33rd YEAR. NO. 91
ASTORIA, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1808
PRICE FIVE CENTS
RETURNS TO
HOME WATERS
Battleship Fleet at San
Dlcgo
MERRYMAKING FOR ALL
auaman PIIIa4 a fAHfAnla Will
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Voice the Welcome of the
Pacific Coast.
ALL LAVISHING HOSPITALITY
It Will b a Grand Review of the
, Combined v Atlantic and Pacific
Naval Forcea In San Francisco
Harbor, May 8th.
SAN DIECO, April 14. -In four
regularly intervaled column with
flagships leading, the American fleet
thin afternoon swept into the shel
tered cove of the sea behind the tow
ering headlands of Point Loma and
baited for the days of merrymaking.
Governor Gillette officially wel
comed Rear Admiral Thomas and
through him the battleship fleet to
California and the Pacific Coast and
later, in the day the admiral re paid
the visit.
Tonight Admiral Thomas, Sperry
and Emory and the commanding offi
cers and the members of the various
staffs were entertained at an elabor
ate though informal dinner at Hotel
Del Coronado, The beauty of today's
spectacle, when with flashing signals
and the wonderfully executed man
euvers, the ships were brought to
anchor in the lazy rolling Faciric, was
rivalled tonight when for three hours
every vessel was outlined in Are.
Thousands of incandescent h'ghts were
strung over the vessels from mast
head to the water's edge and from
stem to stem, while in letters six feet
high there blazed the name of each
vessel on the forward bridge. On
shore the red siirnal fires were main-
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anchor in simultaneous precision at
12:37 just 13 minutes before the an
nounced hour of its arrival. For over
two hours the ships had been in sight
and their coming was watched by
the waiting" thousands. So engrossed
were the throngs at the beauty of the
scene that they forgot to cheer. As
soon as the Connecticut "let go her
anchors, Colonel Wilhelm of the
Governor's staff, put" out from shore
and was received on board the flag
ship. He presented the compliments
of the Governor and extended a for
mal welcome to California waters,
Rear Admiral Thomas thanked the
Governor's representative and stated
he would be glad to see Governor
Gillette on board the flagship at 2
o'clock. At this hour the Governor
made his official visit. After paying
his respects, the Governor returned
to shore, being saluted, as he was
piped over the sides of the war ves
sel, with a Governor's salute of 17
guns.
SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 14. Its
long and notable cruise through the
Southern Seas and the changing
climes of the Western Hemisphere
ended,, the American battleship fleet,
under the immediate command of
Rear-Admiral Charles M. Thomas,
returns to , home waters today. It
will anchor off Coronado Beach this
after noon and after four days of the
scheduled stay of the sixteen ships it
will be marked by a ceaseless round
of gayities, Dinners, banquets, and
picnics for the officers, free theaters,
wild West shows, fruit and good
things to. eat for the enlisted men
are included in the long variegated
programme. The California cities
liayc impatiently awaited the coming
of the ships and their joy now knows
no bounds. Scarcely had the big
white vessels left Hampton Roads be
fore the officials committee of wel
come had been named along ahead
steadily since that time and now the
Inst of the details have been compjet
ed.
The fleet has practically an entire
month of merry-making before it, for
after San Diego extends the welcomes
of Los Angeles, Ave days at Santa
Barbara, five days divided between
Monterey and Santa Cruz, and ten
jolly days or more in San Francisco.
Governor J, N. Gillctt of California
is here as the representative of the
state to voice the welcome of the en
tire Pacific Coast. Thousands of
sightseers have gathered in San
Diego, to catch their first glimpse of
the ships that have held so much pub
lie attention since they set out upon
their globe-girdling expedition. No
where in the United States do the
fires of patriotism, burn more bright
ly than here upon the edge of the
blue waters of the Pacific.
Everyone vies with everyone else
in lavishing hospitality upon officers
and men of the Navy. They have
never before seen battleships of the
Connecticut type, and the coming of
the great fleet is an event fraught to
them with much meaning. After the
long stretches of sea runs, after the
hospitable entertainment of the peo
ple of South America, after four
months of foreign scenes and ton
fleet, after traveling 13,000 miles from
Magdalena Bay, after more than 13,-
000 miles of voyage the men of the
fleet, after traveling 3.000 miles from
their starting-place last December,
the people of their own blood and
ideas welcome them, people whose
patriotic .pride in the. Navy is only
equaled by their pride of stateand
Nation, and who are anxious that
the stay of the sailor-men in Cali
fornia shall live long in the memory
of the blue-jacketed visitors.
