Tttw OREGOXIAN, MONDAY, MARCH 9, 1908.
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Agents Butterick Patterns. Ramie Linen Fibre Underwear for Men and Women, Harvard Mills Underwear, Ostermoor Mattresses. Cossard, LaGrecque, Nemo and Estelle Corsets, Columbia Yarns, Pen-ins' Kid Cloves
onday Bargain Mews
ANNOUNCEMENT
Our Yarn Department is
now located on 3d floor,
a larger and better placeto
serve you In Art Section
ndex for Meier (Frank's
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For details see Sunday papers A week here of unrivaled and unequaled bargain opportunities
ANNOUNCEMENT
The removal jaf Yarns to
Art Sctionfrom 2d floor,
enables us to increase sell
ing space in Corset Section
The Millinery Section Offers Today 200 Women's New Trimmed Hats The $7.50 Values on Sale at the Special Price of $4.50
Veils, Including Some Very Exceptional Values Priced Up to $5.00, on Special Sale for Today and Tomorrow at Only $2.89
Women's Tailored and Fancy Silk Waists in Values Up to $12.00 These Are Reduced to the Remarkably Low Price of $5.85
Tailored Suits for Misses and Small Women, Including Regular $30.00 Values Special Price Is Only $16.45 Take Advantage
First Showing of the Celebrated Ramie Linen Fibre Underwear for Men and Women We Are Portland Agents for These Garments
A Great Two-Days'. Sale of Fine Laces and Embroideries at Unusual Prices, Including Reductions from $1.00 to 49c the Yard
$9.00 Values in New Spring Walking Skirts for Women in Various Styles at Special Price of $5.45 Don't Miss This Opportunity
New Gloves for Women at Very Special Prices The $1.25 One-Clasp Gloves, Chamois and Cape, Perfect Fitting, at 95c the Pair
Our First Showing of the Largest and Best Stock of New Spring Styles in Men's, Women's and Children's Shoes in the West
10,000 Yards of Carpet to Be Sold at Cost The Great Stock Adjustment Sale of Carpets Starts This Morning on the Third Floor
Thousands of Yards of Ribbon at a Special Price Regular 35c Silk Ribbon on Sale This Morning at the Very Low Price of 21c Yard
Annual March Sale of Trunks, SuiTCases and Traveling Bags at Very Remarkable Prices Third Floor A Yearly Bargain Event
A Special Sale of Lace Curtains and Tabourettes A Remarkably Fine Showing of New Tapestries and Couch Covers Third Floor
Last Three Days of the Annual Housefurnishing Goods Sale Almost 1000 Articles to Select From and Save on in the Basement
"hErll Every Section
Peninsula Stoves and Ranges
included in Housefiirnish'g Sale
H.
MANNING IS READY
Will Urge Immediate Trial in
Title Bank Cases.
DELAYS NOT PROBABLE
.District AUorncy Thinks Iloss and
Hi Associate Hhtb Exhausted
All Technical Objections So
Ground for Change of Venue.
No time will be lost by the state In
putting- to a lesal test the issues raised
in the indictments of the Title Guaran
tee bank-wreckers, District Attorney
Manntoa; announced last night that the
trial of J. Thorburn Ross and his asso
ciates would be reached Just as soon as
all preliminary legal processes had
been attended to, and just -when this
will be will depend entirely upon the
outrom of the well-developed and
zealous obstructionist tactics of the in
dicted hank officials.
Mr. Manning will prepare, direct and
conduct the trials personally, and de
clares In most emphatic terms that he
is ready to meet every technical issue
with a fair, and square 1ck1 answer.
The next move must be -made by the
defendants, or rather it is up to them
to show their hands, and that before
next Thursday, when they will be. called
' upon to plead to the charges in the
three amended informations which have
been nled, and In the fourth indict
ment, to which the defendants' de
murrer was overruled by the Circuit
' Court, a few days ago.
