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THE HORNING OREGONIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1906. 2 CHERTS GIBBER SENSELESS WORDS Religious Craze Known as "Gift of Tongues" Gains Foothold at Los Angeles. ORGIES ARE HELD DAILY Prominent Surgeon and Daughter Are Victims WMtes and Blacks Translate Their Jargon In Scriptural Language. IX3 ANGELES, Cal., Oct. 21. (Special.) Six months ago a frenzied, religious dobauch. known as the "Gift. of Tongues" truck Los Angalesv and up to this time has enmeshed approximately 800 people. The rapid growth of the movement prom ises to result In the formation here of the nucleus of a wide-spread cult. The lead ers are now planning missionary Inva sions of other cities. The sect founds Its beliefs and demon strations upon the Becond chapter of the AoU of the Apostles wherein it Is told that there descended upon the 12 apostles cloven tongues of Are giving them the power to speak with other tongues. The sift of prophecy and the power of healing are also asserted. Meetings are held dally In at least three places of gathering In Los Angeles. All-day and all-night sessions are fre quent ana In each meeting the main fea ture is the holding forth In "unknown tongues" by the more devout members. Whites and Blacks Mixed. The largest membership of the cult Is Bow found in what Is known as the Axusa Mission, In the negro quarter, and Is composed about equally of whites and blsoks. Another branch has practically disrupted the First New Testament Church, founded by the Rev. Joseph Smile, and has captured some of the staid, smart business men of this city. The Rev. Joseph Smale was at one time pastor of a leading Baptist Church. During his pastorate a split occurred and a number of the wealthier members with drew under the leadership of Robert J. Burdette. the famous humorist-minister. Rmale's faction ultimately became the First New Testament Church. Smale visited the scenes of the great Welch revival and came back to Los Angeles Imbued with revival fervor. During his scries of revival services the "Gift of Tongues" gained a foothold In spite of his opposition and caused another split. In the People's Church. Sixth and Mateo streets, presided over by Rev. T. C. Atterbury, believers in the "Gift of Tongues" have attained an ascendancy over the pastor and here. also, disap proval of the movement by the stalder members has caused a ; split. Rev. Mr. Atterbury has some of his own money Invested In the church property, and at a compromise he has retired with his followers to an upper floor, while the members who prefer services in English hold forth below. Nicknamed "Tunglfd Tonguers." The pastors in general throughout the city are not taking kindly to the growth of the "Tangled Tonguers." as they are called by scoffers, and nearly every Sun day some minister speaks against the de fection from the statdor paths of religion. The Azusa Mission lias conquered more serious opposition than that of the regu lar ministers. Complaints to the police have been frequent by men whose wives or daughters were enmeshed in the move ment and by others who live In the neigh borhood of the church and who object to the all-night shouting of the enthusiasts. The protests resulted in the arrest of one of the leaders. Henry Prentice, on a chnrge of insanity. He was accused of uncontrollable religious mania and of speaking in unintelligible gibberish. It was alleged he required restraint. Forty of his followers accompanied the arresting ofticers and Prentice to the Courthouse, where the leader was taken before the lunacy commission, presided over by Judge G. A. Gibbs. of the Su perior Court. Prentice informed the com mission that there were between 300 and 600 persons under his leadership. He gave two samples of the "gift of tongues." Linguists present say that in the first efforts they detected several Italian words which were not placed together so as to telve an intelligible meaning. The second effort they pronounced gibberish. Prentice was discharged from custody. Judge Gibbs remarking that If the leader were sent to the Insane asylum there would be as good cause for sending his 400 or 600 followers there also. At the word "discharged" Prentice's followers present In cnurt started a hymn of re joicing and led away their leader in triumph. Surgeon and Daughter Converted. One of the most amazing converts Is Dr. Henry 8. Keyes, directing surgeon of the Emergency and General Hospital of this city. His young daughter is also a convert, and breaks out in the church gatherings and family circles in what. It is alleged. Is the most prehistoric Chal dean. She speaks any number of other tongues, ancient and modern, all without preparation or study, so the other con verts