life Pllttfcf CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SECTION TWO Pages 1 to 12 PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY T MORNING, FEBRUARY 28, 1909. NO. 9. VOL. XXVIII. New Spring Mer chandise Here in AH Departments 7?. Quality considered, our prices are always the lowest, both on regular and sale merchandise. As comparabve prices Po dand KiTTlFl tay are general exaggerated, and therefore misleading, they have been purpose y omitted in this advertisement. On comparison &J2. 11 CB. our ;aluetBwill be found to be equal or better than those asked for the same articles represented elsewhere as worth considerable more. -The values quoted in this advertisement are extraordinary. We ask you to inspect the merchandise. - Entirely Exclusive Lipman-Wolfe Novelties for Spring, 1909 In garments and dress fabrics of all kinds we show all the recent Paris color tones catawba, taupe, smoke gray, castor, wistaria, Italian blue, peacock, camel tan, wood brown, amethyst, chamois, olive green, laurel, vieux rose, loutre, ashes of rose, Rouen blue, bordeaux. As usual, many of the great makers confine their exclusive novelties to Lipman, Wolfe & Co. Nearly every new silk pattern is exclusive 'here. Here you will find exclusively the high novelties in Pel lard Tailor-Made Suits. Cheney's Foulards, Castleton Waists, Wolington Neckwear, Onyx Hosiery, La Vida, C B. and W. B. Corsets, Etc.. Etc. We call especial attention to a full showing: of the exquisite Tailored Suits of PELLARD, of New York and Paris. In these suits are seen the novel ideas of the leading- dressmakers of Paris. The colors are exclusive, the styles, are entirely different from the lower priced suits. Every day we open more new goods in each department. New neckwear in great variety. pring Lace and Embroidery Sale If we followed our usual policy of giving the former selling prices of these items, you could hardly believe them. We simply in Portland. Hundreds of oatterns in everv style of embroidery. assert UJal U1CSC vuu nave . ... - . . - - Embroideries at 23c the Yard Thousands of yards of extra grade Swiss, Nairiteook and Cambric Embroideries, in edges, insertions, double-edge bands, galloons and corset-cover embroideries, in a large variety of pat- 23c terns; special value, per yard... Embroideries at 17c the Yard Many dainty styles of new Embroideries in blind and open designs; widths to 15 inches; edges and insertions on 1 7C sheer or heavy cloth, at the exceptional low price, yard.. Nainsook Baby Patterns 15c Special lot of new designs in baby patterns in swiss and nain sook materials! open and blind designs; many patterns 1 i : i .i..o 10 Select irom; uuuautu raiucs, ovuu Allover Embroideries 67c Yd Several hundred yards of full 18-inch width allover embriid-' eries in many pretty styles, swiss and nainsook ma- Cl7 terials; special sale price " Valenc'nnes Wash Laces 2Vic Large variety of Plat Val. Wash Laces, with Edges and Inser tions to match. Many pretty patterns, at the very 1 2 V2C low price of Clean-Up of Laces at 19c Yard We offer some extraordinary special values at a general clean up price; many beautiful patterns in this lot, at the low price of Philadelphia Picture Sale Sensation at $1.00 In response to hundreds of Inquiries concerning a r e p e t i tion of our great " P h i 1 a d e lphia Picture Sale," which aroused the interest of all Portland picture lovers, we notify the Dublic that we have purchased 1000 framed of those in our former !sale the greatest values ever known in Portland at anv sale. All kinds of sizes and' subjects, treated in various styles, artistically, framed in fine quality hardwood frames. You owe it to yourself not to miss the extraordinary val- j- rr ues in this sale of pictures for ?l.vlV Women's Gloves, $1.15 One-clasp, extra grade Mocha Gloves in gray, brown and tan, every pair fitted by expert fitters. Mon- i - - day sale price 1-clasp, Dent style Cape Gloves, all sizes, in as- fc1 1C sortment of tans; most popular glove; Monday. .H wri 1 1 .mOKl-rK VtMdK3tjf III www ' f$ ifiifel mm iwfs nil Portland's Earliest complete Showing Popular Hats The display includes Black and Colored Hats, Russian and Spanish Turbans, Toques, Round Hats and Broad Brim Hats. "The extremely popular Spangled Hats are shown in a great va riety of styles. For the past three , years our Millinery Department has been without any com petition .in popular-priced hats. This Spring we have token another step