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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-25
Stock for Sale
For Development Pu oses

The per value Of the stock is $100
per share, but is now offered at one
half ($50) and it is worth it. The
company has already sold limited
amount Of stock, equipped the prop
erty with the best working machinery
in the world and it has plans for
great future. The money secured
from the sale Of stock will be to push
the work. Every dollar will be used
to prepare for the best interest Of the
company. As the drill goes down the
stock will surely rise. The price it is
now offered at will only be short
time. A good rule is to let oppor-
tunity in when it knocks at the door.
For an investment there is nothing
more tangible, brighter or more surer
dividend paying than this stock, par
ticularly at $50 per share. Don't wait
until it goes to par, but buy now. 1t
is really chance that comes seldom.
Further particulars at the addresses
given below.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-06-25
BOY BURGLAR

Captured with a modern burglars
kit and charged with long series of
daring and successful house-breaking
seventeen-year-old lad is today fac
ng state prison here, hardened, ex7
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-06-18
New Wood Yard Opened

If you want good dry stove wood or
ironing wood, either pine or oak, we
have it in large quantities at our big
wood yard on Powder Springs street
opposite Hicks & Sons livery stable
We have put in the most up-to-date
machinery for saving and splitting this
wood, and as we have hundreds of cords
Of wood already cut on our farms, we
are prepared to furnish you what wood
you need at rock bottom prices 1t
would pay you to become our regular
customer. We sell cheap and for cash
only. We sell either 25c, SOC, 75c or
81 90 loads-mixed if desired. Phone
your orders to John S. Dobbins' furui-
ture store. Phone No. 272.
Yours for business,
Cheney & Dobbins,
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-06-18
AkL.DAY SINGING.

Old folks and young folks all-day
singing will be held at the court house
on the third Sunday-June 21st. Ev-
erybody invited, especially all survivors
taught in my school. Sacred Harp and
Christian Harmony. w. S. Dodgen.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1908-06-18
Local News.

Congressman Gordon Lee was in the
city the past week.
Fruit jars at Dobbs Hardware Co..
Mr. Burney Dobbs, of Athens, is visit
ing home folks.
The best machine oil for the money
is at Dobbs Hardware Store.
The town is full of school teachers
this week, attending the county insti-
tute.
Mr.. T. A. Granting has commenced
the construction of his new home on
Powder Springs street.
Order fruit jars, rubbers and extra
taps from Dobbs Hardware Co.
Mrs. r. c. Johnson and Miss Myrtle
G. Marley, of Atlanta, are guests of
Mrs. W. L. Richardson
Mr.. Will P. Stephens has commenced
building his new ten-room house on
y Church street, in the Freyer addition.
If you want it quick, phone Dobbs
Hardware Store.
Blind Tom" the famous Georgia
musical prodigy, died in Hoboken, N.
j., Saturday.
Mr.. David Irwin, of Washington
City, has joined his family. who are
visiting here at his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Irwin. ----~sS,,,/
Largest assortment of hammocks at
Dobbs Hardware Store.
The marriage Iof Miss Mabel Pearl
Cantrell, of Marietta, and Mr. Ralph
Coleman, of Columbus, Ca, will take
place at o'clock, on the afternoon of
June 22d, Mulberry Street Methodist
church, Macon,
If you want wooden ware, tinware or
hardware, phone Dobbs Hardware %.
Mrs Knight, Of Blackwells, accom-
panied by her daughter, Mrs George w
Gibson, of this place, left last week for
Laurens, S O, to be with her daughter,
Mrs George W Dobbs, who is very low
with typhoid fever.
The windows at Dobbs Hardware
Store always present an attractive dis
play,
Mr.. Will Metcalf was kind enough
Saturday to leave with US basket of
his fine Greensboro peaches, for which
he has our thanks. They were greatly
euioyed by the editors, as they are
"orchardless, and have to depend
upon our friends, May clever Will Met
calf live long and prosper.
The series of meetings at Rose Lane
church the past week, conducted by
Rev Frank Jackson, of Atlanta, and
Pastor Grow, have been largely at
tended and resulted in genuine re-.
yival. Four accessions. The meetings
continue all this week. This church
has 225 members.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
LIQUOR BILLS REFERRED.
District Committee Names subcOm.
mittee to Consider Them,