say. Dr. Keyes is not a wild-eyed fanatic in appearance. He is a tall, fine-looking man who speaks correctly and Is seen at once to be a polished man of the world. The "gift of tongues" has only lately come to Dr. Keyes. and the language given, he says, is a u.alect of the northwestern part of India. "It is nothing like hysteria." declares Dr. Keyes. "and It is not necessarily pre ceded by anything like emotion. When I talk it I feel Just as I do when I sit here talking English. It is true that I do not understand what T am snylng. It is pure ly automatic. With my daughter it Is different. As the words llow from her she comprehends their meaning. From ' constantly speaking them she is even picking up words from the various lan guages she uses. "I recognize that languages are some times communicated through hypnotic suggestion. This is different. In that case the language used is often crude thought of the guiding mind. In the case of the 'gift of tongues' the language comes from the Holy Spirit and is absolutely pure dic tion. Vses an African Dialect. "One of the languages that has come to my daughter Is a dialect from the central part of Africa. Three different mission aries have heard It and say -she speaks it as the natives speak it as no missionary will ever learn it. "From this fact may be obtained an Inkling why this gift is sent from God. It will not be long before this will sweep over the whole United States. Why does much of It come through ignorant "ne groes? Because God has always chosen the simple, trustful minds to do his work." Dr. Keyes has written .several pages In his gift language for submission to in terpreters. One man. L. C. I.e Nan. who claims to be an Egyptian and conversant with 30 languages, asserts that he recog nizes the scrawl as "Geae" or "Donol Prian.'" spoken in Palestine. Le Nan looks like a negTO. He claims to have been a Mohammedan. One night he strolled into a "Gift of Tongues'" meet ing, so his story runs, and to his amaze ment heard a woman he did not know call out to him in his own tongue and apply to him the "burial name" which every Mohammedan religiously conceals. Le Nan has since been making money ! translating at tl a sitting. Oriental Scholar Puzzled. On the other hand, Baba Bharatl, an other Oriental scholar, who makes Los Angeles his home can see nothing in Dr. Keyes' scrawl. He declares it Is neither Hindoo, Persian, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese nor Sanskrit and that the char acters do not look like those of any Asiatic language with which be is at all acquainted. Almost coincident with the conversion of Dr. Keyes there came the public re pudiation of the "Gift of Tongues" by Miss Maud Snyder, a woman of 21, who had been a convert. Miss Snyder is a member of the Baptist Church, and Is the daughter of refined parents. She was a "Gift of Tongues" convert for 14 days, but now declares that she believes that during that period she was hypnotized. Telling of her experiences Miss Snyder said: "I was sitting in the church listening to the leaders, and I do not recall that I was thinking of anything in particular. Suddenly I began to shake violently. It is impossible for me now to repeat that shaking. I lost control of my muscles and shook off the chair to the floor. There I could do nothing but scream, sing and shake. "I had no control of words. I was con scious "of what went on around me, but I could not get up. The first sensation was in the hands, which tingled like re ceiving an electric current, iuy friends afterwards told me that I Jabbered sense lessly and barked like a dog. I have no recollection of the words I spoke." Miss Snyder tells of secret meetings held in the upper chamber of the People's Church, where the leaders labored with persons "seeking the power." The meth ods employed, as she describes them, cor respond very closely with those of travel ing hypnotists In obtaining control of their subjects. Because Parents Lacked Faith. It was announced, by the leaders that Miss Snyder would receive the gift of the Spanish tongue and go forth a mis sionary into Mexico. When it was found that her words were unintelligible It was declared that she had received a "stam mering tongue" because of the lack of faith of her parents. Meetings In the Azusa Mission are replete with prophecy. "And the railroads shall bend and the girders shall fall and the cars shall stand still for want of power. Chicago shall be destroyed and there shall be a terrible mangling in Los Angeles and Pasadena." This prophecy by a negro woman is a fair example of the predictions made. The Azusa Mission is a building appar ently designed as a warehouse. The rough walls are whitewashed and the commonest of chairs seat the 500 people for which