DRAMATIC
and SPORTING
SECTION FOUR
Pages 1 to S
ZJ
ilttittt.
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 27, 1908.
NO. 52.
1 g WIUAL
CLEARANCE SALE 11
Reduced 1 0 to 5Q Per Cent W If ' i
Every Article
Bargains in Dining-room
Furniture
12 DiniDg-room Suits, in golden oak, consisting of 1
sideboard, 6 dining chairs, and 1 extension table,
all solid oak, value $45.00, reduced to $35.50
10 Dining Suits, golden ash, consisting of 1 sideboard,
6 chairs, 1 extension table, $36.00, reduced to. .$27.75
20 Ash Sideboards, regular $20.00, reduced to $13.50
17 Oak Sideboards, regular $22.50, reduced to ..$18.50
1 Oak Sideboard, regular $40.00, reduced to $30.00
2 Oak Buffets, regular $42.50, reduced to .$25.00
2 Oak Sideboards, regular $100.00, reduced to $60.00
3 Oak Sideboards, regular $75.00, reduced to '.$63.00
24 Dozen Box-Seat Dining Chairs, regular price $3.50
each, reduced to, each $ 2.50
100 Dozen Brace-Arm Oak Dining Chairs, regular
$1.25 style, reduced to ; $ 1.00
23 Dozen high-back wood Dining-Chairs, regular $1 $ .75
100 Solid Oak Extension Tables, square tops, heavy
fluted legs, regular $12.50 style, reduced to..$ 9.75
Bargains in Bedroom
Furniture
1 Solid Mahogany Suit, 4 pieces, value $480, now $360.00
1 Solid Mahogany Suit, 3 pieces, value $290, now. $235.00
1 Solid Mahogany Suit, value $175, now $135.00
4 Solid Mahogany Suits, value $100, now. $75.00
15 Mahogany Dressers, regular price $35, now $28.00
10 Mahogany Commodes, regular price $12.50, now. .$10.00
20 Birdseye Maple Dressers, regular price $34, now. $28.00
115 Golden Oak Dressers, regular price $34, now $28.00
123 Oak Dressers, shaped French mirror, 24x30 in.,
regular $25 value, now $20.50
115 Oak Dressers, mirror 24x30; regular price-$24 $18.00
120 Oak Dressers, mirror French fancy shape, regu
lar price $16 , $12.50
16 Dressers, French mirror, regular $14, now $10.80
J20 Hardwood Dressers, maple, imitation mahoganj-,
golden ash and golden maple, mirrors 24x20
in., oval shape, regular $16.50, now $13.50
17 Suits, white maple, consisting of dresser with mir
ror, "French," 24x20 in., handsome high-top
carved bedstead and washstand, reg. $27.50. . .$22.50
China Closets at Clearance
Sale Prices .
3 large leaded-glass front China Closets, bent ends,
with mirror backs, regular price $87, sale price. $63.00
$50.00 China Closets now... .' .$39.00
$45.00 China Closets now $32.50
$40.00 China Closets now... $29.00
$35.00 China Closets now .$26.50
$30.00 China Closets now $22.00
$25.00 China Closets now $16.50
Others as low as $12.50
BARGAINS IN ALL DEPARTMENTS
Extra Special Bargains
13 Parlor Suits, upholstered in verona, 3 pieces, regu
lar $25.00; sale price $17.50
3 $20.00 Parlor Suits, now .$12.50
5 $35.00 Parlor Suits, now $27.00
7 $39.00 Parlor Suits, now. $29.00
7 Mahogany finished Combination Bookcases and
Desks, worth $25.00; bargains at $16.00
10 Steel Ranges, 4 or 6 holes, sold everywhere at $46; -
our special price, guaranteed, is only. .1 $27.50
25 Iron Beds, value $9.00; reduced to $ 6.50
1100 Dining Chairs, cane seat, worth $1.50, now $ 1.10
Mission Furniture will be reduced 20 per cent,, in order to
stimulate trade in this popular style.
9 Extension Tables, either round or square, pedestal
bases; regular price $25.00; special this week $18.00
24 Extension Tables, solid oak, 6 ft. long extended;
regular price $14.00; now $ 9.00
15 Iron Beds, value $13.00; reduced to $ 9.00
ODD ROLLS OF NEWEST
CARPETS
AT GREAT REDUCTIONS
All of these Carpets are of standard grade and dependable
quality the patterns' and colorings are new and pleasing
and the fact that these are odd rolls does not detract
from their value to you, as we have enough of EACH
pattern to carpet one or more rooms.
