j
)
DOT 11 If! ITALY IE II
YET HEARD Fit
Feared When Reports Re
ceived List Will Swell
UPTON MAY BE DEAD
Amirictn Vice-Consul it Mess!
na Reported to Have Per
Ished Not Credited.
ROCKEFELLER SENDS$10,000
American Red Crest Hu Approxi
mately $100,000 For Earthquake Suf
ftrtrs and Much of the Money Hat
Already Been Soot to Rorat,
ROME, Dec 31 Th estimates o(
the death roll of the earthquake now
cett to concern the Italian people. It
It enough to know that the catai
trophe U overwhelming. The figuret
would add nothing to the grief of the
itHcken nation, nor a move to greater
effort1 of those on whom the work of
relief and rescue hat fallen. Moat Im
portant of all now it the queition .f
the living. Thousands of thoat who
acaped the falling walla or twell of
the tide, are now ttarving, without
food or ahelter. They cannot long
turvive their Buffering. The latest
reportt at Rome atate that there had
been many intermitten ahocka follow
ing the first of which the greater part
of the destruction la attributed.
The British warahip Minerva re
ported by wirelest that two aevere
ahocka occurred at Meiaina laat
night. Profetior Ricco, director of
Mount Enna obaervatory atatea that
hia Instruments recorded 42 distinct
ahocka after the first but that during
the last 12 houre the instruments had
been almost motionless. Etna and
Stromball are quiet and he ia positive
that the earthquake ia not of volcanic
but of geological origin, aimilar to
that of 1785. The horror of the situa
tion in Messina and Reggio grow
with every fresh dispatch. One of the
; correspondent places the death roll
throughout at 300,000 but thla appears
to be extreme. Others make the'r
outside estimates at 200,000, but tlu
official estimate as made by Minister
of Marine atill holds at 115,000.
Relief expeditlona that have been
" making their way to Reggio have en
countered tremendous obatructiona all
aong the route. They report 18 pro
vincial villagea besidea those already
mentioned in Calabria as having been
completely ruined. Tblt would Indi
cate that the earthquake did not con
fine its work of havoc to the coaat.
What hat become of Inhabltanta of
hose villages is nov-known. Those
that were left alive after the destruc
tion of their homea doubtless joined
the great army of refugees seeking
safety or having fallen by the wayside.
Calabrian coast for 30 miles hat been
torn and twisted. From Bagnara to
Reggio, distance of 2S miles, the
country it half demolished. Assist
ance bat reached but few of the vil
lages and tbey are practically without
supplies of any kind. At one place
pruning knives are used to perform
operations. Thieves infest the conn
try an the despair of the unaided vil
lagea It complete. Hunger supplies is
the motive for the shocking violence
and robbery.
Anarchy Prevail.
REGGIO, Dec Jl.-Tbe atate of
moat frightful anarchy prevails. The
mobs of ruffians , roam among the
treett giving full vent to their vilest
instincts. They are pillaging the
wrecked Jewelry atoret and banks and
do n,ot hesitate to shed blood of those
who oppose them, A few aoldiert who
escaped unhurt have been impelled by
admirable spirit of discipline to or
ganlae patrols of their own initiative.'
They are endeavoring to protect the
property that wat left intact, but the
criminate fight them. The number of
criminate hat increased to such a ex
tent that the soldiers on several oc
casions nave oeen lorcea to lire on
them. It wat only after a pitched
battle in which teveral killed that
semblance of order wat restored. All
entrances to the city or what it left
of it, are guarded by aoldiert.
ASTORIA, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1SQ3
ph'.ce five CEirns
I
THANKS AMERICANS.
Baron Also Gratified For Aid Render
' ed by Red Croat,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31-Baron
Dei Planches, Italian Ambassador,
called on Secretary Root and Assist
ant Secretary Bacon today and ex
pressed gratitude of hit government
and people over the sympathy of the
United States with Italy. The baron
wat profoundly gratified for the aid
rendered through the American Red
Crosa, ..','
Red Croat Active,
Active work on the part of the
American Red Croat waa character
bed today when approximately $100,
000 already available by it from prev
ioua funds and those that have been
promised, much of it hat been already
cabled to the American embaasy i,t
Rome to be turned over to the Italian
Red Cross.
Lupton Reported Dead.
Ambassador Crl scorn haa cabled
from Rome that a local newspaper
hat a telegram ., from Messina that
Stuart K. Lupton, the American vice
consul there, it dead, at well at Con
sul Cheney. Some doubt it expressed
at the State Department at to correct
nest of the report because tince the
disaster a message haa been received
from bim.
Rockefeller Gives $10,000.