the place has capacity. Whites and blacks crowd the place in equal numbers. The neat is always intense. Swarms of files attracted by the vitiated atmosphere buzz throughout the room, and It is a con tinuous light for protection. In the center of the room the faithful form a circle. Within the circle are ne gro laundresses, negro men. long-hatred wnttes. old men with "deacon beards," ana wnue women white women even who are gowned in fashionable silks. There are numerous "specialists." One buxom negro wench, every evenin sings in an unknown tontrue. The "song" Is without meter or melody and the words are senseless Jargon. Often a negro Daritone will Join in absolute dis cord. Old Lady Does the Cataleptic Trance. An elderly woman, well dressed and navmg a sweet face and soft gray hair, makes a specialty of a cataleptic trance. The trance is preceded by a series of hallelujahs. This woman frequently maintains an attitude of benediction. standing with one arm outstretched, head thrown back and eyes closed, for an hour and 15 minutes. The ordinary person 1,1'es oi the position in five minutes. Fre quent cries, like the wall of the coyote, escape from her. There are numerous members who speak In Jargon and then translate their words into scripture. One who refers to herself as Sister Evans is always well and fashionably gowned. She claims to have been the first to receive the gift of tongues. In all the six months the frenzy has been at its height there have been no translations that are convincing to one whoso mind is in normal condition. It is a peculiarity of most of the "languages" that the syllables spoken are exactly the same in number as the syllables In the English translation a similarity that It would be almost impossible to find be tween, the English translation and the actual rendering of a scriptural verse in a foreign tongue. In spite of the sound arguments of those who remonstrate with the more intelligent of the converts, the movement bears signs of further progress. Undaunted by attacks from pulpit and press the leaders are increasing their efforts, while scores of fanatics from ofber sections of the country are arriving In this city to aid them. GOOSE LAKE RESERVE. Forest Service Will Reserve Timber, Grazing and Water. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Oct. 21. The Goose Lake forest reserve was created in Oregon reeently by Presidential proclamation signed August 21. This reserve is situated near Goose Lake, which extends into Oregon from the northern border of California. The country which it embraces Is very rough except along the water courses, being mainly of volcanic character, with a surface of broken lava rocks or solid basaltic escarpments or "rim rock." Cli mate, physical structure and soil condi tions effectually preclude development as an agricultural area, though there are some small valleys where fruit and vege tables for home use can be successfully grown. The principal industry of the re gion Is cattle- and sheep-grazing, and this will be the case until the demand for lumber increases in the district. There are two main types of forest that represented by the lodgepole pine areas, and that of the Western yellow (bull pine and sugar pine areas. Much of the latter has been cut for local use, and the cut-over land almost Invariably comes up to the inferior lodgepole pine. The creation of the reserve will serve three very beneficial purposes, anil local conditions are such that the bona fide settlers of the region are preponderantly in favor of reserve administration. Tn the first place, the important grazing rights of the Inhabitants will be protect ed against the Inroads of foreign bands of sheep that overrun the range to the detriment of the sheep and cattle owned in i lie neighborhood of the reserve. Moreover, the range will be carefully al lured to prevent overstocking, and to eliminate all differences between sheep and cattle-owners, to the immense ad vantage of both. In the second place. wNe res:rictions In the cutting of timber will tend toward a preservation and a re production of the valuable species until the timber of the region will have a much higher commercial value and a greater usefulness. Tn the third place, forest preservation will be of great ben efit to the various irrigation projects, the most important of which is the Klamath project, which draws a large portion of its urmly from the watershed enclosed in the reserve. The Goose Lake reserve is quite irregu lar In shape and has some detached areas, but comprises about SXO.000 acres. Fifth, Sixth and Washington Sts. H Monday's Supplement A Worth- While Saving in Today's Sale of Rich, Beautiful Taffqta Silks at 67c Fifth Street Annex First Floor. " One of the most remarkable