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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 9, 1907)
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1907. THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA, OREGON. JUST RECEIVED Our large line of cut glass intended for the Holiday trade has just arrived, being de layed on account of the car shortage. The celebrated H. C. Fry's, which took Gold Medal at Lewis and ClarkFair. Latest Designs. Special Prices. A. V. ALLEN, ronrwcRV nPPARTMPNT. ! V ttm. RIGHTS DEFINED OS not known to Mr. lUitt, or hlx prin cipal", or the publlo generally, I Wg to ask publication of this i-otmminti'ti- tlon in the columns of your iu-wmiu- ptr. Very respectfully, -8. V. nOESSl.KU. "Lieut. Col., Corps of EnRlneers. V. S. A." GOVERNMENT AUTHORITY ON THE RELATIVE PHASES OF OWNERSHIP OF THINGS THAT DRIFT ON U. S. PROPERTY. The following communication from CoL W. S. Roessler, U. S. Engineer at Fort Stevens, and the Columbia jet ty, ia timely, and pertinent. In that tt clearly defines the rights of cltliens and the duties of the government. In the acquisition and disposal of prop erty floating to and lodging upon Sand Island In this harbor; Us timeliness Is manifest in the allusion to the cause for the letter being written at all. It will bear reading by everybody who baa to uo wiih llie ttciiuircuieiit in flotsam and reads as follows: "Fort Stevens, Ore., Jan. T, 1907. "To the Editor. Morning Astorlan, As toria, Ore. "Dear Sir Having been Informed that a contract has been let to one, Jacob Butt, to secure all the saw logs and shingle bolts that have floated on Sand Island during the past few years, I would wish to state the fol lowing: "Sand Island Is the property of the United States, under the custody of this office. All drift wood on the shores of the Island is the property of the United States. All logs, shingle bolts and other timber which have lodged upon the shores of the island, and which are not marked so as ti plainly show ownership, are the -prop erty of the United States. All logs, shingle bolts and other timber which have Identification marks by which ownership can be proved and which have not been left there an unreason able length of time, are at owner's disposal by application to this office. The question as to how logs and drift wood on Sand Island should be disposed of, was recently submitted by me to the chief of engineers fur decision, and, in a com muni rat ion dat ed Dec. 6. 1906, the law officers of the War Department gave a decision sub stationally as above. In view of thi;: decision, any such operations as Mr Butt is alleged to have In view, un less authorized by this office solely for taking away timber whose own ership can be proved by klenlifU atlon marks, would render him and his prin cipals liable to arrest for trespass upon government property without permiFison, and to arrest for taking United States property without war rant of law. "As the above facts are evidently Do You Realize That you need shoes for the rainy season that has now made Its ap pearance. Just Arrived for MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN .FALL 8TYLE3, SMART DE8IGNS. That please the eye, lend comfort to the feet and give perfect durability. QESTIONS GIBBON'S QUOTATION. Cardinal Credits Words to French Min ister Which He Denies. BALTIMORE. Md., Jan. 8. Since Cardinal Gibbons issued his statement on December 13 regarding the church trouble in France, he has received many inquiries asking for his author ity as to the quotations cited by him from public utterances of M. Brland French Minister of Public worship. The Cardinal credited M. Brland as saying: "The time has come to root up from the minds of French children the an cient faith which has served lt pur pose and replace with the light of tree thought; it Is time to get rid of the Christian idea. We have hunted Jes us Christ out of the army, the navy, the schools, the hospitals Insane and orphan asylums and the law courts; and now we must hunt Him out of the state altogether." Premier Clemenceau has denied on the authority of M. Brland that the lat ter as Minister ever delivered any such statement as Is given In the se cond sentence of the foregoing excerpt. Cardinal Gibbons states that the quo tations were taken from the London Saturday review of August 18 and August 25, 1906. RUSSIA .COUNTERFEITS BONDS. Charge Made By Revolutionist Who Recently Escaped From Siberia. CHICAGO, Jan. 8. Gregory Gersh uny known as "The son of Russian Rev olution" who escaped from the mines of Siberia in a cabbage barrel last Oc tober arrived in Chicago yesterday to deliver here his message from the so cialistic revolutionary party of P.'is- i sia. The most startling statement mad.- by him is that within a ehoit time his associates will probably pub lish throughout the world revelations that the Russian Government is coun terfeiting bond Issues to the extent of hundreds of millions of dollars. "Th-re is a secret in the D-p.ir'inent cf th,- Tn-asury" he declared through ! interpreters, "wh-.