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CITY EDITION
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THE WEATHER Tonight and Tuesday
rmin : south to east wind.
CITY EDITION
f All lir and lft All Trum
NEW8 FACILITIES whom ramlflca
tlorai extend to the far corner of the
world, to My nothing of very city and
villa In th Croat Northwest, and ovary
local now aourco. nerve Journal readers
vry day In the wek.
Minimum temperatures Sunday:
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VOL. XX. NO. 221.
Kntervd a gnand Ckn Matter
t raatoffoa, Portland, Oregon.
PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1921. EIGHTEEN -PAGES."
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IMPERIL
IN
GORGE
Woerndle Is
Ordered to
Stand Trial
BRIAND PLEADS STORM TOLL
WITH FIRE FOR
; FRENCH ARMY
Another Is Ice-Bound in Central
Oregon Passengers Face Ex
posure and Hunger; All Relief
Plans Futile; Bridges Go Out.
RAILROAD BITFATIOS
North Bank Trains No. 3 and 5.
froaen to tracks went of Cooks an
flanked by snowdrifts with on din
Ins; car to serve 1M passengers. No
relief since .Saturday night. Train
No.' 1 stalled at Roosevelt ; food
obtained from nearby farms and
residences ; no advice received con
cerning passengers' welfare. Station
collapsed at Lyle under burden of
snnw and Ice.
O-W. n. N. Train No. 4 at
Multnomah Kalis with Steamer J. N.
Teal attempting to reach passengers.
Train No. 12 at Bridal Veil without
diner, but food being supplied from
town. Train No. It burled in drifts
at Lyle, but has diner.
" Oregon Trunk Trsln No. 102 from
Bend Saturday night lost In 23 foot
drift five miles from North Junc
tion ; without diner : messengers un
sble to carry In relief and relief en
gines stuck In drifts and not heard
from. .
Oregon Electric Two bridges swept
out at Beaver, and one at Salem.
Southern Pacific Main line bridge
approach out at Jefferson ; trains be
ing (letoured.
Demurrer of Joseph Woerndle to the
government's suit to cancel his natural
Isatlon paper was overruled this morn
ing by Federal Judge R. S. Bean. As
result Woerndle must stand trial.
Action was brought to cancel Woern-
dle' naturalization certificate by the
government because in 1914 he Is alleged
to have lent his papers to Hans Boehm,
a notorious German spy, that Boehm
might secure a passport to Germany.
Boehm Is alleged to have secured his
pas port under Woerndle's name and to
have carried on extensive spy operations.
At one time he Is alleged to have had
150.000 deposited to his credit under
Woerndle's name in a New York bank
to be used In spreading German propa
ganda In this country, and in the de
struction of the Canadian Pacific rail
road system.
OBJECTION OVERRULED
Woerndle's attorneys. W. P. La Roche
and Charles T. Haas, objected to the
V. . . , n n A n t ' u Milt nn IKpD. OrWtltma
They held that the statute under which- ml,U OB&lting of the heads of the
the suit was brought Is void because delegations la the conference
It does not state an offense. Judge
Bean overruled this objection, holding Bt George R. Holmes
that the government's action is civil and Intanutional Newt Sei-rice Staff CorreepondMit
not criminal. Under these conditions. I Continental Hall, Washington, Nov.
MAY
II
"We Cannot Allow Germany to Re
peat Villainy of 1914,"' He De
clares; 'She Is Fully Armed
and Ready for Another Pounce'
Washington, Sot. SI. (I. X. 8.1 The
third plenary tessjoa of the armament
conference ad .loomed at !: o'clock this
afternoon to meet at the call of the
chair. The whole question of limiting of
land armament was referred to the com-
T
TO 1LU0NS
Havoc Wrought by Sleet Storm
Flood and Silver Thaw, Breaks
All Weather Records for No
vember; New Gale Is Forecast.
STORM'S TRACES ON TREE AND RIVER
EVERYWHERE about Portland were seen Sunday and today effects of Sunday's "silver
thaw." Upper picture shows trees bent down along Alameda drive by weight of ice- Effect of
strong east wind is shown on fir tree at right of picture, all the branches being blown west
ward, in which position they froze. In Beaumont and other timbered districts this created a
weird effect. Middle picture shows close-up of ice-crusted tree. Lower is a view of the log
jam which battered at the pier of the Burnside bridge this morning.
he stated. It is not necessary for the
statute to state an offense.
