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SATURDAY, AUGUST 22 a OF LI Fresh Supply of Cheese Do You Want to Save Money? GREAT DEBATE Martin's Eastern Cream Imported Swiss-Roquefort " German Breakfast , Try Bent's Water Cracker A. V. ALLEN Sole Agent for the Celebrated H. C, Fry Cut Glase. PHONE 711 PHONE Srt UNIONTOWN BRANCH PHONE 713 A SEMI-CENTENNIAL CELEBRA TION HELD AT OTTAWA., . ILL, YESTERDAY. Read the big announce ment on this page next Tuesday morning . . . . . WHEN HE MET DOUGLASS WEEKLY ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, ORE. I I L U Ul LI lUUUI U Hi II EES DANGERS ARISING FROM AUTOMOBILES ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE TO CONTROL THE USE OF THE MACHINES. BLAME WOMEN AND CHILDREN Ivety Year Makes Laws More Neces sary Because Machines Become More Complicated Every Season May Bar High Powers From Street CHICAGO Aug. 21. First Assist ant Corporation Counsel E. C. Wet ten announced yesterday that alarmed ty the increasing number of automo Wists the next legislature would be asked to pass a law compelling class ification of the various kinds of ma chines, the licensing of all drivers, and fossibly barring from the city streets those cars whose high power makes peed far in excess of the city's regu lations. A casual examination of the report af motor accidents seems to show taat many of them occur when the machines are driven by young per sons or by women," he exclaimed. "At present there is no way of preveuting this and no way of making sure that anyone h tbe capability and exper ience necescsary to handle a large ma chine. "A law will be asked which will al low a man to drive his machine if he knows enough about it, but which will prevent his children from taking turns at imperilling the lives of pedes trians. Every season makes such a few more necessary because every sea son brings into the market cars with tore complicated mechanisms." THONE LINES SOLD. . CLENDALE, Or., Aug. 21.-The Glendale Telephone Company has sold its 'phone lines in this city and vicinity to I. H. Smith publisher of the Glendale News. The new manage "snent takes charge of the business tomorrow. BERKELEY LIBRARY PLANS. UNIVERSITY OF CALIFOR NIA, Berkeley, Cal., Aug. 21. Work on the erection of the steel frame for the newlibrary is to begin in thenear future, and the granite is now being cut for the exterior walls. The con crete foundation was completed last year. The library is being built from the bequest by the late Charles F. Doe, of San Francisco, of 24 per cent of his immense estate. This amount by the time the building is completed will be about $750,000. The new building will be similar in general character to the Hearst min ing building and California Hall. It fcas also been found necessary to large the student infirmary, because of lack of accommodation. The daily average of students cared for last year was seven for students actually in bed and 36 a day for those who came for consultation or treatment. AUTO TURNS TURTLE. Chauffeur Killed and Several Others Hurt at Los Angeles. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21-Joseph Sobb, a chauffeur, was killed at mid night when a car which he was driv ing turned turtle after a tire had ex ploded. The automobile caught fire and was destroyed. The passengers included C. M. Keene, a real estate Scaler, who sustained a fractured shoulder and other injuries; T. M. Uord, another real estate man; Mrs. Francis Wilson, and Miss Gladys Price, all of whom sustained slight injuries. The accident occurred on West Jefferson street while the ma ciine, a 60 horsepower affair, was SrtTtlicg at a high rate of speed. BROKEN ROD CRIPPLES PLANT GOLDENDALE, Or., Aug. 21-By a breaking of the pistol rod on the engine at the planing-mill of the Glen dale Lumber Company, the plant is temporarily crippled. The "breakage occurred while the machinery was running at full, speed, and wrought considerable damage. A new engine will be installed at once and work will be resumed in a few days. The new box factory is "now running to almost full capacity and the management ex pects to be running with full force within a week or so. The main build ing of the factory is 40x120 feet, and a drying shed, 40 feet wide, will be erected the full length of one side of the main building. The plant is own ed by Campbell & Swiggert, of Port land, and is one of the best equipped and most up-to-date factories in this part of the state. DECLARES BIG DIVIDEND. LOS ANGELES, Aug. 21. -At their meeting at Oleum yesterday, the Union Oil Company directors took the final steps to increase the com pany's capitalization from $10,000, 000 to $50,000,000. The action was authorized at a shareholders' meeting held earlier in the day. The regular September dividend was declared, payable September 20. The directors declared a dividend of $200 per share, payable out of the surplus earnings. The regular monthly dividend of 