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Section Two
Pages 13 to 24
VOL. XXVI.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 10, 1907.
NO. 6.
1
i
Valen
tines Prettiest in
Town
lc to $10.00
Clearance
Suits and
.75
Values
U to $100
7A
This is our Annual Clearance of highest grade Women's Apparel
sold regularly to $100.00 at one price so low that our figures are in
many cases less than half the cost of materials alone. The making
always the biggest item in this class of costume is not counted at all.
These are not ordinary shop-made garments, which you can tell as far
as you can see them, but exquisite hand-tailored creations of style and
beauty. There are Reception Gowns of Black Messaline Silk and Lace,
Black Chiffon Taffeta and Lace, etc,, and elaborately made Suits and
Dresses for both street and evening wear.
The Reception Gowns are made of black messaline silk, chiffon, taffeta and
parmentier silk, trimmed with rare and costly laces, imported braids and
chiffons. The suits are made in numerous individual effects, the colors in
cluding pearl gray, Alice, sage green, reseda, Sevilla brown, pale blue, cham
pagne, London smoke, etc The materials are voiles, Reine d'Henrietta, chif
fon taffeta, imported panama, French serge, imported Venetian and im
ported broadcloth. The trimmings are most exclusive and novel. Each
suit is entirely distinct and exclusive in style. The skirts are works of art
$24.75
JMPORTANT None on sale until 10 o'Clock. Sale for Monday only. None reserved, none by mail and
none C. O. D. at this sensationally low price. Be on hand promptly.
Millinery Exhibit
New Spring Styles
Advance Spring styles, suitable for pres
ent wear, of lace and silk Hats and fine
Braids. All colors for street and even
ing wear. Paris smartness, verve and
chdc, stand out in every alluring line
and curve. Prices? Say
$9.00 to $12.00
125 Cambric Petticoats
Values to $3 for $1.95
125 Lingerie Petticoats of good
quality cambric, with dust ruffle
and deep flounce ; JP 1 Q
big value at only. . . 4jrXS7J
New Spring
Dress Goods
Already the new materials
for smart Spring wear are lib
erally displayed here, daintily
eclipsing the heavy fabrics of
Winter. The items below rep
resent fortunate purchases on
which we quote a low intro
ductory price.
44-inch Angora Suitings for shirt
waists; Suiting made of best
Knglish mohair in the new Spring
colors. Sale price, yard. $1.00
36-inch Cloth Suitings for coat
suits, in new tan and gray mix
tures, stripes and checks, at, per
yard $1.00 and $1.25
44-inch Imported Novelty Suit
ings; beautiful pastel shades of
tan, gray, green, etc. ; light
weight, for Spring and Summer
cost umes. at. per vard
$1.00 and $1.25
44-inch Knglish Mohairs; chiffon
weight, the new Knehulah finish;
in navys, greens, browns, old
blue, pongee tan, cream and black.
Special sale, yard $1.00
35- inch Cream Figured Mohair
Waistings, at, yard 50
36- inch All-Wool Taffeta Laines,
in black, cream and all colors,
at, yard 50J
30c quality black and white
checks and plaids, quite new,
. at, yard 43
Valentine Napkins
3Cp Per 100 for Novelty
Valentine Napkins of
crepe paper, for valentine parties.
New designs.
Infants' Flannel Skirts
CJ1 AO For infants' $3 long
PACC' embroidered Flannel
and White Skirts; lace, and inser
tion trimmings.
Infants' Bonnets
ORp For infants' Bonnets;
Tallies to $1.50; in a
dozen new and pretty, styles.
Clearance 25c.
SPRING STYLES BUTTERICK PATTERNS 10c AND 15c
Good Merchandise Only Quality Considered Our Prices Are Always the Lowest
of Fancy Tailored
Reception Gowns
Forty swell, new and charming fancy Tailored
Suits and Silk Reception Gowns. Sold regu
larly at $60, $75, $80, $90 and $100
Only one of a kind.
and display all the latest wrinkles
peculiar to up-to-date professional
skirtbuilding. For one day only.
PARIS VEILS .
