The morning Astorian., August 04, 1908, Image 1

33rd YEAR. NO. 178
ASTORIA, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1908
PRICE FIVE CENTS
AUTO WRECK
KILLS FIVE
Machine Plunges Down a
Steep Embankment
3 LADIES, 2 CHILDREN
Victims Were Prominent in San
Francisco Society Two '
Others Injured
EMERGENCY BRAKES.REFUSE
Ctr Strikes Tree and Occupant! Art
Hurled to the Hard Road Fifteen
Feet Below, Second Similar Acci
dent in 24 Hours,
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 3.-Com-ing
down a steep grade in the hill
west of Burlingamc at a high speed,
an automobile driven by Mitt Ethel
McCormack and occupied by (our
other women and two children all of
San Mateo, suddenly swerve'! from
the road at a result of broken brakes
and plunged straight down an em
bankment, causing the death of three
women and two children and injur
ing the other two. The victim of the
disaster, the second of its kind near
San Francisco within 48 hours, were:
Mrs. Thomas A. McCormack. her
daughters, Miss Clara and Miss
' Ethel. Miss Irago O'Brien and the
latter's two infant children and Miss
E. G. McCauley of San Francisco. Of.
these seven, Mrs. McCauley and Miss
Ethel McCormack, the driver, are
the only two alive. Miss McCormack
escaped with a sprained ankle and
some bruises. The accident was
caused by the breaking of the emer
gency brakes. Miss McCormack took
the wrong road and starting down the
steep hill and attempted to stop the
car with the emergency brakes. These
snapped and the girl then tried to
slack the speed by running close to
the enbankment. The car struck a
large rock which caused the car to
turn, Despite Mrs. McCormack's ef
forts to steer the machine, the auto
mobile dashed down the step grade,
striking head-on against a tree 35 feet
below, Plunging down the grade at
such terrific speed and stopping with
such suddnness, the occupants were
hurled out as if shot from a catapult,
landing on the hard road IS feet be
low, Mrs, McCormack was the wife
of. Thomas A. McCormack, president
of the McCormack Iron Works in
this city and Mrs. O'Brien was the
wife of the proprietor of the Key
stone Manufacturing Works in San
Mateo. Both families are prominent
socially.
CHEAP MURDERERS.
TACOMA, Aug. 3.-Early this
morning three men held up and killed
Motornvin Frank L. Brown on a P.
Street car, robbed the conductor
nbout $12 and made their escape.
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DANG THE DENGUE!.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Army
medical experts in the Philippines
have reported that Dengue fever,
which was prevalent some months
pgo at Fort McKinley, is not in their
opinion contagious, but is carried by
mosmiitos. It is recommended that
the usual well known and thorough
ly tested anti -mosquito measures be
tried at Fort Wm. McKinley and
wherever in the Philippines there is
any danger of a visitation of the disease.
BASEBALL OAMES.
National League.
Boston 4, Pittsburg 7.
Philadelphia 1, Chicago S.
New York 6, Cincinnati 0.
Brooklyn 2, St. Louis 0.
American League.
Cleveland 2, New York 0.
Northwest League.
Butte 6, Vancouver 3.
ANYTHING TO HELP.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-Out In
the Philippine the army is to conduct
a contest of the me of the underdo
thing of suitable color to protect the
troops against the actinic ray, While
the effect, of the sun in the Philip
pines and in the hotter portions of
India is said to be far different, it 1
believed that it would be adviseableto
nave a careful Investigation made as
to the cdvantages to be derived from
the use of underclothing of a color to
protect against this ray. According
ly, the depot quartermaster at .Phila
delphia ? now having prepared five
thousand suits of underwear and as
many list linings, all of an orange co
lor.
TO BE USED ONE WAY.
Washlntgon, Aug. 3, One hundred
observation telescopes are to be pur
chased by the ordinance deparment of
the army. They are to be used
coast artillery practice to watch the
fall of shots.
OXICENITIS NEXT!.
LONDON, Aug. .-Athletic cir
cles arc much interested in a publish-
in' record of experiment in the InhM
nion of oxijfen hj runners and sprin
gs which how that they were en
ablcd to M'ld their breath nr much
lonuer p'ediods and to make faster
time without the symptoms of dis
tress usually present after racing.
