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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1908)
wmiaK--r-f j .. -. ... r -t : : : , - 1 57Jc y( JJq I J I iy U Jl l f N if V ill) I J uUi IL-J U U. J UUUJ U U w UULJ LJUL. Jl n 1 BRYAN DISCUSSES 6UARANTYQUESTI0N LARGE CROWDS HEAR DEMO CRATIC LEADER'S LENGTHY ADDRESS AT TOPEKA. ANSWERS TAFTS CRITICISM Bryan Points Out That Choice Was Between Fo.ial Savirgs Bark and the Guaranty Bank and Accuses Taft of Favoring the Former. TOPEKA, Aug. 27 Before an au dience which filed the Auditorium to cverflowing Bryan tonight spoke on guaranty of bank deposits. Previous ly he had delivered three others, two from the Veranda Hotel aniline third at Garfield Park where he attended a picnic of the Knights of Pythias, where he spoke on "Fraternity." Due to the action of the Kansas republican state convention which en dorsed the guaranty of deposits pro position, Bryan made some remarkable- supplementary to his prepared speech on that subject. He took up the criticism of Taft and others and asked why the depositors should be left unsecured when the national gov ernment demanded security of any tank with which it deposited its money. He pointed out that choice was between the Postal Savings Bank and the Guaranty Bank and accused Taft of favoring unnecessary exten sion of the sphere of government in advocating the postal savings instead of the guaranty bank. Bryan declar ed the guaranty bank proposition which would allow the banks to at tend to the banking business and yet compel them to give depositors neces sary security. , Bryan said that three fourths of the bankers of Kansas fa- -ored the guaranty plan ' and one-J was opposed; that among the ors there is no opposition and! ""'Kansas bankers recognize IS MObi be done and that a This Stock Must Be Closed Out This Week. banks and that four national banks of Oklahoma operating under the guar anty, law of that state, and 16 others have applied for state charters. Con clusive proof is that the Oklahoma law is a success. BASEBALL GAMES. National League. Pittsburg" 4, Philadelphia 8.' St. Louis 1, Brooklyn 2. Chicago 5, New York 1. Cincinnati 4, Boston 7. American League. St. Louis 3 Boston 1. Pacific Coast League. San Francisco 5, Los Angeles 0. Portland 2, Oakland 3. Northwest League. Seattle 1, Aberdeen IS. Vancouver 2, Butte 3. MEMORY OF FARRAGUT. Tribute Paid at Portsmouth to Fa mous Sea Fighter. PORTSMOUTH, N. H, Aug. 27. Three thousand shipmates, relatives, friends and admirers of Admiral Da vid Glasgow Farragut paid a tribute yesterday to the memory of the hero of many battles of the sea, in the dedication of a memorial tablet in the Portsmouth navy yard. The com mandant's house at the navy yard where the famous fighter died, was the scene of the exercises and Ad miral George Dewey, who" served with I'arragut, lifted the covering from the tablet. The memorial tablet bears the fol lowing inscription: V "Died in this house, August 14, 1870 David Glasgow Farragut, Admiral in the United States navy. Faithful and fearless." On the opposite corners of the tab let are displayed the United States seal and the regulation anchor of the United States navy. The naval band played a hymn and salutes vere fired by the navy yard battery. DRAWS COLOR LINE. . CHICAGO, Aug. 27. A dispatch to the Tribune from Tuscaloosa, Ala., says': . A contract was signed yesterday by managers of the University of Ala bama and the University of Cincin nati for a football game on October 17 in Birmingham. The contract calls for the drawing of the "color line. Of the bankrupt stock of Heilbqrn & Co. is now in full blast. If you want a piece of furniture, carpets, lace curtains, lineoteum, window shades, COME EARL Y OPEN ACTION OF GRAND JURY CAUSES SENSATION REFUSE TO RETURN INDICT MENTS IN EXCISE CASES AT ORDER OF COURT. JUDGE DISCHARGES JURY Foreman of the Body Takes Liberties With Court and Says That Evi dence Was Not Presented Upon Which to Base Indictments. ATLANTIC CITY, Aug. 27.-The action of Governor Fort is threaten ing the sending of troops into this famous resort to enforce the state liquor laws. ". Those people of Atlan tic City -who observe the laws caused a sensations today by rumors from visitors. Another sensation was sprung at Mays Landing, the county seat of Atlantic County, when the grand jury absolutely refused to obey instructions of the court to return jn dictmcnts against the excise legisla tors. The jury returned two indict ments against the alleged proprietor and the Steward, so-called million aires' club in Chelsea, on a charge of gambling, one indictment against an obscene postal card dealer. Supreme Court Justice Thomas W. Trenchard, who had been requested by the governor to sit with the county judge was so incensed by the action of the grand jury that he in stantly discharged it with severe re primand. Assistant General Haskell who is