Rear-Admiral Roblcy D. Evans,
who is ill at Paso Robles Hot
Springs, will not be able to be present
during any of the celebration in this
city, and it is considered extremely
doubtful if the Admiral will be able
to participate in any of the fetes
south of San Francisco.
The great official and spectacular
event of the fleet's stay upon the
Pacific Coast will be a grand review
of the combined'Atlantic and Pacific,
naval forces in San Francisco Harbor
on May 8.
Secretary of the Navy Metcalf will
review the ships on the Yorktown,
and there will be 73 vessels anchored
in the lines. There will be 18 battle
ships, eight immense armored cruis
ers, a number of cruisers, two torpedo-boat
destroyer flotillas and sev
eral" auxiliaries, the whole aggregat
ing a tonnage greater than any war
vessels ever assembled in American
waters.
Power Schooner President Goes
Ashore Three Times.
IN SAME PLACE EACH TIME
Gasoline Power Schooner From Eu
reka to Klamath River With 300
Tons of Freight Goea Ashore at
Mouth of the River.
EUREKA. April 14,-The gasoline
power schooner President from Eu
reka to the Klamath River, with 300
tons of freight, went ashore Saturday
at the mouth' of the Klamath and af
terwards got loose and was again
washed ashore. The freight was re
moved from the vessel Sunday and
the vessel against floated. Again an
attempt was made to get into the
river and she stranded again and now
lies fast on the beach. It is thought
she can be saved.
SCHOONER
ASHORE
SAFEGUARD
OFPEACE
President's Appeal for 4
Battleships
NO ARMY TO SPEAK OF
To Provide But Two Vessels a
Year Would Be Step Back
ward In Naval Rank
CITES CHINA AS AN EXAMPLE
It is Not Only Impossible to Limit
Naval Armament Now But There
Wai no Prospect That There Would
be Any in the Near Future.
WASHINGTON, April 14.-Prcsi-
dent Roosevelt today sent to the
Houses of Congress a strong appeal
for the construction of four battle
ships a year of the best and most ad
vanced type at this session. The
President says prior to the recent
Hague conference he hoped that an
agreement could be reached for a re
duction for the armament and the
size of vessels. Under these circum
stances he felt that the construction
of one battleship a year would have
been sufficient to maintain the' navy
in its relative strength. It was found
that not only was it impossible to
limit naval armament now, but there
was no prospect that there would be
any in the near future. At the same
time there has occurred radical change!
in the building c? battleships by
which the power of each vessel could
be doubled and perhaps trebled. Un
der these conditions the President
says to provide but one or two ves
sels per year would be a step back
ward in th naval rank and power
among the great nations. Such a
course, the President declares, would
be unwise for us1 if our country
fronted on only one ocean and it is
doubly unwise for us who front on
two oceans.
The President states emphatically
that this is a measure of peace and
not, of war. He says he feels that a
navy commensurate with the power
of this country would be the surest
safeguard of peace. He says we have
no army to speak of, and yet we are
a rich nation and undefended wealth
invites aggression. He goes on at
length to speak of the negotiations of
arbitration treaties by this govern
ment, but he says that it is foolish
and altrustic to believe that the
world has' yet reached such a stage
that a proud country jealous of its
honor can be content to rely for
peace on the forbearance of other
powers, i The President cites China
which has for centuries refused to
provide military forces and which
teaches that a military career is in
ferior to that of a merchant or schol
ar. So far as internal result have been
the President says he cannot speak
further than that reformers are seek
ing for a radical reform. In external!
affairs, the policy has resulted In
other nations now holding large por
tions of Chinese territory, while
there is very acute fear in China lest
the empire be exposed to absolute
dismemberment.
