MRS. LEEDS WILL
BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN WIDOW. -WEARING PEARL NECK
, LACE OVER WHICH SHE WILL RECOVER $110,000
DUTY FROM GOVERNMENT.
No Restaurant
No Meat Market
No Pots or Pans
No Groceries
No Bakery
No Liquors
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BACK 2110,000
Decision Means Government
Can Collect Only 1 0 Per Cent
Duty on Pearls.
NECKLACE COST $220,000
V Inner of Content With Customs
Officer Is Now on Tour of World.
She Will Live In London,
as Xfw York Jars.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. The Treas
ury Department today prepared to aur
render tha 1110.009 excess duties col
lected on the $::0.000 pearl necklaca
of Mrs. William B. Leeds, of New
York. In accordance with tha decision
it the Supreme Court of the United
states.
The Supreme Court decision. It Is
said, by custom experts, practically
mrans that tha 0 per cent amy on
rearl necklaces seldom. If ever, will be
collected in the future. Because sucu
necklaces can be unstrung abroad and
coma In at 10 per cent duty as "pearls
In their natural state.
Mrs. Leeds Is the widow of tha
American "tin plate king" and has been
pendlnc most of her time abroad
since the death of her husband severa
years ago. Paul Hellleu. the French
artist, has said that she Is one of the
most beautiful women In tha world.
The pearl necklace on which the
Corernment collected the excess duty
was brought to the United States from
Paris In 10. Mrs. Leeds contested
the Gorernment's demand and tha case
was pending until the Supreme Court
decided the case yesterday.
Mrs. Leeds Is now touring the world
In a private yacht with a party of
friends. Tha tour began several weeas
. ago. Mrs. Leeds complained, after
several weeks In New York, that the
American metropolis got on her nerves.
After her present tour she will make
her home In London, where she has
achieved social success. Several titled
men danced attendance upon her there
last season. Including Prince Murat of
Ttnssla and Lord Falconer of Kngland.
When she was In the United States
she denied rumors she waa engaged
In them or anyone else.
INDUSTRY CHAMBER FORMS
Oichalls County to Have Body
Formed of All Clubs.
HOQUIA1L Wash, Feb. 10. Spe
rial.) Formation of arChebsUls County
chamber of Industry, to be composed of
representatives of every commercial or.
a-antastlon In the county, la under or
ranlsatlon. It has been Indorsed by the
Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce, the
lloqulam Commercial Club and the
Montesarro Chamber or commerce, aa
far aa the preliminary steps are con
cerned, and practically all that remains
now le the choice of delegatea and f -r-mal
orgaalxauon.
The County Chamber of Industry, tha
prime mover In the organisation of
which baa been L. H- Brewer, president
of the Hoqulam Commercial Club. Is de.
slrned to handle euMects of Interest to
ine whole county. The plan Is for all
suMects of county Interest to be taken
up by the County Chamber to be gone
over rarefatly before decision for or
asatnst. Then these subjects will be
reported back to the varloua eluba and
will he acted upon finally by the Conn
ty Chamber. A aecretary la to be era1
piowd to handle the work of the or
(an Izatlnn.
JOB IS BAR TO MATRIMONY
MriMifrsiiher Applicants Must Sign
Bond to Krmaln Single.
VXiiilTKR. Wash, Feb. 20. (Spe
cials Moved by the rapidity with
which alrl stenographers and book
keepers, working for the Bennett
Hardware Company, married In the
past year. Manager Bennett has es
tablished a rule that young women,
when accepting a position, must give
a written guarantee, secured by a
mall bond, that they will not be mar
ried within alx months.
Within tha past five months two of
Ms stenographers have married. Miss
Nora Utter and Mtsa Florence Page.
Mr. Bennett la not opposed to mar
riage: he favors It. he says, but It is
demoralising to hla business.
Since It has become generally known
that so- many girls marry from this
store. Mr. Bennett has been flooded
lth applications for positions. So far
he haa not aucceeded In finding a girl
wo is willing to take tha place and
guarantee that she will not marry
within six months.
PRINTERS REVIEW WORK
Accomplishments) In Coast
Topic at Los Angeles.
Cities
LOS ANGELES. Feb. JO. Business
and pleasure were combined In the
second day'a session of the Pacific
Coast Printers' Cost Convention being
held tn this city.
The business programme of tha con
vention today Included a symposium on
the accomplishments of organisation
and cqst systems In Portland Seattle.
