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THE SlOKNlKO OEEGOXIAN, TUESDAY, JULY 16, 1907. EXTRA SALESLADIES WANTED IN ALL DEPTS. APPLY TO THE SUPT. UTe Meier (k Frank Store Established 1857 "Fifty Years in Portland" Portland's Largest and Best Store Wonderful enthusiasm prevailed in every nook and corner of the establishment all day yesterday An immense ormy of careful buyers invaded every department Never before have we been called upon to serve so many of our friends in one day Sensati onal bargains for the Fiftieth Anniversary Bargains that will attract to this store the greatest trade of its history A largely increased service in all branches of the business insures every one prompt and careful attention. 185? 1907 The Great u A nmversary ale ferings in All Pep A Few of The Leaders $90.00 High-Class Costumes for $28.45 $18.00 Fancy Silk Coats, Sale price $7.95 $9.50 Silk Petticoats at, Sale price" $5.45 $22.50 Tailored Suits at, Sale price $9.85 All our fine Wash Suits are Reduced All our fine Lingerie Waists Reduced Entire stock of Summer Apparel Reduced Women's $1.50 to $3 Parasols at $L29 Great Sale of Women's Handkerchiefs "Anniversary Sale " of Fine Table Linens Men's Furnishings at Very Low Prices $1.25 Fancy Silks at Sale price 69c yard $1.25 Wool Dress Goods at 69c yard Women's $1.50 Knit Underwear at 29c Ribbons worth to $1.00 a yard for 33c Women's $2.50 White Oxfords $1.58 pair Women's $4.00 White Oxfords $2.45 pair Children's, Misses' White Oxfords $1 pair $2 Long Silk Gloves, Sale price $1.69 pair $4 Long Kid Gloves, Sale price $2.85 pair Linen Pieces $1.00 to $2.00 Values at 57c Lace and Net Robes at Lowest Prices Greatest of Values in Table Damasks "Anniversary Sale" of Embroideries, Etc. "Anniversary Sale" of Millinery, Etc. Great Values to be found in the Basement Screen Doors $1.35 Window Screens 36c Universal Food Choppers on Sale at 95c $2.50 Ice Cream Freezers on Sale at $1.98 $2.50 Back Combs, Sale price at $1.39 Special Sale of Table and Couch Covers $18.00 Pongee Coats on special Sale $7.95 Great "Anniversary Sale" Bargains in All Departments Entire Stock of Men's Clothing Reduced Entire Stock of Boy's Clothing Reduced Greatest of Valnes in Muslin Underwear Wonderful Values in our Lace Curtains Wash Goods at Extremely Low Prices Rugs in All Sizes at Lowest Sale Prices Baby Carriages and Go -Cart Bargains Trunks and Bags at Special Low Prices Great Special Sale of Toilet Articles $7.50 Portieres at, special price, $5.35 pair Portieres worth to $17.50 for $8.95 pair Fairy Soap on Sale at 39c dozen Cakes Marvelous Values in Women's Hosiery $3.50 Handbags on Sale at $1.39 Each 65c Wash Belts on Sale at 38c Each Men's $1.00 Golf Shirts for 55c Each J Men's 50c and 75c Neckwear for 25c Each Men's $1.50 Bathing Suits, Sale price $1.19 Bed Linens of All Kinds at Low Prices Ml ON DANCE HALL Police Moral Squad Reports Against Merrill's Place. PROPRIETIES ARE VIOLATED , Lights Turned Out at Intervals and Young Women Grossly Insulted. Chief Gritzmacher May Order Investigation. War has been declared on Merrill's dance-hall, located at Seventh and Oak streets, by Acting Detectives Kay and Kienlen, comprising the 'moral squad" of the police department, and trouble Is apparently In store for the management. A report made to Chief Gritzmacher is to the effect that startling practices are Vogue there. The most sensational charge brought against the dance-hall by Kay and Kien len Is that, during the dances held there Wednesday and Saturday nights, the lights are turned out at certain Intervals, at which time, the officers declared to the Chief, grossly Immoral actions occur. Chief Gritzmacher has taken a deep in terest in the case, as it is one in which many young women are involved, and it Is probable that steps will be taken by the Chief to close the place, if the accusa tions made by Kay and Kienlen are sub stantiated. "We have found that Merrill's dance hall, as at present conducted, is a very Immoral place," said Acting Detective Kay, leader of the so-called moral squad. "We have been investigating conditions there, and have embraced our findings In a report to the Chief. We have had many complaints as to practices alleged to be carried on there, and from our in vestigations., we have learned that the reports reaching us were not at all ex aggerated. "There is a rough element in attendance at the dances there, and the pity is that many good young women mingle with such men Where we blame the manage ment is in that at certain intervals dur ing the dancing the electric lights are turned out for as much as a minute at a time, when, we found, the grossest practices are indulged in, the regular patrons of the place taking advantage of the darkness to insult the young