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About The morning Astorian. (Astoria, Or.) 1899-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 3, 1908)
THE MORNING ASTOIUA'n, ASTORIA, OREGON. Thursday, isrr. 3, f The Store .t,Jr Ladies for ff feA f Women BEE1MIIVE Outfitters MILLINERY FIRST SHOWING OF f ATYII7Q17AT.T. HATS All new stock now in. New Suits a great showing. J X The new Long Coat semi-fitting; in all colors. ST. NICHOLAS 01 HOI DOCK ONCE MORE SECTION OF GRAIN FLEET . LEAVES UP THIS MORNING -WATERFRONT ITEMS. At 6 o'clock last evening the bar tug Wallula ranged the American ship St. Nicholas alongside the Kin ney dock ' with all hands well and happy, after an 18 day passage down from Nusnagak, Alaska, with the season's salmon pack of 51,018 cases in her hold; and she had hardly come within jumping distance ot the pier head before the 200 men on board, all natives or citizens of this city and port were making long and flying leaps ashore, anxious to be again among friends and kinsmen after their four months' sojourn in the far north. . The ship represents the interests of the Columbia River Packers' Associa tion, of Astoria, in the salmon indus try as' it is maintained on Bristol Bay; and L. O. Belland, councilman of this city, is the manager of that business up there. He was ashore, accompanied by Mrs. Belland, who was with him in Alaska, this year, and both were cordially welcomed all along the streets en route to their home at the East end. The St. Nicholas sailed from this port on April 16th, last; passed through the Unimak passage on May 10th; and the cannery forces started on fish on the 6th of June, finishing on July 22nd. The ship left out on the 14th of August and reached the Columbia bar on the evening of Tuesday, September 1st. Manager Belland is immensely pleased with the season's work and its results, since he put up more salmon than was ever put up with two lines of machinery in any previous season in those waters. The pack outdoes the 1907 season by just 21,000 cases, or 3000 more than the C. R. P. Asso ciation ever packed before; and 21,- 000 better than was ever put up under the old management of the northern plant. He declares he has been work ing as fine a group" of fishermen as ever served a cannery anywhere, and as for the cannery -force itself, he cannot say enough; the whole sea son's work going forward without hitch, accident, death, or any obtrud ing circumstance of any sort. Both Mr. and Mrs. Belland are ex tremely glad to get back to home and friends and both are in the finest health possible; and their friends are quite as glad to see them back on home ground. Mr. Belland will re sume, his councilmanic duties in due course, and he will find plenty to do, as of old. "Skinch II," the beautiful power craft belonging to Dr. Vaughan and Chester Fox is being gauged and lit ted and made ready for her visit to the Cathlamet Regatta on Saturday next; and she will be the crowning ma rine exhibit in those waters in the matter of model and appointment and, perhaps, of speed also, since she has never yet been tried out. u Messrs. Wilson Bros., the well known shipwrights, have just com pleted.' and are stepping, a new and splendid bow-sprit on the pilot schooner Joseph Pulitzer at the westerly, end of the O. R. & N. per, The work will probably be finished today. The spar is a fine specimen of flawless fir. The steamers Harvest Queen- and Oklahama, of the O. R. & N. service, arrived down last night and will leave up early this morning with the ships Vigo, Vincennes and Desdamona, on their hawsers, for Portland, whence the square riggers will load out grain for European delivery. The steamer Alliance, Captain 01 sen on the bridge, arrived in from Coos Bay yesterday at noon, and went on to Portland after a brief stay at the Callender dock. She had good passenger list and a cargo full of general merchandise. The fine steamship Rosecrans, with the barge Roderick Dhu, came down the river vesterday afternoon and went to the lower harbor, whence thev will depart on the early flood this morning, for San Francisco. The Nestucca and Astoria liner Delia, Captain Bob Jones on the hridee. left out vesterday for her southern port, well loaded with gen eral cargo. The German ship Aster, 65 days out from Mellijones, Captain Usinger, reached port yesterday, with all hands well and will leave up for the metropolis on the first tow that offers. The steamer Eureka came in yes- tprdav afternoon from the port of that name and stayed a while at the Callender dock before leaving up for Portland. The lighthouse tender Heather went to sea and the Washington coast at noon yesterday for a ten-day cruise, with station supplies. The steamer Homer was an arrival from San .Francisco yesterday, leav ing up for Portland after touching for an hour, at the Callender dock. The steamer Northland deposited 23 tons of fine malt on the Callender pier cbnisgned to the North Pacific brewery. The steamer St. Helens was an other of the San Francisco packet to reach this port yesterday; going on to Portland after a short stay here. i KEEPER FOUND ED GUILTY AS CHARG BUT THE JURY RECOMMENDS MERCY IN CASE OF C. J. BERTLESON. Subscribe to The Morning Astorian. 