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TTTE MORSTXG OREGOXIAX, WEDNESDAY. 3IARCH 4, 1908. NT ROBBED OF Lloyd Makes Startling Charge Against Railroads on Mail-Weighing.. MOON HAS BRAIN STORM Tennessee Democrat Condemns Fos. tal Service and Says Republicans Plunder Treasury Goebel ' Crges Steamship Subsidy. WASHINGTON. March 3. The star tling charge that the railroads, of the country carrying mails had robbed the people of J70.000.000 was madn in the House today by Lloyd of Missouri. He der-lnred that the new system of weighing mails was an admission of the Post-niaster-Oenoral that the weighing In the past 27 years had been fraudulent. He called for an Investigation of the Post offlre Department, and Wagner of Pen nsylvania, chairman of the committee to control the expenses of that department, promised that an inquiry would be con ducted. Others who spoke were Moon of Ten nessee. Goebel of Ohio. Briggs of Georgia. Murdock of Kansas and Smith of California. Moon, the ranking minority member of the committee on postoflices and post roads, declared that the Postofflce De partment and the Postofflce service were in a very unsatisfactory condition, but he hoped, by separate enactment before an other postal bill was brought in, that the evils mtht be remedied. Calls Republicans Plunderers. He upbraided the Republicans for failure to enact legislation which he said the people were demanding. The Re publican party, he declared, for more than 40 years have fostered false the ories. "You." he said, addressing the Repub lican side, "plundered the Treasury when you saw fit, you overturned the rights of the states and sat with your hands on the necks of the common citizens-: you appeal to none but the power of weelth and monopoly, and yet, he said. "you have successfully run the gamut the House gamut. The Republicans, he said, had fooled the people. "nol once, not twice, but all the time." If, he continued, he were compelled to designate the leading char acterletics of the Republican party, he would say. "It is the most sublime and the most stupendous faker in all the his tory of the world." " Plea for Mail Subsidy. A strong pica- for an ocean mail sub sidy to steamers plying between the Unit ed States and South American ports, the Philippines, Japan. China and Australia' was made by Goebel. Since last March the foreign steamships engaged in trade with the Orient have been reduced to eight with no new ships building, and he urged the subsidy In order to revive those sailings. After an argument by Smith in opposi tion to the plan for a rural parcels post service, the bill was laid aside. WILIj APPOINT" W. S. nOSSITEU New York Man Selected for Public Printer. WASHINGTON. March 3. It is under stood the President has decided to ap point W. S. Rossiter, of New Tork, to be Public Printer to succeed Charles S. Stllllngs, of Massachusetts. Mr. Rossi ter has been for several years chief clerk of the Census Office, and recently was detailed by the President to make 8n examination into the conduct of busi ness at the Government printing office. Treasury Deficit Increases. WASHINGTON. March 3. The monthly statement of the Government receipts and expenditures shows that for the month of February, liW. total receipts were J48.334, Mt9. and expenditures, J."i6.730.007, which leaves a deficit for the month of t$. 405,118. The receipts from customs amounted to fj.47r-i.931. which Is a decrease as com pared with February, 17, of more than JiMVO.000. Internal revenue receipts amounted to 1S.4.41. which is a decrease of more than JiOOO.000. Miscellaneous ; items f ijow an increase of H.OOO.OUO. In the Items of expenditure, civil and miscellaneous show an increase of nearly Jl.ffO.Oiio. War shows an increase of fwta,00o, navy an increase of more than $3, TfcO.ooo. pensions aji increase of more than 2 000,000 and public works an increase of more than JtvAOOO. Since July 1. 1907. the receipts have fall en off more than IJ&4oO,0rtO. as compared with the corresponding period last year, and the expenditures have increased by more than J4&.3O0.00O. Increase of Public Debt. WASHINGTON, March 3. -The monthly statement of the public -cbt shows that at the close of business February 29. 