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The Weather
Maximum yesterday 5fS
Minimum today ill
Predictions
Jtnin.
Dally Fourteenth Tut.
forty-ninth Tear.
PRINCESS ANNE WITH OVER
100 PEOPLE ABOARD RUNS;
AGROUND NEAR ROCKAWAY!
Biu Bo&t Takina Water Ranitllv and Rescue Efforts In Hih Seas Fail
Captain Reported Injured Coast Guard Boat Battered to Pieces
Blizzard of Two Davs Reaches Climax Railroads and Shiomnci Par
alyzedMillions of Dollars of Property Destroyed Many PcodIc In
jured Houses iat Atlantic City Smashed and Washed Into Sea
Shortage of Coal Adds to Sufferinti Many Steamers Cauciht in Ice
Jams City Marooned.
N 10V YOIIK, l'VI. . ((immuiil.
cation between the Princess Anne
ninl shoiv wireless stations will soon
fall owinK to lack of halt cry, a mes
sage from the ship indicated lit '2
. in.
NKW VOKK. Feb. (i. Later re
ports from (he stranded ship were
that she was taking water rapidly
v and the captain requested that pits
semrors and crew lie taken off het'oro
nitiht.
NKW YORW. Feu. (i. The steam
slnp Princess Anne, of the Old Io
minion line cnri'vimr iiis'sciiLrers
and a crew of 7'J from Norfolk, Vn.,
to New York, run unround one mile
off the coast at liockawav Point on
Lontr Island in a heavy storm earlv
todav and sent out S. (. S. culls for
assistance, Tims from nnnv trans
port headiiunrters at I loin ik en.
wrecking fairs- nnd'n police putrol
boat went to the aid of the stranded
vessel.
Wireless reports said that Captain
Seav of the Princess Anne hud been
seriously injured. The vessel's posi
tion was considered serious on ac
count of the mile that bud lashed
the. const for the past two duvs.
Members of the const truurd at
liockawav lieach endeavored to
launch a bout to jjn to the steamer
hut. trnvo up the tiftenlpt when iriitnt
rollers nearly buttered the craft to
pieces.
In respose to a wireless inouirv
from police lieudiiuarters the Prin
cess Anne reported that she was not
in imminent danger of breaking up.
She requested however, that her pas
sengers be taken off bv tnirs as soon
us possible.
Destruction Knot moils
NFAV YORK. Keb. fi. The L-alc.
and unusuullv hiirh tides which have
lashed the North Atlantic coast lor
the last two duvs accompanied Vv a
blizzard which blanketed most of the
terirtorv with snow mid ice, were
ura dun My siibsidinir early todav,
leavinir a trail of destruction an l
sufferinir in their wake. Kslimates
of the property dn in litre run well hc
vond the two million dollar mark. A
number of vessels were reported in
distress and several Loin: Island
sound steamers were prisoners in ice
.if tins. The wireless station at New
York police headiiuurters earlv to
day had received messages from :ti!
ships at sea askinir tor the locution.
Points nlonir the New Jersey ena.-d
especially Atlantic Citv and Sen
liriulit were hardest hit. Houses were
washed in tothe sea and towns piir
hallv inundated. lie.-orts nhiiL' the
Joiil Island shore near New York
also were heavily damaged.
Railroad truffle improved durinir
I
rofiTI.ANII. Ore. I-Vli. (v. li.-li-f
wji s expn;s.c(I Iutc ttniin- hv the (k
licc thiit vlii?-k('V is iiciiK,' brought
into rurtlumt hv airiiinnc from (.'nn
jia. for sale at urircs ranirimr as
hitrli as $.'iOU a case. Liouor simi
iilers. landing near the citv at nirlit.
Hci'oniimr to this thcurr. have been
met bv aeeoniniiees wiio deliver-'!
t tie whiskey to purchasers. It was
nointeil out that 11 number of I'ort-
jand resjilents reported hearing a'
t lie morn in ir although ( ruins were
still behind time.
New York was slow to recover
from the blow dealt by the storm
kinir. Traffic conditions were still
chaotic early today and the streets
piled hiirh with snow drifts.
The shortage of coal caused con
siderable apprehension. Traction
companies said thev had only a few
(lav's supply on bund und (hut thev
would be forced to suspend opera
tions unless their bunkers were
speedily replenished. Buries laden
with eon I tiro tied up ut Jersey points
by i-e floes.
1 tai I roads Pit ra ly.ed
WASHINGTON. Feb. (..-Another
24 hours of snow ami hiirh wind-;
alonir the Atlantic coast from Mary
land to Maine was forecast today bv
the weather department.
The peak of the storm is now in
New Knirland where the heaviest fall
of the snow in the east, this winter,
'JO inches, was recorder I in places.
