THE MORNING OKEGONIAX, SATURDAY. JANUARY 16, 1909.
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AlIMuslinwearReduc'd
Gowns.... 69c. 85c, $1.10, $1.45 to $ 14.40
Chemise 49c, 59c, 85c, $1.10 to $11.25
Combination Chemises 85c, $1.10 to $9.35
Combination Drawers and Corset
Covers $1.10, $1.45. $1.65 to $7.65
Drawers..25c, 29c, 59c. 85c, $1.10 to $10.20
Corset Covers...29c, 59c, 85c, $1.10 to $6.80
Skirts. . . .85c, $1.10, $1.39, $1.98 to $36.00
Skirts. values to $1.65 for $1.10
Skirt. values to $2.25 for $1.39
Cambric Skirts, values to $5, at $2.98
Cambric Skirts, values to $3, at $2.29
Drtwin, values to 40c at 29c fair
Drawer, values to 85c at 59c Pair
Cambric Drawers, values to $1.25, at. .85d
Cambric Drawers, values to $1.65, at $1.10
$1.75 Nainsook Corset Covers at $1.10
$1.25 Naimook Corset Cover at 85c
85c Nainsook & Cambric Corset Covers 59
40c Cambric Corset Covers, clearance 29
90c Cambric Gowns at Only 69c
$1.65 Gowni.TiriQui styles, $1.10
Women's Tailormade Suits, Vais. to $30 at $11.75
Embroidery Sale
Values to 1 Yard, 15c
Another large assortment of Swiss, Nain
sook and Cambric Edges, Insertions and
Flounces, y2 to 7 inches wide, has been
added to our special embroidery now on
sale. Values to $1.00 yard, January -i j
Clearance Sale AOC
$1.50 Dressing Sacques and I'imonos. .98
Men's Wool Cashmere Hose, seamless
Values to 35c pair, Clearance Sale 19c
Men's $1-51.25 Merino Underwear 89
Men's $1.50 Madras or Percale Shirts $1.15
75c Women's Winter Underwear at 47c
85c Women's Winter Underwear at 53c
Dress Goods, $l-2 Yard, 59c
4000 yards of odd lots and broken lines of fine, All-Wool
Tailor Suitings, Dress Goods, etc., in medium and heavy
weights; cloakings, plaids and novelties; regularly
sold for $1.00 to $2.00 yard; January Clearance j-q
Sale price OiC
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Absolutely the best suit values of the year the best styles and the best
materials and we don't expect them to last long today; materials chev
ron, broadcloth; tweed, rajah, panamas, French serge; fc1 1
satin and silk lined ; values to $30, for Clearance sale pH.fO
$20 Coats Now $7.9
These coats are this season's favorite styles, but they come in odd sizes
and only one or two of a kind ; made of cravenette, rubberized silk, broad
cloth and fancy mixtures; some satin-lined. Values to $20. 7 QQ
Clearance sale V ' 'UO
$10 Skirts Now $3.95
Women's Fine Gored 'and Pleated Skirts of panama serge, cheviot and
fancy mixtures, all colors, trimmed with bands at bottom; to QC
S10 values pJ7J
7.50SilkPettic,ts$3.
The fine taffeta silk in these petticoats would of itself cost you
more at retail than the Clearance price of these beautiful, rustling
silk skirts. They come in black and nearly all colors. The
flounces are neatly and attractively made. In every way these
are very good petticoats and we have sold them previ- jo y
ously at $7.50 pJ0 I
$5 Net Waists $2.38
These Beautiful Ecru Net Waists come in the latest mid-Winter
styles, with the fashionable new long sleeves, trimmed elaborate
ly with rich Cluny lace; real beauties; one of our oq
greatest Clearance Sale bargains, at JaSi.JO
M $1.50 Waists at 69c
Smart Tailor-made Waists of white poplin, made with long
VfiSSsLliSs sleeves and wide pleated front; the most fashionable Q
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All Women's Suits, Coats, Waists, Skirts, Furs and Petticoats
reduced All Children's Outerwear reduced All Millin
ery reduced Dress Goods and Silks reduced All Jewelry re
duced AH Pyrography reduced Wash Goods and Lin
ens reduced Goods reduced in every department of the Store
All Pictures Reduced
Framed Pictures, values to $1.00. at. ..36
Framed Pictures, values to $1.50, at. .52
Pictures, Values to $2.00 at 67c
Picturas, Values to $3.00 at 95
Framed Pictures, values to $5, at.. $1.47
500 Framed Pictures, odd lots. . .Half Price
All Frames Reduced
Every style of oval, square and oblong
picture frames, in all designs, finishes and
colors, at remarkable prices
Frames, Values to $6.00 at $2.98
Frames, Values up to 75c at 29c
Picture Frames, values to $1, at 59
Picture Frames, values to $2, at S1.15
Frames, Values to $2.50 at $1.60
1000 odd PictureFrames.Half Price
$1.75 Full-Size Bedspreads $1.35
Full-size Bedspreads, in Marseilles pat
terns, square corners, with hemmed ends.
