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SECTION FIVE Pages 1 to 12 Women's Section Special Features' TOT,. XXXVI. PORTLAND, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 20, 191?. NO. 20. tftPWL inr-in, More News From the Big WAR INCENTIVE BRINGS MEN OF NATION TO ATTENTION OF NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHERS J. Ogden Armour Volunteers to Assist in Food ConserraUon fewcomb Carlton Heads Great Telegraph System Which- May Be Taken Oyer by Government as War Measure. Al teratioii: ate D D n o o D o o D o o D o n o o D o D o n o o n o o D o o n o o n o D o n o O D ox Another week to be devoted to this money-saving event. Every floor carries its quota of bargains pieces for the bedroom, the dining-room, the library in fact, for every room in the home. There are special sale tags every where, showing the original price and the deep reduction for the alteration sale. It is a timely sale for the home furnisher a bargain event that means generous saviners. COME AND BUY FOR LESS. Special $19.75 Special $29.75 REDUCED FROM $26.75. The biggest medium-priced table value In all Portland. Full quar tered stock, 45-Inch plank top, heavy pedestal base. 124.50 Quartered Oak Dining Table, group f 4 oti pedestal base 014tOJ $35.60 Plank-Top Table,fcoO f octagon group base. . . O.OU REDUCED FROM 36.73. The best value we know of In a nigh-quality table. Selected quar tered stock, 48-lnch flush-rim top. massive 10-Inch barrel. 127.50 Quartered Oak f i a n k -Table for $75.00 Quartered Din ing Table, Jacob ean O O T 7 style, 64-inch top 0J O a n k - Tod Dinlns: f r " n v ..OlO.OU Carpet and' Linoleum Values Long-wearing quality Printed Linoleum, choice of excellent-patterns: special price, on your floor .................. $1.50 Fine Printed Linoleum, selection of the season's newest de- i i y signs; special, laid on your floor ....... ipl.l $1.65 Velvet Carpet, excellent assortment of patterns, put down M o T with a good lining A l.o $1.50 Brussels Carpet, long-wearing, ten-wire quality; . beautiful it l r new patterns in the lot; on your floor...., ulL t 68c Victrola VI Outfit $38.95 Terms $4 Cash $1 Week This Is an exclusive Victrola store, all models of the Victor machine always in stock. THIS SPECIAL OUTFIT COJfSISTS OFl VICTROLA VI. SIX 10-INCH DOUBLE-FACED RECORDS, OAK RECORD CABINET. ZOO NEEDLES, TEN-INCH RECORD ALBUM. Sample Dining Chair Values fiffffS 77 K f I U ' fn i ' . : ! .i, j 1 la Cut to $2.45, Cut to $3.75, SOLID OAK Selected stock through out, panel back, saddle - shaped wood seat. $4.75 Box-Frame Leather - Seat Diners $3.20 S5.75 VALUE A Jacobean Dining Chair, with genuine slip-leather seat in selected oak stock only. $5.75 Pan el -Back Leather - Seat Diners $3.95 "Karpen' s" Best Davenports in Ma hogany and Cane Reduced $189.50 Adam Design Karpen Davenport. with cane back and arms covered in striped silk velour, three. cushions, two pillows and fc 1 in nn one roll, frame of solid mahogany i$14Z.UU $143.50 Karpen Davenport, In William and Mary period, cane back, Karpenesque up holstery, silk velour covering, complete (inT Otf with two pillows and roll 2 J.U 4 $115 Queen Anne Davenport, Karpenesque upholstery in blue silk velour, cane back, two pillows, full length, and frame o IS Or? in solid mahogany. ........... J OUtd $6.75 Ivory Decorated Work Tables $4.85 A big Work Table value In decorated Ivory enamel. In size they measure 12x15 Inches. In terior lined with sllkollne, with lift ing cover and chain. $7 W air us Grain 18-Inch Bags $4.45 Senuine Leather Hand Bags of convenient size, nicely lined, at a very special price. $19IiiFP For Big, Luxurious $25.50 "Adjusto" Chairs These "Adjusto" Chairs are the essence of com fort, and are a man's chair from every stand point. The back adjusts to any position and the concealed footrest pulls out from under the seat when wanted. These chairs have pillow backs, auto spring seats, and heavy posts. Thev are made entirely of oak and upholstered In "Chase Leatherwove." a material that lasts as long as leather. This chair is made exclusively for us and we guarantee it for comfort and service. $14.75 A uto Leather Seat Oak Rockers $9.85 Even better than the cut shows. Big, roomy Rockers in oak, with genuine leather auto spring seats. The price is less than most stores charge for the Imitation. " jT(iOJJi.lvtJ"J!l-i. J I Leonard Cleanable Refrigerators The new 1917 