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.
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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
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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. ..
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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. .
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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.
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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.
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"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
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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
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