DECE3IBER 22. 1908.
The ONE PLACE in PORTLAND WHERE
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The Brightest, Newest and Best Assorted Toy Stock in All Portland Choose Quickly for Even These
Immense Stocks Will Soon Be Depleted by the Terrific Crowds That Throng Oar Aisles Every Day
Dolls and toys a-plenty now, but the way eager buyers are coming the
assortment must dwindle. Come and pick out the toys that the chil
dren would like most and depend upon it, you'll find them here.
$1.25 Blackboards 95f
$1.50 Blackboards at $1.15
Folding Blackboard and Desk coin-
MagicJLanterns 35 up
Games of All Kinds, for children
or grown-ups.
Doll Pianos and Furniture.
Wagons and Automobiles.
bined, price only
The Store of Prompt Service
Two pleasing features make this store stand out above
all others as Portland's VERY BEST holiday store.
"First., t.hfi ftTrrftllffnfie of the merchandise carried the
absolute dependability of all our goods; and second, the jj
taVp. t.n see that vou are well looked after. '
There are hundreds of extra clerks now, cash girls and
boys, bundle-wrappers, cashiers and wagon-drivers to
see that you don't have to wait a minute longer than
necessary ta receive your goods after you've bought
them. GLOVE AND MERCHANDISE ORDERS
FOR ANY AMOUNT.
MECHANICAL TRAINS With large coaches and 10 feet of 07 OC
track, also two switches; regular $10 values, at the special of Ul IU J
950
CHILDREN'S BLACKBOARDS
Ilardwood frame and metal
board,- when open can be
used for desk: "$1.25 value. .
SAME AS ABOVE Better finish,
$1.50 value; at $1.15
ROCKING HORSES With nat
ural mane and tail; $1Q7 Kfl
value, at low price of, each U I i J U
BUSTER BROWN COASTERS
Cog-wheel propellers and rubber
tired wheels; reg. $5.30 CQ 7C
values, at the special of. Uui I J
CHILD'S ROCKING HORSES
Regular $2.00 values, at 01 AC
the special low price of . . 0 I iTu
And $2.75 values at $2.10
Half
Silk Remnants
If you want to make little fancy things of silk, or want to buy
some one a waist pattern for a Christmas gift, here's a chance
.to purchase the finest qualities for half the regular price. A
la'rge number of them, in every conceivable pattern and color,
and for Wednesday we place every remnaut in the stock on
a large table and mark them all at the JLII.fi O.,-.,
A AULlI A t (VC
great reduction of
Women s $150 Silk Hose ffc--MciiiclercAiefe
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WOMEN'S $1.50 SILK HOSE, 98c.
What a pleasing and tasteful gift a pair of pretty Silk Hose make,
and how few think of them. This special will remind you, though,
and you'll be given credit for both good taste and generosity.
Women's fine quality silk hose, in colors or black, fine as- Q0n
sortment to choose from; regular $1.50 values, at the special. J UU
We've already sold more Handkerchiefs than it seemed possible to dispose
of in any city the size of Portland, but Ave have thousands left; and Ave
keew right on selling them, because we give the best values. .Very good
presents for any one, and you may make the gift cost what you
please. See the nand&ercnier Dootns on nrst ana secona ihn
floors; large assortments to choose from, at the low price. Li
WOMEN'S ROUND GAR
TERS, 19c.
Made of fuffled silk elastic,
trimmed with ribbon bows and
19C
buckles; regular values
up to 50c, special, only
RIBBONS, 19c THE YARD
There are values in this lot up to 45c the
yard; plain colors, Dresdens, and plaid ef
fects. Widths from 1 to 44 inches, Ifln
at the special low price of only lull
PIRROT RUFFS FOR 98c.
One of the newest and most
fetching Xeckwear fads; a
good assortment of colors; reg
ular values up to $2.50, flOn
CJUIj
at the special price of.
SIDE ELASTICS AT 69c.
Women's Silk Side Elastics,'
made up in unusually pleasing
designs, and trimmed with rib
bon bows and neat buckles.
Worth up to $1.25 the PQp
pair, for low price of . . . Dub
GOLF GLOVES AT 39c.
