THE MORNING OREGOXIAN, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1908.
Free Gift Sale "Nemo" Corsets, Rip-Proof Hose Supporters Free With Nos. 318, 320 Self-Reducing Models Agents Butterick Patterns
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Tomorrow in the Big Second Floor Cloak Store continuation of the great Midwinter Sale of Women's Ready-to-Wear
Apparel of every description New up-to-date garments at prices the lowest ever quoted on apparel of equal style and quality
Tailored suits in all stylesTmaterials and prices Handsome and fashionable coats, costumes, opera coats, walking skirts',
silk petticoats, waistsTbath robes, kimonos and furs Bargains of the greatest importance to every woman having garment
needs'to supply A cordial invitationls extended holiday "visitors from out ot town to share in these remarkable offerings
1 2 5 Fancy Costumes
$45 Values
$ 1 9.85
A sensational half-price sale of women's fancy dresses in
silks, satins, broadcloths, panama cloths, albatross and
fancy wool materials made in Princess and Empire styles
trimmed with Val lace yokes and fancy tucked net sleeves
and yokes Others trimmed with heavy cluny lace, also
round lace yokes finished with narrow braid trimming and
tucked bands of self material The skirts are full flare and
sheath effect A splendid assortment of styles, colors
and combinations Costumes suitable for evening and
afternoon wear Values in the lot up 1 Q O tf
to $45.00 each, your choice at each Sr I OJ
Great special reductions on all our finest evening wraps
and costumes Paris and New York models Exclusive dress apparel
for all occasions marked at surprisingly low prices On Second Floor
$28.00 Raincoats for $9.65 Each
$35.00 Raincoats at $14.45 Each
Two special lots of silk, satin and alpaca rubberized raincoats; long, loose, semi-fitting
ami Empire effects, in black, navy, gray, blue, -wine, brown, tan, green and large variety
of stripes, checks and plaids; all sizes; entire stock divided into two lots, as follows:
Regular values to $28.00, for, ea., S9.65 Regular values to $35.00, for, ea,, $14.45
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$ 1 6.50 Suits for $ 8.65 Great Clean-up Sale Women's Coats
$16.50 Values for $ 7.85 $30.00 Values for $16.95
S22.50 SuitS for SI 2.45 for $12.85 $40:00 Values for $22.65
r A great clean-up sale of women's Coats in three-fourths and full lengths;
4 m m f w n's season's most fashionable outer gannents, at prices below actual
3 f 21 1 VOfl 1C I sOL f manufacturing cost. Semi, tight and loose-fitting coats, also Empire
9U A QlAVl V VI UUItJy styles; serges, cheviots, coverts, broadcloths, worsteds and tweeds; back,
: " navy, brown, wine, Edison blue, and fancy mixtures in grays, tans,
' lsC 1 s f. browns and navy. All are this season's garments handsomely tailored
& J t X uliOi vd & J J 9 throughout and perfect-fitting; four immense lots, every one guaranteed
: the best values for the money ever offered. Here's your opportunity to
$k f.T A A tf buy a new outer" garment at a very low price. On sale on Second Floor.
40TailoredSuitS$22.45 $35.00 Long Covert Coats $26.25
$ 81l OTff IIIT C Si 7 CM timely offering of 100 long tan Covert Coats in Empire effect; the new-
Jf- JL GliUl V?J jmi3 j9 mat & est popular garment of the season; splendid style coats; button trimmed;
" ' a practical and serviceable garment, well made and fin- OOI OC
Great sale of women's and misses' Tailored Suits at marvelously ished; all sizes; $3.5.00 value, on sale at this low price, eaclP""
low prices. They are this season's handsomest garments in all .? fT o e f IV T XMT " a. .. e
the latest fashions and materials, marked at figures that are of the alC Ol vpO.DU flCW WaiStS at Jpj.J
greatest importance to economical buyers. Both fancy and strictly .
