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Jittttfitft SECTION FOUR Pages 1 to S DRAMATIC and SPORTINC VOL. XXVIII. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 7, 1909. NO. 10. KAISER HAS CZAR Russia, rooted to some S2.000 square miles of the soli, controlling by far the greater portion of the trade of the country, backed up by a formid able amount of capital, to a large ex tent under military organization, and Innocent of any pretension to Russian citizenship. It is no longer a German Invasion; it is a German occupation. e$5 mm OF 21 3 PALM HAND 9 You may have but one room to furnish. get our special price this week on the outfit. If you have several rooms to fur nish it is still more important that you get our figures, for the larger the outfit the more we can tave you. We're supplying the moat complete, artistic and thoroughly handsome home outfits that can be seen anywhere in Oregon, and our special prices are absolutely and positively 25 to 35 per cent lower than those of any other home-furnishing institution making a similar offer. DON'T select an outfit anywhere until you have our PRESENT PRICES you can't afford to disregard the saving pos sibilities presented in our special offerings of this week. $40 mahogany $35 mahogany $30 mahogany $29 solid oak $25 solid oak $20 solid oak $18 solid oak Others as low 20 Per Cent Discount on all Fine Ma hogany and Solid Oak Extension Tab 1 es 150.00 Solid Oak Table. .. S IO.OO f 45.00 Solid Oak Table. .. S3.00 40.00 Solid Oak Table. . .832.00 136.00 Solid Oak Table. . .S29.00 130.00 Solid Oak Table. . .$24. OO $25.00 (20.00 $15.00 Other Sample Iron Bed Sale We only have one of a kind of these samples and they are beauties. $34.00 Half Brass Bed for. ...... JR2 OO $20.00 Enameled Beds SI fi OO $18.00 Enameled Beds S1500 $15.00 Enameled Beds S1200 $12.00 Enameled Beds SIOOO $9.00 Enameled Beds jbt on $6.00 Enameled Beds S4 75 VlVt Enameled Beds 3'.7S $3. io Enameled Beds S2.SO 1 Wm. Gactsby & Sons'1 March Furniture Sale 20 Per Cent Reduction on all odd . Chiffoniers Chiffoniers, Chiffoniers, Chiffoniers, Chiffoniers, Chiffoniers, Chiffoniers, Chiffoniers, as S32.00 28.00 $24.00 $23.00 $20.00 16.00 $14.00 ..$8.50 Biggest Value Ever Offered Rocker Bargains. Beat these if you can for the money Three styles of Rocker s take your choice: oak or ma hogany finish; reg. price 1, ' GADSBYS PRICE $2.50 Royal Oak Table. .820.00 Royal Oak Table. .816.00 Royal Oak Table. .810.00 Ex. Tables, 6 ft. for...86.50 WE HAVE NO RENT , TO PAY. THAT'S WHY WE SELL FOR LESS. THIS HANDSOME 20 wmcess ? i i nr Dresser H 1 A Princess Dresser, with oval or Bhaped French bevel mirror, fin ished golden: regular $20 value Gadsby'a price Sll.SO t 9 $ 5O.00 Parlor Parlor Suit, five pieces, beautifully finished, rich dark verona; regular price $50.00. Sale price Dresser Bargfn $9.50 This Dresser, finished in a rich golden oak color, with French .beveled plate mirror; regular retail .value, $12.50: Gadsby'a price S9.SO WE CAN SHOW YOU 375 DIFFERENT PAT TERNS OF Room-Size RUGS "Without any trouble with our rug display racks Brussels Rugs, Dunlap, 9x12.. . . SO.OO Brussels Burlington. 9x12 S1S.OO Koyal Brussels Rugs. 9x12. SilS.OO Wilton Velvet Runs, 9x12, guar anteed 20 years Jt27.50 Bagdad Wiltons. 9x12 JR39.75 A x m 1 n a ter Rugs. Imported. 9x12 S25.25 Burmah Pro-Brussels. 9x12... ,$10.NO Extra quality Ingrain. 9x12 S9.75 Larger and Smaller Sizes in Proportion. Suit $27.00 mahogany, upholstered in $27.00 $35 Range for $27.50 All are guaranteed for ten years. Trad er Mange, with high closet and duplex grate. spring-balanced oven doors. This Is a heavy, substantial and dur able range, made of the best quality rold-rolled steel. Adapted for coal or wood. Oven thoroughly braced and bolted, asbestos lined throughout, nickel-trimmed, section plate top. Gadsbys' price 827.50 S ' J Colonization of Russia by Ger mans Gives Them Huge Power in Country. MANY GERMAN VILLAGES Clever Folk of "Fatherland" Have Built rp System of Control That Startles Thinking; Slavs. ST. PETERSBURG. March . (Spe cial.) To the uninitiated It must seem a peculiar fact that, while Russia suc ceeds In borowlng enormous sums of money from Franca and a little from England and Holland, she raises not & single kopek from her wealthy Ger man neighbor, whose friendliness with Russia has been a tradition since the time of the Napoleonic wars. Why does not Germany, on her part, seek to acquire the profit and political in fluence that always follow on the ad vance of Important sums of money to a. foreign nation? The truth is that Germany has satis fied herself that she Is obtaining a far more real and tangible hold on Russia by actual occupation of Russian terri tory and the centers of Russian com mercial life than she would by holding any amount of the script Issued by the Imperial Bank at St. Petersburg. It Is easy to see this from the tone of the German