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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 1, 1907)
THE MORNING 11STORIAN. 'ASTORIA; OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER I, igo;, V .V.. We Have Bargains At the leading Coat and Stilt House. . ; Select your coat, suit, or skirt from the largest and best assortment and most up-to-date stock ever seen, in Astoria. Suits in brown, blue and mixtures; many different siyles to select from and prices are always the lowest, at- JALOFP'S ASTORIA'S LARGEST AND BEST CLOAK, SUIT AND MILLINERY STORE, prices t Stmt and Always. ModerataDepeadablt Merchandise Cash or Credit, The Style Store," 537 Cfommercial Street NEXT TO HERMAN WISH DOES HOT FAVOR. SAX FRAXCISCO, Oct. 31. Vice President and General Manager E. X. Calvin, of the Southern Facilic. las la wed a denial of the charge that Oregon shippers are being favored by the com pany in the matter of car supplies a against Caliornia shippers, because of recent reciprocal demurrage . legislation in Oregon. He said: "At this season of the jear the ship ments of Oregon products, especially lumber, to California are very heaTj indeed, while in the opposite direction the movement of loads is relatively very light. . If we did not end ears north, there would soon be none in Oregon to load south. The only source of supply for south cars is California. If the Cali fornia supply is cut off, then California consignees will suffer, for there will be no cars in Oregon to carry their busi ness. The cars that reach Oregon points via Portland must return that way. We require that cars which are sent north, empty or loaded, be return ed to us at Ashland. ."Only enough cars are sent to Ore gon to equalize the movement: That is, when certain number of cars have been received by us from Oregon at Ashland, enough empties are sent north in addition to the loaded cars to make the number moving in each direction equal Can anything be more fair than this! Legislation has not affected the situation at all. Oregon lumber ship pers are dependent at all times upon the lines in California for equipment which, as stated, must be moved to them for the most part empty. , "The Caliornia mills have an advant age in that a very large number of cars come into their territory under load. Just now there is an extraordinary volume of lumber business offering, but the stress has been greatly relieved. It is expected that in the near future con ditions in California will become normal" MORGAN BUYS BONDS. NEW YORK. Oct. 31. In spite of a considerable amount of reassuring news, stocks closed weak and lower, after a substantial rally early in the session. Among the favorable factors were the fact that Morgan has purchased $50, 000,000 of New York City bonds at par, with an option on $20,000,000 more, and an optimistic statement by J. J. Hill, who says that conditions in the north west are vem good. Money loaned early aa high as 20 per cent, but the rate declined to 3 per cent late in the day. WILL BE DEPORTED. HELEXA, Mont, Oct. 31.-A Japanese and three women, who are being hell in the county jail at Butte on the author ity of the United States government, will soon be returned to Seattle for de portation to Japan. The man, Hyama Matsumura, is accused of bringing three of Ms countrywomen to America, for immoral purposes. It is stated that the four Japanese arrived in Seattle from Japan on the steamer Minneapolis, June 7 last. INSANITY TO BE PLEA Chief Counsel for Thaw Decides He is Insane. LITTLETON STUDIES FAMILY Decides That Trace of Unsound Mental ity May Have Been in Former Genera tions Although Mrs. Thaw, Mother of Accused, Denied Imputation at Trial. SEW YORK, Oct, 3l.