models are ready for your Inspection. Sizes for every use. If you have a re frlgerator want, be sure and in vestigate the Improved fea tures of the Leonard Cleanable. These Big, Solid Oak Dressers Cut to $15.40 These Solid Oak Dressers have large 28-Inch mirrors with wide frame. They are the four-drawer style with - panel ends, and offered at a very special price. $6JSS Box Corner, Steel Springs . $4.40 RnMal lln'k-f ahric ton nun ported by long: helicals, protected box-frame corners. Big; value. $16.75 Solid Oak Library Table $10.30 These tables measure 42 Inches In length, have heavy slat ends and a double knob drawer. This special price is but a trifle more than you would be asked for ordinary fir elsewhere. They are substantial in construction, very well finished and 5 are remarkable values. Use Your Credit Sturgis Go-Carts The Best That Are Made If you would have a real go-cart ffr baby, one that affords absolute - comiort, with soft spring construc tion and roomy body, you will choose a Sturgis above all others. We show a full line of these splendid Sturgis Go-Carts priced up from $6.85. $6.75 Collapsible Folding Sulkey, with three - bow CfA Qf hood and pad seat Ot"."7U $8.35 Sturgis Go-Cart. ; QC with three-bow hood forVwtOO $19.25 Sturgis Go - Cart, with fenders, nickel trimmed. Luxury- Atl spring construction 9 lHitU P They're Here! Those New Improved A. B. Gas Ranges Three cars Just received of the new est Improved models' from the A-B factory. The A-B Is far and away the most satisfactory, the most serv iceable and the best appearing gas range made. They cost no more than the ordinary kind, yet have im proved features not found on others. $5 BACK FOR YOUR OLD STOVE. We will allow you $5 in trade for your old gas or steel range In ex change for a new A-B Sanitary. All Interior pipings furnished - without extra charge. 92.75 ENAMELED BATH OR MEDICINE CABINETS $1.87 These Cab inets measure I 24 by 2 0 Inches and are fitted with 10x14 mirror; in terior has three glass shelves. Pad -Seat Child's Rocker $2-39 All Oak mm Just as pictured strong, solid oak Child's Rocker, with wide arm and slat back. (0C301 101 o D ! n- i tilt V.. IgL.Jtw t, jtX. .- Try v 1 s . 5 ' inks: s j i prTi V ' 7 - - is I im mi mm J OGDEN ARMOUR, head of the great house of Armour, of Chl cago, has offered his services to the Government In the matter of con serving the food supply of the country, not only for our own use but for the rescue of the allied countries from the possibility of starvation! . " . . . Newcomb Carlton la the president of the Western Union Telegraph Com pany, whose lines may be taken over by the Government in case of war ne cessity. Mr. Carlton graduated at the Stevens Tech. and practiced as a me chanical engineer in Buffalo for a num ber of years. He was later with the Bell Telephone Company and the West inghouse Company and managed' the London branch of the latter company before coming with the Western Union. ' General Sir Douglas Halg commands the British forces In France which have met with such success lately. ... Herman Lagercrantz. formerly Minis ter to the United States. Is coming here as a special envoy from Sweden to see about the proposed cutting off of food supplies from his country. It is claimed by the allies that food sent to Sweden replaces home products, which are then sent to Germany. ... W. Barclay Parsons, the distinguished engineer. Is to go to France as an of ficer of the corps of engineers which will rebuild the railroads of - France. Mr. Parsons was the engineer of the subway in New York and has been as sociated with other great engineering works. He went to China some years ago and surveyed a railroad for an Kngllsh-American syndicate. . Count Adam Tarnowskl von Tarnow, who was appointed by the imperial government of Austria-Hungary to suc ceed Dr. Dtimba. but who never was officially received by the State De partment, sailed for home May 4 with members of the Embassy, Austrian Con suls and their families. It was esti mated that In all nearly 400 Austrian attaches accompanied Count Tarnowskl as well as several Germans en route from China. Safe conducts have been granted by the French and British governments. NEW YORK EXTENDS EFFORTS IN PROVIDING ENTERTAINMENT FOR FOREIGN COMMISSIONS Marshal Joffre, Hero of Marne, Motif of Interesting Performance at Metropolitan Opera-House of Gotham Families Enlist in Different Branches