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TIIE MORNING A3TOXUAN, ASTOIUA. OUEGON. SATURDAY, MARCH 6, 1909. ARE HERE IN FORCE AND r.VCUROY IS SUED BY THE MOTUAL LIFE FUNERAL LAUNCH fILOT SUFEERS SMALL BLAZE The Store Jf fc.V Lad.cs TO 00 BUSINESS FOR Women BEEL Outfitters :HIVE I New Things From New York City COLUMBIA TRUST COMPANY FOR MONEY IMPROPERLY EX PENDED OR INADEQUATE LY ACCOUNTED FOR. IS EN ROUTE TO GREENWOOD SENDS ITS EXPERTS HERE TO SELL PROPERTY. J Saturday ;U8cil 1 CEMETERY WITH REMAINS OF LATE EMIL 1IOL2. i . Mrs. Ccpelsnd's selections from America's greatest fashion center. Strictly tailored waists, in plain white, polka dots, stripes, hair lines, etc. Long close-fitting sleeves, starched cuffs and collars. Ladies' satia w art recminj daily tho very newest tilings in suits, per fect in workmanship materials and trimmings. N , Dress Good To this department w are adding constantly the approved fabrics for the Spring of 1909. OCEAN, BAR, BAY, The passenger launch Requa went Mow yesterday morning under command of Captain Leighton, her pilot hence to San Francisco, and disported herself in the rough waters of the Colombia bar, just to see how she would behave in a heavy sea. and having satisfied all concerned of her ability to stand the long test outside, was brought back to her berth at the Calender where she will be fitted out to depart tomorrow or next day for the Golden Gate. The steamer F. S. Loop arrived in from San Francisco, yesterday morn ing aiid among her passengers, was her owner. F. S. Loop, who was met at the Callender dock by his Oregon agent, W. H. Little, and both pro ceeded to Kaappton on a business trip. The Loop went on to the me tropolis for a load of lumber, and Mr. Loop will meet her on her re turn and go south again. The steamer Lurline went cp stream on her schedule last evening, with a fair load of freight, including three tons of body-making machin ery, sent out by the Astoria Iron Works, to Alaska patrons. She took sway with her, in the cabin, R. C Bell, for Skamokawa; F. C Rippey, Mrs. F. W. Mitchell. S. B. Story, J. F. Vasey and G. D. Bowman. The steamship Riverside of the American-Hawaiian line, arrived down yesterday morning and went to the A. k C dock, where she took on 3100 cases of salmon for the Alaska Fishermen's Packing Company, of this city, for New York delivery, and then left out en route to the Bay City. The steamship Geo. W. Elder came down from Portland early yes terday morning, and departed from the Callender dock for her Califor sia ports of call. Among her passen gers was Mis Charlotte Willoughby of Knappton who goes to San Pedro for her health which has not been of the best lately. The steamship Senator left out for San Francisco at an early hour this morning, from the O. R. & N. piers. She took from this port, Otto E. Carlson, as a cabin passenger, and the following people in her steer-, Sge: John Fish, A. B. William Carr. Haywood, and WORLD'S ALMANAC , 1909 30 cents Mailed Any Address 35c WHITMAN'S COOK STORE DOCK AND RIVER The British bark Gulf Stream, Cap tain Kerbyson, from Antwerp, for this river, with a cargo of cement, which has been under repairs in the Falkland Islands since last Novem ber, departed from there on the 2nd of March, on the last leg of her voyage. The schooner Lottie Bennet is due due down from Westport this morn ing on the hawsers of the steamer Ocklahama, en route to San Fran cisco, with s load of lumber. The French bark Asineres is ex pected to leave out this morning on the line of the bar tug Tatoesh, for her long voyage to Melbourne, Aus tralia. The steamer Geo. V. Fenwick will leave out this morning for San Pedro with a huge cargo of lumber. The steamer Bowdoin arrived down from Stella yesterday morning, with a cargo of 17,000 railway ties, for San Pedro. The steamer Cascades was another up-river craft to come down and leave out yesterday, carrying 520,000 feet of lumber from Prescott to Sao Francisco. AL1USEMENTS PAUL GILMORE While Abroad Last Summer Gets At mosphere For His New Play. Paul Gilmore, still browned up from his sea trip and outings with the military gentlemen of England and France, Belgium and Germany last summer, in a recent interview talked for a few moments about his new play, "The Boys of Company B," in which he will appear at the As toria Theatre tomorrow evening. "It has seemed strange to some of my friends," said Mr. Gilmore, "that I should wish to go abroad to study the ways and customs of the Eu ropean