Venice Medallions
Mail Orders Carefully Filled.' Express Prepaid on $5 Purchases
Trimming Braids
NEW IDEA
PATTERNS
10c
All Styles and Sizes
NEW IDEA
MAGAZINE
10c
50 Cents a Year
VALUES TO 75c EACH
A wonderful assortment of Venise Medallions in both, largo and
small patterns, elaborate designs; a full showing of this sea
VALUES TO 35c YARD
Trimming Braid? in one great lot, consisting of odd pieces from
the neat little novelty guimps and pearling to 14-inch
braids; a great assortment to choose from, all colors and de
signs. Regular values up to 35c a yard, specially K
priced at
son's novelties in a broken assortment. Values to
15c
75c each, specially priced for this sole.
Mew Fall and Winter Goods of High Quality at Low Prices
t, rzhon ir disclose without reservations, the wonderful collection of fashionable wearables, and the unsurpassed assortments of new Fall and Winter merchandise we have gathered for your consideration. We feel very proud of the results of
months rf llSZlSZ Sd StoSEX Kus to show you our new offerings. We want you to become fully acquainted with our styles, our qualities and outplays Come now, no matter whether you intend malung a purchase or not. In
nomas 01 planning uu J.. r ... ,. j a with thn rrnn fi-nA plRPwtiAm Wn kslv our ajwrn-troentit ar lanrar onr varieties broader, onr n rices lower.
Now
.Tw JrVn,P our goods and our prices with those you find elsewhere. We say our assortments are larger, our varieties broader, our prices lower.
New Fall Underwear
For fclie Men
MERINO SHIRTS AND DRAWERS THAT FIT PERFECT
LY AND WILL WEAR EXTRA WELL, REGU- K Ka
LAR 75c VALUES, SPECIAL AT UWV
We are beginning the season with
an unusual offering of men's Un
derwear fine merino shirts and
drawers made of excellent qual
ity material in natural gray, me
dium weight; shirts are self
faced, front and neck bound with
tape ; drawers have suspender
straps and good pearl buttons.
Best 75c values, sale fC K
,f price, per garment .
SHSSv- Men's Dress Shirts, QRn
wi&L $1 .25 Values C
An extra special offering of men's Dress Shirts, made coat
style, witL full pleated bosom; they come in plain white, are
well made and fit comfortably. Best $1.25 values, QCp
special for Monday and Tuesday Js
MEN'S FLANNEL SHIRTS, REGULAR ?L25
VALUES
,99c
A special sale of men's blue flannel Shirts, made of excellent I
thev come double-breasted style, with soft button- Q Q
down collar, and sell regularly at $1.25, special at. . w
CHILDREN'S SWEATERS, REGULAR $1.00 AQn
VALUES Wis
A special offering of children's wool Sweaters, made coat style
and trimmed with white pearl buttons; they come in gray,
' trimmed in blue, red and white and navy and red. 1 Q
The best $1.00 values, special at. . J J
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ORED
Tailored in the latest Fall - fashion, a suit combining style and service
ability; plainly tailored long coat, fitted or semi-fitted, pleated or gored
skirt, of an exceptional quality serge in plain or novelty weave; many
colors, including black, navy, gray, reseda, brown ift
and other colors of different shades tJIIOtUU
Full-Length Black Coats Three Prices
Long Coats of black broadcloth and lightweight kersey, full length and
fitted or semi-fitted, principally plainly tailored effects, with collar and
cuffs of same cloth or velvet; an elegantly finished garment throughout,
and lined or semi-lined with a fine quality satin linings
12.50, $16.50 and $19.50
Skirt Special $6.50 Vals. Only $4.50
A Walking Skirt special for the week, of fine quality worsted panama, in
black, navy, brown; full gored and pleated effects, plain or J A Eif
finished with fold of satin to match. Worth $6.50 ?": J VP
Good Black Sateen Petticoats at $1.50
Petticoats of good quality black sateen, several different styles deep
flounce, plain with straps, others finished with two rows of shirring
and featherstitched ruffle. An exceedingly good ft
Petticoat for the money V V V
A Wonderful Showing
in Dress Goods
Fabricsj
We want to introduce to our I
Black Goods Department those
who are unacquainted with it,
so we've arranged this sale
with a view to making it worth
your while to visit this sec
tion just now. Here are ten of
the most important offerings:
46-inch shadow striped black Serges ..
46-in. uhantom striped blk. Worsteds.
44-inch fine black Henriettas
44-inch fine black Chiffon Taffeta
44-ineh fine black Knebulok Mohair.