women who come, to the place Ignorant of any such flagrant violations of the laws of propriety. "We found that when the lights are turned out. the music continues loudly, and the noise and din, made by the rough element, largely drown out the protesta tions of the young women, who are prac tically helpless to prevail against indig nities, and who think that the lights have simply gone out through some trouble at the power station or because of wire trouble. Our Investigations have revealed the fact that the management deliberate ly orders the lights turned out." Enterprise Amateurs Ambitious. W. H. Boyer, a well-known Instructor of music of this city, has been engaged to direct performances of "Pinafore"- and "The Pirates of Penzance" to be given by the Dramatic Club, of Enterprlze, Or. When Its is considered that Enterprise is a small and Isolated community, this at tempt on the part of the club to produce high-class operas Is regarded as most praiseworthy. Special scenery. is to be painted for these productions and a com plete set of costumes procured in Port land. Mr. Boyer will leave for Enter prize on Tuesday night. The first op era will be given early in August. The Enterprise Dramatic Club was organized last January by the young people of the town and several plays have been suc cessfully produced. At the Theaters "The Fires of Saint John" at the Marquam." ' CAST OP CHARACTERS. Mr. Vogelreuter HcKea Rankin Mrs. Vogelreuter . .Vera Jane Beach Gertrude Frances Slosson Oeorge Von Harten Franklyn Underwood Haffner Norval MacGregor Mr. Plotz ...Edward Lawrence An Old Gypsy Woman Georgie. Woodthorpe Katie Carrol Marshall Marie Mies O'Nell By Arthur A. Greene. IN the wonderful inspired days of the long ago, a youth and a maid sat one night by a broad, moon silvered river. The long ago may be a year, a decade or a cycle of time back along the broad highway of dead eternity. It matters little. Yesterday is just as irrevocably a part of the long ago as the beginning of the world, if some joy died thereon. They were young, but a wisdom far beyond the numbering of their years had come to them, and as they sat and watched the wooing of the moonbeams and the river they felt the numbing weight of all they had dreamed and known and felt. It was the girl who drew aside the tapestry of silence which the witchcraft of the Summer night had hung around them. "I am going out of your life to night," she said in an even voice which emotion strove In vain to make trem ble. She might have been speaking to the river, the stars or the one at her side. None returned an' answer, and she' gathered up the threads of talk again. "What a beautiful Sum mer this has been. God has been very good to us." A locust shrilled in a distant tree top, and the first breath of Autumn touched their faces. "And now it is over. We have walked once through the field of flowers and can never, never retrace our steps." He who sat beside her held silence and his face was set as though he looked upon the Terror. From across the water came the sound of voices singing an old love song to the mellowed tinkling of a man dolin. The girl, who was brave, shud dered and spoke again: "It is too high and wide, this barrier. We can never cross it." The other looked at the rip pling water and said nothing. At last a star shot athwart the bosom of the river. "It is our omen," she said, rising. "It is like my dream. This is the end: Auf Weidersaen." He stood beside her a moment and then kissed her as the faith ful kiss the crucifix and left her with the river and the moonbeams and the stars. This with some variation is epitome of the simple story of "The Fires of Saint John," which Nance O'Neil and her sup porting company played at the Marquam last night. A soul-tragedy In which the violence of battle and murder and sudden death is all comprehended In the unseen riot that devastates the human breast and manifests itself in little that is tangi ble. The play is one of Budermann's psychological studies, the most simple he has written' and therefore perhaps best adapted to stage purposes of any of nis dramas. It has great dramatic quality, the analysis, of emotions' is direct and the purpose is clear. It appears to the average theatergoer rather than the student or faddist. The sensibilities are never offended. A school-girl may safely see it, in fact, might be better for having done so. The sheer art in Miss O'Neil's work was never more apparent than in her characterization of Marie. Devoid . of all theatrlcallsm it might stand, as a model for those seeking the best In re pressed acting. I have not been so impressed with her genius so com pletely as now after watching last night's performance. The father is played by McKee Ran kin so naturally and