Woerndle also claimed the action
should be brought In the court where !
he took the oath in South Bend. Wash.
2L Rising to the full height of his
fiery Latin eloquence. Premier Briand
of France delivered "an impassioned
speech to the world today in justifies-
Judge Bean overruled this objection tion for France's maintenance of a ereat
alHO. stating that It waff the purpose . ..
of congress that suit be brought in any!
court where the applicant resides. passionately and eloquently pleaded
nTH,R rT.IWH FAII wim.uie powers mai r ranee COUia noi
Uinr.ll ILAIiVS TAIIj AlKarm. XKSiertine- that in hsr ilnnrst.n
The five-year statute of limitations I sits the old Prussian . militarism that
was claimed as the third objection. The attacked her villainously in 1914. ready
court also overruled this objection, hold-1 to strike again at a moment's notice.
ing that "this is not a suit to enforce a Tn vbpi.,,via trP. nr .nr.Aa
companied- by gestures, pleadings and
Encased In solid blocks of Ice and
swept by congealing blasts of wind,
sU passenger trains stand In the Co
lumbia gorge today on the lines of the
O-W. R. A N. and, 8. I k S..f cut off
from communication and all attempts of
relief. '
Passengers on three of the trains were
In actbal danger from exposure and lack
of food because of the storm, which H.
M. Davidson, general manager of the
North Bank Una. characterised aa "the
most terrlfU In tha history of rail oner
ation through the gorge."
To the south conditio were momen-
tarlly growing from bad to worse. The
Ha nil am river Is a raging torrent, which.
has torn out two bridges of the Oregon
Electric at Heaver and one at Kaletn.
ahd carried away a Southern Pacific
bridge approach at Jefferson. All S. I
branch lines are out of service due to
floods and Ice.
So hesvy wss the snow and Ire along
the Columbia river lines thst the S. P.
S. station at Lyle collapsed this
the statute of limitations.
"It simply provides , for the annull
ment of a
tion unlawfully or fraudulently
secured. It Is like a suit to cancel a
land patent or a mechanical patent.
said the court.
Woerndle's attorneys also objected to
forfeiture or penalty," and therefore
does not come within the provisions of 8Upplicaudn. he asked the nations sit
ting about the great horseshoe table to
nut thtmjelvrM In TiVanp's fitpaH sur.
certificate of naturaliza- rounded by a menacing ring of foes, the
greatest of whom are Germany and Rus
sia.
ALMOST IN TEARS
"Would the world." he asked almost
the affidavit of V. W. Tomlinson. nat-1 tearfully, "demand that France disarm
uralliatlon examiner.' being made part before a possible flood of anarchy and
of the complaint Judge Bean upheld militarism pouring out of Ilussia and
them partly in this contention, holding I Germany?
that the affidavit could not be classed as "What would you do?" he asked, and
evidence, but should be construed aa the then answered his own question by de-
cause for which United States Attorney I daring, "You would say, "We must have
tiester W. Humphreys brought the suit, an army."
This affidavit is amply, sufficient to "You In America," he said, looking
warrant the district attorneys In bring-1 around at the galleries crowded with
ing the suit," said the Judge in conclu- j breathless people, "what would you do
sion. 1 with this menace at your door, always
woerndle a attorneys have 10 aays in adv to fight vou again? Would you
which to file an answer, after which the tvrn away your eyes and lose your life,
federal prosecutor will ask the court to anlJ what ls more preclous, your honor?"
mr Baae lor iriai. r "VV, . .Knntul
HAS 'K O PROGRAM ' v. ftS,
T eloquent FrencV premier dW not
trnni'lixled oo Tn Thrta. Colo mi To)
FATAL BLAZE DUE
TO WINTRY BLAST
Spokane. Waah.. Nov. 21. (U. P.)
One man burned to death In a blase
this morning directly traceable to the
eold spell that has held the Inland Em
pire In Its grip since Friday night. An
overheated furnace set fire to the Ken-
si ngt on apartment, at Short and Pine
Streets. A. O. Thompson, proprietor,1
wss found at a window, dead. His wife
was Injured In Jumping nine fret to the
ground
Predicted halting of the Jitney service
did not materialise. The motor bussea
continued to plow ihrouch the streets,
using the car tracks where the snow
ma too deep to run beside them.