District Committee Names SubCOm.
mittee to Consider Them,
Thu Senate District Committee yester-
day referred 10 a special subcommittee
for investigation and report two bills af-
fecting the liquor business in the Dis
trict
One proposes to make drunkenness in
the District a misdemeanor. and the
other, introduced by Senator GaIlinger
and indorsed by the Commissioners. pro-
poses to regulate the sale Of intoxicating
Hduor In the District by making each
four blocks in the city of Washington
practically a local option district, with
power TO decide whether there shall be a
saloon within the limits of it's own ter
ritory.
Hearings will be held upon the bills If
the opponents Of such legislation demand
them, but the Anti-Saloon League. which
is backing the bills, will not ask to be
heard unless move is made from the
other side. The Senators on the special
subcommittee are Messrs. Long. Burkett
Dillingham;, Newlsnds and Johnston.
To the same subcommittee was referred
the bill proposing TO amend the law re-
lating to billiard and pool establishments
in the District
To Senator Burkett's subcommittee was
referred a bill appropriating $4,000 out
OF money In the Treasury due the estates
Of deceased negro soldiers and sailors for
the establishment Of a national training
and industrial school for negroes. A bill
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02

public dehauchery, oppression Of the poor,
and a thousand other evils make up
the endless train.
Chancellor Day Gets His.
only recently. think, sir, there was
published q denunciation and slander Of
your Chief Executive by a stall-fattened
college professor, all because in a brave,
democratic, special message. bluntly
Western in directness, the President
dared to call a spade a spade. And this
most mighty prodigy OF conservatism and
wisdom-who is he? Whoever he may be.
1t was quite fitting that at the very crest
of the present panic the music Of his
oration should have delighted the ear.
as doubtless it did. of the New York
Bankers Association. An. Day, l am
told; Day is the name James r. Day,
the very same, sir! James r., chancel-
lor Of Syracuse University, paradoXical
as IL may seem.
His frantic frothings I should not stoop
for a moment 10 dignity before the world
did not they, made when and where they
We're .fittingly show forth the strutting
boastfulness and daring arrogance of the
money power. It is not enough that he
has skunk out OF sight into the stiff,
thick night of his original obscurity."
No, that was not all. nor half. But
much Of the remainder was unprintable.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
WILL SAVE DISTRICT $4,000.
senate Committee Reports BIadenE-
burg Road Bill.

burg Road Bill.
The Commissioners bill TO amend the
act providing for the widening Of the
Bladensburg road was acted upon favor
ably by the District Committee of the
Senate yesterday, and Senator Carter
later reported it to the Senate.
Accompanying the bill as reason for
its enactment is a letter from the Dis
trict Commissioners explaining its pur-
pose. The grounds of the United States
Reform School, they report, innpinge upon
the line Of the road as it will be when
widened. and a portion Of a school lot
owned by the District also comes within
the new line of the road A brick dwelling
will be partly within the roadway, and
the wall Of Mount Olivet Cemetery in
tTudes a few inches within the same
line. The abutments of new bridge
erected by the Philadelphia. Baltimore
and Washington Railroad extend some
feet into the roadway as it will be when
widened
1t is proposed, therefore, 70 dedicate for
highway purposes the portions OF the Re
form School lot and OF the public school
lot which are required for the widening
and to eliminate from condemnation pro-
ceedings the ground on which the bridge
abutments stand, as well as that occupied
by the stone wall of the cemetery and
the brick wall of the dwelling. It is
declared that this will save the District
about 5000 in condemnation proceedings
and the expense of moving back a few
inches the walls which lie partly within
the proposed line of the roadway.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
BLACK CABINET GOES
Secret Service Appropriation
Limited by House.
DEBATE NOT BLOODY NOR LONG
Made 10 Secret Section
of Sundry Civil Bill Providing Prac-
Their Operations to Counterfeiters
and Protecting the President.

