SATURDAY, AUGUST 29
THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGOtf .
TO TALK WITH
BY SKYSCRAPER
EUROPE
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PLANS TO , UTILIZE WORDS
, THROUGH TALL BUILDINGS
I JOR THAT PURPOSE.
DANGEROUS HOUR OF THE DAY
Origin of Nam "Tenderloin" Re
calledInvention (or the Eman
; clpation of Husbands Other Notes
I of Intereit
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NEW YORK, Auk. 28, A novel
esc lint been discovered for the lofty
I'cnk of N'ew York' latent skyscrap
er, the Metropolitan tower, which this
veck resulted the 700-foot elevation
which in to be the limit of hi ascent.
Up under the circle of electric light
at the very tip of the tower small cop
per wirci project. These lead down
to a station on the, roof of tjie main
building, thirty stories btJow, nd ter
minate there in an apparatus by which
Pr. Dc Forest and .other scientists
who have equipped the laboratory ex
pect to talk across the ocean. The
othcV terminus of this wireless tele-
phone line is the Edffcl Tower In Pa
ris, the only structure, in the world
taller than the New York skyscraper.
Between these two loftiest structural
peaks in the world it is expected that
messages will be transmitted In the
course of another year with as great
ease as wireless telegraphic messages
are sent now between distant points
From the summit of the great tower
It is proposed also to talk with the
various ocean liners on their way ac
ross the Atlauic, All this of course is
la the future, but distances that have
already been covered by wireless tele
phone messages have convinced the
scientific gentlemen who are experi
menting with this new force that the
only thing necessary to enable them
to converse across the Atlantic is suf
ficient elevation which is adimrably
provided by the great towers of Man:
Italian. . ,
This city has now established an u
nlquc record-nothing less than the
compiling of a timetable showing the
hours during which burglars and hold
lip men can most successfully ply their
trade. The most dangerous as well as
the darkest hour of the twenty-four in
-New York has just ben indicated by
the leakage of certain clOscly guar
ded data from the Department of Wa
ter and Light of the city. This hour
in which the city is in utter darkness
so far as street lighting is concerned
"lias already ben dubbed the "burglar's
hour." By a curious arrangement be
twen the city government and the cor
poration which lights the streets, there
is something more than an hour every
night during the summer months when
the streets are unlighted. More than
ninety percent of the atrcet robberies
which take place in the city occur dur
ing this hour, but heretofore just when
that hour was clue has been unknown.
Now that it has become public the po
lice are fearful of a large increase of
crimes. Thanks to the leakage of the
lighting table "strong arm" men
throughout the city have now official
notification of the hours during which
their trade may be, plied most, advan
tageously.' During August, for ex-
ample, the announcement of these fi-j
gures showed that the time for hold
up men to get busy was from 3.37 A.
ROUT
I Sunday Evening, Aug. 30 j
ASTORIA THEATRE
Lawrence Peterson .
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Sunday Evening, Aug. 30
ASTORIA THEATRE
Prices - - -
M. to 4,37 P. M. From mouth to
month the f hour changes somewhat
according to the coming of daylight,
but thanks to tlie publication or tins
tlmetuhle New York has now achiev
ed the record of being the first city to
compile what amounts to a guide for
the benefit of burglars.
A catastrophe that threatened to
cast gloom upon the patrons of rail
road eating housse and quick lunch
establishments, was narrowly averted
here this week. A convenion of mas
ter bakers and amalgamated pie ar
tits in solemn conclave assembled un
itcrtook the task of revising the histo
ric form of the doughnut It was as
crtcd with much earnest eloquence
that the cost of manufacture had in
creased to such a degree of culinary
commerce at three for five unless some
radical changes in their construction
were adopted. The delegates were
agree upon this point, but the conven
tion split wide open in the question of
how the change was to be accomplish
ed.' One party wanted to decrease the
circumference of the doughnut as a
whole, while another section of equal
numbers insisted that the proper
change was an increase in the size pf
the hole which Would enable , two
doughnuts to be, manufactured from
the material formerly required for one.
The news of this proposal caused (al
mot panic among the members of
tlie Optimists Club, wfiose'motto of
"Look at the doughnut, not at the
hole" would have been made ridicu
lous by the projected transformation.
