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11 TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 1900. LIGHTS TONIGHT; NONE TOMORROW Dispute Between Company and Mayor's Executive Board Reaches Crisis. CITY TO SEEK INJUNCTION Petition to Sfnte Circuit Conrt Pre pared by City Attorney Kava naugh Council Blames Lane and May Investigate Case. IjAtest phases or uohttno CONTROTERSY Exscutrvs Board refuses to consider proposition to pay controverted eU!mi of company sjkS votss accord tn!y. City Attorney Karacauch prepares to anjola company from turn Ins off llsnta and win CI application tn conrt today. Prealojrat Josselyn announces lluMs ' win born all nlirht tonlrht, although mldnlcht was stipulated as the limit, but eompairy wlU not torn llchta on torn or iow night unless adjustment reached. Couodlmen chance "polities" asralast Mayor and Executive Board and threaten official Investigation If lights turned off. There will be lights all night tonight, regardless of developments In the situa tion today, as President Josselyn an nounced yesterday afternoon that the company will not discontinue the serv ice at midnight, as nothing could be gained by so doing. He declares, how er, that, unless something occurs be fore tomorrow night at dark, the public lighting circuits will be cut out and the electric arc and Incandescent lamps throughout the city will be dark. Meantime. City Attorney Kavanaugh, acting upon instructions or suggestions by Mayor Lane and members of the Executive Board. Is preparing a peti tion to the State Circuit Court praying for an injunction to restrain the com pany. from turning off tha lights. This will be presented In the CIrouit Court as soon as ready, probably today, but tomorrow at the latest. With the refusal of the Executive Board, at its meeting yesterday morn ing, to accept the proposition laid down by Mr. Kavanaugh late Saturday af ternoon, to pay the old disputed bills of the company, without prejudice to the city's interest, the situation was suddenly changed and unless something unforeseen occurs between this time and tomorrow eight, the city will be in darkness and at the mercy of the criminal element. A reign of trror.ls anticipated, if this should result, and -the situation Is viewed by the City Council with the greatest alarm. In deed, so thoroughly aroused are the members, that it was said yesterday afternoon by Councilman Beldlng that lie will move for an official investiga tion by the Council, In case the lights are shut off. Contract Authorized Last May. "The Council passed an ordinance last Slay authorizing the Executive Board to enter Into a contract not to exceed five years," said Mr. fielding. "Why is it that nothing has been done by the Mayor and liis BoardT Why all this delay? Why iio he and they come to the Council at thla late day and seek relief? It seems to me that, if the lights are shut off. an of ficial Investigation by the Council la due. that we may ascertain who Is blamable for the crisis. The rlaln terms of the charter have been violated by some one, or we would not now be In this predica ment." ' The Council met In adjourned session at 2 o'clock. Just long enough to hear a re port from Councilman Baker, who was halrman of the special committee, named Saturday afternoon. He simply gave an outline of tho efforts of the committee to effect an adjustment of the differences be tween the Mayor and Executive Board and the company, and of the failure of the attempt. The report waa adopted, and after a few unimportant remarks the Council adjourned. It will meet in regu lar session, however, tomorrow, and there may be further developments. city Attorney Kavanaugh worked all of the afternoon on the papers for an In junction proceeding. His task is a very difficult one. He will base his applica tion. It is expected, upon tho fact that the public safety and health depend upon court action to prevent the discontinuance of the lighting service, and the fust her fact that the Executive Board has for mally tendered the company payment in advance for the lights at the rate speci fied by the company in a recent bid. Some of the Councllmen declare their belief that Mayor Lane la playing a shrewd game of