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SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1908. 8 THE MORNING ASTORIAN. ASTORIA, OREGON.. "SPSDMWI ifg'wtt wW- pill BarriitoieHall Is just pure Moctia and Java prepared in a new way.- The cof- )m Krrv ic rut tin I tmf rrAiinH hv tnivp of Almost razor sharo- ness into small uniform particles. n . 1 l t i inus li is noi crusncc, as by inc 14 mptVirwt nf prindinrr. and the little , oil cells remain unbroken. Ihe, essential oil (tood product) cannot evaporate and is preserved indefinitely. This is one reason why a pound or Harrington mil all make IS to 20 cups more of full crnrtfi pnffp than will fi nv it excels all other coffee in flavor and why it. will Keep perfectly until used. Rut th main Timer ntuinf ftnr. ington Hall Coffee is that it can be used without ill effect by those vihn find nritinartf rnff intnra them, because the yellow tannin . i . i i . . ucanng stun ana uusi ine oniy injurious wooerties of coffee) are removed by the "steel-cut" pro cess. A delicious coffee not a tasteless substitute, r Price, per pound, 40c POUND A. V. ALLEN Sole Agents HATTER OF ONE YEAR iBurkett's Resolution to Extend Date of Application. OF COMMODITIES CLAUSED VISIT ABOUT ENDED The Fleet Will Weigh Anchor This Morning GOING TO LOS ANGELES At Midnight a Farewell Salute of 13 Aerial Bombs, Fired From Point Loma Will be Followed by a Flight of 13 Giant Rockets. SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 17.-The stay of the American Battleship fleet in San Diego waters is rapidly draw ing to a close and the sixteen ships under command of Admiral Chas M. Thomas, will hoist anchor at 6 a. m. tomorrow and steam to the north ward, their next visiting place, being the port of Los Angeles, four of these ports are included in the calling list, a division of four ships being sent to each place. Another large section of liberty men came ashore from the fleet this morning and the day has practically been given, over to their entertain 1 ment. There were matinees in all the theaters except one' this afternoon, the only card being the uniform of the enlisted men. The blue jackets packed most of the amusement places During the evening they roamed about the streets enjoying themselves to the fullest extent. Shooting gal leries were a favorite stopping place and more target records were broken. Restaurants of the better class were throntred at the luncheon hours Sailormen of the modern navy enjoy splendid fare on board ship and Seek equally good food ashore. Every sailor on the streets wore a souvernir of some sort, usually buttons with streamers of red, white and blue com memorative of the visit of the 'fleet. A junior officers' ball at Hotel Del Comado tonight and a band concert in the city will wind up the round of gaiety marking the four days of the fleet's visit. At midnight a farewell salute of 13 aerial bombs fired off Pt. Loma will be followed by the flight of 13 giant rockets and 13 red fire illuminations. Rouses Railroads in Defense of Ex tension Supplied by the Elkins Law Earlier Date is Not Yet Pos sible. WASHINGTON, April 17.-Front the bill introduced in the Senate to day by Burkctt, it is indicated that the resolutions offered by Senator Elkins, to extend the application of the commodities clause in the railroad rate bill, to January 1, 1910, may be opposed when it comes up for pas sae. Burkett's bill proposes t change this extension to January next. The railroads have represented that it will be impossible for them to divorce themselves from the owner ship of the mines, the output of which they carry to May 1 next; and there fore the Elkins resolution, giving them two years additional, was of fered. NOT EXPLAINED, SHORT WEEK ON CHANGE. NEW YORK, April 17.-The short week in the stock market was char acterized by languid and insignificant trading. Money continued to ac- cummulate in New York with a diminishing demand from borrowers and with the expected demand from railroad corporations in abeyance. The money market became so 'ple thoric that shipments of gold to Paris began on the triangular operation through London. Concessions offered bv the Imperial Bank of Germany pointed to4 some outgo to Berlin as well. Neither the gold nor the prom ise of an early recall of government deposits from the banks had any ef fect in stiffening money rates. Brade streets reports pointed to some new reported pointed to some renewed contraction, copper prices declined again and iron and steel prices were unstable. A fresh increase in the number of idle freight cars pointed to disappointing conditions of rail road tariff. COUNTERFEITERS. SACRAMENTO, April 17.-Evi. deuces of the bogus coin- artists. working in this city was disclosed yesterday when a family moving into a flat on 16th street, found pieces of glass on which were perfect impres sions of $5 pieces. Scattered all through the flat were tell tale evi dences of tthe boeus coin artists. Quantities of plaster of paris which had been used as molds, bits of waste and unused metal were littered about the floors. Two men who recently vacated the house are supposed to have been the criminals as their, actions while there were suspicious in the extreme. It is thought the men did not float any of the coin in this city but carried it with them to other fields. IF HE'S NOMINATED. DRESS SUIT MUSICIANS. CHICAGO, April 17 Members of the Chicago Federation of Musicians insist it is worth $2 a week more than the regular scale of wages to wear a dress suit. A demand based upon this theory as embodied in resolutions adopted yesterday by organization and will be presented to the Chicago Theater Managers Association. Both "first" and "second"- class houses are ' included in the demand. The first class scale is $20 for eight perform ances and the second class is ?ie : It is worth $2 more to appear in dress nerformance" said President Winkler of the Federation Laundry bills are high and there is "great wear and tear on the suite. Land Grabbers on the Anxious Seat In Colorado. . DENVER. April 17.