-THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1909
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HULA DEFENSE
IS
LIKE GIBRALTAR
Uncle Sam's Years of Labor
Crowned With Success
in Philippines.
CORREGIDOR IS FASTNESS
Island, Overlooking City, Is Huge
Rock With Precipitous Sides
Rising ro Great Height
From Water.
WASHINGTON". D..C Nov- IS. (Spe
cial.) After the work of several years
and concerning which little news has
been heralded, the United States today
is In a position to defend the city of
Manila against the fleets of the world.
War is believed to be a long- way
off. if ever it does come, but If the
unexpected happens and some foreign
nation attempts to duplicate Admiral
Dewey's feat. It will find that the way
to the repetition of that triumph is
blocked.
Spaniards Might Have Done It.
If the Spaniards of some years ago
had been given' the sense to fortify
properly, the rocky island of Coregi
dor at the entrance to Manila Bay,
Dewey might be rapping for the en
trance yet. Army officers and Naval
officers, too. say that Coregidor is as
strong as Gibraltar. The island is a
huge rock with precipitous sides ris
ing to a great height over tjie water.
Between Coregidor and the roint of
mainland at the mouth of Manila bay
re several small islands on which de
fense work will be built. With these,
as an Army officer has put it. "there
... -i v. nn the certainty
Will PS V ...... J' " -
that no hostile ship ever will go
through to confront Manila with Its
sruns.
Coregidor Can Stand Siege.
Coregidor Is practically ready for
the emplacement of Its guns; the forti
fications will be strongly manned and
It will be provided with sufficient sup
plies to stand a siege of years.
No Japanese were allowed to work
in the construction of the Coregidor
fortifications. At one time some Chin
ese laborers were employed, but soon
an order was issued that shut them out
also.
If an American fleet should meet
with disaster in Eastern waters, Man
ila Bay will prove to be a safe place
of refuge for the vessels that manage
to escape destruction.
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WIFE'S SUICIDE HIDDEN
Clemen son Thus Explains Why He
Disarranged House.
CHICAGO, Nov. 16. "I thought my
wife had committed suicide, and won
dered how I could hide the shame." Dr.
Haldane Clemenson, on trial for the mur
der of his wife, thus testified today.
"About 6 o'clock that morning I awoke,"
he said. "I had a feeling of nausea, and
looked at my wife. I touched her. She
was cold and did not answer. I arose,
rushed to the bathroom and quickly re
turned. I saw a six-ounce bottle on a
chair beside the bed. also a doth."
The witness said be tried to make it
look like a burglar's deed to escape the
disgrace of suicide in the family.
"To this end." he continued, "I scat
tered everything In the house In disorder
and hid some things I wanted to make
believe were stolen."
LONG MUM, HE CONFESSES
Outlaw Startles Court by Pleading
Guilty Wife Collapses.
LAMAR. Col.. Nov. 1. Henry Starr,
a noted author, surprised a courtroom
full of spectators here this afternoon
by pleading guilty of the charge of
having participated In the robbery of
the bank at Amity, Colo., last Spring.
Since his capture some months ago,
Starr insisted he was innocent and that
an attempt was being made to con
vict him on his past record. He said
he had reformed previous to the Amity
robbery. No evidence was heard today.
Starr's wife and baby were in court,
end Mrs. Starr was heartbroken when
her husband pleaded guilty. Starr's
baby was named after ex-President
Roosevelt.
SCAFFOLD FALLS; 3 HURT
Workmen Injured While Demolish
ing Seattle Fair Buildings.
SEATTLE. Wash., Nov. 16. Three
men engaged in demolishing the Monitor
and Merrimac building on the "Pay
treak" at the World's Fair grounds to
day fell 40 feet to the ground from a
scaffolding that collapsed and two of
them were probably fatally Injured.
Thomas Everett's skull was fractured
find he sustained Internal injuries. Fred
ilfTellich's hip was broken and he was
Injured Internally. A. R. Crow's foot
was badly crushed and amputation may
be necessary.
BILLION DOLLAR MERGER
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other $1,000,000,000 merger became a real
ity today with the practical absorption
of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pany by the American Telephone & Tele
graph Company. The Western Union.
' one of the pet properties of the late Jay
Gould, has been in the Gould family for
a generation and it was by the sale of
Gould stock today that the merger was
accomplished.
