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PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PRESS REPORT
COVERS THE MORNINO FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA
S6th YEAR. NO. 73.
ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1809
PRICE FIVE CENTS
TEXAS TORN BY
TORNADO
At Least t Dozen Killed and Im
mense Amount of Property
Destroyed
EIGHT KILLED ON ONE FARM
The Ontmt Lou ol Life Wit in the
Country Districts Every Businett
Hobm In lit Town of Crsfton Ex
cept Ont Blown Down.
DALLAS, Tex.. March 24 Twelve
known dead, property Ion retching
hundred! of thousands of dolUn ind
postibly t score injured, are the re
uhi of a tornado which swept the
northctitern part of Wiie county
yesterday. The greatett lou of live
occurred in the country diitricte- The
destruction of one farm alone caused
the death of eight persons. Tblt oc
curred .near SUdell. The towni of
Sanger and Greenwood were bit and
number of houses were moved from
their foundation. In tlile vicinity two
farmer! and two negro children were
killed. At Crafton every builneu
home itve one waa blown down and
two churches ; were completely
wrecked. At Dan, near Slidell two
houtei were destroyed. At Creen
wood, a church wat destroyed.
TOKEPA. Kan, March 24.-At
Edion last night tornado struck a
freight train on the Rock Island Rail
road, and nine cara were blown from
the track. The storm also dsmsged
several houses, but no lives were lost.
A furious storm of sleet, rsin snd
snow prevails throughout Northwest
ern Kansas.
CHICAGO, March 24. -A serious
storm has developed in the Rocky
Mountains. Telegraphic communlcs
tion hts been lost over all routes. The
most difficulty appears to be within
20 miles of Denver. I: is reported
that Brewster, Kan,, waa struck by a
tornado, but direct communication is
lacking-
DENVER, March 24. Eight Inches
of wet clinging snow following sev
eral hours of steady rain did damage
at over $200,000 in Denver last night
and cut off all communication with
the outside world so completely that
up to a late hour tonight it had not
been restored. All telephone and tele-,
graph wires are carried down by snow
and in the city 6000 telephones are
put out of commission; hundreds of
trees were badly damaged. For sev
eral hours this morning the street car
service was at a standstill as well as
suburban electric trains.
OKLAHOMA, March 24.-One of
the severest windstorms and blizzards I
of the winter visited Western and
FEDERAL JUDGESHIP
STILL HANGS FIRE
Attorney Becker as Agent
a Report of Charges
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 24,
---Almost impenetrable atmosphere of
reticence surrounds the question of
the Oregon Judgeship as to the de
partments and principals. The Attorney-General's
office refuses to discuss
the matter beyond stating that.it will
be given full and prompt "considera
tion. Fulton, who is here, says he
lias no information to give. Senator
Bourne says that contrary to reports
he has taken no hand in the fight, and.
has not decided whether he will.
Southwestern Oklahoma today, Tele
phone and telegraph wires are down
in all directions.
ClfATTANOOCA, March 24-This
city experienced one of the severest
windstorms of the last 10 years to
night. A 50-mile gale blew for nearly
an hour resulting In much damage.
SCRIBER INDICTED.
Cashier of Wrecked La Grande Bank
Mutt Fact the Music
PORTLAND, March 24. Indict
enta were returned this afternoon by
the Federal Crand Jury agsinst J. W.
Scriber, cashier of the Farmers' &
Traders' National Bank of La Grande,
Or, accusing him of forgery, fraudu
lent entry and several other violations
of the Federal statutes in connection
ith the failure of hit bank.
An indictment was also returned
against Edwin B. Hill, John Gilchrist,
charging them with illegal fencing of
public domain, and Isaac Brun, charg
ing him with taking liquor on tha
Sileta Reservation.
MUBM IS BOTHERED
IflTU DUrill!
IS NOW AT PASO ROBLES TAK
INQ THE BATHS BEFORE
RETURINO EAST.
