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fHE OREGON DAILY JOURNAL. PORTLAND, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1918. GERMAN OFFICERS FIND NQ WELCOME Answer the Red Cross Christmas Roll Call All You Need Is a Heart and a Dollar o See Page 2 For Our Other Christmas Ads See Page 2 For Our Other Christmas Ads ARRIVAL HOME I ICKR WHS U? U3 mail Doors of Hospitality Closed and Vanquished Soldiers Are Told to Seek Vermin Eradicators. in Records' T e STREETS FULL OF- BEGGARS eHOst elller r . ' - OuriRrdsperijtv Share in Jtta nareby! People in Germany Laugh and Jeer at Wilhelm in Holland Trying to Excuse Himself.1 ' Br Baett Dirty BpseUl Wirelna to The Jrmrml and Chicago I - , Dally News. ' ( , Stockholm; Sweden, De$. 16. "Lieu tenants' pay has been reduced to ! 125 marks $31.25) a monith In Germany," says Erik Jul erna. Swedish author, who has Just returned from Berlin. "This Inflicts a great hardship on the I returning officers, wlio are especially dejected at their reception. No rich Berlin home now hospitably opens tis doors to the soldiers. Large placards on the streets urge them to go Immedi ately to vermin cleaning establishments tnd to specialists in social diseases.; "If they want food, theycan buy at hjjfh prices at tho railroad stations a stein of thin ale' and a bit of bread. They are permitted to lie on the hard , floors and benches In the stations, whereas formerly they were given! the softest beds and the best food. ! nindenburg's Status Stands "In Siegerallee still stands Hlnden- bunfs giant woden staute. but It Is only three quarters full of nails," and the bare 1 wood ,is cracking, decaying and falling "- apart Nobody heeds this symbol of what Is now a cracked and decaying . German army. The mostnterprislng soldiers procure cigars and cigarettes and stand selling them along the side walks. . In Potsdamer platz uniformed cripples dance to the music of a concer tina, ar blind invalid sings a mournful song, a man with a distorted eye in a partly, masked face holds out his! sol dier's cap, begging; agents solicit the homecoming troops., and the whole way along Lelpzlgerstrasse blind, legless and armless soldiers hawk postal cards cari caturing the kaiser. "'Sic transit gloria mundl Is written over-the German empire. In Holland sits Wilhelm trying to excuse himself like an apprehensive child ; in Germany they are laughing at and jeering him for his wriggling. It was curious to see the faith-the frightened mnb placed in street cars when the fighting broke loose Just . arter tne revolution. The people rushed to the stalled cars like scared children to their mother's skirts. It seemed gro tesquely ' impossible that machine guns should spray with bullets homely things like the local street ctrs. Many Elements Fromlnest ' "In, Siegerellee Llebknecht thundered against the .government ; in Wilhelm- strasae the crowds shouted that the . humble saddlemaker, Kbert, should be- -comeHhe president of Germany, while in the Tlorsrarted the UtUe Jewess cripple. Itosa Luxemburg, flung out hate soaked . phrases like bombs Into the mob. "Berllners expect the French to enter through the Brandenburger gate.: Let them some say intelligent Germans. 'It is a childish pleasure -which we should not have dented ourselves in Paris had we been the victors.' Pollus are already seen walking in Unter den Linden, while Germans in field gray and French and ciiKiinn luiunri iiuw wanner arm m arm past the Brandenburger gate." , Deception Avails Nothing Copenhagen (by wireless via London). pec. 16.r "At the behest of the entente! we disarm ourselves and we are ready to take the consequences," Philip Scheidemann, the German majority So cialist leader, declared in an interview with the Berlin correspondent of the Berlnske Tldende. "There is no occasion for alarm and foolish attempts , to throw dust in the yes of America, England, and France." continued Scheldemann. "Such attempts might as well cease' They do not de ceive anyone. Those countries are astute enough to . procure information on the real condition . from reliable sources of , their own. "Therefore, I say that the political situation in Qermany is Improving. "ii oniy some ou persons were ar rested, probably the whole Spartacus movement would be suppressed. The new government, however, wiH not use violence, although eventually we will have to disarm the supporters of the Bpartacus extremists. , "Herr Llebknecht is not a normally constituted man, ana tne executive com mittee yo tne Soviets; is- only a pro visional institution." Ebert Forces Raid Radical Paper London. Dec. 18. The TThArt xnent. according to exclusive infnniti,. reaching here, has raided the offices of the newspaper Die B-ote Fahne- (Red Flag), Berlin's principal radical organ. This action is regarded by diplomats here as the first slants nf rl tiMiit. . on the cart of th nmin rrr . . V IU11C11L, I Tts" indicating -that -Ebert has decided I upon i sterner measures against the Bpart&cus group. i ;F r , - I . Returning Troops Oppose Extremists London, Dec. 11 (L 1?. S.) German . troops arriving at Berlin from the front . av taken sides against the terrorists and have driven out