THE MOUSING OKEUUMAN. TLEWDAl. Dfcl'KMBEK 2. 1!U1 fntwts ( Hats EHaiawft Schloss Baltimore Clothes II Schloss Baltimore Clothes I HaH S2-YEAR-OLD PHILANTHROPIST. WHO FEELS SO GOOD HE IS SORRY HE GAVE AW AT MONEY SO SOON. rHsiISl HE'D KEPT MONEY! f Huts Semi-Annual Clearance Aged Philanthropist Feels So Fine He Fears He Won't Have Enough Cash.. oss Baltimore Clothes - - v a - x. .r- 'V.OCK TURKEY" RELISHED 1 , n.,Jar. "r- , vv7.- t - " Bthitrntn l .IIU 1.1 80S WISHES r wll i! rwilr Schloss Baltimore Clothes If I Baltimore I KOofAesJ Schi fschlost BilUmott kCloMlJ; Billirr.ott SMost Satimore ClothesJ TShhssi Btltlmott I 5 CMav fa, , f Vriwrable Doctor, Mho Gave .aj i Million-. Kajnx-I- lo Pa Many More Mcrrj t'lirl-lmao--l-w Thousand Dollars Left. cnrcxrso. Pec j. (8pi. rr. T K. Pearson, the philanthropist. fasil on "mock turkey" today at tha llinadale Sanitarium. Despite thla 1 year he declared after hla Christmas clinnr that be f''t so wll that ha feared ha bad mad a mistake In glv tna ivav all hut a fw thousand dol lara of hla mora than I7.0oo.0t fortune, lie bell'Tea that he will lira to aea manr Chrltmaea and that ha may yet experience need of a4ma of tha money he has alven away. About a year aico T'r. Tearaona gave i;-ei.)a to colleges and other Instltn li -n. and alnce that time has been llvilii; at the sanitarium. .VII that he ttatrird it his r.ealth was 930.000 to Injure hi support until his death. The sanitarium was the rcene eiatur ila. ami Sunday of many "thankscl v parties." In whirh men and women r - ;ri .mttpg s-IhmIs and colleges In va i lotis ptr.s of the country called and tiurhfd Ir. ivarsons for his itifts and MtFha-d htm ttitf iys vf the Christmas t Ttlslery of Life UmU Another irruinsta n a which lent a (harm to the philanthropist a yuletlda s the recvlpt of the history of hla I If-, written l.y Hev. K. K. Williams. nH Issued lr the Congregational frees. The biHik rame from the presa Satur day and Lr. I'earsons received tha first rpy. I feel u-tter today than I have for ears." said I r. I'earsons after finlsh inK his meal of "mock turkey." "This mk turkey, whl i la made of nut tnrats and browned like real turkey. Is. to my- mind, the idral Chrlatmaa diet. In order to make It appear like a tur l..y. siicka of macaroni are need to take the place of bones, and nut maata ii- shape. I like turkey legs and wings. Oaly Keis TfcaMeaad Ueft. "So well do 1 fl after my dinner that I am Inclined to think I will have many more Christmas dinnera and en -y them aa 1 have this one. I did not make any gifts today, because I have Klven away ail of my fortune except a f -w thousands which 1 may need to support me while I live. I feel ao well, however, that I ben In to believe t have suvej too little. Anoiner thins which has made this .iristnas a moat enjoy able one to me la that Saturday and SunUav I had callers representing tha Institutions I had aided, and all jcraaped my hand and thanked me. and made me feel that my money bad really been well spent. "t'n Saturday I also received a copy of a book giving the story of my life. I have read parta of It and enjoyed It very much. The book waa written l.v l!ev. K. K. Williams, formerly paator f the Hyde Park Congregational Church and for 50 yeara my paator." At the sanitarium It waa aald that It. Pr arsons waa In the beat of health and spirits, and that ha bad prospect of a much lonaer life. GARDINER EXPECTS ROAD l.-rldrntft to Vole oa Incorporating Town In Preparation for It. m arsh field. or rvc. as. tp- ctl om of the rldnt of Gr dmrr on th I'mpqua lEtvcr. will tnak anthr ffort to hv th town Incor porated. iom months iko vot ws taken for that purpoM and was d- !