Spokane. Taroma. Vancouver. San
Francisco, Oakland. San Diego and Los
Angeles, responded to in the order
named by C. If. Whlteemore. Harry
Stuff. J. A. Borden. Kthan Allen. Jr.;
John Bedford. James I. Roanlree. Em
met! Phtl'.lpa. O. Arthur Kelly and
Frank A. Frye.
At the afternoon session. Chadwtck
P. Cummin rs. of Philadelphia, spoke
on "Estimating." which was followed
by a general discussion of the subject.
Big Fruit Crop Expected.
HOOD RIVER. Or, Feb. JO. (Spe
cial. The abundance of fruit spurs
reuses experts to pare this year's blos
som of pears, anples and peaches sa
one of the heaviest In the history of
the valley. To test the fruit spurs a
number of persons have cut twigs,
which, having been inserted In water
rf a high temperature, soon burst In
full Moesom,
(nmnrtitlon to Fill Vacancy.
RE"J XXA.V NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Feb. S Senator Chamberlain
vat Informed today that the new su
perintendent of the 11th Ilfesavlng dis
trict would be chosen after a competi
tive examination, open to all keepers
In that district and not oa Congres
sional recommendation.
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MRS. WILLIAM II. LEEDS.
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School Teacher Rescued From
Gang In Vacant House.
POLICE ARREST TWO MEN
San Francisco Cltlxen Reports En
counter With Toughs Carrying;
IJmp Form Lonely Dwelling;
Invaded G!rl Story Vipie.
a i xr pnivnsrn. Feb. so. (Special.)
Bescued by policemen from a vacant
house at Eighth and .-aioma sirens.
v.-. .h. bad Keen carried by a gang
of men. one of whom, a cripple, she
declares, attacked her. a woman wow
gave her name to the police as Llllle
Mathews, 10 years old. a school tescher.
waa conveyed to her home In a pitiful
condition at an early hour this morn
ing. Thoxnaa Maioney ana
a..m.. w. .mi. tnn. are held In
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the city, prison on a statutory charge.
and the police are searcmn
members of the gang.
According to the police. John Jaroe-
-. ..-! n.ini.lf thla mornlna. re -
sun. ml - " . .
ported to Policeman Jackson that he
. Kaie rfosen men carrying
an apparently unconscious woman into
a vacant house at tunia u
streets. Jameson had attempted to
Interfere, he aald. but was driven off
by tha gang.
Policeman Jackson, with assisting
- ... . thm hnuM anil found
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the women with her hair disheveled
and her clothing torn, moaning on the
floor. Malonev waa found hiding In a
closet In the house, and Sullivan was
captured as he was running' away.
Wu Apparently Dragged.
n-i i.afnil to be under
tha Influence of drugs, was taken to
headquarters, where she was ques
tioned. She gave her name, age, oc
cupation, and said she lived at uo
Oeery street. In her statement, sne
said that when walking on tha water
front she tin oeen imi"J' .-
i j hmA comnlained to a
pollcemanl who struck the cripple and
rdered him away.
x'- i.K.r.nHlrr aha said, the crtp-
ple followed her and In Eighth street
was Joined by nan a aosen oinn wmi
nd the Den a aragerea nrr miu
learby. There, she said, the cripple
i -n(i ah waa onlv aaved
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the police, when her assailants fled.
rjeiorw pvi.in
eort. the woman Identified Bulllvan and
Mahoney. the men arresxeo. as iwo
membera of the gang. The prisoners
laid that they rouna mo women iyina
In
n front or tne nouse on me mnj
. i .a k.e Indoors to assist her.
but fearing that their motives would
he misconstrued, attempieo iiigm on
he arrival or tne ponce.
Portland Mis Meattoaed.
From a rambling statement Miss
.... . tnaria. it annears she came
from Holllster to seek employment In
San Fra-Cisco, snu iui --
ves and friends in uuionr,-
1th whom she had been4 in communl-
ntlon.
One letter she showed tha police was
erned by Axel Nystrom. giving his
,l.lress as 44 and 4t East street. San
rsnclsco. Nystrom wrote from Port
md. Or, saying that he would be tn
,n Francisco yesterday and asking
m Mathews to meet him here.
Among other statements, the woman
Id her brother waa a rinaerion ue
tectlve from Kansaa City. Mo., and
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who robbed a Jewelry store in tnat
clt
:y. She said she naa oeen wuiin
wit
h her brother on mat case ana
ent to the waterfront last nignt in
the expectation of finding mm in inn
neighborhood.
