SECTION THREE
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EDITORIAL ,
AND SOCIETY
PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1910.
NO. 19
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Experienced Salespeople Wanted in All Depts., Permanent Positions to Competent People, Apply at Once
.Agents Warner Corsets Complete Stock-Royal Worcester, Bon Ton, Marquise and Rerigo Belt Corsets
See $1,000,000 Removal Sale Amr!LOviiiLceiiieit
Greater Olds-Wortmara-Ilirk g StorePages O and 7
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Women's amd OHIlclre.xiL's Apparel
Incltideci im tHe Great Removal Sale
See Pages 6 and 7 for Bis' $1,000,000 Removal Sale Announcement
SUITS. COATS, COSTUMES. WAISTS, DRESSES, ETC.
$7.50 Sweaters
Special at $3.95
A sale of women's pure wool
Sweaters, made of extra quality
soft finish very strong yarn;
knitted fancy, with shawl col
lars, double-breasted, pockets on
' sides, trimmed with pearl but
tons; all sizes, styled in the long
lengths; colors are. white, oxford
and cardinal; our regular val
ues up to $7.50; re- JJO QC
moval price, at, ea.
$3.50 to $5 Coat
Sweaters at $1.95
A lot comprising about 2o0
women 's coat style Sweaters, in
medium length, double or single-breasted,
Norfolk styles, in
novelty weaves, roll collars, and
trimmed with pearl buttons; all
sizes; colors are oxford, cardi
nal, navy and white; our regu
lar stock values from $3.50 to
$5; removal price, QC
while they last, ea. pl.0
Unrestricted choice of our entire stock of Women's, Misses' and Children's ready-to-wear apparel included in the
sweeping Removal Sale reductions. Enthusiasm increases as the sale progresses. The coming week promises many
nljargain attractions better and prompter service. Hundreds of new employes have been added to our force.
Come to this great bargain feast. Help us to open our beautiful new store with a complete new stock of goods.
25 SilK Dresses at $9.95
$45Silk
Dresses for
A lot comprising 150 Silk Dresses; all
new; this Spring's styles; Taffetas, Mes-
salines, etc.; rich, lustrous, two-toned
effects or , changeable Taffetas ; styled
with accordion plaited skirt, bodice and
sleeves, with lace yokes ; plain silks
styled with tunic effect, panel front
skirts, net yokes and cuffs, trimmed in
braids and self -covered buttons; there's
Messaline with richly trimmed yokes,
plaited skirts, etc. ; a very unusual col
lection which space will not not per
mit us to describe ;
Values to $45.00 for
$18.85
Ladies' $40
Coats $16.95
A lot of 250 or more new Spring Coats, in
plain tailored and Russian Blouse styles.
Made of French serge, cheviots, wide wales,
diagonals and mannish materials; all new
Spring styles ; plain tailored or shawl col
lars, faced with foulard si'-. Remarkable
values up to $40.00. our spe- frl C QC
cial removal sale price, each P 0J0
A sensational sale of Silk Dresses ;
plain colors, two tones, stripes, plaids
and fancy patterns; the very latest
styles; 250 in the lot, groupdTon sepa
rate racks for easy choosing; we say
sensational because a state of exciting
interest will be manifest; every quick
witted woman will be here to takead
vantage of the great price concessions
Remember the styleB are correct7 the
materials are good; are properly and
yell made; actual values d rx.
to $25; Removal sale )ls,73
All- Siits
And Gowns
$50andUp
Third Off
A closing out of every fine suit or gown in
the store. Not one will be moved if we can
sell it, therefore we offer you an unrestrict
ed choice of any suit or gown marked $50 or
more at reduction of a third from reg- f
ular price. Take advantage and save 3
Removal Sale Bargains irk All Departments of Store
Regul'r $3 Waists
Special at $1.23
A lot of 500 women's lingerie
and tailored Waists. The lin
geries are made of sheer lawn in
neat tucked or lace - trimmed
styles. The tailored waists are
made very neatly, styled in dif
ferent width plaits or tucked;
all are very good values to $3.00.'
