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American Liner St
J zard off Portsmouth,- England-Thirty
five Lives Reported Lost i
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i V Portsrflcmth, April 25, When the roll call of the crew of the
Gladiator v finished tonight it was found that SO tailors had
forfeited 'their lives in .the collision while th'e marine hospitals
' ire filled with injured. Three bodies have already been washed
ashore, v Br a strange providence not, a' singleout. aboard the bt.
Paul wu injufed in the slightest.. : r
4. ' h Portsmouth, England, April 25. The American ; line steam:
ship St, Paul and the British cruiser Gladiator collided this after-
'noonJn;the Solent off "The Needles in. a blinding enow storm.
Thirty-five, of those, aboard the cruiser are j believed to have, per-
ished, but no lives were" lost on the liner. 'The Gladiator, which
a rammed by the St. Paul, was beached near Yarmouth to save
her from sinking entirely The' St i Paul steamed slowly back to
Southampton, her bow badly damaged and, leaking considerably,
'although the watertight compartments averted the danger of foun-
; ?ril(fne of the severest blixzards for this time of year in the rec
ollection of the sou.th of England was raging today when the St.
Paul put out. of Southampton-arid headed down the Solent for
New York. '? 4 ,."'.' '-.-V '." .
j': A dense blanket. of snow enveloped -the ; liner and those on
watch could see scarcely a boat's length ahead. . The passengers
had been wearned to stay in the cabins and were gathered for the
most Dart in the main saloon. At a moderate, rate of speed, the
ocean greyhound , slid along , through tthe , heavy, choppy swells , .
Extra iratohnan war piaoi on aviy
. f orwarfl and - aYrai . af tha . orncr
kaaiaaa Captala Paaaow " wara an tha
"""bride- ' ' .
, in tha naanUma tha Cfladlatar hal
Ut Portland undar frrdera to. pt ocaad ta
Portsmouth. 1 Her- coUraa ."lar.-dlractly
. : aoroaa . that lot tha 8U Paut.and al;
.' thonrh har eommanBar aaw tha dan
, er of makiitf Ua trip-la auoh m atorro,
: ha obarad hia lnatruotlona and ot tia
: der way from Portlaud about noon.
I ft much tha aama way aa tha liner.
tha Gladiator waa groplnc alona
throuah tha anowswhan thera oama a
. , ; cry of alarm from tha atarboant bow
WVholIia ' tha Oladlator-a "' bridiraj at
tha nn moment aaw tha .towering
ghoatly St. Paul loom out of tha Wblt
wall of driving anow to atarboard. An
alarm waa aoundd almultaneoualt
aboard the St. Paul and-, from' th
brldgfa of both veaaala tha alnal wa
flaihed to- tha angina rooma,."full
apead.aatorn.- ' r' . ,
It waa too Ut, howaver. Uttti
on tha creat of a giant wava and hurld
forward m tha resi.tle.a grip of wind
, and wavea'from aatarn. tha 8t Paul
atrack tha crulaar aquaraly. amldahlpa.
Tha cnilaar waa healed far ovar from the
terrifle compact. Then receding waJ
tora- tha two veaaela apart and water
begaa pouring Into tha lnnermoat part
of 8 thacrulner . through, tha , cavernous
hole that reached far below tha water
Una" Tha bow. of tha Uner waa rent
and ehattered land It, too, began to
UlMtant!y there waa . a wild panlo on
both veeeela. On tha St. PauTalmost
every peraon atandlng up waa knocked
down and from - the7 ealoop 4-tata-rooms
thera waa a rush for tha door.
waya.o Than It. .waa. that .tha flna di
oipllne of tha officers and crew rose
VfU'SSSt.'-itti
very , man of those who manned the
liner waa 1 at hla paaU' - Firmly, but
with raaaaurlng calmness, -tha fnfht
aned paaaengers wera -convlnoed that
there waa no Immediate danger. .Thj
water-tight oompartmenta had been
-closed and while the Uner had a slight
list and waa leaking, thera aeemed no
danger of her ainklng. and Captain
paaaow bora to and atood by , to ren
der what asslstanoa ha could to . the,
orlppled wa.rahlp. , ' ;:
, ., Ornlsa Bettaes Japldly.
