2 THE MORNING OKEGONIAN. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 190V. TO CRUSE OF WRECK Disputed Point Whether Rail Spread or One of the Motor , Wheels Broke First. MAKE COMPLETE' INQUIRY District Attorney's Of flop, Coroner and Police Busy All Day Yester day Fifty Seriously Injured In New York .Hospitals. NEW YORK. Feb. 17. Twenty dead, two fatally hurt, and 145 others more or less seriously injured Is the result of the wreck of an electric express train An the New York Central .Railroad, at Two Hundred-and-Fifth street and Webster, avenue last nipht. Of the large number of Injured, 50 are. according to hospital and police reports, seriously hurt, and the death list may be Increased within the next 'M hours. Most of the others are sufferinB from lacerations or shock and will, recover. Following is a revised list of the dead: 1. 1st of the Twenty Dead. MRS. FT.ORENCK BRADY, Golden Bridee. N. Y. MISS r.INIK EWELI, Hawthorne, N. Y. MYttON' K. EVAN'S. White Plains. N. Y. MRS. KATHERIXE K. FARR AND. Pleav ant Ville, N. Y. MUSS JESSIE M. JUBIN, White Plains. X. Y. MRS. MARY KINTH, Chappeaque, N. Y. CLARA I. HfllsON, Minneapolis. MRS. ANNIE JI'LAXE, widow. MISS ANNIE - MOOR EH E A D, Brier Cliff Manor, N. Y. E. 1, PAUB. White Plains, N. Y. CORNELII'S KEI.I.Y, North Salem. NT. Y. ROBERT J. ROSBOROfGH, White Plains, X. Y. .TTI.IA W. STORM. Bedford. X. Y. MRS. ISAAC I WEBSTER. White Plains. X Y. MISS BESSIE SEE. Pleasantville, X. Y. MISS ANNIE SIEVONI, White Plains, X. Y. - ELSIE D. WARREN. X. Y. MARY BEAIS. New York. MRS. POROTH Y PERRINE, New York. MRS. E. F. NEWCOMBE, Pike. X. Y. Total, 20. . The last of the bodies at the police sta tion were identified tonight. Those Seriously Injured. Most seriously Injured: Ira J. putton. White Plains. N. Y. ; will recover. Emily Fendrock, White Plains. N. T., serious. Miss Belle Fowler. Pleasantville, X. Y., probably not fatally. Sarah Merrlm, Pleasantville. N. T., dangerous. MarRaret Mahoney, Quincy Station, Mayhcl Smith, aged 13, Oneonta, N. Y., probahly fatally. Elsie Pnlffen, Enplewood. N. J., prob ably fatally. 1'nknown girl, unconscious, in Fordham -Hospital. ln addition to these the New York Cen tral Railroad has a list of 125 names of persons said to have been Injured, but in the majority of cases the injuries were so sllRht as to be of little conse quence and most of the persons went at once to their homes. This was a day of investigation and In quiry hy representatives of the District Attorney's office, the Coroner and the police. When daybreak came, the police lists of dead had increased to 18: an hour afterward there were two more deaths reported, and tonight It Is believed two more will be added. Cause of Wreck Sot Certain. The cause of the -wreck is a matter of speculation. All nleht Inspector Flood of the Police Iepartment. Coroner Schwnnnecke and Assistant District At torney Smythe, together with other mem bers of the District Attorney's office, .souRht to determine what brought about the derailment. The wreckage was cleared away today. All four of the tracks of the New York Central through the Rocky Cut. where the train left the rails and several of the cars went to pieces, have been cleared. At the Webster Avenue Police Station late today lay eleven mangled bodies, three of them unidentified. Coroner Thinks Rails Spread. AMIth the clearing of the wreckage. In terest turned into what the authorities might do. Perhaps the most significant statement of the day was the one made to the Associated Press by Coroner Schw-annecke. He secured a statement from Motorman Rogers of the wrecked train. In this, according to the Coroner. the motorman stated he was running on schedule time when the accident occurred and admitted that the speed of his train was TO miles an hour. Rogers, said the Coroner, declares he did not know any thing was wrong until he was an eighth of a mile beyond the place of derailment. The train had five coaches, the first was a smoker, the second described as a power ' car. although It Is a combination baggage, and smoker, and the three fol lowing were ordinary passenger coaches. "It appears to ma," said the Coroner. Vthat a spreading of the rails caused the accident. I think, that one of the motors hit a section of the track first, with force enough to cause It to Jump off. The smoker followed and swung the Cars fol lowing completely off the track, breaking the coupling. When the rear cars broke loose they ran wild for a distance and finally turned over." The smoker showed only little damage, hut the other cars gave evidence of the dragging along the roadbed. Botlies Wedfted Between Rails. When the wreck occurred, the three rear coaches, filled with passengers, were "t'v-nwn on their right .side. Just above a s.irirp curve at oodlawn