THE MORNTXG OREGOXIAX, FRIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1915,
3
CHANCE
BREAK
DERMA
TO
f! LIE LOST
British Commander Overlooks
Opportune Gap and Foe
Gains New Strength.
AIRMAN DODGES SHRAPNEL
Numerous Smoke Wrcatlis Formed
Xear Hying Frenchman, Mark
Exploding Points of German
Anil - Aircraft' Guns.
A TOWN" OX THE AISXE. France.
Tec 15. (Correspondence of the Ai
aociated Prena ) How the British forces
overlooked an opportunity to drive a
,redf?e into a &p that, unknown to
them, had opened in the retiring Ger
man line in a ridgo of hills east of
tv)l-son. on he Aisne, i being dis
ciifed among: Cernun officers.
This was three months ayo; the
Germans later drove the allies from
the hillsi almost to the river, and now
noici tn ground in strong force, en
trenched to the eyes.
By a slightly more vigorous offensive
Sir John French might have thrust the
British forces into the opening- and
bplit the German army in two, and
It waa the Uerraan army corps of
which the correspondent of the Asso
elated press Is now the guest that ar
rived only in time to close the ho.
and enable the German armies to stand
en the line of the Aisne instead of con
tinuing their retreat to some other
line farther north.
Allies Kiw la Lewlnads.
The Knglish troops were already
well over the crest of the ridge and
the Germans had a doubly difficult
task to fight their way up the steep
northern Mope of the range and re
establish their broken line.
The ground over which the battle
then swept is now a labyrinth of p
lroach trenches, zigzags and parallels,
marking the successive stages by which
the German troops sapped and fought
their way forward to their present
lines. They now hold the greater part
of the southern slope.
The allies' lines, now occupied by
the French instead of the English, are
in the lowlands of the valley. All the
liigb points on this side of the river
are held by the Germans, so that the
reach have no observation points
from which to direct the fire of their
artillery. They can only fire blindly
over the ridge at points where they
suspect the presence of the German
batteries or infantry supports, notably
at a little village called Cernay. which
is now as picturesque a heap of ruins
as can be found along the whole Aisne
front.
Occasionally the French send up one
ef their aeroplanes to attempt to peep
over the ridge to locate batteries, but
tiie antf-balloun guns and machine
Funs adapted to liich angle fire gener
ally drive the flyer off before he ac
complishes his mission.
Alrmaa Dodges Shells.
The sight, as witnessed this morn
ing on another part of the line, is one
of the prettiest of the war. Perhaps
00u feet up. a gray smoke ring sud
denly marked Itself against the blue
feky, as symmetrical and well defined as
the whirl puffed out by a smoker or
as the halo around the saints' head
in an old masterpiece.
Hefore the eye could pick out the
aeroplane. a darting black speck
against the blue, there were a halt
ii"zcn other smoke whirls painted on
tlie- sky. The aeroplane doubled back
'ut of danger, but from shrapnel al
ready under way six or eight more of
the gray wreaths tumbled out into
the group. The rings held their shape
Tir five minutes or so and then slowly
blanched into a thin haxe.
A half hour later the French flyer
again essayed to cross the German
lines at a point a few minutes away.
T ho shrapnel this time seemed to burst
all around him. but he got away tin
harmed. He usually does, as aiming
at sucn targets is as yet an empirical
art.
Warfare between the German rifle
Tnen and the French colonials and le
.ionnaires opposite, devoid for weeks
i'f any momentous operations, has be
come a cruel grim sport of hunting the
Mg game man. When the Associated
Press correspondent first visited C a
few days ago to take coffee with the
officers of the th battalion, he was
tld of a new trick being attempted
against the French. A dummy had been
fitted out in French uniform and would
be pluced at night In an exposed place
between the lines.
Monday was appointed Circuit Judge f
to succeed Henry L Benson, who has
taken his seat on the Supreme Bench.
Judge Noland's appointment was made
by a telegram received from Governor
West. Miss Louise Sargent, of this
city, has been named reporter.
