THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
WEDNESDAY, AUOUST 5
MONTEAGLE WON OUT SCIENCE VS. TRADE
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We have jut put in a complete line-all
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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
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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.
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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. '
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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,
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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
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