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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1908)
5rrV vvj"f,mjf'5fi - 33 PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PMM REPORT COVCRSTHE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA VOLUME LXHI. NO. 407 ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1908. PRICE FIVE CENTS RIVEftS ON RAMPAGE Kulo and Disaster In Their Paths. WATER IS STILL RISING tit the Pittsburg District Alone thi Damage Expected to Amount to Several Millions. 9 -v CHARITABLE SOCIETIES BUSY lid. At 10 O'clock the River Had Reached 20 Feet and Rising Half a Foot Par Hour-Weathr Bureau Pre view 30 Feet s. It.' 7r, PUTSBURG, Feb. 15.- Spreading ruin and diuiter in it path the an Dual flood of the rivers and small trtami In thli eection holdi Pitts burg and much of the surrounding country in iti graup tonight At 10 o'clock the river reached 26 feet ru ing half a foot per hour. The weather bureau predict that 30 feet by tomor row and possibly a foot higher be fore the crest of the flood arrive late on Sunday .afternoon At the head ...,! the river continue to rise and the adjacent Korea of citie and town of Western Pennsylvania, rti.r -...I YVeat Viralnia and partially inundated. In the Pimburg district i,.n. the damaue i expected to vral million dollar. The record flood of last year, when the water reached a hlghtn 01 oo. ued damage estimated at ten mil-11..- ... .nmricnt warning wa ivn UM . .1,1. ar to save much property. " I, euimated that 20,000 men are thrown out of employment ana com !.. i...t hU lime when the factories are resumed operation after a period of stagnation, much suffering will be the result. The charitable organiza tion are at work. 4 $ , , BUFFALO, Feb. IS.-BUffalo and :Scaiaouda Creek broke thcif bank late oday and the low lying street of South Uutlalo are trom two to nve feet .under water, The flood area fs two siiare mile. Many points In 'Western New York and Northern . Fcuifsylvttoia are under water. EVANSV1LLE, Feb. IS. -The 'Ohio continue to rise rapidly. The ' bicreset flood in years is expected, '.The worst .mhouts of 20 years on ' the Evansville and Indianapolis rail way have occurred. J WHEELING, 'W. Va,, Feb. 15.- One thousand families wcre com nclled to quit their .homes and go to 'higher ground, on raccount of the flood. Hundred of merchant in the 'wholesale and retail district are moving out of the path of the rising water. There is. great wittering. READING, Pa., Feb.lS-The flood of the Schuylkill reached a height to ' night of nine feet above low water mark when the ice broke up .without causing any damage after which the waters began to recede. ' RECEIVER APPOINTED. tiEW YORK, Feb. IS. Receiver - were aptfointer tonight for the Mu- tual Reserve Life Insurance Co,, up on the application of a policyholders' committee. ' .: t TWO HUNDRED INSPECTORS. tliorized the employment of 200 in snecior to visit the bulnc house and residence of the city to enforce the observance of the anitary law. In all 7S0 Inspector have been en gaged in this work. A clash occurred in llutehertown between the federal authorities and the owner of hog pen, the latter refusing the govern ment ohvaiclan free hand in tne campaign against rats. The federal authorities were determined that tneie Dlace should be cleaned and gave the owner a reasonable time to clean up. , "IN COD WE TRUST" ON COINS. WASHINGTON, Feb. iS-Repre-tentative James, of Kentucky, appear ed before the Houte committee on weight! and measures today and made an argument In support of hit bill to restore to the United State gold coin the word "In Cod We Trut" On leaving the committee room James uid le had been asiured that the bill would be reported favorably. PRINTERS CUT 33 PER CENT. WASHINGTON, Feb. 13. Tfie President approved the order reduc ing the price of composition in the itovcrnment printing office from $1.20 to 80 cent an hour for hand composi tion, and fiom $1.80 a hour to 80 cents ter thousand ems for machine composition1. ...... A FLOTILLA ARRIVES. TALLICAHUANO, Chile, Feb. IS. The American torpedo flotilla ar rived today. WILL DEFY THE LAW Womens Suffrage) Societies to Parade on Fifth Avenue PARADES REQUIRE PERMITS There Is Some Nervousness at Police Headquarters for It i Feared That the Women May Follow Example of Their London Sisters. NEW YORK, Feb. lS.