Ultimately the deadlock was broken
by "Sinkers" Murphy who has been
serving doughnuts on Park Row for
twenty-five years. He suggested that
the object sought could be accom
plished most easily by making the re
tail rate two for five and this plan was
adopted. Another measure of econo
my proposed was the leaving off of
the upper crust of all pics, but a long
headed delegate pointed out that sales
would be seriously affected if custo
mers were enabled to see the inner
contents of the pies set before them.
The most famous police structure in
New York, not even excepting "head
quarters," passed into history this
week when the old Tenderloin station
was abandoned. In this precinct
which included the hotel and thea
tre section of the city and the gay re
sorts which make up the "Brightlight
District" more police reputations were
lost and more police, fortunes made
than in any other part of New York
in the palmy days of organized po
lice grafting. On the evening when
the last platoon of bluecoats were
turned out from the old building and
before its doors were finally closed
many men now occupying high posi
tions in the police department dropped
in to say farewell to scenes of their
earlier service on the force. As they
chatted together one of them told the
story o' the naming of the precinct as
the "Tenderloin" a name that has gone
all over the country and one that pro
bably will continue to be applied to
this section of New York long after
the last brick of the old building has
disappeared. According to this storjr
the name was conferred by Inspector
Williams, known to an earlier genera
tion as "Clubber" Williams. On be
ing assigned to the precinct which was
recognized as affording wonderfully
rich pickings Williams is related to
have said "I've been downtown here
eating chuck steak for a good many
years but now I'm going up where I
can get tenderloin." No-more striking
illustration of the change between old
and new police methods could be
found than the contrast betwen the
dark, dingy old station and the new
structure that takes its place, equip
ped with shower batlis, exercise and
recreation rooms, a garage for the
25c, 50c, 75c I
precinct automobile and other eviden
cvs of a more sanitary and a more
luxurious regime.
Some day a monument may be erec
ted by grateful men to a Brooklyn
genius named Clarke who has just
ptrfct'd a d'vice that he announces
will emancipate husbands who uir
required to hook their wives' dres
ses np the back. Instead of separate
hooks and Invisible eyes that persi
in' hide in 'the folds of the garment.
or a (Wperate resort to pins, usual
ly resulting in bloodshed and some
limes in domestic rows, the new d
Uf if-rrled nil hocks a ; tvt on a
cm'irnnu ii'trr.v tcel LW ic r jt
I 'to t.K le dre",4 can be hooked by one
movement. In addition, by means of
a pflVy arrangement, a woman can
hook or unhook her own dress by sim
ply pulling a small cord. So far the
new invention has been tried cniy pn
vately but its originator estimates the
number of men in Brooklyn alone whe
hook tlieir wives dresses at something
like l ilf a m'Hion and he asrerts that
his will afford him a proltablc-mar
kct-as all undoubtedly will become
purchasers-wthout taking the rest of
the country into account at alt The
ly 'oubtful point is how Brooklyn
and other women will regard the new
deii.-e
DIES FOR LOVE.
III Health Prevented Young Woman
From Marrying.
CHICAGO, Aug. 28 It became
known today that Miss Maylcld
Wemc, who committed suicide by
walking into Lake Michigan at. the
foot of 57th Street yesterday, was de
spondent because an illness that was
largely imaginary prevented her mar
riagc to a devoted sweetheart.
A search of her room disclosed brief
farewell message to her father, and
the. man she had hoped to marry,
George Mansfield, a traveling sales
man of El Paso, Texas. 4 ', , , .
Miss Wcrne had often threatened
"To jump into the lake if she was not
soon sufficiently recovered to marry
George."
The girl graduated from a private
seminary in El Paso and broke down
from overstudy some months , ago.
Since the death of her mother here a
year ago, the young woman, just past
her 21 st birthday spent much of her
time with her sister, Mrs. E. "French,
at El Paso, Texas
t It was a young girl, several years
ago that she first fell in love with
Mansfield., ,Her- relatives, approved
the match, but prevented a wedding
ceremony from taking place last
spring because of her mental condi
tion. This, it is said, aggravated her
ailment.
In the hope that change would
improve her condition she was sent
to another sister, Mrs. Volney Bryan,
at Louisville, Ky., the place of her
birth. Subsequently she, went to the
third sister, Mrs. Miles Turpin at
New York. .,
HIS BIG CLEAN-UP.