the marines that had established themselves in the ex kaiser's castle, said a Central News dis patch from Amsterdam this afternoon. Eenewal of Civil j '.; War in Western ; Siberia Reported yi- . j . London, Deo. 16 A delayed cable dispatch from ' Tien Tain says tele graph . communications with Western -Siberia are in tempted and that it is feared civil war has again ! broken out there. .The dispatch quotes reports to the effect that the native j popula tions apparently are disinclined! to trust the motives of the allied joint1 expedi tion, f: Rumors 'are current that tbe allies' are not working upon; a con certed plan. . I From ' Vladivostok comes a' : resort that General Semenoffs defiance of , ; all authority except bis own la ar. ' gravatlng the - situation - and may re sult in serious disorder. Dispatches , from ; Vladivostok. speaking r of all shades Of political tendencies, are .pessimistic. Make your word as rood as your baby bond. Keep your War Savings Stamp 1& C0lPCu. to BjreaMiinig Clhtfristanisis Sales Wimd-Up a- Record-Brea&iinig Year The Reason for the Sensationa I Sales: Nearly a year ago we set goals for every section of this store goals that many members of our store family told us were out of all reason. -1 We based these estimates upon the pros perity of the Northwest as it looked to us, We Have received liberal patronage From the public, e From the shipping industry, j From the furnishing of military equipment to men sent to our community. Now we are in sight of our goal. Our salespeople are vitally interested in the success of this drive, for they share in it liberally- if it is successful. ' - i We are determined not to fall w short of this goal. For. starting - today t and continuing daily until Christmas and New Years, we cast aside all precedents by offer ing standard, wanted, holiday and staple merchanadise at conces sions nothing short of remarkable. ' - We are attempting to make rules of our own in the conduct of a holiday business tq attain our goal. ' Our prosperity is yours to share in if you will.fWatch our ads daily and come here' now. TOMORROW TUESDAY 700 FIE GtRIEIR 250 SUITS ORIGINALLY $45 to $225 300 DRESSES ORIGINALLY $40 to $1 00 150 COATS ORIGINALLY $45 to $225 IF ft'CS Tomorrbw for the first time we offer 700 fine coats and dresses repre senting tjje finest and newest models in our garment collections at exactly half their original markings. We believe this offer to be without equal in the city and we guarantee that the reductions are absolutely as stated. Here is an opportunity for husbands shopping for gifts and for wives Shop ping for their own gifts to buy the most practical gift of all (a tendency more marked than ever this year.y ' 250 suits of fine broadcloths, soft velours, substantial serges, gorgeous velvets and good pop lins originally priced at $45.00 to $225.00, tomorrow at half price. Reductions taken irrespec tive of newness of arrival and thus an unmatched opportunity. 300 dresses of serge, velve teen, jersey and silk an all in elusive assortment as you can see by the materials and the quantity of the dresses includ ed. Regularly priced . from $40.00 to $100.00 at exactly half price. With this sale offer there is no woman in Portland who need be denied the pleasure of a new frock for Christmas. 150 coats of wool velour, wanted bolivia, fine plushes, silvertones and crystal cloth. Judge from the materials the worth of this collection and choose from the best of our en tire stocks of coats at half their marked prices of $45.00 to $225.00 tomorrow. With the coat season barely at its begin ning this is indeed a marvelous opportunity. 5 Q Crepe die Olhifiinie i i . No Goods on Approval None Sent C. O. D. A 11 Sales Final in This Great Offering The sale starts tomorrow morning in the shops of outer ap- , ; parel on the Third Floor, Lipman, Wolfe & Co. P ) amd Georaetite oiiounses I . ' Choicest Models of Former Price f I ; - ' T :' i ; .- 1: ctive Included i Tomorrow a disposal of our entire trimmed stocks including original models from America's foremost modiste creators Rawak, Bruck-Weiss, Burgesser, Joseph, Gage, Henri Bendel irrespective of their earlier pricings at $9. - Do not imagine that choos ing is limited, for assortments are varied, as quite a number of the, models have recently arrived. Hats, for all types -for young women and for more mature faces. " Black and all colors. :it Come for Yours Early Tomorrow Hat Shop Third Floor I REDUCED FROM A THIRD TO A HALF .50 Here is a sale of 500 beautiful new blouses at a tremendous price reduction in view of present value and present demand as one of the -value giving efforts towards our 1918 goal. -Heavy quality crepe de chines and Georgettes in a Newest colors-white, flesh, black, navy, old blue, . . . . . . e i i ' ' j a x. j- beige, maize, grey, peach and rose. All new within seemingly endless variety of plain tailored and fancy past few wecks. , Sizes range inclusive from 36 effects beads, tucked and hemstitched. to 46. Come Early for Your Wonderful Values Tuesday's the Day . ! Blouse Shop Third Floor ' v , Other Great Christmas Sales Throughout the Entire; Store Tuesdays-Shop in the Morning