values offered this season by any Western Silk Store. The silks arc all new as the njorning, very smart weaves and in all wanted colorings. Nineteen-iuch width, every exquisite shade represented, embracing ivory, white, cream and black. All pure silk, the best regular 85 c value shown in Portland. Silk buyers who take advantage of today's sale will make a saving on each yard of eighteen cents. If you can't come today, be sure to see these silks tomorrow or Wednesday the sale lasts three days only at the special price of 67c yard. Foremost Dress Goods Store Offers Extraordinary Values Today Annex, Fifth St, First Floor. Read the detail : the special pricings last thru three days the sale opening this morning continues Tuesday and Wednes day. The fabrics constituting the monster offering are all tie new, smart, down-to-date stuffs that fashionable dressers are calling for daily, and embrace all the newest, most favored colorings and charming patterns for Autumn and Winter months, as well as the rich and ultra-stylish blacks. Read the detail : Best regular $1.00 values special for 3 days at, yard. 79 Best regular $1.50 values special for 3 days at, yard. $1.19 Best regular $1.25 values special for 3 days at, yard. 98 Best regular $1.75 values special for 3 days at, yard.S1.39 Also 35 pieces of handsomenew imported plaid Suitings in all the newest conceits and beautiful novelty, plaid weaves and color combinations an extra good $1.00 Suiting; special for today, Tuesday and Wednesday at, yard 79c- . The growth of this great business has caused won derment all up - and down the Coast but not in Port laud. To you who know the Store, the wonder is it's not grown larger still. It deserves growth. It 's a store of deeds not mere words: it's a store of immense stocks, splendid variety, of fair prices, considerate attention a careful store all thru. Asbestos Table Mats , IN A SPECIAL SALE. PROTECT THE POLISHED TABLES PAY 69d TODAY FOR A $1.35 SET OF ASBESTOS MATS. Art Shop Second Floor, Annex. Save your higlily-yiolished dinner table by buying a set of Asbestos mats with slips of fine white linen, stamped in pretty floral designs; three in a set, of oblong shapes; sizes 9x11, 9x12 and 13x17. Regular price $1.35, at. set, special 69 Men's Furnishings Special Values : Sixth Street Annex, First Floor. INTERESTING PARAGRAPHS FOR THE MASCULINE READER THAT POINT THE PATH TO SAVINGS. Men's $1.50 Golf Shirts $1.05 A line of men's Golf Shirts in plain blue Oxfords, satin striped Madras and fancy effects; 1 pair cuffs; regular value $1.50 special $1.05 Men's $1.25 Underwear 97c Men's medium-weight Derby ribbed worsted Underwear, in tan, pink, blue and natural ; best $1.25 value; special, garment 97 Men's 20c Hosiery 12Vic A line of men's Winter weight fast black seamless cotton Hose one of our best wearers; regular value 20c special, pair 12M Men's 10c Handkerchiefs 5c Men's hemstitched Handker chiefs, in plain white and fancy colored borders; regular value 10c; special 5 Glove News With a Bargain Trend First Floor. Ladies' fiSf J Venise Appliques Special Values First Floor. A Line of Beautiful Venise Appliques, in white and cream, with colored embroidered centers, in the new blues and percanty shades; are from 4 to 9 inches wide, and priced at, the yard $5.00, $8.50 and $10.00 PRIZE OBCidfl OF VALLEY THOtSAXDS OF BOXES HAR VESTED NEAR SALEM. Most Modern Methods of Culture and Spraying in Vogue on the W allace Ranch. SALEM. Or., Oct. 21. (Special.) The apple harvest on the Wallace orchard, near this city, where is located the larg est commercial apple orchard in the Wil lamette Valley, is now In progress and a splendid lot of apples Is being gathered. From ao a"cres of Spitzenbergs. to which variety the Wallace ranch gives most attention, so far as apples are concerned. there will be harvested 12.000 to 15.XM ! boxes of fruit suitable for shipment. There are ten acres of apples of other varieties. These apples will all go East. some of them to England, and all bearj ing an Oregon brand. The Wallace orchard is one that shows in a noteworthy manner the good results of thorough spraying, careful thinning and other needed attention. The orchard is entirely free from scale, only a small per cent of the fruit is infested by worms, and the apples are uniform in size and color. These latter qualities are sought as zealously as the freedom from worms and scale, for they are essential to the sale of the fruit to best advantage. Though free from pests, small, poorly colored spitzenbergs find little demand. To secure size, the trees are not only closely pruned, but as soon as the fruit has formed men go over the trees and pick off about three-fourths of the fruit. No two apples are left close enough to gether so that they