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PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
33rd YEAR. NO. 102
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1908
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LANDSLIDE
IN CANADA
Small French Town Blot
ted Out
THIRTY PEOPLE PERISH
7 Cut Off From the Outside World,
Messengers Were Dispatched
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DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
Just as the Little Hamlet Began to
Stir For Early Man Part of the
Mountain Started to Slide Toward
the River.
BUCKINGHAM, Quebec, .April
1 27. Half the little French hamlet of
Notre Dame de Salette, 16 miles
from here on the Licvre River, dis
appeared yesterday under a sliding
mountain, and tome 30 of its small
population are known to have per
ished. The hamlet ha no telephone
or telegraph facilities, nor is it on a
f railroad. Meagre bits of newi of the
' disaster come in by messenger from
' the physicians and other rescuers who
were hurried there from the first calls'
for aid came early this morning.
The River Licvre winds at the foot
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j behind. Sping rains fo days have
been melting snow and ice on the
I mountain side and steams have been
coursing down the river. At S o'clock
this morning, just as the little hamlet
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tne mountain siaricu io suae lownru
the river. It tore a path of death and
destruction in its way and those who
were not killed when their homes
were engulfed were left buried in the
mass of rock and earth.
Camillc Lapointe's house stood first
In' the path of the avalanche. He and
his family of 11 arc known to have
' perished. Right others, whose names
have not been obtained, are missing,
I n& the rescuers are attempting to
find definitely how many more are
missing., Mrs. Dcs Jerdin's cottage
also was swept nway, and she, with
her two children, a domestic and a
hired man are known to be buried in
the landslide. ' V
' Dc Salette, like many hamlets of
its kind, rambles into the gardens and
little fields on the mountain side, so
about half of it was not in tne path
of the slide. The sliding mass rushed
with a. roar ami spread out nil over
the place and dumped itself in the
swollen stream at its foot.
Cut off from the outside world,
messengers were dispatched to Hou
pcre, the nearest hamlet. Those who
' arrived first estimated that at least a
dozen houses were crushed in the
path of the landslide. Buckingham
. wai appealed to, but the flight of the
messengers, across the Spring roads
was slow. Those first on the scene
found De Salette in a panic, with the
uninjured ones packing their belong
ings for flight. .
. The first messengers to Bucking-1
ham, ordered Z5 coffins to be sent to
Dc Salette and all physicians of the
town were hurried across the country
with rescue parties.
MODERNIZING LAWS.
Chinese Government Busy on -Mea
sures of Reform.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27,-The
most significant feature in the awak
ening of China, and" what promises to
he the most potent factor in raising
the empire to the level of great west
ern nations, is found in the enrnest-
mm with which the government
lit pursuing Us policy of general
education," laid Mr. E. T. Wil
liam, the newly Appointed consul
general to Tientsin, who arrived here
ast night.
The laws of the land are being
modernized to abolish extra territori
al jurisdiction. A general codifica
tion of the laws, making them to har
monize more with the International
laws of the occidental nations, Is be
ing rapidly pressed by a special mis
sion. Lawyers are being admitted to
practice. Trial by Jury is being in
troduced and schools of law are being
established. The only system of
combining judicial and administra
tive functions in one person is being
abolished."
Mr. Williams, who has been in the
orient for 21 yean, ft on his way to
take over his post, having been ap
pointed on March, .
PROPOSALS ASKED.
Government to Build Twelve Steel
Tug Boats.'
WASHINGTON, April 27- Pro!
posals for the construction of 12
steel tug boats, 1&0 feet long, for ser
vice in the coast artillery districts,
have been invited by the quarter
master general of the army, These
boats will' be slightly larger than
those heretofore built for these pur
poses, possessing among other char
acteristics living quarters for the
full crew.
Conclusions From Correspond
ence of Steel and Ross
TRACED VARIOUS ACCOUNTS
When the Investigators Discovered
That the Home Security ft Invest
ment Co. Was Represented, They
Concluded They Knew Enough.
