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f" THE MORNING ASTOIUAN, ASTORIA. OREGON. sijtsioiiiis: 3otorimt - Established 1873. ; Published Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. By mail, per year $7-00 By carrier, per month M . , , WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year, in advance. $1.50 ' Entered as second-class matter July 30, 1906, a the postoffiee at As toria, Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. ' Orders for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence or place of business may be made by postal .card or through telephone. Any irregularity in delivery should be immediately reported to the office of publication. " ,. TELEPHONE MAIN 661. .THEjWEATHER Oregon and Washington Fair and cooler in east portion. Idaho Fair. , TAFTS SPEECH TODAY. We shall not be surprised it the great speech delivered today by Judge William H. Taft, Republican nomi nee for the Presidency, before the Virginia State bar, will constitute one of the extraordinary episodes of the campaign and, perhaps, plainly mark the course he will pursue, in an administrative sense, if he shall be elected, when issues shall arise call ing for the application of the prin ciples enunciated. He deals with the law, its relation to the poorer citi zen in contra-distinction to its opera tion for the rich man, especially in the matter of continuances and the dillatory practices now admittedly oppressive; and its concern and con nection with the corporate life and interests of the nation. The subject is an immense one and fraught with profound lessons: but none too large, nor too profound, for this able jurist, who will treat the issues as they deserve and plead the doctrine of simple justice, quite aside from the splendid anticipations he may cherish, and for the good of the whole people, whose representative ' he has been, is and will be. There can be no doubt of the exhaustive char acter of his discussion of these great questions, since he is to make the argument before the trained hundreds of a great bar association which counts among its members some of the legal lights of the nation, and the whole concourse eagerly alert for such disquisition as he shall make, not to criticise, but to learn, as from a master mind among them. We may be mistaken, but we look to see this address made great use of as a cardinal expression upon one of the weightiest subjects of public concern; a declaration that will strike another keynote of national right eousness in the scheme of organic hunian intercourse. period, and yet it is quite long enough for her majesty to make pleasant history for her people and herself, and no one doubts, for an in stant, that she will add notably to the jolly record of a jolly season, aid ed and abetted as she will be, by loyal populace proud of its charge as the collective host to thousands of summer guests, and proud of her as their social representative and leader in this festive premise. Here's to the Oueen of the Re gatta!. , ' Mav each of the 72 hours of her reiirn leave her. our guests, and us, some distinct and memorable hnppi ness!! SLOW DOWN A BIT! With the present developments on Irving avenue, West Commercial and Twenty-third streets, it begins to look as if a halt had better be called in the scheme of public improvements and the city spared the likelihood of further damage and injunction suits than are now imminent. For imminent they are, and the city's pleas, in any of the cases, are not of the soundest. If exceeding care is not taken, here after, in the projecting of such enter prises, in laying down the bases of procedure, in the engineering, meas uring up of materials, and manner of doing the street work generally, there is going to be some very interesting steps taken for the protection of , the taxpayer, if the declarations of 'some of this class of citizens are to be believed. This is the exact moment to slow down a bit, getfour bearings, reform our methods and qualify the whole situation, for the good of all concerned. It will be infinitely cheaper in the long run and will reduce the annoy ance and friction inseparable from the legal contention aroused under existing conditions. INSANE LEPER ABROAD. Arizona has set a pace in civic carelessness that is likely to bring down upon her head the anathema of the coast country generally if the evil results inherent in the situation shall materialize anywhere. She has permitted the escape from quarantine of Mrs. Wardell, the insane leper, and the woman's whereabouts are mystery to everybody save a few in timate friends who have defeated the authorities and laid the country liable to an ugly invasion of the malignant malady. Mrs. Wardell's case was very pit iable, she having lost her husband recently and while both were in du ress on account of the wife's affliction and in turn having become a raving maniac. J here can De no accounting for what disaster she may bring up on the community in which she is hiding, no matter how carefully she is secluded. There is but one doctrine for the safe handling of leprosy, and that is complete isolation, a course hardly adhered to by Mrs. Wardell's over-zealous friends in abetting her surreptitous movements in flight. She, herself, being unamenable to control and correction and unable to contribute, in any degree, to the safe ty of others in the