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NOTEWORTHY PIANO
Well - Known Portland Music - Lover
Secures Beautiful and Costly Weber
Piano Greatly Admired by Famous
Rosenthal.
Board of Education May Es
tablish Industrial School
THE SUNDAY OBEGONIAN, PORTLAND, APRIL 7, 1907.
PUT HANDS TO WORK
PETITION SIGNED BY MANY
Advocates Say Such an Institution
Would ProUde Schooling for
Those Who Will Not Take
to School Books.
There will be presented to the Board of
Education at Its meeting tomorrow night
petitions asking to have established an
Industrial school in connection with the
public school system of Portland. For.
several weeks the petitions have been
circulated and have been signed by many
of the most prominent citizens. Those
who are behind the movement feel conn
dent that It will meet with the approval
of the board.
This belief Is founded upon expressions
of several of the directors In regard to
the project. At a recent meeting of the
board, the matter was brought up infor
mally and met with the hearty approval
of those who spoke upon the subject
It Is planned to establish an industrial
Frhool which shall have the same rela
tion to the regular work that the manual
training course now has. SI Is planned
to give a thorough training In the trades
with competent Instructors. Although the
details have not yet been worked out, the
project will follow general lines indicated
in an article that appeared recently in
The Oregonlan.
"I am strongly of the opinion that a
vocational school, such as is suggested,
would be of great benefit to Portland,"
said Judge A. Fraier last night. "In
my work with children I have found many
who are active mentally and physically
but who are not satisfied with books.
They simply will not be confined to the
schoolroom and It la necessary to direct
their activity along other lines. For
these children, a trades school Is of great
benefit.
"I consider It most important for a boy
to be thoroughly trained in the line he
has chosen for his life work. He should
be taught to do something well. If he
Is placed in a trades school he will get
exactly the training that will make of
him a useful citizen."
Mayor Lane is another who has given
his approval of the plan to found an In
stitution of this character In Portland.
"I think that a training along industrial
lines is fully as important as any other
school work," he declared. "I fully In
dorse the movement and should be glad
to see a school of this kind established.
' I believe that It Is Important for a boy
who Is going to follow one of the trades
to take up this work early and thoroughly
fit himself for his chosen vocation."
Among others who have Indorsed the
project by signing their names to the pe
tition are the following: Judge Alfred
F. Sears. Judge C. N. Gantenbein, Judge
IJonel R. Webster, William D. Fchton,
F. B. Fields, R. L. Stearns. John W.
Mlnto, E. A. Brandes. A. H. Devers,
I. C Burns, Francis I. McKcnna, B. BC
Lombard. R. Sabin. Judge lieorge H.
Williams. William If. Ladd. diaries E.
T,add. Whitney Li; Boise. A. B. Steinbach.
W. P. Olds. C. W. King. Dr. A. W. Smith,
Woodard. Clarke & Co.. Hartman
Thompson. K. V. Lively, J. Wesley Iadd,
A. Feldenhelmer. diaries Feldenhelmer.
Hishop Scaddlng. Julius I. Meier, John
P. Morgan. W. I. Vail. D. W. Mitchell.
ge E Watkins. A. H. Birrell. Dwlght
Kdwards. Henry Kverdlng. R. W. Black
wood. Francis Secly, A. I.. Mills. C. F.
Adams. W. K Robertson. Rodney CSlisan.
J. Couch Flanders, F. Dresser. F. B.
Beach. Oraham mass. William T. Mulr,
a. I. Martin. E. N. Deady. P. R. Deady.
Frank Klernan, Thomas N. Strong and
C". K. S. Wood.
UNCOVER INDIAN RELICS
Port land and Seattle JirUIge Men
Find Arrow and Spear Heads.
An old camp ground of th Valley In
diana has been lorated by workmen em
ployed on construction of the bridge
acrosa the Willamette River for the
Portland and Seattle Railway Company.
On the west bank of t Ims river, where
excavations have been made for the ap
proaches to the bridge, quantities of ar
rowhead, spearheads, hatchets and ham
mers have been uncovered. A number
of them are only partially complete and
others are the finished product of the
ancient stone worker.
. A compressed air worker brought to
the surface several days ago a stone
hatchet. th concaves for the lashings
being smooth and perfect. The curio
was secured at a depth of about nine
feet below the bed of the river.