NSURANCE MEN WARNED
Taking; of Klsks From Unlicensed
Brokers Held Rebating;.
SALEM. Or. Feb. 10. (Special.) In
warning Issued by Stata Insurance
Ferguson today. It la declared tnat
declared that any Insurance company
hat accepts business through a broker
who is not regularly licensed to do t
business In Oregon and taking the risk I
and paying the broker any commission
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on the business will be guilty of re
bating. In his statement he says:
"In the statutes of Oregon, section
SS46, which covers Issuance of Insurance
by a resident agent, provides as fol
lows: It shall be unlawful for any Insurance
company or association doing business In
the State of Oregon to write, place, or cause
to be written or placed, any policy or con
tract tor Indemnity lor insurance on prop.
rty situated or located tn the Stata of
Oregon, azcept through or by the duly au
thorised asent or agents of such Insurance
company or association residing and doing
Dusmess in mis ataie.
Section 4041. Word "Agent." how con
st rued.
The word "agent la this act. wherever
used, ehall be construed to Include and ap
ply to a person, firm, or corporation, and
any certificate Issued by the Insurance
Commissioner to any firm or corporation
shall bear upon Its face the name of each
and every Individual member comprising
such firm, and the names of the principal
officers of such corporation; and any per
son who solicits insurance, receives aa ap
plication or order to write, renew, or pro
cure any policy or collect any premium, or
who attempts as middleman to place any
lire insurance In this state, ahatl be deemed
an Insurance agent, and shall comply with
the provisions herein; and If such agent
snau refuse or neglect to procure a cer
tificate as provided herein, he shall be
deemed gulttv of a misdemeanor, and upon
conviction thereof shall be fined not lees
than f.1DO for each offense, and In default
of payment of the fine, shall be Imprisoned
In the Count r Jail not leas than fifty days;
provided, bowever. that this section shall
not apply to the regularly employed office
clerks of agents.
In regard thereto, we dealre to call the
attention of the public to the fact that all
policies of Insurance of whatever character,
covering risks in the State of Oregon most
be Issued throurh recularlv tl.naH 1
J dent agenta: and. further, that any company
-.-ft.tii euro Dusincea inrough a broker
who Is not a licensed Oregon agent of the
company taking the risk and paying to
such broker any commission on the business,
will be guilty of rebating; for In such a case
the broker, not being an authorised Oregon
agent of the company, must be considered
the egent of the asaured. and payment to
such broker of any part of the premium
shown br the contract, would be the same as
payment to the assured.
PBESS HOST TOMORROW
CLVB TO E.VTERTAI.V FRIENDS
AT FIRST AXXCAL AT HOME.
ITogranuiie Will Begin at S and
Continue Throughout Afternoon.
Reeeptlon Most Informal.
All the preparations are complete at
the Portland Press Club for the first
annual -at home.- which the club will
hold tomorrow afternoon to commem
orate the completion of the first year
In Ita present quarters. Although the
organisation of the club took place
1 months ago. It waa not until last
Washlngtons birthday that the prea
ent comfortable quarters In the Elks'
building were formally thrown open.
Tha opening of the clubrooms occu
pies a niche In the memory of the
newBwrlters of the city, alongside
which few things are comparably Im
portant, and In preparing the anni
versary celebration, tha members of
tha club Intend to have the acale In
keeping with the Importance of the
event.
A splendid entertainment, which wilk
atari si a o ciocg tad continue through
the afternoon, has been arranged by
Charlea Ji. Hyan. chairman of the en
tertainment committee. Mr. Ryan
promises that it shall be fully up to
all expectations.
Tha rooms, which will be given over
to the decorators tonight, will present
an appearance of beauty unequaled by
any previous occasion, notwithstand
ing they have at functions In the past
presented a most attractive appear
ance. President Vincent wants It under
stood that the "at home" Is not an
Invitation affair and that there will
be aa complete an absence of formality
aa the newspapermen can secure. The
club expects that all of Ita friends and
tha friends of its members, both men
and women, will be on hand prepared
to join in the festivities. Refreshments
will be served.
Natron Extension Hurried.
EUGENE. Or.. Feb. "0. (Special.)
H. P. Hoey, resident engineer of the
Southern Pacific Company, In charge
of the Natron extension, returned to
day from the rati head and reporta ZOO
men at work clearing right-of-way for
the next contract. Mr. Hoey denied
absolutely that he was looking over
the coast country for a Southern Pa
cific line from Tillamook to connect
with the Eugena-Sluslaw line.
