The Oregon daily journal., December 29, 1908, Page 5, Image 5

THE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL, PORTLAND. TUESDAY EVENING.,- DECEMBER 29. 1908.
THOUSMDS KILLED MB
INJURED. BY, CATASTROPHE
T CII I
IS APPALLiriG
. (Continued from Page One.)
with oleanders comes close to The sea
High up on the cliffs lay the Greek
fcity of Tauromenlum. which was found
rd In 735 ... C. Here were fortifications
, and a flourishing colony. Mola stands
till higher .and from it Mount Etna Js
tn full view.
Etna, which was once an Isolated
volcano, has completely filled the sur
roundinc sea with lava n.nrl Its rairii
lar cone projects beyond the circle .of
inn Sicilian mountains. At lis loot is a
circle of towns and luxurious planta
tions. On the east flank of the moun
tain is the barren gorge of Valle del
nove, at wmcn me lava Durats tortn.
In ancient times the lava flowed Into
the sea and threatened Catania. -
Tn Ififtd th smith bIHa nt hA mnun.
I tain and Catania were devastated by a
.vast lava flow from the Monte Rossi.
Jn tne nrst hai. of the nineteenth cen
tury the lava broke through the dis
trict of Valle lel Bovo.
Lava streams of from six to ten miles
In length and containing from 30,000,000
to 70,000,000 feet a.e by no means
rare on Etna. .'i .......
Catlna in at the southern end of Si
cily and waa a port of export. In 1669
the eastern jart of the town was de
stroyed) At this town was situated the
observatory of the Italian government,
whose especial dutv was to report on
the moods of Mount Etna. A newly
completed . railroad encircled the mountain.
ITALIAN MARINER
TELLS OF WHAT HE
SAW ON THE SEA
(United F;u tunil Wire.)
Rome, Dec. 29. The captain of the
Italian ship Washington, which arrived
at Palermo, oicily. today, said he be
lieved he was entering the Straits of
Messina juat as the first shock oc
curred. "The ship quivered as If she had lost
one of her screw propellers, and imme
diately we were enveloped in a fog," he
said. "We continued toward Messina
but soon came upon floating wreckage
of ships and houses and furniture that
had been washed out to sea from the
city.
"There was so much debris in the
water that it was dangerous navigation
and we escaped collision with the great
est difficulty. Boon many small boats
came about, filled with survivors beg
ging for aid. We went In toward the
citv and stopped for a short time. It
seemed the city had been utterly swept
away. Near GaKiri, the mayor of the
town came out and met us in a small
boat. He said 1000 had been killed and
600 injured."
OPERA COMPANY
TO GIVE BENEFIT
AT LOS ANGELES'
FROM . "A SICILIAN VILLAGE"
1 The following is from George Porter
Fernald'a "A -Sicilian Village.'! -
"We admire the unrestrained "gran
deur of the Mount Etna scenery and
great expanse of sea none the less for
loving the road, and as long as we make
a homo on those mountains we should
choose it to be on or 'within sight of
that road. Ths very sound of the name
of Taormlna brings to one's mind, the
thoughts of those sunny days in he
Teatro Grecco, peering through the pro
cenium arches at the majestic mountain
Of 11,000 feet " . - ' - -
"Unrivaled Is the beauty of this sit
uationpanorama of the Ionian - sea on
the left, Seylla and Charybis and Cala
brla; on the right the wide fields of
Etna as she lifts her snow-capped crater
ntgn in tne heaven like some nugn
diamond set in oiue. There ueres new
to.' light -her torch at Etna's cone; here
on the earthly seat of Jove things
seemed to grow - on forever, and the
fair
el's
mountains and the hills are fresh and
when Proserpine gathered flow-
Enna's perfumed woods."
for the purpose of recording ' expres
sions of sympathy for the victims and
public expression of condolence will be
made probably tomorrow.
Bearing in - mind
that poured into
the contributions
stricken San Fran
cisco In : 1906. particularly the prompt
aid sent: from Italy, the cltlsens here
re planning, to raise a great fund.
Mayor Taylor said today that 'he
would appoint committees to formulate
plans for' aiding in the relief work
and that he would announce them as
soon as the annointments are made.
Andrew Sbarboro, president of the
Italian-American bank and head of the
local Italian colony, conferred during
the morning with the Italian ' consu
here, and a subscription list In the
Latin Quarter will be opened immedi
ately. ., ...
