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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-13
Disgusting Bill Boards Will Soon
Be a Thing Of Past in Astoria.
DEMAND UNANIMOUS
The Women OF Astoria Pleased With
the Policy Of the Astorian and
Commend the Actions Of the
Common Council.

Several communications have beer
received at the Astorian Office COM
mending the course of the paper and
the actions Of the common council rel
ative to the bill board nuisance. In
the communications instances are cited
where accidents have occurred which
have never been published. Several
ladies have indorsed the actions OF the
common council in their efforts to re-
move the unsightly bill boards from
OF the public thoroughfores. Probab-
y no class Of people have been as much
annoyed as the women. not only on ac-
count Of the dirt and filth washed of
the boards on the sidewalks, but the
character Of the advertisements that
have been posted on them. The nude
In art may be all right in art galleries
but when disgusting advertisements
are displayed where they can be seen
by children they are not calculated to
inspire the rising generation with
thoughts of morality and decency.
There is not city in the United
States where bill boards are allowed.
Public sentiment in the east has been
educated up against them. resulting
in their removal. One Of the principal
objections against the bill board nuis-
ance is the demoralizing advertise
ments that are posted on them. The
concerns that send out this class of ad-
vestisements have no regard for the
morals Of the youth OF the land, as
long as they can sell their nostrums
The ownsers of bill board care little
about the effect upon society, so long
as they can reap a harvest from bill
board advertising.
Many other objections are urged by
the people of Astoria against the bill
board nuisance the principal one being
that when the rain washes off the ad-
vertisements they lay all over the side |
walks making travel both dangerous
and annoying. Ladies' skirts drag
through the filth, and many times they
are compelled to walk in the streets to
avoid the nuisance The common coun- |
Gil is determined to eradicate the nuis-
ance. and it is very probable that two
ordinances win be introduced. One de-
claring all bill boards a nuisance and |
providing for their removal, and an
other raising the bill posters license
to $50 per month. The latter method
will probably be the most effective. as
there can be no contest over what con-
stitutes a nuisance and the law can
become operative at once. This will
do away with posting immoral adver-
tisements. and in the mean time. the
nuisance ordinance can be enforced and
the boards removed from the public
In their efforts to elm
mate this disgusting nuisance. the
common council will have the hearty
cooperation of everyone in Astoria
with the single exception of the owner
Of the bill boards.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-13
Weekly Astorian.

Commencing January 13 the Semi
Weekly Astorian will eb discontinued
and the Weekly Astorian issued in
place of it. This is made necessary on
account Of the question Of legality Of
legal notices published and the re-
fusal OF the postoffice department to
deliver semi weekly and daily news
papers by carrier, which is prohibited
by the postal regulations. The Weekly
Astorian will contain the same matter
as has been published in the semi
weekly, and will be the best weekly
newspaper published in Clatsop coun-
ty.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-13
CONDITIONS IN METAL.
Pig Iron Trade Is Brisk This Month
and Business Good.


Cleveland, Jan. 12-The Iron Trade
review this week says:
The usual January quietness of the
iron market is substantially unbroken.
Inquiries for pig iron for pipe found
ries are an exception to the rule, one
company's option covering 10000 tons,
and round sales are expected this week.
The pig iron output Of the United
States Steel Corporation is now great
er than at any time. OF all furnaces
using Lake Superior ores and reporting
to the Bessemer Big Iron Association,
s6 per cent Of the capacity was active
on January /, as against rs per cent
on December and As per cent on
January /. 1904.
Railway buying has not been as
large thus far as it was expected to
be but the program Of railroad finan-
ing has not developed for 1905, so that
further time may elapse before mill
schedules are affected.
Bridge work, it is believed, will be
on a scale much larger than in 1904,
IL plans already we'll along are not in
terrupted.
The real business of the week has
included 10000 tons closed in the Chi
cago district, but the trade still waits
for much of the large tonnage that
was talked of two months ago as Ger
tain to be placed when the price for
1905 was announced
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-13
Only a Tramp.

New York, Jan. 12.-The steamer re-
ported ashore at Fire island this morn
ing is sugar laden tramp Indus with a
crew of rs men. She carried no pas
sengers. Efforts were made all day to
float her without success, and at mid
night tonight, she is still fast on the
bar with little prospect of being float
ed before high tide tomorrow.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-13
Coast Freezes Up.