Counsel for the alleged bankwreck
ers have already declared their Inten
tion of : moving for a change of venue
on the ground that the public senti
, merit is so strong against the Title
Guarantee officials here that they will
not be able to secure a fair trial In this
district. But before that can be done,
they will be obliged to raise new
grounds for demurrer between now and
Thursday. However. Mr. Manning does
not believe they have any grounds
now upon which to demur.
Argned on the Spot.
He is convinced - that if other de
murrers are prepared, the court will
give consent to their immediate argu
ment, and the prosecution will insist
I that they be argued on the spot, should
they be filed.
With them disposed of. the bank of-ft-lls
will .be obliged, in due course, to
plead to the indictments. Plea of not
guilty are anticipated on each and
cVery charge, and not till the trials
have been set for a definite date will
the defendants- have an opportunity to
raise the question of a change of
venue. They will, in case they resort
to such tactics, be compelled to file
affidavits showing good and sufficient
i reason for believing they cannot secure
' a fair trial In this district.
t f I see no reason at all,' said Mr.
. Manning last nlgjit. "why these men
cannot get just as fair a trial in Mult
nomah County as they can before any
other court in the state, or anywhere
else. There is no more prejudice here
than there Is anywhere else In cases
of this kind. We will be fully pre
pared to oppose any such action in case
' the defense attempts it. and we expect
to nave the cases set for an early trial.
and with the evidence we have at hand
I don't 'think it will take very long for
the state to make cut a clear case on
each count.
Loophole All Closed.
"The charges covering the accept
ance and alleged embezzlement of the
. state school funds will probably be the
ones we shall push to conclusion first,
although I have not fully decided on
that point. I don't believe there Is a
single loophole in the new informations
which have Just been drawn up through
which the defendants can escape on
I technicalities."
Between now and next Thursday,
when the defendants must enter pleas
to the indictments. District Attorney
Manning will decide which of the
charges will be taken up first. It is
possible that the indictments accusing
the bank officials with accepting de
posits after the bank was known by
them to be In an Insolvent ' condition
will be given precedence over the
others. It was - on this Charge that
Judges O'Day. Bronaugh and Ganten
bein unanimously overruled the defend
ants' demurrer last Friday. The fact
that it has been demonstrated that the
defunct bank never was solvent from
the day it opened its doors will play a
prominent part In the trial of this
charge against Ross and his three co-defendants
MRS. REGAN PASSES AWAY
Pioneer Resident of Portland Pies
in Victoria. '
Mrs. Catherine Regan, of Portland,
died jn Victoria, B. C, February 28, aged
77 years.
Mrs. Regan was" born near Belmont,
Wis.. January 12, 1KH. and crossed the
plains to California in 1S54, coming to
Oregon in the same year. The follow
ing year she removed to "Walla Walla,
Wash., where she resided for more than
30 years. Mrs. Regan had made her
home in Portland since 1897. During the
past year and a halC she had resided
in Victoria. B, C, for the benefit of her
health.
Shu is survived by three daughters and
one son. They are Mrs. James C. An
derson, of Victoria,, B. C; Dr. Catherine
Manion and Miss .nna M. Regan, of
Portland! and Dr. K. P. Regan, of San
Francisco. Mrs. Regan was a relative
of Mrs. Catherine Burke, of this city.
The funeral announcement will be
made later.
PERSONALMENTIOR.
J. M. Hart, well-known Eastern Ore
gon lawyer, of Baker City, is at the Im
perial. R. Alexander, ex-Mayor of Pendleton, (
is in Portland, a guest at the Imperial
Hotel.
Captain H. Hatt. Jr.. a wealthy San
Francisco lumber-dealer, is in the city on
business.
E. O. McCoy, one of the leading mer
chants of The Dalles, is at the Portland
with his family. .
Mrs. Peter Larson, of Spokane, who has
valuable mining Interests in the Coeur
d'Alene country, is a. Portland visitor,
and is at the Oregon. '
John S. MeMiltln, of Roche Harbor.
