jv Vir-- ft! fi - - f f i ftl i ? " 1' If u,s w (I i ii i V m i . -0. Abov One ox the rotary plows which worked tfayVafKl n.zhW or im til stalled, to sweep way for 8torm-bounf passenflprs. - 0 Below- -An ice-clad train, one of a 'number stalled tl!ood ' Irer daring the recent unpleasantness. s Hood River. Or,. Feb. 7. An extra foot of snow fell in the Hood River valley Saturday night, bringing the depth to five feet and two inches, which is about six Inches .under the record snow in 1884. Most of the city churches abandoned their Sunday services, as there were no paths broken through the snow. morning, and the melting of practi cally all of the snow in the hills, the Willamette river has risen to flood stage. It was at a height of 17 feet this morning and is rising. The prob able crest of the flood will be reached by the middle of he after noon, as the rain has ceased. Some damage is reported to farms along the river bottom, but there is no serious loss. Fences and cordwodd have been carried away and the county court re ports damage to some county roads. Opposite Eugene the river spreads out for nearly a mile, "the lowlands all beipg flooded. Farmers were pre pared for floods and have suffered lit tle. River Is Rising. McMinnville, Or., Feb. 7. The river this morning registers 22.5 feet and Btlll going up. Fourteen Feet at Jefferson. Jefferson. Or., Feb; 7. The river here reached 14 foot stake this morn ing. There has been some rain. GERMAN RAIDER USED CAPTURED VESSELS TO TEST GUNNERY (Continued From Page One) cf the enemy's vessel and they did hit it. so it was all along the line until the captain called a -halt. Ammunition Wet Wasted. "I see the captain of the Ariadne claims we used two bombs, . 11 ' shots and one. torpedo to sink' the' Araidne. He seems to think we were wastl- -ammunition on his boat. He is mis taken. We were only having a little target practice, and the . British, were kind enough to -furnish 'the target. We could have finished the Aradne with one .solid ,. jihot if 4iecessai;y.'; , Tne lieutenant, is a very modest man. He always .'weighs, his words, ever on guard not to disclose military .secrets. But when he spoke of this target-practice on- the 'high .seas he was (roud indeed. - , " - v . " i- :-'f r" , Oorbrldge First Victim. "It - was on January li -. that we sighted our first quarryi"- 3erg be gan. "It was raining. Wv! followed the boat, which turned out to . be th3 Farringford. .Suddenly another, boat appeared.' It Was' tne Corbridge. ' We immediately went lor her, giving up the chase of the Farringford. "We followed the Corbridge and gtadually came nearer to her. We were compelled to send shotn close: be fore he stopped, x A prize crew w s put aboard and she was . sent . away with her cargo of coaL. , Tarringf oxd .Was Vest. "After this we again took after the Farringford,' - : continued JLJeu tenant Uerg. "We overtook 'her and com pelled the crew to take to, the bo. Then we sank her. The crews of both vessels were taken board the Moewe. "The next day we had v. rest. No steamer hove in sight,. But the fol lowing day, the 13th. was unlucky for the British. ,We succeeded, in finish ing three of . their vessels, ... one,, right after the other. ' ; Ztromonby. Bent, to Bottom. . "Shortly belore noon, the Drumonby hove In sight.' We soondiscovered she was an English ship: Hen number was 62S on .the Ust of . the English navy. We compelled- the crew .. toMeave fin their own boats and sank the ship.; . : "About 4 o'clock the same afternoon, the British ship Author came in sight She was frorn' Liverpool . and Natal was her destination. In her cargo we discovered a lot of ammunition. We took her crew on board and sent the ship to the bottom.: ; Sugar hip Xs Bv&fS1 "A little while later, we , sighted "the Trader, also an English transport. She came from Peru, and had a load of su gar - for ' Falmouth. - By this time our bovs bad acquired the knack of sink ing boats in a jiffy It took less than a half hour to send the Trader be neath the.watera .'-.- ."The fourteenth waa .uneventful, hut ON OREGON TRAlRS Orchardists are worjfing nigH -and day shifts getting the snpw awa ' from around the young' treesy to sayi 1 them from being injured ir the ev lit of frost before a thaw. -A few yea s ago several thousand ' STee were Tipped of their branches because of allure to clear the snow from aroumi the trees. . 