THE MORNING ASTOIUAN. ASTORIA. OREGON.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15
. Have just received a fresh supply of
Imported Macaroni and Spaghetti
and
Martin's Full Cream Cheese
A. V. ALLEN
Sole Agent for the Celebrated H. C. Fry Cut Glass.
PHONE 711 PHONE 387t
UNIONTOWN BRANCH PHONE 713
"DRYS" IN SESSION
National Prohibition Convention
Opens Today
WILL INSIST UPON
BETTER 'PHONES
IF NOT FORTHCOMING, BUSI
NESS AND PROFESSIONAL
MEN WILL ASK FOR REVOCA
TION OF THE FRANCHISE.
That the business and professional
men in the Astoria Chamber of Com
merce intend to carry on the fight
against the Pacific States Telephone
Company may be taken as an assured
fact, judging from the temper and at
titude displayed by many of them who
are constant users of the 'phones. It
is planned to carry on the matter un
til the franchise of the company is
revoked, or until it has bettered its
service to such a degree that it will
give at least fair satisfaction to the
majority of its users.
Mr. Whyte, manager of the Cham
ber of Commerce, acting in accord
ance with the instructions given by
the meeting of the Chamber the prev
ious evening, yesterday prepared let
ters to the local manager of the tele
phone company, to the common coun
cil, and to the various independent
telephone companies now doing busi
ness about the country.
The communication to the city
council wil tentatively ask in the name
f the Chamber of Commerce that the
franchise of the telephone company in
Astoria be revoked forthwith.
The communications to the inde
pendent telephone companies include
an invitation to establish an independ
ent company here.
On all sides are heard complaints of
the "miserably poor service." In the
office of the Chamber of Commerce
is a list of copies of letters on file,
which contain repeated assurances on
the part of the company of an imme
diate betterment in the service, but
as far as can be ascertained the con
cern has not made the slightest real
effort to accomplish anything. The
last letter addressed to the local
manager of the company by the
Chamber of Commerce did not even
elicit a reply.
That it will be readily possible to
revoke the franchise seems to be the
prevailing opinion, yet an examina
tion of the franchise granted to the
company in 1901 tends to show that a
revocation may not be as easy a thing
to accomplish as it is to wish for it.
The franchise does include a phrase
to the effect that it shall stand re
Toked ipso facto by the failure to live
up to the terms of the instrument;
but by a strange oversight, it con
tains, apparently, nothing which calls
for proper and decent service. It does
demand on the part of the city, that
the rates shall not be higher than in
other cities of the same size in Ore
gon having equivalent service; and
yesterday it was said that even under
this clause the company should be
held amenable, as its service is said
to be ontoriously poorer than in other
rities of eoual size where the same
rates are charged. At all events, it is
planned to appeal to the council to
revoke the franchise and let the com
pany, if it can, show that legally the
council exceeded its powers in so doing-
But if the plan of revoking the
franchise fails, then it is said that the
business and professional men can
simply get together and by a "gen
tlemanly understanding" agree to pa
tronize a new company.
Unless there is a striking change of
attitude on the part of those now in
teresting themselves in the matter, it
would appear as if the present agita
tion is not a mere "kick" which will
be permitted to die away and be for
gotten in a month or so.
The Pacific States Telephone &
Telegraph Company has wires and
offices from Canada on the North to
Mexico on the south. It is commonly
looked upn as the "telephne trust."
Probably the cities that have had
trouble with the company in the last
decade could be counted by the hun
dreds. In scores of cities and towns
independent companies have been
created, and; as far as is known, the
Pacific States Company or "Sunset
Company" as it is better known
never lets go when once it has a
noiu. ine outcome mus rcsuus m.u
dual systems arise in towns.
"The double 'phones are a nuis
ance," said a gentleman yesterday,
"an entire nuisance, and yet as far as
1 know there is no other way to bet
ter the service. Of course business
men and doctors, lawyers, and so
on, can simply get together and tacit
ly agree to patronize only the new
company as a punishment to the old
for its sins, and thus the extra ex
pense of paying for ..two systems can
be avoided. And that plan, if carried
out, would mean that the present
local concern would get just what it
has tried so hard to earn for itself."
Already the, Chamber of Commerce
is figuring on "backing up" and aid
ing the expected new concern by
helping it to get the patronage of the
city.
The "foxy" lawyers who drew the
franchise for the Sunset Company
managed to include within its pro
visions a clause which reads that the
city council cannot grant a franchise
to any new concern on terms "more
favorable" than contained in their
franchise.
