The Oregon daily journal., January 13, 1918, Page 2, Image 2

THE 'OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL; PORTLAUD. . SUNDAY;' HORNING," JANUARY 13,-1918.
DIG SNOW OR ELSE
STARVE. SITUATION
Blizzard Is Most Devastating in
: . Generation j Train Service r Is
Paralyzed. -
TEN DIE, RESULT OF COLD
Churches Will Close and Pastors
:; and :5 Members4 , WW Clear
t . Streets' to Get Coal.
' visited by now and high winds, though
' not so Mrir m prevailed In the rald-
tdi wsttode!y. :.. ;; .
. Xo return to normal temperature la
rat in sight.
; Th Burlington "fast maU" which left
7 J Chicago laat tolghr Bight jwith five n
i fines, la snowed- In f lv miles out of
t Aurora, till.: All traffic has ceased on
!th C, B. a Q- f"J "
jSTORMtOLL IN SOUTH
P ATLANTIC STATES TEN j
' MERCURY GOING LOWER
f Washingtoftfr'jan. 12. '(g) At
1 least ten are dead, manr Injured and
thousands ot dollara' worth of prop
ferty la destroyed tonight following- ter
jrlflo rain' and wind that swept tha
I south : last night Freestng tempera
tures predicted for tonight threatened
; to wreak; additional damage and may
develop into -the coldest weather on
i record. Communication was almost
: totally paralysed for many hours,
f' Incomplete reports orer . wires inter-
'rupted t throughout tha . day indicated
; the following dead:
Dothan. Ala... seven AaA- Tmv if.
jona dead ; Macon, On.., two dead ; Camp
i Sheridan,. Ala., and Camp Wheeler, Oa.,
' -suffered heavy damage from wind ana
iraliu Loss of cattle was heavy around
' : Durham, N. C, one school building was
wrecked and;roofs and signs rased by
SWlnd. Velocities ot 4S miles per hour
wr Reported in sections. Uprooted
; trees snapped telephone wires and
crashed down on barns and farm
houses, " - (
Five hundred; tents at Camp Han
oock, . near Augusta, Ga., , were blown
to tha ground.' j r
Marvin Harris, 122d - Infantry, was
crushed' when ' the - corral at -Camp
Wheeler waa wrecked. An old negrT
was reported frozen to death. Vicka
burr. Miss., reported four degrees
above aero, while New Orleans shiv
ered at 20 degrees. Sleet weighed down
all wirea throughout the south. ;
' Newport News reported four snips
driven aground near there. 1 Details
could not be obtained up to a ' late
hour tonight, although one ship waa
taken to be the Knudrr from Denmark.
Extensive preparations against the pre
dicted sero wave were taken through
out tha south.. -
. Fruit farms in Florida, it waa feared,
would suffer from the expected freeze.
Coal ; shortages in many places, will
cause intense suffering and heavy
losses in livestock may result.
Six children were killed and 40 others
injured when a scboolhouse at Dothan,
Alabama, caved in under, the weight of
snow. . ; . 1 -r- ." i
Coal dealers in Montgomery' dlsconr
neeted their telephones to keep from be
ing annoyed with orders.- Not a ton of
coal was in any yard there today and
families were freezing; because of the
shortage. ....
Atlanta opened the city auditorium
aa a place of refuge for sufferers from
the coal famine. Zero weather was pre
dicted for Atlanta before morning.
The cold wave, extending as far south
as Florida, waa preceded by unuaually
low barometer pressure 28.29. being re
corded at Knoxville, Tenn. Thunder
storms ana ugnintng accompanies,
heavy snowfall at Ashville, N. C:
i - M Below Zero'Reported t
f Chicago, Jan. 12. (I. N. S.)-Bat-tleford,
Bask., was the coldest city in
North America today, , according to
the report' of the local weather bureau,
the thermometer there registering . 44
degrees below aero. -
The coldest city- la tfi;TraReTSates
was WUllston." N p.j witjy 28 ; below
and Devils LAke N.D., and " Miles
City, Mont., both hold second place,
each recording 24 below.
