Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1908)
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUOUST 5 MONTEAGLE WON OUT SCIENCE VS. TRADE . ... W A RR ANTE D PUR E ... . Bernetfs Extradt We have jut put in a complete line-all flavors FREE TRI AL-AN ELECTRIC IRON Saves backs, footsteps, blistered fingers, and faces fuel and tempers. Wins Race Across Atlantic With ' Thomas A. Edison Again Report- Shipment of Silk ed as Retiring A. V. ALLEN Sole Agent (or the Celebrated H. C Fry Cut Glut. PHONE 711 PHONE 387t UNIONTOWN BRANCH PHONE 713 BEAT THE JAPANESE TOSU WILL GO TO FLORIDA HOME The Silk Will be Forwarded to New(Gret Inventor Weary of Business York by Express Train in Passen-, and WiU Seek Reile j Rea,m of ger voacnes utner interesting! Scientific Pursuit Pnr h Tim. Matters From the' Far East That Is Left Him. JAPS ARE 'WORRIED WASHINGTON LETTER 8 Threatened Change in Railway Routing Affects Them Already Their Protests Have Met With Some Measure of Success, and Nippon Cities Hope That Suitable Arrangements Will be Made. WSHINGTON, D. C, Aug. S.-A clause m the Agricultural Appropri ation Bill affecting the Forest Service has been the subject of a recent opin ion by the Attorney Oenerat, The clause provided that no part of the ap propnatiori for the Forest Service ARE GIVEN ASSURANCES "shall be paid or used for the purpose of paying for in whole or in part the preparation or publication of any newspaper or magazine article, but this shall not prevent the giving out to all persons without discrimination, including newspaper and magazine writers and publishers, of any facts or official information of value to the public." TOKIO, July 16 Via San Fran- The question was submitted to the eseo, Aug. 4. It appears that the Attorney General by the Secretary of trenuous exertion made by the Nip- Agriculture, whether this provision of pon Yusen Kaisha Steamship Co., and the law prohibited the sending to others to induce the American rail- newspapers, writers, and others of ay companies to reconsider the pro- such statements as it has been distri posed schedule of rates have been at- buting in the past. To this inquiry tended with some measure of success, the attorney-general replied: The railway companies are now said "You express the view that in dis- to have cabled the directors of the tributing such information as is corn Nippon company in the sense .that piled and sent out by the Forest Ser-j rates will be kept down to the San vice, especially to persons engaged in Francisco level the practice or study of forestry, and The Japanese Boyeki Kyokai also generally to the public at large fcss received from the railway control through the newspapers and maga iureau at Chicago an assurance that zines, you are fulfilling the primary as this question of rates closely con- and fundamental duty imposed upon eerns the trade between the two coun- the Department of Agriculture by sec tries every effort will be made to ar- tion 520 of the Revised Statutes. In- nge a mutually satisfactory scne- formation thus given out will be ac inic Nagoya and Seto have also companied by a notice that it is sent cabled to the same bureau in Chica- in accordance with the proviso to the go and have urged that the projected appropriation act of 1908. There will increase of rates would be fatal. These therefore be no discrimination; and two places are the great centers of you say, further, that no money will Japan porcelain manufacture. They be paid on this account to any news export five million yen worth of kera- paper or magazine or to any news lie ware annually to America and they paper or magazine writer or publisher, lave hitherto paid 20 yen a ton for or to any person not regularly em- transportation. Under the new sche-l ployed in the Forest Service. Obvi- tfnle however they will have to pay 0u sly .such information as has been 30 yen and this would mean that the collated and distributed heretofore and Svtz route must be chosen in prefer- wiH continue to be sent out is of value to the public, and certainly your de termination that it is so, as head of the Department of Agriculture, is con clusive. Under this state of facts I can see no reason to doubt that your conception ,of your official duty in this respect is lezallv correct, and that the CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-A dispatch to Forester mav iawflIHv distribute in- the Tribune from Guthrie Okla., says: forniation as nrooosed: and I am also Maintaining that under Oklahoma's o opinion that jnormatjon requested Mti-trust law authority is given the by a newspaper or magazine writer state to regulate the price ot coal, At- or oublisher mav lawfullv be sent in VICTORIA, B. C, Aug. 4.