The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, January 12, 1908, SECTION FOUR, Image 33

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Newspaper Page TextDRAMATIC and SPORTING SECTION FOUR Pages 1 to lO PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAt MORXIXG, JANUARY .13, 1908. XO. 2. VOL. XXVII.- G ads H 9 T toys fm olr Jr iir nit learartce. Sa e lire Furniture of every description at less than factory prices. See our win dows for bargains. We guarantee to UNDERSELL any house in Portland . . ...... . . $50 PARLOR SUITS $27 Parlor Suit, five pieces, beautfully finished in rich, dark: mahogany, upholstered In verona; regular price $S0:-sale price .- ; $37. OO Mali Order, for the above must Include $2.03 packing charges. " . ' $35.00 Steel Range for $29.00 m is LEADER Range AM guaranteed- for 10 years. Leader Range, with high closet and duplex grate, spring-balanced oven doors. 1 This is a heavy, substantial' and dur able ranRe. made of the best quality cold-rolled steel, adapted for coal or wood: oven thoroughly braced and bolted: asbestos lined throughout;, elaborately nickel trimmed: section plate top; Ciadsbys' sp'l price $29. OO $28 Cheval Dresser $14 This lovely Dresser in' .white maple, exactly as shown in illustration: oval French mirror, with beveled edge; six drawers; a most desirable" piece: sale price $14.00 Extension Tables Reduced Look at This Couch, $ 1 0 Each piece is upholstered.in No. 1 velour. with frames, springs and every detail of upholstering, as well as by the covering Itself, strictly hiirh grade in every particular. Gadsbys' price $10.00 One of the Largest Displays of CARPETS ind RUGS . on the Coast Special Prices CARPETS . Bromley's Velvets, with borders Burlington Brussels, with borders Tapestry Brussels, with borders ;. Dualap s Tapestry "Brussels ..... .. . . . . .". Reversible Pro-ferussels . . .'; ..... . . . v. .... : ; . Brusselette Carpet, -yard wide ........ . . .". Granite Ingrain Carpets . 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No soft wood here. . How's This Buffet for $15.00? $23,110 Table reduced to 815. OO $:!0.ro Table reduced to S22.50 S3S.O0 Tabic reduced to 825.00 149. OP Table reduced to. $30.00 $45.00 Table reduced to $35. OO Jj.1.00 Table reduced to S40.00 Wt : 1 '''' j mi a cim a This beautiful Buffet" worth $3. half price S15.00 SIDEBOARDS REDUCED $22.00 $25.00 jso.on J 35., 10 40.00 45.;0 ir.o.oo $o.oo Sideboard -red. Sideboard red Sidebourd Sideboand Sideboard Sideboard Sideboard Sideboard red. red. red.' red. red. red. ..SM.5.00 ..S17.50 ..S20.00 . -S22.00 . -S30.00 :.S35.00 . S40.00 . S50.00 Combination Bookcases. $25 Bookcase red. to $16. 50 $30 Bookcase red. to $21.00 $35 Bookcase red. to $25.00 $10 Bookcase red. .to $30.00 $45 Bookcase red. to $38. oO Ask to See Our China Closets $!0 China 'Closet now S68.00 $S6.50 Chin a Closet now. $60.00 $S2 China Closet now $59.00 $0 China Closet now SP40.00 $45 China Closet now S36.00 $37 China Closet now $28. 50 $30 China Closet now $25. OO $?5 China Closet now $20.00 $20 China Closet now . $13.50 and .. $15. OO Morris Chairs Reduced $10 Morris Chair re duced to..:. $ 7.5Q $13 Morris' Chair re duced to......... SIO.OO $15 Morris Chair re duced to $12.00 $1 Morris Chair re- duced to ...$14.50 $2J Morris Chair re duced to....... $16. OO $25 Morris Chair re duced to .$20-00 $30- Morris Chair re duced to $24.00 We Guarantee to Save You Money on All Purchases by Giving Better Values Than You Get Else where. "NO RENT TO PAY, THAT'S WHY WE SELL FOR LESS" CHESAPEAKE FLAG PLACED ON SALE Colors Captured. From Ameri- can Vessel in 1813 Of fered at Auction. IN LONDON COLLECTION Chance to Recover Historic Emblem Lost in Battle Made Famous by Law rence's . Cry, "Don't Give Up the Ship." -" LONDON. Jan. 4. It is announced that -the flag of the American man-of-war Chesapeake, which' was captured, by the British ship Shannon on June 12, 1S13, will he sold at public auction ' In London on January 29. The flag in question is one of a large number of relics related to memorable historical events.-which were collected by the late T. G. Middlebrook. These relics are to be disposed of in Deben ham's auction-rooms' by order of the executors of Mr. Middlebrook's estate. It is said that the fact that Mr. Mid dlebrook owned the Chesapeake's flag was known to a good many Americans, and that he received a number of invi tations from the United States to come over and display the precious color. It is said that at one time he seriously contemplated crossing the Atlantic, but was compelled to abandon the trip on account of a matter of business. . ; A statement relating to Mr. Middle brook's ownership of the Chesapeake relic is In the possession of the auc tioneer. From' this statement is appears that Mr. Middlebrook obtained the flag from William Chapman, of Kingston- on-Thames, and that it 'came to Mr. Chapman from Signor and Mme. Papi Wapusci, . the latter having inherited it from her mother, a Mrsu Grundy, whose husband was a Captain in the British navy. Captain Grundy a father, who also was a Captain 'in the British navy, participated in. the engagement be tween .ie Shannon and the Chesapeake, being at the time a midshipman, and in some way came Into