On sale at special djl OO
removal price, each PA0
$5 to S0.5O SilK
Waists for $2.95
A rare assortment of fancy
waists in taffeta, messaline and
Japanese silk, in ajl the newest
fancy lace-trimmed and plain
tailored styles. Almost any wom
an in need of a waist can find
something to suit her in this lot.
The values range- from $5.00 to
$6.50. Removal sale (PO QP
price, your choice P"'
See Pages 6 and 7 for Big' $1.000,000 Removal Sale Announcement
OF 85 ACTIVE
WHS. CLEMENTINE MTilNXEY IS
STII.L EXPERT SRAVER.
Descendant ot Soldier In Lafayette's
Army Will Celebrate Birthday
Anniversary Tomorrow.
VANCOUVER. Wash., May 7. (Special.)
-Eighty-five years old, a granddaughter
f John Keller, a Frenchman who came
to America with Lafayette, and who
tfought under his command, Mrs. Clemen
ttno Mi-Klnney. of this city, will cele
Jbrate her birthday tomorrow hy taking
a rest from many years of arduous toil.
XThis remarkable old woman is the mother
wf 11 children, grandmother of 33 and
(treat-grandmother of 21 children. Her
arly childhood was spent when John
iQulncy Adams was President of the
t'nlted States, but she is still able to do a
large amount of needle work.
Mrs. McKinley's favorite pastime Is
Hutu-piecing, and this week she com
pleted an order for three which she sold
to a neighbor. Several years ago she
made 40 quilts, which she cold to the
tnlners Vnd bachelors t Loomis, Wash.,
where she lived. This is a remarkable
task, as she is almost blind, being ren
dered so by an attack of typhoid fever 36
gears ago.
She Is a native'' of North Carolina,
fwhere her parents were among; the pio
toeer families. As she says. "The first ap
file trevs were Just beginning to bear and
the settlors had had peaches for one or
two seasons when my parents took me to
Illinois, whero we again ate. the fruit of
the first orchards."
When 12 years old she was sent to
school In TUtnols and lived there until
ten years ago. when she moved west for
the benefit of her health. Mrs. McKinney's
mother died at the age of 94 years, her
sjrandmothcr at the age of 96 years and
lier mother's brother reached S years,
Svhen he died.
State Law Violated? Probe On.
SAJEJM. Or., May . (Special.! 'Labor
eimmlsslonsr O. P. Hon haa reoelved
nnlalnta from St. Helens. Colombia
County, that the County Court of that
county is allowing men, employed on
rock crushers and road work, to work ten
hours per day, in violation of the state
law, which requires that eight hours shall
constitute a. day's labor on public works.
Mr. Hoff has taken the matter up with
County Judge Jamas Dart and tt Is ex
pected that the workday will be short
ened to eight hours.
MONMOUTH ALUMNI ACTIVE
Petitions Out to Keep Normal School
State-Aided Institution. "
SALEM. Or., May 6. (Special.) The
Alumni Association of the Oregon Normal
School at Monmouth has filed in the
office of the Secretary of State initiative
petitions asking the retention of the
Monmouth school as a state-aided in
stitution. The petitions contain a total
of about 13.000 names and it is under
stood that additional petitions will soon
be tiled containing between 2000 and 3000
additional signatures.
Only about SO00 names were required,
but it was desired to make as good a
showing as possible. The petitions have
been circulated in every county and in
almost every precinct in the state and
no difficulty has been experienced in se
curing signatures. The petitions were
circulated gratuitously by friends of the
school.
BUD MOTH DANGER IS PAST
Pest Falls to Cover Large Area In
Willamette Valley.
SALEM. Or., May . (Special.) Profes
sors Jackson and Bid well, of the Oregon
Agricultural College, after an examina
tion of the Wallace orchard and others
where the bud moth has been at work,
state that the season in which the moth
can do damage is past for this year and
that there is no danger of a spread of
the pest.
The moth does not appear to have
covered a very wide area in the valley
but has done several thousand dollars'
worth of damage to pears in the Wallace
orchard. The bud moth Is not new, but
appears to be more aotlve this season
than for several year past.
