The Sunday Oregonian., September 06, 1908, Page 6, Image 6

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BOOK
Party's Stand on All Important
Questions Fully Set Forth
in Pamphlet.
PROTECTION IS DEFENDED
Tariff "ot "Matter of Trusts," De
clares Exhaustive Article Tarf
Attitude Toward Iabor Is
Pointed to With Pride.
NEW TORK. Sept. 5 The Repub
lican campalcn book was issued today.
It Is a volume of KX pases. Th book
contains the acceptance speeches of
William H. Taft and James S. Sherman
and articles on prosperity, publicity of
campaign contributions, tha attitude or
the two parties toward colored citizens,
guarantee of bank deposits. President
'Roosevelt's administrations, outline or
the work of the Sixtieth Congress the
platforms of the two parties and W. J.
Hryan's speech of acceptance.
Speaking of the regulation of corpora
tions, the text-book says:
Ths administration holds that the ef
ficient builnns man should be fully re
warded for the sreat services he renders
to the public It desires In every way to
support and foster honest business. Tners
Is no quarrel with corporations themselves,
or with the acquisition of wealth but only
with certain forms or corporations organ
ization and manmement and certain metn
ods by which such, wealth Is acquired.
Fight For tower , Kales.
td by President Roosevelt the National
Administration has been dealing- with cor
porations alons the lines of a consistent
policy which has never changed. It has
enforced the laws that make for fair com
petition and equal opportunity, and has
made them essential parts of our com
mercial system: equal rates from the rail
roads, the highways of commerce, have
fceen afforded to all shippers as never be
fore Kallroad rebates and discriminations,
which have been exposed and punished, so
that there Is today less of railroad dis
crimination beipg practiced than at any
time since the passage of the Interstate
- Commerce law In 1SJT .
Again, the Republican party has placed
upon the statute books a number of fun
damental acts greatly strengthening the
poser of the Administration to carry out
the policies above outlined.
Must Educate Public.
X :ndent system ef regulation of cor
porations can be reached until the public
believes that it Is necessary. Such publlo
opinion is rapidly growing and will In time
bear fruit In such a system, but when the
system comes, ss It ultimately will. It will
be largely the results of the process of ed
ucation and Intelligent publicity that for
the last eight years has been carried on by
the Republican Administration In connec
' lion with corporate affairs.
The tariff question is dealt with at
(Treat length. The book says in part:
Perhaps the most persistent complaint
made against the protective tariff is the
certainty that the tariff Is the "Mother of
Trusts." Trusts, however, are not a pro
duct confined to the United States or to
protective countries, as free trsde England
Is covered with them from one end of the
country to the other.
Refutes Popular Charge.
Refuting the charge that under our pro
tective system our manufacturers are sell
ing goods abroad cheaper than at home. It
may be said that the universal principle
of business of production and markets Is
Indulged in to a far less degree In the
t'nlted States than abroad, and at no time
to the Injury of the American laborer.
We also sell many things abroad at a
larger price than we do at home. We
eell things according to the market, ac
cording to prices, according to supply and
demand, according to the universal prin
ciple of competition, bnt always to the ad
vantage of the American laborer who reaps
a higher reward for his labor than can be
found elsewhere on the face of the earth.
Tables showing the number of men em
ployed during Republican and Democratic
years are given and the figures make it
appear that there were more persons em
ployed during the administration of 31c
Klnley and Roosevelt than during any
period of Democratic rule. Tables are
given to show that the wage increase up
to 1907 from 1S96 was 29.2 per cent, while
the food increase-was 26.3 per cent.
Publicity Is Discussed.
Vpon the question of campaign contri
butions and publicity the book says:
The Republicans have already actually pro
hibited, through Republican legislation in
v'ongress. campaign contributions by cor
porations and providing for absolute pub
licity far In excess of that vaguely prom
ised by the Democratic candidate and com
mittee. Of Mr. Taft's relations toward onion la
bor, the text book says:
Secretary Taft's whole public career, and
It is an extensive one, contains no Incident
In which he has ever by word or act ar
rayed himself against the principles of
trades unionism. On the contrary, he
bas been its consistent friend and advo
cate. His record shows that not only were
bis sympathies with the organization, but
his actlona were those of a friend many
years before be or the American people had
any thought of him as a Presidential pos
sibility. NINE KILLED IN COLLISION
Engineers, Firemen and Four
Tramps Die In Wreck.