-re exact reproducii- oris of b"iid issues are 1,-ing mad-; I night and day." , FACE FUEL FAMINE, BUTTB. Mmt Jan. A Miner dis pati-Ji from Missoula staus that the j Northern Pacific Railway at that p-iint is confronted with a famine, the sit- uation being aggravated by the extra demand for coal to maintain big rotary plows on the Coeur D'Ah ne line where the snow in seme places is said to be eight feet and it is that branch of the Northern Pacific through the moun tains which is said to be snowbound. Coal has ceased coming from the Ros lyn mines and the bunkers of the com pany at this place contain only 10,000 tons, a little more than enough to last the balance of the week. THE BEST MADE DR. A. REID'S CUSHIONED SHOE8: Feet don't ache or tire. .Investigate the quality and be convinced OUR 8PECIALTY LINE ef Logger's Shoes Guarantees 8atis faotion to the Wearer None Better but a Leader of All. S. A. G1MRE 543 Bond Street, Opposite Fischer Bros. Why Suffer from Rheumatism Do you know that rheumatic pains can be relieved? If you doubt this, Just try one application of Chamber lain's Pain Balm. It will make rest and sleep possible, and that certainly means a great deal to any one afflict ed with rheumatism. For sale by Frank Hart and leading druggists. ALL THE WORLD Is a stage and Ballard's Snow Lini ment plays a most prominent part. It has no superior for Rheumatism, stiff joints, cuts, sprains, and all pains. Buy It, try It, and you will always use it Anybody who has used Ballard's Snow Liniment Is a living proof of what It Joes. Buy a trial bottle. 25c, 50c and $1.00. Hart's drug store. ROAST ROOSEVELT California Federation of Labor Passes Resolutions. HIT AT SECRETARY METCALF High Official Are Grilled for Their At titude on the Japanese Question Pronounce Againt Ue of Coolie Labor on the Canal. STOCKTON. Cal.. Jan. S. -The Cal ifornia State l-YdenttUm of Iibor to day passed resolutions strongly crit icising President Roosevelt and Secre tary of Commerce Mctealf for their at titude on the Japanese question and also pronouncing against the employ ment of coolie labor on the Panama canal. A resolution on the former subject declares that the Federation will maintain to the full extent ef Its powers that It Is a matter of practical necessity to the moral and mental con dition of our people to segregate the pupils In common schools, as reason and experience shall dictate. The tenor of the President's message Is de clared to be unworthy of the dignity of the high office whence It emanates. The resolutions conclude: "We reset!, the President's threats of compulsion by armed force In a matter clearly within the purview of municipal and stat authority, a Insulting to the state and as an Intolerable reflection upon its rights as a sovereign constituent of the I'nlted States." An,.t.., if the re'-tlutio:; de clares Metcalf's report utterly un wot-". thy of credence In any particular. It being one-sided and grossly exaggerated. big railway systems, are expelled to attend. The object of the meeting b. to dl'iu-.s methods by whdli the com. mlsrdciier. by co-operating, may pro mote tho work of developing the In dtiMt'lcx of lite territories throuith which (heir Hues run, more effect ual -ly than they are enabled to by In dividual aillen la many towns commercial .-issocla-tlous have ornanl.ed at the Instance of the Industrial commissioners and these with the co cpcnitlon of the railways, liae dene much to liu iea e the population and business of their communities, 1 Give Him Something to Smoke. Thai's what "He" Hill Appreciate most, J fx Christmas Cigars ami Smokers HI requirements in great variety. READY FOR ROOSEVELT. MA Ml. A, Jan. N. - The election for the ner.assembl will be held on July :to, l!U;. The election law after Hie third rending, with some Immaterial amendments, will he passed tills week President Tooevct ami Secretary of War Taft are expected (o open the as sembly In Octorber next. The Filipino press Is enthusiastic over the expei ed visit of President Itoosevell. SHOULD STUDY WELL. Secretary Wilson Recommends Pure Food Bill to Manufactures. WASHINGTON. Jan. 8. Secretary Wilson has Issued a statement advising food manufacturers and dealers to study carefully all provisions of the pure food law and then to place their business as early as possible In har mony therewith. The department add ed the secretary would make de cisions as rapidly as possible and give each decision a sufficient publicity. Secretary Wilson returned today from a trip of Inspection to various distilleries. He announced that It might be a month before he would be ready to give his decision regarding the labeling of whiskies. WEAK. WEARY WOMEN. Learn the Cause of Daily Woes and End Them. When the back aches and throbs, When the housework, Is torture. When night brings no rest nor sleep When urinary disorders set In, Women's lot Is a weary one. There Is a way to escape these woe. I oan's Kidney Pills cure such Ills Mrs. Mary I tiiingardner, of 4'.'4 Wa ter street, Salem, ore., says: "I have found 1 (twin's Kidney rills u remedy that Is worthy of all confidence, and am pleased to end"is them, so