50 cents a share was also declared. HOP PICKING NOW ON. JUNCTION CITY, Or, Aug. 21. The picking of early hops commenced in the yard of J. E. Lee yesterday, and Edward L. Ayers commenced picking in his yard today. Eighty cents per hundred will be paid for picking this year. The hops are free from hop lice and are of very fine quality. O. & W. TO START. SEATTLE, Aug. 21. The contract i opened up by the projected mileage for the grading of a right-of-way for! to walk over the surveyed route indi the Oregon & Washington Railroad, j cates that things are brewing for the immediately adjacent to Seattle, will extension of the road south into Til- be awarded within a few days. j , TO MEET THE FLEET. Japanese Are Preparing For a Most Notable Reception of Cruise. SEATTLE Aug. 21. It is pro - posed by a committee of Japanese ar- ranging for a reception to the Ameri- can battleship fleet with their arrival in Japanese waters to send a fleet of six ocean steamships to meet the war ships 100 miles off shore upon their course into the chief Japanese port. A. S. Nihara, an official of the Nip pon Yusen Kaisha, the largest Jap anese steamship operators of the' Orient arrived from Japan today, and stated that application for all the ves sels his company could spare had been filed by the commission. It is also stated that the arrival of the American fleet is anx- en-j'ously awaited and plans are making the stay in Japanese waters .the most notable feature of the world cruise. GLASS IN HIS EYE. After Twenty-six Years it Comes Out by Accident NEW YORK, Aug. 21. Theodore Norman, an engineer at Avon-by-the- Sea, fell down a flight of stairs at his home in Hemburg, Germany, 26 years ago and received a deep cut over the right eye that would never completely heal. Yesterday when blood started to trickle from the wound Norman pressed his handkerchief against it rather roughly. The handkerchief caught in something and when the engineer gave it. a yank, he pulled from the wound a piece of glass about three-quarters of an inch in length. Then he remembered that he was carrying a glass bottle at the time he fell down the stairs. Subscribe to the Morning Astorian, A 24-Ton Boulder Marks the Spot Where the Great Emancipator Met For the First Time the "Little Giant" of Ante-Bellum Days, CHICAGO, Aug. 21.-The semi centennial celebration of the great de bate between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas was celebrated at Ottawa, 111., today on the spot where the "Great Emancipator" and the "Little Giant" stood during their argument of fifty years ago. In com memoration of the event a unique monument marking the spot in Wash ington Park was unveiled by Illinois chapter, Daughters of the Revolution. A 24-ton boulder has been brought from M. Trumbo's farm and placed on a concrete base in the park.On the face of the boulder a bronze tablet j bears the following Inscriptions:! "Thois boulder marks the site of the I fire T tnr1r, awt Ytrtiicvloa tohttt tl1ft ' j August 21, 1858., Erected by the Illi- nois Chapter Daughters of the Ameri can Revolution, Ottawa, 111., August 21, 1908." The semi-centennial celebration was directed by the LaSalle County His torical Association which has been planning for the event for over a year. The unveiling ceremonies were ar ranged under the auspices of the Daughters of the Revolution who gathered the funds for the installa tion of the monument TILLAMOOK - ASTORIA RAILROAD (Continued from page I) nent Hill officials in this city, left quietly this week for Tillamook from Seaside He walked along the sur- jveys made by Hill engineers down the coast from the present terminus of the Astoria & Columbia River Rail road at Seaside. That he took enough interest in the country to be lamook and the Oregon coast coun- ;try. Mr. Woodworth is a traffic man, as keen a one as is attached to the ! Hill staff. On his walking tour he would have ample opportunity to es- jtimate the volume of traffic to be ex- Ipected along the projected line and to j judge of the feasibility of the surveys. "That N. D. Miller, chief engineer for the Hill forces in the construction of the North Bank road, has taken up his residence in Astoria is another fact that adds to the belief that the Hill roads will invade Western Ore gon, Mr. Miller was brought out here from St. Paul to build the Spokane, Portland & Seattle road, a task which he completed most creditably. Now that the line is finished, it would be his wish to return to his home and friends in St. Paul, were he not need ed further to direct Hill construc tion in this territory. Astoria would be the logical headquarters for opera tions in the coast country. "There have been many high offic ials of the Hill system in Portland, during the past few weeks and there have been conferences without end. C. M. Levey, third vice-president of the Northern Pacific, with headquar ters at St. Paul, where he is said to be close to the throne, came to the city with H. C. Nu'tt, general manager of the west end of the same railway. Mr. Levey said he would be in this territory .all summer." AN INFANT SENATOR. MANCHESTER, Mass., Aug. 21. A son was born to Senator and Mrs. Albert J. Beveridge, of Indiana, who are stopping here this summer. Willing to Take Chances. The Man-I'd give anything If you would kltss m1. The Maid-But the scientists say that klRses breed dis ease. The Mnn-Oh. never mind thnt. Go abend nnd tnnke mp nn Invalid for life. Philadelphia Inquirer. Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month FOR OLYMPIC ATHLETES. Big Preparation! Being Made For Their Reception. NEW YORK. Aug. 21. -Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt has accepted the chairmanship of the general commit tee of the Olympic reception com mittee and has contributed $500 to the fund. MrT Vanderbilt's letter, which is dated Newport, R. I., Indi cates that he will take an active part in the reception. . Contributions are coming in daily and it is expected that there will be enough money sub scribed to cover all the expenses, in cluding the medals. The total amount received and promised up to last night was $4000. With the possible exception of Martin J. Sheridan, every athlete who competed in the Olympic games will be on hand for "the celebration. Five more athletes sail from Liverpool to day on the White Star Line steamer Baltic. They are Robert Cloughen, George V. Bonhag, Joseph Bromilew, Jr., Lee Talbott and J. R. Reilly. The cablegram announcing the sail ing of the men yesterday also stated that Lawson Robertson, Dan J. Kelly, Charles R. Bacon, Harry F. Porter, Melvin W. Sheppard, Joseph P. Sul livan, Harvey W. Cohen and J. B. Taylor will sail tomorrow on the Mauretania which will arrive about the same time as the Baltic General Fred D, Grant yesterday issued or ders through his chief of staff, Col. Sanderson for the regular troops for take part in the parade. ANIMALS AMBIDEXTROUS. Why Man Civet Preference to I Hand Ovor Left. Righ' Right handedness nod right ejedn.-1" came with genus homo. Dr. Ceorge V. Gould has watched for t horn In Mqtilr rels thnt ufp their front pun to hoi nuts, cats tbnt ttrlke nt Insects In t!; air or play with rounded mice mid I: many oilier animals, but lie 1 eertul: no preference Ih given to the right nld over thp left. Put In the lowest human savages nil over the world choice lu greater est pertness of one hand Is clearly present. One cause for its development in In primitive military cifstoms. In rM tribes nnd countries since man used Implements of offense nnd defense the left side, where the heart lies, has been protected by the shield, and the left band was called the shield band, while the right hand was called the spear hand. " Next to fighting came commerce. The fundamental cbndltlon of barter ing was collating with the low num tiers, one to tan. The Angers of the frcp o:- right hand were naturally first used, nnd nil fingers today are called digits, as are the figures themselves, while the basis of our numberlngs Is the dec! mnl or ten fingered system. Every drill nnd notion of the soldier from ancleiii Greece to modern America Is right sld ed In every detail. Firing from the right shoulder and Righting with the right eye bring the right eye Into prom inence. Er.dnrse. Her Protector. "Well, sir." explained young Mr. Sooberbs, "It was like tbls: I thought my wife might be afraid of tramps, so I bought her a watchdog. He was a fierce looking bull, and I reckoned he'd about fill tbe bill. I got blm In the morning and had him sent right out to the bouse. When I got home thnt night one of tbe toughest looking ho boes you ever saw was sitting on the porcb. 'What In thunder are you doing here? I asked. 'Well, boss,' says be, 'I come looklu' fer a handout, an' de lady she gimme 50 cents to stick around an' perfect her from dat dog o' yours. She's mr? scared . of 'lm.' " Kansnf City Newsbook. I young j Towne-Wh.v' do yon call I'etberbrane "Chollj r Ilia first nntne Is Noah. ' Browne-Yen. but that's so Inappro priate. Nonh bad sense enough to get mi out or the rnln.-piillodelpbla Press. He who will not reason ia a bigot; be who cannot la a fool; be who dares lot is a slave. Byroa SHE WAS INSULTED. The Sting In the Letter That Came Per Hee Husband. "Harry, love." said Mrs. Knew to bcr husband when be entered bis borne few evenings ago, "I've been dread fully Insulted.". "Insulted r repeated Mr. Knew In dignantly . "By whoiuT "By your mother." , "My mother, Flora? Nonsense, deer. She's the kindest woman lo the world. And bow could she Insult yout She Isn't bore; she's miles swsy." "But Harry, she did Insult me," per slated Flora, "ind It was done In a letter." "Show It to me." "I'll tell you about It A letter came for you tbls morning addressed In your mother's handwriting, and so, of course, I opened It" "Of course," said Mr. Knew dryly. "It wae written to yon all