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THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31 1907. 9 THREE MILLS FOR SCHOOL EXPENSES Taxpayers of District No. 1 In dorse Estimate Made by the Board. j ALSO APPROVE BOND ISSUE A ; Would Submit to Voters Question of Raising $250,000 for Alblna ( High School Favor Plan lor a Trades School. ACTION AT TAXPAYERS' MEET- INO. Taxpayers of School District No. 1 unanimously tote 3-mlll tax levy for 1908. Approve recommendation of Board of Education that $250,000 bonda be Issued by district for proposed Al blna Higb School and instruct Board to submit Question to vote at next lection. Direct Board of Education to pro ceed further to install and maintain an industrial trade school as & part of the public school system of the district. Without a dissenting voice, the tax payers of School District No. 1, at their annual meeting last night, voted a 3-mill tax for school purposes for the year 190S. The further recommendations of the Board of Education that $250,000 of bonds be Issued for building the new Alblna High School and that the work of the in dustrial training department be further Introduced Into the schools of the city were also approved by unanimous ex pression of the 500 citizens who attend ed the meeting which was held la the as sembly hall of the West Side High School. Some few -went to the meeting with the intention of asking that the levy recom mended toy the directors be cut down to W mills, but they found the sentiment so thoroughly resolved for the 3-mill levy that they failed to make any protest. When the report of the Board of Educa tion and its recommendations had been read, W. P. Olds inquired if the estimate on which the 3-mill tax had been recom mended was thought by the Board to foe sufficient to meet the expenses of the dis trict for the ensuing year. Herman Wit tenberg, chairman of the Board and also chairman of the meeting, replied that such a tax would produce within a few thousand dollars of what would be re quired for the year. Mr. Olds, seconded by William DeVeny, then moved that the tax levy for 1908 be fixed at 3 mills. The motion prevailed unanimously. Refuse to Promise Buildings. Previous to the adoption of the motion proposed by Mr. Olds, there was some discussion as to the expenditures for ad ditional buildings during the year 1908. P. A. Perkins, speaking for the people of Mount Tabor, asked if the estimate sub mitted -by the Board included an appro priation for a new school building in that section of the city. He was Informed by Chairman Wittenberg that the Board was not prepared positively to promise any locality new buildings, but would, to the best of Its ability, look after the interests of the entire district. J. N. Teal and William DeVeny contended that the sub ject of new buildings was one that should not properly come before the meeting of the taxpayers but rather should be left to the Judgment of the members of the Board of Education who were better ac quainted with the needs and the condi tions In the different sections of the dis trict and should be left free to act on their own Judgment. When the tax levy had been made, W. T. Vaughn ,who appeared as spokesman for a number of East Side Improvement clubs, urged the need of another high sohool on the East Side. He moved that the meeting approve the recommendation of the Board that bonds to the amount of 3250,000 be Issued by the district for tmlld.ng another high school at Alblna for which a site has been purchased. The motion also Instructed the Board to sub mit the proposal to a vote of the tax payers of the distrlot. It was adopted without opposition. Favor Industrial School. W. T. Mulr followed and was successful in a resolution declaring It to be the sense of the meeting that the Board of Educa tion proceed further to Install and main tain an Industrial trade school as a per manent part of the public school system of the district. During the meeting City Superintendent Rigler read a report of his recent investigations and observations of the Industrial and manual training de partments of the public schools In Phila delphia, New Tork and Chicago. The annual report of District School Clerk Allen showed a bonded Indebted ness of $131,500. The total receipts for the year 1907 were $934,873.27 with expenditures amounting to $969,603.34, consisting of the following Items: Teachers' and other sal aries. J471,70S.9; new buildings and addi tions, $270,759.51; repairs to buildings, $14. 