that other sufferers from kidney complaint may kmw how to get relief. I pro cured lioan's Kidney Pills mid sev eral members of our family h iv- used them with the most gratifying results. I took them myseif for a tir.ui, ach ing back and a dragging down fold ing that comes from Irregular and deranged kidneys. The results wre of the best. The aching and soreness were banished and the kidneys were rend-red normal. My health became better In every way." Plenty more proof like this from As toria people. Call at Chaa. Koger' drug store and ask what his customers report. For sale by all dealers. Price B0 cents. Foster-Mllburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.. sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. WANT WORK DONE. Rome tt the nicest people In the city live In furnished rooms; 4 people are moving at frequent integrals. Tell them in a small ad. now attractive your rooms are. If your rooms are really 0, K , you'll have no trouble in get- t rig them rented through one of cur want ads. Try it. 4) Chicago City Council for Results and Not For Sale. Chicago, Jan. v-Th(. Chicago City Council last night wen! mi r cord in favor of Immediate trai'tio nsettlemeiit. In doing so it expressed its disapproval of delay for refer-ndum on the s' r -el railway otdin mocs now about ! compl'-t.ul, and ,i,.p:nv-l of :he : on-I st ruction and 'iv ibili'nthe ,,f th.. sur-1 face tr;tns;,ortati..s without parb-y- J mg or i.fa-r.r-tlnataei. Through t.iei i Hum of a i ; i --a.; fr-an Mayor ; Dunn'- asking the aid rm-n in a ), !y '. to com..- out s(uaiely in fvr of th" , referendum on lie- propoo-l ordinati- ei-s th-- council for the ihst time was ' given th., opportunity to make kn-nvn ! its wishes. The couia il by a ballot of and 40, sent tie- ex-cu'ive'H mes sage to the local transportation committee. CASTOR I A lor Infants and Children. The Kind Yen Ksve Always Bought Boarr, tho sJfjJT APPEAL TO PRESIDENT. Canal Engineers and Cranemen Would Have Higher Wages. CHICAGO, Jan. 8. Knginuers and Drcdgc-men on the Panama Canal will appeal to President Roosevelt shortly In the Interest of higher wages for themselves. It was announced at the convention of the Associated Union of Steamshovel and Uredgi-meri, held here yesterday that a committee had been appointed to confer with the President on the matter. Resolutions also were adopted to demand a minium wage rati of $150 a month for engineers and $100 a month for cranemen. H. T. D'1 "ltt, of Philadelnha was elected president. wO SPICES, (j COFFEE, TEA, BAKING P0YDER, FLAVORSi 10 EXTRACTS Absolute Purity, Finest Flavor. Gmrttf Sfrenh.lct&wnl Price. CLOSSET&DEYERS r PORTLAND, OREGON. C IMPROVE INDUSTRIES. CHICAGO, Jan. S. The first con vention of the American Railway In dustrial Commissioners' Association will be held ln-re today. Twenty-five commissioners, representing as many Alwayt Remember the Full Nome axative limine 9 (Tablets Cur? u Cold in On Day Cure Crip in Two Days on every box, 25c X'lfe. Welmvc the largest stock of J cigars in the city, and keep only the prominent hiamls and high class goods, Small Boxes of Cigars, 12 and 25 in the Box. PIPES Fine Mereschaums and Briars from 25c to $2000. WILL MADISON MMMMtmMH The Old Stove Man Hai btn hunting around for a yaar or mora to find a lino of T O V E S at good or bettor than tho kind ho told horo twonty yoart ago (oomo of thooo ar beginning to woar out). Ho think ho hao found tho lino. Ho will ihow thorn to you If you will call at tho ttoro of W. C. LAWS L CO. Plumbrt and 8tam Flttr. Tt fl)t jAEfc oA MAKES OLD THINGS NEW DquMPoufrln a womk-rl It will make the whole interior of your hoiisruhinc like new, niakinjf re-fini.shintf or re-varnishing entire ly unnecessary. It is not n varnish, hut tt surface food nml cleaner, lmihling up the original finish and making it brighter than ever. It is applied with n pin e of cheese cloth and no experienc e U necessary. Ko drying to wait for. Removes all scratches, stains, dirt, dullness. It can le applied to any finish with beneficial results. Nat ural wood, a3 well as any color of paint, will ! better for an application of Liquid Veneer. Liquid U(R(tr will improve even the most beautiful furniture. It will take that smoky look from the Piano and other Mahogany, and is highly Une ficial to Golden Oak, White Knamcl.Gilt, Silver and other finishes. Liquid Utneer sells at 50 cents a little, and a ln.ttle is enough to renovate the ordinary home. Try it and you will always buy it. "I Pi ES I tUL.U II V B. F. ALLEN 8 SON THE GEM C. F. WISE, Prop. Choice Wines, Liquora Merchant Lunch From and Cigar 11:30 a. m. to 1:30 p .m. Hot Lunch at all Hour as Centa Comer Eleventh and Commercial ASTORIA . OREGON FINANCIAL. J. Q. A. BOWLBY, Presldont. rtLANK PATTON, Caihler. 0. I. PETERSON, Vioe Preiidont. J. W. OARNER, Amlitant Caablar. Astoria Savings Bank Capital Paid In 1(,000, Hurplu and DndWIded l'ronu U,0U0. Tranitact a Ucnerul Uiiiiklng iiunltiMii. InUirext I'ald on Time Di-ikhiIU f,P. Tenth Street. A3TOKIA. OBPOON First National Bank of Astoria, Ore. i:.STA15LISIIi:i 1K8(. Capital $100,000