Face Veils and Hat Veils
They are shown in lVk to 2-yard lengths,
to be worn close at the back of the neck
and long scarf ends. Some have ribbon
edge, others raffle and accordion-plaited
borders, embroidered scallops with heavy
vines running up into veils, lace-edged or
with straight lace bands on four sides.
White is popular, as are also new bronze,
olive, navy, green, mole, slate, brown and
black. Exclusive patterns.
Prices $1.25 to $5.50
A Great Alteration Sale of Pictures
Water Colors, Carbons, Etchings, Hand-Colored Platinums, Pastels, Gravures, Artotypes, Etc
ART lovers and bargain-seekers will find a feast here tomorrow at the greatest picture display
and sale in the history of this house and at exactly half the regular prices. These are
pictures that appeal to the people of cultivated, artistic taste, and are far above the
class of pictures ordinarily to be had at bargain prices. A strong fea
ture of the sale is the immense choice presented for your choosing; in
size, shape and subject the collection covers any want you can possibly
have for any space in any room.
In the superb collections are soft, delicate pastels, dainty water col
ors, choice platinums, rich, somber carbons, exquisite etchings, fine
photogravures in exquisitely harmonizing frames. All priced for this
sale at exactly
SALE OF COMBS, VALUES TO 50c FOR 23c
Special purchase of the popular knob and olive-top Back Combs,
also Side Combs in the same patterns; an assortment of over 700
Combs. Fashion dictates nothing better than these 5 Q
styles. Only : &J
$2.75 Lingerie Waists $1.78
Dainty Spring 1907 Models
J New Styles at Clearance Prices
stores
at the
son.
$24.75
Special for Monday The Lipman
Wolfe School of Style offers 300
new, dainty lingerie Waists in ad;
vance Spring styles. Made of soft
white lawn, uniquely trimmed with
Valenciennes insertion, beautiful
embroidery and other alluring
graces of style and finish. The
assortment embraces TWELVE "
distinct styles. They have the
new style . short sleeve. Reg
ular values to $3.75 go Monday
at a sale price lower than other
quote on their soiled waists
end of the sea
$1.78
Reduced to only.
Picture
Framing
The Larges
Assortment'
of Moldings
at Lowest
Prices.
TTTr'TYYR Talking
Machine
' Come in and select a Victor Talking
Machine and 12 records that you like for
$1. DOWN AND $i: A WEEK.
Then you'll have something to enter
tain your friends with when talking be
comes tiresome. The songs that it sings,
the music that it plays, are gathered from
the whole world and from all times. A
theater in your home.
Feb. Drug Sale
Compare these prices
with those of the drug
trust stores. The
amount we save you
represents the "velvet"
that the trust doesn't
get.
Peruna, Bottle, 69c
J
compound, ooc
Oxozone, (rerm destroyer and tonic;
' $1.00 size 81
Oxosone, 50c size 41
Oxozone, 25c size . 23
Asepttne Catarrh Cure, new Internal
remedy, BOo size 41
Osborn Cntarrh Balm. 25c bot..ii30
Aseptlne. the Ideal mouthwash- SI
bottle 81
Aseptlne, 83c size . . 24c
Colwell's Peruvian Tonic, J1.00
size ' 81
Osborn's Celery Compound for the
nerves: SI bottle 81
Iron Tonic Hitters, the new iron
tonic; SI size 81
Mangofer. SI bottle 81
Vegetable Worm Syrup, a certain
remedy for worms 22d
Pure Norwegian Cod Liver jOlff SI
bottle 81
Norwegian Cod Liver Oil, 60e bottle
for only 41
Envulslon of Lofotin Cod Liver Oil;
SI bottle .81
Same BOo bottle 41
Ked Clover Syrup for the blood; SI
bottle 81
Same. 63c bottle 41
2Fc Colwell's Worm Ixzenges. .22
SI Stone Root Kidney and .Liver
Elixir , . j
Same. SOc bottle 41
Comp'd Ext. Buehu with Pot. Ace
tate, 30a bottle . , 41
Osborn's Croup and Lung; Ointment;
SOc Jar , 41
Babv Soothing' Syrup for teetRInir
children; 2Bo bottle ,,,, 19
Eureka Chill Tonlo, BOo bottle. .41
Electric Liniment. oOe bottle... 41?
