Morning Oregonian., August 13, 1904, Page 14, Image 14

THE MORNING OREGOiNIASr, SATURDAY, AXJGTJST la, 100.
WASSHESTOLEK?
Mary Robinson SaysSbs
Was Kidnaped.
DENIAL -BY AGED CAPTOR
Missing St Helens Girl Is Re
turned to Her Home.
TELLS. STORY OF ABDUCTION
Venerable Michael Plertfer Declares
He Persuaded the Child Not to
Commit Suicide, but to En
teiHomo of Vlercyv
It-TOur-a. picturesque- little' group that
sat in a corner of the women's waiting-room
at the Union depot last even
ing between the hours of 6 and 7. The
center of the group was 14-year-old
Mary Boblnson, the St. Helens' girl
who disappeared from her home July
29. and who wa& not found until Thurs
day night, when she was arrested at
Hillsboro.-
Another of the group was Michael
Piertler, a recluse, a hermit, an old
man 65 years of age, who has spent
the greater part of his life on a soow
-on the Columbia, without desiring to
mix with humankind to any greater
extent than was absolutely necessary.
It was Michael Piertler, the aged her
mit, and not Dan Lope, the handsome
young lover, who ran away with the
pretty daughter of Al Robinson and
caused a furore in -the little village of
St. Helens -which will not be forgotten
for days to come.
The third in the group was Sheriff
"White, who had the two prisoners in
charge, and who was taking them back
to a. people that stand aghast at the
escapade of the recluse who lute spent
the last 25 years of his life in a scow
under their very eyes, who was always
shunned by children and , despised by
adults, who was the laughing stock
of the town, and who finally retaliated
by stealing from uncer the noses of
the people that scoffed at him one of
the town's fairest daughters.
Mary Boblnson sat in her corner at
the Union Station, looking now at the
Sheriff, now at the passing throng out
side the window. Tears came to her
eyes now and then, and there were
tear stains on her cheeks. She looked
worried and weary and tired. Dread
and fear were her masters.
But she talked. She was very willing
to talk. She said she wanted to tell
the truth; to let the people know that
she was not to blame.
"Stolen Fro.m Home," She Says.
"I was stolen from my home on the
night of July 29 by Piertler and sev
eral other men, whom I did not know,"
she said. "I learned afterward that
one of the men's names was McDo'nald.
Piertler had asked me three times to
marry him, and I always laughed at
him, because all of us at home used to
laugh at him. I thought he was either
crazy or Joking. The day before he
stole me away he saw me in the black
berry patch and told me he had made
preparations to take me away, and
that if I refused to go with him, he
would kill me. He frightened me so
badly that I was afraid to refuse to
go with him. That night we went out
side St. Helens to a timber claim, where
Piertler, myself and the men with
Piertler stayed until the following
night, when we went to Vancouver.
From Vancouver we went to Portland,
stayed there two days, then left for
.Sacramento. "We remained there sev
eral days in a hotel and then returned
to Vancouver by way of Astoria by
boat. At Astoria I was left alone in
my room all day and part of a night,
and then I was taken to Vancouver. I
am glad I am going home, but I hate to
meet my parents. I don't care for Pier
tler, and only went with him because
he threatened to kill me if I did not."
A long, gray beard hangs to the
breast of Michael Piertler. His appear
ance is awe-inspiring. His occupation
is catching driftwood on the Colum
bia, hauling it ashore and cutting it
up. He is said to be worth $15,006.
Patriarch Tells His Story.
Piertler sat on the bench at the
depot with tears in his eyes. He says
it is all a mistake and that he was
trying to befriend the girl. His stpry
is a plausible one, and may prpve to
be the true tale, when the conflicting
stories are sifted out.
1 hare known Mary Boblnson since
she was old enough to walk," he said.