1908, the debt less cash in the. Treasury amounted to $000,421,746. an increase for the month of IT.TKI.lfti. The deht Is recapitulated as follows: Interest-bearing debt, S9S,7o3.7!0; debt on which Interest has ceased since ma turity. $4.SS7.C.6; debt bearing no interest. !4I.V3M65. Total. Jl.519.267.5nO. This amount, however, does not include $1.293.409.iW9 in certificates and Treasury notes outstanding which are offset by an etv.ial amount of cash held for their re demption. The cash in the Jreasury. $1. Kiu.147.4til. against which there are demand liabilities outstanding amounting to 11.411. .Vl.ti57. which leaves a cash balance on hand of JtlS.S45.S04. California Wants Reserve. WASHINGTON. March" S. The Sec retary of Agriculture is authorized to create the Calaveras Big Tree National Koreft in California by a bill passed by the Senate today. The bill permits an exchange of timber on public lands for tne big tree forests. Oklahoma Gets New Flag. WASHINGTON. March 3. -A joint reso lution was adopted by the House donating to the state of Oklahoma "the flag bear ing 43 stars," which for the first time floats over the Capitol today. The reso lution places the f.ag in the custody of the Oklahoma Historical Society. Negro Pays Death Penalty. TRENTON. N. J.. March 3. George Wilson, a negro, was electrocuted today for the murder In December last of Fred frlek Romer. an Orange, N. J., under taker, who waa killed in his room at a hotel. Roosevelt Names Consuls. WASHINGTON, March 3. The Prea- 70 idem sent to the Senate today the fol lowing nominations: - Consul-General Frank D. Hill, of Minnesota, at Barcelona. Spain: James W. Ragsdale. of California, at St. Pe tersburg. Russia; Benjamin H. Ridge ly, of Kentucky, at Mexico City, Hex.; Edward T. Williams, of Ohio, at Tlen- OPPOSES CUKREXCY EXPANSION McCumber Speaks on Aldrich Bill In Senate. WASHINGTON, March 3. Senators Mc Cumber, of North Dakota, and Newlands, of Nevada, today spoke at length on the Aldrich bill. Mr. McCumber was opposed to any ex pansion of the currency except to save -the. country from a catastrophe, he said. He favored a Government guarantee of deposits in National banks. During a colloquy with Senator Carter the latter commented' on savings banks, said.,!. "There ought to be a clear way opened) from the back door of the failed banks to the pentitentiary." Declaring that currency legislation should be directed more to the security of depositors than to the creation of an emergency currency, Senator Newlands gave a careful analysis of certain features of the pending bill. "The only way to secure depositors," he said, "Is by ample capital and suf ficient reserves. The capital and the re serve together constitute the security of the depositors and should In all cases amount to between 30 and 40 per cent of the deposits. The capital which should amount to at least 15 per cent of the de posits should be invested in interest-bearing securities and the . reserve, which should amount to at least 20 or 25 per cent should be kept in cash in the vaults of each bank and not intrusted to other banks." Viewing the State and the National banks as one system. Mr. Newlands con tended it was obvious that the amount of reserves kept In the banks was insuf ficient and would have to be gradually increased. He urged that the Nation should gradually retire the various forms of I'nited States notes, such as silver certificates, gold certificates and green backs and substitute one form of United States notes, and that the coin now back ing the silver certificates and the gold certificates should be gradually placed In the redemption fund of the Treasury as security for this general form of Unit ed States notes. The United States Treasury, under ex isting conditions, was practically engaged in banking. Fifty per cent gold reserve was considered sufficient for the note issue of a bank of issue. There should be no reason, he continued, why the Unit ed States should not be able in periods of emergency to increase the issue of notes upon the gold and silver coin in its vaults to meet any emergency. Reclamation Clerks Named. nr k QUTVT.TAV M nrrh 3. John B. Col- ..,.11 nr rm.ttiifl nnH Ivv S. McClellan. of Hamilton, have been appointed clerks In the Reclamation service. BANK OFFICIALS INDICTED CARSON, NEV., FAIIATRE LEADS TO ARRESTS. Directors Charged With Withdraw lag Personal Accounts After In stitution Became Insolvent. CARSON, Nev., March 3. The Ormsby County grany Jury reported to Judge langan at noon toaay. onngins mu.i ments charging embezzlement against every director, the casnier ana uu . sistant cashier of the defunct State Bank. Those indicted are: Cashier Davis, Assistant Cashier Van Dellch. Directors . Brougher. Woodbury, i ti ...n Man Render. Living stone and Meyers. Bench warrants were served during the day. Bail was fixed In each case at Jlfl.OOO. President Rickey was included in the Mnt Mnri hn will have to furnish an extra $1000 bond, making his entire bond $70,000. The evidence that nas cauea forth the Indictments was that which v, withdrawal of -personal ac counts by the directors after the meeting of the directors on uctoDer i. Mr. Mapcs Is president of the Washoe County Bank, at Reno, and