possession of ..ie- American ship's colors. It would be a graceful and patriotic act if some wealthy American should send a representative to Debenham's auction-room on the day of the sale in structed to buy and eend back to Amer ica the flag of the warship commanded by James Lawrenoe, the man who, with his expiring breath, ..ivered himself of the order:1 "Keep the guns going! Fight her till she. strikes or sinks! Don't give up the ship!" Surely " England is no place for the flag of the ship the gallant Lawrence commanded. It i not probable that an extrava gant pricf would have to be paid for this flag by any American disposed to buy it and place it in some proper de pository in the country where It right fully belongs. A relic which, according to English standards, is much more valuable than the w.iesapcake's flag, will be sold at the auction. It is the bugle on which was sounded the order for the famous charge of the Lign- Brigade, at Bala klava. Mr. Middlebrook paid $3750 for this bugle, and when he bought it ac quired also the medals and clasps pre sented to Trumpet Major Joy, who sounded the call. Cromwell's -helmet, the spear that killed General Gordon, and Dr. John son's spectacles and a number of Nel son relics are Included in the Middle brook collection. The Nelson relics are two silver dishes weighing 150 ounces and a pair of gold buckles the hero wore at Trafalgar. guilty to breaking into the warehouse of Edward Chidley, of West street,, sharing Cross. : Detective Sergeant Collins said that on November 6 a serious burglary took place at the premises of the Watchmakers and Jewelers' Association, in the Strand. Entrance was gained by forcing the iron bars in a skylight, and about $2500 worth of jewelry was carried away. In consequence of this robbery he, with Detective Sergeant Burton and Detective Henry, engaged a room in a house in the Westminster Bridge Road, from which, with the aid of a pair of. field glasses, it was possible to see what took place in White's room, where he, his wife, and a young woman were seen frequently. A continuous watch was kept until the evening of November 15, when the young woman was seen to leave with a port manteau. She was shadowed. And seen to deposit the bag in the cloakroom at Waterloo Station. She then returned. , He ascer tained that the portmanteau, contained four valuable concertinas, and inquiries revealed that they were the proceeds of a robbery the previous night at Mr. Chid-ley's. The next day. the girl was seen to re turn to the cloakroom, and, obtaining the bag, walked back to White's lodgings. There she was arrested, but White had disappeared. White's wife appeared at the court when the girl was remanded, and when she left the court he (Detective Sergeant Collins) and other detectives fol lowed her. She was seen to enter the Southampton street Postoffice, and as she wrote a telegram, he sidled up and managed to look over her shoulder. In this way the detectives learned White's address in Glasgow, and the police there being in formed, the prisoner was arrested. A brace left behind at the first burglary was identified as his. This was White's first conviction, al though he was known to associate with housebreakers. He was ordered nine months' hard labor. The grand jury and the judge com mended the detectives for their skill and ability. SHIP'IS ALSO IN ENGLAND. Timbers of Chesapeake Built Into Old Mill. CHICAGO. Jan. 5. It seems that the only reiic of the flffht with the Shannon that remains In England. There is the ship herself or rather that part of her which reposes In the form of an old mill at Wykeham, Hampshire. A singular fate befell the Chesa peake. From time immemorial It has been the custom of the British Admlr alty to place in commission captured ships, and, on their lowering- the flag for the last time, to fill their places with new ehips bearing; the. names of the captured. That is why there are so many French and Spanish names among the vessels of the British fleet today. There is no Chesapeake," how ever. - As the captured ship lay in Ports mouth harbor an American flag was kept at half-mast, and no British seamen could be induced to tread her blood stained decks. For five years she re mained thus, and at certain times persons living in the vicinity declared that thej could distinctly hear Lawrence giving commands to his crew. Then she was quietly- sold to a broker for 500. who managed to double his money by reselling her to a firm of house builders she had cost the. United States Government J150.000 to build. She was taken from her moorings late one night, and for weeks afterward there was a rumor in the neighborhood that the brave Lawrence and his phantom crew had got ten up sail and . sailed away to hunt the ships of her victors, as a sort of Yankee Flying Dutchman. . Some of the timbers of the old ship went Into Fortsmoutn dwelling-nouses. but the larger part, consisting principally of her decks, was built Into a flour mill which in 183d was inclosed in walls of brick. These 'walls still ho'.d the precious relics well preserved, and on the floors of the mill are dark stains made by the blood of Lawrance and his brave men, while from certain round holes In . the wall bullets can be extracted by means of a penknife. FIELD GLASSES FOR THIEF Detectives Watth With This Aid and Catch Burglar.' LONDON, Jan. 4. A remarkable story of the clever manner In which a burglar was tracked by detectives was told at the Clerkenwell Sessions Court. Graham White, aged 24, a cabinet-maker, pleaded S ST MONTE CARLO MRS. LAXGTJtY'S SENSATIONAL PLAY AT CASINO. Slakes on No. 3 2 on Two Tables Simultaneously and Is Paid at 35 to 1. MONTE CARLO, Jan. 4.