Road bridge. The shock was terrific. People were hurled violently from their seats and the most of those who were killed were ' pitched through the windows as the cars slid on their sides. The third rail finally broke with a flash and roar. Between the wreck of the "current" rail and the main track the bodies were wedged. They were held there as the cars passed along and In this way were thereby mangled. The relic hunter was much in evidence today . and this probably gave rise to the stories of ghoulish work. The police guarded the wrecked cars all day, but with daylight a large number of persons managed to work their way to the coaches and cut out pieces of cushions, - curtains, and carpeting, even taking bits of glass from the broken windows. Find Broken Motor Wheel. Assistant District Attorney Nathan A. Smythe said tonight that Tie had made his Inquiries particularly on the speed of the train, whether a tire had been lost . fnyn one of the motors and as to the condition of the rails. He said he found that one of the outer rails on the curve had been torn up and that the heads xt the Buikes which held the rail to the TRYING f i n n ties had been cut off, but there was noth ing to indicate by what agency. He said pieces of a broken wheel of the first motor were found at a point far beyond where the rail had been ripped up. Whether the rail or the wheel was the first to give way he had no means of knowing, but it appeared that he wheel had broken some time after it had passed over the displaced rail. As to the speed of the train at the time of the accident, Mr. Smythe said that E. R. Rogers, the motorman who was operating both motors under one control, declared he was running 48 miles an hour. The State Railroad Commission Is pre paring to make a searching inquiry into the wreck. Hard to Detect Direct Cause. In an official statement today. J. C. Hammond, press representative of the New York Central Railroad, said the investigation by the railroad officials had not disclosed the cause of the ac cident. One of the small wheels on the left side of the front of the lead ing motor was found to be broken at the point of derailment, as pieces of the wheels were picked up at that point. At this point a rail was broken, but whether they caused the wreck or resulted from It is yet unknown. The rails were of standard weigrht, 100 pounds to the yard; the track was of best construction and In first-class condition, and the electric motors had been thoroughly tried on an" experi ment track before they were put Into service. He said the train was six minutes late, and that the reports of the trainmen and of officials who had Investigated showed that it was going from 45 to 50 miles an hour, which he declares was not excessive. Xone of Dead Electrocuted. It had been intended to run all rhe suburban trains on the electric sys tem today, but because of the wreck the further installation of electric mo tive power on the Harlem division was postponed until tomorrow, when it will be put Into effect. There were many exaggerated stories of the wreck in circulation last night and today. One was to the effect that many of those killed had been electrocuted by the third rail. This was absolutely denied hy the Coroner, as well as by the po- ice, who declare that none of the bodies was burned. The wrecked cars of the Brewster train wore put on trucks and taken to the Bronx station today. . The Coroner's Jury will commence the inquest and Investigation tomor row. Margaret Mahoney and an unidentified girl, wreck victims, died tonight. This places the total dead at 22. Detectives Are at. Work. It is learned that the railroad company has detectives at work on a theory that wreckers had tampered with the tracks, causing the wreck. The detectives have found, It was said, that the stretch of track in the locality of the wreck was not guarded or lighted at all. A representative of the company said tonight that if the District Attorney de sired to have the grand Jury to Investi gate the accident the company would aid In every way by supplying witnesses, em ployes, books and time sheets, with schedules, models, maps, etc. At the company's office it was stated that the coaches in the wreck were of the old or wooden type, not the new steel cars that have been ordered. According to the company, J. Jacobs, oiler and assistant to Motorman Rogers, has not been seen since the accident. CHEER RED FLAG IN ROME MONSTER ANTI-CLKRICAIi DEM ONSTRATION yesterday: Over 15.000 People Participate. Wreathes Placed on Monument of Bruno Flaming Speeches. ROME, Feb. 17. Fifteen thousand persons, among them 150 red-shirted Garibaldlans. with 120 flags and 20 bands of music, participated today In an anti-Catholic, demonstration in favor of France. The procession