44-inch fine black wool Satins
45-inch fine black French Voiles...!
45-inch fine black wool Taffetas....
50-inch fine black Ocean Serges...,.
42-inch fine black Queens Cloth....
A WONDERFUL.
SHOWING AT
A YARD
Unquestionably these are the greatest black Dress Goods values
in this caty. There's a great assortment awaiting your inspection.
Well-Made Under mus
lins on Special Sale
Our Underwear is made under the most sanitary conditions by the most
skilled seamstresses and has every advantage of the best home-made under-'
wear. Great care has been given to the selection of the materials used in
the manufacture. We are showing an extensive line of these garments,
reasonably priced. It will pay you to investigate them. These' specials for
tomorrow and Tuesday:
COMBINATION SUITS, REGULAR $1.75
VALUES
A full line of Combination Suits, made of good quality nainsook and daintily
trimmed with pretty embroideries, laces and ribbons; they come in combi
nation skirt and corset cover or drawers and corset cover, !" S Q
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$1.18
For Tomorrow and Tuesday and are regular $1.75 values, specially priced at
WOMEN'S GOWNS, $1.25 AND $1.50 QOp
VALUES ., UOs
A fine assortment of women's Gowns, made of extra heavy out
ing flannel in the neat pink and blue-striped effects or plain
white; they coroe with or without, collar, and are well made
and neatlv trimrr.ed, made good full size and nicely Qf
finished. "Regular $1.25 and $1.50 values, special ..' J
.MUSLIN SKIRTS, BEST $1.75 fc-J OK
VALUES. $&U
A showing of women's Skirts, made of excellent quality cam
bric, with extra deep flounce of fine embroidery; other styles
have rows of fine Val. lace insertion; all made good full
width and finished with cambric dust ruffle fc "9 O K
and underpiece. Keg. $1.75 values, special at . .P
An Unsurpassed Showing" of New
-Black Silks and Satins
Now is the opportune time for prudent women to select black
together this season an unusually large stock that women of
as it is possible to make them. We invite your inspection
YARD-WIDE BLACK PEAU DE 0YGNE AT 1.25
One of the most popular new Fall weaves yard-wide black
Peau de Cygne,, a heavy, brilliantly finished, durable silk that
makes up beautifully; a fabric that wears most satisfactorily.
YARD-WIDE SATIN PHOENJX AT $1.50
Yard-wide black satin Phoenix, a yarn-dyed silk of heavy
weight in a soft weave; rich and beautiful; a silk that will
not slip or break, and extremely fashionable for Tall wear.
BLACK OTTOMAN SILK AT $1.00 YARD
24-inch black Ottoman corded Silk in a number of attractive
weaves;' comes in a good heavy weight in a perfect black. Un
matehable quality at this price.
Silks and Satins for Pall and Winter needs. We have gathered
good taste will appreciate, and we have made the prices as low
of these offerings:
BLACK ME S SALINE SILK AT 65 AND 75
Full-width black Swiss Messaline; comes in a soft, clinging
weave, guaranteed purest of silk; a rich, elegant fabric; comes
in two grades very much underpriced.
SKINNER'S SATINS AT $1.50
A full showing of the celebrated Skinuer Satins, a fabric war
ranted to give two seasons' wear; comes full .16 inches wide, in
over 30 new Fall shades.
BELDING BROS. SATINS AT $1.00
A complete stock of Belding Bros. ' yard-wide Satins ; they come
in all the new Fall shades, including black, and are guai-anteed
to wear satisfactorily.
1
RETURN
TO
FAVDIiS RECEIVED
of th new Minister to the United
States could be learned, it was said
that he was a member of the progres
sive party and bad received his educa
tion in part in the United States. In
the party to arrive on the Siberia are
60 students, who will be eaucatea tn
the United States.
Sends Commission to America
to Buy Warships and
Equip New Army.
EUROPE IS TURNED DOWN
Kmptrw Reciprocate Friendship by
Planning' to Spend $20,000,000
In rnted States New Min
ister Js on Waj.
RAJ? FRANCISCO. Oct. . One of the
moat Important commissions that China
baa sent to the United States, so far
as the open 6uor policy is concerned,
will arrive October 28 on the steamer
Siberia, according; to Captain Charles
E. Ettl, artillery Instructor to the Im
perial Chinese army, who with Wang
Chen, of the Chinese Foreign Office,
arrived todav on the Corea. The new
Chinese Minister, whose name aas not
yet been given out. probably will be
a passenger on the same steamer. Mr.