tbe way through, you uoderatandr "Tea, 1 undertsand that, but when does tbe Insult to you come In)" "In tbe postscript When I read aloug to that It said. Dear Flors Don't fall to give tbl letter to Harry. I want him to have It' Now, tell me, wasn't that an Insult f Pearson's Weekly. , The UnpeeeMgat ten. Tbe president of a club of New York waiters said the other day of par slmon Ioum young man: "He resembles a cbap they tell about la Bucks county. "Tbls cbap lived alone with bis father. On tbe old man's death be would Inherit tbe farm. "Well, Anally tbe old man took sick Ills end drew near. The son sst op wltb him a nlgbt or two, expecting blin to pass away, but be lingered on "On tbe fifth or sixth nlgbt the son. Instead of sitting up, put a lamp, turned low, very, very low, on a tnbto by the bed and went off to his own room wltb tbe caution: "'When you feel that It Is all over with you, fa I her, don't forget to blow out tbe lamp.' "Washington Star. A Rare Souvenir, A curious souvenir da preserved in tbe Bank of England In tbe shape of a note for 1.000 wltb wblcb Admiral Lord Cochrane paid bis One when be was falsely accused of spreading with an Interested object a rumor that Bo nnparte was dead In 181-1 so as to cause a rl.se In tbe price of stocks. Tbe sura mentioned was raised lu sub scriptions of n penny by bis Westmin ster constituents. Tbe note la Indorsed with the nil mo of the Intrepid but 111 used salt and has Inscribed on It a sentence lu wblcb be expresses tbe hope that one day be will prove bis Innocence and triumph over bis ac cusers. Thnt consummation was not effected until eighteen years later, when be whs reinstated by WIlMam IV. London Telegraph. Submarine Navigation. Tbe Idea of tbe submarine la certain ly as much as 200 years old, but most of tbe earlier plans were flat failures. In 1774 an Inventor named Day lost bis life during uu experimental descent In Plymouth sound. Dusbnell of Con necticut lu 1775 contrived a subma rine vessel propelled by some kind of screw. Robert. Fulton also lu 1790 Invented a box wblcb when Oiled with combustibles might be propelled un- der water and made to explode under the bottom of a ship. It la hard to say , who was the originator of tbe Idea ot tbe submarine boat unless It was Day. -New York American. A Hard Caee. "IIIh wife earns hr own money." "Indeed! I did not know she was employed." "Ob, yes; bind at It all the time." "What does she dor "Works him to give up. "-New York Journal, y Why He Pretted. Amateur Sportsman (after shooting his best frieudi-Too bad, too badl But I thought you were a deer. The vie. tim Don't Tret. Amateur Sportsman Don't fretf Why, man, I promised my wife a pair of boim-IIIustrated Bits. Whsfs the User "Ought we not to do something more for the preservation of our forestsT "Ob, what's the user answered Sen ator Sorghum impatiently. "Trees can't vote."-Wasblngton Btar. Subscribe for The Morning Astorian. CO MING The Best Show of the Season THE CUEMN PLAYERS A Select Company of Playeri . 1(5 PEOPLE 16 Band and Orchestra Presenting the Big Comedy-Drama I" Astoria Opera House Sun., Aug. 30 Get your Reserved Seats early;. the house will be crowded. Pricei, 25c, 3Sc 75c A few dosee of this remedy will In variably enre wn ordinary attack of diarrhoea. It can always be depended pon, even In the more severe attacks of cramp colic and cholera morbus. It is equally saccessful for summer diarrhoea ana cholera infantum in children, and Is tbe means of saving the lives of many children each year. When reduced with water and sweetened it is pleasant to take. Emy uinn of a family should keep this remedy in bis home. Bny It now. Price, 2.1c. - Larob Sizk, ooo. iimriADv DISCHAROtJ RELIEVED IN 24 HOURS Each Cp- ""S ulo brifa0Yl Hit aincV: ALL DRl'OOIhTS j MONKEYS HAVE SENSE. NEW YORK, Aug. 2l.-Profesnor Melvin E. Haggcrtyof Harvard Uni-' versity, who has been studying mon keys in the Bronx Zoo park for the past month, has proved to his own a- t.isfaction that some of them at least, are not merely imitator ftnhe human species, but have an initiative. In one of his tests he had a platform built extending about five feet outside the cage occupied by the'orang outangs, Mickey and Minnie. On the extreme end pf this he placed a bunch of ba nanas and some luscious peaches. Then he placed in the cage a long stick with a hook in the end and went away. He had not been gone five minutes when Mickey looked at Minnie, wink ed and laughed. Minnie laughed and laughed too. Then Mickey got the hook, raked in the fruit and they had a delicious meal. Later' Professor Haggerty tried the trick on Baldy, the chimpanzee, but b.e got the fruit within close range before the hook was ready and there was no need to go any further. Baldy also had an I i II Bmrriigi y ... "x mm ju Ituu an fessor has which, he N. enjoyable time. The Profess some other tricks in stock believes, will demonstrate the theory beyond any doubt.