The fall of snow was V& Inches.
Telegraph service was impaired east,
south and north. The only . wires . In
operation were to the coasL
Street ears were halted at Yakima.
Prosser reported If Inches of snow, the
heaviest In Kastern Washington.
ASSETS OFBOND
HOUSE ARE SOLD
Sale of the assets of the bankrupt
bond house of Morris Brothers, Inc., to
the reorganisation committee was al
lowed this morning by Federal Judge
Charles K Wolverton. Every objection
of the non-assenting creditors was over
ruled, and the order of Referee A. M. j
Cannon waa affirmed. j
On November 7 Cannon gave Judge
Earl C. Bronaugh. trustee, authority to !
sell the assets to Morris Brothers cor
poration for $1,095,254.49 in preference to
another bid submitted by a local bond
ing house. The local bonding house
offered cash for part of the assets they
bid on, and the reorganisation committee
Is buying everything on the credit basis.
As the reorganisation ls not laying
money down on the counter, the 47 per
cent of creditors not in the reorganisa
tion pool objected In part to the sale.
OBJECTION OVKRBl'LKD
They contended that a preference was
being shown the 63 per cent, as they
m-ere to be given their dividends the
minute the sale was consummated, but
Judge Wolverton overruled this objec
tion, holding that they would, not be
preferred creditors, as they will sur
render their dividends to the trustee
as soon aa they are delivered.
Objection was also made to the form
Of .the. contract which Judge Bronaugh'
signed with the reorganisation commit
tee. "The contract In my opinion can work
bring to the . conference any program
for limitation of land -armaments. He
made no suggestion as to how the
crushing burden of taxation, under
which his country and the other states
of continental Europe are staggering,
can be lifted.
He contented himself merely with
pleading his country's justification in
face of increasing menace and so pas
sionately and eloquently did he per
form the task that berore he was
through women crowded in the galleries
were moved to tears.
He painted a vivid picture of German
militarism being not dead, but merely
lying dormant, ready to strike at France
again when the moment arrives, just as
It did tn 1914.
POINTS TO ASAECHT
Behind this menace, he pointed to
Russia,, with anarchy and armed men.
The combination of the two, he warned,
was not an idle dream. It was a hard,
cold possibility, and it had to be faced,
he asserted. Russa, he said, has armed
forces of 20,000,000 men, Germany some
7,000,000.
Would the world, he asked, have
France disarm before this terrible men
ace? Would the nations sitting around
the table agree to disarm if they were
situated as France Is? Would it be
fair to France herself or to the world
herself if they did so? He thought not.
The -French army, he said, has been
Damage estimated at Detween $500,000
nd $1,000,000 has been done in Port
land and vicinity by the most terrific
November sleet storm, flood and silver
thaw ever recorded by the weather
bureau.
While public service companies were
trying to repair broken traffic and com
munication lines today a southeasterly
gale was forecast for tonight. Snow or
sleet peril will have been passed with
winds from this section, the forecaster
said.
Only 40 miles tothe east of Portland
a six-inch crust of ice has been added to
the top of the two foot snowfall. All
traffic is paralyzed. The sleet storm
continued to hold sway today.
All wires are down to the East and
trouble is being experienced to the
North.
WILLAMETTE IS SWOLLEN
The Willamette river here was at 11
feet this morning. A 13-foot flood tide
is predicted for Tuesday. Flood warn-
ngs have been issued.
Telephone service is practically demor
aiized on the fc,ast Side todav. The tele
phone company reports 8000 telephones
out of service in the Mount Tabor, East
and vvoodlawn section. Several hun
dred extra men have been emploved.
Traction officials had a grilling time
late Sunday in keeping the streetcars
running. This morning all lines were
opened except the outer ends of the
lines. By noon virtually all city lines
were in operation. The Bull Run line,
however, was still impaired.
WIRES SCATTEBED
To the south the weather bureau is
keeping its eye on a new dancet. Rain
falls bordering on cloudburst sweot the
Willamette valley Sunday, with falls of
upward to eight inches beinsr reported at
various points.
