" ... DEC 2 6 TTTK urORMNG OREGOXtAX. TVEDXESDAT. . DECE3IBEB Sf 19 12. Lii Great BEGINNING THIS MORNING AT BOTH LION STORES-DEEPEST CUT IN MEN'S MERCHANDISE THIS YEAR OotilllHHDg Sale m FULL DRESS TUXEDO AND PRINCE ALBERT SUITS Rogers-Peet, Brokaw and Ilornthal makes that are regularly sold everywhere for $50, $4. and $40. Reduced now to $29.85 MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SUITS In blues, blacks and fancies. Include Rain coats, Gabardines and Overcoats. Not a thing reserved. Regular $40.00, $37.50 and $35.00 garments for 824.85 Regular $32.50, $30.00 and $27.50 earments for 19.85 Regular $25.00, $22.50 and $20.00 garments for S14.85 Regular $18.00, $16.50 and $15.00 garments' for 9.85 Regular $10.00, $ 9.00 and $ 7.50 garments for ...S 4.85 These are the very best, the most reliable and finest clothing products manufactured.. Remember, blues and blacks are included iu these reductions. f See Our Big Window Display of These Clothing Offerings. ALL-WOOL MACKINAW COATS Take your choice of either Norfolk or double-breasted styles. Those we have been sell ing' for $10.00, $9.00 and $7.50 for. .$5.85 RAINCOATS Cloth finished. The re'gular $6.00 "and $5.00 grades for $2.35 SMOKING JACKETS, BATH ROBES Look at these reductions: $15.00, $12.00 and $10 grades for.. $6.85 $9.00, $7.50 and $6.00 grades for $3.85 MEN'S AND BOYS' SHOES In men 's we carry Ralston 's Health Shoe, Keith & Pratt,' Bates & Co. and Rice & Hutchins. In Boys' line, Pat Cogan's, Bur ley & Stevens and Educator Brand. Note the prices: $6.00 Shoes for $4.85 $5.00 Shoes for $435 $4.00 Shoes for $3.45 $3.50 Shoes for $2.95 $2.50 Shoes for .. $2.15 Odd Lots in Boys' and Children's Shoes lace, button and Blucher, in all leathers. Regular $3, $2.75, $2.50, $2 Shoes, $1.45 TROUSERS .All sizes, Paragon and other makes, cassi meres, serges, worsteds, cheviot and cordu roys, in all the popular colors:,. $9.00, $8.00 and $7.50 values for. .'...$4.85 $5.00, $4.50 and $4.00 values for $2.85 $7.00, $6.50 and $6.00 values for. .. .$3.85 $3.75, $3.50 and $3.00 values for. .$1.85 BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S OVERCOATS AND RAINCOATS Ages 3 to 18. Every one of the best makers in the Nation are represented in this sale. Startling reductions: $18.00, $15.00 and $14.00 garments, $9.85 $12.50, $11.00, and $10.00 garments, $6.85 $ 9.00, $ 8.50 and $ 7.50 garments, $4.85 $ 6.50. $ 6.00 and $ 5.00 garments, $3.85 $ 4.50, $ 4.00 and $ 3.50 garments, $2.85 BOYS' KNICKER TROUSERS Ages 3 to 18. Your choice of corduroy, serge, cassimere and cheviot: $2.00, $1.75 and $1.50 garments. .. .$1.15 $1.25, $1.00 and 90c garments 70 75c, 60c and 50c garments 39c BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S HATS AND CAPS All the newest novelties. $3.00 and $2.50 qualities at.. $1 65 $2.00 and $1.75 qualities at $1.35 $1.50 and $1.25 qualities at, . .-95 $1.00 and 75c qualities at.... 59 60c and 50c qualities at. '. .......... . .39 BELTS Regular 50c for Regular 25c for S. & H. TRADING STAMPS are given at both stores, for the asking. You can easily fill up your unfilled books by taking advantage of . this sale and saving the stamps. 39d 19 Our Policy Never Carry Over a Season's Stock. HATS (Clearance) Youman's $5.00 Derbies for $10.00 Opera Hats $ 9.00 Opera Hats $ 8.00 Silk Hats $ 6.50 Opera and Silk Hats All $3.50 Gordons (soft and stiff) Joseph E. Ward's English Waterp Kegular $3.UO, for , $7.00 Austrian Velours ... Johnny Cloth Hats, $2.00, for. $2.00 and $2.50 Golf Caps.... $1.50 and $1.00 Golf Caps.... -$3.85 $4.85 $4.35 $3.85 S35 .$2.35 roof Hats. $2.35 $4.65 .$1.15 $1.45 ... -85cJ ado a CXcxthlnjCpCxr) AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY We have our own delivery service, by automobile, which assures prompt . and satisfactory delivery of anything bought of lis. j&m mm MEN'S FURNISHINGS We cannot resist the temptation to ask j-ou to call at our store' and look over our stock of these goods. Of one thing you mav be positive THERE IS NOT A SINGLE ARTICLE IN OUR STORE THAT IS OUT OF DATE. Everything is brand new. We are going to keep our stock in that shape as long as -we are in business. Trade here, if you would be sure of the last word in Fur nishings. Look at these prices : , S2.95 $2.15 1.45 ..95c ..65c HOLIDAY SETS S3.00 and J2.50. . .