"One night I saw her wandering around
the river bank near my scow. I asked
her what she was looking for, for I
thought she had lost something. She
would not answer me at first, but finally
declared that she was ever, going to go
home again and was going to drown her
self. I asked her why, and she said that
Dan Lope had ruined her and that she
could not face the disgrace. I tried to
reason with her and told her to go home
and maybe I could find a way to help her
out of her difficult'. I finally told her
that If she would run away irom home
I would put her in some school or hos
pital where no one knew her and where
she could hide her shame. She agreed.
I planned it all, and she seemed pleased
with all my plans. I took her away and
first tried to place her in the Sisters'
school at Vancouver. Failing there1 I
went to Oregon City, then to Beaverton,
where I arranged to place her In St.
Mary's Home. No one went with us
when we left St Helens. I have not
mistreated the girl, but have watched
her carefully, fearing she might, in a
moment -of melancholy, take her life."
Mary Boblnson, when asked, stated
that Piertler had treated her with the
utmost respect- She also admitted that
she had been intimate with Dan Lope
and that she was in serious trouble be
cause of it. She expressed the hope that
he had "been released.
Town of St. Helens Shocked.
The town of St Helens is sadly
shocked over the outcome of the case.
Never for a moment did the citizens
dream that Michael Piertler, the aged
recluse, who was so unpopular that no
one had noticed his absence, was the
man who could have told the where
abouts of Mary Boblnson and who was
instrumental ' in her disappearance.
Sheriff Martin "White and Deputy B. S.
Hatton, who had the prisoners in charge,
said that Dan Dope returned to St!
Helens on August 4, and as it was be
lieved he was implicated in the case, he
was arrested and placed under $500
bonds.
Concerning Piertler,' Sheriff "White
said:
"'The residence of the' Robinsons is-.
near the scow of Piertler, and "he has
known the girl all her life. She la of a
peculiar turn of mind, but is bright and
has a good education. She is nothing
but a child, as you can see. Piertler has
lived in the county -for 25 years. He is.
not married. He has many times been
suspected of doing things that would
have landed him In the, penitentiary could
they have been proved against him. He
has . been in St Helens a number of
times since the girl first disappeared, and
his theory always was that she had com
mitted suicide. Half a dozen letters
written by the girl have been found, and
it is supposed that Piertler left them at
the home of her parents when he made
visits to the city. The last one was
dated August 8, and stated that she w&s
In California. Another letter said she
was in Sacramento, but she ' was never
there."
This is the puzzle the authorities of
Columbia County will have to solve:
Whether the girl, told the truth when
she said she was abducted by Piertler
and several other men; whether Piertler
told the truth when ho said he was
helping the girl to hide the shame that
had come upon her as a result of her
intimacy with Dan -Lope, or whether both
tales are fabrications and the truth 13
yet to be learned. If the hermit is the
trickster the Sheriff paints him he has
turned to virtue, for the girl says he
always treated her with, the greatest re
spect Aside from the -fact that Piertler
has an unsavory reputation there re
mains the fact that Mary Boblnson says
things which prove a part of Plertlers
tale to be true. ' The point that the offi
cials have to discover is whether the
girl was abducted or whether she will
ingly allowed Plertie'r to take her away
where she could hide her shame.
TffAT USE BULL BUN WATEE.
Greaham Is Extended Privilege In
Case of Fire.
aresham was granted the right to use
water from the Bull Ban mate in case of
fire only, by the Water Board yesterday
afternoon. Bach connection that Is made
will be collected for on the basis of $5 per
month. There will be three connections,
thus giving the city a revenue- of $18 per
month.
The reason for granting the request Is
the danger to the trcstlo which holds up
the main pipeline carrying Bull Bun water
into the city. Some of the members of
the board thought it would be bad policy
to allow the tapping of the main for any
purpose, but when Superintendent Dodge
called the attention of the members of
the Water Board to the fact that the
trestle might burn during a fire in Gresh
am. the privilege was extended.
