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THE MORNING OREGONIAN, FRIDAY, MARCH 26, 1920 a- it t t U s I ?! it f : DUELS IS BLAMED FOR W HANDICAP Captain Tells Committee Procrastination. of GREAT LAKES CASE CITED Secretary Opposed Building Cp of Strong Reserve, States Bu reau Chief. WASHINGTON, March 23. Captain Leigh C. Palmer, who. as chief of the bureau of navigation during the war, was responsible for obtaining and dis tributing officers and men. testified today that a shortage of personnel was the American "navy's initial handicap in the war. In his appearance before the Sen ate committee investigating Rear Admiral Sims' charges against the navy department. Captain Palmer said Secretary Daniels waa responsible for the alleged shortage because of his "proclamation" prior to the entry of this country into the conflict. Mr. Daniels consistently opposed the building up of a strong naval re serve force before the war, he as serted, although naval officers had warned the secretary that after war was declared it would be too late to train the men necessary. The secre tary, however, always favored and strongly supported recruiting for the regular navy and after war was de clared did everything possible to stimulate It, the witness said. He halted the Associated Press car for an inspection of credentials; a Prus- slon officer, observing a small Amer lean flag on the radiator, exclaimed "You are in Germany now, not in America." He plucked the flag out. nanaed it to the chauffeur and staiKea angrily away. Disorders Are GrneraL Owing to the non-appearance of the newspapers, the workmen in re mote districts and even residents 01 th large towns are woefully ignor ant f the developments since Kapp's descent on Berlin: many are unaware of Kapp's abdication. Although almost every Industrial town in Saxony has witnessed dis turbances, there is no doubt that the reports sent out have been grossly exaggerated with regard to loss of life and property damage. This is particularly true of Halle. The stu dents of the university there joined the troops. The workmen were sur rounded and corraled in a quarter near the center of the town. The soldiers trained mine throwers on the buildings where the strikers bad taken refuge, but with the excep tion of those houses and a few others n the line of the machine fire, the city suffered little damage. There were probably no more than 100 cas ualties. BERLIN, March 25. The new Ger man cabinet, reconstructed as the re suit of yesterday's negotiations, will be headed by Gustav Bauer, the pres ent premier, according to the Mornin Post today. It gives the list of the remodeled ministry as follows: Premier Gustav Bauer. Vice-chancelior and minister of justice ur. semrier. Minister of foreign affairs Dr. Hermac Mueller. Minister of the Interior Herr Koch. Minister Af defense Herr Gensler. Minister of finance Captain Fisher Cuno. v mister of the treasury Herr ttoiu. Minister of transport Dr. Bell. Minister of labor Herr Schlike. Minister of reconstruction Herr Silber Schmidt. Minister of economy Dr. Schmidt. Minister of posts and telegruph Herr Oiesberts. Minister without portfolio Dr. Eduard David. The ministers not in the old cabi net are Herr Gessler, who is mayor of Nuremberg: Captain CunO. who is the director -of the Hamburg-Ameri GOVERNOR LOW LEADS N MISSOURI Illinois Executive Is Choice of Republicans. WOOD HAS SECOND PLACE Johnson Gets Xo Mention in County Chairman Peril Hoover Likewise Not Considered. added that "this, however, was very can Steamship company; Herr Boltz .1 : i . v. ... . . t . (j n li Hor. Hilhatefhmi(ll whn i a thA different from the polic.- Mr. Danie adopted toward the reserve force.' Great Lakes Case Cited. Illustruting what he declared was a refusal by Secretary Daniels to look forward to the navy's tremendous war time expansion. Captain Palmer cited the construction of barracks at the Great Lakes training station After Secretary Daniels had failed to act on his recommendation Captain Palmer said he ordered the barracks built on his own authority and then told congress about it. Captain Palmer said he could not agree with Mr. Daniels primarily be cause the secretary "could not see things from the viewpoint of the naval man." Asked by Senator Trammel!, demo crat, Honda, if great difficulty was not experienced in getting young men to enlist In the navy before the war. Captain Palmer said: "Yes, that is true. Secretary Daniels was very anxious about it. He used to say, 'Can we do anything more to ward getting enlistments?'" The captain explained that his state