SUNDAY, FEBRUARY J4, 1909.
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BEAUTIFUL STUDY OF
SHEER AUDACITY
BEING A FURTHER ACCOUNT
OF THE "OWL" SALOON'S
AFFAIRS.
From Oregon City
Sra Roke, owner o( big hot
house at Oregon City, was In tlie city
yesterdiy nd called upon hit old
friend. Howard M. Brownell. Mr.
Roke hai been spending a week
down at Seaside lor hia health, and
will return there for another week.
High School Olrla Win
The game of baiketball at the Ath
letic club lt night between the
High School girl and the glrW of
the club wai won by the former by a
of 21 to 2. The Utah School
girlt limply walked away with the
game, and while the icore ihowi the
eonteit to have been one-aided, nev
ertheless It was interesting and full
of fun all the while.
Contemplated Extenalont
The Troy Laundry proprietor of
AMoriii have in mind a eerie of ex
tensive improvement to the plant
her and the Introduction of new
proceea in the buine, and have
had them for lomclime pat. They
will be Inaugurated in the court nf
very abort time, or a soon as tlie
plan can ie perfected. The work
will involve the expenditure of ?71XM
or 18000.
Commanding Officer Due
The officeri and men at Fort Stev
en are expecting the arrival of
Major Ceorge liartlett at that pot
tomorrow, and everything la In per
fect readiness for the new command
er and there It much intcrett man!
fetted on all tidet at well at the
tpirit of welcome Astoria it not
without her share in the pleasant
anticipation!.
Wedded At Gray'a River
Last night witnessed a delightful
toclal event in the hosiptablc pre
clude of Gray's River, when the lives
of two of the moot popular young
people of that district. Mr. George
Sorenton and Mit . Eba Ahlbrrfr.
both of that community, were merg
ed In the happy bond of matrimony,
Rev. C. C. Rarlck, pastor of the First
Methodist church of thi city officiat
ing. There were exactly 25 invited
guests from this city on the ateamer
Wenona, Captain Hull, when he
left the Callender dock yesterday af
ternoon at 4 o'clock, bound for this
Jolly affair. The wedding took place
In the beautiful hall maintained there
by the Meserve Rrothert, and was
followed by a splendid ball imme
diately, In honor of the principals;
the whole affair closing with a superb
hunmiet. The Astorian withet Mr.
,a Mr. Cnrrnson a long life of
happinesi and success.
Plenty of smelt, spare rlbt and ten
derloins every day at Braden-Adams
Meat Market. See ad, page 4. i
Boy wanted to deliver papers,
ply Circulator, Astorian office.
Ap-
Off For Alaska Soon
Joe Phillips, the well known ex
pressman, of this city, is making ev
ery preparation, including the pur
chase of a fine team of horses, for
his departure for Fairbanks, Alaski,
by the steamer which leaves Seattle
on the 24th instant. He intends to
go i,to the business right up in that
country, whither he goea at the oe-
hest of his brother, Harry -Phillips.
Mrs, Phillips will follow her husband
early In June next, and in the mean
time, will pay a visit to kinsmen
and friends In her old home at Fern
dale, near Eureka, Cat.
A Lincoln Reunion-
One of the realty notable gather
ings In honor of the centennary of
the Creat Emancipator, in this city,
on Friday, wai the reunion of the
Woman's Relief Corpi and the
Grand Army of the Republic, at
those famous orders are represented
here, the old soldlert being thi
guests of the good women of the
Corps. There was a world of inter
esting reminiscent talk and stories, a
lolly gathering generally and a fine
spread and the veterans and their
allies enjoyed every moment of the
time.
The Day of Heart
All the world has a warm regard
for this day and its friendly old pa
tron, St. Valentine. It is the anni
versary upon which all the incipient
lovers of the hour took on their
newer significance, and on which
vows of every degree and import are
passed by mail, male and female
Astoria youngsters are not one wh't
behind their fellows over the land
In the grateful tasks of disseminat
Ins; these testimonials and making
thee overtures, and there was
vast dispersal of the tender missive
all through the city yesterday in an
tlcipation of this occasion.