politics by fighting the lighting company, and say that be wants the controversy to last until next Summer, when the elections occur. The Mayor, re plying to this charge, said: "It Is not true. I have only the good of the people at heart. I want them to have Justice. As to those old bills. If we paid - them, believing the city does not owe the money, we would be common criminals, subject to charges, and ought to go to Jail. It is no political game, but an hon est effort, in the face of strong opposition, to conserve the rights of the people," JoscIya Stutes Company's Side. Benage S. Josselyn. president of the Portland Railway, Light A Power Com pany, was disappointed yesterday that the proposed settlement of the lighting question with the city had failed. He said his company would have to Insist upon carrying out the conditions stipu lated by the directors at a recent meet ing, and could make no new contracts with the city until the back bills for lighting are settled. "Tha city must pay us our back bills and pay us In advance for each month before we will make new contracts for lighting the city." declared Mr. Josselyn yesterday. "However, there would be no object gained In turning the lights off at midnight Tuesday so they will burn through Tuesday night. Wednesday night, however, they will not be turned on unless the city makes the necessary arrangements. "There is now no alternative for us. I dislike very much to take this action but there is nothing else to be done. We have already waited long enough for the city to settle this trouble. The matter may Just as well come to a head now as to delay action any longer. I regret that we have delayed from the first of the month so long In taking final action. This delay has not accomplished any thing. The light positively will not be turned on Wednesday nlcht by our com pany unless the conditions stated above are agreed to." COO'CHi PLA.V Tl'R.VED DOWN' Mayor and Executive Board Will Not Hear to Paying Claims. Turn the lights off what do we care?" This, In brief. Is the attitude of Mayor Lane and the members of his Executive Board, as expressed at a special meet ing held at the City Hall yesterday morning, to which neither City Attorney Kavanaugh nor members of the special committee of the City Council were in vited, and which resulted in the rejec tion of the proposition made by Mr. Kavanaugh, to pay the disputed claims of the company, without prejudice to the municipality. Because of this, so far as the Board Is concerned, Portland will be in darkness after midnight to night. City Attorney Kavanaugh and Coun cllmen Baker, Rushlight and Vaughn comprising a special committee, were treated with absolute indifference, none of them being Invited to the meeting, but all except Mr. Kushllght came tn, after the Board had been in session an hour. They were surprised and cha grined to And that they had been Ig nored by the Mayor and members of the Board, and when the City Attorney and Councllmen arrived, the Board had all but completed its work, blocking the effort to adjust the trouble by payment of the disputed claims without preju dice to the city. AH argument by Mr. Kavanaugh or by Councllmen Baker and Vaughn, In an effort to avert the turning off of the lights tonight, went for naught. Councilman Baker, who was chairman of the special committee, was very in dignant at the manner In which he and his colleagues were treated, and so ex pressed himself. He also told Mayor Lane and the members of the Board that they are insincere In their action In holding up the company's bills and refusing to enter Into any arrangement to Insure lights for the city. His statement was met by a volley of emphatic denials by Mayor Lane, Thomas G. Greene, of the lighting com mittee, and other members, but Mr. Baker replied that, inasmuch as they refused to abide by any opinion of the City Attorney, or to consider any prop osition whereby the company will not shut off the lights, he believed that they are Insincere. Councilman Vaughn, who usually stands with the Mayor on all matters, was opposed to turning down City At torney Kavanaugh s proposition to pay the old bills without prejudice to the city's case, and so declared himself be