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PART TWO PAGES 13 TO 24 VOL. XXV. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 23, 1906. NO. 29. The Happiest Child in Port land has a Roosevelt Bear Headquarters for Artistic PictureFraming By Expert Framers Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Our Prices Are Always the Lowest Aug. Butterick Patterns and Latest Metro politan Fashion Book Now on Sale. The New Col lege Blouses Hare Smart Colored Collars Cuffs and Ties Great Clean-Up Sale of Summer Silks Below Their Present Actual Cost Absolute clearance of the most desirable Summer silks at price-concessions which establish new re- cords for wonderful val ues in our establishment. All of these Silks are stan dard qualities, the finest weaves, the most exclus ive patterns every yard new this season. Absolute ly the best silk value of the year. $4.50 Shirtwaists $2.75 fZQrioT $1.25 and $1.50 Foulard Silks, UiCof the best quality, in dress pat terns of 15 and 16 yard lengths; a won derful value. Qfor $1.25 Plain and Embroidered OiCpot Pongees for shirtwaist suits and College Blouses; a remarkable price, even for a clearance sale. ry ( a yard for our entire stock of best -JW quality Wash Silks, for shirtwaist suits and 'separate waists; a wide range of colorings in choicest weaves, always selling at 50c a yard. CA - for regular $1 Shirtwaist Suit ijJKf Silks in a . wide assortment of colorings, all this season's styles. A spe cial lot regularly selling at $1 a yard. $20.00 Demi Made Robes $9.75 A few of this season's best effects in Bmbroidered Batiste Demi-Made Robes, which are to be closed out at remarkably low figures. Come in white, champagne, pink, blue and lavender. $20 Demi Made Robes $9.75 $25 Demi Made Robes $11.75 The New Polka Dot Ribbons Just received a full line of the popular large . embroidered Dotted Taffeta Ribbon, full 4 inches wide, in a vast variety of combina tions, such as navy, black, blue, pink, red with white dots, white, pink, blue, red with black dots, and many others 35 Lace Clearance Prices Here are new proofs of the absolute su premacy of our bargain Lace store. We uniformly, week after week, sell three times as many laces and at lower prices than any other Portland store. 12V2C Torchon Lace 5c a Yard A large selection of pretty patterns in 2 to 3Vi-ineh extra quality cotton Torchon Lace with insertion to match; worth and 10c a yard in the regular way. 12V2C Wash Lace at 7c a Yard Many ,new and dainty Wash Laces and In sertions iu widths from 22 to 5 inches wide are to be found in this lot. Good values to 12c a yard. 35c Wash Lace at 15c a Yard Extra fine quality Wash Lace in many nov elty designs,, never sold for less than 35c and 25c yard ; to insure quick selling will be closed out at very low price the yard 15. $1.25 Embroideries 68c a Strip Thousands of the manufacturer's 6-yard-strip end samples have been secured by us and will be placed on sale Monday morning. These are all the very latest designs ranging in widths from 5 to 10 inches wide, in nainsook and cam bric. . Extra good values to $1.26 the strip of 6 yards.. , , 35c Embroideries 12c a Yard A most exquisite display of this season's best patterns, in the now popular embroidered bands and insertions 2 to 32 inches wide; regular price 35c and 25c a yard. 75c Plain Net at 47c per Yard Full 72-inch plain bobbinet in white, cream, pink and ecru. 50c Appliques, Special at 17c Novelty Venise Appliques in many new and pretty designs; worth 50c a yard. 31.00 Alio vers at 57c per Yard ( 3ti-inck wide Baby Irish Allover; this sea son's prettiest patterns. A General Clearance of Allovers AH of our lS-inch Net, Venise . and Baby Irish Allovers, are greatly reduced. Now is the time to supply your wants. $1.50 Allovers S .98 $2.00 Allovers $1.27 $1.75 Allovers $1.17 $2.50 Allovers $1.9S $3.50 Allovers $2.47 A splendid spe cial lot of $3-75. $4, $4.50 and $5 new shirt waists, made of the daintiest white lawn and pearline mull ; short sleeves only; trimmed with fine open work embroid ery, clusters of pin tucking, Valencie nnes lace, yokes and trimmings, etc Very special at 2.75 Monday Bargain Sale of Petticoats TO WEAR WITH SUMMER DRESSES The wrong petticoat will spoil the