Of the "Heney Indictments" by
the Government
DR. W. L. DAVIS FINED $500
Former Mayor of Albany, After In
dictment of Perjury Had Been With
drawn, Pleaded Guilty of Conspir
acy to Defraud Government.
PORTLAND. Aug. 3,-Eleven of
the so-called "Heney indictments" in
connection with the land frauds al
leged to have been committed in this
state were dismissed today by the
government. Others it was stated
would also have been dismissed but
for the fact that some of those indict
ed were connected with the cases.
Ex-Congressman Hermann and
Williamson, and it is expected finally
a very few others, than those affect
ing the ex-congressman, will come to
trial. Those cases were not dismiss
ed today and were set for trial in the
September term, of the Federal court.
With, the excepton of the Herman
case, which was set tor trial on
November 9th, and the Williamson
case which is understood to follow
immediately after the Sherman trial.
Previously to dismissing the indict
ments today, Dr. W. L. Davis, the
former Mayor of Albany, after the
indictment charging him with perjury
had been withdrawn he pleaded guilty
of conspiracy to defraud the govern-
ment of public land and was fined I
$500. In In passing sentence on Dr.
Davis, Judge Wolvcrton said that it
appeared that the defendant acted,
hastily, rather than with the intent to
evade the law. Clark B. Loomis, an
other defendant entered a plea of
guilty, Sentence in the case was
suspended pending the arrival of the
subsequent cases.
ELEVEN
DISMISSED
DEATH ROLL
YET UNKNOWN
Fifteen of the Fernie Fire
Victims Found
LIST MAY REACH 15U
Reports From Different Points
VaryEarly Reports Ex
aggerated RELIEF TRAINS EN ROUTE
Rumor That the Fire Started in
Three Places at Once and Was
Started by Members of the Black
Hand Society.
SPOKANE, Aug. 3.-The staff cor
respondent of the Spokacsman Re
view wires from Fernie tonight: When
the night fell over the ashes of Fer
nie, the bodies of 15 fire victims had
been found. Among them were Mrs.
Addie Turner, widow aged 75, Walter
Ford, a miner, Mrs. Ford and two
children. The bones of two uniden
tified children and of a man named
Lane; a colored woman; body of an
unknown man; Anderson, engtner
of the coal company; Robert Kern,
and three unknown bodies. It is be
lieved that the death list in Fernie
and vicinity will reach 150. The re
port that 60 had perished in the Elk
Lumber Company's camps is denied.
The Ford family perished in a well
where they had sought safety.
VANCOUVER. Aug. 3.-A mes
sage received this evening from Fer
nie says that 12 bodies had been re
covered from the ruins. Fears are
expressed for the safety of a hundred
persons, though many of the missing
may have become separated from
their friends in the general conflagra
tion. It is the general opinion this
evening that the casualty list as an
nounced yesterday and repeated this
morning was greatly exaggerated.
Last night Thomas Biggs, secretary
of the Miners' Union at Fernie who
was wedded at thisi city, said he be-
ieved 170 persons had been burned
to death. Late today the Associated
Press correspondent at Nelson after
interviewing the refugees from the
burned city wired that their deaths
will not exceed a score. He adds
that the report that 60 men and sev
eral women had perished in Elk
Creek logging camp is now generally
discredited. A message from Hosmer
this afternoon says that the resi
dences on. that townsite were burned
this morning but that Tipple and
th
mine building of the Canadian
Pacific Railway is still safe. Another
fire also occurred at Michael today.
though nt' midnight Sunday, news was
that that town was out of danger,
The women and children have all
been removed to east of Michael. A
pecial to Vancouver province from
Nelson says a rumor is persistent that
fire started in three separate places
at once and it looked as though some
one had started them intentionally. It
s asserted that the friends of the
Black Hand prisoners who escaped
last week and who were recaptured
were responsible for the conflagra
tion, igniting the timber to create a
diversion and liberate the prisoners.
The story is doubted but is persist
ent and is accepted by some of the
prominent Fernie men.
Relief trains with provisions, cloth
ing, hosiptal stores, nurses and physi
cians are enroute to Fernie from
(Winnipeg and Vancouver. It is defi-
initcly announced this evening that the
i town of Coal Creek, that was report
ed to have been destroyed, is practi
cally uninjured. The loss at Fernie
and suspending points is probably
larger than that originally made.
