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: THE OREGON DAII.Y' JOURNAL. PORTLAND. MONDAY' EVENING. AUGUST 1, 1004.. Portland's Greatest Hjgh-Class Clothing; Stores - COS. 3RD Half Prices! : Ohs Week. Only! XJ - WASHIN GTON ST ZJ fivMUBMSIDE STS mi Only! By all odds the most stupendous trading event ever witnessed in the city Both stores packed until the doors had to be closed Saturday eclipsed anything in the way of trading ever seen li Portland, and no wonder that it 4d Our word that we woufd sell mi Mm Was made good, as hundreds will testify, and the quality of apparel ' we. sold WOULD PARALYZE THE THOUGHT of the old fashioned fellows unaccustomed, to this sort of thing. We began the sale because we had some financial obligations which had tb be met today, with no thought of extending the time beyond last Saturday evening. We received enough money to pay the claims against lis two .times over, but we also received hundreds of letters and personal requests to "please hold the sale open a few days longer and give us a chance to get in on it .Our pay day is not till the lst (or 5th as the case:may..be), and we have no money, at, this time. Kindly do us the favor if you can; and w WE HAVE YIELDED TO THESE REQUESTS FlOM FRIENDS, and from this time until Saturday night at 12 o'clock ,.- 4; Men ft ff ' . ' w nvc (I JIV Etc. " ru ik . a 114 1 : miM m u .. m -b . , m m m ra l . .. y m. n n 11 11 nms. ar ft. v a UUbtfl : wnwi i ivvik vv ma waiit w .w-.j .t-?jt.wwj , Will be sold to the public at just half the lowest prices ever asked for these goods before. ; This includes stacks of new merchandise from our reserve stock in our warehouse, as well as fresh arrivals of timely garments from the Royal Tailors of Chicago an im mense assortment of uncalled for tailor-made garments up to the minute in style and finish, COME TO THIS BARGAIN CEN TER IMMEDIATELY; Don't wait It will not last forever, v V V.. r -- X l'XrX;':;-::-;:: 'r Mail Orders Filled IMPORTANT NOTICE If there be any purchaser of clothing or any other merchandise during this sale not ENTIRELY and COMPLETELY satisfied with the selections made, we shall be glad to have such person return the ; same and receive his money back or other garments that wUl be satisfactory. We always adver tise "Satisfaction or money back." and we mean every word we say. . : : ' .. - Good Salesmen Wanted WIRELESS TELEGRAPH SAVES SCARE . OVER ACCIDENT TO LINER SI LOUIS . V If c . Xv - .-7 3 . - " ti wr - '- kz) - : t , ts't THE AMERICAN LINER BT. LOIIS WHICH THB UNIONS TRIED TO PREVENT HAVING ITS REPAIRS MADE ABOARD. Nw Torln Au. 1. Th burlrinlnt of lh fluht of Ubor for an Amrlcn merchant mrJn w mae lt week hf c6mmlttee of the Central Federated union, mler th irul of prptet mlnat th departure of the flt. LouU. of th Amarlcart lln. from thl port In rdr that repair to hr cyllndera nlrht b made In Ireland. The wlrelraa telaRraph prent4 any unNUlnM over hrr non-tnival. When the englnea of the Bt Ioula broke down at he aaed her Mareont epparatua to notify 'the ehore of her plUht and aplala that there Wta DO danger. The proteat waa mad to repreaentar tlve of the department of commerce nd labor, and recited that the Central Federated union of New Tork and Tl clnlty: the International Aaeoelatlon ,of Machlnlata. and the Marine Tradea coun" oll formally protected aalnt the rep reaentatlvea of the department of com merce and Ubor and Ita Inspector! per mitting the Ht Lou la, "probably loaned, managed and controlled by the Interna tional Navigation company, to leave port In ti present unaeaworthy and .uneaf condition." The breaks were described and the possibility of loss of lift recounted 'The only res son apparent for not havlnrthe repairs mad In the port of New Tork," the protest continues, "Is that It may be done for lea expense In Oreat Britain. For other good and sufflcnt reaaona, which w will be prepared to present upon a hearing, we earnestly protest against this vessel being permitted to sail." - In the phrase "other and sufficient reasons," la the gist of the proteat It hss been claimed among shipping men that the only reason the International Mercantile Marine company, of which the American line la a part, continues to poa as aa American enterprise, is In .'