tailored styles. The fancy coats are made in Empire, Directoire In the Waist Department, a grand special offering of 500 "Waists in silk
and vest effects and trimmed with satin, braid and buttons. Plain and -wool batiste; tailor-made styles, in plain colorings, checks, stripes,
coats are tailor-stitched; medium and long length coats. Skirts plaids and polka dots. Light and dark colorings. All new, pretty tail
plain gore with flare or trimmed with folds; broadcloths, cheviots ored waists in grand assortment just the waists you want for shopping
and serge; navy, black, catawba, taupe, wistaria, green and brown,, and morning wear; all sizes. An advantageous purchase enables us to
also a large assortment of fancy stripes and mixtures. All sizes, offer values up to $8.50 each at this exceptionally low price by far the
A grand assortment to select from. Eight immense lots. Extraor- best bargain of its kind you have shared in this season; in 10 ACt
dinary values at these low prices. Don't fail to see them 2d floor, the Waist Department, on the Second Floor; choice, each. .PJ'"ti9
$40 Opera Coats at $ 1 9.85
$25 Fancy Dresses $ 1 2.85
Sale extraordinary of Women's Opera
and Evening Coats in broadcloth,
satin and chiffon broadcloth All new
up-to-date evening wraps, made in
full, loose back effect or Mandarin
cape style white, black, light blue,
green, garnet, taupe, catawba and
apricot and trimmed with flat silk
braid, satin, velvet or gold soutache
braid A splendid assortment to select
from Evening apparel sold regularly
at $40.00 a garment Your choice
of this special lot
at the low price
f( $ 1 9.85
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Great Sale of Women's Fancy Dresses
in broadcloths, satins and albatross
Made in Princess and Empire effect,
trimmed with lace yokes and fancy
tucked net sleeves of full length The
skirts are full flare and sheath effect
A very pleasing assortment to select
from-Costumes regularly at $25.00 each Your choice while
they last at this wonderfullyowprice each rf Q C
Our Cloak Department is on the SecondFloor p 1 Oj
Regular $40 Fur Coats $29.50
Regular $35 Pony Coats $22.50
Special lot of women's Astrachan Fur Coats, made with high storm collar and
large revere; close fitting; black satin lined; well made and fin- tOQ Ef
ished. Regular $40 coats on sale at this exceptionally low price
Women's 24-inch black Russian I'ony Coats, double-breasted style; low collar;
finished with braid and fancy buttons; best Skinner's satin lining; dQO CZ(
all new this season's garments; best $35.00 values. On sale at, ea.. HOw
Our entire stock of Furs on sale at greatly reduced prices. Call and inspect them.
$7.50WalkingSkirts $3.55
$8.50 Walking Skirts $4.85
LOT 1 Women's Walking Skirts, in striped Panamas and tweeds, cut in plain flare
effects, with bias, folds and button-trimmed; navy blue, brown, gray
and fancy mixtures; regular $7.50 values, on sale at this low price, ea. .P'
LOT 2 Women's high-grade Walking Skirts in worsteds and herringbone serge;
navy blue, black and brown only; cut in plain flare style with bias folds around
the bottom; also row of buttons on each side, giving sheath effect; QC
regular $8.50 and $9.00 values, on sale at this special low price, each. T"OiJ
BOXES WERE FIXED
Executive Board to Investi
gate Fire Alarm Test.
MAYOR IS VERY ANGRY
6-ays Apparently All Officials Pres
ent at TceU of Star and Gamcwell
Boxes AVcre "Jobbed" and
Censures City Klectrician.
That the Executive Board intends to
probe another branch of the ?ire De
partment is evident Irora a report that
was submitted to the committee on tiro
at its regular meeting yesterday after
noon by P. E. Sullivan, one of the mem
bers. It was in regard to the tests of
the Gamewell and Star alarm boxes, held
lasl October at the City Hall. The re
port is very plain, implying that fraud
was perpetrated, ar.d as City L3eetrlcian
bavarian was present at the tests It
seems that the Mayor and members of
th committee seek to charge him with
gross ignorance or complicity. An investi
gation was asked by the officials of the
Star Electric Company, who alleged that
they were, absolutely buncoed, with the
Mayor, members of the fire eomnilttee,
tire Chief Campbell and City Electrician
bavarian at the tests.
At tho.ot'ficiiil teMs, when the Mayor
and all tliei ethers' were present, the
Star boxes did not work at all with the
Oamewells. but "irterfered," and George
E. Morley, representative of the Star
Company, after examining the apparatus
and making a test to satisfy his curios
ity, declared to thoso assembled that the
Gamewell box was "hxed.,,
The Mayor and members of the com
mittee weie difcatished with tiie action
of the Star box .ls. ud later, when the
bios were opened, it was found that the
Gamewell Company was the lowest bid
der, anyway, and to It was awarded
the contract. However, the Star officials
were an.iy ar.d humili:itl. and declared
they had been "jobbed." They demanded
an unofficial test, which was conducted
at the City Hall Saturday, October 17,
at which Mayor Lane. P. E. Sullivan,
City Electrician bavarian and George E.