John D. Rockefeller today tele
graph $10,000 to the Red Croat for the
earthquake relief fund.
nuns
lira
be flamed by Accla
mation for Senator
SUCCEEDING FORAKER
All Opposition to His Nomination
Disappears C. P. Taft
Withdraws Name.
them are inaccessible and it it feared
when reports come in they will only
swell the fatalities. Every fresh dis
t patch received is monotonous in its
recital of death and desolation. The
i same heartrending story doubtless will
'come from practically every village
and hamlet in the doomed area.
Hotels Collapse.
It has been Impossible to ascertain
whether there were many Americans
at the hotels in Messina. The Hotel
France collapsed and 60 guests were
killed. It is said none of these are
American. The Continetna! Hotel was
destroyed but it is said no Americans
were there. Almost all the guests at
the Hotel Trinacria, including J. C.
Mertens, the Swedish consul, are dead.
Nothing hat been learned definitely
as to the number of American in
that hotel, which was the leading one
of the city.
8MISE KILLH
SEATTLE III
DF
SHOT DOWN WHEN HE TOLD
STRANGER THE WRONG
TIME OP DAY.
FILIPINO DOES SHOOTING
George A. Brown Killed by Joe
Nicholaa, it Man Whom be Had
Never Before Seen, Diea Later of
Injury,
SEATTLE, Dec. 31.-George A.
Brown, who wat shot down in the
streets of Port Blakeley Tuesday
night died in this city tc day. He was
killed for no other reason than that
he told Joe Nicholas, a Filipino, ttw
wrong time of the day and endeavored
to correct himself a second later. So
far aa he could tell he had never teen
Nicholas before. Mn. Brown was at
his side when the ahot wai fired.
ITALY IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK, Dec. 31 It is expect
ed that all the Italian organizations
combined ia expected to tend at least
one million dollars to the earthquake
sufferers. None of the American fire
insurance companies does business in
Italy, it t said, and only a small turn
is carried by British concerns.
t FIGHT STOPPED.
LEXINGTON, Ky., Dec 31.-The
Hart-Schreck fight wat prevented by
police officials this evening. It may
be pulled off secretly. .
17 TROUBLE BEFORE
HAVE BIO TIME.
PORTLAND, Dec. 31,-The year
1909 was ushered in tonight with the
accustomed bedlam of cowbells and
tin horns, accompanied by shouts of
tent of thousands of merrymakers
who paraded the principal streets from
shortly after nightfall until after midnight.
KENTUCKY CITIZENS
ON WAR PATH
Jackson Terrorized by Armed Bands County
Judge Takes to the Woods
JACKSON, Ky., Dec. 31. -This
town tonight is terrorized by armed
bands of Sheriff Ed Callahan and of
James T. Deaton and Rash Sabastain
for the shooting of whom Callahan is
to be tried. The main street lies be
tween the court house where the Cal
lahan faction is' located, and the gen
eral store of the late Judge Ilargis, In
which are the Deaton's. In the woods
near Lost Creek la County Judge
Taulbce, declaring he will not return
to try Callahan unless the governor
send9 troops to protect him from the
two bands of armed men In Jackson.
Governor Willson is out of the state
and Lieutenant-Governor Cox has so
far refused to send troops.
STRONG DESIRE AMONG THE
WOMEN FOR GAMBLING
IS APPARENT.
HAY PLAY DAY AND NIGHT
Women Neglect Their Homes and
Families to Visit Gambling Halls
Law and Order League is Kept
Busy.
CHICAGO, Dec. 31. Detectives of
the Law and Order League were busy
last night collecting evidence of
gambling on the part of women in
various halls throughout the city. The
entrance of the detectives turned the
assemblages into mass meetings de
nouncing the so-called "spotters."
The women in their indignation
gave the detectives valuable informa
tion concerning the other games.
They urged the detectives to visit a
certain West Side game," promising
them that the women who conduct it
would throw them down the stairway.
'This gambling among women of all
classes of society," said Arthur Bur
rage Farwell, of the league, "has tak
en such a string- hold upon them that
they neglect their homes and families.
Some of them play both afternoon and
evening and we shall be compelled to
arrest some of them before they will
stop."
PULLMAN PEOPLE LIABLE.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 31-Judge
Seawell decided yesterday that the
franchise of the Pullman Company is
exactly the same as that of any rail
road corporation, and must pay the
state $36,519.93, its delinquent taxes.
FORAKER ADMITS HIS DEFEAT
Advice Received That Roosevelt Wat
Alarmed Lest Fight Between Taft
and Burton Would Give Foraker
Chance of Re-election.