prettiest gown, you know. If you can buy the right one for little, why not do so? For tunate purchases have enabled us to congregate a splendid lot of spic-span new styles, designed especially for wear with the thin, lingerie dresses. All are of splendid materials, beau tifully trimmed and finished. And just look at the prices ! . Qq For Petticoats of Cambric, full ruffle, with insertings and fOt ruffles of torchon or val. lace sells here every day for $1.35. n C For Petticoats of very fine white materials; umbrella 4pXZ& ruffles, trimmed with lace and tucks or fine Hamburg made to sell at $2.00. $2 A Q For Petticoats of fine Cambric; trimmed with Hamburg or lace in a variety of styles. A splendid value at $3.00 the regular price. C For' Heatherbloom Taffeta Petticoats in light gray, X ij reseda and Alice blue, deep flounce, tucked and trimmed with wide ruffle, shirred with cord. $2 C"VFor Heatherbloom Taffeta Petticoats in dark green, black, reseda, Alice blue and gray made with graduated side plaited flounce ; trimmed with two wide ruffles. $7.50 Petticoats $4.35 Made of Extra Quality Taffeta Silk Another shipment of just 100 splendid $7.50 extra quality taffeta silk petticoats, in black, . white, silver gray and navy ; made with full three-section flounce, and shirring above each section; sold regu larly at $7.50. Special price. ,. .$4-35 Covert Cloth 12'2C Yd A splendid fabric for women's wear, chil dren's suits, etc. Just the thing for Sum mer out-of-doors wear strong and dur able ; colors navy, "green, red, tan, gray. A very special value. Misses' 17cHose 2lAc Misses' ribbed black cotton Stockings, either medium or light weight, warranted fast and made with double toes, heels, and knees. 17 or noses' '25c ribbed black cotton Stockings, medium weight, double heels, toes and knees. We always have a full line of the celebrated "Wearwell" Stockings for misses; also the ''Nomend" heavier in weight and made with double heels and toes and double linen knees. 25c a pair and worth more. Monday Linen Bar g'ns A good linen value is indeed a bargain it doesn't come often. Be sure to get these Monday. Bleached Hemstitched Huck Towels, size 19x38 inches, Monday 15 Bleached Turkish Bath Towels, 20x45 inches, with or without fringe; exceptional value at 25 Hemstitched and Drawn Linen Squares, Mon day prices: 7x 7 inches,... 5 24x24 inches. ..25 12x12 inches... 10 30x30 inches... 35 20x20 inches... 20 1Sx50 inches... 35 $1.25 Hair Brushes 50c A special sale of fine Imported Hair Brushes, with hand-drawn bristles ; better made than the average and always sold at $i and $1.25. 1J00 Imported Tooth Brushes...... 12 S5o and 50c Nail Brushes, special 25c Borated Baby Talcum, can 4 EfH Shampoo, ideal for the hair.. lOO Spiro Perspiration Powder, cut to 1S "Modene," for removing superfluous hair.. 89 Bulb Syringe of (rood quality rubber 35 98c Fountain Syringe. 2-quart sixe 6S 2-quart White Rubber Hot Water Bottle 4S Sale 35c Silk Belts, 10c A very special Monday bargain regular 35c Silk Belts .....lO-; S5c Gray Leather Belts .35 White Lace Belts, pearl buckle 50 New style White Wash Belts, clasp in back, em broidered or plain tailor-made, pearl and gilt - buckles 35 White Kid Belts, with large gilt buckle, a new fad,' In pink, blue and white ; 65 White Wash Bags, special values at 35. 50. 65 39c Pillow Tops 25c Pillow Tops for couching and outlining, very easy to work: special 25 Regular 50c PiJlow Tops In floral and conven- v tional depifrns: sale price 39 Largest line of Stamped Linens for fancy work. . Best $1.18 Fiction 50c Here are the latest and best stories of the most popular authors of today. Stories that possess the master touch and carry you entranced from page to page. Only a few of the titles are : To Have and to Hold, Prodigal Son, Caine. Oliver Horn, Smith. My Lady Peggy Goes to Town, Matthews. Soldiers of Fortune, Davis. The Grey Cloak, Mc- Grath. Toung April. Castle. Cardinal's Snuff Box, Harland. The Cost. Phillips. Peter Stirling. Ford. Special sale of ioc Adventures of Girard, Doyle. Trail of the Grand Selgnieur, Lyman. Jastle Craneycrow, Mc- Cutcheon. Dorothy Vernon, Major. Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come, Fox. Millionaire Baby. Green. Brewster's Millions. Mc- Cutcheon. A Chicago Princess, Robert Barr. St. Elmo, A. E. Wilson. standard paper novels 6 for 25 $5 Couch Cover $3.89 Regular $5 Couch Covers of extra quality reversible tapestry in a large variety of different patterns in all of the best color ings of the season; 3 yards long, 60 inches wide. Regular $6 Couch Covers $4.68 $4 Curtains at $3.15 Very special midsummer reduction sale of Lace Cur tains in Irish Point, Renais sance, Cable Net, Cluny and Nottingham effects wide variety of pat terns, white or Arabian color. Curtains, special $3.15 Curtains, special $3.98 Curtains, special $4.79 Curtains, special $5.93 Curtains sold at startling Regular $4.00 Lace Regular $5.00 Lace Regular $6.00 Lace Regular $7.50 Lace Odd pairs of Lace reductions. . Be Good to Your Feet Allen's Foot-Ease - 21 Allcock's Bunion Plasters. ... . .21 Allcock's Corn Plasters 21 Bunion Pads. 8.. Corn Pads...Sc Antiseptic Corn File Milk of Magnesia 41C Hostetter's Bitters 83 Lash's Bitters 83 Coke's Dandruff Cure.... 41. 83 Phenol Sodique. the great anti septic 41 Stuart's Charcoal Lozenges 21 Wyeth Effervescing Kissingen.,41 Wyeth Vichy Salts 41 Clinical Thermometers, minute, 50c; 1 minute, 40c; a minute, 35c Novelty Hat Pins 12'2C Hatpins, mounted with amber, green, amethyst and white stones; special for 12V4 Novelty Brooch Pins, special 50 Sterling Silver Belt Pins 75 Collar Supporters In pearl and gold filled, Sue value, for 39 Beauty Pins, striking effects, pair 25 Beautiful Mounted Back Combs, special at. 59c Bead Neck Chains m dainty colors, sale at. 48 COMPANY AN ARTFUL DODGER Pays Taxes on Valuation of $857,685 When Plant is Worth $2,250,000. SAVING IS ABOUT $20,000 Largo Discrepancy Between Figures Returned to Assessor and Those Announced by President Adams Before Council Investigation. HOW PORTLAND GAS COMPANY DODGES TAXES. Value of company's plant ' and all other property. . as stated by President C. F. Adams before gas committee of City Council, February 2S and March 2. 1904! (equal to capital stock and bonds) $2,250,000.00 Assessed value of this same propeiyy on whlcn . company pays taxes (not including $115,000 for franchise, as this was not contained in Mr. Adams' figures)... 857.683.00 Difference, representing property that escapes taxation .$1,392,315.00 Taxes paid this year by comDany on property in Mr. Adams' estimate. $ 12,694.30 Taxes which should be paid on $2,250,000 valu ation - 33.300.00 Taxes dodged, by the company $ 20.603.70 The actual amount of taxes paid Is (1702 more than the figure given above, but it Is for a $115,000 fran chise, which Mr. Adams did not In clude In the assets of the company. The only other sum paid by the com pany to the public treasury is a $200 annual - occupation tax, levied by the city, making the full total this year $14,596.30. Paying taxes on less than half the value of Its property is one of the thrifty methods of the Portland Gas Company for imposing on property-owners, who this 'year had to pay on full cash values. Before the investigating committee of the City Council, February 28 and March 2, of this year. President Adams, of the company, said that the total value of the company's assets was $2,250,000 plant, coal, material on hand, accounts and gas bills, stock in East Portland Gas Light Company, cash on hand, and accounts receivable, but not including franchises on both sides of the river, fixed by the assessor at $115,000 which if one-fifth of their actual value, this being practically the ratio at which the 14,000,000 franchise of the consolidated car company was assessed for $600,000, would be worth $500,000 more, bringing the total assets of the company rip to $2,750,000. The value of the franchises he refused to state, so that the $116,000 figure for them is an arbitrary one of the Assessor's., . Mr. Adams' Valuation. When Mr. Adams gave his figures he was spurred to put them up in order to minimize the appearance of watered stock. The value of the property, he as serted, was that of the combined capital stock of the company $1.500,000 and bonded debt, $750,000 and the company must charge high enough prices for gas to enable it to pay dividends on . that much stock and interest on that much debt. If, then, Mr. Adams