MISSOULA, Mont, Sept 6. As a re
sult of a head-on collision between
westbound passenger train No. 5 and
a freight train on the Northern Pa
cific, near Paradise, TO miles west of
here, this morning, both engineers,
both, firemen and five unidentified
tramps are dead, and Head Brakeman
Dixon, of the freight, seriously in
jured. The dead:
Engineers Munson and Valentine,
Ulssouia-
Firemen Robinson and Herrick, Mis
soula. Five unidentified tramps found in
the debris of the wreck.
It is announced from the local of
fices that the wreck would be the
subject of an immediate Investigation.
The passenger train was running
about 30 miles an nour when the acci
dent happened. The collision is said
to have been caused by the failure of
Operator Mitchell at Perma to deliver
an order to the passenger train.
Late tonight the bodies of the four
trainmen and those of the tramps who
were burled in the wreckage were
brought to this city. It is definitely
stated that none of the passengers on
the westbound train sustained injuries.
Considerable of the equipment of the two
trains was destroyed by firs which broke
jt following the wreck.
George W. Valentine, one of the deal
engineers, was a veteran in the service
of the Northern Pacific road.
Mack Laments Troup' Death.
BUFFALO, N. Y-. 6ept 8. Norman EL
Mack, chairman of the Democratic Ns
t:nal Committee, stopped off here today
while en route to Chicago, and spent the
in attending to some private business
&uairs. On his arrival here ChAlnnaa J.
REPUBLI
CAN5I55U
CAMPAIGN
Mack learned of the sudden death of Al
exander Troup, of New Haven, former
National committeeman of Connecticut, in
New York last night
' "I have known Mr. Troup many years
as a true friend." said Mr. Mack. "He
was a valiant and steadfast friend and
supporter of Mr. Bryan and the cause
wiU feel his loss."
SAYS DONAHUE WAS DRUNK
Oakland Detective Chief Takes Little
Stock In Note.
. OAKLAND, Cal., Sept 5. The mystery
surrounding the tragic death of Mrs.
Alice Lucretia Donahue has not yet been
cleared up. The suicide of Daniel Dona
hue, the putative husband, has compll
cated instead of simplifying the case. As
yet It has not been proven to the satis
faction of the police that the woman was
murdered. The manner in which she
came by her death is not even yet known.
It cannot be prpven that It was by stran
gulation or poison. Both these theories
have been investigated, but nothing has
come of them. If the method of hor
death cannot be ascertained, it is prob
able Gustave Ahlstedt will be released.
But the police, although working on the
theory that Ahlstedt is guilty, have not
abandoned the supposition that Donahue
was implicated in the crime.
"I do not put much faith in the note
left by Donahue, because William Don
altteon. a friend of Donahue, who was
with him the night before he com
mitted suicide, says that on that night
Donahue produced a bottle of whisky,
and that they drank one glass a piece.
The next day, when the body was found,
the bottle was discovered empty. This
makes it appear that Donahue was un
der the influence of liquor when he killed
himself." So says Captain of Detectives
Petersen.
TWELVE RATS WORTH $600
Health -Officer Offers $30 Each for
Marked Rodents.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept 6. In order to
stimulate the seal of those who are en
gaged in ridding the city of rats, and
to prevent tha possible recurrence of
cases of bubonic plague, 13 rats, each
bearing a tag Inscribed with a private
mark, were turned loose at 3 o'clock
this afternoon, one In each of the eani
tary districts. For the return of each
rat so tagged to the office of the sani
tary bureau a reward of 350 will be paid.
Any regular sanitary inspector bringing
in one of the marked rodents will be
promoted in addition to being paid the
reward.
The release and recapture of the rats
is expected to aid the authorities in de
termining the direction In which the an
imals migrate through the city.
FOURTH COST 163 LIVES
One Less Than in 190J; 5632 In
jured, Increase of 1210.