Wash., member of the Washington State
Railroad Commission, and possible can
didate for Governor .of the Evergreen
State, is at the Oregon, r
A. Fleisehhauer. of Stevenson, Wash.,
County Clerk of Skamania County, is
at the Imperial. He Is enthusiastic over
the early prospect of the, opening of the
Korth Bank road, and says it will mean
much for his section of the Evergreen
state.
Rev. Chester P. Gates, pastor of the
St. John United Bvangelical Church, who
is taking a vacation on account of fail
ing health. Is home again for a short
time, but not to resume work. He will
not return to his field until the last of
the month. "
M. S. Woodcock, of Corvallis. a promi
nent banker of the state and one of the
leading dignitaries of the Masonic fra
ternity In Oregon, is a guest at the Ore
gon Hotel. He Is here to attend a meet
ing of the building committee of the
Masonic Temple, of which he is a mem
ber. John Sommervilie, a former Portland
business man, who for the past five
years has been engaged in the whole
sale hardware business in Kdmonton, Al
berta, left for Southern California last
night. Mr. Bommerville has been confined
to his room at the Imperial Hotel since
the 8th of February with grip.
"Charles Ia Tatt. of Colorado Springs.
Colo., and one of the most noted smelter
magnates and copper kings ot the West,
is in the city, a guest at the Portland.
He has erected half a dozen copper
smelters in various sections of the great
Western copper belt, one, of them being
in Southern Oregon.
Leopold F. Schmidt, president of the
Olympia Brem-ing Company, of Olympia,
Wash., Is a guest at the Imperial. He
is here to attend to legal business in con
nection with the Speckart estate, of
which he was the administrator, and
which was involved in a long will con
test instituted by Miss Harriet Speckart,
one of the heirs.
About a dozen business men and fam
ilies from Walla Walla. Spokane' and
other points in the Inland Kmplre. who
have been on a Junketing trip through
California for the past month, arrived
in this city yesterday, registering at the
Portland Hotel. Some left for their
homes last night and others will take the
morning train today. All speak in the
highest terms of praise of the treatment
they were accorded on the 3000-mile Jour
ney. -
Tomorrow (Tuesday will positively
be the last day for discount on West
Side gas hills.
PORTLAND GAS COMPANY.
WOK
IS
BLOCKED
Contractor Refuses to Pro
ceed on East Sixth Street.
DEFIES EXECUTIVE BOARD
Pacific Bridge Company Declines to
Go On With Filling Operations
Intil the City Council
Shows Its Hand.
Unless some easier solution of the prob
lem is arrived at in the meantime the
"East Sixth-street fill contract" is likely
to become a National issue and be" writ
ten into the platform of one or the other
of the two great parties. There is more
backing, and filling no pun intended go
ing on in getting this $31,000 improvement
completed than usually attends an inter
national peace conference.
The latest turn in the kaleidoscopic job
is that the contractor, the Pacific Bridge
Company, has announced that it will do
nothing until the City Council shows its
hand and tells what it intends to do. In
other words, the company, which was
awarded the contract about 15 months
ago. which has been favored with" two
or three extensions of time and which
has only driven a few piles to date, is
openly defying the executive board and
the whole City Council, relying, it is
said, upon the strong friendships which
its officers have in the Council to pre
vent any drastic retaliation from tlie city
administration or the property-owners.
The trouble arises over the attitude of
the Inman-Poulsen Lumber Company,
through whose property the proposed im
provement is to be made. The abutting
property-owners, nearly to a man. have
been fighting the mill company over the
tilling in of the street, and declare they
will resist the payment of assessments
already levied by the city on the ground
that they would be only bearing a bur
den of street-improvement taxes for the
sole benefit of the big corporation.
The property-owners have so far been
foiled in their attempt to have the con
tract for the work rescinded, and the
officials of the contracting company say
they will make no move until they find
out whether the City Council is with them
or against them.
The property-owners originally peti
tioned the City Council to take the con
tract away from the Pacific Bridge Com
pany. - The ordinance calling for such
action was prepared and submitted to the
street committee. This committee proved
hostile, and the bill was taken out of
that committee, sent back to the Coun
cil and referred to the judiciary com
mittee. Here further opposition was en
countered, and the ordinance was re
turned to the City Council without any
recommendation of any sort.
