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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. SATURDAY, '.MAT 16, Fancy Specials 8 Oz. Bot. Pitted Selected Olives 35c Maraschino's Cherries $1.0.0 Dnndee Marmalade (large size) 30c 16 Oz. Bot. Large Queen Olives 40c Major Grey's Chutney 85c 8 Oz. Bot. Spanish Stuffed Olives 20 A. V. ALLEN SOLE AGENT FOR BAKER'S BARRINCTON HALL STEEL CUT COFFEE, 40c PER CAN. PHONES-711 AND 3871 BRANCH PHONE-7I3 SPERRY IN COMMAND (Continued from page 1) RAILROAD RATES Advance in Freight Rates Fig uredat$1.75 Per Haad PUBLIC IS BEING AROUSED The Railroads Shared Bountifully in the Prosperity of the Last 10 Yean Let Them Pay Their Share of the Nation's Reduced Income. CHICAGO, May. 15-Just what the advance in freight rates proposed by the eastern railroads within the ter ritory of the official classification territory alone, which comprises the section east of the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio, will mean in increased cost of living is set forth in a table of statistics by the Illinois Manufacturers Association. The table, together with leagal opinions and re tonunandations, will be presented to izj at the conference here of repre sentatives of fifty of the largest in dsstrial organizations of the east and teiddle west "The railroads propose to tax every nan, woman and child in the country SU5 a head" is the first contention set forth. That is just why the Illi nois Manufacturers Association has called the conference on railroad rates. The increase contemplated will raise the present gross freight revenue of the roads in the official classification territory from approximately $1,000, MG.OUO to $1.140.(XX),0i. "There are 80,000,000 people in the country, so each one will be called on to contribute $1.73 per annum to cof fers of the railroads. This is in ever age of $9.33 from each family, or al ost twice as much a3 the average family pays in taxes and more than the average contribution to religious jrrposes. It would pay the average man's life insurance for six months, hey food for his family for over ten ays. st l n. i o 1 1 -- a m are the shippers and so are the working men who are out of work or a short time. What we propose is that this conference will result in rousing the public so that the rail roads will be forced to abandon their elfish policy of attempting to shift all the burden of hard times on the shoulders of the public. The railroads shared bountifully in the prosperity ti the last ten years. Let them now pay their share of the nation's re ineed income'. THE CURRENCY BILL Effort Made to Reach an Agreement ALDRICH BILL A SUBSTITUTE AH the Democratic Members Voted to Support the Aldrich in Preference to the Vreeland Measure Only Four Democrats Voted For it. WASHINGTON, May 15-Vree-land curency bin passed the house yesterday and was delivered to the senate today and sent to the commit tee on finance. Aldrich promptly made a report from the committee substituting the Aldrich bill in an amended form for the house measure and in that form it was passed by the Senate. This action threw the bill into a conierence and an effort will be made to reach an agreecent at an early date. All of the democratic members of the committee voted to support the Aldrich bill in preference to the Vreeland measure but on the floor of the senate all but four members of j the minority voted against the pas- j sage of bill as amended. The demo- j crats who voted for the bill were ; Daniel, Johnston, Owen and Teller, j An equal number of Republicans voted against the measure Borah Bourne, Broan, Heyburn. Final vote, 47 ayes, 20 nay3. retires the admiral intends to spend two years abroad while his roungct 'daughter is at school in Switzerland j Soon after the Thomas flag is low ered, Rear Admiral Charles S. Sperry, 'up to t hi time the commander of the fourth division of the fleet, will haul down his subordinate flag of red from the main truck of the Alabama and proceed to the Connecticut to establish headquarters on that modern hut already historic tughip. A hi flag is hoisted n the tall after-truck of the Connecticut, every ship in the fleet will t.'f a vshite in its honor Admiral Sperry will retain command of the fleet during the remain der of its voyage back to Hampton Roads It i not intended that he should be placed in command until jut before the departure from San Francisco for Honolulu oa July 7 and that Admiral Thomas should com mand during the tTiget bound trip which begins Monday and will nt end until the first of June. But Ad miral Thomas requested relief at this time in order that he might enjoy a needed rest and that Admiral Sperry might have more time to organize his staff and impress his policy upon the fleet before it set out on the long cruise. Both official and social duties in cident to th exchange of courtesies with hJo and foreign authorities on the voyage from Hamption Roads de volved upen Rear Admiral Thomas, the illness of Admiral Evans making it impossible for him to be about after the f?et sailed from Trinidad, the first of the i-u:he-n stopping places. To the grarionsness of manner and tact displayed by Admiral Thomas in all of his public appearances, the officers