SECTION FOUR
Pages 1 to lO
DRAMATIC
and SPORTING
VOL. XXVII.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, JULY 19, 1908.
NO. 29.
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WE ATTRIBUTE the wonderful success of this store to the favor and good will of the Portland women, who have always
found Gadsbys prepared to serve their needs a little better and a great deal cheaper than other stores. We want every
lady in Portland who needs home-furnishings of any description to feel that this is a woman's store. Here you will'
always receive careful, courteous, painstaking attention, no matter whether you buy or just look for comparison. Our purpose
is to win success by deserving it, and we do not expect your trade unless we can show you that it is distinctly to your advan
tage to buy here. Our furniture is the best, and we will sell it to you upon practically your own terms. PRICES IN PLAIN
FIGURES ON EACH ARTICLE MAKE EASY BUYING.
HOOSIER KITCHEN
CABINET
THE BEST I THE WORLD. "
Cnll anil See Them.
Many a tired, footsore homebody
dreads the approaching hot weather
for this reason: she must spend
long. Irksome hours puttering around
a kitchen not equipped with the most
.useful helper a Hoosler Step-Saver
and Work Slmplifler. When a Hoosler
Is Installed Into any kitchen the work
is cut one-third, and the one-third
that's eliminated is the drudgery.
An hour or bo away from a swelt
ering kitchen means a lot to a busy
woman Make It a point to see the
Hoosler. It's as essential as a range.
Some of the features: Solid oak CRSe,
elevated flour bin, sliding metal
work tuble, storage place for utensils,
etc. Hoosiers shown on first floor.
REFRIGERATORS $10
lS ft-
This Refrigerator,
white enameled....
$10.00
GREAT MAJESTIC
RANGE
Not Cheapest But Least Expensive.
Requires fewer repairs, uses ' leas
fuel, bakes perfectly and fives abund
ant hot water.
The oven is absolutely airtight;
heat can be applied as needed.
Wattr fiont is separate from oven,
so water cannot aftect temperature.
Patent anti-cllnker grate Is suitable
for either wood or coal.
Firebox is heavier than .that of
any other range on the market.
The Majestic has the only oven
bottom which can be guaranteed
against warping. All exposed parts
pf mallenlile iron guaranteed not to
break under any circumstances.
We take your old stove and allow
yon all Ita la worth aa part paymeat
for a new one.
RUGS Everybody Wants RUGS
We have a lot of odd-size Made
can buv at a discount of 25 per
bring the size of your room, if
Brussels Rugs,-
Eureka, 9x12
Brussels Burling
ton, 9x12
Royal Brussels
Rues, 9x12
Wilton Velvet Rugs, 9x12. guar
anteed for twenty : 00
$15.00
$18.00
$25.00
Rugs, from Remnants, which you
cent less than cost. Be sure and
you are in search of a bargain.
Axminster R ugs, jj O f OC
imported, 9x12 pJJ.,V
Burmah, Pro
Brussels, 9x12.
Extra quality In- dJQ 7
grain, 9x12
Larger and smaller sizes in proportion.
$10.80
NOTICE, MR. BUSINESS MAN! OFFICE
CHAIRS AND DESKS REDUCED J4
This week we begin a sale on office chairs, stools, benches, desks, tables.
.
This solid oak Desk, beautifully fin
ished writing bed. 50 inches long;
regular price $32.00; jJ25 00
This solid quartered oak Ro
tary Chair, polished; regu
lar price $12; (6 An
reduced to. PO.UU
THIS ELEGANT DINING TABLE $12.50
Tou will be
asked a third
more at other
s t o res. It is
made of se
lected "wood,
weathered fin
ish; 6-foot slxe
Is marked at
$12.50
The design Is
just like the
picture.
$7 ALLWIN COLLAPSIBLE GO-CART
TRADE MARK
FOLDING GO-CART
Pisii
Embodies every desirable feature for the 'comfort of the child af
forded by the old-style baby carriage.
