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THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. SATURDAY, APRIL 17, 1909. Ill 113 Established lS7i PoUished Daily Except Monday by THE J. S. DELUNGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By nail, per year ..... By carrier, per month WEEKLY By wuXL per year, in advance.. Entered at second-class matter Oregon, under the act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Order for the delivering of The Morning Astoriaa to either residence or place of business may be made by postal card or through telephone. Any irregttltrity in delivery should be immediately reported to the office f publi cation. TELEPHONE MAIM 861. THE WEATHER Washington, Oregon and Idaho Fair, with light frost in the morning. SUIT AGAINST STANDARD OIL. The Sherman act is having the fight of its life these days. In the suit against the Standard Oil Company, which is under way before the Circuit Court at St. Louis, that atatute will be put to a severer test than any which it has previously en countered. If the government's case against the Standard is as strong as the representatives of the Depart ment of Justice say it is the Sherman act most do the work which its framers marked out for it, or else it will have to be amended in so many spots that it will virtually be dis placed, and a new law will 4e put upon the statute book. A conspiracy in restraint of trade is the familiar charge which is brought against the Standard. " If the government proves its case the Stand ard will probably e compelled to al ter its form of organization or it? methods of procedure. -As the gov ernment heretofore has not. had very good fortune in its suits against the big oil aggregation, the public will not do any rejoicing beiorehana. Able counsel are on each side. Mo nopoly, in its theoretical and practi cal aspects, will be discussed by men who have made some study of this subject. The methods of the Stand ard will be explained and defended by men who know them intimately. Publicity will be given to the prac tices of the Standard, whatever they are, and if these violate the letter or the spirit of the law, they will have to be changed. Neither the govern ment nor the people make war on the principle of combination in trade, but only against its unlawful opera tions. It is the belief of the Depart ment of Justice that it has a stronger case this time against the Standard than ever before, and this may turn out to be the fact. The interest of m nMf. e in inr law n- forced and in having fair play shown to all parties, among which are the! penmen Repeated tauurea wou.u independent concerns and the con-lnot discourage him tn the least. Burners, who constitute a majority of i -When ck... Castro is a born advertiser. The man and his associates were putting ; the anti-trust act into shape in 1890, the volume of the country's indus - tries waa only about a third as great s it is now, and the movement to - ward concentration and consolidation was in its early stages. They could not have foreseen the proportions which the oil, the steel and the other great aggregations have reached to day. If the act of 1890 proves inade quate under the test to which it is , submitted at St. Louis. Congress will be called upon to frame a law which will meet the existing demand. COMMUNICATION BY WIRE. The terrific blizzard which visited Washington March 4th upset not only the outdoor inauguration plans, but worked widespread ruin to all tele graph and telephone lines in that sec tion of the country. It seems impos sible that the capitrl of this great country could be cut off from all wire communication with the outside ! world for more than 48 hours, but that is what actually occurred. News paper correspondents were obliged to take belated trains and send their re ports from Philadelphia. So com plete was the wreck of the overhead lines that 12,000 men worked night and day for 72 hours to restore com- .