DETROIT. Sept E. Only the glad
iatorial feats on festival days in pagan
Roma rival the carnage of the American
Fourth of July, according to the Journal
of the American Medical Association. The
victims of this year's celebration of the
Fourth of July throughout the United
States number 6632 in killed and injured,
according to statistics published by the
Journal today.
The number of casualties Is 1210 more
than last year, though the number of
deaths. 163. Is one less. The list con
tains 157 more names than that of 1906.
the second largest of the six years dur
ing which statistics have been kept by
the Journal.
BOY DIGS HIS OWN GRAVE
Buried Beneath Sand in Cave Made
for Playhouse.
LONDON. Sept 5. (Special.) A 12-year-old
schoolboy, Anthony Spldy, un
wittingly dug his own grave in a sand
pit at Ley land, near Preston, yester
day. He began digging in the sand
early in the afternoon and excavated
a deep cave, in which he seated himself.
He invited two friends, who were pass
ing at the time, to join him in a game
of Robinson Crusoe. They declined and
went on their way. Some time after
wards they returned and, noticing that
Spidy was not in the sandpit, called at
his house.
Spldy had not come home, and shortly
after 7 the sandpit was searched, when
it was found that tha "care" had col
lapsed and buried the boy, who was
dead beneath five tons of sand.
MAY ARBITRATE DISPUTE
Hope of Averting Great Trolley
Strike in New England.
PROVIDENCE, R. I., Sept 6. There
is a possibility that arbitration may be
called upon to end the troubles of the
local street railways and their employes,
which threaten to precipitate a general
strike on the trolley lines operated by the
New Tork, New Haven & Hartford Rail
road in three states. Should such a
strike be ordered, no less than 32,000 men
would be involved.
The whole trouble arose over the dis
charge of 64 men employed by the local
company. While the company officials
declare that the action was due entirely
to a breach of discipline, the union lead
ers contend that it was because of the
organization of a local union and general
prejudice on the part of the company
against its employes.
Frank J. Davey 111.
SALEM. Or.. Sept 5. A telegram was
received by Secretary Frank Welch, of
the State Board of Agriculture, from Re
ceiver Frank J. Davey, of the United
States Land Office, at Burns, evidently
written or dictated from a sick bed. stat
ing that he had an attack of pneumonia,
that the "result is in doubt" and that he
will not be able to attend the State Fair
this year. Mr. Davey was Speaker of the
last House of Representatives and has for
many years officiated in the capacity of
clerk of the eourse at the annual state
fairs.
Crushed In Machinery.
FOREST GROVE, Or., Sept 6. (Spe-
clai.) Walter Bernard's leg was crushed
in a clover-hulling machine this after
noon. He accidentally stepped on the
conveyer, which drew him into the ma
chine. He was taken to Portland, where
the leg probably will be amputated. Ber
nard resides three miles north of this
city.
Big Japanese Rice Crop.
NEW TORK. Sept 5. According to
cablegram received today at the
Japanese consulate ' in this olty, the
rice crop in Japan for this year is of
ficially estimated at 63.600.000 koku. as
against 45,300.000 koku laa year, an
Increase of 4,208,000 kok
E
TOTOLSTOl'SHOME
The Birthday Celebration Will
Shrink From Pro
jected Scope.
AGED AUTHOR STILL WORKS
Kevlslng New Edition of His Phil
osophy He Discusses Modern Lit
erature and Praises Great
American Authors.
TASNATA PO LIANA, Saturday, Aug.
22. (Correspondence of Associated Press.)
Owing to the author's own wishes, the
attitude of a part of the orthodox Rus
sian Church and other causes, the cele
bration of Count Tolstoi's 80th birthday
anniversary, September 9, has lost al
most entirely its originally contemplated
Importance and scope. No progress has
been made with the projected fund for
the publication of a Jubilee edition of
Tolsoi's works and the purchase of the
Tolstoi estates for the peasants; the pro
posed pilgrimage to Tasnaya Poliana
has long been abandoned and instead
of any central observance of the day at
Tasnaya Poliana, Jubilee services have
been arranged in the principal cities of
Russia and, in addition, many municipal
ities and public organisations have ap
propriated funds for .schools, libraries
and similar institutions that bear the
name of Russia's celebrated writer.
