IS
l.l I
$7.50 Dinner Sets, $2.9$
50c a Week
linoleum NowYol 49c
Here is a sensational Linoleum special that will set the "hot-air merchants" wild with
envy, because they cannot begin to match the price. It i.s "D" grade of J A
Printed Linoleum, the regular J&1.00 value, and the special price for Monday
These are fine 50-pieee
Semi-Porcelain Dinner
Sets, with fancy floral
decorations, selling reg
ularly at $7.50; special
for Monday and Tues
day, only
Will soon pay for these fin
Anti-Trust Sowing Machine!.
You are not asked $65 for thesa
machines, but only
ana luesaays euing wiu De oniy, yara
THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 2, 1008.
411- iLWtfaatfefc
' r r rr- J3.JrS STfy
L
On Theae Easy Terma
They will do the work of a
$65 or $75 machine. We buy
them direct from a manufac
turer who is fighting the Sew
ing Machine Trust. No agent'a
commissions to pay.
Peninsular
Fine Steel ii
Th celebrated makt, by the largest
manufacturer! m the world.
SOLD ON EASY
PAYMENTS
We will place one of these Sterling Steel
Ranges in your home on the payment of
titan
TCP
n virN
atove
7 SPM
And then you pay the same amount
-$1.00 PER WEEK
Scotch Brussels Rugs, $7.50
These rugs are imported from
Scotland, are very carefully
woven, and will wear, hold
their color and give you sat
isfaction. Room-Size Rugs,
ONLY
$7.50
$2
Fine Silk Floss Mattresses, $7.50
Theae Silk Floss Mattresses have fine art
tickeig, and are thoroughly well made of
perfectly sanitary materials. "Hot Air
dealers' ask $9.00 for these same matrres
es. Big Eastsiiie Store price
Only $7.50
A Big Gas Range Special
This Beautiful Dresser
Only $8.75
Just as much room in these draw
ers as the costly kind. It is well
made, has three drawers, large mir
ror, golden oak finish, and will last
for years. The cheapest dresser
made, and the Big Eastaide Store
price is only $8.75
SS5
MpnrnaiH ssbjhi . a, "IB.. 'tlWTVTiiJt- iitiU
Nickel
Alarm
Clocks
75c
Regular 95c
Values
Easy F
ayment:
Will Furnish Your
Home Here
S virO
o
Your Credit
Window Shades, 3x7 ft, all colors, only 25c
$9.50
A $15.00 Dangler
Gas Range for
Only ....
No. 217 This is a two-burner Dangler, with
oven, and is fitted with the patent gas-saving
burners. It will save your gas bills save its
cost in a season. Come in and see these great
bargains. This Is the
Cash
Price
$9.50
JIB!
IroiOnlyWll
Five pieces in the set, including han
dle regular $1.50 values, for only90
GEVURTZ BROS.
Don't Mistake the Place! E. Burnside and Union Ave.
i g f Ess
Solid Oak Dresser Like
Cut Only $17.50
No. 264 These are very handsome
quarter-sawed golden oak Dressers,
with beautifully hand-polished cases,
genuine French bevel plate mirrors
24x36-inch size, tops 22x42 inches.
Very fine furniture pieces. The reg
ular price in other stores is fully $35.
The Big Store special price now is
only $17.50
SOW
MR. BRYAN AND THE COMMONER
AS A JOURNAL ..MAN FOUND THEM
j.
By Tlendrlck.
(Special Correspondent of The Journal.)
Lincoln. Neb, July aT The city of
Lincoln and Us suburb, Falrvlew. are
decidedly on the map. Lincoln and
Falrvlew both owe their present debt to
the' thrice nominated William Jennings
Bryan. Of Bryan the orator, of Bryan
the citizen, of Bryan the lecturer and
of Bryan the politician, the country
knows much. In fact, it Is more In
timately acquainted with his personality
In these directions thnt even with the
personality of his Republican opponent.
