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THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL, PORTLAND, SUNDAY, HORNING. MARCH 4, 1317. ;.rnageof GREAT. MAGNmiDEASSUREJJ WHEN SPRING OPENS Allied .Conference-in Rome Productive of Agree ment . on an. Offensive. , , NEW FACES IN. SIXTY-FIFTHCONGRESS DIFFERENCES ARE SEOTLED 7 ltIrMMBttiTM of Entente rowers 3Ucs Heaas of Striklng Budnt. t the Sasanjr t Opportoa -'Tin.- V. Rjmt. March 8 CI r, . S.D wot rlthatajidlnr. the many measugea tak- ri to Insure the greatest secreftf about $4 conference, yet enough has trans-' , i red to, authorize the belief taat tne t yring and perhaps before) wit mark vie beginning of a carnage of stagger- (p magnitude that wUl fill the world, . lttt horroM -, . - . ! I Besides approving tno project of an offensive on an unparalleled gigantic fealo- on both the JTrehch and the ft allan fronts, the conference has also ' ulteJ n the signature by the dele- - gates of England, Fraance, laly. and .Russia 'of a protocol embodying new tnilitary, diplomatic and economic' pol icies which the allies. Intend to de Veiop the present year. Prominent parliamentarians who are ..' in close touch with Kovernment Inner rfircleg atatw the conference! has been inost useful in clearing the ground of ail the projects which havefrpm time to time cropped up, in the allied cap itals. The 'principle of a single command expounded by the French and English preaa has been recognized as imprac ticable and discarded forever at the re- quest of General Cadorna. f- Allied Xader In Agreement. Am the short official communique Is sued at the end of the conference says, (general Llautey, French minister of nt; iieneral Kobertson, English chief , f . staff;'- General Sarrail, General Ca jto'rna and Qeneial Platzlnv, Russian i'elegate to the conference; all agreed ThaV-under the circumstances, the al Ses should devote their efforts to co ordinate the -future operations in such - $ way as to leave to the enemy no time 4o prepare a counter offensive. . a . U h . U V 1 11 l I VII O Ull V 1 1 U V.UlLV.1 . front were the subjetit of long debates : End careful analysis. According to one report, the conference came to the con elusion that perhaps next year Russia fflXl not be in a position to carry on a successful offensive. The reason Is that, ; If ' Falkenhayn and Mackensen's ' armies should debouch on the level plains of Bessarabia and threaten Odessa,;-: the Russian ' defensive will wear" , out all the new armies Russia fas preparing for next summer and practically leave her with only enough i en to hold her present lines, whose koutherb end . in all probability will fiave been withdrawn to the border of Buckowlna, ; It was in yiew of this that the Eng lish: delegates suggested a gigantic of' tensive on the Italian front as the on lAat'.-tont itself better than any other la a quick march on the most vulner- hie. .of Teuton capitals, Vienna.' V'hether General Cadorna and General ironroe, Italy's minister of war, p '.: roved the project is not known. I Political circles, however, considered ' 'Jt a scheme tending to relieve England lff her promise to France and Belgium. fit. -continuing the offensive . till the - Carman lines had been pushed back, to . he jyilne. I r Would Abandon Saloniki. - I Additional information on the eub-.