ment applied to the secretary's atti tude toward the enlistment of regu lars and not reserves. Shortage 67,000 Men. Captain Palmer told the committee that when war was declared the navy was short 67,000 regular and reserve enlisted men and about 2500 officers from its peace time requirements and that at least 20.000 additional enlisted men and many more officers were needed for destroyers as soon as war was declared. The witness said congress was not to blame as it gave everything the de partment asked for. Captain Palmer said that requests from Kear-Admiral Sims for ad aitionai officers to assist him were granted whenever possible. He did not remember that Admiral Sims had made any requests for additional of fleers early in the war. "Enlisted men were sent to Admiral Sims as fast as we could train them. said the witness. "I did not know he did not get all he wanted unti this investigation came up. When the enlisted men did get abroad they aian t nave barracks for them. Admiral Sims previously had told the committee that failure of the de partment to provide him with ade quate assistance early in the war was one of his greatest difficulties. and Herr Silberschmidt, who is the leader of the Builders' Trade union. The newspapers generally do not appear to be satisfied with the make up of the cabinet, especially the so cialist organs, which consider that the course of events has entitled them to expect a strong leaning to the left In the government s policy. The ap pointment of Captain Cuno is partic ularly displeasing to them, he being regarded as a member of the right BERLIN, March 25. The Lokal An zeiger reports that Captain Fisher Cuno has declined to accept the port foliq of finance in the new ministry. LlDEXDORflF HELD PLOTTER REDS BOMBARDING WESEL Contlnued From First Page.) though the conservatives assert tha bolshevik agents arrived and tried to induce the strikers to organize one. Military Control I Mar. The correspondent visited today every trouble point between Leipsic and Gotha. There exists apparently only one issue, military control. The workers everywhere announce as their principal demands abolition of martial law and the re-creation of the civil guard composed of representa tives of all classes to replace "Noske's reactionary army." In the country districts there are still a few small bands of armed workmen who have not been rounded up. Such a one Btopped the Associ ated Press automobile at Naumberg it consisted ol about a dozen uni formed men quartered at a wayside Inn. Most of them were carpenters of Naumberg and nearby towns. They said they had heard that four of their number had been captured by troops and executed this morning because they refused to give information con cerning the whereabouts of their comrades. Fifteen minutes later, on entering Naumberg, the correspondent passed a squad of cavalry and a lorry with machine guns, leisurely setting out to clear up that band. Further on he overtook several soldiers bringing in two captive workmen whose hands were pinioned behind their backs. Considerable fighting has occurred at Naumberg, where the strikers in trenched themselves in the fortress, from which they were dislodged only after the garrison had been rein forced by troops from Weimar. His torical old Weimar itself did not es cape the disorders. Several workmen were killed, but there was little prop erty damage. All is quiet there now. The large numbers of troops at Er furt prevented an outbreak there. The patrol in the outskirts of Erfurt IT TAKES THE JOY Oat of Life In the Spring When Im pure Blood, Lost Appetite, Lifelessness, lassitude and that tired feeling pull down health to the low level that invites lllneBS. The knees become weak and life teems bardly worth living. In this condition Hood's Saraapa rilla has the real "human touch." It meets the necessity promptly and completely. It purifies the blood, cre ates an appetite, "makes food taste good" and aids digestion, thus natur ally Increasing strength and in a common-sense way building up the whole system. Then the bright days of spring find in you happy response, and the whole world smiles again. Take Hood'a Sarsaparilla for your Spring Medicine used aa such for nearly 60 years . by thousands. It ."makes food taste good." Keep on hand Hood's Pills as a gentle laxative or (in larger doses) as aa aUr cathartic. Adv. . General Declared Master Mind of Recent Kapp Coup. BERLIN. March 25. The part played by General Ludendorff In the events leading up to Dr. Kapp's coup are not yet cleared, but it is variously asserted that he was