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About Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 12, 1908)
Xf THE MORNING OREGONIAN, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 12, 1908. Store Open Saturday Till 9:30 P. M. Shop morning and afternoon in Portland's best Christmas store today. We will store goods bought now free of charge make deliveries at any time you wish. OLDS, WORTMAN Coque Boas VALUES TO $5.00, ONLY $1.48 These beautiful Feather Boas are one and three-fourths yards long and come in light blue, pink, white, navy, brown or green. They are regularly worth up to $5.00 each, but room must be ,JL.v.t made for holiday goods and that quickly. Therefore, we give an unordinary bargain in high-grade neckwear. Splendid for Christmas presents; choice on I $1.48 ROUND GARTERS Dainty round Garters for Christmas gifts, made of good quality ruffled silk clastic, finished with fancy bows and buckles. Each pair in holiday box; worth $k special at. 48c Boys' Union Suits Merode make, fleece-lined; sizes 22, 24 and ,26; values to $1.10; special COn UJU Boys' Ribbed Shirts and Drawers, worth to 65c; sizes 2-t to 34; spe cial for Saturday at the low QQn price of only, per garment UJu . . f i price, the suit, ior oniy PIERROT RUFFS, the new very smart neckwear fad, made of good quality chiffon and French mull, with fine grade of ribbon bow; colors, black, white, navy, CI QQ brown, pink and mais; worth to $3.50; special. . . . 0 I lOO POR TLAND AGENTS ROYAL WORCESTER CORSETS Mm 0 l m Ribbons Values to 35c, at 10c Yard Plain colors or fancy effects in Dresden, plaids, checks, etc., and a wide assortment of them in all wanted shades. A good opportunity to secure materials for fancy work and for making Christmas gifts. It is truly a superb as sortment to choose from; good range of widths; f f regular values to 35c yard, special Saturday at A J C WOMEN'S J. ISLE HOSE In plain, lace ankle or silk em- PQn broidered, worth to $1 pair. WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR Vests, pants, union suits and MQn black tights ; $1.25 values. . KID GLOVES FOR WOMEN, in the 2-clasp stylefpopular street shades, not all sizes in each shade, but there are all sizes in the assortment. Look for your size and se- Q Q n cure a rare bargain; special price, the pair UUU AGENTS LADIES' HOME JOURNAL PATTERNS- 10c. 1. Children's CoatslkLess MAKE SPLENDID GIFTS LARGE ASSORTMENTS Garments that are decidedly smart and materials of unusual goodness are featured in this Sat urday sale. Our entiretockof Children's Coats at One-Fourth below resrular prices. Materials are broadcloth, cheviot and col ored mixtures in all shades; long or short models; plain or trimmed effects. Values $4.50 to V4 $20. 00 each; all reduced WOMEN'S SILK PETTICOA TS make most acceptable andappro nriate Christmas gifts. We have them in every possible shade and quality. We urge those - ' - " . i r c !! n with gifts to choose to loon over oar siocrt or jiw r em coats. 'Twillhelp make a decision easy, for here's an im mense stock at your disposal and exclusive and original styles at a great deal less than is asked by exclusive fur nishers. Dependable merchandise comes from this store. For Burning Tie AND GLOVE B oxes Basswood Boxes, stamped with designs ready to burn; very artistic effects for ties or gloves; 15c 1 fn values, specially marked for this sale at only. ... I Uu PYROGRAPHY OUTFITS Complete sets with all materials for burning; regular $3.00 values; PO OC specially priced for Saturday selling at uZiZU BASSWOOD TRINKET BOXES A lot of oval shapes for burning; 65c values, selling at. . . Children3 s Gingham Aprons 49c Made in box styles of good quality gingham, with turnover collars. Sell regularly at 45c each; special at the low 1 fft price of only, each I Uu Children's Bonnets, made of felt, bengaliiie silk or bearcloth, our entire stock; vals. $2.25 to $18.00, priced Saturday i; at only 2 Stationery Fancy Boxes 25c Fancy Stationery, in holly boxes; regular price 3ac; good quality; at special low price for Saturday of. . , Hat Brushes With full soft bristles and real ebony or fox wood backs; 85c value; CQp at low price of only, ea.. Ow 25c Smokers' Sets Black wood