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THE OREGOMAX, SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1919. 4 -mmm- o i ! j i i i i i i Wurman iVoOc c& (So. t MercKandiso of cJ Merit Only" HALF-PRICE TABLE FOR BOYS WONDERFUL VALUES FOURTH FLOOR HUNDREDS OF UN ADVERTISED HALF-PRICE LOTS TODAY i j c "Merchandise ccj Merit Only"" i i i f NEW Sales Today More Half-Price Lots! THE DAYS OF HALF-PRICE OFFERINGS ARE NEARING AN END ENTHUSIASTIC RESPONSE SHOWS HOW i MUCH THEY ARE APPRECIATED MANY NEW OFFERINGS TODAY! RB)T0 i All Suits in Our Stock. Except From $62.50 Dp Every size; extra sizes, too. All this sea son's best models serges, gabardines, poplins, jerseys; all shades; plenty of navy blues. No Phone Orders, No Exchanges None Reserved Third Floor GIRLS WEAR AT HALF PRICE Hundreds of garments of all kinds for girls of all ages reduced to half price for today's selling. Not many of each kind, and many groups at very special prices. We list a few. ODD LOTS GIRLS' SPRING COATS AT HALF Sizes for girls 8 to 1 7 years. Silk, checked, poplin cloth and velour coats in good styles; regularly $5 to $30, at half price. CHILDREN'S WINTER COATS AT HALF Sizes in this group for girls 2 to 1 4 years of age. Good materials and pretty styles. GIRLS' SWEATERS Odd lots of sweaters now priced $1.75, $2.50 to $4.00; good colors and styles. 67 CHILDREN'S COATS AT HALF Silk, checks, serges, etc., sizes for little tots 2 to 6 years; regularly $3.45 to $20, now half price. CHILDREN'S DRESSES HALF PRICE Odds and ends of serges, silks, ginghams, Peter Thompsons; in white only; regularly $3.95 to $20, now half price. AND WOMEN'S JACK TAR MIDDIES Special 85c Odd lots in sizes 40, 42 and 44. All white jean or white with navy blue collars ; regulation style. Very special. Fourth Floor Lipman, Wolfe & Co. f MEN A GREAT SALE OF OVERCOATS! $17 .50 In 2 Groups $35 .00 Think of choosing from such famous brands of overcoats as Langham and Fashion Park at these very low prices! And they're all new and desirable; some have just been unpacked. There are mixtures, over plaids, plain oxfords, tans, brown and greens ; all of them colors that are greatly in demand now. As for styles, there are belters, military models, balmacaans. ulsters and plain box coats; variety enough for every type. Many bear the famous Priestly cravenette labels which make them doubly desirable these rainy days. This is a wonderful opportunity for men to supply their Winter overcoat needs, and you will not be able to choose from such assortments of similar coats at the prices for a good while. All Sixes 33 to 46 Fourth Floor Lipman. Wolfe 6- Co. i o E TIRED OF D R I X R KN XES S IS ALLEGED IN SUIT FOR DIVORCE. Mrs. Clara Cohen Wants $2 5 00 for Work Performed in Mr. Cobcn'g Business Establishment. H. Cohen, a local business man, would spend his nights in gambling and in :he early morning hours 'w ould more or less respectfully tell his inquiring pouse that it was none of her busi ness where he spent his time and money, complains Mrs. Clara Cohen 'ho wants a divorce in the Circuit Court. For six and one-half years Mrs. "'ohen sewed and sold goods in her husband's establishment, she main lains, and she believes that would en i itle her to some interest in the con duct of her partner, if the marriage relationship did not. But all her interest in what Mr. ohen does has been lost and her only interest in his business is $2500 which she asks as a settlement at the grant ing of her divorce. Adopting the general attitude of so- iety toward the I. W. W., Gertie Eliza llasman stated without elaboration in her divorce plaint filed yesterday that une of the reasons she desired sep aration from Charles W. Hasman i that he belongs to that organization and attended its meetings. Jack W. Day liked a "good time'" too well, says Emma May Day, who wants separation. They were married in 1917. Mary and Herman Eschbeek were married in Germany in 1902. Mary Kschebeck desires a divorce. She iharges cruel treatment. She desires custody of their 15-year-old daughter, und $30 a month for her support. Maggie M. Ryan desires a divorce from John J. Ryan, alleging desertion. RADICALS POLL BIG VOTE GERMAN SOCIAL DEMOCRACY CONCEDED 10,000,000. for the National Assembly, the Times points out that no party has an abso lute majority in the assembly, but ex presses the opinion that there is every probability of a strong combination be tween the Majority Socialists and the Democrats (the former radicals rein forced by some National Liberals), to gether with whatever recruits they may attract from the other groups. "Such an arrangement of parties." says the Times, "would give Germany strong governmen twith the indis putable moral right to bind the