The 'President notes at length the
oppression which follows in the path
of the weaker nations and the great
loss of life from massacres and, butch
eries in such countries and then calls
attention to Great Britain which has
been saved by its big fleet of the
necessity of facing one of two alter
natives: submission to conquest by u
foreign power or itself becoming a
great military power,
"The United States can hope for
permanent peace on only one and
Ahat is on the condition of building
and maintaining a first class navy and
the step to be taken at this time to
that end is to provide for the
building of four additional battle
ships." The President says he wishes
Congress could have seen its way
j clear to having rendered the army
itnorc efficient which he declares is
sorky needed, but most the vital and
immediate need is that of four battle
ships. Concluding, he said:
."The United states ought not for
ever keep at a distance those painful
appeals to arms with which the his
tory of every nation abounds. If we
desire to secure peace, one of the
most powerful instruments of our
rising prosperity, it must be known
that we are at all time ready for war."
FORAKER'S SPEECH.
WASHINGTON, April 14-Two
features of interest in the Senate to
day were the speech of Senator For
akcr on the Brownsville affair and the
President's message advocating the
building four more battleships. The
delivery of the speech and the reading
of the message consumed practically
the entire time of the session.
At Los Angeles Portland 7, Los
Angeles 0.
At Oakland San Francisco 1, Oak
land 0.
In Defence of Negro Soldiers
in Brownsville Affair
GALLERYCROWDEDBYNEGROES
His Reference to the Part the Col
ored Race Had Taken in the Mili
tary Service of this Country Caused
Prolonged Applause.
WASHINGTON, April 14.-The
applause that smothered the pound
ing of the Vice-President's gavel at
tested to the warmth of the reception
given by the crowded galleries of the
Senate to the speech of Senator For-
aker today , in idefense of the colored
soldiers discharged without honor by
the President because of their sup
posed connection with the Browns
ville affair. The day was notable
among the annals Of Senatorial ora
tory. Never in the history of the Sen
ate have the galleries been so fully
surrendered to representatives of the
colored race, more than half the
crowds that filled every available seat
and standing pom, being occupied by
them. Senator Foraker in the begin
ning disavowed any intention of de
nouncing the President and the Sec
retary of War as stated in a newspa
per clipping which he would do. The
utmost silence prevailed through the
three hours that was required for the
delivery of the speech. Then, after
the conclusion of his final reference
to the part the colored race had taken
in the military service of the country
there came the resounding hand clap
ping which defied the gavel of the
Vice-President and continued for sev
eral minutes. The' colleagues of the
Senator crowded about him. Senator
Warner, whose bill for the reinstate
ment and re-enli'stment of the negro
soldiers he had antagonized was the
first to grasp his hand. One after
another the Senators from both sides
of the House congratulated him. To
ward the close of Foraker's address,
the President's secretary announced
a "message (in writing" bu the at
tempt to read it after Foraker con
cluded was made difficult because of
the confusion and in rather an un
usual manner it was skimmed through
so that ony thebare announcement
of its purport was possible. Hale
came to the rescue of the Vice-President'
who .endeavored to restore or
der, by a motion to adjourn. .
FORAKER'S
SPEECH
Wit LAKE
DAM BREAKS
Damage Estimated at
Quarter Million
NO LIVES WERE LOST
Narrowness of the River and Its
Winding Course Impeded
Progress of Water.
COST TWO MILUON DOLLARS
After the First Break Was Noticed it
Was Nearly' Fifteen Minutes Be
fore the Centre of the Structure
Gave Away With a Terrific Crash.
HELENA, April 14. Without
warning the great dam at Hauser
Lake, on the Missouri River, fifteen
miles north of this city, partially gave
way shortly before 3 o'clock this af
ternoon, causing a damage estimated
at $250,000. No lives were lost and
at 9 o'clock tonight so far as can be
learned no serious damage has been
caused by the vojume of water, esti
mated at about 25 feet, which was
precipitated into the channel below
the structure. The narVowness of the
river and its winding course has im
peded the .progress of the water and
no great loss of property is antici
pated in the towns and villages north
of this city. The Hauser dam which
was one of the finest structures of
its kind in the world was completed
last year at a cost of more than $2,
000,000, and deeloped a horsepower of
25,000 which was utilized in operating
the various power plants in the
Helena and Butte mines and the
Amalgamated Smelters at Anaconda.