BIGGEST VALUE
EVER OFFERED
HRst
! :
$25.0QSIDEB0ARD $15.00
French beveled mirror, beautifully
carved top; drawer for silverware;
regular price $25; Gadsbys' price i15
-
REST-INDUCING ROCKER
ONE OF OUR $3.50
RIND FOR $2.25
This special is. made of hardwood,
finished golden; seat is large; back Is
high and provides a comfortable rest
for the head; panel neatly embossed;
spindles turned; arms shaped and.
fastened to corner posts securely;
under stock heavy, and rockers are
long, evenly balanced. This piece
would mnke a very good Rocker for
a living room. One of our 13.50
values offered at a saving of $1.25.
Sale price $2.25,
$35 RANGE FOR $29
LEADER RANGE.
All are guaranteed for ten years.
Leader Range, with- high closet and .
duplex grate, spring balanced oven
doors. This Is a heavy, substantial
and durable range made of the best
quality cold - rolled steel; adapted for
coal or wood; oven thoroughly braced
and bolted: asbestos - lined through
out; nickel - trimmed; section plate
top. Gadsbys' price 829.00
For Less SjJj1 ftr " mKran n m , , . - - For Less
GERMAN
OP N ON
ON FLEET'S CRUISE
United States Urged to Keep
Battleships in Pacific
. Ocean.
READY TO STRIKE IN NEED
Official Organ Says Amerlca'i
Wishes Only Recognized IX -
Backed by Fleet Force)
Britain to Divide Forces. . I
BERLIN, July 18. The German press
has resumed its speculations with -regard
to the political aspects of the cruise of
the American fleet - in the pacific. The
Marine Rundschau,.' which Is the subsi
dized organ of the German Imperial Ma
rine Department, considers that the
'concentration of the American fleet In
the Pacific" marks the beginning of a
new epoch in the world's history, which
was foreshadowed by Count Torek von
Wartenburg, Count Waldersee's chief of
staff in China in 1909. when he expressed
the opinion that the trend of events lay
In the direction of a union on the part of
the Continental and Atlantic powers
against the "Pacific Hemisphere."
Political Effect of Cruise.
In"" the opinion of the German semi
official organ, the United States has
given proof of its determination1 to take
an . active part In shaping developments
In the Pacific and, whether the Ameri
can battleship fleet remains In those
waters 1 or returns to the Atlantic, the
cruise will exert a political influence.
This influence ought to be emphasized
as much, as possible, since, in view of
the long intervening expanses of ocean,
America has no other weapon or In
strument of pressure except her navy.
It is added that "America's political
wishes will , only be' recognized if they
are backed by the guns of her fleet,
but the scope of her desires will be
bounded by the navy's radius of ac
tion." The conservative Kreuz Zeitung en
dorses these observations with the re
mark that the American navy must
not only be ready to strike, but "ready
to strike - where strategy demands."
General von Zepelin, who is responsible
for the article in the Kreuz Zeitung,
then proceeds to consider the lines of
communication- and the harbor ac
commodation on the West Coast of
America and in the Pacific which he
pronounces to be inadequate and inse
cure for a fleet "designed for offen
sive purposes."
Keep Fleet in Pacific.
The organ of the Chauvinist Pan
Germanic League, the Alldeutsche
Blatter, earnestly adjures the United
States to station the battleship fleet
permanently In the Pacific, , upon the
ground that "both now and more espe
cially in the future an arrangement
of this kind would be of quite excep
tional Importance for Germany, in view
not only of Japan's predominance In
the Far East, but also more particu
larly because in the end England could
not help finding herself compelled to
divide her naval forces, which are now
concentrated in European waters."
BURGLAR IS HUMORIST
that port will be utilized as its store and
repairing base. The strength of the
North Sea squadron has not yet been de
cided on, but it will probably include
four battleships and four armored cruis
ers. It is not regarded as impossible,
however, that it may be composed of
armored cruisers only.
The constitution of a'squadron to guard
the "north about" route out of the Nortii
Sea has been advocated or some time.
In the event of hostilities there would
be only two possible ways for a foreign
fleet to reach the open sea, one through
the Straits. of Dover and down the Eng
lish Channel, and the other round the
north of Scotland.
