TnE 3I0RMXG OKEGOXIAX, SATURDAY, DECE3IBER 12, 1908.
Our Great Christmas Sale of Books, Stationery and Leather Goods Starts Today Make Your Selection of Holiday Presents How
: MAIL ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED ;
Only 11 Buying Days Till Xmas
SHOP EARLY Buy your Christmas presents early early
in the day and early in December. It will assure you good selec
tions; you will not be jostled by crowds; vou will find sales
women with time to wait on you, and you will be sure of prompt
deliveries.
Widest aisles, best values and most courteous
salespeople-make Lip man -Wolfe's the premier store
of Portland for Christmas shoppers.
lie of
25c and 30c Handkerchiefs at 15c Each
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Handkerchiefs, Values to 50c, 27c Each
A laiffp assortment of white cwiss embroidered Handkerchiefs in scalloped and hem
stitched effects, English eyelet, French and allover designs; also printed and colored
hand - embroidered Hand
kerchiefs in all shades,
and hand-embroidered in-
VSf!' itial Handkerchiefs, nlain
ftjf'&Z r. SsLil 'k-iHtl and crossbar, nlain anil
fancy initial, laundered
and unlaundered. Regular
2"jc and 30c val- 1 C
SM) 'ics for. XJV
:Iand - embroidered wom
.n's initial Handkerchiefs,
plain and fancy, laundered
and unlaundered; a large
variety of designs to
choose from. Values to
")0c each, on sale
for
Fifty Smart
27c
ats at $2.95,
We are unwilling to state the original prices. ,The present selling price
makes former prices seem ridiculous. Come and see the hats.
There is wide variety of inivijuialeffet:jneihape are thoe
inott in vogue at the present time. Amonj the aortment you will
surely find a hat becoming to yoo a good hat at the low price of
$8 to $10 Smoking
$2.95
Jackets for $4.95
The Smoking Jackets which we are having such a successful
sale in just at present contain regular $8.00 and $10.00 grades.
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including most favored fabrics.
These are the tweeds, in checks
stripes, and figures, rich designs,
handsome color combinations, fancy
cuffs, collars, and lapels. All
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garments are made with cord edge.
Product of tailors who work
the year 'round on men's cloth
ing. You can be sure that the
cut of the garment is correctly
proportioned and that ihe sizes
are gauged to meet .the require
ments of the average man. Lib
eral armholes and widths of
back. All
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All-Silk Taffeta Ribbon, 4 inches wide, regular 30c quality 15
All-Silk Taffeta Ribbon, 5 inches wide, regular 38c quality. .... .23
Satin Taffeta Ribbon, 5 inches wide, special for 25
Narrow Baby Ribbon for packages 10 a bolt of 10 yards
Extra quality Baby Ribbon, No. 1 15 a bolt of 10 yards
Extra quality Baby Ribbon, No. iya 19 a bolt of 10 yards
Extra quality Baby Ribbon, No. 2 25 a bolt of 10 yards
A Great Special Sale of Fancy Ribbons
8000 yards of Fancy Ribbons, including Moires, Glaces, Warp Prints,
Dresden, Striped Effects, etc.
Fancy Ribbons, Values to 85c the Yard at 39c the Yard
Fancy Ribbons, Values to $1.50 the Yard at 53c the Yard
Fancy Ribbons, Values to $2.25 the Yard at 95c the Yard
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120 women's and misses' stylish, high-grade tailor
made suits, of finest all-wool broadcloths and fancy
serges ; in black, navy, brown, wine, olive and gray.