-The United States department of justice revcrs ing its policy, announced sonic time ago, will resume investigation of frauds in Colorado and other west ern states and another force of special agents has been detailed from Wash ington to begin immediate work in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming. They arc to make their headquarters in Denver. It has been understood that there would be nc further proceedings in Colorado until after the supreme court had passed upon the appeal from the recent decisions of Judge Lewis, quashing the indictments that had been returned against the alleged "land grabbers." These appeals are not. to be argued until October 13 and no explanation has yet been given for the change in policy of the adminis tration in resuming the investigations before that time. A federal judge has been summoned for the May terms. SUITS AGAINST C. H. VENNER. CHICAGO. April If lit an an swer filed by the Chicago City Rail way Co., yesterday to the suits brought by Clarence II. Venner, the New York banker, is referred to as a " sandbagger" who bought stock for the purpose "of holding up the corporation. Venner has asked the supreme court to set aside the ordinance of Feb. 11. 1907, and to order the np- nointment of a receiver for the com pany. He demands an examination of tthe corporation's books. The an swer is signed by Cole E. R. Bliss and Geo. Gillette, council for the street railway. In Venner s bill he insisted he as a bona fide stock holder of the company which is de nied. The suit will come up for a hearing tomorrow. A cup of Ghirardolira Cocoa gives more nourishment, more energy, I more strength, than a dozen breaKfast rolls, at a frac tion of the cost. Don't quit eating rolls but remember . LESS THAN A CENT A CUP AGREEMENT SIGNED. Helena, Mont., April 17. At a con ference yesterday between the Mon tana Coal operators Association and the United Mine Workers' District No. 22, an agreement was signed, ef fective until September, under the terms of which operators at every coal mine in the state will be con tinued uninterruptedly and all pos sibility of strike is eliminated. ROLLER SKATE RECORD. CHICAGO, April 17. All previous records for the mile on roller skates were broken last night when Wm. Robinson. American amateur champ ion, did thedistance in 2:24, which is three seconds faster than Ollie Moor's professionsal record of 2:27. The race in which Robinson set the new mark was in the final heat of a handicap affair in which he started from scratch. Robinson passed the entire field before five of the eight laps had been rolled off. Is-made with scrupulous, con scientious care and old-fashioned attention to cleanliness, purity; goodness and quality. No cocoa at any price can be better or more delicious. Your grocer sells and recommends it. D. GhlrrUlll Company San FraneUco ARMY GETS MORE PAY. WASHINGTON, April 17.-The army is practically assured of an in crease in pay. Confrerces ,of the Senate and House have reached an agreement along the lines of the Senate amendment to the army ap propriation bill, which graded the authorized increases according to the vairous branches of the service. NEW STRING QUARTETTE. Taft's Plans in Case the Nomination Falls to Him. WASHINGTON. April 17. Sec retary of War William H. Taft will resign from the cabinet if he is nom- inntpd in Tune. Otherwise he will continue at the head of the depart ment until the end of President Roosevelt's term. Mr. Taft took oc casion yesterday to deny a statement printed in the cast that he intended to resign at the end of the present session of congress. In order to be un hampered in his political canvass. Should the presidential nomination fall to the lot of the former Ohio judge ,it is believed his successor would be chosen from the folowing: Robert Bacon, assistant secretary of state; Robert S. Oliver, assistant sec retary of war; Bcekman Wintrop, as sistant secretary of the treasury or Charles E. Morgoon, provisional gov ernor of Cuba. Each of these men possesses qualifications for the port folio which commend themselves to the president. V BASEBALL SCORES. At Los Angeles Portland 0, Los Angeles 7. At San Francisco San Francisco 4, Oakland 3. ' NEW YORK, April .-Organiza tion of a new string quartette to which belong two well known mem bers of tthe Kneisel Quartette is an nounced here. The organization is to be called the Hess Schroder Quar tette and includes Willie Hess, who was concert master of the Boston Symphony orchestra; J. Theodoro wicz, former scond violin of the Knei sel Quartette and Alwyn Schroedcr, cellist of the Kneisel until his resig nation last year, and return to Eur ope for a year's rest. The viola player is not yet chosen. SAME OLD FOLLY. Cf I ESTER, Pa., April 17.-As a culmination of the bitter feeling en gendered by the mobilization of the State constabulary here in connection with the car strike, Marshal Crawford a member of troop B was shot in a skirmish with Thomas and Nicholas Bcrger, on the Darby Pike, near Lei perville, two miles outside of this city tonight. A trooper's horse was shot. Crawford was shot in the leg. AMICABLE AGREEMENT. CRYING FOR SOLUTION. VICTORIA, B. C, April 17 Evi dence that some unidentified vessel, apparently a large sailing ship, has met disaster, with much loss of life off the Vancouver Island coast, was giv en in a dispatch tonight from. Light house Keeper Daykin of Carmanah Point, who tells of a large quantity of wreckage which came ashore last night, six miles east of Carmanah. Among the mass of wreckage was a hatch marked "Port." It looks as if the wreck was recent. ELECTRIFYING TERMINALS. CITICACO, April 17. The electri fication of all railroad terminals in the city limits as next in importance to the drainage canal in solving the health problem of Chicago was re commended by Health Commissioner Evans in a speech before the Traffic Club yesterday. Consumption and pneumonia caused by air made impure largely by railroad and steamboats, were declared to be responsible for 10,000 deaths in Chicago in the last year. 200,000 Miners Will go to Work Mon day at the Old Scale. , TOLEDO, April 17.-Two hundred thousand idle miners in the central competitive district will return to work on Monday. An amicable agree ment has been reported today by the committees ratified by a joint meet ing of the miners' operators. The terms provide the adoption of the old rate of 90 cents a ton. House-Cleaning Time ' ' LA FOLLETTE ILL. NEW YORK, April 17. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin is ill at his home in California Street, suffering from gall stones. He has been at tended by a physician almost con stantly for the past forty eight hours and inflammation of the stomach has developed. His family and friends are alarmed over his condition. HEADQUARTERS SELECTED. 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