Sheffield's Antiseptic Tooth Powder'
only 12.
Camphor Ice. In Jars , T
Benzoin and Almond Cream.,,. 19
Tiaby Borated Talcum Powder.. 4
SUITES ALDERMEN
FOR OLD SING SING
Jerome Means to Send Two
There, or "Maybe Four
or Five."
HEARST CASTS THEM OFF
Members of Municipal Ownership
League Eleven' Tell "With Sad
Eyes Their Views of Troub
lous New York Politics.
NEW YORK. Feb. 9. (Special.) "No
New York Alderman has been Incarcer
ated in Sing- Sing for nearly 20 years. I
mean to send two members there; per
haps four or five."
This statement was made today by Dis
trict Attorney ' Jerome. Three of the
11 Municipal Ownership Aldermen are al
ready under Indictment, and the other
eight members of the delegation are vis
ibly shaking in their official shoes.
These 11 men hold the balance of power
In the local lawmaking body. All they
have got out of It up to date has been
ball, which was furnished by friends of
"Big Tim" Sullivan at his direction. Con.
sequently at the present time they are all
Sullivan men.but Just the same they would
fall over one another to get in line If
Jerome bad any proposition to make. For
there is no denying the Interesting fact
that the Municipal Ownership men would
transfer their allegiance from William
Randolph Hearst to William Travers
Jerome if the District Attorney would
only say the word.
Jerome can prevent them from going to
jail, while Hearst is powerless to help
them. Furthermore Hearst has officially
and emphatically repudiated them.
Only seven of the eleven were elected
as straight Municipal Ownership men, the
other four being fusion candidates. And
Hearst claims that their misdeeds must be
set to the discredit of the Republican
party. But the 11 "straight out" Alder
men have all been expelled from the In
dependence League and the different dis
trict associations have rubbed it In by
adopting resolutions, approving of the
action taken,
"Put 'Km Out," Says the Journal.
In an attempt to clinch the mat
ter, the Svening Journal, Mr. Hearst's
afternoon organ, printed an editorial
headed. "Put Out the Rascals. That Is all
that a party can do. It doesn't do it
often, unfortunately." The editorial was
as follows:
One of our regular readers and correspond
ents, Mr. Flnnegan, wants us to wrKe some
thing about the Municipal Ownership League
Aldermen. Says he:
"Will you tell -us what the actual charac
ter of those men Is and how the Evening
Journal feels about them?"
We will, with pleasure.
There were four Aldermen, Kuntse, Tor
pey. Cronln and Mulligan sent to the Board
of Aldermen by the Municipal League of
New York City.
The Municipal League is now the Inde
pendence League. These four gentlemen In
the -Board of Aldermen acted like genuine
Aldermen.
When they got Into that body of high
minded statesmen, they acted as a good
apple usually does when it gets into a bar
rel of rotten apples. Mind you, we don't
say these four Aldermen ever were good
Aldermen. But we do tell you this:
They are not Independence Ieague or Mu
nicipal League Aldermen any more.
How It All Happened.
When the Municipal Ownership League
was .formed, ite candidates were necessarily
selected hastily. The entire campaign was
arranged and fought out inside of three
weeks. It was not possible to Investigate
the characters, temperaments and records of
men who offered themselves as candidates.
That must be clear to the dullest mind.
But when these four -men proved their
characters by their action In the Board of
Aldermen, when they proved that they were
unworthy of an organization having the
support of good citizens, that they were the
ordinary, miserable grafting type of poli
tician usually sent to the Board of Alder
men, these four men were kicked out of
the Independence League promptly.
On the 24th of last momh resolutions were
passed by the Independence League In which
the four men were accused and convicted of
betraying the citizens "who elected these
men to office." It was resolved that they
should be kicked out onto the sidewalk,
turned over to the ordinary ruck of dishon
est politicians, and that was done.
The Independence League has nothing
more to do with them. This newspaper haa
no further Interest In them; and if Mr.