$7-00 . .6C ASTORIAN. , J 1.50 July 30, 1906, at the postoffice at Astoria, munication out of Baltimore. Even then, only emergency message of the utmost importance were transmitted Two weeks were required to restore normal conditions, at a cost of sev eral hundred thousand dollars. Suppose this had occurred during a time of war. Can anyone conceive what might have been the result of this enforced isolation? It is evident that the public utilities furnishing telegraph and long dist ance telephone service will be obliged very soon to change their present type of line construction, at least to an extent which will make impossible a repetition of the recent complete shut-down. The substitution of con crete for wooden poles will help some. The same storm when sweep ing through Ohio carried down miles of wooden poles both east and west of a section where concrete pole re mained standing. The increasing cost of wooden poles is leveling their cost as against concrete or steel poles. But even where the pole line remain ed intact, the tons of sleet soon broke the wires. The logical and perma nent, as well as secure and in the long run economical solution is to place the important trunk line wires underground. This is expensive in first cost, and yet one such line wreck as occurred in the Washington- Bal timore storm would pay interest on a large expenditure. To this should be added the continual cost of repairs which are constantly necessary on ex posed wires- It is stated that France will collect a duty of $120 on ballons from other countries landing on French soil. For atmospheric rights it will shortly be necessary to look up international law. It is said that some of the African snakes can swallow a rhinoceros. This is a fine opportunity to score twice with one bullet without any danger of a nature fake in giving the par ticulars. Colonel Bryan would be a splendid man to have charge of an airship ex- world is trying hard to forget him, sut ne Ms mastered ine an oi giving ja fresn nudge. - , - -" 1 Chicago has forwarded a petition I containing 350.000 signatures against the tan on hosiery. In Chicago, of i course, hosiery is a big thing. Mr. Bryan's paper advises the use of "go to bed" instead of "retire." Does either expression describe a quiet meditation on election night? "THIS DATE IN HISTORY". 1684 Francis Woward (Lord Ef fingham) became governor of Vir ginia. 1760 William Bull became gover nor cf South Carolina. 1813 Hostile British squadron an chored off Patapsco River, within sight of Baltimore. 1831 Rollin C. Maliary, who intro duced in Congress the celefrated tar iff bill of 1820, died in Baltimore. Born in Connecticut, May 27, 1784, 1854 Ship Powatan, from Havre to New York, wrecked on Long Beach, with loss of over 300 lives. 1861 North Carolina troops seized Forts Caswell and Johnson. 1862 Slavery abolished in the dis trict of Columbia. 1863 Admiral Porter ran the Con- Absolutely PU RL Te ony taking powder made from Royal Grape Cream of Tartar Royal does not contain phosphatic acid (which is the product of 'bones digested . in sulphuric acid) or alum (which is one-third sulphuric acid), unhealthful substances adopted for other baking powders because of their cheapness. HE HASN'T HAD A DRINX FOR 75 YEARS CALIFORNIA MAN IS PERHAPS THE OLDEST PROHIBITION 1ST ON EARTH. CHICAGO, April 16.-The eponim of the far famed Clark Street is in town. Ie is William O. Clark of Dry-town, Amador County. Cal., is the oldest prohibitionist on earth, be ing 92 years old. has not had a drink of intoxicating liquors in 7S years and after a trip up and down his former favorite thoroughfare, remarked that Now it seems to be pretty well ir rigated." Mr. Clark is visiting his only son, H. O. Clark. He saysthis ts the first time he has seen Chicago since they used to call it Skunk Village. His father, he declares, owned the territ ory on both sides of which it is down- . r,- f . , , town viar oircci, uui sow u long before the big jump in land values came. At Prohibition headquarters he said: "I signed the pledge 77 years ago and I haven't let a drop pass my lips from that time to this. I had not been a drinker before that, mind you. I just signed up because that was the way my folks had been doing for six or eight generations. Its my exper ience that in order to get a real good prohibitionist you've got to start 200 years back. Get the right kind of ancestors and posterity will take care of itself." Mr. Clark attended the meeting of the Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of Good Templars in 1869, which resulted in the formation of the National Prohibition party. He was chairman- of the World's Temperance Congress that met in Independence Hall, Philadelphia, in 1876. While he was not battling with the "demon rum" Mr. Clark was fighting