-With a shipment of silk valued at nearly a million dollars, part of a large ship ment made by three steamers which left Yokohama to race "across the Pacific, the steamer Monteagle arriv ed tonight after a passage 6f 12 days, 16 hours, landing her silk in advance of the Japanese steamer Tosa Marti, which left Yokohama an hour ahead of her and is not yet reported by wireless, and the Pacific1 Mail steamer Siberia, which left the Japanese port four days before. The silk will be sent forward from Vancouver to New York by express ! NEW YORK, Aug.,4.Thomas A. i , ... iuii!on, lias iH'gun to gratify nn am l.ition he ha cherished many yean, and the laboratory at Llewellyn X, J. will see comparatively little of him henceforth. Mr. Edison's ambition has 1jn to give himself a roving commission intr, pure science and to steer clear of commercialism. He does not want to increase hi fortune. He has got $25,000,000 which he 'pinks it more than enough. All of his life he has been turning out money making inventions. He devote his remaining years to inves- You foci no electricity attach to any incan descent socket low expense would sur prise you let us explain to YOU. ASTORIA ELECTRIC CO. train in passenger coaches, It was tigating anything that strikes his shipped by a German firm in Japan ;iancy, without regard to its financial which makes regular shipments, and ' productiveness. It is learned that nce to the American. PROTECT THE PEOPLE. Cklahama's Code Not Altogether Folly and Failure. MANY VISIT BRYAN. torney General West is completing the form of a letter.' the petition he will file with the State Corporation Commission. The sec tion of the law was written by West iimself for the purpose of control ling coal prices. He aims to have Ok lahoma mine coal sold to the consu mer at $5 to $5.50 per ton instead of $6.50 to $8 as at present. In case coal companies resist the claims he las power under the law, to have re ceivers named for the property. Says he Thinks the Phonograph Will Help Much in Political Questions. ARMY OFFICERS HIKE. Fifty Mile Walk to Demonstrate Physical Fitness. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4-Eight officers of the United States army will start on a 50-mile "hike" today the object of the march being to dem onstrate their physical fitness to con tinue in the active service of the gov ernment. Original plans for the line f march have been changed and the walk to San Jose abandoned in favor f three days' tramping about the city, the distance covered in that time aggregating the 50 miles required. On August 11 the riding test will fce carried out, the officers starting on that day to cover 90 miles on horse back. On August 13 seven more offi cers will start on their riding test. The officers to start on the walking trip today are Colonels H. G. Torney, J: L. Clem, Adam Slaker, J, Walter Benet, J. L. Anderson, Major W. A. Bethel and J. M. Kennedy. Those to take the riding test are Colonels Lnndeen, Marsh, Simpson, G. R. Smith, Appel and Bellinger. FAIRVIEW, Aug. 4.-In the strik ing contrast to yesterday, the torrid weather today did not seem to arrest the string of visitors who visited W. J. Bryan today. They came in great numbers, some on business and some merely to pay their respects. did not seem to be affected by the heat and greeted all comers cordially. 