Aboard tha Gladiator tha altuatlon
was gravar She was settling steadily
DUKE
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Facts Thai He Waa Er.-Moirli
Spendthrift Kept From Shouts Family HeSac-
I V$ "M ,3ti':frificed: limbcent'Girl.
' - (Hearst Mews by Lengeit Ltased Wtoa.i
Parlg,' AprU J5.CSpec!al Cahla.)-.
Tha Duo Da Luynes told tha reprssen.
taUvas of the Hearst News Service to
day that; tha Duo Da Chautnes' family
bad ; lone . known' that; tha duke . was
thraataned iwlth: sudden v'daath from
Jiaart t aUura,' and rnada tha astonishing
confession that the duke'a relatives had
' oonoealed this 'fact from Mha Shonts
famlty, permitting the young American
Sri to aacrlflca herself in Ignorance of
a awful fata, overhandlng her young
husband. " v...-- -j -'-- ' ' . - " --''":-f--
"Of course," said tha Duo Da l.nynes,
"wa hoped that marriage wltha good
1 and rich woman would ba excellent for
bta health; that freedom frpm monetary
farea and a quiet, home Ufa would prol
ong hla Ufa. - Unfortunately,: all-, waa
In vain." . " " - , ... . -.
Tha Duo Da liuynes, who Is a tali
' handsome-looking young man,- spoke
witfc great tenderness or tha deoeaaed
duke, but seemed to hava no realisation
of any cruelty in sacrificing a young
girl In the hope of preserving the life
of an outworn avlstocratlO debauches.
He continued: ' '
. "I would Jlka you to state that the
Shonte family never made any objec
. tlone to the marriage at any time. The
only delay in the arrangementj was
' caused by our concern for the duke's
health." - r -. ? . . ,'N
Paul Slnkes British
from tha heavy- Inrush of water and
when tha sailors realised that aha was
Inking Uiere waa a trantlo men for
the boats. Some ox the mora frensled.
believing thet the -vessel, wis -'founder-Inr
under- them.--leaied 'Overboard -and
thua lost ill chance of life, .for. It was
nest To impossible to Tesrue uiem. sev
eral boats were launched from the
rrulnnr huti . the ' were awamDed and
went down with all on board. One of
the bouts slipped from Us davlra before
It could Da lowered ana an inn me in
It -were plunged into .the' aea and
drowned. An . attempt waa made ta
lower aoma of tha liners boats 'ftnd
pick up the drowning sailors, but sev
er were swept away. 7 ; ,
Ht this time soma measure of dls-
clplfna was restored aboard the. cruiser
Snd It was decided to run for the shore.
At full speed tha Gladiator waa headed
for 'tha beach' near Yarmouth and eoon
afterward grounded hard and .fast. It
waa 1 not i -moment too. aoonV -for she
could not have kept aXloat much longer.
: 'Ji 5 Bt Paul Stands 8y.
' The St Paul followed th disabled
cruiser in the run for the shore, making
ready to give aid In' tha event of her
alnkfng. After steaming In shore as
near as waa prudent and satisfying him
self that the Gladiator waa In no danger
of foundering, Captain -Passow headed
bark .through the anient for Southamp
ton steaming, slowly and laboriously
through; tba snowstorm. Tha St. Paul
reached Southampton this evening end
paaaengera will probably be transferred
to another ateamer. ,s , . . , .,
. Ttghtlng Kachlne Poomed." . .
Tha chief engineer hastily reported
to Captain Hatrow that tha St. Paul waa
In no Immediate danger. , The latter
asked the Gladiator If assistance waa
needed. On board the warship all waa
confusion. Every man. whose duty did
not actually require him'to ha on deck
was below. It was seen that the fight
ing machine was doomed 'and aha was
headed for the shore less than half a
mile away. At -the same time her boats
were launched and the crew placed In
them. -, The boats from the . St, sPaul
arrived ' and ' everything possible . waa
done to rescue those-on bdard,f-.r-.-;.';
- One report says tha Gladiator shipped
water so fast she heeled over and sank
before aha could be run hard upon the
shoals. Her people,' with the excep
tion of Lieutenant Graves and three
men. - were landed partly in their own
boats., partly -in those of tha St Paul,
while other were taken .--fit by coast
s-uardB, who .had launched their life
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(Continued on Page Two.)