indians. He served in Captain Sis son's Company, Illinois Volunteers in the Black Hawk war, and today is the only survr, v; of that organization which contained over 100 men. Twen ty four years after the close of that war he applied for a pension. It was granted in May 1906. LAY CORNER STONE. STARKVILLE, Miss., April 16. VVith interesting ceremonies and in the presence of a large gathering of students and visitors, the corner stone was laid today for the new ad ministration building and chapel of the' Mississippi Agricultural and Me chanical College. The ceremonies were conducted under the auspices of the Mississippi Grand Lodge of Ma sons, with Grand Master Wiley H. Clifton of Aberdeen presiding. President W. O. Thompson of Ohio State University delivered the educational address. Other speakers were President J. C. Hardy of the Mississippi A. and M. College, and Hon. Wiley N. NasH of Starkville, former attorney general. The new administration building and chapel will be named in honor of Lieut. Gen. Stephen D. Lee, who was the first president of the college. federate batteries at Vicksburg. 1865 Columbus, Ga., coptured by the Federals under Gen. Wilson after a severe contest. 1867 Rt. Rev. John Timon, first Roman Catholic bishop of Buffalo, died. Born Feb. 12, 1797. 1894 James M. Harvey, ex-Governor of Kansas, died at Junction City, 1897 International Copyright Con gress began its sessions in Paris. "THIS IS MY 42nd BIHTHDAY." Wilbur Wright, the elder of the two brothers who have achieved world-wide fame as a result of their successful inventions and experi ments with the aeroplans, was born near Millville, Ind., April 16, 1867. Both of the brothers received their education in the public schools of Dayton, Ohio, where their father was located as a bishop of the United Brethren in Christ. In early child hood the brothers are said to have been keenly interested in kite flying, but not until 1896 did they begin ser ious, study of the subject of aviation. In 1900 they had perfected their plans for an aeroplane and soon after they settled down to real tests on the sand hills of Eastern North Carolina. Their first machine was not up to expectation. By 1902 they had im proved their machine so that they could remain up in the air a minute at a time. In 1903 they built the first heavier than air machine that had ever raised itself by its own pow er with a man in it. In 1906 they gave their first public exhibitions. Last year Wilbur Wright went to France and at Le Mans he made a series of flights that easily beat all records in aviation. Seventy Years Old. Ebenmatism and neuralgia yield thil pain to Perry ltevis' Painkiller so da strains, burns, bruisi. It euna colds, colic, liiirrliu:a. For fM-venty wars it hue been d'iiii good. If it's um a curly miffning in nsvtii aud dsn;," r avoided. A 35 cent tot tld U t'i hi v ,izp ; but a 59 cent bottle b really the chi.'iitxtft it bolda w much mort. NOTES FROM LABOR WORLD. A clookmakers' union was recently organized in San Frnncisto. Kfforts are heing made to unioniie the brewery men in El Paso, Tex Sixteen hundred men employed in the collie rie at Aberaman, Wales. are locked out. The Order of Railroad Telegraph ers will hold its annual convention at Atlanta. Ga., on May 10. Corbin, Ky, boasts of one of the largest organizations of railroad men ....... : - . . . e in ncmuiKy, u not in ine sou ill. The Gas Workers' Union at Sacra mento, Calif., has, applied to become affiliated with the State Federation of Labor. The San Francisco Journeymen Stone Cutters" Union has under con sideration a proposition to establish a sick nenetit tund. The Hotel and Restaurant Employ es' International Alliance will hold its annual convention at Minneapolis. Minn., on May 10. A union of hard solderers of New York has been organixed recently and has adopted the name of Independent International Union of Hard Solder ers. ,'. ,"" , Many pastors in Brooklyn, N. Y., have promised to help the grocery clerks of New York in their move ment for a shorter workday and Sun day closing. A dispute has arisen in a section of employes in the lace trade in Notting ham. England, which, it is feared, may lead to an extended strike among them. , The cigar makers, by a referendum vote, have decided to levy an asses sment for the purpose of creating a fund to advertise the union blue label at the Alaska-Yukon-Paciik