had put down his property value, the stock watering would have been plain, or else he would have had to include something for the franchise which he was clever enough not to do. By putting up the property value he has made a wide discrepancy between it and the assessed valuation. revealing that the company is dodging taxes, as was charged in the complaint made to the committee. In the assets of the Portland Gas Com pany are, included those of the East Port land Gas Light Company, which the other practically owns, and which is its East Side department. According to the as sessment roll, the assessed valuations of the two companies and the taxes paid are as follows: PORTLAND OAS COMPANY. ttiuc laxes. Realty and improvements. .$222,625 $ 3.295.42 Machinery,' moneys, ac counts, stocks and other nemnnal Twmertv . QAA A Ml it Franchise Iftn'ftfift l'jQjtV.ft Occupation tax '20000 Total $762,565 $11,488.82 EAST PORTLAND GAS LIGHT COMPANY. Realty and improvements. .$ 46,750 $ 091.90 Machinery, moneys, ac counts, stocks and other personal property 148.350 2.195.58 Franchise 15,000 222.00 Totals .. $210,100 $ 3. K. 48 Totals for both companies 972.6R5 14.596.30 Without franchises 857.665 12.094.30 Assessed Valuation Only $857,688. The total assessment on which the two companies pay taxes, without franchise and occupation license, therefore, is $857, 685, and the difference between it and the $2.250.00041,392,313 represents the sum on which the company dodges taxes. On a $2,250,000 assessed valuation, the company -would pay this year, at a 14.8 mill levy, $33,500. If the Assessor had taken two-thirds of that valuation for taxes, or In round figures, $1,500,000. the tax on the company this year would be $22,220. or a little less than twice what it actually paid.- It is to be borne in mind, however, that the figures given by Mr. Adams were for the end of last year, whereas the last assessment was made in the preceding March, and that the com pany made some improvements after that time. But those Improvements represent but a small part of the discrepancy. Adams' Testimony at Investigation. At the gas Inquiry of the Council com mittee on February 28, Mr. Adams gave the $2,250,000 value in the following ex amination, conducted by Mr. McGinn: McGinn What do you deem the value of your plant, Mr. Adams- A. Well, that is a question of opinion, Mr. McGinn. Q. What Is your judgment about that? A. I think the plant is worth . in neighborhood of $1,500,000. Q. Have you a revenue from any other source? A. That would include the distribution system, too. And I might add that we have ablock at Fourteenth and Couch street fflso. Q. What is that used for? A. That is used for a holder and shop. Q. It is a part of the plant? A. Yes, sir. Q. And Is actually in use? A. Yes, sir. Q. Have you any other property as a part of your plant, which U not in actual use? t A. Tes: some. Q. Where Is that? A. That is down at the works; some machinery is all. Q. What do you deem the value of that to be, which is not in actual use? A. Probably $12,000 or $15,000; something like that. Q. You value your plant at $1,500, 000? A. I think something likt 'that. Q. What assets have you in addi tion? ' A There s coal material on hand, $106,910.82; accounts and gas bills, $19,377.94. You must understand, Judge (McGinn) that this statement was of December 31. Stock in East Portland Gas Light Company, $350,000. Q. You have some stock in the East Portland Gas Light Company? A. Yes, sir. Cash on hand. $33, 864.99; accounts receivable, $249,618.64; making a total assec of $2,247,240.68, as of December 31. That was repre sented by a capital of $1,440,200; $750.- 000 of bonds, and $7,324.85 of amounts due under what we call meter deposits; undivided profits, $12,165.83; a credit for coupon No. 9, dated February 1, 1906, $18,750; dividend No. 11. J.-Vi per cent, due February 1, 1906, on $1,250. 