TIIE MORXIXG OREGOXTAX, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1910. f : Coat and Suit Sale Every Garment in Store Is Reduced N 4V i mi ifelt wiiwplw Afo Groceries jvt CUT". VwAJ I iL No Bakery AvEfrfQ J LH Bj HIICCTI flVjDj jlfg VI No Restaurant Every Suit Is Reduced Every Coat Is Reduced Every Petticoat Reduced Every Sweater Reduced Every Waist Is Reduced C. B. Corsets MERCHANDISE OF MERIT ONLY W. B. Corsets ALL CHILDREN'S COATS ARE REDUCED ALL MISSES' COATS ARE REDUCED ALL TAILORED SUITS ARE REDUCED Every Dress Is Reduced Every Costume Reduced Every Cape Is Reduced Every Skirt Is Reduced Opera Coats Reduced OIL TRUST WINS 0UEI1U T Circuit Court Jurist Plays Havic With $30,000,000 Bill of Charges. DECISION SWEEP.S WIDELY I'rtlrrul Jutlsr Kulcfl So U lenient and Not Individual Shipment Constitutes OfTen Indict ment Sriorn of Magnitude. v; I JACKSOV. Tnn, Nor. 15. The In dirtmect of the United Stales against the Standard Oil Company of Indiana on the so-called Grand Junction conces sion charge, by which It Is sought to 1st tttMd penalties, aggregating f1O.0S4.0O0. tonight stands shorn of Its magnitude. The prosecution met reverses In a ruling of Judge John MrCall In the Inlted States Circuit Court today as to a point of law. which. In one sweep, dwarfed the monetary feature of the Issue by exactly !:.134.0i0 and In gen eral played havoc with the bill of charges as set up by the Government. Settlement Constitutes Offense. It was the ruling of Judge McCall that within the meaning of the Klkins anti-rebate law a settlement and not an Individual shipment constitutes an of fense. In the Indictment as returned, it is charged that the Indiana corpora lion committed 1524 offenses, basing each of tbe counts on a shipment from the company's refinery at Whiting. Ind, to points In the Southeast through urand Junction. Tenn. Evidence shows only 4S settlements, all by monthly transactions, between the Standard Oil Company and the carriers named In the bill within the years cov ered. 19I Jo 16. Hence, should the de fendant company be found guilty on all chirces now frtandlcc. the maximum penalty possible to be assessed will be -0.WX For each offense the statute provides $.'.10 may be taxed. The min imum is liOCU. Of secondary importance, only In fhat a nr.al ruling was not made. Judge 11c t'all also held tentatively that dam shown In the lr.l!nment should conform to the proef tendered. Ruling Most Unexpected. The ruling, came unexpectedly. A huge ase o" documentary evidence was ha::'ed into the courtroom early in the morning and the Erst session was de votd to a iom'WhHl Ineffectual effort to have ihera Identified and proved by s-Tfral witnesses. Just before noon ;'ii!rts-l-ln-ch!'f for the defendant atart- thtrts by informally Indicating that defense probably would admit that lJ-cct rate, declared illegal by the rosecutlon. was paid by the Indiana oil r cern. formal admission to this effect was Ithheid. however, and adjournment taken to permit a conference be tween counsel, looking to an agree-i-nt to this effect. At the opening of the afternoon ses sion this waj not forthcoming and In the absence of several tariff sheets it sired by the Government. Jurors and; witnesses were excused until tomor row. Th trial along the restricted lines will be resumed tomorrow. The prose cution, it is announced, will now en deavor to show the much-debated 13- cent rate from Whiting. Ind.. to Grand Junction "for points beyond" illegal; that even should this rate Itself je legal, another rate, a higher commodity tariff applying from Kvansvtlle. point along the line traversed, would maaa ine JJ-cent rate Illegal. NAVY STUDIES AIRSHIPS Flljrlit Jrom Deck of Steamer Opens Xcw Field of Possibilities. WASHINGTON". Nov. IS. The next step which the United States N'avv will take In Its study of airships, to deter mine tneir utility for war. will be to test re possibility of an aerial craft landing on a warship. This was Indi cated by Xavy officials today who are convinced as a result of Aviator Ely's flight from the Birmingham that the airsnip win play an Important part 1n the naval warfare of the future. Of ficers of the Navy generally believe ita principal usefulness to a fleet win be lor scout duty. me question of landing an airship , i-ii vessel nas had many difficulties. oine experts believe a net could be siretcned to recelvo the airship and protect It from turrets and other oh. stacles. while others believe It will be necessary to equip the machines with pontoons so that fney may descend In me water beside the warship. DR. HILL'S REPORT SECRET Portland PostoffU-e Site Recommen dation Iteaches We.ihlngton. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington. isov. 16. The Secretary of Treasury today received the report of ur. nni on postorrice sites in Port land, but no action has been taken. ; Reports of this character are confl- , dentlal. and It is not known what site urn nas recommended. As no appropriation has been made to ) m " r-omana tnere Is no nurry about announcing the selection. It will be necessary to secure an an- proprlatlon for rnla and other Dublin building sites at the coming session of congress. BABIES LOCKED UP, BURN Father Iteturns to Kind lire Has Hcstroyed Ills Home. BUTTE. ilonL. Not. It. Special.) Caleb Bates, of Dayton. Wyo, Just across the Montana line, locked his two sons, aged two and four. In his house to prevent their running away when he went to work, and when he returned. It was to find home destroyed, one boy burned to a crisp and the other so badly injured that he will die. Bates' wife had died two months ago, and since then he bad to look after the children. The boys had played with matches on a bed. STRIKE VOTE BEING TAKEN Engineers Sustain Officers In Sus pending Negotiations. GAUESBURO. in, Nov. IBThe gen eral grievance committee of the Chicago. Burlington Qulncy Railroad engineers, at the meeting In Omaha yesterdar. unanimously sustained their mnH m- cers for suspending negotiations with the general managers or the Western roads, and the strike vote la now being taken on the system. IDAHO LEGISLATURE IS REPUBLICANS Except for Losing Governor ship, Party Is Successful in State. COMPROMISE IS LIKELY Leaders of Iiotli Tartles Will Prob ably Get Ttijtetlier When Import ant legislation Comes .'p for Consideration. BOISE. Idaho. Nov. 15. (Special.) Although the Republican party of this state lost its candidate for Governor. James II. Brady. In the recent elec tion, it still holds control of both branches of the Legislature, the House and the Senate having a combined strength of 51 In both to the Demo crats 31. divided as follows: Senate 14 Republicans and 9 Democrats; House 37 Republicans and 22 Demo crats. It Is claimed by Republican leaders that a two-thirds majority In both houses for the passage of a constitu tional prohibition amendment can be secured. Tbe House majority on this amendment is safe to the Republicans. While a two-thirds, vote on strictly party lines Is not possible in the Sen ate, three of the Democratic Senators are known to be "dry" and may vote for tbe amendment with the Republi cans, thus assuring tne two-tniras vote. Compromise Is Sought. That a deal Is now on towards se curing a compromise for important legislation la known. The Democratic tnembers are pledged to the passage of the initiative and referendum and the fight for the reform measure will be made by W. L. Hornibrook, presi dent of the Idaho Direct Legislation league, who will be a member of the upper house. It is claimed the Re publican members will offer to com promise with the Democrats to pass the initiative and referendum if the Democrats will lend their support to the constitutional prohibition amend ment. In this manner Idaho may be given both measures or amendments. It Is very probable that the leaders of both wings of the Senate will be se lected from among the old members. For the Republicans, Shawhan, of Canyon, and Haight, of Cassia, are strongly mentioned. For the Demo crats, either Senators Kern, of Sho shone, or Freehafer. of Washington, will unquestionably be selected. Sweclser Is President. The re-election of Lieutenant-Gover nor 1. tu bweetser. Republican, as sures the Senate of the fact he will be President of that body at the next ses sion, as he was two years ago. The personnel of the new Senate as shown by the election returns Is as follows: Republicans J. E. Yates. Ada: C. St. Clair. Bingham; George T. Coates, Blaine: W. R. Williams. Boise; C. F. Page. Bonner; A. U Fowler. Custer: W. S. Lee. Elmore: J. L. Kckert. Idaho; F. W. Gooding. Lincoln; E. W. Whltcomb. Lemhi; B. P. Shawhan, Canyon; Thom as Preston, Oneida: II. C. Haight, Cas sia; C. IL Potts. Kootenai. Democrats George Fisher. Bannock; C W. I'oole. Fremont: Perry W. Mitch ell. Nex Perce; W. L. Hornibrook. Twin Falls; E. M. Pugmire. Bear Lake; Je rome J. Day, Latah; A. G. Kerns. Sho shone; A. L. Freehafer, Washington; John Connor. Owyhee. LIVING HIGH; STRIKE ON Los Angeles Aquedtiet Work Halted When S00 Laborers Quit. IX5S ANGELES. Cal.. Nov. 13. About 500 union miners and muckers employed upon, the tunnels of the big Los An geles 250-mile aqueduct, have struck for an Increase In wages to cover an advance in the price of meals c'narged to the men. The men are members of the Western Federation of Miners, and they have the backing of that organ ization. The price of meals was re cently raised by the eating-house con tractors f'or.i 23 to 30 cents. Tiie miners are now being paid a minimum wage of $3 and the muckers a minimum wage of $2.50. Both class es receive a daily bonus amounting to, in Individual cases, from 50 cents to J2. which brings the daily wage to a scale ranging from $3 to $5 for miners, and $3 to $4.50 for muckers. All of the' union men on the tunnels are now out. although a number of non union men are still employed. The aqueduct, which Is to cost about $28. 