Teal Arrives to Argue Cases.
OREOONIAN NEWS BOREAL. Wash
ington. Feb. 20. J. X. Teal, of Port
land, arrived hers today to argue rata
raaes before the Commerce Court and
the Supreme Court.
Kayser Knit Underwear for Women In Many Styles
Today These Extra Qualities Will Be Sold at Unparalleled Prices
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$1-50 and $2.25 Garments
Special $1.00
Silk lisle vests with band finished
tops. Silk lisle union suits,, sleeveless
and low neck, with plain or lace fin
ished knee. Band finished tops and
plain or lace knee.
Also silk lisle union suits with
crochet neck, plain knee. Silk lisle
suits with crochet neck and lace knee.
Silk lisle vests with lace and crochet
tops.
New Handsome Room-Size Rugs
Introducing Them at Special Prices
$18.00 Tapestry Brussels Rugs for $12.45
Tapestry Brussels rugs, size 9 by 12, of extra good quality. These rugs
are now shown in a variety of patterns in Oriental and floral designs. This
is the rug for service and durability.
$12.50 Wool and Fiber Rugs for $8.95
Wool and fiber rugs of quality. Just the rug for the bedrooms or spare
room. These practical rugs can be had in brown, green, tan and blue.
$35.00 Body Brussels Rugs $25.85
A large shipment of new body Brussels rugs have just arrived. This is
an excellent nig for the dining and living-rooms. The assortment of pat
terns is very broad in neat, small designs. There are tan and brown color
ings. Quality considered, you will find them great bargains. Size 9 by 12.
$33.00 Axminster Rugs $22.45
Axminster rugs of superior quality
These rugs are the best quality ot
9 by 12.
GEONOMY IS PREACHED
CAREFCI- MANAGEMENT URGED
BY GOVERNOR HARMON.
Ohio Executive Tells Kentucky leg
islators Office Holders Should
Look to Own Shortcomings. .
FRANKFORT. Kjr. Feb. 20. Gov
ernor Harmon, of Qhlo. warned the
Kentucky Stat Legislature and all
public office holders today to analyze
their own records and see how far they
were responsible for the unrest that
he said, was leading; to a demand for
Innovations In government generally.
Harmon spoke briefly In answer to a
recent Invitation of the Legislature. H
said In part:
"Whatever we may think of the In
novations in government, we are hear
ing so much about it that It behooves
everyone who holds a public position
to make diligent self-search to find
whether any shortcoming on bis part
figures In the unrest ths proposal of
these changes signifies. "While some
doubtless advocate them for other rea
sons, the greater number would not
lend an ear without some real or sup
posed grounds for discontent with pub
lic anencles as they are.
"Direct legislation Is aimed at the
lawmakers as a body, and the recall
at the individual members, as well s-S
at executive officers and Judges. And
it may fairly be said that the support
these devices receive varies with the
real or supposed need for them, as well
as with opinions about the balance of
advantage In them.
'I believe the rrform most sorely
needed now Is in administration; bet
ter results nt less expensa.
"It ought not to cost a billion dol
lars a year, or over fll for each man.
woman and child In the eountry to
maintain the Federal Government with
Its limited functions.
"True, these are times of private ex
Underwear That We Can Recommend for Long Service
Prices Range From One-Third to a Half Regular Prices
By the prices we quote for today we want to convince you we're concentrat
ing our best efforts on these sales, offering bargains you cannot get later. It is well
while to read the particulars.
special attention to the large assortment of styles. They are all
goods and all sizes are herein represented. All new. fresh merchandise.
Regular $1.25 and $1.50 Garmenta Regular 35c and 50c Vests
Special 75c Special 25c
Silk lisle vests with deep hand crochet neck. Swiss ribbed cotton or lisle thread
Other vests of lisle with low necks and band tops.
Also lisle union suits with ribbon band tops and
plain knee.
Regular 75c and $1.00 Garments
Special 50c
-Sillc lisle vests with band finished top and crochet
trimmed fronts. Also vests of white lisle with band
tops and crochet yoke.
Union Suits $1.00
A soft, finished cotton union suit, in white only.
Made with high neck, long sleeves and ankle
length; also shirt sleeves, high neck and ankle
length. Silk finished around the neck.
Kayser Union Suits
Special $1.25
Silk lisle union suits made with low
neck and sleeveless and tight knee.
