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9 THE MORNING OREGONIAN. SATURDAY. DECEMBER 14, 1907. APPROVES PLAN FOR RHPENING Prettiest Calendars in Town Picture Framing Headquarters Sales Today of Ribbons and Handkerchiefs January Butterick Patterns, Xmas Needlework, Pyrography, Dolls, Books, Teddy Bears, Jewelry, Pictures, Etc. Why Hot utc money? Buy absolutely Pure Dnin, Standard Remedies, Toilet Arti cle and Rubber Gooda at lowest CUT-RATE prices at Llpmaa Worfe's "OWL" DRUGSTORE "Pure Food Law Dr." Established 1850-FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS IN BUSINESS-EstablUhed 1850 We Say It Again! A Baby and a Victor Talking Machine ouaiht to make any home happy. Come and hear the Victor play and sins; In. our Victor Hall, near Fourth-street entrance. 91.00 down and 91.00 a week. Ridgeley Expects Merchants National Bank to Re sume Business. Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Our Price Are Always the Lowest CONFERS WITH WATSON (on (roller Believes Capital Xot Im paired and Bank Solvent Plan of Reorganization Kept Secret Till "Watson Returns. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash- ington, Dec. 13. President Watson, of the Merchants National Bank, of Portland, has had a conference with Controller Ridgeley concerning the affairs of the bank and plans for reopening. It is not deemed advisable to make details of the plans- public at this time, but Mr. Ridge ley states they met with his approval, and if Mr. Watson can carry them into rffeot, authorization to reopen the bank will be granted. It Is believed by the Controller's office that the capital of the ' bank is not impaired and that it is sol vent. Mr. Watson's report of conditions co incides with 'the preliminary general re port made by Examiner Wilson, and. as he result of both the Controller's office has encouraged the officers of the bank to proceed with their plans for reopen ing. While admitting that plans are under consideration for reopening the Mer chants National Bank, the members of the board of directors declined yester day to discuss the details of the plan of reorganization. It was further admitted that the mission of President J. Frank Watson to Washington at this time was to present to the Controller of the Cur rency the facts on which the plans of the directors for a reorganization of the institution were based. Until Mr. Wat ion returns or Examiner Wilson has been advised by Controller Ridgeley as to the lattcr's findings with regard to the sol vency of the bank and its rights to re sume business, the other officers of the bank will not discuss their plans, "The only Information we have of the probable recommendations of Controller Ridgeley is contained in the news dis patches from Washington," said B. X Durham, vice-president of the bank, last night. "But we will have to wait either until President Watson returns or the re port of the Controller reaches Examiner Wilson before we can learn of the plan that meet with the approval of the Gov ernment officials." Rumors that the Merchants National would be reorganized have been current for several weeks. It Is evident the plans of the bank officials have met the ap proval of the Controller and will be car ried out. It was recently reported that the bank was to be reorganized by in creasing the capital stock from $500,000 to $1 ,000,000 and offering the presidency to Theodore B. Wilcox. At the time Mr. Wilcox declared he would not accept the position, but the fact that the institu tion would resume business has been gen erally understood. The present officers are: J. Frank Wat ; son, president: R. L. Durham, vlce-presl- dent: Ralph W. Hoyt. cashier; George W. , H5't. assistant cashier. These officers together with Fred S. Morris. R. D. In man and C. E. Smith constitute the board of directors. ., RIORDAN GETS BLESSING Pope Goes Over Situation In America and San Francisco With Him. ROME, Dec 13. Pope Pius today re ceived Archbishop Rlordan, of San Francisco, in private audience In his li brary, and the Catholic situation in the United States in general and the" dio cese of San Francisco was discussed at length. The archbishop made a satis factory report regarding the clergy and religious institutions in