-,Lady de Bathe, better known in America as Mrs. Langtry. . wooes fortune at the. Casino here every afternoon and evening. She had had bad -tuck at the trente et quaranto table- the other day, and arose in disgust, exclaiming: "1 shall play no more for the present. ' As on her way out Lady de Bathe was passing the roulette tabic she had an in splration, perhaps an instant's glimpse into the Immediate future. Whatever it was. she staked, on No. 32 on two tables simultaneously. Marvelous to relate, 32 won on both tables. It took the croupiers. paying 35' tor 1 for her stake, nine minutes to count out her winnings. The coup caused Intense excltemerkt. es pcclally as ' Lady de. Bathe resolutely walked out with her winnings. In the atrium acquaintances surrounded her and were congratulating her, when a friend. rushing, from the tables, shouted to her "Thirty-two won the second time on one- table! ' So there was .a fly in her ointment Unlike the seasoned gambler, she had not bet again on the number which brought her such big winnings. The famous "Jcrsy Lily' lives like a queen here, and like a queen who lacks no money to Indulge every whim. She nas a magnificent suite in the most ex pensive hotel; her costumes and jewels are the envy of women: her splendid motor car is fitted in tortoise shell and gold; her personal suite consists of a woman secretary, two maids, two chauf feurs, and a courier. Every one declares she has found the secret of youth. Only her voice, grown thinner and harder, recalls the fact that a long time has passed since she aroused the profoundest admiration of the then gallant Prince of Wales. People are predicting a bad season for Monte Carlo, chiefly because, compared with othir seasons, few Americans are expected here. The stock of the casino has been fluctuating strangely this year, although last year's dividend of J70 a share was the largest ever paid. The dividend was only 44 In 1900. The shares of the nominal value of $100 were quoted at $1400 last year. Later they fell to $800, but have risen to $1000. This decline In value Is attributed directly to the diminishing amount of American money lost at the gaming tables. JAPAN ENTERS NEW FIELD Becomes Rival of England in Cotton Manufacture. LONDON; Jan. 11. (Special.) Besides being a rival of England in the shipping and shipbuilding industries. Japan Is now entering the Held of cotton manufacture- "Some of the most brilliant and enter prising men in the Kmpire," Mr. Tater- sall, the great cotton exporting manufac turer, said this week, "are reported to be controlling the cotton mills, the largest banks are heavily interested, and the Government encourages cotton trade do welopment by every means in Its power. During the last 11 months Japan imported Lancashire textile machinery to the value of $2,000,000- In the corresponding 11 months of 1903 the figure was $1,000,000. This represents both spinning and weav ing machinery. The chief Lancashire makers of textile machinery are all busy with extensive Japanese orders. - Advance in technical skill and the con stant improvement of machinery has en abled Lancashire to turn out fine grades of cotton cloths at a cost which has made foreign competition so far impossible, and while the trade harf grown in consequence, the earnings of operatives have steadily risen. Whether the Japanese will be able successfully to produce fine calicoes is a problem for the future. That they will endeavor to do so Is certain. If only to supply the extensive home demand. Finger-Nails ReTcal Character. PARIS. Jan. 11. (Sepcial.) Palmistry is to be superseded by the study of finger nails. It appears tifat they are the best signs by which to read character. When long, narrow and pointed tney are evi dence of a delicate and dreamy mind, fond of ease, and averse to exertion. On the contrary, when they are broad and short thev indicate hot temper, impulsiveness and obstinacy.. Pink nails belong to happy. and well-balanced natures. . But beware of the man or woman who has hooked or brittle nails. The former obviously prove him or her to be grasping, and the latter are an unmistakable sign of a . cruel tern ' per. ENGLAND FEARS POWER. ON SEA Cannot Maintain the "Double Standard" Against United States and Germany. COMMENT OF ADMIRALTY Voyage of Fleet to Pacific Iads to Discussion of America's Grow ing Importance as Far Eastern Power. LONDON. Jan. 11. (Special.) The fact that the United-States is to spend $70,000,000 on its navy during the pres ent year Is greatly worrying the Brit ish Admiralty officials who for a num ber of years have kept up the two- power standard that Is, a British navy equal to that of any other two power. It has been considered by the British that in a two-power standard alone re posed the safety for the. Island