"TTH FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1908.
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SPIRITED PROTEST IS
FILED
SINGING LETTER FROM WES
SINGER ON INTERESTING
TOPIC YESTERDAY'S CON
FERENCE ON THE LOCAL
OPTION ISSUES NOW ON
FOOT. V
"Portland, Or., April 22, 1908.
"Editor of the 'Astorian,'
"Astoria, Ore. ,
"Dear Sir: Our local agent in your
city has sent us a clipping from yes
terday's paper, relative to local op
tion petitions which are being circu
lated for Wards 2, 3, 4 and 5. It. is
staied in this article that one of the
reasons for the circulation of these
petitions is the alleged threat of the
Webhard Estate people that they
won;.! see to it that Wards 6 and 7
(now dry) would go wet in due time",
or words to that effect.
"We would like to ask you where
you receied the information on which
this assertion is based, as we are very
much interested to know who" would
all stich s wilful falsehood about a
arm whi- h has at all times shown
nor only its willingness to obey the
few?, rules, vnil regulations governing
the city of Astoria, whether local or
state, but lias also maintained and
proven its friendship for ybur city at
all times. It is hardly worth while
t emphasize the fact that at no time
have thj Weinhard Estate people
mixed up with your local politics, and
we 'will say once and for all that
neither Mr. Paul Wessinger, who
visits Astoria only once in a great
while, nor Mr- Buttner, who visits
your city regularly in the interests of
the firm, have ever presumed or
thought of presuming to dictate the
opening up of any ward in the city of
Astoria that its citizens want dry.
These are the only two gentlemen
who could with authority speak on
the subject, and if anyone else has
assumed to speak for them, it has
been without their knowledge or con
sent, and under no circumstances
could anyone else have done or said
anything in this matter as voicing
the sentiments of the Henry Wein
hard Estate.
"In conclusion, we will say, that we
very much resent any statements made
by irresponsible or malicious parties,
who evidently seek to influence inno
cent and uninformed citizens against
a firm, which has always been sin
cerely concerned in the welfare of
Astoria. Very truly yours,
"Estate of H. Weinhard, Dec'd.,
i "Per PAUL WESSINGER."
The reading of the foregoing let
ter, was the initial proceeding had at
the conference held yesterday morn
ing at the Astoria Chambr of Com
merce rooms, between the committee
of Business-men and the representa
tives of the Astoria Civic League, up
on the mutually interesting subject
of the proposed petitions for local
lately formulated in city precincts
Noss. 2, 3, 4 and 5, of this city; the
abeyance of which was sought by the
Business-men as inopportune and ill-
advised at this season, when so much
of importance and commercial inter
est, is afoot in the city, that might.be
delayed and actually defeated, U th
"dry" program were-insisted upon.
The conference of yesterday was
the result of the meeting of the Pro
motion Committee of the Chamber of
Commerce on Wednesday morning
last, when J. T. Ross was deputed to
m.wxi Civic- I.eautid neonle and
endeavor to get them to confer on the
subject: .and was well atended by
about 30 of the leading citizens, stand
ing for both issues', but Ml thoroughly
imbued with the urgency of reaching
an equitable understanding that
should avoid any unnecessary sacrifice
th. iitv itself or to the
ethical interests involved. ,
Rev. W. S. Gilbert appeared as the
spokesman for the Civic League, and
. . . .J .....
he made a straignt-iorwaru siai
ment of the entire willingness of the
I.eairue to withdraw the pending pcti
. ..-...,. 1 it an
tions tor local option, iuwv-oam,
agreement (not a compromise) could
be reached, whereby the saioonmcn
of Astoria would, over ; their own
signatures, consent to abide by the
four followimr stipulations, for a per
iod of two years, to-wit:
"That the petitions alleged to be in
circulation in precincts Nos. 6 and 7,
of this city, for the avowed purpose
of re-establishing the saloons in
those precincts (now 'dry') be imme
diately withdrawn:
"That the Sunday closing law be
literally and voluntarily enforced, un
der the penalty of immediate tonei
lure of existing licenses, and for that
period:
"That ganfbling, dancing, minors,
and women, be absolutely excluded
from all saloons of the city, now,
and for jthe period noted:
"That the saloonmen use their
united influence' to prevent the issu
ance of any more liquor licenses in
the City of Astoria, for the said term
of two years."
Mr. Gilbert was in a position to
pledge the good faith of the Civic
people in these premises and said so
unequivocally. The bases for the out
lining of his proposals had been sug
gested to his people by the delegate
from the Business-men's meeting of
Wednesday, Mr. Ross, and he asked
that the program be met and carried
out, and his request was carried out
instanter by Mayor Wise who moved
the appointment of a committee of
six, three from the League and three
from the Business-men's group; and
around this motion there was sprung
an interminable, yet interesting, scries
of talk from all the leading men on
both sides. There were bright, apt
and convincing suggestions of all
kinds from all sources, the leading
exponents of the hour and topics be
ing Messrs. J. H. Whyte, W. E.
Schimpff, J. T. Ross, F. J. Carney, J.
