1911.
Our New Spring and Summer Catalogue Is Now Ready-100 Pages of Intensely Interesting News of 191 1 Merchandise-Send for it
$25 for Best Name Submitted for Our New Sanitary Felt Mattress Leave Answer in FurnitureDept. Ask at Office for Particulars
$8.00 Gold Filled Glasses at $4.98
FIRST FLOOR, NEW BCTLDIXG. ORDER BY MAIL.
VISIT our big new Optical Department and see the
splendid assortment of Mountings, Lenses, etc.
Our expert will test your eyes, and, when necessary,
fit you with suitable glasses at prices less than those
charged elsewhere. We do our own grinding of lenses.
Today we offer the new "Albex" Gold-filled Mountings, fitted
with toric lenses and selling regularly at $8. Spe- rf A QQ
ciai priced for this sale at the exceptional low figure itO
Restaurant Under New Management
Try Our35c Breakfast
MR. L. G. FLETCHER, direct from the Alexandria
and Hollenbeek Hotels, of Los Angeles, has as
sumed charge of our beautiful seventh floor Restaurant
and Tea Room.
Anion? the many pleasing innovations he has introduced Ls the
new table d'hote 35c Breakfast, served from 8 to 11 A. 31. Ex
cellent service and fine menu. Tlan to breakfast here today.
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Samp!
FIRST FLOOR, MAIN BUILDING.
Over 1000
all that a irreat Philadelphia mill had
ORDER BY MAIL.
r NE of the biggest windfalls that's come the way of our Drapery Store in many a day!
V Sample Portieres not in pairs, but only one of a ana
on hand- Buy them todav at sensationally low prices.
Plain and figured Repp with fringe and border, jrercerized Tapestries, Velours and neb. double-texture Silk Por
tieres. Sold only by the strip, but many can be matched up into pairs. Today sale prices represent but a fraction of the
original value.
Sample Strips of Portieres,
worth $4.50 a pair, at each
Sample Strips of Portieres,
worth $8 to $10 pair, at each
$1.39
$2.68
Sample Strips of Portieres,
worth $15 to $17.50 pair, each
Sample Strips of Portieres,
worth $20 to $25 pair, at each
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New Go -Carts, Perambulators
FIFTH FLOOR. XEW BlILDIXG. ORDER BY MAIL.
GO-CARTS and Perambulators m a wide
array of new 1911 styles now shown for first
time. See the reversible handle, which may be
changed from the front to the rear of the car
an absolutely new this-year's-feature, also a score
of other practical new devices.
No greater assortments on the Pacific Coast
than those shown in our big fifth floor. Be sure
to see them today.
English Baby Carriages, leather lined with re
versible and removable Hood. All newest at
tachments. Priced from $30 to $55. ,
Collapsible Go-Carts, with all the 1911 improve
ment. Blue, carmine or green. Priced from
$5.50 to $20.
Entire Stock of $ 1 to $ 1.75 Fancy
Pillow Tops, Today 50c Each
THIRD FLOOR. MAIX Bl'ILDIXG. ORDER BY MAIL.'
ABOUT time to lay in a supply of fancy work for the long Summer
hours at the beach and Summer resorts.
Here's a rousing special on our entire stock of $1 to $1.75 tinted and
stamped Pillow Tops and Backs, fancy crash and linen Centers and
Scarfs. Beautiful floral, conventional and groyna designs in a wide
range of prettv patterns. Oblong, square and round effects. fr
Best regular $1 to $1.73 grades, specially priced for today at OUC
White Wool Blankets $3.67
ORDER BY MAIL.
THIRD FLOOR, MAIX BLILDIXG.
BLANKETS are always a good in
vestment in the Oregon climate
they may be used the whole year
around. This price-reduction of almost
yx on White Wool Blankets in force all
week,. Full size, with pretty aQ C7
borders. Best $4.50 Blankets
$8 California Wool Blankets, large size
with dainty pink and blue borders.
Special this week $0.50.