crossed the city and went to the monument of Giordano Bruno, the Italian philoso pher, who was burned at the stake by order of the inquisition, where 30 wreaths were deposited. Afterward the marchers went to the capitol and despite their being pro hibited from doing so, entered the bal cony of Michael Angelo. overlooking the hill and planted the red republican flag and amid enthusiastic cheering. Republican and Socialist deputies de livered violent anti-clerical speeches. The government took energetic meas ures to avoid trouble. The whole garri son was under arms and all of the streets leading to the Vatican were barred by troops. Similar manifestations took place In all leading Italian towns. - TROUBLE AGAIN IN PARIS. Dozen Arrests Necessary to Quell .Church Service Disturbers. PARIS, Feb. 17. Attempts were made again today to Interrupt the services of the independent Catholic Church at the Church of Holy Apostles, but they were quickly repressed. A dozen ar rests were made. As the congregation was leaving the church some young men belonging to the militant Catholic organization hoot ed an old veteran, who turned upon them saying: . "I was five years in the Cuirassiers, my father was 30 years a soldier, an urn le was decorated on the battlefield, and another killed at Reichshofen. I am a better Frenchman than you. L.ater Archbishop Villatte, in com pany with Dr. A. E. Malllon. was In suited by the editor of the Soleil. Dr. Malllon went to a police station and made a complaint against the editor. ANTI-CLERICAIi MOVEMENT. Enthusiastic Meeting French Sup porters Is Held In Rome. ROME, Feb 17. More than 6000 per sons took part in an anti-clerical meet ing in favor of France last night. Great enthusiasm prevailed. Several mem bers of the Chamber of Deputies and littere Scechi, recently Minister of Jus tice, delivered addresses in which they urged the necessity of freeing the country from the retrogressive lnflu ence of clericalism. A resolution pro viding for a permanent organization against clericalism was passed unani mously. Give Up basing of Churches. ROME, Feb. 17. Advices received by the Vatican are to the effect that Premier Clemenceau, of France, has ordered a ces sation of the negotiations 'begun by- Min ister of Education Briand, with M. Sel ves, prefect of the Seine, for the leas ing of churches. The Vatican was not surprised to hear of such action, as It expected what it calls "a second coup de main" after the first: namely, the' ex pulsion of the secretary of the papal nun ciato at Paris. PHOTO TOST CARDS SCENERY. Klser Co. Lobby Imperial Hotel. TAKES FLING AT KNOX AND SMOOT Salt Lake Pastor Delivers Stirring Sermon in Wash ington Pulpit. MORMON ISSUE HIS SUBJECT Asserts That Stand of Pennsylvania Senator Is No Less Than Plea to Americans to Acquiesce In the Practice of Polygamy. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Polygamy was scored and President Joseph Smith and the leaders of the Mormon Church in Utah were denounced by Dr. William M. Paden, pastor of the First Presby terian Church of Salt Lake City and president of the Ministerial Asso ciation of the Northwest, at an anti Mormon mass meeting held at the Met ropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church in this city tonight, under the auspices of the National League of Women's Organizations. Dr. Paden devoted most of his speech to reviewing the minority report sub mitted to the Senate in the Smoot case, and declared the stand taken by Sena tor Knox, of Pennsylvania, was nothing more nor less than a plea to the Amer ican people to acquiesce in the polyga mous practices in Utah. W Dr. Paden presented the Gentiles' side of the Mormon controversy, declar ing the law-abiding citizens of Utah will take the Senate's action, if Senator Smoot is allowed to retain his seat, as an indorsement of the policy of polyga mous living. He declared the Federal legislation of 1862 against bigamy in the territories had never been executed. The law was defective, he said, in that it makes no provisiori against the crime of polygamous living. No law against polygamy is worth the paper on which It is written," con tinued the speaker, 4 unless It also deals with polygamous cohabitation. We cannot today prove Joseph Smith is a polygamist, but only that he Is a polygamous cohabitator." Dr. Paden commended the Edmunds- Tucker acts as the only laws which ever made polygamous living a crime to be prosecuted and "not to be acqui esced in or tolerated. Thousands of Mormons were prosecuted successfully in Utah courts, he declared," when these laws were being enforced by the .Gov ernment, and they were the direct cause of bringing the polygamists to their knees in 189.1, when the church capitulated and made unconditional surrender." The speaker said President Joseph F. Smith and several apostles of tho church have had children born to them by their plural wives since the mani festo prohibiting polygamous living was Issued. Throughout his speech. Dr. Paden referred to Senator Smoot as "Reed Smoot, apostle, prophet, seer, revelator of the Mormon Church." In conclud ing, Dr.