German state and people. . . . The allies and America should hasten to recognize the statet of things which the election has created.' BRITISH ATTITUDE CITED Frenchman Asserts English Will Submit Conquests to League. LONDON, Jan. 24. Router's Paris correspondent says he has been given to understand that Orpat Srii.i. f- willing to relegate such problems as (.nose concerning Mesopotamia, Pales tine and the German colonies to a league of nations as soon as that body is' formed, in order to avoid wasting the time of the peace conference. Thus, says the correspondent, it is apparent "that Great Britain is not de sirous of making any demands for ter ritory incompatible with the principles of a league of nations. Majority Socialists Said to Have Re celved 8.000.000; Government Outlook Held Favorable. BERLIN. Jan. 24. (By the Associated Press.) The German Social Democracy polled more than 10,000,000 votes in the elections of last Sunday, according to the Freiheit, as against 4,250,000 in the last Reichstag elections. Twenty added mandates would give them an absolute working majority in the National As sembly. The Majority Socialists are conceded to have received 8,000,000 votes and the Independents a trifle under 2,000.000. The strength of ti radicals' total lote. says the newspav r, is not indi cated by the number of mandates they captured, as both wings of the party suffered by the election tactics of the Conservatives, Clericals and National Liberals, who. by comgining their tickets, secured mandates which would not have been obtainable had they run independently. The Scheidemann and Has: parties worked independently and undoubtedly forfeited isolated mandates they might have gained had they pooled their tickets. Voerwarts, the Majority Socialist newspaper, significantly suggests the possibility of effecting an active work ing union with the Bourgeoise democ racy, for the purpose of fortifying the constitutional foundations of the re public LONDON, Jan. 24. Basing its com ment upon the final unofficial figures on the results uf the German elections PORTUGAL NEAR CIVIL WAR Monarchists Reported to Be Gaining Adherents in Lisbon. LONDON, Jan. 24. According to dis patches from Lisbon, the situation is developing adversely for the govern ment. The monarchist cause is gaining many adherents in Lisbon and is rap idly extending the field of operations to the north. The monarchy having been pro claimed at Louza. Sao Thiago, Villa do Coinde and Barcellos. it is feared that nothing can now avert civil war. YANKS' RETURN DEMANDED Representative Garland Urges That Men Abroad Be Brought Home. WASHINGTON, Jan. 24. Representa tive Garland, of Pennsylvania, Repub lican, who has just returned from over seas where he spent Christmas at Coblenz with American soldiers. Intro duced a resolution today demanding "the return of the soldiers by every transportation facility that can be made, available," and for "the immediate dis charge on arrival in this country of drafted men and members of the Na tional Guard." TODAY WE OFFER 50 BOYS' SUITS IN A SALE AT $10 Suits for boys of 5 to 1 7. Don't fail to take advantage of this sale early if there is a boy in your home who needs a good sturdy suit. These are made to withstand hard service, and they are in new styles and patterns. Trousers are full lined, with taped seams. BOYS' FLANNEL BLOUSES Very Special $1.95 Dandy, warm blouses made of me dium and heavy weight flannel; gray onlv. in tapeless style with button- down collar and flap pockets. Sizes 7 to 1 3 years. Fourth Floor Lipman, Wolfe 6r Co. MEN! SEVERAL HUNDRED MEN'S HATS READY AT HALF PRICE TODAY MEN! WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S HOSIERY Worth-while savings in good hosiery for women and children offered here in abundance today. Here are some of the items: "Holeproof" Silk Stockings, $1.25 Women's good silk stockings in black, white, African brown, gray and many other shades ; with reinforced soles, heels and toes and deep lisle tops. "Burson" Cotton Stockings 3 for $1 -Women's famous Burson cotton stockings, made from the best combed yams; in black or white, with deep garter tops; all sizes. Three pairs for $ 1 .00. Outsize Lisle Stockings, 3 for $1 Women's fast black lisle thread stockings in sizes 8J2 to 1 0 V2 : outsizes. Three pairs for $1.00. Girls' Cotton Stockings, 40c Best grade fast black or white fine ribbed, medium weight cotton stockings, with six thread heels and toes; sizes 6 to 10. Women's "Burson" Stockings, 50c Splendid quality Burson lisle thread stockings ; outsizes in black or white; all sizes to 10'2 at 50c. Junior Pare Silk Hose, 60c Pure thread silk stockings with lisle garter tops and soles: in white or flesh: sizes 8 to 10. "Buster