" TIXE roRXiyrr QUEooS'iAy. Saturday, marcii is, ioii.
East from Manchuria. The standing
army in the Far East and Siberia was
increased and despatched under the
guise of caravans to Gobi districts to
subjugate the natives and secure trade
rights. By these measures Russia is
gaining ground, and according to a
military authority who has returned
to Japan from Pekin, the ultimate ob
ject of which is to acquire an extend
ing spHere of Influence which In time
will force the way to an outlet for
BANKER TRIED AS
THIEVES' "FENCE"
BLACK HAND SETS
DEATH MARK ON 3
W. J. BRYAN'S DAUGHTER ENGAGED TO SWEETHEART OF
SCHOOL DAYS.
Opening Exhibit of Millinery
Reflecting the French Ideals in
(faster llats
(
PiA
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Russia on the C :lf of Pechlll j
Russia has three army corps at KI- I
akta and III. In the event of war they
could be marched Into China by four j
routes. China could not oppose . more ,
than oOiK) men to this advance. I
The Chinese authorities are reported
to have decided to lose no time In
dividing Mongolia into five provinces
Ex-Chief of Police in Wichita
Swears He Sold Man
Stolen Stamps.
Men Who Fight B!ackm3i!eri
in Chicago Secretly
Condemned.
1 r
for lurlsdictlon. and to station troops
i In each, to build railroads and estab
CALLAHAN IS CONVICTED
WHITE HAND IS THWARTED
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jjajrrdi s o of ej
Iy Liberal I w of Ch Black ITand
Smm Parole for Aaln
W ho Now Threaten I. Ires of
Witnesses Again! TItoiu.
CHICAGO. March I7.-9p-lal.-A rd
circle four Inchre In dlametr painted
eo the oortrp of Antonio U'it Moa. mpil
rc. nt victim of Italian vanseance. nuwl
t-rror In the Italian quarter tonlsht.
It U the mark of the Mafta and Indi
cate that three live rnu.t par tne for
fait In the war of stermln.iun f:nl
b.tTMa the Black Hand and the White
Hn4.
The climax of the Wars. Hand rrlen
of terror cam Inlijr vhn It as learnl
that two omvlaia of the Whit. HanJ
Ij tha only tne for sttilch the blara
malllna organisation ha. tha llKht-t
respect have been "condemned to die."
Two Irailcrx Condrmnrd.
Emboldened hy their lnar Immunltr
fMn uv-r.ful police Inierfrrence. the
blackmailers have untied out (or vie
tlma tha traders of the society that was
organised for the sole purpose of drlvlnc
It out of t'htraso. The men threatened
are Joseph Iwmlana. pre.ldent of tl9
White Hand Socl-ty. and Dr. C. Volent,
ex-presldent of tha organisation and on
of tha men moil prominent In tha light
acalnst tha Camorra.
Thla Information ram today close on
tha heela of tha chare that money had
bean used tn rrrat quantttlea by tha men
already convicted of carrying out the
murderous plans of the Hlark Hand, with
the result that three of five men aent
to the Jollet penitentiary fr Indeterml
rate sentence were released at the end
ef 11 months.
Rrlrase of Convict Bought.
Tha- gold wranc from helpless victims
of the blackmailers was u-d to secure
the relea.e of the three men paroled,
aid Ir. VnlenU Juat how this bad been
dona h did not profess to know. He
Insisted. Iiowmer, that they bad been
provided with Immense sums of money,
which was spent like water by their
lawyers and co-cooeplrators wltb the re
sult that no HUck Hand men convicted
by the Whit Hand organization re
mained behind the bars longer than 11
months.
The result la that the organisation
brought Into being for the purpose of
exterminating the murderous body prac
tically has ceased to work toward the
accomplishment of this purpoae.
"White Hand Is DUgnMcd.
President Damlana saM that tha mem
bers were so dtscoursged by the las ad
ministration of Justice that they were
refusing to advance further money to
prosecute men wrrested on their com
plaint. The reault of the release of the
man convicted, he said, was that the
taw witness who rtsked their lives by
testifying against them were now at their
Biercy. Th paroled man and the wtr
mn now ar living In the congeeted
tenement district on the North Side
known to th police aa "Utile Hell."