$2.50 "Emmerich" Pillows. Besula-
tiou size, covered with fancy art tick
ing. Sanitary and health-giving. Filled with new, white
feathers. Special, each, $1.89.
Our Willamette Sewing Machine
m 4T w A A V IT P V
$2.00 at Purchase, 5i.uu a weeK
YOU cannot make a mistake
when you buy the "Willam- ,
ette" Sewing Machine. They
are made according to our specifica
tions and embody all the good features jMf,
of the most tamous Macnines on xue c-
market. We do not employ agents and Ja
... i. tt 11 T-i -J. If
can uitueiuie scu. )uu mc mauiiiu
the price it costs us, plus our usual low .- &0
r.Ar oojit nf nvn-Pir TTipv are backed bv
JJA VJ V Vi. A-v-fc.. " - J -
n 4-n iTz-.o-t. mmrantoo rif n.Vtsnlll't.n Sfi.t.lK- . A
faction. We sell them on easy terms of $2 at purchase and $1
a week until price is paid, and ask no interest.
Willamette Model 104, shown in picture, priced at $26.50.
Specials for This Week Only
in Fine Watch Repairing
FIRST FLOOR, XKW Bl'ILDIXG.
ORDER BY MAIL.
OUR Watch Repairing Shop is equipped to give
excellent service at the lowest possible prices.
Every hit of work done backed by the Meier & Frank Store's
guarantee of satisfaction or your njpney back. Prices in force
all week.
Watch Crystals, special 12
Main Springs, special at 69
Watch Cleaning, special 9S
Above prices apply on all grades of watches.
On the Easement Bargain Square
50c Metal ana Wood
Framed Pictures 25c
Great variety of popu
lar subjects in pretty
wood and metal frames.
Daintily colored Reprints,
Carbonettes and Facsim
iles of famous studies.
Regularly 50c,
special, each onlyOC
25c and 35c Fine Mesh
Veilings, Special 15c
Five thousand yards of
fine Mesh Veilings in
pretty magpie, dotted and
plain meshes. Black and
wide range of the season's
wanted shades.. Best reg
ular 25c and 35c -t J
Veilings. The yd. IOC
Children's to $1.00
Books, Special at 29c
Including some of the
best known books for boys
and girls, also odd vol
umes of popular fiction,
suitable for older folks.
Most slightly soiled and
worn. Best 50c, Q
75c and $1 Books JQ,
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SPARK IN GASOLINE
SETS MAN ON FIRE
Printer Seriously Burned and
Machinery Is Damaged by
Fire and Water.
LOSS MAY REACH $75,000
rrorapl A rrtt a I of Chemk-ml Appa
rata Oirvks FUme Mlllon
Xe-wljPrlnled Mrcrtcar
Traiufero Are $aTCd.
ramax roochly timaiad at to
fTVMU waa don by nra anl atr. and
P. W. Nlrhola. trrlbtr burned, escaped
barelr with hla life, when a park from
an open at ore leaped lota a can of Io
Jlne, In tt piintinc plant of the Dunham
Printing Companjr. fc, First street, at
noon jrretrrdar- Three atorlea of the
bundles', heavily laden with valuable
machinery, suffered extensive damar by
water, thonrh the fire, by prompt action
of the fire department, waa confined ta
a relatively amail space, considering the
volatile nature of the fuel from which
the blase started.
N'lchols. who la rerularly in the employ
of the Dnnhtrn Company, was doln an
xld )ob for the Swedish Publishing Com
pany. having quartera In the same build
in r- Suddenly the spark waa thrown
from the stove, ailrhtint; In a can of
gasoline, etsht feet away. There waa a
minding flash which enveloped Nlrhola
from head to foot, settlnc his clothlnc
aftre and bum Ins- blm severely on the
hark, hands and face. Stoma missile, set
In motion by the explosion, struck Mm
on the forehead. Inflicting a deep cut.
Man Is Seriously Itemed.