ROOSEVELT SENDS
MESSAGE TO KING
f " .r MBMSMaS)
(United Press Lnvl Wire.)
Washington. . Dec. 29. President
Roosevelt sent a cable message of con
dolence to King Victor Emmanuel today
expressing the sympathy of the Amer
ican people in the misfortune that has
befallen Italy. The president said the
American National Red Cross society
would issue an appeal for contributions
and would communicate with the Ital
ian Red Cross.
FRANCE GOES TO
RESCUE WITH SHIPS
' rnnlted Prea Iaud Wire.
Paris, Dee. 29. France today ordered
the battleships Justice and Verlte, to
gether with three destroyers, to proceed
to Messina under forced draught to aid
in the work of rescue.
NO NEWS FROM
" AMERICAN CONSUL
Cnltd Prew Leased W!r.)
New Haven, Conn., Dec. . 29. Friends
here have received no word from Dr.
Arthur Cheney of Yale, class of 189.
American consul at Messina. It is
feared that he may have been killed.
(United Prini Lrnncd Wire.
Los Angeles. Dec. 29. Arrangements
are being made by the management of
the Lambarcn grand opera company.
which is filling an engagement here.
to give" a' aeries of performances for
the henent or tne Italian eartnquaKe
sufferers. , Several members of the
Lambardi company formerly , lived In
the devastated districts. Local Ital
ians have already started arellef fund
for the aid of their suffering countrymen.
RED CROSS WILL
ISSUER CALL
(United Pre Leased Wire.
Berkeley, Cal.. Dec. 29. President
Rnjamtn Id Wheeler of the University
of California, who is president of the
California branch of the Red Cross so
ciety, has Issued a call for a meeting of
the society.
"The society will make arrangements
for an immediate organised appeal for
funds for th Italian earthquake suf
ferers," he said. "Committees will be
appointed to undertake the work in a
nyetematlc fashion and the funds will
hi- forwarded to the National Red Cross
Hociety at Washington to be sent to
Italy." .
NEW YORK PLANS
TO SEND AID
(United Press Leased Wlrv.t
New York, Dec. 29. Benefit perform
ances, for the earthquake victims and
survivors were planned today for early
dates by the Metropolitan opera com
pany, many of whose members are from
the devastated regipns. Slgnor Caruso
reiterated hie intention of donating his
week's saHary of 12,600 to the fund.
Other operatic stars subscribed gener
ously. SAN FRANCISCO PLANS
FOR RELIEF FUND
(United Pro Leased Wire.)
San Francisco. Dec. 29. Roused by
the increasing death roll reported from
the Italian and Sicilian cities
earthquake of
al wave, prominent
shaken
Monday,
hv the ereat
and nwpnt hv a tlda
Italians of San Francisco are planning
the issuance of an appeal for contrlbu
tlons to aid the victims of the disaster.
The knowledge of the suffering that
the Italian refugees must undergo has
developed a deep desire on the part Of
San Franciscans to aid In the work and
contribution rolls will open this after
noon. Mass meetings are being planned
flT OSS of Appetite. Dizzl
JLi ness, Headache, Indi
gestion and Insomnia are
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and take a short course cv J
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faou'll be surprised at. the
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manac front Druggist.
BEEfHMOlED
(Continued from Page One.)
TRAGEDY AND
BURLESQUE
(Continued from Page One.).
flee and the ' barracks were de
stroyed. Women nervous.
The women are kept In a state of
nervous fright by movements of the
earth which have followed the big
quake, so that practically nothing has
been done since the destruction of
Messina. The soldiers who have the
town under martial law have forced
men to work, but they have gone about
the labor In a dazed fashion.
The food supply is insufficient ani
the army officials report that unless
supplies are received almost Immedi
ately there will be many deaths from
starvation. The wounded are beintf
given attention by monks and nuns
Criminals Attack.
A refugee camp outside Catansaro
was attacked this morning by a band
of half Insane criminals who escaped
from the prison when the walls were
shattered by the quake. The fiends fell
upon the women and children and stole
from them the little trinkets .that they
wore. Thev showed no mercy for the
wounded and felled with clubs any who
showed resistance. A small. boy ran to
a temporary garrison where a squad of
soldiers had been placed and -gave the
alarm. The soldiers returned with the
boy, surprised the fiends at their work
and shot them down. Ten were killed
and not more than two escaped.
