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4 I". 10 THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER; 21, 1915. EXPOSITION'S CLOSE : ILL BE AS NOTABLE' i AS ITS BEGINNING r' Elaborate Plans Have Been ;g Made for Closing Day, De P. cember 4, WILSON TO OFFER TOAST Solama rrwU Will B. Drunk to Vuaina-Paclflo IntTntloal Ex position at Hlffh Boon, A' JS-- Ban Francisco, Nov. 20. (P. N. 8.) .Saturday, permber 4, will b as great a day as was February 20. 1915. In con nection with the Panama-Pacific expo sition. ! But Instead of President Wilson pressing the button which net in mo tion the machinery and opened tha greatest expedition ever held in the world, it will be President Charles C. Moore who will press the bntton which Win turn out the lights and close for ever Kan Francisco's Jeweled City. Then every flag that has waved for 10 glorious months In the Boft wind of the Pacific will come down. Then "taps" will bo sounded from the heights of tW Tower of .Jewels by corps of bugliTs tatioiied there. To Slug "Auld Lang Syne." , Then will t lie ev position chorus jtrike up ""AuM I.anfc' Syne" In the Court of the Universe, ani the gath ered thousands will take up the sad re- . fraln. A mammoth aalvo of ky rockets Will burnt against the eky. Art Smith, the aviator, in letters of fire, will Write Into the night: . "Farewell, P-P. I. E." ; The exposition will be closed. Th closing ceremonies will rt&d promptly at midnight. Tnt frnm annrLti nn thtk closing dftT. When the national salute of 21 guns I Will be fired, until Art Smith writes -finis" on thelsky, the day will be thronged with events. Mont momentnus will be the drink ing of the closing toast, which Presi dent Wilson hat been asked to write With his .own pen. Solemn Toait at Hijfh Noon. Ttie solemn ceremony will be held at high noon, on the stroke of the Clock, ..and not only over the entire ex position grounds, hut also in every sec tion of San KraniMsio, men anil women Will pause in their heaillnnK life to re- Jeat the wniil.s of the executive "Hail nd farewell, Panama-Pacif ic exposition." ', The plans for rlosing day were prac tically completed at a meeting at which A citizens' committee conferred with if the exposition officials. ' ' : ' - i There's a Difference i But What Can It Be ;,- i I '. Oakland Mothers Approve of One Step j 1 1 But Sraw the Llat at the Sag ;j i Board In Quandary. !'; i Oakland. Cal.. Nov. 'JO. - CP. N. S I i! 'The esthetic difference between rag :, glng and one stepping Is completely ! beyond the knowledge of the Oakland ( school board. " .i Not one member known the dlffer j ence between the two dances, and i ..'therefore, when tlic Mibject was ! . ttrought tii at its meeting hy the ' Emerson Snliool Mathers' club, the :j board slde-st cppeil the Issue and re j . erred It t K I". WlioeWr, principal of if the Kmeisnn frliool. who was recently j' -married, and tht-rofore tiuallfied, the ! board decided, to JikIkc. Th. motliriH from the Emerson ohool appealed to the board to stop -ragging tint permit tangoing at the lichool dances which the young folks 'btve been holding recently. "What Is the difference between a rag dance and a one-step'."' one of the directors asked. None of the directors could answer, i "One Is all right and the other all wrong," the Indignant mothers replied. Alaskan Miner Says ' Was Badly Swindled ald $5000 to Baal Estate Concern for I s . ' ! XCatnre to XI. Satisfaction. 7- San Francisco, Nov. 20. (P. N. S. ' The San Francisco grand jury has been '-asked to investigate the complaint of Charles A. Anderson, a Klondike miner, that he was swindled out of $5000 by 8. B. Rose in a real estate deal. '.' According to Anderson. Rose repre sented that he had entered Into an , agreement with the John H. Spring company to dispose of the 12,000,000 Thousand Oaks property in Berkeley. 'He offered to sell Anderson a one- third interest In the agreement for 15000. Anderson declares he paid Rose J750 for a one-third interest In his business in thla city, and handed over the re mainder of the $5000, according to on agreement. He found out later, he de clares, thai Hose had entered into no agreement with the John H. Spring company. Not Perturbed by Black Hand Letters Baa rrandaco Society leader Threat ened With Death If She Soea Wot ' Oeaee ProteonUon of Antone Fodera. : San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 20. (U. P.) ; Mrs. Francis Carolan, society leader. give no indication that she had been ."perturbed by the receipt of several "blaclt hand" letters threatening her . With death unless she drops all con nection with the case of Antone Fo dera, arrested in connection with, the death of Hector Zapeda. ., Zapeda, a Santa Clara university stu dent, was struck and killed by Fo dera' automobile. Mrs. Carolan wit '.. nesaed the accident and caused Fo dera' s arrest.' 