THE MORNING ASTORI AN, ASTORIA, OREGON. TI I UllBDA Y, AUGUST 27, 9 i 1 ....... I ACTION IS TAKENhBY ASSOC! ATION IN SESSION IN SEATTLE. LONGER TERM FOR(!STUDENTS Two Important Colleges, However, Enter a Protest and Their Resigns tions From Association Are Ac epted--Officer8 Are Elected. SEATTLE, Aug. 26. At the meet ig of the Association of American Law schols, which was held yesterday af erday afternoon on connection with the American Bar Assn. convention resolutions were adopted limiting the membership in the association to such schools as grant diplomas only on the completion of a full three year's course c-f study. The result of the action was the resignation of the Boston Univer , ity Law School and the New York University Law School, both of which prescribe a three years term, but in special cases grant diplomas for work done in two years. The schools in ' question were not willing to give up this privilege and withdrew, the as sociation by vote accepting the resig nations. The annual address of Pres ? ident George W. Kirchwey, dean of the Columbia Law Schol, was read by Professor F. M. Burdick, the presi dent not being in attendance at the session. The paper was on the sub ject "American Law and the American Law School." David Starr Jordan president of Stanford University was ' the other speaker. The annual elec tion resulted as follows: President,. Charles Noble Gregory, Iowa City, Iowa; secretary-treasurer, William R. Vance, Washington, D. C. executive committee, Charles H. Hn tench, Stanford University; George P. Costigan, Jr., Lincoln, Neb.; and Henry M. Bates, of Ann Arbor, Mich The evening session of the Ameri can Bar Association was addressed by United States Judge C. H. Hanford of Seattle and Edgar H. Farrar, of Loui siana. AN INDUCEMENT (Continued from pag I) 'when a panic ensued, the tax having Been improperly incalculated, there was not sufficient funds to pay the losses, but this I have only on the au thority of a well known writer, on the subject." There is some discussion here to day of the position alleged to have teen taken by Senator Hopkins, of Illinois, that the policies of the presi dential candidate, so far as they are not contained in the party platform, are ntt binding on the party. Taft declined to make the matter a con troversial one. It may be said, how ever, that attention is called to the fact that the rate bill that was. rec ommended to congress by Roosevelt was not specifically approved by the republican platform of 1904, but that it- was adopted by a republican con gress on his recommendation. CIGARETTES STOPPED. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Aug. 26 Superintendent Easley of the Rock Island Railroad, issued a bulletin no tifying all employes that cigarette smoking will not be prmitted, and wolators will be discharged. t - I lr M$lv (Au AnlKVy f Jrt' 'iff vwy, nK:' mm miiit :.-,V' Every man, woman arid boy should tog up and look and feel their best dur ing Regatta We Are Preroaredi to dress every man and boy correctly in the best clothes made audit will pay you to see us first. Jill : 1 MW- 'tit! I 'i J f f ( ' h ii vi m l n r i i'l! . ..- 'f.ir.Ut'-'J-. 1 mm -ys -r. I1 W t o .mm n W :J We are pleased to show you our complete Fall line, and ac comodate you in every way possible Fall Suits $10 to $35 mom wmfr mix We will take care of your grips or bundles- 557 Commercial Street THE WOOLEN JTTDD New shirts, neckwear, fancy vests and fine furnishings at the right price. Correct Fall HATS in the leading makes of America Mallory Cravenettes - , - $3.50 Youman's - - - $5.00 4 -you don't need to carry them around 557 Commercial Street MILL STORE. 4 TRAINING SHIP HAZING. f SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 26.