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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
"GuY FAwKEs" PLOT.
Gun Powser and Bombs Found in Fnan-
cial District.

NEW YORK. Dec. l4.--Rumors Of a
modern Guy Fawkes' plot spread rap
idly through Wall Street yesterday when
the fact was made known that barrel
Of gunpowder and more. tAan hundred
bombs or hand grenades had been found
in the very middle Of the financial dis.
trict. Workmen engaged in tearing out
the interior Of the old custom house dis
covered the mine, An apparently un-
used iron door was forced open and in
side, in closet, was found the explo.
sises. The customs authorities were no
tilted hut it was not until the Oldest
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15

PORTLAND. Dee. la.--Iouis w. Hill.
president Of the Great Northern Railroad
arrived In this city tonight. Lie declared
that within 90 days the North Bank
Rad will be rolling freight into Port
land. Tho first time.eaId oi tho North
Hank lioa,t Mas issued today ana~gocs
into effect tomorrow, tbs road being In
operation between rasco and The CliiIa.
nv January 10 trims win be running 70
Vancouver. WASH, and month later
into Portland
The North Bank Road when completed
will run from Portland to pasco. where
Il viii connect with the Northern Pacific.
Branches viii be built 10 Spokane and
also 10 Lewiston. Idaho. The road was
designed to avoid mountain climbing
over the Cascades and follows the Co
lumbia River at less than q one per cent
grade,
Speaking Of the financial situation Mr.
Hill declared: "We viii have quiet
times all over the country till after the
presidential election Mr., Hill attributed
the depression to the attitude Of the
people against the Interests and De.
cared that the $aa.00O.oo0 fine which
Judge Lands assessed against the Stani'
ard oil Co, was fthe straw that broke
the camel's back" NH. Hill expressed
his opinion that the Pacific Northwest Il
In the best shape today Of amy section
oi the country.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
GERMANS WIN.
Six-Day Bicycle Race Captured by
Tentons.

NEW YORK. Dec. li---Rutt and Stoll
the German team, won the six.day
bicycle race tonight, II IA the FIRST time
in the history Of the sport that Ger
man team has captured first honors
shortly before II oil teams had with.
drawn from the track with the excep'
tion Of Rutt and Foglcr who rode for the
American team. these teams being tied
for first place. Rutt and Fogler raced
for mile, the German winning The
final score was
Rutt.Stoll. 23l2 miles, s laps Fogler.
Moran, 1912 miles, 8 laps, George .nppre,
23l2, 4 laps; Dowming-Downey. 2sl2, I
laps; Calvin Wiley, 1912, 4 laps; Krebs.
Vanderstuyft, 23l2, laps; Logan.
Bardgett, 23l2 laps; vanoni,
23l2, ] lap
The record is 2733 miles, laps, made
by the Waller-Miller team in 1890
Urban Mcdonald, who was injured In
the race Friday, died tonight.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
GENUINE HALF DOLLAR.
Man Arrested for Passing Bad Coin
Receives $500.


NEW YORK. Dee. l4.--A silver half
dollar has proved to be worth $500 10
Herman Zwicker. One day last summer
zwicker and his wife started for coney
Island and z~icker gave the ticket seller
on the elevated road half dollar. He
received hia tickets and his change. but
soon after entering the car he was ar
rested for passing q counterfeit coin.
He was discharged In court next day,
the coin proving TO be o genuine half
dollar, although II was not Of the kind
usually current In New York, being o
Mexican coin. Zwicker sued the railroad
company for false arrest and recovered
q verdict for $500.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
DOCTOR EATS CACTUS.
Gives Dinner to Brother Medicos With
Cactus on Menu.