Warm handwear for women or
children. Sell regularly at 65c
and 75c the pair; at the
sp'l price Tuesday, pair.
Silk Petticoats $5.98
Men 's Slippers About Half
"And with only a few exceptions, this offer is good on our entire stock.
Sizes have become somewhat broken, but the values are greater than
There are over 1800 pairs to be sold at the reductions shown in
ever.
this headline, and men of Portland should be well supplied with com
fortable house footwear this Christmas. Don't fear you won't find the
size you need, for if we haven't 'it in one style we have in another.
Every style and color, all but a few styles go today ABOUT Y2 REG.
WOMEN'S SLIPPERS-Tuliette
stvle; red, brown, gray or black
felt; the usual $1.50 grade, 01 Q Q
at onlv, per pair Oliuu
WOMEN'S FELT JULTETTES
j AND SLIPPERS Good QOp
sizes, nne quainy wuu
MEN'S SLIPPERS In imitation
alligator with black or tan patent
backs, usual $1.00 grades, OQn
at only, per pair Dull
CHILDREN'S FELT JULI
ETTES at 75 and 9S
, IllilOiiCU,
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SILK PETTICOATS Best
values in the Northwest, all
wanted shades, nicely, finished.
prime qualitv silk.
Tremendous special.
WOMEN'S AND CHIL
DREN'S FURS We've done
the largest fur business in the
history of this great store this
season. We have been giving,
and still give, the most re
markable fur values in Port
land that's why. What's
nicer for a gift?
WOMEN'S COATS For street wear, in fancy mix
tures or plain colored materials; the very latest
models, the premier coat values of the Q 1 h PC
season. Values to $38.50, at only u IT'.UJ
BATH ROBES AND KIMONOS Special reduc
tions on our entire line of these garments.-
3 HANDKERCHIEFS, 50c.
Fine quality handkerchiefs,
with embroidered initial
not all initials left; regular
values up to 35c each; C fl p
special at, three for.. JUll
Small Thing
for Xmas Gifts
MILITARY HAIR BRUSHES
With foxwood or olivewood backs;
regular $2.00 the set, at 01 DO
the special low price, only U 1 1 0 u
$1.00 Hand Mirrors, special.. 69
$1.50 Perfume Atomizers 9So
Holiday Box Stationery, 01 0ft
reg. $1.50 box, special. . . . O I lUU
$1 Portland SouveiTir Books 50
Smokers' Set, worth $3.00 1.98
Gillette Safety Razors Gifts for
the fellows who shave at home;
complete sets, $5.00 g-jj QJj
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39c- s
3 - S-X
Glove and Handkerchief Boxes
For burning; 25c values, at 1 Cp
the special low price, only..' I Ju
Heart-Shaped Jewel Boxes For
burning, worth 65c each, at..49
Pyrographic Outfits CoiQI Q0
plete; worth $3'sct, at 0 1 1 DO
Burnt Board Shaving Pads
Worth 35c each; special at 25
Goc Fancy Whisk Broom RQn
Holders, only, each Tub
Travelers' Coat Hangers Set of
six in leather bag; worth 01 QQ
$2.00 set, at only, per set 13 1 1 0 J
MIL
LIQNFORKIERAN
Sold
Trust Collateral Bonds
for Two Years.
INVOLVE CATHOLIC SCHOOL
Transactions of Absent Financier
Included Ienl With St. Vin
cent's College of Chicago
and Other Institutions.
NEW YORK. Pec. 21. Testifying before
tlie referee tn the hearing of the bank
ruptcy case of the Fidelity Funding Com
pany today. C. W. Lucas, a Chicago at
torney n-lio acted as counsel for two
years for the Patrick J. Kieran concern,
raid that In that time Kieran Issued and
Fold more than $l,uOO.ON) worth of trust
collateral bonds.
Catholic Institution Involved.
He mentioned St. Vincent's College, a
Catholic Institution In Chicago, as being
Involved to the extent of $150,000 and St.
Joseph's congregation of Milwaukee 20O.
. In such transactions on the part of
Kieran.
Henry S. Strauss, a Wall-street broker,
testified that the missing secretary of the
Fidelity Funding Company employed him
last Spring to place the company's paper,
and he said he handled about SXM.000
worth. Strausa said Kieran used to fur
nish him with a memorandum of the
notes they held, which he would submit
to the bank for Investigation. Then
Kieran would be instructed to take the
bank, such as they approved.