TREES PACKED IN ICE
CLEVER MINNESOTA SUN PRO
TECTED APPLE CROP.
When Blizzard and Frosts Followed
Early Spring, His Frnlt Was
Xot Far Advanced.
LITTLE CANADA, Minn., May 7. (Spe
cial.) Lee Brings, a farmer who lives
about a mile north of this place, near the
shores of Lake Gervais. has successfully
tried a scheme for saving his apple trees
from frost. The experiment attracted
widespread attention and will undoubtedly
be widely copied throughout the North
west next Spring.
Brings has spent many Winters and
Summers in Minnesota, not to mention a
few "early Springs." Therefore, early in
March, he began the laborious task of
hauling ice from Lake Gervais and pil
ing it a foot deep around the base of
every one of his 75 crabapple trees.
Neighbors looked on and laughed at what
they considered a very foolish trick, but
Brings answered that he would have a
chance to laugh later.
While all the apple and other fruit
trees in the neighborhood were blossom
ing a week or two ago. Brings" had not
even budded, because of the action of the
ice on the roots of the trees. Then came
a killing frost, damaging all the trees In
the state to the extent of many thousands
of dollars. But the Little Canada farmer's
crop Is all right, for his apple trees had
not started to grow. Now the last of the
ice surrounding the trees Is disappearing
and Brings is jubilant, for his trees will
not blossom for several weeks yet. The
neighboring farmers lost their entire
crops.
Speaking of the matter. Brings said:
"There are some folks who know all about
crabapple trees, and I-don't pretend to
know it all. but I thought that I would
follow the plans of nature as closely as
possible and keep the ground from thaw
ing out close to the roots. My trees are
fine now. and I'm sure I'll raise a better
crop of apples this year than ever before."
The crop last year netted Brings a
goodly sum.
He saved thousands of strawberry
plants this year by covering them a foot
deep with straw, while other growers
merely placed a thin covering of straw
over their plants. As " a consequence.
Brings' strawberries are growing nicely,
although thousands of plants in the
neighborhood were killed by the frost.
GRANTS PASS WANTS HILL
Commercial Club Seeks to Entertain
President of Great Northern.
GRANTS PASS. Or.. May 7. (Special.)
The Commercial Club today wired
Louis W. Hill an invitation to visit this
city while on- his tour of Inspection of
the resources of Southern Oregon and
Rogue River Valley for railroad building.
The message says: -V "
"Grants Pass, r Or.. May 7. Louis W.
Hill. Portland. Or. The citirens of Grants
Pass cordially invite you and your party
to visit Grants Pass and assure you a
hearty welcome. This is the Southern
Oregon point most needing the developing
hand of your venerable father, James J.
Hill."
Auto Bought; Wants Money Back.
That Elam Shaw sold her an automo
bile for $1250 and represented it to be
fully worth that amount, when it was
not worth more than $730, and that a
note upon which she is being sued by
Shaw was secured by fraudulent means,
is the contention set up in answer to the
suit by Nellie L Price. She says that in
exchange for the machine she made over
an equity In certain property at Reed
vllle which was accepted as of a value
of $750. giving her note for the balance
of $500. She says the car was no good
and prays for the dismissal of the suit
against her. and the return of her equity
in the real estate.
Draw Decision Is Unpopular.
SACRAMENTO. CaL, May 7. Mon
tana Dan Sullivan outfought Tim
O'Nell in every round but - two In a
20-round bout before the Capital City
Club here last night, and had him all
but out in the sixth and 15th, but the
best he got for his efforts was a draw.
The decision was extremely unpopular
and was rendered on O'Neil's strong
finish. O'Nell could not land on Sulli
van and In the entire tight did not put
horn more than half a dozen eleaa
bwsv
TRIBES FIGHT TO FINISH
ONE BAND OF AUSTRALIAN NA
TIVES EXTERMINATES OTHER.
Scotch Trader Sees Fifty Men With
Knives and Tomahaws kill
Off 100 With Spears.