-Announce-ment was niaJe today that iusanity is to be the pica in the defense of Harry Kendall Thaw, whose second trial for the staying of Stanford 'White will be gin on December 2 next. Martin W. Littletou, chief counsel for Thaw, it Is stated, has decided on this courser He is said to be convinced that Thaw is insane and has not adopted this course as merely a theory on which to conduct a successful defense, but be case he feels certain of the unsound men tal condition of his client. Ever since he took charge of the case, it is said, Mr. Littleton has given the question of Thaw's mentality careful study. He has traced the Thaw family tree, and, it is said, has decided that the insanity of Thaw may have been an inheritance. In this connection it is recalled that Mrs. William Thaw, moth er of the accused, emphatically denied during the last trial that in the direct line of descent there had been any trace of either epilepsy or insanity. Seven alienists testified, however, that Thaw, in their opinion, was insane and had been insane for some years. Much tes timony! along this line was brought out in the trial which reached a climax when District Attorney Jerome, in tears, gave his opinion that he was trying an In sane man and that he felt that it was wrong to proceed with the trial under these circumstances. The Commercial The Commercial still continues to do a good business. The finest grades of different kinds of refreshments kept at this well known establishment assures a continuance of its popularity. The pro prietor, Otto Sund, ia a genial gentle man, and is well and favorably known in this city. Drop into the Commercial when in the neighborhood. It is on Com mercial street near Eleventh. COFFEE Poor coffee has to be sold in bulk, it isn't worth packing. Toot grocer rthirnt yosr mosey H yoa 4 oat like Schilling Bed: we par him i imi.iii I " Extraordinary OF toning i B MUSIC CABINETSI& COMFORTABLE ROCKERS i i I : 4 WE have always endeav ored to give the pub lic superior goods at moderate prices, Tht best in each line. Today it is Music Cab inet and Comfortable Rockers VWe are showing over twenty different patterns in Music I cabinets in solid Mahogany, Oak and Walnut. These are the celebrated Hartwitz cab- t incts. Each rocker is tested so that it neither tilts too far forward or too "far back. They are X built just right. We ar sole agents for Tavlor's eom I fortable rockers Every chair warranted to be made f of the best material. The finish, cabinet work and upholstering on Taylor Comfort- f able Rockers is not equalled by any other make of chairs. t i : Two JiP Established : -earaJJ - 1875 ; GRANT INJUNCTION Lumbermen Win First Skirmish in Rate War Battle. RATE HELD IN ABEYANCE Arbitrarily Advance Tariffs on Lumber Shipments Causing Hardship to Mills Dependent on Moving Their Product by Rail Long Legal Battle Expected. PORTLAND, Oct. 31. In the first skirmish between the lumbermen of the Northwest and the railroads the former have won. At a special seion of court last night in Seattle, federal Judge C. H. Hanford granted the prayer of the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufacturers' Association, ordering a bond from the asxociatiou of f&O.OOO. Judge Wolver ton was present at the hearing, and on arriving in Portland this morning im mediately granted the injunction which had been atlred on similar grounds by the Oregon A Washington Lumber Manufacturers' .VsociaUtw. The two associations, while striving to obtain the same object, had each filed a petition for an injunction and each has been suc cessful. Lumber concerns not party to the suits in Oregon and Washington are be ing advised to authorise their lawyers to tile suits iu intervention as soon as possible, otherwise the railroads will not be punished if they enforce the proposed rate on firms not party to the suit. The result of these injunctions h that the proposed new rate, which the lum bermen declare exorbitant and ruinous to their Eastern trade, is held in abey ance until the Interstate Commerce Commission has acted on it. Should the Interstate Commerce Commission decide that the railroad had the right to ad vance the rate, the bond will be used to indemnify the railroads. Railroads affected byt the injunctions are the O. It 4 N. Co., the Oregon Short Line, the Northern Pacific, the Great Northern, the Union Pacific and the Chi cago, Burlington t Quincy. According to the argument of the lum bermen, a railroad is a public concern, run by private agents, within fixed lim its, and subject to Government control to a certain extent. Therefore, the Fed eral Courts were asked for restraining orders against the enforcement of the proposed new rate, although the