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THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAX, PORTLAND, AUGUST 11, 1912. PLAIN QUESTION IS PUT 10 COLONEL Would You Regulate, or Dis solve, Harvester Trust? Is Gardner's Challenge. ADDRESS CAUSES STIR "We Have Fooled Too Long," Pays Speaker, "With Genteel Dissolu tion" Competition Would Not Keduce Prices. WASHINGTON. Aog. 10. Represen tative Gardner, of Massachusetts. Re publican, in the course of a speech last night on the House steel trust in vestigating committee's report, chal lenged Colonel Roosevelt to make plain his attitude on the trust problem. Mr. Gardner caused a stir by the ad--anced grounds he took on the trust question, advancing the opinion that eventually a Federal coraralsson with powers to regulate prices might have to be named. Mr. Gardner asserted that under his confession of faith Colonel Roosevelt had been opposed to the dissolution of trusts, but that the Progressive party platform was capable of interpreta tion in favor of dissolution or in favor of regulation of big corporations, rials Question Pat to T. R. "To settle the question," said -Mr. Gardner. "I ask Colonel Roosevelt the following plain question: 'The Inter national Harvester Company -has such a predominance in its particular indus try as to be indistinguishable from a monopoly. Do you recommend its dis solution or do you recommend its reg ulationr " "If we wish to dissolve the trusts, the time has come to say so," said Mr. Gardner. "If we wish to recognise the trusts, the time has come to be definite about It. Don't misunderstand me as adversely criticising the bills presented by the Democratic majority of the com mittee. In my opinion substantially all the practices at which those bills are aimed are unfair and ought to be suppressed. But If every one of the majority's bills were to be enacted into law. we should be no nearer the set tlement of the trust question. Stork Market Shows o Fear. The majority bills do not spell dis solution. The stock market tells us so plainly enough. If we really wish to break up the trusts, all we have to do is to forbid the concentration of more than a given amount of capital under a single management, and then instruct our courts to dissolve exist ing trusts into corporations within the prescribed size. That will break up the trusts fast enough, but it will not" prevent the surviving subdivisions from arriving at a price understanding in a short time." - Mr. Gardnr said he did not believe In dissolution as a remedy. He said combinations of capital had their place In the economic scheme of things, but they should be made to behave. "What we need." said Mr. Gardner, with emphasis, "is good, drastic regu lation of large Industrial units. We have fooled too long with genteel dis solution." A return to the competitive system, Mr. Gardner said, would not mean lower prices. He pointed to the fall ing off In prices on the products of the United States Steel Corporation in the decade in which the prices of other materials and commodities soared. Compulfiory License Favored. Mr. Gardner advocated the compul sory licensing of all corporations whose assets exceeded $50,000,000, forcing them at the same time to recapitalize at the exact amount of their actual holdings. He would give an inter state commission of Industry power to enforce the corporation laws, and. If necessary, to gain complete control of the situation to fix prices. "It may be tnat civilization Is In a state of evolution," he said. . "during which socialism's creed must have a trial. It may be that Government con trol ultimately will lead into collec tive ownership and out of it again. The science of statesmanship requires us to solve the pressing problems, not to stand dumbfounded and Inactive be cause in no direction is the future clear." MrGllllrnddy Assails Colonel. Representative McGillicuddy, of Maine, and Chairman Stanley, both of the committee, together with Repre sentative Jackson, of Kansas. Repub lican, also spoke on the report. Mr. McGillicuddy said the time had come to investigate the causes of the concen tration of wealth. He said the capital of the United States Steel Corporation alone was equal to all the wealth, real and personal, of Maine. New Hamp shire and Vermont. This concentration had progressed, he said, until families aggregating one-third of the entire population of the country were forced to exist on less than $400 a year. The steel trust, Mr. McGillicuddy as serted, was the direct creation of the protective tariff. Referring to the absorption of the