Wo Word, From Topredo Boats,
No word has been received from the
Italian torpedo fleet which was off
Messtna at the time of the Quake and
It Is feared that some of the ships may
have been swamped and lost with all on
board In the tidaF wave, rhe naval
minister has sent out scouts m vain. It
Is believed that the torpedo fleet un
doubtedly would hav been heard from
by tills time if It had survived the
wave. The British battleship Exmouth,
with the cruisers Euryelus. Minerva and
Sutlei have been ordered to proceed to
Messina from the station at Malta.
The tremor was felt throughout ths
length of Italy and even reached over
the Alps.
BEATS THIEF
(Continued from Page One.)
as he was going over the edge of the
window I grabbed him by, the arm, I
was trying to hold him with one hand
and smash him in the face with the
other. I struck several blows but he
did not try to strike back at me.
Down With the ladder.
"Just then one of the rungs of the
ladder broke and he and the ladder went
to the ground, 12 feet away. He got
nothing but an amethyst ring and a
brooch, though he had gone through all
of my clothln- in sight. In one trous
ers pocket he overlooked a dollar, this
one here," and Mr. Dekum displayed the
souvenir. "One of my blows must have
hurt him, for It is evident he became
sick at the stomach after falling to
the ground. . - r
The . burglar had first attempted to
enter the Collins residence next door.
Finding a ladder there he put it up to
one of the second' styy windows as at
the Dekum residence, but was unable
to force the window. Then he drajrired
this ladder into the Dekum yard, but
finding under a children's tent a ladder
which suited his purpose better he dis
carded the Collins ladder. - The window
he entered was the only one open about
the house. At the Collins residence an
attempt to enter waa made Sunday
night, but the burglar was scared away.
The flashlicht waa turned over to the
police by Mr. Dekum. It la fully
charged and Of the better class of flash-
iignts. .
Mr. Dekum la unable to s-iva a. remit
description of the burglar although he
says he was about five feet eight inches
In height and wore a very rough coat.
' American Association Meeting.
-(United Press leased Wire.)
Chicago. Dec 29. The . baseball
magnates Of the American association,
had a busy program ahead of" them
when they met in annual session behind
closed doors at the Auditorium shortly
before noon tolay. The scheduled busi
ness included the awarding of the
championship pennant JTo the Indianapo
lis club, the election of officers, the ap
pointing of a schedule committee and
the choice of a chairman of the board at
direc-3. ' , .
presslons of opinion of what the "im
aginary editor" . might have said.
All of this was ' done In the hope
of - evading; the order of Judge Bro
nough in keeping newspaper accounts
of the Finch case out of the trial.
When Lord reached , the climax and
picked up ths paper, the' court inter
rupted: Kebnksd by Court.
"Mr. Lord, you have been particular
to have the court Instruct the Jury
that It must .read nothing about this
case in the newspapers. I do not wish
tne pains tnat tne court nas oeen put
to In this resoect to be rendered In vain
at this time by the reading of newspa
pers by yourself.' You will not be per
mitted to read newspaper accounts to
the Jury.
Do 1 understand that I may not use
my imagination in addressing the jury?
Have I not a right to illustrate my
remarks by drawing from my imagina
tion?'1 asked Lord.
You may draw on your imagination
if you wish," said the court, "but not
In reading from a newspaper."
We want the record to show that
Mr. Lord is attempting to read from
an actual newspaper published in this
city, and not an imaginary newspaper,"
of counsel for the
Spencer,
said A. C.
state.
The record should show that." ruled
Judge Bronough.
men L,ora tooK exception to the rul
ing and the remarks of the court. It
was a denial of justice, he said.
Wants Only Justice.
All we want is Justice." declaimed
the attorney. "The American flag may
as well be torn down and trampled in
the dust If a man on trial for his life
cannot have the evidence In his behalf
presented to the jury.
"You can't convict noor Jim U'lnnh,
because you could not go home
and face your families if y6u did.
Borne of- you have noor nM
mothers, and how would you feel?
This old mother, with the wrinkles of a
life that has few more years to go, has
noming dui ner ooy. ir you nang him
you hang them both, what good would
it do to hang- him? Don't take the life
of one man because of the sins of an
other, because one man died of his own
joonsnnees, nis own Improvidence."