Brown" Stockings, 50c Heavy ribbed cotton stockings for boys : made with triple knees and double heels and toes : sizes 6 to 11. Street Floor Lipman. Wolfe & Co. I i i 1 i i i i i i j i 100 JOBS DMLY OBTAINED APPLICANTS EXCEED CALLS BY 10 PER CKXT. ARMY POST WORK HALTED Government Suspends Operations at Fort Whipple, Ariz. PHOENIX, Ariz., Jan. 24 Work on 22 buildings at Fort Whipple, Ariz., has been ordered suspended by General March, according to a telegram re ceived by the Arizona Legislature to day from the Tavapai County Chamer of Comnferce. The Government had appropriated $1,700,000 for the Fort Whipple build ings to make that, post the principal barracks for the treatment of tubercu losis in the Army. Several Unique Positions Listed at Liberty Temple for Discharged Soldiers and Sailors. Applications for work exceed by 10 per cent the number of calls Portland employers have placed for discharged soldiers and sailors with the United States Employment Bureau branch at the Liberty Temple. About 100 men are being placed daily. A number of unique positions hire been listed at Liberty Temple. The owner of one of Portland's largest fur niture houses yesterday called on Cap tain James O. Convill, in charge at Liberty Temple, and asked him to se lect a man whom he can train and eventually make his partner and man ager of the store. This employer had planned to train a young man who en listed and was killed. He considers that the position now belongs to some other young man who answered the call to the colore. Captain Convill is empowered to choose whatever soldier or sailor he thinks is fitted for the opportunity, although the employer would give preference to a college graduate who has had some experience In a furniture store. Last week a discharged soldier ap plied to Captain Convill for immediate work. He said one foot had been crushed and that he had received a bayonet wound in the stomach, and had been hit with shrapnel. 'The man was sick," said Captain Convill. "How he got out of the serv ice, I can't understand, but he was out, practically penniless, and apparently had to have some sort of work. To day he is the guest of a family living near Gresham. Piles Cured In 6 to 14 Days. Druggists refund money If PAZO OINTMEN'T falls to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Pro truding Piles. Stops Irritation; Soothes and Heals. Tou can get restful steep after the i.rst application. Price 60c. Adv. GRAIN RATES PROTSTED PENDLETON SHIPPERS WANT BENEFIT OF DOWNHILL HAUL. Interstate Commerce Commission Is Petitioned to .Correct Injustice to Eastren Oregon Points. PTNDLETON". Or, Jan. 24. (Special.) Formal protest to Interstate Com merce Commission and director-general of railroads against rales on grain and grain products not based on water grade and low-cost haul to tidewater, was authorized today at a me-eting for permanent organization of the inland Empire Shippers' League. Ex-Governor Oswald West, attorney for the league, was present and had prepared the complaint, which was signed and which wil lbe forwarded. He expressed confidence that the case can secure attention from the. commis sion in a short time. The complaint sets forth that shippers of h, astern Oregon, Idaho and Southeastrn Wash ington are subjected to unfairness and injustice In rates prevailing to Port land, Astoria, Vancouver and interme diate points, which are governed by rates on northern routes to Puget Sound operated over excessive grades, through mountainous country. Quito a number of prominent urracrs and business" men were in attendance today. Dr. C J. Smith, oi t-omana. was elected oermanent president; W. W. Harah. of Pendleton, vice-president, and E. B. Aldrich. secretary. KLAMATH RANCHER GUILTY F. W. Bold to Be Sentenced for Es- piaonagc Violation. After two hours' deliberation, the United States District Court Jury, in the case of F. W. Bold. Klamath County rancher, accused of violating the espionage act. brought in a verdict of guilty late yesterday on two of the rive counts making up the Indictment. Federal .lulge Wolverton will not pass sentence for at least 30 days, as w H Mills of Klamath Falls, who has been defending Bold, secured a stay of SO days that he. might argue a motion for a new trial. About 50 of the inhabitants of Bon anza, the little town close to Bold's home, testified for or against Bold. Much feelinsr was excited In the ham let, and some of the witnesses against Bold were parents of boys in the serv ice. Nine persons testified for the ranches. He was charged with dis couraging recruiting and with making statements to encourage the enemies of the United States. Bold is out on $3000 bail. Dan Johnston Albany Cttr Attorney. ALBANY, Or., Jan. 24. (Special.) Dan