The Sunday Oregonian., August 21, 1910, SECTION FIVE, Image 50

SECTION FIVE
Pages 1 to lO
Woman's and Books
PORTLAJTD. OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1910.
NO. 31
VOL. XXIX.
Powers' Great After- Inventory S&16S
No matter -what your Furniture or Floor Covering or Drapery need may be, you can
supply it right now during this sale at great savings. "We want to emphasize the fact
that there are hundreds of bargains in the store that we can't tell about in print the
quantity being too small' of each. Youll find a great many single pieces, such as
Dressers, Chairs, Rockers, Buffets, Tables, also odd Bugs and single pairs of Cur
tains marked at prices that mean big savings for you. Now remember that no matter
bow low the price, you're welcome to all the credit you want, with terms made to suit.
$35,001 Din pi:
Dressed O-U-Ou
Cash or Credit Terma to Suit
3Ia of polished quartered froHen
oak. Has 42-ineh top, 24x30-inch
oval beveled French plate mirror,
iligh clasa construction.
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Summer Furniture
One-Third Less!
Cash or Credit Terms to Suit
Entire stock of Summer Fur
niture. Mission, natural finish
and "Old Hickory" styles re
duced one-third. Included are
chain, rockers, settees and
strings.
$ 2.00 values at $ 1.33
$ &75 values at S 2.50
$ 6.00 values at S 3.33
$ 5.50 values at $ 3.66
I 6.00 values at. $ 4.00
$ 7.25 values at $ 4.83
$ 7.50 values at S 5.00
$ &0 values at. S 5.66
$ 8.75 values at......S 5.S3
$10.00 values at. 8 6.67
$11.75 values at S 7.83
$17.50 values at.
..$12.66
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Cask or Credit Term to Suit
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A TTTT Tree of elegant de
sign. Made of quartered oak
in golden or fumed finish.
Fitted with a generous sized
beveled mirror.
Best $27.50
Axminster
Rugs Only
) $ tf fTI .75
Cash or Credit Terms to Suit
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$5 Down, $1 a Week
"When buying a range you're buying
something that you expect to use daily
for many a year.
You want a range that is economical
in fuel for one thing; you want it to
bake perfectly for another.
The "Jewel" fills the bill in every de
tail. There are so many ways in which
it is superior to all other ranges that it would
take an entire page of this paper to tell it.
TVe would, therefore, appreciate it very
much if you'd visit our store some time in the
near future and let us show you this wonder
ful range. "We know that youll fall in love
with it at once, like thousands of others have
done in the past.
The town is full of "Jewel Ranges" and their own
ers are all mightily pleased with them.
So, if on range buying Kent buy a "Jewel" and
you've the best there's to he had.
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We've quite a lot more Axminster Bugs of the $27.50
grade than we care to have. We've therefore cut the price
quite a bit in order to reduce the stock. There are six
handsome Floral, Oriental and Conventional patterns to
choose from.
$10 Springs $5.85
Cash or Credit Terms to Suit
This is about the best
Bed Spring made. It is
made of oil tempered
steel coil springs, built
on a very strong iron
frame, and is first-class
in every way.
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STEAMSHIP LINES CANNOT PREVENT
INCIDENTS LIKE GAYNQR SHOOTING
Companies Frankly Say It Is Impossdhle to Take Precautions Because American Public Wont Stand Restric
tion Crusade on Short Weights Success Peculiar Perils of Jersey Conductors.
BT UiOTO F. UOWEROAX.
NEW TOKK. Au(. 20. (Special.)
T! tajnhlp companies hmTe
taken no extra precautions since
tha shooting of Mayor Gmjrnor. and the
official of the bla- Unera aro frank
enousb to say that tnor la nothlnc
thy can do under tho drcnmsiancea.
Mayor Gaynor wa attacked on a
boat of the North German Lloyd Line.
This company, Strang; to say. Is the
only on that tm attempted to re
strict visitors, and tt vas compelled to
a-tre tt up.
-Wo found rery speedUy." said one
of the officials, "that the American pub
lic will not stand for belns; prevented
from saylnr rood by to Its frlenda
Our refutation met with a storm of
disapproval, and w speedily withdrew
It. Otherwise we should have found
our passenrer business dropping oft to
a rreat extent.