The Oregon Water Power & Bailroad
Company asked the board to reimburse
them to the extent of $1500 for four-inch
mnns nlMed alone Lexlncton street The
board agreed to pay the amount if the fig
ures as set forth in the application prove
correct
The application for privileges to install
water-power elevators In privato houses
was granted with the expressed under-,
standing that the meter system would be
followed in every instance in which the
elevator is installed. Many families are
using water on the flat-rate system, but
if they decide to put In one or more of
the lifts they will have to pay for the
water consumed.
The Union Oil Company, of California,
presented a proposition to the Board to
Alblna waterworks. At present it is cost
ing the city about $21 per day for fuel for
the waterworks, and the company claims
the city can save mucn oy using on. une
matter was taken under advisement and
tho KtmprintpTidpnf lnstrnptpd to make a
written report on the subject at the next
meeting.
Tltr!a worn nnopnffwl Ynr urnrlc nn thA
reservoirs as follows: B. G. Lundstrom,
concrete on No. 3, $6930; on No. 4, $7222.50;
J. C Bayer, 35 cents .per foot for the first
layer of felt and 25 cents per loot lor
snhsftntiftTit ln.vrrs? 'Fishpr. Thornton &
Co., $16 per ton for 20 tons of asphalt
FEWER COMMITTEES FOE PAIR
Board of Directors Cut List From
Fifteen to Six.
At a meeting of the Board of Directors
of the Lewis and Clark Fair Corporation
held yesterday afternoon, the by-laws
of the corporation were, amended to cut
down the list of 15 standing committees
to six. Under the amendments the com
mittees In force are as follows: Grounds
and buildings; exhibits and transporta
tion; exploitation and publicity; legisla
tion and judiciary; concessions and ad
missions; music and' special attractions.
Each of the committees is made up of
five members, with the exception of the
committee on exhibits and transporta
tion, which has seven. The members of
the committees who will serve through
out the 1905 Fair were selected at the
meetings, and are as follows:
Grounds and buildings Wesslnger,
Ainsworth, Bates, Connell, O'Shea.
Exhibits and transportation Wilcox,
Fleischner, Devers, Ladd, Myers, Church,
Van Dusen.
Concessions and admissions Mills, Fen
ton, Connell, Dresser, Mears.
Legislation and judiciary Fenton, Mills,
Bush, Mallory, Baley.
Music and special attractions Ains
worth, Wesslnger, McKenzIe, Wolfe,
Mears.
Exploitation and publicity Fleischner,
Wilcox, Livingstone, Wittenberg, Riddle.
COMPANIES WILL NOT MERGE.
Electric and Gas Corporations Deny
Rumor of Combination.
A story received currency yesterday
that the Portland General Electric Com
pany and the Portland Gas Company
were about to consolidate with the pur
pose of cutting down expenses and re
moving competition. That this Is so Is
denied in the flattest terms by those who
should know. C. F. Adams, president of
the Gas Company, said last night:
"It is a pipe-dream pure and simple.
We had never even thought of such a
thing, and I cannot think how such a
story could have gained currency. We
have no intention whatever of forming a
combination."
The two companies concerned supply
the electricity and gas of the city. The
Portland General Electric Company is
capitalized at $4,000,000, with $2,000,000
bonds outstanding bearing 6 per cent In
terest Most of the capital comes from
the East The Portland Gas Company
Is .capitalized at $1,000,000 and has out $750,
000 of 5 per cent bonds. A merger of
these two companies would mean a con
trol of the lighting power of the city by
one concern.
WHAT ABOUT NEXT -SUNDAY?
Go to Cascade Locks and Return on
Steamer "Bailey GatzerL"
The only enjoyable way to pass a pleas
ant Sunday is to take your family or
friends for a trip to Cascade Locks and
return on steamer Bailey Gatzert Leaves
Alder-street dock 8:S0 A. M, gets back
6:30 P. M. Fine Sunday dinner served.