'He today gave out a statement in re gard to the report that Judge Taft is talking into a phonograph, in which he took occasion to say he believed hereafter the use of the pronograph for the dissemination of political speeches would be regarded as a dig nified method of discussing the pub lic questions. it is understood to have arranged that preference will be given in future shipments to the line landing the silk New York first. The Monteagle also brought 4500 tons of tea, silk, rice and general freight, 97 saloon and 101 steerage passengers, mostly Chinese. J. S. Clark, for 12 years naval ar chitect with the Mitsu Bishi dock yards company of Nagasaki and fam ily were among the passengers. He has designed many Japanese warships and "the new turbine steamer Tenyo Maru of the Toyo Kishken Kaisha, was built under his supervision. The Monteagle also brought news that an ingenious attempt to smug gle arms for the rebels in South China on the steamer Minnesota by Japanese was discovered at Hong Kong. Firearms were found secreted in trunks with false bottoms. Japan is about to despatch a rep- respntative to St. Petersburg, accord ing to advices received by the steam er Monteagle, to take up sealing claims brought by owners of Japan ese sealing schoolers seized by Rus sian patrol cruisers for alleged raid ing at uoper islands, ine sealing schooner Miye Maru, one of the schooners caught off the Pribyloff isl ands last year was seized early in July. The claims are brought for the seizure of this vessel and for the capture of the Raifuku Maru, Taiyo Maru and Kompira Maru last year, these vessels still being held at Vladi vostok. News was brought of the death of Captain J. W. Wale, who was master of the Japanese steamer Kanagawa Maru, which ran to Seattle during the war with Russia.4 the man who has achieved so many marvels in electricity has a greater love for chemistry than electricity. Chemistry was the first science to captivate his wonderful intellect, but , x ne has never had a chance to dip as deep into its mysteries as he wanted to. Now he proposes to give him self the chance. He has bought himself a place in Florida where he will spend a couple ' cf months m the late winter and early J :pring next year. Toward the end of ; this month he is going with his wife on a month's trip to the Pacific Coast. TWENTY STILL MISSING Eighteen Victims of the Fernle Fire Have Been Found. VANCOUVER, Aug. 4-Up to this evening 18 bodies had been found in the ruins caused by the Fernic fire. There still are 20 members of the log ging crew of Elk River Lumber Com pany missing. These men were work ing north of Ilosmcr and nothing yet has been heard from them. They may have escaped by crossing the moun tain range. If they succeeded it will be several days before they could possibly reach Fcrnie. No great great damage has been done to Mi chael yet. The town is surrounded and .seriously threatened from the west. If the wind remains favorable there may be no loss. "NOTHING LIKE IT ... Allen's Wall Paper, Paints, Etc. When we do your paiuting or decorating, you cannot help being satisfied, for there's nothing like it j Allen Wall Paper and Paint Co. Cor. 11th and Bond Sts. PHOENIX PURE PAINT We guarantee Phoenix Pure Paint to be composed of Pioneer White Lead, Oxide of Zinc, Linseed Oil, Dryers and Coloring: Pigments and to contain no adul teration. We will repaint free of charge any structure up on which Phoenix Pure Paint has been used and not found as herein represented. The Foard & Stokes Hardware Co. PRESIDENTIAL PROXY. OFFICERS WALKING CONTEST. Complete the First Days Test Cover' ing 19 Miles. DEMOCRATS AT WORK. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4-Seven army officers stationed at the Presidio and at Benecia, nearly all past fifty years old and several nearly the three score mark.'todav completed the first Bryan I (, -s walk o the 50-miIc walking contest ordered by President Roose velt, covering 19 miles in 6i hours. In the party were Colonel J. L. Clem, Col. George H. Torney, Colonel , J. Walter Benet, Colonel Adamslaker, Colonel L C. Anderson, Mayor W. A. Bethel and Major M. J. Kennedy. The officers camp into the camp walking briskly and looking fresh. They declared the test was an easy one and it would demonstrated they are still physically fit for a severe campaign duty. Socialist Candidate Has a Man In the Field While he Remains in Prison Open Up National Headquarters In Chicago Today. CHICAGO, Aug. 4 -Democratic national headquarters will be pened for the season at the Auditorium an ne tomorrow. Chairman Norman E. Mack of the national committee ac companied by Roger C. Sullivan of GEN. T. C. DUPONT APPOINTED NEW YORK, Aug. 4.