:5rans RUGS
GOING
FAST
Hundred are taking advantage of this rag sale the biggart in onr history a sacrifice of
an immense stock bought from the Davis Furniture Company of Dallas at before the war
prices. Onr good fortune may also "be yours for the folhrving prices are based on the
low cost to us. Only a few days left, so come today and profit by a saving of not less than
20 per cent. ;
$43.00 0x12 AXMINSTER NOW. ..... .$36.00
MO.OO 9X12 AXMINSTER NOW. ..... .32.00
133.00 0x12 AXMINSTER NOW. ..... .$28.00
432J10 9x12 AXMINSTER NOW. . . . . . . f 20.OO
'$32.50 8-3x10-0 AXMINSTER NOW. . . .$2fl.OO
$53.00 0x12 BODY BRUSSELS. ...... .$44.00
1 18,00 0x12 BODY BRUSSELS.,. . . . . .$38.40
)42US0 0x12 BODY BRUSSELS ........ $34. OO
$15.00 8.3x10.0 BODY BRUSSELS $36.00
$85.00 0x12 WILTON'S... $08.00
$07.00 0x12 WILTON'S $77.
$08.30 0x12 WILTON'S.. .$33.20
$16.00 8-3x10-0 WOOL AND FIBRE. .. .$12JtO
$12.00 0x9 WOOL 'AND FIBRE $0.00
$24.00 0x12 GRASS RUGS., $19.20
$20.00 8x10 GRASS RUGS $10.00
SICERTIFICATES
OVERSUBSCRIBED
9amm -MM
Oregon Goes Above Treasury
Indebtedness Alottment
by Big Margin
SAN' FRANCISCO. Auk. 15 The
seven states and two territories com
prising the twelfth federal reerve
bank district ovei subscribed their al
lotment in United States treasury
certificates of indebtedness, of the
Issue of August 6, by $2,450,000. ac
cording to an announcement to
night based upon final and complete
returns from the district.
The total allotment for the district
for the isuiie of August 6 was 135.
300.000. The subscription totalled
$37,750,000.
The allotments and subscriptions
of the states and territories of the
district respectively were as follows:
Allotment. Subscription.
$ 605.000
114.000
550.000
22.500.000
l,32R.00O
433.000
3.105.000
20 per cent discount on Hammocks, refrigerators, porch and lawn furniture, croquet sets,
lawn mowers and garden hose. Terms on Bugs, strictly cash We take old rugs, carpet3
and furniture in exchange on rugs bought at this sale. . A good reliable Carpet Sweeper $1.75
during this sale. , 7 j
E. L7 STIFF & SON
;448 Court Street
Phone 941
Salem, Oregon
Hawaii ..
Alaska . .
Arizona ..
California
Idaho . ...
Nevada . .
Oregon . .
tah ..... 1.730.000
Washington 4,935.000
WAR YILL BE FOUGHT
OUT ON WEST FRONT
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projected ' sharply into the enemy's
positions. It was occupied by the
enemy yesterday afternoon.
"In General von Boehm's group
there have been no important opera
tions. .;.-..
"In the evening the artillery ac
tivity Increased between the Ancre
and the Olse. Partial enemy attacks
on both sides of the Avre and south
of Lassigny were repulsed.
"In a thrust on the south bank of
the Vesie we captured men who were
occupying the railway station at
Breall. v '
"A British bombing squadron on
its way - to raid our home territory
was engaged by our chasing forces
before reaching Its objective and
forced to' return after a loss f five
airplane .
"Yesterday 24 enemy airplanes
and one hostile balloon were shot
down."
it man i ' ---rTtwM
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William CD'Arqy of St. Louis was
re-elected president of the Associat
ed Advertising Clubs of the World at
the ' 'fourteenth "annual convention,
held la San Francisco.