Then Ihe Council, at it last meeting,
voted to lay the ordinance on the table.
That is the situation at present, and as
it will require a two-thirds vote to re
move the ordinance from the table, the
property-owners fear their efforts have
been of no avail.
This latest action on the part of the
city fathers proved offensive to the con
tractors, so only a day or two ago they
announced that, they would-not go ahead
with the work until the squabble was
settled. ' .
The last extension of time given the
Pacific Bridge Company carries the con
tract over until next July, and until it
has expired the city authorities are help
less to proceed against the contractor to
secure a forfeiture of its bond.
All parties to the controversy, in brief,
are trying to shift responsibility to other
shoulders, and at the .same time the
Inman-Poulsen Lumber Company con
tinues master of the situation.
BODY IS FOUND AT LAST
Albany Man Drowned December 22
Discovered In River.
ALBANY, Or.. March . (Special.)
After lying In the Calapooia River for 77
days the body of Arch Ferguson was
found today. It was located by Fergu
son's father, who had kept up a faithful
search since his son's death. The body
was brought to this city this afternoon.
Ferguson was , drowned December 22,
five miles above Albany while duckhunt
ing. The river was flooded at the time
and the canoe dipped and sank in the
swirling water. Ferguson and Charles
Welch, who accompanied him, both
caught hold of some limbs on the bank
but those supporting Ferguson broke and
he was swept to death.
Harry R. Eaton, formerly room 10,
Chamber of , Commerce, has purchased
the cafe In the Rothchild building, Fourth
and Washington streets.
Practical Young Mother Checks
Her . Baby at a Local Theater
Cloakroom Attendant Plays Nurse to Tiny Miss of 14 Months While Par
ents Witness Shakespearean Comedy at the Heilig.
WHILE Charles B. Hanford. as
Pertucio. was taming the shrew
to the delight of an audience at
the Ilelllg last night, a little cloak
room comedy was being enacted in
the anteroom of the theater, in
which tiny ,Mtss Margaret Richardson,
aged 14 months, was the leading lady.
To her small audience of one (Sammie,
the checkboy) she was appealing as was
the Shakespearean Interpreter to his
more pretentious , aggregation of listen
ers. It was in obedience to that ancient and
honorable but unwritten mandate In ef
fect at all well-regulated playhouses
which says "tender cries of Infants shall
not pierce the ear." that Miss Margaret
was given the fine distinction of being
the only baby that has ever been
checked at a local theater. And checked
she was. She appeared among a motley
array of overcoats, sealskins, umbrellas,
canes and hats. To the accommodating
Sammie, who passes out the duplicate
checks. Margaret was only "No. ;."
and when her parents, at the end of the
performance, presented the little paste
board stub marked "74." Sammie trun
dled out the large perambulator and
hung the check on the nail much as if
only an overcoat had been redeemed.
Miss Margaret's parents liad come a
long way to see Hanford. and neither of
them had ever seen a performance of the
the Shaltespearen comedy. Furthermore,
they had invited two ffiends to enjoy
the' show with them. But their troubles
began as soon as they arrived and pre
sented their tickets. Manager Pangle,
as gently and firmly as possible, told
the mother that no children in arms
were allowed in the theater, and that
he would gladly return the price of the
seats if they could not leave the child
outside.
"But." remarked the diplomatic . im
presario, "you might check the baby if
you like, and she will be nicely taken
care of." not for a moment thinking
the offer would be taken up.
"It's a go," exclaimed the mother.
"Tell me how to do it."
Matters were quickly arranged. Mar
garet was sleeping soundly, and after
being carefully tucked away in soft.
fleecy blankets, she was wheeled into
the checkroom and Sammie was proud
as a king. v
"Leave her to me, ma'am. I'll take
care of her," said Sammie. and the
father and mother went inside. At the
end of each act the mother went to the
cloakroom, kissed the little darling, and
went back.
