THE . 3IORXIXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, T)ECE3IIER 19, 1919.
LTELEGfil DEFENSE
Minkler and H A. Mustard at the j
chamber of commerce dinner to the '
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farmers of the county last Friday 1
night that the farmers of the county
voted-against the road bond issue be
cause they considered that it repre
sented "t200,000 for roads and a mil
lion for surveyors," and because they
felt that in the road work last sum
mer the county got less than "50 cents
on the dollar" for the money put into
the roads, have no real foundation,
according to County Commissioner J.
W. Young.
In reply Mr. Young stated that the
survey costs on last summer's road
work was 10 per cent of the cost of
the job. Mr. Young also stated that
personally he regarded 10 per cent as
Former Employes Are Invited to Report for Work at Superintendent's Office, Sixth Floor
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Order Your 'Xmas
Tree Now
A Merchandise or
Glove Bond
solves the gift problem in a universally accept
able way. Issued in any amount one dollar
or more. Redeemable for merchandise in any
department of the store at any time. On sale
at special booth on the Main Floor. .
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Deposition of Lucas' First
Wife Ruled Out.
We have made arrangements to supply
patrons with Christmas trees of Oregon fir,
symmetrical, evenly balanced, at $1.25 each.
Place orders today. Deliveries begin tomor
row. FREE DELIVERY anywhere within city
limits. No. C. O. D. orders.
Meier & Frank's: Sixth Floor.
iV? The Quality Store of Portland
too much for engineering costs, but
that that was the state's allowance.
The county engineering costs were
less than 2 per cent of the money
spent, he stated.
CHARACTER PROOF SOUGHT
IVfcnl Mrs. Liucas Aids Husband
iu Court Ex-Major Albce .
Placed on Stand.
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A technical defeat was sustained by
the defense in the $50,000 libel suit of
Alzamon Ira Lucas against the Port
land Evening Telegram yesterday
when Circuit Judge Tucker refused to
allow in evidence the bulk of a depo
sition upon which much reliance was
placed by the newspaper to prove its
contentions concerning tne character
of I.uras-
The defense sought to have read to
tne jury the stenographic report of
an examination, made in Los Angeles :
last summer at great expense, of Mrs.
Clara Oberdorfer, first wife of Lucas,
In which specific instances of immor
ality and mistreatment of women pa
tients are alleged.
Judge Tucker held that nothing
In the deposition could be read ex
cept that which touched directly on
matters discussed in the alleged
libel printed in the Telegram. The
contention of Attorneys ' Harrison
Allen and Cassius R. Peck for the
defense that testimony of immoral
acts should be permissible to prove
the character of the man attacked by
the newspaper was overruled by the
jurist. He asserted that ' character
could not be established properly in
this manner and that reputation
could not be proved by specific acts.
r Ki-Mujor Albee on Stand.
. H. R. Albee, former mayor of Port
lurid, testified concerning a meeting
ealled by the Home Betterment
league, of which Lucas was organ
izer and leader, at the Heilig theater
April 12, 1917, which' he said was
"under the guise of patriotism to
promote Lucas' own propaganda." He
told of denying Lucas further right
to exploit himself under a patriotic
cloak, after this meeting had broken
up in disorder, following charges
against Lucas made from the floor
of the theater. -
Throughout the trial,' now on its
third week, Mrs. Lucas a pretty
woman through whose veins flows a
strain of Caucasian blood unmixed
with the Hindu or Cherokee Indian
of which her husband boasts or the
negro blood with which he is credited
by- his opponents is constantly at the
nide of the plaintiff, advising and as
sisting him in every way possible.
Her interest in the progress of th
case is keen, and her animosity
toward the detractors of her husband
is not cloaked.
Luoas Frompti Attorney,
Lucas, who claims a knowledge of
law through experience gained as
clerk of a small court in California,
directs much of his own case, con
Ktantly prompting his attorney, Nel
bon ft. Jacobson, in cross-examination.
-In the opinion of Dr. Allan Welch
Smith, Otto Grau, whose original com
plaint to Michael F. Brady started in
vestigations which led to the Tele
gram expose of Lucas' practices, was
not -In danger of going insane, as he
had been told by Lucas, but was be
low the average mentality and easily
influenced. Lucas had given Grau only
six months of sanity if a substantial
Bum was not paid Lucas for saving
him from such a fate, according to
previous testimony.