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN
FRANCE. Aur. 15.- (By the Associ
ated Press, S p. m.) There have
been no more striking development
today in the situation on the new
Soni me battle front or immediately
north of it where the Germans have
been evacuating advanced posts in a
manner somewhat similar to that
preceding their withdrawal last year
to the HIndenburg line.
The enemy seems to be In some
force along the new front south of
the Sorame, where he has been driv
en by the allied armies. His prin
cipal force seems to be between
Chaulnes and Roye.
The mystery still to be solved on
the new battle front and the region
northward is, do the Germans in
tend making another "strategic with
drawal?" The British artillery continues
pounding the enemy from his front
line to the backwaters of the Somme,
and intense aerial bombing is being
continued day and night. Chaulnes
and other rear targets have been re
peatedly bombed. A direct hit was
secured on a train at a station be
hind the lines and many fires have
been caused by bombs. So vigorous
have the British. air forces become
in their operations that the Ger
man commanders are reported to be
worried over the situation.
One of the commanders has Just
issued an order to bis troops in
which he says that recently "bloody
losses" have been caused by aircraft
raiding German positions. He ad
mitted that protective steps had
been taken such as complete alarm
signals and the building of under
ground shelters of sufficient size to
accommodate troops In large num
bers.
LONDON. Aug. 15. According to
unofficial statements here the Ger
mans captured in the present offens
ive by the British, fourth army and
the French first and third armies to
tal 34.000, while thus far 670 guns
have been counted. Of these the
British took 20,000 prisoners and
4i0 guns.
There Is clear evidence of the de
moralizing effect of the tanks on the
enemy. Where previously the Ger
mans offeifd stubborn resistance
this tlmo they surrendered almost as
soon as the tajiks got near them.
fiostain & Greenbaum
SOMEDRY GOODS BARGAINS
; , Black Bilk 25 14-inch Silk Colored Petti
Gloves, pair Dress Mull' n coats, Silk
iy;:Ae-'Y' Pretty Colors ) Flounces and
? - 29c Dust Ruffle
"' Yard $3.00
3'"9 Nico White P. '
Cotton Batts K. Yard Cotton Batts
, $1.00 38c and 32c 75c
R. AND G. CORSETS
....$1.25
$1.75
Double Strength Corsets at. .$1.75
Lace Front Corsets at. .... .. . . ..... ...... . . .$2.50 and $2.00
School Girls Corsets at. . . . .v. . . . .... . . .
Sport Girdles at..
V Ladies' Undennnslins Girls' Khaki
Gowns Nice White Farmerette
Crepe or Petticoats Unionalls '
: f Muslin at Wide Embroid- - A 1 CK
$1.25, $1.00 C1 t oe 8 to 11... $2.00
and 75c v 145 12 to 14. .$2.50
and $100 ..
Boys' Sport Men'. Sport tSI?
1 Shirts - Shirts v union Suits ,
50c ; , 50c : 25c
Hinerja Yarns, the best there is, get yours now, while we have
ajpod assortment. , Our government has instructed the mak
ers not to ship any more. -;
Agents Ladies' Home Journal Patterns. ....... , .1QC and 15c
240 AND 246 COMMERCIAL STREET
IONDONT. Auk. 15. The Canadi
ans have taken the villages of Dam
ery and Parvillers. a short distance
northwest of Itoye, according to
Field Marshal Hair's orfiHal com-
muuicatlnn Issued this evening. The
Tiritish lino southeast of Proyart,
just south of the Somme, has been
advanced a short distance.
FRANKFORT GERMANS
DIE FROM BOMBING
(Continued from page 1).
down a German airplane. Vhlld out
with a patrol this morning Captain
Biddle met three monoplanes north
of Flirey.
The Americans attached and one
of the enemy machines fell appar
ently out of control. It vanished In
the mist, so that .Captain Biddle'
victory has not yet been confirmed.
Lieutenant. Vaughn It. McCormlck
of Columbus. Ohio, got his second
official German airplane yesterday
when he engaged the enemy In the
air north of St. Mlhlel.