Chief Wilkes band of counterfeit de-
teetors and President protectors VIII no
more engage in the exhilarating search
for matrimonial troublers for some gov
eminent officials. The Black Cabinet
will live no more and the Secret Service
sleuth is destined for the time being at
least, TO devote his energies TO the round
up Of coineFs and one other thing, the
protection of the Presidents person.
The House decided yesterday that a
! provision limiting the appropriation for
the Secret Service so that no part can be
expended for the pay Of men detailed 70
ferret out mysteries OF any kind for other
government departments.
The fight that accompanied the inser-
ton of this provision was not bloody nor
Of great length In the sundry civil bill
as reported to the House there was a
provision limiting the appropriation for
the Secret Service IN the manner outlined.
Bennet Leads Fight.
When this section was reached yester-
day Representative Bennet. Of New York
made point Of order against the limita-
ton, ana after some talk By Chairman
Tawney. the greatest living opponent OF
the Black Cabinet, the Limitation was
ruled out.
The fertile Mr.. Tawney was not. how
ever. 10 be thus easily blocked. he i'm
mediately proposed an amendment to the
Secret Service section, imposing practi-
cally the same limitations upon the money
therein appropriated.
This time the fight was no bloodier
nor more wrath producing, but it was
somewhat longer. Members opposed to
any limitation expressed the opinion that
structures on the Secret Service were not
called for. The detection Of a scandal
concerning a wife of a naval officer was
cited 10 prove what Secret Service men
had done outside OF detecting counter
feiters and protecting the President.
Mr.. Bennett didn't seem 10 think that
there was any particular injustice in
using Secret Service men TO investigate
the morals of one OF Uncle Sans en-
ployes. Members OF the Appropriations
Committee objected to such use.
Il was asserted that II the other de-
partments Of the government need Secret
Service operatives they should come to
Congress to ges authorization for en-
ploying them. The opposition maintained
that il would be much better If all the
government sleuths were under one
head, II they could be called upon by all
departments.
When the matter came to a vote, how
ever, the amendment limiting the use OF
the appropriation 10 men employed only
In the recognized paths Of secret service
was carried with ease.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
PAPER PROBE KEEPS UP.
John Norris Again a wisness-MediI
Mccormick Takes Stand.

John Norris, of the New York Times.
and Medll Mccormick. of the Chicago
Tribune. were the witnesses at the wood
pulp hearing yesterday. Mr.. Norris tes-
tilted that he long ago furnished the At
torney General with information concern
ing the operations Of what he believed to
he a paper trust Mr. Norris was Of the
opinion that Mr.. BonapaTte has not vet
even read this data
Mr. Mccormick told the investigators
the price he paid for paper is now 81 %
per hundred although on the first part
Of his contract-it was made about five
years ago-he paid only at the rate Of
S.S5 per hundred Mr.. Mccormick said
that this increase in price meant an addi-
tional cost Of $4,000 a year to the Trfb-
une
He said that many proprietors of news
papers of small size have been driven out
Of business by the raise in paper prices
He said that he believed the passage of
the Stevens bill, removing the tariff on
print paper and wood pulp, would have
the desired effect Of lowering the prices.
Mr. Mccormick said that practically all
the Chicago newspapers pay high rate.
something near that paid by the Tribune.
He said that while he did not certainly
know Of any paper trust, he had been led
by personal experience TO think that
some understanding existed between pa
per companies.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
CONGRESS BRIEFS

Speaker Cannon stiI holds the Sims anti
gambling bill on the table in spite Of TIE fact that
both the Senate snd House have approved Of a
measure whcii would destroy the activity Of the
bOokies at Beuning
Senator Garter. Of Montana, gave notice in the
Senate that on Thursday next he viii address that
body On the bill which be reported from the Com
mittee on PoSt-oh8ces and Post Roads proposing 70
establish postal savings bank system.
The Senate Committee on the Philippines agreed
to report favoraby a bill granting $3.50 to the
widow Of Arthur " Ferguson late secretary to the
Philippine Commission. that sim being the amount
Of one years aalsTy in the ssceisCship,
Senator Gore. OF Oklahoma. offered in the senate
resolution that the Committee on Privileges and
Elections shall during the coming summer iuvesti-
gate charges Of corporation Contributions 20 party
campaign funds and shall also report az the present
session Of Congress a bill 10 prohibit such contTi-
buttons
Senator GLlingers bill to regulate the employ
ment OF child labor in the District Of Columbia
having been displaced as the unfinished business in
the Senate he secured unanimous consent that the
bill be taken up Immediately after the routine
ing business net Wednesday, and that the bill and
all amendments thereto be voted on before adOarn-
ment on that day, MI Gallnger said that he un'
derstood that the debate the bl would not be
go extended as he had expected.
Chairman Tawney. Of the Appropriations Commit
tee yesterday ridculed the assertions OF Repre-
sentative Cary Of Wisconsin. thst there is danger
that the government is about to slip within the
q1asp Of the Potomac Electric Power Company.
Mr. Cary. in a statement. said substantially that
the new contract at a cheap rate, provided for in
the Eundry civil bill conceals some Joker which
VIII mean increased cost for electric current 20 the
United States. Mr. Tswney denied such allegations
and dubbed them foolish
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
BARTHOLDTS FIGURES. DENIED
LittIeheId Makes Plain What He
Thinks Of Assertions.