Vancouver, Jan. 12.-For the first
time in many years, the salt water in
the inlets and bays along the British
Columbia coast are frozen over.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-01-13

Our annual sale is the talk of the
town-patrons have been waiting for
it-don't miss It; come early. c. H.
Cooper, the leading house Of Astoria.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23

Inc clocks would run about as long as 1t
TOOK the aforesaid woman to get out OF
the building. or down on the next floor,
wnere she was safe from persuit and
then 1t baked worse than Maud" the
mule that occupies much space in the
iunny papers. 1t would not run at all.
Inc new owners stood the clocks on
thelr heads, turned them over on their
backs like turtles, stood them UP on the
where she was safe from pursuit and
all OF no avail. One man finally succeed
ed In getting his clock to run an extra
nVe minutes by throwing it at life in
surance agent, but his friend next door
made big dent in the wall with his clock
without getting ''ticlx' out of 1t.
The purchasers were not the only ones
fooled by the clocks. The janitors found
them and tried to get at least one of the
number to run some" but they all re-
fused. They were finally dumped into
the trash boxes and the negroes who
drive the trash wagons made the third
and last attempt to get the clocks to run
but there was strictly nothing doing.
In the ash dumps many weary blocks
from the original place of purchase the
negroes who scratch for what they can
find thought that they had indeed made
a find" but they were doomed to the
disappointment that followed the efforts
of the others to get those clocks to run.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23
THESE PREMIUM CLOCKS
RUN ONLY SHORT TIME

The story in The Age-Herald Of yes
terday morning about the man and woman
selling subscriptions to magazines without
authority has brought to light another
feature of the enterprising methods of
the woman.
It seems that Mrs Raymont, as she
was known, made speciality of the First
National, the woodward and the Title
Guarantee buildings, and she offered
special inducements to the occupants Of
these buildings to get them to subscribe
to the Delineator.
The inducement was in the shape OF a
clock guaranteed to run. to wake the
owner up at any time of night or day.
and to be the finest and handsomest
prize ever offered by a magazine in its
subscription department.
The magazine did not appeal to many
men in the office building, but the clock
clinched many bargain, and Mrs. Ray
mont raked In many a dollar subscrip-
ton on the strength of the timepiece In
several instances the clocks were left in
the offices when the subscription was
paid, but in many others the promise OF
the clock was all that was left.
Those who received the clocks are but
little better off than those who did not.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23
Circuit Court.

CIRCUIT OOuTls
FIRST DIVISION-Judge Dan A. Greene
presiding:
Arguments will be made in the Dave
Laws case tday and the case will pass
into the hands of the jury for consider
alton. Arguments are to be made py
Assistant Solicitor j. B. Arid and Capt.
Frank S. White for the state, and B. M.
Allen and Jesse F. Stallngs for the de-
Tense. The state will have the opening
and the close.
Laws is charged with killing Neill Null
Inns at Ensley on the night of March .
last year in the saloon of the former.
The taking of testimony was completed
Saturday night at $50 o'clock, Judge
Greene having decided to hold night
session, so that the dockets set for trial
this week would not be materially in
terferred with.
Judge Greene is scheduled to preside
in the second division of the criminal
court this week and all cases set for trial
in that division today will be continued to
b, reset When the Laws case Is COM
pIeted Judge Samuel L. Weaver Will pre-
side in the first division.
Several important capital cases are set
for trial today but they may necessarily
have to be continued to be reset. The
trial of A. ]. Mothershed, who is charged
with killing ]. H. Hamrick by shooting
him with a pistol at the corner OF the
Woodward building one night last winer
IS set for trial today. The judges may
decide to hold two sections of the first
division today.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23
ONE OF THESE MEN MAY
BECOME THE CHANCELLOR

The vacancy in the chancellorship OF
the Northwestern chancery division of
Alabama caused by the death of Judge
John ]. Altman has already awakened
interest as to whom the Governor will
appoint to fill the position.
When Judge Altman was taken Ill, Act
ing Governor Cunningham appointed A.
H. Benners of Birmingham Friday to dis
charge the duties of the office during
Judge Altman's physical disability. With
the death of Judge Altman this appoint
ment of the Governors lapses. 1t Will
now be necessary to appoint perma-
nent successor OF Judge Altman
Who this appointee will be was a sub
ject Of a good deal of speculation among
politicians last night Three men are
mentioned prominently for the office.
These are A. H. Benners, the temporary
appointee; Sterling A. Wood and Frank
Deedmeyer.
Judge Benners' supporters say that in
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23
THE LEGAL RECORD.


