33rd YEAR. NO. 218
ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1803
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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GASOLENE EXPLOSION RESULTS 1
2 DEATHS 3 INJURED
Fatal Accident Occurs at
Vallejo Navy Yards
SUBMARINES INJURED
Combustion of 250 Gallons of
Explosive Scatters Flames,
Scorching War Craft
MAY, CHIEF MACHINIST, DEAD
Other Victim Wat Unknown Man
Who, Forced By the Heat, Leapt
Overboard and i Drowned Other
. Officer! Injured
VALLEJO, Cal., Se.M. 18,-An ex
plosion of 250 gallon of gasoline on
board a barge moored abreast of the
submarine boat Crampus and Pike,
at the Mare Island navy yard this
afternoon, reunited in the death of
Chief Machinist. Teddy May and in
juries to Lieutenant J. S. Townscnd,
Chief Gunner' Mate Leahy and Chief
Gunner's Mate Merrin.
Roth submarine were scorched
badly. The tender Fortune and the
tug Unadilla were also injured, the
latter catching fire. The explosion
threw the flames in all direction. The
men were forced to jump overboard
to escape the flames. One man, whose
tame wai not ascertained, jumped
from the barge into the water and
was drowned. .
FINE NURSE, THAT
SAN 'DIEGO, Cal., Sept. 19.-A
ruirse in the county hospital last eve
ning confessed to District Attorney
Kiiby that she had accidentally fur
nished a number of the patients with
drinking water containing a quantity
of poison. Six were taken .violently
ill, one died and the others are in a
serious condition, some being uncon
scious. It is probable that other
deaths 'will occur. The wholesale
poisoning was followed by rumors
that it had been brought about de
liberately, as the result of a plot. The
' sheriff and district attorney immedi
ately began an investigation at the
hospital and filially learned from one
of the nurses that she had used for
drinking water a receptacle that had
contained poison.
FATAL RESULTS OF
A CARELESS NURSE
Uses Pitcher That Had Contained Atrophine Solu
tion, for Drinking Water 4- Deaths Follow
. SAN DIEGO, Cal., Sept, 18 Fol
lowing the drinking of water served
from a pitcher which had contained
a solution of atrophine, four are in
the county hospital dead and three
others are seriously ill. The dead:
August Fisher, J. Young, Charles
Kempy and Henry C. Shutte. Miss
Arthur, a 19-ycar-old nurse, is held
responsible She had mixed a solu
tion to dilate the eyes of one of the
patients
and was suddenly called to
BASEBALL GAMES
American League
Chicago 1, Washington 0.
Cleveland 2, Boston 1.
St. Louis 2, Philadelphia 1.
; .St. Louis S, Philadelphia 4.
Detroit I, New York S.
National League
Chicago 1, Philadelphia 2.
Cincinnati 13, Boston 6.
St. Louis 4, Brooklyn 2.
St. Louis 0, Brooklyn 3. .
Pittsburg 0, New York 7.
Pittsburg 7, New York 12.
Northwest League
Seattle 0, Tacoma 9.
Vancouver 5, Spokane 2.
Pacific Coast League
Portland 5, San Francisco 1.
Los Angeles 4, Oakland 0.
TO
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SELFRIDOE THE LATEST OF A
BRILLIANT THRONG OF
DEVOTEES
LONG LIST OF ACCIDENTS
At Claat These Men of the Air
Are Extraordinarily Plucky and
Resourceful, But He Made One
Trip Too Many
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19. - The
tragical mishap which cose Lieut.
Thos. E. Sclfridge of the U. S. Sig
nal Corps his life yesterday is the
most recent of many resultant from
man's persistent effort to conqcr the
air.
Lilcnthal, a tfcrman scientist, and
M. Hilchar, another student of aero
natics probably were the first mar
tyrs to the cause of the heavier than
air type of air craft. The former was
killed in the summer of 1896 while
experimenting with his "gliding ma
chine" which is said to have furnish
ed the first model for the Wright
Brothers. The latter met his death
about the same way in a test of his
own aeroplane. On Sept. 3 last Chas.
Olice Jones, the Hammondsport, N,
Y., aeronaut, fell to his death from his
dirigible baloon Boomerang while
giving an exhibition flight in Connec
ticut. (Continued on page 8.)
assist in an operation. In her ab
sence someone filled the pitcher with
water, not knowing it contained the
atrophine solution, and the contents
were drunk by a number of the pa
tients. .
Miss Arthur herself used the water
ministering to the wants of patients
and was not aware of the facts until
the patients became ill, and then
held her silence on account Of the
disastrous results of her careless-
ness.