"It wss suirirested that tickets of ad
mission be distributed through the ns
anger. but the objection to that la that
many unexpected visitors drop In at
the last moment. All we or any other
line can do. Is to adopt a reasonable
amount of precaution, and trust to
luck."
As It Is at present. It is almost Im
possible for a suspicious looking char
acter to board one of the big ocean
hotels. The visitor must pass the scru
tiny of the gatekeeper, of the elevator
msn. a guard stationed at the bead of
the g-anrplank. and the officer at the
head of It. Besides there are always
detectives hustling; around.
Nothing- Likely to Be Done.
Any ons of thee men Is likely to
ask the caller who he wants to see.
and unless a satisfactory answer Is
given, the visitor stands a good chance
of being put out. Gallagher, the Mayor's
assassin, was a man of respectable ap
pearance, and there was no apparent
reason why he should have been ex
cluded. Officials of the different lines all say
that they are willing- to amend their
rules if some feasible plan Is suggested,
and every company will abide by them.
The chances are. however, that noth
ing will be done, and It Is hard to see
what could be required.
It la pointed out that the Mayor was
a man who never took any precautions.
He walked to and from his house
every day, rain or shine. Police Com
missioner Baker often urged him to
have a guard accompany him, but the
Mayor laughed at him.
"The surest way to And trouble Is to
look for It." he said, and then dismissed
the matter from his mind.
The crusade against short weight snd
Incorrect measurements Is moving;
along on tha high road of success. The
new city Inspectors, under the spur of
energetic chief, Clement Diiscoll. who
was formerly a newspaper reporter,
aro making many arrests. In every
case, too, they "hart the goods."
On of the moet flagrant offenses waa
told In court the other day. A driver
for the trust delivered a load of Ice at
a restaurant, and with It a slip, show
ing that the purchaser was Indebted
to the oompany for 4IZ0 pounds of
frozen water. Then Dtiscoll swooped
down upon him. and re-welshed the
stuff. He found that It was 1180
pounds short.
Man Who Saved Lincoln tries.
As the mlgistrate said, a man who
baa to pay for a half a ton of phantom
Ice each day, has a perfect right to
kick. And ice is very high this year.
J. B. Allen, who died the other day,
has as his epitaph "The Man Who
Turned the Tid for Lincoln." And he
Is entitled to it.
Allen. In the days before the Civil
War, was a power In politics In the old
Ninth ward. He was a delerat to the
Republican National Convention In 18e&
and. with his associates from the Empire
State, voted on several ballots for Wil
liam H- Seward.
On th ooncludlne; ballot, the announce
ment of a solid New Tork vot for Se
ward had been made, when Allen took
th floor, entered objection, and voted for
Lincoln. Th split In Seward's own state
bad Its effect on other delegations, there
was a rush to get on the band wagon,
and Lincoln was nominated.
Allen was never active In politics after
that, nor did he f money in bualnesa
Be simply dropped out of sight. Only
th fact that he died, recalled th man J
who oertainly bad a great deal to do,
In an humble way, with making Ameri
can history.
Jersey trolley car conductors recently
struck for an Increase In pay and got It.
Although It did not figure In their list
of grievances, tt Is a fact that traction
employes In the state across th river are
exposed to unique perils.
One conductor was standing on the
running board of a car near Hackensack.
while the oar was running through a
dark wood. He did not see a cow, which
was almost on the right of way. He
felt It, however, for the cow brushed
him oft the oar., lust as If he had been
a fly.
Conductor Booked In Trousers.
In Newark a man was driving a wagon
along one of the side streets. On the
wagon waa a pole, and on the end of the
pole a long hook. The hook caught In
the trousers of Conductor Albert Ssyres,
who was on a passing car, and Sayres
left his post of duty. Dangling like a
fish, h accompanied the wagon down the
street a block before his oxlee bronght
relief.
Senator Jonathan Bourn has bean with
ns for a few days, presumably on a
political mission. He has called on
Roosevelt, and maintains an air of dark
mystery.