'LOCKJAW CAUSES DEATH.
HILLSBORO, Or., July 14 Frank
Susbauer, the 11-year-old son of
Henrv Susbauer, near Cornelius, died
Sunday from tetanus, as a result of a
sliver, which he ran into one of his
toes two weeks ago.
BUSINESS SECTION BURNS.
LOS ANGELES, July 14.-The
business section of Daggett, a small
tnwn on the Moiave Desert, was
practically destroyed by fire last
night. The blaze, which is supposed
to have started in a barber shop,
i quickly burned the main business
block, there being a scarcity of water
Among the buildings destroyed were
the postoflfice, Hart's Hotel and Mc
Rae's Cafe. The loss is about $50,000.
NEGRO STRUNG UP.
MIDDLETOWN, Tenn., July 14.
Hugh Jones, a negro, was strung up
to "a sapling limb near here early to
day by a mob of 100 men. Jones had
attempted to assault Miss Ora
Yoppys, aged 17. He was being
brought to Middletown by special
deputies.
THREE DIE OF HEAT.
CINCINNATI, July 14-As a re
sult of yesterday's intense heat, three
deaths were recorded and today open
ed with the temperature little less
oppressive than yesterday.
DAYTON WANTS RACES.
DAYTON, Wash., July 14,-The
effort of local racehorse men to have
Dayton placed on the Spokane, Lew
iston. Walla Walla racing circuit is
meeting with encouraging success.
Waitsburg is strongly in favor of the
oronosition. Work will probably be
! commenced in a few days on the
'racetrack and fair grounds here which
'are to be placed in first-class condi
Ition for the county fair in October.
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SBSSSSm
A few doses of this remedy will In
variably cure an ordinary attack of
diarrhoea.
It can always be depended v.pon,
even in the more severe attacks of
cramp colic and cholera morbus.
It is equally successful for summer
diarrhoea and cholera infantum In
children, and is the means of saving
the lives of many children each year.
When reduced with water and
sweetened it is pleasant to take.
Every man of a family should keep
this remedy in his home. Buy it now.
Price, 25c. Large Size, 50c.
HAVE SEVERAL CANDIDATES
Will Enter Candidates For Presi
dency and Vice-Presidency One
Leader Avers That Women Drink
More and Men Less.
COLUMBUS, O., July 14-The
National Prohibition convention will
open here tomorrow, and a vigorous
movement in behalf of Professor
Charles Scanlon, of Pittsburg, for the
Presidetnial nomination i the latest
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development, i roicssor acaiuon is
the field representative of the Tem
perance Society of the Presbyterian
Church. He led the fight against the
indorsement of the anti-saloon league
at the meeting of the Presbyterian
General Assembly here a year ago.
Up to the present time one candi
date for vice-president has appeared.
Professor A. S. Watkms, of Ohio, is
a candidate for this place. It is ex
pected he will be named for Governor
bv the state convention tomorrow and
if so, it will be with the understanding
that he will' withdraw from the state
ticket in the event that he secures
;econd place on the National ticket.
The reason there are no other entires
for the vice-presidential contest is
that it has been a custom to select the
candidate for this place from among
the defeated candidates for President.
While some of the leaders are an
tagonistic to the Anti-Salon League,
it is significent that invitations have
been issued by the National commit
tee to Rev. P. A. Baker, superintend
ent of the American Anti-Saloon
League, and Wayne B. Heeler, su
perintendent of the Ohio League, to
attend the convention.
'A fight against a platform of nu
merous issues and in favor of one con
fined to the single issue of prohibi
tion was started at the opening ses
sion by Temporary Chairman H. L.
Peeke. of Sanduky. Mr. Peeke, in an
address which consumed more than 2
hours, assailed woman suffrage, which
has come to be regarded as an estab
lished tenet of the party, declaring
that women drink more and men less
than they did a decade ago and that
the cakest laws regulating the liquor
traffic are in the woman suffrage
states of Colorado, Idaho, Utah and
Wyoming.
Making Himself Sscure.
After the funeral of an old woman
in a remote Yorkshire hamlet her sona
and daughters made a vigorous search
for her will, but without success, al
though they knew that she bad pre
pared one shortly before her death.
"What's ta done wl' it, Jock?" the
eldest son asked the youngest, who,
being unmarried and a great dunce,
had always bung on to his mother's
apron strings. "Tha's been In t' house
all this time, wl' nobody to watch thee,
an' it looks a bit fishy. Hast ta burnt
It?"
