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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 17, 1907)
f r ) PUBLISHES FULL ASSOCIATED PAISS Bf PORT ;: '--i-,",'i55i-.v:.'. " ''' ' . ' - ' - -rm ' , o Icfffr-lfoffTi L0 COVERS THE MORNING FIELD ON THE LOWER COLUMSIA HO. 242. VOLUME LXIII. ASTORIA, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1C07 PHJCE FIVE CIwTS DETAILS ADE VERY MEAGER Ths Dupont Powder Explosion v Death List Now Numbers Thirty-Ona. w 1 HONEY LOSS IS VERY GREAT Alfred I. Dupont Nwnoura Minted Day i at the Exoloalon la Nw York With out Koowledg of tho Terrible Calam ity samg wweyea 10 mm. NEW YORK. Oct. ia. Tb marriage of Alfred L Dupont do Neraour, vice j)reiduit of the Dupont Powder Com 1 yany, of Delaware, and Mr. Alio 1M dox, hi second cousin, took place ye rterday at th Plata Hotel. Only the member of tho immediate familie were flrent. . ., "'' ,. vc, Neither Mr. Dupont nor bU brother Maurice, who ia the active head of the powder company, were allowed until to day to hear of tho explosion of tha pow der plant at Fontanel, Ind. Their friends believed tho brothers would both Insist on the postponement of the mar rlftge, In order that they might hurry to Indiana. It la likely that the automobile trip that the bridegroom and bride bad plan ..tied through New England will bo abaft done and that both will atari in an Automobile for Indiana, ' Mr. Dupont ia a daughter of Judge Bradford, of the United Stte Circuit Court, and is a grand -daughter of Alezii I. Dupont, ton of the original founder of i he powder company. 1 TONTAXftT, Ind.f Oct. 16.-vYhca the renMeht of thie village of 1000 people .oU J.LU uHraingthe; encountered a ..inuuh different situation than they had 1n oruttome'd to la ''tho past, in lead of a quiet country town and pleas ant scenery to greet their eye, desola tion waa at hand.' Soldiers of the In diana State Militia had stood guard all "through the night., ; ; Detail as to what caused the terrible catastrophe of yesterday when tho pow der mills blew up, killing probably 35 and injuring tome 000 persons, ' were lacking. No one connected with the powder company could scribe any rea son for the explosion. Several rumors were current Ono of the most probable (circulated was that the machinery in the jfUzing mill became overheated from friction and set fire to some loose pow der In the glazing mill, which was the Bret to blow up, the other sections of the plant following in rapid succession. A number of the people of this place .were able, by patching up their houses, pass a fairly comfortable night. 1 be Ikalnder I were accommodated' with sWiW room on. cots placed in tents trough! here by order of Governor Han ley. Systematiq effort are going foVth, And within a short time, it is thought most of the houses will be repaired in such a manner aa to permit tho reoccu pancy of them, The officer of Company , B, Indiana Nation Guard, which was brought here early last night, report that the night pa sued with no disturbance bf any kind. The soldiers were distributed o as to guard as much of the town as was possible-. .'The, guardsmen were instructed to shoot at sight at any attempt to loot. It is understood the state authorities will immediately begin an investigation tM the cause of tho disaster. The injured passed a airly comfort--able night, and no additional deaths at ;thl place are reported. Systematic efforts to search for vic tims among the dobris in the powder mills were begun this morning! Men were distributed so aa to make a thor ntfugh search for further victims of the disaster yesterday. A number of coffins wore received here this morning from Terro, Haute, and the bodies of those recovered will be buried today. The total number of dead will probably never be known, and it will be several days be . fore the exact amount of property loss an be figured out. - V ' , ; . 'The loss to the powder company, in property damaged, is estimated at $280,- O00, including 65,000 kegs .of prwder stoi-ed in the magazine which exploded. 'Tlio nrnrvftrtir 1f in the town Pn. lanet will exceed $500,000. , , , Dr., W. F. WilHen, of Terre Haute, hiof surgeon of the Fontanet mllU of ;the DupOnt , Powder Company, today compil'id an oilklal list of the known dead and seriously Injured, a copy ; of which he forwarded to the company at Wilmington, Del. Tho list contains 81 dt'ud and 20 in serious1 oendition. s EXPECT AID ' FROM C0ETELY0U, Banker Take Visit of His Assiatant Mr. Edward aa Being Significant XKW YORK, Oct.. 10,-That Georgo B. Cortelyou, secretary of the treasury, ha in mind soma further relief to the money market is the flntt belief in financial and banking circle. The visit of Mr. Ed wards to New York aeemed yesterday to strengthen this belief. Mr. Edwards, who Is Mr. Cortelyou' assistant arriv ed In New York la the morning. lio'Vas not in Wall Street yesterday, however; having gon to see his chief in hi Long Banker who were seen yesterday said they, believed Mr. Cortelyou considered that the call' for fund from the west for the-purpose of moving the crops Would culminate within a month, and with this In view the secretary mlhgt ex tend his present limit of $3,000,000 week ly deposits of national cash in the banks of the first wee In November. FATEES 0KDES3 S0ITS AJtXEST, JiOT SPRINGS, Ark, Oct. I6.