All new this season "and made in the most approved
styles in either plain or fancy trimmed effects. Reg
ular values up to $39.00. On sale C--7 "ZZ.
for today at only O
Tailor-Made Walking Skirts
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An assortment of women's high-class tailor-made
walking skirts, in plain and fancy materials, made in
the newest flare shape, trimmed with folds. Regu
lar values up to $8.50, for today at ' ifrp'f
only
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Jewelry Store Jewelry Departm't Store Prices
Every Summer in New York our buyer buys thousands of dollars' Worth of jewelry for this great occasion
when we sell solid gold jewelry at half regular jewelry store prices. EVERY PIECE IS SOLID GOLD
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uuftKAHi,,u ine savings are iruiy iciwimuic. &vciy piece engravea iree lowest prices of the year.
$3 50 Solid Gold Cuff Links, $1.62
Many different new patterns for men, women and boys; solid
63 Novelty Silk Petticoats of finest quality fancy silks in Dresden, print warp,
plaid and fancy striped silk. Made in a variety of attractive T
styles. Regular values up to $16.50 t-
None C. O. D. None reserved.
I Men's Blanket Bathrobes
gold, Roman and English finish.
$4.25 Solid Gold Cuff Links, $2.23
All new patterns, appropriate holiday gifts.
$6.00 Solid Gold Cuff Links, $3.48
Heavy scroll and knot effects, solid gold.
$1.75 Solid Gold Scarf Pins, 9Sc
Signet shield pins and novelty patterns in profusion.
$2.00 Solid Gold Scarf Pins, $1.23
Various new, pratty designs in scarf pins; solid gold.
$2.50 Solid Gold Scarf Pins, $1.48
All new Krench and Egyptian ideas, values to J2.50.
$3.50 Solid Gold Scarf Pins, $1.98
Big assortment of Roman and English gold scarf pins.
$4.00 Solid Gold Scarf Pins, $2.48
Excellent assortment of the very newest ideas. Values to J4.
$5.00 Solid Gold Scarf Pins, $2.98
New carbuncles, all colors; various other stone setting's.
5 olid Gold Scarf Pins; Exclusive
Great variety scarabs, coral, cameos, pearl, grape designs,
jade, turquoise; ?3.oJ to $15.
$3.00 Solid Gold Brooches, $.1.98
Xew French and American fashions, worth to $3.
$4.00 Solid Gold Nrlr rh;. to a a
Soldered links and rope chains, worth up to' ft. '
$3.50 Solid Gold Neck Chains, $1.98
ine twist and soldered link neck chains.
$25.00 Solid Gold La Vallieres, $1 7.50
The newest creations in really fine La Valliere chains.
$20.00 Solid Gold La Vallieres, $13.50
The daintiest French Mea of setting gems tastefully.
$15.00 Solid Gold La Vallieres, $9.98
Various pretty new creations in solid gtold La Vallieres -
$1.50 Solid Gold Charms. 98c
Dainty little solid gold hearts for charms
$4.50 Solid Gold Charms, $3.98
Prettily engraved English and Roman gold lockets
$25.00 Solid Gold Charms, $19.50
PythfaretcemS Mason,Q- JSlks- Oddfellows, Knights of
c 3?Iid GoId Lod8e Emblems for Charms
5?i '! sold charms and enameled official emblems, for 17, $10
,1 J, tlo and $1 i.oO. ' '
$2.50 Solid Gold Beauty Pins, $1.48
Solid gold, English and Roman finish.
$2.00 Solid Gold Beauty Pins, $1.23
Solid scroll and chased Roman gold beauty pins.
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These are wonderful values, and we
do not ever expect to equal them
again. Many were made to sell at
$7.50 and $6.00; others at prices be
tween the two. The choice is yours,
and it will pay you to make your
selection withe ut de- Cy Al
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MEN'S FANCY . SUSPENDERS
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We have a complete line at all prices beautiful gold, diver and
fancy buckles; plain colors and handsome brocadid zi)k
choice lot of suspenders at a very monerat -
price S 1 A
Men's Reefer Mufflers, made up in the best grade of sil
laro-e varietv of smart, un-to-rlate nstterns. STSCiallv r O
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TOPES all TIED
House Passes One Bill Almost
Without Debate.
members declared that if tlie naval enm
miitee did not -lake some step to defend
the marine corp. there probably would
be a resolution offered in the House ex
pressing disapproval of the policy.
