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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1908)
A SHAMEFUL RECORD Warrants Out for Henry Blunk on Grave Charges. A SAD STORY OF DEPRAVITY The Law Invoked to It Limit of Punishment for Dual Crime Against Respectable FamilyArrested at ' Portland Yesterday. G. I Millard, a Clatsop couuty farmer, dwelling 21 miles south of the city of Seaside, yesterday alter noon, swore to two separate com plaints against one Henry Blunk, a young timber-faller, working up the Deep River country; one, charging him with seduction; the other accus ing him of the crime of "taking away a female under the age of 16 years, without the consent of her parents." These impeachments were pleaded, and sworn to, before Justice P. J. Goodman, of this city, Assistant Dis trict Attorney John C. McCue prepar ing the documents in the case, and the warrants were immediately placed in the hands of Sheriff M. R. Pome roy, who left on the evening express for Portland, where, the alleged crim inal is being held by the authorities at .the instance of the outraged father, who succeeded in having the despoil er of his home and children captured on Monday night According to the simple and striaghtforward story of the unhappy father, this man Blunk began to pay attention to his second daughter, Miss Ethel Millard, something over a year ago, and as those attentions were of a surreptitious character and not to the father's and mother's liking, the girl who was but 18, was fre quently and seriously apprised of the danger she was running in accepting such overtures; but, as has happened since the days of old, the wise and loving counsel was ignored, and the companionship drifted and deepened, untli the sum of evil wherewith such intimacies are charged, developed in the ruin of the girl and an enforced agreement to save the unhappy situa tion by a marriage that was to have transpired yesterday; and which was obviated by the further, and fouler, crime, on the part of the same young . man, in enticing from home and damning to deeper , shame, the baby daughter of this farmer's humble home, the 14-year-old sister of his earlier victim, Clara, the youngest of Mr. and Mrs. Millard's three girls. It seems that immediately after the sad contretemps in the earlier case, some three weeks ago, and after he had sworn by all that love and duty could prompt a man to do, in the remedying of a dreadful . situa tion for which he was, primarily, re sponsible, this man Blunk went de liberately and sneakingly to work, to engage the innocent regard of the younger sister, who was not aware of the grave crisis overhanging her sister; in this he succeeded so well that the foolish child gave him her simple faith and permitted him to en trap her into a runaway marriage (?), . the same to be consummated up the Willamette Valley somewhere; and on Monday afternoon last, this child was beguiled from her school-books and school, in her simple home-garb, and persuaded to board the afternoon train out fo Seaside and join her lover at Clatsop; for he had laid his plans well and footed it to the little way station this side of the terminus, and climbed aboard the train he, himself, flagged. On boarding the train, he sauntered through the coaches and when he saw his victim, dropped into the seat with her, with all manner of surprised ejaculations at her presence, with the evident intention of bluff ing anyone who might have noted the meeting. But he overdid it The conductor and another of the train- . crew noted the little game, and when it was found that the couple were going to Portland on the train out of this city, the word was passed among the "boys," and Conductor Lowe, of the evening train, got next and near est to the whole thing without the need of the anxious telegram that overtook him en route from the dis tracted father, who had discovered the combination when the school-girl TEA was a royal indulgence two' hundred years ago. Tis yet. Tow srocr rehira. rnr BM7 K ftf Um't (to icbUituff'i BMtt sv Mar 1IM UflBK sills Thousands of American women in our homes are daily sacrificing their lives to duty. In order to keep the home neat and pretty, the children well dressed and tidy, women overdo. A female weakness or displacement is often brought on and they Buffer in silence, drifting along from bad to worse, knowing well that they ought to have help to overcome the pains and aches which daily make life a burden. It is to these faithful women that LYDIAE.PINKHAr.rS VEGETABLE COMPOUND comes as a boon and a blessing, as it did to Mrs. F. Ellsworth, of Mayville, N. Y, and to Mrs. W. P. Boyd, of Beaver Falls, Pawho say: " I was not able to do my own work, owing to the female trouble from which I suffered. Lydia E. Plnkham's Vege UbleCompound helped me wonderfully, and I am so well that I can do as big a day's work as I ever did. I wish every sick woman would try it FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bearing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges tion,dizziness,ornervou8 prostratioa Why don't you try it ? Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass. did not come home at the usual hour in the afternoon. Conductor Lowe did his whole duty in the premise, and on the arrival of the train at Portland, the girl was taken over by the Young Women's Christian Association, and the brutish cha'p that had lured her from home, found himself in the uncompromising hands of the police, who had been put in touch with the escapade. Catherine E. Barnum, of the Y. W. C. A. depot squad, to whose safe and capable custody Clara Millard was turned over, at once got the child's story in all its bearings and lost no time in wiring the unhappy parents. And, in obedience to instructions from the Millard home, Clara was sent back to Seaside on the noon ex press of yesterday, and is now safely lodged against the stupid wiles of such as Blunk. Blunk will be brought to this city today by Sheriff Pomeroy, and the case will take its due course at the bar of justice. Assistant District At torney McCue will see to it that he is rigorously prosecuted on both charges; and if the victims of his lust and folly will but stand by the true tales of their experiences at his hands he will not know much of freedom for many a year to come. Mr. Millard, the father of the family, is a man of unusual intelli gence and nice address, and feels deeply the burden of disgrace that has fallen to his lot and that of his patient wife; but he is one of those men, whose citizenship is of a sort to bear still more in such a cause, in order that society may be purged of the presence of such beasts of prey as this man Blunk has shown himself to be; and, with the aid of his un happy children, will prosecute him to the farthest limit of the law. He is a quiet, unassuming man of about 50; a hard working, laV-abiding, Chris tian man, who, with his wife, enjoys the respect of all who know and deal with them, down i nthe coast country; and when he started up here yester day, to pursue the legal steps re quisite in the case, he was repeatedly offered unstinted help from, leading citizens there who sympathized with him in the extraordinary dual load of bitterness, that has been thrust upon him, but he declined all such over tures, until, as he said, his "last re source should be exhausted and he had to turn to his friends." It is an exceedingly sad case and one that should be plummed to the last depth of rigid investigation and to which the concurrent rigor of re prisal should be applied. . J THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON. MARINE MATTERS IN AN ECLIPSE WENONA STARTS TOMORROW UNDER NEW AUSPICES -ASUNCION DOWN AND OUT FOR CALIFORNIA H AN ALEI DUE IN. Yesterday was one of the real dull days that infrequently fall at this seaport. There was practically no marine movement on the bay aside from the regular local packets which made their customary rounds of the bay and river points; and little, if any, activity on the upper river and none on the bar. Tomorrow morning at 5:30 o'clock the steamer Wenona, of the Gray's River Transportation Company, will make her initial trip hence to that river and territory, under the new ownership to which she has fallen on her purchase from the Callender Na vigation Company. Captain W. E. Hull had her enrolled yesterday at the Custom House, as the law re quires when a vessel changes owners, and filed the bill of sale indicating that possession had duly passed to himself and John Johnson and Oscar Oleson, for the sum of $9000. She will berth at the Callender dock as usual and her schedule wil be given out later. The oil tank steamer Asuncion ar rived down from Portland yesterday, and went to sea and the coast of California in her usual sturdy fashion, and independence of bar conditions. The steamer Hanalei is due in from San Francisco today and will berth at the Callender pier on her arrival The steamship Roanoke will return I down on Friday morning next, out- j ward bound for her California itiner ary; and the Rose City will follow ; her down on practically the same quest, 24 hours later. WEDNESDAY, MARCH II, 1908., ORIENTAL RUGS. Why Those That Are Mads by Hand4 Work Cost So Much. The simple apparatus Is still In use ' m outlying districtshome dye tubs j filled with colors extracted from sheep's blood, larkspur, Indigo, tumer ic, saffron, mulberry, walnut husks, brass combs for carding and distaffs whirled by hand. Between two sticks held horizontally by supports at tbe ends are strung threads drawn taut, harp fashion. Then worsted yarn ts passed over and under tbe strings twice. Songs are sung-songs trans mitted from old to young, so ancient some of them, that they are In a tost language and these songs tell the weaver what colors to tie In as she progresses with the pattern. Each district has its own patterns and songs. After each knot tbe ends of the yarn are scissored off to form the pile. In a close woven piece like Kir man, measuring a mere 5 by 8 feet, there are 400 knots to the square Inch. As tbe weaver's speed is about three knots a minute, four years of continuous labor would be required on sucb a rug. Within that time some fingers would stop weaving forever; others would go on with It Was It any wonder, the rug hunter asked me. that no two old rugs, even from tbe same village and the same household, were ever Just alike? A bereavement would Induce a greater unconscious nse of white; a bridal would turn the weaver's thoughts to scarlet and vic tories' of war to yellow. Local environ ment family happenings, removals from town to desert and desert to mountain, would enrh hnve effect Goh slp of harems, the tinkle of silver anklets, the alarms of brigands, the elations of religious, nil would go Into tbe rug. Then," I Interrupted the hunter, "If they still dye and. weave as of old, rugs are being made now that eventu ally will be beautiful and valuable?" If the west were willing to say to tho east, "We will give you five or ten years to make a rug," If it would say that, then age nntUgentle wear would do the rest. But the west won't. It has mansions In Increasing numbers to fit out at once. So It has Introduced ani line dyes and machine carders and spinning Jennies and collective weav ing and Is otherwise bustling produc-tlon.