THE 3IORXIXG OIIEGONIAX, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1918.
LEAGUE OF 1TI0NS
'Its Information on
FAVORED BY CECIL mm
Selection of British Delegate
Furthers Plan.
be prepared to face revival of the
German menace
Senator Johnson offered a resolution
calllnc on the State Department for all
Its Information on the present Russian
the Secretary of war
d location of Amerl-
ssla, their operations
nd casualties. - The resolutions were
referred to the foreign relations com
mittee. The California Senator charged the
Government with breach of Its prom
ise not to participate in military Inter
vention In Russia and propounded the
following- Inquiries which he desired
answered by the Administration:
"Is lit true that the Soviet govern
ment offered to the American Govern
ment a basis of co-operation, economic
LONG SILENCE IS BROKEN fb Amer"!? 'GoVement'?"' prevent
FAITH OVERSHADOWED,
S S II HISTORIAN
Hans Delbruck Reviews Ger
man Blunders in War.
lord Cecil's Acceptance Regarded
as Important Development In
Peace Programme.
BY JOSEPH W. GKIGC.
OpTrtht. Jl. by the Pren Publishing
Company, the tlrnm Tor It World. Pub
lished by arrangement-
IXNDON. Dec. T. The appointment
f Lord Robert Cecil to represent the
Fritish government In the peace con
f-rence. which will deal with the quea- Ion the part of the Russian people 7
the- ratification of the shameful treaty
of Brest-Litovsk and that the American
Government never replied to this offer?
Qarstloaa Are Propoaadrd.
"Is it true that the Assistant Secre
tary of State, speaking for the Presi
dent, definitely refused intervention in
March last. when. If intervention was
ever desirable or possible, then was
the time to Intervene before the rigors
or starvation, the Red Terror or the
unity of the peasants and workers
against the allies had been established?
Is it true that In this statement
there Is the language that to Intervene
in Siberia "would be doing In the East
exactly what the Germans were doing
in the west and would subject America
and the allies to the same suspicion
tton of a League of Nations, comes
like a ray of light through the foggy
atmosphere of these agitated pro-elec
tion days, when Lloyd George and the
Tory press are accentuating above all
else the cry for the punishment of the
ex-Kalser and for Indemnity payments
By Oermany LP to the hilt.
This appointment brings us back to
something like the old feeling, when
a League of Nations seemed to occupy
s nce.-ely the thoughts of the British
I'remler and to be a vital part of the
Urltisa peace programme.
Apswiataseat la Msalfleaat.
Lord Robert Cecil's acceptance of a
place la the British delegation Is of
high Importance and significance for
America, for no other British states
man has shown himself a sincere ad
vocate of the project for a League of
Nations.
While the Prerele can electioneer to
Bis hearts content along the lines
which the Liberals and the Labor lead
era stigmatize ss appea.ing to the ap
ptite for vengeance, and while he is
lent, as in yesterday'a declaration, as
to any policy with reference to a
League of Nations, he must realise
that the project for a league will be a
cardinal topic In peace discussions,
and that Britain must be represented
In this matter by a statesman whose
policies are In sympathy with those of
President Wilson.
In this realisation lies the clgnlfl
gance of the appointment.
liberals Trwat la Wllaoa.
This appointment may be said to be
The first announced for. the peace con
ference. on the British side. There has
been significant preparation of con
ference machinery, but entire absence
hitherto of any reference to the per
sonnel of the delegates.
Many Liberals have been speaking
f President Wilson as a delegate who
will really represent not only the
Vnlted States, but also the great body
of the people here who desire assur
ance of permanent peace through
League of Nations, as the first duty
of the conference, leaving such matters
as the punishment of the ex-Kaiser for
later consideration.
Whatever Lloyd Georgian motives
may be behind the appointment of Lord
Robert Cecil, chief significance will at
tacb to it because of its bearing on
proposals for a League of Nations, for
the ex-Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs. Lord Robert, is considered by
many here, regardless of party, as the
most forceful and the atanchest advo
cate of the project. In England, and
thus a powerful supporter of the alma
of President Wilson and the American
delegation.