Representative Bsrtholdt, of ST. Louis,
was accused of reading fslsehoods yester-
day, when he delivered his anti-prohibi-
ton speech before the House judiciary
Committee IN opposition 10 the Littleheid
bill, giving the States police power 10 reg
ulate liquor in interstate commerce as
soon as il enters their borders.
Mr. Bartholdt declared that drunkenness
was prevalent IN Maine cities and that
saloons were operated under cover. He
read from a paper describing drunkenness
on the streets.
That's falsehood," declared Mr.. Lit
tlefield. Of Maine who is a member Of the
committee. Put what ! say in the Rec
ord. That's a falsehood"
Mr.. Bartholdt flushed.
Il am not saying that on my own au-
thority." he replied Il am quoting from
Maine newspaper"
We'll. / say IL on my own authority"
said Mr. Littleheld. cts a falsehood."
Mr.. BaTthOldt continued To read about
drunkenness IN Maine, and quoted stalls
tics 20 show how many persons held Fed
eral liquor licenses IN the State
Mr. Littlefleid interrupted and read a
letter on the same subject
That shows your statement Is only
about g l-3 per cent correct" said Mr.
Littleheld. IF that is as near as you
are getting 10 the facts. what you say
cannot be given much weight by this OF
any other committee
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
WEATHER CLOSES SCHOOLS
Thirteen Buildings Temporarily
Abandoned by Board.
no Fires To BE Started in Structures
Condemned by Chief BeIt-Tem-
perature Of Sixty Degrees.

Thirteen public school buildings IN the
District Of Columbia were closed tenn
porarily yesterday by the board Of edu-
cation. on account Of the sudden cold
weather.
The closing was in line with the an
nounced policy Of the board OF education
to permit no further fires in school
buildings condemned by the fire chief
The buildings closed were all condemned
by Chief Belt and fires had been ordered
out following his report.
The schools viii be reopened as soon
as the temperature rises to such point
that the pupils viii be comfortable with
out fires. The thermometer registered
below 50 in all the buildings closed.
The schools closed were: White-Hyde,
Mccormick, Old High School, Potomac.
Threlkeld. and Benning; negrO-Nfiner.
Cook. Garfield. Burville, Hillsdale. Mott.
and Birney Annex.
While the 5000 pupils enjoyed a holi-
day, the teachers employed in the closed
buildings utilized the time in visiting the
other schools. They exchanged ideas as
to methods Of teaching. it being one Of
the boards rules that all teachers shall
make occasional visits TO other scnools
in order 10 bring about unity and i'm
proved methods among the teaching
body.
The board has gone on record as op-
posed to any further fires being made
in these unsafe buildings" said Presi-
dent Oyster. of the board, last night
We did not propose to take the risk
even for one day. The pupils have been
notified TO return TO school Monday. should
the weather have moderated TO such an
extent as 10 make fires unnecessary.
Otherwise the schools will remain closed
until such change occurs.
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
PAVILION FOR THE INSANE.
Bills Onered in senate for Care Of
Detectives I'm District.

Detectives I'm District.
Two bills recommended by the Commits
sioners 20 provide for the care OF insane
persons and defective children were intro
duced in the Senate yesterday by Senator
Galiinger.
A psychopathic pavilion, to be estab-
lished on the hospital site owned by the
District between BrightwoOd avenue and
Fourteenth street. and 10 cost slo0,o00 is
proposed in the first bill II is intended
to care for insane persons ard those suf-
fering from nervous disorders, who are
unable to provide for their own treatment
No insane criminals or persons with homi-
cidal mania are to be committed to the
institution.
II erected. the institution will relieve the
Government Hospital for the Insane Of the
care Of person afflicted with temporary
insanity, and also do away with the de-
tention Of persons suspected 10 be insane
in police stations and the detention houses
The homo is intended for District resi-
dents only, but it is 10 be used as a de-
tention house for insane persons from
other sections Of the country until they
may be transferred to their homes.
The other bill proposes to appropriate
so, 600 for the establishment OF q home for
children who are mentally defective, On
a site owned by the District in the sec
ton Of the southeastern part of the Dis
trict known as Blue Plains. Children are
to be committed 10 the home. If 1t should
be established. upon certificates from the
Board Of Childrens Guardians, the certil-
cate in all cases to state that the child
committed is feeble-minded. iInbecile. or
idintic
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
CONSIDER COMMODITY CLAUSE
Senators Take Up Question of Sus-
pending It's Operation.
Eikins Has PhraseOIogy Changed
10 Protect the Rate Law from
Notification.