Tennessee Coal & Iron Company by the steel corporation, Mr. McGillicuddy said Mr. Roosevelt's action was "the most humiliating surrender the coun try ever had known" and that the ex Tresident "had sold himself out to the steel trust heels, hide and teeth." STUBBS CLAIMS VICTORY Governor Says He Is Nominated In Senatorial Race Over Curtis. TOPE K A. Kan.. Aug. 10. Returns re celved late today from over the state Indicate that Governor Stubbs has car ried nearly 100 of 165 legislative dis tricts. Trie Governor issued a state ment tonight in which he declares ho has easily won the Kepuoncan sen atorial nomination from benator L.ur tls. Judge Thompson Issued a statement in which he claims the Democratic nomination for senator. Farrelly. ST. LOUIS. Aug. 10. Attorney-General Major has a lead of 2858 over W. S. Cowherd in the primary race for the Democratic nomination for Gov ernor, according to figures available tonight. Official returns have been re ceived from 10S of the 114 counties in the state. GIRL, DEMENTED, WEDDED Vancouver Man Gives Consent to Marriage of Daughter, Aged 16. VANCOUVER. 'Wash.. Aug. 10. (Spe- eial. ) Though but 1 years old, Cora K. Adams, daughter of J. W. Adams, of this city, who was committed to the State Hospital for the insane at Steila coom, on May 8. was married to Wil liam A. conkiin, a tuiuier iivjii n couver Barracks, this week, with the written consent of tbe father. The girl was examined by Dr. J. M. P. Chalmers and Dr. W. E. Cass, May 8. and found to be suffering with de mentia. She often threatened self-destruction. The cause of the trouble, the doctors say. was spinal meningitis. Not long ago she had improved, and was permitted to return home, but she was not discharged as cured. Wednes day, accompanied by Conklin and her father, the girl appeared at the County Auditor's office, and the license was Issued, when Mr. Adams took oath that the girl was not an insane person, and there was no legal impediment to the marriage. The- ceremony was performed by Rev. C. R. G. Poole, of the First Baptist Church, here. Later in the week. Sheriff Cresap, hearing of the marriage, began an in vestigation, and learned that it Is true, and that the father gave his consent. It is said that the girl's parents sep arated two weeks ago, and the mother went to Tacoma. or Seattle. HOE IS REORGANIZED MANAGEMENT AND POLICY OF THE BOWERS CHANGES. Huglics Rowley Takes Charge of Hostelry, Succeeding Williams. Hoyt Still President. After several meetings of the stock holders and directors of the Bower's . . . . . n - h.l VHH.V r l u in v, u 1 1 1 J " . " - - - that resulted in the reorganization of the business on a substantial basis, with a change in management and change of policy In operating the hotel. Ralph v. Hoyt was re-eiecieu iireni- -..- H ,lm nri t Vi hnjirrl of ucuu miu v. ...... -i i . Tll T. VlaUr Hnrv UirCVLUID ail wui,u0 u. - , .r L. Corbett, R. J. Stewart and G. W. Gates. It was decided to return to the policy of making the hostelry the leading family notei, as it. was urniiia.iiy uu- il.. ,Ka m,naffmnt of Mrs H. W. Hogue, when it was known as the Nor- tonia. S. Morton conn, owner oi inn property, has expressed himself as fully in sympathy with the action of the ... tine. rt l i raft nr, snd will co operate with its members In carrying out their plans. The resignation of F. P. Williams was accepted and In his place Charles uiiah., Dniriv wo sAlfkrttert t ci man age the hotel. Mr. Rowley was assist ant manager or tne noiei wnen 11 was under the control of Mrs. Hogue and was credited with a large part of its success. For the last two years he has KAAn pnnnftrtpd with the ImDerlal. -as sisting in its management, and pre viously was lor live years assistant mans ppp of thA Aberdeen Hotel, a lead ing hostelry of St. Paul. T FORCE TO TRY TO TRAP 3IEN WHO IiOOTED RANCH. Soldiers Are Patrollng Border and Incursions Into United States Will Be Checked. SIERRA BLANCA, Tex.; Aug. 10. Forty Americans, mounted on fast horses and fully armed, departed from here at dusk yesterday. They went in pursuit of 200 Mexican rebels, some of whom crossed the international line southwest of here yesterday and raided the Otto Smith ranch on the American side, stealing several horses. A special train brought Sheriff Ed wards and 25 deputies and Texas rangers from El Paso, and this posse was increased here by cowboys from surrounding ranches. Departing short ly after the Sheriff's train was another train bearing a company of the Twenty-second Infantry from Fort Bliss. The United States soiaiers ois- embarked at Fort Hancock, 40 miles