Premier Preveata Strike.
There was an ugly cloud on Lloyd
George's horizon yesterday when a
etrtke. which seemed Imminent on the
Great Northern Railroad, might have
had disastrous consequences for him.
Rut he promptly grasped the situation
anj at his Instance the demands of
the men for an eight-hour day were
granted.
With the election one week hence,
the women ase becoming conspicuous
ly active In the campaign. Many ot
the wives of candidates are aiding
their husbands In the canvass, notably
Mrs. Lloyd George and the wife of
Major Waldorf Astor. who was one of
the three Langhorne sisters, the famous
Virginia beauties.
Views of Balfoar Gives.
"A League of Nations." declared
Is it true that the American Am
bassador and the British High Com
missioner in Russia recommended co
operation with the Soviet government
through the American Railroad Mis
sion, that the Soviet government in
vited this co-operation and promised
control of the Siberian Railway to be
placed In the hands of this mission
and that these recommendations were
refused by the American Government
largely because of misinformation re
ceived through the Creel committee.
supported by leaders and representa
tives of the old regime In Russia?
Maaltleaa Left ea Frestf
"Is. it true that the refusal of these
recommendations prevented the evacua
tion of large amounts of munitions
nd war supplies from the western
front that subsequently were captured
by the Germans In their advance after
the Brest negotiations had failed?
Is it true that the British .High
Commissioner, sent to Russia after the
Bolshevik revolution because of his
knowledge and experience In the Rus
sian situation, an official who had been
seven years In Russia, four times Consul-General
of Ills Majesty's govern
ment In Moscow, who spoke Russian
fluently, after four months in Russia
stated over bis signature that the soviet
government had co-operated In aiding
the allies and that he believed that In
tervention in co-operation with the
soviet government was feasible as late
as May . 19187
'Is It true that the American Gov
eminent so delayed co-operation with
the Kerensky government's plan to
support the morale of the army and
maintain that provisional government
In power as to contribute largely to
the overthrow of Kerensky and the
success of the Bolshevik revolution r
DEFEAT IS NEVER FORESEEN
Reign of Anarchy and Barbarism as
End to Regime of "Kultur" Is
Mentioned With Fear.
of the work of massacre that the Gov
ernor advertised fnr exenutlnners to
ComDleta the wnrlr TTo hnasterf that at 10
Diarbekir 80,000 Armenians were put-J
to death.
"He took 800 children, inclosed them
in a building and set fire to it. I
Tilrls who were admitted into har
ems were obliged to adopt the Mussul
man religion.
"'Three months' ago, after hhj aoces- i 9
slon, the present Sultan ordered all
children who had been forcibly con
verted to be returned to the r homes
The Governor 'of Samsoun on receiving
the order collected all the children in
bis district -and placed them on barges
and had them towed into the Bl.icV:
Sea and drowned. i
"In Georgia, Zekkl Bey regretted that
his soldiers had not been energetic
enough in killing Armenians, and he
had huge pits dug in which young
children were buried alive.
Just In Black Chiffon Velvet at $7 Yard
GOVERNMENT WINS SUIT
VERDICT FOR $18,204 RE
TURNED IS LAXD-FRACD CASE.
(Copyright. IMS. by the Press Publishing
Co.. the New York World. Published by
Arrangement.)
LONDON. Dec 12. (Special.) Ger
manv'a blunders In the conduct of the
war are candidly reviewed by Professor
Hans Delbruck. the eminent nistonan.
In an article in the Prussische Jahr-
bucher, which has Just been Issued.
Mistakes we made" he says, -nut.
bad as things were a few months ago, I
could not abandon, hope that our front
would hold and would wring from our
enemies an armistice that would cover
our frontiers. Our hope has deceived
un. our srlde Is broken, we greatly
underestimated the internal- dissolu-1 Government of timber claims to that
tion of our strength and the shattering! value back in 1901,
of our once-firm political structure, in I "The time has gone by when the
truth I never foresaw such a result, I plundering of the public domain will be
tolerated." was the comment of United
States Atttorney B. E. Haney.
