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4' THE MORNING OREGONIAN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1914. SCHOOL SYSTEM IS OBJECT OF ATTACK Administration, Class Meth ods and Tuition Plan Are Raked by Legislators. MANY CHANGES SUGGESTED Senator Day Complains of - "Too Mau j- Fancy Trimmings" in Pres ent Methods City and County Heads Questioned. Present conditions in school admin istration and prevailing methods of school regulation came in for consid erable criticism last night at the hands of the special legislative com mittee having Id charge a. survey of school affairs in the state. The committee, which consists of Senators I. N. Day, T. I Perkins, Gus C. Moser and Robert S. Farrell, had hefore it a number of school officials. Including I R. Alderman, City Super intendent; R. If. Thomas, Clerk of the City Board, and A. P. Armstrong, County Superintendent. Affairs of the various school system were inquired into with considerable detail, and many suggested changes In the law were outlined. "There are altogether too many fancy trimmings in the schools today." said Senator Day. "But we are doing the work of the private schools and academies fully 50 per cent cheaper,' protested Superin tendent Alderman. - "We have to meet their competition." TextbooR Situation Surveyed. (Senator Day said, he thought the present system offers too many elec tive studies to high school pupils. He Raid that is what makes the textbook hills so high. He pointed out, also, that it is particularly to inquire into the textbook situation that the com mittee has undertaken its activities. "The idea is to offer boys or girls something to their liking," explained the Superintendent. "If we can make them like their work, we can keep them in school. "Don't you have hoys who play hookey now?" ' "Oh, yes, boy nature always is about the same." Senator Moser asked Mr. Alderman his opinion of the teachers' tenure-of-office law passed by the 1913 Legis lature. "I want to see it given a. fair trial.' was the answer. There was some expression of opinion to the effect that the law does not centralize the responsibility for discharging undesirable teachers. Mr. Alderman pointed out that it places this responsibility with the School Board and that it relieves the Super intendent of possible embarrassment which might lead to inefficiency in the school system. Tuition Payment Discussed. Senator Day suggested a law pro viding that if a boy or girl living in one county attends high school in an other county his or her home county should pay the tuition. In response to the question. "Are our schoolbooks as cheap as those in other cities?" Mr. Alderman answered "Yes." Mr. Thomas, questioned regarding the proposed organization of a so called agricultural high school, de clared the term a misnomer. He said provision has been made to install an agricultural course in the new Frank lin High School if conditions justify the action. "We better leave tho agricultural business to the agricultural college." Insisted Senator Day. "This attempt to make farmers out of city chaps out to quit." Senator Day then took up an analysis of the "school survey report" recently submitted by a group of prominent edu cators who made a study of the Port land school system. .Maudlin Sentiment Seen. 'It' seems to me." he commented, "that there were only three points on which all members of the survey board agreed. One was that the town maet ings should end, another that the su perintendent ought to hare an automo bile and the third was that we ought to have an agricultural high school. Now the superintendent has his auto mobile, we are going to cut out the town meetings, so. all need is the agri cultural high school. Senator Day then read part of the survey report and came to the conclus ion "there is a lot of maudlin senti ment about this stuff." "Yes, it's highbrow," agreed Mr. Thomas. The reports that Senator Day read eemed to be new to the other Senators. He insisted that he is the only one man In Portland, who has the read the re port all the way through, and claimed an Iron cross for his labors. Cost of Books Kot Opposed. Further protest was offered against the great number of books that are re quired of children completing studies below the high school, but compilation of figures revealed that the cost of all such books is only $16.96. which Sena tor Farrell declared to be fairly low. Mr. Thomas, when asked for sug gested changes in the school laws, de clared that the corrupt practice act should apply to school elections and that the time of voting be fixed be tween the hours of 2 and 8 P. M. so that all. who have a right, can vote. He disapproved of the idea of holding school elections on the same day with city elections. The schools should be kept out of politics, he