-The Bulletin prints a story of hazing at the naval training station at Yerba Buena Island in this cay, of Earl Irey an apprentice on the training ship Pensacola which will probably result in the loss of Irey's eye and the court martial of O. F. Guy and J. Valerus, two shipmates. It is alleged that on August 10th Guy and Valerus caught Irey as he was preparing to retire and fastened a rope tightly around his nock and pulled him into the air and left him there for five minutes until discovered by two masters-at-arms. His eyes bulging out and tongue black. The doctors say he has lost sight of one eye and may lose the other. Irey will be Sent to his home in Oklahoma. RIOT LEADER SUICIDES. SPRINGFIELD, Ills., Aug. 26. Mrs. Kate Howard, 42 years of age, one of the leaders in the recent riots committed suicide today by swallow ing acid while being placed under ar rest. She died just as she was being led into the jail. She was the first person indicted by the present grand jury. When released on bond he declared she never would be ar rested again. When indicted again today she swallowed poison secretly when the officer went to arrest her. FLEET LEAVES SYDNEY, SYDNEY, Aug. 27.-The fleet of American battleships sailed, this morning for Melbourne. An enthu siastic send-off by tens of thousands of people witnessed the departure. WILL SUPPORT BRYAN. American Federation of Labor Will Swing Vote to Democrats. WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 Union labors' equation in the democratic national camapign and plans that have been formulated by the officers of the American Federation of Labor to swing the labor vote to Bryan were the subject of the matters of a series of conferences tonight between National Chairman Norman E. Mack and Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, Sec retary Morrison of the Federation and President McConnell of the Ma chinists' Union after the conference the American Federation of Labor will extend its co-operation in every way to the democratic national committee. Gompers submitted his plans for the establishment of bureaus in sev eral labor centers was received and was approved of by Mack. Plans for sending out labor literature was talk ed over and the national committee will furnish dates for the labor speakers. SULZER IS CONFIDENT. Returns to New York From the West With Strong Views. 'NEW YORK, Aug. 26. Congress man Sulzer of New York returned to the city today for an extensive cam paign trip from the intermountain and Pacific Coast states and said tonight that Bryan is very strong in the states west of the Mississippi and the tre mendous vote to be polled there will be a surprise to the country. Sulzer says Bryan' is sure to carry Kansas,) Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, Idaho,! Montana, Nevada adn California. j "The battleground, however is go- ing to be in New York and the corn- fields of the middle west. I feel con-. fident Bryan will carry New York." I Fresh Supply of Cheese I 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 Glass. PHONE 711 PHONE 3S:t UNIONTOWN BRANCH PHONE 713 LIBRARY DONATION. Subscribe to the Morning Astorian. ! Mack declared that60 cents per month by carrier. , 1 Library Building Presented to People of Jordanville, New York. JORDANVILLE, N. Y., Aug. 26.-With- the ceremony in which Roose velt had a prominent part the Jordan ville public library was today pre sented to the people of this commun ity, the "donors being Douglas Robin son, Mrs. Robinson, Harriet D. Wol rick Whitmore, Mr. Robinson's sis ter, erected in the memory of Mr. Robinson's father and mother. Mrs. Robinson is , President Roosevelt's sister. President Roosevelt made a lengthy sp.eech in which he eulogized the farmer's wife and' advocated the uplifting of the farmer's and his fam ily. He aiso spoke along a more gen eral lines of social and economic problems and declared himself strong ly as willing to tafo any necessary step to carrying out the desires of the people for the stoppage practices im perilling the national well being. Elihu Root and James S. Sherman also spoke. FATHER AND SON DROWN. TWIN FALLS, Ida., Aug. 261. F. Tupper and his six year old son were drowned in the Snake river near CO Ml N G The B"e$t Show of the Season THE OLAMAN PLAYERS . A Select Company of Playeri 16- PEOPLE 16 , Band and Orchestra Freien'ing the Big Comedy-Drama II! 1 1 llnv Astoria Opera House Sun fluff M vuiiiifiugi Get your Reserved Seats early; th house will be crowded. v Prices, 25c, 35c 75c. . :"".-- here yesterday while fishing, The boy was drawn into the water and the fa the? leaped in after him. J