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BEGINNING THIS MORNING AT BOTH LION STORES-DEEPEST CUT IN MEN'S MERCHANDISE THIS YEAR
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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
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CXcxthlnjCpCxr)
AUTOMOBILE DELIVERY We have
our own delivery service, by automobile,
which assures prompt . and satisfactory
delivery of anything bought of lis.
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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
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