PORTLAND, April 27.-Behind an
entry of $4148 on the trust ledger of
the Title Guarantee & Trust Com
pany, under date of June 6, 1907, the
day following the segregation of the
educational account of the State of
Oregon on the books of the institu
tion, may, in the opinion of investi
gators, lie an explanation of the rela
tions really existing between George
A. Steele, State Treasurer, and J.
Thorburn Ross, president of the com
pany, s
Considering the item in the light of
other entries and various debit and
credit accounts, as well as checks and
deposit slips and the correspondence
between Steel and Ross, Attorney Wt
C. Bristol, who represents the state
relative to receivership proceedings,
and Governor Chamberlain formed
certain conclusions. Their de
ductions were aligned ' in every
particular with those made by Ben
W. Olcott and J, W. Ferguson, the
expert accountants, who devoted
much of their time while investigating
the bank's affairs fo throwing light on
this phase of the stuation.
Three per cent was paid by the
Title Guarantee & Trust Company on
check accounts. That the educational
fund of the state was deposited in the
bank by Treasurer Steel as a check
account is undisputed; in fact, the de
fense during the trial of Ross at
Salem was founded ' on the theory"
that in view of court decisions this
procedure was lawful and proper. It
is a peculiar fact that $4148 lacks only
89 cents of being th exact amount of
interest on $69,148, the .average of
daily balances of the state accounts
with the bank from January IS, 1907,
until June 5, 1907, at 3 per cent for
two years, Mr. Steel took office Jan
uary 14. 1907, and the educational ac
count by his order was segregated by
the , hank June S, 1907, His term of
office was for four years. The amount
of $4148 was credited to him June 6,
1907. ,
The amount of $4148 having been
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Problem Confronting the
Devastated Region
325 NEW MADE GRAVES
Distributed Over Nearly Entire
Width of Louisiana Missis
sippi and Alabama
DEATH LIST IS NOW KNOWN
It is Possible to State With Accuracy
That the Dead of the Three States
Will Not Exceed 350, Although a
Few May be Added.
NEW ORLEANS, April 27.-With
325 newly made graves distributed
broadcast over nearly the entire width
of Louisiana, Mississippi and Ala
bama, the dead of Friday's .tornado
have been mostly cared for tonight
and it was possible to state with some
degree of accuracy that the death list
of the three states will not exceed
350. A few who may be added to the
list, and, the fatalities are possibly as
many as a score out of the 200 of
the most seriously injured. (The re
maining injured numbering about 1000
were reported on the road to recov
ery. The most serious problem now
confronting the devastated region is
that of living, food and shelter.
traced through the various accounts,
the experts found the way the account
actually stood to be in this wise:
Cash actually advanced for the pur
chase price of the property in the
Couch addition, $11,852; credited to
George A. Steel, $4148; total, $16,
000. This is the amount of the debit
given, causing the whole to balance
to a nicety, and convinced the offic
ials, at least, that there was jugglery
somewhere.
In addition, the deposit slip shows
that June 7, $4148 was deposited to
the credit of the , Home Security &
Investment Company by George A.
Steel personally. When the investiga
tors discovered that the company was
represented by 50 shares of stock, of
which Mrs. Steel held 49 and Steel
only one, they concluded that they
had learned enough. So Mr. Steel
was questioned.
At first, it is reported, he denied all
knowledge of the item of $4148.
When it was drawn to his attention
that it represented within 89 cents of
the exact interest at 3 per cent for
two years, his term. of office, on $69,
148, the average of daily balances of
state deposits in the Title bank from
January 15, the day he took office,
until June 5, on which date, by his or
der, the educational fund of the state
was segregated by the bank, he be
came vehement in his protestation
that he did nor know of the transac
tion. Then his own deposit slip for
the amount on the same day was
shown him, and with -tears in his
eyes he said that his memory was poor
and he could not explain how the
amount got on the books, that he
certainly remembered nothing about
making such a deposit. 1 ' ' ,
FLOTILLA COMING.
SAN DIEGO, April' 27.-At 9
o'clock tonight Point Loma wireless
station was in communication with
the Aretluisa.v the "mother ship" of the
flotilla. Message received was some
what vague but the general idea
conveyed is that the flotilla is due to
arrive here in a few hours.
WALDORF ASTORIA POPULAR.
NEW, YORK, April 27.Ncarly
19,000 persons passed into the Waldorf-Astoria
on Saturday. The exact
figures were recorded by eight men
each provided with a counting device.
