TIIE MORNING OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1908.
HONEST
OR HE
HE SI
WILL VETO
Taft Declares Himself on Tar
iff Bill at Ohio Soci
ety Banquet.
HUGHES NEXT PRESIDENT
Governor Hailed a Taft's Sneers
Mir bjr Henry V. Taft Rocke
fellers Present With Kellogg
and Editor Selaran Sfnlth.
NEW YORK. Doc. 17. President-elect
Taft was the guest of honor last night at
the 23d annual dinner of the Ohio Society
in New York. Around the 109 tables
.placed in the grand ballroom In Astor
gallery of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel were
men gathered from every section of the
country and leaders in many walks of
:J:fe.
Mr. Taft took advantage of the occasion
in a speech filled with more earnestness
that he has delivered since ills election,
to pledge his administration and Oils
party, so far as he ran control it. to a
'loyal adherence to the Chicagt) platform.
iJIn dwelt almost wholly upon the revis
ion of the tariff, which he singled out
as tiie most important declaration mad
:at the last National convention and. after
having; previously referred to the veto
power of the Chief Kxecutive. said, with
ail the emphasis of which he was capable:
'Better no revision at all. better that
th new bill should fall unless we have
an honest and thorough revision on the
lias Is laid down and the principle outlined
'in the party platform."
Mr. Taft also referred to the Sherman
;antj-tmst law and declared for its en
lorcemnt as one of the Roosevelt policies
2 hat the party had pledged Itself to carry
'forward.
Seated at the "President's table- with
Mr. Taft were the Vice-President-elect.
Mr. Sherman, Governor Charles E.
Hughes, Henry W. Taft. president of the
society: Charles P. Taft. of Cincinnati:
Horace D. Tafr. of Watertown, Conn.:
lr. Arthur T. Hadley. president of Yale;
ex-Senator John C. Spooner. one of those
who responded to the toasts; Jk Pierpont
Morgan. Paul Morton, Governor Pranklin
Fort, of New Jersey; Secretary Straus.
Frank it. Hitchcock: Bishop Leonard, of
Nw York; General H. C. Corbin, Admiral
Cssper Goodricn and others.
At one of the tables was perhaps the
most notable group of financiers ever
gathered together at a dinner In this
country. There were E. H. Harrlman,
George F. Baker, president of the First
National Bank: George W. Perkins,
of J. P. Morgan & Co.: R. H. Gray,,
of the united States Steel Corpora
tion: John Claflin, Frank A. Van-d-rlip.
vice-president of the National City
Bank: Darwin P. Kingsley, president of
the New York Life Insurance Company:
J. P. Morgan. Jr.; J. P. Stotsbury. of
I'rrxel. Morgan & Co., of Philadelphia,
and Charls Steele, of J. P. Morgan & Co.
At another table were four Rockefellers
John D.. John D., Jr.. William Hocke-f.-ller
and P. A. Rockefeller. With them
rat John D. Archbold, the active head of
the Standard Oil Company, and John G.
Milburn, the special counsel of the com
pany. Frank B. Kellogg, who h.a been prose
cuting the Standard, and William Nelson
"romwell. brought to the front in the
recent Panama discussion, were near
neighbors to the Rockefellers.
Thomas F. Ryan sat at a table with
B. F. Yoakum. James Speyer and Lord
Revelstoke. Paul D. Cravath. Melville
E. Ingalls, Wade H. Ellis. Leslie M.
Shaw. Myron T. Herrick. Justice William
A. Day. Robert C. Clowry, Charles H.
Treat and Dclavan Smith were among
the more than 90o diners. The galleries
f the ballroom were filled with splendidly
frowned women.
"The interstate conspiracy" by which
only New York and Ohio men' are en
titled to the Presidency, was constantly
deferred to by the speakers and was the
ause of much merriment. Governor
Hughes was hailed -by Toastmaster Henry
Taft and by Senator Spooner as the "suc
cessor of Mr. Taft" when it should again
b-come New York's turn to name the oc
cupant of the White House.