Temperatures below sero were re
ported from North Dakota, Iowa, Texas,
Illinois, Wyoming, Kansas, Michigan,
Minnesota, Indiana, Arkansas,, Mon
tana, South Dakota, Missouri, Wlscon
slit,, Kentucky, Tennessee, Nebraska,
Oklahoma and Colorado.
Portland Is Soine Wariii Place
I
Mercury Here Up
Portland ft one of few places in tha
United States that have the distinction
of beinr the warmest at the present
time, according; to- weather x statistics
compiled . by the United States weather
bureau Saturday. . - ----
: Portland la shown to have a minimum
temperatures for the 14.- hours ending- at
5 p. vcu of only 44 degrees. Th other
places, all on the Pacific coast, had min
imum temperatures ranging- from IX to
44. Eureka, is the plaoe with 62. but its
maximum was only 64, while Portland's
waa 65 ; degrees. . los Angeles had a
minimum of 4 and a maximum of 60.
At Seattle ..and Tacoma it Jwaa ' 44 ; and
48. K San Francisco had. 4$ and 68. Other
places mentioned as having good tern
peratures are Marshflsld, Koseburc
Sacramento, San . Diego- Sacramento's
minimum was 40 and its maximum 48.
At San Diego it was 44 and CO. .
These temperatures form a striking
contrast 'to those at Chicago and other
Eastern points. Chicago had a mini
mum of 14 below. At St. Xouis it was
18 below. Dea Moines is reported to have
had 18 below-and Minneapolis 10 below.
At Denver it waa 4 below. Tho maxi
mum at Minneapolis was 2 below.'
Rain with fresh southerly winds is the
forecast - for tonight and Sunday for
Portland, which- assures a continuation
of . the present balmy weather. The
weather was particularly balmy all day
Saturday with the sun shining off and
on. The shifting clouds caused a little
rain. r-s '..
conference yesterday,' today's dispatches
said, , that rather, than see tho whole
peace discussion terminated because .of
Germany's technical objections' 1 tha
Russians .would withdraw their demand
for transfer - r of tho . - deliberations to
Stockholm ind agree to a continuation
at Brest-Lltovsk.
Potrosrad dispatches today announced
that the - armistice heretofore signed
had been extended by mutual agree
ment for another month. This will give
tho Bolshevik i another SO days tn which
to prepare for possible resumption of
war and those preparations, according
to united press dispatches . from Pet-
rograd, tonight, are going on apace; . -
Film Star .Wants Dirorc
Loe Angeles. Jan. ll-(I. N. &) Mae
Murray, the film star, today filed suit
for divorce from James O'Brien. New
Tork bond broker, charging cruelty - and
desertion, v Th actress, whose real name
is Maria O'Brien, failed to get a, decree
on a previous suit in which she charged
cruelty and -intemperance.
Baker Stock. Driven In '
Baker, Or, Jan. 17. Following the
cold wave Wednesday, the weather mod
erated Thursday and Friday Baker and
Eastern , Oregon generally were in the
grip oi tne iirst snowstorm or the
winter: Up to Friday evening snow to
a depth of from six to eight Inches had
fallen In the Baker valley, .and in .the
foothills and mountains It is now several
feet deep, and still falling.
Thousands of head of cattle and sheep
were driven, in from the hills and the
storm isf not likely to ause any- great
loss to stockmen, although there will
probably be" some flocks and herds far
ther out in the hilla that will suffer
some. . - ,J"? V' . :
No blockade of railroad traffic in this
section had been reported, although the
snow, is reported drifting badly in some
sections, and highways may be 'blocked
for a day or two.
