THE PRESIDENT
Tie tasdsy Jreal today beglsB pas
Ueattea ( "MliTers ef . Wasalagtea," a
series ef hUui ul aaesTaee pea
pletere ef II eealaeal mss. ft rata 1
f Bectlea t today. ... : -
THE WEATHER
- PerOaa aai TVialty Saaday rr
any tain wt ateUy aerUerty.
- Orer Saaday piutltj lair, except '
rata la aaaUwast yortieai medtrat
wtade, becoming aerlaerty. '
VOL.' XIX. NO. 44. '
CITY EDITION
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDA Y! MORNING JANUARY ife 1822. EIGHT' SECTIONS
TRICE ' FIVE CENTS
U UU -: U
Astoria Man
SURE,. WE'LL HELP,' IS SLOGAN, FOR WEEK .
fjpHESB little folk and hundreds of others like them who are wards of Portland's institutions
- depend upon your subscription to the kmmunitv Chest for their care and development.
Thar appeal emphasizes the opportunity for genuine ccrornunity service which the Chest
campaign! affords to all who can avail themselves of it..; . : - ; j
Resigns to
Answer Klan
n
o)
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FATALT050
! 1
Entire Stretch From the Virginia
Capes to "Maine Feels Sting
. of Worst Blizzard of Winter.
Several Cities Are Buried Under
White Blankets; Transportation
Lines, Wire Systems Crippled.
i 1
New Tori. Jan. U. U P Sweep
ing up tb Atlantic seaboard from the
Virginia cape to Main, th winter's
"-worst storm held tha aaatars coaat In
. Ita grip tonight, with record snowfall
reported from many points, wires down,
transportation disrupted and hurried
. atorm wamlnga being relayed to ships
- at sea,
' Tba weather bureau bara this evening
issue, in fallowing atom warning:
"N. EL storm -warntox : North of tha
Virginia cap .to Eaatport, Main. Cen
tral at noon oft tha Virginia cap.
' moving N. N. B. Northeast galea to
night shifting to northwest Sunday,
. wun neavy snowa"
8 now was predicted for Naw England
and tha Tic In I ty of New -York city to
morrow, ceasing about noon, whan tha
atorm Miter would have passed north-
' waatward orr th Main coast.
CAPITAL CUT 0 -
Th weather buraaa announced a ree-
- or fail f anow for Washington .and vt-
. cinity, blowing northaastward to Bala
; mora and Naw York, wbar a fan of I
feat or mora might b expected. Indi
tlons war that th bllsxard, aa It was
designated by th bureau, would zoad
' anything since tha on which enveloped
th East in February. 110.
Th sweep ef th bllssard up th coast
from Virginia burled en city after
another beneath tha deepest snow of th
year. Washington waa temporarily out
rr from road and rait commuaJoatlon
' wtth tha oatald world today whan J feet
or snow had enveloped tb cap.
Baltimore next fait th bllssard'S f
feeta and th storm driven on northeast
winds which attained at times terrific
velocity. i- . ,
HOW BBIXOS WOK
I Th bttssard was confined to tha east'
era seaboard. The atorm turned east
ward at New Tork. driving ever Connec
ticut and Massachusetts,
Boston waa early caught tn tba blls-
sard. but th flrat storm psssed over
m tw hours. . ,
Telephone and telegraph companies
war ruahlng emargancy repair gangs to
vantage points along tha eoast.
la New Tork employment was found
for 0000 man, Philadelphia, which felt
th full tore of the bUsxard early In
tha afternoon, bad 1500 men at work.
w The bliasard bad fair to warrant tha
extraordinary precautions. Starting off
the Vtnrtnia capes last night tt bad
burled Washington, stopping trains and
pfwvwetmg the execution of much offi
cial buaineas while gripping the capital
ja aa icy cold.
