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Triumphant June Sales Based Upon Comparative Competition
OF PEACE AND WAR
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The Word "Value"
Having long since lost its
signification, and viewed by
the public with distrust, is
NEVER Used by This Store
The Word "Value"
As commonly used to create
False Price Reductions and
Impossible Bargains is
NEVER Used byThis Store
No Pots and Pans
No Crockery
No Liquors
No Groceries
No Meat Market
No Restaurant
Tribute Paid to Dead Heroes
at Arlington Cemetery
Before 10,000.
JL Merchandise of fteril Only.
An Undermuslin Half-PriceSale
That Is Truly Triumphant
In This Extraordinary Sale $5.00 to $8.50 Waists Sell for $1.95
DEBT NOT TO BE FORGOT
PRESIDEN
SPEAKS
Thousands of Veterans March Across
Potomac RlTr to Hear Taft
Spk and Ircorat Gram
of Soldier Iwad.
WAnr.-5TON May fnder th
haded arrhes f th Washington Na
tional Cemetery. President Taft spoke
not so much aa th frleod of peac. but
aa th ,omr of war. Thousands of
veterans tramped th hot asphalt of th
street, crossed tha f'otom&o and trudged
4-iat? roads to Arlington to hear tha
Preaident .peak.
TroiMn!, of others cama la auto
mibi:a and by streetrars. ar.d Preaident
Taft. with Secretary of War Ptlmaon
cam up to tha vine covered amphitheater
and aaar fuKy h.'ju persons crowded
about tha speakera' stand. It probably
at, tha moat largely attended Memorial
3ajr ceremony Washington hae ever seen.
Far b It from m. aald tha rreai-
'Bt. lo minimis In ary wsy tha debt
wa oara to the mn burled hera who car-
rted on tha su"-reful ilruit that re
sulted In tha abolition of tha cancer of
elavery. w!:l-h iml Ineradlraol
by auch an awful a:au?hter of tha bright
eat and bravest and boat of tha Nation a
youth and manhood.
"I ahail not die--ues whether It might
have be-n poaaibia to accomplish tha
sarre reform by mUer methods. Whether
tiiat ba trua or not. tha aupreme sacri
fice of three men who II about ne. In
tha can, a of advancing humanity can
not ever ba lessened or obscured by
su-h a auceatlin.
Hut the thought at wMcn I would
but hint thla mtnln(. Is that, even tha
hallowed preeenr of the, a dead, whoa
Ideala of patriotism and lova of tneir
countrymen It needed a war to mak
everlsstlngly evident, wa should ahats no
effort and ehould atraln every nerv and
avail ourselves of every honorable de
vice to avoid war In the future.
"I am not blind to the aid In crest
ln sturdy manhood that ths military
discipline w sea In th standinc
armies of Kurop and In th regular
Army of thla country, nor do I deny th
Incidental benefits that may stow out
of Lbs exigencies and sequeis of war.
But when tha books ara balanced, th
awful horrors of either International or
Internal etrlfo far outweigh tha benefits
that may ba attained In It.
PEACE TREATY DISPARAGED
American Proposal Whittled Down,
Raja British CnlonUU
IINDOX. May 10. Rowland Hunt.
Unionist member of Parliament for th
IjiIiow division of Shropshire, who has
mad It his special business to bait Sir
Kdaard Ore v. the British Koreln Sec
retary, on th subject of President Tart's
arbitration proposal, returned to th
rharc In tha lious of Commons today.
Mr. Hunt augc-sted that ths treat ex
pectations which had bean raised by th
President s original offer had been whit
tled away, as Ita ratification by th
8ent wa required, and that th pro
posal could not longer be retarded as
tie basis for a treaty vf unrestricted
arMtratlon.
"May w hope. h asked, "that la
tha future tha government will not al
low Itself to ba bombarded by foreign
powers."
Foreign Secretary Grey, as on a pre
vtoua occasion, declined to comment on
th propoeed treaty until ha had tnor-oue-My
iliif-sted It.
-The full text of th draft of th
treaty haa only just been received and
I have not seen It." Sir Edward said.
I Intend to pay It tha compliment of
giving It my full consideration befor
I make detailed comment concerning
it."
Recall if you can the BEST of Waist Sales you have ever attended.
Judged by THAT STANDARD we offer 500 new and beautiful Waists in messalinest net, China silk,
satin surah, hemstitched satin, soft taffeta, handkerchiefs and fancy silks.
