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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 22, 1906)
JtknrnttMj I ( "fi I 4 UBLIHI fUUL AM00UT10 ! HIPC Q OOV1RS THC MORNING FIBLD ON THE LOWER COLUMBIA. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY NOVEMBER 22, 1906 PRICE FIVE CENTS VOLUME LXI NO. .JOO VP W1RLESS TELEGRAPHY Three Systems to be Con solidated Into One. VESSELS ARE EQUIPPED Government Stations In the U, S. Use Wireless System Exclusively. POSSIBILITIES ARE PREDICTED Abraham White, of Jsrsey City, Back of th. Consolidation, Which Will Control All Wlrl TtUgraph Companies in th World. AMTOtllAN Ill'ttRAU WASHING TON, J). C, November Jl.From a "tos- tiK stamp bidder" to the head of the Wireless Telegraph Trust capitalized nt $?a,ooo.ono. In ten years; the pos. vnmir of the most magnificent eitlute n th Jersey count and a fortune to support It! This Id not bad for a young man of forty three, I it T At dinner, lot Sunday In hi palatial man slon. In "White Turk." WmI Knd. New Jersey, Mr. AbraJiHin White announced to hi guest that arrangements had been perfected to consolidate the ope rating wireless telegraph com panies of the English speaking coun tries. Among those present wan a well known Washington correspon dent, who says;"l was greatly Inte rested In tho announcement made by Mr. White for I have known for seve ral yearn that he him had this project In mind. Tho warfare between the Marronl rompany of America nnd Canada was bitter and expen sive, and did neither company any Rood, Advancement of wireless In thin country was hampered by liti gation, both pending and threatened. Home time ago a modus vlvendl was executed under the terms of which the companies censed their attacks on each other. Since then the har monious relations have led to a gen eral desire for closer relationship. Iist Sunday Mr. White announced to his kuchIs, of whom I was one, that the negotiations had proceeded to such a point that failure was ImposMble. and that In a few days tho United Wireless Telegraph company would come Into existence. lie Informed me personally the new formed me personally that the new combination had secured a control ling Interest In the capital stock of America nnd Canada, nnd will ac quire control of the Marconi Wireless Telegraph (Limited) of England, which Is the parent company and which owns control of tho American, Cana dian, nnd nil the Maroonl companies of Europe. Of course Mr. White Is enthusiastic over tho possslblllties of United Wireless, and a critical exam ination of the situation reveals great possibilities. Most of the txnns-At-lantlc liners are equipped with the Marconi system. The English gov ernment nnd merchant, marine uses no other, I believe. On the other hand the De Forest company has a number of shore stations on the Amer ican coast and has equipped most of the coast vessels having wireless It also equlped the government sta tlons In this country, Cuba and Pana ma, as well os the United States war made It possible for President Roose velt to visit Panama without ever be lng out of touch with Washington, superceding the Maroonl and De For est companies, thus begins business with nn equipment on every Impor- coast stations flrom Maine to Florl da an,d from the Gulf of Mexico overland to California, and thence up tho Pacific coast to Alaska. It also has a chain of land stations running from New York to San Francisco, via Chicago mid 1' V r, from Chicago to New Orient r i Ht. Louis. Other station will dOutless now be erec ted. "Mr, White has been Interested In wireless for years, almost ever since he first came Into notice us the orlg Imil 'Postage stump bidder,' That was tun years ago, when he bid In $1,000, 000 of bonds on a postage stamp and turned them over U ussoll Bag at $100,000 profit without advancing an other cent. Since then he has been behind the IWorest Company, of which he Is Presldr4. I knew him when he executed a contract with the government to equip stations to send wireless messages a thousand miles over land and water from Guanto namo to Panama, saw the check which the government gave him when that contract was satisfactorily com pleted. I was Also present at a din ner at th Waldorf last spring to Mr, Walter Wellman, the Arctic explorer, when Mr. White agreed to equip Mr, Wellman's expedition with wireless furnish an air ahlp and construct a station at Hammeift or thereabouts, to receive the first message from the North Pole. I have just relumed from a visit to "White Park." which Mr. White purchased from his profits in the recent dee In U. P. and Southern Pacific stork. It Is a magnificent estate, created by the late John T. MeOall, when president of the New York Life Insurance Company. It Is said Mr, McCatl spent a million dol lars on the buildings and grounds, and It look as though the figures were not exaggerated. Mr. White Is repre sented to have paid half a million for It and he got a bargain. He Is said to have cleared from