of Government Service. -Young Scions BT GETTA R. WASSERMAN. NEW YORK. May 19. (Special.) For these last weeks of almost constant excitement, during the visits of the different foreign commis sions to this city, and the ensuing af termath of additional war-time activi ties, which the enthusiasm of those visits evoked, it has been difficult to Individualize, as everything- has been en masse: people, flowers, colors, en tertainments, particularly the latter so much so that it would have been necessary to have wings to follow the different members of the various com missions in their flights about the city. By far the most Interesting'of all of these affairs though, was the confer ring of the degree of doctor of laws on four of the members of the French and British delegations by Columbia University, through Its president. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler, who on that occasion, wore the scarlet gown of Cambridge University, - out of defer ence to the English visitors, and the ribbon of the I egion of Honor, with which the French government had pre viously decorated him. Tens of thou sands of people swarmed the campus of the university, in an endeavor to see and hear the speeches in which attempt many of them failed, as the crowd was too great for the standing capacity of the square in front of the Library, where the service was held. Another marvejously interesting en tertainment was. the grand gala per formance at the Metropolitan Opera House, in honor of the most loved of any of the, visitors. Marshal Joffre. He did not want to attend an affair for which admittance had been charged, and it was only after the most earnest entreaties of Governor Whitman, under whose auspices the entertainment had been arranged, that he finally con sented to appear. After arriving there, though, the great general seemed more profoundly touched than at any other function he had graced with his pres ence, and rightly so. for no greeting could possibly .have been more spon taneous and affecting than that which the huge audience bestowed on him. Boxes for this performance, which was for the benefit of the Marshal's two favorite war relief charities, sold at $1000 apiece; seats In the orchestra at $25. and the cheapest seat in the house, in the top gallery, for $3. Programmes were $1 each, so small wonder that the receipts were nearly $100,000. ... Miss Anna Case, who this year has come into her own. as far as artistic recognition is concerned, was the for tunate one chosen from among all the great singers vying for the honor of singing "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the dinner given by Henry C. Frick to the members of the French Com mission on the evening of their arrival In this city. The best answer to the accusation that this would be a poor man's war is found. In the list of names of men of tremendous wealth and Influence who are enlisting In the different branches of the Government service. Two . pf these, . Marshall - Field and U. S. Grant IV.. have Joined as privates. Vincent Astor was one of the first to Join the Naval Militia and will proba bly serve in a minor capacity, on his own yacht, which he has turned over to the authorities. E. Roland Harri man, son of the late E. H. Harriman. Is aide to the chief inspector of explos ives. In- the Ordnance Department. Ell hu Root. Jr.. is at the JfMattsburg training camp, as Is also Joseph B. Choate. Harold Vanderbllt Is attached to the Scout Patrol service, and so are C. Oliver Iselin and Griswold Lorillard. Junius Spencer Morgan. Jr.. with the Naval Coast Defense Reserve; so is Junior Goldman, son of Henry Gold man, the well-known banker and art connoisseur, and . Ashley C. Hewitt, great grandson of Peter Cooper, the philanthropist. Theodore Roosevelt. Jr.. is a Major at the Plattsburg train ing camp, and thus it goes on through a long list of well-known families, the scions of which are surely proving that they are actuated by motives of pa triotism and not of personal ambition. The First Presbyterian Church of the City of New York is to have an out-door pulpit, the first In this part of the country. It Is to be located on the west side of Fifth Avenue, be tween Eleventh and Twelfth streets. ... A big "Sacrifice Sale" Is to be held at 15 and 17 East Fifty-ninth street by a group of women Interested In the war service work of the New York State Suffrage Party. Clothes