Thee developments crowded Into a
day of police activity such as th Ill
fated Itaitaa dlairlct I aa not aen alnre
the Inception of the reign of terror which
lime January L ISl'X has claimed M
dve.
Th shotgun man th manlerer whose
heavy slugs of lead have claimed four
rtrtlms since his debut In "Little Hell"
Tue.Uay nlght-ls a. much a mystery as
hea he Bred his Met shot.
11 BATTLESHIPS IN PORT
three nt visions of Atlantic Itrrl
Anchor In Hampton Koads. m
NORKOI-K. Vs, March IT. Kleven bat
tleships of the nrt. third and fourth di
vision, of th Atlantic Beet, commanded
by Rear-Airmtral Jjeatoa Stliroede-.
passed In the Virginia Capes at 1 o'clock
this afternoon for Uuantanamo, Cuba,
and anchored In Hampton KoaJ.
They will engage In preliminary prac
tice and maneuvers and then dtpre to
their home stations, subsequently reaa
eemhllng for further practice on the
sonthern drlllgrounds on? this coast In
May. The veels which came In were
the Connecticut. North Pakot. Michi
gan. Minnesota. Vermont. M;llppl.
Haho. i;...rf!a. Nebraska. Rhode Island
aud Virginia.
CARRYING GUNS ALLOWED
Kentacky Governor t'pholil Train
man's Action During Strike.
FRANK FORT. Ky, M1 17 Gov
ernor Wlllson played his first official
part In th strike of white firemen on
the Cincinnati. New Orleans Texas
I'aclf'c Railroad today by pardoning,
before trial. Alvan CunJ'.ff. a trainman,
arretted on th charg of ctrrylw con
cealed weapons. In tha official pardon
It Is written:
"Conditions of actual danger make It
proper." referring to the carrying of
weapons. The pardon was requested
by the Brotherhood of Kallroad Train
men. BURNS FATAL TO DOCTOR
Match Set. lire to Nightgown and
Son's Aid Is Futile.
PASADENA. Csl, March 17. Pr. Ed
ward W. Hubbard. t years old. a well- J
known physician and surweon. formerly
of New York City and providence. Is
dead at hi home here as the result of j
burns received yesterday In his bath-
room as he was preparing far a bath, j
A march set fire to his ntghtrohe. j
IMward Hubbard. Jr.. Dr. liubrard's j
only son. hearing Ms father call for i
help, taa to tlie bathroom, ana in ine
strvicsle to save his ftther was himself
severely burned.
Gaelic Sermon Celebrates Daj.
SAN FRANCISCO. March IT. The na
tal day of Ireland, patron saint was
celebrated t-er toJay ur.!er the auspices
of the Ancient Onler of llb-rnlan ind
tie I'mted Irleli Sleiles' of San Kran-rex-o.
Th day opened with a para.ie.
headed by the H.bern:an Uirles. which
proceeded to Pt. Patrick s CI urch. where
a sermon In Gaelic wa preached by Rev.
ysther poyle. In the afternoon there
were literary xercles. concerts and
venous other entertainments. A ball to
clgtt nUl nJ the IcslivlUea.
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Rlt ltR DEXTER PRTA!.
LINCOLN. Neh.. March 17. fSpeclal.) Mr. and Mrs. William J. Rryan
announce the engagement of their daughter. Grace Dexter, to Richard
Lewis Harsrcnves. son of -Mary A. Hargreaves. of Lincoln. The marring
will take place early In June. The two have been sweethearts from
school days. The bride-to-be Is 20 years of age and has always been
her father's favorite. The brllegroom wm born and reared In Lin
coln. He Is JJ years of age. treasurer of the Hargreaves Mercantile
Company and a graduate of "SVesleyan Military Academy of Upper Al
ton. Illinois.
HOME TIES TIGHTEN
Oregonians in Los Angeles
Meet at Banquet.
MANY STATES SEND SONS
Among 2500 Member of Statei So
cieties Who Keast Are 100 From
Pacific Northwest Fairbanks
Is Anions; Speakers.
