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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (June 6, 1908)
THE MORNIXG OREGOXIAIT, SATlTKDAT, JUNE 6, 1903. DEADLY SWF Bin WARSHIP Explosion on Tennessee Kills Four Man and Injures Tern Others. LITERALLY COOKED ALIVE Sl'.ecd Trial' Interrupted by Bursting or Bo'Iler-Tube Just After Inspection Survivors Act Like Heroes. FACTS ABOUT THE TENNESSEE. The Tennessee la an armored cruisip- of 1-1.300 tons displacement and lias launched In December, 11104. Her ppeed Is '2'1 knots -and her arma ment consists of four 10-inch, brecrh-loadtng rifles, 16 C-lnch rapid-fire. 23 3-lnch rapid-fire. 12 3-pnund and four 1-pound rapid-fire guns, two 3-inch rapid-fire field Kuos. two .30-caliber machine guns, sis .30-caliber automatio Runs. rrhe Tennessee is the flagship of Rear-Admiral Sebree and is com manded by Captain Thomas B. Howard. She carries a complement of about 000 men. She sailed May 37 from San Francisco for Santa tBarbara Channel. aV-a (Continued from First Page.) fully equal to the acceptance flagship of the sec- foctly. trial. The Tennessee ond division of the Pacific cruiser fleet, left Santa Barbara at 10 o'clock this morning with the cruisers Penn sylvania, AA'ashingtofi, Colorado and ' West Virginia In her wake on the semi-annual speed trial provided for by naval regulations. Admiral Sebree had ordered the cruisers to speed and the Tennessee had just concluded a series of evolutions and started straight away at a speed of IS to 19 knots. The Admiral in the engine-room had Just taken note that the dial recorded a steam pressure of 235 pounds when the blow-up occurred. Less than 15 minutes earlier the tubes had endured a pressure of 26S pounds, SO pounds greater. An official investigation of the acci dent has been ordered. The boiler was of standard tubular kind, the Babcock & Wilcox make, used on many of the warships. It con sists of a large cluster of four-inch tubes, carrying water Into the main boiler. Only one tube (and this one in the bottom tier) exploded. The break was less than six Inches In length. Men Are Cooked Alive. There was no wreckage, but the ex plosion was described by the surviv ors as frightful. So great was the blast of soot and steam that-every man in the room was blackened from head to foot, while those closest to the break were literally cooked alive. There are) 16 similar fire-rooms, but each sepa-r rated by steel doors, and the men i adjoining compartments did not fee.1 the explosion. When the first outside rescuers en tered the fire-room Tt was in uttf'r darkness, the steam and soot cover ing the electric lights and ceiling amd walls with a thick coat. The men ! in this flrepit work naked, except for trousers' and slippers, and the dead and injured were blackened almost, be yond recognition. "Nemo" Corsets Fitted by the ONLY Expert Corse tier in Portland The Largest and Best VEILING Section Suppose you do save ONLY 20c or 35c on the dollar at Lipman-Wolfe's "Owl" Cut-Rate Drugstore. That helps some. Established 1 850-FIFTY-EIGHT YEARS IN BUSINESS-Established 1850 ppinatf, SUtei! 1 $ Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Our Pricai Are Always the Lowsst Victor Talking Machines $1 Down, $1 a Week Records exchanged. All the new and all the old favorite Records. ML Net Waists, $6.50 Vals. $3.39 Today Lipman, Wolfe & Co. offer new fancy Net Waists, made over Silk, in tan, ecru and white. All made with the new three-quarter sleeves and trimmed with cluny lace insertion, medallions and ribbon. Selling regu larly up to $6.50; an ex traordinary value for .... 3 O sir loci kiuii, iiituaiuuiia $3.39 Taffeta Silk Petticoats .75 Vals. $4.85 Superb heavy quality Taffeta Silk Petti coats in Copenhagen, navy, brown, black and blondine, elaborately made with four- section flounce. Values selling regular ly at $8.75. Sale price only $4.85 High-Class Tailor-Made Suits 68 Highest-Class Tailormade Suits go on sale today at a price so far below the'ir real value as to be almost unbelievable. In plain and fancy trimmed styles of various materials, including White Serge Coat Suits in all the newest 36-mch lengths with circular and plaited skirts. Every garment new this season. Latest and best styles. Values to $45.00. For to-day's sale. . . FirerKoom a Hell-llole. 