The President-elect was the last one to
speak. He said:
I am going to talk a little politics to
yiirht and I want to Invite your serious at
tention to some of the peculiarities with
which we have to deal in our form of gov
ernment as compared to that of other ca
tions. Ours Is eueutially a government of
parties. Knrland also has parties, but there
thev lit the responpibiltty of the party on
or.n man. Ther do not divide the responpl
bii;ty as we do here under several dif
ferent heads. The division of authority In
.ur parties sometimes makes It extremely
difficult to carry out the promises so freely
made In the roure of a campaign. The
Tresldent Is the executive of the Nation,
snd while In the White House, la rightly re
garded as the head of his party, for in toe
rampsign which follows his term of office
Ym ! in a sense made responsible for what
happens during the party's administration.
Tet when we come to the election of a
candidate and the adoption or a platform
declaring tne principles of the party, this
work is left to a convention of men gatn
ered from ill state of the Union.
Once the rarty has adopted its platform
in convention and has succeaef nlly gone
before the peop'e on that platform it be-
nines the sacred duly of the House and
Senate to carry out the policies thus de
clared. The principal p'ank In the Vhlcago plat
form was the one which declared for a re
vision of the tariff at an extra session of
the congress to be called as soon as pos
sible after March next. In that plank
the standard by which the revision could be
made was plainly laid down. It was agreed
that the revision should be made on the
principles of protection and those principles
were d-fined further by the statement that
the rates to be f.xed shou:d be a measure
of the difference of the cost of production
here and abroad with a reaeor-able profit
to the manufacturers.
This declaration devolved upon the party
the duty of determining the difference in
the cost of production here and abroad and
fixliig a rate which would provide a reason
able profit to the manufacturer. It did not
provide for the taking of a decree pro con
fesse against those in the community who
-ould not appear before committee of
I'unaress and be heard. It Is the duty of
the committee to make an affirmative effort
in find out. the cost uf production here and
abroad ard to revise the tariff accordingly.
am a protectionist, but 1 em not one of
those who believe that the policy of pro
tection does not in a largt degree make
trusts and monopolies easier of existence.
But the way to stamp trusts and monopolies
vat is not by destroying the whole protec
tive system. We should not have exces
sive tariff rates so as to tempt monopoly
and le the trusts an opportunity to take
advantage of those excessive rates.
There have been those In our party who
did not care how high rates were fixed,
but the Chicago platform showed by Its
new definition of a protective po:tcy that
the majority of our party believe In a def
inite revision of the tariff as It now exists.
Mr. Taft then took up.tlie Sherman anti
trust law and said It was one of Mr.
Ko'seveit policies which the party had
pledged itself to carry out. He said:
We must enforce the Shermrn act or
have fui h modification of It as will carry
iut the purpose of those who adopted the
original . gislatlon. Thus modification should
make a distinction of th- intent" rl'li
which combinations are effected. If there
should be a combination to reduce the cost
cf production, for- Instance, such a combi
nation wjuid be legaL On the other hand, ,
a combination Intended for the purpose
of mopollxation and control of markets and
the slitting of competition would be illegal.
Mr. Taft closed by expressing; tne be
lief that the party during the next Ad
ministration would make an earnest effort
to carry out its platform principle.
CHIEF BIGGY NOW AT REST
Funeral Attended by Large Numbers
Vho Gather to Do Honor.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 17. With all
due regard to his rank as late head of
the police department, the body of Wil
liam J. Bigsy, which was recovered from
the waters of the bay last Tuesday, was
today laid to rest in Holy Cross Ceme
tery. In many municipal departments
business was suspended during the fu
neral. Over 200 policemen. headed by
Captain Henry Gleeson. accompanied the
body from Knights of Columbus Hall to
St. Mary's Cathedral, remaining outside
the church at attention until the serv
ices were concluded. Six Sergeant? act
ed as pallbearers, and the city govern
ment, the Knights of Columbus and the
police department were represented
among the honorary pallberaers. In
addition to the large escort of police,
over 100 members of the fire department
attended the funeral.
