Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, January 09, 1917, Page 13, Image 13

Below is the OCR text representation for this newspapers page. It is also available as plain text as well as XML.

    13
PRINCIPAL PORTLAND AGENTS FOR THE CELEBRATED NEMO CORSETS A MODEL FOR EVERY FIGURE CORSET DEPARTMENT ON SECOND FLOOR
THE MORXIXG OREGONIAX, TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1917.
ANNUAL INVENTORY SALES-pll
Double S. & H. Trading Stamps Will Be Given With All Charge or Cash Purchases Made Today
Extra Special!
$2.50 Corsets
At $1.69
One Style as Shown to Left
Full Range of Sizes
Corset Department, Second Floor Made tip
in splendid quality coutil. Styled with
elastic sections in skirt to allow of ample
freedom in sitting or stooping. Three large
skirt hooks attached below front clasp and
six good hose supporters. Designed to meet
the requirements of the average figure.
Correct lines, beautifully finished and
thoroughly desirable in every way. CI CQ
Standard $2.50 Corsets, special P -1-
B
Our Entire Stock of
oys' Overcoats
At Reduced Prices
Boys Store, Main Floor Beginning Tuesday morning we offer our
entire stock of Boys' Winter Overcoats at greatly reduced prices. If
your boy needs a new coat don't miss this splendid chance to choose
from high-grade garments in the season's best styles and fabrics at
big savings. Belted and pinch-babk models. ' Materials include
I cheviots, coverts, homespuns and cravenette cloth. Beautiful new
patterns and colors. Sizes for boys from 6 to 18 years of age.
Boys' $ 5j00 Overcoats, Now $ 3.75
Boys' $ 650 Overcoats, Now $ 438
Boys' $ 750 Overcoats, Now $ 5.63
Boys' $ 850 Overcoats, Now $ 638
Boys' $10.00 Overcoats, Now $ 750
Boys' $1250 Overcoats, Now $ 938
Boys' $1350 Overcoats, Now $1025
Boys' $15J00 Overcoats, Now $1125
Olds, Wortman & King
Reliable
Merchandise
TELEPHONES
MARSHALL 4800 A 6231
The Standard Store of the Northwest
Reliable
Methods
Special at the Bargain Circle
$1.50 Muslin wear 98c
Gowns, Chemise, Skirts, Etc.
Bargain Circle, First Floor Women's Night Gowns, Combinations, En
velope Chemise, Straight Chemise and Skirts in attractive new styles.
Lace and embroidery trimmed. Garments well worth $1.35 and QQ
$1.60 priced very special in the Bargain Circle, First Floor atoC
Inventory Sale of Ru
Silk Petticoats Only $3.69
Garment Salons
' On Second Floor
By purchasing an immense let of
these Petticoats we are in a position
to give our customers a very remark
able bargain. There are several pret
ty styles in the assortment some
have deep full flounces trimmed with
neat ruffles, others are trimmed with
plaiting and shirring. Made up of ex
cellent grade taffeta or messaline
silks. Complete assortment of the
wanted plain shades, also in change
able effects and fancy stripes. All
sizes in the assortment, and C"2 Q
priced special for today at '-'
Women's Bath Robes $3.49
Dept. Second Floor
Women's Blanket Bath Robes in medium weight,
suitable for wear the year round. Large and small
patterns. 'Some in flowered effects, others in con
ventional designs. Patch pockets and gir- All
die. Priced special for this sale at only PJts
High -Class Waists
Special at $3.69
Second Floor A dozen or more pretty styles shown
in this lot. Models suitable for street and evening
wear. Fancy and tailored effects. Various materials
chiffons, nets, crepe de chine, Georgette crepe,