More snow is the- prediction of the
local weather bureau. f-ffi 'j
, Jktapy'Trilns SWWd f - '
Monee, I1L,, Jan. 12. I N. S.) Five
passenger trains of the Illinois Cen
tral railroad with SOU passengers
aboard, are "Stalled here. - One of these
trains has been stuck in tne arum
since 7:29 o'clock Friday '- nlgrhU
Although five engines were attached
to one tarin .they found it impossible
to move- wicup&&?:.,i:rzs--
-; ThesSantak- Fs train, ' tho-Overland
ttmited. itttck iriiw'riftat'Streator,
III..' according to reports received here
while the "Banner Blue" train of the
Wabash road is snowbound at Red
dick, HI.
California Welcomes Rain
Sacramento, Jan. 12. (L N.. S.) Rain
fell here today until three fourths of an
inch was registered by Weather Ob
server Taylor. The break in the winter
drouth is a most welcome one to the
farmers. Jt is needed to help tho early
sown grain and 'other crops which com
pose the staple productions of the Sacra
mento valley.
The wheat producers, as well as the
bean men, are rejoicing over the storm.
Investments in these crops are heavy
this year on account of the-war.
Passenger Traffic Suspended
Washington. Jan. 12. (L N. S. Rall-
.rauallime Frederick
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Mrs. Dane's i Defense"
Gowns worn by MU Frederick Keygtone- 'Blood and Thxinder'- '
of unujual gorgeousncai , : The Gem from the Comedy School
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road traffic is almost absolutely par
alysed as the result of tho storm and
cold 'Wave. This was the consensus of
reports to Director General McAdoo late
today. As a result, aU passenger traf
fics west of Chicago will be suspended
until freight traffic is again moving.
Passenger trains east of Chicago will be
vigorously curtailed also.
i The whole situation has been placed
in the hands of A. H. Smith, director of
transportation. '
'X Grande Welcomes Snow '
la Otande, Or., Jan. 12. Union
county is experiencing its first winter
weather of the 1917-18 season. Com
ing so suddenly on top of an .unusual
ly mud winter season the cold wave
which hit here Wednesday haa been
most noticeable. Snow began falling
Thursday evening; with a slightly mod
erated temperature. Some fear is ex
pressed lest damage haa been done to
fruit - trees which had budded out
during the springlike climate of the
ast month. -
No Coal, May 'Close Saloons
New York. Jan. 12. (L N. & All
unimportant industries, including i
loons, theatres and other amusement
places may be closed for three daya each
week while- the coal crisis lasts in New
England, New Tork. Pennsylvania and
Maryland. Such action was recommend
ed at a meeting of fuel administrators
here today. Final decision - will rest
with Dr. Garfield.
JUSSERAND 7ARNS;
WORK NOT-FINISHED,
THOUGH DAWN NEAR
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French Ambassador Says "Con-
Mote," Not "Peace," Should
V Be Considered.
New Tork, Jan. 12. (U. P.) The
day's work is not finished,' though the
dawn of tho morrow is not far off."
With these words. French Ambaasador
Jules Jusserand spoke of peace tonight
before tho New Tork State Bar aasocta
tkm dinner, attended by Secretary of
State Lansing and other noted men.
But Jusserand warned that this na
tion, now speaking much of "conditions
of peace," should not pay so much atten
tion to the word "peace" as to tho word
'condltlona. V
"We have to wln these." he said. "They
will not bo offered us as a gift by the
the destroyers of Rheims avd Douvain,
the invaders of Serbia, tho slaughterers
of Armenians. Tho day's work Is not fin
ished, though the dawn of tho morrow
Is not far off. From Bel fort to tho sea,
the watch is kept; the Belgian. 'the'
British, the French, the American armies
are not only undefeated, but on the
move.
"While the enemy flatters himself, m
the lust of destruction, that ho may have
bled white one or the other of us. tt
turns out that we have extra divisions
to spare and we can offer a helping hand
to a dear friend, south of us, undergoing
temporary troubles. -
"But we have to finish our work.' and
to finish it well, so that it need never be
done again."