All aflame. Nlrhola rushed from the
b aling room, leaving hla outer clothing
and a gold watch to be destroyed. He
succeeded In extinguishing the flames In
Ms clothing, and made hla way dizzily
to the street, where passersby took him
In charge and conducted him to the po
llre station. Dr. Ziegler. finding tha
man to be seriously but not danrerously
burned, ordered blm sent to St- Vincent's
Xnspttal In the Red Cross ambulance.
Nichols lives at 10OS Kast Nineteenth
street North, and has a wife and Ova
children.
Fed by the volatile gasoline, the flames
few to every part of the room in which
the explosion occurred, and Ignited the
walls, celling and floors, superficially.
Nearly all tha damage by flre waa done
In the p!ant of the Swedish Company
and In the adjoining room crupled by
the Dunham Company as an office.
lenc cloud a of smoke filled all perts
of t! building and poured out upon the
strret. For a moment the flames broke
tliraucli the floor to the second storr.
and tad the Ore department hern only
a,f oiinuUJ later. It would have beca
Impossible to save any psrt of the bulld-
Inc.
The chemical company from Second
and Oak streets was at the fir before
the general alarm rang in. and quickly
reinforced by other companies and the
flre boat, suppressed the flames before
they had seised upon more than 100
square feet on the third story of the
building.
The top floor of the building is occu
pied by the Dunham Printing Company,
the Swedish Publishing Company ana
H. J. Schlegel. who doea linotyping. In
the Dunham establishment ls a new and
delicate press, bought recently for tha
sole purpose of printing transfers for the
Portland Railway. Ugbt A Power Com
pany. It cost Ui.0Ja It was untouched
by fire or water, but Ita delicate mechan
ism waa injured by soot and gas. In the
same room were a million transfers. Just
printed, which escape damage. Schle
gel's linotypes and the main portion of
tba Dunham plant escaped Injury except
by beat and water. Tha Swedish plant
la a total loss.
Water Damage Sustained.
On tha second floor la the plant of tha
Holly Pro s. damaged extensively by
water. Tha first lloor and part or mw
second ara occupied by the Portland
u.cMnerv ComDwrr whose stoca sui
ter d severely from waler.
The buUdlng. ownea oy J. . -
Is comparatively new and Is damagea
to tha extent of V00o to ItO.Wn. Heavy
Insurance waa carried by all tha losers.
covering the amount of tha loss. All
will be severely namperea lor a
mora.
CANVASS TO GO ON
Elks Hope to Complete Fund
Before Month. Expires.
rOIUXAXD SHOWS INCREASE
OVEH FEBUCABT, It 10.
Records Show City's, Growth la Not
rtimlnJhJns; Seattle Notes
Great railing Off.
An error niade by tha .American Con
tractor of Chicago a year ago would
make It appear that Portland baa at
last suffered a decrease In tha amount
of building permlta for February, when
In fact the records show that Portland
has kept up Its great record and again
attained an Increase last month of six
per cent over February. 110. The
American Contractor in Starch. lslO.
credited Portland with building per
mits amounting to $l.00.005 for Feb
ruary. lla. when In fact Portland bad
a total of ll.O0t.0JS, according to tha
records, a figure which in Itself
showed a healthy Increase over tha
preceding February- The Chicago pub
lication baa now continued this same
error and on a comparison with the
tl.C00.00S the figures for last month,
f 1.0(4.4!S. a decrease of 33 per cent ls
charged when a correct comparison
should show an Increase of almost six
per cent.
Los Angeles, which city always baa
had a healthy gain, ahowa a loss of 3a
per cent. In Seattle, however, the de
crease waa even greater. In tha Wash
ington city during February. 1111, tha
cost of buildings, according to the
American Contractor was 41.14.
while during the same period last year
tha value waa 11.353.414. Des Uolnes.
lows, leads the country with a gain
of 5J per crntu
Kdlefsea delivers dry wood.
APPERSON TAKES CHARGE
Retiring Exalted Ruler to Prepare
Systematic Campaign by Which
AH Who Hare Been Over
looked AVI II Be Found.