Aitnougn f men nas all along told his
interviewers that he was making plenty
of money and Is well fixed financially,
bewifes just having married a woman
worth $12,000. he was pictured hv Lord
as a pennuess man, "without a dollar to
his name."
Attorney Lord opened the proceedings
this morning by reading citations of
court decisions in support of certain In
structions that he desires given to the
Jury. He said he would Join with Spen
cer tn asking that the court Instruct for
a first degree verdict or acquittal.
Judge Bronaugh here Interrupted to say
that such an instruction would be error.
Under the Oregon law the jury may
find jrullty of first degree, second de
gree, manslaughter and 'Vcquittal.
Lord Opens Argument.
Lord then launched out on the final
argument for the defense, first allud
ing to the contradiction of his opening
statement by the testimony of Finch.
He admitted that he. had made some
mistakes In telling what the defense
expected to prove, and said he hoped
that this would make no difference to
any of the Jurors, i
"I come here as ths friend of Jim
finch, he declared. "I have known
him for many years. He Is without a
dollar, In the word."
Then the attorney turned to an accu
sation that the Jury has been "Pinker
toned." "I want to call your attention to the
fact that you have been watched." he
shouted. "Two men. employes of tho
district attorney's office, have been
guarding you In the halls. I suppose
om of you have been shadowed home.
hut I know nothing' about that. But
this Is .fine justice and consideration by
the district attorney for you. It is an
insinuation that you are dishonest. You
have been watched, sneaked, Pinker
toned " . "-
Here Judge Bronaugh interrupted by
saying that there has been no evidence
before the court that the jurors have
been watched, and Lord was forced to
desist from further incursions into the
Plnkerton field.. , . , . ' .
"Poor Jim," mused tne speaker. "The
story of his life reads like a fairy tale.
I was astonished as I listened to . the
story of tne way he struggled, a farm
laborer, . a stage driver, a newspaper
man. finally a lawyer. He was a good
boy. , Back there sits a good old woman.
You can see by looking at her that
she . is not the kind of woman that
raises bad boys." 1 .
. Speeches of Testerday.
The first argument in the case on
both sides was made yesterday after
noon and last night, an evening session
being ordered by the court,. Arthur C.
Spencer, the special prosecutor, began
his sddresa to the jury at 2:85 .o'clock
and spoke for an hour and twenty min
utes pointing out the inconsistencies
of the defense, denouncing Finch as a
cold blooded murderer who gave Fisher
no chance for life, and making an ef
fective plea for the penalty of the law.
For nearly two hours In the after
noon and three at night W. W. Hol
comb harangued the Jury for the de
fense. He spent much of his time abus
ing Spencer and in casting innuendo at
the manner in which the court conduct
ed the trial. Several times he was re
buked by Judge Bronaugh. who threat
ened to fine him for contempt unless
he moderated his language.
Spencer appeared to enjoy the vitu
peration from the other side, and once
when the court interfered to protect
him, he Informed the court that he had
no objection to allowing Holcomb to
make an exhibition of himself. The
abuse of Spencer was grounded on the
fact that he is an attorney for the O.
R. & N a "soulless corporation." Again
and again he was referred to as "that
railroad hireling that has come to try
to railroad this man s soul to nell.
Makes Juror Wssp.
While Spencer was addressing the
Jury, Charles J. Bush, one of the 12
men who must decide whether Finch
shall live or die. went when the prose
cutor alluded to the tragic scenes In
Fishers office. Most of the Jurors sat
with set faces, but followed the words
of the speaker with evident interest.
This attitude was changed during the
hours of- Holcomb's talk, when the
luror3 seemed to avoid the eyes of the
attorney and to be wearied by the con
tinued now or language.
Spsncer made effective use Of the
statements made by Lord in his open
ing address to the Jury, when an en
tirely different story was told from the
one related by Finch himself on the wlt-
jiess stand.
"Where did Lord set that?" asked
Spencer. "This story about Fisher ad
vancing on him. standing between him
and the door, hitting him twice with the
seal. striKing mm on tne nacK or tne
head, and of Finch standing with his
hands uplifted, pleading for Fisher to
let ud on hlm! Kissinger had not vet
been on the stand. When he came ho
did not testify aa they expected he
would, and he did not tell about a strug
gle In Fisher's office."