LONDON, May 7. (Special.) News of
a bloody battle between aboriginal tribes
In Northern Australia has come in. The
scene of the slaughter was Rolling Bay
and one tribe was practically obliterated.
A Scottish trader named MePherson en
gaged 50 Junction Bay natives for a
fishing expedition, but when they reached
Rollins Bay they came Into collision with
a tribe of Liverpool River braves out on
a marauding jaunt. .
Without more ado the two bands' fell
on each other, the Junction Bay natives
being armed with knives, tomahawks and
iron bars, while their savage enemies
used their ordinary bush spears.
MePherson, who has reached Port Dar
win, says he was fascinated by the su
preme savagery of the conflict. The
bloodcurdling war cries of the natives
rent the air and they leaped and dodged
the missiles in ghostly fashion.
This went on for an hour, but the heav
ier weapons of the Junction Bay tribe
told by .then, and1 they proceeded to toma
hawk the marauders without mercy.
Within half an hour of the turning of the
battle, over a hundred Liverpool River
natives were lying dead, with horrible
wounds.
MePherson adds that he could hear the
battle continuing in the forest after be
had sailed, so be is convinced the Liver
pool River band was practically wiped
out. He himself only escaped by abandon
ing his rifle and making for his boat.
There is an Immense quantity of roal In
the mountainous portions of Colorado and
New Mexico. There are vast Quantities of
oil taken from tbe different sections of Cal
ifornia. In New Mexico little or no oil Is
used as fuel for power purposes: In Cali
fornia little or no coal ia used. At an Inter
mediate point between these two a division
will be found where the cost of producJUK
IKei. all factors bains- taken into consid
eration, will be. the same whether coal or
oil is twed as fuel. Ca aster's Macastne,
COOK'S FIANCEE IS
NOW iN ASYLUM
Woman Who Was Engaged to
Explorer Becomes Maniac
After Eventful Life.
HER CAREER ILL-STARRED
Frau Schichanowska, of Noble Gcr
man Parentage, Whose Youth
Was Brilliant, Loses Fortune
and Faces Hardships.
SEATTLE, May 7. (Special.) Cher
ishing a portrait of. Dr. Frederick A.
Cook as a priceless treasure, Frau
Augusta Schichanowska, German noble
woman, who says she was the fiancee
of the explorer ten years agA, has been
committed by the 'Superior Court of
King County to the Steilacoom Asylum.
The photograph referred to is auto
graphed ewith this inscription, "Faith
fully, Frederick A. Cook, M. D.," and Is
dated Brooklyn, N. Y., December' 10,
1900.
I Tiie career of ti e woman is one of
strange and 'Varied tragedy .from
Baireuth, where she was" born, to the
home of her brother, Herr. William
Enders, in Brooklyn, where she met Dr.
Cook; to Nome and Council, Alaska,
where she sought fortune: and finally
to the penury of a little tent near
Alki Point, West Seattle, where during
the night her mind gave way and she
became a raving maniac.
"Mrs. Lestar" she called herself in
Seattle, and under that name she was
known to her neighbors and to the art
stores of this city, where from time to
time she attempted to sell paintings.
Her Career Is Riddle.
Her pseudonym Is an index to lier
melancholy fate. Spell) it backward
and there is revealed the: word "ratsel,"
meaning in German a riddle, a puzzle.
Frau Schichanowska s career is a-
riddle that only the gods might solve.
A malignant star must bave blazed
when she first saw the light of day.
During early girlhood, before mar
riage to the Polish nobleman whose
name stie bears, she enjoyed the com
panionship and esteem of noted men
and women. In her effects here is a
letter of exquisite sentiment written
by the actor, Hans Christians. Among
her intimate friends were Burgstaller
and.. DieppeU". She was received at the
home of Richard Wagner, and after
the death of the master Frau Cosima
Wagner gave the young Augusta a
number of relics in memory of the
composer. A friend in Seattle who had
helped her in distressing poverty one
day remarked a long silver chain about
her neck, and Frau Schichanowska
vividly described a visit of Emperor
Wilhelm to Baireuth. On that occa
sion the youthful Augusta was present
ed to him, and, in token of her beauty
and charm, he presented her with the
chain, which, until her la'test misfor
tune, she wore almost constantly.