Between the second and third acts
Margaret gave a little shrug, rubbed
her eyes until the -sandman had fled, and
then began to crow and gurgle over her
strange surroundings. Sammie walked
over to the perambulator t and then, as
the Bard of Avon aptly remarks:
"She clung about his neck; gave him ten
kisses; .
Toyed with his locks, and looked babies
In his eyes."
She didn't exactly kiss him. but she
liked his looks and said "Goo-goo-goo."
shook her chubby, dimpled fist at him.
kicked up her fat. wriggling toes, and
winked mischievously her big blue
eyes. It was great fun for Sammy.
Then the baby stuffed a round, pink
fist into her mouth, sighed a few times,
and dropped off to sleep, and it was not
until her mother picked her up and
carried her to the streetcar that she
awakened from her peaceful slumbers.
The lobby loungers, between the acts,
had great fun watching Sammie s ten
der solicitude ' for his all-important
charge.
"We never had anybody check a baby
before," said Manager Pangle after the
show, "and I guess it is something new
in these parts, although I understand
some Eastern theaters have nurses -who
care for babies left with them during
the show." ;
BUNCO
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PREACHER
Rockpile Convicts Steal From
Good Samaritan.
DR. WILSON THE VICTIM
Youthful Prisoners Promise to Em
brace Opportunity to Reform,
Then Put Methodist ' Pastor's
Farm Implements iji Pawn.
That even a minister of the gospel is
sometimes made the victim of misplaced
confidence, or buncoed, to use the more
common term, developed yesterday morn
ing when two young men, C. H. Knause
and Robert Fitzsimmons, both of whom
are of unsavory reputation, were arrested
on complaint of Rev. Clarence True Wil
son and; locked up in the City Jail on
a charge of larceny.
Dr. Wilson is accustomed to visit the
rockpile at Kelly- Butte frequently to
administer to the spiritual needs of the
prisoners there, and on one of these
visits, several days ago, noticed Knause
and Fitzsimmons, both of whom are in
their early 20', engaged in the strenuous
task of reducing stones of large propor
tions to handy sizes. Both young men
had been engaged at the task for .several
days by reason of having been convicted
of different offenses, and on the occa
sion of the pastor's visit were most meek
and humble in demeanor, for neither had
been accustomed to hard work to any
extent previous to their sentence to Kelly
Butte..
Dr. Wilson's sympathetic heart went
out to the two young men, and Imme
diately he decided to do something for
them. Paying a visit to the trial Judge,
the minister interceded on behalf of the
two convicts, and secured their release,
for the purpose of giving them employ
ment at clearing a tract of land owned
by him near Gresham. Both "rock
crushers" gladly welcomed the change.
for the task of cutting brush and felling
trees did not seem so hard work as that
of making small stones out of gigantic
boulders, and they were presently in
stalled on the. Wilson farm.
Each day it was customary for one or
the other to report to Dr. Wilson in Port
land to inform him of the progress being
made, and incidentally to receive cash
for the purpose of securing provisions,
and. Dr. Wilson was well pleased with
having apparently started two young
wrong-doers on the straight and narrow
path.
All went well until Dr. Wilson had oc
casion to visit the farm Saturday, when
he discovered both men absent and prac
tically all the tools and appliances used
in clearing land also missing. Investiga
tion revealed the fact that the proteges
of the minister had taken every thing of
any value on the premises and hastened
to Portland, where the implements were
pawned for various small sums. Which
was spent in cheap saloons.
Dr. Wilson Immediately secured war
rants for the arrest of his erstwhile em
ployes and yesterday morning they were
arrested by Detectives Hellyer and Ma
loney. Knause was arrested several months
ago and convicted on a charge of con
tributing to the delinquency of a minor.
His sentence was three months on the
rockpile. Fitzsimmons was taken into
custody for having burglarized a small
fruit store, and was given six months.
The police officials say that both men
are hardened crooks.
