a
STOPS
formally ordered today by the War De
partment to proceed to the Philippine
islands, where he will relieve Brigadier-
THE VICTOR TALKING
MACHINE brightens your
home with music Price
$10 1 dollar down and
; 50 cents weekly.
General A. Winfleld S. Edgerly. in the
The Happiest
Child in Port
land has a
Roosevelt Bear
No inflation of values, no re
ductions in name only at
Lipman-Wolfe's Values are
exactly as stated; merchandise
exactly what we say it is.
Headquarters
for Artistic
Picture-framing
by Expert
Framers
command of Fort William McKinley.
COAL LAND
SALES
General Edgerly Is ordered to San Fran
cisco, where he is to report to the depart
ment for further orders.
Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Our Prices Are Always the Lowest
SILVER CVP FOR ASIATIC FLEET
THE MORNING OltEGONIAN, FRIDAY. AUGUST 3, 1906.
UNCLESAM
President Withdraws All the
Known Tracts From
Public Entry.
PROPOSES LEASE SYSTEM
Ten Million Acres Reserved, Includ
ing Large Tract In Southwestern
Oregon, Pending Action by
Congress Later.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 2. President Roosevelt has
decided that the coal barons shall not
Iiave a monopoly of the coal fields of the
w est. Late In the recent session he sent
a message to Congress calling attention
to the tendency of large corporations to
gobble up coal land in the West, and sug
gested the advisability of repealing the.
coal land law and retaining coal land as a
permanent asset of the Government, to
be leased at a fair price to operators who
would develop the coal and put it on the
market at a reasonable figure. No action
was taken on his suggestion, though Sen
ator La Follette and several others made
speeches in advocacy of the leasing of
coal land.
To show that he is absolutely in ear
nest, the President has directed the In
terior Department to withdraw from en
try all public land in the West that is
bcllved to contain coal deposits of com
mercial value. In all, 10,000.000 acres have
been withdrawn, but out of this area It
is probable that not more than 4,000,000
acres are now public land.
Oregon and Washington Coal.
Oregon is not known to have as exten
sive coal deposits as some other Western
States, but, with Washington, it has been
embraced in the President's orders and all
vacant public land in townships 23, 26 and
27 8., R. 13 W.. lying in the Roseburg land
district, has been withdrawn from entry
-' under the coal land or other public land
. laws. In Washington 25 townships have
been withdrawn under the same condi
tions, the withdrawals being: Vancouver
district T. 14, R. 1 and 2; T. 8, R. 2; T.
9, R. 2 W. ; T. 12. R. 5. Olympia district
T. 15, R. 1 and 6; T. 20. R. 5; T. 19, R, 6;
T. 18, R. 6: T. 16, R. 2. Seattle district
T. 37, R. 4; T. 23, R. 5, 6 and 7; T. 24, R. 6;
T. 29, 34. 35 and 39, It. 6; T. 22, R. 6 and 7;
T. 21. R. 6 and 7.
It Is true that the greater portion of
these townships has already passed into
private ownership, and some of the rich
est coal fields of Washington are em
braced in these areas. Such land as is
now in private ownership Is not affected
by the President's order, and the Govern
ment has no control whatever over it or
over the companies that own and are de
veloping their coal deposits. But the re
maining public lands are now beyond the
reach of the coal man and the speculator,
and it is not likely that they will again
be made available except by lease.
Would Only Lease Coal Lands.
It is the intention of the President
when Congress reassembles in December,
to renew his recommendation that the
coal land law be repealed and that such
land remain permanently with the Gov
ernment, and that authority be granted
for the leasing of such lands. So long
as the Government holds title to coal
land, it can compel the lessees to sell
their coal at a fair profit, a moderate
margin above the cost of production
added to the cost of the lease. Experi
ence in the Pennsylvania authracite fields
has Bhown the outrages that can be per
petrated when a trust has absolute sway
and the President's last move is Intended
to prevent the repetition of the Pennsyl
vania hold-up In the great West.
Practically every public land State of
the West has some coal land, and in
each State where coal is known to exist
" withdrawals have been made. The Geo
logical Survey has been instructed to
make careful investigation of all the
withdrawn areas, and the land found to
contain no coal or merely tracts that
have no commercial value will ultimately
be restored to entry. The remainder, if
Congress adopts the President s sugges
tion, will remain public property until
the coal Is exhausted.
Hold Land Till Congress Acts.
Until Congress repeals the present coal
land law, the President will have no
authority to make leases of coal land in
the West, but the fact that such sweep
ing withdrawals have been made and
that the Geological Survey has been in.