The Klks' 111: grand lodge campaign
will be In charge after next Wednes
dsy of R. W. Apperson. retiring exalted
ruler, who will direct the work of the
soliciting committees with a view of
collecting the desired $1:5.000 fund be
fore tha end of tha present month.
Mr. Apperson expects to aaslst the
committees personally In their can
vasses and will devote much of his own
time to tha work. Inasmuch as ha will
be relieved of hla dutlra as executive
head of the lodge at the first meeting
In April, he will be able to give more
attention to the aubject than hereto
fore. In this campaign he will be as
sisted by the officers and members of
tha lodge, but the canvass will be
conducted under tha Immediate direc
tion of tha finance committee and tha
treasurer.
Although all committees have worked
to the limit of their time and ability,
many fertile fields of collections have
not yet been touched. It Is In these
places that Mr. Apperson will direct
his force of solicitation. Some com
mittees have finished their duties, hav
ing covered completely the ground as
signed to them.- Others have made
final reports with supplemental state
ments that certain prospective con
trlbutora had not been seen. In Mr.
Apperson's search for funds he will
visit the places that the first commit
tees were unable to approach.
Canvass to Re Continued.
Several down-town office buildings
which hourfe numerous likely contrib
utors of liberal offerings have not yet
been covered. A corps of special can
vassers will go through these buildings
within the next week or ten days, and,
headed by Mr. Apperson. will make a
special effort to see every occupant who
expresses a desire to assist the Elks
In their endeavor to make the 1913
convention one that ahall do honor to
Portland.
The work of 99 committees thus far
has exceeded the expectations of the
lodge and Us officers. Many of the ap
pointed canvassers are men who have
business that demands all or nearly all
their time and attention. Yet they
have found occasion to take a few
hours from their work to visit their
neighbors and receive their subscrip
tions to the grand lodge fund. Yet
such a campaign, can not cover the
city thoroughly, and the Elks realise
thst many willing contributors will not
be approached unless one man take
rhara-e f the entire movement and
personally superintend the work. Lest
many good friends of the lodge who
will give willingly If asked, but who
hesitate to make their offerings vol
untarily, be overlooked, the decision
to- place the canvass in the hands of
one man who shall report to the
finance committee was reached.
Many Kot Yet Solicited.
With more than $75,000 already se
cured, the officers believe that Mr.
Apperson will have little difficulty In
gathering In the remaining 150,000 be
fore April 1. Of this, nearly 120.000
already la pledged. Besides a large
number of generous givers have not
yet been solicited. A still greater num
ber of firms and individuals wno can
be depended upon for small and fair
slsed offerings still remain to be seen.
By a systematic raking of the city the
required amount can be raised with
comparative ease, say the Elk enthu
siasts. It ls virtually necessary to complete
the canvass by April 1. as the lodge
wanta to be certain of having the full
Tund by that time. The time for the
Atlantic C1VT convention is drawing
near and the Portland Elks "who al
ready have announced that they will
have an eighth of a million dollars for
entertainment purposes next year want
to "make good" when they go to the
1911 meeting.
As soon ss the total reaches 312..O0O
the fund will be deposited In a Portland
bank. When the delegates from Port
land leave for the Atlantic City re
union they will take a certified check
for that amount with them to show to
the eager gaxe of the assembled thou
sands, all of whom already are build
ing hopes of making Portland their
mecca one year hence.
300 PRESENT AT FUNERAL
Many Friends Honor Memory of
Mlsa Katliryn Cuslc.
Tha funeral of MIsa Kathryn Cuslc
who died suddenly last week, was held
yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock from
the , Flnley chapel. 261 Third street.
Three hundred friends, many of them
from the Meier A. Frank store, where
Miss Cuslc had been employed for many
years, attended. Rev. Benjamin Young,
of the Taylor-street Methodist Eplsco
pay Church, conducted the services.