ASSAULTED AND ROBBED
J. F. Kennedy, Bartender, Held lp
In Stockholm Saloon.
J. F. Kennedy, bartender in the Stock
holm saloon at 208 Third street, was
knocked senseless by a masked high,
layman in the saloon at 1:50 o'clock
yesterday morning. The thug escaped
with $3 in cash and a small savings
bank. How much was in the bank is not
known.
Kennedy, was In the act of closing up
the place and was wiping glasses and
filling bottles when the robber entered
by the back door, which he had broken
open. The man. who wore a dark mask,
crept up behind Kennedy and without
warning hit him over the head with a
large revolver, and while his victim
lay. on the floor rifled the till and es
caped. Before going home Saturday night the
proprietor had locked the day's receipts
in the safe. leaving only H in change
in the till, which, in addition to the
smalt bank, was all the thug secured.
PAPERS TIED BY STRIKE
Typographical Union at Walla Walla
Torn by Internal Troubles.
WALLA WALLA. Wash., March 8.
(Special.) The local organization of the
Typographical Union today declared a
strike in the composing-room of the
Washington Printing & ook" Manufac
turing Company, which has the contract
for publishing the Morning Union and
the 'Evening Statesman.
The strike is the result of internal dis
sensions in the Typographical Union
over the question as to placing a super
intendent in charge of the whole plant.
The open or closed shop is not an issue,
and it is expected that a settlement will
be made by the state organizer of the
International Union as soon as he can
reach here, which will be about Tuesday
morning.
Gcrvais Fleets Delegates.
GERVAIS. Or.. March S. (Special.)
At a harmonious and well-attended meet
ing of the local Republicans held here
yesterday, delegates to the Republican
conference in Salem, March 14, were
elected as follows: Jacob Blnsrham. L.
H. Poujadc, Sam
Dupuis.
Brown and Ed
Hanan sbors at Rosenthal's.
231 MAKER
WASHINGTON ST, . "OF
PORTLAND J MENS
OREGON- CV0TMCS
FRANK L. SMITH MEAT CO.
"Fighting the Beef Trust"
226 ALDER ST., Bet. First and Second Sts.
BEEF
Soup Meat 3c
4000 lbs. of Boiling Beef. . . ; .5c
Short Ribs 6c
Pot Roasts. .7 and 8
Rib Roasts of Beef 10c
Round Steak , 10c
Small Porterhouse and "T"
Bone Steak 12V2C
Tenderloin Steaks .I2V2C
Smith's famous cut of Bone
less Sirloin Roasts I2V2C
Real Prime Rib Roasts, rol'd 15 $
Every ounce fresh Oregon Pig
Pork. You can't find the like of
our Pork at any other market.
Shoulder Roast Pork
10c and I2V2C
Shoulder Pork Chops-. . . . .I2V2C
PORK
Loin Roast Pork ....15c
Loin Pork Chops. ........ -15C
Pork Sausage .12VC
Pickle Pork -.12V2c
Fancy light Breakfast Bacon 15c
Heavy Breakfast Bacon. . .12VaC
VEAL
Veal Sausage 12i2C Roast Veal : lO-Va-lSc
Veal Breasts .10t-12y2t Veal Stew SSlOc
Veal Chops .12V2C-15C Veal Shanks - 6
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COMPANY and SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.
(Lines in Oregon.)
MARCH 1,1908
and will continue daily through
out March and ApriL
From the principal cities of
West the rates will
the Middle
be as follows
FROM
CHICAGO S3S.OO
ST. LOUIS $35.00
KANSAS CITY. S30.00
Is? suxsrr
IO 0OW4SiAStdM
FROM
COUNCIL BLUFFS. .
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ST. PAUL.
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Stopovers at
..30.00
SUO.i
Corresponding ratas from alt other Eastern points.
pleasure at an points in uregoo.
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unlimited resources and needs more people who desire homes and
larger opportunities.
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liable information about the-state, far and wide. Call on the abovs
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General Puaeaxn A treat. Portlaad, Orrsrom.