Father William P. Sullivan officiated
at the solemn requiem mass in the ca
thedral, and the eulogy was delivered
by Rev. J. P. McQuald. '
ARREST NATIVE REBELS
British Authorities Take Active
Course to Punish Revolutionists.
CALCUTTA. Dec. IT. The course
adopted recently by the Indian au
thorities to cause the arrest, swiftly
and mysteriously, of all natives sus
pected of revolutionary activities is
having a good effect on the unrest of
the population. Instead of being; de
ported, the leaders taken into custody
are being; distributed to the various
Jails In India. It is reported that the
powerful native secret societies are
dissolving as a result of the energy
displayed by the government.
A delegation of prominent natives,
supposed to be implicated in the revo
lutionary movement, called on the local
commissioner today and assured him of
their support. Another result of the
campaign is that the native newspa
pers are becoming extremely cautious
in their comments on the government
HAS NO USE FOR GROSSCUP
Roosevelt Refuses to Consider
Judge's Brother for Appointment.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. President
Roosevelt told a delegation of West
Virginia Congressmen yesterday tnat they
were "wasting; time" to recommend to
him the name of a brother of United
States Judge Peter S. Grosscup. of Chi
cago, for appointment as Collector of
Internal Revenue in West Virginia.
Senators Scott and Elklns and Repre
sentative Oaines had introduced to the
President Fred Paul Grosscup for the
position.
Judge Grosscup is tne jurist wno re
versed the finding of Judge K. M. Lan-
dis. who Imposed a fine of 129,240,000
on the Standard Oil Company.
CHIEF UNABLE TO
EXPLAIN DELAYS
Mayor and Executive Board
Not Satisfied With His
Statements.
HYDRANT INQUIRY .RESUMED
Rigid Investigation of Controversy
Held and Impression Prevails
That Report Will Blame Chief,
Who May Be Removed.
Mayor Lane and the fire committee of
the Kxecutive Board Wednesday night re
sumed investication into the long delay in
testing 150 hydrants, ordered by the Water
Board earlv in 1907. Members oi ine
Water Board, representatives of the con
tractlng company. Fire Chief Campbell
and others, gave testimony.
Members of the Water Board and the
agents of the contractors, by their test;
mony, placed upon Chief Campbell tne
blame for the delay: while the cniei ae
clared that the delay was in no manner
his fault: that he did everything In ins
power to have tests made. He swore that
the hydrants furnished by Hoge At twiit
were defective, and caused ail the delay
Mavor Lane and the members of the
committee appeared dissatisfied with
Chief Campbell's explanations. It Is gen
erally believed In official circles tnat tne
Chief will be blamed in the final report;
and that he may be removed from his
position.
Members of the Water Board were
placed on the stand and told about the
ordering of 200 hydrants, over which the
controversy arose. The hydrants were
purchased from an Kastern firm, which
is represented in Portland by Walter O.
Haynes. Dr. C. H. Raffety explained that
the Water Board buys all hydrants, the
Fire Department officials make the tests
and specify the places where they are
to be placed In service. Some hydrants
that nero purchased in Portland were
readily tested and accepted, said Dr.
Raffety, but the others, from the East
were more or less faulty. Some were
reiected. While the hydrants are being
tested, he said he regards them in the
care of the Fire Department, otherwise
they are in care of the Water Board.
He said lie docs not believe the hydrants
were tested as fast as they arrived.
R. B. Lamson, a member of the Water
Board, explained that 50 hydrants were
ordered of the Oregon Foundry Company,
the Portland firm, which were all ac
cepted. This Is the concern in which
Walter O. Haynes declared he had been
informed that W. J. Phillips, hydrant in
spector, "had a financial interest.