California, The matter of appointing Rev. Edward Han ia, of Rochester. N. Y., coadjutor-archbishop of San Francisco, also was dis cussed. .Monsignor Riordan will remain until the question of a coadjutor-archbishop of San Francisco is decided upon by the congre gation of the propaganda. This, It is ex pected, will be done some time In Jan uary. After the audience Archbishop Riordan presented the secretary, the Rev. D. O. Crawley, to His Holiness. Pope Pius gave him the Apostolic benediction, and also Imparted It to the institution with which Father Crawley is connected. PREDICTS BIvOODY REVOLUTION Professor Says China Is on Eve of Upheaval. SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., Dec. 13. Professor D. L. Andersen, president of Foochow University, who arrived here on the liner Siberia, believes that upon the death of the Empress Dowager China will be the scene of a bloody revolution. That revolution, he be lleves, will mark China's entrance into the parliament of the world as a power to be reckoned with. Professor Anderson, who has spent many years in China, says that the people of China are now wide awake to the necessity for education, that the power of the people Is steadily growing and that at the same time the populace and its rulers are drifting' farther apart. "The younger generatrbn in China," he says, "is acquiring a4 good educa tion. A revolution is pending. In the nature of things It is bound to be a bloody one. but China will be all the better for it, and In the hands of new and enlightened administrators, who will have the confidence of the peo ple, China will be one of the greatest nations of the earth." Kaiser Visits Holland's Queen.' AMSTERDAM. Dec. 13. Emperor Wil helm of Germany arrived here today on the imperial yacht Hohenzollern for a visit to Queen Wilhelmlna. He was greet ed by members of the royal family of The Netherlands. Prince Henry boarded the Hohenzollern and escorted the Em peror to a pavilion on shore, where Queen Wllhelmina awaited him. The greetings were cordial, and the Emperor kissed the Queen's hand, and their majesties then drove through crowded streets to the palace, where they subsequently ap peared on a balcony and were given an ovation, by the assembled throng. Leopold's GiTt to Museum. NEW YORK, Dec. 13. King Leopold, of Belgium, is to give to the City of New York a collection of ethnological and natural history specimens from the Congo. Two very large halls will be re nulred to display the articles. r SPECIAL SALE Portland's Largest and Best Bookstore 75c Alcazar Classics at 29c Bound in de luxe individual bindings, rubricated title-page, fine illustrations. Titles of perennial interest and charm. Abbe Constantln. Ludovlc Halevy. Attic Philosopher. The. Emile Souvestre. Autocrat of the Breakfast Table. Burns' Poems. Bitter Sweet. J. G. Holland. Brooks, Phillips. Addresses. Browning's, Robert, Selections. Child's Garden of Verses, A. R. L. Steven, son. Christmas Carol. Dickens. Courtship of Miles Standish. Henry W. Longfellow. Cranford. Mrs. Gaskell. Dog of Flanders, A. Oulda. Dream Life. Mitchell. Dreams. Olive Schrelner. Drummonds, Henry, Addresses. Editha's Burglar. F. H. Burnett. Evangeline. H. W. Longfellow. Favorite Poems. Familiar Quotations. J. Bartlett. Hiawatha. H. W. Longfellow. House of Seven Gables. Nathaniel Haw thorne. Idylls of the King. Tennyson. Imitation of Christ. Thomas a'Kempls. In His Steps. Sheldon. In Memorlam. Alfred Tennyson. Jessica's First Prayer and Jessica's Mother. Hesba Stretton. Longfellow's Poems. 'O Lowell's Poems. Lucille. Owen Meredith. Man Without a Country. Rev. E. E. Hale. Minister's Wooing. Mrs. Stowe. Mornings in Florence. Ruskin. Prince of the House of David. J. H. In graham. Princess. Alfred Tennyson. Prue and I. Geo. "W. Curtis. Recessional and Departmental Ditties. Kipling. Reveries of a Bachelor. Donald G. Mitchell. Robin Hood. Rubaiyat df Omar Khayyam. Fitzgerald. Samantha- at Saratoga. Marietta Holley. Scarlet Letter. Hawthorne. Sesame and Lillies. Ruskin. And many others. 