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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
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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.