COLUMBUS, Dec 31. All opposi
Uon to hie nomination having disap
peared during the last 24 houra, Rep
retentative Theodore Burton will
'named by aacUmatioa for United
States Senator succeeding Joseph B
Foraker, at the Republican caucus
called for Saturday afternoon. C
Taft, brother of the President-elect,
formally - announced his withdrawal
from the race today. All other can
didatet followed. Foraker learning
that the delegation from hia home
county of Hamilton, pledged to Taft,
would be turned over to Burton ad'
mitted for the first time that he is no
longer in hope for re-election. With
in two hours all of the "favorite eons
and "dark horses" have been awept
from the field and Burton was left
supreme.
The caucus Saturday so far as
has to do with the nomination of
Senator will be perfunctory. Burton s
election will come on Tuesday, Jan
uary 12. He will serve out his con
gressional term ending March 4.
There was talk that Taft might again
be a candidate in 1911 and would have
the support ol the United party if be
so desired, but Taft declared he had
no thought of what the future might
hold and did not desire his friends to
drive s bargain.
Former State'a Attorney Wade H.
Ellis returned today from Augusta
where he went to consult with - the
President-elect and brought a reply
from him. Advices have been receiv
ed at Augusta that Roosevelt was
alarmed lest the fight between Taft
and Burton would give Foraker a
chance of re-election. In spite of this,
however, it is expected that President
elect sent word that so long as his
brother's believed he could win he de
sired they would stand by him. - He
would not have anything done that
would injure the party in the state.
C. P. Taft, with the assurance, his
friends say, of 35 votes as against 38
claimed for Burton, was reluctant to
withdraw. Late yesterday, however,
he determined tc get out of the race.
Taft and Burton parted today in cor
dial relationship. Burton called on
Taft and the latter repaid the cour
tesy. Burton also called on Foraker.
RECEIVES FIRST WIRELESS.
Minister of Marine Has Dispatched a
Torpedoboat to Ascertain Facts.
ROME,. Dec. 31. The Vita states
that a wireless message from the
traits of Messina reports that Lizard
Islands, a group of volcanic islands
near the coast of Sicily have disap
peared. The total population of the3e
slands numbered 28,000 and must in
evitably have perished. The minister
of marine has rushed a torpedo boat
to ascertain the facts.
Towns Still Unheard From.
There are still numerous small vil
lages in Calabria from which no
news has been received. Manv of
v -
DIRTY AND DANGEROUS.
NEW YORK, Dec 31.-Eggs filled
with carbolic acid were hurled at a
taxicab last night driven by James
McGregor, s non-union driver em
ployed by the New York Taxicab Co.
McGregor successfully dodged the
missiles, but several struck his cab.
The matter was reported to the police
but the guilty persons had not been
arrested early today. Marks of the
acid were visible on the vehicle. The
hurling of the eggshells filled with
acid is believed by the police to have
been inspired by the now waning
strike of chauffeurs and cab drivers;
GEI1E1 IB ADD
Oil UK SI
HIS HE
All
ROAD DEEPLY CONCERNED
: CHICAGO, Dec 31. President E.
P. Ripley, of the Santa Fe, tayt the
Inter-Ocean today, will probably be
called as a witness by the Interstate
Commerce Commission in the inquiry
now being made by that body into
the lumber industry of the Southwest
It has been shown during the investi
gation that Mr. Ripley, as president of
the Southwestern Land Company, was
interested in the lumber situation in
the Southwest, and that his road has
built 130 miles of trackage in order to
reach a mill owned by the Industrial
Lumber Company, which had bought
65,000 acres from Mr. Ripley's land
company.
AMERICA IS READY.
GRAND AUTO" SHOW.
NEW YORK, Dec 31.-The ninth
annual international automobile exhi
bition opens here this evening at the
Grand Central Palace. There will be
more than 300 exhibits , comprising
machines and equipment valued at
more than a million dollars. The rac
ing cars, it is expected, will attract the
greatest attention and among them
there will be the Fiat in which Wag
ncr won the recent grand prize at
Savannah. - The Benz car, in which
Hemery took second place, will also
be on view.
PRESIDENT TO TESTIFY
REGARDING THE OPERATIONS
OF SECRET SERVICE, SAYS
SENATOR HALE.
SENATORS NEVER SHADOWED
Investigations Into the Secret Service
Will Not bo Conducted in a Sensa
tional Manner Inquiry to bo Pro
longed Until After March 4.
If Need be U. S. Battleships Will be
Ordered to Italy
WASHINGTON, Dec 31.-A mem
orandum showing the location and
proposed disposition of the Atlantic
battleship fleet is now before the
State Department, for use when the
decision is announced' to offer the
Italian bereavement assistance of
these vessels and their crews in car
ing for the sick and wounded. The
matter has not yet been taken np with
the Italian government.
