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THURSDAY, SB:iT. 17 CONVICTED AS A "VAG" A FEW MORE DAYS LEFT TO BUY HE APPEALS CASE Majority of Big Elevens to Start Practice on Sept. 20. THE MORNING ASTOMAN. ASTpRIA. OREGON. FOOTBALL PROSPECTS fin) ET"3 I'M liii of our superior lines of Groceries is respectfully requested We are sure that a trial after inspection, will re sult in enlisting you as a permanent customer. Our goods are all chosen by us with a view to their , perfect purity, and we are thus in a position to offer them to our customers with a guarantee. We do not shelve our goods for future sales, but make a point of having everything fresh right along. . A. V. ALLEN Phone 711, - i Phone 2871 ' Uniontown Branch, Phone 713 CAPTAIN'S TRIAL OVER. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept, 16,-The trial of Captain Solomon Avery, Jr., Coast Artillery, U. S. A., whose ad ministration of the funds of his com pany has been investigated by a court-martial, came to an end yes terday with arguments by opposing counsel. The findings of the court have been submitted to Colonel Maus commander of this department, but following military procedure will not be made public until passed upon by the Department at Washington. Mrs. Avery left for the east yesterday. ' FREIGHT HANDLES STRIKE. RIO JANEIRO, Sept. 16. Freight handlers at Santos are on strike in an attempt to stop the work at the docks, especially the loading of coffee. A cruiser has been sent to that port to preserve order. The strikers today took the offensive and threw two- bombs into the stores of the company on the docks, five men being wounded. The operation of charging and discharging the cargo continues under the protection of tht local police. . DEVLIN'S STAR GAME. (Hants' Third 8acker Potent Factor In Team's Great Fight. When the many baseball critics are sizing up who is the greatest third acker of the year it would be a goud Idea for them to look up Arthur Dev , Hn's record at that important station for the New York Nationals this sea ton. Devlin Is some pumpkins as a ball player, and the present standing of thf i V;' ARTHT7B DEVLIN, NEW YORK NATIONALS STAB THIHI) BACEEB. Giants Is due as greatly to bis remark able efforts as to the individual work of any other man on the club, whether It be at the bat or in the field. In times of trouble and on occasions when a man of nerve and accuracy has been required to fill the bill Arthur Devlin has been right on the Job. 1 Coach Griffith Gets New Job. Dwight Griffith. Iowa's former star quarterback, has signed a contract with the board of education at Bakers Held, Cal., to coach the high school eleven and teach mathematics. He wOI resign from the post of similar character at the Blees Military acade my In Macon, Mo. .. i 9 i ' g I ' J . it i; I, y -v ' J ft I -r j I ' A ' 2 r '' Li - A f ; ' ' ' M " ' , . AN INTERESTING SIDE LIGHT ON GAMBLING IS BROUGHT FORTH IN THE CASE In police court yesterday Frank Deneary was called upon to answer to the charge of being an .idle and dissolute person that is, of being le gally a vagrant. Deneary was ar rested a week ago on this charge of Patrolman Linville and the matter was postponed until his lawyer, C. J. Curtis, should return to the city. At the conclusion of the case yes terday Deneary was fined $40, with the alternative of 20 days in jail. Notice of appeal was filed.- This is the second case that De neary will have in the circuit court, for recently he was also found guilty of the' same charge and then as now his attorney appealed the case. "I have known the defendant for a long time," testified Officer Linville. "I have never known him to do any work. He lives upon money given him by a woman. "Is he married to this woman?" asked Attorney Curtis. "No; but he has a wife and child in San Francisco whom he has de serted." The attorney didn't pursue this line any further. "Hasn't he ever done any work hasn't he some business of a private nature?" again queried the attorney. "Yes," said the officer. "He has private business in poker games. He was in one last week." "Do you believe that poker games are lawful," asked Mr. Curtis, evi dently seeing some fun ahead. The witness stated that he knew poker games to be unlawful, and he said this in a decisive tone, but the interesting question of what game Deneary was in last week wasn't gone into. This matter was suddenly dropped. Patrolman Houghton testified that he had known Deneary for a couple of years and that he had never known him to do any honest work. He knew that he lived in a. house of questionable repute, and that he also was a gambler. ' The defense offered no testimony at all. It is said that since Deneary was arrested a week ago he has been working as a bartender in one of the saloons at nighfin the redlight dis trict. It was suggested yesterday that as long as the cadets are merely lined it is virtually impossible to rid the town of them; giving them a chance of "leaving town" simply un loads them upon neighboring cities. One man was "vagged" a couple of weeks ago and is now out in the Nehalem Valley, which seems to be a favorite place for some. of these men when the fates are against them, and some day he'll come back to town and start tending bar in some saloon it is said. Why the state law cannot be invoked against them while they remain in the county has not yet been explained A favorite way, too, is to have their cases appealed to the Circuit Court in the hope that some thing will turn up to present a loop hole for escape. It is