east of here, and camped last night near the border. The Sheriffs posse will move along the border to the west. An attempt will be made to catch the rebels, who are reported to have moved west along the border A troop of the Third cavairy from Fort Bliss is marching along the border perfecting the trap. It tne rebels again enter Texas. All along the line of the Galveston, Houston & San Antonio Railway be tween here and El Paso, a distance oi 90 miles on the frontier, reports were received todav of raids by rebels who crossed the Rio Grande, which, at most noints. marks the international bound ary. Rebels are reported to have crossed the line Thursday nignt oeiow raoens. Tex., and made away with 20 horses. The cavalry troop on Its way east will strike this point. If the Sheriff's posse of 40 men meets the 200 rebels no regular troops will be within distance to give Imme diate aid. Governor Colquitt, of Texas, lost no time in asking the War Department at Washington for protection when he learned the Mexicans had come into Texas. "Please advise me if the United States Government will give protec tion and repel this invasion," tele graphed the Governor. "If it does not do so promptly I shall repel it with state troops." Governor Colquitt had received no answer last night from the War De partment. ' - KELLER SEIZES FUGITIVE Robber Suspect Is Caught After Chase and Struggle, Following an attack early today on Thomas Blake, aged 65. by two men. who knocked him down and robbed him of $25. Tony Matsonf aged 24. one of the suspected assailants, was chased by A. X. McCarthy from Third and Everett streets, the scene of the hold up, to Fifth and Davis streets, within a block of the police station. Here yells of McCarthy, who had grappled 'with the fugitive, attracted officers in the police station, who rushed to the scene Just as Matson had broken away from his pursuer. Cap tain Keller, of the second night relief, arrived in time to seize Matson, who had $25 in one hand.Matson endea vored to hide the money in his pocket before Keller seized him. but was pre vented by the officer. He was lodged in jail. Blake's second assailant es caped. BOLT'S DAMAGE' $30,000 Winston? Mont., Postoffice Is De stroyed by Lightning. HELENA, Mont.. Aug. 10. Reports from Winston, a small mining town 20 miles from this city, are to the effect that lightning completely demolished the building occupied by the postoffice and principal store of that place late yesterday. The electrical storm is said to have been the most severe ever experienced in Montana. No one. was hurt and no fire followed the lightning's work. The damage is estimated at $30,000. Women are employed by the Berlin police to unearth "bsby farms" In that city. LOWELL FOR TAFT ft! BEN SELLING Pendleton Man Holds Roose velt's Candidacy Is Serious Menace to Country. AID PLEDGED TO NOMINEE Lowell to Accompany Selling on Stumping Tour of State Next October and Make Speeches Urging His' Election. PENDLETON. Or, Aug. 10. (Special.) Judge Stephen A. Lowell today dic tated the following special open letter to The Oregonlan: The leaders of the several armies in the approaching Presidential battle have now been selected, and It is meet that the electorate of the country find alignment, and that each proclaim the banner of his choice. Each captain of hosts will quote, and will have a right to quote, the Scripture, "He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathereth not with me scattereth." Believing thoroughly in the basic principles of Republicanism, the choice with me, naturally, is either Roose velt or Taft. I have a' profound re gard for Governor Wilson and believe that his candidacy reflects the best sentiment of his party. For the de voted sincerity of both Mr. Debs and Mr. Chapln I entertain admiration and am confident that the principles and purposes of both these gentlemen will receive greater consideration at the polls than ever before. We are dealing, however, with practical things and their Ideals can probably only be reached after many campaigns of edu cation. Lowell Progressive and Insurgent. I am a progressive, an Insurgent; in many things a radical. I "insurged" in Oregon before Insurgency became popular, and thereby secured a most delightful and varied assortment of machine political enemies. I believe . In and have long consistently advocated the Initiative, the referendum, the re call, direct primaries, the corrupt prac tices act, woman suffrage and sub stantially all the programme which now marks the progressive movement. My place, therefore, would seem to be In that