■ ,* ■ * . ** . ’’ ' K/M-téB V • > ,fc ^ * PRICES GOING SK Y W A R D . f.'* • ■ ■ V '. ' Food Frozen In Transit and Hurt by Frost. Chicago — Winter, ■ .ns of Interest Gathered «the World at Large. snorting and snarling, freeze a few sudden which Crops arrived did more than persons to death. advent of The cold weather sent the prices of all foodstuffs skyrocket­ ing, so that those who initial blast will STORM DEALS DEAID survived become the Blizzard Follows Cyclone In 6r Lakes Region. painfully moral Resume o f Important Event* aware that winter has set in in ear­ Chicago Suffers . Presented In Condensed Form for Òur Busy Reader*. /’ resident Taft is planning addition- ' let legislation. if; Uedo, 0 ., elected a Socialist asses- >d two couneilmen. * ^ior Fowler arrived at El Paso, * his Paciiic-to-Atlantic .flight. fears a rush o f cheap labor 1c coast when the Panama pleted.* easels o f the Chinese im- deserted thè Manchus uti^rrrists. Rodgers has rallied from j^ rco n d itio n resulting from his When he attempted to complete icean-to-ocean flight Sunday, and ger to complete his trip. nest. ► The reasons £iven for the advance in food staples are that hens cease laying, cows give a limited supply o f milk, carloads o f fruit and vegetables were frozen in transit and the source o f much o f this supply damaged by frost. There is also the further rea­ son that snow is falling heavily over a wide area and trains are likely to become stalled and food supplies will be slow in arriving. Here are some o f the advances following the cold weather: Eggs, up 3 cents, retailing at 40 to 42 cents a dozen. Potatoes, 35 cents a peck, and the price will go much higher. Creamery butter, 38 cents a pound. Ham, 17 cents a pound. Dressed chickens, 16 cents a pound. Coal dealers have given notice that they will advance prices at once. They have had two lean years, due to the strike and overproduction in mild sea­ sons, and prospects o f a long, hard winter affords them an opportunity to even matters up. The charitable organizations o f Chi­ cago are fortifying themselves against unusual demands this winter. Hot Wave, Then Rain Follows, Turning to Snow and Ice. Chicago— Reports tell o f death and injury and extensive property loss resulting from cyclonic storms that raged late Saturday in Southern Wis­ consin, Illinois and Iowa and near the Great Lakes. The storm followed an unusually hot period during which sev­ eral persons were prostrated. Many persons are known to be dead, several dying, and scores are in­ jured. Intense suffering from the bitter cold, snow and sleet which des­ cended upon the homes is reported in the wake o f the storm. Southern Wisconsin was the hardest hit. Near Orfordville six deaths are reported to have occurred, and at Mil- ton, a few miles away, there was a seventh. In the village o f Virginia, near Springfield, 111., nearly every public building was damaged, including stores, churches and city property. Many were injured in the swirl o f flying timbers and some o f these prob­ ably will die. In Iowa a 50-degree drop in the temperature turned the pouring rain into driving sleet and a coat o f ice covered the cities, stopping entirely electric and steam traffic. Property loss mounted up rapidly in the trail o f the Wisconsin cyclone. Late advices indicate that the dead in Rock' county, Wisconsin, alone will number at leaSrt 17. Two deaths at Milton, W is., were reported to the train dispatcher’s office o f the Chica­ go, Milwaukee & St; Paul railroad, but the wires were blown down by the storm before the report could be veri­ fied. Severe weather conditions are re­ ported all the way from the Rocky Mountains. At Chicago the wind ob­ tained a sweep o f 44 miles an hour, and in the Yellowstone Park and at Helena, M on t, the thermometer in the government weather bureau regis­ tered 8 below zero. At the Sault Ste. Marie canal in Michigan more than an inch o f rain fell. John Mahoney, a freight handler in Chicago, was overcome by the heat while at work in an open freight warehouse. The government ther­ mometer registered 74 degrees at the time. This was the hottest Novem­ ber day since 1888, and the greatest number o f prostrations occurred o f any other November day on record. Later on, however, a driving rain started. Vivid lightning and heavy thunder accompanied the downpour. terrific winter storm is sweeping |, Atlantic icoast, and much wreck- is coming ashore. Freezing lather extends into Louisiana, and iruit and garden truck is suffering P nsiderable loss. A German war correspondent left Tripoli in disgust rather than main­ tain silence regarding the atrocities W O O L MEN SC O R E TARBELL. committed by the Italian soldiers. He says the stories already given out do not tell half the truth. $ 1 ,0 0 0 Raised to Tell Public Truth About Industry. A French scientist has discovered unmistakable evidences that some pre­ Baker, Or.