000.000. Is being built by fiie municipality. COAL SUIT IS WAR ECHO Fuel Refused by Russian Cruiser Is Cause of Litigation. SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 15. An echo of the Russo-Japanese War was heard In the Superior Court here today, when suit was entered to establish posses sion of a cargo of coal consigned to the Russian cruiser Lena, which took refugo In this port when hostilities were on In the Far East. The cruiser was dismantled and com pelled to remain here until tbe Ports mouth treaty was signed. The captain of the warship refused to accept the consignment on the ground that such acceptance would be a violation of the neutrality laws. The coal was sold on the market lately and suit has been brought for the Increase in price which would have been obtained if the coal had been de llvered to the cruiser. NEGRO SAFE BEHIND BARS Asbury Park Murder Suspert Nerv ous Wreck After Experience. FREEHOLD. N. J.. Nov. 15 Williams, the negro suspect in the Marie Smith murder case, was brought from Asbury Park today in an automobile and placed In the County Jail here. The Journey was made without Interruption. "Thank God. that's all over; I sure thought they would get me," Williams exclaimed as the doors of tbe Jail closed behind him. The man Is a nervous wreck. PORTLAND IN FIRST RANK Grain Exports Lead All Cities in United States. OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash ington, Nov. 15 By making extraordi narily Heavy snjpmcnis ui wneac OUT- j lng October, Portland regained her po- J sltlon as the leading wheat exporting , city of the United States, as shown by I statistics of the Depsrtment of Com- I tnerce and Labor made public today. During 10 months ended with Octo ber SI Portland exported . 2,682.484 bushels of wheat more than was shipped by any other customs district. In the same period Puget Sound ranked a close second with 2.665.222 bushels. During October Portland's wheat ex ports totaled 1.173.240 bushels more than the aggregate of Puget Sound, New York and Philadelphia. It was this enormous shipment that lifted Portland Into first place. In that month Puget Sound exported 703,341 bushels. Fugitive Wife-Slayer Is Suicide. CINCINNATI. Nov. 15. By commit- r t- i ! 1 1 V You and Hill If James J. Hill has enough faith In Portland and Portland GROWTH to decide to expend from seven to nineteen millions of dollars In railroad building right around the City of Portland, as his representatives have Just announced will be done YOU ought to feel no hesitancy about investing in Portland real estate, which the Hiil railroads will help to Increase in value. because of its exceptionally high character and the completeness of its Improvements and ITS NEAR NESS TO THE CITY'S BUSINESS CKNTER, will realize a greater and more rapid INCREASE In VALUE than any other section of Portland. For these reasons Laurelhurst is selling fast. YOU must see Laurelhurst. MESSRS. MEAD MURPHY, Salea Agents. LAURELHURST CO, U2-6 Corbett Bldg. Your Liver is Clogged up That's Way Tw'n Tu-ew Oct of Sort Have No Apacbte. CARTER'S LITTLE,, LIVER PILLS will pot yon n in a few day. They do their daty, Can Ceastisa. : U. leasees. Migeitioa, aad aidt neaaatac. SHAU Mil. SMALL DOSE. SU FRICl Genuine anatbeu Signature ght JQRTER5 ting suicide at Chlllicothe, O., Edward Glazier, who shot and killed his wife at a birthday party in Lockland, a sub urb of Cincinnati, Thursday night, ended a futile search in half a dozen villages of this county: Haw Land to Be Made Orchard. HUSUM, Wash., Nov. 15. Special.) The highest price for undeveloped school land in Klickitat County waa paid by Albert Verstice, of Portland, last week, when he purchased a 40-acra tract located three miles below Husum, along the White Salmon River, for $101 an acre., Verstice will begin the de velopment of an orchard at once, " TO WOMEN who appreciate values and know a good bargain, this gale will prove beyond all doubt that we sell a higher grade of merchandise at lower prices than any credit store that asks higher prices for a lower grade of merchandise. High-Grade Merchandise at Popular Prices Cor. Fifth And Alder Exceptional Great Sale of "lass Dresses In Exclusive Models These dresses are all this season's newest models, from the best makers in New York, and you will find in the assortment dresses for any and every occasion. All sizes for misses and women. The materials are vel vets, silk chiffons, messalines, crepes, "serges, combinations of velvets and messalines, and messalines and plaid silks and taffetas. REG. $45.00 VAL. ?24.75 REG. $40.00 VAL. $22.50 REG. $35.00 VAL. $19.75 REG. $30.00 VAL. $17.45 REG. $27.50 VAL. $14.95 REG. $25.00 VAL. $12.45 See Window Display Confirming This Ad. Reduced Rates to Los Angeles $10.35 SECOND CLASS $21.50, $23.50, $26.50 FIRST CLASS To San Francisco $5.00, $10.00, $12.00, $15.00 ALL. RATES I.VCLl'DE MEALS AND BERTH. NEW S. S." BEAR" Sails 4 P. M. Friday, Nov. 18 SAN FRANCISCO & PORTLAND S. S. CO. H. G. Smith. C. T. A., 142 Third St. Phones i Mala 03 A 1402. J. W. Ransom, A sent, Alnawarth Dvclc Phouesi Main. 28 A 1334.