The assortment of models is bewildering. Every possible style now in vogue is to be found in this col
lection of Summer Waists. Black and every color fashion fancies. v
High neck, Dutch neck, elbow sleeves, kimono sleeves, long sleeves, sailor collars, in short the greatest
exposition of hand-tailored, high-class waists ever offered in this city"at such an amazingly small price.
Positively no mail orders, telephone orders or C O. D. orders filled. None sent on approbation, nor
any reserved before the hour of sale. SEE CORNER WINDOW.
No Two Pictures Alike in This SAMPLE Picture Sale
The city is flooded with myriads of cheap pictures. Pictures put together in soft wood frames, badly fitted, inferior glass and cheap prints.
These are exploited at so-called SALE PRICES, and people are badly defrauded by buying these common pictures.
The pictures we place on sale come from the well-known picture house, Tabor, Prang & Co.,
of New York and Boston. They represent gallery pictures on exhibition in their New York show
We secured the entire collection no two alike a few weeks ago and offer them .
rooms.
AT EXACTLY HALF REGULAR PRICE
Below we example a few of these beautiful pictures.
Reading From Homer
Hand - colored gravures
framed in five-inch old gold
moulding with ornamental top
and corners. Regular $25.00
Sale $12.50
Atlanta's Race
Hand-colored artotype 20 by
36 inches. In a three-inch an
tique gold frame. Three-inch
wide mat Gold burnished orna
mental comers. Regular $ 1 5.00
Sale $7.50
La Brune & Baughter
An original French print in a
two-inch hand-carved frame.
Regular $10.00
Sale $4.75
The Chariot Race
A hand-colored etching, size
26 by 36. Framed in three
inch Roman gold moulding.
Regular $18.00.
Sale $8.95
Whistler's Mother
A Burlington proof, hand
colored. Size 20 by 24. In a
three-inch antique gold frame,
Regular $10.00.
Sale $4.95
Neptune's Sanctuary
A hand-colored facsimile of
the original painting by Ferdi
nand Keller. In three-inch hard
wood carbon frame. Regular
$10.00.
Sale$4.95
The Age of Innocence
By Reynolds.
An imperial gravure, hand
colored, in an antique gold
frame. Size 1 6 by 20. Regu
lar $9.50.
Sale $4.75
The Sunlit Bay
A marine hand-colored photo
graph, 20 by 24, with three-inch
dull gold mat and antique gold
frame. Regular $ 1 4.00.
Sale $6.95
S4.00 framed "Sir Galahad," tale ...$18 $9.50 framed "George Washington," $16.00 framed "Madonna of the Chair,"
$8.00 framed "Aurora," tale $3.95 tale $4.75 tale $7.95
$4.50 framed "Beethoven," tale $2J25 $10.00 framed "Prophets," tale $4.95 $9.50 framed "Duchess of Devonshire,"
$6.00 framed "The Jolly Saddlers," . .$238 $7.50 framed "Schubert," tale $3.75 tale $4.75
Alto hundreds of water colors, pastels, etchings, carbons, hand-colored artotypes, all artistically framed, at HALF PRICE.
UNION TO SELL BERRIES
Portland I"lrm to Handle CUrLa
ma Crop FacsI.Uca Better.
ORET.OS CITT. Or.. May 3r Pfx-!J )
;n r-rrl will b th nrt crop to
b market. by th Offfnn City Fruit
an Frlurs I nion. R. F. Hoaktns Co,
f i'fr tland. t:l ha ml: a tha nt.r crop.
iari of tta .. njc .rrowars In th
Cist kamai dttr1k-t htv announced that
ticjr mill not market tbclr crop tiroufb
tr.s union.
TTftnuportaUnn taW!... will b Im
proved imi yar. Tnm .Portland Rail
war. I!.K.t A PoanftT Compart? will hava
nm car r rora at tba Orvron City
FrtMrbt hnQSd) d!lx tor tha benefit of
lsa frrow.m. Tha frrowara wl'l ba al
liiwsi tf In.! t!". cart or fit ff 3D o'clock
at nler.t Ft-ua of fallur of a nanv
br cf t!.a C:-kamaa rrer to otr
t union thra probably win ba no
cam at O adaton. Tba bM-r1-a bar b
ffun to r?rn and tha crop promt a to
b t,nuua.;r loxra.
FAREWELL NOTE PUZZLES
Tacvrmai roller Ilad Mtxntn and
Man's tlochra on Tfcork.
T ATOM A. Wash. May !pvlal.