—To bring out the real historic men at least were vegetarians. truth about the wool business as op­ Women o f Brooklyn, N. Y., formed posed to what has been told by writers a marketing club and are buying their like Ida Tarbell, who, by fictional supplies at wholesale, saving nearly magazine [and newspaper articles, 60 per cent. they declare, have put the wool indus­ Banker Robnett, pleaded gu|lty to try before the public in an entirely embezzlement of the funds o f the false light, delegates to the 14th an­ ewiston, i Idaho, national bank and entenced to ten years* imprison­ nual convention o f the Oregon Wool- growers’ association, subscribed ment $1,000 for publicity purposes. PORTLAND M A R K ETS. The subscription was raised in a W heat— Export basis: Bluestem, few minutes by the delegates, whose 82(«,84c; club, 780('.79c; red Russian, enthusiasm had been stirred by an 7 6 @ 7 7 c ; valley, 7 8 @ 7 9 c ; forty-fold, dress by W. S. McClure, secretary o f the National Woolgrowers’ associa­ 80c. Corn— Whole, $3 7; cracked, $38 tion, who spoke on ‘ 'W oolgrowing and Its Relation to the T ariff.’ ’ McClure ton. Millstuffs— Bran, $23 per ton; mid­ scathingly arraigned writers like Miss dlings, $ 3 1 shorts, $24; rolled bar­ Tarbell for giving untrue statements and denounced the present laws, which ley, $35('«,36. Oats— No. 1 white, $31(f the country. “ How is it that woolen goods, the Barley— Feed, $32.60^£33 per ton; raw wool for which I purchased for brewing, nominal. ■ Fresh Fruit*— Pears, 76c6i:$l .76 per $1.67, could not be made into a suit jyrapes, 76cf«£$1.25; cranberries for less than an added cost o f $35?’ ’ 1.60 per b a-rel; huckleberries, asked McClure. “ Going to Washing­ ton with goods for a suit, the wool for 1 pound. Lpplea— Jonathans, $1.60(U$1.50; Red Cheek Pippin, $1.26 $45. Others varied some, with the British Rulers Sail for Scene o f C or­ ((£1176; Northern Spy, $ t .2 5 (« 1 .7 5 ; lowest bidder asking $35.’ ’ I onation in East, W in ter Banana, $26£S; Bellflower, $1 ®1.J|6 Potatoes— Buying prices, Burbanks, 90c® i|L10 per hundred. Onions— Buying price. $1.10 sack. Vegetables— Artichokes, 76c dozen; beans, 541'10c pound; cabbage, lift l i e ; cauliflower, 50c(a$l dozen; celery, 60 (11 ZION ITE O P P O S E S C E M E N T . Christ Would Avoid New Sidewalks, Reason for Asking Injunction. Zion City, 111.— Rupert Deveraux, a member o f the old Dowie faction in Zion’ s affairs, filed a petition with the Zion City board o f aldermen ob­ jecting to the proposed construction o f cement sidewalks here, on the ground that Christ never walked on cement and therefore “ would avoid Zion City on the Savior’ s approaching second coming to earth.” The petition said that Dowie would return to life with the second coming o f Christ. One o f Deveraux’ followers, it was said, recently attempted to get some word from the late Alexander Dowie by sleeping three successive night* on Dowie’ s grave in the cemetery here. He is said to have reported to Dever­ aux that the expected message did not come to him. Los Angeles Faces Election Troubles Los Angeles— W ith a total registra­ tion o f more than 190,000, election officers in Los Anglers are now facing one o f their most vexing problems. How to arrange voting booths so all can vote is the problem. In some precincts more than 2,000 voter* are registered. In others it ranges from 600 to 1,800. According to officers, it i* a physical impossibility for all o f those registered in the larger precincts to vote within the 12-hoar limiL Thief Returns Serm W ilkes barr». P*. — A titled. "Prepare to Meet Thfc .* which was taken from the pnetfrh. Rev. M. E. W illiam s, a Me crop. 4 3 *t4 3 }c : oldS| minister at Athens, Pa., wk ■ this city recently, by pickpockets extracted a large wallet, has Oregon, f a i l « * ; val Ir, (M r 3$®37 c . i London— The richly equipped Me­ dina, conveying King George and Queen Mary and escorted by a squad­ ron o f battleships, weighed anchor at Portsmouth Monday for the historic voyage to India,[where their majesties will be the chief figures in the corona­ tion Durbar, December 12. The king and 'queen left London in the morning. As this was their maj­ esties' last appearance in the capital for nearly three months, their depar­ ture was made with much ceremony. Accompanied by the Prince o f Wales and Princess Mary, and escort­ ed by the Imperial Horse Guards, they drove in an open carriage by a round­ about way to Victoria statipn. The streets were lined with people, who gave the royal party an enthusiastic sendoff. While doubtless saddened by the thought o f a long absence from Eng­ land, the king and queen seemed in the highest spirits. Hen* Flaunt Tri-C olor. Mountain View. C al.