with such de licious humor that this one comedy part saved the play from the charge of melancholia just as Suderman must have intended that it should. Mr. Ran kin has seldom been in such fine fettle. Franklyn Underwood in the unsym pathetic part of George, the weak man in the sharpest contrast with the strong woman, read his lines splendidly. An excellent bit of character work is done by Georgie Woodthorpe. aa the old hag-mother, Frances Slosson was a sweet and winsome Gertrude and the lesser parts were all in capable hands. "The fires of Saint John will run through the entire week with matinees Wednesday and Saturday. H0LLADAY jARK TONIGHT Band Concert V1II Commence Promptly at Sight o'clock. Bandmaster DeCaprlo has arranged a programme of popular music for the concert to be given at Holladay Park tonight, which will commence prompt ly at 8 o'clock. v Signor DeCaprio invites persons who would like to hear any certain piece of music at any of the Sunday afternoon concerts at the City Park to make re quest in writing, addressing him in care of the Musicians' Union, Second and Morrison streets. The programme for tonight follows: March, "Meet Me On the Trail" -.De Caprio Mazurka, "La Tzigane Hungarian". .Ganne Overture, "Nabuco Do Nozor".. Verdi Waltz, "EstudianMna" Waldtwefl Selection, "The Singing Girl" Herbert Intermission. Fantasia. "The Old Grist Mill" Mullor Patrol, "Bluecoats on Parade" ..... .Metitt Paraphrase? "Annie Laurie" Beanet Selection, "The Little Duchess". .. .De Koven March, "Chinese War" Michaels , Slg. A. De Caprio, director. JUDGE SAMUEL R. ARTMAN It seems to me that Judge Artman's de cision Is the most important rendered by any judge in recent years, and that Its Influence will be of the greatest pos sible moment to the temperance interest of the country. United States Senator J. H. Gallinger, of Concord. N. H. - Hear him speak in the First Presby terian Church on Saturday night on the "Unconstitutionality of Saloon Licenses." WHITEJSALE. Suits, Skirts and Waists now going on at Le Palace Royal, 375 Washington street. - Evangelist 'Weigele In Charge. Rev. Charles F. Weigele, evangelist, of Newport, Ky., will have charge of the services to be held at the camp ground at Fremont Station on the Mount Scott carline, under the auspices of the Oregon Holiness As sociation. Mr. Weigele, with Rev. Aura Smith, will have charge of the coming campmeetlng July 19 to 29. 1000 Horses at Auction. One thousand horses, saddlers, drivers and drafts, will be sold at auction at Umatilla, Or., on July 22 and 23. Matched teams and car lots, specialties. KIP KB FOR SOUVENIR PHOTOS. Northwest Scenery Imperial Hotel. WILL DIME. IN- CITY Vice-President to Visit Port land Today. GUEST OF THE PRESS CLUB Fairbanks Accepts Invitation to In formal Dinner Extended to Him by the Newspaper Men of the Rose City. Charles W. Fairbanks. Vice-President of the United States, will tonight be the guest of the Portland Press Club at an informal dinner. At a special meeting of the club held yesterday afternoon It was decided to request Mr. Fairbanks to become the guest of the newspaper writers of the city, and an invitation was telegraphed him at Seaside, where he was entertained last night. Late last night the following accept ance of this Invitation was received by the secretary of the club: "I most heartily thank you for Invita tion of Portland Press Club Just received. Shall be glad to take informal dinner with you Tuesday evening, 16th. Shall leave for the East the following morning. "CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS." As it 'was not known whether the Vice President's Itinerary would permit him to accept the Invitation, many of the de tails of the dinner are not yet arranged. It will probably he held at 6 o'clock, al though the place has not yet been de cided. Out of deference to the temper ance views of the guest of the evening, no wines, will be served. Governor Chamberlain and Mayor Lane, aa representing the state and city gov ernment, will be Invited to attend the dinner. With these exception, nearly all of those present will be Portland newspaper men. The Mayor will be asked to welcome the distinguished vis itor, "and the only other speech will be the response of the Vice-President. It is expected that John L. Travis, as pres ident of the Press Club, will preside as toastmaster. The committee in charge of arrange ments Is composed of J. L. Travis and Montrose . Goldstein, of the Journal; William Strandborg and C. V. Dyment, of the Telegram; Arthur A. Greene and H. E., Thomas, of The Oregonian. This committee will meet this morning at 9:30 in the Goodnough building, when the remaining details of the arrangements will be completed. , NO FIGHT ON EXTRADITION Magills Will Return