"I cannot understand this verdict,'
said Mr Jones. I was very confident
of complete exoneration before this
Jury, and I based that upon the fact
that I was never conscious at any time
of committing any wrong against the
Government or in any manner defraud
ing it.'
The case Is an echo of the land-fraud
Willard X. Jones, Defendant, Ex
presses Snrprles at Out
come of Trial.
Damages to the amount of J1S.204.S4
were awarded the Government against
Willard N. Jones by a Jury In the Fed
eral Court yesterday. The Government
sued to recover $133,000. contending
that the defendant had defrauded the
even In the dark hours of "gloomy ap
prehension which I experienced.
Professor Delbruck had some un
happy relations with the German cen
sorship. He was permitted In his writ
ings to mention the British and Ameri
can statistics of new ship construction
only by writing that they could not
possibly be true. When he wished to
report the facts concerning the trans
port of American troops to France last
June he was positively forbidden to I trials of 1905 which brought Francis J.
cite figures on the grounds that .in the
opinion of the German high command
"Secretary Baker's report was nothing
but American bluff, intended to deceive
the Germans.'
He regards the future with sad fore
Heney into the limelight. There were
nine claims in the Silets where Jones
had old soldiers locate. The Govern
ment contended that Jones secured
some of these claims by fraud and that
the Government was .entitled to com-
bodlng. All Germans must hope against pensation for the timber, and placed the
CUBAN STRIKE ' WEAKENS
COMMERCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS
OPEX OX ORDER OF CHIEF.
State Department Informed That
Enemy Propaganda Respon
sible for Walk-Oat.
HAVANA. Dec. li. There was some
improvement today In the situation
here due to the country-wide general
sympathetic strike. Commercial estab
lishments opened today, after President
Uenocal had Issued a proclamation de
claring that their licenses would be re
voked if they remained closed.
Some streetcars were running with
soldiers or policemen acting as motor-
men. Convicts are being used to re
move the congestion on the wharves.
The members of the various unions.
however, displayed no Intention of re
turning to work.
WASHINGTON, Dee. 12. Information
reaching the State Department today
indicated that the general strike called
In Cuba is a result of Industrial Work-
era of the World and enemy propa
ganda. The report said order waa be
ing maintained In affected districts.
According to this report, the strike
call for railroad and electric employes
still Is in effect. No information was
hope, he says, that this is for Germany
the plowing time and the harvest will
yet come, and he adds in conclusion
"Why should we not admit that our
faith la overshadowed? What if the
age or high intellectual culture has
reached its end? Whati if we are in a
closing epoch which will end in the
emigration of our people, as occurred
value at $133,000. In instructing the
Jury. Judge Wolverton held that the
value or the land should be considered
as that of 17 years ago. when the
claims were taken, with 6 per cent in
teresr rrom that date. In the 1S05 af
fair jones was convicted, but was sub
sequently pardoned by W. H. Taft, the
rresiaent, when Jones unearthed the
In the disasters of ancient races? What crooked methods of Heney and showed
If our striving for a new order shall
end In anarchy, and anarchy lead to
barbarism?
how the Jury box was stacked against
jones ana other defendants. A few
years ago the Government undertook
to recover the value of the timber se
cured by Jones, but the case was ri-
cided In favor of the defendant on
pleadings by Judge Wolve rton. An
appeal was taken vand the Court of Ap-
pems saia me government had a right
uHinaEH ii i ran n conin .hwn
This led to the case Just ended.
SOLDIERS CHEER CANTEEN
D0LLAR-A-YEAR MEN QUIT
H. B. Van Dnzer and C. VT. Stimson,
Fir Production Board, but Today.
The resignations of H. B. Van Duzer,
chairman, and C. W Stimson, director.
from the Fir Production Board, have
been announced, after many months of
service as dollar-a-year men. Their
tenures of office cease tonay. follow
ing their requests for permission to
attend to their Individual business In- THREE THOCSAXD MEX TREAT
"SaV's. Hamilton, secretary of the ED TO FRUIT AXD FOOD
board, will remain in office and will
disposing of unfinished business and ony coxes or Apples AeededT to
Uocating such pending lumber orders
as may be placed from time to time
for the United States or our allies.