But of Bryan the editor, the country
la coTriparatively uninformed. It knows
hLs paper principally as the mouthpleco
for Bryan's proclamations. It does
not. know that the Commoner la operated
on nighly Ideal linos and that It is one
of the most successful publications In
the United States. The announcement
just made that Mr. Bryan will con
tribute the profits of the Commoner to
the Democratic national committee as
hie contribution to the campaign fund,
makes the paper of particular public In
terest at the present time. In a aliened
letter in the paper this week Mr. Bryan
makes publia this Intention of making
the paper an earning power for the
Jjemocratlo oommittee.
Mr. Bryan founded the Commoner and
has been Its active editorial head since
the paper was started. He has written
many of his editorials while on lec
ture tours through the country and it
has been the chief organ for voicing
his personal views on natural subjects.
For aome time, however, the routine
of the work has been delegated to others.
Bemoves Sim Another Step.
The fact that Mr. Bryan's third nom
ination removos him another step from
the editorship of the publication, has
given rise to the Inquiry as to the
probability that the Commoner would
pass out of existence In ea.-o Mr. Bryan
Were elevated to the presidency. Just
one of the Interesting tilings about the
Commoner Is the fact that this possi
bility has been anticipated with a hlsh
ly Idealistic "reserve fund," which pro
vides employeM and stockholders with
Insurance against loss of time or profit
during" such a period as tho distiugu
lahed first citizen of Lincoln may oc
cupy the White House.
This and other interesting circum
stances are related in a ourrent Issure
of a newspaper publishers' organization
In the following graphic paragraphs:
"The Commoner does not occupy pala
tial quarters, but the two llitlo editor
ial rooms present an Interesting- pic
ture. No money has been -squandered
In furnishings and decorations. Well
worn oilcloth covers the floor of one
room, and a faded old rug witn iHy d
edges does Its best to ornament the
other. Two battered and worn desks
and a table, all littered with news
papers and clippings, are the principal
articles of furniture. Dusty sheafs of
old newspapers are piled in corners
of the rooms, and the ilinxy. yellow I
walls show marks of thousands of I
journalistic wounds. Several heavily
constructed chairs and a typewriter
about complete the equipment. The
rental of the offices is understood to
bo only $1,200 per year.
"Nevertheless the Commoner's sanc
tum looks like a real workshop and,
says tho New Tork World, 'studying
the preambled interior, one naturally
thinks of Mr. Brvan in muddy overalls,
feeding his chickens at Falrvlew. The
picture fits the editorial office, home
ly, rough and ready, earnest and de
cent.' "The little business office of the Com
moner, downstairs, shows up to better
advantage. The desks are modern,
tl e woodwork bright, and the girl clerks
who tand at the tiny windows are de
llKhtfully polite and attentive. It Is
no trouble for them to look through
great idles of old newspapers In search
of Utile items asked for or to meet all
the countless requests that pour Into a
newspaper office.
"They never ask If the applicant Is a
subscriber. It Is quite enough for
them that he is In search of Informa
tion which the Commoner can give him.
i an ousmess manager or the Com-
and is regarded in Lincoln as being the
faytst night of the year. In addition
he Commoner gives a picnic every sum
mer. The girls furnish the luncheon
and the management supplies the spe
cial train and the Ice cream. Mr. Bryan
always goes along and plays first base
in the ball game between the editorial
and the business staffs.
Himself a Publish.
The fact that Mr. Bryan la himself
a publisher and therefore Is familiar
with the necessities and demands of
the newspaper correspondents. Is evi
denced by the arrangement made at
Falrvlew for the comfort and conven
ience of newspaper writers who have
been attracted to Lincoln and Falrvlew
by the Bryan rencminatlon. A larse
tent has been erected on the Kalrvh w
f rounds to bo used as headquarters fcr
hese correspondents and they find It
highly advantageous This Is one of
the innovations which Mr Bryan lu-
perfected through his able secretary,
Robert F. Ko?e. Mr. Hose was the As
sociated Press correspondent assigned
to cover Mr Bryan s tlrst campaign:
After that brittle he became secretary
to the pubilsner of the Commoner.