LOS ANGELES. March 17. (Special.)
One hundred or more ex-resldents of
Washington and Oregon sat down at
th tables reaerved for them In Ham
burger Hall tonight, when the doors
were flung open for the second annual
banquet of the Keriernted State So
cieties of Southern California. In all
there were more than folk present,
and practically every stste In the t'nlon
and all the provinces In Canada were
represented.
The most prominent speaker was ex-Vlce-Presldent
of th I'nlted Mtatrs
Fairbanks, and rare was taken that the
famous "cocktail Incident" was not re
peated, for the dinner was what one
of the officers of the federation rails
a smokeless, wlneless. drlnkleas. hat
Ics. but not a smllelees affair."
Fairbanks, who was the first of the
speakers, was Introduced by Frank W.
Iwllng. the toastmastcr. as "the man
who was Teddy's slde-klrker during the
strenuous days that have passed." His
subject was "Our Country." and his
speech was short and very much to the
point. He told the newly-made Call
fornlan that they must be loyal to
the traditions of their old homes, and
warned them that they would find It
hard, even If they wished to do so. to
loosen the ties that bound them to their
old homes.
Speeches Cover Many Topics.
Hon. . I- Eaton, of Ies Moines, fol
lowed with a talk on "The Work of th
lloncer and Ills Place In Hlatory." The
aims of the Federation of State- So
cieties were outlined by Its vice-president.
Edward Winterer, who spoke on
"Our Federation." Eugene W. Chafln.
Prohibition candidate at the last Na
tional election for the Presidency,
urjred a commercial combination be
tween Arizona, New Mexico and Cali
fornia. Tbe Tanama Canal'a probable effect
on the country aa a whole, and on the
West and North especially, was the
subject on which Samuel B. Van Pant,
ex-Governor of Minnesota, spoke. Matt
S. Hughes, of Pasadena, wound up tha
programme with a talk on California.
Hamburger Hall was beautifully
decorated with flags of Canada, the
I'nlted State, the different states,
flowers and lights. The tables each
bore the name of the state for which
they were reserved, arranged In the
same geographical relations as on a
map.
OrrRonlans Who Were There.
Among those seated at the Oregonlan
table were: W. S. Jones, president of
the Oregonlan state society, and Mrs.
Jones: Dr. Nettle Olds Halght. vice
president: Bwald E. Pelph. secretary;
Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Rlgdon. of Salem:
Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Rice. Mr. and Mr'.
A. Rice. Mrs. F. O. Jones. Mrs. Mary A.
Booth. Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Nelson. Mrs.
and ,Mi Louslady. Mrs. Julia Msrk
ham. Miss Helen and Mrs. U D. Pren
tiss. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Smith. J. T.
Mci'omas. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Hhelly.
judge G. R. Chrleman. William Doughty.
Mr. and Mrs. C. F. McDonald. Mr. and
Mrs Edward Ayres. Mrs. K. W. Mur
phv Mrs. Edwsrd Spsuldlng. Mr. snd
Mrs. A. Larson. Miss M. G. Harris. Or
vllle Dodg "! Chaffee Hawes.
CANAL TWO-THIRDS DONE
Excavation Hccord- Urokcn In IVb-ru-r,
pains I"r Advanced.
WASHINGTON. March 17. The ex
cavation la the central- department ef
the Panama Canal. Including the great
Culebra cut and the Chagres section,
during February was the greotest on
record, being 1.40.33 cubic yards. Al
together In that division 71. 033.511
yards have been excavated, leaving
:.nl.! ysrda to be removed.
In the Atlantic division the total
excavation wa STI l yards, and In
Hi pacific divli-lon T".:i7 yards.
Taking; the canal as a whole, up to
March 1 there had been taken out
131.li29.43S yards, leaving to be exca
vated 60.708. S30 yards. The canal at
the Pacific entrance Is completed from
deep water to a point opposite the
Panama railroad wharf at Balboa, a
distance of about five miles. Inland
from this point the open water chan
nel extends three miles, varying from
10 feet to 46 feet In depth, and cer
tain sections have been excavatud to
Its final width of 5A0 feet.