Bender is Its cashier. Consider New Banking Laws. SAN FRANCISCO. March 3. The spe cial banking committee appointed by the last Legislature met this morning in the rooms of the Harbor Commissioners in the Ferry building with the State Bank Commissioners and several representative bankers of the city. At the close of the meeting a committee consisting of Frank B. Anderson, of the Bank of California; H. N. Lilienthal. of the Anglo-California Hunk, and I. W. Helman. of the union Trust Company, was appointed to make recommendations to the legislative com- ittee relative to new banking ias. Reduce Bank's Capital Stock. NEW YORK, March 3. The order ap pointing receivers for the suspended Mechanics and Traders" Bank was modi tied todav In such a way as to permit the stockholders and directors to exercise the corporate rights vested in them. This modification permitted the stockholders to give their assent today to a proposal to reduce the capital stock of the .bank from $2,000,000 to $1,000,000. Heinze's Demurrers Overruled. NEW TORK, March 3. The demurrers' interposed in behalf of F. Augustus Heinze and a motion to quash the indict ment charging the . overcertiflcation of checks aggregating over $400,000, were overruled bv Judge Hough in the United States Circuit Court today. The over certiflcation of checks charged in the in dictment Is alleged to have occurred while he waa president of the Mercantile Bants last year. Baking Powder Company Fails. PITTSBURG. March 3. An involuntary petition in bankruptcy was flied in the United States District Court today against the Banner Baking Powder Company by creditors having claims exceeding J20.000. Insolvency is admitted by the treasurer and secretary. Quarterly Dividend Omitted. NEW TORK. March 3. The directors of the Granby Consolidated Mining. Smelting Power Company. Ltd.. to day voted not to declare the quarterly dividend on the company's stock. Co-educatlon In Mexico. EL PASO, Tex.. March 3. Governor Creel, of Chihuahua today announced the establishment of co-education in tne public school of Chihuahua, mis Is the first time In the history of Mexico that boys and girls have been allowed to at tend the same schools. Astoria Marine News. ASTORJA. Or.. March 3. (Special.! The schooner Alvena cleared at the Custom House today for Redondo with a cargo of StK.OOO feet of lumber, loaded at Stella. Nello D. Johnson has been promoted from a special to a regular inspector of customs, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of C. T. Crosby. T Hughes Urges End Pool- Assembly to Selling. HAS NO FEAR OF BRIBERY Governor Expresses Confidence in Members and Declines to Give Name of Gambler Who Im plied Attempted Corruption. ALBANY. N. T.. March 3. Governor Hughes today pent to the Assembly a message declining to give the name of the alleged gambler whose letter, pub lished yesterday morning, implied that money would be used to prevent the enactment of the anti-race track gam bling bills. The message say a: I crave no cr1nce to any report that th members of your honorable body would be deflected from their manifest duty by any ttemit, If any such were made, on the part of those who have vast Interests at stake In the matter to corrupt their Judgment. Purge State of Vice. On the contrary. I have ImnJlcit con fMnnc that the Legislature will carry Into effect the constitutional mandate and will purge our state of this source of misery ana vice which exists only because tne win of the people, flatly declared in the funda mental law. has not been carried Into ef fect. Arrayed acralnst the bills stand those who would sacrifice the morals of our youth by, extending; the area of temptations; who would Inflict needless Buffering: uDon help loss women and children. derendent upon the cultivation of thrift and Industry and who would imperil the welfare of thou sands of our people simply because of their selfish desire to make money out of, gam bllna mivileres. They fatten upon wretch edness and have the effrontery to demand that the laws of the state ahall be adapted to their purpose. Get 1ega! Protection. Tour honorable body knows that pool selling and bookmakine at race tracks are not prevented by appropriate laws, as the constitution requires, but flsurish substan tialiy unrestricted under what amounts to legal ztrotectton. This Is a scandal of the first order and a disgrace to the state. The tills are not aimed at racinr or at race tracks or at property; they are aimed at public rambling, m-ohtbtted by the const i tut Ion, condemned by the moral sense of the people, irrespective of creed, and con ceded to be the prolific source of poverty and crime. I sincerely trust that nothing will divert your attention from this main