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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1907)
Ota v ' ill UfUlUf All USUtHIS PULL AttOOIATIO anolT VOVIMt THC MOANINO ritLO Off Tril LOWtft OOLUMMA l( '. VOLUME LXIII, ASTORIA, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 21, 1907. PRICE FIVE CEN SQ TERRIBLE NULROAD WRECK Head on Collision Between Freight Train and Ex cursion Train of Perc Marquette R. R. i THIRTY KILLED AND OVER SEVENTY INJURED Freight Train Collides With Excursion Train Running at a Rate of Forty Miles an Hour Piling Up Six Cars of Men Women and Children. AFTER THE COLLISION PHYSICIANS PROM NEAR BY TOWNS HUR RIED TO THE SCENE OF THE WRECK ACCOMPANIED BY MANY OF THE FARMERS RESIDING NEAR BY THE UNINJURED PASSENGERS ALSO RENDER AID, HELPING TO BANDAGE THE INJURED. ' DETROIT, July 20. -A Statement explaining the wum of today's wreck at Salem and entirely placlug tht blame on lit crew of tlx freight train was given out Untight at the general office of tht Per Mar- qutt Hallway Ut tble city. "Jl it reported," say I he statement, "That Conductor Hamilton of tbs local freight remarket to the operator at Plymouth on pulling out that h thought ha could make Salem befow tlia anival of tha special" ) SALEM, Mich., July it). Thirty per- crew of tho freight train tha orders un aon dead and more than 70 injured. der which it was running and which many of them erluuly waa a reult of clearly ahowed tha position of the pas- head-on collision today between thin sengcr excursion train and that tha village and Plymouth, when the Pare-' freight had encroached on tha other Mar.iuetu excursion train hound from ti ain't running time, Tha collUion oc lunia to IVtrtdt tta-h.xl Into a wt- curred t l;13 o'clock and tha freight bound freight train in a cut located at a eharp curve about on mile east of tialuui. A pawM-nger trsin'uf 11 eara carrying the I'eie-Mar.im'Ue ahop em- ployea of Ionia and tlielr familiea to the Michigan tnelioHilii for their an- nual excursion waa running at a high pejd, probably Mi milea an hour- down steep grade. It struck the lighter locomotive of the freight train with audi turrllle violence aa to turn tha ((eight engine completely around. The wrecked locomotive title aiWrnoon lay aide by eide, both headed, eastward Only a few fieight car were smashed an.l it took only a few houra to remove .11 1 it . .-..... t. . an voice oi mem irom urn iccnc. tmv behind the two locomotive ix car of the passenger train lay piled in a hope- lea wreck. Four eoaehea remained on th track undamaged and were ued to eonvey the dead and injured .to Ionia, On coach wa entirety undamaged wit only it forward truck off the rail, There wero five rear eara. Two of the eoaehea next ahead of them were tele- ( ' eoied. The next one tood almost on "nd. Fireman Knowa died on the relief train en route to Detroit, bring, ing the lint up to 30 dead with posel- billtyt of more bodie to be found in the wreckage and that aeveral of the in- Jured may die. The responsibility l put squarely on the crew of tho freight train by the ofllelala of the nsad. Thoae who arvlved at tha ecne of the wreck soon after the accident secured from the SENSATIONAL INCIDENTS IN THE HAU MURDER TRIAL KARUSHUHH, July 20.-Bensutionnl incident and myateriou complications ure multiplying ln the case of Karl Hau oharged with tha murder of hi mother-in-law, Frau Moliter. Soon after the eourt opaend, after a tilt between coun eel, Herr Diet, counsel for Hau, an nounced that be bad aent hi challenge to Dr. Bleicher, atato' attorney, in oon nectlon with the remark made by the latter- attorney yenterdmy and that Bleicher lad refused to receive the chal lenge. Another aonaation waa the calling of ft young mnn named Lenok bji the do feme, and Lenck'a counsol, Dr. Voegele. Lenek wai tha cellmate" of Hau. Voegele mvore lliat Lenek told him that Hau had made important revela tions and that Lenek while admitting that he had aome conversations with Hau, refused to testify unles with Han' permission. TJii waa refused and Diet thereupon moved that the court institute proceeding to comnel Lenek to testify. Mm lator stated to. MICHIGAN train tumid have reached Salem at 0:10 to be within their ordera. Tha axcur Ion trMn left Ionia crowded with men, women and children at ' o'clock tbia morning. Kvery family had ita lunch liakct ami many were eating when the train, crahd together. The iiripact terrifm and a number of the paaeengere sitting near the window of the rear end of the undamaged eoachee were thrown through the window to the ground, There waa a panic among those on the uninjured coaches for a few momenta, Then a the uninjured peraone realised that they bad not been hurl, they ruh- ed from the car to rescue their frlende . . 