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AMMJ JU. FIFTY-SEVENTH YEAR. NO. 164. THE ARGUS, MONDAY, APRIL--- 27, 1908. PRICE TWO CENTS. ROCK CONGRESSMAN MANN ANNOUNCES PAPER TRUST IS PREPARED TO TELL THE COMMITTEE ITS STORY Hastens to Offer Official Testi mony at Pretended Investigation. PUBLISHER IS HEARD Makes Clear Presentation ol Manner in Which Buyers Are Held Up. Washington, April 27. The select committee of the house appointed by Speaker Caiu:on to inquire into the cop.plaint of the American Newspaper Publishers' association regarding the ' price of print .paper In the United States, continued its hearing today. Other Side Willing. At the outset Chairman Mann an . nouueed the receipt" of a letter from President Burbank of the International - Paper company expressing a complete willingness to send to Washington 'suitable officials with full informa tion regarding the affairs of this com pany as you will be apt to wish." Hearing; In Drgaa. Washington, April 27 Fighting at close quarters began Saturday between the forces contending for tho consid eration of the Stevens free wood pulp bill and the house triumvirate which is determined to throttle that measure by means of a pretended investigation of the print paper industry. A dele gation of nearly half a hundred, con stituting a special committee of the American Newspaper Publishers as sociation, arrived In Washington to toll Speaker v Cannon's special commit tee of the house all It wanted to know about the paper situation." The inves tigation committee was unprepared for such a sudden commencement of pro . geciHnga( hur.-nverUielcss parted 'the hearing. v - - In seeking excuses for refusing to let a free wood pulp and paper bill pass the house, the do-nothing clique has found a favorite argument in the contention that Canada would impose such a tax the minute this government removed the tariff from -pulp or the finished paper product. It has been declared that CanailA is about to im pose an export duty, anyway. .1 Reeommended by I'rrnldrnt. President Roosevelt, in his special message to congress on March 25, de clared that our forests need every protect ion and that' one method of protecting ihem would be to put upon the free list wood pulp, with a corre sponding reduction upon " paper made from wood pulp, "when they come from any country that does not put an export duty upon them." There might be basis for the argu ment of the do-nothings if the conten tion as to what Canada will do was well founded. But it is on a par with the other excuses for throttling the Stevens bill and kindred measures a mere bugaboo, official assurances from Canada showing 'no duty is planned from that end of the line. GREAT AMERICAN WHO IS SERIOUSLY ILL RAISULI DEAD AT THE HANDS OF iSSASSIN? Reported Moroccan Ban dit Was Ambushed by 1 Band of Loymes. New York Manager Heard. John ; Norrls, business manager of the. New York Times, speaking for the Publishers' association as a whole, was before the committee throughout the afternoon, first presenting an elab orate statement of the reasons why legislation, and not a prolonged com mittee investigation designed to pre vent the consideration of legislation during the present session of con gress, ought to be taken up. Later Mr.Norris testified as to his personal knowledge of the cost of producing paper, the increase in prices to con sumers, actual and prospective, and many other things about which mem bers of the committee asked questions. 3lana IteHenta Charge. Chairman Mann, Speaker Cannon's specially chosen inquisitor, at the out set assumed a manner indicating that the publishers of the country might be regarded as the defendants in the case instead of those forming the pa per manufacturers' combine. Mr. Mann appeared to resent the charges the publishers have made, Biieh resent ment on his- part being a sympathetic connection with Speaker Cannon's dis turbed tranquility over the necessity - of having to provide for an investiga tion that nobody, including himself, cared for, in order to sidetrack a pop- action in conformity Vtions by President Majoi AVant Action In spite of investigation that has been provided' for, the obstructors of legislation are not out of the woods It Is more apparent than ever now that a clear majority of the members of the house want action on the Stevens bill, or some kindred measure.. This being the case, it likewise is becom