Now he is on the Job at Falrvlew doing-
the heavy work. Mr. Rose himself
occupies a small tent immediately In
the rear or ine uryan residence, v.ere
ho sleeps with his boots on. Mr.
Brvan is unquestionably the leading
cit.sen of Lincoln and probably the lead
ing citizen or rsetTBSKa. He has bevn
VI MAKES MS
fust get my
Unceremonious Exit of
Scion of Famous Family
From New York.
. . Drj.n, oroiner i.. i mn l,nn,ri1 vlth th. ntl.
''.'L, ""m f,'i.r.yan' and he employes. r,f 'th fading private citizen of thai
'r rl. 7h.U.iH-. sienograpners, anq failed Ptates Although Lincoln does
f T H, , .5 rora'.'"1b" t,out r.nt always vote for him for president
u -J, ,r ? ? V ,'ontCommon,,J vet it honors him greatly and he Is a
Is said to be about ll80.000. some Of ihtni1l n.r, nf It. eommnnltv lit.
- m . 1 . W 3stJesMt8?y
7 ' " -V . ft , I J '
1 -' " - ;--" . .'i - I A:. 4'
Cfce
' 1
Wkrt"Th ComnjoaerV Work la Don. Photo Exclvaalejiy tor Th
- - JovraaX
scrlptlons at the rate of 11 a year, but
ire uuia or it is in the club class, at a
lower rate.
"What becomes of the annual profits
derived from the Commoner is a pui
ile. In view of Mr Bryan's surprisingly
small share. 110,000 salary as editor anil
publisher, but it is explained tbAt a ce--tain
portion of the profits, a big one.
Is rut away annually to swell a 're
tiring funJ ' This fund is destied to
meet any emergency which mifent call
for a suhfxenslon of publication.
For lnstan -e. If Mr Brvan is elected
to the presidency, the probability Is
that tie Commoner would n... rut r,t
existence, in which event the 'retiring
fund' would settle all obligations and
provide for the employes whe now de
pend upon the Commoner for a living
Varying estimates place the amount of
this fund at from Jio.000 to 1100,008."
Paper's Xarniaf g.
A r-ewspsper writer recently esti
mated Mr Brran's earnings fretn the
"mmorer alone at about 1200 000, and
th" r-t'lshfr. who Is said to hare neen
d-er,y annoyed, prepared to make pub
il a full "h-lu!e of his Intotni and
fort inf. but Trends persuaded him not
to do so
It 1 -j"ertnod. howsT-er. that the
publisher t f the Commoner estimates
Ms wealth to Include the following
ltms House. IJA.0C9: fsrra lard
If noo. Vn!'-d fates rv.nds. ti&.OOO. In
vestments. Ilr. 008 and tr.uranc, rlo
to matjrity. which will bring the total
to l!i:.nor.
In add'tion to the 1100 salirf
whk-h Mr. Bryan from fa paper,
he esrns money by working for ethor
periodicals mr.i br lctur1ng, for which
he gets on an average about llil
In Jancarr of each rear every per
son man. woman. Ikt or girl on the
Cofnnixxr pevroi) "Ibs tn tse rrT'l
numury ertHn. wmeB rwnrttow
usually u leld at Mr, Bryan a botae
newspaper la operated on thoroughly
businesslike lines, and yet the organi
zation Is highly ideal.
MAKES PROPOSAL
"-BY WIRE, ACCEPTED
(PperWl rttrt to Tb JocraU. I S
e North Taklma, tVash.. Aug. 1. 4
4 Georgie Oclden, the fiancee of 4
Walter T l'rlne. the day West-
4 en Union operator here, ar- 4
4 rived this afternoon arid they 4
war married immediately. They 4
separated in Danville a year and 4
4 a haUf ago. He came west. He 4
4 advertised for her three weks 4
4 ago sad she answered from In- 4
4 dlanapoils last Tuesday, where 4
4 she was living He proposed by 4
4 wire; she answered "Yea" He 4
4 wired transportation and shs 4
4 start! r.eit day 4
4 4
OompaNaj I. to AmrlcM Lake.