There will be no formal observance of
the event at Tasnaya Poliana, even the
presentation of congratulations by a
deputation of the peasants of the neigh
borhood having been discouraged, and
the family of Tolstoi has made known
his wishes that there be no intrusion
on his privacy on his birthday.
Tolstoi In Good Health.
Tolstoi, in spite of his advanced age,
is in good general health, though he has
been recently confined to bis room by
varicose veins. This has not interfered
with his literary work nor given rise to
special anxiety, his physicians explain
ing that it was a passing malady.
The correspondents of the Associated
Press found him sitting in his studio,
propped up In a large armchair, a writ
ing table with orderly piles of manu
script before him. Tht. magnificent face,
with its flowing wealth of beard and hair,
marked his years, but his eyes are clear
and bright and the firm, steady voice
gave no hint of age. Around him the
studio walls were hung with photographs.
Of these Henry George, Ernest Crosby
and William J. Bryan, the only foreign
faces seen, hung prominently before him.
Busy With Last Work.
Tolstoi eagerly explained the nature of
hla present work, a re-edited and enlarge
ment of "His course of reading" a com
pilation of the sayings of great philoso
phers and writers, ancient end modern,
onmhlneri with his own reflections to form
a more detailed and interesting account of
his philosophy than has appearea. iwo
volumes early printed have been re-'
written- and the third Is nearing com
niotirvn Tolstoi snoke with the greatest
affection of his work, "The Benjamin of
Our Labors," evidently the closest to nm
heart of ail his books, regretting that no
English translation of the earlier volumes
had appeared, and said with a tone of
sadness:
"There are many other things I should
like to do, but I have no time, I feel that
this must be my last work."
Fines For Publishing Letters.
T.tH V.r a t atnn t Tolstoi OC-
caslonally writes on political subjects, two
open letters protesting against death sen
tences and the literary censorship in Rus
sia having recently been published in
America. He asked - several questions
about their effect and was informed of
.a. f f)n.a Irrmnned on St
nw - in.. v. - " .
Petersburg papers for publishing the sec
ond lerter. remargins;
"Ah! Formerly they used to pay me
for nubllshing my writings; now they pay
the government"
Stories of Literature Past.
TketiT,.. sl ffcnprAl Uterarv discus
sion, Tolstoi seemed to feel that the
glorlea OX literature, toreign as
Russian, were of the past He lamented
. . JumJmmi nf niiiuriAn lit cm.-
UI0 iricsmi uov-w-. .
ture. Inspired by Immorality and impurity.
BOH CXX T liv "VK" - J -
school of Russian writers; no new men of
promise. Of American writers he spoke
with esteem of Emerson, Henry George
end Ernest Crosby and asked with in
terest of the newer men appearing in
America. About Jack London he asked
several questions, jioweiis ne uumiM
with a word.
Tolstoi devotes as long hours as any
. ht. HtArarv work. So
hard does he drive himself that he has
reneatedlv fainted away at. m ma u
his studio.
FOREST FIRE BURNS TOWN
(Continued From First Pace )
in many counties in Northern Wiscon
sin and Minnesota.
-Chlaholm. Minn., a town of 4000 peo
ple, on the Mesaba Iron Range, 90 miles
north of Duluth, was completely wipea
out
Hibhinff. five miles from Chlsholm,
nn-ii Viv trvrt fires tnnlffht
was nuiiuuuw.- J
'and the city was in danger until the wind
shifted.
The entire northern " portion of Doug
las County, Wis., is on fire, and several
small settlements have been destroyed.
n.n.hll a villas: a 25 miles west or
Duluth, was surrounded by fires early
tonight and there is no hope for the
town.
Lives May Be Lost.
Hundreds of farmers have been driven
from their homes by the flames, and as
the passsage along the roadway is diffi
cult owing to the dense smoke and the
heat of the burning forests, it Is believed
that some lives may have been lost al
though none has been reported.
A fire at Bayfield, Wis., starting in a
lumber yard, damaged two docks and the
lumber company's property to the extent
of 3700.000.
Fire Destroys Chlsholm.