Whether W. J. J one, a painter, com
mitted sutritie last night by jumping
from the burrlu dork Is worrying th
p!ic her. A bund! of clothing with
fnur brief notes of farewell alg&ed by
Janes wer found on th dres by Her
bert J. Cranda'.l. nightwatchraan. Cran-
dall had ta:rd to Jones earlier In th
evening and Jones appesred to be c-
spontlent.
Ji has been separated f-om his wife
and three children for two years, and a
rtiTorve suit Is prndlr.g. In part of that
time, the poiu say. Jonea associated
iti a woman. He had not worked rs-
cent:y.
One of th notes found is addressed to
the Ch!ef of Vollce. who Is notified that
J. 'res ! through with this world." Ths
nots snds. "All U over, goodbye."
Wirrlcsa Swindlers Sentenced.
NEW YORK. May . Samuel 8. Bo
gart. TU--presldent of th United
Wireless Telegraph Company, whs
pleaded f ul.ty to fraudulent us of th
n-.ail In advanc of hl ftv associates,
was fined t:0 today In tha United
Slates Circuit Court. K will pay
later tody and go fro. Christopher
Col una bus Wilson, president of th com
pany, and four other ar tn JaiL Th
court yes'srdsy denied their applica
tion for ball and sentenced them to
varylig prison terms.
Elxtraorclinary
Embroidery Sales
Were this sale NOT out of the ordinary this an
nouncement would carry little weight Realizing
fully the intent and purpose of this great June event
and the foundation upon which it rests, we are of
fering three remarkable embroidery specials.
Before leaving for Europe we pur
chased from one of the foremost im
porters of fine Swiss embroideries his
entire ttock of sample piecet.
Flounces, corset covers, bands and insertions.
We expect an enormous response to this announce
ment We know you'll find bargains even better
than you expect
A 11 of course FIRST QUALITY goods.
So long as there are standards to judge by,
these bargains are bound to b appreciated.
27 Inch Swiss Flouncings
Remarkable Bargains at 95c
We quote no comparative prices in this sale, for
one glance at these flouncings when you see them,
will convince you of the remarkable bargains.
The flouncings are made of the. finest quality
Swiss, 27 inches wide and in an immense assortment
of elegant designs of extra deep embroidery, telling
at less than import cost
Corset Coverings, Bands and Insertions
Unmatched at 23c
Selling Normally to 50c
Nainsook and Swiss embroidery corset covers, 1 7
inches wide. Also beautiful Swiss embroidered
bands and insertions from 3 to 5 inches in width. In
a great assortment of refined specially selected pat
terns. Very desirable for lingeree, dress trimmings
and many other purposes.
All-Over Laces and Nets 33c
Selling Normally to $1.00
At 33c you are buying these AO-Over Laces
at less than the import price in Plauen, Germany.
Colors are white and butter. Also a few in
Bulgarian combinations, particularly desirable '
thla season.
Economy Sale of Corsets
$2.00 W. B. Nuform Corsets $1.39
Made with good quality coutil with new medium
bust, long over the hips and back. Wide embroid
ery banding, ribbon drawn top finish. Two pairs
hose supporters attached. Sizes 1 9 to 26.
Nemo Self-Reducing Corset $6.98
SELUNG NORM ALL Y AT $10.00
Made of finest quality imported French coutil
with wide lace beading and ribbon trimmings. Extra
abdominal support Exceptionally large on abdomen,
hips and back. Hose supporters attached. Sizes
20 to 30.
Swan Shape and Nemo Self-Reducing
Corsets, SPECIAL $3.50
SELLING NORM ALL Y AT $5.00
Of the finest quality coutil and corduroy batiste,
with wide, fine lace finish. Some with medium bust
others with bust supporters attached. Also hose
supporters attached. Sizes 1 9 to 30.
The First Time Infants'
Wear at Half Price
Here is the greatest oppor
tunity to buy infants' wear at
such reduced prices.
In securing the entire
stock of this manufacturer
our first requirements were
quality and workmanship.
Realizing that inferior,
cheaply-made infants wear is
absolutely undesirable, we
take great pleasure in submit
ting for your approval a full
assortment of infants long
slips, short slips, dresses and
skirts.
Made of the finest materi
als, with the daintiest of lace
edgings and insertions. Swiss,
mull and baby embroideries,
edges and insertions. Lace
edgings and veilings.
We have never before had
the opportunity of offering
such wonderful bargains in in
fants wear.
