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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (March 20, 1908)
J. - If' -v.-v -rr;VT-r.r. v- THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON. ttrrjHj FRIDAY, M ARCH J(f, 1908. OPENING We wish to announce to our clientelle our Spring Millinery Opening commencing Wednesday, March 18th, continuing three days. We will show the most complete and up-to-date line of millinery ever shown in Astoria. Our stock is the most select. Our styles arc the very latest We guarantee our prices to be lower than any other store in town. Big line from $2.00 to $6.00. GEORGIA PENNINGTON 483 Bond Street PERSONAL MENTION ELKS' MINSTRELS. Preliminary preparations for the Elks' monster minstrel show, are moving along with despatch. En thusiasm is the keynote among the members having , this enterprise in hand and they report meeting with much encouragement and offers of as sistance. It can now be authoritative ly announced that the best talent in Astoria will participate and that this offering by the antlcred herd will be the most ambitious of the kind ever seen on the local stage. Nothing of a makeshift character is used in the production, but all the costumes, scenery, electrical effects and other paraphernalia is A No. 1, and fully as good as that carried by the biggest and best traveling organ izations in the country. Rehearsals will begin actively tonight at 8 o'clock at the Seamen's Institute on Ex change street and it will be speedily demonstrated to those who attend that there will be something doing. The keynote of the performance will be the snappy and fast manner of presentation, the newness and bright ness of the music, and the local flavor given it by the jokes which are all applied to well known men. The com mittee have agreed to let no guilty man escape, and every prominent Elk will "get his." performer is a great feature he is only one of many, not less valuable which will be seen with the greatest, most dazzling and laughter-produc ing entertainment of the season. WAS NOT SUICIDE. America's Leading Comedian, BILL SCHOLFIELD, Appears with the Elks March 30-31. The cut above is a correct repre-, sentation of one of the star perform ers of the show. This artist has been engaged at a fearful salary and will positively appear both nights. "Bill" is noted not alone for his ability as a vocalist, but also for the beauty of his face and the classic lines of his graceful form. He has been aptly . styled the Appollo Belvedere of As toria and the photographer is proud to exhibit this magnificent picture, which, sets off his alabaster brow, soulful eyes and cherry-ripe lips to such good advantage. While this Body Disinterred Show Man Was Murdered' Suspects Arrested. PITTSBURG, Pa., Mar. 19.-The body of Chas. Bennett, buried last September at Larrtck, a suburb, a suicide, was disinterred yesterday, and a autopsy held, which shows that Bennett was murdered. The disin terment and investigation were made by officials of Wheeling, W. Va., at which place Chas. Cook, his girl wife, and Jos. White, under arrest, charged with the murder. Cook and his wife are alleged to have confessed the crime, implicating White. The alleg ed murder was committed on the West Virgina state fair grounds, Wheeling Island, the night of Sept. 23 and robbery was the object Ben nett, who was only 16 years old, was selling novelties at the fair and he displayed $45 in a public place. Mrs. Cook, then Lila Vane, Cook, accord ing to the confession, enticed Ben nett to a secluded spot where he was assulted and beaten to death and his body thrown into the river. Four days later the body was found in Belmont county, Ohio, and the coro ner rendered a verdict of suicide. Cook, who had been playing the piano in saloons, and the girl, ac cording to the confession, used the money secured to defray their wedd ing and honeymoon expenses. It is said that Cook gave the. first clue to the crime during an attack of despon dency, while drinking. EGGS PLENTIFUL. CHICAGO, Mar. 19. The markets of the country, and particularly Chic ago, have been flooded during the last few weeks with eggs strictly fresh- and at prices that seem fabu lously cheap in comparison with the exorbitant charges of a short time ago. Eees are coming into Chicago daily at the rate of about fifty carloads, which means 600,000 dozen or 7,200,- 000 eggs. Strictly fresh eggs are selling wholesale at about 15 cents, theowest price in five years. At re tail the same grade of eggs should be obtained at