the master mind of the plot. It is recalled that the day after Kapp's entry in Berlin the anti-socialistic Strasburger Zeitung, under the caption, "Fall of the Jews Government," openly named Luden dorff as the leading spirit of the revolt. The Frankfort Zeitung, speaking of The finely woven net spread over the whole empire by Ludendorff. and 'Kapp is too much a civilian in ideas and methods for Ludendorff, who has again shown himself to be a man of ruthlessness and frightf ulness, and it is only due to technical incapacity that' the disaster .did not assume greater proportions and 'that a gen eral massacre was avoided." The Zeitung Am Mittag says the plot- originated in the spring of last year, but was twice postponed. The leading spirts from the start were Colonel Bauer, Ludendorff's intimate friend, and Captain Pabst. They were afterwards joined by Dr. Kapp and Major-General von Luettwitz. The plan, according to the paper, was to provoke a military revolt last June, when the Versailles treaty was before the national assembly at Weimar. Signature was to be refused by the new government, and Voil Luettwitz was supposed to have the support of a majority of the officers' corps. To avoid the appearance of a monarchistlc plot, it was intended to offer Gustav Noske the dictatorship, but Noske, who foresaw failure, per suaded Von Luettwitz to desist. Last August Von Luettwitz believed the time had come, but his own friends dissuaded him,' as the under taking was held to be too dangerous. The present coup, the third attempt, was prepared with the utmost secrecy. Von Luettwitz suddenly sprung upon President Ebert his demand for a strengthening of the army and prep arations for a war of revenge. Ebert was inclined to treat the af fair in an offhanded manner, but Noske, who was minister of defense, brought matters to a head by sum marily dismissing Von Luettwitz. When ultimately it became clear that Dr. Kapp had not obtained the following he nad noped for, it was Ludendorff again, says the Zeitung Am Mittag. who scouted surrender and endeavored to sustain Kapp's drooping spirits. RED ADVANCE LOXG PLANNED Trotzky at Gates of Berlin in July Aim of Spartacans. ROTTERDAM. March 25. The sr-ar- tacan movement in the Rhine prov inces I;as long been organized, with the co-operation of Russian aid and the offensive against Poland, with the joint object that Trotzky, Russian bolshevik minister of war, would be at the gates of Berlin at the begin ning of July, according to a Munster dispatch to the Courant. Russian red army officers, says the correspondent, already are directing the German spartacans. whose army is being rapidly organized and armed on the exact model of Trotzky's. The revolution was originally planned, for May 1, but the leaders believed that the Kapp government gave them an opportunity to hasten their plans, which included the capture of Mun ster and WeseL According to the Telegraaf, the Dutch government is taking steps to prevent red activity. LONDON. March 25. The Munster Anzeiger gives further details of the plans for a spartacan movement in the 'Rhine provinces on May 1, ac cording to a Rotterdam dispatch to the London Times. It says that a con ference attended by three Russian of ficers decided on March 13 that the time had. arrived to start a red mob ilization in Germany, which had been prepared up to the smallest details. The workers were -to be armed and the government . troops disarmed. An army was to be organized on the Rus sian plan, 100 Rjssian officers having been distributed in the Industrial province for the purpose. The work ers, who had already been selected as eligible for enlistment, were to plun der x the munition stores and then march on Munster. Wesel also was to be taken snd a strong red array was to guard the Rhine. The -programme was carried out mere or less accord ing to schedule. - - . (Cobvrlght by The Sun and New York Herald. Published by arrangement.) :NEW YORK, March 25. (Special.) Governor Frank O. Lowden of Illi nois is the first choice of the repub licans of Missouri for the presidential nomination, as indicated by the re turns from, the poll of tfce county chairmen taken by the Sun and New Tork Herald. For second choice Major-General Leonard Wood is In the lead, with Senator Warren G. Harding of Ohio following the military man closely. Indications are that both Lowden and Harding are gaining at the expense of Wood. Missouri's quota of delegates to the republican national convention is 36. Twenty-two have been elected in con gress conventions already held. They are uninstructed, but