BUZZARD DICBBABBS
Moving up th south seaboard, tha
storm struck Philadelphia with full force
shortly after noon. Driving sheets of
snow and a high wind made atreet tref
fie la that city extremely difficult and
dangerous.,
The blisaard continued to Increase In
latenatty thl afternoon and. warnings
ware tasued that tha snowfall Would last
throughout th night, whan aa average
depth of more than a foot might b ex
pected. Hma Wiaow Tries
To Commit Suicide
Klma, Wash, Jan. 11. "Mama, 1 told
you I could not live without WUV Mrs.
Anna Combes - told bar mother, Mrs.
Moor, shortly after e hooting herself at
' 44 o'clock this evening. Her husband,
W. A. Combe, died last summer after
a lingering sickness, and last week the
Combe honk was partially destroyed
by fir. Mrs. Combes was la Taooma.
It la thought worry over the loss of her
husband, renewed by tha loss ofhs fir.
eaoaad the suicide attempt. Th .bullet
want through the body below the heart.
Dr Conway, attending surgeon, said aha
au a -cnanc tor recovery.
More News Resources
For the Journal
On' Monday. February t. The
Journal will add to Its news re
sources tb daily leased wire re
port of th Consolidated Press As
sociation, a supplementary new
service that Includes) a variety of
Important new) features, among
them: .'
. A complete financial news
report.
. Uusineas news from ail 1
ver th country. . , ,
Th ' Chicago Daily Newa
foreign c&blea.
Th David Lawrence dig
;iatch. ;, - j . ....
Sports news features.
This service la dedicated pri
msxOy io afternoon newspapara
and apecUlisea oa "today's news
today ' ' ;
For detailed announcement ot
thla new leased wire th fifth,
ey th way, . which nerves Th
Journalise pg of section S
today. ": -
William P. O'Brien Retires as
a
President of Chamber Because
of Klan's Activities.
Astoria, Jan. SS. William p. O'Brien.
president of th Astoria Chamber of
Commerce, tendered his resignation to
th board of directors this afternoon, de
claring that, tn view of the activities
of th Klu Klux Klan in Astoria, he
felt Impelled to reply to allegations lam
to them and that he did not wish to in
volve the chamber in personal and re
ligious matters. The board has not
acted npon bis resignation.
The action of O'Brien, who Is manager
of the Astoria Box company, came as
a distinct surprise to the managers of
th board, which has thus far refused
to make any comment upon It.
The Klu Klux Klan. which Is resorted
to have gathered considerable strength
, Ponsor Wednesday for a Thousands of persona applaud the pro
motion picture and lecture purportion to ,v., tT. T, "v"uu pro
reveal the alms of the order: O'Brien 1,0881 VMt Columbia river highway
mentiona some of the statements made should be reopened without further
at mat time as reasons for his decision. I
MAY END ON FEB. 2
American UeleffateS SaV Panev
s I
Has Accomplished Much in
Interest of Peace.
Washington. Jan.
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vvnue in I
m , l . . I
MMyum uy ol ui nnai ao I
eomplUhmenU of th Washington arms I
oonrerenoes was at a dead standstill to-1
day the subject of Japan's tl demands
o unina waa deemed tonight the ImM I
medium that may offer anything In the I
nature of. a surer lae or furthar m.i I
aa American policy In the parley. I
A conservative estimate tmimM .left to nature, the hlxhwav will not fcal
that th cloaa af t. rrmZ. , 1
b about three months after the. uruIo(
opened. This would b m a I
February t. aa th. conrrenw, tirvtl
MiMul mm. Xswu m..
the American. I. that no confer m
nuiory. ragaraieas or the length of ne- J
gotUUons, ever brought forth such defW
nite and general result for world peace
aa -tha Wuhin r
as - the Washingtoa
conference will I
acniev.
News " Index
Today's Sunday Journal la Complete in
Eight Sections:
Raltertej
Sestfc J. rate .
PeraJe
Caidtaali Split Section 1. Ttgm I.
Valted gtatai Blnpt to Open Serrioe Seetioa
i..ref T.