-.! hut It la bUesVd by thoaa who re pushing; th movfmrnt that It may rarrr now tn view of tha railroad ac tivities In that ve-rttoit. A petition has bn stcned and form ardrd to tha rountT aeat of Potiftlaa t'ounty and a I me for tha lrt.n will bm et Th railroad activities at Gardiner r atfrarttna a coed deal of atten tion, Both tha southern rictflc and the Sumner Itn. known tha Pact Ho aat line, art at-ttve. Tha work of curing rlfhia of way has been car rted on by both lines. Aa to whether i he roads will pass through Gardiner ur on the opposite, slds of tha tivar Is not known at Uardtner. bat soma da--lr that tha Southern I'arifla Is try ing; to s"M all of tha waterfront on both sides of the lower river. LAD SAVED BY DARING ACT caduclor Itrtciin Itojr Clinging to Telegraph Wire 30 t'trt High. SEATTLK. Wash I'ec. js Tha dar tre of Fred Tresselt. conductor a Ksllard streetcar, aaved the life of lt- ear-old Frankle Rosaaea yeaterday after he had been knocked front tha Salmon Bay trestle over the Oreat Northern tracks and had landed In a tanfMe of telegraph wires lit feet above the around. W hen Tresaelt. whose car struck the by. saw the dancer of Frankle'a po sition, he made his way to the around, then climbed the pol nearest-, to tbe boy. who was swlnslna dangerously In midair. Creeptna carefully alone the swaytna wires Tresselt reached tha lad. who nunc to him while th peril- ua trip wss made back to the pole, where the motorman of the car waa perched In the cross -trees watting to relieve Tresselt of his burden. The boy waa severely rut and bruised but mill recover. GUN POINTED, BOY IS SHOT MiM-cn-A ear-Old l ad Seriously I n jnrrd by Ilia IVIrnd. H1I.LSBCRO. Or Dec. ti. (Special.) Charles Taylor, a youne? man of Bethany, workinf oa the Wlemer farm, near Cedar Mill, yesterday accidentally shot Georae Schulthela, aged It, wltb a tl-callber revolver, tha ballet pene trating a lung and lodging tn tha back. I irs, K. A- Bailey and W. B. Cunning ham extracted the bullet, and the young man may recover, although ha la In a critical condition. Toung Taylor waa at the home of Sam Oerner, when Schultnei. who la a close friend, entered. Taylor play fully pointed the revolver at him and pulled the trigger. It waa the usual "!tda t-know-l t-wae-!oaded ' affair. I a I t - - i. ' : - - J 1 DR. n. K. P5.IBSO.VS. ! ,,..ssstssssssslialiisiTTT ...-.---a RUEF MAY BE FREED Visitor at Penitentiary Says Parole Is Nigh. REPORT GIVEN CREDENCE Powerful Influence PrTil to Wave Aside Legal Impedlmesfta Standing Between Convicted Briber and Liberty. PAN FRANCISCO. Pec. Si. (8pa claL) That Abraham Kuef will oe paroled from San Quentln Prleom. where be la serving a l-year term for bribery, within the next two month, was the confidential statement made today by a well-known San Francisco business man. who a short tlma ago visited Ruef at tha penitentiary. Tha powerful Influencea that have been brought to bear to bring about the parole of Ruef have been auffl clent to wave aside the legal bar that stand In the way of uch action, waa th announcement of the friend of th former political bos of thl city. Th talement. made aa It waa a few houre after the friend of Ruef had left . . Hn riven con siderable weight In thla city and there . . 1 1 ... tha htial- are many wno orn nes man who Journeyed to San Quen tln to aee the prisoner received Infor mation upon which he based bla an nouncement. The ostensible purpose of the Pan Franclaco man In visiting Aba Ruef was to wish him a Merry Chrlatmaa and to ask If there waa anything ha could do In Pan Franclaco to serve Mm. However. In the course of the Inter view ther waa somethtng said by Ruf that prompted his friend to make th announcement that Ruef would be wearing cltiaen'a clothea within tha next two or three month at tha least. The announcement la not without He possibilities. Coder an Interpretation of the law and the rulea and regula- . . - . h. ..tnntAa K V h tlons trrsi nin ...K-"- ' Plate Board of Prison Dlrectora, Ruef .a -a tl. aftaa VI at r K may paroiea n mnj - . l15. when his first year In prUon will txplra. TAFT'S ELECTION FORECAST