4k ,? : 4 on the 15 th the Araidne came along. She appeared justiln time, for our captain thought a'dtjtle gun practice might not do any hatrru This waa hardly finished wHenvCife big steamer Appam was sighted v:jfi nutde far her in a Jiffy. , :t Appam Started, Sl Beslst. "When we came fis e we savsjr that some sailors were' Jting t i Ap pam s gun ready ioi ting. V t also noticed the Appaet . wlrele . ap paratus was getting" "ay to s' temon help. Immediately ', signall' 1 she must desist firing a - .stop he: ' wire less. Finally the A) obeyi I and we sent a boat over I ' jier. "It was a fine, clea 4a y. Both ves sels were lying still r some hours. The transfer of the, -prisoner t was completed without an .jfiiftch.- - j Officers KoldV "Jouacll,-'' "The officers of tli. iMoeW it the meantime considered 'that sbd' Id be done. Finally, on th't6th, I.i is or dered to take charge- of the ppam and received Instruct jis as - o niy course from Captain ' hna, I tan not say anything about course I fol lowed. I simply folic? td my ilstruc tlona The prisoners 'n the doe we were transferred .to th J. 'Appam. X ; "On the afternoon ' the l?ih the Clan Mac TavlsB cam4ln sights.' - ' "When she discover we were try ing to capture her, sh. endeavored to escape. She even fired . some shots at the Moewe, none of wr ich took ,ef feet. The Clan- Mac Taviah 'ld 17 English men and 103 Hindus lsoard. - Idon't know how many were lilted. Iiheard the number was about,' D.' All the rest were placed aboard th - Moewe. . "Five of the woundt d on the V Clan Mac Tavish were brought ever to my ship, ' where they could be- cas for better than on the MoeWe. One Of the wounded died the same nigh The rest were sent ashore here in iwport News.',... , : . x , Moewe and Appm rarft. ,,-. "On the; 17th we parted et inpany With", the Moewe. i- follow I the prescribed course. v . . "On our way to -America we j lighted a .few boats but did -not ,corqi . close enough to make out: who. tney ere. "Concerning, the, reported att )pt at mutiny aboard" the Appam, I p. tonal ly know , nothing. I have seen, itorlee in which some of the Ehgllsh a ie.said to. have r attempted to 'wverpow ir the German crew, but let fae . say 'his: -' Prepared j or JtTntiny. "Every 'mjnute of the' trip', I was prepared for any emergency. -n I fcaJ received my instruction arid' I khould never have hesitated to carr; them out," ' . t ' The lieutenant would, not sa -J what these instructions were." ;- lit was a beautiful clear nlghx"' con tinued Lieutenant Berg, "wb ft -tLe first lights of the Amjcrican coat i came In sight. , . I was on the , bridge and shall never forget" mfeellhgs when 1 saw the American lighthouses; It was as it a . heavy loady had been, lifted from my. shoulders.. 1, K . Zeutenant BrgAshor. "When daylight earneour slrrp was near Cape Henry ana the pilot. came aboard." - ; : ' Lieutenant Berg was4 nshorefHoday looking. - after the rnSreots X .his charge.. There - wi no new f from rWashington as to the status of the It Germans who were prisoners ' f the English. The first) 'class mai was taken from; the - Ardm and ' s snt to New.Tork. . . ; : -x. , - m oore smateteria 148-150 Bfth Strt, Near MoiTisbn . -v ,.. r -' This was formerly MOORE'S ' RESTAURANT. It has beam enlarged and refurnished and will b comlucted Moore and A. O. H.X; : we;erve mm grip now LOOSENED AND. SUN-; FIGHTS SNOW DRIFTS! Old Ol OUma4m' CUnfln v -finish am. last-night -and this was bOl OrlOOtS OnaTlS OT Cleaned - np; by-the carriers in fair Wa'rmth: : Through - 'Clouds . and Temperature-FUses. COOLER TONIGHT, REPORT Gang of 'Workmen TsTaTrlng Headway. Clearing' Tracks, and Bevalrlns; ' ' . Z4ght and Telephone . Wires. a see Watch Out for Avalanches, . Washington, Feb. 7. (U. P.) -The weather bureau today warned against the possibility of dangerous avalanches in the mountains of Washington, Oregon and Idaho and floods on the eastern slopes of the Cascades in Washington as the result of rains and warmth fol lowing snowstorms in that reg ion. m Old 'SoK amiled this morning with the same glad smile one occasionally sees on the face of an old friend who has been in Seattle on business and has , returned to Portland. But it will be colder tonight, , to day's forecast says, with occasional rains and strong southwesterly winds All day Bunday he stayed under cover, though he let it be known that he waa near. Every icicle in town wept all day at the prospect of dls solution. Winter's clutch was being loosened. Here and there great ava lanches of snow slid from roofs and crashed to the sidewalks and lawns piled high with Soggy snow. Sunday was a day of taking stock of things. Husbands with shovels tolled at the sidewalks in every street, while wives bossed the job from porches. t; Task ICade Basier. Most of the gangs that have been working at the snow