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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 31, 1907)
SUNDAY, MARCH II, 1M7. THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. WE CARRY THE CHOICEST OF GREEN AND BLACK LIPTONS TETLEYS GATTS CEYLON SCHILLINGS Eng. BreaKfast, Japan, Oolong. Sole Agents for Bakers Barrington Hall Steel Cut Coffee. A. V. ALLEN, MASSES MIGRATING Unspeakable Condition of Fam.;tun9,4rba: ine Stricken Russians. sequence, the lottery presents no more than Us ordinary every day as pect, while th stations of all the big railroad lending wwt from Jer jsey City are overflowing with imml j grants and their curious congloment- FEAST OF THE PASSOVER Thousands of Immigrants Bound for tho West Russian Women Appeal for amine ReliefV-Mpkin jMatsos (or Millions etc. etc NEW YORK. March. 30. The re sources of Immigration Commissioner Watchorn and his Island are taxed to New York, on account of the fact that the headquarters of the Russian Famine Relief Committee are loca ted here. Is beginning to realise some thing of the horrible condition of SO. 000,000 starving Russian peasants. Not only hunger," but disease as well. Is ravaging their ranks and threaten ing a death roll of millions. Indeed, so bad have matters become that the women of Russia, In a letter Just re ceived by Samuel J. Barrows, the Sec retary of the Committee have appealed to the women of America in their great extremity. The letter cites the con ditions In one village as typical of thousands and rays: "At present the temperature in this village Is In" the neighborhood of twenty degrees be low eros. Many of the peasants are 1 lounsifllla Woolen illsltore the utmost these days by tie spring j living, in holes dug under ground. rush of immigrants, which has start ti out in a way which leads the au thorities at Ellis Island to expect an unprecedented; - arrival of aliens at this port during the summer. More than 12,000 immigrants were landed from eight ships during two days at the beginning of last week, while re ports to the steamship agents in this Ty and blindness resulting from star tion abroad from which immigrants all is overcrowded with other thous ands of future American cltisens, who have booked all third-class accommo dations for months ahead. Most of these immigrants come from Italy and southern European ports, lured by the Hews of the abundant prosperity in the Western States which has reached them in letters' from relatives and friends already in this country; so that unusual features of the present Influx are the few who desire to remain In 3Sew York and the Immediate vicinity and the many who are bound, for the West on through tickets. As a con- Keep Your Feet Dry. If people would keep their feet dry half the doctors would have to go out of business. Our Dr. Reed's Cushion Shoes are just the thing for keeping your leet dry. They shedthe water almost like a duck's back. We Guarantee Each Pair. Our Specialties Are Loggers and long hand made boots for Fishermen. S. A. G1MRE MS Bend 8U opposite Fisher Bros. They are almost naked and are with out fuel; for in this region the peas ants make their fuel from straw, and there has been no straw from which fuel can be maJe. Their food Is a sort of bread made from ground acorn or other uneatables to which has been added a little rye meal. Typhus, scur- v yand blindness resulting from star vation are on all sides breaking down grown up people and children. This Is not a single village, for there are thousands like it. and those thous ands of villages have no hope unless aid comes to them from the outside. Seventy-five cents will keep a grown up person alive for a month." Dr. Barrows states that the Committee, whose' offices are located at 135 East 15th Street, will be glad to receive any contribution, however small, since if life is saved Immediate help Is the chief requisite. . 684 Comrnorclal St. Invites You to Inspect Their Fine Line of pring Wearing Apparel for Men and Boys. Only 'tike Best Arc the kind we have to offer this season, In all the fashions latest creations. Th full nf tnj Pnnsflvw will be celebrated by Jews all over the world this month, and the people who are busy making preparations for its ob servance are working night and day. There Is much ceremony anJ many quaint observances connected with the week's festival, but its best known feature in New York is the vast quan tity of matsos, or unleavened bread, the baking of which has kept hun dreds of people employed for months In' some forty bakeries on the East Side. No baker tells his neighbor how much he turns out; but there are 700,000 orthodox Jews in New York, and an average consumption during a week of ten pounds for each person would mean 7,000,000 pounds, or some 36,000 barrels of flour. Many baker les have been working for six months on the product which will be consumed in a single week, and there Is one flve- story establishment In the city where nothing Is done all the year except to manufactur the crackers which are used In lieu of bread during the Pass