I .believe. said Mr. Lamson. "tnat
we ordered the 50 hydrants from the Ore
gon Foundry at the suggestion of Fire
Chief Campbell, who said tncre was
urgent need of some at once, and that
we could get them much quicker from the
I local fi
RUNAWAY GIRL IS LOST Mr. Lamson said he is positive the Fire
nUliHVVHI Uini. IO 1 j Department ,a8 notified when the
Supposed to Come to Portland, bat
Goes to Fort. Stevens Instead.
ASTORIA. Or.. Dec, 17. (Special.)
The Son Francisco police authorities
telegraphed the police here to retain
Emma Heanes, who was supposed to
have left there on the Rose City with
a soldier, bound for Portland. The
girl is said to have left the boat on its
arrival here and to have gone to Fort
Stevens. Sheriff Pomeroy left for Fort
Stevens this afternoon, but a telephone
message from him states that the girl
his disappeared.
The telegram stated that the girl
was formerly in custody of the Juven
ile Court, and that her father will
come here if she is found and take her
home.
FINDS DEATH IN BREAKER
Grant Ames, of Bandon, Caught in
Surf and Carried Out,
BANDON. Or., Dec. 17. (Special.)
Grant Ames died here this afternoon as
a result of being caught in the surf on
the beach at this place yesterday. To
gether with a companion, he was riding
along the beach on horseback when the
two were overtaken by a great breaker
and Ames was washed Into the ocean.
Hi was pulled out by his companion and
help was called, but he never regained
consciousness and death resulted today.
Mr. Ames was 43 years old and leaves a
widow and several children.
GET $2,000,000" BY FRAUD
German Promoters Give Lesson in
High Finance.
BKRLIN. Dee. 17. Charged with misap
propriating $2,000,000. two brothers, Adolph
and Fritz Eberbach, hotel company pro
moters, have been arrested, the former in
Silesia and the latter at Vienna. The
men are charged with having founded a
liotl trust with enormous capital, with
offices at Berlin. Hamburg and Bremen;
with having appointed dummy directors
and having manipulated the funds. .
MAY BE BOMB-THROWER
3Ian Arrested for Attempt to Blow
lp Coliseum.
CHICAGO, Dec. 17. Thomas D. Court
ney, a former Constable, wa arrested
yesterday charged with exploding a bomb
In a store-room under to Coliseum last
Sunday night. Investigation of 26 other
mysterious bomb cases preceding that at
the Coliseum has been resumed.
ALICE NEILSON BANKRUPT
Xoted Actress Report Assets Worth
Only 975.
NEW YORK. Dec. 17. Alice Neilson,
an actress long prominent on the stage,
filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy
yesterday. She gave her liabilities at 17300
and her assets at ITS. The liabilities con
sist of unsecured claims.
MINSTREL SHOW SEATS.
Seats will be on sale this morning at 10
o'clock at the Heilig for the nioneter min
strel show given by the Spanish War
Veterans tonight and tomorrow niht
Tomorrow and Monday last days for
discount on East Side gas bills. Don't
overlook gas appliance sale.
various shipments of hydrants were re
ceived, and also that the Water Board
would furnish men to help with the tests
any time the Fire Department officials
were ready The representative of Hoge
& Swift, the contractors, said Mr. Lam
son, several times protested about the
dlay, and said he stood ready to repair
any defects, but that lie wanted his
niony.
When the Water Board asked Chief
Campbell why the hydrants were not
tested Mr. Lamson testified. Chief Camp
bell declared they were no good. A little
later the Chief reported that he had
caused tests to be made and that 91
hydrants were accepted.
"The Water Board was anxious for the
earliest possible tests," said Mr. Lamson.
replying to a question by Mr. Swett. He
said there was a strong demand for hy
drants all over the city, while, for some
unknown reason, there was the long de
lay in the tests.
"How does the Water Board come to
order hydrants?" asked Mayor Lane.
"Upon request of the Chief of the Fire
Department," replied Mr. Lamson.
"And who tests them?" asked the
Mayor.
"The Fire Department officials."
"And who certifies to the acceptance of
hydrants ?"