Jerome or anybody else, for any reason
whatever, sincere or Insincere, will make a
specialty of watching these people and con
victing them of offenses against ordinary de
cency we shall he much obliged.
Makes the Aldermen Mad.
Naturally, this outburst has deeply
angered the Independence League men.
Alderman Torpey, of Harlem, voiced the
sentiment of his associates when he
said today:
"I am as Innocent of wrong-doing as
an unborn child. Unless this vile con
spiracy sncceeds an3 I am sent to
prison, I will be an Alderman for near
ly 11 months more. If during that time
I do anything that William Randolph
Hearst wants done, I hope that my
innocent children will burn the roof
above my head, and my house Is unin
sured." Henry Clay Peters, the leader of the
Municipal Ownership men, la more
diplomatic. Mr. Peters was in the
Elmlra Reformatory before he was
transferred to the Board of Aldermen.
Regarding the present situation he
said:
I am out on bail, but I have not
been convicted yet,"
Alderman Cronln remarked sadly!
"1 was a fool ever to go into politics.
I used to make S3. 50 a day as a tile
layer. Now I am broken in health,
spirits and also financially. There is
nothing in. politics, unless you are a
big man or a trust." -
Alderman Mulligan, familiarly known
as "The Father of Mixed Metaphor," de
livered himself as follows:
"I am speechless with indignation,
but I could talk to you all night about
the terrible way I have been treated.
During the mayoralty campaign I
spent night after night shivering on a
truck, delivering convincing arguments
to -men who absolutely refused to listen
to me. And what Is my reward? I am
repudiated, scorned and defied.
"But some day Hearst will know
that his true friends arc those who
were heartlessly accused of crimes, and
who, when they asked him for bread,
were stoned."
Alderman Kuntze was brief and to
the pohit.
"We were stung all right." he said.
"But we are on the Job yet. See?"
Jerome does not expect to get real
busy with the Aldermen until after
the Thaw trial is over. Then he will
have a great time with the City
Fathers, although they are not likely
to enjoy what he Intends to do with
them.
"There are three kinds of Aldermen."
remarked Jerome today. "Good Alder
men, had Aldermen and Municipal
Ownership Aldermen. The first -class
belongs in the Board, the second class
belongs In private life, while, so far as
I can judge, the third class belongs In
the penitentiary. It would be unfair
to Mr. Hearst to blame him for the
kind of cattle that he swept Into office,
and I am pleased to find that he Is not
opposed to me sweplng them out again."
And, pending the action of the courts,
the accused Aldermen attend meetings
regularly, vote voclftvously, and are
prominent in the routine proceedings.
Incidentally they draw their salary
every month, and each one, whether
indicted or not, draws $2000 in cash
every year.
HERMANN TRIAL TUESDAY
Letterbook Case Draws Host of Wit
nesses Senator Carter to Testify.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Feb. 9. The trial of Representa
tive Hermann on the indictment charging
destruction of 35 letterpress copybooks, al
leged to have formed part of the files of
the General Land Office, will begin next
Tuesday and will probably continue two
weeks. The case will be heard before
Justice Stafford, the prosecution being
conducted by District Attorney Baker,
aided by Assistant District Attorney Ad
klns and Ifvin Rittenhouse, who was
associated with F. J. Heney in the Port
land trials. The defense will be con
ducted by A. S. Worthlngton. the best
criminal lawyer In Washington, assisted
by Hermann's son-in-law. H. P. Galley.
The Government has summoned many
witnesses from Oregon and will have
quite a number from the Land Office
here. Hermann has also summoned wit.
nesses from home and will put on the
stand men well-known In Washington.
Among them. It' is understood, is Senator
Carter, of Montana, who was once Com
missioner of the Land Office. Judge Tan
ner, of Portland, Mitchell's law partner,
is among the Government's witnesses
against Hermann, who is now in the city.