over season. Its output is sold not only to dealers and consumers in this city, but all over tie United States as well, besides going in large quanu ties to Cuba, Porto Rico and all parts of South America. tatlon over the Pure Food bill In CFon-j gress, however. Induced a sort of wist- ful curiosity to know what actually! NEW YORK. March 30. In dlvi- went with the label when it left the) ding the work fufnieily In charge of cannery; but when It was announcea . uago k. rarocii, woo wrau; rmm. im nm thnt th National Pack- a Vice-President. Paul Morton, pres- ers Association proposed to "how thlsMdent of the Equitable Life Assurance through the medium of an exposition i Society In a letter to me u-nenu i r.ktA ttav 1 u n,1 r n I 1 wi.nMiia: . HnrlurpN thnt he Will Per- lu open j v"-bu v,. .-. .v.-,. - come to New York some time in the sonally look after the territory In the New York consumes more canned eoods than any other nlace in the country. The neat package and at tractive labels are so well adapted to the narrow confines of life in a flat that it seemed as if a kind Providence had designed them as perfect comple ments to each other. The half- dis Closures which accompanied the agl A. STEEL & EWART ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS In Business for.Business and Your,Satisfaction. We make it our aim to do first class work at reasonable prices. 222 Twelfth Street. Next to the'Astoria Theatre. r IE l! in HIP Willi 0 ILIIUI Correct Clothes for Men. I SI i;IK for Young Men and Boys. Min. Ik, lieu, .,. "THE ASTOR . HAT Richest Pattern Latest Styles, Finest Quality, Finest Tailoring, Lowest Prices. IS Special pains were taken in the selection of these fine spring lines. Good taste and Judgment renders ONLY THE BEST. fUDD BROS., Props. 648 Commercial Street. I EQUITABLE LIFE. fall, anxiety on the subject subsweo and sales' of canned goods resumed their normal proportions. The later news that the big Chicago packers have so far evinced little disposition to enter exhibits, however, revives the suspicion that boneless chlckenand other delicacies may not always be of strictly legitimate parentage. Per haps the shadow of the big stick be hind the White House door falls heav ily here, perhaps the packers of this section of the country have less to conceal; but It is the general opinion amnnir them that the exposition will be a good thing and that they will be there with the lids off the cans when President Roosevelt presses the button which will open the exposition. western part of both the United States and Canada. George .Wilson, second Vice-President, will devote himself to the eastern and southern states and the general agencies. NEW LOU DILLON COLT. AMBASSADOR GRAVES ASSAILED. U. S. Minister to Sweden, Refused Prevent Woman at Court NEW YORK, March 30. The Her- aid today says: "Complaint has been made to the State Department In Washington aealnst Charles H. Graves. United States Minister to Sweden by Mrs Ida M. von Claussen, formerly of this city, who alleges that he refused to formally present her at the court of King Oscar, although that ruler had personally invited her and her cre dentials were of the best. Mrs. von Claussen arrived in New York last Saturday and she will go in a few days to Washington, where she will seek to relate her grievance to the President, Mrs. von Claussen's father Is a re tired merchant of this city. She has recently made her home in Germany CLEVELAND, March 30. Lou Dil lon, the world's champion trotter, foul, ed a pretty bay filly colt early today, at the GJenvllle Track. The foals sire is champion of the wagon trotting clam John A. McKerren, thus making hjer dne f the most distinguished equine juveniles living, in point of speed heritage. Many business men are shortsight ed .in not looking into things. They are dally losing money by not adopt ing the great Holllster Rocky Moun tain Tea system. Makes them well and keeps them well. 35 cents. A STORIA ARMY OFFICER DIES, SAN FRANCISCO, March 30. Brigadier General Richard Comba, Xfi S. A., retired, died at the Presidio, yesterday. He was retired from ser vice In 1901. He was born In Ireland In 1843. Vox Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of irrtr'i Tar MrTO"-'r:m-MC-- -. - m BRIEF BUT BIG. AUSTIN, Tex.March 29. Governor Campbell today signed the bill making gambling a felony In ex as. -0 SPICES, CGrrEE.TE.A4 BAKING POWDER, Fircn;i IS EXTRACTS Absolute toffy, finest Flavor, CLOSSETGDZVEB dadti aND.flBf flnM. r , Judges of SNAPPY j EXCLUSIVE styles in GOOD headgear I are giving their ap proval to JALOFF'S millinery. SEE the line and learn WHY. v I ALOFF ' S New Store. I'JO Kleventli M., Iletweeu Commercial nntl Jlond MILLINERY Suits, Cloahs, Skirts, Waists, Etc., 4 l ..t I i 4. TWO DROWNED flmurnaA In tho Ttuvlton river VrtHtnr. day. The craft was upset while its NEW YORK, March 30. Stout Da- occupants were endeavoring to change vlHon, 47 years old ,and his six year places. The father struggled to ve old son of New Brunswick, N.' J were the boy, but became exhausted anf