TJIE MORNING OREGON! AX. WEDNESDAY, APRIL. 8. 1D0S.
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Since October 28th the bank p a n i c
this big store, like many others, has been
in financial darkness. The strain has
been terrific the efforts put forth tre
mendous to keep this big plant from
striking the rocks of financial' ruin to
save this store for Portland and its cus
tomers. The two banks we deal with have stood loyally by us
our thousands of. customers have been generous in their pa
tronage and coteries of "Shylocks" who have been impatiently
sitting-around in a circle licking their chops, thinking each day
that the next would surely give them the long-coveted oppor
tunity to pick the bones of this grand store, are doomc'd to dis
appointment. Ve have nearly paid out 100eents on the dollar,
but we want
$7500 THIS WEEK
And to get it quick and to celebrate the first glimpse
of daylight we have had for five months, we will give remark
able bargain sales each day this week. Three weeks ago we sold
to an outside dealer our entire remnant odd and end stocks of
underwear, waists, hosiery, and cleaned it out every scratch.
We now open these departments and lines again with brand
new, fresh stock (guess some didn't expect this) and to cele
brate and advertise the fact they go on genuine bargain sale
prices.
WE WANT $7500 THIS WEEK
to clear the 100 cents on the dollar. People, it's up to you
We've done our part. Look at the offerings right in the
height of the season.
YOU'LL GIVE IT TO US, WE THINK
Wednesday and Thursday Your
Choice of Any Lady's Suit in House
Wednesday and Thursday Only
SPECIALS FOR WEDNESDAY
AND THURSDAY
$5.95
Your choice of any Skirt in the Ck
house Wednesday and Thursday.... JJT"a-J
Your choice of any Silk Petticoat
in the house. Values up to $20....
Your-choice of any Waist in the house: values up
to $22.50; Wednesday and Thnrs- CC C)E
day at the very special price of.... -P'Jss"
New stork of Ladies' Hose. Your choice 7 ff
of any pr. of hose in the house; vals. $1.50
Your choice of any Coat or Jacket in the house;
values $27.50; Wednesday and CT
Thursday at special price, only P J
Merchant Tailoring Dept.
Men's Suits to Order
We are making hundreds of them and
can make hundreds more. If you need a suit
YOU CAN HELP US
By Giving in an Order And Notice
We have a special proposition on men's
suits whereby you can get two for one.
Yor information rerardintr this apply .in
person to the manager of this company,
Mr. ,T. M. Acheson.
esale an
d Retail
Jo Mo ACHESON CO.
Fifth and Alder Sts.
CONFLICT ON STAND
Witnesses Tell Opposing Sto
ries in Trial.
ROBBERY IS THE CHARGE
Convict Testifies That Klmrr Wills
AslMed In Hold-Vp of E. J.
Maxwell on T.nt Side
LfR?t Spring.
That on or more witnpses perjured
themselves in te?tifyinr beforo & jury in
Judge Bronauph's department of the Cir
cuit Court yesterday afternoon was ap
parent, for thojr statpmrnts were directly
Bl variance. The caae on trial was that
nf the Mate Agalnvt Rimer Wills, alias
Klmer Johnson. He was charped with
having assisted in holding up and robbing
R J. Maxwell, on the night of March 17,
Irsi year, on the Southern Pacific tracks
near their intersection with Hawthorne
avenue.
When placed upon the witness stand.
Maxwell said he wa on his way home
between 9 and 10 o'clock that night, when
he saw two men standing near the path
hft usualy took, so he took to the railroad
track, going south. The men pounced
upon htm, put a revolver to his head and
took all his coin.
George Fraer, 30 years old, was con
victed of the crime and sentenced to the
State Penitentiary to serve a term of
from five to 30 years. He was brought to
Portland to testify yesterday, and said
that Wills was with him, and that th
two divided the plunder. He said the two
thrn .lumped on a train for Roseburg.
Frank Curtis, warden of the State Peni
tentiary, was called to the witness stand,
and In response to questions put by Attor
MarMahon. for the defendant, said that
he had soken to Fraxer at the Peniten
tiary about the robbcrV In compliance
with the request of Mr. MacMahon, and
that Ftaser had said the 'Seattle Kid."
not Will, was with him and assisted in
the hold-up. This testimony came out af
ter a strenuous objection from Ieputy
I Met riot Attorney Seabrook, who is prose
cuting the. case.
Wills' testimony was to th effect that
the night before th hold-up he passed
Maxwell's cWn while on his way to get
a change of clothing, as he was working
on the steamer Northwest at the time.
The steamer plies between Portland and
Kelso. Wills said that on the night of
t?ie hold-up he was in Kelso. He said
that on th night of March 16, Fisher and
the "Seattle Kid ' were hanging about
Maxwell's hut, ready to "pull off the job."