During the 72 hour period endintr at
5 o'clock this momine- a total of ft 37
inches of rain fell.
BKIDGE SWEPT OUT
The Oregon Electric railroad reoorted
that one of Ita bridges at Beaver waa
swept 'out eatly this BiornlnR and that
another near. ale.m rou!d omhMLPh
ji,l3nfaiiii SosAulean ' fi
lore were, bemgr mad t&'nxjr the struc
ture against the tide,
The sudden rise In the freshet swept
thousands of logs down the swirling,
tutgid tide. The first obstructions they
met were the Hawthorne and Burnside
bridges, which were shaking as the logs
hammered against them and piling up
In Jams several acres In extent
One large boom that was owned by the
Wheeler Lumber companyt between Mil-
BULL RUN
PIPE LINE
IS Bli
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Earth-Shift Snaps One Conduit;
Other Stopped Up by Unknown
Cause; All Urged to Conserve;
Supply on Hand for 36 Hours.
(Concluded on Pace Two. Column On)
(Concluded on Pub Fifteen. Column Tiro)
GIRL
DESCRIBES
ARBUCKLE PARTY
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Shortage of ater loomed in Port
land today following a break In pipe
line No. I between the cy and th Bull
Run headworka at an early hour this
morning. To add to the difficulty the
second pipe line has become clocged and ,
ls furnishing only IS per cent of th nor
mal dally need.
It is thought from the meager reports -of
the damage that the break
caused by a washout earning the pip
along with the earth surrounding It- The
line broke a abort distance west of the
intake, Fred Randlelt. chief engineer for
the water bureau announced.
SIPPLT I OR If HOCKS
The break leaves the city wrth th
water In the six reservoirs, two In Wash
ington Park and four In Mount Tabor
park, as the sole supply. Need for con
servation of all water Is of prime tm
porta o-e, Fred Randleaa, chief engineer
for the water bureau, stated this morn
ing, for the capacity of the reservoirs Is
not sufficient to last more than
hours.
Gangs of men have been sent to re
pair the damage to th line, but It la
not expected that water will be In the
pipes again for 4S Hours.
TWO DISASTERS COME
Number one conduit broke, according
to the meager report brought to th
water bureau, a short distance this aid
of the Intake. The second conduit Is
choked and Is only furnhlng some
4.500.000 gallons of water a day. or about
15 per cent of the normal supply. No
advice as to the cause of th trouble
In the second line has been received.
Randlett returned to the city from the
headworka Sunday and mid th Ball
Run river was almost at flood whJW the
Sandy river waa a raging torrent. Th
approach to th bride acroa live Sand
river near Dodge Park on th Ball Ran
side had been carried away, he said, and
transportation to the headworka waa dif
ficult. ' The crews sent to repair the pipeline
were equipped with welding apparatua
The entire outfit win hare to find port
age across the river, aa the bridg I
useless. The bridge Is under th Juris
diction of Clackamas county.
CIBTAIU 1 ORDER
To save aa much water aa possible,
orders have been issued for the discon
tinuance of all street and sewer flush
ing. This means that street Intersec
tions where the storm deposited quan-,
titles of mud and debria will have to
remain until the normal supply of water
can be restored.
No damage waa don to the Intake.
Randlett aald. as the construction had;
reached a point where 1t could with
stand any amount of storm. Thejbrak
in the pipe line, however, makes tKS: in
take uselena.
(Concluded on Pig Sevan. Column Two)
Steed Clears Up Alliance
. .an an .
Publishes Unknown Facts
By Wlcisam Stted
Editne af th I .addon Time
iCnpyrisat, til, bt I niUd Km)
Washington, Nov. 21. In a recent dis
patch I pointed out that American
opinion la disposed to make the reten
tion or abrogation of the Anglo-Japan-ea
alliance a test question of the re
ality of British good irlll towards the
Cnlted States.
- With all deferenc to American feel
ings. I urged that this ia not the most
tactful way of putting th matter, and
that th futur of th Anglo-Japanee
alliance should b determined in the
light of th advantage or drawback
which, from th standpoint of th
highest Interests of th British empire,
It contlnuanc might Involve. Upon
matur consideration, th balance of ad
vantage, which Include th prospective
Influence of th British empire aa a
whol for th malntanac of peac in
th PactfkJ and throughout .the world,
mmi, I added clearly, to indicate th
abrogation of th alliance. Irrespective
of any arrangement for th limitation
of armament, eminently beneficlent
though such an arrangement would be
aa an additional pledge of tranquility.