$1.-15 $3.00 and- $1.50 95o $1.00 and 75c for... 55& SHIRTS'-. $4.00 at........ $3.00 at... $2.00 at $1.50 at $1.00 at SWEATERS $6.50 and $6.00. $5.00 at $3.50 at $5.00 and $6.00 V-neck at $3.50 Jerseys... NECKWEAR $2.50 and $2.00.. $1.15 $1.50 and $1.00 70c 75c and 50c for....40 HOSE $1.50 at $1.00 at 75c at 50c at Three pairs. . . 25c at Three pairs... .$4.85 .K.t.65 .$2.45 (odds). f3.15 2.15 95d ....70 ....45tf . . ...35o -.$1.00 20e . ...5e MGIITROBES AND PAJAMAS $3.50 at..... $3.00 at $2.60 at .$2.00 at $1.50 at $1.00 at 75c at .2.5 .$2.30 .$1.95 .$1.45 .$1.15 ...65 ...45 SUSPENDERS $3.00 nd $1.50 $1.00 and 75o ....95c (or 55c UNDERWEAR $7.50 at. $5.00 at. $3.50 at. $3.00 at. $2.50 at. $2.00 at. $1.75 at. $1.50 at. $1.00 at. $ .50 at. S . . . . ..SK5.PR ..$3.85 ..$2.85 ..$2.15 ..$1.85 ..$1.45 ..$1.25 ..$1.15 ..$ .75 ..$ .35 GLOVES 2.00 at .....$1.65 $1.50 at $1.15 $1.00 at 65C 75c and 50c at 40C HANDKERCHIEFS $1.50 at 95C $100 at , 65c 50c at 35C Three for $1.00 25c at aOC Three for 50c 15c at IOC Three for 25c REEFERS $7.50 at. $4.85 $5.00 at $3.15 $3.50 at $2.35 $3.00 at $1.85 $2 50 at 1.65 $2.00 at $1.35 $1.50 at $ .95 VESTS "White. Fancy. Wool $5.00 at $3.85 $4.50 at $3.15 $4.0;r at $2.1 $3.50 at ....$2.45 $3.00 at ..$2.15 J2-50 at $1.85 $2.00 at. $1.35 $1.50 at $ .95 UMBRELLAS $6.00 for $5.00 for $4.50 for $4.00 for $3.50 for $3.00 for $2.50 for $2.00 for $1.50 for $1.00 for $ .85 SUITCASES AND VALISES $12.60 for $9.1B $10.00 for $7.85 $ 3 00 for $7.35 $ 8.00 for $6.8f $ 7.60 for JR6.35 J 6-50 for $4.85 $ 6.00 for $4.85 I 5.00 for $4.35 OUR FIRST SALE SINCE . OUR REOPENING EVENT NO GOODS RESERVED EVERYTHING FOR SALE BOYS' SHIRTS AND BLOUSES .$2.00 and $1.50 grades for . SI. 15 . $1.2.3 and $1.00 grades for 85 7oc and 50c grades for.. -.39c UNDERWEAR $2.00 and $1.75 grades for...- SI. 25 $1.50 nd $1.25 grades for 95 $1.00 and .75c grades for 59d 60c and 50c grades for 39 ONLY EXCEPTIONS ARE . FEW CONTRACT ITEMS BOYS' AND CHILDREN'S SWEATERS Ruff-Necks and other kinds. $4.85 values for. $3.50 values for $2.75 and $2.50 values for $2.00 and $1.75 values for $1.50 and $1.25 values for $1.00 and 90c values for S3.15 .82.65 S1.65 S1.35 ...95d 65c SUPPORTERS For boys and' children. Sampson and Ideal makes. 75c kinds. f or. .59 50 kinds for.. 39 BOYS' NECKWEAR 50c kinds for..35c 25c kinds for..X9c BOYS' PAJAMAS Pajamas and Night Shirts. $1.50 grades for .-SI. 15 $1.00 grades for 70c 75c grades for 50c BY FAR THE BIGGEST MEN'S EVENT OF 1912 PLAIN MARKED PRICES Original prices, in iuk, on size ticket of each article. No changeable string tags allowed in this store. CHILDREN'S GLOVES, Boys' Gauntlets, 75c and 50c grades.. 39c Fownes' and Dent's Gloves at $1.15 $1.25 and $1.00 grades for 5c LADIES' COATS Mannish Overcoats. Your unrestricted choice of anything in our stock. Regular $30, $25 and $20 garments for $9.85 LADIES' RAINCOATS Choose from anything you find in our slock. Reg. $30, $25 and $20 garments. .$12.85 Sots SAVING OF BABIES IS AIM OF INQUIH Deaths Under Year Old Said to Be Twice as Numerous as Are Justified. REASONS WILL BE SOUGH Children's Bureau to Make House Inquiry Covering YVliolo Year, and Trace Each Child's Iire in First Twelve Months. ASHINGTON, Dec. 25. The Chil drens Bureau has completed the pre liminary work upon Its first field In quiry, which is to be. launched imme diately after Christmas. It will take up the subject first mentioned In the law creating the bureau, namely, in fant mortality or the deaths of babies under 1 year old. Statisticians in Europe and America Jiiive recently caUed attention to the astounding loss of infant life and to the Importance of making careful in quiries into its causes. The death rate for the total population Is slowly but surely declining; that is. adults are living on the average longer lives, but the death rate for babies less than cyie year old is not declining and, in tlie words of Sir George Newman, "this Is the broad fact which constitutes the problem to be considered. Dr. Creasy L. Wilbur, chief statistic ian for vital statistics of the United States Census Bureau, estimates that at least 300.000 babies die annually in the United States, which means that one baby out of every eight dies before it is a year old. New