Art Treasurer Here
Almost by accident, coupled with
the grace of a friend, a reporter for
the Morning Astorian, yesterday
made the delightful discovery of n
pair of paintinps executed by th;
trreat Gainsborough, and both prob.
ably done In the earlier years of the
18th century, hanging on the walls
of one of Astoria's coxy homes. They
have been in the family of the lady
of the house for close, upon half a
century and are highly valued as art
treasures germain to a great da;'
and a greater artist. The presump
tive value of the two is away up in
the thousands, and they are un
doubtedly genuine. Both are pic
tures of children, one of the beggar
class, the other of the farm, and both
are wonderfully brilliant in color am
the drawing is perfect. It was t
treat to be allowed the extended
scrutiny of the masterpieces accord
ed the reporter as It may be to anj
of the friends of the family so for
tnnate as to own them.
The "Owl" aaloon on Astor
street, one of the two places whose
licenses were revoked Friday after
noon ai a remit of the conviction of
their proprietor In police court on
clwge of telling intoxicants to a
minor, did not close itt aoort auer
license. wai revoked by operation
of law la a question that contains
much of interest.
Charles Nieml was the man who
held the license for the "Owl" sa
loon. It came out in the testimony
that he had contracted to sell the
place to two men, Thomas Piittarl
and Andrew Mannisto, and he turned
the whole taloon over to them. As
a sidelight on the matter it may be
incidentally stated that the allegation
is made that Piittarl had 60 cents and
Mannisto 40 cents when they
"bought the place. Inasmuch as
Nienii was the man who had the
license, he was the one naturally
found guilty, and while he had con
travened the law in transferring his
license this question had no part in
the trial of Friday faternoon.
But in that trial the testimony
showed that it was Puttan and
Mannisto, or their agents, who had
sold tfie boy intoxicants. Nieml was
morally innocent, at least, thus far.
But it was N'iemi's license that
was revoked. leaving the "Owl" with
n" license at all.
Something had to be done. Up
jumps Piittari. Up jumps Mannisto.
Quickly they see N'iemi. Quickly
Xiemi sees the brewery, or some
body else. Quickly Niemi writes a
check for $400, and in a few mo
ments the two men who had just
been convicted of the moral guilt of
the sale to the minor, had made ap
plication to the city auditor for a
license for the "Owl,"
Of course the council is the only
bodv that can Brant licenses. Of
coure the council can't do
cept at a formal session, and cant
even do so at the meeting when the
license is asked for. But that would
take too long, The "Owl" must be
kept open. It wai kept open.
The two men said the chairman
of the committee on police and health
of the council, had given them "per
mission" to tay open pending the
time when the 'council would regu
larily grant them their license. The
police permitted them to stay open.
Of course no one had any right to
tell them to ttay open. Councilman
Schmidt, who I also member of
this committee, condemned the ac
tion in the ttrongest terms yester
day, and his indignant was said to
have been echoed by Councilman
SUIT FILED AGIST
STEAIER OIERS
DAMAGES IN SUM OF $7500 IS
ASKED FOR FISHERMAN'S
DEATH.
Suit was filed in the circuit court
yesterday wherein Josua Tarkiainen,
at administrator of the estate of
Henry Tarkiainen, deceased, teekt to
recover damagct In the turn of $7500
Fox, who is also a member of the (rom tU Columbja Contract Com
committee. Finally, the ci.ty attor
ney, Mr. Abercrombie, was also ap'
pealed to by those who were trying
pany of Portland, ownert of the
steamer Daniel Kern.
Henry Tarkiainen lost hi life last
to help the two saioon men, ana ne May whi)e out fishing M , reJU,t of
promptly squealched. them, also w fighi boat being fun down by
Then it was that the acting chief of he Danic, am, (he t c.
police finally closed me piace up. tion-alleg negligenee on the part of
wny any one n0B.u w v, thoM operatin8 the gteamer. short
terms of the cty lawi could be rid-.. . . . fc Tarkainel. a coro.
den around and made ridiculous jufy wa empanneIed and con.
merely to help out two taloon men gidered and aJ g MwIl of
who had just been telling how they jnvegtigation , verdict wti re.
were running a .aloon which they;tBrned exonerating the men on the
had no right to run, and how thejn mef rQm any crimina, ,iabi,ity
had told liquor to a boy, doesn t nmnu;nant
M. Smith and
latter of
seem very clear. Also it might have
appeared to oe a n. . ! Henry E -McGinn, the
able doubt that the council would ; . T. .,,,.
grant a license to two men who had
just come out of the police court in a
case wherein the license under which
they were wrongfully operating was
taken from them and revoked.