streets were kept at work yesterday, though their task was much simplified by the softening Influence of the weather and the rain that poured much of the time. The Mount Tabor 'cut was being dug out today and the Beaumont stub line was freed yesterday.' Roes City Park's line was -nearly free, with the crews tackling the tract out to Seventy-second street. By .night, it was said, all lifies would be free. ' The streetcar company resumed ser vice on the Vancouver line at 1 o'clock" this afternoon, the trolley wires ' hav-. lng been untangled from the snarl of fallen strands, and set up. j The ferry began operating in on-1 nectlon with the restored car service as usual, and indications were that no further delays would come. The ferry has been out of commission more than three weeks. The Willamette river began rising again Saturday and it has been climbing steadily, the rise during the 24- hours ending at 6 a. m., was l.S feet, with prospects , that it would keep up. The next two hours, six-inch rise was recorded. Zdaemen Are Overworked. Gangs of linemen are having prob ably the longest siege of work in get ting the countless wires hack to nor mal. The. electric light companies are finding damage done all over the city and far out in the country. High ten sion feed transmission lines are down, individual lighting circuits are out: telephone wires are tangled with tele- graph and telegraph wires are twisted up with electric light wires. The r - will be many days before normal serv ice is restored. There will be no are lights at all in Portland tonight. This announcement was made when it. was discovered that several arc circuits were stlU broken and safety demanded perfect connections. It ia hoped to cut in some lights tomorrow night and by the end of the week all probably will be in service again. Until the residence lights are all connected up again, little opportunity will be had to connect up the arcs. Telephone Zdnes Beinff Tlxad. Telephone and telegraph service la rapidly becoming normal. Long dis tance lines are being repaired more, rapidly than the companies', officials had hoped for. and within a day or so all the city telephones will be in serv ice. ' .'- - ." " '' ''x'-'x.'"J Trains were running today at almost their normal schedule over the O-W. R. V N- and North Bank, the lines that were stalled, nearly all last week by drifts and elides in ; the Columbia gorge. . ' . . . .,1 . . The problem of getting a new sup ply of coal into Portland was one that Special Bunday Chicken Sinner 35J Bpecial lvuach 15? and TJp TTom - "xTll AK. t08r.lf. Royal Canton Restaurant ; Open A. 1C TJntll a A. M. I AsTEBICABr AJfX CSZsTZBB SZBBXS. . OFEB SAT ASS HldRT. Whoaes A-8382. Main 8749. ' 353-854 Alder - Street, corner Xark, . .-. .. y.,.-, Portland. Or.--- NOTICE! EVERY ARTICLE REDUCED 342 ALDER STREET Opposite P tin tares as a first class Cafeteria by B. H. '-" breaicfast jjhiedtccxaft Sfxat 1 1 railway officials have been working on, Orders have been Issued to send coal trains in first, after the livestock bas, moved. -Portland's coal, supply, was practically exhausted during , the eoid speti. . - j Rains in the Columbia' gorge falling upon the heavy snow are giving rail way officials- some concern over the . . Belated Xan Arrives. . " '.I The postofflce rtoday was fairly flooded with mall 'that had been tied up by nonarrival of trains. The big. trau . due at 7 a. did not . arrive ' until ; noorv nowever. .- wmcn tnrew a great quantity of first and second class and parcel matter upon the de livery force. x . - v Much of this : will - be distributed this afternoon, but not all. The rest. In - the opinion of Assistant Post master Durand, should be out of the way tomorrow ' morning, , after which the -delivery ; will be .normal. j Mud slides on the Oregon ' Electric yesterday and on the Astoria division of the S., P.- V S.xwere about the only "aftermaths' of the storm and thaw. The' OW. R. & H.f had a few minor snow slides in the gorge, but the trains were mostly - able to 'plow through them because the snow was so wet. , Some apprehension ' regarding high water is felt by operating officials be cause of the rapid melting of snow. Two Solicitors Said To. Lack Authority, Mrs. Theodore Nlcolai, president of Patton home, stated this morning to The Journal . that she was Informed this morning that two women are going through the downtown office buildings soliciting funds for. the in stitution. : v - : '' "These women are lm posters," said Mrs. Nlcolai. "I don't know who they are. but they are not authorised to so licit funds for the home. We have no solicitors out, and I want to warn the public. - x - "Someone telephoned to me this morning that the women had just made the rounds of the Northwestern Bank building." - Bridal Couple Meets Death in Hotel Fire 1 Portland. Me.. Feb. 7. (I. N. S.) Ernest, Gove and his bride were in. ' cinerated here today in a fire which destroyed a three-story, hotel. Egress was blocked when the stairway caught , j 1 XXTrPTTTTTiG laUa XXL V aeJ lOcPERICII, r- - 17 3ifferent degrees foe every known pur- pose. Also two copying. At sJI dealers The VELVET 60 pencil is supreme ia its class Laasl FeacS Ca K. T, I . 