case it will be a marvel indeed if grave consequences are not heard of in this matter. THE FOURTEENTH QUEEN: Out of a long list of charming can didates for the regal honors of the fourteenth annual Regatta, Miss Hat tie Wise has won the crown and will begin her three-day reign all in good time. It is needless to say she will grace the office and lend dignity to all its happy functions. Queen. Hattie, I, will have from 40,000 to 50,000 subjects under her sway and dominion for that brief Once Holand's warships sailed the Channel with a broom at the mast head as a token of mastery of the sea. It is easy to take a minor place when a nation allows its navy to run down. Most of the policies that have brought prosperity to the American nation are denounced as misfortunes by the Democratic leaders. In other words, the country has been fortun at in its misfortunes. Last year Mr. Hisgen received , t 1W more votes tor governor or Massa chusetts than were given the Demo cratic nominee. Mr. Bryan has reach ed the stage where he may run third in some of the states. William R. Hearst says he will . . .... e - t never again fie a canaioate ior oi fice. He has evidently made up his mind that if nominated he could not be elected, and that if elected some body would count him out. Castro has managed his case so that at last he will be spanked by a woman. But the slipper win ne macic of wood. According to the government in vestigators benzoate of soda and ben- Unless Backed by a Strong Navy the Monroe Doctrine Is but an Empty Boast. y trwitfent ROOSEVELT. V . . . i .i. HERE are always certain numbers of well meaning, amiablo individuals, coupled with others not quite so well mooning1, who advocate merely a const defense navy. Such advocacy illustrates a habit of mind as old as human nature itself the desire at the same time to do something und not to do. it. . . NO FIGHT WAS EVER WON YET EXCEPT BY HITTING, AND THE ONE UNFORGIVABLE OFFENSE IN . ANY MAN IS TO HIT SOFT. THAT APPLIE8 TO THE INDIVIDUAL AND IT APPLIES, TO THE NATION, AND THOSE WHO AOVOCATE A COAST DEFENSE NAVY ARE ADVOCATING THAT WE ' SHALL ADOPT, .AS A , NA TIONAL PRINCIPLE THE PRINCIPLE OF HITTING SOFT. I Lope witl all my heart that nover will this nation of ours hit unless it cannot possibly be helped. I believe that the nation should scrupulously refrain from wronging or insulting another nation ; that it should put up with a good deal in the way of misconduct on the port of others before going to war. But when this nation does have to go to war SUCH WAR WILL ONLY BE EXCUSABLE IE TUE NATION INTENDS TO HAMMER ITS OPPONENT UNTIL THAT OPPONENT QUITS FIGHTING. For the protection of our coast we need fortifications, not merely to protect the salient points of our possessions, but so that the navy can be foot loose. If war comes at any time in the future, that administration tinder which it comes will indeed be guilty of folly if they use the fleet to protect any port Let the port be protected by the . fortifications. THE FLEET MUST BE FOOT LOSE TO SEARCH OUT AND DESTROY THE ENEMY'S FLEET. That ia the only function that can justify the fleet's existence, and that function can not exist in the case of such a ridiculous fleet as the fleet would be if it were only possible to use it for coast defense purpose. . THE MONROE DOCTRINE UNBACKED BY A NAVY IS AN EMPTY BOAST, AND THERE EXIST BUT FEW MORE CONTEMPTI BLE CHARACTERS, INDIVIDUAL OR NATIONAL, THAN THE MAN OR NATION WHO BOASTS AND, WHEN THE BOAST IS CHAL LENGED, FAILS TO MAKE GOOD. If we have a coast defense navy only, we had better at once turn over the Panama canal to some stronger and braver nation which would not limit itself merely to a coast defense navy and could pro tect it If we should limit ourselves merely to a navy that would con fine us to defensive war war certain in the end to be unsuccessful it would be well at once to give up Hawaii, to give up Porto Rico, to give up Alaska and to say that we had no more interest in Cuba than the smallest outside powers.. If we intend to claim to be a great nation, THEN WE MUST FIT OURSELVES SO THAT WE MAY BE READY AT NEED TO MAKE GOOD THAT CLAIM. That can only be done by building up and maintaining at the highest point of efficiency the United States navy. We do not want any navy at all if it is not a first class one, -and such a navy will be necessary for us just so long as we demand the right to administer our national affairs as we think best REBUKING lira Fill DAY, AUOUST'it TRAKSPOkTAlioN. The "K" Une PASSENGERS Bird Slaughterers to Be Given a Lesson by Spirited Woman BEAUTIFUL GIFT JUST MADE New York Woman Beitowt Splendid Collection of Birds of Paradise Upon American Museum Many Rare Specimens In the Lot. zoic acid used as food preservatives cause loss ot weight, nausea anu other injurious effects on the health. As this opinion rests on actual tests will be accepted as having been thoroughly confirmed. Diarrhoea Currl "My father has for years been troubled with diarrhoea, and tried ev ery means possible to ettect a cure, without avail," writes John H. 7ai kle of Philippi, W. Va. He saw Chamberlain's Cholic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy advertised in the PhHippi Republican and decided to try it. The result is one bottle cur ed him and he has not suffered with the disease for eighteen months. Be fore taking this remedy he was a con stant sufferer.