000, amounting to $18,750; total liabil ities, $2,247,240.68. Says It Is Worth $2,250,000. On March 2, on cross-examination by J. N. Teal, attorney for the company, the questions and answers were: Mr. Teal: Mr. Adams. I would like to ask you a few questions as to the value of the plant of the Portland Gas Com pany, as It stands today; and by the plant 1 mean everything that goes in to make up the business of the Portland Gas Com pany? A. Well, approximately, about $2,250,000. Q. How much of that is plant that is, actually used in the manufacture and distribution of gas? A. About a million and a half. Q. Of what does the other property consist generally? A. It consists of materials and accounts. SOLDIERS MURDER POLICE BLOODY BATTLE OVEU ARREST FOR TRIVIAL CRIME. Portuguese Regiment Attempts to Rescue Comrades at Lisbon. Twelve Officers Killed. LISBON, July 22. (Special.) In a battle last night between men of the Fourth Koyal Portuguese regiment and the police of Lisbon, 12 police were killed and 35 wounded. The engagement resulted from the arrest by the police of two infantry men of the Fourth Regiment who were taken into custody for having committed a slight offense. The arrests were made in the street, and the policemen, Instead of turning the prisoners loose, tried to lock them in the central police station. When word had been received of what had been done, the regiment to which the men belonged turned out and double quicked to the police station, carrying rifles and cartridge belts. The soldiers, from 'what shelter they could find in ad jacent buildings, commenced firing Into the police station, while the police re sponded with revolvers. Unable to ob tain the surrender of their comrades by this means of attack, the soldiers attempt ed to rush the police station. While thus exposed many soldiers were shot and killed and wounded. Finding their efforts futile In forcing an entrance, the attacking forces withdrew and dispatched a portion of their number to fetch artillery with which to bombard the station. In the meantime a continu ous rifle fire was kept up. The military authorities were notified of the outbreak and of the proposed use of artillery. Two regiments of Infantry and a squadron of cavalry were ordered to the scene. The members of the Fourth Regiment were at first disposed to Join battle with this con tingent, but, finding themselves greatly outnumbered, reluctantly . retreated to their barracks.- " The wounded were cared for in the mili tary hospital and the bodies of the killed placed In the station-house. The military authorities wili make an Investigation. TUMULTOUS CAREER ENDED PRINCESS BE CHIMAV, WHO WAS A DETROIT GIRL, DEAD. Squandered Thousands of Francs on Beauty Doctors in Her Later Years Dies at 35. LONDON, July 21. (Special.) The Even ing News prints a report from its Paris correspondent stating that Clara Ward, formerly the Princess de Chlmay, is dead in the French capital. It gives no details as to where she died or the cause of death. With the death of the Princess do Chimay, formerly Clara Ward, of Detroit. Mich., one of the most remarkable ca reers in the history of the world comes to an end. Although only 35 years old, the Princess' life was so tumultuous that In the last five years she aged perceptibly. She sqnadered thousands of francs on beauty doctors, and once nearly ruined her face by submitting to having a permanent blush tattooed on each cheek. In the last few months she had failed steadily.' IS XOT CONFIRMED IN" PARIS Dead Princess Chimay Believed to Be Another Person. PARIS, July 22. (Special.) It Is impos sible to confirm the report from New York and London that Clara Ward is dead here. The report is discredited by persons who know the original Princess de Chimay here. It is believed here that the report originated from the death of the Princes Pere Caraman-Chlmay, wife of the Belgian Minister to Luxemburg, who died here Saturday, but even this cannot be confirmed this morning. Charles Bliss, "Human Fly." MADISON. Wis.. July 21. Charles Bliss, known to circuB-goers a generation ago as the "Human Fly," died here today, aged 80 years. PEOPLE REJECT STAN DPATISM Congressmen Have Change of Heart on Hearing . From Them. WEST IN FAVOR OF REVISION Plan of Campaign to Be Considered by President, Speaker and Chairman at Oyster Bay. Landis Sees Light. CHICAGO, July 21. (Special.) Th Washington correspondent of the Dally News says: One of the first objects of the conference at Oyster Bay Monday, among the Presi dent, Speaker Cannon, . Chairman Sher man, of the Republican Congressional