fore the Board. He said It Is not a question of whether the officials of the city, the Mayor, members of the Ex ecutive Board and Council feel that they are being robbed by the company, but that it la a matter of having lights for the people, which the people are entitled to. He said, as a lawyer, he could see no legal objection whatever to paying the bills in that way. i Thomas G. Greene and Isaac Swett, however, declared that the city would have no right to pay under the arrange ment suggested by Mr. Kavanaugh. and that if it did, It would prejudice its case. Mayor Lane and members of the committee admitted that they have no evidence upon which to base s. suit for injunction or writ of mandamus against the company to compel It to furnish lights to the city, but they nevertheless instructed City Attorney Kavanaugh to prepare such papers as will be neces sary to file In an action of this nature. In a last effort to estop tne company from shutting off the lights. President Josselyn, of the lighting company, was present, and said that he would have to insist upon payment of the old claims, aggregating $29,000, be fore he could sign any contract with the city; and that, with these bills paid, without prejudice to the city, he would sign any contract for any time, to suit the city officials. But If the old bills remain unpaid, he will have to follow the orders of the board of directors and shut out the lights. President Josselyn dispelled one of the main points so long urged by Mayor Lane, saying that. his company stands ready to produce Its books to show how much current it has furnished the city, or any facts desired by the city. He said that Mayor Lane could have had this Information a long time ago If he had come to the right place for it, to wlt, Mr. Josselyn, who, the latter said. Is alone clothed with the authority to make such statements. There was no disposition whatever upon the part of Mayor Lane or any members of the Executive Board to consider the proposition of paying the claims, without prejudice to the city's rights, and It was turned down uncer emoniously, chiefly upon motions made by Mr. Greene, based upon a report submitted by him. Mayor Lane and the members of the Board contend that, if the company feels It Is right in its con tentions, it should bring suit to collect; but Mr. Josselyn replied that he will not go Into court unless forced to do so by the Executive Board. The members of the Executive Board who were present and who voted to turn down the proposition by City At torney Kavanaugh, are: Thomas G. Greene. J. A. Newell, P. E. Sullivan, John Montag, Isaac Swett, Judge Seneca Smith and H. M. Bsterly. SUMMER IN SUNNY SOUTH Polo, Golf, Autolng and Surf Bath In; Are the Popular Pastimes. Mr. William McMurray, general passen ger agent, O. R. & N., has Just received the following encouraging telegrams from Southern California which will be read with Interest by the many residents of the Northwest who contemplate a trip to that section of the country at an early date. Hotel del Monte, Cal.. Jan. 10, 1909.- Weather toduy clear and mild. Tem perature at noon 64. Average tempera ture for past week at noon 63. Weather ideal for motoring, golf and tennis. Good fishing in Monterey Bay, surf bathing fine. Paso Robles Hot Springs. Cal.. ' Jan. 10, 1909. Rains of yesterday and the con tinued warm weather have caused rapid growth of green grass. Sun came out bright and clear at 10 o'clock this morn ing. Temperature at noon 62. Governor" Cosgrove in good condition; will leave Monday. Los Angeles, Cal.. Jan. 10, 1309. South ern California weather: Light rain; tem perature noon today. K degrees;- rain not yet reached San Diego; very light in Redlands and Riverside districts; favor aole for delightful weather tomorrow. Glenwood Mission Inn. Riverside, Cal., Jan. 10, 1909. Polo enthusiasts arriving for the tournament to bo held In this city. Major Rons Is here and Frank J. Mackey will arrive tomorrow. Light showers are falling today and putting all roads in perfect condition for auto moblling. The tourist season at the Glen wood will son be at Its height and the hotel Is already well filled with a gay party of pleasure seekers. The extremes of temperature for the past U hours were, maximum 69. minimum 41. Santa Barbara, Jan. 11. 