Za oa Vet Boa
1.
Fate .
Oretea Xaa Bapaort Lead's Mascara Beetio
1. rate T.
Coal Warn to Be Oat Seetioa 1. Fage 7. '
NarUiwe
dtfloqnla lima to Bawrme Seetioa 1. Face S.
Looal Prospector Drewaa Section 1. Pica g.
.least rails Bank Cloes Seetioa 1. Pace I.
PsaJaaanav Umj Try to Get flit fluhia 1.
Fax S.
fee Ju u Welser Bride Seetioa 1. Pace B.
S3 Irricatloa Diatrlets Seetioa 1. Face 6.
Saadadxen Best GoMea Basis Seetioa i. Pace S.
Hr Ditier at Stage Dies Seetioa 1, Pace 11.
Loxtsr b Killed Seetioa t. Pace 11.
FaiUanS
CandViitai lor Gevaraonhip Ceotioa 1, Pace &.
Blmd Msa are Beard Seenoa 1. Fate 4.
OH Ttsten atest Seetioa 1. Fsaa 4.
Bnur Blnshelaier Df Sentkia U Pace 4.
School Deaee arrnmenti Weetlon 1.' Pace I.
Aodltorixa Mseti gmsnaii Ssettoa 1. Pace 8.
tor TJeUaaaeat imminU Seetioa 1.
Pass . e"
Orf , La XatereesMat
-Section
Fate .
Bnbbr b
imxm iu.
omwm . u-
n IO- '
aiojuuansa Holds uj boop nwtwar aeeuoa-i.
N - - - I
frylwWin I
Swuaa . Pi
Baal Mate sad'Bxnanns - Section 8. Face 1.
Market Seetioa . Fata 14 .
Fiasaee eettoa S. Png 1J,
VUrtne . Seetioa . Face X.
aetomaths
SeetiDB t. Facet 1-4.
f ' Oa the Fleer aids
Tba Week la Society Bentin 4. Facet 1-4.
WasMa'S Club Aflain Seetioa 4. Pate 5.
raraaa-TeanhT Herttn 4, Pass 6.
The Beaha ef M wac Bestiaa . Fata i.
4. Fate T.
Aawrkaa Totara Seetta X, Pace ft.
U Foruaad Srnools . Seetioa 4. Fata t.
2.
Seetioa S,
Fatal
aathear Kawer Feeto Seetto T. Pate' L. '
"The Peace.' by Bay Btaaaard Baser . See
Ooa . Fate 1.
Mow rmmmiLkmTm!lkm
MMmm Maw ratal gagUaa S.'rata.'''
Minan ef Wsahiatlse SuuUaa X Fat It '
Tha.Jistien! Caattal BetUu X, Fat X
-The TJsetea Trsu.- tj B..C.
" .an I, Face t. '
SUrr to Wed fc
Fata 1.
4. Fat U
Seetioa T, Fans 14.
Seetioa . Patei 1-4.
Btot Berth 4.
All Interested intBlove Expected
to Attend Meeting at Courthouse
Called for Monday Afternoon.
Delegations From The Dalles and
Hood River Will Participate)
Suggestions for Work Offered
delay.
noom zoi at th courthouse wffl be
Jammed at S o'clock Monday afternoon
and greater accommodation win be
needed, according to present, appear
ances, for the conference of all interested
in the subject which has been called by
Charles Rudeen, chairman of the Mult
nomah county commission.
particularly la interest keen in the
conference since It was announced that
Unyone may attend who wants the hieh
wit amn. Wtin n nl.. r,fm
wno ww join in a plan involving organ!-
sauou oi au agencies concerned.
una state highway commission will
participate together with lta executives,
delegations from The Dalles and Hood
Inite , t . .
U4W uuwucu HHIL'. nwn1.
in. va. n
" w mrimmt rig W.AUUWUVUB HUH
engineers.
ORQAITIt ATIOIT 3TE1DED
Xast November an; ice storm of .