That some such action will be taken
was marie evident today when General
i F. Elliott. Colonel F. L. Denny and
Colonel George Richardson, of that corps,
were heard in explanation of the esti
mates fur its maintenance.
WILL E VAC I ATE
APIIIL
KEEFE IS GIVEN HARD DIG
Unrrcne In Salary Jtcfiiscd and Ap
pointment Pre la rod Payment of
Politiral l)et Other In
creases Denied.
WASHINGTON. Iec. 11. A new rec
ord In the transaction of the public
business was rstal!ishod ly the llousp
irf Representatives toiiay. The legis
lative, executive and judicial appropri
ation bill, which usually excites con
siderable discussion. la.tinp for several
days, was passed with little dt'bate and
ipractically In the shape it came from
tike committee. An unusual feature
ewas that no member asked for time to
indulge in Funeral talk. The faiiiitiy
with which the bill of 16." paces was
.put through was the subject of much
.comment, and the members of the ap
propriations committee congratulated
.themselves.
The bill carries an appropriation of
I31..13J.35I'.
When the provision for increasing
the salary of the CoTiimisfioner-Uen-eral
of Immigration was rea'-hed,
Macon of Arkansas made a point of or
der npaln.st it and tiie increase was not
allowed.
I"it;?ciald of New York criticised
trie appointment of Daniel Keefe to be
Com nissloner-Ceneral. remarking that
he had no syn.pathy with what he says
was & movement to pay political debts
l:i this manner. There, na a lot of
hypocrisy about the whole business "
MaTii of Illinois defended Mr. Keefe
and asserted that, whatever may have
been the reasons for his appointment,
"lie a.J urll tualltid and would per
form Ms dutirs with fidelity."
Kxeept in three or four Instances.
WnTe increases in salaries were da
I. i I. the t'l'l underwent i.o chances.
an-1 it was passed by a viva voce vote.
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Jlemher. of Hou.e AVant Marine
Corps Provided For.
WASHINGTON. Dec. II. A move
ment is beinp considered bv several
tr.fml'P'S of the House looking to the
overthrow of the President's recent or-d.-r
wlthdiawinj; the marine corps from
Vnlted Elates warships. Or.o of the
i American Troops Ordered to Leave
Island of Cuba.
WASHINGTON'. Dec. 11. Instructions
issued today contemplate final evacua
tion by the L'nited States troops in Cuba,
on or about April 1. The Twenty-eUthth
Infantry, t lie first troops to be with
drawn, will sail January 2.
The third squadron of the Atlantic
fleet will lie present at Havana on Jan
uary S. when the inaucuration of Presi
dent Gomez takes place. Afterward the
squadron will meet the home-coming At
lantic battleship fleet a short distance off
tlie Virsinia coast and escort it to Hamp
ton Roads.
fwlflKES ISSUE WITH L0HQ5
ASQUITJI KEFlES TO DISSOLVE
AT DICTATION".
British Cabinet AVill Call Xew Elec
tion When Ready Protection
Will re- Issue.
LONDON. Dec. 11. The government's
determination that there shali be no im
mediate dissolution of Parliament, but
that the Ministers meet for the discus
sion of an important programme, waa an
nounced by Premier Asiiulth at a ban
quet given him at the National Liberal
Ciub toni-iht by 30j members of his
party. The occasion had been antici
pated with fireat interest as affording
Mr. Asuukh an opportuni'y to explain
his policy in the face of the rejection
bv the House of Lords of severa'. Liberal
bills. -
After justifying the excellent work the
Liberals already had accomplished. Mr.