50c Standard Books at 25c Extra cloth, gold ti tles, ornamental side and back stamp, gold tops. Undeniably the handsomest low priced library edi tions on the market Selected from the world's choicest lit erature, and written by authors of es tablished reputation. Embraces History, Biography. Travel, Adventure, Humor, Fiction of the choic est character. Poetry, and Belles - Lettres. Clearly printed In mm large type, on fine laid paper, and bound in extra cloth. Suitable for library use. Every volume complete and unabridged. Publisher's price, 50c; our price, per vol ume 25 , Add 8e for postage. Adam Bede. Eliot. Christmas Stories. Dickens. Count Monte Christo. Dumas. David Copperfield. Dickens. French Revolution. Carlyle. Hypatla. Kingsley. Jane Eyre. Bronte. John Halifax. Mulock. Kenllworth. Scott. Lamplighter. Cummins. Little Minister. Barrle. Lorna Doone. Blackmore. Middlemarch. Eliot. . Mill On Floss. Eliot. Prince of the House of David. Ingraham. Romola. Eliot. Taine's English Literature. Tales from Shakespeare. Lamb. Tom Jones. Fielding. Vanity Fair. Thackeray. r TEDDY BEARS MAKE THE CHILDREN HAPPY They've arrived en route from Bearland Teddy, Billy, Jim, Tom, Mike, Charlie, Golden hair, Sue, Uncle Joe. Frank, Bess, Tot, Cin n a m o n , Pen, Lizzie, Kermit, Alice, Mac, Ed, Jack, Dick, Bruin. Every child goes wild over the cunning Roose velt Bears. Be sure to give one for Christmas. LOWEST PRICES r SPECIAL SALE Crepe Xmas Bells Holly : red crepe Christmas Bells, with hammer a specially fine bell for decorators bought in such immense quantity that we are able to sell a bigger and better bell for less money than ever offered : 5c 4-inch Christmas Bells, 3 for 5 10c 6-inch Christmas JBells .5 18c 10-inch Christmas Bells... 10 20c 12-inch Christmas Bells ..laV 35c 18-inch Christmas Bells 23 35c Red and Green Garlands.... 23 25c Holly Wreaths, special. 12V2 50c Holly Garland, with bells. ...... .35 4c Christmas Holly Cards, 3 for 5 Christmas Holly Seals, package.. 8 Christmas Holly Labels, package. . .. . ..8 Christmas'Holly Ice Cups and Favors. 18 OF BOOKS SUITABLE FOR Ivanhoe. Scott. California and Oregon Trail. Parkman. Corlnne. De Stael. And many others. 50c Alger Books at 25c Each With Colored Illustrations. This excellent series of books for -boys comprises some of the most popular Al ger books. Each book Is printed on paper of excellent quality'. In uniform style of binding, with colored inlay on front cover illustrating the subject of the title. Col ored frontispiece and from three to seven additional colored illustrations. The best made, most attractive and best selling books ever offered for the price. Our special price, per volume... 254 60c Henty Books at 25c Ea. "Mr. Henty Is the King of Story Tel lers for boys. All boys will read his stories with eager and unflagging in terest. The episodes are all graphic, ex citing, realistic; In all Mr. H e n t y ' s books the tendency Is to the formation of an honorable, manly and even he roic character." Uniform cloth bind- 1 n sr. Publisher's price, 80c; our price, per volume 25 50c Phoenix Series at 25c The selections for this year are ununually fitron;. and oujcht to make this series more popular than ever 82mo cloth, decorated cover and title pageii pub lisher's price. 50c our price, per vol ume lilt wife. Barr. 1 ! 7 I Elsie Dins- fU-t Flnley. The Abbe Con stantln. Hal evy. A Young Girl's Wooing. ' Roe. An O r I g 1 nal Belle. Roe. A Border Bhephe rd- ess. Barr. Knight of the 19th Century. Roe. A Brave Little Q u a k eress. Roe. A Home t'a Nest. -RAn ilow of Orange Ribbon. Barr. Sale of Imported r Infants' Bearskin ft llllil 1,1 THl- VIJ ; ribbon- Infants double-breasted bearskin Coats, made with collar and cuffs, in sizes from 6 months JQ 1Q to 2 years; regular $3.00 values, sale 1 J An Advance The best values for early Holiday shoppers specially selected bargains for this sale. Fine holly boxes, with the best quality of linen fabric paper and envelopes in the newest shapes. " $1.00 Holly Boxed Paper, 68c Large box full of choice Stationery in latest finish and shape; ?Q regular $1.00 value for , DOC 25c Holly Boxed Paper, 12!2c .Neat boxes with a quire of paper and envelopes to match, juvenile size; reg ular 20c and 25c val- 1 oi ues.. 1ZV2C 65c Holly Boxed v Paper, 33c Box containing 1 quire hemstitched paper and envelopes to match; reg ular 65c paper, and very OO good, for OOC $3.00 Box Stationery at $1.48 A holly box containing 3 sizes