silk marquisette, taffeta, messalines, tub C"2 TQ
silks. Sale price for these fine Waists only POvJ'
Double Stamps in All Departments
Third Floor
gs
Discontinued Patterns in
Whittal Rugs at Special Prices
5.75 Whittall Rug, size 22x36 inches, special $4.50
8.50 Whittall Rug, size 27x54 inches, special $G.80
?13.75 Whittall Rug, size 36x36 inches, now at $11.00
$28.25 Whittall Rug, size 4:6x7:6 special now $22.55
$50.75 Whittall Rug, size 6x9 feet, sale price $40.0o
$74.75 Whittall Rug, size 8:3x10:6, special now $59.70
$82.60 Whittall Rug, size 9x12 feet, special for $05.75
$75.00 High-grade Rug, size 9x12 feet, special $49.50
$22.50 High-grade Rug, size 9x12 feet, special $17.45
$27.50 High-grade Rug, size 9x12 feet, special $19.60
$35.00 High-grade Rug, size 9x12 feet, special $27.85
$55.00 High-grade Rug, size 9x12 feet, special $35.50
Inventory Sale
Rag Rugs
Third Floor
50c Rugs, size 18x36 inches 38
75c Rugs, size 24x36 inches 58
90c Rugs, size 24x48 inches 69c
$1.25 Rugs, size 27x54 ins. 89
$1.50 Rugs, size 30x30 ins. $1.19
$2.00 Rugs, size 36x72 ins. $1.48
$4.00 Rugs, size 4x7 ft. $2.98
Inventory Sale Millinery
2 Lots $3 and $5
A special shipment of 100 new midwinter Hats in conjunction with
a number of our Pattern Hats go on sale today and tomorrow at above
prices. .Smart sailor shapes, tricornes and turbans, trimmed with the
very latest novelties. Hats in these lots worth 2 or 3 times the price.
LOT 1 Trimmed Hats at $3.00. LOT 2 Trimmed Hats $5.00
Special sale of Rainy-day Hats at 75 some worth up to $3.50
Millinery Trimming Flowers, Corsage Bouquets 50fS $1, $1.50
"
$1.25 Table Linen
98c Yard
Main Floor Splendid heavy qual
ity Table Damask, full bleached
and 54 inches wide. Just the
thing for breakfast cloths. Shown
in dfee patterns only. Grade usual
ly selling at $1.25. Special QQ
the yard at low price of ' OC
Odd lines fancy Tea Cloths,
Scarfs, JJquares, etc., at' Price.
Butter Day
83c
Model Grocery
Fourth Floor
GLENWOOD Butter, spe
cial 2-lb. square now only
Picnic Shoulder Hams, lb. 1 4 f J
txittage "Boneless" Hams 17c
Creole Dinner, 3 cans for 25
Snider's Tomato Soup, 3
large cans now priced only "'
California Figs, 3 pkgs. at 25
15c Pimentos, special, can 10
Tomato Hot Sauce, 6 cans 25
Women's and Children's
Winter Underwear
HALF PRICE
Center Circle, First Floor Women's and Children's Knit Underwear
broken lines from our regular stock garments which have become
mussed, but otherwise perfect. As we cannot have these in regular
stock we shall dispose of them at JUST HALF PRICE.
38c
Broken lines of 75c Knit
Underwear now priced on
Broken lines of $1 Knit Cf),-.
Underwear now priced only 3vt
Broken lines $1.25 Knit fZ
Underwear now priced only UJL.
Broken lines $1.50 Knit 7r
Underwear now priced only Jt
Broken lines of $2.00 CM CC
Knit Underwear priced P-LvyVJ
Broken lines of $2.50 CM
Knit Underwear priced PA'?
Broken lines of $3.00 CI Crt
Knit Underwear priced "P--. )U
Broken lines of $3.50 CM 'JT
Knit Underwear priced P
CHILDREN'S All-wool Pants and Vests in Stuttgarter make. fr
$1.25 to $2.25 grades special for Tuesday selling at low price of OL
CHILDREN'S All-wool Union Suits in Stuttgarter make QC
$2.25 and $3.00 grades on special sale for Tuesday at only 5v
Double "S. & H." Stamps Given Witn All Purchases
Inventory Sale of
Embroideries
and Laces
Main Floor 15c to 18c Embroidery
Beadings, Edges and Insertions.