not more than twenty cents. Snator Gore calls Oklahoma the "most overwhelmingly Democratic State in the Union.'' Kentucky was once a Democratic Gibraltar, but it became sick of bad politics. I! The Store tgSS"- U&es for -iA r vfy .... Women BEEmShllVEi Outfitters EASTER SUITS For Misses and Ladies Ranging in price from $7.50 to $37. OO Children's, Girls' and Ladies' Spring Jackets From $1.35 to $12.50 Silk Shirt Waist Suits Lingerie Suits in White and Colors, the Prettiest and Daintiest Possibilities Judge Frank J. Taylor left on the noon train yesterday to spend a few days rest (and work) on his Clatsop farm. Guy R. Osborne, of this city, has returned from a two-day outing at the metropolis, whither he went to meet his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. II. Osborne, of Salem, who were en route to Spray, Washington. R. M. Leathers was down town yes terday for the first time since he was stricken with the bad attack of la grippe about 12 days ago. He is mending slowly and must go carefully before he resumes business at the big boat yard. Mrs. Etta Fink and family of Ab erdeen are in the city. T. J. Coleman, of Portland, was an Astoria visitor yesterday. J. If. Walker, of Portland, is on a business trip here. H. P. Savage, of Tacoma, is look ing after business in the city. Mrs. Carlson and mother of Clifton are visiting friends in town. Mrs. Jason Grable and young son are bound for Ilwaco and were quar tered at the Occident last night. I SEA, BAY AND RIVER Ship Larglemore Has Finished Unloading Here. CROWN OF GERMANY SAILS The Catania, Griffith! and McDonald Leave Out ElmoreArrivca From Tillamook Breakwater Out For Cooa Bay Washington Due. y BRYAN ON CANDIDATES. COLUMBIA. S. C Mar. 19. Wil liam J. Bryan in a letter to Wm. E. Gondalcs, editor of the State, says that it is not for him to discuss the question of advisability of candidates. His availability as a candidate, is not a question upon which his judgment should be ventured or accepted. I have simply stated that it is a question for the voters of the party to determine. As a democrat I have resented the claim that a few editors should decide this question for the people. I am a believer in free) speech and in a free press and I rec ognize the right of any voter, whether he is large or small to state his opin ion and his reason for it, but those that read his opinion have a right to give it such weight as they think it deserves." Continuing, Mr. Bryan says: "It is deliberately unfair in ignor ing this question and charging the defeats of 1896 and 1900 to me, just as it is unfair in ignoring the still worse defeat of 1904, when the New York World was again the party's adviser. I especially appreciate the generous support that has come to me from the Southern states. If its democratic voters believe that I can assist the party by being a candidate, why should I refuse? And why should I take the advice of a few editors who have never been friendly rather than the advice of millions of democrats who have been co-labor ers with me for more than a dceade?" FREDERICK LAWRENCE ILL. NEW YORK,v7far. 19.-Col. Fred erick N. Lawrence, Point president of the Unioq Club and formerly pres ident of the New York Stock Ex change is ill with pneumonia in his apartments in West 26th. street. He was stricken Sunday last. Among owners and drivers of high grade trotting horses, few men in New York are so well known as Col. Lawrence. At Col. Lawrence's apartments last night it was said that although he had been critically ill Tuesday night, he had improved so rapidly it was ex pected he would recover. PITTSBURG AGAIN FLOODED. PITTSBURG, March 19.-A feel ing of relief swept over Pittsburg and vicinity early tonight whthfj e weather bureau announced that theX conditions had suddenly changed and the flood which suddenly came down on the city this morning would not be so serious as was expected. The flood will nevertheless be attended by an normous loss. Thousands of cellars and, first floors of the homes are flooded and the muddy water is flowing through scores of industrial plants and it is estimated that at least 25,000 employes will be unable to work tomorrow. The railroads are delayed and crippled. In numerous up-river towns business is at a standstill. The British ship Largiemorc, Cap tain Spencer, completed discharging the 1600 tons of Australian coal or dered by S. Elmore & Company, at the Elmore dock, yesterday, and was immediately hauled to an' anchorage o ffthe Tongue, from whence the will take tow today for