said that there are in Astoria still a dozen or more men who never work, and who live off of fallen women, and that there are perhaps from 60 to 100 men here who bleed these creatures in one way or another. The whole subject is a repulsive one, but thanks to the ener gies of one or two of the police offi cers in particular the conditions are not at all as bad as formerly. Yesterday it was suggested that one way of handling the cadets of the redlight district would be to im pose jail sentences when convicted, with no alternative of a fine. Then, in addition to this they could be plac ed, tinder the charge of the street superintendent and set to work on the streets.' MEXICO'S JULY 4TH. EL PASO, Tex., Sept. 16 With booming cannon and ringing bells, the celebration of Dis Independence, Mexico's Fourth of July, began yes terday ,and the celebration was in full blast throughout the republic. The preliminaries to elaborate fiestas for September 16, which in a number of vears in Mexico's history have been remarkable for revolutionary disf turbances, passed off in Juarez acr.oss the river from here, without any de monstrations hostile to the Diaz ad ministration. No report 'of any out break along the border was received here.. WEST'S OUTLOOK PROMISING. Playsrt and Coaehts Are of the Opin ion That 1908 8taton Will B Their Grtatstt, Owing to Lapse of Thrss Year Rule Nsw Coaching Syttsm. The debut of the VMS football seitsuu Is nigh, and college- boys say tho out look waa never more promising for a aeries of hot coutesta which will test the skill and musclo of those who aspire to the cbauiploushlp. While the otlklul date fixed by the conference Is Sept. 20, there has been plenty of work already lu back lot puntlnf and summer resort tralulug tunts to hardeu the muscles and strengthen the breathing apparatus for the hard work soon to come. The official call for candidates has been sent out at Yale, and first prac tice will begin about Bept. 15. Har vard's squad will get together at about the same time, and as there are many positions to be filled the early prac tice will be of more than usual Inter est. Yale has lost by graduation Tad Jones, n. Jones, Alcott, Paige, Dines and Congdon, while those remaining of the regular team ore Goebel and Cooney, guards; Murphy and McBrtde, halfbacks, and Coy, fullback. How to fill the position of Jones at quarter back la the task before the coaches, whigh staff will consist of former Cap tain Blglow. Tad Jones and It. It. Burcb. , Cornell coaches will call out the Itlm cans on Sept. 21, a week Inter tbau usual, although all of the old team and many candidates who expect tomake the new one this year have begun pre liminary work. C. II. Watson, left end for two years, may not play this sea son because of an injury to his leg re ceived In spring baseball practice. Princeton has finally arranged its dates, and Coach W. W. Roper will get the squad together for first practice on Sept 23. This later than nsual date is due to the desire of the faculty to have the athletic season made concurrent with the beginning of the college term. At tho same time the candidates hare been taking preliminary work, and when they report on the field their training will have reached a somewhat advanced stage. Francis Burr, the Harvard tackle and guard and one of the greatest punter the game has ever known, will have to work with almost an entirely new team, and bis success as well aa that of Coach Haughton will be watched closely. As matters stand now Harvard's prospects for the season are very hazy. Plenty of preliminary work will have to be gone through before any line will be obtainable on what the crimson has The 1008 season. In the opinion of players and coaches, will mark a de elded boom in football In the west, owing to the lapsing of one of the most disagreeable features of 1007. Last year both the seniors and the fredhmeu were out of the running as the result of the retroactive effect of the "three year" rule, but all of the four year men are eliminated this year, and the fresh men, sophomores and seniors will all be available as football material. The normal adjustment of the three year statute will have an Important effect on practically every one of the "big eight." Another source of satisfaction In the football camps Is the fact that the ob jectionable features of the forward pass have been largely eliminated. The offensive team this year will not be likely to have such an alleged un due advantage over the defending team in the use of the forward pass, owing to the changes which were made at the last meeting of the rules committee. Football preparations are being made at the University of Chicago, and Coach A. A. Stagg will take charge of the early practice In person, and he and AsHlstant Coach Leo De Tray will have all the candidates out at the start. Gllmour Doble, formerly star player on the Minnesota football team, suc cessful assistant coach at Minnesota for four years and who attracted na tional attention by bis success as a coach at North Dakota last year, bus gone to Seattle to take up his new po sition as football coach of the Uni versity of Washington team. . With a new coaching and managing system and with twelve "M" men sure of returning, together with an abun dance of other good material to draw from, prospects never lookea better than they do this fall for a winning football eleven at the University of Missouri. ' When asked concerning the new managing and coaching system to be tried at Missouri this "year Coach Monltow said