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SUNDAY, MAY 16, m DAINTY LITTLE TOURIST REACHES Etf YORK All Hand Tailored. Mas the Union Label. HIE FAMOUS Established 1873. Fubiished Daily Except Mondajr by THE J. S. DELLINGER CO. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. By mail, per year.... By carrier, per month .$7.00 . .60 LADY BETTY BETTSWORTH, FIVE YEARS OLD. EN ROUTE. Guaranteed clothing THE MORNING ASTORIAN, ASTORIA, OREGON. v WEEKLY ASTORIAN. By mail, per year, in advance ... , . .$1.50 Entered as second-das matter J uly 30, 1906, at the postoftice at As toria, Oregon, under the act of Cong ress of March 3, 1879. Orders for the delivering of Th e Morning Astorian to either resi "dence or place of business may be made by postal card or through tele phone. Any irregularity in delivery 1 hould be immediately reported to the office of publication. TELEPHONE MAIN 661. THE WEATHER Oregon--Showers, southern portion Washington and Idaho Showers. ASTORIA WANTS TO KNOW. handling. The fact that the Standard Oil barge No. 91, is settling rapidly warmer in the I in the mud and that so far, it has been impossible to pump her out and put her 22,000 barrel of fuel oil where it will be safe and useable, create a problem that is full of menace to this city and its industries. The people of Astorta are patiently The expansive quality of her cargo awaiting the next and newest reason makes the danger grave and very im to be offered by the Trustees of the minent; for as she settles, that cargi Weinhard Estate, at Portland, for anlilce a rigid load that would settle not proceeding with the fine hotel w;th her, will be forced up and into they have projected here, and upon doser density that must find release which by way of site and foundations jn the bursting of her plates and the they have spent practically $20,000. easting of this enormous quantity of The financial slump that swept over cil out on the river and bay. to the the country was given, and accepted certain destruction of the fishing in as a cause for delay; the allegej dustry, the smearing and defacement necessity of the trust for additional ( 0f sfc!ps boats, whams and water means to the extent of $50,000, was front fixtures of all sorts, with the met by this city, with the proffer of ever present peril of a devastating a loan at 4 per cent, which was turn-'fire at ny time so long as it shall ed down; and the issues of the liquor- linger here. electoral matters in Portland was em-; Every prwaution should be taken, ployed to account for the further de- ,t once ,0 mimjfy these conditions lay in the work, and that has fallen ;and t0 sae ,he city rom the los$es to the ground by reason of the anni- incj,jent t0 it. It is difficult to say bilative discrepancies discovered in wBere. or how to begin, but there the petitions incident to the campaign shouId wav 0f meeting and and now the trustees are up against negating the danger that is menac it for another excuse that shalt have ;ng ns Tery yjy. That it has not rational weight with this people. Jtt trise doej no, preciude the tak When the pleas already submitted, in o every pos means t0 rt. as above outlined, are subjected to dce ft ,MSt effective rult. logical analysis, they are plausible j mioM o yOU wlmon now mak. enough, but hardly germain or acta- ing for the sea would he sarificed ally sound, and were tentatively ac- t0 ,he stuffi and the !arger fish would cepted here, because there was no not escape diminution. The tides desire on the part ot our people to would work it back and orth or urge the matter against the will or ma days and its marks wiu be found convenience or me parucs .me.. f woodwork with a . - e re . f I J . r Out tne cmei ene oi me .ong . rMch of them; ths the pr0$pect dubious delay has been to convince u Qne thjJt js disttlrbing( t0 say the Astonans mat tney too are parties ,eMt of and ,w o further dang interest ana to arouse tne conv.cuon ef ;n ,he case must lt(, tQ the that tney are ne.ng p.ayea wun; tna. act d u there is some ulterior object in view, J in the transaction of which this city ' Nob0dy can truthfully say that th must commit itself in some way to attorney$ ; the Haines case are over the Weinhard interest, betore we may king any of the fine emotional have the benefit of the new and hand- points. some hotel as an adjnnct to the pop-, nlar regimen here. The idea