forward, increasing the size of the department and placing Mr. McKim, of Marshall Field & Company, at the head. His experience in popular-priced hats and the won derful variety of his ideas will make this depart ment very interesting to foruaixi women. An Extraordinary Sale of New Jet and Spangled Turbans When the hand of fashion in Paris was seen to run strongly to jet and spangled turbans, our representative conceived the idea that it would be profitable to buy up the overstocks for our milliners to make up after Pans 4 wm models. It was in this way that Lipman-Wolfe's have been able to secure a large AjfK 4pXy O assortment of pretty new models to sell Monday at the low sale prices of $1.95 and pw.Zd Moire Taffeta Ribbon The new Moire Taffeta Ribbon, soft and lustrous, now popular for millinery, neckwear and trimming, the 4-inch width at the Lipman-Wolfe 25C busy Ribbon Section; extra special.....--4'' New Tailored Suits $27.50 Out of many hundreds of new suits we have selected this lot to sell as extra values at $27.50. They are smartest 1909 suits in black, navy, reseda, rose, olive, smoke and gray. Made of finest all-wool serges and fancy prunella cloths, in plain tailored and fancy trimmed styles. Every garment linen with peau de cygne or taffeta silk. Every GJ'j f5fj suit extraordinary value M. CVr Taffeta Silk Petticoats at $4.97 When Ton try to buy silk of equal quality by the yard you will understand what an ex traordinary value we give in these black and colored taffeta Silk Petticoats at $4.97. The idea of this sale is to demonstrate the worth of our policy of not quot- g4.9 7 inj the original selling price White Lawns 12 V2C Yd. New Spring Dress Goods New fabrics for Spring Suits in all the. leading and popular shades in materials suitable for Spring wear; all the staple colors in everything, as well as the recent Paris color tones. The new all-wool material for dressy costumes, in high silky luster; drapes perfectly; colors, black, navy, brown, canard, reseda, bid rose, stone green, tan, gray, etc., in stripes and plain weaves; 46-50 inches wide, at reduced prices $1.75, $1.50, $1.35 44-inch all-wool Panamas, in hairline stripes j, all colors; GQ best quality, at, per yard New Tailor Suiting in herringbone stripes, black and white stripes and checks, fancy stripes, in new shades of tan, gray, mode, canard, smoke, blue, etc.; priced at $1.50, $1.75, $2, $2.75. New pastel colors in broadcloth, Venetian and CO ff French serges. Prices, $2.00 and pJ.VJJ Our Silks Are Exclusive A very' special Monday sale of 6000 yards now White Lawn Checks and Stripes. Ex- 1212C traordlnary special value, a yard ' White Madras Waistlng and Suiting In more than 100 designs, specially priced for Monday's 25C Handkerchiefs, 12c All pure linen hand-embroidered Handker chiefs, convent-made, unlaundered, 1 Op any initial, very special at X Spring '09 Neckwear Stiff Embroidered Collars, novelty veniso and lawn Tab3, Collarettes, real and imitation baby Irish; Dutch collars in laces, 1'awn, stiff linen, chemisettes. Our Neckwear Section is now ready for Spring, 1909. . .. . . Pyrography Pens Pyrography Fire Pens for burning wood; can be attached to gas jet; to gether with instructions com- 1 plete. Sale Panels, stamped, all shapes 14 Glove-Handk'f Boxes, stamped.. 14 Watch Safes, specially redu. to..l9 Pillow Tops, 25c One of the best values in recent months is this superb assortment of Pillow Tops to be embroid- Otin ered. AH reduced to SiJy Newest Veilings We receive dally express shipments of new veiling's Novelty Two-Toned Veilings. Russians in a complete as sortment of seasonable colorings. Fancy and Plain Mesh Effects. Dotted Crea tions In fact everything that is new,.. We are now showing the largest and best assortment of Foulard Silks in exclusive styles. Many dress patterns in no two tyles alike, per yard $1.00, 91.25, $1.50 The greatest novelty of the season is the new Salome Silk, shown In all the new shades, 27 inches wide, on sale, per yard... SI. 3o Another novelty to be used extensively for two-piece suits is the new Pando Silk, a satin finish pongee and comes in all the new colors, 27 inches wide, at 81.25 To the Ladies of Portland: We solicit an inspection of our many silk novelties before making any silk purchases.. Sale Engrv'd Cards With Plates Such values as were never offered by any Portland establishment. Now is the time to get finest engraved cards at almost the cost of printed ones. We employ the most skillful designers and engravers, the immense vol ume of our business enabling us to employ workmen at higher wages than exclusive engravers. 