L0S ANGELES, Cal, Dec. l4.-Dr.
Leon Ebert Landone gave dinner last
night to six physicians Of this city to
celebrate the completion of his IA days
food test. )
During this period DIR. Landone ate,
almost exclusively, spineless cactus and
cactus was one OF the chief features of
the dinner, The menu consisted Of celery
and cactus soup. omelette with chopped
cactus and green peppers, fried cactus.
salad made of the cactus fruit, lettuce.
celery, sherbet favored with the fruit of
the cactus and the juice Of the cactus
fruit as a drink
The guests expressed themselves as
delighted with the menu and found it
very pleasant to the taste.
MY experiment with the diet was in
q way productive Of surprises said DR.,
Landone Il had expected to lose fully
10 pounds in weight though confident
" expected to keep up my strength. Not
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
Sub Committee on Banking and
Currency Now Dealing
With Subject.
.FINANcIERs WILL Be HEARD
Present Congress viii Not Pass Laws
to Remedy Situation II Subcommittee
Can Have Its Way-Will Frame Gen.
eral Law.

WASHINGTON, Dee. l4.-It can be
stated on the highest authority that II
the subcommittee Of the House COM
mittee on banking and currency, now
dealing with the subject, can have it's
way. 40 effort win be made at the pres
emit Congress 70 c-'adeptr iegisiatiofs seme-
dial OF the present financial condition.
All the energies Of the committee will
be directed toward the framing and
passage OF laws more general in char
acter and which will be intended to pre-
elude the shrinkage Of the circulation.
which has been entailing widespread
financial distress. Men high in the world
Of finance win be given the opportunity
to appear before the committee to pre-
sent their views on the proposed
measure
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
WHETHER SACKS OR BULK.

TACOMA, Dec. l4.--The state rail
toad commission met here today AMI
there were livened arguments by ship
pers and exporters, for and against the
changing Of wheat shipments from sacks
10 bulk. After long discussion mso.
lution was adopted declaring the time
had not arrived when the question should
he agitatssl.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
Alleged Violence at Goldfield
Without Foundation.
WOMEN NCONFERWITHFUNSTON
Delegations Meet General and Acquaint
Him With Conditions Which Necessi-
tated the Summoning Of Troops
Statements Are Revelation.


GoLDFIELD, Dec IA. = Delegations
from the Woman's Club, Chamber Of
Commerce. Merchants Association and
the Mining Exchange called upon Fun.
ston this afternoon to acquaint him
with the conditions that necessitated the
summoning of federal troops. Funston
said after the conference that the state
ments made to him were revelation,
especially those Of the women who have
lived in constant terror. Several stories
OF alleged violence today are grounlless.
The mineowners report additional deser.
tions from the Western Federation. This
il denied by the Federation.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
HOP GROWERS, UNION.
Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
Adopted.

SANTA ROSA, Cal, Dec. l4.--The ar
tieles of incorporation and bylaws Of
The Pacific Coast Hop Growers Union.
the purpose OF which is d combination
Of the hop growers Of California. Oregon
and Washington to organize the growers
OF those states and when the organize
tion il effected, 10 of the l5 directors
are to resign and give way for FIVE from
each OF the states mentioned.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
: COMPARE RATES.
Hearing Of Lumbermen Before Commits
sion Develops Little Of Interest.

WASHINGTON. Dee. IA. - Beyond
technical details, concerning the manu-.
faeture and shipment Of lumber. togeth.
er with information as to the rates pre-
vailing between the Pacific Northwest
and Eastern points, in comparison with
rates from Yellow Pine districts TO the
samc points Of destination. little was
developed nj the hearing before the In
tcrstatr Commerce Commission Of the
Oregon and Washington lumber associa.
tlon complaint against the railroad lines
OF the Northwest.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
WHITMAN COLLEGE PLANS.
Scope Of the College viii be Enlarged By
Added Studies.

WALLA WlALLA, Dec. l4.-At the
meeting Of the trustees Of Whitman
College today q plan was adopted that
win materially change the policy and
scope Of the college. A release has been
secured from the contract heretofore
existing with the Congregational educa-
tional board. Additional endowments Of
$lOO0,O00. AMI 100000 for new build
ings were arranged for, although the
means Of raising this amount was NOT
made public. Schools Of civil, electrical
and mining engineering, forestry, irriga'
tion, music and the arts and trades will
sbe established,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
PRICE FIVE CENTS