said. He also approved the plan to give all registered voters, regardless of whether they are taxpayers, the right to vote at school elections. The advisability of retaining a firm of attorneys Nicholas & McCoy at $50 a month to advise the school authorities and then appropriating to 4 00 additional for legal services within a year aleo, was questioned by the Senators. Other Changes Advocated. The financial end also came in for discussion. It was generally agreed that school improvements should be paid for from tax levies rather than from proceeds from sale of bonds. Mr. Armstrong suggested that the time of holding teachers' examinations be changed from December and June to February and August and offered argument in support of his theory. He also asked for a law that will make it compulsory for districts ad joining union high school districts to pay tuition for pupils sent to such high schools. He pointed out that at present the' Rockwood district in Multnomah County is sending children to the Oresham High School without helping to pay for the dost of maintenance of that school. WASHINGTON HAS- NIGHT Alumni, Past and Present Students Celebrate at Library. Tho strains of the "Washington Bopla," '"College Days" and "Alma Mater" for a time last night supplant ed the usual quiet of the Public Li brary lecture-room, while the alumni and present students of the University of Washington were holding forth with their 'college night." About 100 of them- attended, and a permanent organization of the former Washington students who live in Portland was ef fected. ' Thomas Henry Boyd, of 567 Mont gomery drive, was elected president; Miss Margaret Griffin, 488 East Twenty-seventh street North, secretary; E C. Vachon, Portland Equipment Com pany, treasurer, and E. B. Vinton, vice- president. J. C. Arnold, Henry Myer and O. B. Johnson were appointed con stitutional committeemen. Professor Frank G. Kane, of the de partment of Journalism at Washington, reviewed the condition of the univer sity. He said that the president and regents had sketched a constructive building plan for the university, 'con templating two new buildings in 1915 and a new gymnasium for the women students in 1917. The present students home on vaca tion invited the alumni to their dance at the Irvington Club next Tuesday night. DEBATE VICTORY DOUBLE JEFFERSON HIGH AFFIRMATIVE AND NEGATIVE ORATORS WIN. Washington ln Defeated In Two Argn mrats Over Public Ownership of Railroads Laurels First Taken. The affirmative and negative debat ing teams representing the Jefferson High School were victorious last night in dual debates held with teams of the Washington High! School- on the ques tion of private ownership and operation of railroads in preference to public ownership. The affirmative Jefferson team, com posed, of John Mowry, Earl Murphy and Oscar Sorenson, in its own school building won a three-to-nothing de cision from Raymond Lucas, Ernest Fatland and Mark Conklin, the visiting negative team from Washington High School. The negative team, Morton Hagar, James Christenson . and Harry Kenin, in the forensic battle at the Washing ton High building with Llewellyn Spriggs, Ben Titus and Sylvan Kohr the home affirmative team, won the votes of two of the three Judges. The decisions reached last night eliminate Washington High School from the city championship, which will be fought out later with the Lincoln High School, present holders of the cup. Until last night the Jefferson High had not won a decision in the history of .the Portland High School Debating League. In presenting their arguments the affirmative teams contended that the proposed public ownership of railroads would imperil financial stability, cre ate and. maintain political corruption. The negative debaters declared that there 1 were serious evils under the present system. including watered stock, poor equipment and rate dis crimination. Each debater was allotted ten min utes for constructive argument and five minutes for rebuttal. At Wash ington High School Principal Herdman presided and the Judges were Judge W. N. Gatens, W. M.v Cake and Colonel Rooert A. Miner. At jenerson Mign School Principal Jenkins presided and the Judges were Miss Frances Isom, Bert Haney and Isaac Swett. 