I L à Q1ÏÏE EUGENE WEEKLY GUARD .-‘I -■ VOLUME 43 EUGENE, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, DEO. 30, 1909 ELEVEN VESSELS LOST IN STORM SOWN WIÏH GOLD St. Jetons, N. F , Dec. 29. New Foundland — Eleven schooners and t’lelr crews of fifty teen are bellev* d to have been lost in the Christ- num blizzard, while great ° S3.25 Fleeced Union Suits for Misses and Children ; sale price, Each, 25c sold to make room for Spring Goods, which $1.50 Kimonas 79c $1.50 and $1.25 Fleeced Kimonas, me­ dium dark colors and sizes; sale price, Each, 7gc A Waist for You at 79c 125 Waists, worth regular price, each............................... 79C 50c and 75c Waists, dark col­ ors, for winter wear; sale price, each.................................... • •• 40c S2.DÖ price, each Euven». SprinxCieM. Cnttav- Oov<*. “'***1 s te»«» «T-jlt, Washington, Dec. 29.—A. A. Roe, legislative representative of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, had a talk with President Taft today concerning leg­ islation for railroad employes. Mr. Tafr expressed his great interest in ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ordered to Important Post In the Philippines. land it is said that he has decided to offer hi^ resignation as chief of the bureau of chemistry. The ruling of President Taft in the whiskey qncstizn was in a sense the culmination of a series of ursets for Dr. Wiley, a review of the record showing that he has been overruled on every important proposition since the enactment of the pure food laws. Opportunities in private "tnploy- ment by food manufacturers are abundant for the doctor and the gov­ ernment need not think it can trifle with him in the belief that he has to hang on to his Job. Washington, Dec. 29.—His state­ ment that "Dixie” was more popular Dined With Rival of Betrothed than "Yankee Doodle” has brought a storm about the ears of Otto G. T. Sonneck. chief of the division of and Was Soon Ta music of the Library of Congress, and has even resulted in his life be­ ing threatened. His office in the congressional libary is swamped with letters from variou sparts of the Los Angeles. Dec. 29.—In the be- ' country, from writers who take ex­ lief that her eighteen jeer daughter, ception to his statement about Bessie May Priest, was poisoned, I "Dixie.” Mrs. Jennie Priest hrs asked the dis- j trict attorney to investigate the' FIVE WERE KILLED death of the young woman at Glen-! BY EXPLOSION dale. Dear here on Chrismas evening, I after an illness of 20 days. Mrs. [ Priest said her daughter was en-! Reading, Pa., Dec. 29.-—Five men gaged to Harry Sayreck, son of a I Newark. New Jersey, millionaire, Kaiser’s Orly Daughte* and that she had a rival in the per­ son of a young man whose identity is being concealed. Miss Priest dined with this man and was taken ill im­ Princess Victoria Louise. Who Hai mediately after, the physicians agree­ Made Her Debut. ing that her death was due to pois­ oning, and in her delerium she ac­ cused the rival, and during lucid in­ tervals she exhibited letters from Sayre, warning her against his rival. Oregon, rair tonight and Thursday, east, rain or snow tonight or Thursday; warm­ er. Southeasterly. Washington — Rain or snow tonight and Thursday; warmer Thursday, southeast­ erly. Idaho—Fair south, snow north tonight and Thursday. + ♦ + + ♦ + + + + + + ♦ + ■♦_ + 10c and 15c Wool Yarn, skein . . . PROFESSOR WILEY FORCED TO QUIT T0M0RR0W-&WEATHER IN m NORTHWEST Boys' and Young Men’s three-piece Suits, always sold at $6.50 or up to $15.00; we arc closing this line out at just half price............. ............................... S3.25 to 87.50 Boys’ Heavy Fleeced Underwear, “Crackerjacks.’’ The suit............................ 50c Men’s Extra Heavy Underwear; great garments for the money; best ever sold; while they last, suit... S 1,0 0 HAMPTON’S Northwestern Railroads With- draw Offer to Striking Switchmen Colonel H. 0. Heistand. Women’s and Coats Go at Slashed Prices Clothing Department Feels the Knife You can buy at this sale the very best Prints, made to sell at 6»/2 or 7c, for the low price of, the yard .......... 