ing apparent that members cannot re turn to their constituents and give the Cannon investigation as an excuse for not acting. -. , Argument. Given Quietuv one or the leading arguments against placing wood pulton ' Mree list that Canada" would retaliate by an export tax on- wood pulp is knock ed out, by advices received here from high olllcial sources in the Dominion Tangier, April 27. Reports are in circulation here that Itaisuli, the ban dit, has been assassinated. Native rumors current here are to a band of "Loymes while journeyiuz toward Tazrant. ' Has Purported ConBrmnllnii. Paris, April 27. The News agency here has what purports to be a con firmation of the report of the assas sination of Itaisuli by a number of I.oymes tribesmen while returning to his home from ai native feast offered in his honor. Other rcport3 express doubt as to the truth of the rumors. j V. -.AIT i - . s i. ..... . . . r r V" v ' 1 V : v; . i Z'l . (Z$l V--. 4 l,"i -3 1 w las 5i , Nr?j i v if . ArWVf ' vvj AfiteHltllllMtlil.M .11 1 A T'lfll V'l T CONDITIONS IN DISTRICT SWEPT BY WIND SHOW NO IMPROVEMENT, DEATH LIST MAY MOUNT TO 450 fiom the northeast swept over this section doing considerable damage to shipping and other property. In Squat ter stown, the home of local fishermen, the water is four or five feet high. Fishing boats were wrecked and peo ple driven from the town by the water which flooded their homes. Property Loss Will Reich to Several Million Dollars. UINE FUTURE IN STATE UNCERTAIN Conference Adjourns in Deadlock and Both Sides Will Vote on Prop ositions Split On. Ex-President Grover Cleveland's Condition is Such as to Cause Grave Doubts as to His Recovery He is Suffering From Stomach. Trouble. ; Springfield, III., April 27. The joint state convention of the Illinois coal miners and operators ended Saturday afternoon in a deadlock. The session lasted an hour, and in that time it was decided to refer both the shot firer question and the closed shot proposition to a referendum vote. The operators will vote on the closed shop proposition ; . and if they decide to continue their , stand on this sub ject, negotiations will be broken off between the miners and operators. The companies of Illinois will vote on the shot firer question and if they decide they will not longer pay these men a strike may follow. Should the miners vote to continue. paying shot firers .and the operators decided the closed shop proposition to the satisfaction of the miners,, a new agreement will be formulated and signed and the mines will then be re opened. Should such an agreement be formed, it is agreed it shall hold good for two years. elapsed afterMhe collision before the St. Paul's boats, were put in the water. At that time the .cruiser was turning turtle. Some of the bluejackets on board of her cried: 'Lower your boats As the vessel heeled over we could see the bluejackets climbing to the uppermost side and those who failed to get a secure hold slipped into the DID NOT REALIZE Danger to Passengers of Steam er St. Paul Greater Than Was Known AFTER STRIKING A CRUISER Barely Able to Make Dock Snow Caused Delay in Lowering Boats of the Liner. carcu ior, in oruer t ular demand !v act with recomrp tk Roosevelt. ;..- FLOOD CONDITIONS PREVAIL IN SOUTH Cause Mills to Close, In Columbus, Ga Has Been gaining There for ' , Several Days. ..'-'v Atlanta, Ga., -April 27. As a result of .heavy storms the past . few dayi flood conditions, prevail In a majority , of the rivers of Georgia and portions cr Aianama.. The. moat serious con ' ditions exist at Columbus where the - mills ar closed; down and street car servico-suspended. ", Mct Ji1ow Karc Urnvrry. "The discipline on the Gibraltar was magnificent. Wo sould see every man at his iKst. There was no ex citement on either ship. One would have thought that it was a moving picture instead of a real disaster. It was lucky that the collision happened so close to land; that very f;ict gave the seamen and the passemfers more confidence." The admiral commanding 'the Ports mouth station has issued a list of the ictims of the collision as.