In th Atlantic entrance to the canal
the channel Is completed to it full
width of 600 feet. -There remain to
be taken out of this section 0. 600,000
yards of earth and 3.SOO.000 yards ot
rock, so the earth excavation I 6S per
cent and the rock i per cent com
pleted. Excavation In the big Gntun lock Is
practically completed and about 68 per
cent of the concrete Is In place. The
Gatun dam. the greatest In the world.
Is about 60 per cent completed. The
concrete work on the locks at Pedro
Miguel Is over 7 per cent completed,
and about 11 per cent of the concrete
Is In place at the Mlraflores locks.
llld for the six emergency dams to
safeguard all the locks on the canal
will be opened at Washington,
March 10.
MADERQ SEEKS CAPITAL
ARMY COXCXXTRATKS FOR CAP
TURE OF CASAS GRAXDES.
Rebel President Desires Center Prom
Whk-h to Operate and Give
Republic Nucleus.
EL PASO. Tex, March 17. Thst
Francisco I. Madero, leader of the Mex
ican Insurgents and their so-called
president. Is concentrating; his forces
100 miles south of El Paso with a view
of storming; and taking a town, estab
lishing; In it a "capital" from which to
carry on his operations throughout the
States of Honors and Chihuahua, and
possibly toward Juarez, was given out
by tha revolutionary junta tonight.
Couriers bearing messages from Ma
dero to the agents of tha revolutionary
movement In New York and Washing
ton arrived today direct from the In
surrecto camp. The messages were In
response to Information which had
been conveyed to Madero concerning
supposed preliminary peace negotia
tions, particulars of which Senor Llm
antour, the Mexioan Minister of Fi
nance, is now thought to be bearing to
Mexico City. Madero has not been
rmu acquainted with developments In
the last two or three days, aa It re
quires about a week for a courier to
reach htm and return.
Asked If Madero would be willing to
make any concessions In the demands
of the lnsurrectos. Senor Gonzales F.
Garxas. the Insurrecto Secretary of
State, relied:
"Absolutey none. It is folly for
Dlas to talk about peace and at the
same time say he Intends to remain In
power."
From Brauilo Hernandez. Insurrecto
Secretary of State of Chihuahua, It was
learned Madero plans to' establish a
"capital," if possible. In Casas Grande,
the scene of the insurrecto defeat of
March .
"Wltb an established capital to be
used aa a capital, the lnsurrectos would
feel they had made a start In the di
rection of permanent republic," he said,
"our word from Madero Is. that he has
no Intention of stopping the war on the
suggestion of possible peace."
GIRL HUNTS FOR MOTHER
Kidnaped by Father IS Years Ago,
She Is Lost to Other Parent.
DES MOINES. Ia.. March 17. Gover
nor Carroll received a lette- today
from Blanche Cale. aged 18. of Los An
geles, requesting thst he aid u Incit
ing her mother, from whom 'e was
kidnaped by her father at Keoktig, la.,
13 years ago.
Just prior to his death In Los An
geles recently the father confided to
t .e girl the story of he' eatlltr life.
OHIO BRIBETAKERS GUILTY
Raschang Convicted of Taking Men
- In Performing Service
CINCINNATI. O.. March 17. Jacob
Baschang. a prominent Republican ward
politician, was ronvlctrfi today of ac
cepting a bribe In connection with the
"Hating out" of a saloon.
. I ne Jury TOOK in rave imoriiy iiici
noon and was out about three hours.
Postorflce Ins-pcctor and Bank Ex
aminer Testify Xaftzgcr Admitted
Greed Led Him Into Shady
Deal, When Arretted.
WICHITA. Kan.. March 17. L- S.
NafUger. ex-presldent .of the Fourth
National Bank of this city, was placed
on trial In the Federal Court here to
day on the charge of dealing In post
age stamps stolen by the John Calia
han band of postofnee and bank rob
bers.
The chief witness against Naftzger
was Frank S. Burt, ex-chlef of police.
who testllied that he had sold Naftzger
stamps on four different occasions.