party which Medill McCormlck, Ben Lindsay and Jane Addams have this week organized for Theodore Roosevelt at Chicago, but to my mind there are considerations far higher than the platform of that organization, which must at this time control the at titude of patriotic and candid men. The reforms for which that document speaks will come through considerate Judgment, matured at the American fireside. Friendly as 1 am to the accepted principles of progressjvism I would regard the election of the candidate ot the Progressive party as a vastly greater menace to the institutions of the land than possible retardation of the progressive propaganda. I am un alterably opposed to the third term Idea. The Republic Is only 136 years old. In swaddling clothes, as the lives of nations are measured. Popular gov ernment Is yet an experiment. If we are to. continue a government of the people, the unwritten law limiting the Executive to two terms must be ad hered to. We want no duplication of the history of .either France or Mexico. New Party "Pocket Possession' T. R. With Roosevelt its candidate, the new party Is a pocket possession of the forceful gentleman. If successful at the polls in November, the same syco phants and exploiters who have In duced him to become a candidate this year would easily be able to imbue him with a similar notion again and a reign of Diazlsm would be ushered in. The man Is apparently power-mad. His successful career and his over weening vanity have made him so self-centered that he seemingly Im agines himself a chosen instrument of providence to rule. Unless he can have the place of honor he declines to play the game. No one of the Pro gressive statesmen who have been leaders in the achievements of the past decade have been honored by his sup port. In the recent Republican convention he was for Roosevelt. Principles were of small moment to him. Otherwise either La Follette, Cummins or Hadley would have been nominated. He re sponds to social appeal in words, not In deeds. Trusts Back Roosevelt. Behind Roosevelt now are the mighty forces of the Steel Trust and the Har vester Trust When President he per mitted the former to avoid the law. If now elected, with the obligations which he would be under, what could be ex pected when the Interests of the people and these powerful backers conflict. I am not willing to take the chances. Indeed It is more than probable that before campaign progresses far the Standard Oil. Sugar and Tobacco mag nates will be allied wtth their Steel and Harvester friends in the immacu late, garb of princes of the Progressive party. I am not in sympathy wtth the well known Rooseveltlan attitude upon the trust question. If his view is correct, namely that the trusts represent an economic development which cannot be prevented, then the party of Mr. Debs Is right in its demands that the Gov ernment take over the business of the trusts and conduct It in the Interest of all the people. Roosevelt's po sition Is a dangerous makeshift. The Nation cannot affortt to recognize either the legality or the morality of these monster destroyers of private business. The Sherman act should not bo condemned until we Tare the crim inal arm of that statute and send a few trust magnates and trust lawyers to the penitentiary, as any orainary crim Inal Is sent. High credit is assuredly due the ex President for his arousal of the public conscience during his incumbency of the Executive chair, but he is an op portunist and an agitator only. The advanced legislation piacea on ma statute books is the ' work of other minds than his. The country now needs a season of calm, with a broad minded. progressive, constructive statesman at Its head. I am not an admirer of Mr. . Taft. Neither his record in the Presidential chair nor the methods wnicn cnarac terlzed his nomination appeal to me, but as against the dark menace of Im perialism as typified in Theodore Roose velt, -I am for the regular Republican nominee, I, too, stand at Armageddon and I battle for the Lord, but In my ii.Ho-Tnant the Lord's purpose is to keep this Government free. His plans for the great Republic include no dictator ship; I pledged my support to Mr. .Selling when his triumph at the primary elec tion was announced. I shall keep my word. Indeed. I have already renewed that assurance of support, and advised him that I am willing to accompany the Senator in an automobile tour of the state in the month of October, ad dressing the people in every town and hamlet of the state. I know that It Is asserted by some Big Reductions in Prices THE BEST CLOTHES IN