committee, and other leaders of the Con gressional campaign, will be to consider how to conduct the campaign with refer ence to the tariff. Word has reached here that some of the Western members of Congress who went home intending to conduct a "stand-pat" campaign have become disturbed at the sentiment for revision they have discov ered in their districts. They have been convinced that some concessions will have to be made to the revisionists, and have so apprised Mr. Cannon and others Whether to stand rigidly by the tariff or show much leniency towards the revis ionists is therefore a large question before the Oyster Bay conference. The revision ists believe the President will align him self before long In favor of a change In the schedules. A notable instance of a tariff change of heart cited here is that of Representative Fred Landis, of Indiana, who left Wash ington recently a "stand-patter," but on getting in touch with his district became a convert to' revision. HEARST-MTJRPHY COMBINATION Democratic Editor Believes He Has Cinch on Governorship. NEW YORK. July 21. It Is reported here that word has come from Bourke Cockran, who has been for some time In San Francisco and environs, that the details of a Hearst-Murphy combination are being satisfactorily worked out. Hearst also has been in San Francisco. This report was first heard in some of the Murphy district clubs. While the party foes of Hearst are talking of uniting to defeat him in the Democratic state convention, his party friends are intimating that the political situation in New York State Is being shaped In such a way that Hearst's de feat for Governor will be impossible. WAGE SLAVES OF ALABAMA IGNORANT FOREIGNERS IN LUM- BER CAMPS ABUSED. Starved and Beaten by Armed Des peradoes Acting as Overseers. Treated Like Dogs. PENSACOLA, Fla., July 21. (Special.) A harrowing story of inhumanity and cruelty to ignorant foreigners In the lumber camps of Alabama was brought to this city today by Henry Rodenbeck, a resident of Fort Wayne, Ind., who was induced to seek employment at the camp of the' Jackson Lumber Company at LiOCkhart, through the misrepresentation of a labor agency. He was a member of a gang of 24 men engaged In New York to work for the lumber company, It be ing reported that wages were from $1.60 to $2.50 per day and the work agreeable. R5jenbeck said: "I hired out In New York to a man named Gallagher, superintendent of the Lockhart camp, who had a labor agent with him. On being assured that wages were good, I accepted. On reaching the camp we found that the wages were only $1 and board. There were eight or nine immigrants there, most of them from New York, who could not speak Eng lish. They were made to eat after the Americans and they got what was left. When one reached for anything on the table he was yelled at and I have seen them thrown out of doors for trying to get enough to eat. . "In the woods they worked under men who were desperadoes and who were al ways armed. I saw two of them beaten unmercifully with a harness strap, and I was told that one man was stripped of his clothing and beaten with a heavy riveted strap. The beatings were given because the men did not understand how to do the work. "They were nothing but green hands fresh from the old country. Gun play was a common thing. They are human slaves and nre treated worse than dogs." ELKS CAMP IN MOUNTAINS Jollity Unimpaired by Breakdown of Excursion Train.' DENVER. July 21. Three Elks" excur sion trains were detained all night In the mountains near Tolland, on the Denver & Northwestern Railroad, by the breaking of a drlvewheel on a locomotive. Great bonfires were built on the mountain sides and 'the Jolly excursionists spent the night in singing and dancing. They were a tired but still good-natured crowd when they finally reached Denver during the forenoon today. . Catholic Societies to Sleet. . ST. LOUIS, July 21. (Special.) Anthony Matre, of St. Louis, and National secre tary of the American Federation of Cath olic Societies, announces the programme for the fifth annual convention of the Catholic Federation, which convenes at Buffalo, July 29 to August 1, has just been completed. The convention will be opened with pontifical high mass.