The first of these routes is already
adequately guarded by the Nore division
of the home fleet, by the Channel flee;
and by the reserve divisions of the home
fleet, which would be able to get to sea
at least In part before any foreign fleet
after passing the Straits of Dover could
get to the west of Plymouth. The
squadrons combined number 32 battle
ships, 16 armored cruisers and more thafl
100 torpedo-boats and destroyers.
It has long been argued that no foreign
fleet attempting to reach the Atlantic
from the North Sea would try the Chan
nel route, and it is 'to be ready to give fight
to an enemy trying to, get around Scot
land that the Admiralty has at last de
cided to form the new squadron, which
will practically turn the North Sea into
a- mare clausum: which cannot be- en
tered or left by any foreign fleet against
the wishes of the British naval authors
ties. '
Robs Mayor of Toulouse and Leaves
Comical ' Message.
PARIS, July' IS. (Special.) The former
assistant-mayor of Toulouse has been
robbed by a burglar who is apparently a
facetious young man. After appropriating
various documents concerning a municipal
lawsuit, and 46 cents which he found In a
drawer, the burglar sat down at the type
writer and wrote his Impressions, as fol
lows; "Dear Sir and Colleague: This is the
first time since I have embraced the pro
fession of burglar that I find myself with
a colleague, as my former occupation was
that of a stenographer and typewriter.
For this reason I have respected nearly
everything in your office, which I am
sorry to say I have found in considerable
disorder; but this proves that you are a
busy man. I am taking 45 sous. It is
not much for a night's work.1 But I am
going to take some souvenirs with me,
one of which is a shorthand method,
which I shall translate in my leisure mo
ments. "Accept, dear colleague, my best re-
gards. I shall not sign this for a good
reason, and will not call again, as It is
hardly worth while."
PARIS BAKERS GRUMBLE
Strike Would Leave Population
Without Their Bread.
-PARIS, July 18. (Special.) Are Paris
ians destined to awake one fine morning
to find themselves without the customary
roll, which, with a cup of cafe-au-lalt,
keeps them going until a substantial meal
comes on at noon? This is not altogether
a novel experience, but recent alarms had
not been followed by a crisis of this sort.
Now. however, the outlook has suddenly
grown dark. Upwards of 3000 Journeymen
bakers have Just held a meeting at the
Labor Exchange, many bringing their
families with them. Officials o their
syndicate told them that they did not re
ceive sufficient wages, and- that it was &
shame that they could not all reckon on
one day of rest In the week.
They were exhorted to prepare for a
strike, it being explained that they had a
good fund behind them, and before they
took their departure they voted a resolu
tion -calling on, the officials of their syn
dicate to organize a general strike. .
WILL CLOSE NORTH SEA
.England's New Xaval Plans Are
Made Public
LONDON. July 18-Special.) The wa
base of thi new fleet will be Cromarthy
Firth, and as soon as Rosyth Is ready
WITCHCRAFT NOT DEAD
REMARKABLE CASEls BROUGHT
TO LIGHT IX GERMANY.
Sorceress Sent to Prison for Extort
ing Money by Playing ui Super
. stitlons of Ignorant.
BERLIN, July 18. (Special.) An ex
traordinary story proving that ancient
superstitions concerning witches are
not yet dead, even in enlightened Ger
many, was told the other day "at the
trial of a woman named Krakow at
Mecklenburg-Schwerin. She was
charged with defrauding a family
named Rollenhagen of a sum of I22G.
The Rollenhagens live at Grevesmuch
len, a little town not far from Schwer
in, and Frau Rollenhagen being a suf
ferer from dyspepsia, often talked over
her sufferings with her neighbor, Frau
Krakow. The latter declared that she
knew a witch at Wismar who -could, by
charms, cure all diseases. All the witch
wanted was a sample of Frau Rollen
hagen's hair the rest would be easy.
The necessary locks were shorn and
Frau Krakow paid a visit to Wismar,
returning with a black . powder, which
Frau Rollenhagen duly swallowed. Her
dyspepsia soon afterwards disappeared
and her faith in the witch was firmly es
tablished. Accordingly when her daughter was
discharged from her position for theft,
she once more sought the help of Frail
Krakow, and the latter declared that
there was no doubt the girl had been
bewitched into stealing, and advised hei
to consult the wise woman of Wlsma
without delay. The latter, according to
Frau Krakow, suggested drastic meas
ures. The witches could only be laid,
she said, by boiling four horses's livers
for four hours and afterwards placing
them In four flower-pots, upon each of
which she was to place a 20-mark piece.