Portland, She is without charter as yet to far as Captain Spencer is aware, but likely to be engaged at an early day. Cap tain Spencer made many friends while in this port who will always be glad to greet him. The steamer Sue II. Elmore arrived in yesterday morning from the Tilla mook country, and was immediately beached at the western end of the Kinney dock, for certain repairs to her wheel. She will go on to Port land .today or tomorrow, The change made in the Elmore's terminal does not seem to lessen the time she spends in this harbor. She is here about as much as she ever was if not just a bit more. The British bark Crown of Cer- many, wheat laden for Falmouth, and with Lord Grcwary, son of the Earl of .Annclesey, on board, went over the Columbia bar yesterday on her long voyage. The steamship Breakwater came down from Portland at an early hour yesterday morning, and after a short stay at the O. R. & N. piers, went to sea. The steamship Senator is due down from Portland, en route to the Bay City tomorrow morning very early and will leave the O. R. & N. docks before sunrise. v At 11:30 o'clock yesterday morning the American barkentine J. M. Grif fiths, lumber laden for California. went to sea on the hawsers of the "Tat." The oil tank steamer Catania did not get out over the bar until yester day morning; she is bound for the California coast. The fine schooner Alice McDonald was among the get-aways yesterday going over the Columbia bar at high noon. The steamer Washington is due in from San Francisco at almost any hour en route to Portland. Noticei to Mariners. Capt. Caudal of the British ship "Ernest Legouve," reports that on March 8, 1908, 6:30 a. m., in latitude 43 SO minutes north longitude 131 40 minutes west, his vessel passed with in a cable length of a vertical mast standing to 6 meters above the water. It appeared as if attached to a sub merged hull. John McNulty, nautical expert. ' KEEPING SMALL FRUIT. The Ohio Republican platform beats in Ohio must not forget to carry the State by the usual majority. TEA Not 1 in 1000 who buy Schilling's Best wants the money. Tour rroctf retires rcmr mntr I M 4m1 Wu fchlUlaa ' BmIi aw par Um. Experiments have proved that for freezing small fruits and keeping them in cold storage for several months, the best results can be ob- jtained by use of a closed package, providing it is not so tight as to pre vent the escape of gases given off by the fruit after it is packed and before it is frozen. Strawberries and blackberries were frozen for six months in the boxes with varying results. The flavor of the fruit wrapped in the open crate was tainted with the odors from other articles in the storage rooms, and the flavor of the fruit in the triple-wrapped boxes was but little better, hav inb become tainted by the carbon dioxid gas exhaled by the fruit before it became frozen. The flavor of the, fruit in the double-wrapped carton, however, was not contaminated and retained much of the flavor of the fresh fruit. The frozen fruit is used in making fresh fruit pies and fruit ices in midwinter. From illustrated article in April Popular Mechanics. A FRESH SUPPLY OP . ' " y ; .... 1 Finnan Haddie, Cromarty Bloaters and Lenten. Spe cialties. AcmeGroceryGo. THE UP-TO-DATE QROCtfRS S21 COMMERCIAL STREET ' PHONE 681 IB VALUABLE PROPERTY Refuses $150,000 for Fifty Feet of Land. REFUSED BY 1.0.0. F.LODGE The Washington Lodge of Odd Fel lows, Which Hat Not Collected Any Duet For Several Years From Its Member! Doesn't Need Money. DETRQIT, Mar. 19.-Having no use for the money Washington Lodge of Odd Fellows of this city hat re jected an offer of $150,000 for its fifty feet of property next to the hotel St Eclair on Randolph. The lodge re serves only a portion of the building for its lodge rooms and collects enough rentals from the remaining portions to pay all the lodge's ex penses. In fact, it is said that there have been no dues collected from tlte members "for many years". The hotel management desires to extend its building and made an offer to the lodge. But when thi matter came up for consideration the members asked what they could do with the money, since the lodge already had everything it could desire and with out expense to the members. The decision was reached that the lodge was perfectly satisfied with its loca tion and that money was no object. "THE BUROOMA8TER COMINO" At last Astoria is to be treated to I real genuine comic opera, in the simps of that ctever musical mav terpiece, "The Burgomaster." II. P.' Hill, business