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Newspaper Page TextMM ilIE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAU .PORTLAND. SUNDAY- MORNING. DECEMBER 27, 1908. i 2 WHO HILL BE 5 5 BOOTS? Pennsylvania Republicans . Begin Guessing as to Han . Who Will Fill Tlace Sen ator Will Vacate Several on Anxious Seat, , IlllllOIS. CHAMP DIVORCE STATE Leads With Eecord of 82,209 Knots Cut From 1887 to 1906. ; OPEN RIVER PlAfJ IS URGED Washington, Dec. 26. While the terms of 31 senators, mot than one third Of the entire body, expire on Marctr 4 next, . IS of thia number alwpdy have been re elected or assured reelection. elther through successes In primary contests or pledges of a maiOTltyof tha 'member chip of the several state legislatures charged with the duty of electing sena tors before the beginning of the next congress. '. ' In addition to the vacancies occurring riy reason of a provision of the constitu tion, there will be a vacancy in Pennsyl vania on account of the forthcoming res lunation of Senator Knox to accept, the portfolio of , secretary ot . atate in me Taft cabinet, Scramble for Knox's Seat ,. There will 1 be a scramble between .Pennsylvania' Republicans for; Mr. Knox's seat, which will occasion public interest equal to "the contest going on in Unto for tne seat or esenaior jjoraser, and in Connecticut ior -tne seat ot sen a top RranJec-ee. . That Secretary Root will receive the New York senatorship now held by Sen ator Flatt is conceded, and a contest la , iot expected. - ' v .' ' Republican senators whose terms ex- Eire at the end of the present congress, ut who are sure of being returned, are: Cummins of Iowa, now serving out tha unexpired term of the late Senator Alli ' eon: Dillingham of Vermont, Oallinger of New Hampshire, Heyburn of Idaho, Perkins of California, Smoot of Utah and Stephenson of Wisconsin. '- Democrats who will be returned are: Clarke of Arkansas, Clay of- Georgia, Oore of Oklahoma, Johnston of Alabama, McEnery of Louisiana, Newlands of Ne vada, Overman of North Carolina, Smith . of Maryland and Stone of Missouri.' Although Hopkins of Illinois and Pen rose of Pennsylvania face fights, they expect to win. . Beaten In Primaries By reason of defeat In primary con tents Senator Ankeny of Washington will be succeeded by Representative Wesley L, Jones, Senator Hansbrough of North Dakota by M. N. Johnson of Petersburg, N. D., Kittredge of South Dakota by Governor Cos I.; Crawford and Long of Kansas by Joseph I j. Bristow of Sal In a. former fourth aa , aistant postmaster general, - All of these men are Republicans, and In addition Fulton of Oregon,. probably will be succeeded by Governor Chamber lain, Democrat, who was victorious In the primaries, a ' . , r - ,....,,..-..,: If pledges made 'by eertalri Republican members of , the Oregon . legislature are kept Chamberlain will come to the sen ate, but If they are violated, as Fulton is demanding, if course. Fulton, will be cnosen ia succeed mmseir. : Of' the - Democratic senators whosa terms expire on March 4, Bray of South Carolina will be succeeded by E. D, flmith of Columbia, and Milton of Flor ida by Duncan U. Fletcher of Jackson ville. - --.v.- ., , BeptAUean From Kentucky. V Offsetting the Oregon situation la that of Kentucky, former Governor W. O. Bradley, Republican, having been elected to succeed McCreary, Democrat. Teller of Colorado will be succeeded by Charles J. Hughes of Denver. Teller declined to be a candidate for reelection. Thus the contests have been narrowed down to Ohio, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Indiana,, where a Democrat will be elected to succeed Hemenway, the legis lature of the atate having been lost by the Republicans In the recent election. The eyes of the country are on Ohio because of tha candidacy of Charles P. Taft brother of the president-elect, for the seat of Foraker, who has declined to abandon his place without a fight. Other , jnen opposing Mr. Taft for the seat are ; Representative Theodore E. Burton. Har ry M. paugherty and former Speaker J. Warren Keif er. ..... SANTA'S BEAED AND FACE BADLY BURNED : (Special Dispatch ta The Journal.) Halsey, Or., Dec. 26. At; a family Christmas tree at - tha home of David ; Downing, the host's brother was Imper sonating Santa Claus- his long flowing beard became Ignited from a candle on tha tree and before his disguise could be removed, his .face was burned to a blister. He. can hardly aea today. His bands ra so badly burned that all the cuticle has peeled off. It is reported that he is resting easy. ' At tha same time at a union tree at the Pity hall.