2 HOLD UP SALOONMAfl NICK SCHNELI,, OF TOO tMOV A V K Nl'E, REPORTS fS5T LOSS. Police- Notified That Armed Robbers Waylay Man Within SO Feet of Place- of Business Pair Escape. Two armed robbers are reported to have held up Nick Schnell, proprietor of a saloon at 700 Union avenue, at 7 o'clock last, night, and robbed him of Schnell says he had just emptied the cash register for the day when a call came for 12 bottles of beer. He thrust the cash into his pocket, and delivered the liquor to a place about half a block from his saloon. When he had reached. Union and Cook avenues, about 50 feet from his saloon door, on his way back the highwaymen halted him. "Throw up your hands!" ordered one and Schnell obeyed. One robber held his revolver L-igiMnst Schnell's body while the other rifled .his pockets. Then they ran, south on Rodney avenue. Schnell says one of the men - was about five feet seven Inches tall, weighed about 155 pounds, wore a black slouch hat, a dark suit, and had a blue handkerchief tied over his face. The other was about the same size, and wore similar clothes, but was un masked, says Schnell. Each had a nickel-plated revolver. The same two men. the police be lieve, stopped and searched Sig Sim mons, a driver for Olds. Wortman & King, at Minnesota avenue and Emer son street, shortly after, but did not obtain anything. The money was in charge of Simmons' helper, a boy, whom the men did not molest. CAPTAIN W. J. RILEY DIES Pioneer and Second Battery, Oregon Artillery, Veteran Passes. William J. Riley, who was Captain of the Oregon Second Battery, Oregon Artillery, at the time of the Spanish American war, died yesterday at his residence, 543 Kirby street. He was 64 years old. Captain Riley had been a resident of Oregon for more than 30 years, and in the earlier days of Portland was one of the leading sporting goods and hard ware merchants. His gun and cycle store was absorbed some years ago by the Honeyman Hardware Company. Captain Riley waa a gun expert, and In military affairs was considered an authority. The Second Battery, Oregon Artillery, was one of the capitally drilled military organizations of the Northwest during the Spanish war, but owing to the quick close of the war the battery got no nearer the front than Vancouver. Captain Riley had been married twice. He leaves several children and a widow. LOCAL OPTION LAW IS HALTED BY COURT Clarke County, - Washington, Restrained From Putting Act Into Effect. FEDERAL BENCH DECIDES 4 BURGLARIES REPORTED S. Ban and Three Others Complain of Invaders to Police. Four burglaries were reported to the police last night. S. Ban, of 155 North Eighteenth street, complained that his home had been ransacked in bis ab sence. Several carved ivory statuettes and $8 were stolen. E. M. La Follette. of 367 East 5fty fourth street, reported that his house was entered, but the invaders took no plunder.- A gold watch and a revolver were taken from a house -at 1296 Hal sey street, and a geld watch from a house at 422 East Fifty-third street. tTnited States Judge Cashman, at Tacoma, Holds Voters Do Not Want Prohibition . Until 191 6 Brewery Pleads. TACOMA, Wash., Dec 22. (Special.) The first Judicial opinion bearing, in any way on Washington's new state wide prohibition law was handed down in the United States Court today by Judge Cushman. who made an order restraining the officials of Clarke County from putting into effect the local option law adopted by the voters of that county in November. Judge Cashman holds it was plainly the intent of voters of Washington that the state-wide prohibition measure should not go Into operation until Jan uary. 1, 1916. despite the legislative act decreeing that all laws initiated and adopted by the people shall go into effect 30 days after adoption. He gave it as his opinion that the people de sired to grant the liquor interests time to adjust their business, and said he would refuse to permit a local option law that would violate this intention by closing the saloons at once. Loss by Brrwerr Asserted. .' Argument today on the Clarke County local option law lasted an hour and a half. It was brought out that the county had voted, for the state' rohi?. bition law as well as for local option and Prosecuting Attorney Burnett said the voters of bis county had de sired to close the saloons January 1, 1915. The restraining order was asked by the Northern Brewery Company, of Vancouver, in Clarke County, which contended it would lose more than $3000 a year" through the closing of Vancouver's 17 saloons. In arguing the brewery would not be a loser by the local option law. Prose cutor Burnett said: "The effect of the initiative measure and the local option bill as well is merely to change the channel and method whereby wholesale manufactur ers may convey liquor to people. There will be no less beer consumed. The taste will still be there. Conveyance Only Chanse. "The only effect will be to change the manner in which it is conveyed. The brewery can deliver to private dwelling under the local option law and by broken packages by cqmraon car riers, so it will not be put out of busi ness." Judge Cushman ' Interrupted Bur nett's argument to ask: "Is there any possible reason why the people might have voted to de lay the operation of the prohibition law until 1916 unless it was to give an opportunity to the liquor interest to