WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1909.
THE MOENING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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Down From Bucotta
The Misses hoard come down from
llucoda last nlht mid were met it
the train by Mr. 1'oiird. nd by
friend. .
In Probate Court
An order wai nude In probate
court yesterday approving the final
account of the administratrix in the
estate of Paul Paulson.
Money Paid Out
City Tressurer Dcaley has paid out
the um of $0tXX) during the present
month, and it it probuble that every
Utile money in addition to thi can be
paid out of the general fund until
nrxt fall.
Up To Portland
Mayor and Mr. Smith went up to
rnrtlimd on the Lurlinc lait night,
the Mayor on business and Mr.
Smith on a viit. C. M. Cellcr also
went up on the I.urline hint night.
Licenae To Wed
License to marry wa yesterday is
med at the office of the county clerk
to Lieutenant Richard Park, of the
United State army, itationed at Van
couver Barracki. and Mis Winifred
Hlggiui of thit city.
Junior Hop
Invitation are out for the Junior
hop, to be given in Logan's hall next
Friday night by the Junior of the
Astoria High achool. The achool
functions are usually delightful events
and many of the young people espec
ially wilt probably avail themselves of
thii opportunity to trip the light fan
tastic. Dancing at 8:30 o'clock.
Declalon Today
"In justice court yesterday the hear
ing of Albert Peterson and Peter An
drews on a charge of maltreating
Gertie Hansen, a 12 year-old girl, was
concluded, but Justice Goodman took
the matter under advisement until
today. Various witnesses were called
and the matter attracted much atten
tion among friends of the two men.
The girl, while only 12 years of age,
looks older.
Directort Elected
The annual meeting of the A. & C
Railway Company was held yesterday
afternoon at the A. & C. on Twelfth
street for the purpose of electing .t
board of director for, the ensuing
year. The following were elected:
M. J. Costello, Francia B. Clarke. H
C. N'ntt. M. P. Martin. William Har
der, J. McGuire and F. p. Kuettner
The only change in the new board is
M J. Costclla, who succeeds L. C.
Gillani. Mr. Cpstcllo ii also a direc
tor in the, Great Northern. No other
business was transacted, and Messrs.
Kuettner ami Harder, returned to
Portland on last evening's express,
while Mr. McGuire, the other repre
sentative present, will be here for sev
eral days as he is looking after the
laying of the heavier steel on the Sea
side end of the line.
Norman Hackett, who will be leen
as Duncan Irving in "Classmate" a
the Astoaia Theatre on April 24th, ii
winning fame all along the line for
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Basketball Osme
The basketball game played hut
evening by the high school girls and
the Cathlamct girl wai won by the
former by a score of 17 to 0. The
work of the Cutlilanict team wai hard
but lack of (ruining wa easily seen
For the high achool Fanny Gregory
was easily the atar at she threw six
straight basket and three fouli, while
Myrtle llarriaon threw one banket
There wM good crowd and they
teemed much pleased. After the game
n buntttet wa aerved for the visitor
at llocfler'.
Pay Poll Tax-
Fred Brown, road supervisor In
road district No. 1 and poll tax col-
i-ctur, did a ruhsing business yester
day, Sid Back, the Chinese contrac
tor of Portland came down to sign a
crew of Chinamen and Japstfor the
Villiard and Berlin, and Fred was
"Johnic" on the spot" and collected
poll taxes from 102 Chinese and JaiJ
on the Villard and US on the Berlin.
amounting to $711.(10. The cash was
not paid but was guaranteed and an
order given by the cannerymcn in
whose employ the crew will he. Thi
is the first time this haa been done, at
least to mi large an extent.
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Ordered Deported
Last Sunday night, Inspector Bon
ham, of the Bureau of Immigration of
this city, arrested Lily Williams as
she was trying to escape. Mis Wil
liams was arrested on a charge of be
ing unlawfully in this country, she
having only been here about six
months, while the law requires a resi
dence of three years before a person
can engage in any immoral business.