Since the opening of the hotel
no record has been kept of the
throngs which often packed its ex
tensive corridors. The experiment
showed that exactly 18,965 persons
entered the hotel at the eight en
trances between 6 a. m, Saturday anil
1 a. m. yesterday.
SHOOTING SCRAPE.
Negro Mix-up, Two Killed by Con
stable's Guns Being Discharged.
FORT WORTH, Texas, April 27.
At Gilmer, Texas, Saturday night,
Ben Holland, a negro, white intoxi
cated, shot ' and killed his sister,
JLennie Marible. A crowd of several
hundred negroes gathered and was
preparing to lynch him when Con
stable Cumbee, carrying ' a double
barreled shotgun, appeared and at
tempted to disperse the crowd. In
stead of dispersing, the mob closed in
on the officer, who clubbed his gun
and started to fight his way out with
his prisoner. In the struggle that en
sued, both barrels of the constable's
gun were discharged, Josephine
Mitchell and an unknown man being
instantly killed.
Reports of Serious Flood Con
' ditionsin Georgia
RIVER RISES FOOT AN HOUR
In Alabama the Rain of Yesterday
Was the Heaviest in Years Fright
ened Negroes Are Flocking Into
Fort Deposit From All Around.
ATLANTA, April 27.-A11 reports
today indicate that the wind storm
which rolled' up aj death list of nearly
400 and a list of injured of about 1200
during the last 'four (days has passed
north. Careful canvass seems to make
the death list 376 for the States of
Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and
Georgia, with Georgia the least suf
ferer. The dead in this state will
number not more than 30. The prop
erty damage in all four states is con
siderable. The storm was peculiar that it
traveled in circles. Yesterday it struck
Georgia with terrific force a seconJ
time. :
Devastation by wind was followed'
today by reports of ; serious flood
conditions in parts of Georgia. Co
lumbus, Ga., on the Alabma line, is
the chief sufferer, according to early
reports. ' The Chattahoochie River at
that point is rising a foot an hour,
the power house supplying the city
with light is partly submerged, fac
tories near the river have been forced
to suspend operations and the street
cars have been stopped. Two steam
boats were torn from their moorings
today and have gone down, the river.
In Alabama the rain of yesterday
was the heaviest of years. Frighten
ed negroes are flocking into , Fort
Deposit from all country districts.
The , latest reports of the storm of
Friday and Saturday of last week
come from Northern Mississippi and
parts of Alabama. Alcncon, a small
town, reported 15 dead last night and
this report is confirmed this morning.
JURY STILL INCOMPLETE.
SAN FRANCISCO. Aoril 27.-The
beginning of the fourth week in the
work of selecting 12 men to try Abe
Ruef finds the jury still incomplete.
With nine men in the jury box this
morning, two were bassed todav. sub
ject to the peremptory challenge.
hach side has one, challenge lett.
AFTER Tilt TORNADO
Fill HOUSE
Secretary Latta Could Not
Deliver Message
A SNARL OF MOTIONS
It Was With an Eye to Political
Capital That the House Pro
ceeded Throughout Day
FILIBUSTER MAY CONTINUE
That it Was Not Delaying the Busi
ness Was Evidenced by the Fact
That the Supply Bills Were Further
Along Than Usual
WASHINGTON, April 27-The
keyed-up house rules- to meet the
Democratic filibuster reacted and
shut out the message President
Roosevelt had prepared and planned
to have read in that body today. It
was found impossible to untangle the
snarl of motions to get the house out
of a committee of the whole and back
into the same committee and also to
recess and finally" to cover the point
of no quorum long enough to have
the President's message received,
much less read. Hs secretary, Mr.
Latta, who waited for an hour in the
corridor, was turned away with the
message unde his arm and made his
way to the Senate.
It was with an eye to political
capital that the house proceeded
throughout the day. The little that
was accomplished was made the ve
hicle for political discussion. A reso
lution was passed authorizing a news
paper print of the investigation, but
not until the expediency of that dis
cussion had been discussed. Williams
characterized it as method of delay
while the Republican speakers main
tained it was in good faith and that
the report would be made at the
present session should the Demo
cratic filibuster permit the members
of that committee to do their work.