100 Engraved Script Cards at 93c 100 visiting cards and copper plate, choice of four styles of fancy script, on best vellum tock, any size; sale price 93 100 Visiting Car ds .From Plate at 59c 100 visiting cards, printed from your plate, on best vellum cards, any size, for only.. 69 100 Engraved French Script Cards at $1.39 100 French script visiting cards and copper plate, engraved on best vellum stock, our sale .$1.39 price 100 Old English En graved Cards $1.89 J 00 solid Old English visiting cards and copper plate, on best vellum cards 81.89 Spec'l Prices on All Other Styles Engrvd Cards ACCIDENTS CLOSE BR DO E Steamer Olson & Mahony Rams Pier and Section Falls Out of Line. ST. HELENS STRIKES PILING Second Vessel Ads to Sftmage and Structure Will Be Closed for Sev eral Weeks Steel Bridge 13 Also Struck. Three serious accidents occurred yes terday afternoon on the Willamette River, one of which resulted in wreck ing the eastern part of the Burnside street bridge where It Joins the draw and closing the structure to all wagon and streetcar traffic. The first accident occurred soon after 4 o'clock when the- steamer Olson & Mahony, lumber and wheat laden, broke loose from the river towboat M. F. Henderson and rammed the pier at the east side of the draw, driving it three and one-half feet out of its posi tion and letting down the southern cor ner of the west span at least 14 inches and rendering it impossible tor traffic other than people on foot. The second accident occurred two hours later, when the schooner St. Hel ens, In charge of the towboat Sarah Dixon, attempted to pass through the draw of the same bridge. The St. Hel ens rammed the nose of the draw rest, crushing the piling on the point of the bulkhead and damaging It consid erably. The third accident occurred a few minutes after the second one, when the St. Helens and the Sarah Dixon virtually duplicated this performance at the Steel bridge, the damage to this latter structure being of little conse quence. Damage Runs Into Thousands. The damage to the Burnside bridge will run into the thousands, and will probably not be accurately estimated until engineers have had an oppor tunity to examine the structure thor oughly. It is said, however, that it will be several weeks before the re pairs can be made which will enable the bridge again to accommodate wag ons and streetcar traffic. In the mean time, with the Madison-street bridge closed forever, the traffic between the two sides c the river will be greatly crippled, the Steel and Morrison-street bridges being already badly crowded in rush hours. The wrecking of the Burnside-street bridge occurred at a time when traffic was very heavy. Fully 20 cars at either end of the bridge were caught and obliged to turn about and seek outlet from the blockade by round-about courses. Several thousand people were delayed and large numbers of people saw the maneuvering of the towboat M. Henderson with the steam er Olson & Mahony. which ended in the crash into the bridge. Many witnesses blame the towboat captain, J. L. Smith, with carelessness. Tries to Alter Course. The towboat and her charge left the docks of the Portland Mill, where the steamer had been loading lumber, and passed through the Morrison-street draw without mishap. As the Morrison-street draw was opened the towboat whistled for the Burnside draw. This opened promptly. All witnesses agree that the towboat came down the river too slowly to have steerage way. The craft tried to go through the west side of the draw. When they got even with the draw rest, the towboat captain saw that the passage could not be made without bumping into the bridge and he started up stream again. He then tried to get to the east side of the draw, but losing control of the big steamer, it broke away and crashed into the pier. The collision shook the eastern part of the bridge and caused a small panic among the people who were crossing. The pier which is composed of 21 piles surmounted by solid concrete and capped with a caisson of steel was moved three and one-half feet by the Impact. " The supports of the bridge span which rested on the top of this pier, having no sup port, sagged down until the entire span was twisted out of shape. Rods and framework running back as far as the center of the span were contorted and some