and Jewels have been contributed by dif ferent members. Including those on the committee having the sale in charge. They are Mrs. Philip Lydig, Mrs. Og den Mills Reld. Mrs. Victor Morawetz. Mrs. E. R. Straight. Mrs. John Blair and Mrs. F. Louis Siade. Among the articles contributed are a gold mesh bag. by Mrs. Norman de R. White house; a Callot gown that has never been worn, by Mrs. Philip Lydig; a diamond and ruby pin. which Mrs. John Blair sacrifices for the cause, and a number of very beautiful negligees, which Miss Charlotte Delafield will do without for Rie benefit of the fund. A campaign against extreme and Im modest dressing has been started, in New Jersey, by the Federation of Women's Clubs of that state. Twenty thousand women belonging to the or ganization have pledged their support to the movement. The last hill of the present season at the Neighborhood Playhouse con sists of a, group of short plays: "The People." by Susan Glaspell; "A Night at an Inn," by Lord Dunsany, and "A Sunny Morning." translated from the Spanish play, by S. and J.' Alvarez Quintero. Greenwich Village Is to have Its own "Little Theater" this coming dramatic season, and the theater-going" public of the metropolis Is awaiting the open ing of It with pleasurable anticipa tion, because there is always an ele ment of originality In whatever the real Inhabitants of New York's Latin quarter attempt. John McCormacks new patriotic ons,-"Tho Trumpet CaJJ.". l destined. If the popular tenor Is a prophet, toy be the marching song of the troops ot the United States. Just as "Tlpperaryi is for those of the British forces. Miss Mary Antin (Mrs. Grabau) was one of the speakers at the first of a series of mass meetings given the past week by the Women's Organizations in a campaign for increased member ship to co-operate with the American Jewish Congress, to be held in Wash ington. D. C. More than 500.000 -Jewish women already are enrolled, with Mrs. Joseph S. Kels as president. Oth ers actively interested are Mrs. Stephen S. Wise. Mrs. Nathan Straus. Mrs. Ju lius Rosenwald and Mrs. Richard Gott hell. ' Henry JIadley. who fa well known on the Pacific Coast, through his connec tion with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, and a like organization in Seattle, has written an opera. "Aiora,'1 which will be produced by the Chi cago Opera Company next season. An other opera of Mr. Hadley's, based upon Hichen's "Garden of Allah." has been accepted by Campanlnl. manager of the Chicago company, but will not be pro duced until the year following. Mrs. Donald Clark (Vlda Reed) has at last been persuaded to resume her dramatic work and will bo seen next season, under the A. L. Weods manage ment, in a dramatization of Arthur Somers Roche's "Scrap of Paper,"? which appeared in the Saturday Even ing Post. The title of the play has not as yet been fully decided, on. but It may be produced under the name of "Thun der." It Is- a melodrama, in which Rob-, ert Milliard is to be featured. Mr, Roche, the author, is an intimate friend of the Clarkes and It was largely through his personal persuasion that' Mrs. Clark consented to return to the stage. Mr. Clark, after a number of years with the World in this city, has severed his connection with that paper and is now on the staff of the New York American. Mrs. Clark expects her mother, Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed.', to visit her here this Summer and great plans are being made for her enter tainment. , . ' Dr. Louts Kaufman Anspacher recent-' ly occupied the Free Synagogue pulpit for a most masterly address on "Rus- slan Literature," with particular refer ence to the revolution. ... Nikola Zan. as our own "Nick" Zan la now known, is rapidly attaining recog- -nltion in a comparatively new field for him. that of concert singer. For some time past Mr. Zan has been singing., with marked success, in the opera house of Prague, but since his return to this country he has -decided in favor of concert work, and In that capacity ' has been heard In a number of recitals," prominent among them one given by Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Duveen at the Ho tel Plaza, on Tuesday night, where- Mr. Zan gave a very interesting programme In conjunction with Madame Gabrlelle Gills, the noted French soprano. Mr. Zan's voiee has been likened by musical connoisseurs to that of the famous ' .(Concluded .a Pat S.i