THE WORLD are in this sale; all this season's new, up-to-date Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits at big reductions. It's your loss if you don't come and see what's doing. Here's the way they're priced $20 $25 $30 $35 $40 Sam' of Mr. Bourne's supporters that the friends of Mr. Selling violated the cor rupt practices act. That is possible, but the law is loosely drawn and ap parently open to the construction the Selling people placed upon it. Indeed Mr. Bourne also in spirit avoided the law just as deliberately as Selling, if it was avoided at all. His friends spent some $3000 to 4000, according to the newspaper reports from Salem .nh.fniA. xrere filed, and If the Government expenditures In printing the public documents wun wuitu flooded the state, and in their trans mt.ifnn tn,Aiif,h thA mails under his frank, are reckoned, It would seem that Bourne's expenditures w-ere larger man Selling's. All things must be consid ered In the spirit of the law. If more than 11125 was expended by anybody, all who exceeded the amount were equally guilty. If a sitting United ctatai'sanfltnr nan utilize the Govern ment frank and the Government print- ... . . : . U lng orrice wunout accounting i" cost to the Government, then he pos sesses an advantage which Is unwar ranted and unconscionable. I want to see the law amended so that it will t. o Bii taeth In It hilt as it now stands I assume that Selling was honestly nominated, and If so. he Is entitled to the support of every Re publican, if Oregon Is to continue a Republican state. Selling Entitled to Win. v. K.H.'r.s .In the basic principles of Republicanism can afford . V. t nHI. thA bhln In thA Kf D fTll kU II C I I Dl.V.L 1 1 V- . . . ... against which she is now 'sailing. Sen ator Selling is tne reguiariy consti tuted nominee of the party. He has a I.n,i1,ii tinoror In the nast nolitl- cal contests and is entitled under all the rules of the game to ms rewaru. U. to a n,ni,raciv0 Tt Anil hi ICATl. not only today, but was such at times when it took some courage to occupy ad vanced ground. He is a substantial business man with a home and inter- i ,t.A Biat, whv should anv COIS 11 V 1 1 OVO-hU. ' J - honest man who believes tn fair play in pontics as wen as in every uj m fairs refuse to support his candidacy? T am -1th 1.1m trt thA end. ATlA he OUCht to win by 10,000 plurality in Novem ber, even with tne political cna.ua mtu clouds the sky. ' They tell me he is a Jew. Tes, so was the Savior a Jew; so was Beacon- lAl.?. am .ava hAAn anm A nf the firrflat characters throughout all history. When I hear the accusation oi naiiuna.iiij against a Hebrew I recall the reply of Judah P. Benjamin, the most distin guished lawyer that the world has even seen on the floor of the United States Senate, who, when some asso ciate Senator had attempted to cast reflection upon his lineage said: "When the gentleman's half-civilized ancestors were chasing wild boar over the hills of Sillcla, mine were the princes of the earth." Respectfully, STEPHEN A. LOWELL. PAGET IS AT M'MINNVILLE Prohibition Candidates Guests at Sunday School Picnic, McMINNVILLE. Or., Aug. 10. (Spe cial.) After a day passed in touring the principal towns of Yamhill County In support of his candidacy for the of fice of United States Senator on the Prohibition ticket. B. Lee Paget, of Portland, arrived here tonight and pre sented the platform of his party at one of the largest street meetings held since his campaign was opened. Mr. Paget spoke at Springbrook at 8 o'clock, with later meetings at Dun dee, Dayton, La Fayette, Carlton and Yamhill. Mr. Paget and his party were guests at lunch at a picnic held near Dayton by the Sunday schools of Dun dee and Newberg. The entire trip was made by automobile and the schedule prepared by the state committee was followed closely. O. A. Stillman, of Salem, candidate for Congress from the First District; T. E. Miles, of Newberg, candidate for County Treasurer, and Fred Hutchcroft, of the same place, candidate for Sheriff, accompanied the party. TAFT SIGNS SETTLERS' BILL Reclamation Project Titles Made Possible In Three Years. WASHINGTON. Aug. 10 President Taft signed today a bill which will en able settlers on reclamation projects to obtain patent and water right cer tificates and therefore a marketable title to their property in three years, instead of ten years, as under the old law. The new law, it is aserted, will pre vent the holding of undeveloped land for speculative purposes. BtrMt km lamps were Ont used In lin den in 1 SO". Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits $13.35 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits SI 6.65 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits $20.00 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits $23.35 Hart Schaffner & Marx Suits $26.65 Blues and Blacks Rosenblatt & Co. ciotf Northwest Corner Third and Morrison Streets IS L C." E. S. Wood Predicts Bour bon's Victory This Fall. CANDIDATE ABLE, HE SAYS State Senator M. A. Miller Assails Steel Trust at Progressive Dem ocrats' Meeting, Where Con fidence Is Supreme. "Support Taft, pray for Roosevelt and bet on Wilson, but attach your vote to your bet," was the advice C. E. S. Wood volunteered in addressing the Progressive Democratic Club at its Initial meeting Friday night in Medi cal building. It was a largely attend ed meeting of the club, wnich will as semble semi-monthly, and an at mosphere of unsubdued Democratic confidence pervaded the gathering place of the "faithful" from "basement to attic." Mr. Wood congratulated the young Democrats or tne cuniiiiuiiiLj enterprise and apparent aggressiveness in lurmius , plaining that there was room for nu merous organizations of the kind. "It WILSON 10 Well Known Piano House Going to Quit Business $50,000 Stock of High-Grade Pianos to Be Sold at Once. Lease Expires in Three Weeks A Desperate Situation Which Calls for Drastic Action Reed-French Piano Company Compelled to Sell Out Prices Tell the Whole Story. NEW PIANOS FOR $96 We're up against It. The lease on our present large quarters expires August 31st less than three short weeks away. We have been unable to get suitable quarters at anywhere near a reasonable rental. We're compelled to quit the piano business. Here we are with a mammoth $50,000 stock of high-grade pianos which must be sold in eighteen days. It's a desperate situation. It calls for drastic action. Everybody knows this is the dullest time of the year. Nothing short of the most phenomenal price cutting will' accomplish the result. Accord- . . -lAehA VA.8. ACtU- lngiy wo nave -"-. . . - ally slaughtered prices. If you please, - . . - ,.nnwn In thA to the lowest point, evei " " ... ...... history of the city. Profit is out of all question now. Give us the bare fac tory cost, that's all we ask. And when we say cost we mean exactly what we say. Did you ever hear of strictly brand new upright pianos the large, full size genuine mahogany cases being sold for less than $100? Did you ever hear of dependable Player. Pianos the very latest improved 88-note Instru mentsbeing offered for $297? These prices tell the whole story. UPRIGHTS BABY GRANDS PLAYER PIANOS ALL MUST GO AT ONCE The Reed-French Piano Co. have the reputation of carrying one of the finest lines of high-grade pianos in the West notably the celebrated Knabe the world's, best piano, the time-honored Lindeman, the superb Jesse French, the artistic Haines Bros., the well-known Willard, the favorite Steinbach & Dreher, the popular Armstrong, the beautiful Starck. the dependable Brewster Howard, French & Sons, etc. In finest Mottled Mahoganies, Burl and Circassian Walnuts, genuine puar-ter-sawed Oaks and other rare and costly woods. Included also are the finest and very latest Improved S8-note Player Pianos. We have featured the Player Piano at 20 Per Cent Off makes "lor a harmonious getting to gether," he said, "and it may mean a steam roller' to some people. Your club will not only nil a function not thought of heretofore, but It will pro vide a retreat for the tender young Bull Moose and the helplesn elephants seeking protection.". ' Referring to the speech of accept ance of the Democratic Presidential nomination by Woodrow Wilson, Mr. Wocd declared the policies of the New Jersey Governor stood for the rights of the people and In that connection Roosevelt had no advantage In a defi nite promise of relief to the .working men of this country. "Governor Wilson has not flinched anywhere, neither is he a demagogue." said Mr. Wood. "He has not cajoled the populace for their votes. He has made a diagnosis of the. difficulty and Is in a position to prescribe the. rem edy. Wipe out a third or a fourth, party and make a new republic under Woodrow Wilson." Milton A. Miller, State Senator from Linn County, was introduced by A. L. McDonald, chairman of the meeting and president of the club, as a "fighter for progressive principles who would carry his county for Wilson." Senator Miller, . as did the other speakers of the evening, assailed vig orously the tariff and asserted the people were paying interest and divi dends on $30,000, 000,000 of watered stock, or $18 per