.. the hope of a governmental subsidy for the ships of Its line flying the Ameri can flag. The American la one of these; the other It the Atlantlo Transport com pany. . . Opposed to the granting of subsidies la n strong "free-ship" sentiment, which asserta that If dry-dorks of sufficient capacity to accommodate the liners were encouraged, an American merchant ma rine would grow , up. Possession of docks. It asserts, has been the cause of th . growth of . the Norwegian and Swedlah merchant marina. Before thla sentiment had spread, and when th stockholders of tne American line had a aay In Its management, each one. of the ships, when damaged, was sent to Norfolk for repairs. The growth Of shipbuilding at Norfolk waa eulogised by the opponents of the subsidy Idea. Under thinly disguised - English control In- lta greed for an American subsidy, unwilling to reduce Its revenues from Ita own dry-docks In Ireland and re fusing to assist In building up a mer chant marina which would destroy all hope of the subsidizing of Ita ahtpa, the International Merchantile Marine com pany wlahea to send the Bt Louis acroas the ocean In Its present condi tion. ' v . An official of the American line said: v "That Is a labor question, aa I take ft. The 81 Louis Is absolutely safe and seaworthy. We arc sailing her under th approval of the United States gov ernment We are not a lot of fools. We have no thought of going contrary to the law. Th United States inspector have looked her over, and they say she Is safe, and that It Js perfectly safe for her to eroae the ocean.. "Bo far aa the sending her over there for repair 1 concerned, a being any great financial matter, that 1 absurd. Th repair will not cost a' great deal." LAFE PENCE VISITS ; TOWN OF LEWISTON (Special Ptopatefe le Th JowlU.) Lewlston, Ida., Aug. 1. At a recent meeting of uie city council that body waa addressed by ex-Congressman Lafe Pence of Colorado, who outlined a gravity water system for the city. His plan Is to bring water In plpea from the Sweetwater country to the district south of th city. j Survey show this plan to be feasible and the Idea outlined waa received with general favor. At the next meeting of th counoil some definite action will be taken. , , BEABUXD AT BPOXAaTX. . ("pedal Dispatch to Tb. Jourail) - Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Aug. l.D. 'T. Outhrle and Mrs. Anna Barnes wont to 8pokan this week, secured a marriage license and sr now at home at the Outhrle place eest of Post Falls., Mr. Outhrle is aged 6( and his bride Is aged it. She ha been his housekeeper several month. . ' sxtbvtj nmmon un. (SpeeU! fllipatrb tb Th Jonrnal.) . ' Hsrrleon, Idaho, Aug. 1.- The Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone company has received the right of way acros th Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation for th extension of Its line from Harrison to flt. Maries.-' The poles hav been purchased and the work of extending th line will b commenced at once. OA TOV : OTXSS OB B TIKATS III OPTJXAJi TOT TOB YBBBTDBBT . If ymi make the nearest guess you can secure a prise, orv of 1.000. valued at $1,609 to tS each. Hi gness will oot yon nothing. Every 16 cents you remit to Th Journal, covering ubscrlp-, tlons to th Dally, Sunday, Semi weekly or Weekly . will entitle you to one guess. w - For particulars and details read th advertisement appearing In The Journal. . . w HUGE ENGINEERING IS FINISHED TASK Contractor John B HcDonald Turns Over to ; Operating Company New York Subway : . - Complete in Practically All Its Details " .- (Journal Special SerrUe.) New Tork,-Aug.--1. John B. Mo Donald, the contractor for - the most colossal piece of engineering work ever undertaken by man, haa - "made good." True to hi promts of aaveral months ago Mr. McDonald today ; turned the New Tork subwsy, complete in practi cally all of Its details, over to the oper ating company. A few week will be spent In- running experimental train and on September 1 the finest and safest ytm of rapid transit Is th world will b opened to th teeming million of New York. Surmounting all obstacle and prov ing superior to all difficulties Mr. Mc Donald haa fulfilled th term of hi agreement and accomplished what few believed waa within the .bounds of human possibility when the provision of th 116,000,000 contract- wr an nounced a llttl mor than four years ago. - Extending from th Battery at the southern extremity of Manhattan Island