-' In which - the Sunday tsrhools of town took part, and while all available standing room was taken, a handkerchief caught fire and for a mo- ... ment a ripple of excitement ran through the audience, . Some one on the -stage had presence of mind enough to remove the kerchief and extinguish the flame. The article was hign up In the tree and might have caused a big fire. CHILDREN BURNED WHEN HOME BURNS Meeteetse, Wyo Dec. 26. A tele phone message from Sunlight Basin, In Yellowstone National forest,' tells a besrtrendlng storv. of the death of the little boys of Frederick Sessions, aged 4 years and 9 months, respectively, who were cremated in the Sessions home, which was destroyed by fire Thursday. The parents were looking after livestock in the barn and left the baby' with its 4-year-old brother In' the bouse, a few " yards away. They did hot notice the fire until the flames had gained such headway that Sessions was unable to get inside . the house, and be and bis wife were compelled to exert all their efforts to save the barn, hay and live stock while their home and children were destroyed. - , a j. '.' " 1 1 ' fa Salem vGranflre Fasscs. Reso lutions Supporting. Wil - lamette River Movement and Free Locks and Canal Delay Detrimental. (Unites. Frees bussed Wire.) .Washington, .Dec J8. Illinois leads i tne states of the union In the grand : total of tha number of divorces granted i in me past xu years, accoraing 10 com piled statistics on marriages and di vorces just issued by the census bu reau. 'Tha record for this. state during tne period or usi-iaos was 2.zuy. Delaware had the least number. 887. Illinois alR leada in tha list of states or divorces granted in 1906. in which year 6943 unhappy couples were unjoined by the courts. -. This Is con siderably more than the total number of divorces granted In the same year in Delaware, Maryland, Georgia, West Vir ginia and Florida, which was 4595. lexas is next, in tne recora ior ivuo, with 173. Ohio is third, with 4781, In diana Is fourth, with 4048, and New -The divorce rate throughout the court- I (Special DUpitca to The JwmU try. based on total noDUlation. was al-l Salem. Or., Deo. 2(L -Reanlutlnna ex. UinlsVoOn'e' o'Ahe lutein" lT active aupport Tacts brought out in the statistics is " iuomm open mo tviiiu.hi that during period of financial depres-lette rivet to navigation, and' maintain slon- the number of divorces decreases tn- ic--.. hrtmn niffnnnr fru as does the number of marriages, which : ' " a oreon, city forever, free seems to indicate that families stick to-1 jotie oi isregon, were unani set her in hard t imea. , mously adopted by tha Salem grange Junius i ig imrun ur m. uuure m regular meeting this afternoon. granted during the past zo years were I The legislature is railed upon to sus hi urar oi u who. i pnuciwi um me provisional legislation for ae- ground Is failure to provide; also It Is curing free locks aad canal, and thero- noted that there were six cases In- the posed delay , is regarded aa seriously state of I tah in which the husband b- detrimental to the reasonable develop- I liv u uavvavv Aua ihib nviwv Of the common rrounds for divorce. Infidelity is the only one in which the ment of tha Willamette valley. following is a text of the resolutions: "Salnm ffrs n a ar 1 u , n Urn numoer or aivorces graniea ina nusoana hearty sympathy ar.d . support" forx tha cjii-veu niuM; Bruin. i" w.i.- , movement to make tha wniamc - . . .....1 A . L. 1 ' ' IJ1VIUU1 vorcea ww. jr nru """' . iw and canal at Oregon City, by coopera- wivea tOther tnterestlng facts gleamed tion of tha state and nation. We fa- frm J S.epl Jtle:Ai., vor ustainlng tha provisional legiala- Husbands contest v P00?1.