IneFiend and:Worthles3
hit i
4, Whan asked how tha Duchess Da Chaul
nes was bearing tha shock, he replied:
"Nona of ua understand how .greatly
she loved him. Her grief has been ter
rible, but she Is quieter today." y i -
The duke insisted with' great empha
sis that the duke had not died from an
overdose of morphine or other narcotic
drug, and repeated that alnce tha mar
riage -of , the young couple . was finally
decided upon the duke had ' broken
wholly from tha drug habit, though he
knew that total abstinence was dan
gerous in hla condition.1 k i:
Da Luynes laid great stress upon Da
Chaulnes' hereto struggle to redeem
himself and ba worthy of his young
American bride, Tha Duke De Chaulriea
waa onca In a sanitarium In, AuteuU for
the cure of the drug habit, but this
fact was carefully i concealed from the
Shonts family, r ! '-:. ' -
Her new artatocratlo kinsfolk i hav
rallied- round the atHcken young girl
lust made a vsldow. This afternoon the
Ducheas DSLXiU'ynes took her-to - the
family seat In Dampterre. a , y
;Th duke'a death la alncerely mourned
In Paris, where ha- waa a great favorite
in eplte of his spendthrift bsblte.-"He
waa always smlllnir, good natured . and
generoua.- He spent one million a year
alnce his majority."''' v 'ij ; . ' " ' '
Many visitors thronged. td tha Hotel
Iangham when the newS of the duke s
death was published. The Church of fet
Phillip Da -Root, -where -the body waa
taken, was ajso crowded today. .
AIL UNI
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Eight 'Xcvr People's 'Choice
Candidates In Field In-
. dicatiohs 'Point7 to Over-
' Svhelralnff .. Majority .., in
Kext Legislature.- :
Voters Over Entire State De-r
terniined " That, People's
Right to;BuIe hairPre
' dominate-r-SIass -Jleetings
: in Various Counties. ' i '
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NEW BTATEMEXT OXB CAN-)
DIDATEsT. "
; 1th ' senatorial ' district. Wash-
tngton county AV R Cutting. ',.
. 24th senatorial Oltrlot, Waah- a
Incton. TamhllL . Tillamook and
Lincoln counties W, N. Barrett a
11th reprasentatlva district,
Tamhllt county J. O.'Eckman, e
f. F. Corrlgan. ".: ";:
:itth represenUtlva - district,
Tamhlll and Tillamook counties-
.Sam Laughlln. , "' .-'
15th repreeentatlva ., dlstrlcy a
Washington county -William
Schulmerlch, N. 1. Burnett aj4
.-J,1' A. Chapman.;., '- Tr.y.-'f',:';-'.
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Eight legtslativa ; candidate pladged
to Statement No.. 1. hava been placed In
tha field by. tha vptara of ; Washington,
Tamhlll' UncoU "and TUlamook count
ttea In owoaltlon t the antt-SUtament
1 nominees elected at the recent
ri'mrM .sinn-tiartlaan. , -mass- meal
Inps of the voters of Uiese four coun
ties were held Friday. and Saturday at
Hlllaboro and McWInnvlllo for. the pur
peso of : nominating candidates, who
would he PotM"1" ?',:?"
for tha people s choice fp r United ( Btates
senator, ano iur. T.. , i I
the men thua nominated wlU be elected
sinUment In favor Sta'tement NOj t
la overwhelmingly strong, In the legls
latlve districts represented In these maaa
meetings. Republicans as well as Dem
ocrats are determined that -the will or
the people aa expressed In tha June elec
tion ahall be obeervebv tha legislature.
Tha movement la distinctly hon-partl-
san, the two parties nwn wtjm
feaentea in tna new uc. r - .
- : . Barrett Changea Tronfc - .
' nni f the most ala-nlflcant Indica
tions of the temper of the. voters-. of
tha four counties represented' In; thesa
mass meetings Is thi fact that W. JI.
Barrett, - who wa nominated In tha
prlmarlea on - av "Reiublloan - votera
choice" platform, has changed front and
haa subscriDea . o pwumini
Mr Barrett realised that tna mass ot
bis constituents would be opposed to
the election of any candidate whohad
not pledged ' himself unequivocally to
Statement 1, ana ne tnreior , ovii-
-1,, f Yin to the - DODuiar - will.