While the report has been current that
the Mackay companies, controlling the
Postal Telegraph Company, ultimately
will be Included in the plan of reorganiza
tion, no confirmation of this could be ob
tained In New York. Officials of the
Postal were emphatic that the company
would remain independent.
Stocks of the Western Union fell 3
points on the stock exchange on the news
of the passing of control. Official de
nial was given this afternoon of reports
that President Clowry and Assistant Gen
eral Manager Charles J. Barclay would
resign from the Western Union. It was
reported that William H. Baker, formerly
vice-president and general manager of the
Postal Telegraph Company, would be
come general manager of the Western
Union.
President S. N. Vail, of the American
Telephone & Telegraph Company, said to
day: "From the very commencement of the
telephone business, it has been thought
that a close co-operation the' making of
one business the auxilitary to the other
business would . give additional public
service, as well as result in equal econ
omics, both to the public and the com
panies. "There is much to be gained by the
joint construction and maintenance of
plants and v bV its common use to the
greatest possible extent, but the greatest
advantage would follow the placing of
the millions of telephone subscribers in
close and reliable connection with the re
ceiving and dispatching offices of the. tel
egraph companies."
The action on the part of the American
Telephone & Telegraph Company did not
come as a surprise here. The negotia
tions for the purchase of the Western
Union etoek have been in progress sev
eral months. The contracts between the
American Bell Telephone Company apd
the Western Union dated November 1",
1S79. provided for the mutual exchange
of business and co-operation, the. Bell
company to do collecting and delivering
as far as possible over its lines, but
corporation and stockholding distinctions
have prevented any measurable degree of
co-operation. For more than 26 years
there ha been litigation between the tel
ephone company and the Western Union.
ZELAYA IS THREATENED
RKVOlXTldXIST BEFORE GRET
TOW GUARDS RIVER.
Provisional Government Protects
American Interests at Blue
fields Satisfactorily.
BLUEFIEIJDS, Nicaragua. Nov. 16.
(By Wireless via Colon.) The provision
al government is transacting affairs In
an orderly manner and all American In
terests are fully protected. Zelaya's
troops still hold Greytown, but General
Chamorro, with a large force of revolu
tionists, has a well-fortified position on
the beach.
He Is also guarding the San Juan River
to prevent government troops from en
tering the Interior.
Prisoners in the hands of General Cha
morro say that many government soldiers
are sick and that others are losing cour
age on account of an exhausting march
through swamps and Jungles. There are
no signs of the enemy, according to ad
vices received by the Insurgents at Rama,
where a large force of Estrada's men
awaits an attack by land.
GOVERNMENT DENIES DEFEAT
President Davlla Insists Rebels
Were Forced to Retreat.
PUERTO CORTEZ, Honduras, Nov. 10,
via New Orleans, Nov. 16. As many con
flicting accounts of recent engagements
between the revolutionary and govern
ment forces in Nicaragua have been re
ported here, the Associated Press corre
spondent today telegraphed President Da
vlla. of Honduras', for the latest official
news from Nicaragua, and received a re
ply stating that the government of Nic
aragua has scored another triumph over
the revolutionary forces at the Junction
of the river Colorado and the river San
Juan, where General Salvador Toledo, in
a battle that lasted three days, defeated
and dielodged General "Emlliano Cham
orro. Government troops now occupy
Greytown.
It Is probable that General Chamorro
has fallen back to effect a junction with
the army and General Estrada.
It is conceded here that although Gen
eral Estrada will make a desperate strug
gle to regain lost ground, odds against
him are great.
DEFEAT DENIED BT ZEIiAYA,
President of Nicaragua Declares
Rebels In Retreat.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 16. The reported
victory of the Nlcaraguan rebel troops
under General Chamorro at Greytown. Is
denied In dispatches from President
Zelaya to the Nlcaraguan minister here.
President Zelaya's dispatches reported
the rebels In full retreat toward Blue
fields; with the Nlcaraguan second army
corps In pursuit.
ACCUSED GIRL CRIES
COURT PROCEDURE STOPS
WHILE WOMAN WEEPS.
Held for Murder of Her Sweetheart,
Alma Bell Is Moved at Sight
of Bloody Garments.