- tion of this state in appropriating lngs mora often tlian do wives. All- mon.T to secure frMTi.v. nA rnr mony was asked . for in 13.2 per cent .nd extendlna the time of tha nresent ano ODiainea m .i percent. -DDrnnrlfttlnn in ,k .rtaP,i lamette rlvar open to navigation; Including free locks money to secure free- locks and canal or tne cases ana ouiainea in . pni aDDronrlatlon tn r1v tha fertoril irnv. The divorce rat reaehe. Its ma gjj eHo".?-1 ul 1111,1 WA"'"V Quite the locks and canal at Orecon iirunaenness as a cause ior aivorce i ....i r ':r.";..u.;vT.j ill.,. I tne people or Oregon. "We are convinced that the tolls col lected by the private corporation own ing tna locaa and canal are tha heav iest tax UDOn the producers of western Oregon. The charge of 6(t cents per ton on freight ana Z6 cents per passen ger is not oiny collected from the trar fic on the river but is added as a charge upon all freight and passengers nanaiea oy tne raiiroaas as wen. upon motion, a further resolution was adopted. Inviting members of the Marion county aeiegation in tne legis lature. Including Senators L. N. Smith and T. B. Kay, and Representatives fauon, juiouy ana natiewri, iu ua open session of the Pomona grange. Wednesday, January 6. at which time the county grange will discuss the opsn river. The following officers were elected today: Fruit Inspector E. C. Armstrong, master; Alexander Trunbull. overseer; Ida E. Morris, lecturer: u. l weaver. steward: Clarence Armstrong, assistant (aerial Ditnatrh to The JesrsaLI I steward: Mrs. R. f. Boise, chaplain Tnndon. Deo. 28. The alarmist ru-1 K. C "Fletcher, treasurer: Zella R. mors circulated in London during the! Fletcher, secretary; R. D. Teeter, gate ast week or two wim regara 10 me i keeper. eaitn oi M.ing tawira nave naa mo ki- trrt of fnouBina- nuhllc attention UDOn his successor, who has suddenly come In for an amount of publlo attention that must prove rather embarrassing for one of his retiring disposition. The public seems suddenly to have awakened to the fact that Klnar Edward is now well advanced In years and that be Is not at an ltxeiy to- live to me ripe oia age atalned by his mother. At, the same time there has come a desire to learn more about the future king, now the prince ot wais. Although tne neir to the throne Is now close to 4fi years of age, the - most extraordinary Ignorance : revaiis, not only aoroaa nut even in i'vns- and concerning him. When a young man Prince George, as he Is always called, was only second In succession to ; between the twentieth and twenty-fifth years of married lire. PUBUCWOI! EDWARD'S HEIR Something About the Man of 45 Years Who Will Reign as George V. DEAR PEOPLE: V v3- We thank you for your liberal patronage during the year 1908. We have done our best to give you a dollar's worth for every dollar t you have paid us. We have endeavored to merit your confidence T by writing nothing misleading or uhtrutrif ul in our advertising. ; . Our policy in the future will not be changed, and we look for- -ward with pleasure and confidence, knowing that the year 1909 will be the greatest in our. business experience of pver thirty years in Portland; : fM'--Si '&lH?r$? M'-:MMi x' 'MM':r j 1 We wish you a happy and prosperous New Year. -V . f EDWARDS COMPANY. -. ' . ii TAKING' SALE r Furniture Many samples to be closed re gardless of cost. $1.25 Dining Chairs ..vt... 85 $3.50 Oak Center Tables ..$2.45 : i ' " ' ' .. A .''.. 1 .. . i.' i1 ''..', v " $5.00 Kitchen Safes- .$3.45 v $8.50 Hardwood Safes . . . .$6.45 $12.50 Kitchen Cabinets ..$9.00 $15.00 Extension Tables $11.75 $26.00 Leather Chairs . . .$18.00 Carpets . In this department are . more extra ; values than ' any ; other. Prices given are on "quantities,! to 15 yards: -, 45c. Cotton Ingrain, yard . ..20 65cHalf Wool, yard 42 85c AH Wool, yard .....'.. 54 4 $1.00 . Lace Curtains, pair ; .60 $3.00 Comforts, each .....