!o" ie were present. Mr. Morley, acting
for the company, set off both GMinewell
and Star boxes simultaneously, and both
worked perfectly, there being no "Inter
ference." He then turned a certain
small screw in the Gamewell box. ac-.
I cording to the report, again set both
boxes in motion and they acted Just as
they did on the offirial test refused to
work together. Mr. Morley said that this
demonstrated beyond doubt that he was
right when he said he was "Jobbed rignt
In the presence of all the officials named
at the first tests.
Mayor Lane and the members of the
Are committee were greatly Humiliated,
and resented the matter strongly, accord
ing to the report. They were placed in
the position of being innocent parties to
an apparent job. And now mat an or
flcial report has been made to the Ex
ecutive Board, it is said "hat a run in
vestigation may be made, even though
it ia late in the day. At any rate, the
facts are to be made known to the Ex
ecutlve Board and to the public, and
copv of tiie report by Mr. .Sullivan will
be forwarded at once to the Star Electric
Company, so that that company may be
fortified with proof in future that its
boxes did not have a fair test in Port
land.
It is said Mayor Lane and the mem
bers of the committee hold Electricisn
bavarian responsible, contending that he
Is either guilty of gross ignorance of
electrical apparatus or that he is culpa
ble.
"There Is nothing true in the statement
of Mr. Morley that his company did not
have fair treatment in Portland." de
clared Electrician Savarian. "If the
Gamewell box was 'fixed' I was as much
deceived as the Mayor and the members
of the committee. In the unofficial test
the Gamewell representative was- absent,
and Mr. Morley adjusted the tests to
suit himself, doing just as he pleased.
In the first test his boxes failed to make
good, and I consider they will not work
with the others."
DECISION TO APPLY TO ALL
Judge AVoIverton Consolidates Cases
Against O. & C.
Judge Charles E. Wolverton. presiding
over the United States Circuit .Court,
vesterdav. morning, upon motion of at
torneys acting for C7 complainants, who
are seeking to force the Oregon & Cali
fornia Railway Company to sell for J2.50
an acre, lands granted to the company
something like 40 years ago. consolidated
the cases with the suit against the rail
way company brought by the Govern
ment. This means that when the case
is tried the decision in one case will go
as the decision in all of the cases.
In addition to entering this order, the
pplication of HO new intervenors to en
ter the case was granted, bringing the
total of home-seekers who are after the
railroad' company up to about 4000. The
suit of the Government is being looked
after by B. D. Townsend. special assist
ant to the Attorney-General, and United
States Attorney John McCourt. The suit
s brought to cancel the grant given the
railroad company because ' it has not
lived up to the terms of the grant, in that
it had refused to sell the lands and has
actually withdrawn thera from the
market.
ELEVEN FIRMS JOIN
Chamber, of Commerce Holds
Interesting Meeting.
BULL RUN FOR VESSELS
Move Begun- to Have Good AVater
Furnished Boats at the Docks.
Protest ' Against Increased
Lumber Rates Is Ordered.
The Portland Chamber of Com
merce held a meeting at 11 o'clock
yesterday forenoon and admitted 11
new members, as follows: M. H. Hou
ser. Dean Land & Improvement Com
pany; Hassalo Engineering Company;
J. S. Hamilton Lumber Company; the
Josiah C. Moore Company; B. S. Cook
& Co.: Graham Motor-Car Company;
Portland Lime & Lumber Company;
May-Holland Company; A. C. McDon
ald, and the Northwestern Long-Dis-tance
Telephone Company.
It was ordered that the officers take
such steps as seem proper to under
take to get the Water Committee of
the City of Portland to have water
pipes so laid at the principal docks
that Bull Run water shall be sup
plied to ships for their water supply
instead of Willamette River water. It
is .thought there could be no better
advertisement for the city, besides
taking into consideration the health
of the sailors.
It was also ordered that a resolution
prepared by the Humboldt Chamber
of Commerce asking Congress to make
the appropriation recommended by the
Board of Engineers for Improving the
depth of water at the entrance of
Hubmoldt Bay be indorsed and for
warded as requested.
The municipal affairs committee of
the Chamber of Commerce made a re
port regarding the condition of affairs
at the city crematory. The-committee
has gone into the matter very careful
ly. This report was read at the meet
ing of the trustees, was unanimously
indorsed, and the committee directed
to take such steps as would be neces
sary to bring about their recommen
dation in regard to the handling of
garbage.