75c Infants' Wear 38c
$1.00 Infants' Wear. . .50c
$1.50 Infants' Wear. . 75c
$2.00 Infants' Wear.. $1.00
$4 Infants' Wear . . $2.00
5c
Upright or Inverted
Incandescent Gas Mantles
Regular Prices: 20c, 25c, 30c, 35c
EACH IS OF 100-CANDLE POWER.
This is the largest single purchase and
and sale of Gas Mantles that has ever been
announced by any Portland store.
On sale in our regular Light Department
on the First Floor.
Shopping Bags
98c
Selling at $1.50t $1.75
Midsummer Shopping Bags
in a variety of shapes of seal
grain walrus and patent leath
ers. Mounted on 9 to 12-inch
frames. Leather lined. Have
single or. double strap handles.
All are fitted with change purse
and many have card case and
mirror. All these bags are in
the latest shapes and sizes.
Monday's Unprecedented Sales
Enthusiastic, Delighted Shoppers
What truer indication of public approval can a firm ask than
the response of hundreds of women, who have satisfied them
selves that our undermuslin bargains are unusual, remarkable,
unmatched by competition.
Entrenched behind the most wonderful
stock of undermuslins this store has ever .
offered in a June sale we bid for your con
tinued patronage. Thousands upon thous
ands of garments are offered at HALF
PRICE. '
Fine Domestic Undermuslins Exactly Half Price
Made of the finest sheerest materials, with the very best of
workmanship, guaranteeing perfect cut, finish and fit The gar
ments are made in full sizes, full length, full width.
Trimmings of the finest Swiss and mull embroideries and in
sertions, real Torchon laces and insertions, Cluny laces. Valen
ciennes laces, eyelet and blind embroidery and lace edgings.
Gowns, skirts, corset covers, Princess slips n combina
tions in an enormous assortment.
75c Under Garments . .
$1.00 Under Garments
$1.25 Under Garments ...
$1.50 Under Garments .
$1.75 Under Garments .
$2.00 Under Garments .
$2J25 Under Garments
$2.50 Under Garments .
$2.75 Under Garments .
$3.00 Under Garments .
$3.50 Under Garments .
$4.00 Under Garments . ,
$5.00 Under Garments .
$6.00 Under Garments .
$7.00 Under Garments .
$8.00 Under Garments .
$9.00 Under Garments .
$10.00 Under Garments
$12.00 Under Garments
$15.00 Under Garments
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w, a- m63C
. eia . .7 5c
r euae 88c
.$1.00
. .$1.13
$125
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$1 .so
mm ft $17&
$2.00
...$2.50
$3.00
$3.50
.. .,..$4.00
$4.50
...$5.00
.....$6.00
...$7J50
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New Black Sailors
$135 to $10.00
Rough, heavy, straight-brim sail
ors, selling from $1.95 to $5.00.
Fine straight-brim black milans
at $5.00 and $7.50.
Rough, narrow-brim sailors at
$3.50 to $5.00.
Today we place on sale new
Summer models in black sailors,
made by the famous English firm
Prevost & Co., Black friars. Lon
don; also Balch-Price & Co.
sailors and Phipps sailors.
Tub Goods in the June Sale
Colored Wash Fabrics 10c
Hundreds of yards of fine imported printed wash goods, in
cluding dimities in dainty colorings and designs batiste and
lawns in white and colors. About half of this lot comes with
exquisite border effects in the daintiest designs.
Bordered French Mouslin 20c
The newest patterns of French Mouslin, which is the mosl
attractive wash goods ever brought out at a popular price.
More than a hundred different designs and ' colorings, from
blues in a variety of shades all the pinks, including the Helen
greens in many shades lilacs and lavenders blacks and
whites in a dozen designs navy and white to foulard effects
grays, browns and tans, in fact all the designs and color
combinations of the season.
White French Batiste 25c Yard
A
- soft, silky-finished French batiste in white only, especially
. i r l ' J J J . i . i
aaapiea xor graduating aresses ana aamry lingerie waists ana
neckwear. Special 25c the yard.
Table Linens for the June Bride
Round pattern designs of neat dainty sprigs, also elaborate
floral and conventional patterns suitable for round or square
tables. With border on four sides to match.
Cloths 71 by 72 inches each $3.00.
Cloths 71 by 90 inches each $3.50.
Cloths 71 by 108 inches each $4.50. ' s
Napkins 24 inches square, to match,
$4.50 dozen.
Hemstitched Table Sets $10.00
Fine German linen table cloth in neat patterns, size 70 by 90
inches, and one dozen napkins to match, 24 inches square.
Cloth 70 by 1 08 inches. witLa dozen napkins, $ 1 2.00 set
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