Remarkably gifted as well as beau
tiful, arid- known in art and musical
circles of the German capital, Augusta
was yet a girl when she attained the
distinction, rarely accorded to a
woman, of admission to one of the
great academies of Berlin; but for
some reason, which she never revealed,
after separation from her husband she
abandoned tbe salon and the exclusive
society of Berlin and came to America.
Meeting With Dr. Cook.
Thus it happened that she visited
her brother in Brooklyn and met Dr.
Cook. There was deep friendship be
tween them, and the Frau has always
said that the attachment was Intimate
and sincere. Then came the explorer's
marriage and his first expedition into
the Arctic.
Whatever disappointment the Frau
may have suffered, she was always
Dr. Cook's loyal friend. The fact that
he was in the northland probably In
duced her to turn to Alaska. At any
rate, although unable to speak Eng
lish, she joined in the rush to Nome,
determined to wrest a fortune from the
sands.
Reverses came to her at Nome. She
had invested her money in a cargo of
potatoes. The ship was caught in the
ice; the consignment was frozen, and
the chance of heavy profits swept from
sight. The crowd at Nome was so
great that she resolved to go to the
interior, and. following the advice of
a German, she started to "mush" across
the tundra to Council, with pick,
shovel, gold pan, blankets and provi
sions packed on her back. By day she
slept, at night she took the trail, ford
ing icy rivers and undergoing the hard
ships of pioneer life in Alaska. "What
a man can do. I will do," she said.
The Frau spent the Winter of 1901
in Council, where she appropriated a
deserted cabin on the outskirts. She
was . penniless, but engaged in sign
painting for a livelihood. Having no
stove she took a kerosene can, and for
a chimney she patched together tomato
cans and the like. When the stove
wore out she made another, and often
times during the Winter when the
thermometer was 50 degrees below
zeco the delicately nurtured repre
sentative of German aristocracy was
seen in the bitter cold chopping her
own wood. When Spring came she
Wprospected with pick and shovel, and
located promising claims always with
the result that some claim-Jumper took
advantage of her meager knowledge of
language and customs and deprived her
of her rights.
Fortune Smiles Briefly.
For a brief interval fortune seemed
to favor her. Late in the Summer she
was able to move into a larger and
better cabin and to this day the mar
velous interior of that home is one of
the traditions of Council. In all the
world, probably, there could not be
found a better instance of what a
woman. resourceful, ingenious and I
trained in art, could do toward making
an apartment cozy and homelike. It
has been described as a wonderfully
harmonious curiosity shop. From ceil
ing to floor, on all sides, the walls
were covered . witn innumerable
products of the northland. There were
pictures in strange frames, great ant
lers suspended from the ceiling held
flowerpots from which trailed vines
and plants Indigenous to the Seward
Peninsula, odd bits of wood formed
chandeliers: all about the cabin were
rugs and furs and specimens of ivory
and in the center of it all, occupy
ing the place of honor and conspicu
ous as tha caller entered tbe door, was
the autographed portrait of Dr. Cook.
During the Winter that followed the
Frau fell til. She was taken to a
hospital, where ruinous charges soon
exhausted her funds. The wonderful
cabin was looted, and the end of her
Alaskan experience came when a p-urse
was taken up and she was given
passage to Los Angeles. Out of the
wreck of her fortune she rescued the
portrait and a few relics of the old
life In Berlin.
More than a year ago the Frau came
to Seattle, and she found a refuge in
the little tent. Even there the train
ing of the art schools manifested itself.
She tried to make the new home on
Alki Point a replica of the cabin at
Council and here, too, the portrait of
Dr. Cook was conspicuous.
When the controversy started with
Peary the Frau held steadfastly to her
faith in Cook. she secured a large
canvas and painted an excellent por
trait of him. which attracted much at
tention when displayed In a downtown
art store. She was asked to fix a price
on it, and. forgetful of privation and
poverty, answered proudlv, "Not for
500."