She was taken (o Porlland Monda)
niglK and given a hearing brforc (he
United States Commissioner yester
day who ordered her deported back to
England. She was unable to make
any defense against the charge.
Mirror Saloon Closed
The police yesterday closed the
Mirror saloon, for the reason that no
license has been issued for it to run.
Aa stated In the Aslorian yesterday
a new firm has jus( bought out (he
place, Brown & McMullen, 'and the
old license expired last Sunday. The
new firm has its application in for a
license bu( (he earliest date upon
which i( can be gran(ed is at the next
meeting of the council, and during the
interregnum the place of course is
without any license. While it works
a hardship for a short time, no other
'course Is' possible and a recent resolu
tiqn adopted by the council specifical
ly (demanded that in uch instance no
saloon may run. That resolution was
adopted because (he privilege of run
ning while wailing for license has
been frequently grossly abused. If
applications for license be pu( in early
enough (here would never be need of
closing a saloon down, (hough fn this
case there are said to be explanatory
circumstances.
Phone 221.
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Celebrated Birthday
Hon, Herman F. Prael, German
Consul at Astoria and incmbcrof the
Common Council, celebrated his 62nd
birthday at his mansion on Ninth
street last evening. At 9 o'clock the
distinguished guests began (0 arrive
an In an hour the spacious parlor
were filled with his many friends, In
cluding the Hon. Minister to China,
who 'officiated as toastmastcV. The
evening was pleasantly spent with
music, short addresses and culminated
in a banquet which wa enjoyed bv
all present. At a late hour the guests
departed, after wishing the honorable
representative of the city government
many happy returns of the day. Mr.
Prael responded in his usual happy
vein, which was more noticeable on
this occasion: The Astorian congratu
lates Mr. Prael on having attained the
age of discretion and hopes he may
enjoy another annual commomeration
of his birth. This is the first birth
day Mr, Prael his. celebrated thit
year,
Looks Like Law Suit Now
A communication wai filed in the
office of the city auditor' yesterday by
Joseph V. Giacona, stating that his
property ha been largely damaged as
a'Tcsult of the Irving slide and pre
senting a claim of $1000 to the city
therefor. The communication state
that on December 4 he had also sent
in a communication to the council
calling attention to (he injury being;
done to hi property and asking for
relief, which has not been granted
im. He owns lot , block 13. Shive-
ly's. Mr. Giacona state that in order
to protect his house he had to spend
the sum of $750 and in addition to
(his lo( ha been damaged, for which
he ask the $1000, The communica
tion conclude by stating tljat he
hopes- some amicable arrangement
may be made of the claim, and if not
he will be compelled to resort to
legal proceedings. The communica
tion is written on the office paper of
G. C. Fulton, the attorney.
REALTY TRANSFERS
Warreuton Land Co to J V Hurley
and Frank M Morey, block 2 and lots
1-18 in block 3, Harriman: $5000.
Herman Herbers and wife to Lewis
Winters and John L VVigh. lot 35
and 36, block 24. Hustler's Astoria;
$500,
C F. JRobinon to E F De Bond,
lots 1-4 in block 10, Fermlale; $1."
Harry W Rinu to I Bergman, west
half of block 2"). Atlair's: $10.
Astfiria-Warrcnton Land Co to
N'ehalem Timber Co, lot 7 and NE 4
of SW 4 of S 4. T 5 N, R 6 W: $10.
Mary Morgan to Xehalem Timber
Co, lots I and 2 and S 2 of NF- 4 of
S4. T 5 X,R6V;$!0. ,
PERSONAL MENTION
X. JI. Webber, postmaster at Eagle
Cliff was a business visitor in the city
yesterday.
Frank Kelly of the Kelly lumber
mills of Warrenton was a business
visitor in the city yesterday.