661.44; real estate purchased during the year, $34,618.09; miscellaneous expense, $177,957.81. According to a recent census of the dis trict. Clerk Allen reported a school popu lation of 82,219 persons between the ages of 4 and 20 years. Of that number 17,187 are males and 15,032 are females. At the Theaters Wliat tb Preaa Agenta gay. "ARIZONA" AT THE MARQT7AM Great American Drama Draws the Crowds This Week. . A reater hit than evar Is "Arlsona," which la feeing presented at the Marqnam this week, although It has been seen here a number of times. The company this year la better than erer and tha enthusiasm of the audiences demonstrates beyond all question that the success of "Arizona" during; the present week Is complete. Mati nee Wednesday. "THE CRISIS" AT THE BAKER Great Churchill Play All Week A Matinee on New Year's Day. Tha Baker Stock Company opened Bun day to two capacity performances with Winston Churchill's famous play, "The Crisis," which will be the attraction at the popular stockhouse all this week. Ther will be matinees on Wednesday (New Year's day) and Saturday. A rar amusement treat is In store for everyone fortunate enough to see the Baker Company In this splendid dramatization of one of the most celebrated of modern novels. Matinee at Empire Tomorrow. The Jolly, rollicking- Xarce-oomodr, "Are You Crazy?" Is keeping large audiences in a good humor at the Empire this week, and fhere will be popular matinees tomorrow af ternoon (New Tear's day) as well as Sat urday. It is a scream of laughter from be ginning to. end. "Man of Mystery" Matinee. This afternon there will be a matinee of "A Man of Mystery" at the Star Theater. Everyone likes a good detective story or play and this drama tells how a clever de tective, without the usual aids of stage de tectives, unearths a gang of criminals who have as their leader an experienced hypnotist. COMIXG ATTRACTIOXS. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" New Tear's Attraction at the Heilig. The New Tear's attraction at the Helllg Theater, Fourteenth and Washington streets, will be Stetson's big "Uncle Tom's Cabin" Company. Two performances will be given; a special women and children's mati nee will be given in the afternoon and a performance at night. Popular prices will prevail both afternoon and night. Seats are now selling. "Woodland" Seats Selling. This morning at 10 o'clock, at the box office of the Heilig Theater, Fourteenth and Washington streets, the advance seat sale will open for Henry W. Savage's production of Plxley & Luders" beautiful musical comedy success, "Woodland." This tuneful bird fantasy will be the attraction at the above theater next Thursday, Friday and 8arurday nights. January 2. 3 and 4, with a special-price matinee Saturday. James T. Powers Coming. Beginning next Sunday night, January 5. at the Heiliff Theater,- Fourteenth and Washington streets, and continuing four nights with a special-price matinee Wednes day afternoon, the famous comedian. James T. Powers, and an excellent company will be the attraction In the musical comedy. "The Blue Moon." Grease, paints and professional supplies at Woodard, Clarke A Co. URGES HARMONY IN LIFE E. De Toang Holds W High Ideal to the World. , The meeting- of the Fellowship Circle, the organization recently instituted by Benjamin Fay Mills, at 501 Tamhill street. last Sunday at 3 P. M., was the most successful yet held. E. de Young spoke on "God in Ourselves and in Our Work." He said in part: Let us, for the time being, Bet aside the term "God," and put in Its place "Ufe, all -pervading, omniscient and omnipresent. The term "God" im misleading when we de sire to employ it In Its universal sense, for every man makes hie God after his own Image, hence no two Gods are alike. But Ldfe the "abundant life," the life of love, that Jesus spoke of 4s aomething that all men, regardless of belief, can comprehend and Is no mystery even to the least intelli gent. Life Is a trlnlty-ln -unity physical, mental and spiritual or affectional. These combined are one life with three phases of expression. There is no other life In any state of ex