soldiers in order to perfect my part in an American militia play. But I am more than glad that I have had the opportunity oft studying the boys that drill under their foreign flags, for it has made me more con tented than ever with the home coun try and the home militiamen. Some of my experiences were most excit ing, more so than I had counted up fcn, and certainly more so that I care to look forward to a second time. The beautv of it all is it has benefited me directly in the under standing and interpretation of my j part, which is typically American and absolutely foreign to anything I saw j in Europe pr Great Britain. The Man Who Eats. The man who eats does so with the expectation of being satisfied. To this end he seeks the best possible place to gratify his normal appetite at most rational expense. These things account for the steady stream of people to and from the portals of the Palace Restaurant in this city. The reputation of the Palace is founded immoveably upon the certainty and amplitude of the service it renders to every purse, and appetite, big and little. Open day and night. Com mercial streets, opposite the Page building. Notice to the Public I desire to inform the public that I will not be responsible for any debts contracted by the firm of Olsen & Ecklund doing business at 110 Fifteenth street, unless same is au thorized by me personally. CHAS. ECKLUND. Feb. 26, 1909., ,, The salesmen of the well known Columbia Trust Company of Port land came down on the express from the metropolis last night loaded down with literature and plats of the new tracts of "Kenmors which the Co lumbia Trust Company has recently put on the market in Portland. .."Kenmore" is located on Patton avenue and Pippin streets on the Peninsula adjoining Swift's townsite j known as "Kenton. This is the choicest property on the market in Portland in that district. It is all business property and the only busi ness property to be had on the two above-named prominent streets. The prices sre low and the terms easy. The improvements are being put in and paid for by the company. "Ken more is the best place in Portland to buy lots today because they will increase in value faster and make big ger profits on the money invested. The new street car line to Swift's, town and plant, will run right by it down Pippin street "Ktnmore" has been on the market only a short time and is over half sold- TAKING PRACTICAL SHAPE. Commission To Conserve Natural Resources Is To Meet WASHlNGTONTMarch 5.-Theo-dore Roosevelt's progressive action having for its end the conservation of the Nation's natural resources, to day will take on tangible shape when the joint commission on co-operation which was authorized by the govern ors' conference held in this city re cently, holds its annual session to prepare apian for united action by all organixations concerned with this problem. The joint commission of eleven members consists qf the six chairmen of state conservation commissions and five who are members of the Na tioiMl Conservation Commission. The committee will formulate a .working plan, assigning to the different con servation organizations, a definite plan of working which is designed to achieve practical results. Recommen dations for the character and scope of work to follow htve been sub mined by all of the conservation bod ies in this country, and these will aid the joint commission in reaching an aKrccmcnt for a campaign which will prove cffpi::ve. , NEW TO-DAY MIRRORS MADE IN ASTORIA. We replate your old mirrors and make new ones; phone us about it Allen Wall Paper and Paint Co. Try our own mixture of coffee the J. P. B. Fresh fruit and vegetables Badollet & Co., grocers. Phone Main The Modern. The best and most up-to-date ton- sonal parlor in the city is The Modern. Perfect comfort and service guaranteed to all. Excellent baths. Wood and Coal rt . . ii you want ary nr cordwood, in side fir, bark slab, or boxwood, ring up Kelly, the Wood and Coal Dealer, the man who keeps the prices down, Coal at $7.00 per ton in your base ment or $6.00 at yard. Main 2191. Barn, corner 12th and Duane. The Proper Place. Go to the. Occident Barber Shop if you are particular and desire first class service. Satisfaction guaranteed. An expert bootblack and porter has also been engaged. Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days rALV UINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Itchintr, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. SO cents. The very best board to be obtained in the city is at "The , Occident Hotel." Rates very reasonable. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. IMfci Yea Kara Always iigli Signature of WiaSTAf NEW YORK. March 5-Prcsident Charles A. Peabody of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, which has settled suits aggregating nearly $6 00,000 brought against , its , former president, Richard A. McCurdy, and others, makes the following state ment with reference to the settle ment: "Proposals looking to the adjust ment of litigations pending against the Mutual Life Insurance Company and certain of its former officers snd others have been in negotiation or sev eral months. They were referred by the board of trustees some time ago to s committee which carefully ex amined the situation and decided that in the situation and conditions it would be wise to settle the contro versy on the terms decided. This de cision of the committee was approv ed by Joseph H. Choate, the com pany special counsel In the litigation, and by James McKeen, general coun sel of the company an9 Was duly re ported to the board and approved. fThe result of the settlement is that all of the claims in dispute by and against the company have been settled and released, and the com pany has received the equivalent in value of the sum of $315,000." It is understood that $815,000, which the Mutual has accepted, was paid in cash to the extent of $750,000. The balance was represented by a claim against the company for sup plies, delivered to it amounting to a trifle over $65,000. The company acknowledged this as a-valid claim and only held up its payment on ac count of counter claims against those to whom it was due. The suits included actions against Former President McCurdy, his son Robert H. McCurdy, son-in-law, L. A. Thebaud, and Charles H. Ray mond, who with Mr. Thebaud, formed the firm of Charles II. Raymond It Co., metropolitan agents for the Mu tual. Actions were also begun against vice-presidents under the old re Kime, Robert A. Grannis and Dr, Walter R. Gillette, and L. W. Law rence, the stationer, who for long years supplied the company with sta tionery and supplies. The members of the committee on expenditures also were sued, actions being brought against Robert Oly phant, James C. Iioldcn, Charles Miller and the executrix of Jacob Ffobart Herrick. The suits were brought for the re covery of moneys alleged to have been obtained improperly by the de fendant or improperly expended by them- The largest of the claims against any one individual were those against Mr. McCurdy, from whom the Mutual sought to collect $3,471, 341. This included claims for addi tional salary of $50,000 a year paid to the president 1901 to 1905, with knowledge, it is alleged, of only two of the trustees of the company. Joseph H. Choate, who has approv ed the settlement, was retained in 1906 as the special counsel of the Truesdale committee, upon whose report these suits were begun. This committee was named by the trus tees of the Mutual in October, 1905, following the investigation of the life insurance companies by the Arm strong committee, while Richard A. McCurdy was still president of the Mutual. It consisted of W. H. Trues; dale, president of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western: Effingham B. Morris, president of the Girard Trust Company of Philadelphia, and John W. Auchincloss. Stuyvesant I'ish, then president of the Illinois Central, was added to the committee later, but he resigned in February. 1906, before the filing of the commit tee's final report, as did Mr. Morris, AGAINST SUNDAY LAW. EW YORK, March S.-Protest against the proposed closing of can als in this state on Sunday as sug gested by a recent bill at Albany, is made by the American Power Boat AiM'Mion, which at an executive meeting last night adopted a resolu tion f.ying: "That the American Power Boat Association, representing 64 yacht and motor boat clubs comprising a membership of upward of 25,000 pro tested against the enactment of any legislalion, the result of which may be to restrict in any manner the free passage at all times of any yachts and motor boatb through the canals j and other -nland waterways in the State of New York." lesterday afternoon, under the auspices of the Fraternal Order of Eagles, Astoria Aerie No, 17, the funeral of the late Emit Hols, second mate of the four-masted schooner Luson, who was accidentally killed on board that vessel on Thursday