The peculiar thing Is that while the
New Tork papers show absolutely no
Interest In Bourne's "mission. they are
all frankly Interested In his clothes, and
have published articles of greater or less
length on th subject. For example, the
American says:
"Senator Bourne. In the course of a
few hours, established a reputation as a
pattern of sartorial elegance In the lobby
of the Belmont, and his suit of thin whit
material, claret colored Me, and wide
brimmed Panama hat. with th brim
turned up on th aid, war envied by all
who saw.
The morning Telegraph takes the mat
ter up editorially, and after calling
Bourne a typical Westerner, one of th
pioneers of far away Oregon." pays th
6enator this tribute:
'If all Westerners dressed like Mr.
Bourn, the Eastern men would hav to
go to Oregon for their styles-"
All of which should, of course, make
everybody in Oregon very proud and
happy.
Many Strang persons drift Into New
Tork in the course of a year, but the
leporters sre convinced that the Mahar
ajah of MourbhanJ is In a class by him
self. Maharajah Like Colonel.
Durmg his stay In New Tork he gave
out Interviews on every conceivable sub
ject with the rapidity of a Roosevelt. He
was always on hand when wanted, and
would discuss the most American subjects
in a most Bast Indian way.
Among the matters on which he was
quoted at length were the following:
The difference between the police force
of MourbhanJ and that of New Tork;
how the shooting of Mayor Gaynor could
have been prevented; a condemnation of
women gamblers, particularly those at
Narragansett pier: unqualified praise of
the roof garden style of entertainment
for the 8ummer months; a defense of
moving-pictures (he calls them jumping
pictures); a critical analysis of our
school system; the evident extravagance
of our home life; the Nation's amazing
failure to curb the trusts; and some re
marks on the peril of race suicide.
Whether the Maharajah really talked
on all the subjects that he is said to have
done Is another question. But, anyway,
he wae "good copy," and the newspaper
men and the "Sob Sisters" were sorry to
see him sail en route for his home m
India.
Policemen Henry Wolf, of the West
126th-street station. Is the most Indig
nant member of the local force. He
started on his annual vacation the other
day, and th next morning appeared a
story that he had Inherited 1125.000 from
a relative in Germany.
Wolf was found at his home, varnish
Ins; a floor. For he expects to spend his
vacation putting his "home to lights."
Darn those fellows at the station-
house," be remarked bitterly, "every
time I go away on a vacation they spring
something like that on me Just to hav
fun. -
"Do you think I would be here if ther
were a fortune coming to met Somebody
else would be manicuring this floor, son.
If I ever thought that I had a relative
in the world that would leave me any
thing. I'd go back to Germany and wait.
so that I would be on hand when any
thing happened. But there is nothing
coming to me except my little check
from the city every month."
A strange story of canine persecution
is narrated by Policeman Charles Walsh,
of Trenton. He has now asked that the
dog In the case be formally tried and
shot.
The snlmal is owned by Samuel Ford,
well known business man. It first
introduced itself to Patrohnsa Walsh by
biting him on th shin. The wound waa
painful, but Walsh is a patient man, and
made no complaint. The next time they
met the dog bit him on the calf. Now,
to quote from Walsh's sworn complaint:
"On each and every time that we
meet, the said canine does bite the said
J complainant, lnflicing severe injuries
causing the said complainant much an
guish and placing his life in peril."
Patrolman Walter Sanrmls, who patrols
a beat In lower Park Row, Manhattan,
and guards the big newspaper offices.
laughed long and loud when he read this
Complaint.
"Apparently Jersey justice is not for
Jersey cops," he remarked. "If that
Trenton dog came over here it . might
bite me once, but there never would be
an encore. New Tork dogs are better
trained. They never attack a policeman
unless they are hard pressed."
BRYAN WANTS NEW HOME
Commoner Believes Democrats in
Texas Will Be More Kind.
MISSION, Tex., Aug. 19. William J.
Bryan has just issued orders that the
work -of improving his farm of 160 acres
near Mlesion be pushed as rapidly as pos
sible, as he desires to move this Fall. He
intimates that he intends to make Tex
as his permanent home.
Mr. Bryan believes. It Is said, that the
democrats of Texas will accord him bet
ter treatment than the democrats of
Nebraska did in deposing him from their
leadership.
