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MUNICIPAL PROBE
DIGS INTO BOSTON
Only One More Week
Q v rsl ' T!
Finance Commission's Report
May Revolutionize Mu
nicipality. ow
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Forced Out of Our Warehouse
MAYOR BUSY EXPLAINING
THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, rORTXAXD. OCTOBER 6, 1907.
(bits
If Inquiry Reveals Rottenness, Com
mission System .May Be Adopted.
If Xot, Mayor Gets the
Campaign Thunder.
BOSTON. Mass.. Oct. 5. (Special.
Following the example set by numer
ous large cities. Boston is now in
volved in a" stocktaking of its short
comings In municipal government. Its
investigators are not avowed grafter
huiiters. and they have consequently
bagged no big game. Its ' municipal ,
probe is deep and of greater scope
than mere persons. What is under
fire in Boston appears to be the whole
system of municipal administration.
If the finance commission "makes
good" there will be -argument for the
weeping away of the entire system of
ward politico and the inauguration of
some such government by commission
as is effective in Galveston and is pro
posed for Des Moines. If the commis
sion effectively finds the political ad
ministration guilty, the statement of
President Elliot, of Harvard College,
will be corroborated that Boston
needs a municipal commission.
May Help Administration. ,
If the finance commission does not
collect a convincing array of munici
pal rottenness, its investigation is
likely to result merely in campaign
arguments for Mayor John F. Fitz
gerald. The Mayor proposed the in
vestigation and forced the legislative
enactment which gave it being and
power to Investigate.
Illustrative of the municipal system,
the finance commission has brought out
several features that are local scandal.
A coal agent who sold coal to the city
has been Indicted and set for trial on
charges of larceny. The superintendent
of supplies has been forced to resign,
and various city departments have been
condemned as wasteful and inefficient.
The commission has also recommended
certain methods of saving money for
the city and has shown up undes-abie
features of administration metlUds.
None of tills so far has been very
embarrassing to the administration. As
rapidly as the commission issues re
ports or recommendations the Mayor or
his lieutenants have been issuing state
ments explanatory of conditions from
the administration standpoint.
Debt Grows Alarmingly.
The basic origin of the finance com
mission Is Boston's debt, which has
steadily increased until at the last
monthly report of the City Auditor it
had reached the largest figures In the
history of the city. The gross debt
on August 31 last amounted to $106.
212, 656 and the net debt to 170,553.
445.42. At the beginning of the year
the city of Boston had the right to
borrow t3.no2,957.17. and the last re
port had exhausted this to J86.157.17.
These figures are illustrative of con
ditions which have increased during
recent years. Various business organ
izations, irrespective of any political
reasons, believed such condition to be
alarming.
REFORM SCHOOL HEAD
Mrs. Trumbull Attacks System of
Appointing Superintendent.
PORTLAND, Oct. 5. (To the Editor.)
In Tuesday OreKonlan appears an article
announcing the change in superintendents
at the Stale Asylum for the Insane. Th
clotting paragraph refers to a change of
superintendents of the Reform School. The
Secretary of State Is quoted aa saying that
this position does not require a man with
technical knowledge.
I can scarcely believe that this remark
could have been uttered by the man whom
the people of Oregon have chosen as their
Secreta-y of State. No position In the gift
of the state requires knowledge of such
high technical grade as that of superin
tendent of the Reform School. These b-
with whom home, school. Juvenile Court,
and church have failed, pass Into the hands
of a man of whom nothing In the way of
expert training is required!
1 am sure that Mr. Benson could not have
meant that. Almost every othei state in
the Union recognizes that special, training
Is required for such positions, and have
recognized it to the extent of taking the
positions out of politics. Can we not flo
that in Oregon? Why must our unfortu
nates be the unhappy victims of our politi
cal up tils system? Take the history of
cur Reform School during the past seven
years. In 1003 Mr. Bickers was let out
and Mr. Looney. the present superintend
ent and a new policy installed. In 1907,
for no reason known to the public who pay
nr. i-ooney s salary he Is marked for dis
charge. Why? Is he incompetent? Have
there oeen ny charges against him? The
public ts Interested and surely Jias a right
to know.
1 am making no plea for any of the can
dldatea in tho system as It exists today,
there is . no room for anything but re
proach. Why should our successful candi
dates for any offke have the right to re
move another official of the state for any
cause but Incompetency ? Is it not time
the good people of Oregon put a stop to
the farce?