C. C. Low qualified as Sheriff. C. R.
De Lap as County Clerk, and George
Chastain as Circuit Clerk, all hold
overs, Frank McCormack also took his
oath as Commissioner, and George A.
Hayden as County Traasurer.
Marion Hanks, who received the
greatest number of votes for County
Judge at the recent general election.
took his oath of office. The incumbent.
William S. Worden, contends that by
virtue of the constitutional amendment
adopted in November, 1910. when he
was elected, his term of office was for
six years, and is still occupying the of
fice. An early decision of the Supreme
Court in a case involving this ques-1 A WClnCD
Uon is expected. HWOVVCn
PROOF OF DUMDUM
EXPORTS ASKED FOR
Bryan Says Influence Will Be
Used to Stop Practice on
Proper Evidence.
GIVEN GERMAN
WESTERN TRIP UNLIKELY
PRESIDENT TJarwILLISfG TO LEAVE
CAPITAL DURING WAR.
United States, However, in Pursu
ance of Policy of Neutrality, De
clines to Investigate Report
ed Use by Allies.
Mesabers Whe Extend . Invitation
Visit Northwest Read Deieramlna
tloa Between Lines.
OREGONTAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash-
ngton. Jan. 7. Northwestern Senators
and Representatives, who today in
vited President Wilson to visit the
Northwest on his way back frpra San
rancisco next Spring, left the White
House convinced that the President will
not make tho trip to the Exposition
nd will thereforo not cet to the North
west this year.
The President was careful to empha
size the necessity of the head of Gov
ernment's remaining in Washington
while the war continues in Europe, and
he said that unless the war ended be
fore the opening of the Exposition he
doubted whether he could be away long
enough to make the trip across the
continent and back.
Those who conferred with him were
disappointed, for they read between the
lines what they thought to be intima
tion of the President, that he would
cancel his San Francisco appointment.
The President left tonight for Indian
apolis, where he will speak tomororw
at a Jackson day celebration under the
auspices of the Indiana Democratic
Club. His speech will be entirely of
"WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. In reply to
Germany's complaint that. American
manufacturers were exporting aumdum
bullets and "riot guns" for the British
army. Secretary Bryan today informed
-ount Uernstorff, the German Ambas
sador, that the manufacturers named
had denied the charge, and asked that
the State Department be furnished any
evidence the , Ambassador might have
to support his protest.
The Secretary added that he was di
rected by President Wilson to sav tha:
if any American company was shown
to be engaged in such traffic, he would
use his influence to stop it. regardless
or questions of legal or conventional
duty.
Strict Neutrality Affirmed.
As' to the German protests against
alleged use of dumdum bullets by the
allies in Europe, Mr. Bryan said the
United States Government, In Its ef
forts to maintain a strict neutrality in
me present conflict, was obliged to re
frain rrom investigating their truthful
ness or making any comment in re
sard to them.
The Secretary's letter said:
I can assure your excellency that I
am not unmindful of the spirit In which
you bring to the attention of this Gov
instead of 8,000.000 cartridges having
been sold, only a little over 117,000 were
manufactured and 109,000 were sold.
Military Use Not Intended.
"The letter further asserts that these
cartridges were made to supply a de
mand for a better sporting cartridge
with a soft-nosed bullet than had been
manufactured heretofore, and that such
cartridges cannot be used in the mill'
tary rifle of any foreign power. The
company adds that its statement can
be substantiated and that it is ready to
give yon any evidence that you may re
quire on these points.
"The department Is now in receipt
from the company of a complete de
tailed list of the persons to whom these
cartridges were sold. From this list
It appears that the cartridges were
sold to firms in lots of 20 to 2000, and
one lot each of 3000. 4000, 6000. Of
these only 960 cartridges went to Brit
ish North America and 100 to British
East Africa.