- )c says that the plan of a gigantic offensive biT the Italian front was dis- inssedn connection with the alenlkl robiemV The English delegates wero f the opinion that Saloniki should' be Abandoned and tho troops and artillery f ow. defending the entrenched camp be fransf erred to the Italian front and elp the Italians carry on their offen ivey,r ' -v- . p TheFrench delegates were radically -Opposed Jo any such step, and Insisted (Ural Saloniki should be retained. In Connection with this, it is said that had the conference voted the abandonment 4 f the Balkan expedition. Premier Bri nd would have resigned forthwith. I .General Robertson's reason for advo- . fating;,, the abandonment of Salonika mi - MVfTw- V i w" T!T?X ff I C" r tu t tJsL M-''lv iliu:f J Above, left to rightRepresentative Jeanette Rankin of Montana, the - Senator FrnJr:B. Kellogg of Minnesota; Peter Goelet Gerry of Below, left to -right Senator Illram Johnson of California; Sena-tor vanla; Senator Harry S, New of Indiana. ';' ' . first woman to st In congress; Rhode Island. Philander C. Knox of Pennsyl- . Tm ,? iilUlv Furniture Prices Are iloing Up -.Direct: But out prices are still down. Buying months ago. enables us to still quote ihe . -same low, reasonable prices for furniture of quality. We don't know how much longer we can quote these low .prices, but we ate going to hold them down as Ion? as we can for your benefit Buy now and save money. Your credit is good. $ 15 Solid Oak Library Table $11.85 10.00 Library Table priced at. $12.00 Library Table priced at. $15.00 Library Table priced at 4 $20.00 Library Table priced at; $25.00 Library Table priced at. $30.00 Mahogany .Table priced at. Parlor Stands a $1.60. Pedestals this sal. $8.00 $ 9.85 $12.00 $16,00 $19.85 $23.95 cheap as reduced for $16 Extension Table fiC 12.00 Round Extension & fit? . IT. V . pu.uo .?.sl.o.ft.$15.00i .f.?.? $19.85 Tables now US Round Table now . 25 Round Table now 30 Round Extension COI fTA o i i Table now D4eDU Solid 35 Round Extension (POO CA Oak Table now 45 Round Extension Table now Square Extension Tables as cheap as $28.50 $37.00 $7.50 L AI 6 Feet i Aunts lefats Moisture and Heat Cellular Cuaraneed Proof Pads for the LIOUIDPROOF-HLATPROOr n. . Til Lriuing taoie Just the thing to protect your newly purchased table 'from any possible mishap. Special sizes made to order. Stock sizes: 42-inch diara., $2.50; 45-inch, $2.75 48-lnch, $2.75 -54-inch, $3.25. Extra leaves, size 9x42 inches to 9x54 inches, 64c each. ..vp,i , m M 1 1 : I i .T fl'VX If TOD A Y was that, once the possibility of a juncture between the Roumanian 'and allied forceV.no lonser existed, the large tonnage required for the trans portation of supplies and munitions could be allotted to France and Italy, which are both suffering from lack of cereals and coal, ' and ' the artillery turned over to General 'Cadorna for a speedy march on Libach and thence to Vienna. - Tha French reply was that- the aban donment ox saloniki would oe as nus miliating for Franceaa the evacuation of Gailipoli was fbr;Kngland. and that its moral effect qjri 4he French-nation would-be even mcei depressing- than a military reverse on any of the French sectors. . '1 General Cadorna declined once more the honor of conducting the Balkan ex pedition with Italian troops which the allies were only too glad to bestow upon him. He explained that, as Ions as the threat of a Teuton offensive on the Italian front was at the potential stage, he did not deem it wise to dis perse his forces. At the same time he opposed the proposal of a complete evacuation of Saloniki, on the ground that the disengaged Bulgarian and German forces would eventually be transferred to the Italian and western fronts, and put himself on record as favoring the abandonment of Monastlr and every other advanced position. In order to shorten the f ront. and -def end ing the entrenched camp. The French delegates opposed the abandonment of Monastlr on the ground that it would cause a painful disappointment to the Serbian troops, but in the end General Cadorna's point of view was accepted. PORT OF m SSING WiEN CONDUCTED IN LONDON FOR PUBLIC INTEREST Thousands of Inquiries ' An ; . swere'd as to Whereabouts - of ' Australian Soldiers New York. . March,, 8. At 64 Vic toria street, in London, there is an office in which a large force of men and women work day nd night com piling