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MAP DF EUROPE BEING CHANGED r BY v U M Victory of Entente Allies and FHTT )! ! If IM IJ Bjl States Over Germany Is Great est Even of 1918. 1MI art NEW REPUBLICS IN MAKING : i Great Britain Continues to Wrestle With Irish Problem j Other Grave Situations Appear. 0 WORLD WAR 1 I id cd m o .1 . .W TM e or EidiGlm TMENT how to effect the transition diner against industrial depression and e problem confronting almost an entire Jnited btates with its millions to care KVorld looking to us for help. It con- nterest to us, it is a factor seriously. Jrtland and the State of Oregon. at "work shall we find for their brains u try and remuneratively employed? t to the problems of the day--always U-'its duty clearly to do everything nng at full speed. lo use its great id buy and sell and buy again. To our share towards insuring prosperity xiles arc the logical outgrowth of our IVlarWpti have Vint vpt felt the transi- kamj until they near a common plane .Jllian they are today. But theneed ht-flit xtnr.bx nf merchandise wmw ' . . hdiseand marked them at such Iheral buying 6n the part of the pnee to keep stocks up to stand" se of these Jieconstructton and ppeed Ahead to Prosperity. ds and Silks! jcAVooten Dress Goods and Silk Shops Savings are most unusual. Wress Goods 98c i newest and most wanted combination 111 make . a very pretty and serviceable skirt loth,. Yard $1.49 4 twisted; serge yarn. Navy and midnight bid, , Pekin and Alice blue, taupe. 41 inches wide. ferge, Yard $1.69 women's, misses' and children's wear. Colors plum and taupe. 42 inches wide. essaline Silks 89c pessatine in fancy plaids and stripes. Also but a yood assortment from which to choose. Meier & Frank's : Second Floor. Fifth- Street. As Soon as the Boys Get Out of Uniform They Get Into MEIER $ FRANK Clothes Men's $35.00, $40.00, $45.00 All Wool Suits and Overcoats $29.85 Men returning from the pursuits of war to peace-time avocations will welcome this won derful Reconstruction and Readjustment Sale opportunity to secure a suit or overcoat that is sound in fabric, correct in style, of proper workmanship and fit, at a remarkable saving. Adler - Rochester Hickey - Fr eeman Society Brand and Louis Holtz are the master tailors from whose best products we have selected these 400 garments to make the matter of secur ing the right kind of clothes an easy one. Every Garment Taken From Regular Stock and reduced for this Reconstruction and Readjustment Sale. Another Lot of Men's $20-$25 Overcoats in raelan styles br with set-in sleeves. Good patterns and colorings. Loose hfittln and semi-form fitting models. Heavy, medium and light, weights. Sizes 4 to 44 inclusive. $14.85 Also $20 to $25 cravenet ted (rainproof) coats $14.85. THE SUITS OVERCOATS are in dark and medium colors. Worsteds, cheviots and tweeds. Mod els for every taste. Sizes for every build. Good assortment of patterns and colorings. in all the wanted styles. Full lined, half or quarter lined. All weights. Many ALL WOOL. All are finely tailored. Coats for dress and every- dav wear. Meier ft Frank's : Men's Clothing Shop, Third Floor. u ? to Women's Fine Silk Underwear Included in this Reconstruction and Readjustment Sale of women's fine silk underwear are uch famous makes as Kayser and Vanity Fair. Vests, camisoles, knickers and some envelope chemise. Slightly mussed or soiled. Many fancy lace-trimmed. Limited-number. . . Meier & Frank's : Silk Underwear Shop, Main Floor. Sale Boys' Knicker Suits at $5.85 . Boys' suits of good-wearing tweeds, cheviots,, home spuns and heather mixtures. Well-tailored suits in just the styles and colorings that appeal most to the boys." These suits will give splendid service. Full-fined knicker bocker pants. Sizes 6 to 18 years. , ' Meier & Frank's : Boys' Clothing Shop, Third Floor. Extra Salespeople in Almost All Our 70 Departments 1 TURN BACK TO PAGE 7 Children's Pants, Vests 25c V00 children'-- fleece-lined pants and vests white. Nearly all sizes. The regular 5pc klity for Reconstruction and Readjustment t, garment 2Sc. Airier x x rituiv a . xui.ui iwr, 1 J 1857 (JOFPORTLAND Sensational Shoe Sale Our Reconstruction and Readjustment Sales bring one of the most remarkable shoe offerings evr held in- Portland. Shoes for men, women and children at prices