'If, however, yon can furnish the de
partment witn evidence that this, or
any other companies, are manufactur
ing and selling for the use of the con
tending armies In Europe cartridges
whose use would contravene The Hague
convention, the Government would be
glad to be furnished with the evidence,
and the President directs me to inform
you that in case any American com
pany is shown to be engaged in this
traffic he will use his influence to pre
vent, so far as possible, sales of such
ammunition to the powers engaged in
the European war, without regard to
whether it is the duty of this Govern
ment upon legal or conventional
grounds to take such action."
BELGIAN PROMISES
PAY TO AMERICANS
Louvain Burgomaster
Appreciative People
Says
Will
Award in Industry.
BREAD RIOTS ONLY FEAR
Hunger Drives Formerly Well-to-Do
to Stifle Pride and Ask for Aid.
Remote" Districts Now
Receiving Relief.
political character. Accompanying the ernme,nt the improper practices which
president on his private car a?e Sec
retary Tumulty and Dr.
son.
Cary T. Gray-
PENSION LAW ATTACKED
Arizona Citizens Question Validity of
Initiative Measure.
PRESCOTT, Ariz., Jan. 7. The Ari
zona mothers' pension law, approved by
the people at the election November 3.
-was attacked today in a suit riled in
the Superior Court by attorneys- en
gaged by the Prescott Chamber of Com
merce. The validity of the statute, an
Initiated measure, is questioned, and the
court is asked to enjoin its enforcement.
Under the law all state charitable in
stitutions, including the Pioneers' Home,
which shelters indigent men and women
here, are-to be sold to provide a fund
out of which to pay pensions to wid
owed mothers and to aged dependents.
Pensions to mothers are fixed at $15
month, with an allowance of J6 addi-
ional for each child. Relief is to be
accorded to indigent persons only if
they are more than CO years old and
ve been in the state live years.
Rase la 9aceesaful.
The Frenchmen It was hoped would
eume out to attempt to carry off the
bod y . If so they would come under the
fire of the rifles of a squad of watchers
posted tn a wood near the decoy. On
Ms second visit hp learned that th
ruse had bcn successful. The Krenc
liad come, and three. It was though
lad been killed, although only on
Dotty bad been round.
Through a loophole in tho parapet of
cr earth and sand bags one can distin
cuifh in an open field a f-w hundred
ysrris away the bodies of five French
rien. Two other French bodies hang
suspended rrom the trees. All hav
Iwcn there for wc-ks. and it is Impos
sible to bury the dead without risking
immediate death. Three of the bodies.
those or the three latest killed, lay
a pathetic little red triangle. The
lothlng cf the others is so bleached
out by rain and weather that they can
hardly be distinguished.
KLAMATH CHAMBER ELECTS
Dr. I- D. Johnson Is Chosen Pres-
m
Ident of Commerce Body.
KLAMATH FALLS. Or., Jan. 7.
Special.) Dr. E. D. Johnson was elect
ed president of the Klamath Chamber i
of Commerce last night. William H.
Bennett. vice-president of the First
State &. Savings Bank, was chosen
vice-president." The nine resident di
rectors are: William W. Baldwin, L.
Jacobs. A. R. Campbell, James E. Swan-
son. J. F. Maguire, W. P. Johnson.
Charles I. Roberts, L. G. Van Bellen
and I. . Whitmore. George C. Blower,
recently rrom Portland. Is secretary.
Judge Lionel R. Webster made the
sddress of the evening in place of
Thomas Richardson, of Portland, who
was prevented by a severe cold from
speaking.
are alleged to have occurred in the
progress o'. the present war. But while
this Government may take these state
ments and charges under consideration,
it is, in its effort to maintain a strict
neutrality in the present conflict.
obliged to refrain from investigating
their truthfulness or making any com
ment in regard to them. .
"The time will, come, however, when
the truth may be impartially deter
mined and when the judgment .of the
world wil be passed upon the charges
made by the various belligerents of
violations of the rules of civilized war
fare.
Making of Riot Gods Denied.