1S Tempera- ' ture.at t o'clock A; M., So. Ideal day for outdoor life. - The Burllngarr.e telegraphing . type writer is now on exhibition at the Cor nelius Hotel. Come and witness a dem onstration, get free souvenir telegTam. S; FARRELL IS DEAD Member Pioneer Commission Firm Expires Suddenly. HEART DISEASE THE CAUSE He Was One of Most Prominent Citizens, Former Legislator and Councilman and Pilot Com mlshjner at Time of Death. Sylvester Farrell. pioneer merchant, ex legislator and member of the City Coun ell. and one of the city's prominent cit izens. died yesterday morning, shortly after 8 o'clockJ of heart disease. Mr. Farrell had Just arrived at the store of Bverdlng and Farrell from nis nome on West Park street and was standing near the stove in his office, at the time of the seizure. While stroking a cat be was seen to stagger and fall. He was caught by one of the clerks and assisted to chair, but the end had come so quickly that it was. evident he had passed away. Mrs. Farrell and a physician. Dr. A. S. Nichols, were Immediately summoned and they arrived at the store within a few minutes after Mr. Farrell's collapse. Dr. Nichols said Mr. Farrell had been dead several minutes. Later In the morn ing the body was removed to the Far rell home. Mr. Farrell had not been well for sev eral days, but his condition was not considered serious nor was he obliged at any time to remain away from the office, He had, however, during the past year suffered attacks of heart trouble. His sudden death was a shock, not only to his family, but to bis many friends and business associates. Mr. Farrell was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada, in August, 1833, and emigrated to California In the 60's, com ing to Portland In 1867. Soon after his arrival he entered Into a partnership with Henry Everdlng, in the commission and produce business. During Its exist ence of more than 40 years the Arm has become one of the leading commission houses in the city. Mr. Farrell was for years prominent in state and county poli tics. He served In the Legislature for several terms and was a menrber of the City Council for six years. He had served at various times on nearly all the city commissions and at the time of his death was a member of the State Board of Pilot Commissioners. He was a mem ber of Harmony Lodge, No. 12, A. F. and A. M. ; also of Industry Lodge, No. 8, A. O. U. W., and the I. O. O. F. Mr. Farrell la survived by his wife and Ave children, two sons and three daugh ters, as follows: Thomas George Farrell, Robert 8. Farrell. Mrs. Frederick Cook man and Miss Jessie Farrell, of this city, and Mrs. W. W. Youngson, of East Orange, N. J. Tho funeral services will be held tomor row afternoon at 1:30 o'clock, in the Taylor-Street Methodist Church. Dr. Benjamin Young will conduct the services. Dr. T. L. Eliot will participate. Friends of the family are Invited. The services at Rlv ervlew Cemetery will be private. Pall bearers have not yet been chosen. SKAGIT FIRE LOSS $55,000 No Water to Fight Flames at Scdro Woolley Storm Stops 'Spread. BELLINOHAM, Wash.. Jan. 11. A special from Sedro-Woolley. Skagit County, says the new Bingham-IIolland block burned early today. Water mains were frozen and firemen were helpless. A fierce snow storm was raging and this prevented tho spread of the flames and destruction of the. town. Loss $55,000. The Skagit Valley Bank was among the concerns burned out. PARSONS IS TO PREACH Pennsylvania!! Pastor to Supply for Rev. E. Nelson Allen. Rev. William Parsons, D. D., pastor of the Presbyterian Church, of Beaver, Pa., will occupy the pulpit of. Haw thorne Presbyterian Church,' East Twelfth and Taylor streets, during the absence of the pastor. Rev. E. Nelson Allen, who leaves February 2 for his trip to Egypt, Dr. Parsons is consid t .....ssT " i '- I : . J i f. - ii -I sSWtft.- " ...V: . 