-fHows: Drowned bodies recovered, -Cowdrey, first writer; Widgcry and Si'berres, stewards, and one unknown man. In jured, one seaman, since died in Gol- en Hill hospital,, and fiix injured in hospital. Missing, Lieutenant Wil- iam G. P. Graves, five petty officers and 17 seamen and stokers. EVANS MAY AGAIN COMMAND Southampton, April 27. The passen gcrs on me t. ran I, who acted so cooly during the trying few minutes following the collision, with the cruis er Gibraltar Saturday, could hardly have realized the danger in which they stood. They were assured by the officers who hurried among them that there was no danger, but the condition of the steamer's bows, dis closed as it lies at the dock, shows that it had a narrow escape from meeting the.me fate as the Gibral- ar. .As itte- the St. Paul was more seriously damaged than at first sup posed. It shipped a great quantity f water through its broken plates and from the moment It backed away from the wrecked cruiser until it reached its wharf all Us pumps were kept going to their full capacity. I'latm Are Crnabrd la. The damaged bows of the St. Paul indicate that it forced it.s nose at least 20 feet, through the cruiser's side, but fortunately the greatest damage it re ceived was above the water, line. The bow post was buckled, while the plates on both the port and starboard bows were, crushed in and gaping cracks extended along the side. Just along , the water line the. paint was scraped away, but from that point downward there is no apparent dam age, although the bolts' must, have been Etarted, which would account for the water pouring into its hold. . Men Show Ilare nravery. J. T4 Hillis of London, a passenger on the liner, speaking of the delay In lowering the boats from: the St. Paul said: . : v . . ; "In response to our offer of, assist ance the captain of the Gibraltar re plied that It was not needed. That accounts for the fact that some time It seemed to me about 20 minutes Likely to Take Charge of Fleet En tering Golden Gate. Paso Robles Hot Springs, April 27 It is announced if Re.ar Admiral Evans continues to improve as rapidly as he has during the past two weeks he will join the fleet at Monterey and be in command when the ships pass through the Golden gate. THIRTY'KILLED IN LANDSLIDE IN THE NORTH Notre Dame, Canada, Wiped Out by Vast Movement .' of Earth. CAUSED BYTHE FLOODS Base of Hill Undermined . by Stream Digging for the Bodies. ' river, completely overwhelming the 20 buildings situated on the east bank and dammed the river, thus cutting oft the escape of the unfortunate vil At last accounts 11 bodies had been recovered. The nearest town of lm portance to the scene of the catastro lhe is Buckingham, which is 25 miles from Ottawa by the 'Canadlan Pacific railway. There are no Sunday trains, however, so that the reporters were obliged to drive the entire distance of S3 miles over roads deep in mnd end obstructed in the bush country by snow banks. Dnr to SprlnK Fraihrt. The disaster was due to the disinte grating effect of the spring freshet. For miles on either side of the river the country is of a deep blue clay for mation. The tongue of land on which the west portion of the village was situated was about 500 yards long, This mass of clay- moved out bodily with incredible rapidity, burying the occupants of the two houses in their ruins and carrying death .swiftly to the dwellers on the opposite bank. Louis Klaw Dead. New York, April 27. Ixiiiis Klaw, uother of Marc Klaw of the theatrical Aim of Klaw & Eriaiiger, died today. le was associated with his brother in theatrical enterprises. ? German Discount Rate Cut. Berlin, April 27. The rate discount of the Imperial bank of Germany was reduced today from to 5 per cent. . Ottawa, Ont., April 27. A landslide which took place on the banks of the Lievre river in the county of La Belle. Quebec, buried more than a score of houses and caused the loss of 30 lives. The village of Notre Dame de Sa lette was completely swept away. It stood on both banks of the Lievre at a spot where the river is 50 yards wide and tot thisseason is swollen by the melting snows. On the west bank, which was about CO feet above the waters' edge, Were two houses, one containing the tele phone office, the other the postofllce, kept by Camille La Pointe. 