assisting Prosecutor Golden burg in the excise case aid govern or would call out troops although it is an . unusual proceeding. Sheriff Johnson of Atlantic County, . Mayor Sorry of Atlantic City and County Prosecutor Goldenburg tonight re fused to redress the situation. ' When Foreman Salus f the grand jury heard the reprimand of Judge Trenchard he arose vigorously and took exception in his remarks to the court. He said the jury had done its duty. He declared it a supreme body and represented the will of the people of Atlantic county, representing $55, 000,000 of property. "And I do not intend the delibera tions of this body shall be made of political capital," he said. "At every turn we were throttled a rand jurors and that the prosecutor had not presented evidence upon which to base indictments." DEBS WILL TOUR. CHICAGO, Aug. 27. It was an nounced at the headquarters of the Socialist party tonight that a congres sional campaign carrying Debts, the presidential candidate, " and other speakers through the west will leave Chicago on August 31 returning Sep tember 25. Soon after the return to Chicago a similar trip through the eastern states will be made. Debts will speak in 18 states in his western trip. SOUTH CAROLINA FLOODS. COLUMBIA. S. C Aug. 27 The rivers through South Carolina con tinued to rise today n a result of Wednesday's rains in the upper part of the state. The loss of private and public property will run into the mil lions, Estimated loss in the vicinity of Columbia done by the high water is more than $300,000, The railroads are completely tied up, the. Southern Charlotte line being the only road north of Columbia in operation. A number of lives have been lost. SAGE ONLY WORTH $64,000,000. NEW YORK, Aug. 27. Russell Sage's estate is valued at $64,1 53,800, The fact became known through the; signing of an order for the transfer of tax payable to the state, POST CARD PRIMARY. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug,' 27. The returns from the postal card primary of the Independence League of San Francisco county for nominees for superior judges show a total vote in the county of 2050, The large num ber of votes were received by John I Hunt, 200; Carroll Cook, 199; It. C.J Harrison, 185; .Isador Golden, 177; j Frank J. Dunne, 175, There was a large scattering vote, O o SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS ARE CONFIDENT PLANS FOR AN "INVASION OF SOUTH" MADE BY TAFT AND LEADERS. VIRGINIA WILL FIGHT HARD Senator McCumber Predicts That North Dakota and. Adjoining States Will go as Strong For Taft as They Did For Roosevelt NEW YORK, Aug. 27,-That some of the plans of the republican organi zation in the south arc making In crease in republican representation in congress from their states, was made known to Chairman Hitchcock today by visitors from Virginia, Alabama, Louisiana, The plan for an "Inva sion of the South" was, outlined by Taft in his recently speeches and in terviews at Hot Springs He express ed the opinion that the republican na tional committee managers ought to try and carry the close districts and Hitchcock concurs in him in that view. Today Hitchcock conferred with Alvah H. Martin, a member of the national committee of ' Virginia, Representative Slemp the state chair man who urged the effort to carry I This store will close today at 12 O'Clock Noon Phone your ORDERS EARLY A. V. ALLEN Sole Agent for the Celebrated H. C. 5ry Cut Glass. PHONE 711 PHONE 33't " ' UNIONTOWN BRANCH PHONE 713 1W the three close districts of that state; R. 1. Pakcr, national committeman of Alabama and F. B. Williams, of Louisiana, both whom advocated a fight in their states in increase the representation. Senator I J. McCumber and Na tional Committeeman James Ken nedy, of North Dakota, predicted North Dakota and adjoining states to go as strong for Taft as they did for Roosevelt four years ago, H. G, Al exander, president of the Alaska-Pacific Steamship Company, while at the republican headquarters today ex pressed his opinion of "a landslide on the Pacific Coast for Taft and Sher man, BLACKMAILER SENTENCED, f BORDEAU, Aug, 27,-CamJlla Marquet, charged with attempting to blackmail President Roosevelt, was sentenced to six days' imprisonment on account of the previous good char acter of the youth. Marquet demand ed of the president a $2000 contribu tion on the behalf of "My society," and threatened scandal, "Which would cast dishonor upon hit whole family unlesi the money were forth coming at a fixed date." Roosevelt turned the letters over to the French Consul-General. FAREWELL GIFTS. HOT SPRINGS, Aug. 27,-The 350 guests of the Homestead Hotel to night presented f aft, Mrs.-Tnft and Master Charles Taft each with a sil ver loving cup as a formal farewell expression of their'regrds. The pres entation made occasion for a pleasant gathering of "the hotel family" with music and speeches. " Ui Pionet,