Exposit ion. Last month's report of the British Operative Cotton Spinners shows that the iinitel membership was 18,919, or nearly 19.000 all told. There was a gain during that month of 202 and of L4.W during the past year. The returns of the chief factory inspector show that the fatal accident rate among nut and bolt workers in Pennsylvania during the past ten years was 5-4 per. 1000, against 43 per 1.000 in miscellaneous steel and iron work. A co-operative company has been organized by workingmen of Brook lyn. N. Y. The name of the company is the Brooklyn Mechanics Co-Oper ative Company, and the announced object of it is, "to start operations for mutual benefit. The Italian "National Providential Fund for' Old and Invalid Workmen" was initiated ten years ago, and in 1900. the first year of its actual opera AGAIN A! AGAIN CAN'T BE REPEATED TOO OFT EN THAT DIAPEPSIN WILL CURE WOULDN'T SUFFER A MOMENT Merely a Matter of Getting Started on Diapepsm When Your Stomach Trouble Will be Over. With Dia pepain Stops Fermentation and Re stores the Digestive Juices. Miserable indeed is the man or woman whose digestive system is unstrung who goes to the table and can not eat or what little is eaten seems to fill them and lays like a lump of lead in the stomach, refusing to digest. If you, dear reader, suffer this way and will put on your wraps now and get from your Pharmacist a SO-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin and eat one 22-grain Triangule after your next meal you would appreciate, five min utes later, how long you suffered un necessarily. There will be no more indigestion no misery in the stomach no sour risings or Belching of Gas, no Heart burn, Flatulency or Eructations of undigested food and acid or feeling of Nausea, Fullness, Headache or other -ymptoms of a weakened Stomach. Stomach trouble and Indigestion vanish like snow before the blazing sun. When Diapepsin works your Stom ach rests gets itself in order. Dia pepsin purifies and sweetens a sour tomach and freshens the intestines without the use of Laxatives, and what is more, it increases the gastric jriccs. This is what your stomach is begging for more and better diges tive juices. This is what makes you hungry and want to eat and you can rest assured what you then eat will be taken care of properly and not left in the storn.-ich to ferment and turn to gas and acid, and poison the breath with nauseous odors. Get a SO-cent case from your drug gist now you ought to have Diapep sin about the house always. Should one of your family eat something which docs not agree with him or her, or for a Sour Stomach or Exces sive Gas, one triangule will always give immediate relief. , Ei! york run in , DARING RESCUES MORE THAN TEN ARE SPEC' TECULARLY TAKEN'FROM . BLAZING BUILDING. NEW YORK. Anril 16.-Mor than ten spectacular rescues were made bv firemen earlv toils v durinir ' -- j 4 m a blnte iu a six story tenement house at 204 6 East 105 thStreet. So far a is known, all the tenants escaped in safety. Durinir the work on the lad ders. Deputy Chief Callahan fell to tne street ana was injured, though not necessarily fatallv. He wn taken to a hospital. The fire started in a laundry on the ground Boor. A number of horses in the cellar swere burned to death. tion, 11,000 persons became subscrib ers, since which date their number has increased to nearly 300,000. The Chicago Federation of Labor has expelled all the locals of the Amalgamated Woodworkers' union. The drnstic action was the result of a bitter fight for jurisdiction between the woodworkers and the carpenter in which the latter charged that union woodworkers had taken the places'of carpenter who had gone on a strike. A war between the two unions is now considered imminent. KNOX BELOIT DEBATE. GALESni'RG, 111, April 16.