John Joyce, director of the Mult
nomah Anglers' club and member of
the Oregon Sportsmen's league, testi
fied that Lucas came to him and
asked that money being raised by
tsportsmen for Mrs. O. N. Denny, the
widow of the man who introduced the
China pheasant into Oregon, be
turned over to him.
GROUP OF 2 6 EX-SOLUIERS
TAKES OATH AT OXCK.
Records of Fighting Men Are Con
sidered Abundant Proof of
Their Loyalty.
Thirty-one men from 1 j different
countries received their final natural- I
ization papers and became American j
citizens yesterday in the court of.
Judge Wolverton. Of the number
naturalized. 26 had served uhder tne I
American flag in the recent war. The I
records of the fighting men were
considered abundant proof of their
loyalty to this country and they took
their oath of allegiance together.
Judge Wolverton charging them to
be as good citizens as they had been
soldiers.
An unusual feature in yesterday s
naturalization hearing, was the large
number of countries represented by
the applicants. Of the 31 admitted six
was the largest numler from any one j
country, Sweden, while 14 other coun-
tries were represented. The list or
service men admitted yesterday i
follows: - i
Eric F. Anderson, Jacob R. Sc"ul-
stad, Johan T. Nillson, Carl V. Dahl.
Aime E. Brandt, all of Sweden; Olaf
Berg, John N Strandteg, Lars Mar-
tensen, all ot Norway; August van
Roosendael, Antoon D. "Van ce Perre,
Belgium; Primo Zanotto, Caldina No-
velli. Italy: Ernest CJ. Butcher, Can
ada; Hugh H. Ellison. Louis H. Keers,
Ireland; David R. Mackie, William
Bichan, Scotland; Walter Bolliger,
John Abegglen, Switzerland; Thomas
S. Underwood, England; Angelo Lam
bas, Turkey; Karl F.. Peterson, Aiar
tinus Anderson, Denmark; Charles E.
Gjedstec, Australia; Charles Hagan,
Holland; Harry V. Worthylake, Nova
Scotia. .
Others naturalized were: John
Sandberg, Finland; John H. Mountai ,
Canada; Auguste Gottelman, nativi of
Germany, but a former citizen of
Fiance; Charles A. Rostland, Sweden;
John O. Johnson, Norway.
Changes of names, desired by ap
plicants as a further step toward
Americanization, were allowed for the
following: Johan Teodor Nillson to
Theodore Nelson; John U. Strandteg
to John N. Strand; Antoon D. Van de
Perre to Anton D. Perry.
Nine other petitions for naturaliza
tion were also scheduled, but papers
were not granted, several of the men
failing to appear, two being Aus
trians and a third a German, whose
cases were postponed a. month.
REED BOOSTS ACTIVITIES
COLLEGE STCDEXT BODY INITI
ATES SEW PliAXS:
STATE'S QUOTA SELECTED
Student Volunteers to Leave for
Des Moines December 2 6 or 2 7.
WASHINGTON STATE COLLEGE,
Pullman, Dec. 18. (Special.) Wash
ington State's complete quota of rep
resentatives to the international stu
dent volunteer convention at Des
Moines, Iowa, December 31 to January
4, has been annonuced by Professot
C. A. Isaacs, chairman of the faculty
student committee in charge of the
selections. The delegation will leave
Pullman December 26 or 27 in a spe
cial sleeping car, which will "be at
tached to a through train at Spokane,
or to the special train bearing all
western delegates should the coal
situation permit of such a train being
run.
Miss Stella Scurlock, Y. W. C. A.
secretary; Charles Stewart, Y. M. C.
A. secretary, and Professor O. L. Wal
ler, faculty representative, will ac
company the student delegation.
Yearly Journal, Campus Conduct,
. Reception and Dance Are Meas
1 ures Meeting Approval.
"Legislate early" was the motto
which actuated a brisk student body
meeting at Reed, college yesterday
morning. A unanimous vote was cast
for -a Reed annual, a constitutional
amendment was passed, a junior
week end received favorable com
ment and the body moved "to attend
the collegiate dance to be given at
the Multnomah hotel, December 29.