SANTA ROSA, Cal., March 24.-E,
II. Harriman hat gone to Paso Roblet
to take baths at the Hot Springs, H
is bothered with rheumatism, but hi
physician says he Sa not ill and simp!
desires try the springs. Before leav
ing here Harriman had a short con
ference with President Ripley of San
ta Fe. He said afterwards it had no
significance. Harriman will remain
n Paso Roblea for two or three days
if present plant are carried out and
then go to San Francisco where he
will remain one day. He will then
go to Ntw York.
THE SANKEY DIVORCE
NEW YORK, March 24.-Mrs.
Grace L Sankey hat obtained di
vorce from John E. Sankey, the eld
est ton of the late Ira D. Sankey, the
famous evangelist.
The tuit wtt settled in the Supreme
Court yesterday. Mrs. Sankey alleged
misconduct on the part of her hus
band but he denied the charges. The
Sankeys have one child a girl five
yeara old. Sankey was connned tor
some time in an asylum.
SURE ENOUGH SPITE
NEW YORKMarch 24.-Mrs. Car
olina Dow, the widow of a real estate
operator who first opened up a sub
urb of Yonkers, N. Y., known as Yon
kert Park, threatened to sell her pro
perty holdings there in a fashionable
neighborhood to negroes because the
name of the suburb has been changed
to Crestwood.
for Heney Has Filed
Hade Against Fulton
Senator Chamberlain states that he
has taken no action. Attorney Becker
has had a conference with the Presi
dent and Attorney-General, but de
clines to give its purport. He is to
have another conference tomorrow
with the Attorney-General.
It is known that Becker filed with
the Attorney-General a protest from
F. J. Heney against Fulton's appoint
ed. The protest and Heney's charges
have been referred to Fulton, and an
opportunity given him to make a response.
HfflffiJUE
IIIIIF1
Little Willie Whltla SayS Man iS
One Who Took Him From
School
MYSTERY ABOUT THE WOMAN
WU1 Probably be Taken Back to
Pennsylvania For Trial as Penalty
For Kidnapping In That State is
Life Imprisonment.
CLEVELAND, March 24. -Willie
Whitta today identified the man and
woman held on suspicion as the per
ons who kidnapped him from school
at Sharon. Willie said the man, who
gives the name of James H. Boyle,
was the one who took him from
school and carried him to Cleveland
and that the woman was the one who
cared for him at the house where he
wat detained and who acted the part
of nurse. Boyle lays the woman is
his wife. The police have no other
identification other than the names
given. So far as the man't name is
concerned, the police believe the name
t -
it correct. Boyle la taid to live in
Sharon and is a plumber by trade. He
is said to have a widowed mother and
four brothers and a sister. The worn
an declared her identification would
create a sensation In Sharon. Whitla
would say nothing regarding the
woman. He said he knew Boyle
slightly. After the identification by
Willie the couple were taken before
the grand jury.
The charge under the laws of Ohio,
if an indictment it found, would be
blackmail as Boyle and wife are held
Hr .M,n!rin A tiMm.
,k. i i.-i.. .v
.., .. . .
uuuti aitcai iumiaujr. wic pris-
oners have not waived extradition
they will be bld here two or three
days until necessary papers for their
removal to Sharon can be arranged.
A woman known as Bary Diener,
who the police say may have been
associated or implicated in the plot,
committed suicide today by drinking
morphine.
County Prosecutor Cline is in favor
of sending the couple back to Penn-
sylvania for trial for kidnapping where
he states the penalty is life imprison-
ment If for any reason they escape
conviction there he sayt they can be
brought back to Ohio for trial on the
charge of blackmail.
We shall," he declared, "watch the
case closely.": Mrs. Maud Foraker,
wife of Henry oFraker, was seen at
her home in Norwalk, Olio, today.
When she was given a description of
the woman she exclaimed: "That
woman again." She then broke down
and wept bitterly. Mrs. Foraker would
not explain her remark.