railroad attorneys contended that the Federal courts had no jurisdiction in the matter. The railroads arbitrarily advanced their rates to such an extent that the lumber industry of Oregon and Wash ington was seriously threatened. The rate is practically prohibitive, since it makes the cost of lumber in the Eastern markets of the coast concerns so ex cessive that the Eastern buyers declare they cannot take it in preference to Southern lumber. Hundreds of letters front Eastern customers are produced to prove that if the rate takes effect the customers cannot deal with the coast manufacturers. ""Thus the new rate not only checks the trade of Oregon and Washington, but deprives it of enjoying one of its best markets. Lumbermen contend that when lumber mill. are started along a railroad on which the mills are dependent for trans portation of output and these mills are started on the belief that a rate of long standing will not be changed, or at least if changed, the rate will be lower instead of high, such mills are entitled to consideration and have a right to be heard before a rate can be altered. Further, say the lumbermen, when such conditions exist, as outlined, the arbi trary advance of rates not only ruins the industry, but forces manyi mills to close and throw thousands of men out of work. To prevent railroads from chaagiag rates at their own sweet will, the lum bermen wish an amendment to the In terstate Commerce law, which provides that no rate can be altered without the industry affected having a bearing and that the rate can only be enforced after' obtaining the approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission. In obtaining the restraining orders from the two Federal courts, the lumber men have scored a telling blow on the railroads. This now prevents the rail roads from collecting the intended ad vance rate until the Interstate Com merce Commission has acted. If the commission decides that the railroads cannot make the advanced rate the lum ber associations will receive back their money; but if the commission decides in favor of the railroads, the latter will receive the bond, or such portion of it as will cover what they would have re ceived from November 1, today, until the termination of the case. The rail roads expect a decision in their favor and also expect to do a big business, evidently, since their lawyers asked that the bond be $1,000,000 instead of one fourth of that sum. How long the case will hang fire no one can tell. The "yellow pine" case, which involved an advance In a rate of 2 cents, consumed three years before it was settled. With this precedent in view, the lumbermen cannot forecast when a decision .will be reached in the present case, but they are already pre- YOU WANT THE BEST OVERCOAT YOUR MONEY WILL BUY. Or COURSE; AND "BEST" MEANS All WOOL FABRICS, HIGH CLASS TAIL 0RIN0, A PERFECT FIT) AND Till STYLE THAT SUITS YOU. HERE'S Tint HAST SCHAFFNER k MARX CHESTERFIELD; IT ANSWERS ALL THE REQUIREMENTS EXCEPT POSSIBLY THE LAST; YOU CAW SETTLE THAT BY IOOEIN0 AT YOURSELF IN T1IE COAT. THIS STYLE SUITS A LARGE PER CENTAGE OF WEARERS; IT'S DI0 NIF1ED, DRESSY, SUITABLE FOR ANY AND ALL OCCASIONS. IF IT DOESN'T SUIT YOU, WE HAVE OTHER STYLES THAT WILL. Copyright I oof' hy Hart Sehafl'ncr Marx Lender In Nobby Clothes HIMIIIIMIIIHIMMII MUM M MMMMMMMMM oaccnattttttaonaaaotio aao personal Mxirrioif oaa oaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaao Oscar Jacobsen and Hjalmar Janson came in from Cathlatnet yesterday, Marcus Wise of Ilwaco is visiting in Astoria. James Jameson of Nehalem was in this city yesterday. County Commissioner Larson was in Astoria yesterday. City Treasurer Dealey I on a busi ness trip to Olympia and wilt not return for a few days. Edgar F. Averill, city editor of the Pendleton Tribune, accompanied by Mrs. Averill, is making Astoria several days' visit. . WATERFRONT ITEMS The steamer Breakwater left out yes terday morning for Coos Buy points with a full complement of freight and passengers. The French bark Le Pilier is lying off the harbor, and as soon as her craw is completed will sail or Europe with a cargo of grain. The steamer Sue IL Elmore arrived in yesterday afternoon