-Paden said: "This toleration of polygamous liv ing means the toleration of polygamy, the toleration of adultery, with relig ious sanction. Acknowledging, as we may, that the majority of the people of Utah do not dare to do other than acquiesce, that Senator Smoot has ac quiesced, 1b no reason why the people of the Nation should acquiesce. Senator Knox calls upon us to let polygamous living alone and to call our being satisfied as no more than religious tol eration. "Reed Smoot is in harmony with the quorum to which he is subject when he acquiesced in the continuation of this crime against God and man; but can it be possible that Senator Knox Is in harmony with his constituency In Pennsylvania, in harmony with the moral and religious will of the people of the United States, when he becomes the devil's advocate before the Senate of the United States and makes a plea for the religious toleration of polyga mous living as he did?" Dr. Frank Bristol and Miss Margaret Dye Ellis, both of this city, also criti cised Senator Knox's attitude. SMOOT WILL KEEP HIS SEAT Generally Admitted He Will Not Be Ousted From the Senate. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. Appropria tion bills will, during the present week. continue to command the greater part of the time of both the Senate and the House, but they will not be allowed to crowd everything else to the wall in either chamber. The House will, begin the week Mon day by passing several bills under sus pension of rules, and if the present plan prevails the last two days of the week will be devoted to the ship sub sidy .1. In the Senate, the resolution provid ing or the expulsion of Senator Smoot will be voted on at 4 P. M. Wednes day, and there will be considerable de bate before the vote is reached. Sen ator Smoot will make an extended ad dress, in which he Is expected to out line his attitude as between the Mor mon Churcn and the National Govern ment, and he will be supported in speeches by Senators Dillingham, Bev- erldge and Foraker. The final argu ment in opposition will be made by Senator Burrows. It is generally ad mitted that Senator Smoot will be sus tained by a large majority. At the earliest possible moment the Senate will resume consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill, and it is hoped that it may be disposed of on Monday or Tuesday, notwithstand ing considerable debate is expected on the provision Inserted by the commit tee providing for the leasing of the grazing lands and amendments, which will be offered by Senators Beveridge and Hansbrough, on the subject of meat Inspection. Senator Beveridge will renew his ef fort to secure the enactment of a law requiring the meatpackers to put the date of canning on their packages and to transfer to the packers the cost of. inspection now paid by the Govern ment. After devoting soma time Monday to bills on the calendar, the House will proceed with its consideration of the Postoffice appropriation bill, on which general debate will close at . noon Tuesday. The general status of the approprla tion bill is the subject of anxiety in the House, the members appreciating that they are about a week behind. Of the 14 large budgets, 11 have al ready passed the House and two have thus far failed to receive any atten tion. Both Houses regarding night ses sions as among the strong probabilities for the latter .part of this week, all expect to sit almost every night next week. SMOOT-S VICTORY ASSTTtED Clear Majority of Senate In Favor of I Holding Seat. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. Feb. 17. There appears to be not me slightest doubt that the Senate will vote to permit Reed Smoot to retain his seat -when this famous case is closed on Wednesday next. Smoot's friends claim to have 43 sure Republican votes and anywhere from six to ten Democrats. The probabilities are the Senate will hold that it will take a two-thirds vote to oust 9moot, in which event 31- votes would save him, but. If It Is decided that a. majority vote would vacate his seat. ne will still have the necessary 46 votes and some to. spare. The result of the contest Is settled: 1t Is only a question of how large a vote bmoot win receive. PRAY FOR UNSEATING - SMOOT AH Churches of Newcastle, Pa., Will Hold Meeting February 28. NEWCASTLE. Pa.. Feb. 17.AI1 lurches of this oitv -wtii unitA i. anti- oh denominational prayer on February 28, when invocations will be offered for the unsealing or