W. S. Zimrrman of the promincn(
machinery house of Portland is in (he
city in 'quest of business for his popu-
ar house.
C. L, Houston was a homing pas
senger on the noon train yesterday.
Geo. C. Flavel returned from a busi
ness trip (o Portland on the noon
rain yesterday. ,
Mrs. John Bctts and Miss Jacque-
me Jietts ot Portland are visiting
Mrs. Al Betts of this city.
Nick Hansen, manager of the
Chinook hatchery was in (he ci(y yes-
crday.
John McGuire, the popular superin
endent of the A. & C, was a visitor
in the city yesterday.
F. D. Kuctner and wife of Portland
were in the city yesterday greeting
their many old friends.
Geo. Wealstcad of Portland regis-
(ered at the Occident yesterday.
J. H. Tucker of Portland was a bus
iness visitor in the city yesterday.
C. W. Coster of Grinnell, Pa., was
among the arrivals in the city yester
day. '
Wm. Harder arrived down from
Portland yesterday and.is registered
it the Occident.
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GRAFT CHARGES FALL
RATHER FLAT
OFFICER LINVILLE MAKES A
FINE SHOWING DECISION
TONIGHT.
At the concluion of the hearing of
(he graft charge before (he board
of police commissioners last night
the commission decided (o postpone
decision in (he matter until tonight,
when they are to meet again. It may
be said that the charges did not
amount to much, that nothing 'of a
grave nature was adduced, and it may
not be short of the truth to say that
Officer Thomas Linvillc c.nne out of
the investigation covered with glory.
If (he 'investigation showed anything,
it showed (hat Linvillc had not done
any wrong, and that the charge in
relation to him were without founda
tion. For despite all the agitation of
the matter, in ihe case of a police
officer who in the course of his dtitie
has made enemies of a certain kind
by the score who now would have
taken keen delight in coming forward
to try to pjovc something black in his
recordyet not a scintilla of evidence-
was brought out against him.
While it may be going a little bit
too fast to try to fr, recast what the
ucnsion oi inc ponce commission
will be, yet it may be a safe gues that
Officer Linvillc will be exonerated
fully, and the commissioners may
even, commend him for his service
f' . s
yt$ an officer.
As regards Officer Dubeau, he stands
"guilty" of having received $2 from a
woman of (he town. It wa given as
a Christmas gift. It was not possible
to paint the matter any worse than
that, but (he commission may possibly
not praise him overmuch for taking
any money from a woman of the
town, no ma((er what the motive was,
The proceedings last night passed
off uneventfully, and there was but
little excitement Martin Foard acted
as chairman of the session, with both
Commissioners Gordon and ' Logan
present, and Mr. Foard presided with
dignity and acumen.
Mr. Abercrombic, the city aUorney,
who presented the charges, was la(e
in arriving, not getting there until
much of the testimony was in. It
looks as if Mr. Abercrombie was
drawn into the matter by listening to
hints and rumors, which, when it
came to a ' show down," could not be
substantiated, and he explained that
he preferred the charges in no malice,
but that inasmuch as they had been
brought to him as city attorney, and
as (hey appeared grave enough on
(heir face, (hat he felt in duty bound
(o present (hem (o (he commission
ers.
Officer Linville (ook up (he charges
against him one by one and explained
them away, in mos( cases refut
ing them with the greatest ease and
in nearly every case by documentary
evidence.
The only teal charge against him
was that of receiving $10 from the
"hop head," Ricketts, and as has been
explained before, (he police court
records show that Officer Thompson
received this $10 and turned it in as
bail money, and that it was duly for
feited in police court the next day.
That was in the days when officers
were accustomed to take bail money
without first taking the prisoner to
the police station. The other charges
were of a very general nature., like
that of permitting a dance hall to run
over the Wigwam saloon, etc. Offi
cer Linville sla(ed that there is no
dance hall there;, that there may be
some dancing going on, but that in
no sense of the word is there a dance
hall. Commissioner Gordon ended
the matter by stating that the three
commissioners had gone down and in
vestigated the alleged dance hall
Monday night and found-that it is not
a place of thai character.