Round trip, $1.00. Phone Main 914. v
Il-NE ST. LOUIS SERVICE.
New SleepIng-Car Arrangement Made by the
O. It. & N. Low Kates. .
St Louis Fair visitors will be Interact
ed in knowing that the O. R. & N. has
inaugurated a daily through standard
sleeping-car service to that city, passen
gers arrrlving there in the morning.
September 5, 6, 7, October 3, 4, 5, the O.
R. & N. will sell 90-day return trip tickets
to St Louis for $67.50; to Chicago. $72.50.
Stqpovers allowed going and returning.
Particulars of C. W. Stinger, city ticket
agent Third and Washington.
Women, Irom their sedentary habits)
are often subject to headache and consti
pation. These are quickly removed, by
Carter's Little Liver Pills.
ASK MONEY FOR FURS
Police Offer to Return Stolen
) .Good? if Paid.
RUMMELIN AND SONS SUFFER
fclrm Accuses Chief of Police Hunt,
Deputy District Attorney Adams,
and Detectives Kerrigan,
Snow-and Joe Day.
Over several detectives and police of
ficers, one of whom Is no less a person
age than Chief of Police Hunt; there
hangs an impending cloud which the laws
of Oregon may have to clear away. In
the case of John McCarthy, who pleaded
guilty recently to the theft of $1310 worth
of furs from G. P. Rummelin & Sons, It
Is alleged, that the detectives and officers
instrumental In bringing the thief to
justice were working, not for Justice,
but for the reward that ha,d been offered
for the recovery of the goods and the
conviction of the man . who stole them.
Detectives Kerrigan, Snow and Day
and Deputy District Attorney Adams are
alleged to have endeavored to extort $220
from Frank Rummelin In order to secure
the return of the stolen furs. It is also
alleged that Adams offered to receive a
check for the amount after It had been
refused by Chief Hunt
The furs stolen were valued at $1340,
while those recovered by the officers
were valued at only about $300. Two of
the missing garments are worth about
$300 each. One has been placed In stor- '
age by an Astoria lady, and it is the one
the firm is most eager to have returned.
Mr. Bummelln stated yesterday that,
in May, Chief Hunt notified him that
he could secure all but five of the miss
ing garments if the firm would pay $220
in addition to the reward of $150 offered.
Mr. Bummelln refused to assent to the
proposition, but stated that the firm stood
ready to pay the $220 if it included the
reward. This, was finally agreed on.
- Bummelln wanted to deposit a check
with Culef Hunt, but the Chief, so Mr.
Bummelln alleges, refused the check and
said he wanted the cash. A few days
later Attorney Adams -approached Bum
melln and told him he would take the
check the Chief refused. Bummelln re
fused to gve the check to anyone but
Chief Hunt Mr. Adams denied yester
day that he offered to take the check.
The way the matter stands the firm is
still out their furs, though the firm al
leges that .the officers know where they
are and are attempting extortion before
they will surrender them.
COUNTY WILLING TO TEADE.
Would Exchange Privileges With tho
.Genera Electric 'Co. for Power.
The County Commissioners are plan
ning to have the Burnslde-street bridge
draw operated with electricity instead of
steam power, and also to make the Port
land General Electric Company famish
power for the three bridges Burnside.
Morrison and Madison-street bridges free
of charge. ,
The draws of the Morrison and Madison
street bridges are now opened and closed
by an electric apparatus, and-lhe county
pays $50 per mojith for the power used on
each bridge to the Portland General Elec
tric Company. The wood bill for the en
gines on the Burnslde-street bridge
amounts to a considerable sum yearly, and
If electricity instead of steam is used the
fuel bill will also be saved. The Electric
Company uses the bridge to string cables
which cross the river, and in exchange for
this use of the bridges the Board of
County Commissioners think the Electric
Company should furnish power free to tho
county. Tho matter has not yet been defi
nitely settled, but It Is understood It will
be soon. If the change is made the engine
will not be removed from the Burnside
street bridge, at least not for the present
It is stated that some owners of bridges
and municipalities which control such
structures think electricity on bridges Is
damaging to the steel or iron work, but
there is probably a difference of opinion
on that point
The steel bridge will not be included in
the deal,, for the reason that It belongs to
the O! B, & N. Co.. and is only leased to
the county, which has nothing to do with
the motive power used to operate the
draw.