reports of spe cial correspondents say that they were carefully picked for Lowden by ne powers that are to be. In the five congress districts yet to choose delegates three will pick men favorable to Lowden, according to present indications. In two districts, one of them the 5th, in which Kansas City is located, delegates favorable to Wood may be elected. The four delegates-at-large will be decided upon at a state convention to be held in Kansas City on May That convention will be controlled by Lowden leaders, it is reported, an while no instructions will be given It is asserted that the "big four" will be men who will vote for the Illinoi governor when they get to Chicago. League Paramount Issue. It is a safe prediction," reads special dispatch to the Sun and New York Herald, "that 32 of U.. 36 dele gates from Missouri will be for Low den in the national convention. The league of nations will be th paramount issue in that state, accord ng to the county chairmen. Amerl canism, with a strong feeling lor na tionalism as opposed to lnternatlon alism, has a big hold on the minds of the voters there. Aside from these is sues the extravagance of the Wilson administration will figure consider ably with Missourians when they go to the polls. As in other states, the democratic conditions are chaotic. This is the re port of special correspondents, as well as the testimony of the republican chairmen. Champ Clark car. have the votes of his home state if he is candidate at San Francisco, but they do not believe he will go to the bar rier. That Governor Lowden is the popu lar candidate of Missouri republicans was indicated by the fact that he re ceived 71 per cent of all the "first hoice" votes. Some leaders who re ported that they were for Wood or Harding or some of the others, de- lared that the sentiment of the party membership in their counties was for Lowden. Wood polled-16 per cent of the "first choice" votes, with Harding getting The remainder were divided be tween General Pershing and ex-Presi- ent Taft. One county voted for Per shing because that was where he was born. Otherwise the sentiment was ivided between Lowden and Wood Johnson Not Mentioned. Harding received 32 per cent of the second choice votes and Wood and Lowden 26 per cent each. Others mentioned were Governor Calvin Coottdge, Taft and Senator James E. Watson of Indiana. Senator Hiram W. Johnson did not receive a mention, it is as if Missouri did not know he was running. Missouri stands out in distinction ith the other states on which re ports have been published so far in nother particular. It Is that there was not the slightest suggestion of Herbert Hoover having any strength. either republican or democratic. It is evident from the replies re ceived that the fact of Wood's being military man has worked against his popularity in Missouri. One leader ent so far as to say that not the slightest bit of Wood sentiment ex isted in his county. The democrats are talking some of the possibility of making Governor Fred D. Gardner a favorite son in case Champ Clark does not care for the honor. Some sentiment exists for William G. McAdoo and a very-little for Wilson. Attorney-General A. Mitchell Palmer has a few supporters, but other possibilities do not seem to have any sentiment In their favor, ac cording to the republican reports. Some of these waxed facetious. Two evidently had the same thing in mind, that democrats were going to leave their party and vote the republican ticket this year. One asserted that Lowden was the choice of the demo crats in his county and another en tered Wood for the same honor. Will iam Jennings Bryan was not men tioned seriously by a single leader, but one wrote in "Prohibition BilL" Democrats "Just Waiting." As in other states, the anti-prohi bitionists are talking lot about Governor Edward L Edwards of New Jersey. "A supine readiness to take dicta tion from the ultimate source in the party" was the expression of one chairman on the democrats. "Just waiting" and "At sea without a leader" were other characteriza tions of the democrats. This is the way one of the connty chairmen phrased the Issues: "True Americanism, tarnished as little aa possible with internationalism: Amer ica for Americans, protective tariff, abolition of pork barrel." "America above all other nations," wrote another. "Charity begins at home; abroad second." "The constitution of the United States," declared one leader, while two different chairmen summed up the issues in the phrase, "Wilson ad ministration." High cost of living and labor do not seem to be