60 cents per month by carrier. , , tiittitiintiittitmttmtiiiitnf"t""M' Gome In and Inspect Our New Fall Suits and Millinery - Now on Hand Jaloffs, The Style Store 537 Commercial Street 'We, the jury in the above-entitled cause, find the defendant guilty. The" jury recommends the defend ant be granted the extreme mercy of the court." ' The above verdict was returned by the jury in the case of the citv of storia against C. J. Bertleson, pro prietor of the Warwick saloon on Com mercial street, in police court yester day afternoon. The jury deliberated for only a comparatively short time, but before reaching a verdict they had gone to the Warwick saloon and viewed the wine room which the de fendant was charged with having had open last Thursday night. , , Judge Anderson imposed a sentence of five days in the city jail or a fine of $10, which was paid. The defend ant had already forfeited $t0 bail money, because he had failed to ap pear in court when the case .was first called, and in addition to this had put up the requisite $6 for a jury trial, thus making his total costs in the mat ter $26. The case attracted much attention and the cqurt room was comfortably filled with auditors yesterday after noon when the trial was commenced Two of the jurymen failed t- up and in their stead were secured T. Cunningham and F. N. Mooers. and these with ' J. N. Laws, Alex Tagg, Jacob Utzinger and L. E. Howes formed the jury. Police Officer Houghten was the principal witness for the prosecution. He testified that he had seen a wom an and two men enter the rear en trance of the Warwick saloon and fol- owing them in, found them insida one of the wine rooms. They were talking to Lee Herring, the barkeeper. The fact that the wine room was open and the further fact that a woman was inside of it were established be yond a question of doubt, and these facts were even admitted by the dc fense. But the defense offered to explain these facts by adducing extenuating circumstances. The woman who was the wine room testified that she had gone there to use the lavatory The man with her said he was merely chatting with the barkeeper. The de fense, through its attorney, Mr. Cur tis, emphasized the alleged fact that the woman had gone there for a pur pose other than to secure drinks and this apparently had an effect upon the jury, though the mere fact that the woman had sauntered into the place and stepped right into the wine room as if she , was very much at home there was taken as an indication by Captain Abercrombic, the city at torney, of direct evidence of guilty mention. Why the woman felt jus tified in freely entering the saloon at all was not explained, as she testified that before the ordinance went into effect prohibiting the wine rooms, she ad frequently been in the place, and ence she knew all about the ordi nance and the fact that the wine rooms were presumed to be closed. It was alleged, however, that this time no effort was made to buy drinks andthe further fact was brought out that the proprietor himself did not even know of the presence of the party in the wine room. Considerable comment was caused the fact that the defense asked that the jury go to the saloon to view the wine room. That what the jury saw influenced their verdict was tak en to be true by many who followed the case, and it is presumed not to have strengthened the defendant's case. . . Police officers look upon the decis ion as a victory for them, and had the jury held differently it was freely pre dicted that in the future it would be difficult matter to get "an officer to make an arrest in such a case. A warrant has been issued from ustice Goodman's court against Mr. Bertleson, the Warwick's proprietor, harging him with having drawn a revolver upon Officer Houghten at PROPERTY OWNERS ASK CITY TO HELP PETITION FILED ASKING FOR SOME IMMEDIATE ACTION ON IRVING