'The letters were turned over to the Can Francisco police. PUBLIC SPEAKING CLASS A class in public speaking meets at j Ihe First Unlversalist church Thura ' day evenings. Professor Harrington; V Df Pacific university, la the leader, A I -goodly number of buciness and profes ttonal men are enrolled. The methods used are scientific and practical; they r full of ginger, and the training will ,fce evident in the . improved public peaking of our city. - Big Clothim Store Msted"Get Omit9' Aire the Orders So lira to tlie Street We Go Bunt a Despeir.alte9 Dyimg Effort Will Be Made Read This to Uimloadj hy This Store iim Distress A P i his News Item in Friday's Oregonian; STORE LEASE IS SIGNED SAJsTIi XOSXVBA.TT TAJEES S7A02: FOB STOCK XV TEOB BtnXDXBO. Company Proposes to Have One of the Most Modern Salesrooms on the Coast at cost ot 9130,000. Bamurel Rosenblatt yesterday com pleted arrangements for the leasing for a term of years of the ground floor of the Yeon building, at the cor ner of Fifth and Alder streets. Th place that will be occupied by the clothing and haberdashery store of Bamuel Rosenblatt & Co., is now oc cupied by Baron-Fulop Clothing com pany and by the Electric Baseball company. Mr. Rosenblatt Intends to close the entrances to the basement and to tha stores on Alder street and make the main Alder street entrance to the new store where that to the basement now la. The new ator will be thoroughly modern and workmen will be engaged at once to remodel the Interior of the building. Approximately $16,000 will be spent In the remodeling of the Interior, and new fixtures aggregating an outlay of' twice that amount, will be Installed. Mr. Rosenblatt proposes to make the new store "one of the best clothing houses on the coast." He will carry a $100,000 stock In his new location. Beside the floor space, the store will use the balcony for reserve stock, ad vertising rooms, offices and a tailor shop. J. W. Blrrell. advertising manager, announces that the clothing company will be ready to occupy Its new quar ters by January 1. It Is now located temporarily on Morrison between Third and Fourth streets, where It was forced to go after the stock was de stroyed by fire in the Allsky building in September. THE DOORS SWING OPEN TOMOR- In the Yeon Bldg., Fifth COME, CARRY THINGS AWAY FOR ROW (MONDAY)' MORNING AT 10 O'CLOCK'TWILL BE THE MOST WONDERFUL SALE EVER KNOWN Read! Behold! Then Act! - Listen, Folks I want to talk to you just a minute or two. I want to tell you a few inside facts about the sale, that tomorrow will be the talk of the town. My name is J. V. Roberts. I am the sales manager in charge of this store. For two days now I have seen the owner walk the floor. He had told me he must vacate. Said bills were coming due, and it looked mighty bad for him. Yesterday (Saturday) morning at 9 o'clock he came to the store, and said: "Roberts, I haven't slept a wink. I am going back home now, and I place the entire situation in your hands. If you can get me $10,000 for my $30,000 stock by winding up this affair, get it and I don't give a how." Now that's the prelude in part, and part of it's here in this ad. We have gone through the stock, and you can believe me, folks, if there ever was a sale, this is one, and if the people don't break in those large plate glass windows of ours tomorrow I'll be surprised. and Alder Streets Arrow, Ide's $1.50 SHIRTS 79c While They Last Men's $3-$4 HATS 99c While They Last Men's 35c CASHMERE SOX 14c While They Lat BUY NOW! Men's Suits, Overcoats at Less Than the Cloth Costs! $15 CHOICE, WHILE THEY LAST ill (ft ALMOST NOTHING NEVER, NO, NEVER, HAVE SUCH PRICES BE FORE BEEN MADE Stop, Think and Reflect!' Come! Just a few of the larger items are brought out in type below, but to give you a further idea of the magnitude of the sale here's what I've done. I have marked Arrow and Triangle collars, the new ones, at 5c ; have marked 50c caps to 19c; 50c neck wear to 19c; Boston garters to 11c, and boys' 50c un derwear I'll sell for 14c. 39c will buy men's odd vests and $1 boys' knee pants I have priced at 29c for choice. Men's bib overalls will go for 59c ; $8 logger's shoes for $3.98, and $7 rubber hip boots for $4.29. One lot of underwear in broken sizes I have priced to close at 79c a garment. It sold to $3. Heavy cotton underwear that sold at six bits goes for 39c, $1.50 union suits will be closed out for 79c, and the very finest $2.50 union suits will be closed out for $1.39. Now, folks, I believe that I have told you enough that you will realize that this is the greatest opportunity you have ever known to SAVE and that you will be here when the doors swing open at 10 o'clock tomorrow. the People of Portland: We are caught like rats in a trap. With over $30,000 worth of the very finest and new est Fall merchandise on our shelves, our posi tion is, indeed, critical. No other location large enough and suit able is to be had. Our only mova is to place the stock on sale and let it go for the money it will bring. That is our decision and we herewith make the announcement of the sale, which will prove to be the greatest sale on record, let us hope. ; Men's $6 Men's $10 Men's $8-$ 10 ODD COATS RAINCOATS MACKINAWS $1-98 $2-95 $3-98 While They Last While They Last While They Last Boys' $5 and $6 Suits A: $2 WHILE THEY LAST Boys' $3 Shoes $1.49 WHILE THEY LAST mm,) feu niSM fflmBfr- n Adler - Rochester, Garson - Meyer' Stratford System Clothes, The World's Best! $20 SUITS, OVERCOATS YOUR CHOICE Men' $5-$6 JUST RIGHT SHOES $2.95 Here Is Where the Sale Takes Place WHILE THEY LAST To $8 SWEATER COATS $1.69 WHILE THEY LAST CREMEMBER THIS That thousands upon thousands of dollars' worth of goods crowd our store. No matter what you want, you'll find it here. Space per mits of only mentioning a few of the many things on sale. HUNDREDS OF UNADVERTISED BARGAINS THAT WILL AMAZE THE ENTIRE CITY. Come! BUNDLE-WRAPPERS, FLOORWALKERS, CASHIERS, SALESMEN WANTED IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. APPLY AT 9:30 O'CLOCK MONDAY MORNING. ' T