While Othera Work, Bookmaker
in the country.
NEW YORK. Aug. 28.-George
Rose, the millionaire owner of the
Arcadie race track in California, and
the biggest bookmaker in the coun
try, served notice on his friends that
he would go to Montreal to the race
meeting which begins there tomor
row. '
"I have cleaned up $150,000' since
Governor Hughes signed the anti
betting bill," said he, while comment
ing on the fact that he was not oper
ating at the city track since his talk
with Sheriff Lane on Wednesday.
"AH of my business was on the credit
system. I took only oral bets. , I had
good luck, but I would have made
$50,000 more , if some of my .patrons
had settled their markers with me."
SAVE BOY'S, LEG.
New York Surgeons Sew Splintered
' Bone With Silver Wire,
' NEW YORK, Aug. 28.-Another
extraordinary feak in surgery has been
performed by Harlem Hospital sur
geons when, to save the leg of Leon
Garroden, six years' old, from ampu
tation, the surgeons drilled holes
through the bone of the broken mem
ber and drew the ragged and splin
tered edges together with silver
wire, Lgon had broken his leg in two
places by a fall down stairs. v
, The child was on , the operating
table for an hour and a quarter, but
according to the surgeons he is none
the worse for his trying experience.
It is now believed that the boy's leg
will eventually be as strong as his
unfractured limb. , .
, Mrs. Garroden is very happy as a
result of the successful operation.
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long time I suffered from kidney com
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M. T. Lynch, editor of the Phil
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have used many kinds of medicines
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but never anything so good as
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Warning.
If you have kidney and bladder
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Summer Excursions .
During the months of August and
September the Ilwar) R. R. Co. will
sell round" trip tickets daily from all
points on North (Long) Beach to all
points on Clatsop -Beach at rate of
$1.75. Return limit thirty days." .
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14th Annual Regatta
Reduced rates fromfeU points. Dates of
sale, Augusti27-28-29. Good returning:
on or before August 31.
Q. B. JOHNSON, Gen'i Agent
12th St, near Commercial St ' ASTpRIA, OREGON.
Scandinavian
During Astoria's Fourteenth
Annual REGATTA
i AUGUST 29-30. 1908
Saturday Evening
. Sunday Afternoon
AT LOGAN'S HALL
J A Great Musical Event
. In which noted artists will appear
for the first time in Astoria
: . - SOLOISTS
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MR. MUSGRAVE ROBARTS,. ........Baritone J
MISS BESSIE MICKEY ... .......... . Pianist I
X TICKETS can be had at Whitman's Book Store, S. I Nanthrup's
X Grocery Store and E. Hauke & Co.
Reduced RatesJGranted on All Rail and
aieamooai Lines
The Grand
Commercial and Ninth Street
The New Moving Picture Theatre
Tonight
UNDER THE STAR SPANGLED
BANNER
SUCH A JOKE, BUT WHY DONT
HE LAUGH?-
KEEP IT STRAIGHT
FLOWER FAIRY
A SLAVE'S LOVE
ILLUSTRATED SONG
MAMMA'S BOY
STEREOPTICAN VIEW
A TRIP THROUGH DALLS
This Theatre is equipped with
the latest and most improved electri
cal Machines.
Don't fail to see these pictures.
ADMISSION, 10c.
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VICTIM OF PANIC.;.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 28.-Mrs.
Lena Baden, sister of Attorney Henry
Ach, died here last night from in
juries received during a panic on a
Fillmore' street car -following the
blowing out of a fuse. Mrs. Baden
had just boarded the car and was
hurled to the street by the rush of
frightened passengers, " sustaining a
fractured skull.
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BOOK STORE
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The Best Show bf the Season
THE
CLAMAN PLAYERS
A Select Company of Players
16 PEOPLE 16
Band and Orchestra
Presenting the 'Big Comedy-Drama
Astoria Opera House
Sun., Aug. 30
Get your Reserved Seats early; the
house will be crowded. Prices, 25c,
35c 75c.
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Offers collegiate courses in Agri
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Strong faculty, modern equipment;
free tuition; opens September 25.
Illustrated catalogue .with fall in
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