will touch when fully grown. If they touch, a worm is more likely to get In. and each apple shades the other so that a large green spot is left on the glossy red surface. Taking off three-fourths of the fruit in creases the size of the remainder so that the total yield in boxes is greater than It would be if ail were left. For spraying the trees the Wallace or chard is provided with the most modern appliances. Two large boiling Tata with a capacity of 500 gallons each are sta OLDS, WORTMAN& KING STORE NEWS Fete News Our Crvstal show, a larger as- xSfetfffl! sorlment of Cut Glass than can be found in f,he city. This week we are making a special price on each arti cle. Hundreds to se lect from. 6-in. Nappies, rcg. value $2.25; spe cial $1.75 85c Lisle Gloves for 35c Ladies' two-clasp fine lisle- thread Gloves, in gray, white, biscuit, green and mode; regu lar S5c value; special sale price the pair 3o Ladies' $1.25 and $1.50 Lisle Silk Gloves 79c Ladies' long lisle silk Gloves, in black, while, pearl gray, mode and tan our $1.25 aiid $1.50 val ues; special while they last at, the pair 79J We Want More Sales folk tioned in the highest part of the orchard, on a foundation high enough so that the spray solution can be run through pipes into a tank on a wagon. Each vat has a furnace under it. A windmill pumps water into a reservoir above the vats so that there is always plenty of water. From the boiling vats the spray so lution is hauled to different parts of the orchard, where, it is pumped into the tanks of spraying machines oper ated by gasoline engines. The Wal lace orchard uses three gasoline spray ing outtits in the 40 etcres of apples and 70 acres of pears. To aid in exterminating the codlin moth, the Wallace orchard employs one device not generally known or used by apple-growers. Around the trunk" of each tree, just above the ground, a strip of burlap about eight inches wide is placed and tied with a cord. When the worms emerge from apples and drop to the ground, they instinctively seek a dark place on or near the trunk of the tree. The bur lap supplies just what they are seek ing. Occasionally men are sent through t lie orchard to take off the burlap, kill the v.-orms and put the strip back to catch another lot of worms. If cultivating an orchard and gath ering the fruit were the only tasks, apple and peargrowing would be 'easy work, but pruning, thinning, spraying; several times a year, and finally sort ing the fruit, requires the employment uf a large gang of men nearly all the year. In sorting the fruit, the Wallace orchard is particularly careful, and in selling the crop Manager C. A. Park stipulated that the buyer must have an insoector on the ground. Since the fruit is sorted to suit the buyer, it is a foregone conclusion that none that goes into the boxes is of Inferior qual ity. That apples grown in the Willamette Valley are of good keeping quality Is shown by the fact that Manager Park took to the April meeting of the State Horticultural Commission a box of ap ples tiiat had been kept all Winter In an or.linary basement, and were still In excellent condition. Of course, they would have kept much longer in cold storage. PICKERS SHORT AT HOOD RIVER HOOD RIVER, Or.. Oct. 21. (Special.) The scarcity of apple-pickers continues and growers are experiencing much diffi culty In getting their fruit ready lor d'Automne of Interest to Housewives From the Third-Floor Shops. HOME USEFULS AND EXQUISITE CUT GLASS AT SPECIAL SALE PRICES TODAY. Water Bottles, regular price $5.50 special $4.35 Water Bottles, regular price $7.50 special $6.00 Water Bottles, regular price $11.00 special $S.90 Flower Baskets, regular price $13.00 special $10.40 Flower Baskets, regular price $16.00 special $12.80 Flower Baskets, regular price $24.00 special $19.25 Colognes, regular price $3.60 special $2.95 Colognes, regular price $6.50 special $5.25 2-quart Pitchers, regular price $9.00 special $7.25 2-quart Pitchers, regular price $16.50 special $13.15 Vases, all sizes, np from $2.25 Portland agency Libbey Cut Glass. The name "Libbey" etched on every piece. Rooms 6- inch handled Nappies, regular value $2.25 special. $1. 4 5 7- inch Nappies, regular value $3.75 special 2.9o Oil Jugs, regular value $2.7.5 special $2.15 Oil Jugs, regular value $3.00 special ....$2.25 Mayonnaise Bowls and Plate, regular value $5.50 special $4.35 Spoon Trays, regular value $2.50 special ..$1.95 Spoon Trays, regular value $2.75 special ..$2.15 Olives, regular value $2.25 special. . $1.75 Olives, regular value $3.50 special $2.75 Tumblers, regular value $9.00 special, dozen $7.25 Tumblers, regular value $11.00 special, dozen.... $8.75 Tumblers, regular value $15.00 special, dozen. .. .$11.75 Tumblers, regular value $22.00 special, dozen. .. .