President Wilson's statement anent
i i- - . - : - . . - .
Alsack Lorraine pleased Jusserand. - who
likened it to n declaration of Washing
ton, 4 which will bo- engraved ontll the
end ot time upon every French heart."
He was laudatory of America's re
sponse, to the war call, praising the sac
rifle made and! the. help In men and
materials already given. - -
Secretary Lansing told the members of .
tho association the war must continue
"to the bitter enoV unless Germany
agrees to tho terms for peaeo laid down
by tha president in his recent address to
oongtesa. The secretary's . reference to
tho Allies of the United States brought
continued roars ot applause. ., ,
Th Italian ambaasador revealed tn on
aloqsent speech why.. Italy had Joined
with, the allies and some of tho difficul
ties with which she .had contended since
her entrance into the conflict. -
Paulson Trial rf Saturday ,
Sn Francisco. Jan. 12 L S. 1
Captain A. R. Paulion. who Is charged
with shipping arms into Mexico, will be .
called to trial next Saturday, the case
having been set for that date.
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40 Degree Drop In New York
New York, Jan. 12. (I. N. S.) A 40
degree drop in temperature tonight for
Greater New Tork was the warning
sounded by the weather bureau today.
By sunrise, Sunday, says the weather
man, the mercury will have tumbled bo
low the sero mark. The cold wave Is
coming on the heels of a terrific elec
trical and rainstorm.
Chicago Schools to Close
Chicago, Jan. 12. (I. N. S.) By of
ficial order of the president of the Chi
cago school board today, all' Chicago
schools will be closed next week. Every
school boy who is large enough is urged
to turn to and help dig Chicago out of
its drift. It is expected 60,000 boys will
be added to the city's snowshovellers.
LENINE HAS PRAISE FOR
TALK GIVEN BY WILSON
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$60 LIVING-ROOM SUITE OF 4 PIECES IN SOLID OAK
SI. 00 Weekly
$4935
The construction of - every
piece insures ermine satisfac
tion, for each is clued and
fitted with the utmost . care.
Settee, arm chair and rocker
are fitted with auto cushion
teats, upholstered to match,
in a rich brown leatherette.
Davenports!, Davenports! Davenports!
No description further than solid oak frames finished in hand-rubbed jolden wax, upholstered
with rich brown leatherette and they'll open, to double bed size. Yes, these davenports will be on
the job 24 hours each day.
Spend a Few Moments and See Them at Least
$37.50, $42.50, $45, $49.50, $53.25
Quarter-Sawed Oak, Flush
Ran Top
Dining Table
$28.75
$1.00 Cash SI. 00 Week
Here is a real beauty. And solid nay,
you never saw anything to beat It. That
platform baae is built entirely of solid oak.
Top opens to feet; and it don't jiggle like
a see-saw, either.
is distinctly improved and in the face
of predictions of famine. The orderly
general air of thexity is . in distinct op
position to the extensive preparations
which tho Bolshevik! are apparently
making for war against Germany.
Every official, however, is convinced
that no German troops will attack on
the Russian front. They base the belief
on the success of the Russian fraternal
mingling with their erstwhile enemies.
German officers have made desperate
but futile effort tV halt the fraterniza
tion and to stop the flooding of the
German trenches with liberal propaganda.
Bay Propaganda Is Spreading
A telegram from Brest-Lltovsk today
asserted the Russian delegates were
greauy pieasea at uiv uoerai annua oi
the British press, following Lloyd
George's speech, but insisted that Britain
follow this up with formal recognition of
the Maximalist government.
This message reported on success of
Russian propaganda among the German
troops and promised "strong action from
the German Socialists if there is need
to renew the war." It added : "The war
will await this great factor of decisive
influence.? .
rkralaaa SitaaUoa Nearly Adjmited
Word today was that the Ukralnan
situation was adjusting itself. Dele
gates to the pan-Russian congress or
workmen, soldiers and peasants de
clared that the Ukralnan peasantry and
proletariat were repudiating the Rada
and favored the rule of the people' s
commissaries the Bolshevik govern
ment. '
Oeneral K&ledine and his Cossacks
still appeared to be in control with
strong armed forces along tho Don.