Issue and that the legislature, acting in obedience to Constitutional provision, will free us from a curse of which no Just de fense is' possible. Without comment, the message was laid on the table. ARREST CHEWING-GUM GIRL With Young Hubbard Her . Effects "Are Searched for Stolen Goods. POMEROY. Wash.. March 3. (Spe cial.) State Labor Commissioner Hub bard has wired Prosecuting: Attorney Gentry that his son, L. Hubbard, is innocent of the imputation of being connected with Miss M. Hayward, of Seattle, in which the young: woman is accused of taking: a dress pattern of silk from the store of the Pomeroy Mercantile Company. The cloth dis appeared after the young: woman had been looking at It, and has not yet been found."1 says J. J. McGrath, man ager of the store. Miss Hayward was traveling for a Seattle house, selling: chewing: gum. Miss Hayward and Hubbard left town. They were stopped at Starbuck by a Constable, acting under orders from Sheriff Dixon, who searched for the silk, but could not And "it. The pair then went to Dayton, where they were detained by the Sheriff, but released. Miss Hayward is known as the "Chewing Gum Girl" among the travel ing men, and they say she and Hub bard have been seen together in sev eral Kastern Washington towns. Hub bard travels as a Deputy State Labor Commissioner. TELEGRAPHERS GAIN POINT Regard Compromise With Southern Pacific a Victory. SAN FRANCISCO, March 3. A com promise was effected by stipulation to day between the attorneys for the Southern Pacific Railway Company and the Order of Railway Telegraphers, and the case affected the questions at issue which was taken to the United States Court of Appeals from the United States Circuit Court, was with drawn. The compromise measure is to be effective from February 21, 1908. The telegraphers declare they ha,ve gained their point. The Judgment of the court, as en tered. Is to the effect that members of the organization named shall not legis late for train-dispatchers relative to rates of pay, hours of service or other wise. Hours of service on Sundays shall be one-half of time on other days. Where this will disarrange the serv ice, the employe shall be entitled to 26 continuous days a year leave of ab sence on full pay. The percentage of general" increase of salaries shall be 7 per cent, the appointment of this Increase to be mutually agreed upon between the employer and employes. TWELVE BEST SELLERS How They Ended A Study In Con temporary Literature. Carl Van Vechten in Smart Set. Slowly she closed the window, upon which the driving rain was beating, and. pulling down the shade, hid the sight of his retreating figure from her eyes. The woman still wore her hyacinth, but the man had lost his soul. As the plum-blossoma fell tn clouds of pink, he took her in his arms and pressed hot kisses on her red mouth. Then the two fled down the dark road, one sobbing and the other curs ing, while all night long a tear-stained baby lay by the dead fire. Drawing on one. glove. Hilda care lessly threw the other over her shoul der back at Meacham. who was watch ing her with eager eyes. It waa her answer to his unuttered question. God is good to some men. but to women he is merciless, and he gave none of his pity for Marian. "Muriel, my dear." said the Duch ess, "you are perfectly right. The gentleman should return by the earlier train." The blood-red sun had sunk Into the sea. and the sudden darkness of the tropics blotted out all trace of the is land. As they stood together looking ovr the rail. Pierce drew his hands before his eyes and tried to forget BLOW GAMBLING both the woman by his side and the woman whom he had left behind. Humbled and broken. Judith fell to the ground, bowing her aching temples to the hot 'sand. The camel-driver threw four pieces of silver Into her burnous and rode away into the desert. Twice again they' met: once on Broadway, when Harold raled his hat, and once in . Sherry's, when she was with her husband, and this time Har old gave no sign that he knew her. The time came when he found him self glad to have lived at all to have known so glorious a woman, and to have forgotten her. He flung, the hideous thing away from him and then fell dead at An drea's feet. (STOP OVER IN POLITICS When Blaine Wished to Remain In the Arthur Cabinet. Harper's. The recent death of the distin guished Philadelphia editor. Charles Emory Smith, recalls an interesting phase of the situation created in the Cabinet at Washington. D. C. after the death of Garfield. After Arthur's suc cession to the Presidency, Blaine was determined that he must remain in the Cabinet as Secretary of State, and it was the effort of his friends, stimulat ed by himself, to convince the country, and. Incidentally