AUBURN, CalT, Nov. 16. Alma Bell,
accused of the murder of Joseph Armes,
sobbed violently In the courtroom today
when the bloodstained garments of her
dead lover were introduced as evidence,
and Identified by Frank Armes, a brother
of the' dead man.
The grewsome exhibits' moved Mrs.
Mary E. Armes, hte mother, to tears and
for several minutes court procedure
stopped, while the two women sought to
control their emotions.
Assistant Prosecutor George W. Ham
ilton said the prosecution would show
that Alma Bell had deliberately and with
no Justification murdered Joseph Armes.
He told of the events on the night of
Armes' death, when the girl visited the
Armes cabin and begged to be admitted.
Hamilton declared that he would prove
that Alma Bell had vowed many times
to kill Armes If he deserted her and that
for months' she had carried a revolver.
Alma Bell today received many letters
from men and 1 women, some of them
containing money and almost all ex
pressed the hope that she would be acquitted.
BANK ROBBERS STARTLE
Boys Known in Portland Confess to
Theft of $7315.
SAN JOSE, Cal., Nov. 16. A sensation
was caused in the Superior Court here
today when Frank Smith and LeolNevins.
the young men who on August 3 last
robbed the Valley Bank at Santa Clara of
S7315. asked the court to permit them to
withdraw their plea of not guilty and
plead guilty.
The two youths will be sentenced Thurs
day. Both Smith and Nevins formerly lived
here and bore bad reputations. They
hung around the North End during the
early part of last Summer and were well
known to police detectives, who kept
them under close surveillance. What work
they did was about the waterfront. Smith
at one time taking a Job on a towboat.
PREFERENTIAL TRADE DUE
British Business Men Seek New Con
ditions in Trade.
.VICTORIA. B. C, Nov. 16. The steamer
Makura. of the Canadian-Australian line,
which reached this port today from Aus-
TODAY THE CLIMAX OF VALUE GIVING
IS REACHED IN OUR
Great November Cloak Department Sale
Every Garment Is Reduced
Greatest Event of ' the Year
Every Suit, Coat, Cape, Waist, Petticoat, Dress and Skirt is NEW THIS FALL. There is no legerdemain with prices, no
fictitious values placed on garments. Throughout the Department are large placards, with the regular and sale prices clearly and
' distinctly printed. You could act as your own saleslady Were it possible for you to find the garment that you wanted to purchase.
Today Extraordinary Bargains Are Offered, Introducing Some New Suits and
Coats Just Arrived- Also Some Misses' Suits
Here is a group of NEW MODEL SUITS in plain tailored and fancy braid trimmed in HOMESPUNS,
CHEVIOTS AND SERGES. Lined with silk and satin. In' all the popular Fall colors. 1 A Q P
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The suits in this lot are worth easily up to $27.50
ROUGH SERGES and HARD-TWISTED DIAGONALS, worsted and broadcloth suits. Strictly tailor
made. In a variety of the newest models. They are STRIKING EXAMPLES of value- f 1 QA
. giving bargains we are offering in this sale. . Price P Vy
WE INVITE YOUR INSPECTION of these serge, Broadcloth and Cheviot Suits. Fashioned by the
best man-tailors, in a most fetching style. These suits come in an immense assortment of 1 O H
colors. The values run easily to $35.00 ." '. J
Beautiful Chiffon Broadcloth and Novelty suitings, strictly tailormade in a great variety of striking models.
The colors include all the NEW FALL CLOTH EFFECTS and shadow stripes. These fc O Q 7C
suits are beautifully finished and tailored by hand. Values run easily to $45.00 Special 4ZiO. J
NEW HEAVY FALL COATS that go into this sale today. Made of covert cloth, mixtures and Kersey
Cloth. Half and full lined. In semi-fitting and loose models. Plain and braid-trimmed. Val- KQ QO
ues run easily to $25.00 , J.sO
These coats are made in two styles and in serges and Cheviots. Lined throughout in the best grade of
silk and STRICTLY PLAIN TAILORED. They come in tight and semi-fitting modelsT j f j
Special '
This lot of coats consisting of WIDE WALE SERGES AND POPULAR CHEVIOTS. Lined with the
best quality satin. Every garment in this lot is specially tailored. In many newest styles (j Q J
Here are a lot of heavy Winter coats made with a NEW DEEP ROLL COLLAR. Very DEEP CUFFS
inlaid with contrasting colors of Imported Broadcloth. The models the very latest hav- d O Q Q Q
ing just arrived in the store within the past two or three days. They go on sale at )JsJ
Here is a special lot of beautiful KERSEY CAPES. Full 54-inch length with a standing' AQ OC
velvet collar, full sweep, Regular price of each is $15.00 and. in this sale they are marked ps.JJ
NOBBY, JAUNTY MILITARY CAPES. In Navy blue k and Cadet. With standing collar. Trimmed
with military gilt bi;aid and gilt buttons and lined with Cardinal flannel. Special $19,75(T J 2
and $16.15 . ..