-F0I lowing telegraphic instructions from St. Louis to Chief of Police Bents, Daniel I? Brennan, who 'wa secretly married to Miss Llllie Ammerman, neice of the millionaire brewer in St Louis last Monday, was a treated her today and will be held pending the arrival of hi father who it la alleged ordered hi ar rest. The reason for the arrest not known. The young couple arrived here yesterday morning and had Intended re maining here a few day and then re sume their journey to Mexico City. ; If NEWS AS YET Supposed Great Earthquake Has Not Been Located." : CABLE LINES ARE ALL RIGHT ONITEIT COPPER 1 DROPS LOW Common Stock Falls From $59 to as Low as $10 Per Share. ONE STOCK FIRM SUSPENDS The Suspension of Groia & Kleberg of New York Stock Exchange Contributes Materially to Slump ia Price of Stock Preferred Stock Dropa to la. "jir Inquiries Among Cable Companies Re sult in Report of so Interference ' With the Working of Cable and so Interruption of Communication. NEW YORK, , Oct. 16.-Trading on both the New York Stock Exchange and the curb stock exchange is in- turmoil a a result of exerted movements and violent decliaeam the price of United Copper is the tatter market. The sus pense of the firm of Gross & Kleberg, of the New York Stock Exchange, con tributed ' materially, if it was not the chief cause of the decline in both mar kets. This firm has been trading actively in United Copper "and it was 'reported that they were members of a pool form, ed to support tho price of this stock. Apparently there was a break in this pool yesterday as a result of which common stock broke from (30 to $38 per share and the transfer agent of the com pany refused to record the transfer of a block of 104130 share which he said had been sold in violation of the rights of parties having some interest In it. " It was reported ibat Gross & Kleberg, acting for the interest identified with F., A. Ileinze, had bought in some of this stock and that Heinre interests re fused to accept the stock because of the manner in which it had been placed ou the market. United Copper common which closed at $3tl yesterday opened at 123 today and during the excitement of the afternoon went a low a (10 from which it recovered to $13 before the clone. Preferred stock, which before today has been quoted at $74 reached the low point of $24 during the day. Trad ing in these stocks was confined to the curb market. and J. B. Booth of Ottawa. The agita tion in the United Htates for removal of the duty on new print as an offset to alleged extortion by the paper trust has a peculiar significative . for the Canadian industry. The imposition of an export duty by Canada on pulpwood, it is felt by the American newspapers that are fighting the combine, might militate against the success of their campaign at Washington for tariffreform, While the freedom of the United Slates market would probab ly be an advantage to Canadian paper makers. It is announced that free admission of paper would in any event be restricted to toe product of countries which do not place an export impost on pulpwood. SUICIDE LEFT f FOR "GAS." German'a Rul of Life Not Forgotten When ha Sought Death. :;-. i;v;f "''-' nilLADELpW Oct. lfl-"Dcar Georges Please find enclosed $2 fof the gas I have used to end my life. Good bye." This was the brief note Herman Obe rer, 63 years old, wrote to hi friend, George Neef, proprietor of a lodging house at 428 George stret, before he turned on the gas in his room there on Tueday;' rM.".: A exactly. 1200 cubic feet of gas bad been oosaumed, Deputy Coroner Megon igal estimated that this would cost $120, leaving a balance of 80 cents for, Neef. "Oberer wa one of the most careful and thoughtful men I ever knew," Neef told Coroner Jermon at the inquest yes terday. "He could not endure being in debt. He never allowed a bill to go un paid or a. favor unacknowledged. "His father had set down this prin ciple as a rule of life for bim to follow, and he did. H had a comfortable in eome. , Ho desired to return to Germany, but as he had made some investments in silver, he was afraid that if he left this country be would lose them. This was what worried him and probably led to his suk-Jde. rMVAL STATIONS NEED IECIlAfilS Additional Skilled Labor Needed for Repairs to Ships in Stations. ,) TEMPORARY CHANGE l?J RULES When the Battleship Fleet Reaches This Coast There Will Not be Sufficient Skilled Mechanics Here to Put the Vessel in Order. ' " - GIRL, KILLS HERSELF. TO SAVE CANADA PULPWOOD. Dominion Paper. Men Ask Premier Prevent Exhaustion of Resource. to 'NEW! YORK, Oct. lO-The earthquake OTTAWA, Oct. 18. The government was asked to nrevent. the wholesale ex- of large proportion which was registered lport 0f pulpwood to the United States, by seismographs at Albany and Wash-fX delegation representing tho pulp auli paper section of the Canadian Manufac ington this morning has not been located after inquiry, among all the, cable com panies for interruptions of communica tions. Lines running through the West Indies and Central and South America were all reported working smoothly and officers of companies said none of their offices nor those of their connecting lines to the south had reported any earthquake disturbance.' ..'