Zealaad Death Rate Low. In certain unfavorable localities this rat is much greater. Babies in. poor noIgnDornoos in "an American city, for which figures are available, die at the rate of 373 per 1000 babies under one year old, while the corresponding rate for babies in the good residence quarters of the same city. Is 156. or less than one-half as great. The New Zealand death rate for babies, however. is but t per luuu Dirtns. The difference between the Infant death rates for ihe most favored and the least favored city babies supports the statements made by many authori ties that at least half of the babies who die under one year of age could be saved by the application of meth ods with which we are already, as a people, well acquainted. Thus of the 390.000 babies dying in the United States yarly.at least 150.000 rould be saved. The aim will be to reduce the rates to those lowest terms, of .which at present New Zealand is the best example. Hence the Children's Bureau has taken the position that it is fun damental to the work which.it Is or dered by law to perform to endeavor to show why babies perish in such numbers. Tear ml Life to Be Traced. ine inquiry will have some, ne features. It will be the first intensive house-to-house inquiry conducted by the United States Government that is based upon birth Tecords rather tha upon death records.- Its method will be to secure j. list of all the childre born within a given year in the com munltles under consideration and to trace each child through its first year oi lire, if it survives so long. The schedule has been carefully prepared to cover the questions of housing, feeding and care of the child, the 'milk supply. Industrial and eco nomlc condition of the parents, sani tary conditions of "the neighborhood, etc.; in fact, the hygienic surroundings or tne child. The method of this inquiry will nec essarily be that of visits to. parents by the women experts of the bureau. It will be seen that this Is an abso lutely democratic inquiry, involving as it does, visits to every mother of a baby born within a given period of time. It seeks to discover the fa vorable conditions concerning children who survive and It Is believed that its whole purpose is such as to enlis the good will of the mothers of the country, who will welcome an opp tunity to co-operate with the Gove men In-trying to. save infants' lives. The value of the fleldwork done by the gents must necessarily depend upon the cordial co-operation given them by all ' mothers in the communities which they study. The bureau has al ready received most cordial assurances of sympathy and co-operation from mothers and health authorities in vari ous parts of the country. Smaller Town Studied First. At first smaller towns outside the large urban areas will be chosen, so that each city can be a complete study in Itself, comparable with later studies and furnishing types of varying social. and Industrial conditions. Not all the cities in which this in quiry will be carried on have yet been selected. It Is certain, however, triat at present cities can only be studied which are in that portion of the coun try designated as the birth "registra tion area, that is the New England tates, Pennsylvania and Michigan. These are the only states recognized by the Census Bureau as having rec ords of birth which can.be used for tatistlcal purposes and this inquiry depends upon using the birth records. The Inquiry is unuer the direct su pervision of Ethelllert Stewart, ' sta tistical expert of the Children's Bu reau. PERUVIAN PREMIER QUITS Government Retires All Pending Contracts, Including Loan. LIMA,. Tern, Dec. .25. Dr. Elias Mal- partida resigned today as Prime Min ster and Minister ''of Home Affairs, following a vote of censure passed last Ight by the Senate. General Enrique arela. Minster of ar and Marine. as been appointed Prime Minister and Senator Abel Monte Bucceeds Dr. Mal partida as Minister of Home Affairs. The government has . retired all its pending contracts. Including the loan : S2.500.000 and the extraordinary ses sion of Congress has been adjourned1. i he action of the Senate and the re- rement of the Prime Minister hve caused a sensation, but confidence is expressed in the government, which today passed the items of the