Btructed to immediately proceed to an
examination of all the withdrawn land
would indicate that the President believes
the desired legislation will be enacted at
no distant date, probably next session.
Proposed Pend d'Oreille Reserve.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 2. The Secretary of the In
terior today withdrew from entry 650,280
acres in Stevens County, Washington,
along the Pend d'Oreille River, with a
view to creating a new lorest reserve.
Engineer Wanted at Warm Springs.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Aug. 2. Civil service examination
will be held at the regular examination
points on August 29 for an engineer at
Warm Springs Indian school; salary,
J720.00.
INVESTIGATION IN PHILIPPINES
Wood's Search for Irregularities
Needs Aid From Home.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. An investiga
tion of alleged irregularities in the Phil
ippine Islands is now being conducted by
order of Major-General Wood, the inquiry
being in charge of Colonel Wood, Inspector-General.
At the request of General
Wood the War Department has made a
special detail of officers familiar with the
methods of business and conditions in the
Philippines to assist. No result has yet
been reported to the department.
SPANISH TREATY IS ARRANGED
Duties Reduced by Reciprocity Will
Make Champagne Cheaper.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. All prelimi
nary negotiations between the United
States and Spain for the reduction of the
tariff on American products entering
Spain, in consideration of the reduction
of the tariff on champagne and several
other Spanish products, have been con
cluded. Mr. Collier, the American Min
ister at Madrid, so advised the State De
partment by cable today. Under the pro
posed agreement, the United States will
be classed among the most-favored na
tions by Spain.
General Mills Ordered to Islands.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Brigadier
General Albert L. Mills, commandant of
A "-"fii States Military Academy, was,'
Japanese Official Glve9 It to Best
Football Team.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. Admiral
Train, commanding the Asiatic station, in
a report to the Navy Department, says
that, while the fleet was at Kobe, Mr.
Malslkata, president of the Kawasaki
Dock Yards Company and a graduate of
Yale, presented to the fleet a handsome
silver football challenge cup, which is to
be played for each year, the name of the
winning ship to be engraved thereon. He
also presented to the crew of the Oregon
a silver cup of smaller size, which is to
be sent to the Navy Department.
NO IMMUNITY FOR JOHN D.
Will Not Be Subpenaed in Standard
Oil Inquiry. "
CHICAGO, Aug. 2. John D. Rockefeller
will not be served with a subpena to ap
pear before the grand Jury which has
been called to convene in this city next
Monday, to Investigate the relations ex
isting between the Standard Oil Company
and various railroads entering Chicago.
This announcement was made here today
by Government officials, after a confer
ence between Assistant Attorney-General
Oliver B. Pagin, Assistant District Attor
ney Hanchett; T. C. M. Schindler, Special
Agent from Washington, and District At
torney J. G. Sullivan, of Cleveland. The
Government officials declared that, should
Mr. Rockefeller testify before the grand
Jury, it would be necessary to grant him
Immunity from future prosecution, and
this, it was claimed, is what the Govern
ment wishes to avoid. "
Two hundred pounds of evidence this
afternoon reached the office of District
Attorney C. B. Morrison for use in prose
cuting the investigation, having been sent
from the office of Commissioner of Cor
porations James R. Garfield at Washing
ton. A careful study of the mass of evi
dence is now being made by the Gov
ernment attorneys who have charge of
the case. The evidence was gathered by
Mr. Garfield's men during his recent in
vestigation of the oil business.
SL'BPENAS FOR STANDARD MEN
Forty Officials Called Before Chi
cago Grand Jury.
NEW YORK, Aug. 2. Forty or more
subpenas for officers and employes of the
Standard Oil Company have been for
warded to New York from Chicago. Sev
eral officials of the Standard would not
say whether they had received the sub
penas from Illinois, but did not show sur
prise when they learned they had been
Issued. Inquiries were referred to M. F.
Elliott, general counsel for the company,
who said so far as he knew no attempt
had been made to serve any of the offi
cials. Mr. Elliott would not say what
attitude the officials of the company
would take in case the subpena-servers
put in an appearance.
Johnson's Interest Not Financial.
CLEVELAND, Aug. 2. In the dis
patches handled by the Associated Press
on July 25, in describing the controversy
now proceeding over the street railway
situation in this city, the statement was
made that Mayor Johnson "was credited
with being largely interested in the Mu
nicipal Traction Company." This state
ment is unwarranted. Is believed to be
entirely untrue if it tend to create the
impression that Mr. Johnson had any
financial interest whatever in the Forest
City Company, and is contrary to every
public statement made by that official.