"Chief Campbell."
G. W. Allen, also a member of the
Water Board, went over the story of the
hydrant purchase. Chief Campbell, he
said, sent in a letter early in 1907, asking
for 600 hydrants, and the Board decided
to buy 200.
"When the bids came in." said Mr.
Allen, "the agents were all there, as
were' also Chief Campbell and Hydrant
Inspector Phillips. The Chief and Mr.
Phillips were much in favor of the
Howe hydrant, the local make, and
urged its purchase. As I understood,
Mr. Phillips had made some improve
ments himself in the Howe hydrants.
The board awarded J50 to the Hoge &
Swift Company and 50 to the Portland
firm. The 50 were soon accepted and
palA -for."
"Why was there the delay in the
tests?" asked Mr. Swett.
"I do not know," replied Mr. Allen,
"but there was no honest effort made
by the Fire Department. I must
honestly say that my impression is that
there was no desire on the part of the
Fire Department to make the tests.
The contractors and the Water Board
both wanted prompt tests."
Finally, said Mr. Allen, the Water
Board took charge, and ordered, the
tests, and the next thing there came a
bill for 130 of the hydrants.
Superintendent Dodge, of the Water
Department, said that the 50 hydrants
made here were manufactured on the
East Side, were inspected there, and
were never in the possession of the
Water Board. They were certified as
having stood the test by Chief Camp
bell and' Inspector Phillips.
Walter O. Haines, agent for the Hoge
& Swift Company, was the next witness
called, who related his company's con
nection with the case.
J. G. Shane, speaking for the com
pany, said that It took 30 days for Mr.
Phillips to test 35 hydrants, and that.
on another occasion. Master Mechanic
Stewart tested 85 in three day. He said
Chief Campbell had told him that Phil
lips could not always be spared for the
tests, as Phillips had, other work.
sum representing a total of expendi
tures which the young lady made for
the joint entertainment of herself and
Fernholti during the period of the lat
ter's unfruitful courtship,
Mrs. Jones, who since her affair with
Fernholtz has married Mr. Jones, tes
tified in court that she had advanced
the money for various things, because
Fernholtz did not have it. She had kept
a diary of her expenditures, jotting
down dates, occasions and amounts,
such as:
"September 14, trip to the beach. $5."
"September 21. visit with friends, $5.''
"September 28. trip to the beach, $5."
These were some of the items which
Mrs. Jones recounted in court. One
she loaned Fernholtz J20 with wht
to purchase some new clothes. Fern
holtz took the witness stand and denied
he had borrowed any of this money.
"I told her I was not in position
to bear the expense of going out," he
testified, "and she said she would foot
the bills. We took the trips all right
and she snent the money, but I did
not- get It."
The court held him liable for the
total amount.
SALOON HELD UP BY THREE
BOLD GANG ENTERS PLACE AT
FRONT AXD HAKRISOX.
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Get Money and Watches From Men
Taking Last Brink at
Aigh't.
Three men entered Carlson's saloon,
at Front and Harrison street, just be
fore 1 o'clock Wednesday morning, and
held up the proprietor and the late-stayers
who were having their last drink.
From the proprietor they got a gold
watch, valued at $124, and $45 In cash.
A man named Hall was relieved of 30
cents, the thieves overlooking $59 he
had in another pocket.
Two other men were also searched by
the holdups. From one they got $60
in coin, and a watch valued at $67;
while from the other they took $19, a
watch and a small check. They then
left the place.
The men were unmasked, and their
descriptions resemble those given of
the robbers who held up two Blast Side
places Tuesday night. A policeman had
just left the saloon before the three
men entered, so It Is thought they had
been watching the place, awaiting
their chance.
Two of the thugs were armed with
revolvers, one a dark colored one, and
the other nickeled. The third tnug car
ried a bludgeon. The man with the
bludgeon stood guard at the door while
the other two entered.
The men were all dressed in dark
clothes and wore black slouch hats.