The most destructive of the many forest
fires was that which embraced Chlsholm
in its fiery grip and completely destroyed
it For three days the dry woods have
been on fire west and north of the town
and small bush fires were reported to the
eastward. Gradually these closed in on
the doomed town, but no danger was
felt by the citizens, as' the town is pro
tected on the east by long Tear Lake,
a small body of Vater. and there are
many r"lnlng locations to the west, la
PILGKIImG
which district the citizens believed the
advancing flames could be stopped.
At noon today the three walls of fire'
Joined, making .a semicircle of threaten
ing flames which swept toward the little
mining town with a rush and a roar.
The hot breath of the conflagration was
felt as the advancing flames rolled over
the hills, licking up every tree, stump
and every vestige of plant growth, and
sending up a hurricane of red-hot brands
that fell upon the doomed town.
Roads Lined With Fugitives.
At the first advent of these flaming
couriers the citizens of Chlsholm went
forth to fight the flames. The fire de
partment was not able to cover a large
territory and, " although Intermittent
blazes started by the falling firebrands
were quickly extinguished, the wall of
fire rolled onward toward the town and
the citizens soon realized that its de
struction was inevitable.
So quickly did the fire communicate
with the outlying buildings that the citi
zens did not have time to save any of
their household goods or personal ef
fects. The people had ample time to es
cape with their lives and soon the roads
leading from the town were thronged
with the fleeing people in wagons, on
horses and on foot. There are two roads
from Hibbing- to Chlsholm and the most
direct was in the path of the flames,
necessitating travel by way of the longer
road.
Dramatic Incidents of Disaster.
.
Conveyances were at a premium. A
foreigner with a small wagon and one
horse offered to take a woman and
three small children to Hibbing for
325. A man overheard the conversa
tion, and, drawing a revolver, he aimed
It at the foreigner's head and, climb
ing into the rig, compelled him to
drive the party over the fire zone.
May Fisher, when the citizens began to
leave the burning town, refused to go
with her companions. They were
forced to flee for their lives, and she
was left behind. She has not been
seen since.
Oscar La France, editor of the Chls
holm Tribune, was in his office, and
above him the roof was In flames be
fore he was apprised of his danger.
He was compelled to break a window
to escape. Business men ran home to
get their families, and many separa
tions occurred as they, in turn, fled
toward the business district. Con
sternation reigned, but, as the road
leading out of the city was without
the fire zone and the pall of smoke did
not hang as heavily as over the burn
ing town, recognition was easier and
families were soon reunited.
Hibbing Shelters Homeless.
The Great Northern, the only rail
road running into Chlsholm, took 15
boxcars crowded with homeless people
to Hibbing this evening, where the
citizens are throwing open their
houses, and tents are being supplied to
care for the refugees, who are enter
ing the city by hundreds.
The sheet of flames from the falling and
crackling forests toyed with the western
outskirts of Chlsholm for several minutes
late in the afternoon and then, driven
by the strong west wind, swept across the
city, the buildings falling and disappear
ing before it like tender plants before the
hot blast of the symoon.
Within a few minutes every structure
upon both sides of Main street was burn
ing and the residence district was being
ignited.
By this time most of the citizens had
left the burning town, and they stood on
the small rises to the southwest and
watched their homes burn. The scene was
awe-inspiring. In the late northern twi
light The flames seemed to leap up to
the sky, which was overcast with a red
glow. Over the town hung a great
blanket of smoke that seemed to creep
down and shade the burning city from the
eyes of the hundreds of tearful watchers,
who were beating a slow retreat to Hib
bing. Alone on .a hill in the southern
portion of the town stands the new high
school, which was recently erected at a
cost of 3125,000. Tonight it is the solitary
sentinel of the ruin end desolation spread
before it. No houses within several blocks
of the structure were to be seen.
THREE MORE RESERVE CELLS
IX SAX FRAXCISCO JAIL.