4 . . . aim relatione who were pinioned in the wreckage ahead. Familic were scat- tered among the dilTereut eara and there were frenslcd searches for mtaaing rela- .live. Mother ran screaming up and down in aearch of their children while many young people were frantically searching for tlieir parent. The crash of colliding train waa heard a great distance and many farmer working nearby realising that a tragedy bad oe- curred hurried from their- homea with bedding, doth for bandage and stimulant, They joined in the rescue work, while phyaiciana hurried to the scene from neighlmring town. Numbers of uninjured passengers tore atrip from their clothing to help bandage tip the wound of tl.e suffering person before the physicians arrived on the relief train. , court that rnther than see Lenek pun ished he would admit that he returned to the continent to see Olga Moliter, his sister-in-law with whom he was In fatuated. Slie knew nothing of bis re turn and he assumed a disguise to carry out his purpose, He said thot lift tele phoned with the eole purpose of getting Frau Moliter out of the way but when he saw Olga leava tho house with her mother lie was so disappointed at the frustration of bis plan that he ran full speed to the atation. He heard no shot fired. It i becoming evident that the defense plans to try to afllx the murder upon a man named Welland who was In the employ oi Moliter' at the time the murder occurred. Witnesses have testified to several alleged suspicious circumstance connected with this mnn who has disappeared since the murder was committed. It is stated that the sympathy of the audience is evidently ( changing in favor of Hau and much criticism is heard of the conduct of Dr. 'lllcicher and the presiding judge. W.r, & JM. i TEMPTATION. RIOTING GROWING IN MAGNITUDE Rioters Shooting Wildly Out of Windows Business Completely Suspended. TOKIO, July 21.-Late advice from Seoul say that rioting ia growing in magnitude. Attempt to burn the rail way station and police building were frustrated by the prompt action of Jap anese police and gendarme. The pow der magazine of the Korean government i strongly guarded by Japanese troops at the reiiueat of the Minister of War. The rioter are shooting wildly out of window nd two Japanese are reported killed. Murderous assault are fre qnent and the clt;i i verging almost on a reign of terror. Ilusinesa is completely suspended. Iteports from Seoul state that four machine guns are now at the Tai Hau gate. Should the Korean soldiers re peat yesterday's behavior by firing on the Japanese police the Japanese troop will not hesitate to retaliate. It is noteworthy that despite the pre newt of the abdication of the START IN TEN DAYS Four Cruisers for Pacific Will Sail. Ffeet MAY STOP AT JAPAN PORTS Cruisers West Virginia, Colorado, Penn sylvania and Maryland of Admiral Dayton's Fleet Will Start from'Cavite for U. S. to Join the Pacific Fleet. WASHINGTON, July 2a The armor ed cruisers West Virginia, Colorado, Pennsylvania and Maryland, of Admiral Dayton's Pacitle licet are expected to stnrt from Cavite for the United States in ten duys or two weeks . The-. may stop en route at Japanese ports; this, it was stated at the navy department to dny Is optional with the olllcer in com mand. It is extremely unlikely how ever, in view of the fact that the ves sebj arte to come home by way of Honolulu. The movement is simply to put into effect the plan of the Depart ment to iform the Pacillo fleet on lines similar to that of the Atlantic fleet, that is mode up of various divisions. The' four ships named are to form one of the cruiser divisions of the Paciflo fleet. LIEUT. COL. AYRES IMC0MPETENT. NEW YORK, Juty 20. Lieutenant Colonel Charles G. Ayres' of the 14th Cavalry 1 physically unfit beoause of kidney trouble fot active service in tbe army according to the report made to day by the surgaions of the Retiring Board appointed to examine liim, "y ' M wthU LJ' U 1 , "tA"V" "I I 4. : f lu mim - r."rf i a (na- twirj: if Korean Emperor, the official report con flrwilnu th same ha not vet been re- ! r - . ccived here. COREY RETURNS. NEW YORK, July 20.