dispose of property and adjust busi ness?" Mr. Burnett, after" a few - moments' thought, said he could- see no other cause. Restraining Order Granted. A. I. Miller, counsel for the brewery company, said it had been suggested the reason of the delay was to get votes. He contended that the state prohibition law became effective 30 days after passage, and for that rea son the iocal-optlon law was inopera tive. "The whole state, in voting for the prohibition law, plainly made. the pro visions of the bill operative in 1916, giving the saloons a year to adjust their business," -ruled Judge Cushman. "It seems to me to admit of no other interpretation and I will grant a re straining order asked by the complain ant" The form of the order was not de cided, as Prosecutor Burnett, who goes out of office January 11, said he wanted time to consult with his successor and find out if he desired to appeal to a higher court. Certain forms would per mit ready appeals, the court pointed out, and others would not. MURDER NET TIGHTENS PITTSBCRG POLICE ASK THAT ERNEST ROSNAR BE IIHI.D. New Tork will conduct a special school for the instruction of street sweepers in their duties. Confession by Aged German While Drank Backed by Facta, bat Admission Non Denied. "Hold Ernest Rosnar. Woman named Sahn was killed on date, year and place he mentioned. Have Rosnar make written con fession and sign it. Will advise further. "W. N. MATTHEWS. "Superintendent Police, Pittsburg." The likelihood of truth in the murder confession of Ernest Rosnar, an aged German, who staggered into police headquarters a week ago crying that he had killed a woman in Pittsburg and wished to confess his crime, Js strengthened by the foregoing tele gram, received yesterday from the Pittsburg authorities by Captain of De tectives Baty. Since his first drunken confession of murder, Rosnar has retrenched in his statements. Quizzed yesterday after noon, he reiterated his statement that the killing was accidental. He now declares that, with many others, he was shooting at a mark on the fourth of July, 1902. and that he, or someone else, had accidently shot this woman, who was standing nearby. He declares he never knew her before. The authorities doubt that he will consent to a written confession of the crime he now denies. He refused abso lutely yesterday afternoon to make any incriminating statement. He is being held in the city jail on a 30-day sen tence for drunkenness while his case is being investigated. According to the story first told by Rosnar and which the police believe may be true in the essential details, he killed a Mrs. Matthew Mann, aged 27, on Smithon avenue, in north Pittsburg', in 1902. because he loved the woman, but was denied her. He is a married man with two children in Pittsburg, he declared, though liis family has not yet been located. - THIEF TAKES ' STRONGBOX C. P. Sanborn's Office Robbed as He Telephones to Wife. While G.. F. Sanborn, a timberman, with offices at 1130-31. Northwestern Bank building, waa telephoning his wife from his private office yesterday, a thief entered his main office and made off with a strongbox containing several thousand dollars' worth of non negotiable stocks and bonds, a J 1000 1 S"E:F THAT' Why Not Get Mother A bright, new Shur-on eyeglass or spectacle mounting for Christmas ? This is the year of useful gifts, and anything that adds to the comfort and pleasure she gets from use of her glasses is sure to please her. Manufacturers of the Celebrated Kryptok Glasses THOMPSON OPTICAL INSTITUTE 209-10-11 Corbett Building, 5th and Morrison pearl ring, $20 " in gold, three gold watches and a gold chain. Mr. Sanborn heard the movements of the thief and immediately ran into the hall and took the elevator to the ground floor. -At the fifth floor a man. who had visited the office Monday got on the elevator with a satchel. Mr. Sanborn says be believes this man was the thief. ITS ON KEEN JUMP HEADQUARTERS BUSY PLACE AS FOOD AND CASDT GO OUT. Cbriatmma Tree at Armour to Be Scene of Fan for 4000 Children Tomorrow. While the Muts are "on the jump" every minute in their relief headquar ters making preparations to send out about nine tons of food supplies to the families of the poor on Christmas day, the Christmas tree headquarters of thi same organization are equally swamped with tho rush of work to get in readi ness for the festivities at the Armory all afternoon tomorrow, at which 4000 children will be the guests. . Nine tons of food supplies that go into the Christmas baskets are pretty well balanced by the four or five tons of candy and nuts and the five or six tons of toys that are going to be put on -the big Christmas tree. Theaters of the city are to con tribute to "the entertainment of the afternoon and George Baker is giving all his time today and tomorrow to working up this feature of tiro pro gramme. In the meantime the work in the re lief headquarters is going on with usual vigor. . Children's underwear is much needed by the Muts for distribution among the destitute families. Following is today's merchants' Mut day directory: Eilers Music House, pianos, Eilers building. Knight Shoe Company, shoes, Broad way and Morrison streets. H Mayer, grocer. 