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j; I U r 1 gfjt Skiing 1 Jlstonon. EetabUahed 18ft, PuWiihed Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELUNGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By anaiL P y ; V By carrier, per month w' WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By anafL per year, la advance IS0 . Entered U ecood-clJi nutter July 30, 1906, at the potoffice t Astoria, Oregon, nnder the act of Congres of Mireh 3, 1879. Order for the delivering of The Morning Astorian to either residence mt place Of tmsines my he made by potl card or through telephone. Any irregularity in delivery should be immediately reported to the office P TELEPHONE THE WEATHER Oregon Fair, except showers in north portion. Washington Light showers. Idaho Showers and wanner. REVOLUTIONIZE WARFARE. For generations naval experts have been saying to one another comfort ably: "Ah, well Whenever any man invents a gnn that can pierce the armor-plate we now have, another man will produce an armor his gun cannot injure." Thus illustrating the constant rivalry between the forces of offense and defense. But it could hardlv have been expected by anv naval expert that one man should first invent a torpedo against which the under-water defenses of the mod- j ern battleship have prover i ineffectual, i ni rnnhnmnff in the same in- and then, continuing in me same ...... teresting occupation, invent a new armor plate which is held to be prac- tically impenetrable by the ntled can- j non of today. Sooner or later, we may expect to see the old problem of the irresistible fnrce nd the immovable body worked ' out, Lieutenant Commander Cleland Davis, United States Navy, will start one of the new Davis torpedoes at one of the new Davis armor plates. And out of the resultant fragments the scientists will build a brand new theory of strains and bursting charges. It is something less than just to measure a man's value to this world ' by the amount of his income. Never theless, to say that Lieutenant Com mander Davis has in a few short years expanded the $3500 salary which his country pays him each year for his knowledge of naval matters as dis played in the Bureau of Equipments, at Washington, to approximately $375,000 annually as his share of the prots on a single invention, gives a pretty fair idea of the man's capa city. But Mr. Davis would resent such a characterization of his suc cesses. To him the winning of the game has been a sufficient reward. Mr. Davis is 39 years old, and from the moment that he left his birth place, Louisville, Ky., to enter Ann apolis, he has worked to develop the opportunities offered by his profes sion. As a matter of course, he began to exercise his inventive faculties on means calculated to render war a hazardous and costly pastime. first, he began with just a few little things. He devised some improve ments in gunnery, suggested one or two new ideas in torpedoes, and plan ned an explosive, armor-piercing shell which is now in use by the United States Navy. All the time his grand idea was germinating. He had con - ceived the plan of a torpedo which should enter any ship at which it might be directed, and, after entering, explode in the vessel's vitals. His spare time has been given over to this ingenious device for ten years past. His greatest difficulty was to find some means by which the torpedo might be reduced in weight, and yet retain the strength needful to the proper control of its powerful explo sives. That was two years ago. It was difficult to obtain steel of suf ficient strength that would be light enough. At last he tried an alloy with a comparatively unknown element, vanadium. He succeeded in reducing the weight of the torpedo from one thousand pounds to eighty pounds. HaVitual on Mi 41 A . ayetwnenty wmomcbypreper wFuch. enables onelojorm regurar kabit& daily So that assistance to na ture may be graduaty clispenfiedVdH vitan no longer needed a$ trie best of remedies, when required, are to assist txatare an J net to supplant the naW. ftl functions, wh'tcn must depend ulti mately upon proleV nourishment, proper efforand rifcht living generally. To get its oenejicial etjects, always buy the genuine SyruflgsErtxirfScwui California Fig Syrup Co. only 0LD BVAU.IEADINC DRUGCISTS one sue only, ruir price 60? p Battle Consupau personal efforts wiiufe assistance tt the one truly tjenejiciai wauve remedy. Svrun of iiS and U'uW ofSe, MAIN Ml. and set retained all its strength. That made the torpedo a success and tests convinced the entire Navy Now that it has been done, the clan seems gloriously simple. The torpedo contains a double charge of explosive. Driven