Wans; left tonight for Washington on
business.
Bay Warship and Arms.
The business of the commission will
be to visit all the shipyards and arms
factories of the United States with a
view to purchasing modern equipment
for the Chinese army and to contract
for four cruisers and as many gun
boats as a nucleus for a new Chinese
navy. The commission was originally
intended for England, but powerful In
fluences were exercised to have, the
United States visited first. On the out
come of the tour of Inspection will de
pend the placing of contracts for 120.
000.000 worth or more of battleships
and war munitions.
IlerlprocAe American Favors.
The project. It Is said, met strong
opposition from LJ Ching Mai. Chinese
Minister to Austria, and his brother,
IJ Ching- Fang, head of the Wu King
Railway, who was at one time secre
tary of the legation at London, both of
whom, it Is reported here, preferred to
send to England for warships. Only
after It had been pointed out that the
United States on more than one occa
sion had shown the strongest friend
ship for China and that it was time
the Chinese government reciprocated,
was the destination of the commission
decided upon.
While no Information, as to the name j
SAY ANTI-BETTING LAW VOI D
Jockey Clubs Base Allegation on Va
lidity of Wallace Election.
TJE"W YORK. Oct. 9. The Coney Island
and Brooklyn Jockey Clubs, which were
indicted recently with 30 bookmakers and
detectives for alleged violation of the law
against betting at racetracks, served no
tice today that they would on October 15
interpose a demurrer on the ground that
the Hart-Agnew law waa unconstitu
tional. They assert that the special election
which sent William C. Wallace to the
State Senate from Niagara County was il
legal. Without Mr. Wallace's vote the
Hart-Agnew bin would have been defeated.
ABDUL TRIES TO ESCAPE
Reaches Street In Diagulse, Caught
nd Taken Back.
LONDON. Oct. 9. The Belgrade corre
spondent of the Telegraph says that Ab
dul Ham Id, the deposed Sultan of Turkey,
has attempted to escape from his villa
prison at Salonlca.
He is said to have had a workman
brought in to do certain repairing. He
professed to be annoyed at the man's
dirty appearance and ordered him to take
a bath before he did the work.
While the man was bathing, his clothes
were taken to Abdul Hamid, who donned
them and passed from the garden Into
the street. There he was recognized by
one of the guards and taken back.
TO TEST CORPORATION TAX
Insurance Association Says 1 Per
Cent Is Confiscatory.
CICINNATI. Oct. 9. The American
Life Insurance Association today
elected Isaao Hamilton, of Chicago,
president.
Resolutions adopted declare that the
association will test the validity of the
corporation tax In the courts: that a
tax over 1 per cent is confiscatory for
Insurance companies, and that all states
should have the same tax on Insur
ance business.
KANSAS HOTELS CLOSING
NEW FIKE ESCAPE LAW DRIVES
HOSTELRIE8 TO WALIi.
ed his campaign In connection with Slgnor
Igleslas. whose newspaper. El Progresso,
menaced the government with a revolu
tion If the troops were embarked for
Morocco.
The Investigating Judge submitted the
deposition of a witness who declared
that he heard Ferrer say: "If It is neces
sary we will do rs they did in Russia."
John Kruskl had her husband arrested
on the charge of cruelty, he denied her
accusation, but admitted to Sergeant
J. P. Landy, in the office of the Hu-
mane Society, that he ate dog meat and
liked it. Kruukl said he procured a
small dog, slaughtered It and ate it.
He said he Insisted on his wife eating
of It also, and said he sttw no reason
why she should not. He declared it
waa nice, tender meat, taated wall and
made him strong.
Slany Smaller Towns Without Ac
coiumodations for Travelers.
Protests Number Thousands.
TOPEKA. Kan., Oot. 9. Hotels
throughout Kansas are closing rapidly,
and, unless the provisions of the new
fire-escape statute are overlooked.
many of the smaller towns will soon be
without hostelrles. Meantime protests
are deluging officials here. One clerk.
who occupies a little office on the
fourth floor of the Capitol building, is
receiving more than five times as
much first-class mall matter as does
the Governor.
This clerk Is J. v- Deacon, the man
selected by the State Board of Health
to conduct the hotel inspection which
has been in progress for six months.
Nearly 100 letters a day come to
Deacon and every one of these is a
protest against tne enforcement oi ina
law requiring outside fire-escapes on
all hotel buildings of more than two
stories in height, and special rope-es
capes In every room above the ground
floor.