Mr. Arthur, that the Garfield tradition must be preserved, and that Blaine must remain in the ad ministration to keep it alive. Mr. Smith, who was then editor of the Philadelphia' Press, agreed with Mr. Blaine, and gave to the theory a valiant support. A friend of the -two saw Blaine every afternoon, and learned from the Secretary the de velopments of the day, with Blaine's astute views of the situation. All .this was telegraphed to Philadelphia for Mr. Smith's information and guidance, and so Blaine had an official organ of much enlightenment and power. The service of Mr. Smith's friend came to an end one afternon after a Cabinet meeting. At that meeting there had occurred a conversation between Mr. Arthur and Mr. Blaine concerning the Trescott and Walker Blaine mission to Chile, and the atmosphere of the Cabinet room at its close indicated that Mr. Blaine's place In the political fam ily would soon be vacant. . As it was, the effort of Mr. Blaine and his friends to keen in were useless, for Mr. Arthur had stopped in Newark, N. J., on his way to the White House to offer the Secretaryship of State to his old friend, Mr. Frelinghuysen. STEEL TRUST'S NEW RIVAL Wealth or Almost Untouched Appa lachian Coal Field. Engineering Magazine. The best steam and coking coale in the United States are those of the Ap palachian coal field, which reaches from Pennsylvania to Alabama in a belt trending almost parallel to the At lantic Coast, and distant 150 to 350 miles from it. These Appalachian coals are, in general, far superior to .those of other portions of the United States. For most of its extent thia coal field is paralleled, on its eastern or coastal side, by a series of extensive iron-ore deposits. These iron ores, however, though enormous in quantity, are usu ally of relatively low grade; but they can be placed on the seaboard at a very low price per unit of iron. A plant located at the coastal end- of a coal carrying railroad, could therefore de pend on securing a cheap supply of high-grade fuel, and a cheap supply of low-grade domestic ore. But it .would also bo in a position to avail itself of still cheaper supplies of high-grade foreign ores. Imported from Canada, the Weet Indies. South America and Spain. The duty on such ores is re bated in case the. products made from them are not exported, hut even with out this provision the ore used by a seaboard plant would not cost more than Lake ores at Pittsburg. In view of these facts, it is remark able that only one plant that of the Maryland Steel Company, near Balti more Is located so as to take advan tage of this situation, though several Eastern Pennsylvania plants . depend partly at least on foreign ores. The principal points which offer the com bination of factors necessary for the success of a seaboard steel plant are Baltimore, Norfolk, Brunswick, Pensa cola and Mobile. Of these. Norfolk has such distinct advantages that it is Im probable that It will long remain en tirely undeveloped. Children's Hour Before Sleep. Ladies' World. The children before going to bed should have their "hour." The intercourse with mother and father, in which should be sweet communion, the giving of childish confidences and the exchange of views, is more than beneficial to tho child. These moments they will carry through life with them. It seems a hard matter to estab lish upon the proper footing the confiden tial relations which should obtain between parent and child, and which are so im portant to the child later. I have seen the grief of many a mother who finds that her daughter will confide to the veriest") stranger matters that she will not speak of to her mother, because "mother will make such a fuss about it," "mother can not understand It." Tou mothers, whom your daughters need as confidants, whom your sons grow away from, and who grieve in secret over this, analyze the cause. You have, perhaps, been too busy looKing alter tne material welfare of your children, or have left them too much to others. Begin at the very beginning to be with your children at bedtime. Go over witn tnem the events of the day as if you were one of them. It Is thus that you will come to the secrets of their young lives: it is thus that you will win their confi dences, -which will form a habit from which they will not depart tn after life. California's First Priest. SAX FRANCISCO. .March 3. Rev. Father John P. Coyle. who died in thia city tonight from a disease of the stom ach, was the first native of California to be ordained a Catholic priest, and at the time of his death was in charge of the Star of the Sea Church in the Richmond District. WEDDING INVITATIONS VISITING CARDS. AXD MONOGRAM STATIONERY. W. G. SMITH & CO. Washing-ton