to its target by compressed air, after the fashion of the Whitehead, the first charge is ex ploded when the battle nose strikes the ship at which it is aimed. Really, it is an under-water cannon. The first charge exploded drives the forward Dart of the torpedo through the Ba lder-water armor of the vessel and well into the interior. Then the sec ond charge is exploded and, if all goes well, in the pleasant naval way of putting it, the ship sinks. The tor pedo which has been in use for the past 10 years is considered practical- y negligible in battle. It may jar the ft strikej of g dimp,e jn .. ... ..... . , . OOSsiblv start a leak. Keordjng t0 the judgment of . who have watched the performance o the ew Davis n. nrotection aeainst this new torpedo . rf onlv bv armorjne the under-water portion of the battleship as heavily as that portion exposed to the projectiles of the 13-inch guns. They believe that this fact will mean, ultimately, a revolution in naval war fare. NEW YORK'S INEBRIATES. New York City spends on its drunkards $2,412,000 yearly, if the estimates made by the statisticians of the State Charities Aid Association are correct, $1,750,000 for arresting and caring . for intoxicated persons, $92,000 for trying them, $250,000 for'. custodial care of them by the Depart ment of Correction, and $320,000 for the treatment of alcoholic cases in Bellerue and allied hospitals and in the hospitals under the jurisdiction of the Department of Public Charities. These figures have to do with the direct cost to the city; they take no account of the vast indirect cost to j ' t ,1,. vi,:...i producing power of the habitual drunkard. "Habitual drunkenness," according to an official statement of the Charity Organization Society, "is one of the largest problems with which the district committees of this society have to deal, as it reduces ; families to destitution and they thus f 'become a burden on the Charity Or- ! "n,nun soaei anQ s''dI ",!"uu bona.' It is due to representations made by the Charity Organization Society three years ago that a bill providing a comprehensive treatment of the problem of public intoxication in New York city is now before the Legisla ture. It was framed by the Hospital Committee of the State Charities Aid Association after a series of .confer ences attended by representatives of the city departments of Charities and Correction, the Prison Association, the medical profession and the prin cipal charitable organizations. Senator Agnew's bill provides for the appointment by the Mayor of a board of inebriety, the members of which shall serve without pay, ail but the Commissioners of Charities and Correction, who are members ex officio, being chosen from lists sub mitted to the Mayor by the heads of the three principal relief societies of I the city. At least two of the number are to be physicians. Under the direction of this board a central office will be maintained for the keeping of records of all persons arrested for public intoxication. Ar mrests are to be reported to this office by telephone, so that prompt investi gation of the culprits' police history may be made by the board's field and J officc hjs record for a Ucar is clean the magistrate before whom he is arraigned may dismiss his case. If ie has been arrested within 12 months he may be released on pro bation for a period of not less than six months or more than one year, li;ls'mrY tlin t,.rli" (rtf flip rw.rir.! nr the magistrate may release him on probation and in addition impose a fine not exceeding $25, to be paid in installments. The novel feature of the bill is its provision for the establishment of a thoroughly equipped hospital for in ebriates, having as an adjunct an in dustrial colony. It is not expected, of course, that the great number of in dividuals whose lapses from sobriety are only occasional will ever see the inside of this institution. But when a magistrate pursues none of the cours es mentioned he js required to com- TH MORNING mit the offender to the custody of the Board of Inebriety not for a longer period than three years and the Board may place the man so committed in the hospital and colony and may pa role him when his behavior justifies such action. In the cae of confirmed inebriates requiring custodial care the Board is authorired to apply to a court of rec ord for their commitment to suitable custodial institutions, such as the workhouse or the proposed State In dustrial Colony. , An old sweetheart of Mr. Payne says she will write him in regard to his tax of stockings- It's an awful predicament. Suppose even a tariff tinkerer has feelings. A New Jersey justice of the peace gives a present to every couple he marries to encourage matrimony. Seem more appropriate to let the happy pair draw something blindly, giving the idea more semblance of a lottery. An importing tailor say that $50 suits of clothes are $12 tariff. ' Never knew what ailed them before. Notice of injunction that engage ment gifts should be attractive but inexpensive. Sounds well, but how will the girl in the case like it? "THIS IS MY 89th BIRTHDAY" Dr. Daniel Kimball Pearsons, the eminent philanthropist who has been seriously ill- at his winter home at Pasadcnt, was born April 14. 