budgets for the year, amounting to more than 15,000.000. ALICE THAW TO WED Former Countess of Yarmouth to Try Again. GEOFFREY WHITNEY IS MAN Bostonlun, Son of Late Charles Whit ney, of New ; York," Is ' Choice of ' Recent American Peeress and Sister of Harry Thaw. PITTSBURG, Doc been Issued by Mrs. 23. Cards - have Charles Whitney, of Boston, announcing the engagement of her son, Geoffrey W. Whitney, of Boston, to 'Alice. Cornelia Thaw, for merly the Countess of Yarmouth. The date for the wedding has not been set. but it probably .will take place In the Spring. . . The fiancee of Whitney Is the daugh ter of Mrs. William Thaw and a sister of Harry Kendall Thaw.' .urs. -Thaw has confirmed the an nouncement of her daughter's engage ment. Air. Whitney is the son of the late Charles Whitney, of New York. The wedding of Alice Thaw to the Earl of Yarmouth in 1903 -was a not- aoie social event. , marked by some stirring incidents. Among these was the ract that after the bridal party had gathered in the church and the of ficiating rector was ready to perform the ceremony there was a long delay caused by the. ultimatum . of the Earl Jhat before he would allow the cere mony to begin he must receive $1,000, 000 of the Thaw fortune. Finally the. attorneys were called in and made an arrangement satisfactory to the principals. The couple went to live in Hertford Mansion, England, but soon rumors of trouble ' between the two, especially over money matters, reached this coun try. PARTIES Portuguese Democrats Try to Kidnap Opposing Chief. CAVALRY GO TO RESCUE Political Deadlock Brews Crisis Troops Are Under Arms and Im Iortant Happenings Are Re garded' as Imminent. FORMER COUNTESS OF YARMOUTH. WHO WILi TRY MAR RIED LIFE AGAIN. W-: - " -' ALICE C. THAW. LISBON. Dec. 25. (Via the frontier.) The political situation arising from the deadlock of the Conservatives and Democrats is rapidly developing. Con servatives predominate in tho Cabinet while nearly half the members of the Portugese Parliament are Democrats. Both parties are endeavoring to or ganize a coup d'etat. The Conservative chief. Dr. Almeida, was hastily summoned back from Switzerland and his arrival here was made the occasion of a monster dem onstration on the part of the Conserva tives. The Democrats replied with an equally imposing counter demonstra tion. Attempt- Made to Capture Leader. The government, alarmed at the pos sibility of trouble, turned out all avail able police and troops. As soon as the steamer aboard which Almeida was a passenger was docked there was a tre mendous uproar of cheers and groans and the Democrats made a determined rush, with the object of capturing the leader of the rival party. A riot ensued. Dr. Almeida was ex tricated from his perilous position by cavalry, which charged through the mob, and he was sent to his home in automobile under military escort. The baffled Democrats paraded the streets for hours. Troopa Held Iteady. The troops are constantly under arms. as important happenings are likely at any moment. The president, of the Re public has asked the Premier to pardon the Archbishop of Braga and the Bish ops of Portalegra, and Lamego, who were condemned last February to three years banishment from their country. and to grant amnesty to political pris oners or at least to relax the severity of the Imprisonment, but the Premier has replied that the moment is not fa vorable for the granting of pardons. Improvement in the prisons, he added already have been .decided upon and will be shortly carried Into effect. picked up the track of the murderers in newly-fallen snow. Nelson was within a few feet of the spot where Night Marshal Colclough was killed by highwaymen a few months ago. He was engaged to Miss Agnes Colclough, a daughter of his predecessor. Y. M. C. A. FORBIDS SONGS "Everybody's Doln' It" and "When I Get You Alone Tonight" Barred. WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. (Special.-) Members of the Young Men's Christian Association and visitors to the associa tion building will please refrain from the playing or slngtng of music of the following kind in or about the associa tion: 'Hitchy-koo, 'Row. Row, Row. Everybody's Doln' If and 'When I Get You Alone Tonight.' 