one to two mil lions In his recent stock deal. I do not know the exact figures, but I understand tho amount remaining af ter tho purchase of "White Park was sufficient to enable him to carry out his long cherished plan of consolida ting the wireless companies of America will be capitalized at $20,000,000, and and England, Tho new company Mr. White will be president. The other officer will be announced shortly so I am Informed." Chimney Blown on Tenement House Frightening Inmates. BREWERY PLANT DAMAGED Severe Rain, Snow and Wind Storm Cause Considerable! Damage in Chicago, But No Lives Are Reported Lost. CHICAGO, Nov 21. Much damage was done In Chicago nnd the suhurbs today by a severe rain, snow and wind storm. In tho business section of tho city a number of signs wore blown down and several pedestrians wens slightly Injured. A large chimney In Clark street fell through the roof near a tenement house; which contained a restaurant, causing a great panic among tho Inmates, all of whom rushed Into the streets Fortunately no one was Injured, although many narrow escapes were reported. Tho Chicago Brewing company s plant was seriously damaged, a large portion of tho siding of tho building be stripped off. Now frame buildings In the residence part of the city were blown down and several workmen were Imprisoned In the dobrls. So far ns enn be ascertained tonight, no serious Injuries occurred throughout tho day. TUMBLED FROM CAR. Freight Brakeman Falls Off Top Car and Is Killed. of LA GRANDE, Or., Nov. 21. A. A. Prosser, freight brakeman, from here to Huntington, fell from the top of a car while switching at Lime Siding, near Huntington, and was Instantly killed. He was a member of the lo cal lodge of the Brotherhood of Train Conductors, but was acting as brake man, He has a mother and brother In Nebraska. An inquest was held this morning and the body will be brought here to be held awaiting wired instructions from relatives. STORK CHICAGO MISSISSIPPI CONGRESS Trans-Mississippi Con gress Commences. QUESTIONS DISCUSSED Speeches Made By Congressmen and Ambassadors at First Days Session. BUILDINU PANAMA CANAL Improved Waterways, Insurance and Currency Reform Discussed and Oocupy Most of th Tim of th Congress in Session. KANSAS CITY, Nov. 21. Speeches and discussions covering a wide range of subjects took up the time today o' tho three days' session of the Trnns-Mlsslsslppi Congress. Improved waterway. Insurance and currency reforms, the value of the Panama ca nal aa a means of enlarging our trade with the South American republics, and the necessity of closer relations between the United States and these countries, made a very Interesting day's proceedings. The great value to the south of Improved levees nnd the resources and needs of Alaska, were some of the topics touched upon. The prin cipal speakers were epresnetatlve Ransdell of Louisiana, Superintend ent of Insurance Vandlver of Missou ri; President Woods of the National Bank of Commerce of Kansas City; Minister John Barrett, Minister Cal deron of Bolivia; Minister Pardon of Peru; Secretary Amaral of the Bra zilian legation: Representative Shep herd of Texas and former Governor Brady of Texas. Congressman Shepherd began by declaring the levee Is one of the most Important factors In the economic growth of the United States, and of many other countries. "The question of levees," he said, "affects nearly one-half the total area of our country and Involves the ma terial welfare of 35.000,000 of the American people," Ho took the various arguments urged against levees, especially the clnlm thnt they wore on Interference with the laws of nature, and showed that the arguments were without foundation. He demonstrated that there was no real conflict between Ir rigation projects and love enter prises, showing that they were the product of entirely different geogra phlcnl conditions and had a common aim, the Improvement of the produc tlveness of the soil. Congressman Shepard described In detail the development of the mag nificent levee system of the Missis sippi river and urged the ennctment of effective levee laws In, every state where there were lands subject to ov erflow. He said that the states and the localities should first make an effort' to help themselves, as the peo pie of the Mississippi Valley had done and that then they could Justly ask for federal aid. He said that the con structlon of levees nlong all streams that periodically Inundated their val leys would add tremendously to the nation's wealth and resources. Mr. Vandlver advocated building up western Insurance companies, saying: "The twenty-three states and ter ritories lying west of the Mississippi river last year contributed to insur ance companies $164,279,000 in pre mlums. 