The full continued yeuera from the
Canadian border to cent nil Virginia
und covered n path us far west as
the upper Ohio valley. Damage re
sulting from the storm 1ms been
heavy. Hiirh tides, heavy seas and
hiirb winds have wrought havoc fit
Atlantic coast resorts from Carolina
to New Fmdand, places damaged in
chiding Allantic Citv. Coney Island.
( tccjin Citv, Maryland, Ocean View
and Huckroe Hench, Yn.. and
Wriuhtsville Peach. X. ( '.
Shipping njso lias suffered se
verely, many vessels beinir in dis
tress fill alonir the coast.
Railroad traffic has been serious
ly interfered with, reports to (he rail
road ndminiMrntion showinir passen
ger trains rnnnimr far behind sched
ule in many sections ami in manv
sections t'reiirht trains blocked.
There has been no marked cold id
any point in the storm area.
-Many People Injured
Citv Island in Loud Island Sound
which is part of New Yoi k Citv. was
marooned. I eep drifts compelled
most of the 2,."IMI residents to stay
f home.
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Da
vison, stationed .'it liovernors Is
land, was dangerous injured when he
was struck bv a fallinir "hiss ;i wa
rn: in front id" the plavhoiise in Wesj
18th street. Polh his Icirs were brok
n and it is feared that his skidl was
fractured. Many persons have been
injured by fallinir sians find similar
Jevires broknji from fnsteninirs bv
.veiuht of the snow.
PARIS, Feb. ti.-The Prince of
Wales lias been offered the presi-
lencv of the Internal ional Koxnu'
union. lie has reserved his decis
ion.
E,
SE
airplalu oer the eitv and seeillL' !l
movinir li'.'ht in the sl.v la-t Mondav
niL'hl. 'i'he iHiiiee iie.-lared thev
hae in t'onna! itn lliat mindi Cana
dian whi.-kev )ia- iieeri sold here re-
entlv.
The up-to-date similer. ae
eoidiin: to one report, protiablv are
i:inir a seaplane, liavinL' a ureater
earrvimr capaeitv tlian tile ordmarv
airplane and make their hindinus
nlon-..' the -loii'lis of the Willamette
ami Columbia rivers near 1'ortlund.
MEDFOKD,
"OLD
ALL DAY IN DARKNESS,
LI
CHICAOO, Fel. (. The
darkness of niliI has envelop
ed Chicatro since the sun set,
Thursday cvoninir. At noon to
day the downtown district was
practically us black as last mid
night, the sun's efforts to pierce
the heavy veil of smoke which
hunir over the city bein- un
availing. The weather bureau explain
ed that the barometric pressure
was so heavy t ha t the smoke
did not rise to its necustomed
heights as it should. Automo
biles find street curs, like olfice
buildings and homes, had to
keep all lights burnim:, though
the street liuhls wen- turned off
at the. reuular hour in the niorn
imr. Weather observers said
the dav was the darkest in their
meinorv.
OR. FORD LEAVES
FAITH TO HEIRS
I OHrXiON CITY. Ore.. Keb. II.
The will of I lie late Hcv. T. H. Konl.;
j former supc'rinteniient of the Salem'
i district of the Methodist Kpiseopal
jchureh was filled for probate todav.;
I The will provides (or his iiist debts'
and funeral expenses and directs that j
; his funeral services be .-iniplc and (
makes the followiic,' beipiet, "I her"- ;
iiv b(''inetith mv Chri-tian faitil in !
tital Aluiiht-v, the uio-t precious and 1
1 priceless iiosl!Ssion wiiicii I have or
niiv person can have, to mv beloved
children, and I commend litem to the
:avin-. power of tile Lord .Ic-us
Christ, whose faithful servant I have;
'been and still nm, world without;
end." j
Capetown Airolsne ?.t Rome.
HO.MK, Feb. A British ov-
eminent airplane which is eniiaued in
the competition between liritish avia
tors in the I.onilon-to-Capelown
flight, arrived here this afternoon at
2 :'M o'clock.
nHICAGO ENVELOPED lOOIICPAII
ORIOUOX, FlilDAY.
TIMER. YOU'RE A SIGHT''
General Committee A. F. of L. De
cides Unon Most Auuressive Politi
cal Camiiaiun In History All Can
didates to Be Scrutinized as to La
bor Attitude Hone to Control 4.
000.000 Votes Even Members ot
State Letfistatures to Be Watched.
WASlllXliTtlX. I'eb. (i. -I'lans
for the most aL;i:ressi-e and uencral
political 1-anipa.in ever wau'ed It,'
tite American federation of l.aboi
were formulated at n meeliuir here
todav of a L'clicral commit t ee com
posed of the executive council aftd
the heads of all departments of the
federation.
