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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-15
MONEY NEEDED.
Must Raise si,6as,ooo 10 Pay For $1,000
Shares Terminal Stock.

CHICAGO. Jan. ls.--0ne month more
has been granted TO the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company In which 10
raise sl,025,000 and buy the $4,000
shares In the Chicago Terminal Transfer
Company held by the minority stock
holders This decision was reached at
the adjourned meeting Of stockholders
IN the terminal company yesterday.
Another adjournment was accordingly
taken to February ~.
II the Baltimore and Ohio manage.
mcnt Is unable TO aise the money the
minority interests may carry out their
threat and attack the legality Of he
company's lease. Under It the Baltimore
and Ohio pays 100000 per year for the
use OF the Grand Central station. The
minority stockholders claim II 10 ade-
quate. The possession Of the Terminal
Tmnsfer property has been one OF the
points Of controversy between the Nor
gan.IIill and the Hartman interests,
The company 10 now in the hands Of a
receiver, with judgments and costs ag-
gregating $lo,000Ooo standing against
1t. The minority stockholders claim it
ia easily worth $27,0oo0oo and would
bring that sum If sold at auction were
II not for the Baltimore and Ohio lease.
This would mean an equity Of $s.0OO,00o
or $26 shore.
The management Of the Baltimore and
Ohio finally offered the minority stock
holders $25 share for their holdings
and the offer was accepted. The option
expired on January |, but by the action
at the meeting yesterday. the Hartman
interests are given until February Is
to make tho purchase. 1t ID sad If this
can DO done, the Morgan-Hill interests
will not seek to dislodge the Baltimore
and Ohio but win consent to joint own
ership,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-15
WORTHLESS TESTIMONY.
Ths Way q k==a Irish Lawyer Wor,
rfed Anthony TroiIcpe,

Among tho stories In pages From
an Adventurous Life" by ]. r. Pres
ton-Muddock, ID one that Lord Aiver
stone was won't TO toll with apprecia,
uon. In postoiilco prosecution ri
Hertford asstxea clever Irish bar
ristcr appeared for the defendant, who
was poor letter carrier guilty OF some
irregularlty. Among tho witnesses was
Anthony Trollopc. then a government
postoillco Inspector. After he had CIV
On his testimony he was handed over
to the lawyer for the defense for cross
examination.
what are your demanded tho keen
IrIshman In severe and command.
ing tone sonorons with d rich broguc
"An official In the poatofiicc," m
swered Trollope. somewhat astonished
by the lawyers brnsquenosa.
Anything elseY" demanded tho cross
examiner, with snap.
"Yes; an author" This q little
proudly.
"What ~ tho name or your last
book2"
Barchester Towers"
Nov, tell me. 10 there a word Of
truth In that bookr
"Well, 1t IL what Ia generally called
a work Of fiction"
"Fiction!" with a scornful curl Of
the lip. "Iriction! That Ii 10 say,
there Isn't a word Of truth In II from
beginning to endg"
I'll am afraid II you put II that
way there isn't stammered Trollope
IN an embarrassed way.
4 With a triumphant air, the lawyer
turned to the Jury.
Gentlemen" he exclaimed. "how
can you possibly convict a man on
the evidence Of n witness like this.
who here In this court of justice I'm.
,blushingly confosses that he has writ
ten a book In which there IL not one
word Of TRUTH
Trollope had fallen squarely into the
pit digged for him by bis INSCRIPTIONS
cross examiner.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-15
MAIL IN DANGER.

KANSAS CITY, Jan. l4,-At 4:l3 A,
NJ, the Union Depot Annex, in which
are located the offices Of the Government
Mail Transfer Station, ana all express
companies, is on fire and the loss is ex.
pected to be very heavy, entailing q
loss Of mail matter and express, which
il stored there. No further particulars
at this time.
At 5sl5 a. M, the fire ID believed to
be under control and that the main
building win be saved but the loss to
the express companies, Pacific. Wells
Farga, Adams. United States, and the
Government Mail Transfer Station. is
thought to be total. No estimates Of
damage are as yet obtainable.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-15
A Grateful Lion.