stands, with receptacles for matches, cigars and cig arettes ; special, only. . . . French Sta Smoking Sets On stands, ash receivers, etc. CQn 85c value, for only udu Fancy Hatpin Holders Regu lar 65c values, at the spe- QQ cialow price of only, ea.. d Ju Glove, Handkerchief, Necktie and Collar Boxes In fancy Austrian court hardwood, satin lined; values to $2.85, Q4 QQ at low price of only. . .y I J J Framed Pictures Gilt or black frames, round or oval shape; assorted subject, at the QC special low price of only, .33 u Chinq5cup In the Art Department Fine Lunch and Tea Cloths, II Christmas Gifts, in the art sec tion; bags, cushions, pillows and fancy work of all kinds at reasonable prices. Embroidery Lessons Free from 2:30 to 5:00 daily. Scarfs, Doilies, etc. Regular values, $1 to $25, j r . now selling at... M-tCSS 49c Pillows, regular 65c and 75c vals., spl Saturday. Robe Blankets fol makinS bath and lounging robes, couch throws, etc.; beau tiful colorings and fine assortment. Regular price ?o..j0 each; special price during this sale only, each $4.35 On Special Tables at 5c, 10c, 15c, 25c, 35c and 50c. For economical shopping and easy choosing, 'tis well worth your while to take a trip of in spection past our bargain china tables on the Third Floor. Here is an endless assortment of arti cles plates, cups and saucers, sugars and creamers, toothpick holders practically everything for every-day use or ornamental designs grouped to. give you quick and easy choice of a large list of articles, and prices extra ordinarily low. Housecoats $3.19 Each A special on Men's Housecoats or Smoking jackets that will help to. decide puzzled gift-seekers. Made of line double-faced wool materials, good, line of col ors, all sizes; worth $5 DQ 1 Q each; special Saturday. .yUi I U See the superb assortment of men's fine 50c Neckwear. The largest display of good styles ever made in a Portland store. Come here and look for men's gifts, for our lowest of all department-store prices mean a de cided saving to you, while the splendid standard of our mer chandise' assures you the best qualities., Handker chiefs For Men 6c each Regular 10c values, nicely hem stitched, good quality material, special for Saturday night Pp after 6, each only Oil Safety Razor "Sheathbocker" The new Combination Un dergarment. On sale in our Muslinwear Section. New Jewelry See the brilliant display of Imported Parisian Jew elry novelties in the Jew elry Department, 1st floor HANDKER CHIEFS Another spe.cial from the largest 'Kerchief stock in the Northwest. Women's Handkerchiefs of pure Irish linen, with Js or Cl inch hemstitched hem, sheer or cambric, 1 f p values to 20c at. lUb Outfits, Half 98c Star and Gem Safety Razor Outfits Complete ; sell regular ly at $2.50 to $12.50 the set; special price for Sat- -tr urday is only.... Z Safety Razors In tin case with one blade, set ready for use; a razor that will shave and 4 fl give satisfaction. Special. I Uli Hand Mirrors In real, or imi tation ebony or rosewood. Large or medium size; $1.50 value, at only , Fountain Pens Black hard rubber barrels; worth 1 Cp 50c each, at low price of. I Ju Paper Doll Outfits For chil. dren. Special, the set, at 1 C the special low price of. luu Fancy Leather Pen Wipers Regular 25c value, each 1 Qp at the special price of... luu Sachet Powder In bottles ; vio let, heliotrope and as- 1 sorted odors; 25c value.. 1 3b Eastman's Perfumery, in fancy boxes; all odors; 60c QQft package, for only 0 Ju Under we'r Fancy Feathers at Half IN THE MILLINERY DEPARTMENT-SECOND FLOOR A large assortment secured especially for this sale, con sisting of a great variety of styles in Breasts, Wings and "S. Quills, Spanish Coque Pom pons, Etc., regularly priced from SOc to $3.00 for Saturday's J f -selling I Cr M. I l, C Dress Hat Shapes at 39c The values run to $3. They are of fine felt, paon silk, or with Ottoman silk top and paon velvet facing. A full line of colors and styles. Unusually good values up to O Q $3.00 each; a remarkable special for Saturday O J C $1.10 Values 69c Girls' Vests and Pants "White, 60 per cent wool ; odd sizes and regular values up to $1.10 the garment; special for Sat- CQn urday only, the garment. DwU Wool Mittens