troubling Missourians at all. Slight mention of either was made. The democrats will elect their 36 delegates to the San Francisco con vention all in a bunch at a conven tion in Joplin on April 22. The question of whether umtec States Senator James A. Reed, oppo nent of the league of nations and the Wilson policies, shall be elected as a delegate to the national convention," says a special dispatch, "is attracting more attention than the candidates of all the presidential aspirants to gether." Interest in the race between Edward F. Goltra and James C. Jones, both of St Louis, for democratic na tional committeeman, also over shadows any suggestion of presiden tial possibilities. Jones is running on a platform demanding the repudiation of Senator Reed. No attempt will be made at Joplin to get instructions for Champ Clark or any other candidate, according to the prevailing sentiment The lead ers want to take the delegation to San Francisco unfettered, .so that It may be swung according to conditions as they exist at that time. T. W. LAWSON HELD FOR STOCK SALES Four Other Brokers In Boston Also Arrested. EXPLOITATION IS CHARGED Violation of State Law on Filing Information Regarding Silver Stock Issues Is Charge. CUTTLE FEEDERS CONFER TWO - DAY CONVENTION OPENED AT LA GRANDE. IS Umatilla, Wasco, Gilliam, Baker, Wallowa and Union Counties 'Represented at Sessions. LA GRANDE, Or., March 25. (Spe cial.) A large number of cattle feed ers from Umatilla, Wasco. Gilliam, Baker, Wallowa and Union counties are here to attend the first annual cattle feeders' convention, which opened this morning. E. J. Fjelsted, field animal husbandman, Oregon Ag ricultural college, is conducting the two-day convention. E. L. Potter, professor of animal husbandry at the State college, spoke on "Steers Fattening" this morning, and a discussion, led by Senator Wal ter Pierce, Dr, Carroll from the Utah State Agricultural college and Robert Withycombe of the Eastern Oregon experiment station followed. At poon cattlemen went to. Union to see the results of the various fat tening feeds as tried out there. .This evening they were guests of honor at a banquet given by the Union County Ad club. Representative Albert Hun ter was chairman at the banquet. BOSTON, March 25. The crusade of Attorney-General Allen against promoters and brokers who have been exploiting silver stock led to the ar rest of Thomas W. Lawson today. He surrendered himself at police head quarters to answer to a warrant charging him with violating on four counts a state law regarding the fil ing of information regarding stock issues. Four other operators and brokers were arrested yesterday. Lawson and his secretary, Van Riper, who was among those arrested, in recent months have been active in the promotion of silver stocks, which in the Lawson advertising was fea tured as "silvers, the great gamble of the age." Each announced he was developing' certain individual silver mine proper ties as units of general holding com panies. In the campaigns the prices of in dividual stocks advanced from a few cents to $8 or $9 with subsequent reversals and fluctuations. After news of the arrests yesterday these prices tumbled further. It was the fact that securities were offered so cheaply, the attorney-general said, that they attracted to them persons without investing experience, who sacrificed liberty bonds and sav ings accounts to purchase stock in hopes of early riches. Lawson, whose stock operations have attracted national attention in the last quarter century, called at po lice headkquarters this morning to submit to arrest, gave his occupa tion as farmer and author and walked through a noisy crowd to the court house, where he was arraigned and held for a hearing April . He fur nished bonds of $2500. Orenco Reaches Quota. The campaign or the Armenian Serbian relief was begun in Wash ington county Monday morning. M. McDonald of Orenco, Or., is the county chairman. Che county Is be ing nandled In school district units each with a chairman. District No. 38 which is the Orenco district was the first to -report having reached its ouota. t THIRD TERM BOOM IS ON (Continued From First Page.) is taken seriously by Washington pol iticians. Notwithstanding the bold in discretion with which the writer sent it into the offices and homes today of almost everybody in public life IB Washington without regard to poli tics, it was taken seriously enough hat Representative Benjamin Grubb Humphreys of Mississippi, one of the foremost democrats of the house, de livered a speech this afternoon, de manding that