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THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTOK1A, OREGON. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1907. I' i ! 1 ii t. i i THE MORNING ASTORIAN Established ii7S- Published Daily Except Monday by til J. S. DELLINGEK COMPAHT. SUBSCRIPTION SATIS. By mall, per year ..$7.00 By earrier, per month .90 WEEKLY ASTORIA. 5V mail, per year, in adranee.. 11.00 kniered a eoni-iaM matwr July M, 1901. t tbs poatofflo t Astori. ore jou, aadar Ifat sol of Contrast ol March I. trOrAen tor tte deHwnn of Tn Mosie Dm veroeuAK to either rwidenoe or place o( business xiay be tuade by potl otrd or UmMuck MtorboM, Any hrejpiUrity in oV tnn should be tnroedkteij reported to the offlo of pabUoktioa. TELEPHONE MATH Hi. Official paper of CUtaop counly and UsClly of Astoria. not make hor relinquish her right to ; ni'pnrnte her Japaiuo children from her white children In the schools of that state. This may as well bo tin derstood now, as well as later, for . this Is the hour of cure, of tempor , Ulnir, of rc-adJustmcnt; and the new Japanese treaty to be drawn during tho coming' spring must be drawn to meet this Inevitable conclusion, or there will be race riots on thla const that will mean much, war Included, ! If the Roosevelt Ian policy of forcing the Jap down the California throat ! Is adhered to. H Is hoped the pend ing conference between the Piesldent ; and the school officers of Sim Fran- cIsco will open the eyes of the for mer and give him an Insight that he lacks most woefully In this matter. He Is able and just and not afraid i io say h has blundered, and while j we have no desire to hear him con I fess anything of the sort, we shall be glad to ace him so act as to avolJ , the slightest Impeachment of his name and fame ad a "Square Dealer." WEA2&EK. Western Oregon Occasional rain; cooler. Western Washington Occa- slonal rain. Eastern Oregon, Eastern Washington, .Idaho Rain and cooler. A BOLD EXPEDIENT. It Is a somewhat peculiar thing that it remaned for an Oregon woman physi cian, Dr. Owens-AJair, of this county, to launch the audacious, yet effica cious, expedient of sterilizing the un fit of humanity, the perverts, the feeble-minded, the maniac, the sensual self-debauchee, as a means to the end of reducing our enormous burdens of taxation in the maintenance of asy lums and refuges and homes for such as they, as well as mlmifying the incalulable wretchedness of social conditions and family life. The doc trine is not a new one. It was known of the ancients and widely practiced under the early, despotic governments, and is yet a living phase of the codes of several "unenlightened" peoples. The system has gradually receded, however, before the eternal cry of "freedom," sounded from the van of latter-day civilization, until It has become a delicate and dangerous Is sue for any modern to hold, maintain or fight for. There are countless physlcistjs of culture and eminence, today, who know the Inestimable value of the process and many of them have been bold enough to honestly avow the doctrine; but these ardent men of conviction have always gone up against the hue and cry of "personal liberty," "personal rights," and "Individual freedom," and all the qualifications that beset such new and drastic ethics. All great innovations have to be fought for courageously, untiringly, "and so it will be in this instance. Luckily, the Clatsop sponsor of the new code is fundamentally equipped, by professional intelligence, loyal cit izenship and personal independence and fearlessness, to wage wise and stalwart war for the generic relief of half our social ills, If the occasion shall arise, and we hope to witness her unqualified success, even If she has to invoke the referendum in the adoption of the edict. Dr. Owens-Adalr la going to Sa lem to confer with the leading states men in the matter and it cannot be doubted that they will know the measure of merit contained In her radical, sensible and thorough-going cure for a thousand evils, by the time she I" through with her presentation. The career of the new and vital bill will be followed with Intense interest all over the northwest. o CALIFORNIA AND THE JAPS. Every possible effort is now afoot at Washington and San Francisco for the harmonious adjustment of the Japanese school question now, and for months past, the pre-eminent is sue in the latter city. The Callfor nlana are as loyal as any people in America to the land and ita govern ment, and will go as far as any In maintaining ita honor and prestige at home and abroad, but the old spirit of '49 is in the blood there yet, and Mr. Roosevelt, his cabinet, the Senate and Houae, and the opposition of the whole country beyond her borders, will THE GOOD OLD PROBE. The further the probe of official In quiry Is driven into the festering mess ) of railway Usurpation and despotism I on this coast, by Commissioner Frank i lin K. Lane, of the Interstate Com ; merce department of the government, j the balder and bolder are the revel ations: and by the time he gets back to Washington he will have enough sal utary and Invincible evidence to lay before his confreres and Congress, to Invoke the utter largess of their re taliatory and amendatory power; and, Incidentally, the expose must be of timely value to the sitting legislatures