does We wonder if Judge McPherson not set well on the public mind, and would hold it to be contempt, or only the time is opportune for the resump- an abuse of privilege, if Congressman tion of the work on this improvement "Pat" Murphy should move for the which is deemed to be among the abolition of the subordinate federal most logical ano timely investments courts. that can be made in this section by anyone. The spectacle of a city of As a compromise measure it is pro 1S.000 population, without a first- posed to increase the tariff on clocked class hotel, and that city the distribut- hosiery and let the Dingley rates ing point for 50 coast resorts north stand on the ordinary kind. There is and south, within easy striking dis- always a happy medium in" commerce tance, and a center of rail and sea and statecraft. traffic, as to passengers, the whole year through, is one to invite the con- j Why the sultan didn't make a round cern of other investors than the dozen of the number of wives he took Weinhard people; but to prescript-, him into banishment can only be ive conditions set up here, by them, ' explained by the philosophy which in the shape of a project of which 1 sings that "There's luck in odd num one fifth of its total cost has already bers, says RORY O'MORE-" been spent has a deterrent effect on such other investments. Women have been impressed into The Weinhard people are standing the service of keeping the lid on Chi- in their own light by losing out on cago after 1 o'clock in the morning, one of the best investments they ever The idea seems to be in contravention made in a business way; they are in- of Chief Smith's recent opinion thzt juring the city by the senseless delay women should be in bed at that hour in supplying the most commanding unless pulled out of it under arrest, need of the place; they are acting as NEW YORK, May 15. With two; maids ot look alter her, with all the care and attention to whieh she is 'entitled by birthj the Honorable Betty j Betsworth, five-year-old, has arrived ' at the Hotel Netherlands from Mon- treal en route from' Liverpool to Colorado Springs. Manager Whit- taker had an automobile at the Grand ; Central station 'to meet her and the I nurses- A grand niece of the late 1 Col. North, the "nitrate king" who! left several millions in trust for her: sole use. the Honorable Betty showel that her every wish was law. Whe.i i she arrived at the hotel she told one i of the nurses she wanted a nice bigi room and some fruit and milk right; away. She had breakfast and lunch eon in the large dinlngroom. both nurses standing behind her chair and watching her. Any guest who at tempted to approach her was quietly warned away, the nurses saying they had been instructed not to let a single stranger near the child for an instant. The nurses said the Honor-; able Betty has never see her father. , Her mother died Just after she was born, while the father was absent in the Canadian Northwest. He is in-1 terested in an English corporation owning extensive mining claims and timber lands in Alaska and Canada : He will see his child at. her aunt's in Colorado Springs. a barrier ot other investors and crip pling the progress of the city; and what is more they are losing friends in Astoria daily by the "dog in the manger" policy they are pursuing. If the excavations and foundation pillars on the Twelfth street site are being held over this city as a club, for the exaction of liberal toll in the way of political concessions next year, It is time the people should know it and take steps accordingly; and it is also time that the trustees were apprised of the major determination here to resist any such juggling. We are not asking the Weinhard Estate to do anything they have not already stud ied out and practically endorsed; but we are asking them to or get out of the way of others who will do it. Astoria is tired of the palpable cinch. It is, at last, plainly apparent; and the Weinhards will lose far less by proceeding with their enterprise, than in nursing it as a "big stick", financially, politically, and commercially. , THIS DATE IN HISTORY." OIL PERIL IMMINENT. 1793 Edmund C Genet the Frencii minister, arrived at Philadelphia. 1824 Levi P. Morton, twenty-second Vice President of the United States, born. 1854 Santa Anna made a triumph al tntry into the City of Mexico. I860 Republican convention at Chicao nominated Abraham Lincoln wild Hannibal Hamlin. 