15c White India Linons, 11c Yard
30-inch White India Linon; this fabric is
known by everyone for its soft finish and
excellent quality.
f Lace Sale. Values Up to 1
$2.25 Yard for 69c
A great special Lace event that includes
values up to $2.25 a yard. All the known,
as well as novelty effects, in black, white
and colors; Edgings, Insertions, AHovers,
Medallions, Galoons, etc.; all widths from
3 to 45 inches. Also silk spot and (lQn
ring dot net, 45-inch DUC
$1.50 One-Clasp Cape Gloves at only.. 98
Clearance of Odd Lots of Jewelry
Rejular Values to $2.50 for 48c
$1.75-$3.50 Women's Neckwear for. .$1.49
75c Crepe and Chiffon Veiling, yard.. 43
Children's Colored Cloth and Bearskin
Coats, ages 2 to 6 years, HALF PRICE
Spring '09 Cheney's Foulards
The first showing in Portland of the new Cheney
Foulards for Spring, 1909. All the pretty, exclusive de
signs that will be worn this Spring and Summer. On
sale this morning at
CLEARANCE SALE PRICES
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SALARY INCREASE
CAUSES DEBATE
Many Senators Oppose Higher
Pay for President, Vice
President and Speaker.
SEPARATE BILL PROPOSED
Jlorah Starts Debate With Tolnt of
Order Many Objections to Ex
tensive Increase Judges'
Salaries Are Involved.
WASHINGTON'. Jan. 15. An amend
ment In the legislative, executive and
Judicial appropriation bill Increasing the
alary of the President to IHH of
the. Vice-President an Speaker of the
House of Representatives to 30.000 -with
toOOO additional allowance for carriages
nd coachmen for the Vice-President and
Fpeaker. and increases for the Judiciary
aggregating JT2S.500. precipitated a lively
discussion In the Senate today.
Borah, of Idaho, made a point of order
gainst these Increases on the ground
that they Involved general legislation
which, according; to the rules of the Sen
ate, cannot be placed on an appropria
tion bill in face of a single objection.
The debate centered upon the first of
the amendments objected to, which was
to Increase the salary of the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, and
various criticisms were called forth
gainst such extensive advance of sal
aries, although many Senators, without
opposing; some Increase. Insisted that It
should be considered in a separata bill
and not In one of the. great supply
m-asumt of the Government.
Consideration of the amendments was
postponed until next Monday.
When later in the day the salary ques
tion was reverted to. KIttredge and Hale
took opposite views of the parliamentary
status of the amendments.
Clay spke against the proposed In
crease, which he said aggregated HO4.400.
Culberson said that he proposed at the
proper time to offer an amendment mak
ing; the Speaker- salary I1S.0UO.
Comparing the offices of Vice-President
and speaker of the House. Fulton insisted
that the Vice-President, being elected
by the people and occupying the highest
office except that of President, should
have a higher salary than the Speaker.
Borah, speaking on the amendment,
raid he was opposed to the Increase of
these salaries and declared that. In spite
of what had been done In the past, the
deficit of the Government makes such
Increases of more consequence than here
tofore they have been.
Borah's point of order was still tinder
discussion when the Senate adjourned.
OBJECT TO REGISTERING SHIP
Shipbuilders Ask Congress Xot to
rasa Marine Bill.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. Strong oppo
sition Is expected against the enactment
of a bill grantlrrg an American register
for the Pacific Coastwise trade to the
barkentlne Andromeda, which is before
the House committee on merchant marine.
Representatives of the Cramps and the
New Tork Shipbuilding Company and the
Atlanta Carriers' Association appeared be
fore the committee to argue against the
hill. The Andromeda was built In Nor
way and was wrecked near Honolulu.