of the country, and move them to similar courses; the predicate being ample to Justify the wholesale revi sion of the railway laws of the land. If such a comprehensive result Is neg atived, or defeated, it will be quite within the ethics of the situation to cancel the codes of the country, fed eral, martial and state, and set up a railway regimen at once autocratic and final, barring even the right of appeal. For a government divided against Itself cannot stand, and the people have a right to know, at least, who constitute their masters, an! which system of normal law they are to obey. CONDEMNS POOLING Practice of Railroads Criticised by Attorney General Hadley. ICE-BELEAGURED FRIENDS. Astoria sends her word and wish of sympathy to her Ice-beleagured friends along the upper-river, and ex presses the hope the prevalent sou' wester raging here today may reach and release them from the discomfort and peril. By some happy chance we have escaped the Ice-ravage that has overtaken and distressed the metrop olis and the valley towns above her on the river, and rejoicing In this, we are quick to realize and depre cate, the evil that has come to them there. If the exigency arises, and we can be assured there are no Swet tenhams east of the Willamette we will despatch a boat-load of utilities Into the upper bends of the Columbia. At all events, we wait with all friend ly eagerness the news of their early release and the quick resumption of business up that way. INJUSTICE TO THE PUBLIC Road Are Entitled Only to Juit and Reasonable Returns on Money In vetted Use Surplus for Im provement of Service. TOPEKA, Kan., Jan. St. Attorney General Hadley of Missouri In a speech before tho State Bar Association an nual meeting here last night, engageJ In a general discussion of trusts and condemned the common practice of railroad pooling. Me said In part: The Sherman anti-trust law has been constructed by the Supreme Court of the United States as appli cable to combinations by railroads and this Is also the decision of the courts under the principles of the common law. Men who associate themselves together In the form of a corporation for the purpose of operating a rail road have neither a legal nor a moral right to receive more than a reason able return on their investment. Iti so much as they receive more, in so much do they take from the public that which they have no right to re ceive. AnJ every person who pays to a railroad an account In excess of a reasonable charge for the service ren dered can recover such excess In an action at law, that is, if he can prove his facts. ''When we see the dominant per sonality of one of the great trunk lines of the country announce a ten per cent dividend In a clandestine manner as an Incident of an International, syndi cated, stock Jobbing speculation; when we see the same Individual U"e ten millions of dollars of the capital of one of the roaJs that he controls to buy stock In a competing line and over the hundred millions of dollars consolidation and control, do we not find therein a Justification for the statement of some of those principles of our common law which declare that such transactions constitute a wrong upon the public and a perversion of corporate funds to unlawful purposes. When tho true obligations on the part of these men who are In chareg of these great enterprises Is considered, Is is not clear that Instead of using the money of the road to gamble with and to secure the control of compet ing lines, contrary to the principles of our common law and our state law, such money should be usd to Improve the roadbed, to strengthen the lino, to strengthen the bridges, to increase the number and safety of the cars in order that business may be prompt ly and properly conducted, In order that human life may be made more secure.' SAFETY DEVICES. EDITORIAL SALAD. 4) It was a young Scot'a first sermon after he had received his license, and unfortunately he became very nervous, lost control of his voice, and, spoke very loudly Indeed. Nearly all his friends went to hear him preach; but one who was unable to attend inquired at the first oppor tunity as to how he got on. "Ill tell ye one thing," was the candid reply, "It's many a day since the rats In Boulton Kirk got such a fright!" Visitor Remember, my good man, we know not where we will be upon the morrow. Prisoner Well, mum, in carefully reviewing de circumstances I'd say dat dat statement hardly fits me own case. o When all parties are pledged In fa vor of a good railway commission law, why should anybody assume that sup port of such a measure In the legisla ture may be limited to party lines? o The beauties of the language as she is writ are made manifest when the sporting editor tells about the baseball fans warming things up In zero weather. When the people of Washington are apprehensive of gaa monopoly, It looks like a long way to hope of relief for any other city. Probably Mark Twain geta his be lief that the American people desire a monarchy from his long reign as the king of Missouri humorists. Pirating Foley's Honey snd Tar, Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Ho ney and Tar as a throat and lung remedy, and on account of the great merit and popularity of Foley's Honey and Tar many Imitations are offered for the genuine, These worthless Im itations