The speaker traced the operation of
Finch's mind regarding the disbarment
IUQDUIIIKBi tt"U BCLIU UIBl lb ICOVIIQU 11B
conclusion in the cloud of revenge with
wnicn ne went to me scene or the
tragedy. He expressed this thought him
self just after the shooting, for Finch
summed It up In his remark to S. S.
Humphrey, "You are the cause of It
all."
Says 01x1 Told Truth.
Spencer reviewed the testimony of
Miss Burkhart and said that It Is, ab
surd to believe her testimony false or
that she was too hysterical to tell the
facts. He pointed out that there Is no
testimony that the defendant's clothing
was disarranged, and nothing to support
the story of a struggle.
"There Is no middle ground here," he
said, "It is either first degree or ac
quittal. The different defenses that
have been advanced here are not con
sistent with the acts of an innocent
man. They are the acts of a man hound
ed by a guilty conscience, with the fin
ger of justice pointing at him. In all
tne hideousness and blackness of guilt
of a crime committed with malicious
ness of heart. In a cowardly and das
tardly way."
ISSUE OF CITY
JAIL BONDS
IS
AS ED
On 3Iotion of Cottei Ways
and Means "Committee In
structs City Attorney to
Prepare Charter Amend
ment.
On motion of Councilman Cottei the
ways and means committee of the coun
cil voted tills morning to Instruct the
city attorney to prepare a charter
amendment providing for a bond Issue
of 1250.000 with which to build a new
city jail and municipal courthouse. The
amendment will ne bu omit tea to tnu
council tomorrow morning, and that
body will decide whether or not the
question or Issuing . bonds shall be
placed on the ballot at the next election.
Mayor Lane addressed the committee
after Dr. Cottel's motion had carried,
and earnestly recommended that before
any further bond Issues be authorized
a sinking fund be created to pay off old
ones.
The committee will take up the sink
ing fund discussion this afternoon be
fore it adjourns.
SIMPSON SAYS
HIHERSWgONBED
Invites Governor of Ken
tucky to Investigate Cer
tain "Good" Citizens.
(Halted Press Leued Wire.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Dec. 29. Berry
Simpson, an alleged leader of the strik
ing miners at Stearns Ky., who fought
deputy sheriffs and United States mar
shals, in a letter mailed on Christmas
day to the United Press defends him
self and declares the miners are unjust
ly pictured. . Simpson writes that if
the governor would Investigate the trou
bles he would find that some "good clt
lsens" were guilty of crime. Instead of
the miners.
RUHNIH6 DOWN
BRIBE RUMORS
SQUARING AWAY
FOR VENEZUELA
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Uncle Sam Is There With
a Peacemaker and a
Warship.
(Cnltod Preu Lraied Wire.)
Washington, Dec. 29. The arrival of
Special Commissioner W. I. Buchanan
to treat on behalf of the United States
with the officials of Venezuela, and the
arrival of Admiral Arnold at La Uuayra,
were announced today In messages to
the navy and state departments here.
San Mateo Grand Jury In
vestigates Gamblers and
County Officers.
' (United Press Leised Wire.)
Redwood, Cal., Dec. 29. Unofficial
charges of giving and receiving bribes
of money having been made against the
proprietors of the Northern roadhouse,
a gambling place at Colma, and certain
county officials of San Mateo county,
the grand Jury of San Mateo is Investi
gating
It Is asserted that gambling has been
carried on openly at the Northern road-
A Brook
Hat
would make an
ideal
New Year's Gift
The new greens in several different
shades; THE BROOK comes in both
soft and stiff shapes, over 50 styles to
choose from
house and that certain county officers
have been bribed to overlook the al
leged condition of affairs. George R.
Sneath, foreman of the grand Jury, has
conferred with District Attorney Lang
don of San Francisco regarding the matter.
CHOKES TO DEATH
Is commonly said of babies who have
died of the croup. How unnecessary
this is. No child ever had the creup
without having a cold or cough at the
start. If you will stop the first symp
tom of the cough with Ballard's Ho re
hound Syrup there Is no danger what
ever of croup. Sold by Skidmore Dru;
Co.
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Our immense stock of the FINEST PIANOS AND PLAYER-PIANOS on the Coast must find
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$600 Upright Piano for A $412 Square Pianos $35, $50, Etc.
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$275 Upright Piano for $172 Another one $65
Slightly Used Upright Pianos, $125, '
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NOTHING RESERVED OUR ENTIRE STOCK TO GO AT THIS FORCED
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