$1.35, $1.80 Inlaid Linoleum, yd. $1.00 r Stoves Price, is no object when it comes to the end of the season in this department. . 1 $1.75 Gas Plates, 2 burner $1.25 $2.50 Heating Stoves . .. .$1.50 $6.50 Laundry Stoves ....$4.85 $9.50 Box, Heaters .......$6.05 $11.00 Welcome Heaters' ..$7.00 $18.00 Royal Heaters . .$13.75 $25.00 Oak4Heaters $18.35 You Are Welcome to Credit. jvvCvJ , ,7,7,')''' ""j", '"'T '-"vji aCX GOOD fL.CE2 HTO TRADE! "1 It Pays To Trade Here ER A OLOIIIAL his father, and aa a consequence ha did not come in for much public notice. In more recent years his retiring disposi tion and quiet lire nave served errec- IIISTITUTE 0PEI1S New Institution Established Under Auspices of the Grovemment. tively to keen him out of the limelight. tastes in other directions it may be said I Institute, which has just been opened (Beertt News by Longest Leased Wire.) Hamburg, Dec. 28. Tha new Colonial that tha bublla ia in absoluta lanorance. here, has already admitted 36 students WfU Selra aa aoraa Seventeen of the men are official from , VZT, , . . 5 j the Imperial Colonial offlce. The in- 1 The Prince of Wales Is the second son I .tit, ,. .. Ji .i. cn'an8 "entttS " ' dlng u'Vnnwn0!1.1".' Th new Colonial Institute is to be a He wSs trned for the navy fnd his unJver8lt5r ,or Pl"tor merchants and elrlv?5ve fo? the wate? haValwavs r- of1cia 8 who lntend to to th colonies, 2ST?-i0,2iS?rviVJf wt IH" aJ,w.al5n5: nd also a point where scientiflo and hood he was known as a mischievous .lnAL AeT' C8J1 concentrate. In boy, and It was as much op account of SSiTVh? iS5.E2V.r his inability to control the royal young- .,; 'I 1, L J, "-u ster as from any other reason that ills EfiSfJ,"0.1 fjf&Ji 2U.t bf insti? father decided to send him to sea. mf,n,al Ji1 i",'"8.1". J8plr, ,nto; th" Married May of Tack. 1 which. It Is hoped, much benefit and ad- Prlnce Oeorge married Princess Vic-1 vantage will ultimately accrue to the toria Mary of Teck, popularly known aa mother country. "Princess May," In 1883. The princess The curriculum Is based on the Idea Is the granddaughter of the first duke that immediate and practical advantuge of Cambridge, Queen Victoria's uncle, must not be aimed at an much fm and is therefore related by blood, though theoretic Interest in all that tends not closely, to her royal husband. Her toward tha progress of science, expert mother married the duke of Teck, and lence having taught that scientific work the Princess May, England's next queen, is ultimately serviceable and beneficial was born in Kensington palace in 187. to practical life. The course of study tier giruiooa was speni line mat oi any includes law, politics, the science of other young woman of noble birth, but language, history, geography, medicine owing to her close relations with her and natural science, gut In all cases second couain the late Queen Victoria, adapted to thevspeclal needs of the In- wlth whom she was a prime favorite, gtltute. ' ' Princess May was more In the popular The lectures on rnlnniai nrnti m eye at an early sge than any other young onp?offt b?fnglng cPonfJl plants' will Wia" " Lf. Ll0!'"!- ...... "supplemented by excursions to T ware! puonc sorrow in mngrana wnen tne .trato with th. nVr.- young duke died, not so much on account fi UhoI nh hL,.5rce,"' .f I? of his death as because It was thought ithV7iar of tha nrTf.W? iJ tftiS1 that the Princess May would not Tae- lni.P,J S r.nJw'JlfiJ comex,ueen. Her engagement not long mfrc lai .'.i, fj?rllbym, 5fd JK?1 afterward to Prince Oeorge, brother of wnf i.5 h. n?w..;. Ik! her lata fiance met with general nnhllr lootures will also be Illustrated In tha approval general public courB, of .rcur8onB to different parts fvhlle not a beauty, the princess ot , Qt"Jr,' where diverslfled geologl Wales Is robust and healthy, and had at 'ormationa and the methods of the time of her marriaae a beautiful adapting them to cultivation can be Is a devoted mother, ' en oeuverv OPEN tV0 HOURS 6e complexion. She and the delight of her life Is in her six children, all of them bright, healthy scions of royalty. umiKe his rather, the king, the prince of Wales cares little for never gambles. His only can sport. - He 1 came is whist. He cares nothing at au about The Fight Is On Evafy moment of your Ufa, whan you ra at homa or abroad, whan you ara awaka or when you ara asleep , Between the poison germa that are in air. food and water, everywhere In fact. nd the billlona of your , In visible f riendW the Uttla oluier-cor-pusclea in your blood.i:;r':.,v-;:;.