IT IS DISREGARDED
Notwithstanding . this aomawhat
pointed hint which ha been widely re
produced In th United State som
wtl kaowa Ajnerican . writer continue
FOUR KILLED IN
SEATTLE STORM
Seattle, Wash.. Nov. 21. (U. P.
With eight inches of snow on the level,
train blocked In the mountains, wire
communication severed and the weather
bureau reporting conditions unchanged
since Saturday's storm. Seattle's outlook
early today was for more snow.
Driven by a racing wind, the storm
continued unabated off the coast. Seat
tle lies between this storm and an area
to force the Issue of the Ang!o-Janane of trm c0,d in. Montana and to the
ainance upon public attention rr,
such writer says: !
I am In a position to state authori
tatively that, despite official reassur
ance given last December by Che Brit
ish foreign office the United States gov
ernment considers, on the face of the
.nuwn lexis, mat in case of war be
tween Japan and the United States, la-
Tuiring as u inevitably wnnlri-...
third nation. Britain, so long as the
present Anglo-Japanese alliance con
tinues In effect, is in honor bound to
go to the assistance of Japan against
the United States. This consideration,
as ha perhaps been often said, but not
ufflclently realised, is one of thi
gravest matters that now has to be
threshed out here In Washington. -ANOTHER
WJUTEB.S VIEWS
Another writer, who obviously is not
out of touch with the views of some
official quarters, suggests that before
entering into "agreement for the limita
tion of naval armaments, th United
States may ask for th definite abandon
ment f th Anglo-Japanese alliance. Ha
argue that, for th United i, States to
pledge itself not to build warship for
iv years, ana to wave the . other two
naval power bound together In a de
fenaiv alliance, with their, combined
north. Until the wind changes or some
other atmospheric disturbance occurs Se
attle can expect no break.
Ellensburg reports 20 inches of snow.
Walla, Walla 24 and the Kittitas valley is
in the same condition.
Two rotaries are burrowing into the
blockade on the Northern Pacific main
line at the top of the Cascades.
This storm breaks the record for Se
attle and vicinity. Never before tn the
memory of oldest residents has so heavy
a fall of snow been recorded at this time
of year,
Four are dead in Seattle as the result
of accidents attributed to the snow and
condition of traffic.
Canby Boy Arrested
In Roseburg Freed
lOoaofadad ran Flftaea, Cohum One)
Canby, Nov ?1. Carton Hollenbach,
arrested at Roseburg, Wednesday, with
two. Portland boys suspected of theft of
an automobile, was released on evidence
that he was not with his companions at
the time the alleged theft occurred. Hol
lenbach. whose home Is in Canby, joined
the others here. Following hi release
be continued his journey to California.
where he plana to spend the winter. The
oar waatolen In Washington.
By Ellis H. Martia
San Francisco, Nov. 21. (I. N. S.)
The jury trying Roscoe ("Fatty") Ar
buckle for manslaughter as a result of
the death of Virginia Rappe. this after
noon heard the details of the gay "gin
party given here Labor day by the
film comedian from the lips of Zey Pre
von, showgirl, and one of the state's
two star witnesses.
Miss Prevon was called at 11 :4S
o'clock after the state had completed
its medical testimony. She kept the
tense courtroom waiting five minutes
and then made a dramatic appearance.
She wore a blue street , dress and a
Hudson seal fur hat with a gold top.
She made a striking picture on the
stand. As she passed the counsel table
t,o take the stand she stared directly
at Arbuckle. who evaded her gaze.
QUOTES VIRGISIA RAPPE
In a calm manner and in a drawling
tone of voice the show girl gave the
roost damaging evidence yet adduced by
the state against Arbuckle,
Arbuckle exhibited the greatest ner
vousness apparent since the trial start
ed during her story. His face was red
and be avoided the eyes of the witness,
who frequently stared directly at him.
Assistant District Attorney Leo Fried
man conducted her examination for the
state.
Miss Prevon said she did not know
Virginia Rappe in her life time.