The wreck was bought at public auction
at San Francisco by an American and re
paired at an American shipyard. The bill
provides that the coastwise trade of the
Pacific should be open to this vessel and
an American register provided If It is
shown that the repairs were made at an
expense exceeding three times the amount
of the price paid for the wreck. If the
bill is reported favorably and passed It Is
contended that a precedent will have been
established and that numerous similar re
quests will be made. Those opposing the
bill contend that American registers
should be granted only to American built
vessels.
RATTLE DRY BONES
Conference on Navy Depart
ment Reform Opens.
PIT MARINES BACK OX SHIPS
Honse Committee Favors Giving
Roosevelt Another Rebuff.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. By unani
mous vote the House committee on
naval affairs today agreed to recom
mend placing the marines back on the
hips In the Navy, contrary to the
action of the President. This action
was taken at a meeting- after the tak
ing of testimony for several days.
Rear-Admiral Robley n. Evans was
the last witness heard. He approved of
the recent order of the Pr.sident re
moving; the marines from the ships and
urged their organization into battal
ions, but still to be a part of the Navy.
CAN MLLKY RETAIN HIS SEAT
House Warmly Debates Question of
Dual Office-Holding.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. Private bills
had their Inning In the House of Repre
sentatives today, almost the whole ses
sion being given up to their considera
tion. Many were passed.
Under a resolution offered by Gaines
(Tenn.) the Judiciary committee was di
rected to report within ten days upon
the question of the right of George L.
Lilley. Governor of Connecticut, to re
tain hid seat as a member of the House.
The subject occasioned a good deal of
debate, which at times waxed warm.
National Grading of Grains.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. The Senate
committee on agriculture today auth
orized a favorable report of the JIc
Cumber bill providing for the inspection
and grading of grains. Under this bill.
National inspection and grading of
grains la provided for and the Depart
ment of Agriculture Is authorized to fix
definite grades. In addition to the pres
ent laboratories, others are to be estab
lished at Seattle. Tacoma and San Fran
cisco and other points.
MAY ABOLISH . BUREAUS
Criticism of Armchair Admirals
Brings Together 31en of Wide
Experience Newberry's
Action Approved.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. Another con
ference on the management of naval mat
ters by the Navy Department, which may
result in the reorganization of the sys
tem at present in vogue in that depart
ment, was held today. Criticism of the
present bureau system has resulted in
the bringing .together today of ten men
of wide experience in Navy Department
matters. Those in attendance at tha
meeting In the offices of the Secretary
of the Navy are: Supreme Court Justice
William H. Moody and Paul Morton, of
New York. ex-Secretaries of the Navy;
United States Judge A. F. Dayton, of
West Virginia, ex-chairman of the House
committee on naval affairs: Herbert L.
Satterlee, the present Assistant Secre
tary of the Navy; Rear-Admiral Robley
D. Evans, retired, ex-commander-ln-chief
of the Atlantic fleet; Rear-Admiral Al
fred T. Mahan, retired; Rear-Admiral
Stephen B. Luce, retired, both on special
duty at the Naval War College, Newport.
R. I.; Rear-Admiral William M. Felger,
retired. ex-Naval Chief of Ordnance;
Rear-Admiral W. S. Cowles. Chief of the
Bureau of Equipment, and Commander
William M. Fullam. of the naval train
ing station at Newport, R. I., who will
act as recorder. Paul Morton presided.
Mr. Newberry announced later that the
conference had approved the plans ha
already had put into effect, which In
clude the enlargement of the general
board, so as to make it representative of
all branches of the service and designa
tion of the Chief of the Bureau of Con
struction as acting Chief of the Bureau
of Steam Engineering with the possibility
of a merger of these bureaus.
DEWEY SUPPORTS PRESIDENT
Says 5000 Marines Could Have Pre
vented Philippine Rebellion.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. Admiral
Dewey, president of the General Board
of the Navy, has sent to Secretary New
berry a letter In which he cordially ap
proves the withdrawal of the marines
from the ships of the Navy recently or
dered by the President. He says it Is
the policy of the Department to employ
these men as an Integral part of the
Navy, and war plans are worked out
accordingly, but when embarked they
will be on ships and especially fitted to
carrry expeditionary forces and ad
vanced! base material.
If there had been 6000 marines under
his command at Manila Bay, the Ad
miral says, the city would have surren
dered and there would have been no insurrection.