'oes anyone doubt that the com merclal supremacy of New York Is due to the centralization of the lnsur ance assets In that market more than to any other one factor? The lnsur ance reports of New York run back to 1859. At that time there were fourteen leading life Insurance com panles doing business there, and their total assets amounted In round num bers to $15,000,000. with a total In surance of $140,000,000. "On the first of last January forty two companies doing business there reported assets of more than $2,000, 000,000, and total Insurance in force of more than twelve billions of dol lars, "This stupendous Increase of nearly 6,000 per cent is more than five times the per cent of increase In assets of all the railroad companies in the United States. It Is no wonder that the greatest financiers of the world are now battling for the control of these stupendous assets and no won der that great railroad magnates find the great Insurance presidents their necessary allies In business. "More money Is handled by the In surance companies than by all the transportation companies In the coun try and it is the centralization of these Immense accumulations In one locality that makes the locality the seat of the financial empire of Amer ica. "Wall Street could not control the banks of the United States if Its hand did not reach up the full length of Broadway and keep Its fingers in the vaults which hold the premium re serves of nearly twenty millions of Insurance policies I feel, therefore, that the most Important matter which can be brought to the consideration of this great body is the development of the insurance business in this great field, which the Transmisslsslppl Congress represents." GUILTY AS CHARGED. DENVER, No'. 21. The Missouri Pacific Railroad company was fined In the United States district court to day for a violation of the safety ap pliance law. The alleged offense happened at Pueblo, where one of the company's trainmen was compelled to go between two freight cars to pull a coupling pin which had become bent and failed to work when the safety appliance was operated. The suit was prosecuted at the instance of the In terstate Commerce commission. Battleship Louisiana Arrives Ponce, at TOWN PROFUSELY DEMOCRAT Address of Welcome Were Delivered by Governor and Mayor and a Trip Taken Over Famou Military Road. PONCE, Nov. 21. President Roose velt arrived here today on the battle ship Louisiana. He was welcomed to the Island by Governor Wlnthrop, Mayor Oppenhelmer and a delegation of prominent citizens. The town was profusely decorated in the President's honor and was crowded with people from the surrounding country. In spite of the early hour of landing, the place was crowded with an ex pectant throng, many of whom had been In their places all night awaiting the coming of the Louisiana. As the President stepped ashore he was received with shouts of "Viva el Presldente." After the reception the President was taken to San Juan over the famous military road. Eleven bands of music accompanied the par ty Short stops were made at small er places and lunch was served at Cayea, At Ponce, the President re ceived a hearty welcome from the peo ple of San Juan, which was also elaborately decorated In his honor. STEAMERS COLLIDE. Several Lives Lost in a Collision at Sea Yesterday. CHERBOURG, Nov. 21. Dispatches received here today, report that the North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser William der Grosse had been in a collision with the Royal Mall steam er Orinoco. Both were severely dam aged. It is declared that four of the crew of the Kaiser William were killed and twelve injured, and five of the crew of the Orinoco are missing and are , supposed to have been drowned. Both vessels left Southamp ton early in the day. PRESIDENTWELCOME ATTEMPT TO BLOWUP TRAIN Dynamite Placed on Mt. Hood Railroad Track. CARS PASS OVER IT Superientendant of Road Offers Reward of Five Hundred Dollars for Conviction. DISASTER WAS AVERTED Had Not Dynamite Been Frozen, Train with Twenty-five Passen gers Would Have Been Blown Up and All Killed. HOOD RIVER, Nov 21. A big sen satlon was produced here today when Charles T. Early, superintendent of th Mount Hood Railroad, offered a reward of $500 for the arrest and con vlctlon of the person or persons who attempted to dynamite its train Sat urday night The only reason the at tempt was unsuccessful was the fact that the dynamite was frozen and did notexplode. In all 20 sticks of powder were placed on the track, five of which were laid across the rail and the rest In bunches on each side. At present there Is said to be no clew. The discovery was made by a car penter Sunday morning on his way to work, and he found the pile of dyna mite in a deep cut near what Is known as Paasch's bridge. As soon as possible he communicated with Mr. Early, who cautioned him to keep quiet and in company with an officer visited the spot and afterward made an investigation in the neighborhood to ascertain if anyone had been sene in the vicinity of the place during the day. The powder used Is what is known as No. 1 and has a much higher explosive quality than that us ually employed by ranchers In blow lng out stumps