W. Welch, John Manciet, Norris
Staples, Rev. C. L- Owen, Judge C. J.
Trenchard, William Ross, Mayor
Herman Wise, and others, all of whom
were deeply interested in the friendly
ssue of the controversy. The result, of
the wide range of the discussion was
the success of the motion, and the ap-'
pointment of Messrs. Herman Wise,
F. J. Carney and W. E. Schimpff, by
Chairman" Frank Patton, who had
presided over the meeting with scrupu
knts fairness during the long two
hours of its duration; and the imme-
liate appointment of Messrs. Albert
Carlson, R. M. Gaston and U L.
Owen, by Mr. Gilbert, on the part of
the Civic League. Ths closed a lively
nid interesting session, and the rest
of the work in this behalf is now, in
the hands- of the joint committee,
which will formulate the pledge, "or
agreement, and submit it for signa
ture, to the saloonmen - of Astoria,
with what success is, as yet, a matter
of conjecture to all concerned.
Reverting to the letter of Messrs.
Weinhard, or rather, of Mr. Paul
Wessinger, the Morning Astorian
begs to call his attention to' the fact
that in the local article referred to
him, this paper's authority for the in
troduction of the name of the Wein
hard Estate at that writing, is clearly
stated in the article itself; and that
the Astorian is not aware of the
source to which its informant owes
knowledge of the matter. The mat
ter was of large moment and the
gentleman giving the information en
tirely worthy of confidence, hefice the
Astorian's use of practical information
from an unquestioned source; to
which ' source it most respectfully
refefs Mr. Wessinger with the added
regret for having to make the ref
erence at all.
ADDITIONAL MARINE NOTES
The steamship Breakwater was
among the get-aways from Coos Bay
yesterday, with freight and pas-
The steamer Homer arrived down
from the metropolis yesterday and
went to sea and San Francisco.
SURGICAL TRAGEDIES
Mishaps That Follow In
Wake of Operations.
the
OBJECTS LEFT IN THE BODY.
Rteordd C Show That Tub,
Clamp, Sponge, Towil and Self
or Hav Been Forgotten or Over
looked Until Disclosed by Autopsy.
Accidents will happen In tho best reg
ulated of operations. Foivlgii bodies,
such ns forceps, siwnges, towels ami
gtuuse pads, are more frequently left In
the human body nftor operations tlmti
the public Is aware of. To bo sure, the
number of oporntlous In" which 'thin
happcus is small. It occura perhaps
once or twice In the course of 2.000
operations, Like nn eruption of Vesu
vius, however. It Is likely at any time
aud has imula'd the operations of some
of the best known surgoous of this
elty. They say It may occur again nut
withstanding the number of ai-lieines
which have been devised to prevent It.
No one knows the number of these
mishaps, ns ouly In relatively few cases
Is death followed by an autopsy. The
ttuuouneeuieut that "the operation was
success, but the patient died," may
cover a multitude of sins or omission
and commission so far as any one can
tell. Que may find In the files of the
"Annals of Surgery" the reports of be
tween 150 aud 'JOO cases In which ob
jects used In operations have .been left
in the body. These objects Include
tubes, clamps, sponges, towgls, forceps,
scissors and finger rings. Usually It
Is a piece of gauze or a sponge that Is
left In the wound. In 109 cases re
ported from Europe thirty-one sponges
and thirty-three pieces of gauze were
left In wouuds. Iu forty-three cases
death resulted. In the other sixty-sis
eases the articles worked their way snit
after remaining In the body for months
and sometimes years or were discover
ed and removed by ojwratlous perform
ed to relieve the pain caused by the
movements of these objects.
In one case a surgeon lost bis seal
ring. It finally pushed its way to the
surface of the body of a person on
whom he bad operated and wus re
turned to Its owner. In another a pair
of forceps circulated about the abdom
inal cavity of a "ense" for four years
before being recovered. Pieces of
gauze five feet long aud a yard( wide
have been removed from persons on
whom operations had beeu formed
It seems strange to tho layman that
anything should be able to escape the
surgeon In such a small cavity ns I
likely to be created In tho body In the
course of an oeratloii. Especially does
it seem Impossible that anything should
be lost in view of the extreme care
takeu to prevent It. Mauy surgeous
have .worked out methods of proce
dure for operations with the Intention
of eliminating the posnlbil!ty of the loss
of anything used. Unfortunately even
these have never projvcu Infallible.
The most usual method Is to have ev-i
erythiug counted by a nurse before
the operation begins. Before the wound j
Is closed each article Is uccounted for
by a recount. Some surgeons have had
experiences which led them to triple
the number of persons responsible for
the appliances, each to check the counts
of all the others. Other surgeons have
the gauze pads In packages of half a
dozen oca dozen. Ouly oue package
is opened at a time, aud Its contents
must be accounted for before the next
is opened. Tying tapes to each gauze,
pad or. Instrument Inserted lu a wound
is another precaution. A prominent
Brooklyn surgeon devised a check sys
tem similar to that use by baggage
men. A quantity of glass checks were
numbered, there being two of each
number, and to each set of duplicates
was attached a tape. To every article
used In the operation one of these
tapes with the cheek attached was fas
tened. Whenever, for Instance, a piece
of gauze was taken from a basin for
use one of the cheeks was removed
and placed In the basin. Before the
wound was stitched each article rep
resented by these detached checks bad
to be accounted for.
