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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 26, 1908)
1 !ftrfrrr l0 COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA ! PUBLISHCS rULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT 33rd YEAR. NO. 101 ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 1003 PRICE FIVE CENTS A D AND DESTROYED Liner St. Paul Rams the British Second ClassCruiser Gladi ator Off Isle of Wight SEVERAL OF CREW OROIWB;: ' I 158 p6und xlaii Fred Saxe, unat No One on the 8t Paul Waa Killed or Injured But the Bodies of Pour of the Cruiser's Crew Havs Been Brought Ashore. SOUTHAMPTON, April 2S.-The liner St. Paul which left here on her regular voyage bound for New York thi afternoon in dense snowstorm rammed and destroyed the British second class cruiser Gladiator off the hie of Wight. The first reports stated that from 20 to 30 of the Cladistor'i crew had been drowned but a later in telligence reduces the number of casualties. The exact extent of the disaster, however, cannot be accu rately known until tomorrow. No one on the St. Paul was killed or injured but the bodicl of four of the cruiser's crew have been brought ashore and one officer, Licutnant W. C. Purvis, who attempted to swim ashore is mitting. Eight injured have been taken to the military hospital at Cold en Hill for treatment. It it believed only few others are unaccounted for. BASEBALL SCORES. At Los Angeles Los Angeles 7, San Francisco 1. At San Francisco Oakland 6, Portland 5. At Tacoma Tacoma 2, Vancouver 0. ,At Spokane Spokane 3, Aberdeen .5- At Seattle Seattle 6, Butte 3. ; i FINAL SCORE. - Athletic Contests Ended Last Night PORTLAND, April 25.-Repreen-tatives of the Seattle Amateur Ath letic Club came out with flying col ors in the three days' wrestling and boxing tournament for the champion ships of the Pacific Coast which con- ciuucu ncrc ionium. I t. i !.!. i Of its entries only one failed, Wil liam Speck in the 125 pound class at boxing, failed to take the first place. The bouts throughout were interest ing nrwl lmmli immft rif til contest. ants were unevenly matched, most of!' V . " " . . the antagonists who faced each other fPrtnnt in a house belonging to his showed practically an equal ability. This was notable especially in the 135 pound wrestling event tonight, which wpnf to V. Venablc. of Seattle. over F. A. Browncll, of the Reliance Huh of San Francfsco: Vennble threw i i; ,.,; rtnr 11 mim.to. nnl . , seconds of the hardest amateur 'decomposition had set in. Beside the .1: ; ,!,:, ;, A.ibody, says the account, were bottles ; i hi. vi,im. U ,nt n.iiti rlonr of , question.'- After the men had been at,',1hine; .From lhis th spaper drafts t for about eight minutes, Brownell managed to get Venable's, shoulders so close to the mat that the specta- iuis wiiu were biuscsi iu tuc wicanvia were confident that Brownell had se cured a fall. Summary of championship finals; Wreatlinsr. niMinil fin o adTTt Kitsu Tm tA art of the Seattle Y. M. G' A., won from 1 feature of the peformance of luin Edwin Mills -of the Portland Y. M. jdrcds of athletes. The annual re- A Tltnp 4 tvifnufita (loir ntiA GaM ennrfc YtnlA nn t.Antlit. w rf ......... . 125 pound class Edgar Frank, Multnomah A. A. Club, won from J. S. KilleenMultnomah. Time 3 min-jthe uses, 15 seconds, - 135 pound class V. Venable, Se attle A. A. Club, won over S. A, Brownell, Reliance Club, San Fran cisco. Time: 11 minutes, 35 seconds, 145 pound class Frank Vance, S. A. A. Club, won from Dr, J. II. Tuttle, Multnomah. Time: 1 minute 25 sec onds. ; Heavyweight class II, E, Grim, S, A. A. Club, won from E, C. Johnson, Multnoli.ini, Time; 22 seconds. Boxing. s' Heavyweight clans-Henry Chroft, 1 S. A. A. C, knocked out E. C John ion, Multnomah, in the second round 125 pound class Olmar Dranga, Multnomah, knocked out William Speck, S A, A. Club, in the third rouuU 135 pound class Jean West, Mult notnah, and Gu Rosche, unattached, fought four round i to draw. 145 pound class Referee forfeited the match to Cheiter Brown, S. A. A. tached,4 forfeited the match to Ted J rntinA s. inur.A u. uanit ,ft ... vercly he was unable to continue. Total championships as follows t Seattle, 7, Multnomah 3, Spokane I, Olympia 1. SUNDRY CIVIL BILL Carries $1,450,000 for Mouth of Columbia Improvements THE ESTIMATE WAS $ 1 ,700,000 The Estimates Submitted for the Next Fiscal Year Far Exceed the Estimates for Like Expenditures in Any Previous Year In Our History. WASHINGTON, April 2S.