Tho only fighting reported today was
that by which the Bolshevik! captured
Snovskaya and Semenovka, south of
Novoxitkova. Dispatches from Kieff
declared that, opposition to the central
Rada was Increasing.
Battles Continue In Ukraine
Petrograd, Jam llr(U. P.) (De
layed.) A severe battle between
llkralnans and Bolshevik troops was
reported from Kieff tonight - aa having
occurred around Ekaterinoelav.
Both towns, it was ' declared, had
changed hands several times in furious
attacks and counter attacks. .
Ukralnan troona are now surround
ing Charkoff, and the Bolshevik! are
fortifying the city.
A ; delegation of citizens from the
Don region called at-8molny Institute,
headauarters of the BolahovikL - today.
urging that Bolshevik troops do re
called from the Don section, promising
to settle with General Kaledlne'a re
volt themselves. If . tho Bolshevik
troops were not withdrawn they ex
pressed fear ot great bloodshed.
Tho ' Bolshevik- Soviet Is firmly re
taining- its power at Kharkoff. Dis
patches today said that following sev
eral . hours bombardment their troops
had disarmed tho second Ukralnan
army corps without an. infantry bat
tie, . capturing mortars and 10,000
The second Chlglrihsk corps sur
rendered likewise.
The Bolshevikl are now reported to
nave captured Maxchhsvka add Krinl
chnaya, near Kharkoff. . The Cossacks
and th "Junkers" have occupied . De
balerovo, the Bolehevlki-meanwhile ad
vancing toward Hlovalakoe.
Next Move LT to German v
London. Jan. 11(U. P.) frrotsky
haa put the next move up to Germany.
Dispatches filtering thruogh from
Brest-Lltovsk today indicated that the
Russians had out maneuvered th trust
ed diplomatic experts . of ' Germany's
militarism and put up to them th onus
oi continuing or oreaiung on th peace
negotiations.
Trotsky formally notified the peace
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Tapestry or Leatherette
Overstuff edRocker
$16.75
ST.00 Cash $1.00 Week
Big, deep, roomy, comfortable, good
looking and durable.
Mahog
There's a Quaint and Delightful Charm About This 4-Piece
any Suite With a4-Poster Bed
With its suggestions of the old Puritan days, when ctrcleatde
slgns were so much in vogue. Tour "great-grandparents" would
have marveled with delight had a suite the equal ot this on been
offered them at today'a price. Owing to the extreme cost, only
the most exclusive aristocracy could afford these charming circle
effects in the old days. Four pieces, exactly as pictured, priced
now at
Now $11.00 Cash $2.00 Week
$10840
Reg. Price $145.50
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$3.60 Aluminum
Percolators
$2.95
Handle differs slightly from
illustration.
$4.50 Aluminum
Tea Kettles
with inserted boiler.
$3.90
75c Victor Carvers, Priced, the Set 48c I
MadVby the Ameri
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Mahogany? -Not Even These
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--138.50 Miborjmjr Rocker, tipeitry scat md back. ..... . ..'.$26.50
S31-4P Mahorany Rocker, tapestry seat and back . ......... $22.75
S22.SO Mahogany Rocke'r, velour seat, cane back. ..... . .$18.45 1
It 7.50, Mahogany Rocker, tapestry seat .$13.45
il 6. SO' Mahogany Chair, Windsor style $12.65-
15.75 Mahogany Arm Rocker, spindle back $11.75
15.75 Mahogany Arm Chair to match .-..$11.75
Many families' !n- this community igr'g I "t
purntng up real money. This . .
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Will put a stop to it at once Have Ed
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