Hermann's trial will be largely techni
cal. At the time he retired from the
Land Office he caused to be destroyed 35
letterpress copybooks which, he declares,
contained copies only of his personal cor
respondence. Secretary Hitchcock always
Insisted that many official letters were
copied In these books. The Government
will undertake to prove that at least some
of the letters were official, while the de
fense will maintain that the books con
tained no correspondence except of a per
sonal nature. The whole case rests upon
the establishment of this one point.
So far as known. It is not contended by
the Government that any letters de
stroyed were of an Incriminating nature
or that they implicated Hermann In land
frauds or other official misconduct. Her
mann's friends have Insisted from the
first that this case is pure persecution on
the part of Hitchcock and it will be their
aim during the trial to establish this fact.
RECEIVE GOVERNOR'S PROTEST
Fulton and Bourne Confident of No
Change In Timber Law.
OREGON I AN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
lnflton. Feb. 9. Senators Fulton and
Bourne today received telegrams from
Governor Chamberlain seriously protest
ing against the passage of the Hans
brough bill repealing the timber and stone
act and substituting therefor a law vir
tually reserving all remaining public tim
ber land and merely authorizing the sale
of the timber at its stumpage value.
Both Senators agree that this bill will
not pass this session. It has never passed
either house and. If called up In the Sen
ate, will be defeated because of the
strong opposition of several Western Sen
ators. Moreover, the House public lands
committee Is dead set against this bill
and will not report It. so Its passage by
the House Is utterly Impossible.
Chamberlain says the bill would retard
development, would render usel3S 6.0n
acres of indemnity baso lands now held
by the state and would result In greatly
reducing the value of large areas of now
valuable land In Oregon. This measure,
with other land reforms, will go over to
next session.
APPOINT WICKERSHAM AfiAIX
President Will Not Yield to Ene
mies, but May Investigate.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. Fob. 9. It is understood on good
authority that the President will soon
send In the nomination of Judge James
Wickersham of Alaska, though with no
expectation that It will be confirmed this
session. Wfckersham's old enemlex.
Senators Nelson and McCumber, can pre
vent confirmation at this late day.
Wickersham. if he falls of confirmation,
will get another recess appointment in
March and the charges against him will.
It Is reported, he again Investigated, this
time by Assistant Attorney General A.
W. eooley. v
Finish Work on Hand First.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 9. Senator Fulton has been
urged to offer an amendment to the river
and harbor bill authorizing the survey
of the Columbia River between the mouth
of the Willamette and the Dalles rapids
with a view to further Improvement, He
has" decided that this Is Imprudent, for
it is necessary during the next few years
to concentrate efforts on completing the
big projects now under way. for. the
Columbia River below The Dalles will
now accommodate all commerce that can
pass through the Celilo canal when com
pleted. Lighthouses for Paelflc toast. "
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 9. The Senate today parsed
the omnibus lighthouse bill, which car
ries Senator Fulton's amendments for
Cape Blanco and Cane Argo, The bill
also carries p),0O0 for a lighthouse, at
Eliza Island, Bellingham Bay, and $125,000
for a lighthouse on Cross Point, Alaska.
Cost of Cruiser Washington.
OREGONIAN NF.WS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Feb. 9. The Secretary of the
Navy today advised Congress that the
completed cruiser Washington cost $5,036,
284. This Is exclusive of guns.
WRONGED
WOMAN
KILLS PHYSICIAN
Bullet in Own Brain Makes
Kansas City Affair a Dou
ble Tragedy.
HE WOULD NOT WED HER
Bodies of Maud Slater and Dr. K. II.
Merwln. Lying in Lattcr's Of
fice. Tell Mute Tale ol
Perverted Love.
KANSAS CITY. Mo., Feb. 9. (Special
The bodies of Miss Maud Slater and
Dr. K. H. Merwln, a physician, wcro
found in Dr. Merwln's office in the Hall
building this afternoon. A bullet had
entered the brain of each. A revolver
grasped in the woman's hand told the
story of deliberate murder and self-destruction..
The cause or the tragedy Is not known
definitely. The theory which has most
weight, however, is that the young wo
man was In love with Dr. Merwln, that
the physician did not wish to marry her,
and that Miss Slater was made desper
ate by Jealousy. Miss Slater Is said to
have visited Merwln's office frequently
during the last month.