morning last, was held from tho un dertaking parlors of J. A. Gilbaugh, the county coroner, Rev. W. S. Gil bert, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, officiating. After the ritual istic services, the funeral cortege left the building and marched to the slip of the Keating launches where the casket and its attendants were put on board the line boat known ss "Pilot," being the first of that name, owned and mastered by Captain James Keating; and she left out at once for Greenwood Cemetery in the Young's River country. The trip proceeded smoothly until alter the Pilot had passed the county draw bridge over Young's Bay, and was about abreast of the "Bryan" bone yard, where several ships and schoon ers are laid up in ordinary, when suddenly it was discovered that the boat was on fire beneath the engine- room floor; the heat increased every moment, and it looked as if there was to be "something doing." There was, in short order. Signals were sounded and in a few moments a doien boats put out from the ves sels spoken of and from the shore. carrying bucket and other service able things for the emergency, These were soon in use and with water and some coats dedicated to the rescue work, the gathering flame were subdued, but wn until the steer ing gear of the pilot was burned through in several places, and her flooring badly scorched. But thing were soon remedied and the trip re sumed to Greenwood, a jury steer ing service being rigged for the time. At the graveside the last sad rites, according to the fine work of the Eagles were carried out and all that was mortal of Emit Hot was consigned to "mother earth," and Captain Keating having, in the meantime, made repairs to his boat and gear, the home trip was made without further hindrance, The damage was practically nil. and what is more it was very rare, as such things have never been known to happen on board the Keating fleet. The genllemen representing the Astoria Aerie of Eagles on this sad occasion, were: Thomas Dealey, George Kaboth, Joseph Brown, W. H. Weston, Oscar Jacobson, A. D'Alia. C S. Wright, J. A. Johnson. Engineer Johnson, the . last honors being paid the dead sailor in the place and stead of the Eagles of Aberdeen Aerie No. 24 of Aberdeen Washing ton. The launch Louise was despatched to render assistance as soon as vat A was received of 'the accident to the Pilot, but her services were not needed as the former boat was un- uerway when the Louise arrived. Captain Keating's hand was burned and one of the passengers had his eye scorched a bit, neither matter being at all serious. The fire is thought to have caught from a burn ing match carelessly thrown into the bilge-way by one of the passengers. TAILORS AND SOLDIERS. CHICAGO, March 5 Tailors In or near army posts are affected by a .u...,8 u, uic vvar jjepartment, just made public, that money due the sol, ...... vu.M.wi uc rciamcci oy paymas ters for the benefit of such tailors if the bills art for civilian clothitm. Th ..rrr.y regulations provide that when soldier has a nnform made, altered or repaired, the army tailors or ci vilian tailors can notify the company commanders of the charges and the amount will be retained from the sol Jicr s pay. CLUB FOR EMPLOYEES. CHICAGO, March 5.-Carmen in the service of the Chicago City Rail way company soon will have the ad vantages and privileges accorded to the members of the aristocratic club. Clubrooms equipped with all con veniences are being furnished in the new car barns being built by the company. The first one will be opened Sunday. The barns cover a city block and the second floor is largely dev.tcd to the clubroomg which contain library, billiard and pool, tables, bar ber shop, boot blacking stands, show er baths and an assembly hall which has a stage. and a piano, for any pair of Kid Gloves up to $4.00 in black, tan, white and green. Special all day Saturday SI.65 Jaloffs N. L. iSCHAFER, Mngr. N. B. During the extreme rush that took place at this sale for the last 3 days, a good many articles were overlooked by the trade, and. the clerks were too busy and rushed to call attention to them. So come now and get these wonderful values. Price cuts no figure, as everything is doomed to go within the next few weeks. mtHMtMHHWHHttmHWMtUtHHMt C7M AMERICAN IMPORTING CO. Importers and Wholesale Liquor Dealer I' U ill '" l"Hf' I I ' I I 'II "--V--r- ALCOHOL 3 Pi ii rt-u rmlirie slmilailiKj ttefhnteirMiih 'Of -!' 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