The break will not interfere with the
operation of the mines ' and other
plants as power is being furnished to
night from the Canyon Ferry Dam
and the company's sub-stations . in
Butte. The dam was 490 feet long
and 70 feet high and was constructed
of masonry and steel. Theconstruc
tion of the dam created a lake of
over 20 miles square. The break in
the structure occurred shortly before
3 o'clock and was caused, according
to General Manager Gerry "By the
buckling of steel plates near the low
er expansion joint."
About 250 feet of the dam was
destroyed leaving about 125 feet at
either end of the structure. After
the first break was noticed, it was
nearly 15 minutes before the center
of the structure gave way with a ter
rific crash. Five dwellings occupied
by employes, the office building and
the feed stable were washed away and
deposited with the steel anti immense
timbers of the dam, along the sides of
the creek. For a few minutes after
the first break, the power house and
many small dwellings along the river
near the dam were flooded but later
in the afternoon the water receded
and the buildings were found to be
intact. Gerry stated to the Asso
ciated Press that the dam will be
immediately rebuilt and will be a
greater and a stronger structure.
QUIET IN SALVADOR.
Moisant Brothers Come on the City
, of Sydney to See Secretary Root
SAN FRANCISCO, April H.
Louise and Matilda , Moisant, sisters
of George, Alfred and John Moisant,
whose operations in Salvador stirred
up an international quarrel , some
time ago arrived yesterday in the
City of Sydney. The Moisant broth-
cr have extensive sugar plantations
in Salvador.
"Everything was quiet in Salvador
when we left there," said Miss Louise,
"and no opposition was made by the
government to our leaving. Some
months ago, when things were(not so
peaceful, we wished to come Cali
fornia but President Figueroa declin
ed to give1 us passports. The matter
was taken up by United States Min
ister William Lawrence Perry, as well
as the charges against our brothers,
and the question of damages caused
to our estates by the Salvadorean
troops ,and everything w$s finally ar
ranged satisfactorily, except the dam
ages." Alfred Moisant will go to Wash
ington in a few days where he will
make an effort to interest Secretary
of State Root in the matter of dam
ages claimed by the brothers against
the Republic of Salvador.
SEVEN DAYS PUMPING.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 14.
Laboring at the pumps for seven days
with scarcely any sleep the captain
and crew of the schooner. Orient
brought their water-logged craft into
port yesterday morning and dropped
anchor at Meggs' wharf. The sub
merged hull of some ship or the lost
deck cargo of a lumber schooner
which it struck during a storm on
April 5 was the cause of the Orient's
plight ,
STATE CONVENTION
Democrats of New York For and
Against Bryan .
UNINSTRUCTED DELEGATION
The Sub-Committee pn Resolutions
by a Vote of Six to One Decided
to Report an Instructed Delegation
For Bryan.
NEW YORK, April 14.-A sharp
political skirmish fire during the first
session of the Democratic State
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well entrenched opposition to an in
structed delegation to the national
convention was followed tonight by
a general engagement of all the
Bryan forces to force the committee
on resolution to endorse Bryan's can
didacy for a presidential nomina
tion by instructing the delegates to a
national convention for him while the
first session of the convention at Car
negie Hall was held for the purpose
of organizing it was apparently de
void of those incidents which betoken
the conflicting policies and exciting
conventions, there were moves and
counter moves beneath this sub
stratum of seeming quiesence that led
to the appointment of a sub-committee
of the committee on resolutions
to consider the proposition of in
structing the delegates for Bryan. It
was before this sub-committee that
Augustus Thomas and those interest
ed in Bryan made a determined stand
tonight, though the latest indications
were that William J. Conners, the
chairman of the state committee and
Charles F. Murphy, the leader of
Tammany Hall were adamant in their
determination for an uninstructed
delegation. Mednwhile a series of
contests were .being adjudicated to
night by the committee on credentials
and there are indications of all night
session. The committee on the dele
gates at large and the electors held
a brief session after the adjournment
of the convention and adjourned to
hold another meeting tomorrow
morning. .
The sub-committee of the commit
tee on resolutions tonight decided by
a vote of six to one to reoort to the
resolutions committee against an in-,
structed delegation for Bryan. This
action is taken by the leader identi
fied with Connors and Murphy as an
unmistakable sign of defeat.