THE MORNING ASTOIUA'n, ASTORIA, OREGON.
Thursday, isrr. 3,
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MILLINERY
FIRST SHOWING OF
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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.
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BUT THE JURY RECOMMENDS
MERCY IN CASE OF C. J.
BERTLESON.
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'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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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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