Three Market-Street Bank Officials
Vnablo to Raise Bail State
Asks $10,000 Each.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 8. The "banlr
ere' colony" in the San Francisco County
Jail was today increased by three more
members: A. F. Martel, president of the
Market Street Bank, which is now in
the hands of a receiver; W. A Nash,
cashier of the bank, and L. Q. Havens,
a former cashier of the suspended Insti
tution, who is also son-in-law to President
Martel. Ail three bankers are tonight at
the County Jail, having been unable to se
cure ball of 310,000 each. All three were
indicted by the grand Jury late yesterday
afternoon on the charge of having made
false reports to the State Bank Commis
sion as to the actual condition of the
Market Street Bank.
Besides Martel and Nash there are at
the County Jail Waiter J. Bartnett, for
mer vice-president of the California Safe
Deposit & Trust Company, which failed
last November owing depositors over
38,000,000, and J. Dalzell Brown, manager
of the same institution. Bartnett was
convicted of embezzlement in connection
with the hypothecation of the Colton se
curities and ' sentenced to ten years In
6an Quentin. He is in Jail pending the
action of the Appellate Court on his ap
peal. Brown pleaded guilty to the charge
of embezzlement and was given 18 months
in San Quentin. He was brought from
the penitentiary to testify against Bart
nett and James Treadwell. The latter was
director of the same institution, and was
acquitted on the charge of perjury.
Within sight of Hampton, Vs., there are
about 4500 acres of oyster beds under
cultivation and three Hampton dealers ship
off more than 300,000 gallons of oysters
yearly.
talking talking machines
all the makes
all the records
all the time ,
can be found only at
Washington Street, pii-liabiit
Corner of Park (8th) Street.
REBUILDS ONRUINS
Rawhide Already Clears Away
Debris of Fire.
SUPPLIES ARE POURING IN
Other Towns Send Food and Cloth'
lng In Abundances Telegraph.
Operator Badly Burnt Trav
elers Stalled In Desert.
RAWHIDE, Nev., Sept. 5. Like a
phoenix. Rawhide !s rising from her
ashes and new life Is stirring between
the hills surrounding this mining camp.
Workmen are busy clearing away debris
of yesterday' destructive fire to make
room for the new structures, the mate
rial for which is already on the way.
The town is already being resurveyed
and rebuilding will commence immediate
ly. It is planned to put up only sub
stantial buildings. No tents will be
allowed In the Are limits after 30 days.
The latest estimate places the total loss
at 3SO0.0O0. The total insurance was only
about 33000. the rate of 16 per cent having
been prohibitive.
Reno's relief train arrived last night
and 25 ore-hauling teams of the Western
Ore Company transported the much-
needed provisions here. The Tonopah-
Goldfield special relief train arnvea at
Mine at 4 o'clock this morning and the
11 automobiles, which were taken on flat-
cars on the special, immediately started
across ths desert, and are now unload
ing food, bedding. eti, in Johnson's
dance hall in Stlngaree Gulch, where a
line of hungry men la natitntly waiting
turns to be served by the roA'.et com
mittee.
Supplies Pouring In.
Perfect order prevails and everyone Is
binino- in verv wav nossible. From all
nra- tha t ji trt aunnllpji are beinir eent
to the stricken town by railroad, auto-
mobiles ana wagons, xno reuw mreauy
jinnatui 1a nrvihnhlv sufficient to last
until stocks telegraphed for by merchants
arrive.
Despite night and day work of tele
graph operators and electricians, good
connections with Rawhide have been but
fitful. Very little intelligence has been
sent out today, owing to this unsatisfac
tory condition. Many hundreds of tele
grams and thousands of words of news
paper specials are delayed, in which de
tails are given of the fire, losses, etc
A great number of these telegrams are
from anxious Inquirers as to the safety
The Associated Press Is able to answer
these thousands of anxious ones in re
gard to the safety of their friends. There
mram nnt a ft t i tv nnr serious iniurv.
except that of Frank Conahay, the
Western union operator, weu mown in
Colorado as being the first man that sent
news of the Cripple Creek fire to the
vnrM in 1896. Mr. Conahay is
badly burned and will be scarred, but
.will recover.
ttht-a -"hief 'Finn was badlv shaken UD
several times by being blown 20 or 30
feet by concussions of dynamite.
Last night great vigilance was required
to keep the flames from breaking out
anew. Fitful flashes lit up the surround
ing hills, but fortunately mere was mwe
left for the lire to feed upon.