Acquit h invited the party to treat the
veto of the House of Lords as the domi
nating issue in politics, but he declined
to dissolve Parliament, he declared, at
the dictation and caprice of the upper
chamber. To admit such a claim on the
part of an irresponsible chamber, . the
Premier said, would be immeasurably
absurd and It would render the Liberal
government subject to a series of general
elections. The government would there
fore choone its own time for dissolution.
With regard to the next session of
Parliament, Mr. Asquith said it would
raise again in its most acute, form the
great controversy of free trade versua
protection.
The machine experts of Japan have In
creased in quantity five time in on year.
PUBLIC TO APPROVE
Charter Commission Votes to
Submit All Franchises.
VOTES ARE VERY CLOSE
.Much Discussion Precedes Adoption
of Motions Sinking Fund Pro
vision Is Ke-Ueferred to Com
mittee To Meet Friday.
By a vote of 7 to 6 the charter revision
committee Tuesday night reserved to the
electors of the city the rjght to eay
whether or not any franchise to a pub
lic utility corporation shall be granted.
Such a recommendation was included in
the report of the committee on public
utilities and franchises, and was adopted
despite the motion of Commissioner Hol
mau, seconded by Commissioner Grutze,
that this section of the -report be elim
inated. The vote on the motion to reject this
important feature of the committee's re
port was as follows: Ayes, Eliot, Grutze,
Holman. Montague, Rltan and Wilcox;
noes, Baeh. Chapman, Gearin, Kava
nsugh, McGinn, Rynerson and Selling.
Late in the meeting Commissioner Hol
man sought to have the section contain
ing this provision re-referred for the
further consideration of the committee in
conjunction with a determination as to
an intelligible definition of what should
bP considered a franchise under the terms
of tiie proposed charter. To this course.
Commissioner Selling objected vigorously,
contending that the commission had
twice voted on the first clause of the
recommendation under consideration. He
insisted that the further consideration
of the committee should be restricted to
that feature of the committee's recom
mendation which related to the granting
of minor franchises. The committee was
so instructed to confine its subsequent
deliberations.
Municipal Ownership Frowned On.
In a general way municipal, ownership
of public utilities received a body blow
at the hands of the commission. By a
vote of eight to six the commission re
jected the recommendation of the com
mittee on publlo utilities and franchises
that the question of purchasing any pub
lic utility at the expiration of the fran
chise under which it was operated should
be submitted to a vote of the electors of
the city. After an extended debate the
matter of whether the voters should be
permitted to say whether or not the city
should acquire any such property was
made optional with the members of the
Council and was decided adversely by
the following vote: Ayes, Beach, Chap
man. Logan, McGinn, Rynerson and
Selling; noes, Eliot. Gearin, Grutze, Hol
man, Kavanaugh, Montague, Ritan and
Wilcox.
In the debate that preceded this action
of the commission, I)r. C. H. Chapman,
chairman of the committee making the
recommendation, explained that he did
not expect his associates to approve of
the recommendation and for that reason
considered that it would be a waste of
his time to undertake to present the
merits of the suggestion. He did say,
however, that the recommendation of the
committee was intended purely to en
courage the municipal ownership of pub
lie utilities, a policy he felt satisfied was
opposed by a majority of the members
of the commission. w
Sinking Fund Ke-referred.
After a prolonged discussion, the com
mittee's recommendation that provision
be made for a sinking fund by which
all bonds that may hereafter be 'issued
by the city be redeemed at maturity,
was re-referred to the committee for
further consideration and report. Com
missioner Wilcox was added as a member
of the committee to wrestle with the
subject. The sentiment of the committee
apparently favored some provision by
which bond Issues could be retired at the
expiration of the time for which they
were issued as a necessary precaution
against the assumption of unwarranted
indebtedness on the part of the city.
Under an existing provision of the city
charter it is specified that the bonded in
debtedness of the city shall not exceed
7 per cent of the assessed valuation of
its property. Commissioner Holman
sought , to have adopted an amendment
to the committee's report to the effect
that bonds Issued for the purchase by
the city of a public utility should be in
cluded in the bonded indebtedness of the
city, even though the' property so ac
quired was a paying investment. This
proposal was rejected by the .commission.