Pendleton, Or, Aug 1. About 41
mitilr of Ccrpsnv U O N O will
lTe 8unl right fcr American Iake,
under the leadership rf Captain Smrtb.
where they wtil er.Jr tel annj sam
wier ertrstnipfnent an4 Jointly partlrlpate
tn military maces vers wHh tie rfguUr
am.
(tTnlted Press Leased Wtre.t
New Tork. Aug. 1. How Alfred Van-
derbtlt was aided to escape from the
Lexington avenue apartments of Mme.
Mary Agnes O'Brien Rulso through the
servants' quarters and back yard, while
the house was besieged by reporters,
was revealed today In connection with
the appointment of a referee to take
testimony la the divorce eult
The name of Van.ierlult. however. Is
not mentioned specifically in the com
plaint filed by Senor Antonio K. Rulse.
the scion of a wealthy Cuban family,
who Uvea at the Waldorf. The co-respondent
is referred to mereiey as "an
unknown man.
Attorney George Young rtauclile, rep
resenting the husband, said that the
name and facts would be brouKtit out
in the hearing Mr. Vanderbllt had not
been called as a witness.
The remarkable sioiy of the young
millionaire's esiapo at an early hour
from the apartments of Mine. Rulse
came to light through an examination
of the servants in the Lexington avenue
house. Attorney LancMe probably will
use at leit one of theS3 servants in
the hearing before Referee GoOige A.
Wy re.
According to the stories told by the
house servants, the plan to get Mr.
Vanderbllt away from the house with
out pusslns a battery of cameras was
engineered By the Janitor. This scheme
was reo;te1 to after th- millionaire had
abandoned an earlier attempt to c-ish
into a waiting taxlcab ami take a chance
with the cameraa. The presence of a
second taxlcab hired by the newspaper
men caused him to give up that Idea.
The only rear exit to the building in
which lime. Ruise JJve.t was reached
through living-rooms occupied by the
) n 1 1 o r
To reach these quarters, however, a
fire escape from the apartments of the
lsdy, with a drop into a dark alleyway,
was used.
After the young millionaire sports
msn tad dusted himself off he was se
creted in the quarters of the Janitor
until the latter made a hasty recon
noiter and accounted for each of tho
newspaper reporters and photographers
V hn their whereabouts bad been as
certained Mr Vanderbllt was guided
out Ir.to a bark yard wMrn la surround
ed with an e;gM-foot board fence, very
difficult to sraie According to th
story related to-lay. as g ajned from the
boue witnesses, tie brond bark of the
Janitor came into ue he-e and with a
b:g "boost Mr Vandert'Jt was able
to eai the fence
There was rm-re trouble, also more
bach, yards ahead. Fortunately a bouae
d" or burrlAr alarms wer eticoun-,
tr4, and atar scrambling vr anara
EDITOR
OFFETI
DIES SUDDENLY
8UIII0IIS FIRE
AT ISLAHD CITY
Flames Consume $120,000
Worth of Property Xo
"Water Obtainable.
(United Preae Leased Wire.)
New York, Aug. 1. Samuel E. Mof
fett, editor of Collier's Weekly, and
well known as a writer and former Jour
nalist, died suddenly today on the
beach at Normaiulie-by-the-Sea. near
Sea Bright, N. J. His death was due to
cerebral hemorrhage, brought about by
his being buffeted In a heavy surf
while bathing. His brother-in-law, E.
V. Tallman, with a life guird was with
him and suddenly saw htm throw tip
tils hands and let go tho ropes aa
though in distress. The life guard
plunged in and brought him to shore
while Mr. Tallman summoned several
physicians who were at the hotel. He
was detul when mey reached the beach,
however.