istence. The life we now know and the life of the universe Is the same life, after aa well . as before death of the physical body. Discordant life and harmonized life (life in Its highest expression) are the same life. Just as In music, the unskilled player, when ne becomes skilled, makes the most soul thrilling melody out of the same notes that before he played discordantly. When human ity shall realize the unifying and harmonis ing principle that runs through life In all its multiform expressions, life on earth will become a divine melody. Much of the lack of realization of the true purpose of life is due to our mere external and material conceptions of It. We seek to cut up life into different parts as we cut up matter Its transient expression when the fact La, that life Is an invisible and indi visible essence that is forever individualizing itself. The most potent being In the unl verse Is the one who has attained the power of individualizing the most of harmonious life. The Individual human being Is in nowise different In his inherent powers from the wisest being in the universe. The atom of Justice, love or wisdom he now has Is of the same character as Infinite justice, love or wisdom, but in him It Is a latent seed that needs to be cultivated and planted In his Ignorant fellow men, and from this bo may reap a world-wide crop of transformed souls. if he Is faithful enough. The millennium could be here today if each one could allze that all that needs to be done to bring It about is to make his dally discordant life harmonious, and bring It in line with his best conceptions of perfect justice and per fect love, the cleansing of his heart and mind, and thus realize the Kingdom of Heaven within his own spirit. This Is the Indwelling God that the Christ meant when he said, "I and my Father are one," for he taught no God apart from the harmonized life of his own being. When we consider that astronomy, with Its present Imperfect Instruments, has already mapped 800.000,000 of sunt, we can begin to realize that man's work here is but an ap prenticeship in earth's kindergarten In fitting him for the larger work of ruling planets and universes. Because life in so many of its phases is crude is, therefore, no reason to condemn it. We are in school here to make something perfect out of life's raw material Nothing is here for condemnation, but for the- purpose of refining it through the cruci bles of our harmonized hearts and minds, The physical body perfected Is the "new earth." the mind made pure and peaceful Is the "new heaven." and these are now In the making through the clearer spiritual per ceptions of humanity. The Fellowship Circle meets regularly at 501 Tamhill, at 3 o'clock every Sunday and is open to the public. ST. JOHN LEVIES 5 MILLS Expenses of Schools Are Increasing With Population. Tha taxpayers of the St. John school district No. 2 will -pay a B-mlll tax on a property valuation of $3,306,000. At a meet ing of the taxpayers last night 'held in the Central School building. J. E. Will lams, chairman of -the board of directors, presided and the 5-mlll levy was made on the recommendation of the directors. GERMAN-AMERICAN PLANS (Continued from First Page.) erous and STr. Wilde proved himself no less magnanimous. The officers of the Depositors' Association, President Day and Secretary Richmond, who have waged a successful campaign during the past three months, have done a splendid work. In fact, everyone connected with the reorganization plan has helped greatly. "We hope for Ifberal treatment in car rying out our plan, both from the courts and the people. This method of meeting the claims against the closed bank is unquestionably the best than can be done. We deserve the support of everyone in reopening the doors of this bank and paying every creditor dollar for dollar, and I believe we will have this support. "Under the proposed reorganization, the German-American Bank will be one of the strongest on this Coast. After giving the most careful scrutiny to the bank's affairs, we find that it la in a condition far better than might have been expected. If the court makes the neces sary order, the institution will go ahead swimmingly." " Roseburg, Or. A ease of Infanticide was revealed here by the discovery of the re mains of a newly-born babe In a