"Tour excellency also states that the
British government has ordered from
the Winchester Repeating Arms Com
pany au.uuo Tiot guns,' model 1897, and
50.000,000 'buckshot cartridges' for use
in such guns. This department saw a
published statement of the Winchester
Company, the correctness of which the
company has confirmed to the depart
ment by telegraph. In this statement
the company categorically denied that
it has received an order for such guns
and cartridges from, or made any sale
of such material to, the British govern
ment, or to any other government en
gaged in the present war.
"lour excellency further calls atten
tion to 'information, the accuracy of
which is not doubted,' that 8.000,000
cartridges, fitted with 'mushroom bul
lets." have been delivered since October
of this year by the Union Metallic Cart
ridge Company for the armament of the
English army.
"Jn reply, I have the honor to refer
to the letter of December 10, 1914. of
the Remington Arms Union Metallic
Cartridge Company of New York to
your excellency, called forth by certain
newspaper reports of statements al
leged to have been made by you In re
gard to the sale by that company of
soft-nosed bullets. From this letter, a
copy of which was sent to this depart
ment by the company, it appears that
GLEE CLUB TRIP PAYS
l.MVKRSlTi' OF" OREGON SINGERS
GAIN I-OO IN HOLIDAYS.
Credit for Success of Blscest Tour in
History Given to Manager Sam
Michael, of Portland.
UNIVERSITr OF OREGON. Eugene,
Jan.,7. (Special.) For the second time
since Glee Club concerts and tours of have food to keep us alive.
BRUSSELS, Jan. 7, via London, Jan.
7. "If the United States had not come
to our aid. it would have meant starva
tion for most of us," said Alfred Neri-
nex. provisional burgomaster of Lou
vain. to the Associated Press today.
We are willing to work, but we can
not when the doors are closed to ex
ports. We cannot buy food, even if
we have the money, when the doors
are closed to imports. It is no fault of
ours if we starve. Feed us now and
we shall pay you back -in industry
when the war Is over.
We are paying back now In grati
tude for the lives America has saved
gratitude which will endure as proof
that human affection is stronger tnan
any treaty alliance.
Bread Riots Are Feared.
Here in the midst of the ruins of
my town I do not lose heart. I know
we shall rebuild it all, if only we can
The most
the various sections of the state have
become a regular phase in the studsnt
life at Oregon, this organization re
turned home with money in the club
coffers as a result of the holiday trip
through Pendleton, The Dalles, Baker,
La Grande. Hood River and Albany.
The credit for the success of the tour
Is given to Sam Michael, of Portland,
acting student-manager.
Two hundred dollars, trained bv the
venture, according to Graduate Manager
iiirany, is clear profit for the sea
son's efforts. A year ago the Glee Club
deficit was about 100.
Arthur Geary, former graduate man
ager and now a senior In the law de
partment of Columbia University, New
York, was the only man who had made
the Glee Club pay before Michael.
Michael Is being hailed as the latest
campus wonder, the man of the hour.'
At all towns the college men drew
good crowds. La Grande turned out
the largest crowd with Baker and Pen
dleton ranking a close second.
Two more trips are scheduled. The
boys will appear at Corvallis on Jan
uary 22 and on February 11 Portland
is to be invaded. The Ad Club and all
of the High Schools are to be serenaded
during their stay in that city.
TO CLASS RESERVES AIM
Sluslaw Land May Be Eliminated
for Homestead Purposes.
OREGON'IAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ipgton. Jan. 7. Representative Hawley,
since his return to Washington, has
been laboring with the forest service
trying to expedite action on the classi
fication of lands in the various forest
reserves in his district, and especially
the Sluslaw reserve, from which he
hopes to have eliminated a considerable
area In Lincoln County.
Mr. Hawley has been urging that
sections 11, 13, 14, 23, 24 and 26 in
township 14 south, range 11 west, be
eliminated for homestead purposes. Re
cently Mr. Hawley received a letter
from Forester Graves saying 10 parties
were at work there during the past
season, which is a larger force than
was allotted to any other reserve.
nowerful army in the world cannot
Teutonize Belgium, but America, armed
with bread, is Americanizing Belgium.