ALWAYS TOO LOWI
CHICAGO, March 24. In support
of the contention of leading railroad
officials that the present rates paid by
the transportation of mail are far too
low, Julius Kruttschnitt vice-presi
dent of tUe Union Pacific and South
ern racihc systems has prepared a
pamphlet containing an exhaustive
rgument for an increase. The sub
ject is one that has been several times
trged before Congress by representa-.
tives of the roads.
FAR FETCHED SCRUPLES
NEW YORK, March 2S.-The Rev.
oseph Dillier of Nassau, Island of
New Providence, the Bahamas, has
arrived in New York with a view to
working out by manual labor a debt
which he owes to R. C William, a
holcsale grocer of this city. The
amount is $127.00 Dr. Dillier is an-
rdained Baptist missionary, but had
been conducting a small store in Nas
sau. It was in this venture that he
became indebted to the New York
Grocer,
DES MOINESt SAVES $200,000.
Commission Plat Makes Big Saving
First Tear Tried.
DES MOINES, March 24,-The
first year of the Des Moines commis
sion plan of municipal government
was completed today. The treasury
shows a surplus of $20,000 on hand
nv.tr anf fthnv Fvnni4ittir Tti th
year previous under the old system
there was a deficit of $180,000. Advo
cates of the plan, therefore, assert
that the new system has saved the
city over $200,000 in the last year.
STEAMER HAS ACCIDENT.
I Lose One Man Overboard, Who it
Drowned.
SOUTH BEND, Wash., March 24.
The steaer Shoshone, outward
bound from this port for San Fran
clsco last night, shipped a heavy sea
which carried away her deckload,
mainmast and cargo boom, damaged
the deckhouse and washed over
board one seaman, and was drowned
The steamer returned to South Bend
for repairs.
GOAL IiS lit iT
STRIKE AT PRESENT
Mtnpps wavr- unrrn rr xv.
I v A Ui, AW V
MAIN AT WORK AFTER
APRIL 1ST.
SCRANTON,' Pa., March 24. Re
affirming the demands already pre
sented to the operators, the anthracite
miners tonight voted to remain at
work after April 1 allowing the dis
tnct executive boards in large coal
fields of Pennsylvania continue their
efforts to get an agreement tatisfac
tory to the men. The miners were in
structed by the convention to con
tinue work until such time as they
""6 nounea oy me omaai
representative of th? three anthracite
uisiiku uiiu executive ooaras
were
instructed to negotiate an agreement
upon such basis at the boards in their
judgment, believe the conditions
would warrant.
CLAIMS AND TRANSFERS
Schenectady, N. Y. March 24. The
ninth quarterly meeting of the Street
Railway Association of the State of
New York was held in this city today
with a large and representative atten
dance. 'Claims and Transfers" were
the principal subjects discussed at
the meeting.
MISSION WORKERS
VICKSBURG. Miss., Marrch 24.-
Dclcgates and visitors from many
points were on hand today at the
opening of the convention of the o
man's Foreign Mission Society of the
Mississippi Conference. The sessions
are being held at the Crawford Street
Methodist Church and will continue
through the remainder of the week.
In addition to the usual reports and
other routine business the programme
provides for addresses by several
LteIy returned rom orei5 fieds
prominent divines and missionaries
TO SELL ROSEBUD TRACTS
GREGORY, S. C March 24.-
About 50,000 acres of public lands in
Gregory County will be placed on
sale at public auction at the land of
fice here tomorrow, in accordance
with orders issued by the Department
of the Interior at Washington. The
lands form a portion of the Rosebud
Indian reservation, opened to settle
ment and entry in 1904, and remain
ing undisposed oj after having been
subject to homestead .entry for the
last four years.
The lands are suitable principally
for grazing' purposes. The sales will
be made at not less than $1 an acre
for cash and no person will be per
mitted to buy more than 640 acres.
Purchasers will not be required to
show any qualifications as to age,
citizenship or otherwise, and no one
will be required to reside- upon or cul
tivate the land.