of paper and envelopes to match; best linen fabric finish; new- 1Q Pet chanoc 3 Ofl vnliiA uliTU . XMAS GIFTS Love For an Hour Is Love Forever. Barr. Remember the Alamo. Barr. The Squire of Sandalslde. Barr. His Sombre Rivals. Roe. Beside the Bonnie Briar Bush. A Daughter of Fife. Barr. He Fell in Love With His Wife. Roe. Between Two Loves. Barr. ' Opening of a Chestnut Burr. Roe. .Barriers Burned Away. Roe. And many others. $1.18 New Fiction at 50c All of these books are full library size vol umes, handsomely bound in cloth; many of them identical in ap pearance and quality with the $1.50 editions, and many of them are elaborately and expen sively illustrated. Some are limited special edi tions, which" cannot be replaced when present stocks are ex- hausted. Others are dollar-and-a-half books of yesterday, which trade oppor tunities have placed in our possession at fractional prices, and which are mar velous values. ' Right of Way. Gilbert Parker. St. Elmo. Augusta J. Evans. Man on Box. Harold MacGratb. The Hel'met of Navarre. Bertha Runkle. The Cost. David Graham Phillips. , . . . Castle -Craney Crow. McCutcheon. Graust&rk. McCutcheon. Adventures of Sherlock Holmes. Doyje. The Hound of the Baakervilles. Doyle. The Little Minister (fine 111. ed.). Barrle. The Christian. . Hall Calne. Letters of a Self-Made Merchant to His Son. Lorimer. . The Hon. Peter Stirling. Ford. Prisoner of Zenda; Hope. Rupert of Hentzau. Hope. If I Were King. McCarthy. The Grey Cloak. McGrath. The Call of the Wild. London. Wings of the Morning. Tracy. Soldiers of Fortune. R. H.' Davis. Wolfville. Lewis. Daughter of the Sioux. Gen. King. Apache Princess. Gen. King. Knight of Columbia. Gen. King. When Knighthood Was In Flower. . Cas- koden. The Virginian. Owen Wlster. David Harum. Wescott. The Eternal City. Calne. The Crisis. Churchill. Dorothy Vernon (with illustrations from the play). Charles Major. The Master Christian. Marie Corelll. . In the Palace of the King. Crawford. Choir Invisible. James Lane Allen. Via Crucls. Marlon Crawford. ' Master of Warlock. G. C. Eggleston. And many others. Latest. $1.1 8 Fiction Rosalind at Red Gate. By Meredith Nich olson, author of "House of a Thousand Candles." The Halo. By' Baroness Van Hutton, au thor of "Pam." Satan Sanderson, the story of a thousand thrills; scene laid In Portland, Oregon. By Hallie Ermlnle Rives. Three Weeks. By Elinor Glyn. . The tale of a royal love episode that is the talk of two continents. Words of Liberty. By Myra Kelley. Helena's Path. Anthony Hope. The New Missloner. Mrs. Wilson Wood- row. The Lion's Share. Octave Thanet. ) 1irv1r D y r y m O . I. Tf U 1 A UUACi, D d a 11 G I a KOTIOJT COUNTER. Pretty Work Boxes, ' with complete fit tings, on sale at 25c Work Box, good size, containing many little items for a sewing table iJJ Big,- elaborate box, containing many useful ad ditions for the misses who make dolls' T C dresses iJC Special Kindergarten Box, containing worsted mercerized thread and designs for fancy C work....... OfcJC Extra large Kindergarten Box, containing doll and -materials for making dresses, but-C ttms, tapes, etc Extra good large Box, with doll and all kinds of findings for a little miss to make CH Zf dolls' clothes ..4pl.JVJ Coats 35c Hose Supporters lc Round sleeve or hose supporters, each pair in box, gold-plated buckle ; eome in pink, blue, . "1 red, white, etc Holiday Sale of 50c Holly Boxed Paper, 28c Pretty . holly box, containing 1 quire paper and envelopes, latest Oft shape, fine quality. fcOC 75c Holly Boxed Paper, 38c Large box containing 50 sheets paper and 50 envelopes, srood linen fahr5 finish, latest shape paper OQ and envelopes JUL 35c Holly Boxed Paper, 18c Box containing 1 quire paper and en velopes to match; juvenile " ft' size ; new shape ;. special. .... A OC 50,000 Holly Cards, 3 for 5c Special Holly Cards to ejlclose with gifts and for - schools and Sunday schools; assorted sizes to select from ; regularly 4c each ; sale, three ' Cf for........ OC . - : f Smoking Jackets It's a gift he'll like most. Just sound him and . see. And more men are going to get Lounging Robes for Christmas than ever before. We've a large variety of patterns and materials to suit every taste, and Saturday is the day to buy. MEN'S HOUSE COATS, SPECIAL AT $5.00 jf These House Coats a.re splendid values; golf cloths, with turn collars and patch pockets, silk corded edges, new effects in rich colors and patterns, plain and fancy, all sizes; $6 and' $7 grades CJ C ff Saturday for &0JJ All Coats Special: $6.00, $6.50, $7.95 and $8.50 Blanket Bath Robes Other Robe Reduced They'll compare with the $5 kind of any other store; heavy material in novel and beautiful patterns; ex tra value at $3.75 All of our men's Blanket Robes have been reduced for this sale to $5.75, $7.95 and $9.75. Buy your Robes today. Nov'lty Back Combs ALL AT LOWEST SALE PRICES Lot No. .1 Beautiful lot of fine Back Combs, shell or amber, mounted with the latest rose gold-finished mounts Sale price... 48, 68V98 Lot No. 2 Very stylish amber and shell Back Combs, in rose and satin finish gold mounts, pretty novel designs; sale price, $1.19 $1.38 $1.59 $1.98 Lot No. 3 Handsome Combs in the lat est Parisian styles ; some neat, plain tops, in solid gold and an infinite va riety of other exquisite mountings Sale price : $2.19, $2.37, $2.78, $2.88 Lot No. 4 The smartest novelty designs of the season in Back Combs, latest con ceptions, no two alike; extra values Sale price, $3.38, $3.57, $3.79, $4.18 Lot No. 5 SweUest and most stylish Combs ever shown in Portland only dne or two of a kind, most extreme novelties of the season; all the latest Parisian creations. The kind of a comb not usually seen in sales. Sale price from ..$5.38 to $11.78 Lot No. 6 The "Ethel Barrymore" Comb, latest high cutout style, in shell and amber, designs are copies of $25.00 and $35.00 combs, in real shell Sale price from $3.38 to $5.78 Men's Bath Robes $5.50 Vals. $3.75 100 Men's Blanket Bath Robes, all new patterns and colorings, made with large square collars, cord and tassel at neck, girdle at waist and large pockets. Made full and long. Values to $5.50, on sale 3 75 : Stationery r J 1 1 .! 1 and Robes for-"HIM --.-4- , made of excellent 500 Pr. Long Kid Gloves $3.75 Values $2.95 Pr. Shrewd shoppers will an ticipate their holiday glove wants here today. Every pair of gloves in this sale is full 16-button-length, 3-clasp mousqueta ire style, all new and perfect. Every pair of these gloves is a regular $3.75 value and the equal of the so called $4.00 values offered by other sales. In all sizes, in tan, brown. and black. Every pair fitted at counter si Useful Xmas Gifts Embroidered Sheets and Pillow Cases Embroidered Sheet, 45x40V2 inches, and two pil low cases, set in box for the spe- CO fZ cial low price pJJJ Embroidered Sheet, 54x40V inches, Qf and two pillow cases, set in box. . P W Pillow Cases, scalloped and embroid- Qflf ered, 45x38 inches, very handsome. . Post Card Albums Everybody collects picture postcards and will ap preciate a postcard album. These are priced very special. 75c POSTCARD ALBUM 48 Teddy Bear postal card album, good cloth cov ers, holds 105 cards, assorted colored A. Q backs, 75c values ..."O $1.50-$1.75 ALBUMS $1.18 r inely bound albums, padded covers, fancy de signs, large size books, holding 300 1 O to 500 cards; values $1.75, on sale at. .P J.XO $2.50 $2.75 ALBUMS $1.78 Finely bound postal card albums, some pa'dded covers, all handsome designs;, hold fljl, 70 from 300 to 500 cards PX. O Pretty cover postal card albums, hold 100 OQp to 150 cards, assorted designs, 4oc values $1.00-$1.25 postal card albums, hold 300 (ZQr cards, finely clothbound, assorted covers." OS Teddy Bear postal card albums,' cloth . "1 Dm covers, assorted colors. " 7cc postal card albums, pretty illuminated cover, with views on outside; holds 300 cards.. ...48 Larse assortm't nretty 1908 Calendars, all prices. ; Holiday Hose Supporters Handsome Pin-On Hose Supporters, shirred satin, in pink, blue, black, white, red, etc., in pretty box; $1.00 JQ values .... ... "oc Handsome shirred Pin-On Supporters, embroidered,' CO in blue, pink, etc., in box; $1.25 value . . VJOC Shirred Satin Supporters, pin-on style, fleur-de-lis and other pretty designs, in box ; $1.75 1 "1ft values..... P 0 $1.00 Military Straight-Front Pad Supporters, four Cft straps, $1.00 value JOC Diabolo The New Game We sell it in ' Children's and Grown-Ups' Sizes. 95 $1.50 $1.95 $2.25 $3 $3.50 $5.00 99 HP $2.95