only did my strength continue unimpair-
ed, but, On weighing myself this morn.
ing, I found that had gained half 4
pound. The test was not intended Ia
show that cactus alone will do ~ in
article Of food but rather al test of
all those vegetables rich in organic
salts. Though Hactus was the chief ar.
ticlc Of diet, DrMandone also ate celery.
asparagus, lettuce and spinach and d
small xinount of animal fat In the butt
ter In which the vegetables were cooked.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
,As1oRn, OREGON. SUNDAY, DECEMBER IS. 1907

employe Of The office was questioned that
the real history of<the explosives was
discovered. According to this story they
were placed Ii the building In 1863 at
the time of the draft riots when the gov
erament decided 10 be ready TO protect
the building in case II was attacked BY
the rioters, Years ago the miniature
armory was forgotten
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15

THE INTERESTS OF ASTORIA.
Morning Astorians Mdwnter Edition to be Full Exposition
& t#, tAFsg of Them.

or about Day, the Morning Aston will issue its
special edonm conjunction with its regular paper and
purpose make the special altogether inviting
edtabs compiled the reading the
child though there embargo its peua at homes
Its being less matter knoweb import here
the fact that it intended outside information inside facts
viii disappointment among those whose in
here The edition viii be handsomely
gotten up and chief attraction will lie between its win be
presented magazine FORM with fine cuts covering the
ngd spectacular the CITY and its story will be
long engossg presentation Of what Astoria possesses
stands for. and wants 6
The columns the spec not yet quite filed with advertising
matter those desire figure in them will do well to call at
provide against the day Of its publication; and must be re-
that altogether medium for advertisements but
an interesting acquired and potenty essential
qualities the entire county city and that it will into thou
Of hands, all the country that eager for just such
showing Of. and from the Ciy-by-the-Sear
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
SAILING TIME NEAR.
Pacific Bound Fleet Waiting For Presi-
dents 'iBon Voyage"

DENTS "Bon Voyage
FORT MONROE, Dec. l4.-A day Of
changing storm, fog and sunshine found
the Pacifc-bound feet within SO hours Of
sailing time, at anchor in the roadstead
awaiting the coming Of the President on
Monday morning to pay his official adieu
as commander r-in-chief of the army ani
navy. A treacherous sleet interferred to
some extent with the official program
and necessitated the abandonment Of the
reception and dance on the flagship Con-
necticut.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
sleeping CAR Law
Declared stitutionaI by the
Wisconsin Supreme Court.
NYE BILL KNOCKED IN HEAD

Provision introduced by Fat Solon, Who
Wanted More Air In Sleeping Cars,
Goes the Way Of All Anticipation
Legislation.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
ON NORTH BANK ROAD
Sixty Days More viii See the
Freight Rolling Into
Portland.
PACIFIC NORTHWEST IS BEST

President Hill Believes This Section Of
the Country A In the Best Shape
Furnishes Views on the Financial De-
preston and Its Cause.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-12-15
SHIPPINGHASSUFFERED
Bark Goes 10 Pieces OF Sandy
Hook But The Crew
Is Saved.
ELEVEN STEAMSHIPS ARE DUE

Transatlantic Liners Unreported at a
Late Hour Though no Apprehension 10
Felt For Their Safety = Life-Saving
Crew Rescues Sailora
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-22
AYHAWKER JOTS