Many of the arrowheads secured along
the bank are symmetrical and well
formed. They are broad at the barbs
and thin. Arrowheads secured In differ
ent sections of the country differ great
ly in stse and shape. Some are long and J
narrow, oinera neavny proporuoneu ana
others broad and flat. Superintendent
Nickerson. of the bridge construction
crew, has a collection In his office which
was picked up at different points on the
bridge iine.
SHRINERS TO LEAVE MAY 2
Many Portland Lodge Men Will At
tend I.os Angeles Convention.
The Shrlners of Portland have com
pleted arrangements for r pilgrimage to
Io Anireles May 2 and 3. and a large
number of the members of the order will
make the trip. The attraction at 1-os
Angeles will be the meeting of the Im
perial Council of the Mystic Shrrne.
The Los Angeles Shrlners have ar
ranged an elaborate programme for their
visiting brethren. Including visits to
the various beach reports and other
points of Interest in and near that beau
tiful city i
The meeting of the Imperial Council
will begin on Monday. Hay 6. On that
evening Islam Temple will hold a re
ception and concert, to which the visiting
members are invited.
The sessions will continue throughout
the week following May 6. during which
time the great annual floral festival will
b. held In that city.-
DEATH TOTAL REACHES 25
Tornado Blows Bodies Into Trees,
steamer Torn to Piece.
NEW ORI,KANS. April 6. Reports
today show that persona were killed
and more than twice that numher seri
ously injured in yesterday's tornado,
which swept through 1 Louisiana, Mis-atst-Ippt
and A la ha ma. Less tha n half
of t he killed were while persons.
Among the lust bodies found were those
of a man and a woman in treea at
Alexandria.
Tot experience of being1 caught by
One of Portland's foremost music-lovers.
Mrs. H. L. Keats, during the past
week, secured from the fillers Piano
House a magnificent new 11600 Art Grand
Weber Piano, to which Is attached un
usual interest.
A few weeks ago. when the famous
Rosenthal visited this city, he spent some
time as the guest of the Ellers House
in their warerooins. While there, he
happened to strike the keys of this par
ticular piano and the unusual quality of
tone and splendid touch instantly ap
pealed to him, and resulted In his sit
ting down and spending fully two hours
at the Instrument.
The Weber piano Is Rosenthal's choice
and the make exclusively used by him,
but this particular piano drew forth an
expression of admiration more enthusi
astic than usual Not alone Is It beauti
ful in tone and action, but it is also one
of the . handsomest pianos perhaps ever
turned out by the, Weber Company. The
case Is of rare marblewood. in the new
French finish, and Is very rich and unusu
ally artistic.
Mrs. Keats, well-known as a musician
of the highest order, is a pupil of Alf
Kllngenberg. the noted German Pian
ist. Mrs. Keats has every reason to be
proud of this beautiful instrument. Just
purchased by her, and the sentiment at
tached to it will make it all the more
valuable.
the tornndo in -the middle of the Mis
sissippi River on a sternwheel packet
is described by Louis Knopp, who was
aboard the steamer Betsy Ann.
"The smokestack and stage plank
were blown away," said Mr. Knopp,
"and tho boat began to swing from
side to side, like a cradle. The wind
wa3 so terrific that It was all I could
do to keep hold upon the railing: of the
boat. At the same time I was dodging
flying timbers and broken glass. The
pilot turned the boat's bow toward the
batik and managed to drive her nose
Into the levee, but by this time the
upper works of the steamer were bare
ly able to stand alone."
The passengers were safely landed.
Seven Killed at Luverna.
LUVERNA, Ala.. April RSeven per
sons, five white and two colored, were
killed by the tornado that passed through
this county yesterday. Several persons
In various localities were Injured.
WAS CLACKAMAS PIONEER
A. H. Long Passes Away at Daugh
ter's Home In Sell wood.
In the death of A. H. Iong, Friday
morning, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. P. Gage, 744 Marlon street, Sellwood,
there passed away a pioneer of 1853. His
death was sudden, and was the result
of paralysis of the left side, which at
tacked him Wednesday. For onie time
he had been living with his daughter, his
only surviving child out of a family of
seven.
Mr. Ixng was bora In Monroe County,
Virginia. SO years ago. Tn 1853 he joined
t BJJlBJBJSJjBJ I
The A. H. I-ong j
an Immigrant train with his father,
James Long, and landed at Oregon City
the same year. The family then moved
into the Rock Creek district, east of Hub
bard, where a homestead was entered.
Mr. Long was married to Miss Harriet
M. Wllholt. daughter of the discoverer
of the famous Wllholt Springs. With his
family he moved to Eastern Oregon, liv
ing on Birch Creek, Umatilla County.