WINNIPEG, Aug. 3.-The de
struction of life and property in the
fire which raged in the cast Kootenay
since Sunday still continues. Tonight
the Michel situation is critical. The
number of dead is now estimated at
125. From 5000 to 7000 men, women
and children are in flight from the
flame-swept region, in the region of
Crow's Nest, They are camped In
Cranbrook and the surrounding hills.
The relief of food and clothing is
anxiously awaited. Late tonight fires
are raging on all sides at Michael and
if high winds should arise, the de
struction will spread. Should the fire
cross the river and enter the town as
now seem likely, the entire place will
be doomed. In Fernie the loss of life
is greatest in the west end, where the
flames spread so rapidly It was Im
possible to outrun the approaching
heat. Searching parties are bringing
in bodies every hour.
SOLIMAN GETTING GOOD.
CONSTANTINOPLE. Aug. 3.
The Imperial Hatto which was read
isht befcrs the Srfcl'mc
Porte was published yesterday. It
explains that the constitution was
suspended in the time of Safet Pasha
who vas grand visar from Jun to
f cccin'rr W$ consequence of va
rious intrigues.I declares the equal
ity i si! Ottomans wihout distinc
titi a to race or tcli-rior..
TRIAL TRIP TODAY.
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WASHINGTON, Aug. 3.-The in
ability to complete certain adjust
ments, prevented the trial flight of
the Baldwin airship at Fort Meyer
todav. The trial will occur tomor
Cattle Thieves Escape and Show
Bloody Fight
POSSE IN HOT PURSUIT
One of the Cattle Rustlers Killed
( Shooting is a Result of a Break For
Liberty Made by Thieves Held For
Cattle Stealing.
M'OKANE, Aug. 3.-A special to
the Spokesman Review from Lewis-
ton, Idaho, says:
George Moor, an alleged cattle
rustler is dead: A. J. Sloan and W.
P. Reed, his companions, wounded,
while Dean Carr, the complaining
witness, received five wounds late thi
evening in a gun fight in the Carr
homestead seven miles from Orofino
on the Perce City road. The shoot
ing is a result of a break for liberty
made by Rice and Reed who were
arraigned in Orofino this morning
charged with cattle stealing. The
men started at a breakneck speed out
of tht town and were joined in the
suburbs by Morre and Sloan for
whom the officers had been seeking
for several days on cattle stealing
charges. The outlaws followed the
Pierce City road and when within a
quarter mile from the Carr home
stead, they met Albert Carr and
Samuel Craig in the road. The des
peradoes opened fire and drove young
Carr and Craig to cover. The shots
were heard by Lian Larr, Aloert s
father, and he, with a rifle and three
cartridges started for the scene of
trouble. A telephone message from
Orofino warned Carr of the escape of
the cattle thieves and when the shoot
ing commenced he knew his son and
companion' had encountered the out
laws. When Dan Carr met the men,
a fusillade of shots grazed the ranch-
WAR
WITH OUTLAWS
FOREST EIRE
NEAR IQUIMI
Property Loss Is Said to
Exceed $250,000
BEYOND ALL CONTROL
A Thousand Men Fighting the
Flames That Threaten Log
ging Company's Camps
SWEEPS OVER 10,000 ACRES
Matches Carelessly Thrown in Under
brush Suns Fire That Makes Rapid
Progress in the Wind, 14,000 Acres
of Green Timber in Path.
ABERDEEN, Aug. 3. -Matches
carelessly thrown into the underbrush
by a traveler late this afternoon start
ed a forest fire 12 miles from Ho
quiam on the Humptulips road. The
fire got beyond control and has al
ready swept over 10,000 acres of slash
ings on which is piled 150,000,000 feet
of cut lumber, and threatens to de
stroy the logging camp of the Poul-
son Logging Co., Shaw & Nelson and
the Stockncll Logging Camp, 14,000
acres of green timber lie directly in
the path of it, and nnless the wind
which is now blowing a gale dies
down. A thousand men are now
fighting the flames, but at this time
were unable t to check its progress.
The property loss will exceed $250,
000, and is one of the worst fires ever
experienced in this section.
TAILORS MEAN BUSINESS.
Huge Strike About To Be Precipita
ted In New York.