Various designs. Inventory "1 r
sale, the yard, for only -LUC
$1.25 Embroidery Floun- '7Qr.
cings, special, the yard at '
17-inch Cambric Embroid
ery skirting, usual 35c grade
17-jnch Flouncings, worth "20-
to 75c, specially priced, yd. '
19c
$8.50 Silver Set
Special $5.95
Third Floor 26 pieces 6 each of
knives, forks, teaspoons and table
spoons one each butter knife and
sugar shell. $8.50 Set ff" Q
with chest, now priced at P J'J '
$5.50 Egg Caster for 4 S2.05
$12.60 Tea Set, 4 pieces $9.95
$17.50 Tea Set, 4 pieces $l;i.95
$31.00 Tea Set, 4 pieces $24.80
OLD SUIT REOPENED
Baldwin Sheep & Land Com
pany Defendant in Case.
since the commission took office a year
ago. At that time the warrants bore
S per cent interest. The difference
between the oldest and newest rates
means an annual saving- of $800. Mayor
Galvin said this morning that the de
mand lor the warrants increases with
every cut In interest. It is expected
that the current expense fund will be
on a cash basis by the end of 1917.
ROBBER SUSPECTS CAUGHT
FRAUD IN ENTRY CHARGED
Six Hundred Acres In Crook County
Said to Have Been Obtained by
Employing Men to File Un
der Timber and Stone Act.
A suit In equity, begrun five years ago
In the Federal Court, and charging
fraudulent entry In Eastern Oregon
lands, was reopened yesterday in Judge
IJean's court.
The Baldwin Sheep & Land Company,
the defendant, is alleged to have in
duced three men to file on certain lands
In Crook County under the Federal tim
ber and stone entry act of 1878, prove
up their claims and transfer their titles
to the sheep company for a good con
sideration.
The lands involved comprise approxl
mately 600 acres In Crook County. It
is alleged that the filing was begun on
the parcels of land June 28, 1902, and
that patents to the land were Issued
the patentees, who were also made de
fendants In the suit, in 1908. The
three entrymen were Edwin C. Flnnell
Gerald B. Heath and Lewis Tomlinson.
It is alleged that the Baldwin Sheep
Land Company paid all the expenses
connected with entry and securing of
patents, and that in addition Finnell
was paid $250, Heath $125 and Tomlin
son $100.
The original complaint was drawn
by Robert F. Maguire, then Assistant
United States Attorney.
The members of the firm comprising
the Baldwin Sheep & Land Company
.who are the defendants are J. W. Rob
inson. J. C. Edwards and Judd Van
Houten.
The defendants were represented by
Dan J. Malarkey and E. B. Seabrook,
Assistant United States Attorney Beck
rfian appeared for the Government.
Ten days was given for the plaintiff
to file a brief, 15 more days for the
defendants' answer and five more days
for the plaintiff to file an answer.
Persons Believed to Have Robbed
Colored Club Are in Jail.
Advices received from Seattle and
Tacoma by the Portland Detective
Bureau, announce the arrest In those
cities of Jesse Jarvis'and another col
ored man, named Gorman, who are be
lieved by the local officers to have
Centralia Cuts Warrant Interest.
CENTRALIA, Wash., Jan. 8. (Spe
cial.) The city commission tomorrow
will pass an ordinance reducing the in
terest rate on the city's current ex
Dense warrants from 5 to 4 per cent,
making the fourth reduction made
been the pair who attacked W. B. Max
well, proprietor of a colored clubroom
in this city on the morning of De
cember 31, choking him with ammonia
and severely beating him. The place
was then looted of $500 and .some Jew
elry. The case was investigated by De
tectives Hellyer. Tackaberry, L,mard
and LaSalle. Fred Taylor, who is in
custody here, suspected of complicity
In the crime, was a prison-mate of
Jarvis and Gorman, the police say.
Inangnration Part Planned.
CENTRALIA, Wash, Jan. 8. (Spe
cial.) Centralia will be well repre
sented in the programme rendered at
Governor Lister's Inauguration. N. C.