$17.75 Tumblers, regular value $36.00 special, dozen ... .$30.00 HELP WAITED In nearly all departments permanent positions, with good pay and humane hours await applicants who've experience. Apply to Superintendent this morning. With 130 helpers added within a month to our force; with every facility strengthened, we've been forced to let people leave the Store unserved. This we regret but we'd rather not serve you at all than hurriedly or wrong. Come again we'll serve all who come, we can now- we've more help and adding more today. If you can "help," come. market. About 20 persons, most of whom are otherwise employed during the week. went out to the orchards today along the Mount Hood Railroad and spent the day in helping rancners gather their fruit. The cold nights that have been experi enced for the past few days make it im perative, growers say, that the fruit be picked as soon as possible. Efforts are being made to secure pickers from other parts of Oregon, but so far they have not met with much success. There is also a shortage in boxes for the fruit. Growers have almost to a man underestimated their crop and the result is that apple boxes are difficult to get. The box factory of the Davidson Fruit Company here has received orders for them from all over Oregon where fruit is grown and as far east as Colorado. They are unable to fill them, as the home crop will take all they can make at present. The box factory people are also having their troubles, as they can not get lumber suitable for their purpose as fast as they want It, and in fact are having a hard time to get any -at all. The problem of getting boxes is said to be the most serious pne that growers have had to contend with in several years, and factories for making them throughout the entire Northwest are unable to fill any more orders this year. PERS0NALMENTI0N. NEW YORK. Oct. 21. (Special.) North western people registered today as fol lows: From Portland H. E. Harris, at the Imperial; A. W. Ocobock and wife at the Ashland. From Seattle F. H. Hall, at the Ash land; P. F. Oordon and wife, and Miss P. H. Gordon at the Earlington. From Spokane W. I Amble, at the Grand. From Walla Walla T. C. Elllcott, at the Seville. CHICAGO. Oct. 21. (Special.) Oregon lans registered today as follows: From Portland George G. Mowatt. at the Grand Pacific; John H. Hcnness. at the Kaiserhoff: H. Metzger, Henry W. Coe, at the Auditorium. Attrlhutlng his failure at tn. last Freneh elections to the frequent breakdown, of his motor car, p. candidate nan brought an action against a motor manufacturer and claims $2000 damages. Appendix to Sunday's Today s Stirring Specials in Jewelry and Handbags Annex First Floor. 25c Oold-Plated Beauty Pins 17c Pair Gold-plated Beauty Pins, in a variety of designs, with well-made pins and catches; our regular 25c values, special at, pair. ...17 50c Gold-Filled Link Buttons 35c Good quality gold-filled Link Buttons, in a variety of new designs ; all have lever ends; our regular 50c values, special 3o Sterling Silver Bon Bon Spoons $1.15 An assortment of sterling silver Bon Bon Spoons, with Mount Hood, City Hall and other subjects embossed in bowls; values $1.75 and $2.00-special $1.15 New Pearl Opera Glasses $10.00 Pair New Importation of fine Pearl Opera Glasses, with telescope handles; with white, Oriental or smoked-pearl bodies and fine nickel trimmings, at only, pair $10.00 LEATHER GOODS Women's $2.00 Leather Handbags $1.35 A line of new deep shape Handbags, all leather-lined, fitted with coin purse, in black, brown and green; regular value $2 special. .$1.35 The Olds, Wortman & King Store is the best shop ping place in Portland for the rich because of its rich goods. It's the most necessary store in Portland to those who must count the costs, because 'tis the store that sells inexpensive goods fairly at lowest-possible prices at all times and its special values are genuine bargains. Homefitters Who've Curtains or Portieres to Buy Will read this good news of special savings with interest and respond promptly. The re ductions are drastic, the bar gains remarkable. Take eleva tor to Fourth Floor. Special Sale of Tapestry Portieres Fine Tapestry Portieres, in ors, in stripes and figures; a two pairs of a kind. Our $2.75 value special at, Our $3.00 value special at, Our $3.25 value special at, Our $5.00 value special at, Our $5.50 value special at, Our $7.00 value special at, Our $7.50 value special at, Our $8.00 value special at, Our $9.00 value special at, Our $10.50 value special at, Our $11.00 value special at, Our $12.00 value special at, Our $13.50 value special at, Our $17.50 value special at, Special Sale Linen Scrim Curtains Very Pretty Linen Scrim Curtains, in ecru, with plain cen ter and delicate