SACRIFICE
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AERONAUTICS
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II EAST EVENING
Restraining Him From Interference With Fishing
and Fishermen on North Shore
INSTRUCTS DEPUTIES
Warden Will Carefully Observe Mandate But Will Continue to
Prosecute All Violations in Oregon
Waters
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PORTLAND, ORE, SEPT. 18, 1908.
MORNING ASTORIAN,
ASTORIA, ORE.
TWO INJUNCTIONS, ISSUED OUT OF THE UNITED
STATES COURT, WERE SERVED UPON ME AT 5 O'CLOCK
P. M. TODAY. THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IS COM
PLAINANT IN THE FIRST AND H. S. McGOWAN IN THE
SECOND. AND RESTRAINING ME FROM INTERFERING
WITH ALL PERSONS FISHING UNDER AUTHORITY OF
THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN THAT PORTION OF
THE COLUMBIA RIVER WITHIN THE TERRITORIAL
LIMITS OF THAT STATE. I WILL CONTINUE THE EN
FORCEMENT OF ALL LAWS UPON THE OREGON SIDE
OF THE RIVER.
(Signed) H. C McALLISTER,
MASTER FISh WARDEN, STATE OF OREGON.
The forejroing is the text of the
despatch that reached this office at
7:05 o'clock last evening, having been
supplemented an hour earlier by a
telephone message from Mr. McAl
lister to the same import and with
the request that he be put in touch
with his bailiffs and deputies here in
order that he mjght instruct them to
an instant conformity with the terms
of the peremptory .orders thus served
upon him. This was .done, and
Messrs. Mack, Brown and Settem
were soon in iuuch with their chief,
and when the .boats went out on pa
trol last night it was with the un
dcrstanding that the work was to be
confined to the Oregon half of the
great river.
The receipt of this news will come
as a sharp relief to a situation that
was becoming farily well worked up
to a point of disorder and perhaps
worse, for the feeling on the river,
and especially on the north shore, has
not been of the best for the past 48
hours. The issues can now be
awaited minus the suggestion of evil
and danger, and the hope is broad
cast here that an early and radical but
wholly satisfactory result will obtain
in the big premise.
The fact that the injunction suits
had been filed came as no surprise
to the water bailiffs in this section;
They had been expecting this action
almost hourly for the past several
days. The first information gained of
the matter by the three bailiffs, Ole
J. Settem. W. A. Mack and T. C.
Brown, was through The Astorian,
and a little while later Mr. Mack
called up Mr. McAllister over the
long distance thone and learned fur
ther details. As a result of the news
the water bailiffs did not go out on
the river as they were just about to
do, but delayed their trip until they
had secured a thorough understand
ing of the matter.
"What will you now do?" was the
question asked of Mr, Mack.
"Our orders are not to interfere
with the fishing on the Washington
side of the river that is, in the Wash
ington territory, t According to
Mr. McAllister in my conversation
with him over the phone, the center
of the river will be the dividing line,"
said Mr. Mack. "On the other side
of the center of the river we will
obey the .order "restraining us from all
interference with the fishing. We
shall be compelled to let them do as
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thty please there, at least while the
injunctions are against us.
"But on the Oregon side of the
river we shall continue our activities
and shall arrest every violator of the
laws just as surely as we can secure
the proper evidence." .
That there will be a rush for the
Washington side of the river today,
or just as soon as the word has gone
around of the issuance of the injunc
tions, may be taken as a foregone
conclusions.
"Can a man with an Oregon license
fish on the Washington side?" was
asked of Mr. Mack. , V
"I suppose so," he replied. "The
only prohibited waters now are on
this side of the river, and one license
over there is just as good as another,
I presume."
It is well known that many of the
men who hold Washington licenses
live in Astoria, and that they will
start fishing at once is probable; and
apparently it makes no difference
what license is held, so long as the
fishing is done on the Washington
side. '.',... a
But yesterday s and the preceding
night ;there seemed to be hardly a
fish in the river, and there may not
be any better luck today and tonight.
Several of the fishermen who risked
a heavy, fine Thursday night were
"skunked," or got only one or two
little fish for all their risk and trou
ble.' , , ; .
Bright and early today the three
water bailiffs will be out watching
for violations on the Oregon- side.
Whether fish . caught on the other
side may be sold in Oregon territory
may be a question. It is understood
that yesterday the Co-Operative Can
nery gave orders to all its fishermen
not to attempt any more fishing
though the injunctions will change all
that.
The three water bailiffs have se
cured evidence against 66 alleged vi
olators of the laws. Mr. Mack has
sworn to complaints against all of
these, and quite a number of arrests
have been made on the warrants al
ready and the rest will be served
soon. , -The
issuance of the injunctions will
not restrain the bailiffs in their pros
ecution of these cases, though many
and perhaps the great majority of
them had their origin on the Wash
ington side of th'e river.