'i:v I ''is' ,"'' t :: i 4 ', r '. ! ! , lJl Osa-sr-!.!..:. i, i. I, .3 i The Late Sylvester Farrell. I PUPILS, DON'T FORGET TO MAIL YOUR "BEN HUR" ESSAYS TODAY This Is the Last Chance to Enter The Oregonian's Contest for Three Hundred Tickets to Heilig Theater, January 18. LL pupils of the public and Catho lic schools who desire to partici pate In The Oregonian's "Ben Hur" contest must send In their es says today in order to be considered in naming the 300 winners. The con test closes tonight at midnight and only essays received by that time will be entered In the competition . for tickets to the performance of "Ben Hur" at the HelUg Theater, January 18. If you are eligible to compete in this contest and have not yet sent in an essay be sure to do so today. The extreme cold weather which caused the adjournment of the schools Thursday and Friday has cut down the number of essays. This only improves the chance of those who do compete. Do ered one of the leading Presbyterian ministers and platform speakers of i Pennsylvania. At present he is pastor i of a church of over 500 members. He ; comes to Portland for four months' rest from his numerous duties. t i i nactni. nf t h a TleAVAr ' ccaiuco wins ... . . - - Presbyterian Church, he is the General Assembly sneaker on temperance, head of foreign missions In his own presby tery and one of the lecturers at Wauna Iake. Ind. His lectures before the students of Monmouth. Pa., on "Chris tian Statesmen." attracted wide atten tion. Dr. Parsons is a graduate or the McCormack Theological Seminary, class of 1894. He is 40 years old and has a wife and two children. i Uev. Allen received a letter from Dr. Parsons yesterday announcing that he j would leave for Portland with his family February 1. This will bring him to Portland before the first Sun dav in February. Rev. Allen said yes terdav that Dr. Parsons was selected out of a list of 25 applications, ffnd con siders Hawthorne Church fortunate. E FESTIVAL " BETTER CONTINENTAL FETES -XOT AS GORGEOrS AS PORTLAND'S, Rules at Nice. Forbid Cheap Gauzy Costumes In. Any Part of Carnival. George F. RusselL resident lfianager of the Pennoyer Estate, who Is now on an extensive tour of Europe, has accepted the credentials and honor of being the foreign ambassador for the Portland Rose Festival Association to foreign fetes and MmlTils. throueh cable cram arrange merits made with him while he Vaa in London. Yesterday afternoon the first report was received from him and It indicates that tho great carnivals and fetes of Southern Europe, which particular territory he is now visiting, do not In any way sur pass In splendor end magniflcance of de tail the annual celebration held in this oltv. Mr. Russell announces that he will take In all the regular annual floral fetes of Southern France, Spam and Italy, an with his letter he sends a number of post' card views of some of the street parades attendant upon these Jubilees. He sends a programme of the "Fetes of Carnival," which Is scheduled for the mid. Lenten season, covering a period of more than two weeks. With the programme Is given tho series of contributions with which the expenses of the entertainment is carried on. It shows that the city of Nice contributes 40,000 francs ($10,000), the largest individual contribution. He de Clares that each town guarantees the success of Us show. Next to the city gov eminent, the hotels of Nice, iwhere horde of tourists congregate, furnish the great bulk of the fund with which the cele bration Is carried on. It Is noteworthy that while the programme of the Nice Carnival of last year did not entail the ex. pense of tha Rose Carnival of last June, the hotels of the thriving Itallian city bore more than per cent of the expense, and that their Individual publicity work resulted In at tractlng more than a quarter of a million tourists from all parts of the world. Portland hotels make no such showing. Mr. Russell says in his letter that the Nice celebration Is of great age, and that at the forthcoming jubHee, His Majesty Carnival XXXVII will be crowned dur lng the elaborate ceremonies of the open lng week of the splendid show. He will report this to the Festival. This means that Nice has chosen a king to reign over tho functions of the annual demonstra tions for the past 37 years, end has had the"advantage of the experience of similar celebrations all over the European conti nent. Probably one of the most Interesting comments on the style of fetes which are given on