President Wilson clar ify the democratic atmosphere by de claring himself out of the contest for a third term. Back Broken by Fall. CAMAS, Wash., March 25. (Spe cial.) Tom Gleutzee, an employe of the Crown Willamette Paper company, was seriously injured this morning by falling from the log deck of the wood mill to the, ground, a distance of bout 20 feet.. Evidently he struck a timber, as his beck was broken. He was taken to St. Joseph's hospital in Vancouver. ' , Clatsop Election Petitions Out. ASTORIA, Or., March 25. (Special.) Petitions are being prepared for irculation asking the Clatsop county court to call a special election on the date of the coming state and county primaries, when the people can vote on the question of authorizing the county to purchase the site of the proposed Tongue Point naval station and donate It to the government. &, ya S. & H. Green Stamps for cash. Holman Fuel Co. Main 353. 60-21. Adv. . The Circle theater announces the pecial engagement of D. W. Griffiths' Hearts of the World" for next Sun- y and Monday. Adv. Six Billion Busy Bees As the bee lives six weeks, 157 thousand "colonies," of 50 thousand each, are populated eight times before producing the 2y million pounds of honey required each year by the fam ilies that read The Delineator. Why not make your factory a "hive of industry" to produce goods for these prosperous households, by advertising in The Delineator The Magazine in One Million Homes far EARL & WILSON IN 1867 this mark was first put on Earl & Wilson merchandise. Today it means all that it meant then style and quality in a Collar or Shirt. (kftlf1f1hon troy N.v. malrs of Collars tSfiirts Albion White Island the ancient name of Britain, waa probably given to it by the Gauls, on account of the wfeiu clifts el the southeast coast. Beware of Cheap Substitutes In these days of keen competi tion it is important that the pub lic should see that they get Cham berlain's Cough Remedy and not take substitutes sold for the sake of extra profile SYNOPSIS OF THE AXNTJAI STATEMFNT OF THE Law, Union and Rock Insurance Co., Ltd. of the Kingdom of Great Britain, on the thirty-first day of December, litis, made to the Insurance commissioner 01 tne State of Orngon. pursuant to la: INCOME. Net premiums received during the year 543,649.98 Interest, dividends and rents received during the year 63,823.98 Income from other sources re ceived during the year 12fl.440.89 Total income f 723,814.83 DISBURSEMENTS. Net- losses paid during the year. Including adjustment expenses " 332.301.60 Commissions and salaries paid during the year 164,908.39 Taxes, licenses and fees paid during the year 26.124.80 Amount of all other expendi tures 137.269.14 Federal taxes , 10.8S4.UU Total expenditures 671.188.92 ASSETS. Value of stocks and bonds owned (market value) $1,135,645.00 Reinsurance due from other companies on paid losses.... 6,308.95 Cash In banks and on hand... 164.869.21 Premiums In course of collec tion written since September 30. 1919 125,155.44 Interest and rents due and ac crued f 11,486.09 Total assets admitted In Oregon 11.443.464.69 LIABILITIES. Rm claims for losses unpaid.! 70.699.21 Amount of unearned premiums on all outstanding risks 502,422.97 Due for commission and bro- . kerne. 6.434.84 ' All other liabilities 20.U-J7.00 ; Total liabilities S 600.484.02 ! BTISINESS IN OREGON FOR TH YEAR, i Net premiums received during the year t 18.118.43 Losses paid during the year... 6.471.8U Losses incurred curing me year lu.Utttf.HH ' LAW, UNION AND ROCK INSURANCE i 1 I . l i , n if, . A. G. McELWAINE. JR., 1 United Mutes Manager. -! IAN THOMPSON, ! Statutory resident attorney for service. ' HE.NHY HEWITT & CO., . t esi2.eat Agents. , Our Store Opens at 9 A. M. Agents for the Butfcrick Pat terns and Delineator all styles and sizes now showing. I "The Store That I Undersells Because I Sells for Cash" J Our Store Closes 5:30 P. M. Mail Orders receive our prompt and Careful Attention the Same Day as Received. EXTRA P I EXTRA x For Friday We Announce A Great Lower Prices and Greater Values for Our 1011th Bargain Friday If thrift were a living being it would not rest content until every man, woman and child were imbued with its spirit. But thrift is only a trait a trait that when acquired and properly developed is man's most valuable ally, for thrift invariably leads one through the narrow path of economy" into the broad highway of prosperity. Thus suc cess is the result of thrift. "Selling exclusively for cash" is the policy that has made this store a true personification of thrift. From the moment one enters this store until their final purchase, thrift forms a silent bodyguard at every single transaction. For "lower prices" and "greater values," the fruits of this policy of economy, predominate every nook and cranny of this wonderful store of thrift A Phenomenal Sale of Corsets at $1.59 R. & G. Empire Henderson Guaranteed Corsets in Most Astounding Values Do you wear any of these sizes? 