A DELAYED SHIPMENT OF MISSES SORORITY SUITS makes our cloak department sale most
attractive today in misses' apparel. Pretty girlish Sorority Suits in two new models. The material is serge.
The upper part is serge with the skirt in combinations of plaid to match. These suits are 4 O A A
very special at $9.89 and 4O.T'iT
We are also offering another lot of beautifully finished, tmely tailored &oronty auns m t i rj ti c
navy and otner coiors. in two muucis wmtu nave jusi anivtu. utnoi v -r
In addition to the above we are showing two new special styles not shown betore tnis season in v-orauroy
and White Serge. These suits certainly are the nobbiest misses suits snown tnis season ft j r g r
The values run easily to $30.00. In this sale they are offered special at $19.85 and Cp I J y J
Warm Winter Knit Underwear
For Women, Misses and Children
Every store sells these things and they all say they have the
best to offer you for the least money. HOW ARE YOU TO
JUDGE? To your eyes most of them look alike or very near
alike and some stores, even in these days, will take advantage of
your unfamiliarity with the qualities of Knit Underwear. The
success of our department is largely due to the fact that we handle
year after year the same standard makes that have for over a
quarter of a century built up their reputation on genuine merit.
Particularly true is this of FOREST MILLS BRAND UNDER
WEAR for which we are Portland agents.
50c Ladies Vests 3 2
and 4 Pants, each -
$1.25
Ladies' heavy fleeced vests
and pants, Regular Winter
weight, ecru color only.
Ladies Fine A H -Ribbed
Vests T C
Ladies' fine fleeced ribbed
vests. In ecru, white or natural.
Well-made and form-fitting.
85c Ladies Fleeced CQ
Union Suits . . . .
Ladies' fleeced Union Suits.
Long sleeves, ankle length,
form-fitting, white and ecru.
Ladies' Extra Fine QC
Union Suits ....
Ladies' extra fine Union suits,
fleeced lined, ecru only, form
fitting. Ladies' Merino (J 1 A A
Vests and Tights P I .UJ
Ladies' Forest Mills Brand
fine merino vests and tights.
Half wool, medium weight.
Ladies' Heavy d 1 O CL
Merino Vests P ' t-'
Ladies Forest Mills Brand,
heavy merino vests and tights,
half wool, Winter weight. .
Ladies Silk and
Wool Underwear
Ladies' Forest Mills Brand,
fine silk and wool vests' and
tights. Medium weight.
Heavy Cotton
Union 'Suits
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$1.25
Forest Mills Union Suits,
heavy cotton, well-shaped,
splendid fitting.
Merino Union
Suits at
:n.$i.95
Forest Mills medium weight
merino Union Suits, half wool.
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Ladies merino
Union Suits
Forest Mills Union Suits,
Winter weight, 54 wool.
Silk and Wool
Union Suits
Forest Mills Silk and wool
union suits, good . medium
weight and most comfortable
garment worn.
Misses' and Chil
dren's Sweaters.
Sale of Misses' and Children's
wool sweaters, colors are gray,
red and white.
$2.25
$3.00
$1.47
Fur Turbans
By express we received a
shipment of FUR TUR
BANS. These go on sale
TODAY AT $4.95
It means a saving of sev
eral dollars to you.
As there are values in the
lot that run as high as $7.50
and $8.00. Leaving price
out of the question, these
hats form a highly credit
able millinery display, de
picting nobbiest and most
pleasing shapes that have
been brought out this Fall.
A big display in our millin
ery department.
Hats at $2.95
We have taken all our
$4.95 and $3.95 trimmed
hats and marked them at one
price for Wednesday, $2.95.
Among them are examples
of the very best shape's and
styles that have proven the
best sellers this season.