sewer. The body was badly decomposed. There to no view to s moiuer. CITY LEVY IS U Council Provides $956,936 for Municipal Expenses. , CHANGE AT LAST MINUTE On Advice of County Clerk Fields, Slight Alteration Is Made to Bring tire Annual Tax With in Requirements of Law. Tax Ivy for 1908. Mills. Net Yield. Fire 1.73 $362,173 144,870 103,478 101, 40 S8.139 22.7B4 62,085 103,478 Police .70 Interest 60 Lighting- .49 Street repair. . , 25 Public Library. .. . .11 Parks 30 Bridges 60 Total 4.60 1 956.839 County Clerk Fields saved the City of Portland from a calamity yesterday afternoon, assisted by Councilman Ben nett, who moved to amend the report of the ways and means committee tor a levy of 4.65 mlljs for 1908, to 4.6 mills. By a vote of ten to five, the amendment carried, thus enabling a legal levy. Had the recommendation . of the Ways and Means Committee been adopted. It would have been illegal, as the Oregon code pro vides for an even mill or tenth-mill levy. That the Ways and Means Committee had yesterday recommended a levy of 4.65, was first made known to County Clerk Fields when he saw those figures in an evening paper. It was then nearly 6 o'clock, and, realizing that adoption of the report would leave the cky without any levy for 1908, he rushed to the City Hall, where he found the Council still in session, with the tax levy under dis cussion. He made known the law on the subject to a member, and an Amendment was at once offered, which carried. Councilman Bennett, of the Eighth Ward, offered the amendment, cutting the recommendation of the Ways and Means Committee from 4.C5 to 4.6. There was considerable discussion before Mayor Lane finally put the amendment to a vote, but it was carried, by the following vote: Teas Annand. Baker, Beldlng, Bennett, Cellars, Driscoll, Dunning, Menefee, Wallace and Wills. Nays Concannon, Cottel, Rushlight and Vaughn. After Mr. Bennett's amendment was introduced, and after some discussion of the subject of cutting the levy. Rush light, chairman of the Ways and Means Committee, proposed an amendbent to Bennett's amendment, fixing the levy at 4.5-10 mills. It was voted down, and when Bennett's amendment was voted upon, the count showed Rushlight as voting against it. This was likewise true of Councilman Kellaher. The levy Is based on the total assessed valuation, minus 4 per cent for discount and delinquent taxes, and gives the city JS56,936 from the levy. There is an avail able balance on hand of J100.000, which, with the estimated yield of J492.002 from the general fund makes a grand total of $1,648,938 for the operation of the various city departments for 1908. LADD TO PAY DEPOSITORS (Continued from First Page.) Title Guarantee & Trust Company the reports in the press and the others made to him by me from time to time Bince the investigation began, have greatly surprised him, and he therefore feels the import of these facts developing causes which have Induced him to consider the matter from the public standpoint. Commends Mr. ladd. ' "Now that Mr. "Ladd has decided to take over the assets of the company and pay depositors" dollar for dollar. It is mv judgment that he has promised to do for the depositors of that institution an act which entitles him to commendation from every depositor. After investigating Mr. Juadd s connection with the company, with a view of connecting him criminally. I have concluded that In view of the pres ent attitude of Mr. Ladd no indictment against him should be filed. In my opin ion, whatever blame may be attached to Mr. Ladd's connection with the Title Guarantee & Trust Company will be re moved by Mr. Ladd's promise to pay all the depositors' claims. "A more definite and complete under standing will be reached between Mr. Ladd's representatives, those of the cred itors and myself tomorrow, relative to payment of these claims, and will then be published. "As I do not wish to be misunderstood my investigation of the criminal matters pertaining to the Title Guarantee & Trust Company and investigation of the officers and directors of the company who had the active management of the company's af fairs, will proceed with the same unre mitting energy aa has characterized my efforts up to the present time." Assets of Wrecked Bank. All the assets of the wrecked bank will be taken over oy Mr. Ladd, in cluding; the properties held by Ross to which the bank maji. have claim, The most valuable of the latter are Ross' 151 shares, out of 303, in the Commercial building, which is valued at $300,000, In addition to the $100, 000 mortgage upon it. Ross' Interest is inventoried by himself at $146,000. The gross earnings of the building are nearly $3000 a month. In July, 1906, the rentals amounted to $2877.50, ai follows: Bank, $1050; store, $275; base ment, $75; second floor, $276.50; third floor. 