The witness told of arriving at the
Arbuckle party at the St. Francis hotel
aoout t:au p. m. on September 5. Ar
buckle. Miss Rappe, Mrs. Delmont. Low
ell. Sherman, Al Semnacher and Fred
f lshback were there when she arrived.
sne saia.
COMEDLOT tS BATHROBE
Arbuckle was dressed in a bathrobe
and pajamas, she said. Food and
drinks were being served in quantities.
tne witness declared. The center of the
party, she said, waa in room 1220.
"About 2 :30 I saw Virginia Rappe go
to the bathroom of 1221." she testified.
-At that time Lowell Sherman, Alice
Biake and Arbuckle were In 1220.
."Mrs. Delmont-was In that bathroom
changing her clothes and Miss Rappe
went to room 1219. She was followed
by Arbuckle, I went into room 1221
lor a few seconds. I never saw how
many drinks Virginia took. Before Miss
Rappe went into room 1219 the guests
were eating and ariniUng and dancing.
Arbuckle had sent for a Victrola and
the music was going most of the time.
"About a half hour after Miss Rappe
went into 1219, I saw Mrs. Delmont go
to the door.
'"I'M DTL!fG," SHE CRIED
"Mrs. Delmont asked that it be opened.
Then - she kicked on the door and
1A 0
OH
T
TO BARE DETAILS
By Carl D. Groat
United l're Staff CorreBpoodmt
Washington, Nov. 21. China's dele
gation will try to thwart Japan's openly
expressed desire for sidetracking "de
tails" in the Far Eastern conference.
Seeing what they call a Japanese effort
to escape the washing of soiled diplo
matic linen, the Chinese let it be known
today in advance of the Far Eastern
committee session at 4 o'clock that they
will soon press for open discussion, of
a number of details, such as the Shan
tung, Manchurin and secret treaty ques
tions.
a
Country Kids Don't
Get Right Kind of
Food, Says Expert
(Bt United Jfew)
Chicago, Nov. 2L. , Country kids '
healthy and ' rosy-cheeked and their
urban cousins sickly and pallid?
Don't tell that to Miss Catharine Mc-
Laughry. official .weight tester, of Cook
county.
She is having every school child in the
county weighed and to date has found
as many country kids underweight as
she has In the cities. If every farm
pantry is filled with cream and butter
and other things that put weight on
young bones, many of the rural children
never get near it, she declared.
ICoaclsdcd, on Fas Two. Colusa Six '
win
E
SWEEP OF STORM M S
STOCK HERDS EAST OF CASCADES
STORM DAMAGE SURVEYED
Salem Bridges covered, train serv
ice brpken ; basements, auto camp
grounds flooded.
Eagle Creek Thirty automobiles
stalled in deep snows are abanloned
by owners.
Dallas Falls City branch of South
ern Pacific blocked by bridge wash
out ; Sheridan is isolated.
Astoria Storm blows itself out ;
minor si i das reported on lower Co
lumbia highway.
Chehalis. Wash. Silver thaw fol-
Ljows enow, which has turned to slush ;
logging camps closed.
Hills bo ro Floods expected but
heavy rain does little damage. No
aleet in city, little in mountains.
The Dalles Thousands of livestock
In peril; snowfall registers 35 'Inches
total.
- Albany All roads south closed to
auto ; Pacific highway to north near
flood danger.
Turner -City partly innundated ;
mall service halted ; lighting plant Is
useless.
Dodson, Ainsworth
To Give Ship Data
Washington, Nov. 21. (WASHING
TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.)
W. D. B. Dodson, J. C Ainsworth and
others will tomorrow present data on th
Columbia-Pacific Steamship '.company,
as requested by th shipping board in
connection with recen bearing on allo
cation of passenger cargo - chips. This
will comprise a complete , statement of
personnel, financial capacity and com-
jmercial connection
with. one of the big rotary snow plows
from the Blue mountains Sunday after
noon said that the snowfall, while heavy
to the east, did not compare in intensity
with the storm in this section.