The resolution reported to the Senate
by Senator Elkins. Of West Virginia, ex-
tending the date at which the penalties
in the commodity clause" OF the rate
law should go into effect from May /
yesterday, until January l. 1910. was
taken up for consideration in the Senate
yesterday.
Senator Culberson, OF Texas, objected TO
the request for consideration, and Mr..
Elkins then moved to proceed to con-
sideration. which the Senate agreed to.
Mr.. Culberson. in addressing the Senate
on the merits Of the resolution, declared
that when the rate law vas passed two
years was given 10 the railroads TO COM
ply with the Jaw. He demanded that
some explanation be made Of the reason
for asking a further extension.
Mr.. Elkins explained that many Of the
railroads owned coal lands. and had
mortgaged their joint properties They
had found it impossible 10 refund the
debt on account Of the panic.
Senator Burkett. Of Nebraska. inquired
whether any Of the carriers had taken
steps to dispose Of their coal lands.
''The Baltimore and Ohio has taken
steps. because II was fortunately situ-
ated," replied Mr. Elkins.
Senator Nelson. Of Minnesota, asked the
chairman of the Interstate Commerce
Committee If the railroads were not
merely trying to gain time in which 10
test the constitutionality Of the law.
If the railroads would come TO Con-
gress and express an intention Of obey
ing the law" said Mr.. Nelson, there
would be some reason for granting their
request"
The public is interested in this pro-
posed legislation" suggested Senator De
pew He pointed out that shipments of
coal In interstate commerce would be
interfered with after yesterday
This brought Senator Clay. Of Georgia,
to his feet, and he insisted that the rail-
roads were not prohibited from owning
coal mines. They were merely not al
lowed TO ship their own products
Senator McCumbeT. Of North Dakota.
invited the attention OF Mr.. EIkins 10 the
fact that the railroads could operate the
coal mines and sell the product. but were
merely prohibited from shipping it as
their own product Mr.. McCumber held
that after having sold the coal in good
faith the purchase Of IL could transport
t-over the lines OF the company without
coming within the operations Of the law.
Mr. Culbersou discovered that the
phrasing Of the resolution might be con-
strued as suspending the entire act. and
after some discussion it was changed 10
suit his views, Mr.. Nelson proposing
an amendment which limited the force
of the resolution more clearly to the
commodity clause
As an amendment 10 the resolution,
Senator Fulton, Of Oregon, offered his
bill proposing 10 allow the Interstate
Commerce Commission to suspend any
freight rate upon complaint Of one ship
per It was ordered printed. and Will
probably be considered to-day. The reso-
luton was laid aside at 4 o'clock to al
low an executive session
The Washington herald., 1908-05-02
OBSEQUIES At FORMER HOME
Remains of Lewis Jordan TO Be
Shipped to Indianapolis, Ind.
Clerk in Warrant Division of Treas
Age of seventy-hve Years.

The body Of Lewis Jordan. clerk in the
warrant division OF the Treasury, and
former CHEZ Of the miscellaneous divi-
sion in the Office Of the Secretary Of the
Treasury, who died yesterday, viii be
shipped to his former home in Indianapo-
lis, Ind, This afternoon for burial
Mr.. JOTdans death was due TO an attack
OF heart disease. He had been ailing for
the last year at his home. 1923 Twenty
nrgt street northwest For two weeks
he had been confined to his bed.
MIR. Jordan was a prominent worker in
the Church Of the Covenant.
lie was born In Corydon, Ind, seventy
FIVE years ago.
When President Cleveland was elected
the second time, Mr.. Jordan. who had
long been active in Democratic politics
in Indiana, was made head Of the mis-
cellaneous division in the Treasury
When that position was abolished, Mr.
Jordan was made clerk in the warrant
division. He had a large number OF
friends, and was an interesting and we'll
informed gentleman.
One daughter, Miss Louise Jordan, sur
wives. Miss Jordan lives in this city.