148 Third street. Max Smith, florist. Selling building. Morgan building barber shop, Morgan building. Geneva Reilly, beauty parlor, 614 Abtngton building. Brady & Oliver, cigars, Yeon build ing. Coffrnan Candy Shop," Broadway and Morrison streets. . F. P. Young & Co.. women's haber dasher, 343 Morrison street. Ray Barkhurst, tailor. Sixth and Stark streets. G. Heitkemper Company, jeweler, Yeon building. Huntley Drug Company, Fourth and Washington streets. C. C. Bradley, men's haberdasher, 352 Washington. G. Harry, holly wreaths, Meier & Frank corner. City Taxi Company, taxis.' Telephone Main 3. The Juvenile Store, children's cloth ing. Selling building. Sig Sichel. cigars, 92 Third and Sixth and Washington streets. TO BE BUILT SPAN" WILL, ELIMINATE HOLGATE STREET GRADE CROSSING. Sontkera Pacific Notifies City It Will Erect Structure n Cost About K55.000 la Kear Futnre. A steel and concrete viaduct to cost about $55,000 is to be erected in the near future by the Southern Pacific to eliminate the grade crossing over Holgate street. Notice to this effect has been sent to the City Council by officials of the company, and it is ex pected work can be begun in s short time. Working plans have been pre pared by the city engineering bureau. The viaduct proposition came up some time ago when Holgate street was paved. The company objected to the cost of the structure as first planned by the city and submitted plans which in turn did not meet with the aproval of the city. The company then anonunced that it was willing to expend $55,000 for the work and plans were drawn by the city accordingly and have been accepted by the com pany. The company has ' asked that after the bridge is built the city take over the maintenance. It is estimated that this would cost no more than $1000 a year. The viaduct will carry Holgate street completely over the railroad tracks. The span will be 300 feet long. At. the meeting of .the City Council this morning Commissioner Dieck will submit a number of questions concern ing the viaduct which must be set tled before it is started. One is whether or not the city is willing to stand the cost of maintaining the bridge. Still another is regarding the procuring of title to some property needed for a fill at the east approach. " Ordm for 100.000 tunics for the Russian army have been placed with Xeeds tlrmm, Yes! Double Stamps on Our First Three Floors in Every Department Today ' OPEN TILL TEN O'CLOCK A PLEASANT, POPULAR SHOPPING CENTER Take a Mug of Delicious Hot Chocolate in the Wood-Lark Tea Room $5.00 DERBY SILVER TOILET SETS Hand Mirror, Brash and Comb, marked down to $3.50 THERMOS BOTTLES The Gift of Reason. Jags, Food Jars, Carafes and Lunch Boxes and Sets. $1.50 up. ATJTO LUNCH SETS. Not manv, but very, very com plete. $25.00 to $54.00 REAL DELFT WARE Our own importation from Hol land. One-Third Off. A most remarkable display at prices ranging from X5 to $3 DRUGS SI AVe close out all our CUT GLASS at ONE-HALF PRICE. This opportunity is worth your -while. HERE'S A MAN'S CHANCE All our Adjustable Shaving Mirrors, full nickel less one-third. SECOND FLOOR SUGGESTIONS Art Brass Fram'd Pictures Desk Sets ' Statuary Bronze Pottery fill ALL ITALIAN AL ABASTER AT Vt PRICE. Vases. Clocks, Pow der Boxes, Ink Stands, Picture Frames, Paper Weights. A great range of prices. PERFUMIZERS. The new Perfume Atomizers in Bohemian and Cut Glass. "ANSCO," the peer of all the HAND CAMERAS. FREE Our School in Prac tical Photography to all Cam era and Kodak purchasers. Doable Stamps Here Today. "PYRALIN" IVORY Toilet Sets, Brush Sets, Manicure Sets and Single Pieces. TVe Engrave Free. DOLLS, DOGS, BEARS AND CATS NEW KEWPIES. ' Sleepies and.Wide-Awakes, 10 to $3.00. DENNISON'S FIREPROOF DECORATIONS for the Christmas Tree and Tabic. Beautiful and Permanent. It's a sure sign of in telligence to carry a WATER- MAN FOUPNTAIN PEN the -pen that never fails. $2.50 to $25.00. "Wood-Lark" Pens are good at ...