The working forces on the bridges will
be reduced by the removal of the power
stations from the center to the east end
of the draws. On the Morrison-street
bridge, where the stations are at the end,
only six men are required to perform the
work. On the Madison and Burnslde
street bridges 18 men are employed to do
the work, which the court thinks, after
the change of the power stations, 12 men
can do. '
TO ADVANCE P0BTAGE E0ADS.
Open River Committees and Commis
sions Will Work Together.
The open river committee of the
Chamber of Commerce will meet on
Tuesday next at 3 o'clock In. tho after
noon for the consideration of plans for
the advancement of the work on the
Portage road.
It is the intentron of the committee
to work in close harmony with the
open river commission of the eastern
part of the state, and whatever plans
may be had by these people will be
adopted by the Portland committee.
No definite line of action has been
outlined by the open-river committee
as yet, but various ways of- placing
the work before the people and before
the authorities will be discussed at
the meeting and some plan of opera
tion will bo chosen.
From now on the two organizations
will keep up- active work oh the ques
tion in an endeavor to" bring. the Gov
ernment to consent to the granting
of the right of way over the canal
route and in turning the state commis
sion to the favorable consideration of
the project '
CBOWDS NOT All. THE SAME.
Brown's Park Band Entertains All
Sorts of People.
Different crowds of different kinds at
tend the public band concerts given by
Brown's band. It is a mixed crowd of
grown-ups in the Plaza; Hawthorne Park
brings out the babies, and in the park by
the Custom-House people come quietly
from the back streets within hearing
of the strains of the music and sit on
the grass without talking all evening.
Last night the concert .was by the Custom-House
and a large crowd sat and lis
tened attentively, to the band render the
following programme:
JTarcfa "Conciliator" Scoutom
"Waltzes "Jolly Girlrf' .VaUstedt
Overture "Martha" Flotow
Descriptive piece "A Hunting- Scene"
..BucalossI
March Coemopolltalne "Down the Pike"....
Aronson
Medley of popular airs , Mackle
Indian March' 'Navajo' ' .Van Alstyne,
Excerpts from "The Prince of PIIsen".Ludera
Novelette "In a Cosy Corner" Bratton
A Rastlme Doxology "Nappy Lee".... Jordan
The charm of beauty Is beautiful hair. Se-.
cure It with Parker's Hair Balsam.
Parkers Olnger Toalo cures inward pains.
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The Meier (& Frank Store Will Be Open Until 9:30 Tonight
Fair weather today, flie weather man says, as w write Let us hope he speaks the troth Yon desire to be here, and we
want yog here with the least inconvenience to yon This store open all day totiay and this evening until 9;30 and there
is a matchless list of merchandise values awaiting Saturday buyers, better at the counters than they look on paper and
this brings ns to the point we wish to make: Every statement of store news is made with the intention of having the
merchandise on counters more than make it good In other words to have values more than meet your expectations
Increased store service insures every one prompt attention
75c Silk Gloves 39c Pr
Another great special offering of women's Silk Gloves
for today All clean, new, stylish goods, just the kind
we haven't been able to get fast enough for yon all sea
son gOO pairs in black and white, finest real Milanese
silk, two-clasp styles, sizes
83 The best 75c Silk Gloves money can buy A lucky
turn enabled the glove buyer now in Eastern markets to
pick them up at an exceptionally low price The grand
est bargain in silk, gloves Portland women 'Ja
have ever shared 75c values, all sizes, today fC
$11.00 Silk Coats $3.89 Each
$20.00 Silk Coats $6.85 Each
Two lots of "Women's Silk Coats on sale today at remarkably
low prices. The best values in town, guaranteed we invite com
parison. 1
Women 'sBlack Silk Coats, of fine quality taffeta silk, Etons and,
blouses, all new styles, values up to $11, on sale a Qrt'
today at: QO.G?