'p That Leaky Roof, ? Gutter or Wall :- " - " " . Just apply a trowel, full of . Federal Elastic AND THE LEAK STOPS! It's always ready. Can, be applied :- - at. any time. . . . : SIMPLE CHEAP Crowe' & -Co, Phones Woedway 5747, A-3S88. -'45 FOURTH STREET, j J FACT3 : v The county road is' no longer a local utility. The- firoduct of the farm is abso tftely essential to the ex istence of the city5 pop u la-1 ix tlon, while- conversely the ?roduct of the city factories inds its way to the most . remote country districts.. ' There is an inter-depend--ence which should - carry x with it cooperative sharing ; - of burdens incident to lm- . proviner the facilities of -transportation between city; and country. .This can only . be done by improvement of -roads capable of sustaining all kinds of traffic at au seasons of the year. In mother words.' it means roads (should be . hard surfaced . -Witb - : .' -." -. piTUUTHIC Warren Brothers Company,' ' : Journal Building. " : x t v x ; Portland. Oregon. - ' SCHWAB PRIUTiriC CO , BEN F.GREENE-HARRY FISCHER STARK STREET'" SECOND SCHOOLS ; AND COLLEGES. The T.-at C. A. will fit any ant. bitlous youna - saas or woman fur first class,, positions In BOO B xxxruro, BTxaoQBAysT and u a y.KU a roa. - . - To men this Includes valuable athletic, aauatie and membership prtvilesea, although . tuition eoet is less than elsewhere. - . - ntoHB acAzst toss, ' a-cssx. -Our class in PUBLIO KPXA: Is sivina; grest confidence and corn maad ef language to its memera The cost (s small. . . . I AlaH J II " X- i. : , .v.i 11 ILr XT' 0- ; fire, 14- other- guests descending t safety by means of ladders. Gd, and his wife were spending tit honeymoon hera ' - " Vancouver Boil Until further notice the steamer JESSE HARKIIIS will leave Washington St. dock for Vancouver at' 7:3ft A. M.V It o'clock noon and :30 P. M. .t Returning leaves Van couver, 10 A, M X P. M. and 5 P. M- TABS 40o SACB WAT. Make Mouth Sweet Throatand Voice Qszt a Neuralgia ? i l First Aid at Horned Neuralls Pain U mott aioni- S xiatf yet you can stop it instantly C by applying - Sloan Liniment. B , Think of Sloan's Liniment when fi ever you have a pain of any kind, fi It U tine Pain Killer. No need to rub it in you just lay it oa sad the pain cics away at once. Linime: .IMP, KILLS PACl "Kecp a bottle in your home." Price tSc tOc 11 JO IsOOKBgaHlXimHHgHgr. TXANSIOirTATJO.N San Francisco Los -Angeles ' (Without Change of Bout) The Big. Clean. Comfortable. " TT : ? elegantly Appointed. Ba-Oolag Steamship BE AVE'". ' Balls frvm Aiaswortk Sock 3 P. M., FEB. 12 "O roIdn SCUles on Colombia River. AU Bates Xnclade Berth and ZXa'als. Tables aaA Mervaee TJaaaceUeo. x . The Baa lraaelseo si T ortlaad B. r. Co. Third, and Washlarton ek (With O-W. B. s n. Co.) TL Broaw ' -x-. wy afiOOy js-4131. . S. S.: KORTUERH PACIFi: roB -Korth Bank steamer Kxpress- leave Tenth, and Hoy t, A. M. . v . . After "tomorrow's sailings, servi -between-San -Francisco -and POrtlar. suspended until about March 4. ' 8.' B. "Kortbern Pacific' sails Febr ary 16 on special cruise to Honolul account Mid-Paclfio Carnival. T1GJLUY. OmCT. 8TK AXTS STAT Station Tenth and SoyU X, Phones Broadway 920. A-6671. NORTH PACiriO STEAMSHIP CO. San Francisco . .aaVSA..'SaaS9a r jm a., n n ar SAKTA. BARBARA, ixm XHOZVKS . , A1 SAN Vlk.UO . Steamer Breakwater SaOa Tuesday, Feb. 8, 6 P. It Ticket Of flee ISA' ''Third Street. . these Mala 1314, A-1314 I I z ASTORIA SERVICE CHAflCE 1 1 - 1 1 Account ice in Columbia VI I lJ river, O-W. K. A N. steam v er "Harvest Queen" has been' temporarily withdrawn "from night run-to Astoria. Until fur ther notice boat leaves Ash frtreet dock 7:4 5 a. m. Tuesdays. Thurs days and Saturdays; leaves Astoria. 7;C0 a. m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. V SAULS DIKtCT lua SAN FRANCISCO 'Lo Angelet - San Diezo WAa4y. yshroarr , 1:30 T. H. Saa IrutdKO, -V etland A La Acrvt SteasmCip C. Fran k Hohaos. Axnt. Ut THliD STAEZT. - A-i. saa ti. 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