Reports from Steilacoom are to the
effect that she is one of the most vio
lent patients in the asylum. No pres
ent hope is held out for her recovery.
LIBEL SUITS ACCUMULATE
Members of Klamath County Court
Demand $30,000 From Chronicle.
KLAMATH FALLS, May 7. (Spe
cial.) Three more libel suits have been
filed against the Klamath Publishins;
LEADING WOMAJf OF" LOB I
ROCK DIES. $
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Mrs. Mary K. Ilnm. Many Tears
Teacher In I'ubllc Schools.
CONDON. Or., May 7. (Spe
cial.) Mary E. Ham. nee. May
Wineland, who died at her
home at Lone Rock, April 28,
aged 46 years, came to Oregon
from Missouri in 1882 and
taught school in Lone Rock and
vicinity. Mrs. Ham united with
the M. E. Church in Lone Rock
In 1890 and continued a con
sistent member to the time of
her death, 'she was married Jn
1893 to P. L. Ham, then a mer
chant of Lone Rock, who with
two daughters ,v Inona, aged
15, and Gladys. 13 years and
three sisters survives her. Fu
neral services were held in the
Congregational Church and the
remains Interred in Masonic
cemetery.
Company, publishers o; the "Klamath
Chronicle, which began publication
only a month ago. The1 &uits, for
$10,000 each, were filed - br County
Judge J. B. Griffith and Commissioner
Albert Walker andS. T. Summers, who
allege that, the Chronicle libeled them
as members of the Klamath . County
Court by publishing insinuations that
the county court had been bribed by
the Klamath Development Company to
favor the free site offered to the
county by this company for a Court
house. This makes damage suits against
the new paper aggregating $230,000,
as members of the Klamath Develop
ment Company had previously filed
suits for $200,000.
POLAR EXPLORER RUSTLES
Captain Scott Finds Men and Money
for Antarctic Trip.
LONDON. May I 7. (Special.) Captain
Scott is back in London, pushing forward
his preparations for hie. dash for the
South Pole. He intends to leave London
in the Terra Nova the first week in June,
a month earlier than originally proposed.
This hustling policy Is mainly due to
the North of England's quick response
to his appeal when the subscriptions be
gan to flag. In regard to men. his only
difficulty has been that of selection from
the bewildering army of applicants. Most
of his old crew have Joined him, and- in
Lieutenant' Evans he will have a very
capable second In command.
r The competition of the American ex.
pedition, though welcomed in a sports
manlike way, has also had its influence,
in expediting both subscriptions and departure.
Oakland Race Results.
OAKLAND, May 7. There were sev
eral close finishes in the races today.
The Hayward handicap resulted In a
victory for Chester Kj:um over Raleigh.
Gold Finn Just got up in time to beat
Thistle Bell by a nose. Thistle Bell
was claimed for $1100 by J. T. Strite.
Results:
First race, six furlongs Rosa mo
won, Ellerd second, Passenger third;
time. 1 :13 1-5.
Second race, four and a half fur
longs, purse Jack Stryker won. Salali
second. Ban Ann third; time, :54 4-5.
Third race, futurity course, selling
Gold Finn won. Thistle Bell second.
Acquia third; ttmij. 1:09 4-5.
Fourth race, mile, Hayward handi
cap Chester Krum won, Raleigh sec
ond. Eddie Graney third: time. 1:39 2-5.
Fifth (jace, mile and 70 yards, selling
Follie L won. Redeem second, Whid
den third; time, 1:43 4-5.
Sixth race, five and a half furlongs;
purse Enfield won. Napa Nick second,
Silver Stocking third; time, 1:06 3-5.
tr. A. Stanley McKenaie. professor of
physics at DaJhouals University. Halifax. N.
S.. has accepted an appointment to the mmfl
chair at the Stevens Institute of Technoloa-y
A New York. Professor -McKensis is a grad
uate' of Ia.I honsi e and bas beam professor ot
jh)'sio0 thera tor five years,