$1.50 Pens are exchangeable after Xruas if desired. PERFUMES, TOILET WATERS, EXTRACTS, SACHETS. The finest products of the most famous houses at popular prices. DOCTORS DECLARE PURE CANDY IS HEALTHY. Here You Are Special. XmasPuie Mixed, pound 19 Xmas Stick Mixed, pound 21 Xmas Ribbons, pound 24 Home-made Chocolates, Bon Bona, Crisps, Chews, Brit ties. Crfisse & Blackwell's Imported Fruit Tablets, As sorted Flavors Special, the Jar, 19. NUT MEATS Filberts, Almonds, Pecans, Pine, Walnuts, Peanuts. TURKS ABUSE JEWS Jewels Torn From Ears of Ex pelled Women and Girls. PROTECTORS ARE DROWNED Children Separated From Parents and Other Cruelties Are Charged Against Officers Expelling 1600 Persons at Jaffa. CHICAGO, Dec. 52. The expulsion of Jews from Jaffa waa accompanied by many acts of barbarism and robbery, according to a special cablegram today from Carlo. Egypt, to the Chicago Dally News. The story says that 600 refugee Jews from Jaffa have just arrived at Alexandria on the Italian steamer Vicencio Florio. and adds: "Bedouin police raided the ghetto at Jaffa Thursday, arrested 1600 persons and drove them at the point of the bayonet to the quay. Here the Florio was forced to receive as many of them as could be crowded aboard. Scenes attending this operation were heart rending. "It was after nightfall and harbor police and boatmen stole all the watches and money the refugees were carrying. They tore rings from the fingers and even earrings from the ears of .women and girls, and the har bor rang with shrieks and frantic pleas. Children were separated from parents and husbands from wives. "Several of the men. resenting the brutalities to their wives, were thrown overboard by boatmen and drowned before the eyes of the women. "The old Hotel Metropole at Alexan dria and other hotels have been hired for the refugees by several wealthy Jews. Many of the refugees are nearly mad with apprehension for the fate of thousands of relatives and friends, for whom there was no room aboard the Florio. It is feared that this is only the beginning of Turkish atrocities. There are 25,000 or more peaceful Rus sian Jews in Palestine." LEATHER PROFITS GROW Central Company Increases Dividend by One Per Cent. NEW YORK, Dec 82. Directors of the Central Leather Company declared today a 3 per cent dividend on the com mon stock. - A 2 per cent dividend was declared last year. Astoria Police Chief Quits.. ASTORIA. Or., Dec. 22. (Special.) Chief of Police Kearney tendered his resignation at the meeting of the Coun cil last night. The resignation was ac cepted, to take effect on the first Mon day in January, when Mayor-elect Johnson will be inaugurated. Jews Reported Hanged. In Poland. BERLIN, by wireless to Sayville, N. Y., Dec. 22. The official Press Bu reau reports that Russian courtmar tials in Poland have hanged numerous Jews. Common Law Marriage Plea Wins. , JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Dec 23. A common-law marriage is a valid de Xaoaa to the charge of violating the Mann act, according to instructions given to a Jury by Federal Judge Call here today In the case of George Hard ing, on trial under Federal indictment. Harding was acquitted. EX-SENATOR FOUND DEAD Mr. West, or Georgia, Apparently Is Victim of Appoplexy. VALDOSTA, Ga Dec. 22. Ex-United States Senator West was found dead In bed at his home here early today. Ue had retired apparently in good health. Physicians said death was due to apoplexy. Mr. West was appointed to the Senate. March 2. 1914, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Sen ator A. O. Bacpu His term expired last November, when Thomas W. Hard wick was elected. Redmen'a Benefit Show Is Tonight. . The Baker Theater has been secured for tonight by the members of Lelu Tribe. No. 52, Improved Order of Red Men. for a benefit performance for their lodge. The proceeds will be used to furnish and equip the new lodge'roonis of the tribe at 381 East Morrison street. C. R. Kenyon is rhairman of the committee in charge of the benefit. ROCK ISLAND ROAD SOLD Stock Is Bid In by Protective Com mittee at $10 a Share. NEW YORK. Dec. 22. The old stock of tho Chicago. Hock Island & Pacific Railroad was sold at auction here to day and bid in without opposition by a representative of the protective com mittee for tho 4 per cent collateral trust bonds. The bid was $7,135,300, representing $10 a share for the Ftock, which has a par value of $100 a share. The sale was regarded in Wall Street as another step in the pending reor ganization of the Rock Island system. Toys for Poor Kiddles Asked. Anyone who has a tricycle. loll"s bed, Teddy bear, marbles or other toys is requested to telephone East 25.13. These are to be given to an East Side poor family. Pleasing radical and urposeful in Gifts for Men Neckwear 50 to S3.00 Handkerchiefs Sr to Sl.OO Kid Gloves $1.50 to S3.00 Silk Hose 50 to $3.00 Mufflers $2tOO and up Shirts as Low as $1.50 Bathrobes $5 to $18.00- Suspenders, Garters, Underwear, Sweaters, Suits, Overcoats, Raincoats, Umbrellas, Suitcases, Hand Grips, Etc. In Christmas Packages if Desired. PIT- J m ( Salt' DTT Merchandise Orders and Hat Orders solve well the Christmas Problem. We issue them. (STORE OPEN EVENINGS Buffum & Pendleton Morrison Street. Opposite Postoffice If