senator Reed Smoot. The meeting will be held under the auspices of the lnter-denominational council of women. STATEHOOD STRIKES SNAG FARMERS ARE WEARY OF CON STITCTIONAD CONVENTION. " Disgusted With the Machinations of Lawyers and Politicians, They Re turn to Neglected Their Acres. GUTHRIE, Okla.. Feb. 17 fSneclal.l Anxious to get busy with their blowing and fearing they will not receive pav for a long time. If ever, for their attend ance on the Constitutional Convention, many of the farmer delegates have scat tered to their homes. Intimating that they will not return unless it is to vote for the document as a whole when it is com pleted by the few men in control of the convention. The expense of the convention to date above the $100,000 appropriation made by Congress is "nearly $150,000. Pay of the delegates has stopped and if Congress aoes not come to the rescue with an ad ditional appropriation, some of the dele gates will be in a bad way, as they cannot afford to stay longer at their .own expense. Advices are coming' in from the state that citizens here and there are subscribing to funds to send the dele gates back to their Jobs. Neighborly farmers who do not wish to see the con vention entirely in the hands of the lawyers, the politicians and the urban element, have promised to take care of the farm -work of the rural statesmen. The daily attendance at the session is now less than 7o per cent of the 122 dele gates, and many of those still here sit sullenly in their seats and let the leaders run things to suit themselves. Prominent delegates -from Indian Ter ritory and some ' from Oklahoma are openly charged with a plot to defeat statehood entirely by drawing up a con stitution that will be rejected by the people at the election next August. Those involved in the alleged plot have been against making one state out of the two territories for political reasons. Disaf fection has now begun to pervade the Democratic members as well as those on the Republican side and charges of bos sism have 'become so persistent that there is apprehension the convention may break up. Hawley Reaches Washington. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington, Feb. 17. Representative - elect Hawley arrived in Washington Thursday night, and today visited the Capitol, call ing on Senators Fulton and Mulkey. He expects in the hear future to confer with Senator Fulton regarding postofflce ap pointments in his district, and will re main in Washington until the middle of March, attending to local mattors be fore the various departments. House Hears Eulogies on Hitt. WASHINGTON. Feb. 17. The House was in session for an hour and a half today, hearing eulogies on the late Representative Robert Hitt, of -llinois. Addresses were delivered by Messrs. Lowden. Foss and Fuller, of Illinois; Clark of Missouri, Cousins and Lacey of Iowa, and Lamar of Florida. Messrs. Payne, of New York, and Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, also submitted remarks. HIGH-PRICED TABBIES. (Continued from First Page.) at sea can be 'declared a derelict and .so forfeited to the Admiralty, the finder or the Crown, so long as there is a living thing on. board. As cats have in several Instances been found to be the only liv ing thing on board abandoned vessels, they have thus saved the property of the owner from condemnation. The owner ship of the British bark Melanope. which was abandoned off the coast of Oregon in January, is to be tested by this law. If cats have saved ships for their owners, the captain of the Melanope thinks the two puppies he left aboard the supposedly sinking vessel will establish his right to her and so keep the Northern, who towed her in, from claiming bark and cargo valued at J65.000. History shows that cats, like human beings, have had their ups and downs. Those of ancient Egypt seem to have had the best time. In the land of the Pharaohs Tabby was considered the symbol of the moon and was worshipped several hun dred years before the time of Christ. A famous goddess of the Nile country was represented as a woman with a cat s qead. Whenever a cat died In an Egyptian household the family went Into mourn ing, and Tabbv or Thomas was properly embalmed and laid away in the vaults of the mummies to await the resurrection of all good cats. Egypt paid dearly for its devofion to felines, however, for when Cambyses of Persia came that way on a tour of conquest he captured the City of Peluse by having each of his soldiers carry a cat in his arms. The Egyptians could not attack their assailants because they believed that one who harmed a feline would lose his life in this world and his soul In the next. Burned With Witches in Middle Ages When the Greeks and Romans went to Egypt they took cats back with them. and soon