5c 10c Skinner Satin lined; dark colors and tan; sale Here's your money’s worth— $1.25 and $1.50 Wrappers or House Dresses; dark colors; good ones; sale price, each.......... 90C Calicoes size, sale price 25 Short Jac’.'e'.r. past season’s models; Wrapper Bargains Closing out the Fur Neck Pieces __ always $2.00 ; during this great January Clearing sale . . . Si .25 25c $1250 J ackets $2 If you need a suit or coat, come now. Every Suit or Coat reduced to the smallest price ever. We never carry a Suit over, so we are selling the balance of stock at small prices, T¡ ey must go and go quickly, You can buy now al- most two Suits for the price of one. Come at once to get the best selection. No reserve—all are sold at or much below cost, You need one—now is your time. $2.CO Furs $1 25 15c Towels, large are to arrive in a few days; the yard. . . More Resolutions. Senator Jones and Representative Humphrey of Washington, who will introduce in the senate and house re­ spectively resolutions calling for a joint congressional committee to in­ vestigate matters involved In the Ballinger Plncho’t controversy, con­ ferred with Taft today. The resolutions will be put in next Wednesday, and it is believed they will be Immediately passed. DEFENDERS OF “YANKEE DOODLE ARE NUMEROUS $1.10 50c Dress Goods 25c .»rice from 25c to $6.50. Heavy BELIEVES GIRL 100 pairs great values at regular price; pair. . . in sizes up to 14 years; 50c LABOR LEADER and lark colors; well made; I t. e heart and death wa3 instanta- ..ended for Cannon tore his breast and .xvived the wounds for a few seconds. When _»oce was buried a blanket hid his features, but of Cannon was buried without any protecting cover. Ecru Lace Curtains, very attractive designs; Worsted Washington, Dec. 29.—Unless President Taft abandons his pretty firmly fixed intention, he will not wait for the conclusion or even be­ ginning of the congressional inquiry Into the Bellinger-Pinchot contro­ versy before sending his special mes­ sage on the conservation of natural resources; furthermore It can be stated that Taft is confident that conservation legislation will be enact­ ed into a law before the end of the present session of congress. e shot in a Government Expert Chemist, Turned Down on Decis­ ■eir eyes ions, Quits ’ent the Washington, D. C.. Dec. 2 8.—The u,ted on what is whiskey" discussion is said up of twelve “ to have resolved Dr. Harvey W. Wi­ -eet of the victims, ley that he will not fcal any more a government that does not ap­ cd to fire, and all four with preciate his earnest pure-foed efforts \ *r t he a ♦ ♦«♦»♦♦♦•»♦»«•♦♦♦♦♦♦À »•♦♦♦>♦*>♦ *•>♦♦♦♦♦♦♦■»♦♦♦♦ 0 ♦♦ »♦♦♦ <:■ cf Inquiry by Con- gress 5c CONSTRUCTION WORK BEGINS AT SALEM The first definite move of track , construction taken by the Portland, The important post of adjutant gen-! Eugene & Eastern in this city was Princess Victoria Louise, the only eral of the American forces In the ( made yesterday morning when sev- Pbillppinmi ha« been assigned to Colo- [ eral plows, a gang of men and a huge daughter among Emperor William's net H O Heistand. who ailed a slm- * steam roller appeared on Center seven children, recently made her de­ liar position in the department of the street near Commercial and excava- but io society. The princess was born eHRt I tlon work was started by the Warren in 1802. ' | Construction company, which will the employees and hU sympathy with tra<,k *" Sa'em f°F tM were instantly killed early today by an explosion In the boiler plant of legislation looking to their protec-1 eIe" "nes* Hon. I The work was distributed along the Metropolitan El.'ctrlC Co., at _____________ 1 Center street from Commercial to West Reading. Albany Herald: Mr.__ and Mrs. ' Liberty and indications point to some It is to be hoped that 10,000 or so Bruce of Minnesota, who have been | fast moves on the part of the con- wintering with ther son. C. S. Bruce,' trading company.—Salem States- Oregon farmers will resolve on New j years to raise more hogs In 1910. left to visit friends in Eugene. man. <