The reonest or the American consul-
General, Charles Denby, of Shanghai,
China. that Portland present the
American company of the Volunteer
Corps with an Oregon state flag, was
read and It was ordered that proper
stepe be taken to comply with the re
quest. This American company is
l body of 60 American citizens resident
in Shanghai, constituting the unit in
the Shanghai Volunteer Corps, a mili
tary organization got together for the
protection of the foreign settlement.
In response to a letter from the sec
retary of the Associated Chambers of
Commerce of the Pacific Coast th
trustees unanimously protested against
the reduction or removal of the pres
ent duty on lumber. The Associated
Chambers of Commerce is an organl
zation of the Chambers of Commerce
of all the Coast cities, and when there
is no dissenting voice their recommen
dation of any proposition is sent to all
the proper officials and Congressmen
in Washington as representing Coast
sentiment of commercial organizations.
The question of the amendment to
the present compulsory pilotage act
was taken up at this meeting and each
one of the trustees was asked to be
sure and be present at a meeting to be
held Monday evening at the Commer
clal Club, with the delegation to thi
State Legislature. The amendment to
the present law was prepared by the
rivers and harbors navigation com
mittee, of which Mr. Flanders is chair
man, and this amendment or . some
similar one is positively necessary, it
is said, in order to reap the full value
of the additional powers that have
been given to the Port of Portland to
handle the towage from the mouth of
the Columbia River to Portland.' At
the same meeting with the delegation
the subject of amendments to the in
surance laws and other matters of
general interest will be taken up and
disposed of.
Spend Your Vacation at Paso Robles
If complete rest and the most perfect
conditions imaginable for Nature cure
are what you need, spend your holidays
at Paso Robles Hot Springs, California.
A week or two. or even a few days
there, will accomplish more in the way
of restored energy than a much longer
period and more expensive treatment
elsewhere, because good old Mother
Nature is nurse and physician.
Paso Robles is taking the same rank
in America and enjoying the same fame
for wonderful cures that Carlsbad and
Baden Baden do in Europe. The hotel
Is a marvel of comfort and luxury, and
the bathhouse built by the city, free to
all, is said to be one of the best in the
world. It is a stubborn ailment and a
hopeless condition of physical, break
down that the mineral waters and hot
mud baths of Paso Robles will not heal
in a short time.
Call on City Ticket Agent Stinger.
Third and Washington streets, for de
scriptive booklets of Paso Robles, and
he will also tell you all about rates.
Only One "BKOMO QUININE"
That 1 LAXATIVE BKOMO QUININE. Look
for tne signature ot 3. W. GROVE. Used the
worm over to cure a Cold in One Day. 21c.
Olvmpla Beer. "ir the water. Brew
ery's own bottling. Phoneu Main 671,
Fitted suit cases. Harris Trunk Co.
ROADS WILL HELP
Hill Lines to Issue Million
Festival Ads.
GIVE OUT DETAILS OF PLAN
does not include the advertisements
which will be placed in the daily news
papers, the weekly publications and the
magazines.
"This will mean the reaching of no
fewer than 15.000.000 readers between now
and the time the Festival will open.
Summarized, the special advertising
which the Hill lines in the Northwes
will give the big show isas follows:
No. oer No. of
Classification. Month. Months. Total
Buffet and cafe bills.. 1.000 6 6.000
Letterheads 8.000 6 48.0H0
Bills of fare lfi.OOO 90.000
Folders S0.000 6 480. 000
Schedules 60,000 8 aiio.000
Folders, Schedules, Menu Cards and
Letterheads Will Cull Attention
to Big Celebration to Be
Held Here Next June.
Nine hundred and eighty-four thousand
pieces of literature, advertising the third
annual Rose Festival to be held the
week of June 7-12, 1909, will be distributed
by the affiliated H1U lines. Most of it
will be sent out by the Northern Pa
cific under the direction of Assistant
General Passenger Agent A. D. Charl
ton. This volume of exploitation, embrac
ing as it does almost 1.000,000 pieces of
literature, is the largest single bulk of
advertising that has ever been gotten
out in the Northwest by any railroad.
The manner in which this "boosting'
will be taken care of is explained in a
letter from Mr. Charlton to President
Ralph W. Hoyt, of the Rose Festival
Association, which was received lajt
night.