A staff for the proposed Reed an
nual will be organized following the
holiday vacation, which starts tomor
row and ends January 5. The student
council is directing the plans for a
complete pictorial, literary and news
record of student happenings during
the year. A permanent yearly publi
cation is expected to follow in the
steps of the 1920 annual.
An important revision in the stu
dent constitution providing for joint
meetings of the council faculty com
mittee on cases involving student con
duct was voted. The matter of a
junior week end at Reed, with dances,
sports, dramatics, alumni homecom
ing and dormitory "open houses," was
enthusiastically received and referred
to the council for definite considera
tion. Following Reed's new intercollegiate
policy in athletics, the students voted
yesterday to attend the intercollegiate
dance given during the holidays for
the benefit of the University of Ore
gon's women's building fund.
S Sc. H. Green stamps for cash.
Holman Fuel Co. Main 353. 560-31.
Adv. .-Hlt
NO MATTER WHERE YOU
BUY
BUY EARLY
IN THE MORNINGS
THEN
A MERRY XMAS
ROAD BILL CAUSES MIX
Aberdeen Measure Defeated and
- Commissioner Defends Body.
ABERDEEN. Wash., Dec. 18. (Spe
cial.) Declarations made by Ransom
1 NO MATTER WHERE YOU
BUY
BUY EARLY
IN THE MORNINGS
THEN
A MERRY XMAS
"Let's Be More
Careful
"No - Accident Day" is pro
claimed. Can it be done? Can
you and everyone be careful
enough on the day before
Christmas to keep injury and
suffering away from every
home Christmas Day the day
when happiness should every
where prevail?
Is it too much to ask or too
much for anyone to do simply
to slow down at intersections,
to take the extra minute neces
sary to look, look before cross
ing the street to guarantee
this wonderful Christmas cheer
for all?
In order to accomplish the w.
great purpose, there must not A
be a single exception where too rl
much haste or thoughtlessness 9
might precipitate danger and A
result in injury or loss of life. K
Drivers are especially re- 5
quested to slow down at inter- V.
sections in suburbs, as well as A
downtown, and generally be r
more alert than usual during.
these days when preparations lj
for Christmas impel more than 5
customary haste. W
In this way only by keeping
the matter constantly in mind 0
can the record be kept rea- ji
sonably clear during these busy R
days and absolutely clear on m
"No Accident Day," December A
24. Resolve now with us and W
others to do your part in ob- A
serving the slogan, K
"Let's Be More 8
Careful," j'
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155STH FRIDAY SURPRISE
Christmas Sale of
Bunte Confections
In spite of the great
scarcity of these delight
ful confections we are
'pleased to announce that
we have just received a
limited quantity in time
for this Christmas sur
prise sale.
75c glass jars, 9 ounces,
special 48.
$1.50 glass jars, XVz
pounds, special $1.20.
$4.50 air-tight tins, 5 pounds, tin $3.50.
Limit of one jar to a customer in the Im
pound and 5-pound sizes.
90c quality, in bulk, limit 5 pounds, pound 70.
No phone orders. None delivered.
Meier & Frank's:
Ninth Floor and Other Candy Sections.
1558TH FRIDAY SURPRISE
Sale of Women's
Silk Hose 98c
1400 pairs of women's silk
stockings are included in
this extraordinary Christ
mas Surprise Sale. A spe
cial purchase of slightly im
perfect hose accounts for
this great value.
Made with double lisle
tops and soles. Mock seams.
Black, white, cordovan, gray
and navy. All sizes.
Meier & Frank's: Hosiery Shop, Main Floor.
1558TH FRIDAY SURPRISE
Sale "Vanity Fair"
Silk Vests $3.95
Christmas Surprise Sale
of Vanity Fair under
vests in French band top
and shoulder strap style
with daintily embroid
ered yokes in several de
signs. Flesh color. Sizes
from 36 to 44.
Just a limited number
of these fine silk vests at
this unusual price while
any remain. . .
Meier & Frank's: Underwear Shop, Main Floor.
1058TH FRIDAY SURPRISE
Sale of Girls'
Coats $29.85
Originally ?45-$55.
Sizes 14 to 17 years in
long, warm coats of fash
ionable velour, silvertone
and broadcloth. Smart styles
with belts and large collars.
Lined with striped silk or
plain colored silk - finished
material of a durable kind.
Navy, Copenhagen, brown,
purple, almost any color.
Meier & Frank's: Girls' Shop, Second Floor.