financial press, which does not think much. of the credit of the Rus sian Government, but is fully awake to the resources of the Russian nation, and these It knows Germany holds in the hollow of her hand. Bis German Population. There are certain facta little talked of which have been brought to light recently through the activity of the leaders of the Panslavlst movement, and which should be kept well in mind by students of the Near East problem of today. First, the last Government census, made In 1S97, sets down the German residents In Russia as 1.783, 000. to which number must be added 5,110,000 Jews whose language Is a Ger man dialect Intermixed with a little Hebrew and whose racial ties and tra ditions are German and not Russian. This makes close on 7.000.000 Germans of a total population of 104.000.000 In European Russia at that time. The proportion is not appreciated in its true significance till it is remem bered that the towns and cities of Rus sia only contain some 13.000.000 in habitants, and that the German and Jewish elements are concentrated al most entirely in the towns and cities. They are thus seen to constitute about one-half their, entire population. The position held by German trades men in St. Petersburg, Moscow. Odessa. Lodz, and the other great commercial cities is paramount. In less known districts It amounts almost to auto nomy. This is particularly the case along the lower Volga, where the Ger man residents elect civil magistrates who scarcely ever speak a word of Russian In the exercise of their func tions. Kntlro Villages German. Tt is very noteworthy how the va rious German colonies are kept at tached by political ties and organiza tions to their country of orlicln. In the Vistula and Baltic provinces entire German villages have been received as immigrants en masse: the site of their new home Is always some point of strategic importance on Russian terri tory, and they are generally financed for the enterprise by certain of the Berlin banks. Along the Vistula, Ger man social and socio-political insti tutions have flourished for years past, gymnastic clubs, cycling clubs, sing ing clubs, even rifle clubs exist, the members of which are drilled to the use of the service weapon and regu larly Inspected by German officers. This all takes place on Russian terri tory and under the full observation of the Impassli-e Russian authorities, who seem to attach no significance to the fatt that whole regiments of German rifiemen march unrestrictedly through the villages of Russian Poland, court ing public sympathy and enthusiasm with their stirring chorus of the "Wacht am Rheln." What Is plainer than that Russia Is being Germanized by a people of su perior Intelligence, thrift and Ingenu ity? To use a cant phrase, the Ger mans in Russia "Mead their own life"; they hold their little "lmperlum in im perlo" without molestation of any sort. They have their own newspapers, their own churches, their own theaters, their own banks, their own schools and sys tem of education. The political or ganization of the German residents under the control of the great central ized club, known as the "Altdeutscher Verband." would deserve an essay for itself. Hold Much Land. In Russian Poland no less than 4220 square miles of the total 49.160 square ml!es comprised by that province are held by Germans as their own prop erty: in the southwest. Volhynla. I'k ranla and -.cw Russia, another 4220 square miles of a total of 104.970 square miles: In Lithuania, 1260 square miles of a total of 47.040 square miles; In addition to which. In these prov inces alone. M. Vergun estimates that 4500 houses and 1SO0 factories, repre senting a value of $150,000,000. are possessed by Germans. The districts mentioned take In roughly the whole of Western Russia most of the land lying west of the line drawn from St. Petersburg to tho Crimea, Of this tract, the figures quoted show that about one-twentieth Is owned by Ger mans. Their total holding of land in European Russia, exclusive of Finland. M. Vergun places at Si. 640 square miles, which makes a little less than a sixtieth of the entire area of 1.951, 000 square miles. To sum up. it Is estimated that In Russia at the present moment there are over 2.000.000 Germans, mostly of Prussian origin, distributed in 2755 colonies, and largely under military organization. There are besides 6.250. 000 German-speaking Jews, whose na tional sympathies at least are Ger man, and who are mostly grouped In the Western provinces, where there is most fear of Invasion. There is thus today a German host of 7,250,000 In WED UNDER ARMED GUARD Irish Couple Have Police Protect Them During Ceremony. LONDON. March 6 SpecIal.) An ex traordinary scene has been witnessed at a Roman Catholic wedding in Castlcgar, County of Galway. a farmer who is boycotted and whose house was attacked by armed men a day or two ago. was married under protec tion of the police, who guarded the church throughout the ceremony. After the wedding there came the "dragging home," a local custom. The bride and bridegroom on a side car were at the head of a procession of about 40 cars. In which rode the guests. Who bnd h.. n 1 n 1. 