Kills F. Lawrence and Kdgar M. Laz
arus, representing the Portland Archi
tectural Club, appeared before the com
mission and unged that provision be made
for an art building commission in the
revision of the charter. Such a com
mission, it was proposed, should consist
of the Mayor, president of the Art Asso
ciation, president of the Public Library
Association, one artist, one architect and
three citizens. The request of the archi
tects was referred to the committee on
public libraries and health.
The further consideration of the flrk
of the commission in revising the city's
charter will be resumed at another meet
ing to be held next FViday night.
Takes Joke Too Seriously.
VANCOUVER. Wash.. Dec. 11. (Spe
cial.) J. W. Col?, of Yacolt, was nearly
drowned in the Columbia River earlv
this morning because he took a joke
serlousiy. Cole was Intoxicated "and
some one told him Jokingly, when he
asked for a drink, to go down to the
Columbia. Cole took the advice liter
ally and plunged into the river. The
cold water brought him to his senses,
and h at once called for help. The crew
of the river tug- Pearl heard him and
rescued him.
Th experiment of paving streets with Iron
slag blocks, now under way at Brooklyn N
Y.. was started In Philadelphia ten years
(to and considered a failure on account of
the extenive chipping of the edges of the
blocks.
WILL STOP INQUIRY
Decree in Insurance Case Is
Blow to Prosecution.
HEGEMAN FREED BY COURT
District Attorney Says if Decision Is
Sustained on Appeal, All Other
Pending Indictments
Will Be Quashed.
NEW YORK, Dec. 11. John R. Hege
man. president of the Metropolitan Life
Insurance Company, was freed by the
Supreme Court today In a decision that,
if it stands, will serve to quash all in
dictments now outstanding against in
surance .officials. This !s according to
a statement by the District Attorney,
who, however, expects to take the case
to the Court of Appeals.
Mr. Hegeman was charged with per
jury in the verification of a report
made by the Metropolitan Life Insur
ance Company to the Superintendent of
Insurance in January, 1905. The mat
ter reached the Appellate Division of
the Supreme Court through habeas cor
pus proceedings.
In its opinion the court says evidence
was insufficient to establish prima
facie, deliberate and willful perjury by
Mr. Hegeman.
Upon learning of the decision the
District Attorney said:
"The case will undoubtedly be taken
to the Court of Appeals. If the decision
stands it will quash all indictments
still standing against insurance officials."
There are six indictments for forgery
against George W. Perkins, ex-vice-president
of the New York Life Insur
ance Company, and several against
Charles S. Falrchlld, of the same com
pany, based upon practically the same
allegations. There is one indictment
for forgery against Robert W. Gran
nls, ex-vice-president of the Mutual
Life Insurance Company, on the same
ground.
ASTORIA CALLS FOR DREDGE
Petitions Congress to Place Chinook
at Work on Bar.
ASTORIA. Or., Dec. 11. (Special.)
The Chamber of Commerce committee
on commerce and navigation has com
pleted a memorial to Congresa, which
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will be forwarded to that body. niT;iiiK rt:-M -it hir-. n ni.:;:i.: : l
that the dredge Chinook be placed at W'f i i I:i ;i:ur..-.i t- ,:
work on the Columbia Kiver bar. The
memorial embraces a preat amount of
data showing the good accomplished
by the dredge duritf the short time
she was at work, as well as tiie urgent
necessity for lior licihg placed in op
eration again. ,
Tile local Chamber of Commeive lias
requested the commercial bodies in the
various cities in ail the Coast states to
assist in securing- further iuiprov.--ment
of the channel across the Colum
bia River bar. and favorable i'"plies
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Caslie I Cork Kesident Weds.
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