Jock violently refuted the charge.
"Why, Ah nobbut 'ad It In my 'ands
once," be declared.
"Ah, then, tha admits there wor a
will?" cried the eldest brother trium
phantly. "Of coorse there wor!" Jock frankly
confessed. "She gave it to me t' day
afore she died, but Ah couldn't read a
word of It, so Ah took It art an' burled
It to keep It Hiife. Ah'm not going to
let uny brothers an' slHters get ahead
o' me. When Ah've learnt to read for
me sen Ah shall dig that will up, but
not a day earlier!"
And they had to "have the law on
him" before he would divulge the hid
ing place of the document.
ARREST
DYNAMITER
Dastardly Vidian Taken in San
Francisco
REFUSES TO CONFESS ALL
Blew up Gallagher Places in Oak
land, But Refuses to Tell Who the
Men Are Who Paid Him For the
Job.
SAN l'KANCISCO, July 14,-John
Claudiancs, a Greek, 23 years of age,
has made a confession to District At
torney LaugdiMi that he is the man
who dynamited the residence of Jas.
L. Gallagher in Oakland, and after
wards wrecked with dynamite two
houses owned by Gallagher in Oak
land which were unoccupied. Claud
iancs has been arrested by detectives
in the employ of the dintrict attorney.
Gallagher is a former supervisor of
San Francisco who ha testified
against Ruef in the graft cases.
The information regarding the
arrest, which was made on last Satur
day night, has been withheld because
the district attorney hoped to be able
to apprehend Peter Claudianes, an
older brother of the men arrested,
who is believed by the district at
torney to be the man who inxpirrd
the young brother to do the deed. It
is asserted by the district attorney
that in a letter which John wrote to
Peter on July 2, and which had fallen
into the district attorney's hands,
John convicted Peter of being the
man who planned the dynamiting,
and that he accuses his brother of
receiving $1,000 for the job and then
refusing to divide. Although John
Claudianes has confessed to being the
actual perpetrator of the crime he re
fuses absolutely to divulge the names
of the persons who he claims paid
his brother $1,000 for committing the
crime.
FOODS OF ITALY.
Specialtis of the Friggltrioi In NapUs
and Genoa.
Huge men'y chestnuts are found ev
erywhere In Italy. Peeled and boiled
In a reddish broth seasoned with lau
rel leaves ard caraway seeds, the nuts
are palatable. About two dozen of the
large kernels are sold for a penny, lu
both Genoa aud Naples the frlggltrlcl
are Interesting, and some of tbelr spe
cialties arc well worth a trial if one
can forget the unappetizing appear
ance of cooks and cooking appliances.
One friggitrlce attracts attention to a
tray of golden balls which she piles In
a pyramid. The gulden balls aro arti
chokes. They are boiled In salted wa
ter uutll tender and are put In a pan
over steam to keep tbeui hot until a
customer appears. For threepenco the
vender will take one from the steam
ing pan, dry 11, dip It Into batter and
pop It Into the hot oil. A moment
later a golden brown ball, delicious
and crispy on the outside and tender
) and succulent on the Inside, Is banded
to the purchaser. The frying is man
aged In such a way that when the
fritters ae taken frojn the Jifttlo thff
are very hof, but so dry" on the outside
that they scarcely soil the fingers whes.
' eaten from the hand. Another frif
gltrice specialty Is that of cheese balls,
: They are made of paste filled with
! grated cheese and fried. Mashed chest
I nuts, rice, chopped chicken and many
j vegetables aie used to vary the fillings
for the popular frltos. Gome of tho
1 frying kettlc-s are portable, and the
frlggltrlcl hnre regular routes like the
milkmen, where they tap at the base
I ment door, g;t their orders, take their
tiny bellows and blow up the char
coal until It glows and then cook tho
breakfast of meat balls or rice cakes
or artichokes, which are sent In hot
Les&a's Weekly.
In Praise of Tea.
Klenlung, the Chinese poet, was a
prolific writer, and of all his poems
his Immortal "I'ralse of Tea" is most
widely remembered. Written in ex
quisite characters, It decorates half the
old cups, plnles and fans of his period.