Wills also told of an occasion when Max
well drew forth considerable money in the
presence of the couple at the Rhefnpfalz
Hotel. He said the reason Fraser had
tstlnd against him was because there
wa "bad blood" between them. He re
ferred to a visit paid him at Gaston by
lVteetives Jones and Tichenor, and said
they offered him a light sentence if he
ou!d plead guilty. James Lee. a farmer
living 3o miles northwest of Gaston, con
firmed Wills testimony with reference to
tfca detectives' offer. Mr, Tichenor, bow
ever, referred to Iee as having "21 in
dictments against him."
Mrs. Johnson, Wills' mother, said her
son had worked for Storey St Brooks and
on the North Bank road. Sh testified as
to her son's good conduct.
Wills, who is 19 years od. was arrested
at Gaston In January. Deputy Seabrook
was In the midst of the closing argument
when the hour for adjournment came last
night. The case will probably go to the
jury this morning.
SET DATE FOR ROSS HEARING
Manning Will Appear Today Before
Salem Court.
District Attorney Manning said yester
day that the indicted officials of the Title
Guarantee A. Trust Company will be given
a speedy trial. He will go to Salem to
day to ask that the date be set for the
trial of J. Thorburn Ross. This case will
be tried first, because Mr. Ross has asked
for a trial separata from T. T. Burkhart
and John B. Attchison. Mr. Manning
will take with him the original papers
filed in the bank cases, duplicates having
been made by the County Cleric to keep
In Multnomah County.
County Clerk Fields copied more than
lVtt pages of informations, answers, re
plies, motions, demurrers and affidavits,
but he decided to make no copies of the
reports about the Ross bank which were
printed in the newspapers. As a result,
the newspapers will not be sent to Salem,
but will be kept on file here.
WILL BUILD BIG DRYDQCK
SEW COMPACT ANNOUNCES
CONSTRUCTION IN PORTLAND.
Float to Accommodate Vessels l"p to
S500 Tons Will Be Installed
This Summer.
FATHER AND SON ARE GUILTY
Plead Topelher When Confronted
With Larceny Charge.
Believing that further protestation of
their innocence would be unsuccessful.
Richard Bauch and R. H. Baufrti. father
and son, yesterday pleaded guilty before
Judge Oeland. A charge of larceny had
been filed against the son, while the
father was accused of receiving stolen
property. They will be sentenced Thurs
day at ! P. M.
It is charged that the younger Baugh.
with Victor Hollander, stole 17 pairs of
corduroy trousers, eight pairs of plain
trousers and four suit eases from the
Southern Pacific Company on February
86. Hollander pleaded guilty sometime
ago. but said he had been staying with
the Baughs, and had been led into the
affair.
Anto Owner Must Pay.
Fred S. Chapman was awarded $400
damages by a jury in Judge Bro
naunrhs department of the Circuit
Court yesterday In the suit brought by
him against J. B. Kelly. The plaintiff
alleged that Kelly's automobile flew
down the Llnnton road at the rate of
30 miles an nour. frightening his horse
so that he reared up. fell down and
died. Chapman sued to recover.
'529.S5.
Southern Pacific Mader Defendant.
The Northern Pacific Terminal Company
is no longer a party to the suit of Richard
Shields for WX500 damages. Judge O'Day
granted the motion for a nonsuit yester
day In case Shields Is allowed damages
for being struck by an engine at the foot
of the stairway leading to the upper deck
of the Steel Bridge, the Southern Pacific
Company will be defendant In the case.
Tomorrow and Friday will positively be
the last days for discount on West Side
gas bills. Portland Gas Company.
Frea canay wits children's shoes at
Rosenthal a. Seventh, and Washington,
A new floating drydock, designed for
the accommodation of vessels ranging up
to about 3500 net tonR. is to be con
structed In Portland Harbor this Sum
mer. This important addition to present
facilities of this sort will be undertaken
by the Oregon Drydock Company, recent
ly incorporated by W. H. Corbett, w. c.
Alvord. William L. Brewster and Alvln
Boody.
The prospectus of the company, which
has just been issued, states very con
vincingly that proper provision for dock
ing and repair of vessels of the class
named has become a positive necessity
at this port, figures being quoted from
the tonnage statistics of the port which
show that not only has the net tonnage
of all entering vessels Increased from
4K3.433 tons In 1904 to 843.245 tons in 1907.
but that over 90 per cent of all vessels
which this large tonnage represents are
of 3500 net tons or under, no account be
ing taken of nn aiready numerous river
and harbor fleet.