.Magnificent Silk Coats, in taffetas, -peaiv de soies and pongees,
Jbitons, blouses and loose effects, all handsome, new j s
garments, values up to $20.00, for
Closing out all our fine Cotton "Waists at August prices
Second Floor.
Men's Wear Specials
Men's Clothing and Furnishing
Goods at extremely-low prices to
dayour 5len's Store at all times
aims to supply you with the best
1 1
Men's Linen Finish Handkerchiefs, full size ..5J
Finest Fancy Tweeds, Cheviots
terns and materials, $20.00
sale today at
Men's Golf Suits, in medium dark
fancy cheviots and fancyxtweeds. all
at HALF PBICB
Men's all-wool Oregon Casslmere
Pants, in dark gray Oxfords, best
52.50 values, on sale at,
pair
,$1.65
OddTrav'ling Bags at Cost
About 75 odd Traveling Bags we want to close out quickly
g 8 to make room for new styles just received Prices like we
have, quoted below ought
before 9:30 tonight
Alligator Oxford Bags
54.50 values 53.33 55.00 values 53.83
55.50 values for 54.25.
$11.50 Horn Alligator Oxford Bag 58.50
56.50 High Club Alligator bag 54.90
14- in. square Bag, new style, 59.50 val. 57.23
15- ln. square Bag, new style, 510 val.57.50
Unbreakable Cabin Bags. Great bargains
510.00 values.. ..57.50 512.50 values. ...5 9.33
513.50 values... .59.75 514.50 values.... 510.50
Fitted Cabin Bags, 513.50 values for.. 59.50
Trunks, all Sizes and Styles
Today and Tomorrow
C0c 4-quart granite covered Kettles
great bargain at 47c
Asbestos Mats for 3c
Wire Soap Dishes for 3c
45c Wooden Table Mats, six In set,
great bargain t 37c
50c Class Water Pitchers 39c
BATH ROOM FIXTURES
25c Toilet-Paper Holaers .19c
25c Hatracks for 21c
50c Towel-Backe for 41e
15c Towel-Backs for lie
5L50 Soap Dishes for : 51.22
Whlck Broom Holders 8c
The above are all of the finest nickel
plated ware and every Item an excep
tional bargain.
FLyOn our entire remain
m7 4Jm.T ing stock of Befrlgera-
O tors, all sizes. " Best
models, values 57.50 up to $35.00 at
ONE-THIRD OFF. (Basement.)
JLL
53, 6, 6j, 6$, 61, 7, 7j, 6,
in . seasonable and staple apparel
at the very smallest cost.
Choice today of any $1 Colored
Golf Shirt in stock, plain or
plaited bosom, best patterns
and colorings, all y q
sizes, at OC
Men's 7oc Fancy Lisle Half-Hose,
in figures and stripes and clock
ings, big variety, all
sizes, today at.- 3C
Broken sizes in Men's 50c Cotton
Mesh Underwear, fancy silk
fronts, shirts and tLC.r
drawers, today, choice..