Nominal Asset Large.
Both out-of-town and local ' creditors
were represented at the hearing by a con
siderable array of lawyers. A statement
Introduced gave the liabilities of the com
pany as S3.H1.030 and the assets at 13.579,-
315. showing a deficit of J1.722 ad when
counsel for Chicago's creditors remarked
"that most of the assets were only nom
inal" Referee Olney Interrupted him to
say: "I?t us hope not at least for the
sake of the creditors."
Adjournment was taken to December 28.
ARRANGES INAUGURAL BALL
Despite Abjections, Affair Will Bo
Held in Pension Building.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. The pen
sion office building will likely be the
scene of the inaugural ball despite
some objection. The reasons for the
falling through of the appropriation
for an auditorium, which was to have
been built by private subscription, has
been explained to Congress, and repre
sentations have been made which will
permit of the use of the pension build
ing, as heretofore, and the principal
cause for solicitude upon the part of
the inaugural committee will disap
pear. The subscriptions for the inaugural
fund today reached the grand total
of $70,000, and the committee is con
fident it can raise the full amount of
$100,000 deemed necessary.
SNOWING AT HOOD RIVER
White Mantle Covers Valley, and
Ponds and Sloughs Freeze.
HOOD RIVER. Or., Dec 21. (Special.)
Unless a very radical change takes
place in the weather In the next day or
two. Hood River is assured of a white
Christmas. Six inches of snow fell today,
and it Is still snowing. A low tempera
ture prevails and ponds and still water
along the Columbia River are frozen
over to a depth of several Inches.
Kranels J. Ileney in. Chicago.
CHICAGO, Dec. It Francis J. Heney
arrived here today 91 d after a three"
hour visit resumed his trip to New York.
He said he was feeling no ill effects from
the bullet wound which ho received re
cently tn court.
An electrician In the " Union Paclflc shops
a: Oman t-aa equipped a locomotive with
wtrelem device, wfclch railroad mn aert
will enable train dispatchers and station
scents to signal enslneers between stations.
CUE PLEADS INSANITY
COKEAX ALSO SAYS HE ACTED
IX SELF-DEFEXSE.
Calls Japanese Prince "Great
Devil" Miss Stevens Receives
Message From Emperor.
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 21. Following
the closing of the case for the state
early today in the trial of In Whan
Chang, the Corean who is charged with
the murder of Durham White Stevens,
the American adviser to the Corean Em
peror, the defense began taking testi
mony this afternoon with the expecta
tion that It would have its case completed
by tomorrow night.
Insanity and self-defense will be the
plea made by the defense. This was first
Indicated by the statement of Attorney
Nathan Coghlan and later confirmed by
the testimony of B. J. I?e, a Korean,
who was the constant companion of
Chang for months prior to the shooting
of Stevens. Ie declared it his opinion
that Chang was of unsound mind and
stated that he had repeatedly heard the
defendant refer to Prince Ito of the
Japanese Cabinet as a "great devil," be
lieving that the Marquis headed what be
thought was a conspiracy to oppress his
countrymen.
Miss Kate Stevens, sister of the mur
dered man, has received a message of
sympathy from Yl Hiung, the Corean
Emperor, the message being conveyed to
her by an official of the state depart
ment. Tho writing ia on a square yard
of yellow silk of the kind reserved for
the use of the royal family and Is sealed
with the great private seal of the Em
peror. IlrolvCr lles From Inventor's Bullet.
NEW Y'ORK. Dec. 21. Harry B.
Suydam. the curb broker, who was shot
last Saturday by John C. Lumsden. an
inventor, died in the Hudson-Street
Hospital today. Lumsden is under ar
rest. The shooting, .which was wit
nessed by hundreds ft brokers on the
curb market directly in front of Suy
dam's office, is said to have been an
outgrowth of a dispute over payment
for Btock iu a company which was or
ganized to handle one of Lumsden's
inventions.
Lumsden was remanded to prison
by Coroner Harburg today without bail
to await the inquest December-29.