No. 14474-Mary A. Harrington. admin
istratrix, etc. VS.. Little Cahaba Gal
company; damages. Attorneys. Frank s.
White & Sons; Bradley and Morrow.
No 1465S-W. H. Carney, administrator,
vs. Sloss Sheffield Steel and Iron COM
pany; damages. Attorneys, Anderson
and Rowe and A. o. Lane; Tillman,
Grub. Bradley and Morrow.
No. 146s-Terrence A. Fairburn pro ami
VS.. Pioneer Mining and Manufacturing
company and Republic Iron and Steel
company; damages. Attorneys, ]. T. Clio
YER John McQueen Campbell e. Walker.
No. 11S24-McConnell & Whatley VS.. A.
B. Keys; assumpsit Attorneys, L. K.
Dickey; Ferguson and Mothershed.
Today's docket In second division:
No. 11724-Paul w. Linebarger VS.. Israel
and Laura Townsend; assumpsit. Attor-
neys. Garrett, Underwood and Thaeh;
b. M Allen.
No. 12299LMiles L. Stone VS.. Southern
Railway company; damages. Attorneys,
Bowman and Harsh; Smith and Wealth
erly.
No. 13072-George Parks vs. Louisville
and Nashville railroad; damages. Attor-
neys, Ward & Drennen: w. I. Grub.
No. 13S16-Amos Horton vs. Western
Union Telegraph company; damages. At
torneys, Z. M. Allen; Campbell &c Walker.
No. 15S0S-William Dawson VS.. Birming-
ham Railway. Light and Power company
damages. Attorneys. Bowman. Harsh &
Beddow; Hugh Morrow.
No. 14575-Parthemia Williams, admin
istratrix, VS.. Alabama Great Southern
Railroad company; damages. Attorneys
John w. Altman; A. G. Smith.
No. 14S79-Emily Barnett VS.. Birming-
ham Railway. Light and Power company;
damages. Attorneys, Weaver & Washing
ton; Hugh Morrow.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23
REiIEARsING SACRED MUSIC
Arranging Programme of Brilliant
Religious Works.

The sacred music festivol to be given
at the Bijou Sunday afternoon, February
10, for the benefit of the O'Reilly monu-
ment fund, promises to be grand event.
There will be a chorus of sixty or seven
ty voices and an orchestra of twenty
five pieces, all under the direction of
Phil Memoli.
Mr. Memoli conducted rehearsals yes
terday afternoon-one with the orchestra
early in the afternoon, and one with the
chorus later In the afternoon.
The programme will include two or
chestra numbers, and the following chorus
numbers with orchestral accompaniment:
Gounods st, Cecilia mass.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23

as much as he was thought to be salts
factory as a temporary appointee he will
be acceptable to the Governor to hold
the office throughout the term.
Mr.. Wards friends who are numerous
and active. state that he is well qualified
for the position and would make sue
cessful chancellor.
Mr.. Deedmeyer's name has been men
toned as that of a most painstaldng law
yer who would be acceptable to the bar
and to the community.
It is unanimously agreed that no matter
who is appointed Chancellor, John w.
Altman, the son of the late Chancellor
will be retained as register throughout
the term Of office for which his father
was elected. A petition will be circulated
today by the Mayor and Board OF Alder
men and by the Jefferson County Bar
association, requesting that the Governor
in appointing the new Chancellor, Insist
that Register Altman be kept in office.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23
JOHN B. KNOX ABLY
DEFENDS THE SOUTH
A Great Lawyer Discusses a
Question of Interest
REDUCED REPRESENTATION
In an Article Printed in The Outlook,
President of Alabama Constitution
al Convention States convinc-
lnely the Souths Position.