T.hat he has been interested in the suc
cess of the company as an ultimate mu
nicipal ownership proposition, but pri
marily to secure a lower . fare, he has
ooenly proclaimed. The Associated Press
Hood's Pills
Act on the liver and bowels, cure bil
iousness, constipation, morning and
sick headache, break up colds, relieve
uncomfortable fullness after dinner.
Painless cathartic. 2oo.
Made by
HOOD
kit's Goody
Peptiron
Pills
Ironize the
blood, tone
the stomach, aid dieestion.
and give restful sleep. Especially bene
ficial in nervousness and anemia. . Chocolate-coated,
pleasant to take. Two
sizes : 60c. and $1. Druggists or mail.
C. L HOOD CO..Xowell. Mas
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m m in a
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ON AND OFF
LIKE A COAT
That is the point in
COAT SHIRTS
1 Time garment! hav the attractive feature of
custom ahirts but they coat muck lea.
I la white aod coior-iaat fabrica.
I $1.50 and mora
! CLUETT. PEAROnv jl fn
1 largest Makera of Oollara and Shttta m the World
"AimuiinuiuuuuiiiiiiiiiiuiuuiiiilBli;
Tutt's Pills
Cure All
Liver Ills.
Doctors7Say;
Bilious and Intermittent Fevers
which prevail in miasmatic districts-
are invariably accompan
ied by derangements of the
Stomach Liver and Bowels.
The Secret of Health.
The liver is the great "driving
wheel" in the mechanism of
man, and when it is out of order,
the whole system becomes de
ranged and disease is the result.
Tutt's Liver Pills
Cure all Liver Troubles.
FOR OUR GREAT FRIDAY BARGAIN DAY ; EXTRA SPECIAL
The Most Sensational Bargain Sale of Women's White Novelty Suits
X
$6.50 to $8.50
WHITE SUITS
$2.78
Lowest Prices Ever Recorded
Don't think for a moment that we would go out into the market at this time
of year and negotiate a purchase of high-grade Novelty Suits unless they
were an extraordinary, sensational value. The most noted maker of
Women's Suits in New York has taken a loss of hundreds of dollars in
order to clear out his entire stock. We go on record today with the asser
tion that AT NO OTHER TIME in any other store in Portland has such a
tremendous bargain EVER been offered to Portland women. These splen
did suits on sale Friday at less than original cost of skirts alone.
The maker's workmanship has an individuality about it that connoisseurs of robes appreciate, hence
only the "best" stores handle his product. Every little detail is carefully gone into by him selection of
materials, perfection of sewing, outlining of the trimmings.' . Result: SUIT PERFECTION.
There is a variety of styles three-quarter Box Coats, Short Pony Jacket, Bolero and Eton styles.
Skirts in gored, circular and other effective styles. Some of the suits are tailored, some have fancy braid
and medallion trimmings; other styles have black, blue, pinkor lavender piping on jackets and pleated
front skirts trimmed with bands of piping. And then other styles in infinite variety.
$10 to $22.50
WHITE SUITS
$4.85
Suits are on Display in Corner Window.
Friday Morning.
Sale Commences
Only One or Two of a Kind. Come Early to Get Good Selection.
No Phone Orders Filled. None Sent on Memorandum.
$2, $2.50, $2.75 White Shirt Waists $1,10
Waists actually selling: until today at $2,
$2.50 and $2.75 go at this astounding Fri
day bargain price.
These are white lawn Waists, in the most
charming effects of the year. All are beau
tifully embroidered. Some have elaborate-'
ly embroidered fronts and clusters of pin
tucking; some haver panels of embroidery
alternating with insertions of VaL lace; a
beautiful model; is exquisitely embroid-
ired with Japanese cotton and trimmed with baby Irish lace. " f
All at the one low price of 4pX.XVJ
Sale of $4 Japanese Silk Waists at $2.35
White Silk Waists, made of the daintiest, til my Japanese silks. The variety of styles is
infinite some with insertion of pretty Valenciennes lace, panels of embroidery and pin
tucking; some smart tailor-made styles, with clusters of fine plaits and hemstitching;
others with yoke of Valenciennes; deep shirring and embroidered medallions JJ O O C
many other styles, all new this season, elbow or long sleeves .? im&i3
Absolute Clearance of White Wash Belts
Every Wash Belt in the store goes Into this sale, regardless of value or newness. Th
largest assortment of Wash Belts in the city tucked, embroidered, lingerie, eyelet em
broidery and plain tailor-made, and the new Fritzi Scheff and Olga NethenwiTBeltHuiT
dreds of exquisite designs in the embroidered Belts; pearL gilt and silver buckles. The
whole assortment is divided into three lots!