-The New York police stand a fair chance of having their first experience with the militant suffragists tomorrow when the Women's Suffrage Societies of the city plan to hold a parade on Fifth aven;ie, the line of march being from Union Square to Central , Park. Al though the law provides that parades shall not be held without permits from the police, and shall not be held at al oii Sunday, the suffragists are planning; to go on with their demon stration in, spite ot the law or the police. Women who are prominent in the movement state that there will be at least 10,000 women in line, al though the police' are Inclined to doubt that there will bcr.that many. It is pointed out that if the women wish to march quietly up the if feet with out music or banners th'ey may be allowed to proceed, but while no or der have been Issued, it is said1 that the police department will prevent the use of banners and bands. There isi some nervousness at police headquar ters, for it is feared that the women may follow the example of their London sisters and refuse to obey the orders of the police, based on man law and resist to a point where physi cal force will be necessary to make them observe the regulations. FOUR FIRES IN BUTTE. SAN FRANCIScty Feb. lS.-The citizens' health committee : has , ou- BUTTE. Mont.. Feb. 15-As the I result of four incendiary fires early yesterlay morning in the residence section of South Butte an indignation meeting was held last night by the people of that portion of the city. The facts of the fire are too conclu-sive- to admit of anything but incendi arism. One woman narrowly escaped burning to death. The loss was about $5000. uieinc date TOSKrtRS ' under the city ordinances Is a mi imcanof. It is the intention of the city official to clean out a score of opium den existing in Butte s Cel- ettial quarter, and more arrest are expected. All but two of the China men taken into custody admit the sale of the drug. : Southern Pacific Railroad to be Prosecuted. A LIST OF 1U8 FIRMS Railroad Commission of Califor nia Requested t Transcript of Report and Evidence, PREFERENTIALRATESGdANfEO Franklin K. Lane of the Interstate Commerce Commissioner Made a Visit to Pacific Coast and Unearth ed Existence of Extensive System. WASHINGTON. Febv IS.-Prose- cutions are to be instituted by the government against the Southern Pacific Company and certain officials of that railway organization on the alienation they paid rebate to ship pers. The evidence in the case was obtained by the Interstate Commerce Commissioner Franklin K. Lane up on" his recent visit to the Pacific Coast. His report of the conditions were made oublic today, having been ap- porved and referred to the depart ment of justice for "Such prosecu tions tinder the law as may be war ranted." At the request of the railroad com mission of California that a transcript report and evidence be sent the com mission which indicated its purpose to prosecute alleged violations of the California laws that may be shown by the report , Commissioner Lane's report! finds "The existence of an extensive sys tem of preferential rates granted to certain shippers on interstate business by the Southern Pacific Co. The rec ord disclses a list of 108 firms, corpo rations, and individuals, who enjoy cnrrail inside rates." That the refund claims amounted ill various moBlitS of Hie year 1906 find 1907 were from $30,000 to $50,000 Der month: that one firm during tne period from April, 1906, (the date of the San Francisco fire, when all prev icus records were destroyed), to Sep fember 23, 1907, took down $23,994 and that the refunds for the same period t-1 othc (shippers ranged from $13,690 to $22,251; that one shipper admitted that an allowance of such rebates influenced traffic over the rails of the' Southern Pacific; that there existed for years an under standing between' the Southern Pa cific and the . Santa Fe and certain shippers of dried fruits were to re ceive a refund of one-half of the local state rate charged at the time of the oriignal movement; that the voucher books show these transactions. TRIBESMEN RAID A TOWN". ROME, Feb. 15. A, long report has been' received by the government concerning the raid on the town of Lugh, Italian' Somoliland, by tribes men on December last. It says the troubles had their origin in-the Ital ian contingent rushing to the rescue of the native population and several British caravans which were being at tacked by Abyssinian; OPIUM MUST GO SAYS BUTTE. BUTTE Mont., Feb.'' ,15."