YOUNG FISH UNPROTECTED
United States Commissioner Bowers
Issues Note of Warning.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 21. "The most
serious condition now confronting the
American fishing industry Is the fail
ure of the states to afford adequate
protection to migratory fishes in state
and Interstate waters."
This is the serious note of warning
sounded by George M. Bowers, United
States Fish Commissioner, in his an
nual report made public today. Mr.
Bowers graphically depicts the great
destruction wrought to certain species
of fish and makes an earnest appeal
for their preservation.
Pointing to the 'history of the New
England salmon fisheries as a warning,
the Commissioner declares that some
of the states seem yet absolutely in
different to the crying needs of fish
eries for species of similar habits,
whose obliteration, he says, is certain
unless radical corrective measures are
taken. Mr. Bowers states that the fish
most In need of consideration are the
shad, the striped bass and the stur
geon on the Atlantic Coast, and the
salmon on the Pacific
Serious concern Is manifested over the
trend and condition of the salmon fishery
of the Columbia River. Mr. Bowers de
clares that "factional and personal con
siderations have been allowed to Inter
fere with the passage of the needed laws,
and the condition remains unrelieved."
The bureau's efforts in artificial propa
gation are negatived by the state's In
difference, and the necessity for Federal
control of the interstate waters in the In
terest of fisheries is thus again forcefully
Illustrated.
Mr. Bowers emphasized anew the ne
cessity for uniform and adequate fish pro
tective laws covering Interstate waters.
He says that the distribution of fish and
eggs in most instances fall far short of
the requirements, and declares it Is Im
perative that this work be rapidly extend
ed to meet special conditions.
The National Good Road Association was
organized by delegates from 3S states In
Nil Ion-) coaventloa at Chicago, November
21, 193,
LfifJH FINALLY DEPARTS
TIRESOME GUEST EXDS FOLK
l'EAK VISIT.
Leaves Pckln in Cold Gray Dawn
Without Ceremony Shorn of
Temporal Power.
PBK.IN. Dec. 21. The Dalai Lama of
Tibet left Pekin this morning for
L'Hassa. His departure marks the ending
of his four years of wandering over
Northern China which began shortly
after the arrival at L'Hassa of a
(British column under the command of
Colonel Sir Francis Younghusband. The
Lama returns via Hohoan Fu, Sian Su
and Sining.
-The ruler of Tibet returns to L'Hassa
shorn of his temporal authority; In the
future he will be. regarded as a mere
ecclesiastic, pledged to support what
ever reforms China desires to carry out
In his country. He wHl notJe permitted
to communicate with the throne, except
through a Chinese Commissioner. .
The Lama left Peking at dawn and
there was a notable absence of cere
mony In connection with his going.
1000 AWAIT STRIKE CALL
Cabdrivers Ready to Join Fellow
Workmen at New York.
NEW YORK, Dec. II. More than 2000
cabdrivers and chaeffeurs employed by
liveries and cab concerns are on strike
today, according to Edwin Gould, secre
tary of the Liberty Dawn Association,
and 1000 more are awaiting the call of
the union to join in the movement. The
employers not yet affected by the strike
order have been given 24 hours to grant
the demands made by-the union. "Unless
the action of the employers 1m favor
able." said Mr. Gould today, "the tieup
of the city's cab service willbe prac
tically complete by tomorrow."
As there were indications early today
that the strike of cabdrivers and taxi
cab chauffeurs would become general, a
coniru,) fnr breaking the strike has al
ready been let. It is said, by the Livery
Stableowners' Association, calling for
1000 strikbrcakers ready to go to work
today If necessary. Up to last night only
two stables were affected, a strike being
declared in these instances to feel the
pulse of the situation, as it were. It was
only recently that the chauffeurs of the
New York Taxirab Company lost a Btrike.
and some surprise Is expressed that they
should be willing to consider another
walkout so soon.
CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS
CANDY CANDY CANDY
We are better prepared than ever to meet the de
mands of a discerning public for the best that goes
in the candy line. Our display of suitable, appropriate
Baskets and Boxes
Is larger than ever and includes everything, from
the small holly box to the burnt leather and hand
painted boxes and imported baskets. A visit to our
store will convince you.
The Cream Store
388-390 Washington Street.