18J0. at Bradford, Vt. He graduated in med icine from Dartmouth College and for a time practiced medicine in Chicopee, Mass., after having taught school five years. In 1857 he decided to go West He became a farmer in Ogle county. Illinois, but after three years gave it up and went to Chicago, which city has been his home ever since. In re cent years Dr. Pearsons has distribut ed more than $5,000,000 among the smaller colleges of the country. He acquired his wealth largely through Chicago real estate. "THIS DATE IN HISTORY". 1780 Gen Tarlcton, commanding the British, defeat d American force under Col. Hugcr on the head-waters of the Cooper river, near Charleston, S. C 1789 General Washington received at Mt. Vernon official notification of his election as first President of the United States. 1812Congress passed an act annex ing to Louisiana that part of Florida lying west of the Pearl river. 1852 Rangoon, the maritime capi tal of the Burmese empire, stormed and taken by the British under Gen eral Goodwin. 1865 President Lincoln assassinat ed in Ford's Theater.' Washington, by I. Wilkes Booth. . 1-AJ& l'.x-rresmcnt ticveiana spoice W New lork in the industrial educa . tion in the South. 1908 President Roosevelt sent a special message to Congress, advoca ting the building of four battleships. AMERICAN A SUICIDE NEW YORK, April 14.-Lndwig Stettheimer, the young American, who committed suicide by throwing himself from a cliff at Torre Gaveta, Italy, last Tuesday and who was at first thought to be "I. MacPherson, of Seattle," was formerly a foreign exchange broker in Wall Street. About a year ago he gave up his business and begn traveling in Southern Europe and Africa. His cousin here, Morris Stettheimer, was at a loss to explain the suicide. Lud wig he said, had considerable money when he left here. RHEUMATIC FOLKS! Are You Sure Your Kidneys Are Well? Many rheumatic attacks are due to uric acid in the blood. But the duty of the kidneys is to remove all uric acid from the blood. Its presence there shows the kidneys are inactive. Don't dally with "uric acid solvents." You might go on till doomsday with them, but until you cure the kidneys you will never get well. Doan's Kid ney Pills not only remove uric acid, but cure the kidneys and then all danger from uric acid is ended. Here is Astoria testimony to prove it: Arthur Rooks, 412 Duane street, Astoria, Ore., says: "I suffered se verely from kidney trouble and rheu matism. There were pains in my back, shoulders and limbs often break ing my rest. At one time I was so lame that I was unable to stoop to lace my shoes. My kidneys were weak and the secretions in a terrible condition. At last a friend recom mended Doan's Kidney Pills so high ly that I procured a box at Charles Rogers' drug store. They helped mc from the-first and it was only a short time before I was entirely free frotn kidney complaint." For sale by all dealers. Price 50 cents. Foster-Milbiirn Co., Buffalo, New York, sole agents for the United States. Remember the name Doan's and take no other. ASTORIAN, ASTORIA. OREGON. 1 EVERYWHERE DORMANT FANS MAY NOW WAKE UP AND FIND LIFE INTERESTING. NEW YORK, April 14 -The base ball season opens all along the line today with games in the East and West between clubs of the National League and between all the teams of the American League organisations. The preliminary skirmishing of the last two days of the eastern wing of the American League in Washington and Philadelphia has only put a liner edge on the baseball appetite. The National League season opens with Brooklyn at New York, Philadelphia at Boston, Pittsburg at Cincinnati and St. Louis at Chicago, while the western division of the American League finds Chicago at Detroit, and Cleveland at M. Louis. The New York Baseball season is inaugurated at the remodelled polo grounds, which with the additional grandstands and bleachers can ac commodate crowds variously estimat ed at from 35.000 to 40,tXX) persons, said to be the largest seating capacity of any baseball park in the country. Although it rained almost all night, the