Lter he removed to Pallas, where Mrs.
Lung died. All his children passed away
except Mrs. Gage. Mr. Long came to
Portland In 1S!M. He was a member of
the Oregon Pioneer Association and took
great delight in attending Its meetings.
He was a genial man. Intelligent and
well Informed about the early history of
the Oregon Country.
The funeral will be held from the resi
dence at 2 P. M. today. Interment will
be at Rlvervlew Cemetery. Friends are
Invited, especially pioneers.
Lost No Time About Stealing.
CHICAGO. April . tn tire trial of
ex-Judge Abnr Smith and other offi
cials of the Bank of America in the
Criminal Court. Clarence S. Darrow,
who was a stockholder and depositor,
testified today that the bank was
looted by F. E. Creelman and Abner
Smith within 10 days from the day on
which it opened for business.
BI SINKSS ITEMS.
If Hbr Is rutting Teeth
Be ure ana ue tbat aid mad well-tried rem
edy, Mia Wii.i on 'i Soothing Syrup, for chil
dren teething. It soothes th child, softens
the s-uroa. &H.j all pain, care wiaa ooll.
and diairboea.
LEOPOLD DESKS
OFFICE FURNITURE
DERBY DESKS
Recognizing and appreciating the large and constantly increasing
demand for office furniture, we have increased our stock accord
ingly and set apart one of our spacious annexes exclusively for the
display of the complete line of rolltop desks, flat-top desks, stand
ing desks, typewriter desks, office tables, desk chairs, office chairs,
filing devices, etc. This showing embraces the splendid Derby and
Leopold desk lines, the most practical in design, construction and
appointment. The superior style, workmanship and selection of
material throughout will appeal to those who appreciate the ad
vantages of modernly constructed office furniture. The Derby line
represents the highest quality in desk construction, and embraces
many special features in design, finish and construction. These we
show in the popular dull finishes in the golden oak and mahogany.
The Leopold line includes desks for all purposes in the medium
and cheaper grades. We show a number of desks, office tables
and chairs in the plain, and can finish them to match interior
woodwork or any desired finish.
The Macey filing cabinets embrace the most perfect filing sys
tems for all business purposes. In these the workmanship is supe
rior to ordinary filing devices, and being constructed on the unit
plan, enables a most satisfactory combination to be made up.
CLEARANCE SALE OF
ODD PORTIERES
A selection of about 40 pairs from our line of portieres
an assortment comprised of patterns left from various
lots received early in the season, these in many instances
being sample pairs, and the season being too far advanced
to replenish stock of these particular patterns, we propose
to close these out quickly at the following prices. Com
mencing tomorrow in the Drapery Department sixth
floor.
$5.50 special-made g r e e s mercerized Por
tieres, per pair 9
$5.50 green Portieres, with applique border,
per pair 9
$5.50 duplex rose and green Portieres, corded,
per pair $
$5.50 Portieres in Oriental blue, fringed, per
pair ?
$6 olive green Portieres, fringed, per pair $
$6 Portieres in rose and green, fringed, per
pair $ 3.25
$6 Portieres in solid brown color, fringed, per
pair $ 3.50
3.&U
4.0O
3.90
2.75
3.00
3.00
3.00
3.25
5.50 dark red corded Portieres, per pair S
$7 dark green corded Portieres, per pair $
$7.25 Nile green corded Portieres, per pair. .$
$7.25 tan and green fringed Portieres, per
pair 9 3.75
$7.50 brown and tan fringed Portieres, per
pair ? 3.00
$7.50 Portieres in solid rose color, corded, per
pair 3.90
$8 delft blue Portieres, fringed, per pair $ 4.50
$8.50 dark red corded Portieres, per pair S 4.75
$9 dark green, double-faced Portieres, tap
estry border, per pair $ 5.00
$10 Nile green corded Portieres, slightly mis
matched, per pair $ 5.O0
$10 rose tapestry corded Portieres, per pair. . $ 5.75
$10 Oriental tapestry Portieres, per pair $ 5.75
$12 rose damask Portieres, corded, per pair. .S 7.50
$12.50 dark green corded Portieres, per pair.$ 7.00
$13.50 Nile green Portieres, velvet border ap
plique, per pair $ 7.00
$15 dark red Portieres, corded, per pair $ 8.50
$17 rose silk Portieres, band edge, per pair. . . 8.50
$17.50 old red tapestry Portieres, per pair.. $10.00
$20 heavy, special made tapestry Portieres,
per pair $10.00
$20 dark green double -faced velour JPortieres,
per pair SI 2.00
One pair old red and green corded special
made Portieres, double-faced velour, ready
to hang, per pair $25.00
Two pair special made $50 Nile green velour
Portieres, sateen-lined, lambrequin to
match, per set $25.00
One pair silk-embroidered Nile green $55.00
Portieres, per pair S25.00
One pair $50 blue velour embroidered Por
tieres, per pair $25.00
One pair $70 green velour embroidered Por
tieres, per pair $30.00
One pair heavy silk velvet $200 Portieres,
heavily embroidered and corded; slightly
shopworn; per pair . .. $60 .OO
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TABLE CUTLERY
CUT GLASS
TABLE SILVERWARE
BASEMENT DEPT.