representative, is in the city and completed all arrangements for the date, Saturday, March 28f at the Astoria Theatre. "The Burgc-" master" is without doubt the best of the many Pixley and Luderi' suc cesses which include "Prince of Pit- sen." "Woodland," "King Dodo, "Grand Mogul," and others. Gut Weinburg and Ruth White head the present presenting company, both having appeared in the original "Burgomaster" organisation, and along with over half a hundred others, including the famously original Kan garoo girls and the original New York and Chicago production will be brought to Astoria. NEW TO-DAY IDLE CARS. Number, of. Idle. Cart. Decreasing Very Rapidly. NEW YORK, Mar. 19. Further evidence of the gradual improvement in general business which has been going for some weeks came to hand yesterday in the report of the Ameri can Railroad Association, showing a decrease in the number of idle freight cars between Feb. 19, the date of the previous report, and Mar. 4. During these two weeks the number of idle cars decreased 5,521 to 314,992. These figures cover the period since busi ness began to fall off last fall; March 4, 1908, 314,992 Feb. 19. 1908 320,513 Feb. 5, 1908, 343, 938; Jan. 22, 1908, 342,580; Jan. 8, 1908, 341,763; Dec. 24, 1807, 209, 310; Dec. 11, 1907, 119,339. In November 1907, before business conditions began to fall off the num ber of idle cars was only 40,348, When You Travel Be sure that your ticket reads vH the O. R. & N. and connections, it costs no more than via. .other lines. Through tickets to and from all prin cipal points in the United States Canada and Europe. G. W. Roberts, Agent, O. R. & N Dock, Astoria, "Modern" Dslights. When man ) asses under the hands of a barber he wants the best skilled treatment to be had in that line. In Astoria, the man in search of such manipulation, goes direct to Petersen's "Modern" shep, at 572 Commercial, snd gets it in any of the six chairs maintained. The Clean Man. The man who delights in personal cleanliness, and enjoys his shave, shampoo, haircut, and bath, in As toria, always goes to the Occident barber shop for these thingsand gets them at their best For Good Wood From the Tongue Point Lumber Company, 16-inch stove length. Call up Prael-Eigner Transfer Co., Phone 22t SENATOR PENROSE ILL. PHILADELPHIA, March 19.- United States Senator Penrose is dangerously ill at his home here with facial erysipelas. It was stated by his physicians tonight that his tempera ture had reached 104 and that his condition was serious. 4 C C C C ALL WINS ARE ALL WINNERS. The Zapf Hardware & Furniture Company, of this city, has just put on the market the best and nicest baby go-cart for the money ever heard of in Astoria. It is the AUwin, and is to be had at the modest figure of $5.25. It is one of the easiest riders in carriages, and the baby that is indulged with one dimples all over every time it goes out. It runs smooth as silk and folds up till it is almost unrecognizable. Call and examine one before putting money into some thing not nearly so satisfactory. The All wins are all winners, sure enough I The Palace Restaurant The ever-increasing popularity of. the Palace Restaurant is evidence the good management, and the serv ice, at this popular dining room. For a long time the reputation of the house has been of the best and it does not wane as time progresses. The system used, that of furnishing the finest the market affords, and til can be obtained, in season, is plan that will always win, coupled as it is with the best of cooking and prompt service. A common saying nowadays is "Get the Palace habit" New Grocery Store. Try our own mixture ot coffee the J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables. Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Main 1281. Just received a new line of umbrella covers. See C. H. Orkwiti, 137 Tenth street The very best board to be obtained in the city la at "The Occident Hotel" Ratea very reasonable. . Kodak Supplies, A full line of films, papers, cameras, kodaks, etc., just received at Hart's Drug Store. ' The Commercial One of the coziest and most popular resorts in the city is the Commercial A new billiard room, a pleasant sitting room and handsome fixtures all go to make an agreeable meeting place for gentlemen, there to discuss the topics of the day, play a game of billiards and enjoy the fine refreshments serv ed there. The best of goods are only , handled, and this fast being so wsjl known, large business is done at the Commercial, on Commercial street,. near Eleventh.