— Patriotism to the ultimate degree is exemplified in a new breed o f hens now flaunting the national color* at the poultry farm o f Dr. I. G. Royte. o f this town. Bright red o f head, pure white o f body, and indigo blue o f tail, the fowls came into the world a short time ago. There are several o f the vari- hued bird* and Dr. Royte asserts that their extraordinary plumage is the re­ sult o f long experimentation. Widow’ s Pension Asked. Saa Francisco- Club women o f this city sre planning a system o f pension­ ing widow* with children. Dr. Jessica Peixotto. o f the university o f California, urged the proposition at a meeting. The plan is to have the state authorities set aside a fund to be /disbursed annually. A stat- board is inmenL SCHOONER E AT MOUTH OF COLUMBIA Astoria, Or., Nov. 14.— A fter pass­ ing 24 hoQr* helplessly in the wild and ' "ing waters 'just off North Head, the* steam schooner W __ towed in on the hawsers o f the sea tui Tatoosh, shortly after dark last night, with all hands saved, after the vessel had been given up for lost. The Washington was like a ship that was gone to her destruction, and last night when her crew and passen­ gers were landed at Callender’s dock, they were greeted and cheered like men who had come back from the dead. Her rescue was daringly accomplish­ ed by the tug Tatoosh, with Captain “ Buck" Bailey in command, while scores of men and women stood on the wind-swept shore and cheered. Laden with lumber, the Washington went out over the bar shortly after noon Sunday, in the teeth o f thefbitter gale from the southwest that swept the seas all day, with 26 passengers and a crew o f 22. Other captains dared not make the attempt, for the bar was breaking clear across and the gale persisted with a fury that boded ill for any craft that sought to win her way out into the open sea. Just what happened has not been clearly told, but it seems that she was just well on the bar, or fairly well across it, when something hap­ pened. One story is that several great seas struck her and carried away a portion o f her deckload o f lum­ ber and that in an instant the loosened chains and ropes that had bound the deck lumber down had been swept into the propeller and rudder chains. At all events it seemed to those on her but an instant before she lay helpless and at the mercy o f the pounding waves. The great seas struck and battered her, shaking Jher from end to end. Before the wind and waves she slowly drifted to the north, luckily missing the rocks and surf off Cape Disap­ pointment, and finally drifting toward “ Dead Man’s H ole,” that lies just off from and between McKenzie’s Point and North Head. There the Washing­ ton dropped anchors, fore and aft, and, luckily, they held her from the rocks, though she kept drifting slowly all the while. NEW PRISON IN D U STR Y. 6IVES 1251100,01 - i r Packers On Trial. Chicago — A fter more than nine years’ investigation by the govern­ ment, the first criminal prosecution of individual meat packers under the Sherman anti-trust act has begun here before Judge Carpenter, in the United States District court. Ten Chicago packers will be placed on trial, charged with monopolizing and restraining in­ terstate trade in fresh meats. The penalty which may be inflicted if they be found guilty is a fine o f $600 or a sentence o f one year in the county jail, or both._______________ Women Launch Widespread Campaign New York— Following the victory o f the East in the national convention o f the woman suffragists, it is an­ nounced that a campaign is to he in­ augurated here that will have for its chief purpose the spreading o f the propaganda o f the suffrage among the wage-earning women o f this part * f the country. The campaign will place emphasis upon the economic phase of the issue. A force o f several thous­ and wage-earning women will be or­ ganized. - Catnegie Organizes Corporation to Handle Foblic Donations. Great Philanthropist Turn* Over All Benevolent W ork, Together With Millions in Stock. New York — Andrew Carnegie has announced that he has given $25,00 0,- 000 to the Carnegie corporation o f New York, organized here under a charter granted by the New York leg­ islature last June, “ to promote the advancement and diffusion o f know­ ledge and understanding among the people o f the United States.” In bestowing this g ift upon the cor­ poration organized especially to re­ ceive it and to apply its income to the purpose indicated, Mr. Carnegie said that he intended to leave with the cor­ poration the work o f the founding and aiding o f libraries and educational in­ stitutions which he as an individual has carried on for many years. The