Thus It runs:
"Place upon a gentle fire the tripod
whose color ami form tell of a far
antiquity and fill It . with water of
molten kuow. Let It seethe till It
would be hot enough to whiten fish or
to redden n crab. Then pour It into
a cup upon the tender leaves of a se
lected tea tree. Let it rest till the
mists which freely rise have formed
themselves into thicker clouds and
until these have gradually ceased to
weigh upon the surface and at last
float away In vapor, then deliberately
sip the delicious liquor. It will drive
away ail the causes of disquietude that
come to trouble us. You may taste
and you may feel, but never can you
express In words or song that sweet
tranquillity wo draw from the essence
thus prepared."
Solenodons. ,
Only two species of that singular in
sectivorous mammal, the solenodon,
are known, one Inhabiting Haiti and
the other Cuba. They differ chiefly in
the color aud quality of their fur.
Solenodons arc quaint looking animals,
rather larger than rats, with long flexi
ble snouts and naked tails.
FOR GIRL STUDENTS
Houses Being Built at University
of Oregon
PROPER HOMES FOR CO-EDS.
At Least Three New Places Will be
Ready For Occupancy in September
and Householders Art Mora Dis
posed to Rent Rooms This Year,
UNIVERSITY, Of.. OREGON',
EUGENE, July U.-Girt at the
University of Oregon will be well
housed next year. At least three new
houses, accomodating between 60 and
70 girls, will be ready fur occupancy
in September. The Mary Spiller
House, named for the first woman
connected with the University, is now
being completed and comfortably
ftimished, It will have rooms for 20
to 25 girls, aud be tinder the same
general control as the men's dormi
tory. It is beautifully located on the
highest part of the campus, ami gives
promise of being a most pleasant
home.
The Kloshe Tillacum Club will
have a handsome new home by the
opening of the University. The
carpenters arc preparing to rush the
building as fast as possible, It will
accomodate between 20 and 25 girk
The Zeta Iowa I Its Sorority is hav
ing a new house built on the corner
of Uth and Hinh St., which will
have room enough for 20 girN. The
plans call for a very handsome build
ing. Room for rent seem much more
plentiful than usual, probably for the
reason that the touch of hard time
has made many more people willing
to rent. These, together with the
new girl's houses and the old ones
already established, will make it com
paratively easy for the University to
find good home's for the large number
f girls that will enter in September.
TANNING JOF LEATHER.
It It Probably the Most Ancient of All
the Arti.
Tanning of leather Is probably the
eldest of all arts. Agriculture Is the
wily one that would have it chance of
ompctltloii. but the probabilities are,
that cold weather taught the flrt Intel
ligent auturopold ape to move soutli or
cover himself with skins Without tun
alng the raw bides would soon stiffen
and lu damp weather would rot nnd
become unbearable liecause of their
'idora. Probably about the period of the
troglodytes, or cave tueii. the art had
Its Inception, and right hero Is to be
anted one of the most curious fea
tures of the art-ruuaiely. that whllo
every other art has advanced, the
methods employed by uiost tanners to
day are quite similar to those used in
the time of Herodotus, a writer who
has told us mora about the world as
he found It than has any historian who
succeeded hi ui" r
Herodotus says be found the Afri
cans wearing skins for clothing, a re
markable statement about the people
of a country lu which the thermometer
rarely goes below 100 degrees F. The
Phoenicians used tunned leather for
tho outsldes of ships with which they huntikerchlef tl his mouth to prevent
fearlessly navigated every square mile an explosion, Vcver was better actlu.f
of the sea' of all antiquity. Babylonian seen on i.uy utnge,
ivftwn .. ........ r,..,-
time of David of, Judea. Ilusslu loath
r has held a proud place since th
.. ....lOni'w if sin or ii ftvtul rimi-i
qutu leather from Astrakhau, at the
mouth, of the Volga, made from goat
skins, Is famous the world over for the
beauty of It red and yollow dyes.
Then there is tho shiigree.n of Tartar
and Armenia, made of only a small
piece of ass' skin, a square of two
feet, Just over the tail. I
To uie the most memorable thing 1
saw at Tangier, Morocco, was a fa
mous tannery that dated back to the
period preceding the Arable Invasion
of Europe. For some of the finest
grades a man was treading the skins
In a vat barefooted. Ho was soma
wretched outcast picked up on the
streets and In need of a few copper
cuius to save him front starvation. The
guide told me Unit tin hour among the
mineral and vvgeliiblo adds In that
vat would cause the skin to peel from
bis feut and legs us If the flesh had
been boiled. As hospital are uukuown
In Tangier, this seemed serious pros
pect for the poor wretch. This Incident
recalled tho tiufortuuato mules at Gua
najuato aud lu other places of Mexico
thnt are put Into the cyanide tanks to
separate the silver by tramping. The
poor brutes soon lose tbelr hoofs and
have to be shot.