AVE. SLIDE. . D. 11. Welch and six others filed a remostrariee with the city auditor yes terday afternoon in relation to the Irving avenue fill. The c,omnuinica tion calls upon the common 'council to take some immediate action in the matter to save the homes and other property of the remonstrants from injury, which, it is alleged, follows as a direct result of the improvement made on Irving avenue. Not a single thing has been done in the matter thus far by the city authorities, though the grave condi tions were pointed out and empha sized at the last meeting of the coun cil. The hill has settled slowly but surely during the past week, and the houses that front on Scow Bay are menaced with serious injury. One of by them, the little home belonging to Mr. Holton, who is one of the pcti tioners of yesterday, is in bad shape It is twisted all awry, and Mr. Hoi ton has found it necessary to pull down a veranda and a small addition to the house. Several other houses are also quite badlyv affected. The sinking up on the avenue at the bad place is now very marked, as the ground has sunk many feet. Hereto fore it was thought that the sliding was encompassed within the confines of the block between Eighteen and Nineteenth streets, but it is now said by gentlemen familiar with the situa tion that there is a tendency to slide, at least, that extends also between Nineteenth and Twentieth, though this falling away is not immediately contiguous to the avenue itself. From the first it has been Council man StangelandS idea that the mat ter would never be whplly solved unless the entire, hillside be cut down and a great fill be made in Scow bay, out to Franklin street. City Engineer Tee also urges this as the only pos sible solution. D. H. Welch, one of the remonstrators of yesterday, said then that such a plan should be car ried out, but he believes the filling should be clear out to Exchange street, and hence it appears as if all those interested in the problem are now virtually agreed upon what should be done. But City Attorney Abercrombic has pointed out that while this plan is an excellent one, nevertheless it is not clear how the city can aid in any such a plan, as the city has no warrant in performing work on merely private land. Hence it would appear as if the private property owners would have to do, this work, but they object to having the entire burden fall upon their shoulders and say the city should aid inasmuch as the whole trouble has been caused to their priv ate property as a result of the public Improvements on Irving avnuc. If the city were to step in and incur ex penses out of the general fund it is feared the precedent would be a very bad one, for then every time there was trouble with a bit of sliding ground the owners would be calling upon the city' to help. .... CRAWFORD PEACHES...; FOR CANNING Fresh shipments arriving daily. Leave your order with us and you will get satisfaction. Acme Grocery Co. HIGH GRADE GROCERIE8 521 COMMERCIAL STREET PHONE 681 UNDER DRUG INFLUENCE. Commission Expected To So Report In Mrs. Hitchcock'i Cue. 0OOD WOOD. NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-Mcmbcrs of the commission appointed ,. by Judge Foster of the Court of Gener al Sessions to Inquire into the sanity of Mrs. Charlotte Hitchcock, accused of killing her husband and shooting herself last November, have comple ted and signed their report, which will be submitted to the court today, While none of the commissioners would reveal the nature of the report it is understood it would be declared Mrs. Hitchcock was under the influ ence of the opium at the time of the shooting to an extent that she was rendered almost unaware of what was going on. but that she is now sane. In making its report the commis sion decided not to use the evidence of Dr. VanGicson, who declared he had hypnotized the woman and while she was in that condition, obtained! from her a statement that her hus band and not herself had done the shooting. The decision was based, it it learned, not on any desire to dis credit Dr. VanGieson's testimony or to challenge his right to speak with authority on the subject of hypno tism, but because his disclosures did not, in the commission's estimation, !iave any bearing on the question of Mrs. Hitchcock's sanity, which was the sole subject of inquiry. If you want good load of fir wood or bos wood ring up KELLY tht WOOD DEALER, Th. man who keeps tht PRICES DOWN. Phona Mala 2191 Barn, Cor, l2tb and Doana. Tht very best board to be obtained in the city is at "Tht Occident Hotel." Rates