scattered them to all parts of the world. After that their place among the gods was gone forever and their worth recognized only toy their mouse catching talents. Though sacred to Diana of Grecian mythology, the cat seems to have been placed In a dark category by the christians of the Middle Ages, who considered it a diabolical creature In whose visible form the devil might ap pear at will. From being associated with the gods, the cat fell so low in human estimation that it was regarded as the right-hand assistant of witches. When King James of Scotland was coming home from a trip oved seas to Denmark, a ter rific storm arose, and nothing could con vlnce the sailors that it was not caused by a cat which the witches had christened and placed in the hold. Cats were, burned Splendid Quartet of Shoe Of fer trigs JUST A WORD REGARDING THE WONDERFUL SUCCESS OF OUR SHOE DEPARTMENT AND THE REASON THEREOF. OttR SUCCESS IN SELLING SHOES HAS NEVER BEEN MORE NOTICEABLE THAN NOW. WHY IS IT? BECAUSE THE RAPID ADVANCE OF THE RAW MATERIALS THIS YEAR HAS MADE IT NECESSARY TO EITHER CHARGE MORE FOR THE SHOES ) ft IN THE WJ9 J.H WOMEN'S SHOES, made of the very finest quality patent colt ; Tuxedo Blucber style, hisrh arch last, Cuban heel, medium, extension sole, dull kid tops. It would be hard to find a more hand- f)f) some street shoe pJ JKS WOMEN'S SHOE The Pingree Gloria 7-button College Boot, made of excellent materials, in a late design. Short vamp, military heels. A wonder price.........' New Spring Wash Goods Hundreds of pieces of new White Goods just received. Plaid Dimities, plaid linen lawns, tus sorine mulls, lingerie waistings in soft and hard finish batistes, crystal lawns, dotted mulls; pear line cloth. These goods have just been received. Make your selections now for early Spring wear. SCOTCH GINGHAMS, in a big variety-of checks, plaids, stripes and plain colorings; per yard....'... 4iJC ALEXANDRA SILK A choice lightweight silk mixed fabric with large satin plaids. This is a new novelty; per yard i JC CAPRICE BRILLIANTE A high-class silk and cotton fabric with self-color plaid ef- fiCf, fects; per yard OiJC alive with witches in those days, and were hanged as examples to malefactors. No oven was considered properly charmed for cooking in Scotland until a cat had been roasted alive In It. In France it was the custom to throw them In the fire at the feast of St. John, until I-ouls XIII put a stop to the 'barbarous custom. In the time of Howell the uooa, or Wales, the law decided that "the worth of a kitten until it shall open its eyes Is one legal penny; from that time until it shall kill mice, two legal pence; after it shall kill mice, four legal pence, and so it shall always remain." What n con trast to the price set on her catship. Fulmen Zaida. Lady Decies' beautiful Chinchilla, which was listed at the January cat show in London at J10.000. An old law enacted in England in the time of the Edwards made it a capital offense to kill a cat in the domain of John Bull, and this law was not ex punged from the statute books until the time of Sir Robert Peel. Great Men Fond of Cats. Great men had been fond of cats. Dr. Johnson's "Hodge." has gone down to fame; Chesterfield provided for his cat in his will; Sir Walter Scott described "Hunse" as a "most conversible cat"; Dumas mention "Le Docteur" most tenderly in his memoirs; Victor Hugo considered his "Chanoyne" as a member of the family: .Richelieu loved to watch his cats at play; and Cowper, Shelley. Wordsworth, Swinburne and Matthew Arnold, all wrote affectionately of cats. All the world knows how Mathomet, when called by the muezzin in the mosque tower, fearing to awaken a cat that was sleeping on his arm. cut off his sleeve that his net might remain undisturbed, and went away to prayer in his mutilated garment. Mark Twain's cats, sin and satan. are The Lady D 'emonstrators HAVE BEEN URGENTLY REQUESTED TO REMAIN IN OUR CITY FOR ONE WEEK LONGER These attractive women have beautiful hair al most reaching the floor, and will be pleased to ex plain to all who' call at The Skidmore Drug Company 151 THIRD STREET where they will be all this week, the proper way to care for the hair and scalp so as to make the hair grow healthy and luxuriantly. These instruction will be given FREE each day, and it be hooves all women who are interested in the preser vation of their hair, to, consult the Ilerpeide Demonstrators while the opportunity is here, you'll receive advice that will undoubtedly prove benefi ciaf to you. Newbro's Herpicide 'The ORIGINAL remedy that "Kills the dandruff germ," is 'the only scalp prophylactic that will keep 'the scalp in a healthy condition, and unless the scalp is kept in a sanitary condition, luxuriant hair cannot be obtained. The Lady Herpicide