.'-:;. TOMBOY PLANT NEARLY READY. turer's Association had an interview with the prime minister at noon, in reference to their interests, particularly as to the legislation necessary to pre vent exhaustion of Canadian pulpwood resources through exports to the United States. Among the members of the delegation were J. 8. Rolland, president of the asso ciation; C. Riordan of St. Catherine's Grace Thompson, Unequal to Straggle For Existence, Takes arbolic Acid, ...BUTTEt Oct 18.7-Orace Thompson, Jf years of age, died this morning at six 0 clock from the effects of a dose of carbolic acid she took in her room in the Boston block last night. With her mother, Mrs. Thomas Brady, the girl had been living in the lodging house. The mother had been in. poor .health and whatever food she received came from the daughter. From persons in the block it was learned today that the young girl had been despondent over the financial straits of the family and that she probably took the poison to end her life and relieve herself of further re sponsibility. One of the roomers last nicht ift going through the hall heard uie noise 01 ine girt groaning ana open ing the door of room 19 found the worn an in bed breathing heavily and a strong smell of carbolic acid in the room. He looked around and found a one-ounce bottle on the floor. After some time Dr. W. C. Matthews was secured and he worked with the unfortunate girl for a number of hours, but without effect. The body was removed to White & Krebs' unertaking rooms where an inquest will be held this evening at 7 0 clock. Improvements Will Greatly Facilitate; and Cheaper Ore Handling. DKXVKli Oct. 10.The improvements undertaken by the Tomboy Gold Mines Co. of Telluride during the past sum mer are well advanced toward comple tion and the mill wiH probably b ready to run inside of the next 60 days. The improvements consists of a set of large furnace for drying both con centrate and tailings, a magnetic separa tor, a system of tanks for dewatering the tailings and the installation of a large number of WHdfley tables, together with automata elevator, conveyors, etc., for handling the ore as it passes through its different stages of treatment almost entirely by mechanical means.. .' Two .new. buildings have been built and- most of the machinery is in place. The owning company, set aside $100,000 for these improvements, which are ex pecfocVto make a further net saving of A' m J i.l mi ..It L - si per ton 01 ore .treated, me estimate of the amount of ore in sight is upward of 600,000 tons. Wlhile these improve ments are in progress the 60-stamp mill is running, full capacity, handling about 300 tons per day. PORTLAND MAN PRESIDENT. . . NORFOLK, Oct. 16.-"The American Association of Traveling . Passenger agents in 34th "annual session, today se lected Seattle as " the next place of meeting and M. J. Roche, of Portland, wa elected presidents f ' ((( wr 1 -awr , , 'Ik . A . . . Lipton -If 1 can only put salt on that bird's tail, it's mine. Sir Thomas Lipton will endeavor again to lift America's cup, and he thinks his new yacht will be a winner. News Item. - . ' i . WASHINGTON, Oct. 16.-The situa tion at Pacific Coast naval stations and yards is such that some means must be found to secure additional skilled me chanics for sot only is there insufficient labor to put the battleship fleet in order when it arrives on the coast, but there ia actually insuiHient force to keep up with the demand for enrrent repairs of ships now in stations. ' ; . Temporary relief may be found, it is hoped, by the navy department for re laxation of rules for employment of la bor in navy yards so as to permit appli cants for such work to file their appli cations by mail instead i of presenting them in person as is now required. As soon as congress assembles the ease will be carried before that body with a rec ommendation that legislation may be had to secure a force of labor sufficient to meet the need of the Pacific Coast yards, not only for the present but for the future. TRIES TO GET WIFE BY MAIL. tm promises big result from the work. Within a few days a number of Michi gan operators who are largely interested in the Wedge will be out to make an investigation. TRIAL ASCENTS POSTPONED. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 16,-Weather condi tions interfered with the plans of two of the ballooning teams that are here to compete in the international cup luces Monday and trial ascents planned for the day were postponed. The weath er however did not bother the other teams which spent the afternoon looking over their machines for possible rents acquired in transit. . REV. RYDQUIST AT TACCIfA, TAOOMA, Oct. 16.-The Festivities of the Church of Chrutt" was the sub ject chosen by Rev. O. E. Rydquist of As toria,5 Ore.; ia the opening address of the Columbia conference of the Augustan synod last night at the first Evange lical Lutheran Church. The conference will be in session the remainder of the week and is attended by many pastor from over the Pacific Coast FALSE IMPRISONMENT SUIT. SAX ITUNCISCO, Oct. 16.