-General T. Coleman Dupont of Delaware was appointed today to be director of the Speaker's Bureau of the Republican national committee. The New York political situation was canvassed thor- IU.no.. w. 1 arrive ,n Chicago today. 1 Chaiman Wilcox of the Wic sery. ice commission of the Metropolitan SEATTLE, Aug. 4. In the course of a speaking tour over the state August Gillhaus of New York, proxy for Martin Preston, socialist labor candidate for president, is in Seattle. Preston, as has been published, is in jail in Nevada serving a 25 year sent ence for murder. Gillhaus was named as his proxy in case it should be im nossible to secure the liberation of Preston. Preston's offense was the killing of a restaurant keeper named Silvar at Goldficld, whose place he was helping to picket tor tne union. Gillhaus savs Preston shot in self- defense, using his weapon only when Silvar rushed out at him with drawn revolver. Preston's liberation will be the prime air of Gillhaus' speaking campaign. The proxy is 41 years old and was formerly a stationary engineer in New York. diate service by the Nicaragitan au thorities. In Salvador the cruiser empire is also kept ready for action and the President, another cruiser is being refitted for service. BILLIK CASE AGAIN. LIKE CHAINED DOGS. Secretary Urey Woodson and several members of the executive committee are scheduled to come in at about the same time. Chairman Mack is expected to an- Majors Pickett, Ruckman, William- nounce the membership of the finan:e son, Stevens, Schrener, Turner, committee and the various commit Krauthoff, McKinsley and Biddle. tees not yet appointed on his arrival. District which has already been men tioned for the Governorship. It is understood that Wilcox will not go into the convention as an opponent of Governor Hughes. ' Subscribe to the Morning Astorian. South American Republics Are on the Verge of War. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4,-Ac- cording to passengers who came from Central American ports yesterday on the Pacific Mail liner San Jose out of Panama, relations between the various republics are strained almost to breaking point and Salvador, Hon duras and Guatemala," arc near an open rupture though it is declared that it would be hard to make a rea sonably certain guess as to where the trouble will start, if it does come. At Corinto, it is stated, the gunboat Momotombo and the army transport Nicaragua are held ready forimme- Priests Mix in Famous Murder Trial In Chicago. CHICAGO, Aug. 4. An cxamina tion 0; the stomach of Henrv Nie mann, whose body was exhumed a week ago at the instigation of the Rev. Father P. J. O'Callaghan and oilier friends of Herman Billik, coll ected of the murder of five members of the Vzral family, has revealed the presence of arsenic. The theory of Father O'Callaghan is that Billik is innocent of poisioning the Vzral family. Previous to the ex amination of the Niemann" body he said that in the event the poison was liscovered he would insist on the in dictment of Emma Vzral Niemann. This story is opposed by the members of the state's attorney's office and bc- orc the coroners assistants. It is said that the undertaker who pre pared Niemann's body for burial ad mitted severat days ago that he used arsenic in embalming the remains, More recently he said that arsenic was not used by him at that time, 1 CUMMINGS FOR CONGRESS. Announces Himself as Candidate to Succeed Senator Allison. LAKE FOREST, 111., Aug. 4-Gov ernor Albert R. Cummmgs of Iowa tonight announced himself as a candi date to succeed the late Senator Alli son in Congress. The governor paid a glowing tribute to his .late political adversary's services to Iowa and the country at large, then frankly declar ed his ambition to be elected to the upper house by the legislature of his state. He also announced "Someone will be appointed at once to occupy fm ftje. Jnrjwglt on your' desk or at home is always run ning dry. You fill it use it once the next time it's dried up, thick and muddy. It spills and it's never ready i when you want it. . Waterman's Ideal Main Pen the pen with the Clip-Cap is ready when you want it and where you want it. Prices on styles illustrated are as follows: $2.50 and $5.00 Other priced pens in stock. bee the window. Whitman's Book Store Senator Allison's seat for the coming months of his unexpired term."' Subscribe to the Morning Astoriait,