It is on Burt's testimony that the
Government relies to obtain a convic
tion. Naftzeer maintains that Burt told
him the stamps were secured by the
police departments as rewards and that
he was thus able to make' a discount of
25 per cent on them. - Naftzger later
sold the 'stamps at a discount of 5 per
centv
Postofrice Inspector Testifies.
Before, court adjourned for the day,
PostofflA Inspector Elvin and Bank
Examiner Bennett were put on the
stand. Elvln, who arrested Naftzger
testllied the banker had said: I have
been a fool. My greed for money did
lc"
Callahan, with Ray Templeton and
Edward Earl, two members of the gang,
were convicted before Naftzger's case
was called. Templeton and Earl were
found guilty of robbing the Pope and
Burdlck. Kan, postofflces. and Calla
han was convicted of receiving the
timhi and selllnz them to Frank b.
Burt, who was then chief of police of
Wichita.
In his testimony in the ex-banker's
case. Burt said that he first talked with
Naftxger in December. 1909. Ho told
Naftzger he could get postage stamps
and sell them to Naftzger at from 7S
to SO cents on the dollar. Naftzger
asked If there was any law against it.
Burt said: "I don't know."
Later Naftzger told Burt he would
buy some stamps. A few days later
Naftzger paid him 1727 in money at
the Fourth National Bank. Burt paid
SO cents on the dollar to Callahan and
sold them to Naftzger at about 75
cents on the dollar. Burt got the
stamps out of his (Burt's) office in the
city building.
More Stamps Sold.
June 13, 1910. he sold J300 more
stamps to Naftzger in the same way.
He raid Callahan 50 cents on the dol
lar forethem. July 5, 1910, he sold
1150 worth of stamps and took Mr.
Naftzger's check. He took the stamps
with him when he sold them.
Burt said that on July 30, Naftzger
asked him on the street if he knew
where the stamps came from. Burt
said he told him he did not know.
Naftzger said they must come from
postofflces because so many of them
were In little books.
Burt said he learned finally that the
postofflre Inspectors were looking Into
the stamp cases. Mr. Naftzger went to
Burt's office In August and said an in
spector had been there asking about
stamps purchased by Naftzger from
Burt.
A few days later. Burt, Naftzger and
Callahan were arrested.
ARMY AEROPLANE FLIES
McCurdy Shows Officers or Various
Nations How It Works.
WASHINGTON. March 17. With
representatives of the War and Navy
Departments and military and naval
attaches from a number of foreign
legations here looking on. the aero
plane Justspurchased by the War De
partment to be used In the Mexican
border maneuvers was given Its Initial
and successful demonstration early to
day. The machine, which Is what Curtlss
designates his "military type." was
given a thorough tryout by J. A. D.
McCurdy, who made two ascents, each
time circling several times the big lot
to the south of the State, War and
Navy building. So close did he sail to
the building that the whirr of the war
bird's propeller was heard plainly In
the office of the .Secretary of State.
Secretary of War Dickinson, Major
General Wood, chlef-of-staff of the
Army; Brigadier-General Allen, chief
of the signal corps, and other officers
from the War and Navy Department
were present.
Among the most interested of the
small group of spectators were the
Japanese military and naval attaches.
Their country already owns eight ma
chines, and Is said to be negotiating
for the purchase of several others.
Russia, Spain. France, Austria-Hungary
and Argentina were represented
at the flight. In a few days the machine
will be sent to San Antonio, Texas.
RUSSIAN ARMY ADVANCES
Large Bodies of Troops Concentrate
Xear Kulja.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 17. Large
bodies of Russian troops en routs for
China are concentrated at Sharkent,
about 60 miles west of Kulja.
An official communication announc
ing the movement of ' the troops eu
phemistically describes it ,aa a "test
of mobilization."
RCSSIA.V AIM FAR-REACHIXG
Advance Into Mongolia With End
Only W hen Sea Is Attained.
VICTORIA, B. C. March 17. That
Russia's activity In Mongolia is the be
ginning of a long-planned scheme to
retrieve the position lost when Port
Arthur fell, by forcing the way to an
outlet on the Gulf of Pechlll. was the
news brought by the Sado Maru, which
reached port today from the Orient.