Voluntarily to Meet Murder Charge. SAN DIEGO, Cal., July 15. Acting on the belief that the attorneys for Frederick H. Magill and his wife would start proceedings this morning for the release of the prisoners. Chief of Police Moulton went before Justice of the Peace, A. R. Sharp, and made com plaint, charging the pair with murder, based on the telegrams he has received from the sheriff of Dewltt County, Illinois. A warrant charging the pair with being fugitives from jtistice was placed in the hands of an officer. Eugene Dacey, their attorney, has assured the officers that there will be no attempt to stop the transfer of the prisoners to Clinton, either with or without extradition papers. Magill this morning telegraphed Sheriff Camp hell of Dewitt County, saying: "Will return voluntarily,, without papers. Come after us at once." ELKS CAPTURE QUAKERS Philadelphia Extends Cordial Greet ing to "Hello Bills." PHILADELPHIA. July 15. The opening day of the Elks' convention was greeted with clear, fairly warm weather. From 4:15 A. M., when the first delegation arrived from Mobile, Ala., big hosts of Elks came every hour. Grand Secretary Fred C. Rob ertson, of Dubuque, la., said today that the registration of delegates to the grand lodge' meeting is the largest in the history of the order. Philadelphia is decorated as never before, ahd every day until Saturday will practically be a holiday. . The streets in the central part of the city are jammed with enthusiastic crowds, and the familiar "Hello, Bill." is heard everywhere. The conventions of the grand lodge will be formally, opened at the Grand Opera-House tonight. The principal address of welcome on behalf of the local lodge will be made by Congressman Moore, of this city. Mayor Reyburn and Governor Stuart are expected to extend the hand of welcome. The response will be by Grand Exalted Ruler Henry A. Melvln, of California. : The first official entertainment of the members of the Grand Lodge took place at noon at a park upon the New Jersey side of the Delaware River. The mem bers and their ladies were conveyed there in chartered steamers which, before land ing, made a tour of the river, passing the League Island Navy Yard and the big shipbuilding plants. The festivities at the park began with a clambake and sea food dinner. Every candidate for Grand Lodge of fice is either hero or is represented by energetic agents, who buttonhole every delegate that presents himself for regis tration. John K. Tener, of Charlerol, Pa., the grand treasurer, a candidate for grand exalted ruler, seems to lead for that high honor and his election Is freely predicted. Dallas, Tex., appears to have the field to Itself at present as the place for the next convention. Crops Damaged by Rain. KANSAS CITY, Mo., July 15. The western half of Missouri was drenched by a terrific storm last night. Reports received today indicate much damage to corn fields, bridges and culverts in the lowlands in many Instances being washed out. Trains from all directions into Kan sas City are delayed. Dispatches from Des Moines, Iowa, state that 40 or 50 families have moved from the bottoms district of Des Moines to higher ground. The Des MoineB River Is higher than It has been since 1903, Park Nuisance Goes to Jail. On a plea of gullir to a charge of annoying people In the Hawthorne Park Antone Maddeson was sentenced In Judge Sears' Court yesterday morn ing to serve three months in the County Jail. ' E. C. Rader was arrested on the same charge, but pleaded not guilty, and will be tried in the Circuit Court in September. Senator Piatt's Birthday. NEW YORK, July 15, United State Senator Thomas C. Flatt, of New York, is quietly celebrating his seventy-fourth birthday anniversary today. He Is at the Oriental Hotel, at Manhattan Beach, once the rendezvous of New York Stats Re publican politicians of all degrees. Mr. Piatt caw some of his party friends today. LARGE ACREAGE RESERVED GOVERNMENT FIGURES SAIT TO BE MISLEADING. Corespondent Says That of Lands Declared Open to Entry Many Holdings Are Exempted. ROSEBURGv Or., July 16. (To the Edi tor.) In connections with the Washing ton dispatch in the Sunday Oregonian, describing the Oregon lands that are to be restored to settlement and entry, it should be stated that the vacant public land in the areas named is but a small fraction of the whole. There must be deducted the railroad and military wagon road grants, the school sections, and the private entries made before the lands were withdrawn. The unsurveyed land also is unavailable for any purpose but settlement except for certain scrip fil ings. When all these deductions are made It Is found that the magnificent area described contains but little less than 10 per cent In this district that is really