A lieutenant OF an English regiment
stationed In Africa was hunting for
big game. He was fearless, but for
some reason he hesitated to shoot at
the great lloness that approached,
Nearer and nearer she came and was
limping. The big hearted soldier took
out the thorn that he saw was In her
foot, and she llmped away gratefully,
and the Britisher forgot the Incident.
Not SO with her ladyshlp. She return.
cd the next night, looked over the ros-
ter Of the regiment and ate every oiil-
Ger that ranked the lieutenant. who, Of
course, by her act of gratitude was
made q colonel. m ss5
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-15
FREAK Or THE TIDES.


Mxter Flows up Hill.
Speaking of freaks of the tide, there
III nothing IN this world 10 equal tho
phenomenon ut the mouth OF tho 81
John river, where water flows up bill
and down twice daily. These rovcra'
ing falls nro In class by themselves
III tho worlds natural curiositicH
Tho rise Of tho tide In tho bny of
Fundy, which ranges up TO Alxty fcet,
averages at IT. John hnrbor twenty.
eight Or thirty foot.
AT the mouth " tho sL John river
tho great body Of watcr Ia forced
through deep mud narrow gorge. On
the ono aide OF this gorge tho harbor
opens: above II tho st John river.
nearly 100 miles long stretches away
into Tho province of Quebec.
When ihu tide In fhc buy OF Fundy
" on the flow. tho waters rise with
such rapidily That the level III the har.
bor becomes IN less than an hour con.
niderably higher than tho leycl IN the
river.
Tho water ~ forced through the
gorge At such u rate that Il literally
falls up into tho river. tho height Of
this fall reaching Al times fourteen
feet No great is the area OF the river,
20 great II tho amount OF water rising
In the harbor and no narrow lii thu
gorge that Il would take hours longer
than the interval OF any tide 10 bring
tho river level np 10 that OF tho harbor
at high water.
An consequence after tho tide has
turned and II on the ebb In tho harbor,
the level IN atlll no much higher than
the river that tho tide In the river con.
tinues to rise for two Or three hours.
the water still falling upward.
The Ramc force works In the flow.
After tho water In tho harbor has
fallen nnill tho level In the harbor and
In tho riyer nro the Same the fail
downward begins. During the next
few hours the harbor recede# until tho
drop from tho river TO the harbor IN M
much m sixteen or seventeen feet at
tho very lowest tide, Once more the
tide turns Inward and comes up quick.
iy. but over three hours clapse before
II II sufficiently high 10 counteract tho
downward fiow from tho river.
AT half tide there IA period Of
something less than an hour when
N impossible. - Boston |
Globe.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-15
LANGD0N STILL SILENT.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. l4.--Late to.
night District Attorney Langdon refused
to deny the statement which has gone
about that Abraham Ruef has been
granted immunity from prosecution and
In return for the favor has promised to
tell on the witness stand all he knows
about the bribery charges against the
"higher ups"
The Chronicle will say tomorrow;
Iangion's manner and his words left no
doubt In the minds Of his hearers that
immunity had been granted to Ruef.
His hopeful demeanor the manifest sat
isfaction with which he regarded the
successful termination OF the negotia.
tlons left no room for doubt.
Whatever promises Ruef made are not
TO be learned from him, for he ID, If
possible, more non.committal than the
district attorney.
He was In a very happy frame Of mind
however. He was told that Langdon
had refused to divulge the results Of the
conference and remarked that ahe was
obliged to follow the very excellent
sample set by the district attorney. He
was anxious to learn whether the dis
trict attorney had not let some little
intimation slip. When told that Lang
don had let very broad intimation
slip and just the nature Of 1t. he said
that he would neither affirm, deny nor
comment on it"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-15
ARTIST IS ROBBED.

NEW YORK. Jan. l4.-When a care
taker visited the residence Of Frederick
Pinney Earle, the artist, at Monroe,
Orange county, yesterday, he discovered
that burglars had paid the place q visit,
stealing or running pictures, china, rugs
and bric.a. brac valued at more than
$25, 900. Mr.. Earle left about three
months ago for Italy, following domestic
complications. which gained wide pub
licity at the tinle
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-15
Stage carlcatures.

The comedians supposed to be broad
ly humorous In our travesties are ei-
ther made up as lrishmen with green
whiskers or Germans yerglng on i'm
becility. In France the stage butt Ia
q caricature Of the English globe trot-
ter; In Germany, freak imitation OF
our depictions Of Uncle Sam Travel
Magazine. 8as.i
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-15
GRAIN CLEARrNGS.

SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. l4,--The total
grain clearings for the week ending
January II from Pacific Coast ports
amounted to 34S277 bushels of wheat,
all Of which il consigned to the United
Kingdom from Portland, Or.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1908-01-15
f. All tie Mante,j.

''Well. what do you want7' asked
the aeronaut Of his assistant, who had
begun to whimper. ii III
II want the earth," walled the young
man . s
The Washington herald., 1908-08-08
EafinQ vs. Feeding

\ complaint By what may be euphe-
mistically called a supervised husband
offers wide field for conjecture. This man.
who is apparently excessively married
writes to a New York newspaper in
bitter words. declaring that his wife will
not permit him TO eat with a spoon what
salad dressing may be left on his plate
after he has devoured the green things
to which it was meant to be merely q
gustatoriaI accessory.
This unhappy exponent Of welded bliss
asserts that his practice Is a real and
harmless pleasure. and that his wife *
unreasonably selfish IN striving to wean
him from the habit. OF endeavoripv 70
cure him by mandatory measures.
There is a great deal TO be said for the
wife in this case. Possibly she has Sne7-
weary years IN watching her spouse chase
a shallow rivulet Of oil and VINEGAR
around a plate with z scraping snoon
Perhaps she has no sympathy with his
oleaginous tastes. Thus far she IS 70 be
pitied- But where. IN all this. does wom-
ans boasted power OF managing q man
so that he doesn't know he is being man
aged appear? Why could she not mix for
him a delicious tOddy compounded Gun
ningly Of nutty olive oil. Just enough vin-
egar, a dash OF cayenne, some white
pepper. and the traditional salt to
tastez' Then the headstrong husband
could eat his salad. and afterward drink
his dressing from a goblet, either with
lhe eostauc sips Of the gastronoms OF
With the Gargantuan gulps OF the glut-
ton.
his method would be far preferable 10 /
pouring the dressing over a rubber I
sponge and then absorbing it by suction. /
though this latter plan Is superior to the
The Washington herald., 1908-08-08
THE MARTINS SONG.

Dear Hear. today. so1aewheze heard rn.tinr
martin sirg
IN his rild fight above ny head upon a tir.l,s.
winE.
And VITA the Dote 20 new and sweet. 50 plaiutivs.
st-auce. and low.
of io-g ago
he did not insor n his fight to rest no- yet TO
sing
only caught asstias glimpse O. polished breass
AID girE:
But With it cane TIE fragrant soe=s % Climbing
rns-s red
And win :; cane the memory Of sumner days
lc1g dead
Sweet SINNER DAYS s2d glorious nights. whe. hearts
beat tast and rr-se-
wh'9 dosn tks primrose path @; life wandered.
Love. With you.
But noE ne DAYS of youth are dead-ths pa,a Of
LIE Is long;
And Cniy memories q al cnn-e WITH tbs --.--.----
sonE
WIN D. Muse, Il Uncle ReEaas Nssazsas.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-08
UNCLE JoE's JOY
over an Achievement of which He
VIII Be Ashamed.

VIII BE Ashamed.
Fson Co-asr's weekIy.
speaker Cannon has achieved another
triumph By blocking the attempt 20 Is
I tablish forest reserves in the White Nom
tains and Southern AppaIachia1s he has
secured the destruction o. one oT .ba
largest bodies OF virgin forest ra-,sf-f--,-
in the Eastern States. The Baltimore ard
onio Railroad has just sold 2naol0 acres OF
hardwood timber land in West Virginia 10
a company which NiIl al once begin -
/ Development The coupany's mills are
prepared 70 develop the forest OFT 4
existence az the rate Of S55009 feet ,s-
DAY. Another tract in TIE same y-f-i,i-7-
recently turned over 70 q vvoo5--fsl- ,-o-7,-
pany. contains Le.00 acres The rains
ana SHOWS caught by these 710 so-s-a
niles OF Drimeval forest have belus5
1ithertc 70 eQualiZe the fow OF the Ohio
hlVer- Il experience Is any guide 10 n
tUre events. this great tract Of uourts.a-
side VIII not only lose its forest cover
out viii have its soil stripped down 70 the
oare rock Then the winter SHOWS vyil-
rush or in spring torrents. and TIE ono
already alternating between food anS
tHiTS5- VIII be more irregular and desrr-!--
i've and less useful than ever West Vfr-
gina mas always been scandalousiv waste
Iul OF her natural resources notwfr5
standing the efforts Of publlc-spirired gov
ernors 70 secure legislation for their mo
lection Possibly the White House cor
ference may lead 10 some action al TIE
next session Of the legislature Mean
While Speaker Cannon can say with Dan
ie- webster The past, al least. IS So
cure Even Il Congress and the lezisla-
tuTes Of the Appalachian States should DO
something hereafter for the u-esery-a rso-
OF the remaining forests they viii not be
able 20 save the 329.000 acres that AIr-
Cal-ic1 has devoted 10 destruction this
wear
The Washington herald., 1908-08-08
THE CUBAN REPUBLIC.
This COuntry's FIrst-born Nearly
Ready TO Fly.