an enormous card index sys tem, writing letters and dispatching hundreds of telegrams and cable grams dally. These men and women, many of them persons of wealth, keep thousands of wives and mothers in Australia almost in dally touch with their husbands and sons, whether they be in the trenches on the Somme, in a German prison camp or in a London hospital. The wonderfully efficient system which has been devised for conducting this "port of missing men." is de scribed in an Interview in the New j York Tribune by Mrs. Alfred Deakln, wife of the former prime minister of rtj'wi'ii V, ( si if li it w -:ir . . TT1HI1E H ff 1 111111 " 11 1 " " MHBBSHMMHBHBBMaMISaSK - - " ' nil J I I MONDAY TUESDAY Harmony Singers, ImitationsiEmY, archer and "Nut" Comedians ' . butiorth heEbony Servants"- Sin$m MmM M ing, Dancing, Comedy harrison.stuaixT duo; : High Class Singers of Popular bongs Vf MILLER AND DIDIER HERR EKLUND '''-v"st Swedish Violin Virtuoso in) Popular and Classical Selections The Five-Part Red feather Photoplay With DOROTHY DAVENPORT A All ?f r r.f A Gripping Political Drama of Gfaft, Intrigue, Plot and Counterplot EXTRA ATTRACTION MONDAY. TUESDAY ONLY FRANCIS FORD . - EPISODE TEN OF THE 'cAc?cxhmm" PURPLE MASK" Australia, who is ' accompanying her husband on what she characterized as "his first holiday in 85 years." - The office, which is known as the Bureau of Missing and Wounded Aus tralians and which is conducted un der the auspices of the Red Cross, is in charge of Miss Vera Deakln, their daughter. : i -"YouTd be surprised at the wonder ful work, whichj Is being accomplished by this . bureau," said Mrs. Deakin. $J&r9tlJt0H$a it, are giving' their jrvjces gratis.. They are doing their fcit. - It Js rather, odd to. see a wealthy Australian Working as a clerk over a card index a cabinets but they move about theirvyork Quietly, Quickly and as ix -tney enjoy it. -' Mothers Seeklnr Hews. "Hundreds of letters pour in daily from mothers seeking some news Of their boys. A clerk steps to the cab inet, runs Quickly through the cards and in a moment the desired informa tion is at hand. A cable Informs the mother that her son has been killed Or that ha is wounded and in a cer tain hospital. Scouts are sent out to interview tie wounded at all the hos pitals, especially those just back from the front withthe latest news. Other investlgatora check up from other sources the. information obtained and make sure of the facta "One day I met one of our boys on the street. He told me he had been ordered to France and would leave the next day. He said he had bean trying to get some trace of his broth er. 'You go right over there to that office,' I told him. ' He went, and within an hour he was talking with his brother, who lay wounded in the Wadsworth hospital. If he had not gone to the bureau he would have had to leave for the front without know ing whether his brother was still liv ing or dead. That is Just one of a dozen similar incidents that occur every day. I Thousands of attars. "My daughter often works until H o'clock at night sending off cables. In one month between 2000 and 8000 ca bles were sent, besides - thousands of letters. December, perhaps, was the busiest month, as that was the month of the Somme matter. - "In Australia we thought we were such a long way from the war, but when you are in London -you feel the same way. You are impressed every where by the willingness of every one to do his or -her bit and with the spirit in which they go about it." i .... . I ! Wilson's Policy Wins ; In South America Buenos Aires, March 8. (U. P.) Recent newsi dispatches i from the United States; Indicating- that Presi dent , "Wilson forbearing policy to ward Mexico f was adopted to soma extent in deference" to South American public opinion .have created an ex cellent impression In the southern re publics. ' " For