Friends of Miss Slater say, however,
that she and Dr. Merwln had been sweet
hearts for four years and that she had
confided to Miss Thomas, a milliner by
whom she was employed, that Dr. Merwln
had wronged her. Miss Thomas said that
Miss Slater often threatened to kill the
physician.
The last person to see Dr. Merwln be
fore Miss Slater entered his office was
Dr. Toelle. The physicians were con
versing 10 minutes before the shots
were fired. Dr. Merwln, apparently,
had no premonition of the fate that
was to overtake him.
Friends of Miss Slater say she told
them some weeks ago that she and Dr.
Merwln had plighted their troth. Dr.
Merwln. however, frequently said he
had no intention of marrying. It is
stated that Dr. Merwln had expressed
annoyance to some of his friends be
cause Miss Slater frequently wrote him
letters and telephoned to him. lis
even charged that through a feeling of
Jealousy Miss Slater had published an
announcement of his engagement to
another woman. The advertisement
was embarrassing to Dr. Merwln and
the young woman concerned, and both
declared it to be false and said they
were not responsible for the publica
tion. The aged parents of the girl, when
they were apprised of the death of
their daughter several hours after tho
tragedy had occurred, said that she was
a patient of Dr. Merwln, and that she
had announced before she left home to
day that she intended to go to the doc
tor's office for treatment. They knew
nothing of any other relation than that
of physician nnd patient existing be
tween their daughter and Merwln. Dr.
Mr twin, who was 38 years old. was
treasurer of a Homeopathic college
hero and had an extensive practice.
MARGUERITE RUNS ON ROCK
Passengers Taken Off Just as She
Lists and Fills.
BEI.MXOHA.Vl. Wash.. Feb. 9. The
passenger steamer Marguerite, plying on
Lake Whatcom, tonight at 8 o'clock
struck a rock off Langtry Point in a
dense fog while running at full speed.
A score of passengers were tossed about
the cabins and a panic was narrowly
averted. Answering distress signals, the
steamer Elsinore hastened to the rescue
of the wrecked vessel and rescued the
passengers .lust as the Marguerite listed
and filled with water. The steamer may
be a total loss. A huje hole is stove In
f or wa rd .
COMBINE STILL STUBBORN
Little Llkpllliood of a Compromise In
Idaho legislature.
BOISE. Idaho. Feb. !. (.Special. ) There
is a rather strong feeling that the efforts
being made to restore harmony among
the Republicans of the House will fall.
The stalwarts seem somewhat disposed
to hang out. They are vexed nt the oth
ers Republicans, and so far those who
have failed to accomplish anything have
sought to find a basis of settlement. Tho
insurgents are a little more disposed lo
consider some proposition, but they do
not propose to take steps to bring about
a settlement.
The Senate held a brief session today,
passing three bills. One of these is a
measure providing for a special tax to
be levied by counties for extermination
of crickets and other pests. It is a House
bill and will go to the Governor when
an amendment shall have been acted
upon by the latter body. This bill wa.i
brought forward by Freeman County,
which has suffered much in past years
from crickets.
Drops Five Feet nt Oregon City.
OREGON CITY, Or., Feb. 9 (Special.)
The Willamette River receded at least
live feet today. All danger of floods is
over now. The city pumps were started
last night, but there Is so much sand and
mud in the pumping station that some
trouble is being experienced In keeping
them up to their work. They are shut
down tonight, and the town, with the ex
ception of the hill district, is being sup
plied from the -reservoir. It is expected
that there will be no trouble after Mon
day. '
The Willamette Pulp and Paper Com
pany has had a large force of
men at work today cleaning up, and will
start Monday. The Crown-Columbia will
not be In condition to resume operations
before next Wednesday. The water -has
gone down sufficiently to clear the South
ern Pacirtc tracks, and trains are 'ex
periencing no di! Acuity.
Wlnloek Five Is Victorious.
SOUTH BEND, Wash.. Feb. 9. (Spe
cial.) The Wlnlock basketball team met
the South Bend basketball team here
this evening and defeated it by a score
of 49 to 14.
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