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1558TH FRIDAY SURPRISE '
Hurt Book Sale of
Bibles V2 Price
Bibles that show very
slight traces of handling
are included fn this fine
Christmas offering.
Every price has been
clipped exactly in twj
from a $2 Bible at $1 up
to a $5 Bible at $2.50.
Meier & Frank's:
Book Shop, Fifth Floor.
155STII FRIDAY SURPRISE
Christmas Surprise
Sale Wash Ribbons
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These ribbons are offered
at about half their present
market worth.
Brocaded acorn pattern in
ciel, flesh, pink and white.
Narrow - widths up to 2
inches.
The special prices range
from the No. 1 ribbon at
10-yard bolt 65c or yard 7
to the No. 9 ribbon at 10-
yard bolt $2 or yard 22
These ribbons will help make dainty Christ
mas gifts.
Meier & Frank's: Ribbon Shop, Main Floor.
1558th Friday Surprise Sales Answer the Question
"What to Give" in Many Practical Saving Ways
Every . section, every aisle, every
counter in this great Christmas store
abounds in gift suggestions for men,
women and children.
Only five shopping days till Christ
mas. Shop in the morning. Use the
escalators to upper floors and stairways
going down. Carry small parcels..
155STH FRIDAY SURPRISE .
Sale $2. 75 Sandwich
Trays for $1.89
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An unusual Christmas
Surprise offering.
9V&-inch sandwich trays
in Butler gray or bright
finishes. With neat pierced
edge.
Limited number on sale
today at ?1.89 instead of
regular price of $2.75.
Subject to 59o war tax.
Meier & Frank's: Silverware Shop, Main Floor.
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I55STH FRIDAY SURPRISE
Sale of Hemstitched
Towels for 50c
Good soft quality hand
towels with neat hemstitch
ed hems.
These towels are very ab
sorbent and will launder
nicely.
Size 19x36 inches.
Excellent values for our
Christmas Surprise Saies,
at each 50c.
Meier & Frank's: Linen Shop, Second Floor.
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MEIER 4k. FRANK'S 1558TH FRIDAY SURPRISE SALES
Women's Velvet, Brocade, Tapestry and
Fancy Leather Bags and Envelopes
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Especially noteworthy is this Christmas sale of some 75 choice bags
of high-grade velvets, brocades, tapestries and combinations in all the
wanted shades, also fancy leather bags and envelopes in practically
every color.
Regular prices range from $9 to $45.
While any remain, today $6 to $30.
Meier & Frank's: Hand Bag Shop, Main Floor.
1558TH FRIDAY SURPRISE
Women 's Pretty Silk
Blouses $2.98
Our $3.93 to $5 Grades
Fresh, attractive gift
blouses of real Georgette
crepe and crepe de chine.
White, flesh, 'tea rose,
bisque and a few dark colors.
As plain as anyone wants
or quite elaborately embroid
ered with white or colors.
Sizes 36 to 44 in the lot.
It's, a rare combination to
get just what someone wants at such a mod
erate price.
Meier & Frank's: Blouse Shop, Fourth Floor.
1558TH FRIDAY SURPRISE
Attractive Christmas
Gift Novelties
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At 79c, 98c, $1.19, $3.19
and $5 we have arranged
for . convenient selection
surprise tables of attrac
tive gift novelties and
hand-embroidered arti
cles. Included are hair pin
boxes, tie racks, powder
bags, sachet bags, hand
kerchief boxes, embroid
ered pillows, centers, children's, dresses, towels.
Meier & Frank's: Needlework Shop, Second Floor.
1558TH FRIDAY SURPRISE '
Christmas Surprise
Sale Robes $9.75
Excellent quality plaid
auto and steamer robes with
fringed edges. Large sirfe
robes of fine wearing qual
ity nearly all are ALL
WOOL. Many pretty pat
terns and colors.
Warm, durable robes that
sell regularly in our stocks
at $12.50 for our Christ
mas Surprise Sale, $9.75.
Meier & Frank's'.Luggage Shop, Sixth Floor.
155STH FRIDAY SURPRISE
Christmas Sale of
Pillow Tops $1.49
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Just 200 in the lot. The
best values offered this
season. Fine silk velours,
tapestries, damasks, cot
ton velvets only a few
of the many fabrics in
cluded. A wide variety of pat
terns and colors.