Offices will be continued in both Port
land and Seattle, under Mr. Hamilton's
management.
Mr. Van Duzer resumes the manage
ment of the Inman-Poulsen Lumber
Company, of this city. Mr. Stimson
again takes up the supervision of the
Stimson Logging Company, of Seattle.
Supply Wants of Boys on
i
Way to California.
PACT WITH JAPAN BROKEN
fContlmed Tre-rn FMrst Page.)
but the President eventually shifted
the assignment to Chairman Vance
McCormick, of the War Trade Board,
who is still studying the project.
It transpired 'in this connection that
several months ago Herbert Hoover
begged the President to send him to
Russia to fake charge of the rehabili
tation of the Muscovite republic and
even invoked the Influence of Colonel
House to this end. but Mr. Wilson de
cided he could not be spared by the
Food Administration.
- The fear now entertaned In many
quarters Is that Russia will continue
down and out until rejuvenated by the
peaceful penetration of Germany. Un
less the allies save Russia. It Is con
tended, the Germans will do the Job
and own Russia before many years have
lapsed. In which event the world must
FLYER COVERS 1365 MILES
CLOCDS OX MOUXTAIXS MAKE
TEST TRIP DAXGEKOCS.
given as to men actually out further
Arthur J. Balfour In an Interview given I than a mention of taxi drivers and trac
toaay. -is one ot the most vital ques- tion employes at Havana and Hatan
lions at issue a question of vast com
plezity. But such a league Is vitally
necessary for the future of the world,
not only to prevent war but to assist
la reconstruction.
The world, he said, owes a great
debt to President Wilson for the promi
nence which he has given to the league
The Foreign Minister In. the famous
sanctum In the tower of the Foreign
Office rarely If ever Invaded by news
paper men talked Impasslonedly for
an nour about the future of civlllza
tion. disregarding his worried secre
tary, who sought to urgo waiting ap
pointmeats. Mr. Balfour-sald. apropos
of the question about an article In the
current Round Table suggesting that
America agree to administer the dis
pa ted countries In the Far East:
America Skeald Be Prepared.
'America. I trust, will be prepared
to take her share in the tremendous
ly complex problems ahead
Mr. Balfour was asked for his views
as to the procedure at the peace con
ference and he replied that his view
a that some time would be occupied
la a preliminary Informal discussion
and that the actual allied conference
was unlikely before New Tear's and
that this would be a long and diffi
cult Job.
Then when this Is finished the Ger
mans would be called in and the terms
dictated. Publicity, he said, would
make the preliminary discussion use
less, though from time to time state
ments might be made to the public
Mr. Balfour's utterance, with Pres
ident Wilson on the way and Lloyd
George abstaining from discussion of
a League of Nations, is regarded as
of great Importance, as showing Brit
i-h official policy toward the league.
iir. Miiuur nopcu ana oenevea no
further territory would be occupledj
in oermany man was agreed in ins
armistice.
Lieutenant Hogland Averages 50
Allies an Hour Clears Peaks by
Less Than 100 Feet.
MATHER FIELD. Sacramento. Cel..
Dec it A summary of Mi flight from
Mather Field to Seattle and return,
prepared by Lieutenant A. F. Hogland,
Army flying officer, and made public
today, showed the aviator traveled a
total of 1365 miles and flew on an
average of SO miles an hour.
He made the trip on 217 gallons of
gasoline, burning one gallon to every
6 miles flown. He covered 675 miles
in the flight to Seattle and C90 miles
In returning.
"I cleared many mountain peaks by
less than 100 feet and found it nec
essary to go around several because I
was unable to gain sufficient altitude
to cross them directly." Lieutenant
Hogland's report said. Numerous thick
clouds encountered over the mountains
yesterday made flying very dangerous
on the return trip, he added.
HUN CENSORSHIP IS OFF
Associated Press Dispatches Passed
Without Reading.