Senator Warren Saja Hook, Xagel or Krllocg Will -o on Bench. DENVER, Iee. JJr-In an Interview here today Senator Francia F.. Warren, of Wyoming, la quoted as saying that President Tsft will appoint either Cir cuit Judge Walter C. Hook, of Kansas: Secretary of Commerce and Iaibor, Charles Ns-I. of Hi. I-outs. or Frank Kellogg, of Minnesota, as Associate Jostle of -th I'nlted Statea Supreme Court, to Bll the vacancy caused by th death of Justice Harlan, and that In any event. President Taft will ap point a man from the Eighth Circuit. Commenting on the next Presidential election. Senator Warren eays: "I have no doubt of President Taft renomlnatlon and I have no doubt of hla re-election. The I -a Folletta boom has collapsed and Republicans recog nise thla throughout th country." SAILORS FACE DIRE PERIL Menaed by Sea. Crew Abandon Predce and Rent-tic Coast. SAVANNAH. Ga.. Dec. SS. alenaoed by death from violent seas. Captain F. j. ihivls and hla crew of 11 men aban doned a dredge In tow off tha South' Carolina coast Saturday noon. In small boats the . sailors made Daufuskl Island and Captain Davia reached Savannah today, aftr travel ing through milea of lonely swamp country. An expedition left hero this afternoon to rescue the hungry aallora atranded on PaufuskL RAILROAD MENAT CULVER 0.-W. It A X. Official Interested lu Roadway to Agricultural latnd. CVLVER. Or Pec. IS. (Special. ) President J. D. FarrelU of tbe 0.-W. R. N. Company, la company of hla rail road associates, paaaed through Culver yesterday on their special train, mak ing a tour of Inspection of the road and of th country. The party paaaed about an hour In Culver, looking over the aamplea of products, examining tha large warehouse and familarlxing themselves with the condition and prospect of the country. AH spoke In highest appreciation of the country' appearance and future prospecta and were well pleased with the prospecta of the town. They were especially Interested in the new wagon road that Is being built across the Peschutea and Crooked River weat of town, which will bring several townshlpa of rich agricultural land tributary to tbe railroad at Cul ver. The party had among Ita number J. D. Farrell. president; J. P. CTBrten, gen eral manager; William MeMurray. gen eral passenger agent; R. B. Miller, gen eral traffic manager: H. J. CNell. gen eral freight and passenger agent: W. Bollons. superintendent, and a number of othera. E SOCIALIST LEADER WOCLD EX PEL HIM FROM PARTV. Speech Advocating "Direct Action" In Securing Labor Rights Stirn Tp Parly. DENVER, Pec. IS. W. H. Leonard, a Socialist leader of Denver, today said that at a meeting Tuesday of tha Second Ward branch of the Socialist party, resolutions will be Introduced calling for the expulsion of William l. Haywood, who. In a recent anoech, la reported to have advocated "direct action" In aecurlng labor organlxationa In their rlghta. Mr. Leonard added that if the ward organization falls to act, a city-wide meeting will ba called for Wednesday night to act on a proposition to sub mit tha matter of expulsion to a refer endum of tha party throughout tha country. A. 1L Floaten, secretary of the So cialist party In Colorado, aald that ho favored a vote of censure for Haywood If the remarks attributed to him were correct, but he said he doubted If any man could be expelled lerally from th party because of hi utterance. Haywood waa denounced for hla al leged utterance In speech at the meeting of the Denver Tradea and La bor Assembly today. Better Pianos for Rent at Sherman. Clay Co, Morrison at Sixth. ' For Your Hair Here Are Facts We Want You to Prove at Our Risk Marvelous as It may aeem. Rexall fS" Hair Tonic haa grown hair on heads that were once bald. Of course It la understood that In none of these rases were the hair roota dead nor had the acalp taken on a glazed, shiny ap pearance. When the roots of the hair