Miss Cornelia Barker, an Intimate
friend, played the violin, to the music
of which Miss Cusio was devoted. Mem
bers of the Taylor-Street Church choir
sang several numbers. Only one rel
ative of Miss Cuslc. Nicholas, a brother,
ls living, and he came from San Fran
cisco to attend the funeral. The body
will be placed temporarily In a vault
and will be burled later In tha Mount
Scott Cemetery.
RELATIVES ARE NOT FOUND
Name, Kven, of Explosion Victim, Is
Still Uncertain.
Inquiry by the Coroner has failed, up
to the present, to bring to light any
relatives or friends of William Aimilt,
or Aimer, the victim of a boiler ex
plosion at Estacada, who died at the
Good Samaritan Hospital. The man
waa unconscious to the time of his
death and his name was learned only
from papers in his possession.
The bodies of James Plttman and
Richard White, which were brought to
Portland after the accident, will bo
sent to Sandy today for Interment.
PITFALLS ARE SEEN
Police Aroused by Offenses
Against Girls.
RESTAURANT MAN ACCUSED
Chief Cox Will Ask City Council to
. Pass License Ordinance, by
Which Closer Reflation
Vnil Be Possible.
Disclosures of pitfalls for Inexperienced
air Is. growing out of the arrest yester
day of George Cheptsas. proprietor of
the Peacock cafo. at 82 North , Sixth
street, so aroused Chief of Police Cox
yesterday that he will appeal to the
City Council to enact a restaurant li
cense ordinance, through which strin
gent regulation will be made possible.
It ls proposed that the amount of the
license shall be nominal, so that repu
table places will not suffer, but by
denying renewals to offenders the au
thorities will be able to suppress them.
Cheptsas was charged with making an
attack upon Annie Blrdv 17 years old.
who recently arrived from Albany and
obtained employment In the restaurant.
She Is crippled and has recently been
11L His arrest waa the outcome of re
ports mado at headquarters by Ser
geant Wanless and Patrolman Cameron.
Wanlesa said that, acting -on Informa
tion from other girls who had been
employed there, he had been watching
the restaurant for some time. In the
four days before his arrest. Cheptsas
had employed three different girls. One
said that Cheptsay conduct had caused
her to quit atrr four days. Another
girl, employed in her place, left after
one day. Miss Bird was then employed.
Her hours were from 2 P. M. until 3
A. M.
. Policeman Keeps Watch.
Sergeant 'Wanless directed Cameron to
keep special watch. That -officer saw the
restaurant closed at 2 o"clock. but Chept
sas and. the girl remained inside. Chept
sas prepared a meal and carried It to
a box seat, turning out the lights in
the main room. Then Cameron went to
the rear of the restaurant. Just In time
to hear the girl scream. He burst in
the door, to find the girl weeping. Ha
placed Cheptsas under arrest. The girl
was sent to the Y. W. C. A. to be held
as a . witness.
Cheptsas defied the officers when taken
to police headquarters. He said that he
was a business man and a gentleman, a
member of influential lodges, was worth
$15,000 and that he had Influence with
the district attorney and the courts. He
declared that he would "fight to the
highest court." "That Is my business,"
he said, when questioned concerning tha
charge against him. s
The police say that similar conditions
are not uncommon, according to their
Information. Many x young girls have
been employed and discharged If they
resented ill-treatment, by members of
what the police regard as an organized
"white slave" colony. It was through
means like these, that George Kavalin
and Jim Tokas, now doing long sentences
In a Federal pemltentiary, obtained
young girls in California and brought
them to this city. Likewise Charles
Peters, brought a girl from Redding,
Cal., and now stands under charges In
the Federal court, while his victim is
In the asylum, alleged to have been
driven insane by his abuse. Several
others have been sent to the rockpile.
Gambling Is Charged.
Eight men were arrested in another
Greek restaurant at 263 Russell street
Thev were charted with gambling. A.