BERLIN, Dec. II. (By the Associ
ated Press.) The German censorship
of telegrams exists now only as a for
mality. The messages of the Associated
Press correspondent are being passed
for transmission without having been
read by the censor and on one occasion
the censor's stamp was even handed to
the correspondent for htm to use If the
censor happened to be absent when the
correspondent finished the message
upon which he was working.
There is no press censorship what
ever, unless the sporadic assaults upon
newspapers- In Hamburg. Cologne and
few other places can be considered
as such.
Three thousand soldier boys, repre
senting many states, left Portland late
yesterday afternoon, cheering loudly S5
women of the Portland Red Cross Can
teen Service, who met them with ert.
lngs, stamped postcards and food.
Movements of trains have been ntwn
NAME WRITTEN IN BLQOD teuc
I which passed through Portland vostor-
Inmate of Cell In City Prison Does day are the first since the new rulings.
A-viijr uuaco ui apples, ouuu ciffarerten
and 10.000 postcards were distributed
yesterday to the 3000 soldiers on their
way from Camp Lewis to Camp Fun
ston, under the direction of Mrs. Fer
dinand E. Reed.
The Portland Canteen Service lm th.
only organization of its kind which
furnishes everything free to troops. It
is financed by an annual donation of
$300from the Portland Red Cross and
gifts of individuals. The work of the
canteen has increased to the extent
that Mrs. Reed is endeavoring to obtain
the immigration room of the Union sta
tion for. its use.
The Canteen Service has been given
free use of the railroad wires in send
ing telegrams from troop train com
manders in connection fvith calls for
Spectacular Act.
In letters of blood, eight inches high,
and her own blood at that. Mrs. Llziie
Peterson. 27 years old. of 415 Van
couver avenue, wrote her name and
address on the walls of a cell in the
woman's ward of the City Jail last
night. Mrs. Peterson was arrested by
Patrolman Miller on complaint of her
husband, F. rl Peterson, who said she
had chased him out of his home with
a butcher's knife. , He charged her with
being drunk.
In the course of the struggle when
she was being placed under arrest, Mrs.
Peterson severed an artery In her
thumb with -the knife. Taken first to
the Emergency Hospital for treatment.
she tried to kick one of tha Internes
and it was with difficulty thirl she was
restrained and placed in a cell.
OLD REGIME SEEKS RETURN
'MOTHER' JONES TO PLEAD
Former Officials Under Czar Said to AGED LABOR LEADER TO HELP
Have Entente Support.
(Copyright by the Press Pub. Co., the New I
York World. Published by Arrangement.)
LONDON. Dec. 12. (Special.) Arthur
Ransome. correspondent of the London
Dally News at Stockholm, writes that
the Dagena Nyheter learns that General
Trepoff Demetri, former' Minister of
Ways and Communications, under the
Czaf. and for a short time Premier, has
arrived in Stockholm along with other
well-known officials of the old regime,
with a view to forming a government
for Russia, to take charge of affairs
when the Soviet government has been
removed.
The building of this government Is
being done in collaboration with the
entente, and the government will wait
in 'Finland, ready to take charge as
soon as Petrograd falls.
TURKS HERD NAKED GIRLS
Armenians - Deported Hundreds of
Miles.
LONDON, Dec 12. The -Morning
Post publishes from Constantinople a
detailed account of the massacres of
Armenians by Turks which began in
the early part of 1915. Its terrible
tale points to a determined attempt
to exterminate the whole nation, and
the following story Is told of the awful
deportation scheme:
"For hundreds of miles over moun
tains, in scorching heat or freezing
cold, long convoys went Youpg' girls
from the age of 10 upward were obliged
to march naked for hours at a time.
Hundreds of thousands died on the
march.
"It Is estimated that 300.000 who
were deported to Western Asia crossed
the bridge over the Euphrates from
Sorlar to Chittadl, and of these only
1600 are now alive.
"But the trials of these unhappy peo
ple did not cease at the end of, that
march. The luckiest were the young
girls who were taken into harems.
Starvation and massacre awaited them.
The Governor of the vilayet- re
leased all the convicts from the pris
IX MOOXEVS DEFEXSE.