-The sundry civil bill reported to the House today $1,450,000 for the continuing improvements at the mouth of the Co- lumbia river, and $336,000 (or continu mg work on the Celilo canal. The estimate for the former was $1,700,- 000, and for the latter $500,000. Other items in the bill are: Vancouver Bar racks administration building, $65,000 two aounie oarracks, $s,auu; one barracks, $34,500; Crater Lake Park, $3000; care Alaska insane, $28,000 Fort Stevens, new barracks, $91,970. CONFLICTING STORIES. Regarding the Death Chaulnes. of Due de ' PARIS, April 25. Notwithstanding the official report that the Due de Chaulnes died' from natural causes, the Paris newspapers print various versions as to the manner and place of his sudden demise. The Petit - Tmirnnl enva ilit t L- AA In a amtll sister, the Duchess d'Uzes on the Rue Van Dyke. He retired Thursday night according to the Petit Journal, and not appearing Friday morning, "ant entered the apartment and found hlm dead " bed his features presenting a livid appearance as if containing cocaine, ether and mor the deduction that death was due to an overdose of drugs affecting a na turally weak heart, COLLEGE SPORTS. i Hundred Athletes from .Prominent Universities Compete. PHILDELPHIAt April 25. The 1 .... oj-vi ig uvivi w.i 1 launiiii j Field today under the auspices of the ! University of Pennsylvania were of highest order. One world's rec ord, that for pole vault was broken by W. R. Dray, of (Yale) 12 feet 61 inches. Dray tried to clear 12 feet 10 inches but was too tired. The Uni versity of Pennsylvania won the blue ribbon event of the meet which was the one mile relay for the champion ship of the United States. Her only opponent was Chicago who ran Penn sylvania to a sensational finish. PRACTICALLY BLOWN AWAY Five Towns Demolished aud 15 Villages More or Less Laid In Ruins DEATH LIST GROWS HOURLY Train Lost on the MobUe and Ohio Railway Somewhere Between Cit roneui and Moran City Causes Grave Fears for Safety of People, ATLANTA, April 2S.-Up to nine o'clock the total dead as the result of Friday's tornado are, including the four states, 305, injured 1213. NEW ORLEANS, April 25.-Prob- ably half a thousand lives were lost and a hundred or more persons fa tally and many times this number painfully hurt, together with a property loss running into millions of dollar is the record so far of the tornado that originated in the west two days ago sweeping Texas, Arkan sas, Louisiana, Tennessee and Geor gia. It has left a path of death, deso lation and want in its wake, seriously interrupted all communication and brought about chaotic conditions in many of the smaller towns. Mississippi, which has already been sufferer from more than one tor nado this year has borne the brunt of the winds and rains. The estimates of the number who lost their lives in that state place the death list at near 300 with a thousand or more in jured. In Texas, Louisiana, Alabama and Georgia, death list total: Dead 340, total injured 1213. Death lists are also large with ser ious loss of life in Arkansas and Tea nessee. Authentic information in many instances is lacking owing to the crippled facilities fos communication and lack of time to form anything like an accurate estimate of the damage done in many sections. In half dozen communities martial law has been declared, so terrible has been the destruction and so helpless the stricken pcopl left by disaster. Scr ious disasters occurred in some places including Amite, La. Looting and other crimes have been reported but hese instances on the whole have been rare. - Sveral places have issued ap peals for aid and in Mississippi, Gov crnor Noel has asked for tents for the homeless. Utter misery was found today at Purvis, Miss., by the relief parties, Despite the fact that the little town boasted yesterday of 2500 people and that there were but 900 there today, still there are not suf ficient accommodations in the wreck ed village for even - the wounded. Negro mammies and little black chil dren lay wounded and helpless under the broiling southern sun. Some brok en bones, some partly . crushed and others have been wounded by sticks and splinters. These unfortunates were lucky if they had a blanket to cover them or a wrecked couch to lie upon, There is no shelter in the town for the walls that remained standing had no roofs and by a strange freak of the tornado many of the trees that had not been uprooted have been! snapped off a few feet above the ground. The money loss at Purvis is estimated at a quarter of a million. At Aimte, La., half a million and in Washington Parish from one half to a million. 1 ATLANTA, April 25.-As the re sult of last night's storm 25 persons are dead in Georgia and at least 100 injured while many others 'received bruises and scratches from the flying debris in a dozen towns of the state. The largest loss of life is reported at Cave Springs, where nine were, killed and many injured, NEW ORELEANS, Aoril 25.- The dead, more than two 'hundred, the injured at least 500; these were the firm facts which came to light in he early hours today when a little of the wreckage of vestcnl.-iv's t.