Wonderful values while
any remain, $1.49.
Meier & Frank's:Drapery Shop, Seventh Floor.
1558TH FRIDAY SURPRISE
Christmas Surprise
Sale of China
All of the following
Christmas Surprise offer
ings are of the popular
"Nippon" hand-painted
china. Shown in assorted
shapes and decorations.
Ideal for Christmas gift
purposes.
$6.50 chocolate set $4.98.
$5.00 chocolate set $3.6.
$4.50 chocolate set $3.:9.
$3.75 chocolate sets $2.49.
$6.00 salad sets $4.39.
$4.50-$5.00 salad sets $3.89.
$3.50-$3.75 salad sets $2.38.
$3.50-$4.00 cake sets $2.89.
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Cut Glass
Sale
Now On
Meier & Frank's: Chlnaware Shop. Basement.
1S58TH FRIDAY SURPRISE
Christmas Surprise
Ukuleles $2.89
Sold regularly at $3.50
worth more today.
Popular sweet toned
Hawaiian ukuleles in at
tractive mahogany finish.
One of these ukuleles will
make a highly desirable
Christmas gift.
Limited number in our
Christmas Surprise Sales
at $2.89 instead of $3.50.
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Meier & Frank's: Phonograph Shop, Sixth Floor.
155STH FRIDAY- SURPRISE
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Here are a few suggestions sure to win
a warm welcome with men and young
men who attach importance to the PRAC
TICAL element in the gift.
All-Wool Overcoats
$19.85
Of course the price is extraordinarily low.
When these are gone we do not know when we
shall again be in a position to offer garments
of this quality at $19.85.
For Holiday Gifts
many men would ask for nothing better than
one of these overcoats.
Men's and young men's all-wool overcoats in
plain and belted models suitable for every pur
pose wear. Good patterns and colorings pleas
ing mixtures of oxford, tan, brown and green.
Sizes 34 to 40.
This Section Also Suggests
Bath and louneine:
robes of cotton and
wool blankets.
House Coats or
smoking jackets of
wool, silk and velvet.
Dressing gowns
wool and velvet.
Leather coats.
Mackinaws.
A wide range
prices.
Meier & Frank's: The Store for Men,
Of
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TThird Floor.
Special Christmas Service in the
Men's Annex
Second Floor
A gift bazaar of men's
things now open in a con
venient location on the
Second Floor, Fifth
Street, to prevent con
gestion in the Main Floor
Store for Men and afford
for men special facilities
special Christmas offer-
women seeking gifts
for selection. These
ings now in force:
Silk Ties for Gifts
95c (3 for $2.75) for neckwear of the regular
$1.25 and $1.50 grades.
$1.95 (3 for $5.50) for neckwear of the regu
lar $2.50 and $3.00 grades.
Shirts for Gifts
$1.95 for regular $2.50 and $3.00 shirts in
such materials as fiber silks, fiber silk striped
fabrics, Russian cords and woven madras. A
limited number:
$3.85 for regular $5.00 Anderson madras soft
cuff shirts in plain and striped effects.
$5.95 for silk shirts, first and second quality
of much higher priced lines. This assortment is
especially rich in gift suggestions.
Gloves for Gifts
$1.95 for regular $2.50 and $3.00 DENT'S
and other reliable makes of mocha, cape and
suede gloves in all sizes, but a limited number.
Meier & Frank's: The Store for Men, Second Floor.
1.1.-.NT1I FRIDAY SURPRISE
200 Silk Taffeta
Umbrellas $4.35
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Some of these umbrellas
are SAMPLES that would
ordinarily be priced as high
as $7.50, others are from
our regular $6.35 lines.
Attractive plain shades
and a number of two tone
effects. Eight-rib Paragon
frames. Some with white
tips and rings.
Buy for personal use and
for Christmas gifts.
Meier & Frank's: Umbrella Shop, Main Floor.
1538TH FRIDAY SURPRISE
Breakfast Coats and
Corduroy Robes $9.95
'i Soft, velvety materials
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Meier & Frank's
in charming shades of
blue, rose and wistaria.
Long straight models or
with the attached skirt
line called breakfast
coats.
Regular and extra sizes
from 36 to 56.
Until now all were
much more costly.
Bathrobe Shop, Third Floor.
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