-? he' dty officials of Butte haye a determined campaign against the sale of opium, every Chinese merchant, in the city to the number of twelve haye been arrested on the charge of trafficking in the drug. The selling of opium COLLISION AT TOLEDO INCREASE CUSTOM RECEIPTS. PHILADELPHIA, Feb. lS.-The records of Collector Hill, of the port of Philadelphia for the mtnth of Jan uary show in Increase of $4,000,000 over thoe for the ame month last vear. indicating a revival of buiness. After the financial flurry business fell from an everage of $100,000 a day to a loW U 2d,60fl while the; average has now reahd $80,000; - AGAINST REPEAL 6F A Lkvf. LEXINGTON, Feb. U,-Kentucky horsemen will appeal to the New York legislature in behalf of horse racing. A committee of representa tives of horsemen will ko to Albany and appear before the legislature Wednesday and protest against tne repeal of the Perry-Gray law affecting racing in New York. CONVICTED OF MURDER. PORTLAND, Feb. lS.-Joseph An derson", highwayman, was tonight con victed of the murder of Harry Logan, enaHneCrV whom he killed while plying his profession as a highway robber. An appeal will be taken from the ver dict of the jury". . , . - V'- ' ORGANIZATION COMPLETED. WASHINGTON, Feb. lS.-The or ganization was completed today of the building trades department of the American Federation of Labor. , TORNADO'S PATH Seyen Killed and Twelve Injured, SIGNAL MISUNDERSTOOD Big 4 Passenger Train Crashes Into a Toledo and Western Electric Car. "" i yT'' INVESTIGATION TO BE HELD When the Electric Car Reached the Michigan Central Crossing Just West of Toledo, the Big Four Pas senger Bore Down Upon Them. TOLEDO, Feb. 15.-Seven killed and a dozen were injured when a Big Four passenger train struck a Toledo & Western electric car at the Mchigan Central crossing just west of Toledo tonight A misunderstanding of the signals was the cause which will be investigated. was killed and he himself was badly j injured. He was unable to continue hi work as a manufacturer and there fore came to New York and went into , thf business f peddling fruit He roomed in a tenament house in Eliza beth Street and was not suspected untill a short time ago. Then four of the Italian detective squad at head quarters who were detailed to dis cover, the perpetrators of a bomb out- rag through which the front wind ow sof an Italian bank in which $40, 000 in. money was exposed", were, blown out . CITRUS SHIPMENTS HEAVY. LOS ANGELES, Feb. lS.-Citrus shipments are surprisingly heavy and the great crop of Southern California is bringing unusual prices to the growers. The harvest to date sur passes that of last year for the same time by 1050 carloads and only a fiftfc of the total croo ha been n.VtrJ ft-' particular surprise to the dtros world s a gain in lemon shipments which already exceed last vear tn A,tM k 300 carloads and will aggregate this year uw carloads against 5000, the most ever grown heretofore. HEAVY MAIL. :-.V!i CHICAGO Feb. IS -..: v.i .. tine made business at th r,;, - VHiyugu postoflke so heavv this var that Sf was announced yesterday the record had been broken. For the preceding 24 hours 2.696.642 Dieees nf mail A been handled. This exceeded the high record of December 31 U.t .t... 2,613,837 letters and packages were hanlded. Cut a Wide Swath Several Miles ''";:,'; "Long. '.-.i-'v." SEVERAL PERSONS KILLED The Towns of Soso and Service Were Partly Wrecked and it is Reported That Another Small Town, Epps, Was Badly Damaged. MOSSVILLE, Miss,, Feb. 15-Four whole buildings and two halves of buildings are the only habitable abodes in this village today. The re mainder of tne structures were blown dowrt'and many of them swept out side the town by yesterday's tornado. , " Two old negroes, Alex Windham artd his wife are dead and Edward Campbell; white, is probably fatally injured.' . . Of the" dozen other persons painful ly hurt at this, place all are rapidly recovering. . Reports reaching here from Other towns"". av.the tornado's path give not to tSc'eed five other fatalities, only pne of which has been confirmed. '' The buildings left standing jure' are two residences, a cotton gin and a school house. The buildings which the storm cut in two are the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad depot and a residence. - The station master happened to be in the half of the depot which