-ir. nado in Louisiana, Mississippi and Albania had been cleared away. The tornado lasted altogether about 12 hours striking promiscuously one town after the other from before Hay light on Friday until mid-afternoon. Many hours after they struck, trains bearing nearly 200 injured came crawling cautiously out of the Tor nado, leaving behind them one town, Purvis, Miss., utterly demolished, five other practically blown away and 15 little villages in more or less acute stages of ruins. With these wounded came the details of dne of the worst wind disasters in the history of the Gulf states. First of all it became known that negroes comprised most of the dead. The identified white dead early to day numbered 42. In addition it was reported that four whites had been killed at McCallum, Miss., which would bring the white dead list up to ' (Continued on page 8.) Santa Barbara's Flower Festival In Fleet's Honor WATERFRONT A MAZE OF COLOR Cities and Villages For Miles Around Are Practically Sending Their En tire Population to Swell the Multi tude and Join Floral. Festivities. SANTA BARBARA, April 25-The fleet arrived here this afternoon and anchored in two long squadron lines off State street The ships were sight ed shortly after 2 o'clock this after noon and came to an anchor a little less than two hours afterwards. Great crowds lined the beaches and the piers butting into the ocean. Mayor Boeseke and Rear Admiral McCalla (retired) went aboard the flagship and extended an official welcome. SANTA BARBARA, April 25. Last night might have been called decoration night or transformation night If anything were needed to announce that the flower festival is at hand and that the United States battleships fleet will arrive in the channel today, the decorations in progress on the boulevard, in the Plaza del Mar ,and elsewhere would tell the story. The whole waterfront will be a maze of color. Pennants, lanterns and banners are all arranged to make charming picture and setting forth the fiesta. Great crowds are flocking to the city. Cities and villages for hundreds of miles around are sending practi cally their entire population ;there will be a vast multitude watching the fleet as it comes into the channel at o'clock this afternoon. All the stores will be closed in celebration of the occasion. There will be a still greater crowd at the parade Monday, as that day also will be a general holi day. The first -to great the fleet as it drops anchor, and extend , official greeting in the name of the city will be Mayor E. F. Boesecke, and mem bers of the executive committeee of the League including the following: Admiral McCalla, U. S. N, retired; Frank T. Underbill, J. R. Fithian, A. IE. Petersen, Robert Wagner, G. A. White and Stewart E. White. For every morning, afternoon and evening during the stay of the fleet there will be entertainments, sports and social functions. Admiral and Mrs, McCalla, Commodore and Mrs. Bull, and Mrs. Frank T. Underhill, are among those who will act as hosts of the admirals and officrs of the fleet. The Civic Leacue which has done all the work connected with the festival, has endeavored to provide a good time for all comers, especially the the city's guests the men and officers of the fleet. In all the prep arations for the j-eception, artistic mottoes predominate. The chief features will be a parade and floral bombardment on Monday and. N the dance of the flowers on DECORATION NIGHT HILL VOTE ON MONDAY Another Day Spent on Navy Ap propriation BillHale Gets Agreement for a Vote NO HOPE FOR FOUR SHIPS Senators Beveridge and Piles Sharply Criticised For Their Statements Yesterday by Aldrich, Perkins and McCumber. WASHINGTON, April . 25.-An other day was spent by the senate in considering an amendment to the naval apropriation bill but a vote was not reached at the close of the dis cussion which was participated in by a dozen Senators. Hale secured an agreement for a vote before the ad journment of the Senate on Monday. A canvass of the State made during the day indicated that the four-ship program will be defeated and that the Senate has changed several votes. Much of the discussion today was de voted to the improbability of a war being forced upon the United States. Senators Beveridge and - Piles were sharply criticised by Aldrich, Perkins and McCumber for their statements of yesterday and several heated col loquies occurred. Beveridge will re ply to them on Monday. Afthe con clusion of the debate, a number of minor bills were passed and the Sen ate adjourned until Monday. Wednesday and Thursday evenings. The parade promises to be not only much larger than any of previous years but also more beautiful. No commercial floats will be admitted and the participants have been re quested to avoid the grotesque. Only the beauty of the decorations will be considered in the awarding of prizes and the judges will be artists and connoisseurs of recognized ability. As the parade doubles on its coun ter marches on the boulevard by the ocean, there will be a bombardment of flowers. The gardens of the en tire coasts for miles oq both sides of Santa Barbara have been stripped to provide ammunition, and after the battle the line of march will be buried in blossoms. In the dance of the flowers, a large number of the most beautiful women in Santa Barbara so ciety will take part, and in the cos tumes, the scenic effect, and in the grace and beauty of the figures, it is expected to be a spectacle that will be one of those longest remembered by the men of the navy. STOCK MARKET STRONGER. NEW YORK, April 25.