it was sure to prove an advantage over that of last senson In that It practically gives the coaches of the various teams full control over them both at home and abroad. The coaches of the basket ball and base ball teams, for Instance, make their own schedules and rules and manage their teams when on tho road work that has heretofore been done by a general manager of athletics and they co-operate with the other cooches dur ing their various seasons on what Is known ns a coaching board. Dootin Playing Sensational Gams. Shortstop Mickey Doolin of the Phil adclhpla Nationals has beerf .putting through some wlznrd-llki fielding feats of late. . F Are You Taking Advantage of the Less-Ttian-Cost Prices? If You Are Not, Do It Now. HERE ARE A FEW OF OUR PRICES Pedestal table in weathered oak $14.00 The goods- we are selling are the best values in -cheap and high-class furniture in A&oria. BANKRUPT .STOCK OF Chas. Heilbom Co. AMUSEMENTS. ASTORIA THEATRE ONE NIGHT ONLY Sunday, Sept. 20 Frank G. King Presents "Chic" Perkins in the Newest Western Play t "The Little Prospector" Special Scenery and Effects Seats on Sale at Theatre Sept. 18. Prices, 25, 35, 50, 75 NAVAL MOVEMENTS. t SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 16. The auxiliary cruiser Buffalo mailed yes terday for Panama with a number of enlisted men from Asiatic stations,,! whose terms have expired. At Pan ama the Buffalo will receive a draft of , recruits for vessels of the Pacific fleet. THE BUCKBOARD. Invented In the Year 1820 by a Penn , iylvania Doctor. Though the name "buck hoard" Is ap plied to thoimandH of carriages, few people know how tho word came to he uaa. Back r.nund 8-'J, nays the Amei lcU! Vehicle In explaining It. whrn t'.i' cniunporratiun of (joods, wuivn mil merchandtoo was almost whtlri'ly h.v v.agon. a Dr. Buck, who for r.inti years nfterward was tho military store keeper at Washington, wu3 In charg. af military storey en route to iihiiji post In the Boiithwost. In east Tennessee much dl.'IlcuK; was experienced by reason of the rou'i rotuX and there were fretincnt Miii.; imps, mostly from tho wagons over t'.:r.il. . Dr. Buck overhauled tho outfit, nn l. abandoning the wagon bodies, long boards were net directly on the axlcts or bung below, and the stores were loaded In auch a manner that there were no further delays from break downs, ami the stores safely reached their destinations. In special emer gency, too, the load could he shifted or taken off In a hurry. The idea was probably not new, but Dr. Buck's .example was followed, especially when roads were rough, and Soon rnucl hauling was done by the use of wheels, axles and boards only. Now we have the buckboard. both lit carriage nnd automobile forms, con forming closely to the original Idea, though few, suspect thy aoujrce of lt IK Air tight heater with cast iron fire box only $5.25 . Present Giving Wort Than Tipping. The trend of the times makes Itself felt In the matter of presents and preraut gh'lng. In the days of our gr:i:) l mother;' these tokens of affection were few tui;t far between and were uiar: ;m1 by n utern simplicity. But we have changed all that, and the up to date riot of presents incairs a deadly dra!:i :t o,;r bank balances. The tlppli:;; tax Is bad enough, but the burden of Countless presents can give It points apd a beatlug. London Tatler. . In a Bad Way. ' "You seem much upset, my good man." remarked the curate, who hap pened to call when Murkle was laying down the law somewhat emphatically to his family circle. "Ilupsetr bellowed Murkle. "1 should think 1 am h upset I Our bless ed kid's Just sot 'Issftlf on Ore. an' blowed If the missus 'ere ain't bin an' put 'lm out with my pot o' beer, an me stony broke too!"-London An swers. A Mora Advantageous Time. "Why do people always say, 'Kiss and lv.a'is up? I thought people usu ally were friends before they kissed." "Well.vo:i see." It's a good deal more satisfactory to kiss before; the make up Is put ou."-Chlcago Nows. A Simple Remedy. "My cocoa's cold," sternly announced the gruff old gentleman to his fair waitress. , "Put jVour hat on," she sweetly sug gested. Harper's Weekly; Always In Print. "Do you subscribe to the theory that Mars is inhabited?" "No, I don't sutw6rlbe. Bat I buy it every month at the new standa" Washington Star. Subscribe to the Morning Astorian, 60 cents per month. il y Full quartered - oak rocker upholstered in best black leather only . $11.00 "Seeing is believing" so come and see. The Grand THEATRE Comrr.ercU' and Ninth Street, ( Tonight "SHERLOCK HOLMES" . "LIFE'S REALITY" "MY HAT" A TRIP THROUGH THE DALLES ILLUSTRATED SONG "Somebody That I Know and Know 1 Too" This Theatre ii equipped wA the latest and most improved electri cal Machines. Don't fail to tee these pictures. . ADMISSION 10c" Children Sc. Entire Change of . Program Monday, Thursday and Saturday VI I Commercial street between Fif teenth and Sixteenth. First class moving picture show, Latest moving pictures and illustrated songs. TONIGHT PAINTER'S REVENGE BASHFUL YOUNG MAN DIRECTORIC GOWN' Coming Through the Rye Jennie Mine 'ALL COMIC PICTURES Miss Rosa Osmussen, pianist : Admission . . . 10c Children . ; Sc Matinee Sunday at 2 :30 P. M. Change of program Wednesday and Sunday. , . AH persons attending the Autonja tic Theatre on Commercial street will be presented with a numbered ticket which one of said tickets win win "a ladies' gold watch. Watch .will be presented the io-tunate ticket holder, . October 1st. On exhibition at Spexarth's store. 9-11-tf m3i U til J