1 "It was a hell-hole." said one oif the surviving seamen. "Kverything- saemed all right, when, without any learn ing, the shower of hot cinders, steam and ashes burst out of the firfc-hole. The boys dropped all over tliei room and none of us knew what ha1 hap pened. Those of us who were fable to scramble to our feet opened tf,e door, when the compartment cleared and we began dragging the boys out.f The impression among the,' officers and crew Is that Keinhold at'id Meek were martyrs to duty, for tli ey were found dead where others esu.iped and stayed at their posts to the hast. The accident served to demon trate the complete efficiency of the "-naval fire drill. There was no confusion. Dr. W. A. Weldon, marin e surgeon at San Pedro, was ordered, to bring eight of the most seriouslfy wounded to the Marine Hospital at Ij,os Angeles, leaving here at 8 A. M. torc.orrow. The men will be carried each on a sepa rate cot, the Pacific Electric Railroad Company furnishing a baggage-car for the beds. The four dead sailors -yill be buried with simple naval cera monies at 2 o clock tomorrow afternoon 'on Point Firmin, overlooking San.' Pedro harbor, in a cemetery where oiily sailor dead are interred. The severely injured will be sent to hospitals. Scbree's At-count .if Accident. i Rear-Admiral Sebre , when seen on board the Tennessee .y a representa tive of the Associated Press, said: "The explosion was one of those ac cidents which cano.ot be provided against. I had just; completed an in spection of the en; ine room when coal passer, half salded, dashed past nie on the deck. Tf.ie L,ieutenant-Com inamler had alreacfy given the orders used in an emergency, and all men hurried to their pr osts with admirable dispatch." San Pedro; Marine Xotes. bA.N fEUKD. June 5. The steamer Oceania, from Vancouver via Grays Har bor, lias been chartered to load lumber ior wnoiosaieiw -at tills port. 1 he Santa Bprbara cleared today for Seattle to reload . The schooner J On sign arrived this morn ins from Willaj a Harbor with SOO.000 feet of lumber . The steamer . Wcstport completed today the discharge a nd loading of cargo and is ready to sail 1 or union Landing. The steame:; s Redondo and Fair Oaks cleared today for northern points to re load. DON'T MISS FIREWORKS Tonight at. 9:30. Multnomah Field. jManuf actu'rs' Rug Samples On Sale Today at Only One-Fourth Real Val. 5000 manufacturers' Rug Samples, all bound ready for use, including all this season's best patterns in Axminster, Velvet Wilton and Tapestry Brussels by far the best value of the season. Only 5000 will be sold not more than one dozen to a customer. 27x54 Inch Axminster Rugs at $1.39 27x54 Inch Wilton Vel. Rugs at $1.19 27x54 Inch Tapestry Brussels at 79c $18.65 Values, to $45, Only $18.65 -WlM. I illttpi This Is One of the Smartest Suits in Today's Sale $18.65 Values to $45.00 AnnualJuneSale of SilkGloves This great annual occasion offers the biggest values in Silk Gloves that Portland has seen for several years. It is made possible by enormous special purchases by our New York establishment in the unprosperous markets of the East. All kinds of gloves are included in this sale; every pair first quality ; every pair at a remarkably low price. Buy now for future needs. $2 Long Silk Gloves $1.49 Our entire stock of 16-button length, $1.75 and $2 stand ard Silk Gloves, in black, white and colors all sizes. Best quality, double-tipped fingers, full 16-button length. Never sold for less than $1.75 and $2.00. Your AQ choice ipi.ti? SI 2-clasp Silk Gloves, 39c 2-clasp Silk Gloves in all colors and black and white, standard makes; double-tipped fingers, all Qf perfect; reg. 75c and $1.00 Silk Gloves 58rai Sit Long Lisle Gloves Reg. $1.00 Vals. 69c 16-button Suede Lisle Gloves, made by one of the best-known glovemakers of the world all sizes in black, white, tan and brown; regular $1.00 value 69c $1.50Silk Gloves 79c Elbow-length Silk Gloves in black and white, all sizes; full elbow length, double tipped fingers; regular $1.25 and $1.50 val ues. Rose Carnival Sale price, 7Q the pair 16-buttonSilkGloves Reg. $1.75 Vals. $1.10 Full 16-button Silk Gloves, in black and white, all sizes, double-tipped fingers, stand ard make, sold regularly elsewhere at $1.7o the pair, liose Carnival bale price '. . . . $1.10 75c Lisle Gloves 39c Fownes' 2-clasp Suede Lisle Gloves in all colors, black and white, all sizes; made to sell at for 75c the pair; sale OQ. price 0JC White Fancy Vests Values to $4 at $1.85 500 Men's White and Fancy Vests, high grade and excellent workmanship and trim mings. The latest models and patterns with piped and flap pockets. Flannels, mercer ized, silk mixtures and washable fabrics; stripes, checks, plaids and neat effects in light and dark shades. Values all the way up to $4.00, at our low sale fjfr. 35 Fancy Ribbon Regular Vals. 85c Special 39c a Yard Fancy Dresden and Moire Ribbons, five and six inches wide, pink and blue .floral effects, with colored edges, in the. Ircs dens; all colors in the moire OQ ribbons; values lo 85c yard y" Corset Covers 85c "Women's fine nainsook Corset Covers, extra quality, daintily trimmed with Val. or Cluny laces, embroidery, insertions, beading and ribbons; values to OC. $1.50; special tJJw SCREAM FOR BLODD French Royalist Papers Rave Against Dreyfus. INCITEMENT TO MURDER Call on People to Invoke Their'King anil Give Dreyfus 12 Bullets of Execution Squad Gregorls Is Becoming Insane. PARIS, June 6. Whether yesterday's attempt on the life of Major Alfred Drey fus was but the Individual act of a man who believed himself to have been an outraged patriot, or had behind It an In cipient National plot, the Republican Dress is unanimous in deDlorine the In cident and believes it injured rather than aided that cause. Even those papers which doubted the wisdom of burying Emile Zola in the Pantheon think that the shooting: of Major Dreyfus consolidated the Republican sentiment and they evi dently desire to see the Incident die out as quickly as possible. An attempt to reopen the old Dreyfus Issue at the trial of Louis Gregorls; the man who shot the Major, they point out would be plainly extraneous. Cry for Dreyfus Blood. On the other hand, the fury of the Nationalist papers, is unbounded. LAetion Franeaise fires a broadside which recalls the most exciting: days of Dreyfus and Boulanger. At the head of its column this newspaper prints statement by Charles Maurras which it likely the authorities will Investigate. In this article the writer says that on Wed nesday night "a resolute patriot" visited M. Daudet and Lieutenant Bolsfteury and himself offered to kill Dreyfus, but his proposal was rejected. A leading edi torial In tills paper, appeals to the coun try to turn to the Duke of Orleans for redress and concludes with these words ""Do you desire that Zola's body be ejected from the Pantheon? Do you de sire to march Dreyfus to the execution block? If so. Invoke your king?" The decision of the Court of Cassation to cut off the time for an appeal, the paper says is illegal and It concludes its article as follows: "What we ask for Dreyfus Is not six balls from a revolver, but the 12' bullets of the execution squad." Gregorls Has Signs of Insanity. Other newspapers declare that Gregorls, much grieved at the recent death of his mother, has lately manifested- signs of mental derangement. Gregorls' sister said today that her brother latterly had displayed symp toms of melancholia. . The authorities are pursuing their investigation with a view of ascertaining whether there was a plot behind the shooting of yes terday. The bullet in Major Dreyfus' wrist has not been located. The bul letin issued today by the doctors says ureyius condition Is satisfactory. BRINGING BACK THE MEAT rackers Ship Supply I-'rom Britain to Itelieve Famine. LONDON, June 5. It is declared here today that 210.000 pounds of American meat that has been stored in London, Glasgow and Liverpool Was today re- shipped by fast steamer to New