The system is in disrepute in almost every
othcr state, as I have said before. Why do
we permit it to live here? Do we care so
lit t It for our boys that we can sit idly by
without a protest? We women cannot vote
are there no men to help ut in this work?
M 1 1-1-1 K R. TRl'MBtXL.
DOWIE'S SIMPLE EPITAPH
Wurtltf "John Alexander' All That
Tell of Fallen Leader.
CHICAGO. Oct. 5. Spoeittl.) John
Alexander. 1S17-1SK7. On a simple tomb
Mnne of gray granite this Inscription
w ill be placed at an epitaph to John
Alexander Dowle. The stone will be
placed at the grave of the fallen eccles
iastical leader at ion City next week.
Such a modest reminder of his former
existence is not as the founder of the
religious colony planned it. He wanted a
magnificent mausoleum as the resting
plac'e of himself and family, but Glad
stone Iowie, his son, has ordered a stone
;hat will tell to coming generation; of
the remarkable man who held vaptive the
loyalty of thousands the world over. It
will oust only $ioo and will not even have
the name "Dowle" upon it.
ONLY SIX DAYS LEFT in which to take advantage of our immense stock-reducing prices. This sale
ends Saturday night and we intend to make this week the best week of "our sale." A glance at the prices
' below cannot but convince you that they're way down
Buffets and Sideboards
$35.00 Buffet in quarter-sawed weathered oak; oval QLOO EC ft
French bevel mirror; Forced Sale price tpt,JJ
$37.50 Buffet, leaded-glass front, shaped mirror back, d0 1 ff
weathered finish; Forced Sale price
$36.50 ouarter-sawed weathered oak Buffet, bent-glass tfOO Cft
front; Forced Sale price pJ.JV
$42.50 golden oak Sideboard, swell front, canopy top; 'JtL
Forced Sale price. ptiJ. i J
$42.00 Buffet, quarter-sawed golden oak, oval French COC ftft
bevel mirror top; Forced Sale price ptJJJ
$38.00 quarter-sawed golden oak Buffet, full glass QlOA fft
front; mirror back; Forced Sale price. . .T. KJKJ
Chairs and
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& i 11 S2.50 Arm Chair, wood seat, ma-'
n Vi , im f i i. i..-.v. t. .
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5"5.fl $3.50 Rocker, solid oak, cobbler
W IIKaStaESS-W ml seat, finished eolden: d0 1 f
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$9.00 Arm Chair in quarter-sawed
1 V'ft golden oak: Forced C 7C
Vir W Arm Rocker m quarter-sawed
V Vi trnlAArt AiV nnYi nlatAV.il soot, inrl
II, V 5v1ul.ll vA, uruvt?vt v uvi. . auw.
ff.ff i back in cnase leatner; ojo 7c
m Forced Sale price PO.f O
$7.00 oak Hall Chair, upholstered in genuine Spanish QlA
leather, weathered finish; Forced Sale price P
$13.50 weathered oak Rocker, spring seat, upholstered in tfQ O C
genuine Spanish leather; Forced Sale price P7J
$13. CO Arm Chair or Rocker, carved back, saddle seat; flJQ Cft
Forced Sale price pO.UU
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$16.50
$7.50
$14.00
$11
$7
ission
$12.00 Ladies' Writing Desk, with book shelf below; t7
Forced Sale price P
$19.00 Ladies' Writing Desk, mission design, copper
trimmed; Forced Sale price
$12.00 Combination Hall Table and Chair, weathered
finish; Forced Sale price
$32.50 Cellarette and Card Table com
bined, copper-trim 'd; Forced Sale price
$12.50 Smokers' Table, .with pipe racks,
weathered finish; Forced Sale price
$23.00 Mission Hall Seat and Umbrella rack, finished
weathered; Forced Sale , ffl O 7C
price plO. O
$25 Hall Seat in quarter-sawed oak, fin
ished weathered; Forced Sale price...