Precedented severity completely burled
P""10"" or m xugnway. Though the
lce na eoftened at th surface under
recent warm weather, its volume la atin
aboat the sams as two months ago and.
traversible until AaniL In flu nnininn I
Samuel C. Iucastr.- th looatinjrl
wgtneer of th great thorourhfara. i
80 sadden was the storm that scores
.Inf MM mrmrm mmntrttt mr nf- I
n wiu una pvnea lmnc i
was cut oft, Th pio Padfio .track
paraiieung we nighway was likewise I
Telephone and telegraph lines
wer prostrated. The ' railroad now Is
U Th- .t ... v. I
clear. Th wires are up again, but the I
aiguway ia auji DiocKeo. some patheuc t
little effort to lift ernahlnvr wAitrht tiff I
rt;i. -4.-ZJrrur
si-the nalToT Tg on e I
(Caadoded oa Fas 8cwa,-qohuu One)
Al Kader Temple
To Try to Get One
Of Three Hospitals
Ai Kader temnle. Ancient Ami!c
1 Order "Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, wants
one of the hospitals for crippled children
wnicn wm ne constructed by the Shrin
ers in the various parts of the United
State. At the meeting of the local
temple held in the Scottish Rite cathe
dral Saturday night. Geonce L. Baker.
chairman of th local hospital commit
tee, maae a report or the activities of
the national committee; and he made a
motion that Al Kader temnle annroBrt
ate 23,vuu cowards tne purchase of
site near Portland. .
The vote was unanimous, and Poten
tate a. 1a Tetu was instructed to norJfv
the national hospital committee ef Al
leader's determined action Indications
are that a site will be donated hnt tha
temple did not want to take any chances
and therefore passed the motion to pur
chase one. . It was decided that should
a location be offered to th Shriners free
or cnarge tne zza.ooo will revert back to
tne treasury.
Saturday night's meetme? waa n nf
the most enthusiastic held by the local
brufv tn - MAM .Kan - . J
the first time Chat Alfred I' Tetu pre-
1 z-rrr rr. r
i vtuir imei moyuv . - , ; . -
I The tranamn tatlrm MnmW- i-.
i pesea f uintr BwMik. rh.i-w...
irrann rn.-ta.ooT9 uta-Eari I wk
.las well as the committee in dum nflby -the . Portlaad - Antnmnhiu ru.i.1
1 arranging the details for Al fader's trip
.... wuicuuuu am
Francisco next June, .made reports. It
was pointed out that Portland and Ore -
STo .iT OTJ . contempiat majMg"eaea mat or any previous openlna -
Beckwith
, . ' uvu7 imuracr
Beckwith..at the-P-rt,(n v.,n-,
atth Pythian buHdinr or
Potentate TetU at i th "rjote'a" riffle
. . . y
204 Imnerial hotel. Within th. M,1ltlnrU nlvti. . v 1
0y- - l
N.0. &0. Road May,
Be Extended North
' r
I UlU UttJie VIC W lift
Klamath Falla. Jan. IILTht
! an and far-reaching developments are
I forecast in the announcer lent that the
Western , Pacific railroad COM r'aaVTvT( aTL faa
i the purchase of th Nevada.- raJinmia
A Oregon railroad, operating from Hack-
etaii. lassen county to Lake View. Or.
u u general oeuei nere. Plana a n.
nounced eatt for the exnenrlltur. f nn.
. . ... -
row gauge of the K,- C O and other -
wis improving the , road , to
w . ; : .
toward raJlrom t.i .wT.. .7
tec ted Klamath county since the
i . --
vrior -'tmlzlY
thaToted!