In this letter, which has the personal
indorsement of President Howard Elliott,
Mr. Charlton says:
In this connection (referring to the
general publicity campaign of the Fes
tival) and in line with our conversation.
the Northern Pacific will give full pub
licity all over the United States, Canada
and Europe, covering the Rose Festival
in 1909. The Rose Festival dates will
be shown on all of our passenger de
partment letter-heads. These include
outside agencies and will amount to
8000 a month from now until the open
ing of the Festival. An ad of the Port
land Rose Festival will be carried on all
bills of fare on the dining-cars of the
system, which will mean a total of 15,
000 a month. In addition to this there
will be mention in conspicuous place of
the Festival on all of our buffet and
cafe bills of fare, of which about 1000
a month are issued. All folders ar.d
schedules will carry an ad of the Fes
tival, and this will mean something like
50,000 folders each month and 60,000 sche
dules each month fronr now until the
(Jpening of the great celebration. This
Total 984.000
In addition to this the Hill lines carry
advertising in something like 500 daily
newspapers with a combined daily cir
culation of close to 15.000.000. These wil
all carry mention of the Festival. Among
the magazines the total circulation
reached by the Northern Pacific in this
class of publicity Is very close to 5,-
000.000. All will advertise the Festival.
For this reason, the mas'nitude of the
scope of publicity which will be accorded
Portland's great exposition next June
may be understood. It is to be ex
ploited in connection with the A.-Y.-P.
Exposition at Seattle and It Is figured
that every person who is attracted to
the one celebration will patronize the
other.
EXCURSION.
The Spokane. Portland & Seattle Rail
way, "The North Bank Road, has
authorized the sale of round trip tickets
at a very low rate during the holidays.
The tickets are sold on basis of one and
one-third of tne one-way fare for the
round trip. Sale dates are December 23,
24, 25 and 31 and January 1.
The return limit Is January 4, 1909, suf
ficient to give patrons along the line of
the North Bank Road an opportunity to
visit Summer homes and families over
the holidays.
Concession Is made between all points
200 miles or less apart.
For tickets and parlor car reservations
call at city ticket offices. Third and Mor
rison streets, and 122 Third street.
Trains leave Portland, Eleventh and
Hoyt-street station. Take "S" car.
Sues Husband for Maintenance.
The afternoon session of Judge Ice
land's court was devoted to a hearing
of the case of Luella C. Parrish against
Edward E. Parrish, for maintenance. Mr.
Parrish is a farmer of Linn County. Mrs.
Parrish has resided in Portland for the
past four years. Testimony of witnesses
was presented for the purpose of show
ing that Mrs. Parrish was responsible
for the separation and therefore not en
titled to support. The case will be re
sumed at 9:30 tomorrow morning.
Elegant stock of fitted bags and
'suit cases at Harris Trunk Co. Note
window display.
Webfoot Oil Blacking keeps feet dry.
Makes shoes last. All dealers.
ONE
is
Young Wife of B. F. Germain
Sees Husband Handcuffed.
FEARS FOR HIS SAFETY
When Taken to Court Corridors Are
Cleared of Angry Women and
Girls Who Are Said to Have
Sworn Vengeance.
This Christmas Day is one of tears
and sorrow instead of gladness for at
least one woman in Portland. And the
Christmas Eve was especially cruel to
her, for it was yesterday afternoon that,
even before her eyes, her husband of
only a year, Benjamin Franklin Germain,
charged with defrauding scores of per
sons, chiefly women, was manacled and
removed to a cell in the County Jail,
awaiting a hearing in Justice Olson's
court next Tuesday.
Since the arrest of her husband Tues
day. Mrs. Germain has visited the Jail
daily, remaining there as long as she
was permitted. I esterday she went to
the jail shortly after noon, for it had
been announced that Germain would lie
given a hearing In the Justice Court at
1:30 o'clock. And when the officers
came they handcuffed him. She watched
the ordeal with tearful eyes, but braving
the stares of a curious crowd, she
walked bravely at his side through the
streets from the Jail to the Justice
Court.
The halls and corridors about the
courtroom were packed with crowds of
women and men who said they had suf
fered as a result of Germain's opera
tions. They threatened violence and by
orders of Deputy Constable Klernan the
hallways were cleared as the prisoner
emerged from the courtroom to be re
turned to the jail. His wife also accom
panied the prisoner on his return trip.
The woman declares that she had no
Idea that he wa3 an ex-oonvict when she
married him a year ago. She is said to
be almost penniless, though she was at
tired in the costliest and most rasnionabie
clothing, and on her fingers were a group
of glittering jewels.
Detectives and other officers wno nave
been endeavoring to learn Germain's rec-
ird. declare that he served time In San
Quentin prison for swindling operations
n California, lie nimseu says ne was
sentenced for bigamy.