John B. Knox of Admission, who pre-
sided over the constitutional convention
of Alabama and who is recognized
throughout the state and the union as a
philosophic thinker, as well as pro
found lawyer, contributes to the latest
issue of the Outlook an interesting and
convincing article entitled Reduction OF
Representation in the South
In commenting on Mr.. Knox's article
the Outlook, which is edited by DR.. by-
man Abbott and DR.. Hamilton Wright
Mabie. says:
Outlook Commends Article.
The article by Mr.. Knox of Alabama
printed on another page, respecting the
proposal to reduce the representation OF
southern states, answers two questions
which have been sometimes effectively
put by the advocates of this measure.
One question is, How can Congress do
otherwise than make such reduction
since the language Of the fourteenth
amendment Is mandatory: when the
right to vote is denied to any of the male
inhabitants of such state except
for crime, the basis of repre-
sentation therein shall be reduced 1t
IS said that the right to vote is certainly
denied to the illiterate and the thriftless
in certain southern states, whether on
account of their color or not. To this
Mr.. Knox answers. in effect, that at
taching to the ballot a condition prece-
dent. which 1t is possible for the citizen
to comply with, Is not the same thing as
denying the ballot to the citizen. TO
say that he cannot vote until he learns
TO read is not the same as saying that
he cannot vote. 1t must be said OF this
contention that 1t clearly is not a case
of mere special pleading, since in support
of it is cited so excellent a constitutional
authority as Judge Cooley
Mr.. Knox's citation is from Judge
Cooley's "6Principles of Constitutional
Law page POP, edition of 1895 Judge
Cooley was a northerner. anu the principle
was enunciated by him six years ago
before, therefore, the present question
had become a serious question in prac-
teal politics The other question asked
IT, what remedy is there for the inJus-
tice inflicted, both on the colored citizen
and on other states by allowing state
no refuse the suffrage to intelligent and
thrifty colored men, as admittedly Is
sometimes done except to refuse the state
permission to count such excluded citizens
in making out its proportionate represen-
tation?" The answer is that the coloreed
citizen who finds his constitutional right
ITO vote denied to him should do what any
other citizen should do, appeal to the
courts of his own state for redress; and
the case which Mr.. Knox cites indicates
that he would not make the appeal in
vain Certainly the other states are not
10 assume that the appeal would be in
vain until the experiment has been made
Both these answers are very clearly and
cogentiy put by Mr. Knox, and we COM
mend his answers to the careful con-
sideration of our readers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23
OLD DOMINION TELEGRAPH.
Last Evidences of Pool Room Gone
Bar and Billiards.

The last evidences In Birmingham of
the Old Dominion Telegraph company,
which opened in the face of the law and
sold pools on the races has disappeared,
and the quarters the company occupied
in the Morris hotel are being converted
into bar and pool and billiard parlors.
The transformation was started several
days ago, and a handsome bar and bill
lard parlors will be opened within few
weeks.
The Old Dominion company had the two
rooms on the first floor of the Morris
opening on Morris avenue and Nineteenth
street, which Is one of the best corners
In the city for such business as was con-
Quoted, but the crusade commenced by
the police against the company and the
action of the telegraph companies in re-
fusing to send out race news effectually
closed up the place. and since that time
the room has been vacant.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23
Criminal Court.

Judge A. A. Coleman, presiding
Juries will be organized in the circuit
court this morning and the docket taken
up.
No 114-Ida Oldham, Administrative, VS..
Southern Railway company; damages. At
torneys, Bowman, Harsh &c Beddow.
No. 14937-Nannie S. Brook VS.. War
Smiley company; damages. Attorneys,
Lane g. White; w. II. benson.
No. 14434-Glenn Foster vs. Wallace
Gregory Bros appeal by defendant. At
torneys, Kerr & Haley; Thompson &
Thompson.
No. 1O59-w. P. Halter VS.. Birmingham
Railway, Light and Power company
damages Attorneys Bowman. Harsh d
Beddow; Hugh Morrow.
No. 1699-R B. Nichols VS. Tennessee
Coal, Iron and Railroad company; dam
ages. Attorneys, Frank s. White & Sons;
Walker Percy.
No. 1701-R. B. Nichols vs. Alabama
Consolidated Coal and Iron company;
damages. Attorneys Frank S. White IL
Sons Walker, Tillman. Campbell & Nor
row.
No. 162s-Grover C. Nibletts pro ami vs..
Birmingham Railway, Light and Power
company; damages, Attorneys Staliings,
CASTOR & NeSmlth; Hugh Morrow.
No. 600-Josie G. Kennedy vs. Charles
A. Jones; ejectment. Attorneys, B. M.
Allen; Cabaniss & Weakley.
No. 1e5S-W. D. Stillwell VS.. Anna L..
Powell appeal by defendant. Attorneys,
d. !. Poncelor; r. II. Fries.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23
ALL READY FOR BIG
AUTOMOBILE MEET
WORLDS CHAMPIONS WILL CON-
PETE FOR MASTERY ON THE
FAMOUS FACING COURSE OF
oRMoNDE, FLA.