Officer Linvillc at one stage of the
proceedings severely arraigned .Mr.
Abercrombic, and made severe charg
es against him. He also admitted that
he had told Mr. Abercrombie that he
would bring his charges "before the
police commission, or apologize, or
else he (Linvillc) would' do the other
thing."
Asked what he meant, by "the other
thing" Officer Linville said he meant
that if he didn't bring the charges or
apologize, he would "beat the living
stuffing out of him. or die in the at
tempt." He also had said, "My boy,
you don't know who you're monkey
ing with you've woke up the hottest
proposition you ever ran against."
While the commissioners had
agreed not to pass upon matters al
leged tq have taken place before they
entered upon their offices, yet they
permitted Officer Linville to take up
.each and every charge and explain it
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complaint,, and that the $10 bail was
forfeited in police court the next day
upon the motion of the city attorney.
The records showed these facts.
No one was present at the session
except the three commissioners, the
parties interested and a few witness
es, police officers, representatives of
the press, and the strenographer, Carl
Knutson. t
The commissioners may possibly
take up the question of the appoint
ment of a police chief at their session
tonight.
GRAFT IN SCHOOL BOOKS
Chicago ChUdren Must Pay More
Than Elsewhere.
CHICAGO. April 13. Nearly
$200,000 a year is being paid tor
school books by the school children
of Chicago in excess of the lowest
price charged for the same text books
in other cities.
This is the estimate of aggregate
overcharges formed by -a special in
vestigating committee of 1he board of
education, appointed early last Win
ter. A report on the subject has beefi
compiled from letters of inquiry sent
out by the school authorities of over
a hundred cities and a score of states.
The report declares that of the 120
books used irr the Chicago schools.,
62 either of identical or closely simil
ar editions, are being sold at lower
prices elsewhere. The discrepancies
in prices range from one cent to 50
cents. From the report on states.
Missouri, California, and Indiana are
most favored by the book publishers.
The great jungle scene in "Class
mates" has received more notice than
any other scene ift any other play on
the road this season- Norman Hack
ett plays the leading part in the play
which is booked at the Astoria lhea
tre for April 24th.
"A young American actor in a
young American play," is Jules Mur-
ry s announcement this season, the
actor's name is Norman Hackett. The
nlav is "Classmates." Both will be
seen at the Astoria Theatre on Sun
day, April 24th.
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DOG FIGHT STARTS FROCAS
Dogs
Fights, Students Riot,
Burns, Police Come.
Fire
SAN FRANCISCO, April 13.-An
attempt made by Frank McAllister,
a humane officer, stop a dog fight
in the midst of a crowd of 500 specta
tors at a fire in Berkley, resulted in
a demonstration against the police by
300 students of the University of Cal
ifornia. While the fire was at its height a
great dane owned by the Delta Kappa
Epsilon fraternity, and a stray bull
dog engaged in combat. McAllister
is said to have kicked the dan in at
tempting to separate the animals and
he was struck by Frederick Tickell, a
freshman in the college of engineer
ing, it is alleged. Frat men rushed
from "several nearby houses to the res
cue of Tickell, who had been' seized
by two police sergeants. A special
officer was detailed to escort the ar
rested students to the police station.
A crowd of college boys 300 strong
followed the officer and his prisoner,
hooting and interfering in every pos
sible manner in their effort to secure
the escape of Tickell.
The policeman was compelled to
draw his revolver and hold the stu
dents at bay all the way to the jail.
Hundreds of persons gathered to wit
ness the demonstration all along the
route through Berkley's business dis
trict.
Duncan Irving, the leading role in
De Mille's treat American' olav.
Classmates," will be played by Nor
man Hackett at the Astoria Theatre
on April 24th.
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