Following is a complete list of all
111 D. BOLD REPLIES
THE HEARST
the men against whom warrants have
been issued, and some of whom have
been arrested:
Gill Nettert
John Jarttllo, Julius Peterson, Mar
tin Olscn, Charles Tolven, John Hur
shala, Jacob Peterson, Mat Kampa,
Henry Pirkala, John Gustafson, Peter
Guintinen, Frank Neimi, Mat Wau
kala, Berg Martin, Mat Karpala, D.
Malaguinti, Ole Olson, Henry Pir
kala, Gust Patrick. Alex Metelo, Chas.
Makinell, Charles Jensen, August An
derson, Arnet Nelson, W. Joki, Migi,
Alfred Ekoug, Andeo Olsen, A. Man
iki, Bernhart Mcgun, Pefe Johnson,
John Jensilla, Emil Finney, Mat Pir
land, Ole Qffeson, Severn Halsen,
Louis Bogdanovich, Mat Garvcy,
(Continued on page 8)
WITH ElliD
LONGBOAT, THE CANADIAN
INDIAN, IS CAUSE OF SE
RIOUS DISPUTE
HE IS A PROFESSIONAL
The Late Unpleasantness Has Noth
ing to Do With the Present Diffi
culty, Tis Said England Wat De
termined to Ring Him In
NEW YORK, Sept. 19. It has be
come known that the officials of the
Amateur Athletic Union of the U.
S. are serious!- considering sever
ing all relations with the Amateur
Athletic Union of England, which
was chiefly responsible for Tom
Longboat, the Indian runner, com
peting in the Marathon race at Lon
don, notwithstanding he had been
declared a professional by the former
body. It is said that if the present
feelings of some of the A. A. U.
members do not change by the time
the board of governors has its an
nual meeting in November all ath
letic ties between the two countries
will be discontinued. The feeling
shown toward the American commit
tee at the Olympic games has noth
ing to do w-ith this attitude of the A.
A. U. officails, the running of Long
boat being the sole cause.
ATHLETES
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SEVER
AEON CREW SAFE ON
CHRISTMAS ISLAND
English Steamer a Total Wreck But Entire Ship's
Company Saved Camping With Help Near
VICTORIA, B. C, Sept. .-Cabled
advices from Fanning Island
state that the steamer Aeon was car
ried on Christmas Island by strong
currents, setting it on the shore a
total wreck. The ship's company, 50
in all, took the boats and landed at
a small settlement all safe. Four
women and two children, mostly the
wives of the United States battleship
squadron who took passage to join
their husbands at Australia, are
camping on Christmas Island await
ing rescue. j
IB
ACCUSATION
Says All Dealings With
Foraker Were Proper
IS ALL PURE FICTION
Senator Not on Record as Being
Connected With Any Stand
ard Cases
BILL NO. 500 A PRIVATE OJO
Congressional Records Fail to Show
Any BUI Introduced During 1900
Relating to Foreign Corporations
as Referred to by Hearst
NEW YORK, Sept. 18.-John D.
Archbold made the following -statement
today: .
"Such correspondence and relations
as I may have had years ago with
Senator Foraker were in regard to
entirely proper legislation."
"If Mr. Hearst had come to Arch
bold direct it probably would have
cost him less to secure copies of Mr.
Archbold's correspondence than for
Hearst to have, either employed or
dealt with thieves.
"Mr. Archbold characterizes Mr.
Hearst's statements regarding the al
leged attempt to bribe ex-Attorney
General Monnett, of Ohio, as pure
fiction, and says they were answered
and exploded long ago.
v 'As to the statements of the al
leged relations between Governor
Haskell, of Oklahoma, and the Stand
ard Oil Company, and contributions
through him or anyone else to the
Democratic campaign fund, there is
not the shadow of truth in them.
"Mr. Hisgens' insinuations about
burning his plant are absurd and un
worthy of notice."
Foraker Not on Record
COLUMBUS, O.," Sept. 18.-Fora-ker
was not the attorney of record in
any of the Standard Oil cases tried
in the Ohio courts. The first cases
were filed in 1882 and were carried
along in the various courts for more
than twenty years. According to the
(Continued on page 8.)
The Aeon was cast on a coral reef
and wrecked beyond hope of sal
vage. Gasoline engines from the car
go were fitted to the ship's boat to
take Captain Downie and the second
officer and two engineers to Fanning
Island to cable the news of the dis
aster and reached Fanning Island
this morning.
The Canadian, - Australian line
steamer Manuka will call at Fanning
Island and land supplies. It is due
there Tuesday next. It is expected
she will go to Christmas Island and
take off the survivors of the Aeon.