The pots were then to be placed at a
crossroads bv Frau Krakow.
This was done, but the witches then
began to insult Frau Rollenhagen in
anonymous letters containing fishes' tails
and. the wise woman advised through
Frau Krakow the -purchase of a -special
witches' broom for 80 marks. With this
broom Frau Rollenhagen beat a shirt
daily for two hours, being assured that
every blow was felt by the witch. She
beat until the broom broke.
Then the wise woman insisted that the
heart of a ground mole be cut out.
roasted and hung around the girl's nerl'
In a silver locket,, to keep her out l
the hands of the police. The wise womalt
then demanded 150 marks and Frau Roi
lenhagen's son-in-law brought the mat
ter Into court in Schwerin. The trial'
ended with the woman being sen
tenced to one year's imprisonment.
The appearance of the wise woman in
court created a sensation. She is 75
years of age and of gigantic size. She
wore big spectacle?, one of the glasses
being blackened. It was stated that her
world-famous black powder cured man
and beast of every known disease. The
Judge asked what the powder was made
from and the wise woman replied with
much dignity, "black currants, dried -and
ground." She generally charged one
mark for the powder.
MURDERED BY A MANIAC
WOMAN SUFFRAGE
NO! INEVITABLE
Mrs. Humphrey Ward Encour
ages "Antis"jn England
to Continue Fight.
CERTAIN THEY CAN WIN
Italian. Chemist's Corpse Is Most
Frightfully Mutilated. .
ROME, July 18. (Special.) From Nocera
comes news of the murder under extreme
ly tragic circumstances of a chemist
named Antonio La Rosa, and of the
wounding of Vittorio Ventura, a lawyer,
son of the Deputy for Nlcastro. The two
men had gone to the house of a certain
Francesco Amendola, who, although de
clared by doctors to be a dangerous luna
tic, was nevertheless living at home with
his family. During the visit of La Rosa
and Ventura, the madman, in the tempo
rary absence of the doctor who looked af
ter him, armed himself with a dagger and
wounded Ventura in the forehead. Re
pulsed, by Ventura, he turned upon La
Rosa, who was so terrified that he could
offer no resistance, and received several
blows which stretched him dead on the
floor. ' But even then the madman con
tinued to hack at the corpse. t
. Several people on . hearing . the noise
ran to the door, but the madman locked
himself In. Soon, however, he appeared
at the door still brandishing the dagger.
With rare courage one of the people
present dealt him a severe blow which
caused him to drop his weapon, where
upon he was seized and taken to the Car
abineers' barracks. The ' body of La
Rosa was scarcely recognizable, but Ven
tura's wound proved to bo only a slight
one.
Put Squadron Off Scotch Coast.
LONDON, July 18. (Special.) In order
to bring the organization of the British
Navy more Into line with the strategical
conditions of today, an Important redis
tribution of the fleet will be made early
next year. The Channel fleet is to be re
duced from Its present strength of 14
battleships and six armored cruisers, and
the vessels withdrawn from it, with some
others added to them, will be consti
tuted into a new squadron, to be known
probably as the North Sea Squadron, and
stationed off the north of Scotland.
Says Quiet Opposition of American
Women Has Defeated Movement.
Satisfied With Voice In
Local Government.
LONDON. July 4. Mrs. Humphry Ward
has written the following letter to The
London Times:
To the Editor of The Times: -
During an absence of nearly four
months in the United States and Canada.
I have done my best to follow from a dis
tance the course of the woman suffrage
movement in England, and I have also
endeavored to acquaint myself with the
position and prospects of the. movement,
m the United States.
It Is now often said, even by many of
those in England who have no real sym
pathy with the suffrage movement, who
believe, indeed, that its results, if suc
cessful, would be disastrous, that its suc
cess is none the less "Inevitable." People
are apt to think thft when, in a demo
cratlc country, a claim or this kind has
been asserted sufficiently long and with
sufficient vehemence, mere clamor and In
sistence wear down opposition, and the
claim must ultimately be granted.