broken In two. - H. Stutsman, foreman of the bridge, made an examination of the damages almost immediately after the accident and gave out the opinion that It would take many thousands of dollars to make repairs. He said: "I believe that the structure has been weakened irreparably by this collision. Repairs, of course, can be made, but it will never be as strong as It was unless an entire new span and pier are built." Statement of Bridge Engineer. Bridge Engineer McDonald, who was on duty at the time of the accident, said: "We had opened the draw long before the boats got near us, and It does seem that with 165 feet In the clear on either side of the draw a pilot ought to be able to get an ordinarywslzed boat through. I watched them closely, and it was un doubtedly the foolhardlness of the man in charge. The tug backed down stream towing the boat. They did not have enough headway to steer against the cur rent. When they neared the approach to the draw the current swung the bow of the steamer about, and they couldn't get her back into her course on their speed. They tried the east side of the draw un der the same speed, with the result that the eteamer got entirely away from them." County Commissioner W. I LIghtner was astonished at the news 'of the acci dent. He tried to find District Attorney Cameron, with a view to having im mediate steps taken toward having the responsible persons prosecuted for the damages. "I am investigating the matter," said he, "to learn upon whom the responsi bility rests, and if I find that the people in charge of the eteamer are responsible I will have steps taken, if possible, to have her stopped before she clears the Columbia bar. We can always get at the captain and owner of a river tow boat." The river at the present time is pnly three feet above the low water mark and the current la not strong. It is estimated to be between three and four river regulations say that until recently nearly all large steamers were escorted through the bridge draws with two tow boats when not under way on their own steam and it is not understood why the attempt was made with only one in this Instance. It is pointed out that under their own steam," 'the passage through the draw Is more safe with a pilot aboard. Aboard the Olson & Mahoney was Captain Al Betts, a Columbia River pilot Captain J. W. Shaver, of the Shaver Transportation Company, owners of the M. P. Henderson, said last night that his company was not responsible for the accident. He said that Cnptaln Smith was acting under the orders of the steamer's pilot. Captain Betts, and that If any mistakes were mads it was for Captain Betts to explain. The Burnslde-strcet bridge was thrown open to the public 15 years ago. It cost $285,000. The present mishap, in view of the already conKested condition of traffic and the unsatisfactory means of passage between the two halves of tha city, will be received by many thousands of Portland's residents as an affliction. Experlence-of Sarah Dixon. The towboat Sarah Dixon, In charge of Captain George M. Shaver, is also owned by the Shaver Transportation Company, and is the same boat which a few days ago rammed the steamer Elmore, seri ously damaging her stem, necessitating her being taken into drydock for repairs. Her tow, the St. Helens, was in charga of Captain Joseph Turner, also a Colum bia River pilot. The St. Helens broke away a llttla farther up the river than had the Olson & Mahony and struck the drawrest squarely broadside. Balanced on the point of the drawrest, with the current pressing evenly on both sides, the St. Helens hung there. While the captain of the towbott was trying to And some expe dient to release the steamer, the river itself solved the problem and the St. Helens, carried by the current, swung off and drifted through the eastern side of the draw. The towboat then raced through the western side and intercepted the big boat before it had floated down to crash into the Steel bridge. Had the position of the two boats been a little farther east, the St. Helens might have, completely wrecked the already crippled eastern half of the bridge. Having caught the runaway, the tow boat Dixon started for the Steel bridge where the same trouble was encountered. The bridge was held open 18 minutes while the towboat captain and the pilot on the steamer maneuvered to get through the draw. Official inquiry Into these- accidents will be instituted, it is said, and some effort made to instill more