BRUSSELS CARPETS
Odd rolls of Brussels Carpet, with or without borders, a3
desired; good range of bright, attractive floral and con
ventional designs, suitable for rooms, rugs, y
halls, stairs. The quality that sells regularly f4""IC
at $1.25 a yard; on sale this week, yard
VELVET CARPETS
We point to this as one of the most notable Carpet offer
ings of the season an opportunity for you to select a
good, durable velvet carpet, of excellent pattern and best
coloring; the standard $1.60 grade, at a
price that means an actual money
saving; on sale, yard
AXMINSTER CARPETS
This unusual offering comprises a number of odd rolls of
the very finest Axminster Carpets a carpet that is noted
for its richness of coloring, soft pile and unequaled
wearing qualities the very best $1.65 h c w
and $1.75 grade, which we offer as long rK I S.T
as this lot lasts, yard
$1.25
Davenports and Couches
Bargains
. 3 -Overstuffed Davenports, full spring, 5 feet long.
covered in green veronas, regular $30.00 now $19.50
1 Solid Oak Davenport, 6 feet long, upholstered in
verona, regular $60.00; sale price .$45.00
1 Mahogany finished Davenport, silall size, uphol
stered in silk plush, regular $60.00, now $45.00
1 Colonial Mahogany Davenport, 5 feet long, silk
plush upholstering, special $45.00
6 Davenports, adjustable for bed, with drawer under
neath, oak frame, upholstered in velour, reg
ular $33.00 $22.00
12 Couches, full roll upholstered in Boston leather or
moroccoline, $20.00, now $15.00
6. Couches, oak frames, velour, $14.00, now $ 9.50
Brass and Iron Beds
6 $40.00 Brass and Iron Beds, reduced to $22.00
1 $60.00 Brass Bed reduced to. .$40.00
1 $45.00 Brass Bed reduced to $35.00
1 $25.00 Brass Bed reduced to $16.00
1 $38.00 Iron Bed reduced to. $15.00
25 Iron Beds, ranging in price from $20.00 to $25.00;
your choice for $15.00
17 Iron Beds, ranging from $11.00 to $15.00; your
choice for $ 9.50
300 Iron Beds, regular $6.50 kind, at ........$ 4.50
300 Beds, regular $5.00 kind, at $' 3.50
Chairs and Rockers
$50.00 Genuine Leather Rocker, now. $37.50
$40.00 Genuine Leather Rocker, now .$30.00
$30.00 Genuine Leather Rocker, now $25.00
$25.00 Solid Mahogany Rocker, now.'. $19.50
$20.00 Solid Mahogany Rocker, now: .$16.50
$15.00 Imitation Mahogany Rocker, now $11.50
$10.00 Chairs, now $ 8.50
$8.00 Chairs, now $ 6.50
$6.50 Chairs, now $ 4.50
$5.00 Chairs, now $ 4.00
$2.50 Bedroom Rockers, now $ 1.75
Book Cases at Clearance
Sale Prices
$50.00
$45.00
$40.00
$35.00
$30.00
$25.00
$20.00
$18.00
Others
Solid Mahogany Cases, now $39.75
Solid Mahogany Cases, now $32.50
Mahogany Bookcases, now $29. OO
Solid Oak Bookcases, now $26.50
Solid Oak Bookcases, now $22.50
Solid Oak Bookcases, now $16.50
Solid Oak Bookcases, now.. $14.50
Bookcases, now $13.50
as low as $ 3.50
GADSBY WILL
NEVER BE
UNDERSOLD
NOTICE Good purchased
during this sale will be set
aside for future, delivery.
Buy now and save money
GREEKS WRONGED
BY BULGARIANS
Will Ask Balkan Conference
to Exact Compensa
tion for Losses.
DRIVEN FROM THEIR HOMES
Refugees From Eastern Kouinella
Deprived of Property and Lib
erty Become Burden on Greece
Which Asks Kedress.
ATHENS. Dec. IS. ( Special. ) Tn
unanimous feeling of Influential Greek
politicians is that the terms arranged
at the Balkan conference should not be
restricted to the recent action of Aus
tria and Bulgaria. The Bulgarian vio
lations of the treaty of Berlin have
inflicted grievous hardship on many
thousands of peaceable citizens, whose
liberties and rights were expressly
safeguarded by the treaty. Article t
provides that:
Religious Liberty Guaranteed.
"Religious differences can bo alleged
against no one as & motive for ex
clusion or Incapacity a.3 regards the
enjoyment of civil and political rights.