the other side. Is that quoted by Mr. Russell In the course of his letter. He announces that the following cau tion must be observed by all Interested in the great Italian fete: "W ith the object of maintaining the level of the Carnival Fetes, and to avoid the reduction of the quality of stuffs used for the Redouts (flower battles), and Vegllonl (masked ball), the committee of fetes begs to give notice to the costum- ers and the public, that costumes will be solely considered as silk, satin, and be admitted at the fetes if they bear in chain a minimum of GO threads of silk per quarter of an Inch. Costumes In velvet must bear a minimum of 21 threads per quarter of an Inch." This Is inexplicable to the American mind, but In Yankee talk, this simply means that Nice will no longer stand for gauze costumes, that masqueraders and others taking part must wear consider ably more than the traditional fig leaf of Eden If they desire to participate in tho aristocratic and exclusive "Veglione." GREAT RELIGIOUS DRAMA 'Ben Hut ' to Bo Presented at Ileilig Theater All Xext Week. Lew Wallace's powerful rellgio-hls torlcal drama, "Ben Hur," the attraction at tno Jiemg xneater. next week. Is. a most Impressive stage pageant. A series of beautiful tableaux connected by a coherent vein of narrative, con tainlng incidents of love and adven ture sufficiently stirring to hold the spectator's attention at all times, to excite his Imagination and to gratify his desire tor romance. The realistic representation of the interior of a Ro man war galley; and the nerve-strain lng chariot race with its eight horses struggling for supremacy, are tho most impressive scenes from a historical standpoint; while the last act, culmin ating in tne gathering or the great throng of worshipers on the Mount of Olives, with its grand beam of light. and volume of music, touches the very height of uplifting religious enthusi asm. An Explanatory N'oto. PORTLAND. January 1L 1909. (To tha Editor.) Not being present on account of bronchial hoarseness at the regular meet ing of Methodist preachers of Portland this morning, when information was asked as to who wired Senator Fulton that not think it Is too late to 'write ap essay. If you are familiar with the story of "Ben Hur," It will take you but a short time to write a compo sition of 150 words. Address your essay to the "Ban Hur" Editor, The Oregonian, Portland, Or., and either mail it or bring it to this office today. All pupils of the high schools and of the eighth and ninth grade grammar schools and of corresponding grades of the Catholic schools may enter this contest. Write only on one side of the paper and put your namor address, school and grade In the upper left hand corner of the first sheet. Write on any phase of "Ban Hur" that you desire. The 300 winners will be pre sented with the'best seats on the low er floor of the HelUg at the opening production next Monday night. Gevurtz Bargain Offers from Every Department. A Grand Glean-Up Sale of Odds and Ends, and Many Staples, and Wonderful Price Reductions. $18.00 Record Cabinets, $10.75 These Cabinets are in golden oak, quarter-sawed and polished; also in mahoganized birch; hold 130 rec ords each; have always sold for $18.00; special price only ....$10. To $22 Mission Hall Clocks, $12.50 Made of solid oak, 12 by 12-inch dials, six feet high, guaranteed timekeepers; worth $22.00; special ' price $ 12.50 18-Inch Airtight Heaters, $1.95 These Airtight Heaters are reinforced -with sheet iron, have nickel tiiinmings ; sold regularly at $2.50 ; special price .". $1.05 $5.00 Table Covers Only $2.25 No. 1917: Table Covers, 10-4s, plain centers, all ef fects; $5.00 values $2.25 No. 6725 : Table Covers, fancy stripe ; -worth $1.75 ; to close out $1.00 $10 Nottingham Curtains, $4.25 Only ten pairs of these popular Nottingham Cur tains, worth $10.00; Clearance price, pair. .