Davis, custodian of the local lodge of
Elks, has charge of the musical pro
gramme while Dr. C. O. Nelson, an
accomplished violinist, has been chosen
as concert violinist and concert master.
LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN" WILL BE GIVEN AT PACIFIC
UNIVERSITY.
I i
' p
V
fetilMliiililliil iii iHli'll
MISS ALVEJTA HOWARD AND THATXE LITESAY,
PACIFIC TJNIVERSITT, Forest Grove. Or.. Jan. 8. (Special.) "Lady Winder
mere's Fan," the comedy produced some years ago by the Irish dramatist,
Oscar Wilde, and which has recently been staged with so much success among
amateur clubs and 'colleges, will be given by the senior class of Paclflo Uni
versity in Marsh Hall. January 12.
Miss Alvena Howard, who Is registered from Portland, and Thayne Live
say, both of whom have figured successfully in dramatic productions here, will
carry the leading parts as "Mrs. Erlynne" and "Lord Windermere."
Miss Bagstad, head of the drama department, says that she has the best
material for this cast of any that she has coached.
ZONE CARDS READY
Commissioner Dieck Stand
ardizes System.
OPTION IS GIVEN DRIVERS
Fare May Be on Hourly Basis or
by Five-Minute Periods for Taxi
cabs and Charges Must lie
Posted So AH Can See.
To treat with Jitneys on the basis of
taxicabs, which is now their proper
name by reason of the ordinance under
which they are operating. City Com
missioner Dleck will Issue a standard
set of sone and rate cards, which will
nave w oe used by all taxlcaba, for
hire cars and jitneys. The cards will ha
submitted to the Council tomorrow for
approval.
There are three cards to be issued.
one covering operation on a sone basis,
another on the distance basis and an
other on the hourly basis. The hourly
oasis cara, wnicn is the one bv which
Jitneys are evading the Council's litnev
regulations, will be so arranged that
the driver will charge on the actual
time consumed in a trip. . He will fill
out the card so as to show his actual
charge for a given number of minutes
and for an hour. If he wishes to charge
by five-minute periods he will have to
Indicate on the card the actual charge
for one. two, three or four or more
passengers for that five minutes. He
will be obliged to charge on the basis
Indicated by the card.
The card regulates only the maximum
rate per hour to be charged and al
lows the driver to fix ta minimum
at whatever he wishes, but requires
that he charge thp rates indicated on
the card, a duplicate of which must be
filed with the city.
The cards will be the same for all
cars. They will do away with the pres
ent cards issued by the Jitney Drivers'
Union, which do not display any rates.
The new cards will display the rates
conspicuously.
Commissioner Dleek has been work
ing on the standard cards for some
time and in the meantime has been
allowing the use of the old cards, which
he approved temporarily.
"Just for Today" and "One Sweetly
Solemn Thought." Pallbearers were
A. F. Towner, A. B. Brown, A. Berg
and Dr. John Talbot. Interment was
made at Mount Scott Park Cemetery.
L W. PAGET WEDS NURSE
Newspaper Employe and Mary Pitts
Married at Ilillsboro.
L. W. Paget, an employe of the
Oregon Journal, and Miss Mary C.
Pitts, a trained nurse, were married
yesterday at noon at Hlllsboro by Rev.
Walter Sklpworth, pastor of the Meth
odist Church and an old friend of
Mies Pitts' father.
Mr. Paget is a brother of Axa
Genevieve Paget, the talented Portland
dancer.
Miss Pitts and - Mr. Paget became
acquainted about three years ago while
Miss Pitts was in training.
Miss Paget attended Miss Pitts and
Michael Kyne attended the bridegroom.
The young couple will make their
home in Portland after a brief honey
moon. '
Sirs. Montgomery Bnrled.
The funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Z.