Liberty of religion and of worship is
assured in all creeds to all the Bul
garian subjects, as well as to foreign
ers, and no restriction can be applied
either to the organization of the hier
archy of the different communions or
to their relations with their spiritual
heads."
Five years later, when the statutes
of Kastern Rumelia were drawn up by
the representatives of the great pow
ers at Constantinople, these provisions
were expressly confirmed and it was
laid down tuat: "No religious commun
ity can be forced to Introduce into its
schools any language other than Its
own." Yet, regardless of the laws of
nations, the Bulgarians have, within
the last three years, rendered the lot
of the Greeks Inhabiting the princi
pality virtually unbearable.
Colonies of Greeks have been set
tled In Kastern Rumelia for many cen
turies. The cities of Philipopolls. Stan
lmak and Varna were their center and
their spiritual needs were watched over
by bishops nominated by the Patriarcli
of Constantnople as separate from the
bishops of the Bulgarian Church, who
are nominated by the Pulgarlan Ex
arch. This condition of affairs was ex
pressly guaranteed under the terms of
the treaty ot Berlin.
Driven Out by Bulgarians.
When the Macedonian troubles broke
out ir. 190", the sympathies of the
Greeks in- Kastern Rumelia naturally
went out to their brethren In Turkey.
Tills sympathy took the form of chari
table subscriptions and meetings were
held in all Greek villages. The Bul
garian Macedonian committees took
umbrage and Induced the government
to put in force the laws passed witli
regard to public instruction in 1891.
and hitherto never made applicable to
Greeks, which forbade the existence of
Greek primary schools, compelled the
Greeks to send their children to
Bulgarian schools, and appropriated
all educational and church build
ings which were the property of the
Greek communities. These Greek colo
nies date back to the seventh century
before the Christian era, the colonistj
wei'e among the earliest converts to
Christianity, the churches and schools
had been in existence for centuries be
fore the Turkish conquest and the Bui-'
garlans themselves owe their conver
sion to Christianity to the Greek mis
sionaries. Not content with the confiscation of the
church property, the Bulgars forbade the
return of the Greek bishops, and when
the Greeks endeavored to prevent the
forcible occupation of their properties by
the mob, the Macedonian committees de
stroyed not merely the churches and
schools, but all Greek property. Thous
ands were rendered homeless and were
compelled to seek refuge In Greece.
Greece Shelters Refugees.
Greek ehips were dispatched from the
Piraeus to fetch the refugees, some 47AO
of whom aro now beholden to the charity
of the Gree.k nation for their dally bread.
Anehialos, a town on the shore of the
Black Sea, which was burnt and pillaged
by the Bulgars in August, 190U, has been
replaced by Anchlalos on the shores of
the Gulf of Volo. Here 930 houses have
been built by the Greek government, each
standing in its little plot of 100 souare
yards of garden, while :i0,0U0 acres have
boon placed at the disposal of the inhab
itants for cultivation. Ten miles to the
south a similar town bearing the name
New Phllipopolis lias sprung up with up
wards of 1U00 houses, built much on the
ame lines, and the villagers have com
menced to reap a good harvest in tobac
co. In the neignooriiooa or iarissa a-
thlrd town has been built, while a fourth
and yet a fifth are in course of construc
tion in the southern districts of Thessaly. '
Should Make Bulgaria Pay.
But Greece is a poor kingdom, and to
ake in her midst 47.000 penniless refu
gees has been a Bevere rmanciai ournen.
No less than 150.000 acres of land has been
purchased by the Greek government and
placed on easy terms at the disposal of
the refugees. They are advanced money
for the purchase of farming implements
oottlo tlitilr timlKPR havp been hullt
and are to be paid for by annual install
ments, and for two years pending the
construction of these villages the refu
gees have been supported by the state
and by subscriptions. The refugees have
tlio I lrotV pnvjrnmpnt flt least 15.-
000,000, while the value of the 'propertle
connscaiea oy inu Duianan ww-. nint-in.
r by private individuals cannot oe mucn
less.
iiAra is a Mfmr fa s rtf nnnther flazrant.
violation of the treaty of Berlin, if Bul
garia is adjudged naoie m pay an in
demnity to Turkey for the annexation or
Eastern Rumelln, surely she should be
compelled to restore to the subjects she
las expelled In violation 01 ins uemj ot
Berlin the valJW of the land and build
ings she has gaily seized.
Elder Penrose Is Dead.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 2d. Richard A.
Penrose, father of United States Senator
Penrose, died at his home here today of
pneumonia. His wife was 82 years old.
Dr. Penrose was well known in the medi
cal-literary world.