When It was announced at the McMlnn
vlllo mass meeting that Barrett had
decided to adopt th pledge .ambodiJ
In Statement No. ' 1. the news waa. re
ceived with chaerB and ho was made
the nominee xor autte imiwr uw
twenty-fourth senatorial district ,
Tne inaepoiiaen vm mi hmuimhuu
iri Yamhill counties Is very heavy and
they are reckoned in tha doubtful col
umn In all close contesta over, stste
elections. In 1906 Chamberlain -carriea
Yamhill by lis votes ana wasnington
County Went afrainst mm uy uimj i.
Lincoln and Tillamook countlea the vote
Is comparatively email., but Inboth,
Chamberlain received ft good vote In tha
last state campaign. , ,
In tha rour counties, mncwin,.-
mook, Washington snd xamnui, wm
berlafn ran behind Wlthycomba In. 10
y only 3D votes. In the present cam
paign tne aanerenui ox i,nniuiiii
of Cake are alike Interested In seeing
Statement No. 1 candidates elected to
the legislature, and there la little reason
in rimih. thcrafnm that the nominees
of the Hlllaboro and McMinnvllle mass
meeting will ba successful at tha polls
In June. ...... ...
Plans : are already on foot In other
counties of the state for the nomina
tion of Independent legislative candi
dates -who will be pledged to State
ment No. 1, and present Indications are
that an - Overwhelming majority of the
next , legislature will ba committed. to
the election of the people's choloa for
United States aanator. ;. .yittrv
yAiinLL voices : seniimbnt. 5
Slass Convention of Voter Inslat on
H Statement I Candidate. ' 5 '
MrMinnviiie. Or.L Anrll' 25. The mass
convention of tha voters of the Twenty
fourth aenatorlal district, which In
cludes Yamhill, Tillamook Lincoln and
Washington countlea, , met ; in ' tha- Im
perial theatre' this morning at 10:30
o'cinrtk for tha Durcose of nominating
a candidate!, pledged to Statement No.il,
for "Joint aenator. The call for the mass
convention also Stated that 'candidates,
pledged to Statement no. l. wouid oe
nominated for representaOva In the
Fourteenth representative district, which
embraces .Yamhill and Tillamook coun
ties, , and for representatives In tha
Thirteenth' representative district, which
is Yamhill county, -r This convention was
called because no candidates, pledged
as ' aforementioned; : filed petitions to
run In the primaries Just paaaed.
, T.. I "Van Orsdrol of North . Yamhill
was chosen chairman of the convention
and 1 V. W. ' Poarca of McMlnnvlUe, aec
retary. A11 persons who . registered as
supporters of Statement No. 1 .were
flven voice and vote in' the convention,
he order of. business taken. UD waa as
follows! Nominations flrst,for repra-
sentative xor- tna. xnineentn repre
sentative district; second. - joint repre
sentative for the Fourteenth representa
tive district; and, third, senator for the
Twenty-fourth senatorial district, ,
V,-" - r ;; ' Pass Xssolntions. - ''-.
' Whereas,. At s regular election held
tn the state of Oregon on. the ; sixth
(Continued on Page Five.)
JAPAN RUSHES
' : BASE
Impression That Battleship
71 Fleet ml Be Held :.t
?c I mrhillpplnes;
: : tlTsittd Tnm teased WVa-l -t 't:
Hongkong Anrll i5JaDa- la
planning -a new naval baso at For-
moss. ,nd , recsatljr . work 1 has been
ruBied on the fortlflcatlQHs. The
undertaking Involves the grading ot
high lands In the vicinity and the
formation of an artificial Island, f
. :The naral base plans hare 'given
rise to many conjeetnres as to the
probable policy of the -United States
In the far eastivlt cannot be ? dis
guised tht-s the , Impression ' exists
here and In Japan that a strong iieet
of battleships will be maintained In
Philippine "-.waters'? by the United
States to preserve t the, integrity 01
WW TOOL
OF DYKAMITERS
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Police Say Man Arrested; for
Gallagher yEpioBon AWas;
T -' an-Accomplice; - ';
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(Hent h'ows by, Xoogett teased Wlce.) s"
? Oakland Cal.,, April )l&i-Atan-.Wly:
hour todiy CapUln Petersen, , chief of
the Oakland "detecUva .'force,- arreated
a maa by the -name ot Fred. 'vXllbelmd
II I' suspect T in -conneoiion wuu v
blowing up-, of-the home of ,;W.-:'.,
Scheneck, at 1870 Nineteenth avenue,
where "Big Jim" ' Gallagher, was atay-:
lng at tne time the explosion , occurred.