-Suit wa filed this afternoon by Fremont Older against Luther G. Brown, G. A. Wyman, and Ben Cohn, alleging false imprison ment and demanding damages of $102,' 250. The suit grows out of the recent kidnapping of Older, the three defend ants having been concerned in that adventure. YESTERDAY'S BASEBALL SCCSES. At San Francisco San Francisco 1, Portland 8. At Los AngelesLos Angeles 5, Oak land 0. f,IEEE'GADJ:ilffl Station Agent Writes to New York Chief of Police for Blonde Lady. ' KANSAS CITY, Oct. 16. W. S. jTSndress, agent for the Missouri Pacific Railroad at C'entropous, who , put an application for one of the cargo of! "marriageable maids" landed by the Wlhite Star Steamship Baltim a couple of weeks ago, is still waiting results. "Mr letter seems to have reached about all the single women in the coun try except the Baltic bunch"' Childress complained last night. "I've had replies from Arkansas and Missouri, nd way up in Canada, but not a nibble from the Scandinavian blondes. I sent my letter to the New York chief of police and told him to look the bunch over and use his discretion. Instead cf that be used his nerve and handed it over to the newspapers." Childress has been married before. His ret wife was a blonde and he wants another 0 fthe same kind. That's why I sent in for these Swede girls," he explained. "They are tow- headed and good-tempered giw. I'm no piker. I own my little property, here, which brings me in good rent, and my job is good for $70 s month. , I figure that these foreign girls would not nave the spending habit so bad as American girls have and would know how to save a man's money. Of course, there' the drawback of their not speaking English, perhaps, but I could teach them enough to keep house, on." , Childress still lias hopes of hearing from the Baltic cargo. "They probably had a lot of applica tion at the start." he said, "and are sifting m down. WTien the pikers and four-flushers are thrown out and the girls get down to business, l'm&j still IMS m ivo .mining v ' . -. Fight for Control Will tsVajcd Tcday. ALTA, UTAH, MINE SHOWS, WELL. Columbus Wedge Has Four Feet of Ore Cropping Ont for, 100 Feet. SALT LAKE, Oct. 16. With four feet of ore exposed for 100 feet along the vein that numerous samples show averages better than $150 a ton in sil ver, lead and gold, the management of the Columbus Wjedge, at Alta, Utah, is pleased with the outlook. ; .... ; The ore found in ail the workings or holes made along the vein, which anka great porphyry dyke that cuts through fro rathe South Columbus west erly for a long distance, is character- isue of the rich carbonates and chlorides that were mined, in the early days of the camp. It has one characteristic that is not .found in the arty day de posits it makes along ' the porphyry dyke, while the rich deposits in the old mines were invariably found in Assures. It is the purpose to open this vein both byshaft and tunnel and Manager Jacob- WILL START OYER DIHECTCHS Delay Waa Caused by Inability of the Election Inspectors Appointed to Act as Committee on Credentials to Fin nish Their Work. CHICAGO, Oct. IQ. A meeting of the Illinois Central stockholders which was called at noon today was finally ad journed late in the afternoon until to morrow at 9 o'clock. No vote on the directors was taken and it is possible that none will be reached before a late hour tomorrow. It is generalfy expected, however, that an early, session will see a new directorate established. The de lay was caused by the inability of three 1 election inspectors appointed to act as i a committee on credentials in considering proxies to finish their work. Adjourn ment 'was taken after an earnest tilt between William Nelson Cromwell, Har ri man's leading counsel and James A. Patten, prominent member of the Chi cago Board of Trade. Cromwell desired that the meeting be adjourned until 8:30 tonight while Patten was set on having it taken until 9 tomorrow morning. ASKS DEFINITE ANSWER. ' STOCKHOLM. Oct. 16.-oest4 Kyhl berger,, in an interview today on the subject of the proposed Swedish chal-. lenge for the America's cup, said that he had cabled to Secretary of the Swed ish Legation requesting him to ask the New York Yacht Club to answer definite ly before October 21 if the challenge for a series of races with a 70-foot yacht would be accepted. ' . TWO SHOT IN A FIGHT. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Oct. 16. In a raid on an alleged oleomargarine factory by Internal Revenue officials this morning. EdwardyDaly, a Federal officer, was shot through the breast, and H. C. Moorman, owner of the suspected creamery, wa shot in the grain. Both may die. R. H. Love, of Kansas City, revenue agent, accompanied by four officers, gained entrance to the building in which Moorman operated a creamery company. While the Federal officers were going up stairs Mohorman opened fire. Daly fell, but not before one of the party had shot Moorman. No incriminating evidence waat found. ' , , . V'