4 . Twenty ItulMlncn Hurled. At 5 o'clock yesterday morning the west bank began to slip toward the stream. . Before the occupants of the two houses could escape the great mass of blue clay tore across the HEAVY SNOW IN THE NORTH IS REPORTED Blocks Traffic in Places and is One of Most Serjous of Season Far South as Missouri. WERE 1,277 INJURED Relief Measures Being Taken in Cities 2,500 Houses Down. BALLOON IN WHICH SHERBIE BECKER WILL STUMP WISCONSIN SEEKING GOVERNORSHIP BIGGESTIN CAPTIVITY Chicago, April 27. Sherbie Becker's i balloon the largest in : "captivity" from which the mayor of Milwaukee will stump Wisconsin during bis gu bernatorial campaign, arrived in Chi cago yesterday. The aerial contrivance Is really the property; of Charles A. Coey,; but dur ing the'comlng .political fight will be long to Mr. Becker. From the . floor of the basket tq the top. valve the balloon measures J25 feet ' - - George ; L. ' Bumbaugb, inventor , of the car; ..which has been christened the ."Chicago," will make tho initial ascent , next - week with Mr. Becker and Mr. Cocy. ; The balloon, ho says, can stay in the air six weeks without a landing. ' . " ' ,-. Banket Comfortable a Pnllmaa. The , baske.t In . which Mr. Becker cxpect3 to pass m'ucli of his time ex- St. Paul. Minn., April 27. A wet snow Tell here today delaying street car traffic. . ' ' Heaviest of Season. Superior, Wis., April 27. This sec tion is today experiencing one of the heaviest snow storms pt the season. . In Missouri, Too. Sedalia, Mo., April 27. There was a light fall of snow in central Missouri early today. V '. Fruit Suffers in Colorado.. Denver, Col., April 27. Damage by frost the past two night to orchards in the fruit growing regions of Col orado is estimated at $1,000,000. Killing Freeze in Nebraska. Omaha, April 27. The minimum tem perature in- Nebraska dropped to 29 last night, accompanied in some parts of the state by a killing frost. j Inter mitten snow fell throughout the north horting his fcl1ow"cillzens is as" com fortable!as a Pullman car. There isefn part of the state. room in the basket for 10 passengers. two large seats being arranged on ,: South Dakota Has Snowstorm. eitner side, and camp chairs about the I 'Fierre, s. u, April 27. A snow- carpeted floor.. - fstorm started here Satnrday night and - Nor need the aerial spellbinder and j continued - most of yesterday.- ... The his political managers become hungry, I temperature is onild. however, and the for there is in the car a camping out- j snow is melting as fast as It falls. It a lime I is not likely that there will he any damage, unless it is to weak lambs and stock on the ranges. " In Northern Iowa. ' Des tMoines, Iowa," April 27. In the St for , cooking purposes and stove. .. J. The basket 13 handmade and lined with cork, as a precaution - agaiust disaster should a landing be forced upon water. , The entire outfit weighs less than400 pounds, and it can lift I northern part of the state of Iowa the three tons. V'Three hundred . sacks of I temperature - fell below the freezing ballast will be used. .- v MfrCoey will enter the "Chicago' in, the International, aeronautique con-1 tests in Chicago for the world's cham pionship in' July. . .1 point. last night and early today. i iHigtvVVInd on Lakes. Marinette, Ww, April 27. A; storm today, r almost of hurricane ; velocity, Atlanta. Ga., April 27. Conditions in the districts stricken by the storm of Friday, Saturday and Sunday show no Improvement, according to reports up to 1 today. The death list may reach 450. The list of injured stands 1.277. ' Three State Chief SafTerera. Apparently Mississippi and Louisi ana were the chief sufferers. Reports from these sections today show a num ber of small towns have from 1 to 10 dead. Relief measures have been tak en in Montgomery, Mobile, New Or leans, and other places: The number of dead In the vicinity of Richton. Miss., Is 15? The financial, loss will aggregate several million . dollars. Total Are. More Area rate. New Orleans, April 27. The totals of death, misery and ruin caused in four southern states by Friday's tor nadoes came to hand yesterday in ap proximately correct form. Briefly stated they are: " Killed, about 350. Injured, painfully or seriously, 1,200. Homeless, several thousands. Towns reporting serious wreckage, 46. . Habitations and business houses practically complete ruins in these towns, about 2,500. rlaatatlon Not Figured la. The. above figures , do .not include ... the wreckage, .on plantations and farms, scores of which were struck and destroyed. The number of dead may never be known accurately for the reason that about 300 of them were negroes and they were buried in many communi ties without careful records being made of theiu. numbers. While some of the first reports giv ing apparently reliable death lists have since proved unreliable, never- , theless, remote places where were late in reporting their dead have served to bold the total death list around 350. Storm' Path Traced. 