are en tirely dead and tha pores of tha acalp are glased over, we do not believe that anything ran restore hair growth. When Rexall "S" Hair Tonic will do aa above stated. It I not atrange that w have such great faith In It and that we claim It win prevent baldnes when used In time. It ct scientifically, de stroying the germs which are usually responsible for baldness. It penetrate to the roots of the hair, stimulating and nourishing them. It la a roost pleasant toilet necessity, la delicately perfumed and will not gum nor per manently stain the hair. We want you to get a bottle of Rexall "3" Hslr Tonic and use It aa directed. f it does not relieve acalp Irritation, remove dandruff, prevent th hair from falling out and promote an Increased growth of hair and in every way give entire satisfaction, simply come back and tell us and without question or formality w will hand back to you every penny you paid us for It. We lend our Indorsement to Rexall J" Hair Tonic and sell It on this guarantee, because we believe It la the best hair tonic ever discovered. It comes In two sizes, prices SO cent and S1.00 Sold only by tha Owl Drug Co. (tore In Portland. Seattle. Spokane. San Francisco. Oakland. Loa Angelas and Sacramento. PRINTING slug. Madlag and Blank Book Maklag. rbaaea Mala Cut. A ZL Portland Printing House Co. t. I. Wrttiil. Book. Caialogwa Teat aaa lajier I aad Geo. sfaaeaee. aad Com K ere iai. ta, XTtiaaa. w 3CRSM Osfetas J Bjflswt f'StMom pjMaMft Ksssajatf I ScsJoai jBalliatem I Clotae i i 'Sckhu 1 ' Sdthu Biiflaterc .Ootid 5 ' SWou flirtmore sChtbnA Seated Ptlllmon ACIefaas rHtts $3.09 rfownS Hats J3.00, Begins This Morning The Blue Ribbon first prize for the giving of best values in clothes this week will go without question and by the unanimous consent of all good judges to this store. We will capture this prize because of several very good reasons. First, because of the high quality of the clothes there being none better made in America. Secondly, because of the immense variety so extensive that every taste can be gratified and every figure fitted. Thirdly, because we do not limit you to making your selection from fancy weaves exclusively, but also give you an opportunity for buying the staple blacks and blues, and Full Dress and Tuxedos at the same generous reductions. $15 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats $11.25 $18 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats $13.00 $20 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats $14.50 $25 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats $18.25 $30 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats $21.50 $35 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats $25.75 $40 Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats $28.50 All Boys' Clothing Reduced In buying Boys' Clothing, we insist upon securing two things: One is that the cloth must bo all wool, the other that the'clothes must be made to stand the wear given by healthy, frolicsome youngsters. That is the only kind of clothes we care to sell, and you can now buy these Boys' Suits and Overcoats at these reductions: $5.00 SUITS $3.75 $6.00 SUITS $4.SO $7.00 SUITS $5.25 $8.00 SUITS $6.00 $10.00 SUITS $7.50 Furnishing Goods at Usual Clearance Sale Prices Clothes, Schhst Btltlmott Scbhn Btltlmon Ootbtt vtuUM Btltlmon iCIolhts 5A05 YBiltlmort VClolhtt 'Schhai I Biiliaon 1 .OotliesA Schtoss Poltimottl .'Ctotfrej - Windows tw kR"tS Fourth Mnd Alder Streets j ClOlhillQ CO. Fbe'er' See ur Window flklilossi fHawtsl Hats 7 Srhlas. Baltimore Clothes J Schloss Baltimore Clothes ii YKawesS schloss Baltimore Clothes "a'V KUHNS INVADE SIERRAS ELECTRICITY FOR HEATIXG PCRPOSES HELD FEASIBLE. Supplying Current to Ban Francisco and Vicinity Proposed by Agents of Power Company. BAN FRANCISCO, Deo. 25. (Special.) Officials of the Kuhn Interests, of Pittsburg, are In the city looking