4288; fourth, $313f fifth, $287; sixth, $313. Since that time the office rents have been increased, but the rent statements have not come to light In the records of the bank. The expenses of the building in 1906 were: Operating, $6772.57; taxes, $3256.47; interest, $5000; total, about $15,000. The gross rentals were $34,530. It will be Been that increased -rents have made the net earnings $20,000 a year. As Ross has a 49 per cent interest, his share is nearly $10,000 a year, which is pure velvet to him. It Is expected that in vestigation will show that the money which enabled Ross to tret hold of the building in 1902 came out of the Title Company, and that tne building should really belong to the bank. Ross has estimated the building wort! $230,000 and the land at an equal sum. Best Properties of Bank. The best asset of the bank Is 19,000 acres of timberland in Benton County, worth, according to Ross' estimate, $600,000. Another good asset Is a $428,000 mortgage on 9000 acres of timberland near Sllverton; Marquam building, $400,000, in addition to $216, 000 mortgage; land at Fair grounds, perhaps $400,000, in addition to $250,000 mortgage, half interest In the Commercial building, perhaps $100,000 in addition to mortgage; bonds of Uma tilla irrigation project, of doubtful value. Several of these properties will prob ably have to be carried by Mr. Ladd a number of years before, realizing on them. Their aggregate value is felose to ,000,000. If sold for the benefit of creditors, under the ordinary plan of winding up a bank's affairs, they would probably yield much less money. But there le good reason to believe that Mr. Ladd can administer the assets so as to save himself from loss, by carry ing them until opportunity shall come to dispose of them favorably. Neat Rake-off by Ross. A neat little rake-off of $21,760 ap pears to have been made by Roes in the sale of 152 shares of the Commer cial Trust Company by himself, to the Title company, last June. Ross first conveyed the stock to his ever-absent brothers-in-law, N. Coy, eaid to be a streetcar conductor of Boston, and W. W. Reid, said to be a resident of Great Britain. Each dummy sold 76 shares, forwhich he was credited on the books of the Title company for $76,000. Then each dummy bought 592 new shades of the Title company at $110 a share, and was charged with a debit to the Title company of $65,120. Therefore each dummy had a balance in his favor on uie books of $10,880, or botn together, $21,760. This accrue dto Ross, and was transferred to himself the same way as some $17,000 in balances were trans ferred to him during the holidays. Resolutions carrying these two trans actions, In the board of directors of the Title company, . were presented at a meeting of June 18, 1907, by George H. Hill, according to the minutes of the meeting. High Finance on Deposit Vaults, Another high finance deal was that of the safety deposit vaults, which were capitalized at $40,000, and thus entered the $50,000 capital of the bank department. The cost of the vaults, on July 1, 1902, was $7000 and in 1905-6, the sum of $2150 was spent for repairs, making a total cost of $9150. On June 30, 1903, the en hanced value was marked up to $30,000 on June 30, 1904, up to $40,000 and on April 6, 1S07, up.' to $60,000. It was the habit of Ross to give an enhanced value to each of the assets, periodically. The enhanced value was made to cover losses In busi ness or funds diverted. Bonds to the extent of $40,000 were issued on the vaults, for a purpose not yet revealed, and the bonds were secured by mortgage. The vaults were owned by the Title company and the $40,000 bonds seem to have been used to pay up that much of the $50,000 capital of the bank department. At the meeting of the direc tors June 18, 1907, the capital of the