Of 1700 regular hotels In towns and
cities of the state. It Is believed fully
1000 will go out of business.
CONVICTED WOMAN TO DIE
Battle Monument Unveiled.
POINT PLEASANT. W. Vs., Oot. 9.
With ceremonies conducted by the
Grand Lodge of Masons of West Vir
ginia and Virginia, and with Federal
officers present the monument com
memorating the battle of Point Pleas
ant, claimed here to be the first bat
tle of the Revolution, was unveiled at
Tu-Endie-Wel Park today.
Piano tuning;. The Wiley B. Alien Co.
Confesses Murder and Gets Death
Sentence In Germany.
GU9TROW, Germany, Oct. 9. A ver
dict of guilty was banded down yester
day In the case of Agusta Zobel. a Ber
lin milliner, charged with the murder
last March of Frieda Barthold, a young
opera singer.
The motive of the crime was Jealousy.
The accused woman was sentenced to
death. She set forth In her testimony
that she had been betrayed by a Berlin
commercial traveler, who later cast her
off and became engaged to Frauleln
Barthold.
Frauleln Zobel averred that she intend
ed only to shoot the singer in the throat
and ruin her voice.
Spanish Rebel on Trial.
BARCELONA. Oct. 9. The trial by
court-martial of Ferrer, former director
of the Modem School of Barcelona, ac
cused of having been the principal Insti
gator of the recent revolutionary move
ment In Barcelona, is proceeding here.
The evidence comprises letters from
Freemasons and free thinkers residing In
various foreign countries, as well as po
litical and revolutionary documents re
ferring to the organization of a universal
proletariat society.
It was emphasised that Ferrer conduct-
Prepare Uniform Pharmacopeia.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 9. To bring about
greater uniformity In the different phar
macopoeias of the principal countries of
tha world, an International commission
has been established, which la to be a
means of communication among the
commissions engaged In the proposed re
vision, according to a report made to
Surgeon-General Wyman, of the public
health and marine services, by Dr. Reid
Hunt, chief of the division of pharma
cology.
Likes Dog; Meat, Wife Doesn't.
MINNEAPOLIS. Oct. 9. After Mrs.
MERCHANTS
SAVINGS & TRUST
COMPANY
Cor. Sixth and Washing
ton Streets.
Check Accounts accept
ed without restrictions aa
to amounts.
Savings Accounts may
be opened with $1.00 or
more, on which interest is .
paid.
Trust Accounts received
for future distribution or
for investment.
(Bond Issues
and negotiated.
arranged
Trustee for estates, in
dividuals and corporate
bodies; for bond issues;
under wills ; in all rela
tions affecting real prop
erties. Sales Agent for prop
erties ,strictly and only on
commission.
"We solicit consultation
or correspondence per
taining to any phase of
our service.
Head
quarters for
Misses'
Suits
Portland' Largest Suit House and Waist Shop
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We have
every size
in
Women's
Suits,
regular and
stouts, from
34 to 57.
A Wonderful Showing of Women's New Fall Garments
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Worth Your Wfule to Visit Us
A Wonderful Sale of Women's Stylish New
Fall Tailored Garments as Illustrated
Fully Worth
345.00 at .
We pride ourselves upon making the best offers of Tailored Suits
for women iu Portland at this time.
This sale surpasses any that we have ever announcpd, right at tha
beginning of the Fall season.
These Suits are made from Imported Broadcloth, Diagonal Serges,
Homespuns and Mannish Worsteds. Every Suit has the finest of
yarn-dyed guaranteed satin lining.
Coats are 50 inches long; skirts are in the new fancy full pleated
models. All the new Autumn colors.
SHOP AS MUCH AS YOU WILL. YOU'LL NOT VlND VALUER
LQUAL TO THESE IX TOWN. SPECIAL FOR Q0 A
MONDAY $45.00 VALUES I J
WHY PAY MORE
BARGAINS IN WOMEN'S FALL SHOES
Great Price-Cutting Sale Patent Colt, Velour Calf, Viei Kid All
Styles Button and Lace.
$3.50 GRADES CUT DOWN TO $2.45 PAIR. 1
$4.00 GRADES CUT DOWN TO 2.95 PAIR.
$5.00 GRADES CUT DOWN TO $3.45 PAIR. ;
$6.00 GRADES CUT DOWN TO $3.95 PAIR. '
EVERY PAIR GUARANTEED.
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The stock consists of all new goodg, made
by John H. Cross Co. and P. J. Harney Co., Lynn, Mass.