It looks as if the councilman who
told them to stay open, perhaps in
a generout desire to help some
body out of a hole, had his good na
ture imposed upon; and of course
that is likely to happen to any man
once in a while.
QUERY?
Why did Herman
Go back East?
Was it to quench
His thirst?
He says it wasn't
That at ail
But to get
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Subscribe to the Morning Astorian.
so ex- 60 cents per month.
are John H. and A.
Portland. The damages asked are
the largest permitted to be given in
any case for a death, under the Ore
gon law.
The details of the case will be re
membered by many. Tarkiainen
was a fisherman and was out pur
suing his vocation in company with
his boatpuller.
Tbey were sailing in a northerly
direction, and the Daniel Kern was
st ea mine to the west. From the evi
dence given at the coroner's inquest
it appears that had each boat pursued
the course it was then following they
would naturally have met, and the
facts remained that they did so ac
tually meet when the bow of the
steamer crashed into the little fish
ing boat.
The men on the steamer testified
in explanation that the men on the
fishing boat had first set their course
so a to pass to the rear of th:
Kern; but that suddenly and with
out apparent cause they had tacked
to the westward, and that this tack
to the west brought them directly
in front of the on-coming steamer
instead of passing to the rear of the
Kern. ,
The testimony at the time of the
inquest was not entirely clear on
this point, and was partially denied,
though the boatpuller, because' of his
lack of familiarity with the English
language, perhaps did not really un
derstand the importance of his tes
timony. The complaint alleges negligence
on the part of the tteamboat men.
The case promises to be of much in
terest for the reason that an effort
will be made to clearly define the re
spective rights of sailing boats and
vessels impelled by steam or other
power. The general rule of the law
i that steamers, because they can
stop, back, and handle themselves
with much more ease thatn the
sailing vessels, are bound to exercise
much more caution than the other
class of boats. This rule has often
been enforced, but whether it can be
made to apply in this case remains.
of course, to be teen; and if the
defendant company can show con
tributory negligence on the part of
the men in the tailing boat the action
stands to be defeated. Attorney Mc
Ginn of Portland has a wide reputa
tion as a jury lawyer, and his serv
ices In conjunction with the Smith
Brothers would indicate that the case
will be pressed hard.
FIRE DESTROYS III
AT wm
MARSHAL INVESTIGATES THE
BURNING OF MRS. KRUSES
COTTAGE.
The cottage home of Mrs. Theo
Kruse at Gearhart burned to the
ground last night about 8:30 o'clock
and the blaze could be seen for miles
around the country. Mrs. Kruse u
the wife of the well known caterer
of Portland, who is owner of muck
of the property in the Gearbart
Park district.
. Mrs- Kruse arrived at Gearbart
yesterday afternoon and the fir.
started while she was there. Ths
origin of the blaze could not be as
certained last night, but it was said
in a message from that place that
the marshal was making an investi
gation as to the source of the fire,
evidently believing that there was
some grounds to suspect incendiar
ism. It was also said an arrest was
expected. '
STERILIZATION BILL.
To Come no Tomorrow For Trial
Passage in Oregon House.
Salem. Or., Feb. 12, 1909.
Editor Astorian:
"My bill was adopted and placed
on file by the House last night at 9
o'clock, haying passed the committee
on medicine and pharmacy by a una
mous vote: and I hope to hear it
called up for vote as early as Mon
day. My hopes are high and I will
win just as soon as the vote
has been taken if the vote is favor
able. Two of the best speakers in
the House were made by friends to
the bill, "The Little Giant", and a
bio- man with a bur heart. I am
working hard for a two-thirds ma
jority. It is simply wonderful the
change of feeling that has come over
the people in regard to this bill.
hotelkeeper said to me last night.
The people sit around the fire morn
ing, noon and night, talking about
this bill, and at least 80 per cent are
in favor of it.'
"Illinois is now fighting for such a
law. The application of this remedr
for both men and women is simple
and of recent discovery. And like
the wireless telegraph it will revolu
tionize society by becoming a won
derful purifier of the great turbulent
liver of life by cutting off the vicicm
sewers of sin, disease and ignorance-
It will prove a 'balm of good to
those poor unfortunate classes wh
will in time learn to seek the reined
and bless the giver.
"DR. OWENS-ADAIR."
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