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.
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1907
The Great
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ferings
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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.