,00
50
50
Dressers -Chiffoniers
$38.00 Dresser in birdseye maple, 24x
30-inch French bevel shaped mirror;
Srcceed.Sa!e $24.00
$31.00 Dresser in quarter-sawed gold
en oak, birdseye maple and genuine
mahogany; Forced J1 Q '7Ct
Sale price if10. O
$37.50 genuine mahogany Dresser, full
swell front, shaped French bevel mir-
priceFr.c.ed..S3!e $24.50
$50.00 Dresser in genuine mahogany,
extra large base, oval French bevel
mirror; Forced Sale QOQ
Sale price P.. &
$49.00 birdseye maple Dresser, shaped
French bevel mirror, full swell front;
onTed .Sale. VT.Z ..... $3 1 .00
$82.50 Dresser in quartered golden oak, birdseye maple and genuine
mahogany, extra large base and mirror; Forced Sale 00
price. pJT
$68.50 Dresser in quarter-sawed golden oak and gen- tM. 0
nine mahogany; Forced Sale price y"'''
$70.00 mahogany Chiffonier, full swell front, French M 1 ftft
bevel mirror; Forced Sale price pTJ..VH
"O J Iron, Brass
OedS Wood
$3.50 Iron Bed, scroll pattern, full size and three-quar- l OC
ter; Forced Sale price pi.Od
$4.50 Iron Bed, angle-iron head and foot; Forced Sale dJO OR
price. r"
$14.00 Iron Bed, continuous post; Forced Sale price $8.50
$12.00 Iron Bed, finished in green and white enamel; flJ'T CA
Forced Sale price p I ,JJ
$42.50 Brass Bed, bow foot, polish or satin finish; 607 Rfl
Forced Sale price JXJ
$76.00 Brass Bed, 2-inch continuous post, polet finish; t1Q ftft
Forced Sale price )ti.UU
$52.00 Brass Bed, polish or satin finish; Forced Sale 34 00
Extension Tables
$14.00 Extension Tables in golden oak, 6-foot extension; CQ 7Ct
Forced Sale price P'
$29.00 6-foot Extension Table, quarter-sawed golden v1 Q Cft
oak; Forced Sale price P 1 0.OU
$45.00 8-foot golden oak Extension Table, round top, fcOQ Cft
pedestal base; Forced Sale price v'Ol
$35.00 6-foot Extension Table, square top, French djoq Cf
legs, golden oak; Forced Sale price iPO.OU
$20 6-foot Pedestal Extension Table, weathered oak, djto Cft
square top; Forced Sale price piOOV
$51.50 8-foot Pedestal Extension Tables, pedestal ffOC ftft
base, claw feet; Forced Sale price J0J.Vli
Jewel
Ranges
$1 Down
$1 Week
15 Years'
Guarantee
China Cabinets
$55.00 Mission China 0 a b i n e t, leaded-glass doors,
early English finish; Forced Sale price
DIGNIFIED CREDIT COME IN AND LET TJS TELL YOTJ
ABOUT OUR EASY-PAYMENT PLAN
Terms on Specials Are Strictly Cash
$34.00
$35.00 China Cabinet, mission design, leaded-glass t O "I 7C
door; Forced Sale price J 1 O
$21.50 China Cabinet, bent-glass ends, golden finish; 4J1 C OC
Forced Sale price tyi.J,J
$50.00 golden quarter-sawed oak China Cabinet, leaded
glass front and ends; Forced Sale 50
$92.00 Combination China Cabinet and Buffet, leaded
glass canopy top; Forced Sale $59 00
$59.00 Combination China Cabinet and Buffet, bent
glass ends, finished weathered oak; t1 1 ftft
Forced Sale price V UU
Terms on Specials Are Strictly Cash
ROOSEVELT REACHES CAMP
WELCOMED BY LOCISIAXIAXS AT
RAILROAD STATION".
Eyes fitted to glasses. 51, at Metiger'g.
Will Hunt Ten Miles From Railroad
In Canebrakes Where Ax
Was Never Heard.
LAKE PRC-'IDEXCE. La.. Oct. 5.
After a safe trip from Memphis to Lake
Providence, where he thl morning ad
dressed several thoi -and residents of
East Carroll Parish. President Roosevelt
continued on his journey to Stamboul
station, 15 miles below Lake Providence,
where his special train was sidetracked.
The last seen of the President here was
as his train disappeared down the track.
Mr. Roosevelt was standing on the rear
platform waving a large v.m.
ehlef to the crowd, which was still stand
ing in a drizzling rain.
Advices from Stamboul later today an
nounced that the President and his party
had reached their camp on the Tensas
River about 12 miles from Stamboul.
In spite of a steauy lain, all .ortheast
Louisiana was out to welcome Presi
dent Roosevelt when his special train
rolled in on schedule time today. Sev
eral thousand people were in the crowd
and the President was tendered an
ovation which lasted several minutes.