Far from being simply a military dem
onstration against China for not ac
ceding to Russian demands in Mon
golia, the occupation of Hi and en
croachment on Mongolia is part of a
long-cherished Idea, accc ding to the
advices received by the Sado Maru.
On the one hand a railroad from West
Manchuria to Southeastern Asia was
projected, and on the other Russia
changed tne pian to nvauo mo iu
lish mercantile companies under sud
sidy to promote commerce and develop
economic stores.
3 KILLED BY EXPLOSION
Men Hurled Through Roof of Min
ing Plant by Blast.
wtdi r nn Varch 17. Three men
were killed and five others seriously :
injured by the explosion of an engine
In the red mill of the Minnequa plant -of
the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company
here today.
The dead:
James Wade.
Thomas Smith.
Frank Shaefer.
The explosion was so powerful that
two of the men were whirled through
the roof of the engine-room and the
building was badly damaged.
Thomas Lane, who was working on
an electric crane 150 feet from the
scene of the exlosion, was severely
Injured.
The cause of the explosion is un
known. ' ' '
BODY HANGS ON FENCE
Idaho Youth Is Accidentally Killed
on Hunting Trip.
pavettr Idaho. March 17. The
body of E. D. McLaughlin, who resided ,
with his father on what is known as ;
the Jacob Stroup ranch, two miles j
south of this city, was found suspend-
ed on a barbed-wire fence Wednesday
afternoon, wltn a ouuet noie
right temple.
McLaughlin, who was a highly re
spected young man, was about 20 years
old, and had gone hunting early in the
morning. When the body was found
one leg was thrown across the fence,
as If he had been in the act of cross
ing, and it is supposed that his gun
was discharged In so e manner while
he was trying to climb the fence. The
bullet had struck him In the temple,
killing him instantly.
RAILROAD WILL RETRENCH
Lake Shore Anounces Economy Be
cause of "Present Conditions."
CLEVELAND.. March 17. A system
of retrenchment on the Lake Shore &
Michigan Southern Railroad was an
nounced by General Manager Moon
here today.
"It is becoming more evident every
day," said Mr. Moon, "that the rail
roads cannot operate under present
conditions.".
Mr. Moon said that expenditures of
$7,000,000 decided on by the railroad
for Improvements, Including a system
of quadruple tracks would not be made
and intimated that the road's working
force would be decreased and a num
ber of freight and passenger trains
anriulled.
Alton Shops Shut Down.
BLOOMINGTON. 111.. March 17. An
order was posted in the Chicago & Al
ton shops yesterday announcing an In-
spmiiiRS
in Twenty-five Years' Experience
Hood's Sarsapariila Has Naver
Failed to Cure.
Does Evea More Than Is Claimed
For It.
"I speak from experience of twenty
five years with Hood's Sarsapariila. in
giving my recommendation to thla
medicine.
For Spring
humors and
as a general
b 1 o o d-purl-fier
It never
falls. I have
always found
It to do all
claimed for
It, and more.
I know It to
be a good
medicine for
sorofula, salt
rheum, and
all similar
Mrs. J. K. Go.
troubles, and as a general Spring medi
cine I can positively say It has no
equal. It gives me genuine satisfac
tion to say these words In favor of the
medicine I have found so reliable all
these years we have been using it in
our family." Mrs. J. F. Gee. 60 Gould
street. Stoneham, Mass.
Hood's Sarsapariila effects its won
derful cures, not simply because It
contains sarsapariila, but because it
combines tbe utmost remedial values
of more than twenty different ingre
dients, each greatly strengthened and
enriched by this peculiar combination.
These Ingredients are the very reme
dies that successful physicians pre
scribe for the same diseases and ail
ments, but they are not all found in
any other medicine. There is no real
substitute for Hood's Sarsapariila. If
urged to buy any preparation said to
be "just as good" you may be sure it
Is inferior, costs less to make, and
yields the dealer a larger profit.
Get Hood's Sarsapariila today in
usual liquid form or in chocolated tab
lets called Sarsatabs. 100 Doses $1.