'Such songs are not at all in keep ing with the ideals of the association," This notice. Bigned by W. M. Knolls Cooper, general secretary, appeared today on the bulletin boards through out the Y. M. C. A. building. "For many years past, said Cooper, "I have noticed a steady lowering in the moral tone of the average popular song. Formerly street music was du rived from the operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. b,ut nowadays they seem t' come mostly from the burlesque stage. Twenty-five years ago many popular songs possessed considerable merit; to day they are unspeakable." tion Court at The Hague; members of the commission of the permanent In ternational Peace Bureau; members and associates of the Institute of In ternational Law; university professors of political science and of law, of his tory and of philosophy, and persons who have received the Nobel peace prize. The Nobel peace prize may also he awarded to an institution or association. OPIUM EVIL PERSISTENT in Earnest, WORLD'S CROPS REPORTED Cotton, AVith Xlne Billion Pound, Is Behind Last Tear. WASHINGTON. Dec. 25. The Inter national Institute of Agriculture at Rome has reported to the Department of Agriculture on the year s crop fig ures. According to the Institute, the pro duction in Germany was: Wheat. 160, 227,000; rye, 45S.608.000: oats, 965,999,- 000; barley, 159,927,000 bushels. Austria produced in wheat 69.640.- 00O; rye, 117.114,000: oats, 167,423,000; barley, 78,384,000 bushels. In 10 European countries and Canada the production of sugar beets was 136 per cent of last year's production, but although the production of cotton is estimated by the Institute to be more than 9,000,000,000 pounds In the United States, India, Japan and Egypt, this amount is nearly 4 per cent less than last year's crop. Chinese Government Tears People Are Evasive. PEKIN, Dec. 25.n view of the un satisfactory position of the opium ques tion the Chinese government has Is sued a manifesto reiterating its de sire to suppress the evil and save the people from a life of degradation. The manifesto expresses the fear that al though the government is in earnest, the people are evasive. . Referring to the agreement with Great Britain, it points out that thu cessation of the importation of Indian opium depends on the entire prohibition of tho cultivation of the native artlcln and that only in this way can a con flict over the Anglo-Chinese issue be avoided. Therefore ail the authorities are en joined strictly to execute all previous proclamations aiming ut suppression. NOBEL RULES FORWARDED orwegian Committee Announces Conditions for 1913. NIGHT WATCHMAN KILLED i Slicriff's Posse .Arrests 4, Tracked in Xewly-Fallen Snow. SALT LAKE CITT, Dec. 25. Four Greeks were arrested by a Sheriff's posse today on suspicion of being the murderers of William Nelson, a young nightwatchman, who was killed at Midvale about 3 A. M. after he had or- ered four foreigners to cease firing their revolvers. A Sheriff's posse WASHINGTON, Dec. 25. The Nobel committee of the Norwegian Parlia ment has just transmitted to the Uni ted States and other countries the reg. ulations covering the next award , of the Nobel peace prize, which is to te made December 10, 1913. Proposals of candidates for the honor must be laid beforevthe Nobel com mittee by some duly qualified person before February 1, 191.1. This "duly qualified person" may be any of the following: Members and late members of the Nobel committee of the Nor wegian Parliament, as well as the ad visers appointed at the Norwegian Nobel Institute; members of Parlia ment and members of government of the different states, as well as mem bers of the Interparliamentary Union: Members of the International Arbltra- For Boys Ask your doctor how often he prescribes an alcoholic stimulant for children. He will probably say, "Very, very rarely." Ask him how often he prescribes a tonic for them. He will probably answer, . " Very, very fre? quently." Then ask him about Ayer's non-alcoholic Sarsaparflla. . iSAriSS: FOR BALDNESS This Treatment Costs Nodilug If It Falls. We want you to try three large bot tles of Rexall "93" Hair Tonic on our personal guarantee that we will refund your money for the mere asking if it does not give you absolute satisfaction. 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