My worst fear is that there will be
bread riots If the reiiet stops.
If. Nerinex said the population of
Louvain was only 3000 less than before
the German occupation. The people
whose homes had been burned are liv-
nsr with their neighbors. The burgo
master said he was giving work to the
idle by having them clean the streets
and repair houses which can be made
habitable.
On the journey from Rosendaal to
Brussels by way of Antwerp, the cor
respondent of the Associated Press had
to show his pass 20 times to landstrum
sentries, mostly Saxons and Bavarians.
Often these sentries were men 45 years
old. The pass had to be shown at the
outskirts of every town and at inter
vals along the road.
Travel Severely Restricted.
Foreigners are not permitted access
to the military zone west of the Ant-
werp-Brussels-Mons line and In the so
called zone of military occupation In
Eastern Belgium the restrictions
against travel are severe. It is diffi
cult for Belgians to pass from one
town to another. They can communi
cate with one another only through the
German mails. The representatives of
the American Relief Commission have
freedom of movement. The German
officials are zealously scrupulous in
seeing that no relief food is taken by
the Germans.
Hunger is driving more and more
persons who have been well-to-do to
stifle their pride and ask for bread.
The remote towns, where suffering is
most acute, are now being.reaobed by
the American commission and no Bel
gian who will ask for food need go
hungry.
The longest bread line was seen at
Liege, formerly an industrial center,
but where now all the factories are
closed. For three hours in the cathed
ral square the people passed In line as
big loaves were handed out from the
bins.
More Shirts Have Been Added to This
Greatest of All Shirt Sales
Men's Shirts at Cost and Less
IN ever before was uiere sucn a wonderful sale or shirts never
before was there such a vast array of shirts in a special sale.
-Men who are most particular about their apparel have bought
a whole season s supply since the beginning of this sale.
-The patterns are as fine as particular men could wish; the
materials are fine percales, jacquard weaves, fine prints, silk
mixtures, woven madras, printed madras, in light and dark colors.
The styles are varied, plain and pleated-bosom shirts, plain and
pleated stiff and French cuff shirts, French cuff shirts and shirts
with separate collars.
$1.25 Shirts, Special ... 87c
$1.50 Shirts, Special . . . $1.15
$2.00 Shirts, Special . . . $1.38
$3.00 Shirts, Special . ; . $1.49
$3.50 Shirts, Special ... $1.88
$5.00 Shirts, Special . . . $2.95
First Fleor, Wash.-st. Katrine
c"MercKandiso of J Merit Only"
SINKING SHIP WARNS
Formidable Captain Scorns
Aid and Tells Others to Flee.
FLEET LOST BY BLUNDER
Late Admiral Cruddock's Squadron
Inadequate for Task of Destroy
ing German Pacific Forces,
Says ex-CIiicf of Navy.
The Bedouin marriage ceremony consists
of tho brldcefrroom killing a sheep and
Fpllling- some of the blood In sand on the
noor ox tne nouse ox ma prospective laiaor-
LONDON. Jan. 7. The Marquis of
Crewe .announced in the House o
I-ords today that it was the definite
opinion of tho British Admiralty that
the battleship Formidable had been
sunk by two torpedoes discharged by
a submarine.
The Earl -of Selbourne, ex-First Lord
of the Admiralty, in an address in the
House of Lords, described the dispatch
of Sir Christopher Cradock's squad
ron to the Pacific as a blunder, as the
squadron, lie said, was wholly inade
quate for tho task assigned to It, to I
destroy the German warships there.
He then asked for more Information
concerning the loss of the battleships
Formidable and Bulwark and data
about other naval operations.
Ships Signalled Jtot to flelp.