35c to 50c
Wash Belts
19c
50c to 75c
Wash Belts
25c
75cto$1.50 nn
Wash Belts.. Oc7C
Clearance of $1.50 and $1.35
Millinery for Only 25c
Hundreds of this season's Hats regularly sold at $1.50and $1.35 to be
cleared out at this ridiculous price. White Duck Hats-in varietyTsome
of horsehair braid, straw Hats in turban and sailor shapes. r g
All at one price while they last aW JC
15c Fancy Batiste 6c
" As a very special Friday bargain, a lot
of regular 15c fancy Batiste, in red and
white figures, pink and green squares; a
light-weight material, very attractive for
children's wear, and a great bargain.
25c Wash Goods, 9c
A small lot of these splendid fabrics that
have excited the admiration of everyone
who has seen them in this great sale.
They consist of Printed Embroideries,
Swiss, French Batiste, Printed Organ
dies and other desirable fabrics. . Qp
A wonderful bargain at '. . . . &
Beautiful Silk Organdies, daintily em
broidered with white figures and printed
in the most exquisite shades on Cp
white ground, a yard iJ
Remnants Vz Off
Actual Rem't Prices
After a most prosperous and busy season
we find ourselves with many short ends of
Ribbons, Embroideries, Laces, Trimmings,
Veilings, etc., in lengths from 1 to 2Va
yards long. To insure quick selling we will
give one-half off actual marked remnant
prices during this great sale.
Wearwell" Hosiery
Stands Sea Water
Sea water and black
stockings are mortal
enemies. Only a
"Wearwell" Stocking
can stand immersion
in strong salt water
without becoming
green, or brown, or
some other nonde
script color known to
indiscriminate stocking
buyers. Black forever,
wear and exposure to
the sun and water not
withstanding. Best
Hosiery in the world
for 25c
liP
Gigantic Friday Special Bargains
Manufacturer's Sale Women's Neckwear
ffi. ' ' a kave received by express a gigantic purchase of
of original and chic Women's Neckwear bought at a
tremendous sacrifice. There is a wonderful assortment
of exquisite new styles to go on sale for our great Friday
Bargain Day at these prices:
25c Neckwear for 12c
50c Neckwear for 19c
$1.00 Neckwear for 37c
Manufacturer's Sample Line of Boleros and Cape Collars
Wonderful values as the result of this fortunate purchase. Dainty effects in Indian
Head, Baby Irish, Venise, etc
$2.50 Collars 98c $4.50 Collars $1.37
Great Sale Manufacturer's Sample Line of Novelty Chemisettes
A below-cost-of-production purchase of exquisitely beautiful and neat effects in Chemi
settes of lawn, lace and Baby Irish. Exceptional values these.
50c Chemisettes 27c $1.00 Chemisettes 47c
The Only Cut-Rate
Drug Store in Port
land Fighting the
Trust Saves you
Money on Every
Drug Need.
Stone Root Kidney and Liver
Elixir 41. 83
Red Raven Splits 13
Apenta Water 20
Hunyadl Water 25
Dioxopen 21c
Carbolic Salve 21C
Chloroform Liniment
Sal Soda, 5 lbs 1 0 ;
Cascara Aromatic ..184
Bicarbonate Soda, 1 lb 5t
Eye Baths 54
Medicine Tumblers 74
Absorbent Lint, lb 54
Borated Antiseptic Gauze, 6 yds IS 4
Wood Alcohol, bring your own retainer,
gallon 954
Glove Extenders, $1
Black and white Silk Net Top Glove Ex
tenders are very popular as well as econom
ical! for they will outwear several pairs of
short gloves, converting them into the
much-wanted 16-button elbow length.
Notions Low Priced
Double-size Paraffin Wax 124
Jar Rubbers, box 54
Alcohol Stoves, all kinds 254 to SI. 25
Candles, reduced, dozen 284
Swlftole, the best white canvas Shoe
Cleaner 254
Scissors, special 504. 354 254
Whltole Canvas Shoe Cleaner ; 104
Friday Sale of Women's Underwear
i Q ft For women 's 25c ribbed cotton Vests
low neck, no sleeves.
yje For women's 65e Swiss ribbed
SrJi Lisle Vests, low neck, no sleeves,
lace trimmed yoke.
25c
35o ribbed cotton .
neck, no sleeves,
For women's
Vests, low
trimmed yoke.