Montgomery was held yesterday at
Finley's chapel. Rev, T. Wilson offi
ciating. Mrs. Theodora Bushnell sang
STREET RAILWAY ABSOLVED
Hawthorne-Avenuo Crash Laid to
Driver of Auto. ;
The Portland Railway, Light A
Power Company was held blameless
for the accident In which Patrolman
J. J. McCarthy was killed and Frank
McClelland received injuries which
were a cause of resultant insanity by
a Jury in the court of Circuit Judge
Morrow yesterday. A verdict for the
defense was brought In the suit of
Eva McClelland, as guardian for Frank
McClelland, to collect damages of $20,-
300 from the railway company.
The accident was a collision between
an automobile and a streetcar at East
Eighth street and Hawthorne avenue,
Those injured were in the auto. The
defease held, that the automobile
driver- had been drinking.
J. P. JAEGER WON'T .RUN
Karl A. Clark May Be President of
Progressive Club.
Joseph P. Jaeger, Portland Jeweler,
has declined to be a candidate again
for the presidency of the Progressive
Business Men a Club. The nomination
for the next year's officers will be In
order at the meeting at the Multnomah
Hotel Thursday.
It is probable that Earl A. Clark.
chairman of the industrial improve
ment committee of the club, and one of
the charter members of the organize
tlon, will be chosen for president. He
is being urged to permit the use of
his name.
E
EXPERTS ARE TO DISCrSS PROB-
LESS FACING DEALERS.
Tbree Hundred Are to Be Entertained
t Banquet at Close of Conference.
Some Fun to Mix In With Business.
The 11th annual convention of the
Oregon Retail Hardware and Imple
ment Dealers' Association has been
scheduled to' take place in Portland
January 24, 25 and 26. with headquar
ters at the Hotel Imperial.
A number of Important affairs are
to be brought before the members of
the organisation, which Includes a
large number of the most prominent
business men of the state, and the
three days', programme will Include
addresses by hardware specialists.
Among the prominent advertising
men who will appear Is Edwin A. Wal
ton, of the Burroughs Adding Machine
Company of Detroit, who will discuss
"A Better Day'a Profits." Mr. Walton
has been engaged In the hardware
business and Is alive to some of the
problems that hardware men are now
facing.
Preparations for the reception of the
visiting hardware men are now actively
under way. local dealers having agreed
to .make exceptional efforts for their
entertainment. The number expected
to attend will be large, and at the ban
quet which is to terminate the session
of the convention arrangements will
be made to serve at least 300.
MORGUE TO BE URGED
Coroner to Talk to Commission To
day About Xeeds.
The urgent need of a public morgue
under the direct control of the county.
instead or one supported oy Portland
undertakers as in the past, will be put
before the County Commissioners
10 o'clock this morning by Coroner
Dammasch.
He. will appear before the Commis
sioners, at their request, to outline
his plans for a self-supporting morgue,
one which will require no more than
the original outlay of approximately
$5000. With Dr. Dammasch will be
business men of the city who have been
in touch with the situation and appre
elate the necessity of a change from
present conditions.
Hobert L. Young at Rest.
The funeral of Robert Lyle Toung
was held at the chapel of J. P. Finley
& Son yesterday. Rev. W. C. Kan tier
officiating. Pallbearers were Vern
Wlrtx. H. P. Collins. A. E. Brown. H
Krause, Paul O. Gresek and Sig. Erick
son. Interment waa at Rivervie?
Cemetery.
Special Agents to Meet.
The Special Agents' Association of
the underwriters of tha Pacific North
west will hold a meeting at the Ore
gon Hotel Saturday morning at 11:45
that will be followed by a luncheon.
The meeting Is called to elect a pres
ident and transact such other busi
ness as is likely to come un for con
sideration.
Grade Teachers Meet Tomorrow.
The Portland Grade Teachers' Asso
ciation will meet tomorrow at 4:30 in
Library Hall. Preliminary reports and
plans for the co-operation luncheon to
be held next Saturday will be dis
cussed, and there will also be impor
tant business matters of interest to
nil tarhprs.
Serve it
hot!
-Yoult like this
new juice
ofOreotVs
famous
Logan
berries as a
Winter
drink
-At your
dealer's
10 -up
fttip Book fr
ml
Ml
Ik
'ganbeft'j