Men's 75e Navy Blue Bathing
Suits, 2 -piece 52
and Fancy "Worsteds, best pat
and $22.50 Suits, on
$ 1 363
All remaining OuUng Suits, homespuns,
in the best" patterns and colors great
bargains at HALF PBICE
Men's Golfing Pants, neat mixtures,
at H.ALF PBICB
to cleanup everyone of them
I .ontftot I inorl Tin ere
14-inch 58.50 values,, for
56.73
IJ-iJIUIl 4?.W iUI . ......... .....I.UV VyV
14-lnrh SS.73 valiTa : SR
16-inch 59.75 values. -.1 57.75
57.75 black seal Bag, for 56.50
Cents' Walrus grain Bag
57.85 valUe.X.56.50 5S.25 value.... 56.73
Patent leather Bags Very swell
512.00 values... 59.00 512.50 values.. '.59-50
Gents' Bag with straps
$12.00-value.. ..59.30 513.00 value.... 510.00
Ladies' $3 Shoes $ 1 .70
5$$ pairs of Women's $3.00 Lace Shoes,
in patent leather, vici kid and box calf,
splendid styles, very best -leathers, all
sizes, every pair regular $3.00 value,
your choice today at, 1.0
Women's $2.00 Congress Shoes, in "vici"
kid, Princess patent tip, all sizes,Jpl.40
Odd lot of Ladies' tan lace and tan Ox
- fords, good styles, $3.00 and $3.50 val
ues, on sale today at $1.70
MEN'S SHOE SPECIALS
300 pairs of Men's Patent Leather, Yici
Kid and Velour Calf Shoes, very best
styles and all sizes, $3.50 and $4.00 val
ues; value extraordinary today. 2.65
Sale of Belts
65c Values 32c
Splendid line of "White Wash
Belts, best 50c and 63c values,
on sale today, each. . .'. . .32
Crush Leather Belts and Silk
Belts, in black, gray, brown
and green, 75c to jpq
$1.50 values Jf"C
All Chatelaine Bags, in black,
gray, brown and tan, walrus,
seal, alligator and suede, J
with safety clasps,
at PBICE
August Linen Sale
Continues the most interesting of all store events. Thousands of
women are taking advantage to supply all needs in housekeeping
linens at August sale prices. These extra special values for today :
200 dozen Unbleached Turkish Bath Towels, big size, 20c
values, on sale all day today at the low price, each I I C
2000 yards of Bleached Table Damask, 64 inches wide, very best
patterns, regular 75c grade, all day today at the low e
price of, yard , OOC
Duck and Goose Mixed Feather Pillows, fancy striped covering,
value extraordinary all day
price of, each
Cleaning up broken lines of
Women's Neckwear at low prices
today opportunity to pick up a
piece or two of dainty, stylish
neckwear at a . saving you won't
object to.
Women's Cream Scrim Stocks,
embroidered in red and navy
blue, 25c value, choice of
a splendid lot at:
Butcher Linen' Turnovers with
tabs, embroidered in raised de
signs, best 35c values, ' q
on sale today at
Madras Wash Collars, in red,
. black and white, 35c val- a
ues, at tho low price, of . . . .Ow
Large variety of Wash Stocks, in
white, blue and Persian effects,
50c and 65c values, on
sale all day today, at. . . .
-New line of Scrim Stocks, Val. lace and insertion trim'd,
best 35c values, on sale all day today at firOC
$2.00 Bathing Suits 5L34
5 2.50 Bathing Suits 51.64
5 3.00 Bathing Suits 51.93
53.00 Bathing Suits 53.54
5U00 Bathing Suits ..: ..54.20
5 S.50 Bathing Suits 55.95
510.00 Bathing Suits 56.95
512.50 Bathing Suits 5S.45
7A
Boys' all-wool 2-piece and 3
piece Norfolk Suits, best ma
terials, neat mixtures, cassi
meres, cheviots and, serges,
$4.50, $5.00 and
$6.00 values for. . .
Boys' Khee! Pants in corduroy
and dark and light mixed cas
simeres and cheviots, ages 3
to 16 years; wonderful values
at the low price of,
pair 44 .. .
BOYS' WASH SUITS ONE-HALF
PBICE Our enUre stock of Boys
Washable Sailor and Bussian Blouse
Suits and Kilt Dresses: best pat
terns and .colors, all at ONE-HALF
PBICE.