FISH cons-
il GIVES III
Rescinds Order Recently Issued
Closing the Willamette and
Clackamas Rivers
FISH FROM APRIL 15 TO MAY
All Other Tributary Streams of Co
lumbia, Which Commission Order
ed Closed, Affected Same Way
Opens Young's and Lewis & Clark
SALEM, Or., March 24. Through
an error in the preparation of notice
by publication of the action . of the
board of fish commissioners in order
ing an extension of the closed season
for catching salmon in the Willamette
and Clackamas rivers from April IS to
May 1, the commission has decided
not to attempt to enforce its order,
and the fishermen of those streams
will be permitted to ply their trade to
their hearts' content this year. The
same will be true regarding the fish
ing in all other tributary streams to
me uoiumDia river which the com
mission ordered closed durins the
period above mentioned.
The question was brought before
the fish commission by the protest of
the fishermen of the Willamette and
Clackamas rivers. They said the com
mission went outside its legal juris
diction in making the ruling, which
was considered a discrimination. They
added that the proposed extension of
the closed season would deprive the
fishermen of the best part of the sea
son's catch. The fishermen were rep
resented before the commission by
Attorneys J. U. Campbell and J. E
Hedges, of Oregon City. Ordering
the Willamette and Clackamas rivers
closed to fishing from April IS to
May 1 was. in order to make the
closed season conform to that in force
on the Columbia river.
Under the present fish laws of the
state, the Willamette and Clackamas
rivers are closed to salmon fishing
from March 1 to April IS, and from
June IS to November 1 and, under
tht act adopted by the last session ol
the Legislature, which was the com
promise act agreed upoa between the
Legislatures of Washington and Ore
gon, the closed seasons on the Colum
bia are from March 1 to May I and
from August 25 to September 10, with
24-hour Sunday closing each week
during the open season. The fisher
men of the Willamette and Clacka
mas Rivers represented that the
period between April IS and June IS
was the most profitable period for
them in taking salmon, because the
high water of the Willamette, which
comes annually before or about the
latter date, prevents them from oper
ating their wheels and gillnets, and
to close the streams from April IS to
May 1, as proposed, would put them
out of business.
SCRUTINIZING COAL
WASHINGTON, March 24.-The
government has taken important
steps to stop the waste - of fuel re
sources of the country, by making
test of the coal of the Rocky Mount
ain region at the geological survey
plant in Denver Colo., the purpose be
ing to determine what coals of this
region are capable of making coke
that can be used by the great metal
lurgical interests of the West.
EDITORS IN SESSION
MONTGOMERY? Ala., March 24.
The members of the Southern Press
Association, including well known
newspaper editors and publishers
from all over the South, gathered in
annual session here today to renew
acquaintances and discuss questions
of common interest. Elaborate ar
rangements have been made for the
entertainment of the visitors during
their stay in the city.
LEGISLATURE DEADLOCKED.
SPRINGFIELD, III, March 24.
Aftcr 12 joint ballots today the legis
lature found itself still deadlocked
over a successor to United States
Senator Hopkins, ,
APPROVES SENTENCE.
WASHINGTON. D. C, March 24.
President Taft today approved the
sentence dismissing from the army of
Major Francis P. Fremont, ton of
"The Pathfinder," convicted of insub
ordination.
AD KINDAPPERS.4 ... .. .....
SHARON, March 24. Believing
that the ost interesting part of the
story of the kidnapping of Willie
Whitla is yet to come, the people of
Sharon are waiting in eager expect-
ancy the conclusive identification of
the persons arrested in Cleveland.
NOTHING DOING.
SAN FRANCISCO Mar,ch 24.-No
additional jurors were secured in the
Calhoun case today.
INSURGENTS ARE STILL
ACTIVE Ll CONGRESS
LIABLE TO BREAK OUT AT
ANY MOMENT AND MAKE
TROUBLE.
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 24.