NEW YORK. Aug. .v-Membcrs of
the United Brotherhood of Tailors
are again threatening a general strike
which if fulfilled will involve 30.000
coat makers and helpers. According
to the officials of the labor organiza
tion Henry White, general secretary
today will address a letter to the six
or seven hundred contracting tailors
in rvew York city requesting a con
ference with a committee on union
men on next Saturday afternoon to
discuss the question of an increase
wage scale and shorter hours for the
coat makers.
At present the men are working
Irom 11) to 11 hours and are receiv
ing $14 to $16 a week, while the
helpers are paid from $5 to $7 a
wek.
FOLLOWED HIS NOSE.
BOSTON, Aug. 3. It, became
known yesterday that Bishop Chas.
H. Brent, of the Philippine Islands
arrived in Boston Thursday after a'Myer'
hurried trip across the continent
from Vancouver, B. C, to undergo an
operation here for nasal trouble. The
operation was performed on Friday.
er but Carr killed Moore at the first
shot, and wounded Rice with a bul
let through the neck and sent a ball
through Reed's right arm. Carr him
self received two scape wounds,
neither of them are very serious. The
hooting was reported to Sheriff
Lydon and under his direction pos
sess were organized and started in
pursuit. The latest reports are that
the men had ben driven to cover on
the ridge between Orofino and Ford's
Creek and it is expected their cap
ture will be effected tomorrow.
HORRORS OF WAR.
LONDON, Aug. 3.-Telegraphing
Sunday from Tabriz, Persia, the cor
respondent of the Times ay: Hos
tilities were renewed yesterday and to
day there was shell fire again, consi
derable numbers of the shells burst
ing in the European and Christian
quarter of the city. Both the royal
ist and the anti-royalists need money
and are making force levies to obtain
funds. The business situation is pit
able. The le-occupantion of Sujbu
lak may occur at any time.
TARIFF ON BALOONS.
NEW yORK,Au"g. 3.'-The pro
gress n w being made in the develop
ment of the airship will probably re
sult in the incorporation in the next
tariif act of a special provision cov
ering the new engine of aerial nava
gation, customs officials say. The
present tariff law contains no provi
sion for airships, although balloons
are specified and pay duty at the rate
of 30 per cent advelorum. Customs
off dais have fallen back to the sec
tion t. the present revenue act which
specified that imported articles not en
umerated in the law shall pay duty
fecording to the component material
of chief value.
LORD ROBERTS CONDITION
MONTREAL, Aug. 3-Lord Rob
erts who had sufficiently recovered to
leave for Ottawa yesterday, will, it is
said, by his friends here, be obliged to
cancel his protected Canadian tour
and will sail for home next Friday. He
is acting on the advice of his physi
cian in England with whom he has
been in cable communication.
HIGH ENOUGH HEREL
. MELBOURNE. Aug. 3.-There is
a butter famine throughout Australia
and prices are rising rapidly.
IS
Dies From the Effects of an Op
eration for Cancer .
AFTER A LONG ILLNESS
Pettibone Was a Prominent Figure fa
the Famous Murder Trials at Boise,
Was Discharged After the Acquittal
of Haywood and Moyer.
DENVER, Aug. 3. Pettibone, who
for years was prominent in the coun
cils of the Western Federation of
Labor, and charged with President
Moyer and former Secretary Hay
wood with complicity in the murder
of Governor Steunenberg, died at St.
Joseph's hospital tonight from the ef
fects of an operation for cancer. Pet
tibone had been ill, practically ever
since his confinement in the Idaho
penitentiary which began more than a
year previous to the famous murder
trials at Boise. Pettibone was never
formerly tried but was discharged af
ter the acquittal of Haywood and
WON LONG SWIM.
NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-John Gil
day, an 18-year-old life-saver was the
winner of the annual long distance
swim -of the sixth district U. S. vol
unteer life saving corps held here yes
terday. Time was one hour and twenty-two
minutes.
FIRE UNDER CONTROL.
MISSOULA, Mont, Aug. 3.-Ad-vices
from Taft, Mont., are to the ef
fect that the forest fires that threaten
ed the town Sunday is under control,
although still burning. It is believed
that the loss will be higher than the
$1500 estimate first made..
PETTiBONE
DEAD