Hotel Ormonde. Ormonde. Fla. Jan. %
Only few minor details remain to be ar
ranged for tomorrow, and all will be in
readiness for the third annual interna-
tional worlds championship meet which
begins Tuesday on the world-renowned
automobile racing course.
w. j. Morgan, the chief promoter of
this meet. reached here from New York
this afternoon. Mr.. Morgan held a con-
ference with the officers of the florida
East Coast Automobile association and
the officials of the course, including Pres
ident Edward NJ. Steik, Secretary John
B. Parkinson and Official Weighmaster
j. H. Allen. The men who will act in Of
fetal capacities during the meet are w.
c. Temple. referee, and Sir Thomas De-
war, M. p; Associate Judge Johnson. s.
A. Mills. Colonel Weir. August Sinclair.
Frederick r. Plat. Ira Payne. T. E.
Bond. Charles H. Hyde and J. H. Hatch
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23
We are the people
to buy them from
in any quantity,
wholesale or retail.
GODDEN'S SEED
STORE,
20lS First Avenue.
Seed
Potatoes

loaded with cotton from the British
steamship Andania, wrecked on the Ba-
hama reef, and was returning to this
port.
She sprung leak so large that the
pumps could not keep up with the inflow
of water The crew escaped in their
boats and were picked up by the British
steamship Penrith Castle and landed at
Sand Key. The Volunteer was a spong-
ing schooner of twenty-four tons burden,
and was manned by crew of negro
sponSers.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23
"DIRT DEFIES THE KING" THEN
SAPOLIO
rs GREATER THAN ROYALTY ITSELF

away Times. S. NJ. Butler. A. L. Nc
Murty, John C. Kerrison, Frank Mudd.
Starter and clerk of the course, C. H. Gill
lett; assistants d. H. Lewis. Asa Good
ard, A. F. Robinson and Harry H. Munty.
Official scorers. A. Sampson, Jr., John
Peters. Arthur Motion. ]. F. Hathaway.
George A. Banker and Al Reeves.
Reception committee, c. G. Burgoyne,
Charles A. Young. John B. Moore, Peter
Sims, John Anderson and G. R. Oliver.
Entertainment committee, O. G. Ludwig,
]. d. Price, A. r. Streeter. George B.
Foot and Frank Bond.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23
ADJUSTMENTS
erosion Clarke.

Creston Clarke will appear this after
noon and tonight at the Jefferson theatre
In Monsieur Beaucaire," comedy ro-
nance of the most refined type. The play
preserves the best traditions of the stage
and Is singularly well adapted to exploit
the artistic talents OF Mr.. Clarke VINO
is a son Of John Sleeper Clarke and
nephew of Edwin Booth
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23
SCHOONER Is SUNK.
Crew of Vessel Is Saved by Getting
Away in Lifeboat.

Key West. Fla, January 22.-The
schooner Volunteer was sunk in the Gulf
a few days ago. The Volunteer was
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-01-23
CITY Court of Birmingham.

Judge Charles w. Ferguson will pre-
side In the first division and Judge
Charles A. Sem in the second division of
the city court of Birmingham this week.
Today's docket in first division:
No. l5O07-John Cooke, administrator VS..
the Birmingham Railway, Light and
Power company; damages. Attorneys,
Ieadbeater and Johnston, Bowman,
Harsh and Beddow, Stallings and CASTOR,
p. H. Moore; Hugh Morrow.
No. 14693-The Chicago Portrait company
VS.. N w. Robbins and ]. Sellers ct al. (;
damages Attorneys. w. X. Brown, A. S.
c. Amason; Frank S, White & Sons
No 14472-A. Gordon VS.. ]. H. Wallace,
Birmingham Dry Goods company ct al.
damages Attorneys, Banks and Sell
heimer; Rudolph and Hoddleston and
this question to the test. In the county
of Limestone in this state a negro who
had fought in the Union army claimed the
right to register under what is commonly
designated as the grandfather clause in
the temporary plan of the new constitu-
ton OF Alabama The right was denied
by the registrars in that county, where
upon he appealed to the circuit court un-
der provision of the constitution author
izing such appeal without cost by any
person whose right is denied. In that
court his right was passed upon by a
jury composed entirely of white men. The
court and jury upheld his right to vote.
and this right, upon an appeal prosecuted
by the registrars in the name of the state,
was sustained by the supreme court Of
Alabama.