. The Marquis of Crews ssld he could
not add anything to what Winston
Spencer Churchill. First Ixrl of the
Admiralty, had said In the House of '
Commons. Before adjournment, how
ever, file Marquis said that. In the
opinion of the Admiralty, the For
midable had been struck by two tor
pedoes fired by a submarine.
Ho adds that the cuptaln of the For
midable had sent signals to tho otlwr
ships not to stand by, which was taken
to mean that submarines were In the
vicinity and that they might suffer tho
same fat as his ship.
tifrmsa Haiders Reduced to Knur.
There were now only two German
cruisers and two armed mrrchautinMi
to carry on commerce raiding, thn
Marquis of Crewe said, and they could
not long escape the nines' ships. The
manning of new ships, Including mon
itors, he added, had been completely
provided for.
The battleship Formidable wus sunk
in the English Channel January 1 with
a loss of 60 men. Thn British Ad
miralty In its earlier reports said it
was unable to say whether the disaster
had ben caused by a mine or a tor
pedo. January 4 the Herman official
press bureau announcer! receipt by the
Admiralty of a wireless report from
a German submarine whose comman
der said that ho had sunk the For
midable off Plymouth and that ttm
submarine had escaped un.1amnRrl
CAPITAL IS BILLIONS HIGH
Railroads Carry Big Burden, Need
lessly Taken On, Says Expert.
ST. JOHNS CENSORS BUSY
t-liows and Billboard Inspected
New Amusement J u (1 2 e .
by
T. JOHNS. Or.. Jan. 7. (Special.
t ne board or censors for moving pic-
lures and other shows, constituted un
der an ordinance recently passed by
ine council, nas started its work. It
organised by electing O. J. Oatzmeyer
riiatrman and Mrs. Fred V. Valentine
secretary. Those composing the board
are: T. J. Monaiian. A. W. Markle. J. K.
Miller, o. j. Uutzmever. H. W. Bonham,
Kev. J. A. Goode. Mrs. H. l Beam. Mrs.
A illlam Kdmondson. Mrs. H. O. Brown,
Mrs. A. -. mrent, Mrs. K. K. Day and
iirs. r reu v. alentine.
According to the ordinance the cen
ors were uiviuou into four croups.
j-acn croup mu inspect t.hows one
week in a mont'.i. Following are the
groups: croup .No. I. Rev. J. A. Goode,
Mrs. D. II. Beam. Mrs. Willtaru Ed-
mondson: o. 3. J. E. Hiller. Mr. O. H.
Brown. Mrs. F. E. Day; Xo. 3. T. J.
Monahan. Mrs. A. "vT. Vincent. Mrs. F.
. Valintine; No. 4. 11. YV. Bonham.
A. w. Markle, O. J. Gatzmeyer.
TWO JUDGES IN OFFICE
Holdover and Newly Klected Of
ficial to Assume Duties.
KLAMATH FAIXS. Or, Jan. 7.
clai.) George Poland, of this
(Specify,
CHICAGO. Jan. 7. Two and
qu irter billion dollars In excess of the
sum needed has been sunk in costly
railway stations, terminals and other
betterments since 1906. it was test!
tied today before the Federal Arbitra
tion Board hearing the wage demands
of western railroad enginemen.
That the roads bear a burden of $2.
268.000.000 of overcapitalization, was
testified by Yv. J. Lauck, a statistician
called by the enginemen. This sum was
sunk In the properties with the idea
that new business would soon call for
Increased equipment provided. Lauck
testified, but the volume of traffic
failed to meet expectations.
BRITONS ASK DEMOCRACY
End of Some Old Diplomatic Tradl
tlons Is Advised.
LONDON. Jan. 7. The Royal Com
mission on civil Service, In its report
published today, recommends that some
of the old traditions of the British
foreign service be done away with and
that the service be made more demo
cratic.
One of the recommendations of the
commission is that the time-honored
stipulation that all candidates for for
eign posts In the diplomatio corps
must have a private Income of at
least f 100 be abolished.
