The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930, November 21, 1908, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text33rd YEAR. NO. 272 ASTORIA, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21. 1808 met five cmn TERRIFIC TREflCH w nm LIVES Accident Occurs in Busy ; Brooklsn Street WILD PANIC FOLLOWS Force of Shock Shakes Down Hundreds of Tons of Earth . and Stone - ONE MAN ROASTED TO DEATH Samuel W. Trout Foreman of Work Gang Lot Hit Lift to an At ttmpt to Ktacut Woman and Child Who Wert Killed.' NEW YORK, No. 20.-Aa explo tlon of gat in a deep trench in Cold etrttt, Brooklyn, in which a number of men were employed, today, coat probably 20 live and threw that taction of the city into panic. The force of the explosion ibook down hundred , of tona of earth, atone and timber upon the men at work at the bottom of the trench, SO feet below the surface. Those who were not Instantly killed were drown td in the great volume of water which poured , in upon them from breaking main or were imothered by escaping gaC Some of the buried men may have alio been burned by the fire that followed the explosion. Among those who lost , their live were one woman and three children who were patting through , Gold atreet at the time of the explosion and were carried down when the aidewalka toppled into the trench. All the othera who lost their Uvea were men employed directly upon the work. They included Frederick W. ' Schcffmeyer, an inspector of ewers, and Samuel W. Trout, fore man in charge of the carpenters and cement workeri. Trout lost hit life in attempting to tavt the woman who wat killed. He was caught under falling timbers and roasted to death. Many of the others were Italian workmen, tome of whom were known to their em ployers only by number. A remarkable feature of the acci dent wat that four men who were working In the lower part of the trench, and , who heard the first sound of the crumbling timbers, sav ed their lives by crawling through a tewer pipe which led toward East River. These men were obliged to GOMPERS IS STILL IN FULL CONTROL Soma of the Contents of i ' He Thereby is DENVER, Nov. 20. At no time since the opening convention of the American Federation of Labor has there been any doubt that Gompers is in complete control, but it was thought possible that a part of his report might be materially amended or his political course condemned. The report was before the conven tion a day and a half and although after a vigorous discussion of some of its contents it was adopted this af ternoon and Gompers thereby is ful ly endorsed. Tomorrow there will be an elec tion, of officers and special order of business. All the old officers will EXPLOSIO LAY make their way through water al most up to their necks before they reached a place of safety. CAUGHT BY POLICEMAN. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-Eleven children,. Including a babe in arms, were might In coats of policemen early today after they had been hurl ed from window by terrified mothers aa firt raged in a tenement in South First street, Willnmsburg. One boy of 10 years perished. From the third floor a mother tossed her baby, but it was caught by a policeman un scathed. Ten other children were dropped into the coats that the re serves haitily slipped off. The cause of the fire was not ascertained. DESPERATE EX-GO.'tVICT SHOOTS POLICEMAM INVEIGLES HIM TO DISREPU TABLE SECTION OF CITY AND ATTACKS HIM IN PRECARIOUS CONDITION AtsaOant Commit Sulcidt In Prbon Cell by Hanging Hit Nam it George Ballard and Waa Two Termer and Morphine Field. SAN JOSE, Cal, Nov. 20.-Shot twice in the abdomen by a notorious convict, two termer and morphine fiend, after being inveigled to a dive in a disreputable teetlon of the city, Rey W. Starbird, one of the mot efficient police officers and detectives in the city, lies at the hospital in a precarious condition. His assailant ia dead in the morgue, having taken hia own life in a cell in the city prison by hanging. His name is George Ballard. FAMILIES IN PANIC CHICAGO. Nov. 20. Fifty fami lies were thrown into a panic at 1 o' clock this morning when fire broke out in the Ashland apartment build ing. Quick work of a policeman who rati through the halls and awakened the tenants prevented loss of life. The building, which is offive stor ies, caught fire in the engine room, and the flames jumped up the air shaft to the left. The occupants escaped by the stairwsys and the fire escape before the firemen arrived. No one was in jured, but many were obliged to flee in light attire. The loss was about $10,000. . His Report Adopted and, Fully Endorsed probably be re-elected except Vitfe President Daniel E. Keefe, and even he may again be voted into office. It is reported that the miners will sup port Keefe and they have the largest vote of any union in the convention. President Gompers waa presented with a handsome silver loving cup and Mrs. Gompers a diamond ring. Gompers could scarcely control his feelings as he thaked the convention. Resolutions commending Roose velt in the conservation of natural resources was unanimously adopted. A resolution that the Federation will erect a building for its uses at Wash ington, D. C, also was adopted. 