They were all young, the eldest
of the trio appearing to be not more
than 25 years old. The leader of the
men was heavily built and about 5
feet 8. Number two was short and
stout, about 5 feet ; and the third man
was a very small man, not more than
5 feet 3.
Early last night, the police received
a tip from a mysterious source that a
hold-up was going to be executed in a
remote district on the East Side. Both
sergeants were sent to this alleged
scene and the police now believe that
this "tip" was given them to throw
them off the trail and prevent the
quick dispatch of reserves from the po
lice station In case of alarm for the
Carlson robbery.
TELLS OF PRISON TORTURE
DEPCTY AROUSES RUSSIAN'
DOL'M.V TO FL'RY.
Right Party Demands Apology anil
President Resigns Rather Than
yield to Protests.
ST. PETERSBURG, Dec 17. During
an exciting session of the Douma yester
day afternoon. Nikola A. Khomyakoff,
President of the Douma, res'emed. Late
last night there was still much uncertain
ty as to M. Khomyakoff' a- position, ae he
did not present his resignation to the
chancellory of the Douma, where it was
declared thst the incident might be re
garded as" closed. Possibly, therefore, it
may be reconsidered.
Excitement arose over the discussion
of the government bill to grant a credit
of $.i00.i)0 for the benefit of the em
ployes of the prisons administration, who
were victims of outrages while on dtitv.
or of their families. The Socialists and
Laborltes boldly denounced the adminis
tration and the inquisitorial torturing
methods applied to political prisoners.
Deputy Kosanoff asserted that, as a
result of the rigorous rule. 60 per cent
of the prisoners died of consumption. The
Right deputies angrily protested against
his, whereupon M. Kosanoff declared that
he Rightists possess less honor than the
Russian convicts on the eve of execution.
President Khomyakoff called upon M.
Rosanoff to withdraw this expression. M.
Rosanoff did so to the satisfaction of the
President of . the Douma. but the Right
ists quitted the House In a body and went
to the President's room, where they in
sisted that M. Rosanoff must apologize.
Thereupon, M. Khomyakoff resigned.
Harry Glazier, Actor.
LOS .ANGELES. Cal.. Dec. 17. Harry
Glazier, one of the best-known stock
actors in this city, a member of the
Belasco Stock Company, was found dead
in his room at the Hotel Maryland, Pasa
dena, today. Indications point to heart
disease. He was about 40 years of age
and leaves a widow and a lo-year-old
son. ' He formerly starred in "The Three
Musketeers."
Old People
MUST PAY FOR COURTSHIP
Young Man Forced to Stand Ex
penses, Though He Lost Bride.
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Dec. 17. If a
girl pays the incidental courtship ex-
I pensos of a young man who is seeking
her hand.' and he afterwards fails to
marry her. she may recover through
the courts the total she Is out of pocket
on the proposition.
Such a case has Just been decided
by Justice Selph, of Los Angeles, who
ruled that Mrs. Albert A. Jones, for
merly Miss Bessie May. was entitled to
recover $57.60 from Emit Fernholtz, the
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PLETHORA OP "MASTER-
PIECES BECOMES IXCCBCS.
Mudents Fill Storeroom Shelves With
Daubs Which They Are Ashamed
to Carry Away.
BERlIX. Der. 17. (Special.) An fnii
meration of all th" Kaiser's misdeeds
made by a German physician whose name
Is now a public secret, in an article In
an English magazine her.