over the ground for a possible franchise from the Board of Supervisors to lay power lines under the atreeta of the city to carry electricity to the different business houses and residences for hestlnr purposes. It Is declared by the experts that electricity can be fur nished for heating purposes in Cali fornia at a cheaper rate than gas, or than coal can be supplied to household ers. Within the coming week several of the managers of the Kuhn Interests will go into the Sierras and look: over several of the undeveloped power sites at which It la proposed to develop their electricity. It ia proposed to do the same thing for San Francisco by developing elec tricity on a larger scale than has here tofore been attempted, and to confine the business of the company to the furnishing of electricity for. heating purposes. The engineers have been working in the mountains for the past several weeks and have several" water power sites In view, any one of which. It is said. Is capable of producing sufficient power to heat this city and Oakland. The electricity can be sold for less than 24 cents the 1000 kilowatts. I. C. MrWatter, grenoral manager and vice-president of 10 of the leading power companies of Idaho, is at the Palace Hotel In connection with the proposed power development of the Kuhn -Interests In this section of the state. TWO LABORERS CRUSHED Stake Breaks on Flat Car, Loosening Heavy Timbers Suddenly. SEATTLE, Wash, Dec. 26. Two Greek laborers employed in- the Stam pede tunnel in the Cascade Mountains, met death yesterday when a car stake on a passing train broke and a load of logs rolled on them. The dead are Gus N. Mall ion, aged 42, married, and Sara Triantias, aged 22, single. The labor ers stepped aside to allow the train to pass and when the flatcar laden with big timbers was opposite the gang, a stake broke. All jumped to safety ex cept the two men who were killed, and a third man who was seriously injured The Greeks, unable to understand Eng lish, threatened the train crew, but th timely arrival of an interpreter pre vented trouble. NQW IS THE BEST TIME. tu secure extra value in slightly usee pianos that were taken in exchange during our Christmas season. Nearl all makes are represented, the variety and quality is exceptional. You wil buy here if you wish to save money Sherman, Clay & Co., Morrison ai Sixth. Condition of Morse Unchanged. ATLANTA, Ga., Dec. 25. There was no material change In the conditlor of Charles W. Morse today. He has not been Informed of the failure of hi! appeal for a pardon. Great Annual'Clearance Sale The Sale You Have Been Waiting For This is your opportunity to buy Bartholomew Quality Suits, Coats, Dresses, etc., etc., at a fraction of their real worth. Every article reduced. Every article MUST BE SOLD to make room for new goods. Sale starts 8 A. M. today. ' . Suits Coats Entire xtorV divided into three lots. Every suit in the boue included. Strictly tailored models in navy blue and stylish mixtures; also all of our novelty suits. Here are the great bargain prices: $25 to $35 Suits at $18.45 $38 to $45 Suits at., $25.45 $43 to $62 Suits at........... $35.43 A few higher priced suits at half price. Come early. Wonderful values, these plain'navy blues and blacks in serjres, broadcloths and novelty weaves. AYhite polos and revers ibles in mannish cloths. Every coat in the house included. Divided into two lots. Look at these clearance-sale prices: $18.50 to $25 Coats at $12.45 $28 to $35 Coats at ...$16.45 English Raincoats at one-fourth off. Dresses Unheard-of Values Chiffon Dancing .Dresses for misses and small women. Exquisite creations, selling regularly up to $35; all included in one lot, $19.45 Cloth Street Dresses, serges and broad cloths, for misses and small women; irf two lots: y -$16.50 to $18.50 now. $11.45 $22.50 to $30.00 now .,.$15.45 The .8 artholomew Co Washington Street, at Tenth mpany