bank department was Increased to $200,000, by addition of $150,000 capital, annexed to the company when the Commercial building shares were acquired. The resolution for this transaction was presented by T. T. Burkhart. This left presumably $50,000 working capital for other departments of the company. A Real Wonderland. South Dakota, with its rich silver mines, bonanza farms, wide ranges and strange natural formations. Is a verit able wonderland. At Mound City, in the home of Mrs. E. D. Clapp, a won derful case of healing has lately oc curred. Her son seemed near death with lung and throat trouble. "Ex hausting coughing' spells occurred every five minutes, writes Mrs. ClaDD, "when I began jrivinsr Dr. Klner's New Discovery, the great medicine, that saved his life and completely cured him." Guaranteed for coughs and colds, inroai ana lung irouoies, Dy woodard Clarke & Co., druggists. 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free. Oreron City. Or. The 18 inmates of the Montoure boarding-house, wbo hare been under quarantine lor more than a week, were released today. They were all vacci nated when a case of smallpox developed there, and the virus proved effective In every instance. rue smallpox patient. Jo seph Warner, who was removed to the Multnomah connty pesthouse. Is Improving. BABIES OF RARE BEAUTY GRAND AND BABY GRAND PIANOS ON SPECIAL SALE AT EILERS ATTRACT MUCH ATTENTION. Finest Examples of the Pianomaker's Art From More Than a Half -Dozen of the World's Greatest Factories Included in This Week's Note worthy Special Offering Now Is the Time to Buy to Better Ad vantage Than Usual. The ownership of a baby grand or grand piano Is something to be con templated with the greatest pleasure by every music lover. The grand is the hisrhest development of the piano maker's art. There is more than the mere added' beauty of exterior design, which alone places a grand in the high-art class, for there is something in the tone of a grand piano which is beyond comparison a richness, re sponsiveness, strength, sonority and brilliancy that really seem impossible to incorporate in the upright. The perfectly appointed home seems almost lacking without Its grand piano. There is an air of musical dis crimination, as well as a touch of luxuriance, about the presence of a grand in a home. Ana ir one is to real ly attain the highest Ideals in music. it is almost essential that a grand must be provided in order to accomplish the object. Now is the time, to buy a grand or baby grand at Ellers. Delays In ship ment prevented many or the instru ments ordered for the holiday season belne received in time for a satlsfac tory display, and one shipment of Chlckerings alone received only last week amounted to six entire carloads. With an overstock, a good portion of these instruments must be disposed of at once. If you have the slightest desire for a grand, now is the time to gratify It. Look into this special display at once. Let us demonstrate what a small amount of suace it takes to accommo date a baby grand. - Let us acquaint you with present prices we think you 11 be surprised at tne compara tively moderate prices now prevailing witn convenient terms it you desire; and If you have an upright piano, we will make a liberal allowance for It. Included in the display are Chlcker ings the famous "Quarter Grand," as well as larger sizes; the magnificent hand-made Art Hazelton. the splendid Sohmer, the beautiful Bush & Gerts, sunerb Lesters of Philadelphia fame the popular Kimball. Chicago's favor ite, as well as a number of the glori ous Weber, the ptano or the opera- Remember this special sale is the musical feature of the week at Ellers Piano House, the House of Hiehest Quality, 353 Washington street, corner of park, open tnis evening ana until noon New Tear s Day. r I 1 SEVEN TIES RECORDED DISTURBANCES THOUGHT TO BE SOUTH OF MEXICO. Lasts Pour Honrs and May Prove to Be Very Destructive Similar to the Kingston Disaster. LAIBACH, Austria Hungary, Dec. 30. A series of earthquake shocks of great violence was recorded at the observatory here this morning, which, according to Professor Belar, must have had their center on the mainland between Mexico and Columbia, producing formidable ef fects. The record of the selsmologlcal Instru ments began at 6:30 A. M., and