This afternoon Miss - Anita Scheneck
went to tha city, prison; and attempted
to , make an Identification of WUbelm
aa a man . whom aha had seen In. the
neighborhood of heivfather's homo pre
vious to the blowing up of tha house.
The result of tha ideatlficay0" was not
given .out,'"1' ,-.,.,.., j-,..- .
Captain Petersen said tonlghtt1
"WUhelm -was not picked up on
chance. "Wa hava tha direct evidence
connecting him with th is case ; and vhs
has-- been under ' Survelllanje " for two
Thera ''-are' otters 'ihterasted'r and i
guess i Wllhelm Is what .soma, people
would call a, tool 1n . thai ease. We
wanted tha ones from whom he got his
orders, but they have - been covering
their tracks today and It la going to be
hard to- make our case against them
stick. Both t the Oakland and .San
Francisco- detectives are working hard
and harmoniously and, expect other de
yelopments." '
NAVAL COMMITTEE
i s ; DEFENDED3Y ELLIS
5 : (Waihlngtoa Bnreaa "otVThe veorsal.)
. T Washington", April SSRepresentative
Ellis - of Oregon,- as a" member of the
naval affairs committee ' of the house,
was called as a witness before the L1J
ley investigation committee. Ha testi
fied to the falsity of the allegations that
the naval affairs committee reported in
favor Of two Instead of four; battle
ships In order that congress might Jje
induced to -order more submarines. His
testimony agreed with that , of other
membera of thacdmmlttae.' t ' ,-.
BRYA FAMILTT '
': HOME ,F0B feHOBTt TIME
' ' ' fColted Prase' ted. Wtra.);'
Lincoln, - Neb, April J5.-Villlam
Jennings Bryan. accompanied by mm.
Bryan and Mrs. t Kuth Bryan Leavltt,
arrived' in th city today. . Mrs.. Bryan
anit h.r rin n irh tmr - hav , .returned from
an extended tour in Europe. Mr. Bryan
will remain at Falrviaw for two weeks.
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HONGKONG HEARS
W RUrjORS
WORK ON NEW !
AND FORMOSA
Slte.'of .'propoaed'japa
SUtlon at Formbsav Where Strong
Fortifications Are Being Erected.
Mother Sits on Curb Wait-
ing f or, liody, of JJabe DeT
capitated py, Car.;
- (TTaltsd Prsiw Xeaaed' Wire.) ' ' ! '
New 'Tork,', Apirll ' jS.-:iinglng tightly
to tha head of , her J-year-old child, de-caplUUd-by
a flying trolley car.- Mrs.
Marlon 'Hutel tonight waited nearly an
hour;., sitting voiceless upon tha curb-,
stone, .-while a- frantic crowd labored to
frse;the body, from. the cruel wheels. .
Th'aj.lltt) .gjrl. was playing In front
of her 1 horns on Eighth avenue,, whll
her'mothef stood upon Her stoop Singing
and waiting. for her husband. , The hlld
Started to t cross ' the 'street oltectl;-in
front of the, car,.-which VasTrufttttng-t-
nign r speea. xne -motner,-' eeemg
danger, rushed 'toward her -daughter,
but was"-too late, and the' severed head
fell almost at her ftet. With an agon
ised scream, Mrs. Hutel picked up the
bead,- kissed the face and remained
there until the lifeless body was given
It'Fs feared Mrs. Hutel will losa har
reason.
mum no
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DRINK BOOZE
President of Chicago Board
of Education Does Not
Believe in Brought, r
is (United Press teased Wire.) 4
'Chicago, April 25.4-Prsldent Schnei
der of tha board' of education came out
flat 'footed today In, favor' of allowing
janitors and engineers of tha publlo
schools to drink' liquor. .The Cook Coun
ty Sunday School association met In tha
afternoon and passed a memorial urging
tha school board through ita president
to adopt a total abstinence rule for
Janltora and englneera. A copy , waa
mailed to President Schneider by the
Kev. V7.- A. Bartlett os tna- Jfirst uon-
. Pralttfnt Hnhneider.t after - he -had
read 4t, said he would ; not reply to-It.