1862 The Union gunboats repulsed at Fort Darling. 1866 President Johnson veoted the admission of Colorado as a State. 1873 Opening of the Montreal Ex- do business" po.s''lon- . . 185 Lnariotte Lusnman took farewell of the stage at the Globe Theater, Boston. 1889 Six hundred houses destroy ed in the great fire in Quebec. : 1875 Rt. Rev. Edward Patrick Allen consecrated as bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Mobile. Ala. 1907 Isaac Stephensen elected Senator in Wisconsin, ending five FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE. LONDON, May 15. Florence ' Nightingale, the heroine of the Crimea, entered upon her ninetieth year this week and was the recipient of congratulatory messages that came from nearly all parts of the world. For close on to fifty years the famous nurse has lived in quiet retirement in her home near Park Lane. For the ' last fifteen years she has been con fined to her bid the most of the time ; by illness. Born at Florence, of wealthy Eng-; fish parents, Miss Nightingale at the i age of twenty-two entered the institu Every gauueut bearing tins famous label is made in a Union shop, by "skilled Union workmen. No disease-breeding, sweatshop taint adheres to it light, airy shops, under the supervision of the State Factory Inspector, insure perfectly sanitary clothing, and as it is as important to the non-Union man as to the Union man, to know that the clothing he wears has been made under conditions which insure him against disease. ' , "Better Than Custom Made" The Union tailors are the best tailors, and the all-hand tailoring of this clothing adds the additional value of Superb Style. Superb Superb Fit Finish, if ? . v 1! ,u- -f j 11 'VvJ and lasting qualities never found in sweatshop clothing. SUITS, $10.00 to $25.00. COME AND SEE IT WHILE THE ASSORTMENT IS LARGE. EQUAL VALUES CANNOT BE OBTAIN ED ELSEWHERE. ...... Workingmen's Store. CHAS LARSEN; Proprietor, 5.18 Bond St. tion of Protestant Deaconesses at! NEWS AND NOTES OF SPORT. f the name of Ely who is touted as a Kaisermerth to be trained as a nurse. ! wonder. Ely's right wing is missing From there she went to the Sisters of j Patsey Haley is going to try his St. Vincent de Paul, Paris, to study puck again in the squared circle, there methods of nursing and hospital j Stanley Ketchel denies that he is management. In England, before she going to break away from Willus started for the Crimea, she reorgan-1 Britt. ized the Harley Street Hospital in ' Shortstop Bushi is doing some fine London, and on her return from the! fielding for Detroit, but is weak with good ball players who graduated from but that doesn't prevent him from playing his position at second base in line style, and what's more he can hit. The Cotton States League is no mort. lint there remains a bunch-of war in 18S6 she established training the stick. colleges for nurses at St. Thoma'sj- Adams and O'Connor should make and Kind's College Hospitals. Des-'a star battery for the Pittsburg Pi pile he great age and physical infirm- rates. ' ities her mind is still alert and active The outposts of the New York and she continues to follow modern development in the nursing profes sion with the keenest interest. GOVERNOR LEADS. DENVER, Col.. May 15-Gover-nor John F. Shafroth was last night named chairman of the committee to receive President Taft and other notable quests who will attend the trans-Mississippi Commercial Con gress which convenes here August 16. Plans more elaborate and extensive than ever before considered in con nection with a similar event had their inception last night at the meeting of the committee of 100 having in charge the entertainment feature for this congress. ! Highlanders are well guarded bv j Keeler, Engle and Cree. j The Hartford Connecticut League j team won nine of the first ttn games j of the season. "Stony" McGlynn is pitching win ning ball for the Milwaukee American Association team. The bout scheduled for July S be tween Rattling Nelson and Cyclone Thompson has been called off. A San Francisco fight promotor Is trying to arrange a contest between Sandy Ferguson and Al Kaufman. Perhaps a tank of oxygen under the Senators' bench would help Mr. Can tillon's bunch of well fed gentlemen. "Newark will take Washington's place in the American League next year," says a