from Tillamook. Her captain reports times lively at the Bay. City. , The British ship Yola, with a cargo of grain for Durban, South Africa, was towed down from Portland yesterday and expects to get to sea in a few days. Capt, Pennicuik, who is accom panied by his son, is glad to get to isa again having been in harbor over four months. The steamer Volga goes on the dock this week and will be stripped prepara tory to having her boiler taken out and put into another steamer which her owners are building. , The steamer schooner Daisy Freeman arrived down the river yesterdayi with a cargo of lumber for California. The Oklahoma took in tow the four masted abrkentlne Charles F. Crocker and the three-masted schooner Habit Gale, and went up the river yesterday, evening. They will load lumber for California. The four-masted brigantine Charles F, Crocker arrived in yesterday morning after a 7-duy trip from San Francisco. This is a remarkably, quick trip for a sailing vessel and approaches steamship time. Captain Wm, Devars is in com mand of this vessel and he reports hav ing encountered a severe gale off the baf, 4 Rings Dyspepsia Tablets do the work. Stomach trouble, dyspepsia, indigestion, bloating, etc,, yield quickly, .Two days' NEW TO-DAY. Notice. Heating stoves and ranges, the best and the cheapest. Ilildrebrand t Oor. Notice. We have silver aide and steelhead Bet ting, leaded lead lines, cotton twin and rope, Plymouth Manila rope, oil clothing and rubber boots and everything for fishermen. T. J. Carney ft Co. Oliver typewriters and automatic stenographers it A. It. Cyrut, 414 Commercial street. tf. The Tyler. The Tyler still keeps up its reputa tion. Good liquors and polite attention will always win, and in pursuance of this idea Clarence Tyler has made no change in the quality of bis goods, and has secured the services of Uncle Gene Lent whose genial personality makes him popular with the Tyler's patrons. Everyone knows where tho Tyler is, Sixth and Bond streets. New City Maps. The new and up-to-date pocket maps of Astoria and vicinity which the Co lumbia Trust Company have gotten out have arrived and can be bad at their offices at 15 cents each or two for 25 cents. Special prices will be made to those buying 25 or more. 10-25-fit. Rtm Grocery Store. Try our own mixture of coffee the J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables. Babollet A Co. grocers. Phone Mala 128L Columbia and Viewer fraphophones and latest record at 424 Commercial treat A. R. Cyrus, tf. Portland Horse Show. Take advantage of the low round-trip rates that have been named by the A. 4 C. for the Portland Horse Show, Novem ber 7th, 8th and 9th. This li an event that no one can afford to miss. A large amount of money is being Spent In mak ing preparation, and it will be an attrac tion second only to New York's famous show. Tat Palace Leads. The Palac restaurant, always in the lead. Is keeping up Its reputation for catering to the wants of it patrons. Now that fall it here, and winter It ap proaching, shell flh and oysters art la demand. The Palace Catering Company right up to the times, hat arranged to have a daily supply of Jeep tea eraba furnished them and now this toothsome crustacean can be had at any Unit at the Palace. They are always fresh, as the demand Is to great for them that none ar allowed to grow stale. Reduced ratet to Portland and return for the Portland Horse Show to be held ia Portland, November 7th, 8th and 0th. The A. k C. hat named a rale of one and one-third fare for the round-trip. Tickett will be on tale November Otb, 7th and 8th, and will be good returning up to and including November 10th, The United Swedish-American Broth erhood will give an annual dance Satur day, Octolar 2nd. at the Antorla Nation ill Hall. McmlM-rs and friends cordially invited. Admission 50 cents. 10 -31-St. ''J JUST RECEIVED BY EXPRESS A Hew LtA 3F UMBRELLAS COME EARLY AND GET YOUR PICK FRANZ J. D0NNERBERG, :0R. ELEVENTH AND BOND STS. SOMETHING FANCY TkfT f DlfKf 1TQ RECEIVED TODAY HILL rllIlLrJLO Sweet Apple Cider - - 40c per Gal. Saeurkraut - - - Be per qt Waxen Cooking Apples 65c box. All kinds of Fresh Fruit and Vegetables. ACME GROCERY 521 Commercial J Street