J-f Oh!.2SavU
aanea au
extension
the pushing of the road north frmn tT.v2
vu.T, .h jCJ.rv,
6prlgu7lve;
bSgttlroadesVndwt
teoM areoWotf, tvl
1 Strahora Un
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45 Different. Appeals and Year's
Solicitations Grouped in One
Campaign Extending Over Week
$798,777 Needed for Charitable
and Character-Building Agen-
cies; None Exempt From Giving
H0XDAV8 C0HMU51TI CHEST
STENTS
.Early Morning Everybody in Port
land should be on the Joe of filling
Portland's Community Chest
Noon Flag- rally, music by band
and talk by Mayor Baker, formally
opening campaign.
Noon Setting off aerial bombs
from barge on the river and sound-'
ing of fire sirens will tell all Portland
that drive is open.
12:15 Plying squadron meets In
ballroom off mezzanine floor at Mult
nomah hotel to report fully on its
week's work.
8 P. M. Heartwarming bv Bov
Scouts on downtown street corners
around big bonfires, with stunts and
speaking. . .
By Vartaau jr. Daaa
The lid Is Up. ;
Take a look inside.
Emptyt
Tes, today. Bat before the week ends
it will be full,
Tomorrow the r annual . Community
Chest campaign begins.
FOrty-fiv drives are mare-aA In I
a miw.ootir.,.. . I
T. i T" e-"" iuwrl I
' -J
Eight thousaad wata iftovartB- th 1
leihr with th nroi.iM, il
..Klu wt
- n. .4 ... . . . j. . .
, SLtSL 2!!C
of local rfiaritihT. TII v
taVIgenctes? character build-
wen ,.i. ,
. onre, weu Help . Is
loran.
the campaiga
it wffl h WJmmm - . I
rwuB W1" near as .the
bTaTrS S wlcrwuTex:
m&ra ciomenia or accomplishment. It
I Will be reflected in tha danoln.
wBjnmng urea wmcb Boy Scouts
buuu . va aowniown corners Mon
dy evening, it will blare In the notes
of brass bands.- - .
MOTOR AS BAJtOMETEB -
It "Will be th IMtDF Imniiliu .v I
-n , i , . uivi
wiwt-uettnng tractor - which wm start
up cum aireei ana can nly be -moved
(Oonoliidsd oa Face Nine. Cobnaa One)
13th Annual Display; Which End
ed Saturday NlgKt, Is De
clared Great Success.
More than 20.000 J persons attended
Portland's thirteenth annual automobile
saow The AudlbMium, which- ended
I A ne
aixHiay existence 5 Saturday 1 night.
-vrnt va i V ' m
event was. in point of attendance.
financial retorna 'and hmnnt tn .nf..
wu. un tne most suecessfui mr
i ... . . - - .
Mi ta Portland, offklala at the ahow
i sxaxea. - .- . ' r -.
MoeiDti nr tiu stn w.m.ki
I assOclatioa,- which sponsored the show,
w.awuuniiuif, rental anjK Other ex-l
I Pensea Incidental to staeimr the- annual
1 exhibit. Attendance on th vpem' -
1 .uumuj .. nignra srvie anow
l.tt. .1 Z!?irr-,Z,f 'T f?'w-
I attracted crowds In aooh nwiL
1 . w.i.wvtw a-iasma
I the nrevlon. mmnt
d for attendance on a
I Credit for the success rf .. 19 .4,-
is accoraea tne orxtcers of th local
dealers association : A. ' H. Brown,
president ; A- C Stevens- vie, ktmI.m .
C. Lw BOSS. C. W. Diinnlnr - XX r
uayes. R. W. DeLay. C. o Irwin. H. W.
nonen ana M- m. Covey, dlreetara. aiui
i j., ouaeau. execuav jacretarv
nnger. .
McNary,'Stanf Mi: .
Mark Time on Land
Off ice Appotatment
i ww cwBiuiiK ifjn. Jan. zi - w a vtjt .
Washington. Jan. n. TWASttrvfi.