the first time since the Mexican situation became acute-the admission is being made here that , the United' State government has been very Pa tient under severe provocation. Whether this view would still be held in the event "of fresh threats of Inter vention in Mexico is doubtful. It is a distinct change, however, from the hitherto, generally expressed opinion that North America mistakes and de liberate mischief making were respon sible for all the Mexican troubles of the past few years. j That their wishes would ba, taken : into account by the Washington ad ministration, to tell the truth, was more than South Americana expected. From all appearances the president's atti- . tud has done more ' to develop . a friendly feeling on the southern con tinent toward the UN tea states tnan anything in a generation. . Public Buildings Remain Closed. . - Washington, March (LN T.S.) -(Government - officials ' today made their, decision that the 'public' build Dining Chairs i Solid Oak Dining Chair, fumed or golden oak finish. Regular 12.75 value $2.25 Other Chairs as cheaD as $10 KITCHEN CABINETS for $5.95 This Massive Bed SS.75 The above illustrates a good, plain, sunstar.tlal Bed; it Is simple, yet effective, and is priced for-this sale atr 88,75. Price on iron beds are going skyward. Here is your opportunity to buy a Simmon Steel Hd for less than the ordinary kind guaranteed for 20 years. T Q TC Special i yOi i O No charge for packing. Send 88.75. State if wanted in gold bronse, ivory or white enamel. HHrl Eastern made, strong and substan tial; two flour bins, two drawers, kneading board, china QfT QC cabinet, all for pOVO Buffets S17.50 i This substantial oak Buffet, solid oak and waxed finish, measures 45 inches wide, 18 Ins. I" r? (Tfi deep priced at .... V-L I eUU Solid Comfort Rockers $1.95 This large, high-back Rocker has more comfort in it than you Imagine. It's not a parlor Rock er; if s a kitchen Rocker; welt finished h a r dwood. M Qfr Regular $ 4, special. . V-LaaO Sale of Dressers and Chiffoniers . . . .X9.SO 812.00 IreesrSw now. 115.00 Chiffoniers, now. . .11.95 818.00 Dressers, now, ..... .014.85 820.00 Dressers, now S16.00 125.00 Drawers now. 825.00 Dressers, now. $45.00 Dressers, now. Commodes .SIO.85 .2.00 S3D.75 . S1.50 William and Mary Dining Room Suite at a Most Remarkable Reduction 1.8 Rugs and Floor Coverings in the Great March Sales Prices in many-cases at before-the-war levels, owing to purchases made in 'good time. Goods held for future delivery on payment of deposit. Ouradvlcet Buy now. Wiltons, 9x11 ...$48.50 Wool Wiltons, 9x12. . . .S35.60 Sultan Axminsters, 9x12 i24.85 Extra Axminsters, 9x12 J 133.00 Sanford Velvets, 9x12. .J 133.00 Wool Velvets, 9x12 ....SI 9.80 Jirth Brussels, 9x12. .. .$17.50 Scotch Kidderminsters, 9x12, at $13.50 Wool Art Square, 9x12.. .$9.50 Union Art Squares, 9x12.. $6.00 ' .Small and large sizes ;. proportionately. , Six Hundred on Display Rack No Trouble to Show Them Consisting of Sideboard or Buffet, 43 Inches wide; China Closet, 42 inches wide; Side Table, 36 inches wide; Dining Table, 48 Inches wide, extends eight feetr one Carver! Arm Chair ' asd five Q- Of? An Dining "Chairs, upholstered in tapestry vXOfJaUU $ .50 Worth of Furniture $ 5.00 Down, $ 75 Worth of Furniture $ 7.50 Down, $100 Worth of Furniture $10.00 Down, $125 Worth of Furniture $12.50 Down, $150 Worth of Furniture $15.00 Down, $200 Worth of Furniture $20.00 Down, $1.00 Week $1.50 Week $2.00 Week $2.25 Week $2.50 Week $3.00 Week TffllUJSL. : 4 H f ' K Good Steel iang e -: $29,501 The Wonder Steel Range his six holes, full size ; oven 16xtS ins., on sanitary base, has no nickel1 trimmings and will the work of a , range costing twice as much plain, but a good baker and cooker. Terms $5.00 Cash - and $5 .. Monthly or $1 Per Week ?. 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