Jahman, a clerk, and A. J. Berg, a civil
engineer, were held, the others being
released. They were William Link
later, G. W. Reilly, E. Jasman, R, Lol
llck. V. S. Moloney, E. Hendricks, and
F. Foster.
Patrolman Nelson found J. J. Far
relly, a youth of 18, living at 1076 East
Twenty-ninth street North, buying cig
arettes In the store of Theodore Raca
tansls, at 301 Burnslde street. As the
proprietor had no one to leave In his
store his arrest was deferred until to
day. Remembering the long list of arrests
for gambling, illegal liquor selling, cut
ting affrays and offenses against girls
emanating from these resorts. Chief Cox
has declared war on the disorderly
places, and will ask the City Council
to aid him in his campaign.
Stray Tabby Wants Home
With Nice Yard
Life In Flat Too Confining, so Little
Cat Advertises.
GLOBE TROTTER IS HERE
Holland Newspaperman Is Walking
Around World on Wager.
Gottfried Rodriguez, the Holland news
paperman, who is making a tour of the
world on foot, will remain In Portland
until next Sunday and then proceed to
Seattle and into Canada on the last lap
of his tour. The Amsterdam Telegraph,
which la the second largest newspaper
In Holland, offered Rodriguez o000 If he
would make the trip under the following
conditions: He must not carry any bag
gage and must not use a train, he must
wear the peasant costume of Holland and
must make his own way.
Rodriguez started February 1, 1909,
from Amsterdam and to date has covered
over two-thirds of his Journey, passing
through Holland, Belgium, Switzerland.
Norway, Sweden, iJenmark. Russia. Ger
many, Turkey, Greece, England, Scot
land, Ireland, France, Spain. Portugal
and Italy. He came to this country
from Naples and worked two weeks in a
New York factory to get starting money.
When he arrived In this country he did
not speak a word of English, but now
he speaks It so fluently that he has
taken to the stage as a means of mak
ing his livelihood while on the rest of
his trip. While in Portland Rodriguez,
who says ha ls the champion long-distance
walker of the world, will ajipear
at the Lyric Theater.
Sunday Liquor-Selling Charged.
Henry Gallett. a saloonkeeper,, who
succeeded recently to the interests of
Pete Bruno, ex-"King of the Tender
loin." was arrested yesterday after
noon by Sergeant Riley and Patrol
man Ehmsen, on a charge of selling
liquor on Sunday, at the Bruno saloon,
80 North Second street, A large quan
tity of liquors was seized as evidence.
Jean Clemens, the woman proprietor
of a roomlngr-house at 253 Eleventh
street, was arrested by Patrolmen
Shaffer. Johnson and McCarthy, and
charged with selling liquor on Sunday
and without a license. The officers had
been watching this place for some
time, upon reports that liquor waa be
ing sold there.
WANTED A good home for young cat;
place with yard preferred. Phone A
6001. 40 12th.
This was the advertisement which
was turned In to The Oregonian Sat
urday night, and which brought to Mrs.
Fred Dundee, who lives at the address
given, a number of inquiries yesterday.
Mrs. Dundee explained to all comers
that she did not want to put the cat
out to board; that she merely wanted
to give it away. "It Is only a common
tabby, you see," she said, "but I want
ed to give it to someone who would
take good care of It. Here tt is, rhls
little black and white one.
"When we moved in here we already
had this black cat," she continued, "and
this black and white one was a stray
we found here when we came. Thi
one persists in fighting with the dog,
but the dog and the black one get alonR
all right together. So I thought it
would be best to give this one away.
I wanted to give it to someone who had
a yard so they could let the cat out of
doors. We don't have any yard here In
this flat, and it's not good-for animals
to keep them indoors all the time. My
husband works in the automobile shop,
so we have to live near his work.
"A lady telephoned to me this morn
ing from Woodlawn, and said she would
come over for the cat Wednesday un
less someone else called for It. She
could not come today, she said.'
Cough Stop is sure. Flummer's, 260
third street.
Edlefsen delivers dry wood.
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PORTLAND MENS
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