It was said otticiailv that the cam
I'ltitin to be conducted in connection
willi t lie uctieral elections in Novem
ber not onlv would be aimed al mem
bers of coiejre-, or candidates for.
unfavorable to organized labor, but
also at iiutficnillv candidates for
president, -jovernors and members of
stale legislatures.
Kverv trade and craft affiliated
with the federation will be called
upon to take up the fiehtin;. in everv
section of the country and to exert
everv effort to elect onlv such pub
lic ol'tieial as are favorable to the
principle- of or'jaliierl labor. It was
-aid that a va-t nruiv of or.'ani.c!'.
and worker- would be recruited for
the camiiai'jn.
Kverv member of the prc-.cnt
house or senate running tor reelce
lion who have bv their record shoRO
an unlfiendlv -pint towards olL'an
i.cd labor, it was said, .ill he op-po.-cd
Iiv the labor vole, mhieli fcl
cration ofticials plucvd at about I.
Illlll.llllll. President (iompers presided at the
session todav and there was' the, full
est diseu ion of tilt? whole oiiestion.
Formal announcement of the federa
tion's plan was. expected after the
nieetiir.' had ended late tv'.lav,
ifl you-j
I00UL UHLL
LABOR. 1920
CAKNij
KliKU'AKY (i. l'WO
PRESIDENT APPOINT S
REPUBLICAN 10 TOE
U.
4
WASHINGTON Feb. (I.--I
.(litis Titus, the San Francisco
atforncv who wan nominated to
the shippim: boanl bv I'rusi
ilenl Wilson toditv. has practic
ed in San Frnnciseo and Wash
ington, I). ('., for 2 vears. lie
is a vice president of the Sk'n
ner and Kildv Shipbllildill'.'
fin nv ol' Si.attie. He an
nounced u: would resign this
position upon official receipt
of his appointment to the ship
pim: board.
Titus was a member of the
first induslrial conference call
ed in Washington recently.
Mr. 'fit us is a republican.
Former llovcrnor lleurv- C.
Stuart of Virginia was lodav
nominated ics a member of the
interstate commerce eonimiH
sion Ui siii'c(ede Charles S.
Harlin id' Indiana, wlio-i. term
has expired.
GAME CALLED OFF
SKATTLK. Keb. fi. Football elev
ens ol' the I 'nivcrsitv of Washing
ton and the Oregon Agricultural col
lege nrobablv will not meet here Oc
tober j:i. 1!)'J0. as scheduled. I hi r-
! win Mci.-neM, yradunte manager of
Idle Seattle institution Had todav.
The break came as the result of a
failure to report nil agreement re
unrdint: division of the receipts.
DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE TO
BE AT THE PALACE HOTEL
SAN FWASnsro, Feb. li.-The
democrat i c nut ional committee has
i c-erved 1 7)1 rooms at the Palace
hotel as its headouartcrs und the
headiiuaitcrs of the women's com
mittee and the laryje oress associa
tions during the national convention,
according to word received from
ij"iiif minuiir,, f m
GERMANY WILL GIVE UP
NATIONALS IF THEY'RE
TRIED NEUTRAL COURI
Unofficially Reported Germany Will Aarce to Surrender War Criminals
If Thev Are Tried In Neutral Country Switzerland Renorted Willinu
to Arramic Tribunal Germany a Unit In Refusing Allied Demand
Only Crime of Men Wanted Declared to Be Loyalty to Fatherland
Some, Officials Wanted Who Took No Active Part In War France
Declares Treaty of Versailles Is at Issue If One Provision Dlsre
iiarded All Mav Be.
ItKRLIN, Feb. (i. - The German
Liovernmeut probalilv will be willinl
to snrremler its nationals charged
with war crimes to be tried bv u neu
tral tribunal if (he entente will aun'o,
says the National Xeitunu1. Thej
Swiss iroverument, the newspaper
says, has declared its readiness to
arrange such a tribunal. ' ;
PARIS, Peh. Consideration of
tho new note to ho aent to (lermany
as a roHUlt of tho i'niluro of her rep
resentative here to .transmit tho list
cf accused tiermuns demanded for
ext radii ion by tho allies was deferred
by tho council of ambassadors today
until evening bocuuso Lord Itirkon
head, the Hrltish lord IiIkIi chancel
lor, nnd Sir (Jordou 'llewart. tho at
tornow gnnoral, wero delayed in thnir
Journey from London by foR in tho
.English channel.
(1BNHVA, Fob. 11. KwIh.h rederal
tiutlioritieK it i.s reported, will follow
the precedent net by Holland In deal
tim with demands from tho allies for
tho extradition of Unrmiiiis who arc
In this country. Ft.'rnier Crown
Prince Itiiiipreeht of Mavarta its wtdl
an several minor officers on the extra
dition list are now in Switzerland.