prediction for New York City and vicinity for today was "Clearing and cooler." and the baseball enthusiast awoke from his long Winter sleep with high hopes. Hours before the game .Brooklyn and New York, sched uled to start at 3:30 o'clock eager fans moved by the hundreds from all sec tions of Manhattan, Brooklyn and New Jersey points to the Polo grounds. The advance sale of seats indicates a record breaking . crowd and Police Commissioner Bingham detailed extra detachments of police to keep order in the thoroughfares approaching the grounds. Manager John McGraw of the .New York Club, and Manager Harry Lum ley for Brooklyn both report their men to be in tine fettle. McGraw had decided last night to send Christy Mathcwson to the firing line with Schlci to do the catching, but there will be a possibility of Ames going to the box if the weather turns out damp or chilly. Eithed Rucker'or Wilhclni will pitch for Brooklyn, with Bergen behind the bat. The lineup follows: New York-Herzog, left field; Doyle, second base; Murray. Right field; Tenncy, first base;, O'Hara center field; Devlin, third base; Brid well. Short stop; Schlei, catcher; Mathewson or Ames, pitcher. Brooklyn Burch, left field; Alper man. second base, Hummel, shortstop; Bcbring crntertield; Lumlcy, right field; Jordan, first base; Lennox, third base; Rergcn, catcher; Rucker or Wilhelm. pitcher. The umpires selected are Johnstone and Cusack, with Johnstone giving judgement on balls and strikes. NATIONAL LEAGUE NEW YORK, April 14. If the weather man is kind, the season of the National league is to be inaugu rated today, with the Brooklyns play ing in New York, the Philadclphias in Boston, the Pittsburgs in Cincin nati and the St. Louis Cardinals in Chicago. The season will continue until Oct. 7, the schedule providing for 136 games. The race of VXf) will be the thirty third annual tussle of the National league. Since its inception in 1876 there have been 32 cities to hold membership in the organization. Chicago and Boston were charter members of the National league and arc the only two cities that have held membership continuously since 1876. They have been in every National league race and between them have won more pennants than all the other j cities put together. The Chicagos in 32 years have won nine pennants. lOnly once have they, finished last. That once was in 1877, when there were only five clubs in the league. The Bostons have won eight pen nants in the 32 years. They also have finished last but once in 1906. The list ofcitics that have been National league members, is as fol lows: Chicago, Hartford, St. Louis, Boston, Louisville, Philadelphia, Cin cinnati, Providence, Indianapolis, Mil waukee, Kuafflo, Syracuse, Cleveland, Troy, Worcester, Detroit, Pittsburg, Kansas City, Washington, Brooklyn; Baltimore and New York. New York was in the league in 1876, the team of the metropolis being known as the Mutuals. The first seven cities nam ed and the Mutuals comprised the Na tional league circuit in its maiden year. The circuit has ranged in size from five cities to twelve. The circuit consisted of eight cities in 1876, of five in 1877 and of eight from that on until 1892. From 1872 to 1899, inclusive, 12 cities formed the circuit, and 'from 1899 to the present time tight cities. The biggest per centage ever made by a pennant win ning team was that of Chicago in 1880 During that season Anson's Invinci hles won 67 games and lost 17, and their percentage was 798, The best 12-club circuit percentage was made by the Bostons in 1897705, repre senting 93 victories and 39 efeats. The poorest percentage was made oy the Cleveland in 1W wnen mere were 20 victories ami 134 defeats niu! a percentage of l.H. The dill'ercnce in points between the winner una me tnil-end team that year was .533, which is the extreme in this regard. The following year, when the Brook lyn finished first and the New Yorks last, the difference in points was only loft, the least on record. The following table indicates the position in which the eight clubs now comprising the league have finished from year to year: Chicago- I, 5. 4, 3. 1. 1. 1, 2. . 3. 2. 3, 2, 2. 7, 9, 9, 5. 9. 4, 8, 6, 6, 5. 3, 9. 3. 1. I, I. Boston- 4. 1, 1. 2. 6, 6, 4, 1. 2, 5, 5. S. 4. 2. 5. 1, 1. 1. 3, 6. 4, I. 2, 2, 4, 5, 3, S. 7. 7, a 7. 6. St. Louis- 3. 4, 3. 6, It. 10. 9. 11, II. 12. 12, 5, 5, 4, 6, 8. S. 6, 7. 8. a Philadelphia-?, 8. 6. 3, 4, 2. 3, 4. 3. 4, 4. 4. 4, 3, 8, tO, 6. 3. 3, 2. 7. 7. 8. 4. 4. 3, 4. Cincinnati- 8, 2, 5, 8. 4, 7. S, 7, 10. 8, 3. 4. 3. 6, 7. 8, 4. 4, 3. 5. 6,s6. S. Brooklyn- 1. 6, 3. 6, 5. 5, 10. 6, 10, 1, t. 3. 3, 5, 6, 8. S. 5. 7. New York- 6. 6. 5, 3. 2. 