1 Senators licNarv nH Ri..riZl
--a ctaniieia nav
1 wwh va snj appointment. tv
the
1 oocr-tary rmney tr th in-
1 tenor . oenartmenr mrnmwit' .kw . .
towyer wl maB tUit wrth pub-
Woi
..SIU I
J-Ttlr kJ j w given-aa to
WBetar departmental . preference
ftU fX?! R m pre-
-WZS' rthuv ao U
tPL 'PoUtiei
and newapaper interesta. arlll fiiuiitM.
riv h nliim - "
l ' '
2.
. "sli-i-iiViT-n- -rr-rr
M-
Av
Not Bow to
Unibn Men
Arbiter: Am Chicasro Buildine
Trades . Declines to Quit; .
, Plans Qre-Vage Cuts. :
.Chicago, Jan. rr P.)i-Pederal
Judge K , m. lAndIs,arblter of disputes
In Chicago's' building 'trades. , isn't - a
quitter. : ! . . " '.:
The Judge showed that today, .when he
refused to bow to a petition by. union
representativea that .he resign as arbiter
in Chicago's warfare between building
trades unions and their employers. '-
Land la, .who recently handed down" a
wage decision which was bitterly op
posed by many unions, aaid he was pre
paring a new scale to become ffwrVM
june X. wnicn ie will make public next
week. This is expected to make a fur.
I tbr cnt in-: wages, paid building trades
workers.
1 " ure wuuuuue 01 union I
I called Tnf. - Mm .
When the committee ef union heads
I era! buildina- mrtnnH ski, -i. .
I : " - uwir ueair ne
i snouia out. They replied it was not.
I TH. in.. mm-
mh m . t i
una uim mHm4 t k... . . t .i..m
wdeoms omrtiinirr tn m nn .11
roodbye. Buti there is only one
6 wiu ma joo..
I . ' e- -
TCn''Tynm;TTi:X
1 XI Ull-X Oil Llfiftil Tl Villi r I
rT,'Tl T AUi
UAUU Aa J V Xu A Cull '
a a vsi " s aa a mas aa w- a-aa vj
After SeirmgEime
Jackson. Uinn. Jan. la. fTI ' P.
Arthur Townley president of the Nan.
I ?TU8fl leaguev will step, from Jail here
I r11- Hi"1 -aay sentence. IOJ
I "r""" ul "wuuon- "
, upon leaving Jail . Townley win r be
rearrested on warrant from Fargo. N. IX,
on charge of having Induced WO. Hast
ings an - employe - of .'the. Scandtnaviaa
bank of Fargo, to lend $3000 on a false
security. The security was a note ot the
Sisal Trust company, of which Townley
was president. : which- is allered not- t a
have been organised when the note was
given. ur, v..y;v;.' -. ;:.r t V"--j
Rood j
Chinook Passes
Milton. Jan. t-Chlnook winds melt-
ed the snow so rapidly that the water
down Maie to iorrlnte T
Uy.l being take, from store, to
uy. peopie uemg taaen rrom store to
automobiles in some Instances.: Cellars
mnd basement, iwere flSTbVSve!
trato.. from Pendleton Was Luted
anpager. for Wall Walla were
tnatf.md tn tt,m w.n. xit.ti, r.ti
I :.7 . ..
iMUKif comsany-a iines. s
I
Federal; Detective Arrests J. 6.
-DeweJL of Dayton on Embez-Vi
zlement Indictment - ;
Embexxlement of large sums of money
from the Southern Pacific company while
th railroad was under government con
trol: Is charged' against . James Oliver
Dewell, v former Dayton. ; Or . station
agent, who was arrested Saturday after
noon at McMlnnvUle by Tom Word, de
Prtment.of Justlc Agent.' ? - .
Dewell waa brought to Portland by
Word and placed to the federal corri-
wr-oi ute. aauitnomaa county jail by
Deputy United . States Marshal Neaia
Tyson la default of $5000 bond. -
- Traveling auditors for th Southern
Pacific company who Investigated th alleged-shortage
- In Dewell'a .accounts
were out of tha city Saturday night,, so
the exact amount of the alleged shortar
could not be learned, but federal officials
saia they understood th alleged short
ag equaled and posaibiy exceeded. the
amount-ot bail asked. .:
tTJTDEX IX&ICTXEirT " .