1 ,.--...-.'. . - j .... LONG RELAY RACE. New York Y. M. C. A. Boya To Car; , rjr Message To. President. NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-More than 1 ,000 boy rt' rrrs will take part in the Y. M. C. A. relay-race to Washington which started from this city nt 3 n'cl ck this afternoon. Bear ing a silver tube containing a me age to Preniilcnt Roosevelt, the firs: yomtgktcr w'tl whitk away from the International branch of the Y, M. C A, in 28th street. He will be quickly relieved, however, distance for each relay being limited to ISO yards. In this way fast time will be made and the number -of participants greatly increased. In the race to Chicago last summer each runner covered more than half a mile. ! : i At .mere win be no running throughout the night, which is a de parture from the rules of the race tc Chicago, the tube will not reach Washington until late Saturday. It is due in Baltimore at 7 p. m. Sat urday, four hours from Washington, according to the schedule. CROKER COMES HOME. NEW YORK. Nov. 20.-The Cun ard liner Lusitania, with Richard Cro ker, former Tammany chief on board, docked at 9 o'clock this morning, having been sighted south of Fire Island shortly after midnight. In connection with Mr. Croker'a visit it hat become known that Chas. F. Murphy, the present Tammany leader, has left the city and gone to Mount Clemmons, Mich., for a rest. He will not return to New York, it is said, until Dee. 1. - This i Richard Croker't first visit to the United State since 1905, when he came over to attend the funeral of his ton Frank, who waa killed in an automobile accident in Florida. In view of Mr. Croker't express with, his reception by the old guard of Tammany today will be very sim ple. UHfVERSAL GRAB 6iE SAYS CHAMP U REFERRING TO PROTECTIVE, TARIFF ON LUMBER AS ASKED BY LUMBERMEN B0UTELL OF ILLINOIS TALKS Government Must Raise $300,000,000 in Revenue and as a Result Indus tries Must be Protected Way and Meant Committee Active. WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. -"A universal grab game," was the ap- pelation given the tariff by Represen tative Champ Clark of Missouri to day at the hearing before the ways, and means committee on the tariff schedule for wood and wood manu factures. The administration's policy for the preservation of the forests figured largely in the argument. Several lumbermen said they wanted a pro tective tariff on lumber because other articles were protected by law. This called forth the term, "Grab from Clark. Representative Boutell, of Illinois, asserted in the defense of the protec tive tariff that the government must secure $300,000,000 in revenue and that as a result the industries must. be protected. That free trade in lumber would tend to prevent the devastation of American timber lands was the opinion expressed by Clark, who said it would not matter if Can ada devastated her forests. Boutell argued that American forests would have a supply of lumber for both countries if the Canadian forests should be depleted and suggested that some broader scheme than a tariff should should be adopted for reforesting' the United States and Canada. The Morninz Astorlan contains all the local and Associated Prest re ports." ' " " ";' . " '"' 1II1A HE IS eummiG Northwest Improvement Co's Coal nine on Fire THREE MEN ARE DEAD Though Fire is Confined to Small Area Gas Has Pene trated Various Sections WILL TRY TO FLOOD MINE Red Lodge, Mont, a Scene of Con fusion and H cart-Rending Sights More Than 100 Men Removed From Mint Exhausted. ; BUTTE, Nov. 20,-A fire this morning in the Northwestern Im provement Company mine at Red Lodge has caused the death of three miner and probably the death of many more. Over 100 men were re moved from the mine completely ex hausted and almost dead. The rescue wat accomplished by the fire department and 50 volunteers. Ow ing to the confusion which followed the outbreak it was impossible to ob tain any accurate figures of the num ber of men in the mine. Pipes are being laid and it i expected that to night streams of water will be turn ed into the mine which is burning furiously but in a