that average TO OFF. Included are J. & T. Cousins and other standard makes. Short and discontinued lines taken from our regular stocks. Many are in the styles favored for Winter and early Spring wear. All sizes in each group, but not in every style. Reduced as follows: For Women and School Girls Af-C1 OK PI" and patent leather shoes. Colored, and combination kid x"L D'sOJ and cloth-top shoes. Lace and button styles. Ai. Pf K Plairt and patent leather shoes with black kid or cloth tops. Tan -VC D9sUt9 shoes in dark and medium shades. Black shoes with colored kid or cloth tops.. Gray or ivory suede and kid boots with cloth tops. Lace and button styles. " - , A 4. 0"t " QpT Field-mouse brown shoes with buckskin tops. Dark grey kid L vlX(U bonts. Black or tan shoes with buckskin tons. Lae and but- I j & f J i ( ton styles. Shoes for Men in This Sale t-i ' AjI (1 Good serviceable shoes In lace or button styles with leather or "VL tDfzrztJ water-proof Neolin soles. English, medium or broad-toe lasts. A limited quantity of tan shoes. Shoes for Children Reduced A a. ?" QQ Good sturdy school, play or dress shoes in plain or pat TIL fDA.VO leathers with high or low tops. Sim 5, to 8, pair 1.98. Si SV to It, pair 32.48. Sizes 11 V to 2, pair 52.38. ' - Meier A Frank's : Shoe Shop. Third Floor. VVI zes .-.V"'' """"" ' Great Sale of Wash Goods Here are six out of the ordinary offerings in white and colored wash goods for our Reconstruction and Readjustment-Sales. Prof it by the following very prices: , Voiles, Yard 50c Good quality white embroidered voiles, 36 Inches wide. Regularly 75c to 2.25. Poplins, Yard 25c - Finely serviceable white poplin that is 27 Inches wide. Regularly priced 40c yard. Dimity, Yard 10c A good quality white. striped dimity, 27 inches wide. Regularly priced 15 c yard. ; Shirting, Yard 75c ictive silk shirting in.-' neat stripes t wide. Regularly priced 1.25 yard Gingham, Yard 35c rt lengths of the best quality gin ches wide. Regularly 5 0c yard. Suiting Yard 40c Good looking woven suitings In fast colors. 27 inches. A good value at 40c Meier Frank: 8econd Floor. Fifth Street. T 10,000 Yards Embroideries 15c "All of these embroideries aVe brand new, just received in time for our great Recon struction and Readjustment Sales. ' - - . ,. ' . Embroidery edges, insertions, ribbon beadings and bead top edgs on Swiss and cambric ' Neat eyelet .and blindwork effects. Widths suitable for women's and chil dren's undermuslins. - Also' included at' this price are 20-inch'allover? in eyelet designs for brassferes and 17-inch corset cover embroideries. ; Laces for Party Frocks, Yard 59c Domestic and imported laces In "Llame" effects gold aad silver on white and ecru net Bands, Avtitk and flonndnes from 3 to 17 inches wide. . Also 36-inch metalline cloth in light and dark '-colors, 40-inch silk net in street and evening shades,- 36-40-inch printed chiffon for house and party frocks, blouses and dresses. 79c to l5o. values for 59c. , . - s. ' $2.25 "Rladame Butterfly" Voile, 1.89 '. Madame Butterfly voile for evening' and street gowns, blouses, etc Looks like cobweb, wears like broadcloth:' Forty shades.. 7 ' ' , w- , -1 a . ' - r ' MeJer AFrank: Main Floor. Fifth Street.' The map of fturooe wta binr remade aa the year 1918 came to a eloae. The victory of the entente alllea and the United States over Germany and her alllea g-ave asaurance that aeveral new rree nations would be created out-of territory conauered in former years by -the autocracies of Europe. : The Czeoho-Slovak reDublla was al ready In existence before the close of the war. having been recognised as an Independent belligerent government by the United States. Great Britain. France ' and Italy, but the coming of peace saw we lorroai eataDiishraent or this new -government at Prague. The end of the war also practically assured the rislnr of a . great new Poland, made tip of most, if not all. of the territory divided up years ago between Germany, Austria ana Russia, Finland threw off the shackles placed upon her br XlusaU " and out of the turmoil of civil vi emerged as a free and independent na tion. The peoples of ether smaller sub ject states asserted their Independency. A complete realignment of the bounda ries of the larger nations ef Europe was one of the tasks undertaken by the great peace congress, pledged to adopt the principle of self-determina tion of peoples. Irish Problem, STot Sattled Great Britain continued to wrestle I through the .year with the Irish prob lem, which eeemedi no nearer a solu tion than ever when the war ended. - Serious trouble was expected when- on April 2 Premier Uoyd George Intro duced In the 'house of commons.