ARBITRATION TREATY SIGNED
Secretary Root Completes Mutual
Agreement With Austro-Hungary.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 13. With the sign
ing of an arbitration treaty between the
United States and Austro-Hungary, at
the State Department this afternoon, con
ventions of that character with more than
M nations of the world have been agreed
to. The treaty now goes to the Senate for
ratification.
NO TRAINS RUNNirJG
Overland Traffic on Central
Pacific Stops. w
GERMAN SHIP FIRED UPON
Siberian Customs Vessel Bombards
Freighter AVith British Guns. '
KONA.KREY. French Guinea. West
Africa, Jan. 15. News has Just been re
ceived here that the Liberian customs
gunboat Lark has bombarded a German
steamer of the Woerman Line off the
coast of Liberia. The reason for this
action Is not given. . A German guard
ship from Kamerum has sailed for Li
beria. The Woerman Line runs steamers from
Hamburg around Africa.
LONDON. Jan. 16. The Liberian cus
toms gunboat Lark, reported today as
having fired on a German steamer off the
coast of Liberia, is 740 tons, and was for
merly a yacht of Lord Rothschild's. She
was purchased by the Liberian govern
ment in September of last year with the
object of stopping ships coming into ports
that are not open to the trade of the
world. The six guns on bnard the Lark
are a gift of the British government. Her
commander is Captain Bungtr, a member
of t: British naval reserve.
ATTACKS EMPLOYER'S WIFE
German Farm Hand Wanted by Ore
gon City Police for 'Assault.
OREGON CITY, Or., Jan. 15. SpeciaI.)
The authorities have been unable to
apprehend Otto Miller, who Is wanted on
a charge of assault with a dangerous
weapon. Miller has been employed for the
last six weeks by David Scheff, a farmer,
of Redland. and last night .while Mr.
Scheff was away from home. Miller
brutally assaulted Mrs. Scheff with a
stick of wood, inflicting scalp wounds on
her head. The woman was unconscious
for more than an hour, and her assailant
fled.
When she regained her senses, Mrs.
Scheff telephoned a neighbor who came
to her assistance. It is believed that
Miller boarded a car for Portland, after
a walk of five miles. On the way to
Oregon City he met Scheff and asked his
employer for some money, which was
refused. Miller is probably slightly de
mented. He is a German, about 50 years
of age.
Horseshoera of Saxony must pass a pub
lic examination before they are properly
qualified.
Save money at Rosenthal's shoe sale. j
GOULD LINE BRIDGE GONE
Gravel-Train Falls With It Into
American River and Engineer
Drowns River-Dams Burst
and Flood Threatens.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15. Beyond
the destruction of the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company's bridges at Sacra
mento and the Western Pacific crossing
near there, the damage resulting from
the great rain storm which has deluged
the central part of California for the
last week Is slight. The danger is not
over, however, if the rain continues,
though apparently the storm is ceas
ing. So far, very little of the grain land
in the Sacramento and San Joaquin Val
leys has been inundated, and the crest
of the flood has passed several of the
most dangerous points.
The principal danger is also at Sac
ramento and Stockton, where an im
mense spread of farming land will be
under water If the levees give away.
Tonight's reports from those points are
reassuring.
Train Goes With Bridge.
At Southern Pacific headquarters here
it is reported that four overland trains
are stalled across the American River
from Sacramento, owing to the loss of
the bridge yesterday.
The Western Pacific bridge over the
American River at Sacramento went
out last night so suddenly that the
engine and six cars of a gravel train
were carried down with it, and the
engineer lost his life.
Two Power-Dams Burst.
At the offices of the Southern Pa
cific Company, In this city. It is stated
that the big dam of the Oroville Power
& Wfcer Company In Fall River Valley
and the dam of the Stanley Power &
Water Company, in the same region,
have both given way and released a
great quantity of water, which is
threatening the town of Oroville.
Crest of Flood Passes.
The high water at Bakersfield, in
Kern County, reached Its crest during
the night, and Is subsiding. Although
portions of Vlsalia and Porterville were
flooded, there was no loss of life, and
the property loss was not large.
Many families In Porterville were
carried from their homes in boats or
on rafts. One woman, who was 111 in
bed, was rescued before the water had
reached her home. Considerable dam
age was done In Fresno by the flood
ing of basements.
The Santa Clara Valley suffered prac
tically no damage, and the rain has
been of great benefit to fruitgrowers
and farmers.