"Pshawi iTnere s no use t in-answermi
thiol" ho lit. ... "I'm :t a German I.-
know what Hduor means to a man who
wants It If we pass a rule forbidding
janitors and -engineers to orinn uquor,
n.-m drink nntont medicine. I
know mora about the world than j does
the Rev. Dr. Bartlett '' ' 1 " . ,
"Despite the stand taken by President
Rr!nliir. the reformers may take the
LfiKht into tba meetuigs of tba stnooj
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NAVAL
FORTIFICATIONS
KsrsT CQAJT OP
avow, curwsrar
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MITE SAFE
CEIIIER OF lOl'JII
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Cracksmen Buld Skjdway
; and Boll "Strong -Box
f 'i From Saloon." A ;v
' (Special Dispatch to Tie Journal I
Logan. Mont, April Jfi. Cracksmen
In this city last- night entered tha sa
loon, of Charles Markln and constructed
a small - skidway ai tna rear aoor. ever
which tha saloon safe was rolled out
Into the alley. A charge of dynamite
waa i placed -on top or tne - ears ana
the entire side was blown out.-'The
bandits escaped with the entire oaab
contents of the strong box, 210.
Despite the - fact that tha explosion
occurred almost In -the center of town,
nobody -was attracted to tha scene until-long
after tha cracksman had fled.
GBANTLAND SETTLER
' GAINSNO PEI0BITY
(Waahlnctaa Bnreaa. of Tba Joorsal.)
Washington, .April .16.- A sounding of
ssntlmant '1 the 'house Indicates that
ltwlll ba dlttlcult" to, carry through any
supplemental resolution -' holding , in
statu quo the Southern Paolflo lands In
volved in tne iana grs.ni ungauon, out
. . . 1 , . m. .la..,.'lk.r'M.UlAH
11 Has Vt)n II1RUV Wiiw 9m M vv.fc.vu
of tha department of justice, that set
tlors on the landau In "question prior to
final adjudication will. acquire no rlghta
to purchase, in .case tne suit .sventuatea
in' a forfeiture of .the-, ratlroad'a landa
The difficulty in passing a-supplemental
resolution arises from tha character of
the light made by-Fdrdjiey'of,' Michigan
in favor .of amending, the Fulton resolu
tion authorising the department. of Jus
tice to .bring a forfeiture 'suit. v . - -
PKINCE DESAMlTiAND
HEIBESS AT NAPLES
(Hearst Haws by Looieat teased Wire.) - "
Naples, . April ii. Prinoe De Sagan
and Mma. Gould are still at tne hotel
to wnlcn tney went xrom tn steamer.
They are In seclusion and hava re
frained from giving any Information
of ther future movements even to
their . friends. , The - Impression - haa
gained grouna, nowever, mat tney are
endeavoring to arrange their affaire
so that they will ba able to announce
their engagement before leaving Italy.
SCHOOL
i .-..': . 'iv.l -:' -1
Minister Declares They Are Held in'Every City of t!
: ' Country Pupils of High Schools Arc Jlost
, ' 'Addicted to the Habit.
' ; 5- (Special Dltpateh te Tte loarnaL) ,.
' ' Beattle, . April IB.--Hundreda of high
school girls throughout the cities of
the country are cigarette fiends, ac
cording -to, a statement made by Rev,
Lyman Beecher Bperry to 200 teachers
Of tha Puget Bound Schoolmasters club
today. Dr. Sperry Is giving a series of
lectures here-under the auspices of the
Y M '- A. lie declared the hsiblt. even
in this eity, is prevHlent. althooglt he
was unable to sav to what extent it had
grown. "He said, however, that In one
city he had found 0 per cent of -the
high school girls used oisarattas. .
EXTENSIVE
DESTRUCTIO
Many States Eeport Loss of
Life and Much Damage to
Property !- Series of Cy
clones Sweep .' Southern
Country. r-I
Partial list ef dead and Injured i -
Town. ' Killed. Injured.
Odartown, Qs. .........
Columbus, Oa. .........
OrtSln. Oa. ,
Sweetwater, Tenn. t .....
uniiano, iion. ....... ...