Bathasweet, 18 Cents Can
500 cans of Bathasweet, a perfumed
luxury for the bath, everybody wants
acan at the low price of jgg
r
Curative Skin' Soap 18c Box
3 cakes of Curative Skin Soap, a de
lightful and healthful toilet Soap;
great special value at, . $Q
Fairy Soap 35c Doz. Cakes
1000 dozen cakes of Fairy Soap "It
Floats" Best of all toilet and
bath soaps, sale price, dozen.. ..
Bulb Syringes at 15c Each
100 Columbia Bulb Syringes, hard rub
ber pipes; best 30c value, for i cr
this sale only, each low
Groceries
Phone Private Exchange Ng4
1 Can Shrliups fUE.... ipe
2 Packages Scotch Oats. 25c
1- Poung Jar of Sliced Beef ...25c
2- Pound Can Pork and Beans ioc
10-lb. sack yellow or white Cornmeal 25c
1- Pound Box of Stuffed Dates 20c
2- Pound Basket "Washed Figs 40c
Quart C. & B. Lucca Oil ; 65c
Pound Baker's unsweetened Chocolate 35c
1-lb Can Boyal Baking Powder 40c
Figprune or Postum Cereal 20c
3- Pound Package Soda Crackers 20c
2 Cans of Shrlmpe for 20c
3-Pound Package Saratoga Chips 25c
5-Pound Package Domino Sugar 55c
16 Pounds Granulated Sugar JUW
Full line of the National Biscuit Com
pany's fancy package crackers and wafers.
today at the low
BATHING CAPS, SHOES
15c Bathing Caps now Sc
25c Bathing Caps now 12c
50 Bathing Caps now 25c
$1.25 Bathing Caps now 75c
25c Bathing Shoes 16c
50c Bathing Shoes ,.. .32c
Sheet Music
For today only, exception
ally low pricing on popular
Music, vocal and instrumen
talSecond Floor
"Love's Beverle." a beautiful ballad
500 copies today at
6c COPY
"Suzan Van Duzen."
"Moon Moths."
"The Strollers."
"Drummer Boy of '76."
"Man With the Ladder and Hosei"
"If You But Knew."
"American Eagle."
"Beautiful Venice."
Anona." "My Pauline." All at
10c a Copy
Picture Departm't J
25 Beautiful Oil Paintings, 14
x20 inches up to 30x50 inches,
mountain scenes, marine views,
landscapes, forests, etc.; val
ues up. to $35.00 and $40.00,
taice any one or
the lot at, each. .
All medallions. Immense variety, at
exactly ONE-HALF regular prices.
ONE-HALF OFF on all busts, figures
and etatuary Second Floor.
Big assortment of Matted Pictures, 8
14 and 13x14, landscapes, water views,
animals, etc., special values, Q
each
Two picture pendants, Poets and Their
Homes, matted; great values, 1 1r
each .- AA'
oc -.r Discount on our entire
cj pi tri-stock of framed Pictures,
subjects suitable for parlor, dining
room, library.
HAMMOCK SALE
Closing out our entire remaining
stock of Hammocks at exceptionally
low prices pleasing variety of the best
patterns and colorings; all grades. A
Sunday afternoon nap enjoyed in one
of these big, cozy Hammocks will more
than repay , the enUre cost Third
Floor. '
All the best grades reduced as
follows:
52.35 Hammocks 51-73
52.75 Hammocks 51.96
54.50 Hammocks 53.35
52.50 Hammocks i 51.87
54.00 Hammocks 53.15
55.50 Hammocks 51.23
Hammocks for the Coast or outing
purposes
51.S5 values 51.27
52.00 values ,.51.45
52.23 values 51.69
Children's Hammocks
70c kind 4Sc
85c kind 67e
51.00 kind 79c
Entire stock of Croquet Sets at
greatly reduced prices.
earance Sale il