and Is used mostly In railroad construction. It Is sold that no dealer at Hood River kept this variety of explosive and that enough of it was on the track to have blown the train to atoms. After an unsuccessful attempt to discover any evidence that would lead to arrest, Superintendent Early decided to publicly offer a reward. He will not say that he has no suspicion, but says he will not Implicate anyone un tile he Is more fully satisfied of guilt. When the train passed over the big bunch of dynamite it was dark and the trainmen knew nothing about the affair until yesterday, when they were told of their narrow escape. The train consisted of a mixed one, with a pas senger coach on the rear In which there were 20 or 30 passengers. The point where the powder was placed is a lonely one, and cannot be seen from the surrounding country. GENERAL WOUNDED. TIFLIS, Nov. 21. General Golocht kapoft, ex-governor of Elizabeth, Po land, was mortally wounded today by an unknown man, who escaped. The crime Is attributed to a desire for revenge on the part of the Mussul mans. WANTS INVESTIGATION. Federation of Labor Demands Inves tigation of Porto Rico Labor. MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 21. President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor, was today instructed to send a cablegram in the name of the Federation to President Roosevelt at Porto Rico, asking him to Investigate conditions on the island, with a view to giving the Islanders self-government and to better the labor condi tions on the Island. Mr Gompers die- tated the cablegram and sent it forth with. The text of the message follows: "President Roosevelt, San Juan, Porto Rico American Federation of Labor convention urges you to give consideration, however briefly, while in Porto Rico to her workers aspir ations for Improved conditions, local self-government and American citi zenship. "SAMUEL GOMPERS." ' HOT FOR ICE MAN. Five Dealers Enter Plea and Ask th Mercy of Court. PHILADELPHIA. Nov. 21. Five of the 14 ice dealers who were placed on trial yesterday or. the charge of con spiracy to raise the price of ice, to day pleaded nonvult contendere and threw themselves upon the mercy of the court They were fined $75 and costs each. Before entering the plea counsel for the Icemen announced to the court that the Philadelphia Ice Exchange through which it was alleged the price of ice was fixed, had been dissolved. Following the entering of the pleaa, District Attorney Bell asked the court to enter a verdict of not guilty In the case of seven of the other defendants. Two of the dealers refused to enter the plea of nonvult and decided to stand trial. A Jury was then com pleted. DIVIDEND DECLARED. NEW YORK. Nov. 21. Details of the long looked for Great Northern dividend, resulting from the leasing of ore lands, wa smade public today. For each share of Great Northern Btock the stockholders will receive a share of stock in the Lake Superior Com pany This company, however. Is to transfer Its ore properties to Louis W and James N. and Walter J. Hill, sons of J. J. Hill, who will act as trustees. The net profit derived from the ore properties will be distributed at least once annually by the trustees. ITALIAN TENOR CASE New York's Great Singer Faces Audience in Court. DENIES EVERY ALLEGATION Declare He Did Not Insult Hannah Graham and the Police Are Un able to Find Hannah After Dilligent Search. NEW YORK, Nov. 21. Enrico Ca ruso, the great Italian tenor, faced an audience of 600 In the YorkviHe po lice court today and denied positively that he had made Indecent advances to a woman in the monkey house in Central Park last Friday. He de clares his arrest is due to pique on the part of the woman who described herself as Hannah Graham, because he failed to respond to advances made by her to him. Mrs. Graham was not present to press the charges which she lodged against the singer, and the police of ficers have exerted every effort to find the woman but without avail. Park Policeman Cane was in, court, however, and told the circumstances of the story of the alleged events which led up to the arrest of the singer, being corroborated in part by several other witnesses. Several other policemen, Including the desk sergeant and the captain of Cane's precinct corroborated the of ficer's statement as to the happenings in the police station at the time of the arrest. They declared Caruso dpleaded with the woman not to pre fer charges against him and that with outstretched hands and In an Implor ing voice declared: "It's all a mistake, madam, I meant no harm." A young man who gave his name aa Jeremiah McCarthy, corroborated Cranes testi mony as to Caruso's alleged actions in the monkey house. He said his attention had been called to Caruso by an officer. Against all this the singer placed what amounted to a flat denial of the whole case of prosecution. He declared his Inability to speak Eng lish and therefore it would be lmpes- (Contlnued on Pg 8.)