Beginning- with Emperor William's early
youth, the doctor says: "He bad altvays
been a very ungrateful and troublesome
son. to such an extent that his father
who had been condemned by Bismarck
to absolute political inactivity raw no
other way to lighten his overflowing heart
than by entrusting, his sad experience to
the leaves of a carefully guarded diary.
lonng William's groat desire was to get
bold of this awKward document. When
Frederick III had hardly breathed his last
the young Emperor gave command to the
Potsdam Hussars to surround the Castle
of Charlottenburg. where Frederick's body
lay still -warm on its deathbead. But his
orders to search for the precious diary
were in vain, as Queen Victoria had taken
the book back to England, where, together
with the third . volume of Bismarck's
memories, it is awaiting publication after
the death of William It"
The author then goes on to show the
Emperor in turn insulted the Bavarians,
the German bourgeoisie, the workmen, the
federal Princes, the members of the prers,
the Socialists, whom he threatened to
kill like pigs.- the artists, the British peo
ple, the Boers, the Chinese and the Jap
anese. -
The upshot of the whole article Is that
the Kaiser should be forgiven because he
does not know what he is doing that he
Is suffering from a progressive mental dis
ease, caused by an inflammation of the
Inner ear, which will in turn either kill
him or make him absolutely insane.
Extends Debt Ten Years.
IOS ANGELES, Cal.. Dec. 17. Ten
years' continuance of the examination
of a judgment debtor has been granted
by Judge Oster In the case of a man
sentenced to that time in jail. Mrs.
Lizzie Sheehan obtained judgment
against John La Pique for $400. He
was taken before the court to be ex
amined as to the whereabouts of cer
tain property, but refused to be sworn.
The court couldn't imprison liim for
contempt an he was already in jail and
decided 'to continue the action till Ia
Pique shall be out of the hands of the
Shauff.
ALL
WINTER COATS
Formerly priced from $2-5.00 to $30.00, for
$16.00
Formerly priced from $:J0.00 to $40.00. for
$21.00
Formerly priced from $40.00 to $00.00, for
$28.00
Black Satin Coats are included. "
ALL WAISTS AND
PETTICOATS
$8.50 to $10.00
$6.SO
$15.00 to $2-5.00
$11.00
Van Blene Plays for Charity.
LONDON". Dec. 10. (Special.) Auguste
Von Biene. the well-known 'cello player.
$6.00 to $8.50
$4.75
$10.00 to $13.00
$8.00
$25.00 to $4-5.00
$18.00
No reservations made without a deposit.
These sales offer a most unusual opportunity
for our customers, as well as the buying; public
at large, to secure particularly desirable and
the verv latest garments, whether for present,
or future use. as our resident buyer in New
York (Mr. H. B. Litt) assures our styles up
to the minute.
From a point of Quality. lHr.T ani Low Price,
these two sales arc without a parallel.
Special Preparations Are Heine Made la the
Alteration Department for These Sates.
3S1 WASHINGTON ST.
yesterday played in several London "thor
oughfares and collected 15s 2d. which,
with a five-pound note, he will send to
the Music Hall benevolent fund. The mu
sician's action was the fulfillment of a
vow. made 40 years ago. On December 11.
lStiS, a starving boy of 17 was discovered
playing in Hanover Square by Sir Mich
ael Costa, who. remarking the boy's won
derful power, asked why lie was pltiving
!n the gutter. "Because I am hungry,"
Van Biene replied in French.
Sir Michael took him home and after
hearing him play, gave him a place as
a 'cello player in the CovenL Garden
orchestra. He Ihs-n vowed thiul on every
anniversary of his deliverance from star
vation he would so back to the streets
and play, and he has never broken his
vow.
STORE OPEN EVENINGS TOMORROW AND NEXT WEEK
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Extraordinary Showing of
LADIES'
DESKS
Christmas shoppers will find a most satisfactory selec
tion, in oak. maple and mahogany, patterns new and
beautiful, finish perfect.
Prices $12.00 to $120.00
Exclusive designs in Music Cabinets, Tables, Rockers,
Tea and Card Tables and artistic Gift Pieces, every kind
A Rug
for
Xmas
A well -selected Rug com
bines beauty and service.
Xo gift is more welcome.
Hundreds of rugs in stock,
all sizes and prices. Scores
of bareains.
Coiich Unusual v a 1 u es in
Couch and Table Cov-
LOVCfS erSj Portieres and Lace
and Curtains. Many new
things hot seen else-
Portieres where.
J. G. MACK & CO
FIFTH AND STARK