$4.25 $38.00 Battenberg Curtains,. $12 Beautiful hand-made Battenberg Lace Curtains, worth $38.00 per pair; several patterns will be closed out at this extremely low price $12.00 "Pompom" Cotton Fringe, Yard 3c Over 10,000 yards cotton "Pompon" Fringe, very dainty colorings, all shades; solid colors, such as red, brown, pink, blue, green and variegated; if you have use for this, don't overlook the opportunity; Clearance price, yard, only 3t? 40c Best Japanese Matting, 19c Best linen warp matting, red color and worth 40c per yard, to close out, only.; , 19 Roxbury Brussels Carpet 85c Yd. Best grade Roxbury Brussels in all colors and many patterns, per yard, only 85 Emmerich 2V2-Lb. Pillows, 25c Extra hair ticking, genuine all-feather Emmerich Pillows, weight 2y2 pounds; worth 75c each; several hundred to close out at, each 25t $1.75 Ecru lace Curtains, 75c No. 14,196: Three dozen beautiful ecru Lace Cur tains full size; worth $1.75 per pair. Will be closed out at 75 $4.50 Two-Tone Curtains, $1.95 No. 12,690: The very latest in Curtains, two-tone effects in white and ecru,-full length, full width; worth $4.50. Clearance price. . $1.95 ' Heating Stoves $1.00 aWeek Methodist preachers protested against the appointment ot J. C. Young as Post master In Portland, I may say that im mediately after hearing or tne nomina tion tor Postmaster, before the Mieslon ary meeting In Centenary Church, or be fore hearing that Young Is a Mormon, I sent the message, which I discovered on its being reported back through The Ore gonian unfairly committed others for whom I could not speak:; 1 tnen iniormea Senator Pulton by mail that my message should be construed as expressing my In dividual aentlments only, and for no one else. C E. ClOXEl MORE PARK OPTIONS TAKEN Park Board Receives Offers or Numerous Sites. The City Park Board, at an adjourned session veeterdav afternoon, resumed the taking of options on property desired ror parks and boulevards. The largest piece of ground offered at this meeting is a 27-acre tract on Mount Tabor, the own ers of which were represented by J. N. Teal. The price set on It Is J50.000. Other property in the immediate vicinity was offered to the aggregate of $29,000, upon which options were taken. Another site offered for 131,000 Is that bounded by Portland boulevard, Holman street, Al blna avenue and Piedmont street, in North Alblna district. There was also an offer of a tract on the Powell valley road, lying between Bast Twenty-nintn and East Thirty-second streets, the price being J20.000. The acreage was not stated. Tho Park Board is taxing opuon on property, with a view to the purcnase or uch tracts as may prove to oe oesiraoia for parks, boulevards and playgrounds throuehout the city. There is a fund of $500,000 available at the present time to pay for these sites, and another bond Issue of $500,000 will be sold whenever eeded to Increase the fund. The only piece purchased thus far la a lz-acre tract above the Oaks in City View Park, for which the sura of $50,000 was paid.' Telephone Officers Elected. OAK GROVE, Or., Jan. 11. (Special) The Oak Grove Telephone Company as elected the following officers for the ensuing year: President, H. Thle sen: vice-president, John I. Rlsley; secretary-treasurer, J. M. Hart; dlrec- ors: John Rlsley, Charles Rlsley. H. Thlesen, Julius Broetje; finance committee: Edwards Olds, H. G, Stark weather and Mrs. Addie B. Cosdgrlf. i 1st and Yamhill t3SON 2d The financial condition of the new lo cal company was reported excellent, and the outlook for extending the lo cal lines bright. GIRL'S ABSENCE MYSTERY No Trace of Missing Louise Bice Is Found by Detectives. .Completely baffled are the detectives and other officers attempting to unravel the mystery connected with the disap pearance of Miss Louisa Rice, who left her home, 707 Gllsan street, a week, ago this morning. AH efforts to find a trace of her have failed. Hopes of solving the mystery were en tertained by the police Saturday and Bun day, after receiving what was thought to be the first positive clew since the girl's disappearance. It was reported that a young woman answering the description of Miss Rice had been seen wandering near the City Park. So positive was the Informant of the Identity of the wander ing woman that the officers for a brief time entertained great hopes of finding her. All day Saturday and Sunday they THERE WILL BE NO INDIGESTION OR UPSET Begin Today to Eat Your Favorite Food Without Fear of Distress in Stomach. You can eac anything your stomach craves without fear of a case of indi gestion or dyspepsia, or that your food will ferment or sour on your stomach If you will take Diapepsln after eating. Your meals will taste good, and anything you eat will be digested; nothing can ferment or turn Into acid otI poison or stomach gas. which causes Belching, Dizziness, a feeling of fullness after eating, Nausea, Indiges tion (like a lump of lead in stomach), Biliousness, Heartburn, Water Brash, Pain In Stomach and Intestines or oth er symptoms. 