Like the South American revolu
tion the insurrection in the Republi
can ranks in the House refuses to be
subdued. While there is no apparent
indication of any movement on the
part of the insurgents to reopen their
fight, it is known that no rule to
limit the amendmenti to the tariff
bill has been brought out because of
the uncertainty of Murdock of Kan
sas and other insurgents. It is un
derstood that the rules committee .are
merely awaiting a favorable opportun
ity to bring in a rule which will limit
the number of changes. This rule
will probably not be presented be
fore next week, and will not shut off
the reading of tariff under the five-
minute rule, but it is proposed as a
means of unnecessary delay in bring
ing about its passage. "
THE SALT OF IT
WASHINGTONTMarch 24.-Pres-
ident Taft, by executive order, has
Changed the spelling of the LaSalle
National Forest in Southeastern Utah
to LaSal,' to conform to the local ap
plication of the name to the Salt
Mountains, called by the Spanish "La
Sal", evidently with reference to the
salt deposits found in the region.
Formerly the spelling of the name of
this forest was through a misunder-
tanding, made to conform with the
name o LaSalle, the French explorer. '
i
ASHIONS FOR MEN
NEW YORK, March 24. With
merchant tailors gathered from all
parts of the United States, the Ameri-
can styles and fashion show opened
in New York yesterday and will con-
SPEEDY TRIALS
WILL
Parties Under Indictment
Frauds Will be
WASHINGTON, D. C, March 24.
Binger Hermann, J. N. Williamson
and other Oregon men who have long
rested under indictment, some for
more than four years, will be given a
peedy trial or else the indictments
gainst them will be dismissed.
Attorney-General Wickersham has
learned of the manner in which the
trial of these cases has been staved off
from time to time, and has given or-
ers that such proceedings will no
Wi REPLIES
Oil TIFF
Minority Leader Holds Attention
of the House for More .
Than Five Hours
PAYNE BILL MISTAKES CITED
Spoke in Characteristic Style and Fre
quently Moved the House to Ap
plauseReceived an Ovation From
Democratic Membert at the Close.
WASHINGTON. D. O, March 24.
Declaring among other things that
the mistake made in the Payne bill in
not arranging the revision on a basit
of raising revenue only on every ele
ment, Clark of Missouri, the minority
leader held the attention of the
House for more than five hours today
in a discussion of the measure. Inci
dentally he pointed out that much
time would have been saved in con
sideration of the bill had the Demo
cratic members of the committee been
consulted about various provisions of
the proposed law. Clark spoke in
characteristic style and frequently
moved the House to -applause and
laughter. At the conclusion of his re
marks he received an ovation from
the Democratic members of the
House. He was followed by Wash
burn, of Massachusetts, Adams of
I Georgia, the former attacking the in-
hentance tax provision of the bill
while the latter opposed the erection
of a tariff wall so high as to prevent
the people of the United States buy
ing all the markets of the world as
well as disposing of their surplus
products.
The tariff bill to be recommended
'by the Senate committee on finance
will be ready to be reported on the
day the Payne bill passes the House,
according to present intentions of the
Republican members of the commit
tee who are holding daily sessions in
consideration of the schedules on
earthenware and pottery begun and
concluded today. ,
tinue until Friday. One well known
tailor sums up to the prediction for
Summer styles as follows:
"The style this Summer will be
plain, soft, well tailored garments.
While some tailors stick to the col
lege styles and make snappy stuff, the
men who pay $85 and up for suits
want the money to show in real tail
oring not in gewgaws.
There are some startling garments
amonsr the exhibits. Among them are
an evening coat made with "hios" and
the Taft overcoat which contains
enough cloth for a small circus teat,
and which coincidently is sent by
Charles P. Taft, of Erie, Pa., a cousin
of the President and a smoke colored
suit from Pittsburg. The "loudest"
garment in the collection is- a coat
from Kansas City.
BE GIVEN
for Participating in Land
Tried at Once
longer be tolerated. These defendants
under the Constitution are guaranteed
a speedy trial, and if the Government
after all this time is unable to place
them on trial other steps will be tak
en to close the cases.
There is no disposition to longer
postpone these trials to suit the con
venience of any one connected with
the prosecution, and it is therefore
improbable that the Hermann case, if
dropped, will be turned over to some
other than Heney for prosecution.