1g 70
From the New Hs-ea Joarzai-Courser.
Cuba this country's hrst-boru. viii
make her final preparations for leaving
Us. before winging her way forth from
the home rOost- It VIII not be her first
attempt az independent light away from
the mother wing. a similar separation,
but an unsuccessful one, was az a for
mer time. yet the little nedgling scam
pered back 10 the home nest not much
the worse for wear and scarcely less
welcome for having wandered away
Whether the coming separation OF Cuba
from this country VIII be any more sue
cesstuL there are divers opinions Some
there are. and their numbers seem 70
Include largely those capitalists IN this
country who have money invested on the
island. who believe the present SUPER
vision Of this government. possibly re-
sultlng IN the formation OF a new State
In the Union. would be far the best-
but-there are others, the numbers not
fewer. who are heartily OF the opinion
thaf The island Is perfectly Sell-fttsd TO
govern Itself now. Among the latter
are Mr.. Taft and Gov. Magoon. who have
been, perhaps. IN a better position than
any other two iztciens 10 come TO con-
cluslons upon this important question.
Ine separation may possibly result In
another failure. but. basing ones judg-
ment on a comparison Of conditions then
ana now, no such q result should be ex-
pected- At any rate, those who wish 10
see no separation. whoever they are only
90 so because Of a sincere desire TO see
~Uoa prosper IN every particular. Good
-uChs Inen. 100 the new republic
The Washington herald., 1908-08-08
The Trade Agreement

There has never been in this counr-,
a labor leader who so won the en,i-.
confidence OF his labor associates and ..
the same tine commanded the resDec-
Of the employers Of labor as Mr.. lob,
Mitchell He occupies a unioue posI.fo,
and one Of great power: it has come -
him, not through his own seeking br,+ he
cause he was best fitted for the work
IN hand And now the secretary OF The
National Civic Federation announces -bs-
Nr- Mitchell will devote his entire f,,+,,-s
tine 10 the interests Of the trade aeras-
ment department OF the Federation. Tbe
president OF the Federation in annouB,-
ing the change declared.
It Is or BELIEF that throurh this 5s-,----.-.
E9a WI md 1DDortu15tg still % use in tba 49,.
d Inalstrial peace and Advancement the VIDE rr-
peT1enoe and e-eat in1uence you have gained !. ~
-oHs service with the United Nine WORKERS ~
Anerz.~ "a
The position Mr.. Mitchell assumes e
one of the gravest Importance. Hone as
We VIII for the time when labor ana
capital shall thoroughly understand each
other that time IS not yet; and the situa-
ton to-day finds capital on the one hand
and labor on the other fairly organized
and wei equipped. If need be. for fight
Ing
6e'~een them now stands the figure Of
John Mitchell. whose chief duty. as il
viii be his chief pleasure. is 10 keen the
peace II is FOR him, continuing the policy
hat has been his own ever since he came
before the public as a labor leader. 20 !
The Washington herald., 1908-08-08
Hal!