have similar sounding names. Beware of them. The genuine Foley's Honey and Tar is In a yellow pack age. Ask for It and refuse any sub stitute. It Is the best remedy for coughs and colds. T. F. Laurln, Owl Drug Store. SUES TO RECOVER. LIVINGSTON, Mont., Jan. 31. The first state bank of this city has begun suit against W. B. Dolenty to recover 59,000, which sum it is alleged Dolen ty owes the bank, It being charged that Dolenty while he was president of the financial -Institution borrowed $75, 000 but has failed to return all the mo ney. The suit involves a number of unique contentions. Dolenty sold out his interest In the bank a month ago, THIS MAY INTEREST YOU. No one is Immune from kidney trou ble, ao Just remember that Foley's Kidney Cure will atop the lrregular itiea and cure any case of kidney and bladder trouble that is not beyond the reach of medicine. T. F. Laurln, Owl Drug Store. It'a healthful, wholesome. It's good for one aa the other. The more you take the better you sleep and eat. Makea people happy, That'a what Holllster's Rocky Mountain Tea does. 35 cents, Tea or Tablets. For Bale by Frank Hart. First Annual Exposition of Sooisl Ssr vice Society Displays Applianosi. Ni:V YORK, Jn. SI. The first annual exposition of safety devices had under the auspices of the American Institute of Social Service, opened yes ter.lay at the Ainetleun Museum of Natural History. The exposition was largely attended yesterday. Kvery sort of device that will tend to lessen tho number of accidents or deaths Is on exhibition from the port able fire escape and oil lumps that can bo tipped over when lighted with out exploding, to gas Jets that shut off automatically when tho gas Is blown out. Window guards that will enable one to clean the windows of the skyscrapers without danger of falling off; elevator lock that work In such a fashion with gates on each floor have to be locked, or else tho car can not proceed, automatic couplers unJ safety scaffolds are umong the exhlb Its. Again, there are devices for the pre ventlon of short circuiting, safety the' atro doors that can be used in case of fire; safety brakes for street car; tackle to prevent tho fouling of life boats during the process of lowering and permitting the tackle to unhook automatically when the boat touches the water; safety fenders for trolley cars, automatic engine stops for big machinery und some three hundred other devices are also to be seen. A STITCH IN TIME will save nine. So will a bottle of Ballard's Horehound Syrup always kept on hand save many n spelt of sickness. A sure cure for Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, and Whooping Cough. Mrs. S , Hot Springs, Ark., writes: "I keep a bottlo ot Ballard's Horehound Syrup In my medicine chest and thank my forethought many times. It has prevented many severe spells of sickness," Sold by Hart's drug store. REBELS GIVEN OFFICE. Havana. Jan. 31. Generals Arctic! ia and Rnldomero Acosta, well known ebel leaders, have been given post- ens with the government. The appointments have caused some adverse comment. tl LA GRIPPE AND PNEUMONIA. Foley's Honey and Tar cures la grlppo coughs and prevents pneumo nia. Refuse a")' tit the genuine In the yellow package. T. F. Laurln, Owl Drug Store. Secretary Taft wants to enlarge Home of the western military posts. At present they are not spacious enough to permit him to do any side-stepping. "ft EMM 8 AFFLICT IILBI Obstinate Case of Eczema Covered Little Girl's Limbs with Running Sores Poison Oak Made Boy's Hands and Arms a Mass of Tor turing Sores Sufferers Soon Re lieved and Completely Cured Grateful Mother Says ! t) I V "CUTICURA REMEDIES A HOUSEHOLD STANDBY" "Last year, aftor havlno my littlo girl treated by a very prominent physi cian for an obstinate case of eczema, I resorted to tho Cuticura Romodif. and was so well pleased with tho almost instantaneous relief afforded that wo discarded the physician's prescription and relied entirely on the Cuticura Soap, Cuticura Ointment, and Cuticura Pills. When we commenced with the Cuti cura Remedies her foot and limbs were covered with running sores. In about six weeks we had her completely well, and there has been no recurrence of the trouble, "In July of this yoar a little boy in our family poisoned his hands and arms with poison oak, and in twenty-four hours his hands and arms were a mass of torturing sores. We used onlv the Cuticura It'Tnedies, washing his nands and arms with the Cuticura Soap, and anointing them with the Cuticura Oint ment, and then gave him the Cuticura Kesolvent. In about throe weeks his hands and arms healed up. So we have lots of cause for feeling grateful for tho Cuticura Remedies, We find that the Cuticura Remedies are a valuable household standby, living as we do twelve miles from a doctor. Mrs. Lizzie Vincent Thomas, Fairmount, Walden's Jlidge, Term., Oct. 13, 1005." LET MOTHERS KNOW That a warm bath with Cuticura Soap and a single anointing with Cuticura, the groat Skin Cure, and purest and sweetest of .emollients, will afford instant relief and refreshing sleep for ekin-torturcd babies, and rest for tired and worn-out mothers. Complete External and Internal Treatment for Every Humor ol Infanta, Children, and Adult con slut of Cuticura Hoan (25c.) to Cleanse the Skin. 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