--- If these little soldiers are kept rtrbngr and healthy by taking; Hood'a i irsapaxllla, you need nave no fear' f disease. It effecta ita. wonderful cures, not simply because it contains s irsaparilla but because it combines the utmost remedial values of more than 50 different ingredients, each rrratly etrengthcned and enriched by tr.'s peculiar combination. V, r ; 0t it today in the usual liquid form in ciiix-lted tablet form called ; ,t ' loa OA. ovular. horses and never has ridden tn hounds For some of the tamer forms of sport and athletics he haa considerable liking He is said to be one of the best tennis players In England. But his favorite diversion- Is fly fishing, a sport that. Ht?vt?r naa appeaiea 10 King Kdwara, be cause it Isn't exciting enough. - , - In his younger days Prince Oeorge was Involved in several escapades that reminded the public of his father at the same age. But since his marriage he has led a life entirely free from any thing that could be criticised either as folly or worse. Today he Is much more of a family man- than was the king at his age, and it has often been said of him that he ' prefers to play with "his children rather than attend splendid court ceremonials or to Interest himself in the affairs of government. For so ciety he cares absolutely nothing. He dresses very well, but Is not as careful in his attire as the king, and he never win be the 'glass or fashion and mold of form" for the London clubmen, as his father the king wadgtn his youth. r r JAMES J. CR0SLEY, - a v riOXlER, DEAD Forest Grove. Or.. Dec. It. James Jess CroRley, a resident of this place for 84 years, died here today of consump tion. He was born at Mackinaw, 111., where he.. spent his boyhood. He was 62 years old. A widow and the following children survive him: Percy Roy, Clyde Lester. Mis Kerrln Carey, William Hen ry, Miss Kdna May, Mitts Ruth Leavia and Jens Avis Crowley, all of this place. Inteirment will lake, place Monday. Mrs. Uforge Klrkwood.l aged 70. died'bere yesterday. '.Wr. Kirk wood survives her.' An additional course of lectures will be devoted to an explanation of tha most advantageous and beneficial manner of preparing food In th tropics, and all students will be trained to give first aid in case of accidents and ordinary tropical complaints. The elements of veterinary aurgery will be taught and, in view of the advance of oriental seml clvlllzatlon, which appeals to the natives more strongly than does European clvlw lzatlon, a course of lectures will be de livered on Islamism. , Tha conduct of the new "Colonial In stitute will be in the hands of the Coun cil of Professors, of which Dr. Thulenius Is president, but, in order to keep theory In constant touch with practice, the council will be augmented by three mer chants at present engaged in the colonial trade. . Dr. Stuhlmann, who has lived In German East Africa for many years. Is the secretary general of the Institute. DRASTIC STEPS BY : ; PRESIDENT GOMEZ (8prll Dispatch to The Journtl.) dispatch to 'the Tribune from Port of Snain. Trinidad, says that passengers arriving there from ports In Venesuela report that Acting president Gomes has taken drastlo steps to suppress friends and supporters of Castro. In order to check any possible rebellion on behalf of the overthrown executive. Gomes, the dispatch says. Is having every prominent sympathizer with Castro placed under arrest. The jails ara thus being-filled to overflowing with political prisoners. The leading followers of Castro, it is said, will be deported as further pre- i;.uiiuu Bg.i nab t - lovvituiiuimijr uui break.