The' success of the movement.' how
ever, is not "inevitable" at all in spite
of the Increased Parliamentary vote or
the skillful organization of a Hyde Park
meeting. Let me quote the example of
America. After sixty years' agitation .
for the movement Is generally dated in
America from the meeting held in New
York in July, 1848 the woman suffrage
demand, which during the second third
of the nineteenth century was active
throughout the States and succeeded in
forcing a constitutional amendment In
favor of the women's vote-in four of the
sparsely peopled states of the West, Is
now In-process of defeat and extinction
and that not at the hands of men, but at
the hands of women themselves. Recent
attempts have been made to revive it,
especially by suffragists from this side
of the water. But the results have been
very small, and will only serve to -strengthen
the. hands of the opposition.
Record of Defeats.
Since 1898. indeed In flv. .i
suffrage constitutional amendments have
been defeated at the polls, and In,j0S
the Legislatures of 13 states rejected
woman suffrage bills of one type or an
other. School suffrage has been secured
for women in 25 states, but the striking
thing is that the suffrage agitation and
the "unwise pressure brought to bear on
Legislatures and public officials" has
hindered the natural progress of women
in this field of work so well suited to
them. In two states Connecticut and
Ohio the abolition of the school suffrage
has actually been discussed. School suf
frage votes have been defeated in five
states . In the last three years, and a
bill "requiring that at least one-third
of the members of boards of education
appointed by Mayors should be women
was defeated in New Tork in 1899." This
melancholy result from an English point
of view-nseems to be mainly due to the
general disapproval and opposition which
the woman suffrage movement has ex
cited; so that we have even the unto
ward fact that at the present moment
there is no woman upon either the New
Tork or the Boston boards of education.
We. however, in this country are safe
thanks to the concession of the locai '
government vote to women, and to the
act of last year enabling them to sit on
local government bodies, from any simi
lar reaction; and there can be little doubt
that American women, now that the anti
suffrage movement has practically at
tained its end, will soon find means and
channels by which their legitimate pub
lic influence In matters of educational,
and social reform shall be more fully
brought to bear. The Important thing
for us tq notice is that the suffrage
movement has been checked and will be
ultimately defeated, by women them
selves. In Oregon an amendment of the'
Constitution bestowing the suffrage on
women has been rejected within the last N
two years by a 10,000 majority. The a
women organized. They Issued an ap
peal to the men "not to mistake the
clamor of outsiders for the sentiment of
the home-loving women of Oregon," pro
testing that such burdens should not be
'Imposed upon them at the Instance of
women agitator from distant states,
where the people are to osensible to
adopt woman suffrage."
By quiet, resolute and slowly strength
ening opposition the women of America,"
then, have defeated the woman suffrage
movement. The same .result has now "to
be achieved in England, and can be
achieved, if only the women of this coun
try will rouse themselves to the danger
before us. We In many ways are- in a .
better position than the women of Amer
ica in organizing this counter-agitation
For through the full admission of women
to local government, -the nation has given
satisfaction to their legitimate demand for
such a share as rightly belongs to them
In the public work and life of England
Nor would it be at all difficult to devise
some further machinery, arising out of !
cal government, by which the views and
claims of women on those legislative mat
ters before Parliament which specially
concern them factory and hygienic legis
lation and the .like could be clearly and
effectively expressed.
A permanent committee, for Instance,
consisting of representatives of the women
sitting on local bodies, might be placed
in some consultative relation with the v
Home Office and the Local Government
Board. But what we have to do now is
to see to it that the present women's agr-,
tation, interfering as it does with the"
power and responsibility of men in those
spheres where men are alone competent
to act, and must act, for the common
benefit of the State, should meet with a
speedy and effective opposition among
women themselves. The work must be
begun with energy and carried on with
patience and perseverance. Proposals to
that effect will, I believe, soon be laid
before the public. Meanwhile the reso
lute and so far triumphant opposition of
fered to the movement in the Stafes. by
the common sense and public spirit of
women, seems to me full of encourage
ment for us, and worthy of being brought
to the notice of your readers. Your obe
dient servant. mahv WARD.