Only Hilly to Fatherland
mOKIJ N, Feb. II. Field Marshal
von lluclow told Ihe, l.okal Aazeinor
today. thai Cnriuans wht.wo niiines tiro
on the list of those whose cxlriidlllon
Is demanded by the allies "only did
Iholr duly to the fal norland," and
that extradition was iKiininlny to
which "no (liiriuaii would vt.'liialarlly
submit."
Tho field marshal' declared he
would never plaeo himself at the dis
posal of the entente nations and ex
pressed Ihe belief I hat most of the
commanders named in the nllled list
would lake the same view.
It is understood that meeliiiKS of
army und navy ocmninndors were
heltl on January 7 and It was unani
mously concluded that evasion of tho
oxlratiltlon clause or tho Versailles
treaty was entirely compatible with
(ionium honor and that no ono must
voluntarily surrender. I.eKal (,'bjee
tlons should bo lodged iiKainst orders
for the arrnsl of any of the comman
ders, It was decided at these meet
In us.
Thn covering nolo and tho official
list has not been received here and
the uno'f flelitl list does not afford a
STOCK MARKET RALLIES IN WILD
0
INKW YOIIK, Felt. . Tb?o stock
market today li nil ono of tho wildest
closing hours In months with a big
rally after heavy declines earlier In
the day. Tho oaslng of calf, money
from 17 to 10 per cent caused ad
vances of 2 to 12 points after declines
as high as 15 points earlier In tho
day. In some Instances losses were
fully recovered. United States Stool
common rebounded above par after
soiling at 1)7.
NEW YOIIK, Feb. 0 Hates on de
mand bills for tho Kngllsh pound
sterling opened at $:i.:i4 this morning
and soon advanced to $3.39. This is
20 cents abovo tho record low reach
ed the day before yesterday.
Hates on franc checks opened at
14.32 to the American dollar, up 4H
centimes from yesterday's closing
!70
basis for ovon superficial considera
tion of tho offenses charged against
tho listed men. It is not Improbable
the government will promptly get
into touch with tho national assembly
which is expocted to re-cenvene next
week altho It adjourned until the end
of tho month.
Dutch I'ress Pro-German
T1IU MAQUIS, Thursday, Fob. 5.
Virtually wlthout-oxcoptlon the Dutch
press characterizes tho allied demand
for tho surrender of German war
criminals as being Impossible.
PAKIS, Feb. (i. (Ilavaa). Wll
helm Mayer, (ionium charge d'af
faires in this city, has arrived In Ber
lin and will participate in government
deliberations regarding the extradi
tion of (iei-Jnans accused of war
crimen, according to a dispatch re
ceived hero.
Settlement of tho present conflict
between tho allied powora and Gor
iiiany relatlvo to tho surrondor ot
Germans accused of war crimes may
dolorinino tho valuo of tho Vorsalllea
treaty, according to vIowb expressed
by Ihe Kronen press. Soveral jour
nals tlecluro tho allies must profit by
tho present occasion and call for the
execution of guarantees provided In
tho treaty.
Conference Tomorrow
BUltldN, Fob. li. Promler Bau
er's conference with party leaders to
morrow will probably determine
whether tho national assembly will
lie eallod to consider tho extradition
situation.
Poisons woll informed deny tho
exlstenco of a government crisis, and
llin Prussian eabinot has unanimous
ly indorsed tho national cabinet's at
titude, which Is unaltered. This may
bo regarded as a Bymptom of the
snlrll In which the ontonte demands
are lining met, all prominent politic
ians condemning tho allied edict.
A member ot tho govorlimont Is
quoted by the press as saying: ,
Find ii Way Out
"The govornment Is sttll endeavor
ing to find a way out by further ne
gotiations." It Ik believed that tho govornment
will attempt to obtain a modification
of tho peace treaty respecting extra
dition. If It Is unsuccessful it will,
so to speak, fold Its arms and lot
(Continued on Pago Eight)
quotation. Italian Lira Opened at
IS. 32, up 40 centimes.
After selling up to $3.34tt. de
mand sterling dropped back to
:i.34 34 at tho end of the first hour.
PA HIS, Thursday, Fob. D.- Propo
sals that an International financial
conference ho called Immediately to1
consider measures for the relief of
tho international exchango situation
find support In French government
circles. Tho plan has been suggested
by Great Hrltaln and Is said to bo
tho outgrowth of the recent bankers
conference at Amsterdam.
Eventual participation by the Unit
ed States In such a conference Is ex
pected by French financiers.
French opinion generally Is not
misled by theories which attribute
the exchange situation to speculation
and ether causes,
NO.