JMliETERPffiS
TOeiATefil
AGED PORTLAND MERCHANT
STRICKEN AT AN EARLY
HOUR YESTERDAY, t
AFTER VERY SHORT ILLNESS
Testify on Behdf cf their
Son C. T. Hains
GIVE STRONG EVIDENCE
General Declared K!s Son's Wife
Confessed That She
Loved Annis.
WAS MENTALLY CEASED
Both General Hains and His WLf
Testify That Their Son's Mind Was
Unbalanced at the Tims of the
Shooting of Annis.
Head of Big Portland Wholesale
House Succumbs After Short Period
of Unconsciousness Family AH
Present at the Death Bed.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. -That
the proposed inquiry by the Senate
committee on ppropriations into the
methods of the secret service will be
comprehensive was stated today by
Senator Hale, acting chairman of the
committee. This announcement was
called out in intimation that the in
quiry might be prolonged until after
March. 4, to permit summoning of
President Roosevelt before the cOm:
mittee as private citizen to testify re
garding the operations of secret serv
ice. Prefacing his remarks that the
vestigation will not be conducted in
sensational manner, Hale said that
the work of the secret service , has
been greatly and startlingly amplified
during the last years and it is this
situation that has attracted the atten
tion of the Senate in the foundation
its investigation. The President's
message is only secondary hi its im
portance as affecting this investiga
tion. He says his report will not be
limited as the answer to the message.
He also said that there is very little
the Senate investigations that has
to do with intimations that members
of Congress in either House have heen
shadowed or spied upon by emissaries
of the secret service.
PORTLAND, Dec. 31.-Death has
tilled the heart of one of Portland's
greatest men. This morning, at 4:15
o'clock, Jacob Mayer, pioneer, con
structive genius of the local business
world, philanthropist and one of the
foremast Masons of the West, breath
ed his last. The end was so peaceful,
so painless that none who has ever
stood beside the dying bed of a loved
one and "caught the flutter of shadowy
wings" could have wished for easier
curcease from the weighty cares of
earth. From the moment when he was
stricken, yesterday afternoon until Dr.
Giesy turned to the anx.ous family
surrounding the death-bed and whis
pered, "the end has come," the vener
able patriarch exeprienced no suffer
ing. Consciousness had fled with th:
fatal stroke, and he lay calmly, as if in
slumber, and his passing was only the
folding of the hands of sleep.
FLUSHING, N. Y, Dec 31.-Gen-eral
Peter C. Hains, of the United
States army and his wife, who are the
parents of C T. Hains, now on trial
as a principal in the slaying of Wni
E. Annis, were witnesses in their
son's behalf today and testimony
brought out full detail of the relation
ship of Mrs. Claudia Hains and Wil
liam E. Annis, that caused the es-
jtrangement of Hains and his wife.
General Hains declared that in his
presence and before hia two sons,
Peter and Thornton, the captain's
wife made a full confession of her
misconduct and that subsequently
Captain Hains manifested such poig
nant grief from disclosures that hit
mental condition became affected.
The confession which the general
declared his son's wife had signed on
the day following Hains' return from
the west was read to the jury. The
general made a strong witness for his
son and counsti for defense asserted
tonight that evidence was conclusive
and that Captain Hains was mentally
unbalanced when he shot Annis and
that the act. was hi- sole doing. The
general will be under cross-examination
again Monday.
Through the wife of General Hains,
who wept many times during the
story, the defense drew facts . that
Hains in his early life evinced physical
weakness, which his counsel will en
deavor to prove through three experts
were pre-disposing to insanity.
General Hains was permitted to say
that his father died . from insanity.
Justice Crane directed District Attor
new Darrin, whose term of office ex
pires tonight to continue as prose
cutor in the case.
The direct testimony of General
Hains was in no wise shaken by the
long cross-examination. Justice Crane
held that the general had only been
permitted in his direct examination
to state what he told the captain and
what the captain had told him. Gen
eral Hains said he never heard his
son Thornton express any enmity to
wards W. E. Annis.
TROLLEY ROBBERS
GET LONG SENTENCE
Judge Gantenbein Makes Quick Work in Jailing Al
Oilier and Herman Schwartz
PORTLAND, Dec. 31.-Landed in
the penitentiary at Salera in 18 hours
after the commission of their crime,
is the speedy manner in which justice
was meted out today to Al Miller and
Herman Schwartz, the pair who stole
Rose City Park car last .night
after robbing the car. Judge Ganten
bein sentenced Miller to 12 ve-irs im
prisonment and Schwartz to IS years.
Following is chronological experience
of the paid, ending with their incarnv
tion in the penitentiary:
Robbed and stole a car at 11:30 p.
m.; Miller was arrested at 1 o'clock;
Schwartz captured at 2:43; arraigned,
10:30; indicted, 3 o'clock; 'pleaded
guilty and sentenced at 3:30; kft far
the penitentiary at 4:15 p. m.