available for settlement and entry; and this, for th fost part. Is cull land. The unqualified announcements from Washington of the areas released from various withdrawal orders have made a great deal of unnecessary work for the land offices in the regions affected and a great deal of unnecessary expense for land seekers unacquainted with the facts. Probably 300 persons have already jour neyed to Roseburg, many of them from other- states, on the strength of the an nouncement that 8,000,000 acres were to be restored to entry here. They did not dream that this would dwindle to a piti ful 22,000 acres, so poor or so remote that neither the forestry bureau nor individ ual citizens cared much for ft. It should be observed that these public lands were withdrawn for forestry pur poses. They are released because they are not of forest ' character or because they are small tracts in the midst of. private holdings. Therefore It Is hardly to be expected that much valuable timber land la to be found in the newly re stored areas. At any rate. It Is only the vacant public land that is thus restored. In some of the townships named there Is not an acre of Government land re maining. ' Another thing that would be useful for land seekers to know is that the official notices of the restoration of these lands contain a specific warning against set tlement prior to the authorized dates, which were given in your dispatch. This is a new feature of such restora tions. Settlers are given the right to go upon the land 30 days before filings or entries of any character can be made at. the land office. This effectually pro tects the actual settlers, because scrlp pers and applicants under the timber and stone law must show at time of filing that there Is then no adverse occupancy of the land. J. M. LAWRENCE. Mrs. Bradley Granted Bail. WASHINGTON, July 16. Justice Wright, of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, today authorized the admission to bail of Mrs. Annie M. Bradley, under indictments jon the charge of 'murdering former United States Senator Arthur Brown, of Utan, in the sum of J15.000. Affidavits from the surgeons who performed the operation on Mrs. Brad ley last Saturday were read. In which it was stated that open air exercise would be necessary for the complete restoration of Mrs. Bradley's health before her trial In October. Will positively cure sick headache and prevent its return. This is not talk, but truth. Carter's Little Liver Pills. One pill a dose. Try them. Hood's Sarsaparllla creates an appetite and aids in the proper assimilation of food. SMITH'S DAILY ROUND-UP Edited br the Frank I Smith Meat Co.. 22-22S Alder Street, Between First and Second Streets. "FIGHTING THE BEEF TRUST" VOL. I. NO. 1. PORTLAND, OR., JULY 18, 1907. PRICE, YOUR PATRONAGE. SMITH DEALS IN NOTHING BUT OREGON MEATS It Stands to Reason That Fresh Oregon Meats Are Preferable to Anything Brought in From the East. Most people would be willing to pay Smith Just a little more for his Oregon meats rather than eat the stuff the Chicago Beef Trust is bringing into' the city. But Smith doesn't ask a premium. He is actually giving the Portland people Oregon meats, the best meats on earth, cheaper than Chicago meats, or Omaha meats, or San Fran cisco meats, or anything else that the Beef Trust offers. It's up to the Portland people to out out the Beef Trust by refusing to patronize any market in the city but Smith's. Best Boiling Beef on Earth 3c Best Short Ribs 4 Choice Pot Roast Beef 7 Choice Rib Roast, Rolled 10 Shoulder Roast Mutton 10 Stew Mutton ....5c Everything else at Smith's is at Wholesale prices. A RECENT DRILL GE THE BEEF TRUST GUARD A Short Description of the Tactics Employed. The newest thing in drilled organiza tions Is the Beef Trust Guard. Prac tically every retail butcher In the citv, with the exception of Smith, the trust fighter, belongs to the body. A few days ago it gave a dress parade and the members, one and all, show a re markable degree of toadyism and scared-out-ism as a result of their one year's drilling by the Beef Trust. When bunched up and put Into line they proved themselves the biggest bunch of suckers that ever disgraced the town. After the call to arms the first order from the Beef Trust was "Boycott Smith." The butchers responded. The second command was "Buy nothing but Beef Trust Meat." To this they also responded. The third order was "Whoop up the price and make the public pay." This sounded good to them, too. And so on down the line. The drill was pronounced by the spectators as a fine specimen of Beef Trust tactics and every one In the audience went home making a firm avowal that the only way for Port land people to keep out of the reach of the Beef Trust was to trade with Smith.