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SPECIALS IN THE
WHITE ENAMEL WARE
Commencing tomorrow, our Basement Department
offers for two days the following specials in the hest
German White Enamel Ware. Your credit is good.
No. 24 Pie dishes, special, each ... 20
No. 26 Pie dishes, special, each. 25
No. 28 Pie dishes, special, each 30
No. 20 Pudding dishes, special, each. .15
No. 22 Pudding dishes, special, each. .20
No. 24 Pudding dishes, special, each. .25
No. 26 Pudding dishes, special, each. .30
No. 28 Pudding dishes, special, each. .35?
No. 30 Pudding dishes, special, each. .40
No. 12 Bowls, special, each . .. .15
No. 14 Bowls, special, each., 20
No. 28 Bowls, special, each 25
No. 30 Bowls, special, each 30
No. 32 Bowls, special, each. 35
No. 34 Bowls, special, each .40
No. 17 Pitchers, special, each. 75
No. 28 Basins, special, each. 35
No. 30 Basins, special, each.., 40
No. 32 Basins, special, each 45
No. 34 Basins, special, each 50
No. 21 Pie Plates, special, each. .,. .15
MAIL ORDERS
WILL BE GIVEN OUR
CAREFUL AND
PROMPT ATTENTION
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COLONEL DUNNE RETURNS
TEIiLS ABOUT AN INTERESTING
TRIP THROUGH MEXICO.
Visits Ruins of Forgotten Civillxa
tion of Palenqne St. Patrick's
Day Baseball Game.
Colonel D. M. Dunne. United States
Collector of Internal Revenue, and H.
C. Wortman have returned from an
eight weeks' trip through Mexico. Col
onel Dunne and Mr. Wortman are in
terested in the Mexican Rubber Cul
ture Company, and they paid an offi-'
cial visit to the properties of the com
pany. Colonel Dunne and Mr. Wortman
sailed from New York on the steamer
Monterey February 21 for Vera Crux,
via Havana. At Progreso they trans
shipped to the steamer Tamalplas.
"Progreso'la a city the level of which
is only 18 inches above high tide."
said Mr. Dunne yesterday. "It was
an interesting stop. Marlda, the cap
ital of Yucatan, is 18 miles distant
from Progreso. The place Is famous
for millionaires, and the shipment of
henequah. a fiber used for the manu
facture of twine.
We visited Laguna, the port from
which all the logwood and mahogany
are shipped to the United States. Fon
tero was next, and then we landed at
the most wonderful city I have ever
visited Palenque. It Is an ancient
Mexican -.itr. and la iodaV-Ciofifi to 401)
years behind the times. Three leagues
from the main town are the ruins of
the prehistoric Palenque. They extend
for some, 80 miles in successions of
massive masonry. Many of the inte
rior decorations have not succumbed
to the. ravages of time. The aqueduct
still carries a stream of water, and is
apparently as strong as when the long
forgotten builder placed the last stone.
Much of the 'work is superior to that
done by sewer contractors of the pres
ent day.
"Most of the walls of the ruins are
about four feet thick, and underneath
are mysterious vaults and dungeons.
It was a grewsome trip, and without
a guide with lights It would have prov
en a hard matter to find the way out.
"Returning to Fontero, we took pas
sage on a cattle-shtp. There were 14
Americans in the party, and we were
compelled to sleep on deck. Fortu
nately we encountered no bad weath
er. Even yet I can smell the garlic
and frijolas. We had to grant the
captain a bonus in order to have him
crowd the vessel sufficiently for us to
reach Vera Cruz In time to make con
nections for Mexico City.