Plans were being made Sunday night
to send out the rotary with a relief train,
early Monday morning. This train waa
all ready to leave Sunday afternoon,
with a carload of food supplies for pas
sengers on trains that are marooned In
the gorge. The storm was so Intense,
however, that the train could not be
dispatched. The rotary left La Grande
Saturday afternoon. Another rotary
endeavoring to clear the way through
the Blue mountains. The giant snow
plow arriving here brought tn some pas-
DATE FOR GRAIN
CUT IS ORDERED
Washington. Nov. 21. U. P.) Th
interstate commerce commiaaion today
Issued an order calling upon th rail
roads in the Western and mountain
Pacific group to put Into effect en c
before December 27 th reduction f
approximately 11 per cent on 'interstate
rate on grain, grain prod oca and hay
recently ordered.
(Conchadtd a Pis Two. Column Two)
Auto in Crash, Goes
Into Ditch, Pinning
Driver Underneath
Qua Logua, 4CS East Tenth street
south, reported this morning that while
he was driving west on Powell Valley
road near Kelly Butt at noon Sun
day his auto was struck by another
machine traveling tn the opposite direc
tion. Logua landed underneath his ear
In the ditch tn wnlch was twofet of
water. Th driver of the other car did
not stop to render aid. Logus said, and
he was able to extricate- himself only
with great difficulty. Logus was not
seriously injured, but his car was badly
damaged.
By Fred H. MeJfell
Journal Corraspondeat
The Dalles (via Spokane), Nov. 21.
The snowfall at JO Sunday night was
35 Inches and the storm was still raging
out of the -northeast with great intensity.
The snow changed to aleet about
o'clock Sunday afternoon.- and there Is
danger of the few wires left going out
In a short time. The moat paralysing
sicrm that has descended upon Eastern
Oregon in many years, and the first
known so early in the winter, began
Friday evening with a light snowfall,
which gathered in intensity during the
night and .Saturday.
Thousands of dollars of loss in stock
ls -feared; The rattle were: not all In
from the winter ranges- as yet, ; and
thousand of head of fall calves, with
out shelter, will probably 'perish. Great
fear are felt for. the safety of sheep
which were being brought down from
the-summer ranges in the mountains
this week. The storm is of a type
which Is causing the stock to drift be
fore it. Not until the storm subsides
win there be any possibility or estimat
ing the ... extent ' of : the ; damage. - . The
storm la said to have centered along
the river west of Th Dalles. Railroad in the morning telling what her husband
au so .succcooca ;in geuiag- uroogn piannea ia
Man Kills Self
- After Wiring Wife
After sending his wife a telegram
telling of his plsn to kill himself. J. T.
Rea. 429 Harrison street, shot and killed
himself in Forest Lawn cemetery tn
Los Angeles, according to the police.
who received a telegram from California
detective Sunday night, -he polio
called his wife. Mrs. Pearl Rea. . and
learned that she had received a telegram
J. . TEAL KEXDft WORD
Or COM MIKMOS RATE ORDER '
Joseph N Teal, now at Washington,
D. C . sent the following telegram to th
Portland Traffic A Transportation as
sociation :
"The interstate romnverc commission
has issued and will serve today order
requiring grain rales to be established
on or before December 27 on flv days
notice in accordance with report la hay
and grain rate case. I understand
petition for rehearing win be filed."
On the ground of their voluntary 19
per cent reduction In rate on farm
products and because of difficulty la
adjusting rates in coarse grains and
other grains equitahly for th en tlr
western territory, extensions In enforce
ment of the commission's order had been
aaked by the railroada. explained John
H Lothrop, secretary of th Portland
Traffic a- Transportation association.
this morning. The original order of th
commission contains the following - ! ,
paragraphs : . i
We find that the present rate on
wheat and hay involved herein will a
for the future unjust and unraonab) -to
the extent that they may individually '
Include more than on half of th In
creases authorised in ex part No. 74. '
We further find that th present rata
on coarse grains will be for th fa tare
unjust and unreasonable to th ex teat '
that they may exceed rate 10 per ceet
leas than thos herein prescribed a just "
and reasonable on wheat from and to
the same point. :
"We further find that th rate
commodities recognised as prod oris f
the above commodities will b for th
future unjust and unreasonable to the
extent that they exceed rate thst would
be made by continuing th relationship '
that now exist, except that wher dif
ferentials are observed and wer sub
tec ted to the -percentage Increases th
differentials should o reduced
Uoaatclr. with, th rate; -
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