1 . , n .i i 1 1 --- ... -. . ivj viia weuainK. The rear of the cavalcade waa brought y me ponce, mounted on bicycles. On arrival .t Carnmore. the future home of tho bride. It was found that a large force of constables, armed with rifles, had, been sent there by the authorities who feared that after the attack on Mr. Greallsh's house there might be a re newal of hostilities. POSTERS TOO REALISTIC Faris Police Asked to Stop Allusion to Steinheil Case by Theater. PARIS. March 6. (Special.) The police have been asked to Interfere in a mat ter bearing on theatrical advertisement which Intereferes. or promises to Inter- wiin mo courae of Justice. Mine. Steinheil is In prison and accused of be ing an accessory to the murder of her husband and that of her mother. But she has not been found guilty, for she has not yet been tried. In a little theater near the Montpar nasse Railway Station a play, called, "le Crime de l'lmpasse." ia toeing given In which Mme. Bteinheil'a name and those of other people figure in very slight dis guise upon the programme. Immense posters are to be seen all over the neighborhood, which read: "If you want to know the truth about the Steinheil case go to the theater to see Le Crime de Impasse." " In the play. Mme. Stein heil takea a very active share in the mur der, and the police are now being asked by Mme. Stelnhell's lawyers to have the posters withdrawn. WOMEN VOTE IN DENMARK Surrraglsts Stump Country Crglng Sisters to Exercise Privilege. COPENHAGEN. March . f Special.) March will see the first result of the fleht for votes for women In Denmark. For the first time unmarried women, whose yearly income amounts to $200 or married women whose husband's Income Is of the same amount will possess votes, as well as being eligible for membership of muni cipal councils. The different parties have already jet to work, especially In Copenhasen and at pearly every meeting women speak from the platform challenging women to is their newly won privilege, for tt Is still an open question how many women will really vote. It Is certain however, that those belonging to the working classes will exert their newly acquired right. SEND LETTERS BY WIRE French Postal Authorities Now Rival Telegraph Companies. PARIS. March 6. (Special.) The French Postal Department has lately In augurated a novelty In correspondence, which might bo of considerable use In other countries. This is the telegraphic letter. There is always a time in France It Is .between 9 P. M. and 4 A. M. when the telegraphic lines are not over burdened with messages. It has occurred to the Department that these off hours mtaht be used to advantage. Therefore. If you miss the post for a provincial town In France today, you can. at the rate of 1 words for 30 cents, have your let ter telegraphed and delivered by ths first post in the morning. The scheme is so simple and is working so well here that there seems no reason why it should not soon be adopted all over the world. WALKER 105 YEARS OLD Centenarian Match for 50-Year-Old Son and Drinks Ale. VIENNA. March 6 (Special.) The papers publish Interesting particulars con cerning a centenarian named Kd'iuarJ Dolling, who Is 105 years of age and has 23 sons. Dolling, who spends his time wandering from one watering place 1n Bohemia to another. Is In robust health and a great walker. In this respect he Is a match for one of his younger sons, who Is over GO yearn of age. The centenarlnn drinks from eight to ten tankards of ale dally. He declares that he Is not well unless he consumes this quantity. PUTS TAX ON BACHELORS Bulgaria Makes AH Over SO Help to Support Schools. SOFIA. Bulgaria, March 6. (Special.) The Sohranje has voted a tax on bache lors. Every unmarried man over thirty will pay an annual tax of ten francs In addition to all other Imposts. Tho pro ceeds will be devoted to education. According to the latest Uttlstics. 27.600 bachelors will be affected by the new tax. Most of them dwell In the towns. In the villages It is the custom to marry between the aces of 19 and 24. More Sleep to Prolong Life. LONDON". March . (Special.) W. Roh son. sanitary Inspector to the urban dis trict council of Leadgate. a small mining and Iron manufacturing town in North west Durham, advances as a remedy for the hteh rate of infantile mortality that an act should be passed compelling the curfew bell to be rung In every town and city at S P. M.. warning people, under penalty, to have all children un der 12 months old In bed at that hour. His view Is that Infantile mortality is due to the custom of keeping young chil dren out of doors at hours when they ought to be in bed and asleep. - i