Tork to meet the continued shortage of meat In the United States. . TAX ON IMPORTED BREAD Oregon City Baker Would Shut Out Portland Product. OREGON CITY, Or.. June 5. (Spe cial.) Sharp competition In the bread trade has resulted in an appeal from J. E. Schaffer, a baker of this city, to the Council, asking that body to levy a bakery license in order to shut out certain bakeries of Portland th'tc sell widely-advertised bread In Oregon City. The Council laid Mr. Schaffer's communication on the table. Mass Meeting on Sprinkling. OREGON CITY, Or.. June 5. (Spe cial.) Dr. W. E. Carl, Mayor of Ore gon City, today announced that ,a pub lic meeting will be held Monday night for the purpose of discussing tho ac tion of the Water Commission in fix ing a charge for water to be used for street sprinkling: purposes. The Port land Railway, Light & Power Com pany furnishes its sprinkling car for keeping the main streets ' of t!ie city sprinkled, and only asks tha.t the city supply the water, which comes from the. Willamette River. Dr. Carll pro jk se3 to submit the matter to the people. Brent Declines to Leave Islands. WASHINGTON, June 5. Charts Henry Brent, Bishop of the Philippines, in a cablegram received here today, declined to accept the post of Bishop of Washing ton in succession to Bishop Henry Y. Sat terlee. The action will necessitate the reconvening of a special session of the diocesan convention to elect a bishop. The Hampstead (London) BorouKh Coun cil has Instructed a committee to draft by-laws dealing with street noises, "pt peclaily the Intolerable nuisance ot organ grinding and church bells." MARKET AND BOOSTER DAY Oregon City Will Hold First or Fes tivals Today. OREGON CITY, Or., June 5. (Spe cial.) Five thousand people are ex pected to come into Oregon City to morrow from the country districts to attend the first Market and Booster day, which is being handled by the local business men. There will be a parade in the morning, with various at tractive features. George C. Brownell will deliver an address, and in the afternoon there will be races and ath letic sports. Buyers will be present and tfle mer chants count on purchasing every ar ticle of produce that Is brought into Oregon City at the market price. Trlnce Ching. president of the Board of Foreign Affairs, and I.uingtun-Hen, as sistant secretary of the Board of For eign Affairs, have been selected to re ceive the American fleet of battleships when it arrives lit Arauy. Will Welcome! Fleet to China. PEKIN. June 6. Prince Chen, son of ARMORED CRUISER TENNESSEE, HER COMMANDER AND THE FLEET COMMANDER .'-TT" , ,. ' .---v.- , ' -,. ..: - . - sat THROAT CUT BY EX-LOVER St. Louis Woman Surprised hy Man Hidden I'ndcr Bed. ST. LOUIS, June 5. As she slipped her nightgown over her head, preparatory to retiring at 11 o'clock last night, Mrs. Klizabeth Geriing. of 2Sr,3 Osage street, this city, was seized by a man who had scrambled from underneath tho lied and her throat was cut. She crumpled in a heap and lost consciousness. Her assail ant, who is a former suitor, tied to the street and is still at large. Mrs. Gerling Is 23 years old. Recently shA and her husband separated. Site will recover. In Hie fincnt vear 1S!l-'!7 this country did a business with the Latin-American coun tries amounting to j:: t.lHMl.oilll. In the fical yar lOnrl-'OT ft has dnne ft business with the Latin-American countries in cess nr SOII.OII0.4UIO. ex- S" ; jl Ia IX reciuiar 10 bxsuit In selection, proportion and combination Of Ingredients, Tt, i. i k-u.m. K tt tt-li t f li M i o i r Tempfiinl values are extracted and preserved. In effectiveness, usefulness and economy. Curing the widest range of diseases. Doing the most good for the money. Having the most medicinal merit, And the greatest record of cures, Hood's Sarsaparilla In usual liquid form or in chocolated tablets known as Sarsatabs. 100 doses $1. Rear-Ad uilral Uriel Sebree. Captain Tfaomaa B. Howard. ' Live Bubbling Wholesome Out - of - Doors Short Stories $2000 In Cath Prizes to Contrib utors to the SUNSET MAGAZINE THE JUNE ISSUE TELLS ILL ABOUT THE OFFER