- He is now sound and well, and although sixty years old, can do as much work as a young man. Sold by Frank Hart and leading druggists. A Faithful Friend. I have used Chamberlain's colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy since was first introduced to the public in 1872, and have never found one in stance where a cure was not speedily effected by its use. I have been a commercial traveler for eighteen ears, and never start out on a trip without this, my faithful friend," says S. Nichols of Oakland, Ind. Ter. When a' man has used a remedy for thirty-five years he knows its value and is competent to speak of it. For sale by Frank Hart, druggist. What is Best for Indigestion? Mr. A. Robinson, of Drumquin, On tario, has been troubled for years with indigestion, and recommends Cham berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets as "the best medicine I ever used." If troubled with indigestion ar con stipation give them a trial. 1 hey are certain to prove beneficial. They are easy to take and pleasant in effect Price 25 cents. Samples free at Frank Hart's Drug Store and lead ing druggists. Granulated Sore Eyes Cured. "For twenty years I suffered fiom a Dad case ot granulated sore eyes, says Martin Boyd of Henrietta, Ky. "In February, 1903, a gentleman ask ed me to try Chamberlain's Salve. I bought one box and used about two-thirds of it and my eyes havt ti.it given me any trouble since." TIm salve is for sale by Frank Hart " leading druggists. NEW YORK, Aug. 20,-Mrs. Frank K. Sturgi known in society here uml in Lenox, intend the gift of a collec tion of rare and beautiful birds of Paradise, which she has just present ed to the American museum of na tural history as a first aid for dis located millinery morals. She is a member of the museum and aUo a leading spirit in the Aububon Society which is pledged to prevent the slaughter of birds for the purpose of hat adornment. Several of the rarer birds cost $100 each, unmounted, and there i not one of the seventy speci muis which i not of high intrinsic worth as well as of scientific value. These birds are found only in New Guinea and in a few islands off its coast and despite their limited num ber they are hunted remorselessly by plumers" employed by the wholesale milliners. The plumage of the malej birds attan its dazzling beauty in the mating season and the killing there fore, is causing the species to disap pear. England has recently passed law which goes into effect June 1, 1909, forbidding the further importa tion of the plumage of such bird into the United Kingdom. Of the eighty live varieties of birds of Paradise, sixty are represented in he seventy specimens, the twenty five other species are only slightly vary ing forms. The collection is better than any other in the United States and is sur passed only by collections in London and Dresden. The assemblage was Slathered after two years research by Frank M. Chapman of the museum staff, who is a noted ormithologist and has achieved remarkable results in the Mountain of birds. FREIGHT !'. n i ,n A Steamer Lurline Night Boat for Portland and Way Landings. Leaves Astoria dally except Sunday at 7 p. m. ,. . Leaves Portland Dally Except Sunday ' at 7 a; m. ' . Quick Service . Excellent Meals ' Good Bertha Landing Astoria Flavel Wharf Landing Portland Foot Taylor St J. J. DAY, Agent Phone Main 27N Astoria and Portland ROUND TRIP DAILY (Except Thursday) Sir. to. 1. Spencer FARE $1.00 EACH WAY For Portland and Way Landings. Leaves Callender docV, Astoria 2:30 p. m.; arrives Portland 9:45 p. m. Leaves Washington St. dock, Port land 7 a. m.; arrives Astoria I p. m. SUNDAY EXCURSION FARE $1.00 ROUND .TRIP Leaves Washington St. dock, Port land, 8 i. ra.; arrives Astoria 1 p. m. Leaves Callender dock, Astoria 2 p. m.; arrives Portland 9 p. m. AUTO EXPLODES. Machine Was Going At Rate Of Thir ty Miles An Hour. CHICAGO, Aug. 20,-A dispatch to the Tribune from LaFayctte, Ind., says : Two men were perhaps fatally burn ed and three others seriously, injured by the explosion of an automobile near here yesterday. Those seriously injured were Thomas Denman, a farmer, and Ralph Sear of Doswell, hid. The others wounded were Wil liam Coffcnberg, Leo Schuessler and Warren Mankey, also of Boswell. The explosion, which was caused by gasoline, occurred while he ma- hine was running at a rate of 30 miles an hour. The men, With their clothing ablaze, leaped from the ma chine, which ran into a fence and was totally destroyed by the fire. COFFEE Why doesn't your fro ccr moneybaclc every thing? Can't get the goods or the money. Ton tracer returns roar money H ra Soot k ScUUist's Best: par bl Chronic Diarrhoea Relieved. Kt. Edward E. Henry, with the United States Express Co., Chicago, writes: "Our General Superintendent, Mr. Quick, handed me a bottle of Cham berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy some time ago to check an attack of the old chronic diarrhoea. I have used it since that time and cured many on our trains who have been sick. I am an old soldier who served with Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley four years in the 23rd Ohio Regiment, and have no ail ment except chronic diarrhoea, which this remedy stops at once." For sale by Frank Hart and leading drug gists. 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