' With th arrest of Dewell. was also re
vealed a secret federal grand Jury In
dictment which waa retained October 7.
1911. Th three counts of the Indictment
allege that on December 20. UU. Dewell
converted $142.04 paid by 1. M. .Crawford
to bis own use; that on October t. lilt,
he converted . $12a.7t paid by , Ernest
Hlrter to a similar use t and that on Jul
. 1S11, he made similar diapoaition of
$50.47. paid by ;the Crescent Lumber A
supply company. t x . , -v ; . i
According to United States " Attorney
Leeter W. Humphreys all th sams which
Dewell is alleged to have embezzled, wer
monies paid to for freight b01a In many
cases, xor cartot sniptnenta. - in -sot
cases. ? Humphreys said, the ' evidence
showed that ha turned over part of th
money received to th company and kept
pan. -. . . .. ...
LEATES WITH FAXILT ' - ' S
All th embezzlemeata. charged In the
Indictment are alleged, to have been corn-
1:-
if;
cOMMUNrry
:. chest
r.
si
i, -
One Youth Suffers Some 25 Sep
arate Breaks, Another Seven;
A Brittleness 1s Cause.
t life la .'just on broken .boa after
another for Robert Fbinips, aged 17
years, son of Dr. R. A. Phinipa. 100S
Sandy boulevard.. On Friday afternoon,
only .a few days -. after', he discarded
crutches.' use of which was ores stoned
by a fracture -of th thigh boo aorne
month ago. b slipped and fell, a break
of the right femur resulting.
-This makes th sixth or seventh-
break for young PhCllpa Offhand.
neither h nor . the - attending suitewa
eouM grv ta exact number.
, "But that only a little grief as com
pared with th ease of Kenneth Me-
Donald, six year old son -f Mr. ai
Mm A. W. McDonald. 003 Milwaukie
street," th sam phystdaa declared.
"Kenneth has suffered fractures of tb
bones la bis arms or leg at least U
umes, aaa maybe as many as $0 time.
BEEAX HABITUAL ' '
Bnnta, tt seems, has a habit of
breaking a boo every month r so. Ia-
deeil it is such a trtqueat oeearrwacs
that th lad can diagnose ai own case.
"Well, doctor. b aanoanaea in m
matter of fact way every few weeks.
-iv nroaen my tear again.- r-
Kenneth haa suffered s many time
ana tne use cc rat iimbs is so seriously
impaired, : h does not walk. Yet
ne ta a nappy utu reltow and. ta tn
school. The moat trivial fall is sufficient
Dreax a bone tne last fracture occor
ring only abo-st thre months an. .
la th ease ot Robert Pbillipa, th first
boa fracture . tha family remembers
was in tne young reaow eighth vaar.
The first In nor recent years cam ta
l19.when be fell from. a cherry tree,
la January, mi, fa broke his leg again.
tie aaa just laid away his crutches
when, oa April 1. h fell again, break
tog both thigh bones. The last Injury
Tne surgeon ascribed this boo break
Knickerbocker Movie Theitre
I $ Crushed by Heavy Veit '
of Snow During Performance,
Moans and Cries of Injured Heard
From Wreckage Die Severe
Weather - Hinders Rejcuers.
Washington. Jan. 21. (8unday)-
(U. K) The death toll la tbo Knick
erbocker tbealr mounted steadily aa
rescuers worked througb an all-nUM
bUxxard that added to their dldlcul-
Uea. i ' " , r - -
Estimates at 4 a. m. vera that
th death list would reach SO, though
police said this must stand aa a gnaeea
ontn they could get to th remaining-
bodies still pinned In th wrockaga.
Nearly lit war believed to b still
Imprisoned trader th fallen root
; hoars . after th eoHape . oc
curred, v
At 4 a. to- th list of known dead
Zt. that many t bodies having
been recovered, .