Mention is made of the inability of the
large Port of Portland dock to care for
vessels of thic class at proportionately
reasonable charges, it being clearly ex
plained that docks of large size must be
operated at their maximum capacity, or
nearly so. in order that a fair degree of
operating economy may be attained. That
a drydock should be, so far as possible,
conveniently located and equipped for
all classes of repair work Is fully gone
into and the manner in which the new
dock will meet these requirements could
not be more complete. i
ft will be built and operated alongside
the ship dock of the Willamette Iron A
Steel Works, the latter company to pro
vide all .extraordinary labor. and equip
ment, necessary for the operation of the
drydock-. By this arrangement the new
dock will be supplied with a complete
outfit of heavy lifting and hoisting ma
chinery, air compressors, electric light
and power, in fact every device which
may be required for the prompt and
economical dispatch of ship repair.
The construction of this dock will un
doubtedly add greatly to the reputation
of Portland as a snipping point, it being
far behind In Its facilities of this char
acter when compared with other cities
which do not. or but slightly, exceed it
in importance as a maritime center. Seat
tle and other Coast cities have been
more alive to the necessity for shipping
conveniences of this sort, and if this city
is to maintain the commercial position
it now occupies and Is to expect a con
tinuance of the growth of this sort which
it has recently enjoyed, convenient and
adequate accommodations for docking
and repairing vessel which form such
an important. proportion of its total ship
ping tonnage must be provided.
Ogdn. Utah. An extra west-bound freight
train was surrounded at Lucln about 1 o'clock
Tuesday morning and a refrirerator car loaded
with meat was broken open and robbed of a
large number of hams, bacon and meat. The
five trainmen were utterly nnable to cope
with the herde of hobee.
Help Him
As your doctor if there is one single
injurious thing inAyer's Hair Vigor.
Formula published everywhere.
Axiers HairViqor
S NEW IMPROVED FORMULA J
A very delicate matter, to be sure, but do you think
your husband is as good looking as he ought to be?
Help him out! Offer to buy him a bottle of Ayer's
Hair Vigor if he will only use it. Removes dan
druff, keeps the hair soft and smooth, gives the
proper finish to the general make-up.
We have no seoretsl We publish
the formulas of all our medicines.
J. C. AYER CO., Manufacturing Chemists, Lowell, Miu.
GREEKS TURN ON FOREMAN
FRANK M'GEB STOPS ATTACK
WITH REVOLVER.
Foreign Workmen, When Dismissed,
Grab Picks and Cause Sensation
In Front of the Postoffice.
W'hat promised to develop Into a well
defined riot broke out on Sixth street. In
front of the Postoffice annex, early yes
terday morning, when Frank McGee, fore
man of the street Improvement gang now
operating at that point, dismissed half a
dozen Greek laborers from service.
Declaring that there was prejudice
against them, a large number of the
Greek workmen joined the men who had
been discharged In a disouslson of the in
cident, and violence must have been de
cided on. for several of the Greeks, sell
ing picks, rushed at McGee.
The foreman, who has but one arm
ran at first before the maddened foreign
ers, but was being outstripped when ha
turned, whipped" out a revolver and kept
them off by threatening to kill the first
man that approached him. They hovered
about for a time and then withdrew go
ing for advice to an Americanized mem
ber of their race. They were told not to
attempt violence again, but to resort to
rt,!fWe .k V!?t f beinK m)"y treated.
la?eJ h ,reeks- Iynovlc. went
P "S !ta.t,on and complained
with ? "?ndUCtJn thrtentng them
with a revolver. He was referred to
Deputy City Attorney Tomlinson, who Is
sued a warrant for McGee's arrest on a
charge of exhibiting a deadly weapon.
On being arrested McGee said he had
been threatened on Monday by the
Greeks, who had taJcen a dislike to him.
For that reason he had provided himself
with the revolver, fearing an attack
which he could not ward off In his crip
pled condition. He put up $100 ball for ap
pearance in court today.
A fnry day In London means that the
residents are compelled to run up a gas
bill of frem $so.ono to 7S one
SWIFT
SPENDING MILLIONS
ON THE PENINSULA
attend"LOVELEIGII"opening
TOMORROW
SPECIAL! SPECIAL! SPECIAL!
This week only. This elegant strictly high-erade solid oak stool, finished golden or weathered oak, nphol-
x, Boston leather, or verona velour. A very fine seat for hall or parlor, it is 18 inches
inohoc Tli. m.i Tf.ii.n i 4L:. ' i : firin v.. tu:. - &z 1 eyp r',. l.
stered in genuine h?athe
high and seat is 16x18 inches
We Carry a Full
Line of Furni
ture, Rugs,
Linoleums,
Carpets,
Stoves, Ranges,
Window
Shades,
Curtains,
Bedding and
All Other
House '
Furnishings
1$L75 I;
Special This Week
Visit Our Store
and Let Us
Prove to You
That We Are
the Most
Reasonable
" Priced Furni
ture Store in
Portland,
Cash or Easy
Payments
INDEPENDENT FURNITURE COMPANY
COMPLETE HOUSEFURNISHERS
Our Prices Are Positively the Moat Reasonable in Portland
Greea Front Building
1 04-1 06 FIRST STREET B.t. Wa.hin, ton and Stark SU