of the fleet attribute much of the dip lomatic success that attended the cruise around South America. There's this difference betweer the cocoa habit and the coffee habits Cocoa maKes you healthier, stronger, steadier, better able to do your share. Does coffee? LESS WAN A CENT A CUP 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. ChirrdlU Co,par Sa rnWo SURGICAL SUCCESS. Four Ounces of Brains Removed Without Imparing Any One of the Senses. EXTRADITION TREATY. HELD COURT IN CAR. Attorneys Met the Train at Emporia Ripley Was on the Stand. WASHINGTON, May 15 An ex tradition treaty between the United States and Portugal was the subject cf nearly three hours' debate in exe cutive session of the senate yesterday, the discussion finally turning on the iubject of state rights. The treaty contains a provision which stipulates that a criminal ex tradited from Portugal shall not be subject to capital punishment Senator Teller raised the point that to ratify the treaty with such a pro vision would be to say that a man guilty of first degree murder could not be executed if such a man had taken refuge in Portuguese territory and later was surrendered to the United States under the treaty. Other senators on the democratic side took the same stand. Several Republican senators likewise criti cised the provision. The treaty went rer. A naturalization treaty with Portugal was ratified. WASHINGTON, May 13-The en dowment of the school of mines and mining from the proceeds of public ' Subscribe for the Morning Astorian, land sales outside the irrigation states 60 cents per month. Contains full k provided by a bill passed by the Associated Press reports, besides all Senate today. the news in the local field. NEW YORK, May 13-With four; ounces of his brain removed, Jacob ' Ritz, 22 years old of Brooklyn, is i i preparing to leave St. Mary's Hos- pital, apparently in good health and j in possession of all his faculties. The j operation was performed, by the sur-j geons of the hospital and is regarded as being entirely satisfactory. Ritz shot himself in the head with a re volver on April 3, the bullet entering the side of his head. A tumor form ed between the brain and the wall of the skull and pressed upon the frontol lobes. In removing this it was found necessary to take out about four ounces of brain matter. Because of the course the bullet had taken it was believed that Ritz's senses of sight and taste had been impaired. Tests, however, showed that these had not been affected. POST CARD HALL Entrance Whitman's Boob Store $3000PostCardStoc!( WHOLESALE and RETAIL Free writing desk and material in connect ion, also stamp department; stamps of all denominations; post cards, books of stamps and newspaper wrappers sold. SEE SHOW WINDOW Whitman's Book Store CHICAGO, May 1S-A despatch to the Tribune from Topeka, Kas., says: While speeding through Kansas yesterday the private car of E. P. Ripley, president of the Atchison, To peka & Santa Fe was turned into a court room while the official gave testimony in a car shortage suit. Ripley was on his way from Califor nia to Chicago and he was in a hurry. The attorneys met the train at Em- i poria and from there to Kansas City i Mr. Ripley was on the witness stand. A large number of suits for demur rage under the Kansas reciprocipacal demurrage law are pending in the courts against the Santa Fe owing to the car shortage a year ago. THE Harrington Patent Washer Improved June 4 1907 The Agitator works on scientific. principles, forcing the suds through the clothes by compressed air. PriCe $5.00 Use a galvinized tub 17 inches. deep and 17 inches wide, with straight sides not flaring, with drop handles one-third from top of tub is best, although the washer can be used in any tub or boiler. Cover clothes with water deep enough to cover caps of washer when held down. Press down a number of times opposite you at the outer edge of the tub with a quick, firm pressure, before moving the washer. Then move over the width of the machine. The washer can be used, also, to rinse with. Do not overload it and the machine will wash as much as any $10 washer, and do it easier and in less time. It will wash whole carpets, Oriental rugs, lace curtains, loose wool or wooden comforts. Follow directions and it will please you. I i The Foard & Stokes Hardware Col it Mr. Incorporated Successors to Fcrd & Stokes Co. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ill alllu UUUISIUII w O N BAI- I I unnnenmr VVUUIIUUUUI ay 20 a i JIIU ON THE STEAM ROAM Leaving Callender Dock at 9A.M. Will meet the American Naval Fleet off Tilla mooH and continuing with fleet op the coast to the Columbia River and be in close communica tion during MANEUVERS Tickets now on sale at the office of the Callender Navigation Co. at their dock foot of Fourteenth St. t : . ; I Bound Trip Tickets,,., $5 j .1 For the entertainment of the excursionists music will be furnished by a band during the trip MM Mmj THE LEADING BUSINESS COLLEGE ELKS BUILDING, PORTLAND, OREGON A course in our College means better work-Hjetter wages. If interested, call or write for catalogue A. I. M. WALKER, Pres. . - - O. A. BOSSERMAN, Sec. 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