- new conscription bill. Including conscription ror irishmen, on April 12, Sir Horace nunkett, chairman of the Irish con vention which had assembled In 1917, for the purpose of trying to reach an agreement on a plan ror noma rule. presented a report to parliament, show-. - ing that the convention had failed to agree upon any scheme for self-govern ment, on April 19, public places in Ireland were Dlaced under mllltarv I guard and concealed arms were seised. Tension was relieved somewhat when I on May 1 the government announced postponement of conscription in Ire. land, but on May 17 a pro-German plot in Ireland was expected. Many Sinn Fein, leaders were arrested. In the meantime the Uoyd Oeorge govern- ment had faced a crisis precipitated by charges made by General Maurice , a 1 . . . ' uw (urarnnwni natu misrepresent- ; ea the military situation. The govern ment was sustained by a vote of the house of commons on May . The French government acted vlror- ously during the year to stamp out treason. On January 14, former Prem ier Caillaux was arrested on a charge -of conspiring with the enemy. On Feb- . ruary 14, Bolot Pasha, who was charged with being the head of the Oerman spy system in rance, was convicted and sentenced to death for high treason: He was executed at Vlncennes April 16. M. Duval, editor of Bonnet Rouge, convicted of complicity in the treason able plots, was executed on July 17. Cim War Ceatlsats Civil war continued to threaten the new republic of China throughout the year. Hsu Shih Chang was elected president of the republic on September 6. and during the next few months re ports indlexed a possibility of an agreement being reached . between the northern and southern section of the country. - Cxar Ferdinand nt ' niiTvirla m- - . among the rulers who lost their crown during the year. On October fi. after Bulgaria had been forced to surrender unconditionally to the allies, Ferdinand abdicated In favor of Crown Prince Boris. A peasants republlo later Was set up best late in November It was an nounced that the rebellion had been put down and Boris firmly seated upon the throne. ani and Chile were reported on the brink of war on November 25, with a possibility that Bolivia might become involved. The trouble between these countries waa an outgrowth of the nitrate wars of years ago in which Chile won Taona and Arica. known as the Alsace-Lorraine of South America. fcirl Students Make Sacrifice for War ' . - y KnoxvITJe. Deo. 2t rr Tsr a tv Of the aar!fli"! nf h 9An a'n4n. in Meredith college. North Carolina, mostly poor gins, is tola py proressor Harry Clark, of the University of Tennessee. fc this city. The girls wanted to help the united war worn campaign. Only the week before they had pledged IS38S to the college endowment fund, and this . had been a big task-for them. This is now iney aia it. ; Firty-two gave up new hats. 27 gave up coats, 94 gave up extra shoes, 27 pledged the pnlce of their Christmas trip, 2 OS pledged to do their " own launary tne remainder or the year - ana put tne money into tne campaign. Tree for Each Kansas . Soldier, Is Her Flan Topeka, Kan Dec. 2S L N. 8. A tree for every Kansas soldier, is the plan of the forestry department of the Wom- an s club here. Mrs. A. A. Roblnspn. widow of A. A. Robinson, well known railroad builder, formerly of the Santa Fe- and Mexican Central roads, la the originator of the plan. 'She is head ef a committee to put the plan before other clubs of the state. The suggestion has been made that the trees be planted along the Fort Lieavenworth-Fort Klley highway, and that the road be called Xlberty Kew." . - - No Wage' Reduction ' Chicaao. Dec 28.- CL. N. 'S.1 -Chicara ; employers, according to a statement given out through Joseph Badenock. cnairman i mo nicago community board, do not intend to reduce wages as ! part of their readjustment program now i that peace has come. This, said Bade nock, is their attitude, at least until the 1