Notwithstanding such precautions, In
four recorded cases large sponges were
torn In half while the operation was
In progress and one of the halves
placed in the wound and lost sight of.
When the count was made there was
the same number of sponges as at the
beginning of the operation. The miss
ing half was forgotten and the wound
closed.
A surgeon In describing one of these
mishaps says:
"A young surgeon, assisted by an
older surgeon, performed the operation.
The older one tore a sponge In half and
tucked half of it iu without snying any
thing about it. The woman died of
shock, and the sponge was removed at
the postmortem examination, much to
the surgeon's surprise.- as a count of
sponges gave the number with which
the operation had been begun." '
Another way in which n reputable
surgeon may be madw tho victim of
this kind of an accident Is Illustrated
In this settlement, made by an Ameri
can practitioner:
"I have had two unfortunate expert
tnces In regard to foreign bodies re
maining in the abdominal cavity, one
occurring u few years ago when using
the old fashioned springes, the patient
dying from general peritonitis. On
occurred about three years ago In which
a small gauze sponge was left, tho pa
tient iiuiVr n good recovery, but on a
reappearance of the disease a year
after tho BKnae whs found on explore
Hon. This Is an accident to be regret
ted. I hnvo always been fortunate In
reference to forceps aud Instruments,
and lu the first case to which I referred
1 had trusted entirely to my assistant
who assured me all the sponges were
Recounted for.' ; After , the deiith of the
patient nmlou innUlng an autopsy, yuu
can Imagine my sorrow and chagrin In
tlmllug u small sponge In the alxlom
tnnl cavity,"
Even when the count does not tally
and It Ik evident that something I
mlnslng, tho accident which may cost
a life happens.
"It was a spoiigo about the slue of n
small hen's egg, lust lu tlio abdominal
cavity, thanks to the assistance of a
visiting surgeon," said one surgeon In
reporting his experience, "A prominent
opwator from one of the large east
cm cities Mng present, 1 naked bin
to assist me, m was then so frequently
the custom. I did not feel at liberty tu
speak to him quite as I should ham
done to my usual assistant ltefotv
closing the wound tho customary
sponge want was culled for and show
ed oue missing. A thorough search of
the room failed to reveal It. I then
searched the cavity, as I thought, most
carefully. In tho meantime every us
slstunt-nnd there were many, as was
then the custom-expressed his views,
and It was decided that the misting
sponge was one which had been drop
pod during the process of cleaniug
Tho Incident was recalled and seemed
confirmed by my vain search of the
cavity. Peritonitis promptly followed.
not altogether unusual at that time,
and the postmortem four day Inter
revealed the spongo thoroughly cou
cealed In the upper part of the cavity."
?ot often, to be sure, but occasional
ly, the mistake is made of operating on
the wrong memlcr. A case Is reported
from Canada which Illustrates this. It
was that of a. diseased optic nerve. It
was feared that the disease would be
communicated to tho healthy nerve of
the other eye. aud It was decided that
to obviate this the diseased nerve and
eye should bo removed. The nature of
the malady was such that one could
not tell by appearance the diseased
from the healthy eye. Tho patlcut, be
Ing under the Influence of the anaes
thetlc, could not give any Information
on that' point. The healthy eye was
taken out.
"Of course you would feel like shoot.
Ing the surgeon." said the physician
who told the Incident to a representa
tive of the Tribune, "but there was
nothing to guide the surgeon,"
Since then Iu such a case It has be
come the custom to Indicate the eye
to be operated upon by an Identification
mark before the niieratlon Is undertak
en." New York Tribune.
TORNADO IN NEBRASKA.
BANCROFT, Neb, April 23.-A
tornado swept through Cumming
oounty and into Thurston county at
noon today and three people are
known to have been killed, and num
ber of persons were injured and num
erous houses destroyed.
GEN. LINEVITCH DEAD.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 23.-
Gcneral Lincvitch. died of pneumonia
tonight. He has been ill. a little over
a week and on several occasions ser
ious symptoms of heart failure mani
fested themselves.
GROVER CLEVELAND BETTER.
.
LAKEVVOOD, N. ., April 23.-
condition of former President Grover
Cleveland, about whom alarming re
ports wee ciculated today, was said
byIrs. Cleveland to be improved.
SULLIVAN WINS.
VERNON, Cal, April 23.-Mike
Sullivan tonight won the decision over
Jimmy Gardner after fighting 25
rounds all in favor of Sullivan, The
decision of James J. Jeffries, the ref
eree, was a popular one in spite of the
efforts by Gardner to show himself
entitled to some consideration as a
welterweight aspirant.
Sullivan had science and coolness,
but as usual lacked the steam to deliv
er a knockout blow, although there
were several times that he had him
at his mercy.
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