Arrangements are being made to place
a large part of Mr. Bryan's farm here
in cultivation. Garden truck will be
raised for Northern markets this Winter.
FARMERS ASP0L!CE, PLAN
Gotham Coimixlssioner Orders Men
tal Tests Made Less Severe.
NEW TORK, Aug. 19. The Commls-
, sioner of Police of this city wants
farmer boys on the force. Accordingly,
what is known as the mental test of
policemen will be made less severe.
It was explained in making the an
nouncement that this does not mean
that farmers are any leas Intelligent
than any one else, but merely that the
catch questions on city streets hereto
fore asked will be eliminated In the
case of candidates from out of town.
The Commissioner admitted with a
smile that some, of his new policemen
may get lost on post, but sugwested that
they might take maps with them.
IMPERIAL EDICT TELLS
DEAD TO COME TO LIFE
Decapitated Buddhist Beincsrnated by Queer Decree of Chinese .Prince
Regent in Name of Four-Year-Old Emperor.
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PRINCE REGENT OF CHINA HOLDING THE BABY EMPEROR OF
THE FLOWERY KINGDOM.
BY FREDERICK MOORE.
PEKXN. Aug. 20. (Special.) From
time to time most curious Imperial
edicts are promulgated In the of
ficial government organ, the Pekin
Gazette. Of course, all things are' pos
sible with the ruler of the Celestial
Empire, the Son of Heaven, and no
body except a "barbarian" like myself
was surprised to read a few days ago
that the Prince Regent, In the name ot
the 4-year-old Emperor, had decreed
that a certain huta ketu, one of the
high ecclesiastics of Thibet, decapi
tated more than two years ago, was
now to be reincarnated. This was the
decree:
"We have received a memorial from
the imperial resident In Thibet, Lien
Yu. stating that in the 25th year of
Kuangsu the deposed Dalai Lama rec
ommended In a dispatch that the Saint
of Timu, A-Wang-Lo-Pu-Chang Ching-
Li-Yao.Chieh, who engaged Lama cnan-
Tul-KangPa to make an attempt on
his (the Dalai Lama's) life by sorcery.
be dispossessed of his titles or boini
and Cbing Shan Buddha. But accord
ing to the joint petitions (received
later) from the Lamas of other tem
ples. It appears that the said Saint,
who was free irom naa conauci, was
falsely accused, and g-race was asked
In his behalf.
'As the circumstances of this case
have been, thoroughly Investigated by
Lien Tu, we sympathise with the Saint
of Timu for having been accused witn
out foundation, and it Is hereby com
manded that his titles of Shan Buddha
and Saint of Timu be restored to him
and that he be entitled to re-embodiment."
It seems that the Saint of Timu was
one of those higher dignitaries of the
Lama faith who are entitled, like the
Dalai and Panshen Lamas, to success
ive reincarnation. No sooner does his
soul depart from one human form than
It enters another. Hence the curious
wording of the edict, which gave no
hint of the pressure put upon the
hutu ketu's soul to depart from, the last
body it had the temerity to occupy.
Now, the ex-Dalai Lama the tem
poral as distinct from the religious
head, the Panshen Lama of the Thib
etan faith, was evidently much of a
rogue and deserved to be driven out of
the country, as he was some months
ago by the Chinese troops. For one
thing, he caused this unfortunate hutu
ketu of many names to lose his head,
for no other reason than his failure to
fall in with a suggestion for sharing '
his spoils. The hutu ket was very rich I
according- to my uninese rnenas. -
It is, of course, comprehensible to a
Western Intellect how a soul can be
set free, but to re-establish one in
mortal coils requires some little eluci
dation. For some centuries, and until
comparatively recent times, the rela
tives contrived by more or less open
acts of fraud to indicate after his de
cease the individual whom it suited
them to select as the new Incarnation.
It was in order to obviate proceed
ings of this kind, which had more than
once brought forward persons distaste
ful and dangerous to the suzerain pow
er, that the Emperor Kien Lung or
dained, in 1792. that the succession to
the august dignities should be deter
mined in the following manner:
At the decease of each Dalai Lama
when, like all members of the class en
dowed with the privilege of successive
births, he is said to have "entered upon
the perfection of repose" Inquiries are
made by the priests with reference to
miraculous signs which may have been
observed in attendance upon the birth
of children about that period.