Stafford will hold a carnival of wheat
and corn on October and A.
The printers at lola turned the tables
and trimmed the BARRIERS at baseball.
Salina is certainly doing it's share
towards keeping up the Excelsior
Springs boarding houses. Fifty-one
Salina people are down there.
A Franklin county farmer recently
killed a ground hog weighing ten pounds
Now how will we tell what kind of
weather we will have next spring?
A runaway horse ran into the buggy
of Senator 1. D. Young at Beloit the
other day, bruising the senator's arms
and shoulders. The senator is liable to
pass the jolt OIL to his political enemies
one of these days.
Fruit item from the Kingman Journal:
Tom Hutto has the only pears reported
this year. There are four of them
growing on trees in his yard, and they
are maturing nicely. Fruit IS something
quite extensively whence this year, and
Toms pears are a curiosity.
Philosophy of a Kingman drayman:
The race horse may be a great money
maker for ten minutes or so on a sum-
mer day. but my old plug there earns
about as much coin. slow as he is, by
keeping everlastingly at it the year
round. And 1 don't have to dandle and
nurse him and fool with him. 1 hitch
him up when 1 need him, and give him
his regular feed and water when it's
I think Old Dobbin, who works faith
fully for all he has, is lots more entitled
to have the Hon or the Esq attach
ed to his name than some of these fine
grained animals that never work lick
in their lives, and whose only business
it is to separate a lot of bad guessers
from their money
At South Haven where the mail order
business is booming a citizen consulted
the Sears-Roebuck catalogue which oc-
cupies the place formerly reserved on
the par1or table for the family Bible or
the red plush photograph album and
sent for some canned tomatoes. When+
they came they were rotten. He took
them to a leading grocer of the town
and tried to exchange them for fresh
goods The story got out on him. A rev
days later he fell down while walking
on South Haven's pavement which is
sadly in need of repair. To woman
passer-by he opened up on the conditlon
of things municipal. She answered snor5
and sharp: mo wonder things are PAD
with men like you doing nothing FOR the
town except find fault. If you want
new pavement why don't you order one
from SearS-ROebuck?"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-22

to fair treatment in this matter. but
the public would like some facts and
figures concerning 1t. No complaint is
made that the mileage book has cut
down the railroads profits-although
the mileage book makes much addi-
tional work-and if rs per cent of the
travelling public in Kansas is now US
ing them, certainly giving the other 25
per cent OF the local traffic the benefit
OF the reduced rate will not break the
railroads.
Missouri and Nebraska, as well as
numerous other states. are now enjoy
ing the two cent rate as an experiment.
If 1t is success in Nebraska there will
be no possible excuse why Kansas
should not have it also, but it may
be long time before any decision is
reached in Nebraska. And it is barely
possible that the two cent rate would
be all right in Kansas even if it is
not in Nebraska.
At any rate, why should not the
Kansas railroad board determine the
matter for itself? The legislature last
winter was told that the board had
this power. and this was one reason
why fiat two cent fare law was not
insisted on. One would suppose that a
wide-awake railroad commissioner
would make it point to get inforna-
ton along this line as a matter of
course in the discharge of his duties.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-22
THE MARCH OF REFORM.

This movement to take the means
of government out of the hands OF
| corporations and machines and give it
again to the people themselves has
swept across the country from the
Atlantic to the Pacific. Oregon has
made distinct progress along that line,
and now California is preparing for a
mighty effort to throw off the South
ern Pacific yoke.
For many years the Southern Pa
cific's political machine has dominated
California politics. With the aid of
Abe Ruef and other politicians, it con-
trolled the last Republican state con-
vention. A mighty protest went up,
however. that resulted in a vastly de-
creased majority for the Republican
nominee for governor.
Now California is to be redeemed.
A Lincoln Roosevelt Republican
League has been formed to break the
hold which the Southern Pacific has
on California politics. and this league
is sweeping the state. Its avowed OBJ
jects are:
The emancipation of the Republican
party in California from domination
by the political bureau of the Southern
Pacific Railroad company and allied
interests, and the reorganization of the
STATE cOInlIIG6 10 CnaC END.
The selection of delegates to the next
Republican convention. pledged to
work for the nomination of a candi-
date known to be truly committed to
and identified with President Roose-
velt's policies. and to oppose the NOM
ination of any reactionary styled "safe
and sane" candidate by the great cor
porate interests.
The election of free, honest and
capable legislature. truly representa-
tive of the common interests of the
people of California
The pledEing of all delegates to con-
ventions against the Ubiquitous prac-
tice of trading" whereby political
bosses effect nominations by bargain
and sale and the enactment of legisla-.
ton penalizing such practices
The enactment by the next. legisla-
ture of such laws as will give voters
an advisory voice in the election Of
United States senators until such time
as an amendment to the national con-
stitutfon shall make that voice absO-
lutte. which amendment we favor.
The pledginG of candidates for the
legislature to the enactment of such
a primary election law as shall afford
the party voter a direct voice in the
selection OF party candidates.
Leading Republicans assert that if
the party expects to be- successful in
the next two state campaigns 1t must
adopt a platform along these lines and
carry out its purposes.
In practically every state of the
Union there is either a movement of
this kind on foot. or else it has been
successful-as in Wisconsin.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-22
GLOBE SIGHTS.