Has a crochet yoke.
Also lisle thread union suits with
low neck, sleeveless, tight , knee and
band top finish.
Union Suits, Sfi $2.50
Silk lisle union suits made sleeve
less and low neck, with band tops
and Italian silk insertion and tight
knee.
in pretty Oriental and floral patterns.
xminster rugs manufactured. Size
travagance, but that is no excuse for
public extravagance. Everybody may
spend his own money as he pleases, but
public officials spend other people's
money, much of It contributed under
hardship and all of It for purposes
whlrh make It sacred for every patriot.
"Federal expenditures bear more
heavily on the people than state or
local expenditures because the latter
are raised by taxes on property only,
while the former are chiefly raised by
the tariff on articles consumed.
"We need other reforms too, but
this would bring quicker, greater and
more general relief than any other.
Any reduction of the tariff taxes, with
care and economy in public expendi
tures which go hand in hand, is a
ready means to secure It."
Tax Collections $14,372.
ASTORA. Or.. Feb. 20. (Special.)
The sum of $14,372.92 was collected on
the 1911 tax roll of Clatsop County In
the first six days the roll was open.
County Treasurer Sherman will issue a
call tomorrow for all the general fund
warrants Issued in the month of Sep-
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with low neck and sleeveless. The necks are
plain band or hand crochet finish.
$2.25 to $3.00 Garments
Special $1.50
Union suits of silk lisle, hand crochet yoke,
some finished with band toDS and lace knee.
Also silt vests with shell eriffe.
Vests, Special $1.75
Silk lisle vests with low neck, sleeveless.
Trimmed with an Italian silk insertion and
band top finish.
Sale of Flannelette Night Gowns
Half Price
These night gowns are made of fancy stripe and plain white flannelette.
They have military or turndown collars and collarless effects, cut with
square or round necks.
Some have yokes, others without yokes. Trimmed with plain bandings,
pipings, braid, lace and embroidery. Many are side finished. Sizes run
from 14 to 18 extra.
Regular Price $1.10, 1.25, 1.50, 1.75, 2.00, 2.25 to 3.00
HALF PRICE 55c, 63c, 75c, 88c, 1.00, 1.13 to 1.50
Demi-Tailored
Dresses of Serge
That have just arrived and show the
latest notes in demi-tailored dresses,
which has grown to be an indispensable
article in every woman's wardrobe.
These Springlike little frofcks are in
misses' sizes, and the beauty of line
and cut will make a strong appeal to
all women who admire individuality in
dress.
They are designed of a fine French
serge in color combinations such as tan
with brown trimmings, navy and royal
blue royal blue trimmed with white,
offset with large and small white but
tons. The style is most distinctive, yet very
simple.
Price $15.00
Lingerie Waists
Special $1.45
The lingerie waist grows more
popular each day, and for your new
Spring suit you needs must have a
dainty white blouse.
This waist of fine Persian lawn
is made in a variety of ways, with
trimmings of val lace and cluny in
sertion, embroidery and tucking.
Long or short sleeves.
Free Lessons in
Raffia Basketry
tember. 1910. About $11,000 will be r- I
quired tn pay the principal and inter- I
FINAL CLEARANCE OF OUR FEBRUARY
RAINCOAT SALE
AT THE HOUSE OF COATS
Alterations free of
v-.,v
charge.
LHULln
for men and women: sizes 14
to 46; $18 and $20; double tex
ture Slip-ons. art plaid Inter
lined; high storm collar, storm
cuffR: a superb all - weather
coat at
$7.50
RUBBER SLIP-ONS
for men and women: just re
ceived new shipment.
$2.95
$2.75 Girls' Storm Capes at
$1.38
English Gaberdines
AND SUPERB
Waterproof Coats
for men and women; $22, $25,
$30, $35 to $40; superb double
service, all - weather coats.
Final readjustment, at $15,
$12.50 and
$10.00
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Washington, One Door Above Seventh.
perfect
vests
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New Spring Model
C. B. a la Spirite
Special $1.28
Regular Price $1. 75
This is a C. B. a la Spirite corset
fashioned on strictly modish lines, suit
able for slender figures.
Showing the new girle top and low
bust effect, with medium and long hips.
Four hose supporters attached.-
Sizes 18 to 26.
This is an exceptional model in
and workmanship.
Price for this sale only $ 1 .28.
fit
est on the warrants included in this
rail.
, to Specials today and
OLir - uno Thursday.
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