In ackrowledgment of the reception
the President delivered a brief speech.
He intended spenking from the rear
platform of the train, but a large plat
form had been erected for him by the
local committee, and the President was
asked to address the essemblage from
this stand. He remarked:
"l- must speak to the good people of
Ijke Providence from the stand which
they have been kind enough to build
for me.-- and. taking the arm of Rep
resentative Ramsedell. he ascended the
steps to the platform.
The camp Is on the bank of the
Tensas River. In East Carroll Parish,
and Is all In readiness. Every pro
vision has been made for the comfort
of the party, and yesterday and early
this morning men were at work build
ing drains and arranging tents. Eleven
lents have been pitched within a
stone's throw of the Tensas Ri-er. and
the location Is a good one. Five of the
tents will be occupied by the white
men of the party, while two "will be
turned over to the negroes, the re
maining tents being a kitchen, a din-
In g-tent and a canvass spread for the
horses.
Squirrels are numerous about the
camp, and plenty of trout can be
caught in the river. The servants left
at the camp will hunt for small game
during the y, and will aid In provid
ing for the larder of the President's
party. The party will not be disturbed
by visitors, as the camp is situated
tec miles from a railroad station and
In a section of the country that has
never heard a woodman's ax before
this camp was made.
STORMS BUFFET LINERS
Vmbria and St. Paul Delayed, but
Reported by Wireless.
LONDON. Oct. 5. Neither the Ameri
can Line steamer St. Paul, due to arrive
at Plymouth from New York this morn
ing, nor the Cunard liner Cmbria. which
should have reached Queenstown late last
night, had been sighted up to 3:30 o'clock
this afternoon. Indicating that they had
experienced rough weather.
NEW YORK. Oct. 5. When the steam
ship Cedric arrived here yesterday, a re
port was circulated that while in passage
she had received a wireless dispatch from
the Umbria. saying that the latter had
met with heavy seas, causing injury to
several persons and some damage to her
upper works. This was denied by the
officials of the line and the ship's offi
cers. LONDON. Oct. 5. The St. Paul was
signalled 220 miles west of the Lizzard
this afternoon.
The Cunard steamer Cmbria was re
ported by wireless at 11:35 P. M. 30 miles
west of Fastnet.
SUSPENDED SIX MONTHS
CLARENCE NICHOLS, OF STEAM
ER HARTWEG, LOSES LICENSE.
GRAFT ON SEWER-BUILDING
Topcka Sues Ex-City Engineer Who
, Was Dismissed.
TOPEKA. Kas.. Oct. 5. The city today
brought suit against James F. McCabe,
ex-city engineer, for J15.S51.40. charging
him with grafting In connection with
sewer construction work. Shortly after
McCabe's last appointment as engineer
he was accused of crooked work, suspend
ed and finally dismissed.
Death of Lady Xakayama Confirmed
TOKIO, Oct. 5. The report ot the death
yesterday morning of the real mother of
the Emperor of Japan, Lady Nakayama,
was confirmed today.
President Asks He Be Suspended
Three Months, but Captain Waltz
Increases the Sentence.
MEMPHIS. Tenn.. Oct. 5.-Evidence
was heard here today in the case of
Clarence Nichols, of Cairo. 111., pilot of
the steameV Fred Hartweg, whose sus
pension was ordered by President Roose
velt yesterday. The hearing was behind
closed doors and the nature of the testi
mony was not given out.
George W. Tice, vice-president of the
Monongahela Consolidated Coal & Coke
Co.. which owns the steamer Hartweg,
made a statement regarding the reported
collision between that boat and the
President's boat, the Mississippi, in
which he said:.
"So far as the Pittsburg delegation
knew or were able to ascertain, there
had been no official orders in regard to
the order in which the boats were to
proceed. If there was such an order,
the Pittsburg delegation were wholly ig
norant thereof, and from every appear
ance ' the boats did not recognize any
particular rule, running to a large ex
tent at random. I myself was a passen
ger on the Hartweg and at no time dur
ing my observation did the Hartweg
approach the President's boat so close
that an accident or collision was even
probable."
Tonight Captain Waltz suspended the
license of Pilot Nichols for six months.
The president had requested that the
license be suspended, for only three
months.
West Forty-second street. New York, and
which Is said to have been offering to
sell tracts of land supposed to be located
in Lower California.