Iron the Atchison Globe.
We don't care much for a boy when
| he is dressed up.
The man with rich kin is never
bothered a great deal with visitors.
What has become of the old fash
Toned man who hated secret societies?
There are good many heroes in
novels who couldn't hold a job in real
| life.
Nearly every man knows a lot of
good rules for raising other peoples
children.
The. man who disagrees with you
always sees the feeblest side of your
argument.
Without any inquiry, we presume
soda fountain men are in favor of
woman suffrage.
A man rather enjoys a little bad
luck if it substantiates his belief in
some fool superstition.
Did man ever hold stakes without
making a remark about his running
away with the money?
How little trouble and quarreling
there would be if your enemy were
only broad-minded like yourself!
We try to be reasonably polite, but
the point of urging anyone to play the
piano.
You can do good many fool things
that will attract more attention than
prophesying the immediate end of the
world.
A boy may be finicky in some re-
spects. but he never objects to the
quality of the watermelon or ice cream.
A preacher is greatly shocked when
he mentions big revivalist and his
hearers admit that they had never
heard of him.
Every woman lives in dread of the
time when she will put up an appear
ance similar to the average straw hat
at this time of year.
About the only advantage in belong
ing to the visiting team is that it
doesn't make the crowd so angry If
you happen to make an error.
An Atchison girl has had so much
experience with young men that she
handles them as cleverly and easily
as cat handles mouse.
Some athletic enthusiast should de-
wise some rules and regulations for
the game that would debruta1ize the
bargain counter rush as it is now
played.
Some women have high finance
down to a point where they even try
to figure a profit out of the visiting
proposition; they go more than others
can possibly come.
brother and a sister will have hair
of exactly the same color. The boy
will be called Red" and the sister
will be complimented on her beautiful
bronze cOlOred hair
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-22
THE OTHER 25 PER CENT.

Railroad Commissioner Kanavel is
quoted as saying that 70 per cent of
the travelling public Of Kansas is al
ready getting the two cent fare by
means of the mileage books. 1t is
we'll known fact that the long distance
travel has for some time been carried
at a low rate. Therefore only a small
portion of the traffic pays three cents
a mile, but it is the class that can
least afford to do it. If the fiat rate
were reduced it Is doubtless true that
many people who do not travel at all
now. would get the travelling habit to
a certain extent. And if rs per cent of
the local traffic and most of the
through traffic is already going for two
cents, 1t will certainly not affect the
revenues of the railroads greatly to
give the poorer people who travel little
the benefit of the two cent rate also
The railroads ara Certainly entitled
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-22
QUAKER REFLECTIONS

rFron the Philadelphia Record.1
Has high ideals-tne airship 1nven-
to-.
Even the man dressmaker may SOW
his wild oats.
The dealer sometimes extenos the
glad hand in a poker game
Extremes meet when the chiropod1st
and the hairdresser are introduced.
Tn spite of the example of Lots wife,
AatteTv has turned many a Womans
head.
MANY a fellow who has no knowl-
edge of music attempts to play upon
our symDathies.
men may feel that he is standing
IN for his rights when he keeps his
seat in a crowded car.
religion affects some people SO that
thew are never happy unless they are
on the mourners' bench.
The only way a woman can success
f,,ilv manage man is to keep him from
knowing she is doing it.
only a fool would attempt to keep
,,iS head above water by drowning his
sorrows in the flowing bowl.
Thine is money" quoted the Wise
Guy. did you ever try to pay your
debts with it?' asked the Simple Mug
Hoax-''Your one-legged friend seems
to be quite a campaign orator" Joax
yes, he's a pretty good stump-speak-
Blobbs-"She has wonderful ca
pacity for learning. She's q normal
school girl, isn't she?" Slobbs-'I
should say she was an abnormal school
GIRL