-Improve mcnt of the investment conditions was the principal factor in the Broad ening and strengthening of the week's speculation in Stocks. The success ful sale of the $40,000,000 Pennsyl vania 4 per cent 40 year bond issue was the dominating influence of the market. The large subscriptions for this and the placing of half the issue with influencial foreign banking houses led to far-raching inferences of re-establishment of railroad credit. Received confidence of investors at home and abroad and the stimulating effect on commerce and industry to be looked for as a consequence, un favorable trade advices, notably from the iron and steel trade and continued shrinking in railroads earnings were ignored. FORGED TELEGRAM. Wire Sent Senator Cassidy to Stand by Governor Was Tampered With. ELMIRA, N. Y.( April 25.-An an nouncement made here that the vote of Senator Cassidy against the race track bill was due to a telegram from Congressman Fassett at Washing ton which had been tampered with, has caused a(cnation. Congressman Fassett is here to attend tomorrow's congressional convention, said last night that the story was true. The day the race day bills came up in the Senate, Congressmen Fassett and Dwight united in a telegram to Sena tor Cassidy, which it is said, when filed, urged him to stand by the gov ernor. The telegram when it reached Cassidy read: "Not to stand." An investigation was started and it is aid it was found that the telegram had been changed in Washington. Mr. Fassett said he had a letter from the manager of the telegraph office in that city admitting the forgery, and stating the operator had been discharged. COLLEGE BOAT RACE. SAN FRANCISCO, April 25. The Un,!YSrs!ty 0f California eight won from the Stanford crew on the Sausalito Bay course of 2i miles to day by two and half lengths. Time, 13 minutes 18 seconds. ' 1 ; ' : MANIFESTLY II Alii National Guardsmen Denounce Arguments Against Armory Bill ABUSIVE, BUT NOT LOGICAL The Writer of the Argument Must Never Have Known That National Guard Fought Spanish-American War Military Mainstay of Country PORTLAND, Ore., April 25. "Manifestly unfair; abusive, but not logical or a statement of real facts." That is the estimate placed by pro minent National Guardsmen on the argument against the Armory bill as'' advanced by the Oregon Grange m the publication lately issued by the state dealing with legislative meas ures to come up for vote under the Initiative and referendum at the June -election. ; In fact the argument against the bill is not conspicious for its logic. The Grange, in the beginning, says it is not opposed to the National Guard and then goes on to say that the Guard has been chiefly useful in riots and labor troubles and that the con struction of armories would consti tute a species oj graft. The writer of the argument must never have known that the National Guard fought the Spanish-American war, the Oregon Guardsmen as vol unteers in the Philippines, bringing unending glory to this state, and that the National Guard is now the only military force upon which the United States could depend in case of inva sion or other emergency. There is only a handful of the regular army, it requires a year to train volunteers so the Guard, 110,000 strong, is the military mainstay of the country. As to the hints at graft, and there is nothing more than slender, un founded hints, no department of the state government has been so free from charges of that kind as has been the Oregon National Guard un der the administration of Adjutant General W. E. Finzer, who has prac ticed the most ripid economy pos sible. It is hinted by the Grange that should the appropriation be allowed for armories, other communities which succeed in-the future in becoming the station of new companies would be asking, for armories. That would be, nothing out of the way. Certainly the people of say, Klamath Falls, Grant's pass, Astoria or other pos sible stations would not be grafters if they asked the state to ""provide an armory for military company which was -giving its service gratis and which stood ready to respond to the call to arms at a minute's notice. 1