Warm Flannelette Nightgowns
THAT SHOULD HAVE A HOOK
IN EVERY WOMAN'S CLOSET
Ladies' Fancy stripe and plain white fleeced flannelette gowns
with and without yoke in Japanese styles. Braid Trimmed.
, $1.25 Value Special 89c
Ladies' extra quality fleeced flannelette gowns in plain white
or fancy stripes. Fancy braid trimmings. Tailored finished, cir
cular, square yoke and Japanese styles.
Values to $ 1 .50 and $ 1 .75, Special $ 1 .39
Fancy ripple eiderdown bath and lounging robes. Heavy cord,
tassel girdle. Red, blue, gray, cadet and lavender.
. Regular $4.00, Special $2.98
Ready-Made Sheets-Buy N ow
In the face of a steady advance in cotton goods we offer today
great values in fine-quality sheets, hemmed and ready for use.
These sheets are made of a superior quality that washes very
easily. '
2 yards wide by 2"2 yards long 69c
2'A yards wide by 2 12 yards long 75c
212 yards wide by 22 yards long 80c
. 2 ' yards wide by 2"2 yards long 48c
Pillow Cases 45x36 inch, 3-inch hem 1 5c
Pillow Cases 45x38"2 inch, 3-inch hem 1 6c
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Brass Piercing--A New Art
Each day finds new recruits to METALOG
RAPHY, the new art work on brass. Any woman
with a taste for artistic work and even a little clever
ness with her fingers, will sooner or later be inter
ested in this new work. "Embossing and etching on
brass, the most fascinating, pastime and yet simple
enough for the children to do. Lamp shades, candle
shades, picture frames, trays and hundreds of other
useful articles of. all sorts can be handsomely orna
mented by this process. An immense, display in our
art department.
tralla. brought among her passengers Sir
Albert Spicer, chairman of the recent
congress of Chambers of Commerce of the
British empire held at Sydney and three
British and three Canadian delegates.
The congress passed a resolution favor
ing preferential trade within the empire.
Sir Albert said he was a free-trader, hold
lnc that the country which produced large
quantities of foodstuffs could not plait
with protection. Protection, however, had
a very strong hold on Australia.
In a fire on board the steamer Surrey,
at Melbourne. Boatswain Christiansen and
Seaman Nellson were suffocated. The
chief officer and second engineer, heading
the rescuers, succeeded in rescuing the
two men but were themselves overcome
and dragged out unconscious.
BLACKMAILER IS SANE NOW
I Physician Declares Mrs. Read In
sane at Time of Attack.
DENVER, Nov. 16. After a searching
cross-examination by District Attorney
Eliot, Dr. O. Butterfield, personal
physician of Mrs. Alien Read, on
trial for attempting to extort
money from Mrs. Genevieve Chandler
Phipps, stated today that, In his
opinion, Mrs. Head was Insane at the
time of her attack upon Mrs. Phipps,
but that she is sane now.
Dr. Butterfield tdid of a visit to Mrs.
Read In jail Immediately after her ar
rest, when she told him she had Just
killed a man with six motherless chil
dren whom she would have to support.
He also described the ravings of the
woman when the drug was denied her.
Chandler Phipps, the testimony of physi
cians regarding the sanity of the defend
ant occupied much of today's session. The
efforts of the prosecution to force the
defense to put- Mrs. Read on the stand
have proved unsuccessful.
Woman's Sanity Is In Question.
DENVER. Nov. 16. In the trial of Mrs.
Allen F. Read, charged with attempting
to extort money from Mrs. Genevieve
CHINESE CONSUL ANGERED
Order to Identify All Celestials En
forced in Beilingham.
BELI,INGHAM, Wash., Nov. 16. (Spe
cial.) Vigorous protest against the new
method used by the United States immi
gration inspectors in registering China
men and checking up their papers was
made today by Goon Dip. Chinese Consul
at Seattle, who was here on an official
visit. The inspectors have recently been
ordered by the chief of the district to
identify positively and carefully every
Chinaman by his papers.
Dip 6ays this system works a needless
hardship on the Chinamen, and that the
immigration officials ought to confine
their efTorts to watching the border. He
also complains that Chinamen are han
dled with useless brutality by .the In
spectors. The inspectors declare that
the order from their chief and their obe
dience are necessary to keep a check on
the Chinese.
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