Empire. Neither the exact amount nor the al location of the naval estimates for this year Is as yet settled, but, speaking at Liverpool, the First Lord of the Ad miralty, Lord Tweedmouth, made an in teresting comment on the outlook. His lordship remarked that the navy must be of sufficient strength to secure Eng land's supremacy on the sea. He said: We have 'no intention and no desire to attack any foreign poaver. All we said was that we must have command of the sea so that our commerce may go safely over It." He recognized the great burden that was thrown upon the taxpayer by the Heavy cost or the navy. but "we must not be -cheeseparers." Speaking at a gathering like that. he" asked for support and individual - self-sacrlflce to help the Government to do what it was obliged to do. He and his colleagues were desirous of being as economical as they could, but if they found that they had to make considerable demands they must ask the country to' support them. Pace Set Too Strong. With the vast expenditures which the United States and Germany are making to place those powers on a first-class footing as regards sea power. Great Britain will find it extremely difficult to maintain the pace, in view of the present high rate of taxation. The dispatch of a powerful American fleet to the Pacific forms an interesting tonic of discussion in England, and. for that matter, throughout Europe. Head. ings like this appear in tne Lonaon pa pers: "The Rise of the Pacific Question." "Is War Coming?" "New Departure by the United States." . ' - A high naval authority says: Within the last decade the Atlantic nm the center of America's political and atrat eglc Interests has meadlly declined, and the Pacific has as steadily risen. It Is hardly too much to aay tliat since tne conmci with SDaln the menace of war, never a -very heavy o.ne, haa been dissipated along- the whole length or me Atlantic com&i-uiic y a losslble cause of embroilment between the linlted States and any European "power, tha West Indies have virtually ceased to exist. The problems they present are no longer International, but domestic. Again, the revolution that haa taken place In Anglo-American relations Is another and po tent guarantee for the peace and security of the Atlantic seaboard. Finally, the prac- -tlcal acquiescence on the part of all Eu ropean powers in the Monroe doctrine has removed South America from the list of possible causes of war. No American In terest would be endangered if the naval force in the Atlantic were reduced to little more than a .mere police squadron. Active in the Paciric. On the other hand, within the last ten years the Pacific haa risen enormously In the scale of American Interests. Since lftns -the United States has strewn the Pacific with stepping-stones from Hawaii to the Philippines. She has built up an export trade to the Far East worth $"100,000,000 a year. She has landed an army on Chinese territory. She has been drawn into the vor tex of the Far Eastern question. She haa played. In the evolution of that question an active, often a leading, always a distinctive, part. She has formulated policies and taken a hand In momentous negotiations he has definitely enrolled the Far East among the objects of her diplomatic solicitude. She has become, in short, a Far Eastern power her self. - It la possible, therefore, to regard ths new naval arrangements as finding their origin and Justification In fundamental events that long preceded the outbreak of the present dispute between Japan and America. A condition of things under which America's heaviest liabilities were being in curred in one ocean, while the bulk of her fleet was stationed in another, could not be permanent; and In the redistribution of American sea power that Is now In progress there may be nothing more than a necessary Unking of policy with strategy, of responsibility with force, of diplomacy with the material power that can alone make diplomacy effective. Following- on Lord Tweedmouth'a speech, Mr. Haldane, Secreary of State for War, spoke of the navy In a speech at Hanley. While England had a great navy, he said, there might come a time when it would not be so easy for her as today to command the two power standard. Germany had a pop ulation of nearly 60,000,000; the United States would before long have 100.000, 000; it would be very hard for England with 44,000,000 to maintain ' a two power standard against, two nations with a combined porrulation of 160,000, 000. England should spend mors money on her army. JAPAN BUYS NEW BAYONET Weapon, to Be 'Longer Than One . Used at Present, TOKIO, Jan. 11. (Special.) The new Japanese pattern bayonet for the army, orders for which are about to be placed, is to be exactly five inches longer than the present bayonet, which Is one foot In length. With the new bayonet Infan trymen will be afforded a thrusting length of 61 Inches Instead of 56Vi Inches as at present. The new weapon will have a slightly tapered point and a cutting fore-edge. At the back it will have a broad, flat edge, and between the back and the fore-edge It will be deeply grooved. The crow guard will on one side have a deeply curved or hooked terminal, which will fa cilitate the operation of "piling arms."