capita. Steel Trunt Assailed. Discussing the tariff further, Senator Miller" contended that the steel trust was enjoying advantages to the burden of the people. Tne income of the steel trust for 1911, alleged Senator Miller, was $"03,000,000, while the in come of the Government in the same length of time aggregated only $700, 000,000. Discussion of the tariff, as it was introduced by Senator Miller, was elab orated uponbypr;Hajraie2 PLAYER PIANOS FOR $297 business for years and today the Reed French Co. is recognized as the Flayer Piano headquarters of the city. But everything must go, regardless of the sacrifice, including even a number of the finest and most costly Baby Grands ever shown here. Desks, Rugs. Office Furniture and Fixtures will be sold all or in part to the highest bidder. GLANCE AT THESE PRICES For $168, $129, and even as low as $96 you can choose between several splendid full-srzed upright pianos strictly brand new and the very latest styles. The regular $350 and $450 pianos, closing-out cost, now $207 and $283. Player Pianos latest 88-note, brand new Instruments, fully warranted al ways sold at $500, $525, and $560, closing-out cost only 297, $317. and $335. The $600 Player Pianos now $362 and the finest $800 Player Pianos go now at virtually a half off, or $477. AS TO TERMS These closing-out prices ought to bring all cash, or at least half down. But we're not In a position to dictate. The burning question Is to find homes AT ONCE for all these fine Pianos and Player Pianos. We'll not quibble about terms. $25 or $30 down and $12, $10, or even $8 a month will do. JUST A FINAL WORD Remember, every instrument is strictly brand-new, the very . latest Btyle and absolutely guaranteed for a long term of years. "Money Back" if not exactly as represented and entirely sat isfactory AFTER DELIVERY. We can say or do no more except to suggest that you be on hand early the very first thing. Orders by wire or long distance phone will be honored only until deposit money can arrive. Deliv eries will be made as promptly as pos sible. Reed-French Piano Co., Sixth and Burnslde Sts. Doors open promptly at 8:30 tomorrow morning. ocratlc nominee for Vnlted States Sen ator. He denounced the tarllT as ii system of tax that was used for "th benefit of the few at the expense of the many." The Senatorial nominee arKiinl that "the tariff hail corrupted the Gov ernment and placed a false estimate on the management of Its affairs." In calling the meeting to order A. L, McDonald, president of the club, ex plained 'that the purpose of the or ganization was to promote the inter ests of Democracy in Oregon without antagonizing either existing organiza tions or other clubs that might be formed In the course of the campaign. The l'rogressive Democratic Club will hold semi-monthly meetings in the Medical building. Samuel White was the concluding speaker at last night's meeting. Diplomatic Sun-ln-Lan. New York Globe. "Dobbs lied to me yesterday In or der to get off to go to the ball game. He said his wife's mother was dead." "I think you are mistaken. I heard what he said." "Then what was it?" "He said he would like to attend his mother-in-law's funeral." NOTICE THE WISE DENTAL CO. FAILING BUILDING WASHINGTON and THIRD Southeast Corner HAVE NO OTHER OFFICES EITH ER IN PORTLAND OR THE STATE BEWARE OF MISLEADING SIGNS ON BUILDING CLOSE TO OUR OFFICE Imitation is the sinccrest flattery. We realize that other less fortunate dentists would like to pick the crumbs from our table, and we would have no objection to their success provided they win their spurs by fair methods. Traveling under an assumed name is sure to return as a boomerang. When you want the best dentistry at mod erate prices and backed by a fifteen year guarantee that means something, see the Wise Dental Co., Failing building. We have no other offices in this city or state. see THAT SOFT LIPI PIjATKK WITH FMSXIIII.K SUCTION. The Very Bent and Latent in Modern Dentistry. No More FalllnRPIntr. Our Interchangeable Facings. A "Wise" Idea 3 Our bridge work h a been broiiphi to the hlgh tt Mate of perfe p I i o n. The to'tli on t h 1 lirldno h r e Inter chanseHMe at will without r e in v I n r from the moutli. HEAD OIR FRIC'KS.' Rood Rubber Plntea, each aTi.nn The Bent Ked Uubbrr Platen, eac-li..7.. 22-karat liold or Porcelain Crown..5.00 2-karat Bridge Teeth, guaranteed rach '.. Gold or Knamel Fillings, each. . . .1.00 Silver Fillings, each ""c And an Absolute Guarantee Backed by 23 Year In Portland Wise Dental Co. FAILING BLDGn THIRD A.M WASH. Southeast Corner, Phones Main 2020, A 2020.