George Stanleigh Arnold Retained
Special Prosecutor
Grand Jury Probe.
as
in
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 12. Confer
ences between "Mother" Mary Jones.
the aged labor leader, and labor of
ficials here on the. issues involved, and
the appointment .of George Stanleigh
Arnold, San Francisco attorney, as a
special grand Jury prosecutor, were the
principal developments today in the in
vestigation of charges of malfeasance
in, the prosecution of the Thomas 'J.
Mooney and other cases here.
The grand jury at its meeting to
night continued its inquiry into the
charges made by John B. Densmore.
director-general of the Federal em
ployment service, against District At
torney Charles M. Ficket to the effect
that Fickert used questionable methods
in trying Mooney and his co-defendants'.
"Mother Jones, who arrived here last
night, announced that she is to plead
with Governor Stephens to use his in
fluence to obtain a new trial for
Mooney, who was convicted of murder
in connection with a Preparedness day
bomb explosion here and was to have
been executed in San Quentin state
penitentiary tomorrow. His sentence
was commuted to life imprisonment.
O
OH
HAIL TO THE CHRISTMAS CROWD!
fJerchanaWof'b' Merit Onfcr
Happy, jostling, eager throngs, surging
back and forth through the aisles of this
Great Christmas Store. All busily intent on
gift buying, all with much to do (and doing
it quickly, satisfactorily and economically at
the Lipman-Wolfe Store). For miles around
they are coming, and coming early in the day.
GLOVES FOR MEN
It is said that a woman is not well dressed until she is
well gloved.
A man's appearance depends just as much upon gloves.
Gloves have long been a popular men's gift, so you will
be glad to know that our Men's Shop's assortments are
complete.
Men want gloves for dress use.
Or for business.
Or for driving.
live them to your men friends.
.
And note these especially.
BRIGHT SPOTS
ALONG the WAY
TO CHRISTMAS!
With the whole store radiating the joyous
spirit of Victory and the Holidas, redolent
of the piney woods, scintillating with the sparkle
of Christmas, and each section vieiiig with the
other in hue and tone, bright spots must, indeed,
be bright and these are.
A riot of colors is the ribbon
corner, and one of the bright
sDots where sift-seekers desiring
the gift with the true feminine
appeal may find adequate an
swers to their problems. Here
they will find wonderful bags
tnr manv onrnnses. in a variety
of styles and colors. From $3.95 to $16.75.
Street Floor.
;
Tnst neen into the new Vanity Cases and
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Castle Boxes with their compact tittings ana I
t . T 1 1 n( lAtkr anH lAafhpr 1
Deauiirui linings. v-i yalc"1
in evening shades. Wee books and tiny pencils,
hair pin and powder cases, and mirrors unusually
large. Truly a delight to femininity of any
,! ,1 ,1J ,rr (nr tVio
age a suggestion to uic di---i
"correct thing." Street Floor.
After the war evening gowns
- f.. VUnru in flllffv
fSi billows and graceful drapery,
f iv Victory and Holiday happiness
find exquisite expression in Van
Raalte nets, in all evening shades
and in black and white ; 42 inches
wide; 95c yard. Street Floor.
' Always a good reason for more dainty hand
kerchiefs: that is why the wise gitt-seeker in
variably turns to lovely hand-made kerchiefs for
all her friends. An almost bewildering array
of Madeira, Spanish embroidered, crepe de
chine and Sun Spun handkerchiefs at prices
ranging from 50c each for the last two men
tioned to $1.23 for real Madeiras (hand
made). Street Floor.
.
Those people you know who
' always give just the right thing
-have you noticed that fine sta
tionery invariably plays a promi
nent part in their gift-planning?
Fine assortments, 50c to $ 12.50
the box. We take special pride
in our $1 boxes. Street Floor.
You're proud of the Columbia Highway,
aren t you? Let your friends in the tast know,
about it, and the other wonderful Oregon
scenery you boast of in your letters to them.
A wonderful assortment of hand-colored views.
artistically matted. From $1.25 to $6. We
will wrap them for mailing if you wish. No
better gift for loyal Westerners to send to
their Eastern friends. Sixth Floor.