As a special inducement to purchasers,
free transportation Is said to have been
offered over the Southern Pacific lines,
slips of paper purporting to entitle the
holder to transportation being furnished
with each sale of J100 worth of land. The
transportation slips were valueless.
NEGRO KICKED TO DEATH
Man Who Killed Policeman Taken
From Jail by Mob.
CUMBERLAND, Md.. Oct. 5. William
Bums, a negro desperado, who on Thurs
day night shot Policeman August Burns,
inflicting a wound from which the officer
died yesterday, was taken from jail by a
mob early this morning and shot and
kicked to death. '.
BUNCO IN REAL ESTATE
San Rafael Valley Development
Company Tries to Get Rich Quick.
LOS ANGELES, Cal.. Oct. .5. Officials
of the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany are on the lookout for agents of the
so-called San Rafael Valley Development
Company, which recently had offices in
SOMETHING NEW
BRONZE EMBLEMS
Of all the leading colleges, Greek-letter societies and secret
orders, for "Wall Decorations. A very appropriate and lasting
pift for society members, also students and graduates of edu
cational institutions. Are made of finest quality bronze, highly
polished and mounted on the best grade of quartered oak.
Flemish finish.
Corner Third and Washington Streets
Manufacturing Jeweler Opticians Diamond Importers
Martin Elected Director.' ,
NORFOLK. Va., Oct. B The board' of
directors of the Jamestown Exposition
elected Alvah H.Martin, vice-president
to be director-general to succeed J. M.
Barr, resigned.
Cook's Pay Per Hour.
Puck. "
Suburban (hiring cook) How much a
month do you want?
Norah Gonlgan (Indignantly) What (Jo
ye take me for n far-rm-hand? Me
scale av salary is 17s cents an hour,'
kichen time, wld double pay for holidays
an whin ye have t-omp'ny.
These Depositors Make
Make Sure of Their Funds
LIBERAL OFFER OF EILERS PIANO HOUSE APPEALS TO MANY
WHO HAVE MONEY TIED TJP IN THE OREGON
TRUST & SAVINGS BANK
Full Credit for Every Dollar on Deposit, Up to Half the Value of Any New
Instrument Purchased Offer May Be Withdrawn at Any Time, Making
It Important That Those Intending to Take Advantage of Same Should
Do So Without Delay.
The time is getting short, and the
suspense Is becoming acute as to the
fate of the Oregon Trust & Savings
Bank reorganization plan. Hardly
more than a week remains for the de
positors to come in who have as yet
failed to give the reorganization plan
their approval. It would certainly be
a pity if the plan falls through, for
the loss to the depositors in that case
will be very large.
There is one way, however, through
which any depositor may make sure of
obtaining dollar for dollar full value
on their savings, and this Is by ac
cepting the generous offer made by
Eilers P!ano House.
This big, strong and liberal firm
have offered to accept from any de
positor his or her savings account
toward the purchase of any new in
strument in their stock. This includes,
not only Pianos, Organs, Pianola Pianos,
Pianola Players, Orchestrelles, but also
Talking Machines and Records; yes, and
even Music Cabinets, up to one-half
the price of the instrument or article
purchased.
If there Is any music lover in Port
land who does not possess at least one
of the Instruments mentioned, who has
funds tied up in the unfortunate bank,
certainly no more attractive proposi
tion could be offered. By accepting
this liberal offer, any depositor may
make sure of receiving full value for
every cent, of either a substantial por
tion, or all of their funds, and In ad
dition, place themselves In a position
for much -enjoyment In the musical
line.
But it Is necessary that any intend
ing purchaser who contemplates tak
InK advantage of this liberal proposi
tion should do so at once. If the re
organization plans fall. naturally-.
Eilers Piano House will at once with.
draw their offer. By accepting this
proposition now. one can not only
obtain an Immediate credit for their
tied-up funds, but make sure that
there will be no shrinkage at all;
More than this, those who accept
this offer will secure the benefit of
Eilers modern methods of piano buy
ing and selling, which will save them
from $50.00 to S150.00 on every piano
purchased, as well as having a decid
edly superior line from which to
choose. Just think of it. more than
thirty of the world's finest makes of
pianos and organs, including the In
comparable Pianola Pianos and Pianola!
Players.
But the time is short. This offer
may be withdrawn at any time: take
no chances, but make sure of getting
full value for all your hard-earned
money by responding at once. Eilers
Piano House the House of Highest
Quality. Biggest, Busiest. Best. tot