-William E. Corey, president of the United States .Steel Corporation said today that he returned to resume work at the bead of the corporation. He denied that be had heard of any meeting of the board of director to consider his resignation and tbe appointment of Alva Dinkey a his successor. TILT0N WILL IS FILED NEW YORK. July 20.-The will W Theodore Tillon, whose suit several year ago against Rev. Henry Ward Heechcr brought both men unpleasant notoriety waa filed for probate here yes terday, Mr. Tilton died in Paris. Harold D. Bollard stated that Mr. Tilton left no real ette and that his personal property did not exceed $3000. THE MOB REPULSED Troops at Hahnsville, La, Repel Mob Easily. THOUGHT TROOPS INACTIVE Mob Gathered to Attack Italians Con victe'd of Lanund Murder Thought Troops Would -Offer No Resistance Mob Goes Back to New Orleans. HAHNSVILLE, La, Juty 20.-An at tempt by a mob of 100 men to get at the Italians convicted of complicity in the Lnmnna murdep and kidnapping ended in e. ludicrous fiasco early today. When the mob, nearly all the memliers of which were armed, flushed the pickets, they acted in a manner which indicated they had been led to believe the troops would offer no resistance. They were speedily undeceived and a detachment of 20 soldiers headed byi Major Wheat chas ed them down the railroad tracks. When about a score of the mob members were on a short trestle the special train bear ing additional troops from New Orleans appeared coming in the opposite direc tion. Several of those on the trestle were compelled to jump into a creek to escape the special. , It ia not believed that anyoue was seriously injured. The mob started back to New Orleans short ly after the special's arrivaf and- the danger was over. - YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCORES. At Portland Portland San Fran eisix) 4 At aSn Francisco Los Angeles 8, Oakland 7. ' At Taooma Tacoma 5, 'Seattle V. ' SHOOTS BYSTANDER. POItTLAJTD, July 20. -William Stevens, en innocent passer' by, is dying tonight as a result of a bullet wound in his bead. The shot came from the revolver of Patrolman Roberta who hai drawn his revolver to protect himrelf from gang of bar room tough that was trying to rescue one of their number whom Rob ert had arrested for creating ft disturbance.' The shooting occur red on East Morrison street lata tonight neap a saloon in which ft number of hoodlums bad been carrying on in boisterous man ner. Robert arretted one of the toughs and was taking bis pris oner to a patrol box, one block distant, with the rest of the gang following. They became so threatening that the policeman drew hi revolver. He says that some one joggled bis arm caus ing the discharge of tbe gun. The bullet went wild and struck Stevens who with companion was on the opposite side of the street on bis wsy home. It is stated that Stevens cannot Bur vice the night. He is an employe of the ice conrpany. Roberts' prisoner and the rest of the gang escaped in the confu-ion follow J J ;j ing the shooting. KILLED BY GIANT FLYWHEEL. I Engineer of Live Stock' Exchange Slippel While Leaving Pit NEW YORK, July 20.-Patrick H. - ? na .engineer of the New York Stock cam. just then gml the Exchange, was caught by th. dying L ,eavi their w .Undi M th revolufon of the flywheel of h.s engine L fc last night and was so badly crushed that , crew to ,h. Ag tarned he died later in Hudson street hosp.t.l. , IU wmt tt Tlrent inth anj Mis. ne engisinthesub-cellsr. Hann.sion tbe . had climbed on the ironwork of the con- down tfce m tenmg Metug rod and shut off the steam for ivi the t the w the n.ght. Oomg down h.s foot sl.pped , tnek craghed m and shot into the flvwheel. His body i .,. . . .. ... . ... ' gery, store, injuring the proprietor and was whirled through one revolution of m,-. . . . . . . , . , ., . .... , . I three customers. A riot call was turned the immense wheel and jammed agamst on account of tu the connecting rod, bringing the engine chargfJ them mm. . ,.i " ' """f John Mulligan, fireman, and Superin- i . o -.V v ti. L-u tendent Smith, who lives in the build ing, took the injured man from the wheel. He wa 30 years old and lived in Tompkinsville, Staten Island. MRS. FAIRBANKS IN ACCIDENT. AMSTERDAM, N. '., July 20.-Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks, wife of the Vice President, and other members of an au- tomobile party have been in an accident . , : . , .... . 25 miles west of here but all escaped ... . . . . . K M-i hnn asimia imiirn T1.A laei rt a nuuviib oinuua 1 1 1 j u v a lie vco ui a tire ditched the machine. WIPED OUT BY FLOOD. ZANESVILLE. O., July 19.-Connells-ville, a town of 300 inhabitants, eight miles south of this city, has been al most wiped off the map by a flood. No lives have been reported lost. The prop erty loss will be large. PROSECUTOR HAWLEY MAKES TELLING ARGUMENTS BOISE, July 20.-James H. Hawley, leading counsel for the state presenting the first of arguments against Haywood, .spoke for nearly eight houm distributed over three sessions of the court today. Even though the session was continued this afternoon long after the usual hour at adjournment every seat remain ed occupied and none in tho room was a more attentive listener than Haywood hiinelf and none showed less emotion. Throughout the day, Hawley used an almost conversational tone. Analysis of the testimony in contradiction of Or chard's story concluded frequently with denunciation of witness after witness fts wilful perjurers or guilt of uninten tional falsehood. When Hawley reached the preparation and execution of the murder of ex-Governor Steunenberg, his voice found sympathetic note as be told of the ex-Governor's last moments, the court room was hushed and the jury leaned foiward to catch the speaker's every wonl Hawley' peroration was impressive. There was no attempt' at STRIKE n VIOLENCE San Francisco Tong&s At . ; lack Crew. TWO MEN ARE SHOT Many Others Clubbed by Police and More Than a Score are Arrested Late Last Night Car Was Attacked at tbe Terminus and Strike-Breaking Crew Assaulted Motonnan and Con ductor Ar Shot Four Are Injured. SAX FRAXCISCO, July 20. As a result of an attack upon the strike- breaking crew of ft car late tonight two men were shot and wounded, four per- sons were injured in tbe wrecking of a Knilrtin f hr nimvav Mr ma n Q j . ...... UWUJ er severely clubbed by the police and more than a score of arrest made for rioting. The car of the United Rail roads had just readied the end of its run at Twenty-ninth and Xoe streets sion, they saw their own car coming to start back when three men opened fire uoon them. One bullet struck tho L.Jllctor ,,, .noth the motorm.n. ber of crM.-n1 heati nJt; 1 , , . , . . , , wounled nien were taken to the hoapi- tal. Their injuries are not dangerous. It is supposed that tbe men who at tacked the car released the brakes on the car and started it down the hilL NS f$ivegnidentcwfiotsr,eniji .. .. .... ARRESTED IN GERMANY. WASHINGTON, July 20. The State , . . , .. . . . . friends of Emil Zoan of New York stat- I. 'ing that he nad been arrested in Ger- . CT many i'or accidentally killing a woman with an automobile and asking the Department to care for his interests. MOB AROUSED. GUTHRIE, Okla., July 20. Following the murder of two officers and' the denth of a negro at Vamoose, I. T.,' citi zens have formed a mob and are march ing on a house barricaded by blacks. ' any flight of oratory, but only a strong note of deep sincerity and great earnest ness when he pleaded for honest judg ment from honest men of Idaho. Hawley said he did not charge that the majority or even that many of the Western Federation members were criminals but that the evil deeds of officers and of the scum of organization had brought discredit on the rank and file. The time had come be said, when right thinking men should rise and make war upon evil influences that were the curse of all organisations. On the adjournment of court, . Hawley was showered with congratulations. JAPAN WANTS COALING STATION. LONDON, July 20. A dispatch to the Globe from Brussels brings a report that negotiation are in progress between the Netherlands and Japan looking to tha purchase by the latter of an island in the Dutch East Indies for coaling sta tion The island is said to be close to the Philippines.