9x11 Brussels "Manor" Rugs, $8.98 A bargain in room-size Rugs, not to be equalled in Portland. Attractive patterns, good values. 75c Ingrain Carpet Only 39c Yard Many patterns in these all-wool Ingrains at this low price, per yard 39 BisseU's "Popular" Carpet Sweeper This Sweeper is regularly priced at $2.50 ; Cloaranoa price, only .$1.25 $3 Bussorah Axminster Rugs, $1.25 Size 27x45 inches,' best made Bussorah Axminster Floor Rugs; worth $3.00; special $1.25 .$13.50 Enamel Iron Beds, .$7.50 No. 563: This beautiful enamel Bed has largo oval head and foot pieces; very popular bed, and sells regularly for $13.50; special Clearance price $7.50 $4 "Sun" Cast Coal Stove $2.85 These are made of the best pig iron, amplo capacity to warm an ordinary room; worth $4; special close out price $2.85 $23 Solid Mahogany Tables, $12 No. 888: This is a handsome Library Table, 22x38 inches in size, with drawer; the last of a lino; worth $23.00, to dlose out for : $12.00 75c Brusseline, All Colors, 39c Bmsseline in all colors, Suitable for hall nigs, stairs, etc.; worth 75o per yard, special, per yard 39 75c "Hoii" Fibre Matting, 45c This Matting is far superior to common China or Jap Matting; worth 75c per yard; special Clearance price, per yard 4t5& Emmerich's 3-Lb. Pillows $1.00 This is the well-known "Gevurtz Leader" Pillow, made by Emmerich Brothers, weighing 3 pounds each, guaranteed all-feather pillows; worth $1.(18; will close out 100 of them for, each $1.00 $9.50 Rope Portieres for $4.95 Extra heavy quality, all colors; worth $9.50; will close out at $4.95 $3.00 Oak Stands, Special $1.75 No. 4G.9: These little Stands are in the quartor sawed oak, handsomely finished, tops 20x20 inches; worth $3.00; to close out two dozen of them we quote a special price of . $1.75 Fine $6.50 Wicker Chairs, $3.75 These are large, roll-edge Reed Rockers, natural or colored, that sell regularly at $6.50; special Clear ance price, only $3.75 Overcoats and Suits $1.00 a Week and Yamhill searched In that vicinity. After hours oi fruitless search, however, in tho bllndina storm, they ascertained that the woman who had been seen there was not Misa Rice. So the search was abandoned. However, it is being continued as vig orously as ever. Several private detec tive agencies have been engaged to aid the police, but no one has been able to solve tho mystery of the young woman's disappearance. UNITARIANS WILL MEET The annual meeting of the First Uni tarian Society will be held this (Tuesday) evening at 8 o'clock, at tho chapel. Sev enth and Yamhill streets. Reports of tha ministers, the trustees and the dif ferent organizations of the church will be presented and at the close of tho busi ness meeting refreshments will be served. Members of the society and all others In terested in the Unitarian faith are mont " cordially Invited to be present. You want to seo tho new telegraph ing machine which sends typewritten messages. The greatest Invention of the age. Free demonstration at Cor nelius Hotel, corner Alder and Park. ISERY FROH Headaches from the stomach are ab solutely unknown where this effective remedy Is used. Diapepsln really does all tha work of a healthy stomach. It digests your meals when your stom ach can't Each trlangule will digest all the food you can eat and leave nothing to ferment or sour. Get a large 50-cent case of Pape's Diapepsln from your druggist and start taking today and by tomorrow you will actually brag about, your healthy, strong stomach, for you then can eat anything and everything you want without the slightest discomfort or misery, and every particle of im purity and gas that Is in your stomach and Intestines is going to be carried away without the use of laxatives or any other assistance.