- !t Is believed here that the energetic measures of the Gomes gov ernment will prevent any nosslollity of an uprising. All of the soldiers in the Veneiuelan army who nynpathlse with Cantro have been dlsctiard and the ranks filled with supporters of Gomes, i For the convenience of those looking forward to Christmas ; presents which they have not as yet received, the general dellv, ery windows , at all carrlersta tlons and at the main postoffice will be kept open today two hours, instead of one, as Is customary. There is a mass of mall awaiting delivery and . by additional time ' this morn ing. It is thought thousands of persons will call for letters and packages which otherwise they would not get until Monday or Tuesday. All offices will be open this morning from 10 o'clock until noon. Ordinarily, the carriers' windows at the different branch es are open from 10 to 11 o'clock on Sundays. Postmaster Mlnto .gave this order yesterday. ,y , F0UJITEEN LIVES ARE . - SAVED BY COLLISION (Special Piapateb to The Joornal.l Keswick, Cal., Dec. S. Fourteen miners employed in the Iron Mountain mine, started last evening to make the trip to Keswick over the heavy down grade of the railroad. In a f latcar. Af ter going; two miles the brakes of the car failed to work and the car, Impelled only by gravity, trained terrlflo speed. The lives of the 14 miners were prob ably saved by the car running Into the rear of an ore train that had left the mine an hour before, but-which broke down on the way to Keswick and was standing 'still on the main line. The car loaded with miners bumped Into the rear .ore - ear, which was smashed. The miners were burled Into snowbanks, which broke the force of their fall. Six of the men were serious ly Injured.- A hospital train went from Keswick and conveyed the Injured men to the Mountain Copper company's hos pital here.- The Iron Mountain railroad has the steepest grade in the state. Had Liia i.ai vsk ,.inGi 11111 ,ynu .1, nuuiu have been a miracle If all the miners were npt killed, aa the car would final ly nave plunged down the mountain side. 'v -. , -- - -:- :-,-.'.-.; "v'.,, , MODEST J. HAHHSg; . (LEWIS) AGAIN w " Los Angeles, Dec. II. J. Ham- ' ilton Lewis today made the fol- e w lowing statement: . ' 4 "The probabilities are that I e) 4 will go to Japan, China and the - 4 Philippine islands oa a mission 4 . before X return. A quick,, hasty. trip It will ba - ' 'It "is also true that I carry a) 4 with me letters and papers ad- 4 dressed to the ministers, ambas- . 4 aadors -and governors . of ' the Islands, Hawaiian and Philip- - pine, but 1 must beg to. be ex- ; 4 cuaed from speaking of ' the w' matters that take me; they ara 4 4 not of publlo importance and at 4 4 - this time would not Interest otb- 4 4 era than those personally , con- 4 4 eerned. Nothing that I - say 4 4 must be taken to indicate that I , 4 4 am representing . the , atate -de- 4 partment, for I am not , 4 4:--':; 'Oo.-; " : "Tyf;-i ..-' .4 Chemically pure Iron was obtained for the first, time recently by a German chemist who used a series of processes to remove the sulphur. It is said to resemble platinum and to have ' many properties -different from iron aa gen erally known. . . -s . '-,.. -r " , LAID Oil TRACK Carl S. Henry Dies as Resul y of Fiendish Acts of Unknown Thug. ;. 1 ..... iUnlted Press Laaaed Wlre. Fresno, Cal., Dec. 26. Cart g. Henry, a Southern Pacific ear inspector, was found in a dying condition on the rail road tracks at Vlaalla at 2 o'clock this morning. ' His skull had been fractured, apparently with a gasplpe or some aim Ibar Instrument,' and one arm had been crushed by the Wheels of a train. In an interval of consciousness this morning he stated that a man ' came up behind him early last evening, beat Mm on the head and stretched his bod-y across the railroad track. Be fore the train came Henry partially dragged himself off the. rails. Henry died later in tne morning. Ha is said to have belonged to a well known fain lly at Columbus, Ohio, and leaves family In thatlclty. NO PUPILS COME; -BUT SCHOOLMA'AJI STAYS nvzsszsssCTnzssxnsssaKssass Pretty Teacher Boycotted by Tarents ' Continues to Draw Pay lr . manded