4, t. t. 6. 3, 8, 2. 9, 7, 3, 7, 8, 1 1. I, 2. 4, 2. Pittsburg-n, 6. 5. 8. & 6. 2. 7, 6. 8. 8, 7, 2. 1, t. I. 4. 2. 3. 2. 3. All signs point to an interesting race for the season now opened. Many important changes have been made in nearly all of the teams. Every one of the team which finished inthc second division last season lias a new manager and many new play ers. In Cincinnati Clark l.rtihih, a vet eran baseball general, has been put in charge of the Reds destinies. St Louis has the old catcher Roger Bres noliaii for a leader. The Bostons have placed the managerial rein in the hands of Frank Bowrrntan and the welfare of the Brooklyn team has been intrusted to the hands of Harry Lumlcy. The Chicago club, winners for the last three years, has retained its old line uii practically unchanged and looks to be the best bet for the pen nant again this season. There is I lot of splendid talent opposed to the Cubs, but it looks now as though New York has the best. of any of the other teams, and it would not be sur nriing if the Cubs and the Giants would again fight it out for champion ship honors as they did in the excit ing race of last year. BLACK HAND A MYTH Italian Lawyer Saya Hi Countrymen Are Not To Blame. CHICAGO, April 14 -"The Black Hand Society is a myth- No such organization ever existed " So declares Bernard Bar.ua a prom inent Italian lawyer and formerly at torney of the Italian consul here, commenting on the recent alleged "black hand" outrages in this city. He is at the head of a formal move ment designed to abolish what he calls a "Hoax" on the public. "The thing has gone too far." he says. "It is hurting the Italian peo ple. Matters have got to such a point that when I go into court to try a case before a jury I have to ask the veniremen whether they are prejudic ed against Italians. I find that hun dreds of men are. A little question ing brings out the fact that this pre judice is founded on the black hand stories and Italian business men are troubled the same way. "The term black hand originated in New York. A small group of black mailers wrote letters to a banker there, signing that name. Since then it has been used thousands of time in connection with hundreds different sorts of outrages. "An investigation of crimes among Italians will show that they are cither assults or murders. The Italian is not often a thief. He is hot tempered and' that accounts for the assaults. "Rich Italians of Chicago never get black hand letters, now I have person ally investigated fully twenty of these black hand outrages and in every in stance I find either that the people were not Italians or that the whole thing was a fake." During the spring every one would be benefitted by taking Foley's Kid ney Remedy. It furnishes a needed tonic to the kidneys after the extra strain of winter, and it purifie the blood by stimulating the kidneys, and causing them to eliminate the impuri ties from it. Foley's Kidney Rem edy imparts new life and vigor. Pleasant to take. Owl Drug Store, T. F. Laurin. TAYLOR-BROWN NUPTIALS. BALTIMORE, April 14.-Miss H. S. Brown, eldest daughter of Alex Brown, of Baltimore, was married here today to T, SufTcrn Taylor, New LYork banker. George J, Gould was one of the ushers. . We often wonder how any person can be persuaded into taking any thing but Foley' Honey and Tar for coughs, colds and lung trouble. Do not be fooled into accepting "own make" or other iubstitute. The gen uine contain no harmful drugs and is in a yellow package. Owl Drug Store, T. F. Laurin. Nature provides CALIFORNIA It It the natural winter home of miny thou tand of the world' best people. Under lh gentle influence of It mild winter climate, every amusement end recreation i b o d n d . bathing, boating, fiih Ing, driving; tuch pic olci, partle and "jolli fication," :C0 TO: Loi Angelei, Pa to Roble Hot Springs, Hotel del Monte. San ta Barbara, San Diego, Santa Monica, Venice, Long Beach, Santa Craa, or a icor uf aimllar retort and you witl find health, con genial lurroundingt, hoipitable auocUte. faultlett accommoda tion and notnberle attraction arid con venience. TheO.R..N.Co. CONNRCTINO WITH The Southern Pacllic Co. Make Inexpensive round trip excursion rate to Cal ifornia. A six months stopover ticket Portland to Los Angeles and return is $55.00 Correiponding rate are Id effect to other point. We have torn very dittinc tlve literature covering Cali fornia' winter resorts, and will take pleaiare in giving you all of the Information and asiiitance at our com mand. For ticket, deeping car reser vation, etc., call on, t' graph, or write WM. McMURRAY, Gen. 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