THIS WILL INTEREST MOTHERS.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children, a
Certain relief for Feverishneu, Headache, Bad
Stomach, Teethinff Disorders, move and regulate
the Howeia and destroy Worms. They break op
Colda in S hours. ' They are so pleasant to tha
tarte C hiidren like them. Over 10,000 testimonials.
Used by Mothers for 4 years. They nevtr fail.
Sold hj all Dnicpijta, Sc Sample mailed fHE
Address, Allen S. Olmsted, Le Boy, 2L X -
MM.
Wwm-
. mm.
For Women, Misses and Girls
is by tar the most exhaustive show of new Easter fashions
ever made in Portland.
We invite you to visit the exhibit and enjoy the display.
The Spring Styles for Misses and Girls
As shown in our new Spring Suits are charm
ing. We quote a special price that makes this
sale doubly interesting.
Tailored Suits, Special $22.50
A tailored suit of. fine' all-wool storm serge. The jacket is
modeled 24 inches long, lined throughout with soft silk. Made
with a large sailor collar trimmed with red, black or light blue
combinations in flannel, satin or silk. .
This 'tailorea suit can be
had in navy or white setge
The skirts are made in the most popular plain style with the
new panel front and back-
definite shut-down. About 1200 men
are affected.
Texas to Vote on Prohibition.
AUSTIN. Tex.. March 17. The so
called state-wide prohibition bill was
signed today by Governor Colquitt. It
provides for the submission of a con
stitutional amendment for a state
wide prohibition at an election July 22
next. TJie Governor also signed the
bill providing for a tax to pay Con
federate pensions and to build a home
for .Confederate soldiers and their wid
ows. By the action of the Governor
A WAR
Fake Methods of the
Big Stores Exposed
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This Cut and Article Below Is Re
produced From March "Pearson's
"The above sign, the omnipresent trademark of the fake optician,
Is the bait that i luring a nation into a sight-destroying net. It is
so common to a certain class of optical establishments and depart
ment stores as to make it familiar to young and old alike all over the
United States. Few outside the medical profession, however, recog
nize the danger to human health and life that lurks back of this
alluring advertising emblem. In explanation It Is stated that In
sanity, epilepsy, St. Vitus' dance and several other deadly diseases,
not to mention Insomnia, sick headache and general nervousness and
morbidness, are in many cases traceable to misfit eye-glasses and to
the Improper care of the eyes. ' Also that " these same misfit eye
glasses and damaging treatments are generally found to have been
prescribed by fake opticians who have attracted their victims with
the seductive sign, 'Eyes Examined Free.' and S glasses for $1.
"Unfortunately for the generation to follow, people seek relief
where it appears to be had at the least cost. Their path, therefore,
leads them to an incompetent optician in a department store, where
a pair of glasses may be had for $L00 up, and where a sign reading
'Eyes Examined Free' is the most-conspicuous thing In the room,
next to a fake diploma, which is a real work of art."
The continuation of this article should be read by every person
in Oregon. It is a safeguard against these institutions that are for
ever insulting your intelligence with "Phenomenal Surprise Sales,"
"Extraordinary Reductions," "$23.00 values for SI. 13," etc, etc.
Thinking people, however, realize that this method of advertising is a
bunco game, pure and simple, and are withdrawing their patronage
from the stores that practice these dishonest methods.
If you need Glasses you need the right ones. Don't allow a graduate
of the "Ribbon Counter" to tamper with your eyes.
THOMPSON
EYESIGHT. SPECIALIST
SECOND FLOOR, CORBETT BLDG., FIFTH AND MORRISON STS.
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today In filing without his signature
the bill permitting newspapers to ex
change advertising for railroad trans
portation, this measure will become a
law in a little less than three months.
Transportation Company Guilty.
SAVANNAH. Ga., March 17. The Mer
chants 4 Miners Transportation Com
pany was found guilty today of discrim
ination of freight rates in violation of
the Interstate Commerce law. The Atlan
tic Coast line and the Seaboard Air line
railroad companies pleaded guilty to the
mme charge. .
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