33rd 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
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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. ' ''
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