Particulars of the required kind are
always duly procured, and these are
transmitted In proper form to the Chi
nese authorities at Lhasa. After scru
tiny of the documents and the sending
of reports to Pekin, a certain number
of Infants are brought with their par
ents to Lhasa. Here, on an appointed
day, their names are inscribed on slips of
wood, which, after being carefully
sealed, are deposited in a golden urn
prescribed by the Emperor Kien Lung.
The name drawn from the nrn is
hailed amid universal rejoicing as that
of the new incarnation, and the Dalai
Lama la declared to have come forth
in re-embodiment. After a abort period j
of instruction the newly acclaimed
pontiff, at the age of perhaps 2 or S
years, Is solemnly enthroned, and dur
ing his long ensuing minority he re
mains, as a matter of course, a puppet
In the hands of the Chinese Imperial
Resident.
Such was the manner of selection of
th new Dalai Lama a few weeks ago.
And in this way the lesser ecclesias
tical dignitary will be called back to
life, to receive again his titles and his
rich worldly possessions. In accordance
with the edict given above.
But as the Dalai Lama, who fell into
disfavor with the suzerain power, has
not yet shaken off his mortal coils, it
would appear that he Is today simply
a living body without a soul, having;
been deprived of his soul by the edict
Incarnating the present ruling Infant.
Still, as I said, all things are held to
be possible with the Son of Heaven.
According to the Pekin papers, the
Chinese Government Intends to use the
present opportunity the long minor
ity of the new pontiff to separate the
rule of church and state in Thibet in
other words, to limit the power of the
Dalai Lama to the control of purely
religious matters. It is stated that the
Chinese Government has informed the
legations at Pekin' that it will not ap
prove agreements concluded between
the Dalai Lama and foreign nations, as
a consequence of these new reforms.
COOK SUES VISCOUNTESS
Humorous "Character" Cause of
Amusement In Vienna Society.
VIENNA, Aug. 20. (Special.) Con
siderable Interest is taken socially in
the suit a cook is bringing against her
mistress. Viscountess de Fontenay.
The cook, an insolent and bad
tempered woman, has been In the habit
of handing in her resignation once a
fortnight for some long time past. Af
ter three years' patient endurance, the
Viscountess dismissed her, with a
"character."
The cook tried in. vain to get an
other place. At last, suspecting that
everything was not quite all right, she
had the "character" translated and was
astounded to read what the mistress
had written:
"I, Viscountess de Fontenay, hereby
certify that I have been in M. N.'s ex
cellent and genial service for three
years, and that I have done my best to
satisfy her demands.
"I was much upset on recognizing
the impossibility of. adapting, myself ,
to her peculiar character, but I un
ceasingly renewed my efforts to keep
on good terms with her on account of
her really excellent sauces, which
greatly pleased my husband.
"I should like to remain In her serv
loe, but my patience was too severely
tried. I am quite willing to furnish
further complimentary particulara"
This "character" Is the ground of the
cook's complaint, for she does not ap
preciate the fun created by it.
SQUARE DANCES ARE DEAD
Waltz and Two-Step Rage This Sea
son, Saya Dancing Master.
LONDON. Aug. 20. (Special.)
Charles d' Albert, vice-president of the
Imperial Society of Dance Teachers, has
been giving tips to a few hostesses, who
wish to be right in the mode for their
Fall and Winter dances.
- The rage of the coming' season, he
says, will be the waltz, with reversing,
the two-step and the "Boston." Square
dances are dead, and the lancers and
quadrilles are rarely seen in fashionable
ballrooms. "The barn dance" has not
been seen for eight years, neither has
"the cakewalk," while the Washington
Post" only saw one London season.
One hostess asked Charles d'Albert
why orchestras invariably played waltz
music too fast He ascribed It to the fact
that In the Summer months orchestras
play at various seaside towns, where
the audiences like lively muslo, such as
Sonsa's marches and so they acquire the
habit of "galloping" a waltz.
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