comparatively small area. Smoke and gases have penetrated various sections. LATER. A careful check of the miners of the Northwestern Improvement Com pany's coal mine at Red Lodge shows three dead and six missing. Despite the stories of the rescued miners that a large number of "men are still in the mine, the mine offic ials state that all the men have been checked tonight. The fire is still burning tonight. CHINA WILL MOURNE. Court Will go Into Mourning For Three Weeks. TOKIO, Nov. 20. It is announced that court will go into mourning for three weeks owing to the death of the Emperor and Dowager Empress of China. GRAZING LAND BURNING. EL PASO, Texas, Nov. 20. An area of 500 square miles of grazing land lying north of Rosewell, I. T., is on fire. No lives are reported lost. .... . ;." OFFICIAL PLURALITY, JEFFERSON CITY, Nov. 20.- Taft carried Missouri my a plurality of 1026 according to the tabulation the official returns made by Gover nor Folk today. , DOUBTS TAFT. Cannon Sayt he Doesn't Think That Taft la Sincere Regarding the Tariff Reviaion. . DANVILLE, Nov. 20. -When Speaker Cannon's attention 'was called to a story at Hot Springs, Va., that Taft would oppose , Cannon's re-election for speakership on the ground that Cannon did not under take in good faith to a revision of the tariff. Cannon said: "I do not be lieve the President-elect will under take the organize the House. In common with the President I en dorse the Republican national plat form and am entirely willing to abide by the action of the Republican caiv cus to determine the organization of the House of the 61st congress." GRIEF FOR EMPEROR. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20.-Grief over the dath of his emperor caused Gee Chung Chu, a well known mer chant add politician of Chinatown, to commit suicide tonight by drinking a bowl of opium. Observinug all the rites of death, he held a quantity of the drug in a bowl mixing it with tea. With punk Sticks burning about hit head and at hi feet and prayer paper for the repose of his soul scat terd about on the floor and pasted on the walls, Gee smoothed out his long queue, brading the beautiful, glossy plaits, and, spreading the silk ta sel at the end upon the head board, laid down to die after drinking the fatal draught) GERMAN SUICIDES. PARIS, Nov. 20. A special dis patch from Berne, Switzerland, to Count Rhenar, statee that the sec ond secretary of the legation here jumped from a window today while suffering from an attack of fever and was killed. He was the son of Baroness Von Nieust, Morganatic wife of Prince Charles of Baden and was engaged to the niece of Prince Von Buelow, the German imperial chancellor. . ' ALLEGED FORGER ARRESTED. SEATTLE. Nov. 20.- Elliott A. Archer, known in Seattle as C. Ar cher Carter, employed as a solicitor in Seattle for the Tacoma Power Company, wat arrested tonight on the charge of being a fugitive from justice. He is wanted at Newark, N. J., on a charge of having committed forgeries aggregating $70,000. He de clares his innocence. He lived in Seattle for four years. ' VOTE IN IDAHO. BOISE, Nov. 20. The oflkial vote of Idaho is: Taft, 50,091; Bryan, 34,609; Debs. 6305; Charm, 1740; Hisgin, 207. ECHO OP SUICIDE OF IIS HAAS DETECTIVE BURNS FILES CHARGES AGAINST TWO , POLICE OFFICERS THEY GUARDED THE CELL Charges Also Preferred to Police Commission Against a Saloonkeep er Who Expressed Pleasure at At tack on Mr. Heney. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.- William J. Burns, special agent of the district attorney's office, and chief detective for the prosecution in the bribery graft investigations, last sight filed with the police commis sion charges alleging conduct unbe coming an officer against policemen Chas. B. Kelly and John C. Attridge, the two men detailed to guard the cell of Morris Haas, who shot Fran cis J. Heney and afterward commit ted suicide. In the complaint it is al leged that a few hours before Haas took his life the officers refused to permit Burns to enter the cell and examine the prisoner in the interests of the district attorney's office. The hearing was set for November 27. At the same session of the board charges were preferred against Al bert Baker, a Kearny street saloon keeper, who is alleged to have ex pressed satisfaction when he learned that Heney was shot and to have re viled his assistants in the prosecu tion. It is charged that Baker is an unfit person to hold a license to sell liquor. HIS LAST SMOKE. LOS ANGELES, Cal., Nov. 20. Falling asleep with his pipe in hit mouth, Adam Borthwick, a brick layer, set fire to his bed in the Queen rooming house last night and was fa tally burned before he could be rescued. ROCKEFELLER HOT SO CHEERFUL eii cb mm RECTOR RESIGNS. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20.-Th resignation of Rev. Payson Young, rector of the Episcopal church of St. Mary the Virgin, has been placed in the hands of the vestrymen and ac cepted, a temporary appointment having been made to .fill the vacancy. Rev. Dr. Young recently made de mand for an investigation of char ges against him connected with the disappearance of Edna Clark, the Berkeley art student, who, after she had been missing three weks, was found in Chicago. Rev. Dr. Young has been under the care of a physician for several days. ,u MASKED MAN HOLDS UP DOCTOR AT SALEL VICTIM REFUSES TO THROW UP HANDS AND STARTS TO RUN SHOT AT TWICE THUG IS SCON CAPTURED Deputy Sheriff Covert' Him With Shotgun Before Desperado Was Aware of Hia Presence Waa Wearing Black Mask. . SALEM, Or, Nov. 20. A footpad tonight shot and perhaps fatally wounded Dr. C H. Robertson, who thrust his umbrella in the footpad's face on a command to throw up his hands and started lo run. The thug fired two shots at the doctor. Two hours later a man wearing a black handkerchief for a mask and armed with a big revolver was captured by W. W. Johnson, deputy sheriff, who stole up behind the man and covered him with a shotgun before the- despe rado was aware of the deputy's presence. ELECTION FRAUDS. CHICAGO, Nov. 20.-More than 50 West Side politicians, including John A. Cook and former business partner, Samuel B. Panama, have been added to the list of those who are charged with responsibility for the recent primary frauds. This wih make a total of more than 10C indictments to be returned stnee the jury was impaneled, and the wnrk is n. t balf ver. Cok rorvir ed two year ago of grafting rfrk . the Cir-M Court, is new serving a term in the penitentiary. DEFEATED BUT ARE NOT DISCOURAGED Chairman cf National League Democratic CLL: Will Call Meeting of Organization NEW YORK, Nov. 20. -Colonel William C. Liller, chairman of the national league of democratic clubs in a statement issued tonight re garding his calling a meeting of rep resentatives of all Bryan clubs and democratic - organizations throughout the country to be held at Washing ton December 8, 9, 10, next, said the purpose of the league was to main tain intact the organization now ex isting and to strengthen the league so as to eliminate the work of re organization at the beginning of each campaign. Liller says that the de feat at the recent election has not dampened the enthusiasm of the Unceasing Questions by Federal Attorney ' BIG DIVIDENDS PAID Oil Magnate Claimed it Was, . Impossible to Remember After 35 Years ADJOURNMENT UNTIL MONDAY Witnett Stated That the Company Had Paid $40,OCO,000 in Dividends in 1907 and Had Made aa Much More. NEW. YORK, Nov. 20.-For over five hourt todayJohn D. Rockefel ler, who was a witness for the de fense in the government suit to dis solve the Standard Oil Company, fac ed an unceasing fire of questions from the federal counsel, Frank B. Kellogg and when adjournment was taken until Monday the head of the oil combine wat still being cross examined on the charge that . the company in its early days accepted rebates to the disadvantage of its rivals. Rockefeller's cross examina tion will probably not be concluded until late, on Tuesday as Kellogg" made it known that he would ques tion Rockefeller on every detail of the company's business. The enor mous earning power of the oil com bination was sharply brought oat i today's hearing when Rockefeller after stating that the Standard had paid dividends amounting to $40,000, 000 in 1907, and said it had earned as much more which added to the company's surplus which was stated by the government's counsel to be $300,000,000.- It was further declared by Mr. Kellogg that the company within the last eight yeart had earned nearly half a billion dollars. The course of Rockefeller's testimony ran not to smoothly as yesterday when he told his story under the direction of friendly counsel, but rapid fire in terrogations of the prosecutor al ways met with unshaken impertur bility and readiness of answer except when, as he explained: "It is quite impossible for me to remember after 35 years. I do not recall." Rocke (Cor.::nued eti page 6) members of the party but has awak ened them to the necessity- of prop er organization. TAKEN TO CALIFORNIA. PORTLAND, Nov. 20 Alexander La than, wanted in San Francisco in connection with the bribery graft cases was taken to California tonight upon a requisition from that state. Lathan was arrested here several days ago. ' '' Subscribe to The Morning Astorian. Morning Astorian, O cent per tr.au.i 60 cent per month.