reached the maximum at 7:14 A. M. The dis turbances, as shown by the recording sheets, lasted four hours. The Instruments at Laibach registered the earthquake at Kingston, Jamaica, January 14, last, the whole movement on that occasion lasting two hours and ten minutes. Earthquake Shock Recorded. WASHINGTON', Dec. 30. A heavy The 14 MS Children's Dresses 4 to 14 years; values up to $5.00 $2.25 Net and Silk Waists Values up to $5.00 $1.95 Silk Petticoats Values up to $17.50 $6.95 FURS! Gray Squirrel Ties, 50 inches long Small Gray Squirrel, N- $7.50 values . . . . French Ermine Ties, values up to $6.50 WHOLESALE AND RETAIL t AS 1 ii i u mil j i u m- Wfi 'hit V m Try them for lunch and you will have them for dinner. 1 Biscuit The most nutritious staple made from wheat. m in moisture ana & dust proof packages. NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY earthquake was recorded on the instru ments at the Coast and Geodetic Survey Observatory at Cheltenham, Md., this morning. It commenced at 32 minutes, 30 seconds past midnight and lasted two hours. The maximum displaced was 64 millimeters. The Weather Bureau today issued the J following Bulletin: . "A distant earthquake of considerable Intensity was recorded by the seismo graph at the Weather Bureau this morn ing, commencing at 12:33 A. M. and last ing for more than one hour. The first preliminary tremors continued for four minutes and 55 seconds and the strongest motion occurred at 12:45 A. M.. at which time the actual movement on the ground at Washington was about five milli meters." GREATEST IN A. LONG TIME Isle of Wight Instruments Record Shocks of Tremnedous Force. BHIDQ Isle of Wight, Dec. 30. The selsmologlcal Instruments at the Shlde Hill " observatory registered an earth quake this morning. Professor John Milne, the well-known authority of seismic disturbances, says that it was one of the greatest earthquake ex perienced in some time and recalls those in the early part of 1907 and ' the prev ious year. Professor Milne In making a trr Last Selling Day in HU1 ,We are going to do some terrific price-smashing. We will wind up the old year with a volume of bargains that will set all Portland talking. Not an item in our entire establishment is spared. Everything goes re gardless of price or value. We guarantee you a saving . on every purchase. See these advertised specials Others await you at the store COATS 34-inch covert and black broadcloth O o a t s . Full satin-lined. Val- fflO 7C uesupto $27.50 Coats, values up ttl O to $27.50 PlL.JXJ See "Windows. Ladies' Fleeced Underwear In regular and extra sizes, 35c values . : 17$. Leather Belts In black, brown, tan and white; $1.50 and $1.75 values FURS! $5.00 Neckpieces, $65 values. . (1Q AA . . .PJ.UU Genuine French brown Coney Coats, reg. $37.50 ....$1.95 comparison from the records today re ferred to the Kingston (Jamaica) dis aster as being similar in kind. He be lieved that the present disturbance is of submarine origin and may prove to have been most destructive. BLACK HAND AGAIN ACTIVE House Blown Up With Dynamite in Mining Town None Hurt. GRBENSBURG, Pa., Dec 30. A house occupied by the families of John and George Sarnello, at Export, a mining town near here, was shattered early to day by an explosion of dynamite. No one was seriously Injured. The crime Is said "to have been committed by an al leged Black Hand society. Steve Adams in Colorado. GRAND JUNCTION, Colo., Dec. 30. Traveling under assumed names, to pre vent any attempt at rescue or the serving of habeas corpus papers. Sheriff Charle9 Fltzpatrlck and Deputy C. C. Hicks, of Telluride, with Steve Adams in custody, arrived at Grand Junction today and will leave for Telluride tomorrow morning, where Adams Is to be placed on trial for the murder of Arthur Collins, superin tendent of the Smuggler-Unlpn mine, five years ago. ' 1907 SUITS 30 Suits in brown, fancy mixtures;' exclusive gar ments; values toffl lift $65.00 ......... J-UU SKIRTS In extra sizes and regu lars; values to 02 $10.00 ........ Ladies' Sweaters Regular $3.50 vals. $1.95 Ladies' Wool Eiderdown Robes. $5 values.. $2.25 Ladies' Black Silk Plated Hose. 75c values v . . . 35 Fancy Back Combs 35c and 50c values.. 15 FURS! LEAST Fashionable 3-stripe Mink(or (f Neckpieces. $65 values. P-T'-WU $18.50 FIFTH AND ALDER STS.