was left standing and was scarcely dis turbed when the other half of his habitation went down in a heap and then flew away piecemeal. The in habitants of Mossville claim that their vitiate was scattered over at least four miles of territory, this statement i being based on the identification of a hatchet picked up by a farmer four miles from here as part of the stock of the general store of the village. The contents of this store were scat tered over at least half a mile of ground In the direction taken by the wind. Sturdy oaks were uprooted in the main streets of the town. The tornado also cut a swath several miles long through the timber and almost every ostruction on the face AUTOMOBILE RACE ENTRIES NEW YORK. Feb. 15.-The en tries for the automobile race at Or mone" will close today at the rooms of the Automobile Club of America, which, this year, is in charge of the events. Eleven cars had been entered last night and more are expected to day. Among the cars entered are several very speedy ones and it is expected that some fast time will ,be made and that in all probability re cords will be broken. Among those entering cars are E. R. Thomas, who purchased the car which Elliot F. Sheoard drove in the last Vanderbilt Cup race; W. Gould Broker, who will drive a car which he used in Europe last vear: E. P. Blakeley, who will drive the car which won the Minnea polis 100 mile championship race last year, R. C Kelsey and others. . ROME, Feb. lS.-The Italian Gov ernment has decided to buy the rich Barberine Collection of Etruscan antiquities which recently was bought by Signor Volpi who offered to give the Government two-fifths of the whole collection if It would permit him ts sell the. remainder at jniblic. auction with the right of exportation, The. .collection contains bronzes, an cient ewelry, ivories, precious stones and rkh carvings. It is valued at millions of dollars. .4. - ;S. other (Continued on' page 8) MEN HAVE NARROW ESCAPE. GRASS VALLEY, Cal , Feb. 15.- Twenty-five men narrowly escaped be ing suffocated today in the Brunswick mine near here. A fire, coupled with dense smoke and generated gases, overcame the men who were removed with difficulty. A numbef of those hoisted to the surface Were uncon scious. William Bawden.Jhe hero of the camp, tonight made seven trips through the heavy smoke and assisted in bringing every man out. i' ITALIAN BOMB MAKER, NEW YORK, Feb. 15. In the per son of Vincenzo Calderone, who was arrested last night, the members of the Italian detective squad believes they have captured the man who made the bombs used in many, if not all the recent "black hand" outrages in New York. Calderone was form erly a manufacturer of fireworks at Maspeth, L I. ,but four years ago his little factory was blown up, his wife CAPITAL AND LABOR Taff s Theme at a Gathering in Hartferd. ENDORSED BIGGER ISSUES If Capital Finds it Advisable to Or- ganize That Labor Had an Equal Right to do the Same, But That Violators be Punished, HARTFORD, Feb. 15. -Secretary Taft made two addresses in this city this evening. At both gathering he received a rousing welcome. Taft eudoned oil the bigger issues m Mc, Kinley and Roosevelt administrations including expansion on which he spoke at length. After he discussed quite emphatically the relations of capital and labor stating that if capital found it advisable to organize that labor had an equal right to do the ,s?m5 bt that violations of labor be punished Just as severely and as cer tainly as misdoings of capital. ' ' . "i-t.ij IRSIH ACTORS HERE. new:. ioiCixrv numbers of the Irish National The ater Company of Dublin arrived id New York yesterday and next week will begin presenting a series of Irish one act plays at the Savov ThMtr. their performance preceding that of "Twenty Days in the Shade," a comedy which is now running th The company is supported by the insn national Theatre Society which has the backing of those who are working for a revival of Irish Lit erature. The plays which the com pany present are lartrelv from th pen of Wm. Butler Yeats and most of them are in act form. The first one to be given in New York will be "A Port of Broth," a one act comedy. SECOND DEGREE OF MURDER. THE DALLES, Ore., Feb. 15.- Guilty of murder in the second de gree was the verdict tonight by the jury in the Bonomi Gosson murder case. Gosson killed Bonomi during last summer.., , . . . ; imfiw . ' M'v. m v;..