Forworn- Qp en and children; to 50c. I UU Automobile Veils In street shades; values to $3; (M QO special low price 0 I iwO Women's Stock Collars, of fine grade linen, also oj silk ana face, with niching tops, worth up to 35c each ; 1 Qp 3pecial I uU Save on Solid Gold Jewelry A large consignment of most artistic patterns and above-ordinary qualities, offered at prices so low that you CAN'T AFFORD to miss this sale and pay regular prices. Shop while the assortment is complete. A few prices follow: CUFF LINKS Roman finish or bright, plain, for engraving initials or ornamented; at the Ol Oft low price of only $2.25, $2.50 and.OJiUU VEIL FXNS With plain or beaded edges Q at exceptionally low price of T5 and. BABY RINGS Plain band or chased ef- P' fects. at 75 and U BARETTES Many styles, bright or Ro man finish, each, 75S $1.25 and. .00 .00 .75 $1.75 BEAUTY PINS In many styles, including the new bar effects; plain or with sets, the pair, for 75c, 91, S1.50 and SIGNET RINGS Plain, Roman or rose QQ CO gold, priced at only 75c, $1.50, $2.75 and OJiwU BROOCH PINS Horseshoes, crescents, PO nf coil knots, etc.; $1.25, $1.50 and OZiUU HEARTS In polished or Roman finish, PI 7C at $1.00, $1.50 and 0 1 1 w Men's Everett Slippers 79' A lot of 400 pairs of men's Slippers, in brown leather; Everett style; worth 70 $1.25 the pair, at the special low price Saturday of only. . . I Uu 'MEN'S SLIPPERS Romeo or Everett patterns, tan, P Jl Q black or brown; values to $2.50; special 0 itu BOYS' " ROUGH-ON-ROCKS " SHOES Made of Milwaukee calf, with brass-quilted soles; a splendid shoe for wear; good sug gestions for a Christmas gift. You may exchange them PI PR after Christmas. if the size is not right. Sizes 9 to 13Y, at.J I iDU Sizes 1 to 2, the pair .. .$1.80 Sizes 2y2 to 54, pair ..$2.00 INFANTS' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES A large lot, embracing plain or fancy leathers and combinations. Sizes from the smallest to misses' wearing size 2. Values in the assortment to $2, QOp at the exceptionally low price for Saturday of only, pair. OUu Good Toy Specials Too Live Santa Claus to Greet the Children All Day Saturday-Bring Them All With You Iron Phaeton "With one horse and two passengers; handsome ly painted; entire length CQn 14 inches; 85c value, for. OOu Blue and White Enamel Kitch en Sets Very neat; 15c Iflp values, at low price of.. I Uu Buck Saw and Hardwood Saw buck Strong and dura- QCn ble; SOc value, for only. OOu Tin Kitchen Sets Regularly worth 6c ; special for Sat- A p urday for only, each Hu Magic L a n t e rns With body stand of Russian iron ; complete with oil lamp and slides; regu lar $2.25 value, at the PI PC low price of only, each.O I iDw Savings Bank With combina tion lock ; regular 65c value ; take advantage of this AQn very special low price of. 40 u Mechanical Trains With loco motive and tender, baggage-car and two coaches and 10 ft. track; $2.75 val. $1.95 BEER FOUFiD IH DRY TOP CAHI.OAD OF noOZK CAPTURED BY ALBANY TOLICK. J'roprictors of "Near-Beer" Kinpor i ii in Arrested and Wet Goods Confiscated. AL.3AXV. Or.. Dec. 11. (Special.) A diayload of booze was located in legally tlry" Albany this afternoon by local of ficers, who raided two alleged "blind pifss." Chief of Police Ries and Officer .Vunkers raided a "near beer" emporium on Ferry street and besides the stock of near beer on hand they found a large sup ply of the real article, including four dne sallon kegs, one full barrel and three half barrels of bottled beer. The capture ln rlui?d a large supply of empty bottles and saloon glasses. The officers arrested the proprietor. James Blackburn, tend ti:s bartender, Frank Patterson. At tiie same time this raid was In progress. Sheriff Smith and City Officer Fox entered the Fashion Stables, at Sec ond and Washington streets, and found a fujl barrel of bottled beer and another bart. l half full, with enough empty bot tles on the floor to exactly fill the barrel. No arrests were made In this place as the proprietor. Albert Peacock, was out vt the city, driving on a Jivery trip, but a warrant was issued and he will be ar Trstnl upon his return to the city to- JliCilC. .o whisky was captured In either place. The officers secured a