care into the work of the river boatmen. Complaints have been frequently heard from several of the bridges against the captain of the Sarah Dixon. MAKE ROADS ALONG HILLS CITY PARTY TO STJIT TO GET BACK VACATED STREETS. Design Is to Replat Ortaln Heights Property That Grades May Be Made Better. Property-owners on Portland Heights petitioned the Council about a year ago . to vacate a certain district, that had originally been platted with streets run ning at right angles. It was found that these proposed streets could not be cut through with any certainty of giving proper ingress and egress to the lands platted, and a petition was then sent to the Council to have the old plat nulli fied and a new plat substituted. In favor of this proposal, practically all owners interested Joined. It now develops that two or three land owners have decided to oppose the re platting of the section referred to, and an action has been instituted to compel them to hold to their signed agreement. Under the new plat building lots and improved sites, it Is said, will have road ways following the contour of the hills, making grades easy and furnshing better facility for the construction of streetcar lines, an extension of which Is projected through the district. Owners of property interested in the change in street plat secured the services of Attorney H. K. Sargent to look after their interests and D. E. Keasey, the principal owner of lands affected, has strongly advocated the change proposed. It was concluded fhat as the city 'government would be in terested In having the change In plat ear rled Into effect, a letter was ssnt to City Attorney Kavanaugh, and yesterday a reply was received informing Mr. Sargent that the Council had authorized the City Attorney to become a party defendent in the suit threatened by the two or three owners opposing the improvement. The letter sent to the City Attorney follows: J. P. Kavanaugh, City Attorney Dear Sir: On October 24. 19)7. the City Council passed ordinance No. 1715S, vacating cer tain designated lots and blocks and por tions of streets In the City of Portland, upon the petition of D. E. Keasey, which petition had attached thereto, and made part thereof, the consent of the various owners of the property affected. The pe tition expressly states that a modifica tion of the portion of the city sought to be vacated is made desirable by reason of the declivitous and steep nature of the same: and that the cost of improving the same as originally laid out would be very great, and, if improved, would be prac tically valueless as thoroughfares, by reason of the extremely heavy gradients; that the object of the petitioners in va cating the same was to file immediately upon such varation a new and amended plat of the portion of the city embracing the lots and blocks and portions off streets proposed to be vacated, and a copy of the proposed amended plat, to gether with a copy of the existing plat of said portions of the city,, was appended to the petition and made a part thereof. Acting upon this petition, which in cluded the consent of ttie owners and the proposed plat, the city passed said ordinance vacating the premises, In ac cordance with the prayer of the petition. Under section 363 of the charter of the City of Portland, the owners of all lots bordering upon vacated streets became the owners of the portions of streets va- Drf Arthur W. Chance and perhaps one or two others who signed their consent to the petition and thereby became parties thereto now refuse to execute the new plat rededicatlng said vacated portion, In accordance with the terms of the peti tion, and I am directed by D. E. Keasey ri th.n who are Interested In the matter to Institute appropriate proceed ings to compel tnose reiusmK so iu cate, to execute the amended plat which has been prepared, pursuant to the terms of the ordinance of vacation. I deem the city a necessary party to tM nlt and resnectfully request that you secure permission from the proper autnoniy io jmvc mt w.ij r ... plaintiff to the proceedings to enforce said dedication. Yous very respectfully, H. K. SARGENT. Ranchman Shot From Ambush. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Feb. 27. While on his way from Ada, Okla., to his ranch tonight A. A. Bobbitt. a wealthy ranchman and ex-United States Marshal in Indian Territory, was shot from ambush and killed. Bobbitt was miles an hour. Men conversant with the ja prominent Democratic politician.