-The debating team of Rcloit College is here for the annual intercollegiate contest wiih Knox this evening The question chosen for debate is "Re solved. That a system of asset cur rency under Federal control should be adopted in the United States." Bcloit has the affirmative and Knox the negative side of the question. During the spring every one would be benefitted by taking Foley'i Kid ney Remedy. It furnishes a needed tonic to the kidneys after the extra strain of winter, and it purifiei the blood by stimulating the kidneys, and causing them to eliminate the impuri ties from it. Foley'i Kidney Rem edy imparts new life and vigor. Pleasant to take. Owl Drug Store, T. F. Laurin, Nature provides bst one CALIFORNIA It it the natural winter home of many thou sands of the world'i best people. Under the gentle influence of its . mild winter climate, every amusement and recreation abounds, bathing, boating, fish ing, driving; aucb pic nics, parties and "Jolli- - fications." :C0 TO: Los Angeles, Paio Roblei Hot Springs, Hotel del Monte, San ta Barbara, San Diego, - Santa Monica, Venice, Long Beach, Santa Cruz, or a icore of similar resorta and yoa will find health, c6n genial lurroundings, hospitable associates, faultiest accommoda tion! and numberlen attractioni and con venience!. The0.R.(aN.Co. CONNECTING WITH : The Southern Paciilc Co. Maket inexpensive round trip excursion ratet to Cal ifornia. A six months stopover ticket Portland to LosAngeles and return is $55.00 Corresponding ratet are in effect to other points. We have tome very distinc tive literature covering Cali fornia's winter resorts, and will take pleasure in giving you all of the information and assistance at our com mand, For tickets, sleeping; car reser vations, etc., call on, t' graph, or write. WM. McMURRAY, Gen. Pa! Agt Portland, Oregon, NEW PERFECTION Wick Glue Flame Oil Cook-Stove The ASTORIA S COLUMBIA RIVER R. R. Will sell cheap round trip excursion tickets to Denver May 17th, July 1st aud August nth On June and & 3rd, July and & Jjrd audi Auguat ittb and lath, very low round trip rates will be made to St. ' Paul, Uuluth, Omaha, Kansas City, St. Louis, Chicago and'all eastern points, Through Rll'and Steamship tickets sold to ;'all parts of s the world. For full'particulars call or address O. B. JOHNSON, Gen'l Agent A. &;C.R. R. 12th 8L. near Commercial 8t ASTORIA. OREOON. SCOW BAY BH ASS & AMTOH1A, OICF.UON Iron and Bran Foder$, Up-to-Data SawiruH Mackaswa tltt- and Franklin Ave. Joha Faa, Pres. F. L Biahop, Kelson Troyer, ASTORIA IRON WORKS . DESIGNERS AND MANUFiCTURERS OF THE LATEST IMPROVED ... Canning Machinery, Marine Ehgines and Boilers COMPLETE CANNERY Corrwipondence Solicited. THE TRENTON First-Class Liquors and Cigars t Corner Commercial and 14th. Sherman Transter Co. HINRY SHERlf AN, Manager. Hacks, Carriage! Biffige Checked and Transferred -Trurki aid Furniture Wat-one Fianot Moved, Boxed and Shipped. 413 Commercial Street . Uia Phee l TRANSPORTATION. The "K" tine Steamer - Lurlinc Night Boat for Portland ant Way Landings. Lcavet Astoria dally except Sunday at 7 p. m. Leavea Portland Dally Except Sunttj at 7 a. j. Landing Astoria Flavel Wharf Landing Portland Font Taylor 8 J. J. DAY, Agent Phone Main 276 MISCELLANEOUS. Plate Racks, Wall Pockets, Music Racks Clock Shelves Just in See us Hildebranl & Gor Old Bee Hive Bldg. w Have You a Summer Stove? The stifling air of close kitchen it changed W comfortable coolm-na by ' installing a New Perfec tion Wkk Blue Flam Oil Coolt-Stova to doth family cooking. No kitchen furnishing li o convenient at this itov. Gives a working heat at one, and maintains it until turned our that, too, without overheating lb loom. Th la built with a CABINET TOP )u like a te4 rang. It it the mott convenient sieve ever mtde, indU almMt lntlitptnitble totmnmor comfort, tnm III powerful human) to lis handy raeka fur tewJi It U limply PERFECTION. Three liMt. Caaba had either with or without Cibliicl Top, At yowt dwWr, or wtlM our Rrrt iftncr. 'O Lamp XZrs homof urtdihln uid Im a cliar, aowerfut light MeeMntoihit than ne i1m trlcltf . Safe rywhe anTalwivi. Made of bos Rnlr nickel pltfdjH (he thing for tht lUlng-iM. If not with your dU, write qui iwartii agency. BTANBAID OIL COMPANY .w Land anil Marine Engineers. Prompt attention given to all repair work. Tel. Main 2441 Sec Astoria Savings Treat Vict - Prea. and Supt OUTFITS FURNISHED. Foot of Portii Street 1 mm 83 Commercial Street ASTORIA, OREOON I DENTISTS, TEETH OUR PRICES Silver Fillings 50c up Gold Fillings $1.00 op Porcelain Filllngi $1.50 22-Karat Gold Crowns ,..$5.00 Logan Crown $3,00 Enamel Crown ,.$5.00 Bridge Work, per tooth $5.00 Fine Set of Teeth ...$10.0Q Have secured the tervices of Dr. Fred E. Casey, sn expert in Crown and Bridgework. 3 I Witt "Dltt Over Danziger's Store. Office Hours: 8:30 a. m, to 6 p. m.; j Sunday, 10 a. m to 12 m.j Evening Work by Appointment. Lady attend ant A binding guarantee given with all work for 10 years. S