-Franklln Clarkin In Everybody's Magazine. The Commercial One of the coziest and most popular resorts in the city is the Commercial A new billiard room, a pleasant sitting room and handsome fixtures all go to make an agreeable meeting place for gentlemen, there to discuss the topics of the day, play a game of billiards and enjoy the fine refreshments serv ed there. The best of goods are only handled, and this fact being so well known, a large business is done at the Commercial, on Commercial street, near Eleventh. A very swell line of very nice and tasty designs, some thing you will like. Prices range from $1 to $1.50. Jk Our Spring showing in Hats is, we be! lie ve, the best that has ever been shown in Astorio $3 to $3.50. See window. To the Ladies IjSrSSfS common phrase, "simply immense." Your boy will always iook nice in our ooys ciomes. rricea aic reasonable -$2.50 up. Hart chaffner & Marz Clothes This year's styles have not changed very much. H. S. & M. Clothes never go to extremes, yet they are always in the lead. $18 to $35 LEADER IN NOBBY CLOTHES DRIHD Cares Biliousness, Sick Headache, Sour Stom- pVi TnmM TJvit and chronic Constioation. T mtmI!tta CmU Crwtfi pimples and blotches. was ww w r -jm w 1 W to tabe MIAUU TV A A Mil ijiuj it U Cleanses the system thoroughly and clears sallow complexions of Pleasant guaranteed P. T. LAURIN. OWL DRUO STORE. NEW TO-DAY OO-CARTS THAT CO. A mother's pride in her dainty baby finds expression in the folding go cart in which the infant traverses its limited way in the world. The per fect thing in this line, at rational cost, is to be found at the Zapf Furniture & Hardware Company. They are prettily upholstered, rubber-tired and fold compactly. And best of all, they are selling like hot-cakes, at $7.50. Look them up at once. The Clean Man. The man who delights in personal cleanliness, and enjoys his shave, shampoo, haircut, and bath, in As toria, always goes to the Occident barber shop for these things and gets them at their best. To The Peopje. In submitting my name to the elec tors of the Fifth Judicial District for their consideration for the office of District Attorney of said District, I desire to say that if I am nominated and elected, I will, during my term of office, honestly, vigorously and impartialy perform all the official duties pertaining to said office, with out fear or favor, endeavoring always to accord to every individual, irre spective of party, politics or person alities, a square deal under the law, keeping always uppermost in my mind the interests of the tax payers of said District and State. E. B. TONGUE. ; For Good Wood From the Tongue Point Lumber Company, 16-inch stove length. Call up Prael-Eigner Transfer Co., Phone 221 When You Travel Be sure that your ticket reads vl" the O. R. & N. and connections, it THE VERDICT OF OUR PATRONS i Wj It No one has ever complained either di rectly or indirectly against the quality of our food products, and once you are acquainted with our quality you will have no complaint on the prices! either Acme Grocer y Co. THE UP-TO-DATE GROCERS 521 COMMERCIAL STREET PHONE 681 costs no more than via other lines. Through tickets to and from all prin cipal points in the United States, Canada and Europe. G. W. Roberts, Agent, O. R. & N Dock, Astoria,, "Modern" Delights. When a man l asses under the hands of a barber he wants the best skilled treatment to be had In that line. In Astoria, the man in search of such manipulation, goes direct to Petersen's "Modern" shop, at 572 Commercial, and gets it in any of the six chairs maintained. New Grocery Store. Try our own mixture ot coffee the J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables. Badollet & Co,, grocers. Phone Main 1281. Just received a new line of umbrella covers. See C. H. Orkwitz, 137 Tenth street ,' ' Kodak Supplies. A full line of films, papers, cameras, kodaks, etc., just received at Hart's Drug Store. ( The Palace Restaurant The ever-increasing popularity of the Palace Restaurant is evidence of the good management, and the serv ice, at this popular dining room. ForV a long time the reputation ' of the house has been of the best and it does not wane as time progresses. The system used, that of furnishing the finest the market affords, and all san be obtained, in season, is t plan that will always win, coupled as it Is with the best of cooking and prompt service. A common saying nowadays, is "Get the Palace habit" i Will lady who bought the cream cake at the St. Agnes' Guild sale two weeks ago please return the plate to Miss Crang's Art Store.' - The very best board to be obtained In the city la at "The Occident Hotel Rates very reasonable. .'