Johnston hae been chosen City At torney of Albany for the ensuing year. He was selected by the new City Council, which has also confirmed the re-election of W. A. Easthurn aa chief of the Albany fire department. The other appointive officers to be chosen by the Council have not been named yet, Canada to Expel Enemies. OTTAWA, Ont, Jan. 84. The Do ratnlan government has decided that all enemy Interned prisoners who may be considered dangerous or undesirable shall be repatriated with the least pos sible delay. Read The Oregonlan classified ads. ALBERS CASE OPENS TODAY SELECTION OF JURY TO BEGIN THIS MORNING. Demnrrcr Filed by Defendant. Who la Charted With Violation of Es pionage I. aw. Is Overruled. The much-discussed trial of Henry Albers will begin in the United States District Court at 10 o'clock this morn violation of the espionage act, the alle lng. Mr. Albers faces the charge of htm consisting of charges that he made cations forming the complaint against certain specific statements on board a Southern Pacific train designed to dis courage recruiting. The final skirmishes before the battle were indulged in yesterday af ternoon when counsel for Mr. Albers argued a motion permitting the filing of a demurrer by which Mr. Albers withdrew his plea of not guilty on three of the counts, putting forward the plea that alleged offenses commit ted upon separate days did not make up separate counts. The demurrer was at once overruled by Federal Judge Wolverton. Because of a shortage in Jurors, an adjournment was then made until morning, when it is expected that the selection of the jury will begin. As court will adjourn at noon for the day. the selection of the jury Is not ex pected to be complete by Monday night. If then. United States District Attorney Haney and Deputy District Attorney Goldstein will marshal the artillery ugainst Mr. Albers. the defense being sustained by Henry E. McGinn, and John McCourt, formerly United States District Attorney. RISE IN RATES SUSPENDED Time for Filing or Briers In Tele phone! Cases Granted at Olympia. OLYMPIA. Wash.. Jan. 24. Increased telephone rates in Washington, asked by Postmaster-General Burleson, were again suspended today by the Public Service Commission to give time for filing briefs by cities and companies, and for consideration of the case. The suspension is effective until Feb ruary 23. Ruimshts Under Ban. MEXICO CITY. Bullfighting remains under an official ban in the federal district and territories under the con trol of the central government, an ef fort In the Chamber of Deputies to rescind the presidential decree prohib iting this sport having been defeated by one vote. The debate was enliv ened by the pleas of Juan Silvett. a noted torreador. who appeared in the Chamber to argue in favor of resum ing the custom. Ketchikan Dislikes Snow. KETCHIKAN'. Alaska Ketchikan has passed an ordinance to compel all busi ness houses to have their sidewalks cleaned of snow every day. All Dallas Basements Flooded. DALLAS. Or.. Jan. 24. (Special. The high water Thursday morning, due to the heavy downpour of rain all Wednesday night, flooded the basement r Join t Savings A ceo unts Have Advantages Worthy of Your Notice If you are not Familar with them Consult Our Savings Department inii II nil i i PWrLAMC. OAECON UPl SI )3 3 National Ba?ov of the Dallas public school so that it was Impossible to heat the building School has been postponed until the water recedes. Every basement In th" city is flooded. Fortune Lert to Fight Disease. LOS ANGELES. The greater portion of her 1400.000 estate was left by Mh-.s Mary Burjis. Los Angeles aviatrlx an I auto racer, to the Metxger Sanitarium, of Tucson. Arlx.. to be used In flghtinir the tuberculosis, it was learned her . Miss Burns recently died at Tucson. Hoiilulu Ban In Force. HONOLULU. Wednesday, Jan. 23. Churches and theaters were cloyed her today by the board of health on ac count of the influenza epidemic. Thu far most of the cases have been ml' with few deaths, and these wero chiefly among natives. Phone your want ads to the Orego nlan. Phone Main 7070. A S05. ljnfflL THERE IS AS MUCH HUMAN NATURE IN SOME PEOPLE AS IN OTHERS. IF NOT MORE At least Mark Twain says so. and when it comes to human nature I allow that fit MARK carried the BIGGEST and CLEANEST stock in the country . Yours for $5,400,000.00 P. S. Imagine a stock of NUTS that was Just as far ahead of other nuts as MARK TWAIN'S stock of hu man nature was ahead of the others . Women's Garments made by the foremost tailors In tho country are now being literally sac floed to clear away Cherry's entire. Winter storks. Almost your own prlt snd terms, end no payment until Feb ruary. SS-DX Washington st, Ptttoek block. Adv. I