to Bailey avenu and Two Hundred and Thirtieth treet on th west side In a long sweep' of 11 and a half miles of four, three and two tracks, and 4 J miles of single track; from One Hundredth street and Broadway under Central Park, to the east, under the Harlem river to Bronx park and One Hundred and Eighty-second street, a distance of seven mllea, or IT mile of single track. ... ' - "V. " ' This Js th Manhattan division- which Mr. McDonald to day turned ovr to th operating company. To Brooklyn an other great system is being pushed rap idly toward completion. Thus, spread ing Out from the heart of the metropolis, Ilk a Stgantlo spider-web, are more than 66 mile of single track, cover ing distant of 16 mile of space to be traveled by train. ' , , ' rigure Ar Inadequate. . Msr figures are Inadequate to ex presa the extent of thla system. The largest single contract fn the history of civilisation was entered Into for tho purpose of constructing this wonder ful system of transportation. jWhen It ts known that 1,700,118 cubic yards of earth and tlt.lll cubic yards of stone and rock have been . excavated, 18M0H cubic yards of rock tunneled, 1 10.011 ton of steel, 16,(01 ton of cast Iron and 11,619 cubic yards of bricks used In th work, to say nothing of .th hun dred and hundred of thousands of cublo yards of water-proofing and con crete and atone and the 100,000 'linear feet of ateel tracka and the hundreds of thousands of ton of ' other material one realises that a vast undertaking , The difficulties of the work, too, nave been without parallel. Ftften mile of sewers had to be taken up and relaid many of them almost a big a th subway Itself. There were mile and mile of gas mains and wAer pipe and eondillt that twined themselves In and out and croseed and rcrod tb path of th jinderground railway. Ilk labyrinth: Thar were elevated rall way and surface rallwaya that had tt be undermined, but so r"!t t artificial construction that th dally transportation 'and trafflo of th great city was not disturbed. Blocka and block of busy Broadway; In th upper part of th city wer nolo lowed out like-a flute, 'luniiei. wie fearlesaly bored, under lower Broeu way, reaching almost to th very foundationa of the big skyscraper and brushing against the wall , of Trinity church, while above the rumble of th electric cars and the rattle of th cart never ceased. In regard to the -coat., it Is sufficient to'stat that tt amounted to a 61,900.000 a mil. , . :. Xagnt aa Day. .'. ' ) i' ') ' Persons who hav a constitutional dislike to riding In tunnels, based f r th most part upon disagreeable x--perlence, need hav no misgiving about th subway. Throughout Its . anttr . length It will be a light a day at all -hour. Electric lamp and aro light tud th walla and celling from be ginning to end. Modern method hav been employed by th new road to an extent which re-. due danger of accident to a minimum. The covered third rail , supplier th power directly, and there a block system of switches, with appliances, very 600 feet. These are ao arranged that even should a motorman drop deed at hi post, when a danger algnal waa set against an approaching' traln.lt would be Impossible for the latter to run past It for the reason that the same mechanism' that dlsplaya th signal at th same time shuts off th power and prevent tha train from moving another, hundred feet. ; . A to the question of convenience, the platform at every station ar wide and paclous th stairways broad and ' seemingly ample to accommodate any -crowd that may fill them, and the wait ing rooms and tlckat offices, all under ground, are so arranged that there should be no undue congestion even la . the' "rush" hour of morning and even ing. . . ; " ' Th servlc will be inaugurated with " 809 cars.- In all essential respects then are tha same aa ar used by th elavate.1 trains, except that they ar vestibule'! and lined and sheathed with copper so as to make them aa nearly fire-proof a poaslbl. - , ' . Schedule of Steamer T. j. Potter. . Th aeasld teamr T, J. Potter will leave Portland. Ah street dock, for ' Astoria and Ilwaco aa follow: Augnst 1, Tuesday, 9 a. m. .". . August 1, Wednesday, 9am., ' , ' Auguat . Thursday, 9 am. August 6, Friday, 9 am. , , August 6. Saturday; 1 p. m. ' Oat transportation and berth ticket at O. R. N. ticket offlc. , Third and Washington atrta - ,