'By following the wreckage of towns the general direction of the tornadoes Apparently the storm struck in three separate cur rents, each describing , the arc of a circle and traveling toward the north east. The first of these struck through northern Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee before daylight Friday morning. The second appeared farther south about 7 o'clock in Louisiana and Mis sissippi. This apparently was the por tion of the storm which had swept through Alabama and Georgia on Fri day night and Saturday morning. The third portion of the storm ap peared during Friday afternoon, far ther south than either of Its prede cessors. ) This was the storm which demolished Amite, La., .and Purvis, Miss. . Why the fatalities were so nnusuat ly large is apparent from a glance at photographs from - the tornado belt. They all tell the same story. Whole of what were ' formerly resl- spread over CANNON TO LET SUBJECT GOME BEFORE HOUSE Speaker May Permit Dis cussion of Paper Pulp Duty by Congress. Washington, April 27. As a result of representations of the American pWKnaniir " "PuM ichors flcsnrmlinn - " - - i - 1 Speaker Cannon has agreed that the subject of removal of the duty on wood pulp and the price of print p.-per in the United states snail be discussed at a caucus of republicans to be held this week, providing a rea-can be traced closely. sonabTe Dumbw of republican mem bers make a request to that effect. Prepared to Continue Filibuster. Washington, April 27. In a speech in the house today Minority Leader Williams said the democratic filibus ter Would continue until the house decided to consider the campaign pub licity bill, the bill putting print paper on the free list and the anti-injunction bill. Senate Ready to Vote oa Navy. Washington, April 27. The senate met-at 11 today. Under unanimous consent and agreement it will vote on the naval appropriation bill before ad journment today. Debate on the Piles amendment providing for the construe-1 tion of four battleships was begun im mediately. Stone Asala Heard. '.. Washington, April . 27. Senator Stone of Missouri spoke at length upon the necessity of building up the I blocks merchant marine and the navy. He dences and cabins lie condemned speeches referring to the! the ground In debris. possibility of war with Japan. Re- If a huge lumber pile had been scat- f erring to the estimated deficit in the tered over these areas the number revenues of the government this year of individual boards, unattached to of $60,0000.000, Stone declared he pro- anything else, could scarcely have posed to vote for only two battleships. I been greater. Under this mass of wreckage many hundred persons were buried, not one in a hundred escaping without some injury. The houses which were thus scattered about were - mostly negro habitations. ' Strange Stora Story. Along with the accounts of suffer ing have come many recitals of re markable experiences, of which the following is typical: a, At Amite, La., when the tornado CHIMNEY FALLS Oil SCHOOL CHILDREN V Crushes One to Death and Fatally In jures Two More at- Buf- .. falo, N. Y.' Buffalo, April 27. While a party of school children were playing in the J appeared there were seven persons at . yard of a public school on Swan street. a tall chimney on an adjoining build ing was blown over by a heavy gust of wind. William. Pinzel, -aged 14, was crushed to death, and two others were fatally injured. ". Several received minor hurts. :, '.-'. , ' Little Change In Condition. Lakewood,' N. J., April 27. The condition of former President Grover Cleveland, who is 111 at the hotel here, Is - r not materially changed today. There is ' no apprehension of "an im-1 children sought mediate crisis. the dinner table - at. Hamilton War ner's .'.home, including three children. The wind in a second tore off wo doors on- opposite sides of the room. and an astonishing nroressinn of and inanimate objects began to pass into the room through these door ways. First came a calf, running be fore the wind. The animal jumped over .the dining table and went, out the opposite door. Afterward came a horse, which followed through the exit taken by the calf. The three refuge under; the table, and no one was Injured. , ' . i ; X m life