Mr. Moffett was born In St. Louis In
IStin and educated in the University of
Missouri at Columbia and the University
of California. lie was connected at va-
I rious times with the Sin Francisco
Examiner and the New York Journal,
a ivell us other prominent newsDaners.
i a.,,4 urai t h a oiithnr nf mnnv work on 1 t6S
political and social science. He had I Ferry's store, where the fire started.
been connected with Collier's Weekly contained a stock of 11.200. fully cov
(Spectu! Dtatfstch to The Journal.)
La Grande, Or., Aug. 1. Last night
at lt o'clock fire broke out In a small
general store belonging to W. C. Parry,
at Island "City and spread to the bit
Implement house of the M. A M. eom
pany. from there to the flour mills,
owned by th came firm, thence to a
butcher shop and three dwellings.
The total loss will reach 1 120,000. Tha
M. & M. company's warehouse is a 'total
loss of J60.UOO with Insurance of tllj
00". The loss on the mills Is 160,000. It
Includes 80,000 barrels of flour, wheat,
etc. The Insurance Is about $10,000.
other losses will approximate 110,-
alnce 1804.
FISHEKMAX DliOWXS
IX THE COLUMBIA
(Bpetlal Dispatch to The JonraalJ
Astoria, Or., Aug. 1. Kurt Pekurt,
a Kuxsian Finn boat puller for Captain
Ziolunder. who is fishing for A. Booth
Co.. was drowned this morning oppo
site the Clatsop mill. They were re
turning from a successful night's fish
ing. While aprpouchlng th cannery
Pekurl started to lower the sail and
the boom swung around, knocking him
overboard. The body has not been re
covered. The deceased was a native ot
Finland, aged S3, ana has resided bar
for th laat six years.
EUGEXE SCHOOL BOY
DIES AT SEATTLE
Eugene, Or . Aug I. A telegram wakf within a few days.
received here this afternoon statin
that Walter Francia. son of I. M. F rea
cts a former Msh school football star,
died In a hospital at Baattl from in
juries received in a logging camp na?
there several days ago. Th father,
who went to Seattl Immediately after
th accident, started with th remain
fcr Eugen tonight. Th dec-eased had
piaved on the Eugen high school foot
ball team several years. H waa en
of th bat players tb school ever
turned out. He was VI rears aid. He
leaves his parents aad Mvarai broth era
and sisters.
fences and thrwaati h!f a dsn r ri
val yards th m u)wur raachad Park
v u aad snad tl getaway, wh.,e
th reporters wer left ta wait another
near or s V prasa Urea,
ered bv Insurance. The M. & M. com
pany will rebuild the mill at one.
The La Grande fire department re
sponded to the appeal for aid. but water
was not obtainable for hours.
RAILWAY ENLARGED
TO HANDLE CROWDS
(peeUl Dtspatrk te The JearsaLt
North Taklma. Wash.. Aug. 1. Ia OS
dr to handT th crowds which ar
anticipated hera when th atata talr
commence . September It. th local
streetcar company ts building a mil
and a half extension from th buiU
ness part of town ta me iir irounua
Additional passenger car
ordered and a
hava beta
ejcpactad to arriTS
Further measures ta iMsra handling
th several thousand s-eopl will b
taken up with the Chicago. Mtlwauke
Jr Ft Pal read. A loronaotlv and a
strlrg of flat cars will b operated
n th track of tha streetcar aoia
pany. SEATTLE MAX GETS .
' PUOET SOUXD DOCK
Washisrtoa, Aug l C. J. Tr'-kan,
a cor tract or of fceatl, Vaeh i) r.
tract a aew weval dr?d at t
sb4. Wsshu tf ' a-w-rtrr er - '
ajifiim a i assist "a i -
to-lay fcr tti hlf tf the I , '
eoTietrr "on. tir. li. kui i s
Xer l.t.