linen lace insertion and lace edge to match. Some are finished with elegant heavy hand-made lace. Twenty different patterns in the showing. Our $4.50 value special at, the pair $3.40 Our $5.00 valne special at, the pair $3.75 Our $10.00 value special at, the pair $7.45 Our $15.00 value special at, the pair $11.25 Our $18.00 value special at, the pair. , $13.50 Our $20.00 value special at, the pair $14.95 Our $23.00 value special at, the pair $17.25 Our $32.00 value special at, the pair... $2-1.00 HITS A FLOATING MIKE RUSSIAN' STEAMER SIXKS NEAR VLADIVOSTOK. One Hundred and Eighty of Passen gers and Crew ol Coaster Are Drowned. LONDON", Oct. 21. A dispatch received here from Vladivostok by Lloyd's Agency says the Russian wooden coasting steamer Warjagin struck a floating mine and foundered October 20. Some of her passengers and crew were saved, but 180 persons were drowned. CHASES ANOTHER RAINBOW Gompers Talks of Preventing Can non's Re-Electlon as Speaker. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Washington, Oct. 21. Finding it im possible to prevent the election of Joseph G. Cannon to the Sixtieth Con gress, President Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, has determined to prevent Cannon's re election to the Speakership when the new House of Representatives meets and organizes. The success that has attended Gompers campaigning- this Fall would hardly warrant the Speaker in losing any sleep over the latest threats of the labor leader, for up to this time Gompers has not a single victory to his credit, and disaster has attended every effort to obliterate men who refused to vote for his own anti Injunction bill. Gompers started in to make sweeping changes in the House of Representatives, and Cannon was one of the principal men slated for defeat, but unfortunately for Gompers the Democrats in Cannon's district re fused to make any nomination and Gompers had to subside. It is a foregone conclusion (since the Democratic managers have ceased making claims) that the Republicans will retain control of the next House THE DIFFERENT STORE Store Page handsome combinations of col big selection, but only one or the pair $1.95 the pair $2.20 the pair $2.40 the pair $3.70 the pair... $4.10 the pair $5.20 the pair $5.60 the pair $5.95 the pair $6.70 the pair $7.85 the pair $8.20 the pair $9.75 the pair $10.15 the pair $13.15 of Representatives, though their ma jority will be reduced'. Even Gom pers admits this. Just what leads him to believe that ho will be stronger than Cannon in the Republican caucus that will choose a Speaker is difficult to ascertain. Cannon is unquestiona bly one of the most popular of Speak ers, and his popularity has not declined since he let It be known that he as pires to the Presidency. It Is dollars to doughnuts that Cannon will be unanimously nominated for the Speak ership, and that he will receive the vote of every Republican. Republican Congressmen want to vote for Cannon In the first place, and it is necessary that they should do so. In the second, for they know that they would incur the disfavor of the Speaker if they should vote for some other man. What is more Important, no Republican mem ber of the present Congress, certain of election to the next Congress, Is foollsii enough to permit his name to be put up against Cannon. Payne, much as he would like to be Speaker, will not let his name be used; neither will Dalzell or Sherman or Hepburn or Tawney. Therefore Republican Con gressmen who fear Gompers will not be in a position to do his bidding when it comes to nominating a Speaker; they will be forced to vote for Can non. There is only one possible means by which Gompers could prevent Cannon's re-election to the Speakership, by forc ing certain Republicans to vote for the Democratic candidate, and history has never recorded an Instance where a Republican majority has elected a Democratic Speaker, and it never will. No Republican is going to vote for a Democrat for Speaker. To do so would be to commit political suicide, and H Is better for the fearful members to vote for Cannon and retire with honor than vote for a -Democrat and expe rience two years of awful ostracism In Congress. Gompers is clearly not cut out for a politician. He cloes not know the game, and he does ont seem able to catch on. His course has not won any votes for his net an tl -injunction bill, rather has nailed the l!d down on It. It Is as good as buried. The curious pifrllke animal known as th hahirunfta ha most remarkable tusks, which have long perplexed all students of animal life. As far an can be discovered, thewe tUKkn are useless to their owner. On the, othor hand, by collecting tuftn of straw. praFA and litter of all kinds, they seem to be an Intolerable nuisance.