Melting Snow Swells Flood.
Heavy rains have fallen in the valley,
a precipitation of 15.20 Inches having
been recorded in the last four days.
The melting of snow In the mountains
has been one of the chief causes of the
rise in the rivers of the state, warm
weather having prevailed for several
days.
EIGHT TRAINS ARE STAILED
Blocked by Wreck or Bridge, Snow
and landslides.
RENO. Nev.. Jan. 15. Eight overland
passenger trains are blocked between
here and Sacramento. Nos. 6 and 10,
eastbound. are at Sacramento, and Nos.
2 and 4, eastbound, are at Yuba Pass:
Nos. 23 and 3, westbound, are held at
Trucklee, while Nos. 1 and 6, westbound,
are on the way from Sparks to Truckee
and will be laid up there.
The railroad company has a full force
of men at work on the obstructions, but
is not making much headway, since the
rain is still falling and with renewed
force. Railroad officials here confirm the
report It will be at least three days be
fore transcontinental trains will be
running from the West.
The only trains coming Into Reno are
those from the East. Branch roads north
to Oregon and south on the Virginia &
Truckee roads are blocked by bad wash
outs. The storm still continues.
In addition to the washing out of 160
feet of the Southern Pacific bridge over
the American River, there is a snowslide
between utoa. Pass and the summit In
the Sierras; a land and snowslido at
Yuba Pass, in addition to 150 feet of
snowsheds in the mountains which fell
In.
NO TRAINS WEST OF OGDEN
Southern Pacific Diverts Trafrio
Southward During Floods.
OGDEN. Utah, Jan. 15. For the first
time In the history of the Southern
Pacific, through passenger trains are
not running west from Ogden, but are
being diverted at this point and sent
south and west over the Oregon Short
Line and San Pedro line to Mojave,
Southern California, and thence north
to San Francisco. The washout to the
west has caused the Southern Pacific
to issue orders that trains arriving this
afternoon shall be sent out by the cir
cuitous route via Salt Lake and the
first trains to be affected are Nos. 9
and 1, the westbound fast mail and
the overland limited.
CHINOOK THAWS OUT BUTTE
Railroad Service Expected to Be
Normal in Another Day.
BUTTH, Mont., Jan. 15. Exceptionally
warm weather for this season in Butte
was experienced today, a Chinook wind
from the West causing a heavy thaw of
snow. Warmer weather is predicted for
tonight and tomorrow. The breaking of
the cold snap is rapidly removing the
difficulties of railroad operation in Mon
tana and the service is expected to be
about normal within the next 24 hours.
ONE IN 50 PASSES
First Panel of Calhoun Tales
men Exhausted.
TIGHT REIN ON LAWYERS
Court Orders Them to Get Down to
Business and Threatens Jail to
First Who Shows Tenden
cy to Start Wrangling.
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 15. Three
Jurors, any or all of whom may yet suc
cumb to peremptory challenge, have
been selected to try the case of Patrick
Calhoun, tho streetcar magnate charged
with bribery of municipal officials, and
to achieve this result a panel of 150 citi
zens was thoroughly sifted during a
period of four days ending this after
noon, when court was adjourned until
next Tuesday morning.
The process of examination was accel
erated today and the attorneys managed
to dispose of 20 talesmen within the four
hours that court devoted to this case.
Two or three of this number were not
on the assessment roll and the others,
with the exception of the single Juror
temporarily passed, expressed opinions
that rendered them objectionable to one
side or the other.
In order to save time Judge William
P. Lawlor. who is presiding over the
trial, today directed the attorneys to
proceed directly to those portions of the
examination which tend to disclose bias
or prejudice, and to this order was at
tributed the fact that the panel was
exhausted before the usual hour of ad
journment arrived. An early rebuke by
the court and a threat of punishment
for contempt checked the first tendency
toward acrimonious dispute manifested
by the attorneys this mdrnlng and dur
ing the remainder of the day there was
an absence of verbal encounters.
The Fight Is On
Every moment of your life when
you are at home or abroad,
awake or asleep
Between the poison germs that are In air,
food and water, everywhere in fact,
and the billions of your invisible friends,
the little soldier-corpuscles in your blood.
If these little soldiers are kept strong
and healthy by taking Hood's gana
parilla, you need have no fear of dis
ease. Begin using it at once if you are
at all under the weather, or have
troubles of the blood, stomach, liver
and kidneys. Get it of your druggist.