Thousands of people are attempting to
reach Rawhide and are stalled on the
desert and at the various Junction points
and, unless they go well provisioned, will
sutler actual pnysicai want.
GOLD FOR FRUITGROWERS
Receive Approximately $100,000
for One Week's Shipments.
WALLA WALLA. Wash.. Sept E (Spe
cial.) On an average 15 to 20 cars of fresh
fruit have been shipped dally tnis wees
from the territory adjacent to Walla
Walla and the Mllton-Freewater vicinity.
Most of the fruit shipped has been
Drunes. which were consigned to East
era and Coast buyers. It Is estimated
that the net value of each car averaged
from 3700 to 31200 to the grower, or ap
proximately 3100,000 for the week's ship
ments.
EIGHTEEN PIANOS DAMAGED
By Tramps Breaking Into the
Car and Walking on
the Tops.
The railroad company has now set
tled with us for tho damage done the
cases, and if you want a real bargain
call first thing Tuesday morning and
secure one. Think of it! A new
piano, action and interior absolutely
guaranteed, can be had for as low as
3135, the price depending upon the
amount of damage done the cases. Not
one of them, however, costs over 3195.
The policy of this house Is not to
hold special sales offering pianos less
than cost because the dray-horse needs
new shoes, as ail such sales are fakes
pure and simple. This is merely a case
of selling a piano with damaged case
work for one-half what a retail dealer
asks for a piano of this grade.
We receive hundreds of pianos Tin
boxed, they being shipped in harness
as it is called, saving thereby the extra
cost of boxes and freight We cannot
ship pianos with defective cases to our
country agents. We would much prefer
to dispose or mis entire carioaa out
right and will arrange with any local
retail dealer to see them and submit
terms before 8 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing. THE WILEY B. ALLEN CO.
flnk S Ret. Sth and th Sta.
Wholesale Distributing Point for the
Iortnwest.
Portland's Piano House.
Not an Agency Not a Branch.
The shoemaker realized several
years ago that he was outclassed by the
manufacturer of fine shoes. After a
struggle for existence for a few years
he finally quit, and now does nothing
but repairing. What gentleman would
go to a cobbler today for a pair of fine
shoes? The tailor is in much the same
boat as the shoemaker. The manufac
turers of fine ready-for-wear clothes
produce clothes so superior to the cus
tom tailors' product that he has difficulty
in holding his patrons. In many in
stances he gives up the struggle or puts
in ready-for-wear clothes. In a few
years there will be no custom tailor shops.
The Chesterfield clothes which we
sell are the finest in the world. They pos
sess style effect, exclusiveness of pat
tern, and the best tailoring. You can
fit the suit on, so you can see just how
it will look, and know whether you will
like it or not, before you are obligat
ed to buy. WE GUARANTEE
CHESTERFIELD CLOTHES as
no other clothes are guaranteed. If the
front of coat of a Chesterfield suit curls
at edge, or front breaks, in one year's
wear, customer can have a new suit free.
Just remember Chesterfield clothes
fit better, are more stylish looking and
better tailored than any other clothes
you can buy. They are priced from
$25.00 to $50.00.
you the new styles.
R. 1. GRAY
269-271 MORRISON STREET
F
Fine
Fall Suits -g
!After the latest models in the most
popular materials. Suits in panama,
broadcloths and fancy suitings, in the
newest colorings. Sold for cash or
credit easy terms that enable you to
be always well dressed at a small
weekly outlay. Why hesitate when we
offer you abundant credit? Call and
look over our elegant stock, whether
you are ready to purchase or not. Re
member our fc'all opening on next
Saturday afternoon and evening.
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Big Eastside Store
Cor. E. Burnside and Union Avenue
Roy Marion Wheeler
May be engaged for Voice, Piano, Harmony,"
etc., and Pipe-Organ Instruction. Appoint
ments made through mail or by telephone,
only, can be considered. Address :
lOOl EAST MAIN STREET, Portland, Or.
Home Telephone Connection
A pleasure to show
See them.
To call attention
to our new Fall
stock we shall
give FREE with
each suit sold
this week a
Cassimere
New styles in brown,
black, white or blue,
Worth $2.SOto $3.00 a-
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