Now that Mr. John W Kern's whiskers
are in the limelight Of publicity and Mr.
Jim Sherman's side-whiskers have
caused more than one irreverent refer
ence 10 the style affected by English but
lers. one cannot help wondering how il
has come about that hirsute adornmens
Of the face has come 10 be regarded as
such a joke.
In Oriental countries they still reverence
the beard, and by the beard Of the
prophet" IS a solemn oath. In Anglo
Saxon lands the beard has been gradually
but surely disappearing, and public life
knows il so seldom that already Mr..
kern's whiskers are famous and aIr-
Sherman's ''galways" have won aotoriety.
Il was not always thus. for from Lin
coins time down to that Of BENJAMIN
Harrison our Presidents all had hair on
the face with but one exception. But If
one doubts that the beard has vanished
from public life he has only 70 look at
a photograph Of 103 members Of Congress
which was published last December 70
see that out Of this number only ten
had boards
II used 10 be taken that beard was
a sign Of strength in a man. However
this may have been physically. il is. we
believe. no longer true politically Sons
OF Indiana-the preceptor IN political
styles-are inclined 70 the belief that the
first steady reaction against boards set in
when the Hon. John X Gowdy was sent
as our consul general 10 Paris. The Pa
risian beard IS dainty, fragile. perfumed.
and delicate. and the Gowdy crop OF
whiskers. bristling from a massive chin
threatened, at first, 20 create international
complications. Figaro threw a fl over
them. and lie Petit Cu cartooned. then.
Sta1ch Republican that he IS. Mr. Gowdv
had 70 sUocumb 10 the force OF public
opinion. and when. at a consular ban. 2
bare-necked lady with whom our Pa
risian consul general was dancing con
planned that the whiskers were tickling
her. the whisSers were ruthIesslv sscr,-
feed. Many Of Us can remember Vet
the thrill that went over the country
when the first photograph Of the beard /
less Gowdy came back 10 the Gowdys- /
native shore There was rush 10 follow
the new fashion. and for tine in Indiana
the trade OF barber threatened TO become
more profitable even than authorship.
What effect the whiskers viii have IN I
The coming political campaign It is TOO 1
early yet 10 estimate That they can be 4
gnOred as an issue is quite impossible. for I
n the mad and bitter strife for the labor
vote. who dare be rash enough 10 predict
hat the BARRIERS union viii not take a
and? It may be quite beyond the power
IF Mr. compers to deliver the barber
-ote to any Vice Presidential candidate
who only shaves his cheelz-bones and
caves his chin untouched. or 10 thar
lther Vice Presidential candidate Nh,
cts his Iove-locks droop treIis-like n
ront Of his ears
The Washington herald., 1908-08-08
Growing In Popularity.

From the Nevpo-t News TinesEsrald
Samuel " Meek was lately business
manager OF the Richmond Times-Dispatch
and made a host Of friends in Virginia
His work for that newspaper was 50 sue
cessfuI that he was offered and accented
the business management Of The Wash
inStoa Herald, now one Of the rising
young metropolitan journals OF the coua-
Try and growing every day in popularity
and influence It publicly claims the
largest morning circulation in washfB~-
ton. and It's business IS growing with
wondrous rapiditv.
The Washington herald., 1908-08-08

represent the spirit OF compromise; 10
work for industrial peace, which means
Industrial economy and eAsclency. It is
for him 70 make elear-and no one is bet
ter fitted for the task-that the interests
OF labor and the interests OF capital are
50 interwoven that it is nothing short
Of a crime 10 seek 10 separate them
He himself has great hopes that in his
new sphere Of usefulness he may be able
70 develop a relationship between en-
ploye and employer that shall be 70 their
mutual interest, and he knows and be-
Heves that nothing can 50 work toward
this end as the trade agreement. as op-
posed to the old methods Of strikes and
lock-outs- He says On this point:
The nairtenanee and extension a this system a
regulating ccndirions Of employment and industry
should meet the approbation Of all forces in society
solicltogs for industrial peace On basis eousbls
aAke 70 tie vo-kinsHan and to The employer"
The day has passed for the labor leader
who by the methods Of the demagogue
sought to inhame labor against capital:
urged the use Of force. and felt the itch
Of power that comes from the leadership
Of hundreds OF thousands Through much
storm and stress We have evolved the
more human way OF coming 10 an under
standing, and it is largely because OF the
dominant influence OF men like 8Ir. John
Mitcheli-sure Of himself. sure OF the
cause he represents. proud OF his work
and devoted 10 it with all his heart and
mind and soul