SPAIN'S - REVENUE
Shrinks
FALLS
e Due to AVar Causes Defi
cit of 931,100,000. .
MADIIID. Spain, Jan. 7. via Paris
The financial statement of the govern
ment for 1914 shows a deficit of 157.'
000.000 pesetas (S3 1.4O0.000). The de
ficit Is due to the shrinkage of revenue
during the five months of the war.
This amount was partly made up by
an. issue of .0.000.000 pesetas ($14,000.-
000) of treasury bonds. The loss In
revenue was most pronounced in the
sale of stamps and in customs, lotteries
and traffic iinports.
Vienna to Exhibit Fashions.
VIENNA. Austria. Jan. 7. The Min
ister of Pualic Works has requested
Charles Denby. who, until recently.
as Consul-General of the United States
t Vienna, to give notice that the
exhibition of artistic models for ladles'
costumes and millinery will open Feb
ruary IS under the protection of the
Austrian government, and that Ameri
cans Interested are cordially Invited
to visit Vienna on that occasion.
Furs at Half Price!
Now is the time to buy Furs. Prices are
lowest in years lower than they probably
ever will be again. Our stock includes most
fashionable and reliable Furs. Priced very
moderately to begin with. Every Fur ya Price.
Our Big Center
Window Is Filled
With ThesQ
Wonderful
Petticoat
Values I
Portland's Greatest January Garment Clearance
1SOO Silk Petticoats Vs to V2
Less
Three wonderful lots for Friday and Saturday J An extraordinary Petticoat Sale, involving the most desirable silks, the newest models, the
most wanted shades.
LOT 2375 CELEBRATED "SMUTHFIT"
PETTICOATS, the kind that fit without alter
ations. Extra heavy silk mes-
in every imaginable 7 S J
Selling everywhere at t
Sale price, your choice gsf
LOT 1550 HANDSOME JERSEY TOP
PETTICOATS, deep pleated
flounce. Black and all shades.
Regular $2.95 grades, Friday
and Saturday at The Em
porium .'. .
$2
.98
saline
shade.
$5.00.
at ...
LOT 3-525 FINEST, HEAVIEST SILK PET
TICOATS Jersevs. Crepe de Chines, Taf
fetas and Messahnes. Every
possible shade. Petticoats sell-
ine- un to $7.95. Kale price.
your choice, in this January
Clearance Sale, only
The Most Astonishing Sacrifice of
Suits We Ever Knew!
Reductions that stand the test of comparison! Our Suits were all
priced unusually moderate to begin with. Now to force a speedy and
absolute Clearance, hundreds of Suits are going for less than cost.
Suits That Sold Up
to $21.50
$9.98
Suits That Sold Up
to $28.50
$13.45 ,
Suits That Sold Up
to $40.00
118.95
Every Coat Must Go!
Every woman has need for a Coat the year around in Portland!
Here are smart Balmaeaans. swagger belted Coats jaunty models
in black broadcloths, beautiful Arabian lamb, Hindu lynx, zibelines,
tweeds, etc. Coats that may be worn right into Spring and Summer
Just look at these reductions
Every $12.50 Coat ..$ 8.85
Every $14.75 Coat $10.35
Every $16.50 Coat $11.55
Every $19.50 Coat $13.65
Every $24.75 Coat $17.35
Every $29.50 Coat ..$20.65
Every $32.50 Coat $22.75
Every $35.00 Coat $24.75
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Trimmed Hats!
150 Smartest
'Mid-Season Styles
Selling Up to $12
$2.98
Many of them just out of the hands
of our clever trimmers! The finest
hand-blocked silk velvet and felt
shapes! Some are trimmed with
French Ostrich Plumes think of tbat! Who can resist jet
ting a new Hat at such a price as thisT Hats that would
sell up to $10 and $12 Friday and Saturday $2.98
Untrimmed Shapes
Selling Up to $3, Now
500 splendid Velvet and Felt Shapes all
styles all colors. While they last, buy them
for the ridiculously low price of 50C