Newark scribe. Page 4, Article 11, Section 44, Dream Book '09. Jark Blackburn, who has been un der arrest in Philadelphia on a charge of killing a colored man, has been released on $300 bail. If the man who takes moving pictures would follow Umpire Buck- ley of the New England League he j voii!il get a swell view of a riot soon : er (it later. I "THIS IS MY 53RD BIRTHDAY." Charles M. Hays, one of the most prominent of American railway of ficials, was born in Rock Island, Il linois, May 16, 1856, and began hi career in 1873 as a clerk in the pas senger department of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad at St. Louis. From 1877 to 1884 he was secretary j When "Bad Bill" Dahlen made the to the general manager of the Mis-1 hit that won a recent game for Bos souri Pacific. In 1884 lie entered tlwlton from the Giants, Bill yelled to the little organization that will not allow the fans to forget the C. S. L Among the old Cotton States boys now with the National League are Raymond De Vore and Schlei with New York, Canmitz with Pittsburg, Reilly and Sallee with St. Louis and Oakes with Cincinnati. ANOTHER INSANE FAD. NEW YORK. May 13. Just one year ago he first tidings that the directoire was headed toward New York. Now comes the dressmaker who introduced the innovation, with another creation still more startling. When the wearer standi still it re- " OHIO PROHIBITION, sembles an ordinary party costume. The moment she moves it i quite dif-j TOLEDO,., May lS.-Scaborn ferent. What has seemed skirt Wright of Georgia, Rev. John Rut parts just above the knees and regu-; ledge of Cleveland and several other lar trousers are revealed. Just trou- men of national prominence in Anti- sers they make no pretense of being anything else. They measure thirty six inches around thebottom and reach to the shoe soles. COLORADO IN LINE. DENVER, May IS The Colorado Conservation Commission appointed an auxiliary to the National Commis sion opened a two days session at the state capitol Friday, Committees on permanent organizations and resolu tions were named at the opening ses sion and several papers were read re garding the conservation of the na tural resources of the slate. The committee is divided for and against the Rooscvelt-Pinchot policies and a lively contest is expected. Saloon work will take part in meet ings here tomorrow, when from thirty-six pulpits plant for voting Toledo and Lucas county dry will be discussed. The campaign thus begun will be continued through the week. There are nearly 600 saloons in Lucas county that would be closed if ths county should be voted dry. For a burn or scald apply Cham berlain's Salve. It will allay the pain almost instantly and quickly heal the inured parts. For sale by Frank Hart and Leading Druggists. The Morning Astorian contains full Associated, Press reports. The local news is unsurpassed. Delivered by carrier for 60 mils per month. , week's deadlock. There is a very ugly situation! nere, Drewing m wic .iuwcr nai uur nee, ( Morning Astorian, 60 cents one that needs extraordinarily careful month, delivered by carrier. per service of the Wabash Railroad and in lis7 he became general manager of the road and in 1894 he was elected vice president of the Wabash system For a brief period in 1901 Mr. Hays was president of the Southern Pacific Railway, but retired within a few months to accept his present position as vice president and general mana ger of the Grand Trunk Railway. M'r. Hays also holds the office of president of several of the subsidiary companies of the Grand Trunk sys tem, including the Grand Trunk-Pacific. The Morning Astorian contains full Associated Press reports. The local news is unsurpassed. Delivered by carrier for 60 cents per month. 'Rube" Marquard "Eleven thousand dollars worth of cheese." If the smallpox makes the players show the goods that Hal Chase has been displaying since he returned to the game it might be well for Roger Bresnahan to send his Cardinals to the pest-house. Evidently Billy Murray's Phillies need no benzoate of soda to keep them alive. So far this season the j Quakers have played the genuine printcd on-the-label kind of ball. It is said that Honus Wagner of the Pirates will receive a salary cf $15,000 for the present season. That ought to be good news to a number of circus people. 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