"We were in Fontero on the 17th of
March. We got up a baseball game
between the Americans and Mexicans.
Yours truly acted as umpire. The
game stood 22 to 2 in our favor, but
for the safety of the umpire tt was
deemed better to call the game a draw
on account of the darkness, I would
like to state that Mr. Wortman has
not forgotten his early training. He
played second base, and Professor
Charles, of the University of Chicago,
pitched.
"While eating dinner in the City of
Mexico. I received a letter announcing
the death of John Kelly. In all my
life I have never experienced such a
shock. For hours I was like one dazed.
It. may bs. effeminate tn csy. tiui X jnust
admit that I shed tears for my friend
and partner of many years.
"President Dias, of Mexico, ts one of
the smartest men of modern times. Tha
new opera-house in the City of Mex
ico will cost $1,500,000. It la a (mag
nificent structure.
"From Mexico we headed for El Paso
and thence to Portland, via Los An
geles and San Francisco. With it all.
the United States is the country, and
In Portland we have one of the great
est spots in these United States."
Which Needs Missions More?
WASHINGTON, April 6. The Mary
land annual conference of the Methodist
Protestant Church gave its principal at
tention today to missions. Special stress
was laid upon the necessity of missions
!n Japan. It was stated that 100.000 young
Japanese are studying the English lan
guage. Dr. Iucas, secretary of the Home
Missionary Board, said tliat there are
60.000.000 persona In the United States
who have not embraced the Christian re
ligion. He urged the importance of home
missions.
Insane Man Cremates Himself.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., April 6. Edward
Murphv. a painter who was employed up
on the new Business Men's Club, In course
of erection, climbed to the roof of the
building today and. pouring a gallon of
benilne over his clothing, set fire to him
self. Efforts made to rescue Murphy were
without avail, and the young man was
literally cremated. He probably was insane.
Warships May Carry Mails.
TOUTXJN. April 6. The torpedo
boat destroyer squadron has been
ordered to get Itself in readiness to go
I to Marseilles to carry the mails in the
event or a threatened seamen s strike-
JMEELINE PRICE OE WHEAT
HOW BROKERS AT SUPERIOR
FIXED QUOTATIONS.
Operator Betrays Methods of Board
of Trade -Fictitious Salea Used
to Boost Prices.
MINNEAPOLJS, April A. W. Har
ris, a former telegraph operator at the
Superior Board of Trade, today testi
fied in the Federal inquiry now on here
that grain quotations were there manip
ulated and telegraphed to St. Paul. Cin
cinnati. Kansas City and Omaha. This
evidence was brought out today in the
taking of testimony in the suit of the
Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce
against the Superior Board of Trade to
restrain It from using the chamber's
market quotations.
"If the Minneapolis market was 74c.
the operator receiving the quotation
would so indicate to the brokers in the
pit by a system of finger signals. They
would immediately run the price up to
TCVt and then back to T&kc. That Is the
way they were posted on the board,"
said Mr. Harris. Mr. Harris stated that
he telegraphed all these board prices to
the cities named.
"How many brokers were in the pit?"
asked H. V. Mercer, attorney for the
chamber.
"At first there, would be five or six."
"And what did they do when the oper
ator signaled V
"They would offer to buy or sell 1,
000 bushels of wheat and then lauch."
"Were there ever more than five or
six bfokers there at once?"
"No, and usually these would all leave
but two soon after the market opened,
and at times tor a few minutes tbey
would all leave the floor."
Mr. Harris further stated that he re
ceived instructions to keep his mouth
shut about anything he sa.w or heard.
A rigid examination failed to shake hia
testimony.
Male Teachers for Philadelphia.
WASHINGTON, April . One hundred
and twenty American schoolteachers will
sail for the Philippines before June 1. The
first of the new teachers will go upon the
Korea, sailing from San Francisco on.
April 23. Another party will leave upon
the Amerika Maru on May 3. and the
third party of teachers will sail on the Si
beria May 10.
Most of the new schoolteachers are men,
as the Philippine Commission prefers
them to women, because of the 'hard
ships which must be endured at interior
towns.
Fire Ucks Up Tea and Spioe.
NTJW YORK. April Fire destroyed
the slx-tory building occupied by the
p. irus Tea Spice Company and the
Union Pacific Tea Company at Washing
ton and Laight streets today. Loss 300.-
000.
TEA
One lingers long over
tea, if the tea is fine. It is
a good time and place to
linger.
A Schilling & Company San Francic