Building Fourth and Washington Streets. For fifty years a staple remedy of superior merit. Absolutely harmless. NEW SPRING MERCHANDISE Established 1850 - Good Merchandise THESE bargains are not for Tuesday, nor for Thursday, nor for any other day but WEDNESDAY. Not one item in this list has ever been sold at this price by this or any other Portland store. Not only are they only for Wednes day, but only for THIS Wednesday no other Wednesday of the year. All good, new merchandise. NO MAIL OR PHONE ORDERS FOR WEDNESDAY BARGAINS 10c Batiste at 6c 1000 yards of Printed Batiste, in choice new patterns, dain tily figured and floral designs. Never before sold for less than ioc yard. wf Wednesday only 10c Towels at 5c Fringed Glass Towels, 15x23 inches; also, Bleached Huck Towels, hemmed, size 14x23 inches. Regular value ioc each. On sale for mm , Wednesday only $3.50 Skirts, $2.47 Black Heatherbloom Petti coats, made with extra deep flounce in three sections. Bet ter than silk because it will wear three times as long. $2.47 Wed'day only . 75c Lace, 48c dz Square and round mesh Val. Laces, in the novel new Spring patterns. Regular price 48c dozen yds. Most extraordinary xl jf val., Wed'day only . . V" 15c Suitings, 11c Spring Suitings, suitable for outdoor wear; all attractive . plaids in grays, tans, browns, fancy mixtures, etc. strong and serviceable ma- f -terials for Spring I I dresses; yard W Cut Glass Bowl A brilliant 8-inch Cut Glass Bowl of the best quality glass, finest - cutting, good depth. Regular price, $5.50. On sale for Wednesday only at $2.95 25c Drapery, 16c 5000 yards 25c and 20c Cre tonnes and Art Denims, in light or dark grounds, in floral ' or conventional designs. Beautify the home. On sale Wednes day only 16c 35c-50c Hose, 28c 250 pairs Women's Black Lace Lisle Hosiery, variety of boot patterns, in pretty new Spring styles, fast dye, lat- f q est novelties; 50c- .fSf 35c vals., Wed'day FIFTY - EIGHT YEARS IN BUSINESS-Established 1850 Only Quality Considered, Our Prices Spool Cotton, 3c Good quality Spool Cotton, aoo yards to spool. In following numbers: White, 8, 20, 34, 30, 36, 40; . black, 10, 20, 50, 60, -C f 70, 80. Spool... 39c Foliage, 11c Rose Foliage, most appropriate and popular of all millinery accessories for Spring hats. Large sprays in green and green shades. Sold m -m regularly for 25c II and 39c $1.75 Waists, 98c Ladies' Waists c' fine quality lawn, made with full embroid ered panel, . in a variety of neat designs. New 54 sleeves, " with tucked cuffs,-Wed. 20c Laces, 5c yd Torchon and Platte Val. Laces, edges and insertions to match, widths from i to s inches. Regular values to 20c yard. Wednes- g- day sale only $1 Serges, 83c $1.00 quality all-wool Storm Serges, plain and herringbone stripes; also 48-inch all-wool chiffon panamas, all colors. Reg. $1 5& yd. Wednesday sale. Espey's Cream Espey's Cream, 35c 14c value only. value, Wednesday Sanitol Cream Sanitol Face Cream, , " h 25c value, Wednes- C day $2.25 Bags, $1.39 Brown, black and tan Hand bags, in the exquisite plain ef fects for Spring 1908. Regular $2,251 and $2.50 values. On sale for Wednesday only $1.39 Underwear, 28c Women's Knit Underwear, Spring weight,- high neck, long or short sleeves, soft Spanish ribbed effect. Regu lar 35c value; on CJ O sale for Wednes- qP day only IN EVERY DEPT. Are Always the Lowest White Waisting White Embroidered Poplin Waistings, in 35 different de signs. Regular price 40c yard. A most extraordinary ' Wedn'sd'y bargain 4 q in a fabric for Sum- I qQ mer wear Sweaters, $2.69 Ladies Knitted Coat Sweaters, in white, cardinal and gray, made in a new fancy weave. Selling regularly at $4.00. On -n;$2.69 Embroidery, 9c j Swiss and nainsook edges and insertions, dainty new de signs, widths i to 6 inches. Regular 15c values. On sale for Wednes- Cfl f day only, yard $1.25Drapes,75c New Spring net and chiffon hat drapes, the most popular styles, in large and small dots ; also plain ; all de sirable colors. For f Wednesday sale at. 35 Taffeta, 98c Regular $1.35 yard-wide Black Taffeta, , chiffon finish, special ly made for shirtwaist and coat suits. Never before sold in any sale at r- such a low SjtjC price 20c Pictures, 3c iooo Art Pictures, nearly 400 subjects,, regular values 15c, 20c, 25c and even higher. Sepias, colored prints, etc. All mounted on mats. These are wonder- jC f ul bargains Swiss Curtains Regular $1.75 and $1.50 Ruffled Swiss Curtains, with full ruf fle made of good quality fig ured or plain swiss, large variety pat terns to select from. V Listerine at 58c $1.00 size Lambert's Listerine the great antiseptic, disin fectant and prophylactic. Nev er betore sold so low. Only one bot tle to a customer. Wednesday only. . . 58c $1