MOC For women's $1.75 Swiss ribbed
ivJ Union Suits, low neck, no sleeves,
umbrella drawers, lace trimmed.
Men's $3 Straws, $1
All of our Men's $3 and $2 Straw Hats
go on the bargain table today at $1.
They'll go quick, and it will pay you to
come early.
Men's 50c Hose, 19c
A special mill
purchase of the
swellest styles in
Men's Half Hose
in cotton and lisle,
in fancy colorings,
novelty designs,
embroidered figures,
stripes, solid col
ors, etc. Come
today; come as
early as possible
and share in the greatest genuine Hosiery
bargain ever offered in Portland.
$1 Underwear, 75c
Men's ribbed lisle Shirts and drawers,
regular $1 values, fancily striped and fin
ished in the best possible manner; a very
special value for Friday selling.
All of our Men's Summer Underwear
at tremendous reductions.
$2.00 Kimonos, 98c
Women's short
lawn Kimonos in
the newest styles,
made of flowered
lawn, with collar
and short flowing
sleeves; also
striped and fig
ured lawns with
puff sleeves; and
several other
styles selling regt
ularly at $2 and
$1.50. Only a
small lot at this
low price,
98c
therefore desires to disclaim and to dis
avow any other suggestion.
PREACHER VISITS THAW
Is Said to Have Officiated at the
Latter's Wedding.
NEW YORK, Aug. "2. The only visitor
today to Harry K. Thaw in the Tombs
Prison was Rev. William I. . McEwen,
pastor of the Third Presbyterian Church
of Pittsburg. Rev. Mr. McEwen is said
to have been the clergyman who married
Bvelyn Nesbit to Thaw. Thaw, through
a friend, today, said he knew nothing
about many reports that have been pub
lished about him.
He said they might relate to his cousin,
for whom he had often been mistaken.
RISE OF AMERICAN POWER
Reld Lectures on Hia Country to
Students of Cambridge.
CAMBRIDGE, England. Aug. 2. Am
bassador Whltelaw Reld today inaugu
rated the course of Summer lectures at
the university with an address on "The
Rise and Development of the United
States."
Mr. Reia suggested that the separa
tion of Great Britain and her American
colonies might never have happened, had
Chatham's wise policy Ibeen followed,
and said that both the British people
and their colonizing sons had profited by
the result, because America's triumph
had checked reaction in Great Britain.
There was no doubt, he continued, that
the first echo of the rise of America
was heard among the crashlngs of old
institutions during the French Revolu
tion, and that it certainly was a factor
in the subsequent rapid extension of pop
ular rights throughout Europe.
As it had stimulated liberty by its po
litical development, so had it stimulated
material welfare by Its inventions, prod
ucts and opportunities. It was scarcely
possible now to conceive the world with
out the American outlet for its super
fluous energy and its superfluous population.
Refuses to Pay Taxes in Texas.
DALLAS, Texas, Aug. 2. (Special.)
The Western Union Company refused
to pay its state taxes under the Ken
nedy gross receipt law, although the
Texas Attorney-Gneral held that lc
should do so. The company claims
that It Is subject to tax under the
Williams intangible asset law and de
clines to pay under both tbe intangi
ble and gross recelpcs laws.
UNWRITTEN LAW STANDS
Woman Who Killed Guilty Rival Ac
quitted of Murder.
BCENA VISTA, Colo., Aug. 2. After a
dramatic trial Mrs. Grace Hutchinson was
tonight acquitted of killing Mrs. Mary
Bode at Salida last June. During the
trial Mrs. Hutchinson's husband admit
ted on the witness stand that he had
been intimate with Mrs. Bode and that
he had confessed to his wife the night
before the murder was committed.
Right of Way for Umatilla Canal.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2. The Secre
tary of the Interior has approved the
agreement with the Wilson Irrigation
Company of Umatilla County. Oregon,
wherehv It agrees to permit the
reclamation service to cross its right
of way and canal with a feed canal,
ditches, roads, telephone and electrio
transmission lines and other irrigation
works, under the Umatilla Irrigation
project. The Wilson Irrigation Com
pany grants these rights for Jl.
Archie Roosevelt a Yachtsman.
OYSTER BAT. Aug. 2. Archie Roose
velt, the President's son, has complete! '
a cruise from Oyster Bay to Newport
and return, in Captain Slocum's yawl
Spray. Captain Slocum accompanied
young Roosevelt on the cruise.
Spanish Treaty Signed by Spain.
SAN SEBASTIAN. Spain. Aug. 2. Th
treaty of commerce betw the United
States and Spain, the protocol of which
was recently signed, was finally executed
last night.
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