statement follows: “ The Carnegie corporation o f New York, incorporated by an act passed by the New York legislature June 9, 1911, was organized November 10, 1911. The purposes o f the corpora­ tion as stated in the charter are as follow s: “ Section 1. Andrew Carnegie, Elihu Root, Henry S. Pritchett, W il­ liam N. Frew, Robert S. Woodward, Charles L. Taylor, Robert A . Franks, James Bertram and their successors are hereby constituted a body corpor­ ate by the name o f the Camegiq Cor­ poration of New York, for the pur­ pose o f receiving and maintaining a fund or funds and applying the income thereof to promote the advancement and diffusion o f knowledge and under­ standing among people o f the United States by aiding the technical school institutions o f higher learning, librar­ ies, scientific research, hero funds, useful publications and by such other agencies and means as shall from time to time be found appropriate therefor.” California Warden Would Have Ex­ pert Cracksmen Build Safes. San Quentin, Cal.— Warden Hoyle, o f the state penitentiary, is planning what he believes will be the most pe­ culiar prison industry on earth. It is nothing more or less than the manu­ facture commercially o f safes by skilled workmen who are now serving sentences in the penitentiary for bank robberies, safe-blowing and similar violations o f the law. That the industry will be profitable Warden Hoyle is convinced. In test­ ing his plan before advancing it be­ yond the tentative stage, he has se­ cured results, as proof o f which he displays a vault and a safe in the office o f the prison clerk, Mark E. Noon, which have been virtually re­ constructed from old outworn articles by a prisoner under sentence o f ten years for robbing a safe at Monvorvia. This man, who is a skilled mechan­ ic, will have charge o f the division o f the machine shop where the manufac­ ture o f safes will be carried on, if Warden Hoyle’s plans do not go awry. There are in the penitentiary many mechanics who are conversant with the manufacture o f safes, and Warden Hoyle is confident he can build up an able working force. ' v 8 3 ,2 0 6 W O M E N T O T O V O T E . Total Registration in Los Angeles Is More Than I9I.OOO. Los Angeles—The total registration o f Los Angeles for the coming city election has reached a total o f 191,941. O f these 108,736 are men and 83,205 are women voters. Owing to the unprecedented regis­ tration, officials express a fear that there may have been many duplica­ tions, especially among the women, and for that reason the exact number o f voters that will decide whether the Socialists or the Good Government forces shall rule this city for the next two years will not be known for several days. The work o f checking off the lists has already begun. What dupli­ cations there may be, election officials say, are principally due to inexper­ ience either on the part o f the person registering or the registration clerks, hundreds of whom were women, with a limited knowledge o f the election l a w s . _____________ C R O C K E R S PAY $ 3 6 6 ,0 0 0 , C. D. Hillman Announces Sale o f 6 ,0 0 0 Acres Near Seattle. Seattle — Upon his return from a month’s trip to California, C. D. Hill­ man, o f this city, announced the sale o f his Cathcart property, consisting of more than 6,000 acres, for $355,000 to Crocker B rother^ o f Portland. He stopped at Portland on the way North and closed the deal, taking $25,000 earnest money and arranging for the payment o f $100,000 within 30 days or as soon as the abstracts o f title can be arranged His Cathcart acreage amounts to 6,- 250 acres and is situated near Maltby, about 11 miles north o f the Univer­ sity o f Washington. About 2,000 acres are cleared and sown to grass. The county recently spent $25,000 in ronsructing two boulevards through the property. Big Embezzler Paroled. Peoria, 111. — Newton Dougherty, formerly treasurer o f the Peoria school board, who was sent to Joliet for an indefinite term, was paroled by the state board o f pardons. Dough­ erty’ s peculations during his tenure in the school board position amounted to close to $800,000. He was sentenced on his own confession to an indeter­ Free Paper is Demanded. minate sentence o f from one to 14 New York— The American Publish­ year* and has served a little more than ers’ association, through Ji five years. chairman o f its commit Loss i f Wheat Enormous. has sent a letter to urging that the govemmet Winnipeg. Man.— Between 30,000,- good faith in the obsei 000 and 40.000.000 bushels o f wheat favored-nation danse o f lie buried and worthless under a foot with respect to the free o f frozen snow on th* prairies o f tion o f pulp and paper Western Canada, according to the from unrestricted wood. o f local grain men.