Demonstrators will be at The Skidmore Drug Company's Store all this week beginning today, Feb. 18, and every lady in Portland and vicinity is cordially invited to call at their Store any time during the week. It will well repay you to take advantage of this opportunity. OR TO FIND A WAY TO TAKE THE ADVANCE OUT OF THE SHOE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE PURCHASER CANNOT NOTICE IT UNTIL THE SHOE IS PUT TO THE TEST WEARING IT. THERE IS JUST WHERE THE SE CRET OF OUR SUCCESS LIES. THERE IS NOT A SHOE HOUSE IN WHICH THE QUALITY HAS CHANGED, AND ANOTHER REASON IS THAT WE HAVE THE MOST COMPE TENT SHOE-FITTERS THAT IT IS POS SIBLE TO OBTAIN, THEREFORE YOU NOT ONLY GET GOOD SHOES BUT YOU GET CORRECTLY FITTED. A GOOD FIT IS ALMOST AS IMPORTANT GOOD SHOE. dull calf tops and at the $3.50 dull kid tops. this grade shoe known to hta Intimate friends, and to most of his readers. The six-toed cat at the White House. Slippers by name, had had enough paragraphs printed about her to turn almost any feminine head. Peter, the widely traveled Maltese cat owned by fhe Japanese Ambassador in Washington, ishe envied of all catdom as he rides about in a carriage with his master, or takfs long trips by rail or sea. The Savannah Steamship Company has a big yellow cat known as Blondie. who chooses any ono of the vessels that may suit his fancy, going sometimes to New York and again to Boston. As good luck is sup posed to attend his coming, he is pos sibly the most welcome passenger car ried. Jenny, the mascot of the White Star liner "Majestic" boarded that ship in New York some years ago, and has crossed the ocean so many times that she is now considered the most widely traveled cat in the world. UNIONISM GAINS STRENGTH Telegraphers on San Francisco Bay Join Organization. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 17.-(Speclal.)-The telegraph operators of San Francisco and Oakland held a most enthusiastic meeting at West Oakland this arternoon. The hall was packed to its capacity and many were unable to get inside. . Nearly 150 applications for membership in the Commercial Telegraphers' Union were re ceived and about 75 Western I'nion op erators, heretofore on the "secret list," came out and declared themselves. The result of the day's meeting Is that fully 95 per cent of the Western I'nlon operators are unionized, while the Postal is solidly union. Superintendent Miller Herpicide 1 t f ( I BEEN AS A WOMEN'S SHOE A very fine quality patent cult leal her, hand-sewed sole, Tuxedo Bhu'lier style, dull calf tops, Cuban heel, short vamp and mailt; on the new dip last. This is a very stylish shoe and a most satisfactory wearer. The WOMEN'S SHOE The Pingree Gloria, patent kid lace Dress Shoe, hand-turned sole, Cuban heel, here can you get $3.50 tor the price I... New Silks '& Dress Goods Almost even- day we are receiving, from both European and American manufacturers, new styles of Spring Dress Silks and Woolens. Our already fine assortment is growing daily, and now thoughts are blossoming, soon to arrive at their full spa son's bloom. Silks for Waists Silks for Skirts Silks for Trimmings Silks for Suits Silks for Linings Plain and fancy Wool Dress Goods are just get ting a good start in the new stock. It will inter est every one to come and view t hem. of the Western I'nlon made a short talk to the Western Union operators prior to the meeting, promising that no discrimi nation would be made against union op erators in the future. TEAMS ORDER UNIFORMS Portland Players Will Wear Xavy Blue and While. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 17. (Special.) Orders have been received by a sporting goods house for uniforms of the teams for the coming season. Portland will have navy blue with white trimmings, fur traveling and white with navy blue trim mings for the home games. OaklandT'will be uniformed in Yale gray with maroon trimmings while on the rond, and white with blue trimmings at homo! The San Francisco team will have steel gray with black trimmings away from home, and white with black trimmings on the local grounds. Pendleton , will have the Angels uniformed in Oxford gray with olive trimmings on the road, ami tile home uniform will bo white with green trimmings. No orders have been received from Seattle or Fresno. B'Xul B'ltlth in Session. SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 17. District Grand Lodge --j. 4. Independent order B'Nai K.iith. comprising within its jurisdiction all the states and terri tories of the Pacific Slope, convened in forty-fourth annual session today. Over 125 delegates, representing all classes of Jewish citizens who com pose the affiliated lodges In the cities and towns of the Pacific Coast and inter-mountain states and territories. A HERPICIDE DEMONSTRATOR.