Morocco leather Is made of goat
skins, dyed Uku their outer surface.
Not until the middle of the eighteenth
century was the art Introduced Into
ITpnni'ii tt'liuFA tint hltrliitMt crntttita nl
Morocco leather are made In (bene
days. But most travelers are shown
books lu tho Vatican at Home and In
the Iloy.il library at Madrid bound
early In I Too that are In One condition,
Dyeing leather red Is the moat difficult
of all arts In treating skins. The color
requires some mysterious mordant to
tlx It, and not a dyer between Moga
don and Aleppo will give up the se
cret. UrooUyn Eagle.
IRVING " AND"oNTAGUL
One of Thtlr Practical Joksi That
Seared Their Friend.
In Scott's "The Prams of Yesterday
and Today" the author tells of a prac
tical Joko played by Henry Irving and
Harry Mont ague upon a number of
th'dr friends, and "In Its execution was
seen tho first dawning glimmer of that
Iroglc force that was ultimately to find
expression In Hood's 'Dream of I'.ugeuc
Aram' and 'The Hells.'" Irving and
Montague, hitherto the best allies, be
gun to quarrel on their way to a picnic,
and their fi lends feared some tragic
eoiiseqnences. After luncheon both of
the men disappeared.
uiiihiv sv sv iuimvu uvnuy imiu
felt that bis wont fears were being
reallwsl. With ono wild cry, "They're
gone-what on earth tins become of
them?" he made a dash down the Liar
glo over the rock and bowlders, with
the remainder of the picnic party at bis
heels.
At the bottom of a "dreadful hollow
behind the little wood" n fearful sight
presented Itself to the usfunlshel
friends. There ou a stone sat Iletiry
Irving lu bis shirt sleeves, his long hulr
matted over Lis eyes, tils thin hands
and white face all smeared with blood,
and dangling au opeu clasp knife.
Ho was muttering to himself In a
savage tone: "I've done It! I've done It!
I said I would! I said I would."'
Tom Bmnle In an agong of fear
rushed up to Irving, who waved him
on one side with threatening gesture.
"For God's sake, man," screamed the
distracted 8 male, "tell us where he Is I"
Irving, scarcely moving a muscle,
pointed to a heap of dead leaves and
In sepulchral tones cried: "He's there
there! I've done for him! I've mur
dexedjdm!" .---
Smalo llternhy bounded to the heap
and began flinging aside the leaves lu
every direction. Presently he found
the body of Marry Montague lylug fac
downward. Almost paralyzed with
fear, Smnle Just mnmiged to turn th
head around and found Montague con
vulsed with laughter, with a pocket
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July Official Tide Tables
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Compiled by the U. S. Government for
Astoria and Vicinity.
JULY, 1908.
High Water. A. M.
Date.
Wednesday II
Thursday 2
Friday 8
Saturday
ITNT1AV Kl
They are j Monday 6
nocturnal and obtain their food by 'Tuesday
digging In the soft ground for Insects. , Wednesday
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tile, wiui intu biiuuib. 4 nun muni ipridnw
capacity Is small, and they are said to j Saturday
have the curious habit when hunted j SUNDAY
l.trllnir tholr hnnrla In M.o'SUNDAY
nearest holes nnd leaving their bodies
exposed. I Wednesday 15:
Thursday 16
The Clock Was Wrecked. lriaa? l
rM,o T'.. !,.. l,.l, r.,. ....... to
tijnuj ait uiuiui wiui;ii ! SUNDAY 19
days? Jigsup No; never tried onejMonday ...20
but once. BIway How was that? 'Tuesday 21
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went oir i umu i exuciiy snow wuui 11 pr(jay t 24
was, and so I said, "Oh, for heavens Saturday 25
sake, Maria, shut up!" Maria hap-; SUNDAY 26
pened to be awake, and-well, that Is MJjyT jj?
how It was.-Llverpool Mercury. Tuesday " .29
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1.3 1:22 I.I
0.9 2:25 3.1
0.4 3:80 1.2
0.0 4:34 8.1
-0.4 5:80 3.4
-0.6 6:20 3.4
-0.7 7:02 8.4
-0.6 7:40 8.4
-0.3 8:14 8.S
0.1 8:45 8.1
0.4 9:17 2.9