The sundry civil appropraition bilf
was taken up and three of the eight
hours decided on for the general de
bate were used.
Before adopting the special rule,
which provides for the considering
and passing of the sundry civil bill
after eight hours of debate, the house
today listened to Williams, the min
ority .leader, in the explanation of
filibuster which he is conducting.
Filibuster, he said, will end the mo
ment the house gives permission for
the consideration of a camoaitrn of
the publicity bill, th bill to put print
paper on the free jist and the anti
injunction bill. ' ' ' .
These measures Williams insisted
were all a part of the President's
legislative program. Every roll call
which is taken is only for emphasis,
which the country understands, of
the lack of action by the Republican
majority. The filibuster, Williams
said, in conclusion, would continue
until the desired result was accom
plished. That it was not delaying the
business was evidenced by' the fact
the supply bills wert- further along
than usual at. this time in a long
session.
NATIONAL RIFLE MATCH.
WASHINGTON, April 27-Candi-dates
for the rifle teams to represent
the infantry and cavalry arms in the
national match at Camp Perry, Ohio,
this year are being provisionally se
lected with a view to preliminary
practice. ' Cv 'Vrt-. wjty be sent
from the Philippines or Cuba. Cap
tain Wm. If. Hay of the Tenth In
fantry on duty at the Pennsylvania
College is to be captain of the cav-
airy team and Capt. Fred L. Mussert
of the Ninth Infantry, on duty at
Fort Sam Houston, will be cantain
of the infantry. Lieut-Col. B. K.
Ivvans of the Fifth Infantry, on duty
with the general staff, will be the ex
ecutive of the meet.
BROWN CONFESSES.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 27. J.
Dalzell Brown appeared before the
grand jury this afternoon and made 'a
complete confession. He will appear
as a witness for the prosecution in
May againsj William J. Bartnett and
James Tread well, the former direc
tors of the suspended Calf iornia Safe
Deposit Company. After making his
confession he gave out a statement
in which he said when he became
manager of the institution about 10
years ago he found eight-tenths of its
capital invested to the interests of tb,
Treadwell's. Admitting that he did
acts that were culpable, acts which
he wouid-never have lone for himself,
Brown declares that whatever he did
was in the interest of the bank's de
positors and directors and that per
sonally he never profited one cent
Brown says that he can still be of
further aid to the depositors and final
ly decided to accept his punishment
worse than death that he might be
able to tell his story and render aid to
those who are interested in it , ;
OVERPOWERINGVOTE
President's Four Battleship Pro
gram Failed in Senate
TWENTY-THREE VOTE FOR IT
Two Battleships Each Year Until the
Amncan Navy is Regarded Suffic
ient to Meet Any Demands Made
Upon it is the Verdict
WASHINGTON, April 27.-By an
overwhelming vote President Roose
velt's four battleship program failed
in the Senate today, just at is did in
the House. An amendment for four
battleships was introduced by Sena
tor Piles and the fight for its adootion
was led by Beveridge.. Twenty-thret
votes were cast for the increased pro
gram, the number being largely made
np of the recently elected Senators. .
Fifty voted to support the house and
the recommendation of the Senate
naval committee in the recommenda
tion to build only two battleships.
The debate on the battleshiD
amendment lasted three days to the
exclusion of all other matters. It
was begun by Beveridge with an elo
quent appeal for : support of the
President arid the suggestion that a
larger navy might be needed for war.
It was developed by Allison that dur
ing the debate there was a well de
fined understanding among the Sen
ate leaders for the authorization of
two battleshisp each year until the
American navy is regarded as suffic
ient to meet any demands made upon
it. As finally passed the bill carries
appropriations aggregating $123,115,
659 and provides for the' construction'
of two battleships and two colliers
and the purchase of three additional
colliers,, construction of submarines,
and other necessary craft and increase
the pay for the officers and men as
well as increasing both the pay and
the strength of the marine corps." ''
BOAT UPSET.
Three Were Drowned and One Was
Saved.
MUSKEGON ' Mich., April 27
Mr. and Mrs. "Willard Stone and Byrd
Ward were drownc' :n Muskegon
Lake last night. TV boat was
overturned by the hi' ! vaves. Miss
thel Stewart ch'vr - the boat and
drifted a mile to th" 'l -re. '