Resignation. (Rneclal DI.Ditrh to The Jmimal.i Toledo. Ohio. Dec. 26. Miss Marv Crellln. a pretty 18-year-old teacher of the ,Walte Hill township school, near here, has been teaching school for the past five weeks without any pupils, as tne result 01 a boycott started by tne parents over a fancied wrong. Each day Miss Crellln opens up the little one room schoolhouse, rings the Den ror tne pupus tnat ao not come, calls the empty seats to order and goes tnrougn a mimic routine or scnooi teacn- But sha draws real " monev ; for her maae oeiieve teaching and tnus nas com. tletely outgeneraled a score of indig nant parents, wno nave sou grit to xorce her removal, charging that she was not capable 'of governing the children. - . The demand for her resignation was wnat decided Miss creuin. "Had it been a reauest." she says. I might bave com i , . t 1 . . . 1 - .-. j . - , And the school board is backing her up. . 't nen parents, thinking to rorce her resignation, withdrew. their children and started a boycott, but the plucky Tittle leacner is siiu - Keeping scnooi. - TERRIFIC STORM ' - . ' CHECKS SCHOONER fHneeli ilaT Dlaoatch to T6 Joiirtinl Norfolk. Va.. Dec.: 26. Meager ad vices of the wrecking of the schooner William Larmar and the rescue of the nine men composing her crew by the Austrian steamshiD - Columbia, have reached here by wireless from the Dia mond Bhoela lightship. The Larmar was wrecaea . zu mues east . or Currituck, n. c. ; - The ichooner is reported to ba still afloat and a menace to navigation. It ia iresumea tnat tne juiated vessel came o grief during the severe . northeast sale last ween. me . tnree masted schooner zacchus Sherman, wrecked py tne recent srorm ana aDanooned py the crew, was towed into Hampton Roads late last nignt by a wrecking steamer. NITR0 ARTIST CEASED, . AWAY FROM HIS JOB (United hw Lena WlrO Sacramento. Cal.. Dec. 26 Htnrv Cheney, a one armed night watchman, engaged In a revolver duel with a safe cracker whom he encountered In the Brewer's Home saloon on -the outskirts of" the business -section earl-r .NMir l'heney saw the man tampering Itb,! ii ii II H s g M M M H H M M Oiir SemiMriual Clearance Sale Begins Monday Morning Save Money and Time by Coming Direct to Le Palais Moyal Every Coat, Suit, Dressi Skirt, Jacket, Waist-ycs, evtry article in the.Jhouse will be6ri sale at the greatest money-saving prices ever seen in Portland. Come and see and be convinced. 2 ' s 375 WASHINGTON ST. ' v ' Cop, West FarR. ' , : w M M M n i S N M 3 s.sszsszsssss:::sxzss:ss: ; 1 !i SSSSSaSSBZSsI Piano Bargains . Extraordinary A nigh-Grade Used Piano Better Tbaa a Cfceap New Oae A FINE, SLIGHTLY USED PIANO FOR ONLY 0157.' Here are, to be found a number oi slightly used Pianos -which are very desirable instruments . sweet tone, beautiful case designs, well-knbwn makes worth in many instances near ly double the price quoted. 1 I . Some have been taken in exchange as part payment towaad the beautiful Sohmer or a Haller Xr "Da via - whit others'hav.e been out on rent, and' since being returned have been polished and tuned and are none the worse for their slight use. ' ,. , r ' . r - -Another well-known New York make, only slightly ' 41 used, at ..... .; J S I h bull another upright in excellent condition, leftwith 41 us by family going to China, now only,..; .'...;; . 2)151) Others at prices far below their actual value. Come and in- " - vestigate these tomorrow. . ' . ' GRAVES MUSIC CO. lllf Fourth Street, North of Washington. - . the safe, but as he entered the door the burglar cot the drop on him. Cheney backed oiif ut returned by the back door. The bursrlar fired twice and. Cheney returned the fire, but hi gun failed him after the first shot and the burglar got , away.. iTbe -cracks about the safe door had all been "soaped" a"nd the burglar was about, to : eplodev a charge of nitroglycerine when Inter-' rupted. - . -,- - -f ;" ' , Philadelphia woman has devised a nightgown opening down tha back. for, use rn hospitals t be put on-a person too ill to rise from bed.. Si ii ii II: SI ! H " ..: "..:'v.r"..-. . f .-'--L'i.-- 7