Daniel Hay's Buckskin Gloves
$2.50, $3.50, "$3.75
Popular Hard to Get For Every Man
At $2.50 Driving Buckskins, "wilh green em
broidered backs and two rows of yarn stitch
ing at cuff.
At $3.50 Street Buckskins, with spearpoint
backs; self-embroidered; one clasp.
At $3.75 Slip-on Buckskins, with strap wrist
and self embroidery.
Men's Heavy Lined Gloves
All Kinds $2.25 Up to $7
For Winter street wear and auto use ; in tan and
gray crepe, at $2.25; in mocha lined, at $3.00;
in tan and gray Angora lined cape, sj: $4.00;
in gray Angora lined mocha at $5.00, and in
fur-lined mocha at $7.00.
Auto gauntlet styles in black. $2.25 to $4.00..
Lovely, New Crepe de; Chine
Envelope Chemise, $2.65
Mighty Unusual, Isn't: It?
The daintiest of envelope cherjnise, in strap
or corset cover style, with deep yoke of fisheye
lace combined with satin or wil'h shadow lace
yokes and lace edges and ribhtons. In flesh
shade. Lovely for gifts.
Beacon Blanket Bathrobes
$5.S5
Snug, warm robes for cool December nights
and mornings. So many pretty colors and
styles; sizes from 36 to 46.
Fourth Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
Deduct $ 1 0 From the Price
of "THE FREE" Cabinet
Sewing Machine Til Xmas
put "The Free" in every f '-'t'jT 'vVi
home for a really, truly,
practical Christmas gift, we
are allowing you to deduct
$ 1 0 from the regular price
onu tim frrtm m-Ma till
Xmas eve. W ' Ml
V 0
Sold on the Easy Payment Plan ,
Second Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co.
Xmas Merchandise Certificates
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This Store Uses No Comparative Prices They Are Misleading and Often Untrue
Are Ton Following the Health De
partment's "Flu" Instrnctions?
How about the Brple? Purols I oris, divided them into bands of 200 or
Chlorozln Is not only effective, out 300 each, armed witn ciuDs. and then
also a pleasant antiseptic mouth wash sent them to outrage and massacre tha
and gargle. All druggists sell it 25 I Armenians collected In ihe vilayet. In
and fl bottle, Adv. I
Vit an soldiers and others got so weary
PAYMENTS TO BE SPEEDED
Wounded Soldiers in Hospitals Said
to Be Without Funds.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 12. While no
specific complaint has reached Major-
General Ireland, Surgeon-General of
the Army, that men in hospitals in this
country had not been paid promptly.
Secretary Baker believes it possible
that there are many of the wounded
and sick eoldiers brought home from
France who probably have not received
their pay for several months.
The War Secretary said that on his
return from France recently he issued
Instructions that no men be embarked
from France . except with
money to provide them with funds for
Incidental needs on ine journey nu
for some time at the hospitals In this
country. 1
BRITISH CONTROL WANTED
German Colonies 1-uDiisn nniie
Book of Hun Cruelty.
LONDON, Dec. 12. German cruelty
toward the natives of her former
colonies Is outlined In the statements
of native chiefs of the Samoan Islands,
the Kameruns, Togoland, Southwest
Africa and East Africa, in a white book
published by the colonial office. The
statements show that the natives
everywhere hope to remain under
British rule.
In a few cases the chiefs said they
were afraid to say anything lest their
land be restored to the Germans who
had threatened them with what they
would do when the war was over. This
fear, however, failed to prevent a
virtual unanimous appeal for retention
of the British flag.
HUNS PLEAD FOR MERCY
i
Effort Ulade to Get French Prison
ers to Vse Influence.
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PARIS, Dec. 11. (Havas.) When it
was evident that the end of the war
was near, Germany made a systematic
according to statements made by eol
diers who have returned from enemy
prison camps.
This work began late In October, but
the efforts of the Germans were re
doubled early In November, It is said.
The French prisoners were told that
the German Socialists wished nothing
more than to live on friendly terms
with their French "comrade."
canvass of French prisoners of war in
complete an effort to find men who would plead
clothing ' outfits and with enough J the cause of "new Germany" in France, '
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