Eighty Injured had been ldenti.
fUd. -
' Washington. Jan. tt ( Sunday HJ. P
The eollap f the Knickerbocker morW
theatre here Saturday night Washing
ton's worst disaster m many years took
a toll of at least dead and U0 Injured.
according to to latest eeamau by polic
and firemen. . - . .
Figures shortly after midnight ware :
c Jdaatifled dead, eight. ... --
Unidentified dead grvea as It. - -- --
Many more s believed bar lad la th
ruins, . - . . . .
A heavy layer of anow over a foot
deep ea th roof during th day Is said
to have caused th roof to give way.
. It may b three day before th ex
tent of the disaster la fully known. Be
cause of the character of tangled and
twisted wreckage ft may be tmpoaaiu
to. reach many f th vlctiza bfor
they die. .
Later' reports, credited aa attach of
th tbeatr with stating that tber war
only ISO persons to th buildiag at th
time of the accident. This la uncon
firmed, but it trn would cut down th
death list considerably.
B1JHA1P ZS JUE3TXWZO , '
Aa hoar after th catastrophe, th
bintsard. which had died down t soto
extent, . revived, th cutting wind and
falling snow adding to th urrtag f
th victims and impeding th work ot
Tb theatre was only partially fined
at th Urn of th accident, th majority
of Its Saturday night patrons baring
been kept at bom on account of th
bUaiard. - ' . - -
Tb roof is lying flat oa th Orcbeaira
seats but tt Is believed that th eatir
f a mnelcisTta wr la an aiu-
Hundreds of Jacks are being
lift tb roof. ,
tail of soldiers was ordered oat
to assist to removing the dead with army
stretchers. Betas wrk preoaaded
alowry during th first boar hnranas th
roof had been torn open with crowbar
an axea This oaiay added ta th aroer
of tb clamnrtag crowd at tb poUc
fireman carried a IltO tte from
th ruins In his arms, when a woman,
growing hysterical at tb sight, pluaswd
through th potto cordoa, "screaming (or
her child which waa pinned to th
A small snEmber maaaxad ta
before th roof eraabad. Tb blrreat
part of th audience ver well down
to front and therefor few wars ehi'
t tax advantage- of th nannur '
warning gtvea by th sound of th roof
supports a they gav way.
Tb first body taken trot tb' rein
was that of Mr. B. Jl. Covail, Si.
child n cmriHED , .
Tha'.next victim 'was a l-yaaA.ld
child. Tb child was crashed and be
lieved fatally hurt. ,
.vPf00 iv way Juet abev
th balcony, it swung down, an aim j to
hesitate a moment to tt doadry drop,
thea bockled and fell fiat on top oC
th vxhestra seeta, Men and women
screamed -and tried to Juan from their
seats, but th tailing roof caorht most
of them. Tb, as tb terrlbaa sound
f crashing and wrenchiag timbers and
girders died sway, a stunned aileaoa fail
vr u gnaauy seen.
persons passing an the street
nmaiag to th theatre iv. kv
beard tli tarrtOo ttoh of ta craan.
' Soon th TDotbeied moans and shrtek
of the Injured could be board coming
from th wreckage.
A detail ef marine was called to aid.'
A frantic man and woman tried to get
through the marine tin.
CXI IB FOE CHU.DBE? .
-My children, my ehlMrea r the
woman cried, as ah struggled with a
marine.
The tw. children. Francis and Jack
Dunnan, 1$ and U years old. respective
ly, bad gon to th theater without their
parents, and police found them huddled
against a bug eoliima. both badly In
jured. .
Tb theatre Is of brick, has a capacity
of 20 and waa constrocted la 1J17.
. Fir departSBent apparatus wa kept
la readiness to act Instantly at tb first
sign of fire, but the fireproof construo-
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jCoarlTtdBd ea Fas Eicb Cohvaa One) .
tCoarinrtrl an Fat "Deb.
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