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27 if you do, don't fail to visit our Corset Section Friday. Here you will find several closeouts of discon tinued stock lines, corsets that should you try to purchase regularly, would cost you double and more. Not all sizes in each style, to be sure, but all sizes in the assortment. Sport corsets in fancy materials heavy front rraduated steel models with full hip and in heavy weight coutil and several fine low bust, long hip models in brocades and coutils. We could easily sell these models for a great deal more, but lack of space and our policy of cutting: all odds and ends regardless of lots, for quick close-out, demands that we move them at once. These facts, together with our ever present desire to "go the other fellow" one better in value-giving fully explains the sale. Front and back lace models. While they last $l.."i each. Sensational Values in This Sale of Jersey Dresses In Fashionable Straight-Line and the Q1 A Of? Popular Smock Effects at Jll.OU We have chosen this group as the leading fea ture for Friday's underpriced sale because it pre sents what we believe to be the most astonishing values in smart, new Spring Jersey Dresses ever offered at such a low price. The styles are the fashionable straight-line models with belt and the popular smock effects colors are Pekin blue, tan and reindeer, and they come in sires from 18 to 40. Just the dress to please you is here at tremendous saving at $14.K5. Women Who Act Promptly Can Profit by This Special Underprice Purchase and Sale of White Nu-buck Shoes Three Popular Styles to Select from gJ gfj For the new season's wardrobe a pair of White Shoes is essential and here is your opportunity to secure fashionable White Nubuck Shoes at far below real worth. You have choice from three different lace models with low or Cuban heels white ivory leather or rubber soles and heels. All sizes when the sale starts, but as the quantity is limited, we suggest an early attendance. We were fortunate in securing these shoes at an extraordi nary price concession, and Friday we place them on sale in the same way. Just think of it! You pay only $3.85 a pair. Betty Bright Aluminum Sauce pans, 4-Qt Size, Friday at 98c In our basement a sale of 4-qiiart Lipped Saucepans in the celebrated Betty Bright alumi mime ware 100 of them while they last Fri day, at each 98 Linen Finish Boxed Writing i- v j i or- ( 1'aper on oaie r nuay ui oc A special sale of 200 boxes of Fabric and Linen Finish Writing Paper 24 sheets of paper with envelopes to match; white and colors. Friday at, box 25 Sale All Sorts of Desirable Trimmings This is indeed a most opportune sale, coming as it does just at a time when most every woman is busily engaged in planning or mak ing new spring garments. This sale permits selection from an extensive assortment of popular and desir able trimmings at one-half regular selling figures. Here Are Just a Few of the Items MEDALLION'S In silk, jet, colored bead and spangle. BANDS Various widths, in bead and jet some slightly damaged. SILK FRINGES In cord, knotted, imi tation ostrich and straight silk styles. Most all colors. ROSE BUD Trimmings, in various styles. Some slightly soiled. TASSELS AND DROPS Odds and ends in silk and metal styles. Most all sizes. SILK BRAIDS Both wide and narrow fancy embroidered bands and plain silk braids. If you would profit by this wonderful saving opportunity we urge you to come early. Selling will be rapid and we can not guarantee assortments to last throughout the entire day. V EXTRA &' EXTRA No Phone Orders None Exchanged Pillow Cases 3 for Bleached Sheets at 36-Inch Cretonnes at $1.00 Well made Pillow Cases of good durable muslin they coroe 42 by 36 inches; neatly hemmed. $1.48 Each Ready to Use Bleached Sheets, 72x90 inches, made with rein forced seam in center. 49c Yard A fine assortment of both light and dark colored patterns. Come in 36-inch width. BOYS' BLOUSE WAISTS 98c 5 Styles with military collar and ad justable waistband all sizes 6 to 15 years in assorted stripe patterns. 98c OurJStore Now Opens at 9 A. Af. The Most in Value The Best in Quality Store Closes at 5:30 P.M. Saturdays at 6 P. M. 1