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DRAMATIC
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SECTION FOUR
Pages 1 to lO
PORTLAND, OEEGOX, SUNDAY MORMXG, NOVEMBER 15, 1908
NO. 46.
PRICE
GAD
GOMES WITH TUFT
Cortelyou, Bonaparte, Met
calf, Wright and Others
Will Step Down.
'VOL. XXVII.
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SETS' HAS
AGAIN MONDAY M.ORNING we place on sale over two hundred choice pieces of Parlor Furniture,
consisting of Parlor Suits, Couches, Lounges, Davenports, Easy Chairs, Rocking Chairs, Settees,
Divans, Sofas and Reception Chairs, all at 50c on the dollar, for cash
fa This Great Sale All Values Have
Been Completely and ; Emphatically Eclipsed
Such a sale as this in its immensity has never been held in Portland before. Every piece of Parlor Furniture in
- our vast stock at a price that's lower than wholesale! manufacturer's cost.
PARLOR SUIT BARGAIN
Mahogany finish on birch, up- $25.00 SUIT (1 O Crt
IptiOTaK HALF PRICE $IZ.DU
COUCH BARGAIN, $7.50
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Our Great Special Sale of
FINE
MORRIS
CHARIS
$12.50 Morris Chairs
reduced to $ 7.75
$14.00 Morris Chairs
reduced to.. ...... .$12.00
$18.00 Morris Chairs
reduced to $15.00
$20.00 Morris Chairs
reduced to $16.00
$25.00 Morris Chairs
reduced to. $20.00
NO RENT TO PAY THAT'S WHY
WE SELL FOR LESS
Special Notice
Carpet Bargains
Wilton Velvet, regular CM nft
$1.60; sale price OliUU
Axminsters, regular 04 tf
$1.60 ; sale price . . . . 0 lUU
Saxony Axminsters, reg- Qflp
ular $1.50 ; sale price. ...... OUu
Extra Tapestry Brussels, QC
regular $1.35 ; sale price. . . . OuU
Tapestry Brussels, Smith's, reg
ular $1.25 ; sale "7Cp
price Iwu
Mottled Brusselette, reg- 4Cp
ular 65c; sale price 4wU
Japanese Matting remnants; reg
ular 35c; sale -1 Cn
price IWU
RUG BARGAINS
GET OUR PRICES ttX IT PAYS
This fine couch, full roll edge, uphol
stered in veronas; regularly sold at
$15.00
HALF Q7 CA
PRICE tpV.DU
KITCHEN TREASURE BARGAIN
THIS ELEGANT Q
DINING TABLE P7
Too will be asked a third more at other
stores. It is made of selected oak, golden
finish; the 6-ft. size is marked at.. $9.00
Design is just like the picture.
Don't do yourself the injustice of
buying without getting our prices.
We offer you the advantage of bet
ter values and an assortment that
is not excelled on the Coast. We
mention two of the many tempting
bargains you will find on our floors.
$ 1 for This Golden
Oak Dining Chair
Tou will find it elsewhere marked
at $1.50 or higher. It is made of
selected oak, golden finish, with
cane seat ;' the picture shows the
exact design. There are scores of
dining-chair bargains in all grades
iinrt finishes. ' ' '
RUGS FOE THE DINING-ROOM
We have a mighty interesting stock of Rugs that are
. particularly suited for , the ' dining-room. . Prices are
temptingly low.
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Room-Size Rugs
9x12 Brussels Rugs, 12 patterns to se
lect from .$7.85
9x12 all-wool Ingrain Bugs .$7.85
9x12 Pro-Brussels all-wool Rugs $8.85
Small Velvet Rugs, 27x54 inches $1.15
SPECIAL COUCH SALE
This Couch, upholstered, imi- C1 O Cf
tation leather, full spring sp'l. . P i,,JU
buy iDnivf ncne
1IVVL1 JJULU
NOW
Complete
Housefuroishers
Get Our Prices Before
Buying Elsewhere
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Rockers Reduced
Regular $3.50 Rockers re
duced to 2.25
Regular $5.00 Rockers re
duced to $ 3.75
Regular $7.00 Rockers re
duced to $ 5.75
Regular $3.00 Rockers re
duced to $ 6.50
Regular $9.00 Rockers re
duced to. $ 7.00
Regular $25 Rockers re
duced to 92O.00
Get Our
Prices on '
Heating
Stoves
Before You
Buy, it Pays
This Heater
$2.25
This Large
Arm Rocker
Large Arm Rocker, with leather - : v
eobbler seat; regular $3.50 values, vrv
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Regular, $3.50 Beds reduced to $2.65
Regular $4.50 Beds reduced to . . . ... .. $3.50
Regular $5.00 Beds reduced to. v. .$4.00
Regular $7.00 'Beds reduced toJ.... .$5.75
Regular $9.00 Beds reduced to $7.50
$40.00 Brass Beds reduced to $29.50
$37.00 Brass Beds reduced to $25.00
DRESSER
BARGAIN
$9.50
$7.65
$27.50
$35 RANGE
FOR
All are guaranteed for ten years. Leader
Range, with high closet and dnplex grate,
spring-balanced oven door. 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 throughout; nickel
trimmed section plate top; flJO'7 Cft
Uadsbys' price V- JU
This Dresser, finished . in rich golden oak
color, with French beveled plate mirror; reg
ular retail value, $12.50; Gads- tfJQ KQ
bys' price.;..... P
HANDSOME $19.00
PRINCESS Q11 cn
DRESSER pil.e)U
Princess Dresser, with oval or shaped French
bevel mirror; finished golden; regular $19.00
value. Special. this week, D1 1 Cft
Gadsby's price P
STRAUS LIKELY TO STAY
Wilson Alono Has Twelve- Year
Record as Head of Agricultural
Department May Be Reap
pointed by Taft.
OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, D. C. Nov. 11. Tho volunteer
Cabinet-makers, will be busy from now
until the fourth of March arranfrin a
new Cabinet for Mr. Taft. but until Mr.
Taft makes up his own mind predictions
are obviously nothing more than guess
work. But in speculators on the next
Cabinet there are some things which
can be stated as facts. For Instance.
George B. Cortelyou will not be Secre
tary of the Treasury after the Ath of
March; Charles J. Bonaparte will not
be Attorney General under the Taft ad
ministration: Victor H. Metcalf will not
be Secretary of the Navy beyond that
time.
Retain Garfield.
After Mr. Roosevelt retires from the
White House it is equally certain that
James R. Garfield will be retained in the
Cabinet in his present position as Secre
tary of the Interior, while George von
L. Meyer will be promoted from the
Postoffice to the Treasury Department,
where he will succeed Cortelyou.
Three other members of the Cabinet.
Secretary Root, Secretary .Wright and
Secretary Straus, may be retained by
Mr. Taft if they desire to prolong their
official careers. There is some question
as to whether Secretary Root will care
to serve in the next Cabinet, and there
is gossip to the effect that Mr. Root is
anxious to succeed Senator Piatt, who
will retire on March 4.
Secretary Wright was placed at the
head of the War Department when Sec
retary Taft resigned, and largely be
cause of his intimate knowledge of tha
conditions in the Philippines. Under
the next administration there will be no
lack of knowledge of the Philippine con
dition, because Mr. Taft himself Is bet
ter posted than any man in the country,
not excepting Secretary Wright. and
there will not be so much need of a
Philippine expert in the Cabinet as there
Is at the present time. It Is true that
Mr. Taft is a great admirer of Secretary
Wright, but he also realizes that Mr.
Wright Is a Democrat, and there Is a
serious question whether he would care
to carry a Democrat . in his Cabinet
throughout the four years of his admin
istration. If Secretary Wright !s re
appointed it is probable that he will hold
the office only a short time, and then
tender his resignation so that the place
may be given to a staunch Republican.
Wilson Breaks Record.
Nobody seems to know whether Sec
retary Straus would like to remain In the
Cabinet or not; he has not publicly ex
pressed himself, and, therefore, there is
doubt about his future. He is easily
the most competent man who has ever
been at the head of this new Depart
ment and has done more to make it
successful than either of his predeces
sors. If he cares to remain it seems
to be understood he can do so.
The remaining member of the Cabinet
Is James Wilson, of Iowa, who, on the
4th of next March, will have served con
tinuously for 12 years at the head of
the Agricultural Department. He has
broken all records by his long service
and is' the only Cabinet officer to serve
through three administrations.
Secretary Wilson is proud of his record
but would like to make it even stronger,
and It is his personal ambition to be re
appointed by Taft, even though It would
be with the understanding that he would
resign in the early part of the adminis
tration. That would leave him with a
full 12-year record, and with the further
record of having been appointed Secre
tary of Agriculture by four Presidents,
or rather by three Presidents, for he was
given his first appointment by President
McKinley. who also gave him his second
commission. Out of regard for Secretary
Wilson, Mr. Taft may grant him this
favor, but It Is most improbable that
Wilson will remain long In the Cabinet
after the 4th of next March.
WANTED WORK; STRUCK
Unemployed Given Jobs, Walk Out
Because Holiday Is Denied Them.
LONDON, Nov.' 14. (Special.) One of
the queerest strikes on record occurred
at Preston last Saturday. A body of 140
unemployed, for whom work had been
found by the Preston Guardians, went on
strike because they had been deprived of
their Saturday half-holiday. They left
work at noon instead of at 4 o'clock,
marching out in procession, headed by a
man playing a tin whistle. The Guard
ians, In consequence, stopped the pay for
Saturday afternoon. The Guardians point
ed out to a deputation, which waited on
them that, were they to pay the men for
work not done they would be surcharged.
They offered to arrange for the men to
begin work half an hour earlier every
morning, and thus make up for Saturday
afternoon. The strikers afterward de
cided to return to work and strike again
if the half-holiday Is not given to them.
TAKE OFF 100 TRAINS
English Railroad Combine Disre
gards Ail Complaints of Public.
LONDON, Nov. 14. (Special.) As a re
sult of the recent railway combine, over
100 trains on the North British Railway
Company's lines have been withdrawn
from service, the whole of the system
being affected. The most important with
drawals are two corridor expresses from
Edinburgh to Dundee and Aberdeen and
vice versa, and also the curtailment of
the Edinburgh and Glasgow, service. A
number of Sunday trains are to be with
drawn likewise. It is customary at the
beginning of the Winter season to reduca
traffic, but the reductions are exception
ally numerous, and are -made in the inter,
est of economy. The public complaints
are disregarded. .