very reasonable. Protect Your Valuables. We have steel safety deposit boxea placed in fireproof vault, for rent ,You keep your own key, and hsvt easy access to your valuable papers and other things valuable. Scandinavian-American Savinge Bank. AMUSEMENTS. ..Astoria Theatre.. OLDEST OFFICE BOY. Samuel Brackett Of Trenton, Was 89 Yesterday. N. J., NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-Without any special observance to mark the occasion, Samuel Brackett, of Tren ton, N. J., said to be the oldest of fice boy in the world, is 89 years of age today. He is employed in the office of the Anvil Works in that city, owned by Mr. S. Clark Fisher and he known as an "heirloom" of the family, having ben in its employ the ast 69 years. He now occupies the ame position he did when he first went to work. "Strict attention to business is the way to success in this world," Brack ett said yesterday. That is why I id not want a lot of fuss made over birthday. A number of my personal friends wanted to arrange a big cele bration but I was afraid it would take my mind and too much of my time from my office duties." the time of making the arrest. Subscribe to The Morning Astoria TEA If the tea is good you ask for a second cup; if not, you ask for the money. Tear trocer return roar mautt if ioi doo'l k. ScUlliinf'i Beits r pj him. NEW TO-DAY All Things Modern. "The Modern," the beautiful ton- sorial establishment of Arthur E. Petersen, at 572 Commercial street in this city, is unquestionably the real resort for the most perfect treatment in this behalf, and the most critical finds nothing to criticize there, how soever often he visits the place. The Palace Restaurant Any phase of hunger can be daintily gratified at any hour of the day or night at the Palace Restaurant. The kitchen and dining room service are of the positive best. Private dining tooms for ladies. One call inspires regular custom. Try it. Commercial street, opposite Page building. ' The Commercial. . One of the coziest and most popu lar resorts in the city is the Commer cial. A new billiard room, a pleasant sitting room and handsome fixtures all go to make an agreeable meeting place for gentlemen, there to discuss the topics of the day, play a game of billiards and enjoy the fine refresh ments served there. The best of goods are only handled, and this fact being so well known, a large business is done at the Commercial, on Com mercial street, near Eleventh. Mew Grocery Store. Try our own mixture of coffee the J. P, B. Fresh fruit and vegetables Badollet fit Co., grocers. Phone Main 1281. MINOR MINING STRIKE. , TRACY CITY, Tenn., Sept. 2. Trouble over settlement of the wage scale culminated in a strike being cal led at the mines of the Scwanee Coal, Coke & Land Company at Coalmont, about seven miles from here yester day, The plant has just recently been acquired by the Alabama Fuel Com pany. Of the 300 union miners em ployed there it is said about 60 re mained at work. All is reported quiet at the mines. , The Clean Man. The man who delights in personal cleanliness, and enjoys his shave, shampoo, haircut, and bath, in As toria, always goes to the Occident barber shop for these things and gets them at their best. Sunday, Monday and Monday Matinee Sept. 6 and 7 Mr. C, H. Harris Presents the New York Favorite Comedienne and Prima Donna DAINTY GRACE CAMERON In His Latest Musical Com edy Success , "i 11 Dills' Supported by the Great Com edian,' WILL PHILLBRICK and a cast of fifty. 10 Big Advanced Vaudeville Acts. Hear the Great Song Hits 20 Numbers. Entire Pro duction Carried by Company The Sinjyinpv Ringincr Jingling Event of the Season Prices 25, 50, 75, $1 The 6 ra Commercial and Ninth Street, 11(1 Tht New Moving Picture Theatrt Tonight THE BIRTHDAY PRESENT or Save Money? From $1.50 to $2.00 saved by buy ing through tickets in Astoria. Tickets to all points in the United States and Europe now on sale at O. R. & N. dock. G. W. Roberts, agent. Summer Excursions During the months of August and September the Ilwan 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. Sunday Excursfons to Long Beach. Steamer Nahcotta leaves O, R. & N. dock at 6-AS a. m. daily. Round trip fare to any poi..t on North (Long) Beach, $1.00, Sunday's only THE MYSTERY OF THE STOLEN NECKLACE MY WATCH IS SLOW A SUSPICIOUS HUSBAND BILLY'S ON FIRE ILLUSTRATED SONG "NOBODY'S GIRL" VIEWS OF A TRIP THROUGH PARIS . ..... ... This Theatre is equipped with the latest and most improved electri cal Machines. .;. Don't fail to see these pictures. ADMISSION, 10c. J