dray to carry the captured beer to the City Recorders of fice and it was well loaded. Blackburn and Patterson furnished bonds of $lnO each to appear tomorrow before City Recorder Redtleld and answer to a charge of violation of a city ordi nance, which embodies the provisions of the local option law and also permits the confiscation of captured liquor. ONLY ONE ALTERNATIVE Cither Liberal Policy or Guarantee Dividends to Railroads. CHICAGO. Dec. 11. B. F. V oakum, of the Rock Island-Frisco lines, who spoke Wednesday night before the Chicago As sociation of Commerce on "Our Country and Our Railroads." yesterday supple mented his remarks by a statement that "unless the National and state govern ments will pursue a sufficiently, liberal policy with respect to the railroads to enabie them to secure earnings which will warrant them In developing the coun try, there Is only one other solution of the transportation problem. That solu tion Is for the Government to guarantee a certain percentage of return on capital invested In railroad ventures." Mr. Yoakum, however, did not wish to be understood as favoring such a guar antee by the Government, and he ex pressed the belief that the policy of both the Nation and the states will be more liberal when the questions Involved are better understood. Explaining his alter native. Mr. Yoakum said: "The people of this country should re member that during the last B0 years the railroads have increased their mileage by ;00.000 miles and at an expenditure of private capital amounting to approxi mately J13.000.OO0.000. We all agree that the country west of Chicago will need at least 100.000 additional miles of railroad, probably 200.000 miles, to fully develop It. You know there are regions which have great possibilities for development which are nearly 100 miles from transpor tation." Mr. Yoakum said he thought It could be truthfully said that the earnings of the main Western roads are again at normal. "Some .railway heads," he declared, "believe that the normal earning condi tion in the West Is only temporary. I believe It Is here to stay." MAY NOT SUBMIT EVIDENCE Standard Oil Likely to Refuse to Give Further Testimony. NEW YORK. Dec. 11. Hligo C. Wass man, who had charge of the lubricating business of the Standard Oil Company of California, was the principal witness here today in the Government's dissolu tion suit. He testified that he left the employ of the Standard Oil Company of California in 1903. and afterward was employed by the Southern Refining Com pany and Puente Oil Company. The Standard, he said, never allowed him to cut prices, but the Southern and Puente companies did allow him to do so. On . cross-examination, Frank B. Kel logg, the Government's counsel, asked Mr. Wassman If he ever heard of a con tract by which the Standard was to buy 150.0i0 barrels of the Puente Company's product every three months, and if tba Standard did not sell the Puente Com pany's product under an agreement, that the Puente was to refine no oil. Mr. Wassman said he had heard the Standard was selling Puente oil. but he knew nothing of the contract. The price of oil In Los Angeles was Increased by the Standard from 10 to 12 cents per gal lon In 1903, he said, after which the Puente began to refine oil and cut the price. It developed today that the Standard Oil Company may not submit any further evidence in its defense to the Govern ment's suit to have the so-called trust dissolved. Today's session of the court adjourned rather abruptly upon request of counsel for the Standard, who asked that they be allowed until Monday to check up evidence already in and de cide whether it would be necessary for them to summon more witnesses. The request was granted. Adjournment was then taken until Monday. It Is understood that after a brief session on Monday, further ad journment will be taken until after Jan uary 1. THUGS BEAT UP OLD I Complete Chang Jury. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 11. The Jury in the case of In Whang Chang, the Corean who ehot and mortally wounded Durham White Stevens as the latter was depart ing for Washington on a diplomatic er rand several months ago, was completed today. In addition to the 12 men who will try the case, a -13th was examined and qualified as a substitute in case any of the others should be Incapacitated. The taking of testimony will begin next Mon day, to which date the case was continued. ROBERT LIVINGSTOXK, OF GO- BLE, FOUND UNCONSCIOUS. Webfoot Oil Blacking Keeps reet dry. Makes shoes last. All dealer. Robbery Motive of Assailants. Money Found Later ConcealeoMn Clothes and Mattress. ST. HELENS, Or., Dec. fl. (Special.) Robert Livingstone, who for about ten years has had charge of the North ern Pacific Railroad yards at Goble. was murderously assaulted at an early hour this morning, and is now at the St. Vincent's Hospital in Portland. Livingstone, who is about 60 years old and a bachelor, lived Just above Reuben, and three-quarters of a mile from J. H. Gross' residence. Gross, the section foreman, finding at 7 o'clock In the morning that the switch lights had not been extinguished, went to Livingstone's house and found the old man lying on the floor. He was unconscious and terribly beaten about the head and face, the skull bone be ing fractured. Gross notified Deputy Sheriff Fowler, who telephoned to Sheriff White at St. Helens, and was Instructed to take the wounded man to Portland, the Sheriff meeting him at Houlton. The physicians at the hospital con sider Livingstone's injuries fatal and do not believe he will recover con sciousness before death. There ap pears to be no clew to the criminals. Livingstone's watch and pocketknlfe were taken. In his vest pocket was $65 in bills, while In the colled springs of the mattress was a further sum of $360. which fell out as the Injured man was being carried from the house on a mattress stretcher. It is thought the object of assault was robbery. Sheriff White has gone to Goble to examine the premises. Liv Ingstone was a sober, peaceful man. DENY GRAFTERS RETRIAL Defendant in Pennsylvania Capitol Case Must Stand Conviction. HARRISBURG, Pa.. Dec. 11. A new trial was refused to four of the defend ants In the Capitol conspiracy case today by Judge George Kunkel In the Dauphin County Court, before which the men had been tried. The defendants are: John H. Sanderson, contractor for the furnish ings and decorations in the J13.0o0.Oi0 Capitol; James S. Shoemaker, Johns town, Pa., who was Superintendent of the Board of Public Grounds and Build ings; William P. Snyder, former Auditor-General of the State, and William L. Mathues, former State Treasurer. These men with Joseph M. Huston, of Philadelphia, the architect of the great building, were charged with conspiracy to cheat and defraud the state in con nection with furnishing and decorating the Capitol, but Huston secured a sev erance, and his trial has not yet come up. The four defendants were tried last Spring and were convicted. They ap pealed for a new trial, but argument was not heard until after the court had dis posed of a second conspiracy trial, la which the defendants in the first caflf were also among the accused and wern acquitted. Several other defendants, of whom there were H In all, remain to bo tried. One defendant was compelled to go to a sanitarium, having broken down mentally during the trial. The Capitol scandal Is one of the out comes of the political revelations ill 1M", following which a Democratic Statu Treasurer was elected. He discovered Irregularities and the indictments fol lowed. In all 112 reasons for a new trial were urged. Most of the reasons charge. I errors by the court. The defendants wl'l appear for sentence next Friday, when appeals1 to the State Supreme Court will be taken. An endless roll of linoleum, charnel witli flieclrlcily, is uspd in the Pari K..ton w to pick up letters from drop boxes ani con vey them to the porting office. The electric ity successfully attracts the letter. to the linoleum. Catarrh Invites Consumption It weakens the delicate lung tissues, deranges the digestive organs, and breaks down the general health. It often causes headache and dizzi ness, impairs the taste, smell and hearing, and affects the voice. Being a constitutional disease it re ouires a constitutional remedy. Hood's Sarsaparilla Radically and permanently cures. T I II i J M 1 skMAla4 4.U1. known m Saraatas. 100 dotes tx.