AlbertsvUle, Ala.. ......
tJergen, Ala.
Cedar Creek, Ala. ......
Democrat. Ala.- .........
Fort Deposit, Ala,......,
Kelda, Ala. ............
Thomas' if 111, Ala.......
warrior, ajm. ........
Amite, La. .............
Angle, La.
Caddo Pariah, Lev.......
itir.ru an a. Um. . .....
A asms county, miss. ... ,zs
Daxtervllle, Miss. . .". . . . '
ChurchllL. Mlsa. II
Columbus, Mies. . . .'. . . .. 1
Fayette county, llss.... s
MoCallum.- Miss. ;, ,11
MoLain, Mlsa .......... I
Natch e, Mlsa ........' ss
Port attson,'Mlaa....... U
Furvls, jriiss. ,
Wahlak. Miss. '. .... .. . .
Wlngata, Miss.. ,1
f Total ' W;.f..r..1. Xf
." CHsarst Www f Langast Ltass Wire.)
'.New Orleans, April Tha tornado
which' swept through .the - Southern
states from western Texas almost to
the . Atlantic eoast laid waste to thous
ands of acres of farming lands de
molished many small towns and killed
more than 110. persons. The above Is
only a partial list from official re
turns. In Mississippi J7I were killed
and 171 injured. Louisiana reporta HJ
dead, 491 Injured, I fatally; Alabama,
40 killed,' SiO injured; ..Georgia. 31
killed, tl Injured; , Texas, 19 killed. 30
injured; Arkansas, I killed, 25 injurej,.
Tennessee, I killed, five Injured.
The property loss In each state named
will aggregate many .millions of dol
lars. . '. : " ' ' ;
Telegrapb -wires are, aown in every
direction and advices are still com
paratively meager.--
Tha heaviest loss of life Is reported
from Natchez. MIssIssIddI. the capital
of Adams county, and Amite, Loulsfanu,
which wars atrlcken Friday afternoon
and from tha vicinity of Cedartown,
Georgia, which ' was swept by the
storm Saturday morning. s ? .
aat Tennesaee, Between uautanooK,
and Knoxvllle, along. tna una or the
southern railroad. Buffered mora se
verely from a cyclone early Saturday
,,.n At A wsst Tennessee and the other
portlona of tha Memphis district, which
suffered Friday morning. ;
Storm Started Wednesday.
rha nraaent aeries ' of windstorms.
hlnh ara anraadlna; death and destruc
tion in their-wake, -started Wednesday
in Texas ana nave movea wua increa-
Ible peed eastwards t u , w..
Another disastrous cyclone paswed
thrnnrh south Mississippi early yester
day afternoon and devastation marks
its path. ::"".' . ' .
Befugees zrora Mississippi isu nn-
rending Stories of children being
crushed In the debris or falling nouses.
limbs torn from noaies, parents siiien
In a twinkling while trying to protect
their loved ones..
Tha storm clouds as uauw aeemea to
travel in the general direction, toward
tha nortbeaet. A receipt was Picked up
on tha streets Of Kllisvllle, Mississippi,
signed by a merchant at uicaa, missis
stooL lOo miles i away, The . air was
full of floating papers, leaves and twigs
from afar. . . -
The terrino cyoiona is reportea irom
tha . Mlsslsslppf etata farm, Parchman,
doing great damafe.. The residents
w.m aiilean In tha dormitories, and thrt
house waa blown, away without Injuring
tha man, but tna contents oi tne ni
were scattered all over the farm. Tha
main 'barn on - tne . rarnv costiy imple
ments! and . atables were blown away
and several mules were killed. - . ''
In what la Known as camp xso.
tha farm the damage dona will amoun
to 110,000. -
In 'aTeater details the reports are a i
follows:
Mississippi At rurvis. s an, j
Injured; In Adams county, 25 dea.l, 4
injured; Port Gibson. I dead; Lornian,
1 dead, I Injured;- Winchester. 2 dra t.
10 Injured; Baxtervllla, I dead, 14 in
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' Dr. Sperry was not the on
to srrlug a sennattnn on the i -
W. Vl. Lucas of this c-ltv )'
phatlcally that the Hlble
slven the yuunth of t'te i. i
until It has -been carefully -,
. -t wDuiil mt u-n-.i-rr "
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to watls ' through the -would
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