French observers have confirmed
the destruction of the German.
t Another enemy machine was shot
down August 10 by Captain Ray C.
Bridgeman of Lake Forest. 111., near
Aivray, In the destruction of which
Lieutenant McCormlck also shares
officially.
Additional victories In the air In
clude a monoplane apparently ahot
down by Lieutenant Herman Schulti
of Bettendorf,.la., which went down
In a steep dive through the clouds
over Flirey after 375 shots had been
fired at It. and a biplane attacked
by Lieutenant Edgar a Tobin of San
Antonio, In the vicinity of Ewersoa.
Confirmation Hs being aought lor
botii these victories.
675. 000
80,000
271.500
21.SSS.S00
1.47X.500
235.000
4.104.000
2.587.500
7.049,000
war If It takes every man la the
United States.
I have been pressing the large
American army Idea ever since
have been over her and It always
requires adjustment and fitting In
with all the boards that are charged
with various duties in connection
with, the war. 'Just to give one in
stance, take the mere . question of
uniforms for this ' new army. We
must commandeer and have done
so all the wool of the United States
and have taken the wool of Argen
tina. We are going to put the whole
civilized population on shoddy for
the next year."
General March declared the belief
that the freshness and vigor of our
troops is the greatest single military
asset the allies have.
Without belnr conscious 'of ltJ
he added, "the haVameiing that the
other nations have had 'now for four
year has greatly lowered their ener
gy and freshness and their fighting
power so that when this great mass
of fresh Americans comes in they
will have an entirely different view
of the fighting from that which now
exists along that line. And It Is and
should be and Is going to be onr poli
cy to get those millions of men to
gether as an American army ana fin
ish the war in the shortest possible
time and not drag ft out.
In General March's opinion the al
lies have complete control of the sea.
He said submarine 'attacks had been
considered In planning the shipment
or z&o.ooo monthly overseas.- Re
garding heavy artillery, he said, he
was m doubt about It being furnish
ed in sufficient quantity.
"Yon are also In doubt about the
airplane situation?" asked Senator
Reed. . . .
"The ' Mrtftane stiuation has not
been mentioned but I say very frank
ly that I do not like It." was Gener
al March's reply.
In answer to questions about the
Russian situation. General March
said American troops, "are not going
In there in any force. and added:
'As a military preparation I aav
without any qualification whatever
that the Idea of try to reestablish an
eastern front In Russia with a little
handful of Americans is simply ri
diculous.
Representative Kahn of California
ranking Republican member of the
committee, who had Just returned to
Washington, said today that the bill
should be reported the first day
ionaay or toe House military com
mittee hearings. Mr. Kahn said he
had talked with other Republicans
on the committee and that they
would give the bill their full support.
Early Crawford
Peaches
Grown Bj George Wecki
Extra Large Fancy Crawford per btuhel
We Hare One-Half Brunei Boxes Crawford!
BLUE DAMS EN PLUMS for Preserving, per basket c
COLUMBIA PEUNES These Equal to Italians. Price low.
er, per bushel $uo
OREGON GROWN TOMATOES, 3 pounds for
EXTRA FANCY TOMATOES, BASKETS ..V'
SALEM PEACHES
FOR SOLDIERS
Red Crosi Will Send Fruit to
Camp Home Semce Sec
retary Wanted
PMrhM ra to be sent from Salem
to convalescent soiaiers m
hospital at Vancouver through Wil
lamette chapter or the Red Cross. It
was decided at a meeting yesterday
afternoon when the execatlve board
granted permisson to ship is ooxes
Immediately to Mrs. Charles Gray.
who will shortly be at the camp o
receive them. It was al nr nrgm
that the move was made.
Mrs. it. O. Schucklng. chairman
of the home service section, present
ed to the board the problem or. pro
.Min. . normanent secretary for
ihi department, the work of which
is increasing with each draft. The
monthly report on civilian relief
showed that 318 families had re
ceived assistance. 6T of them getting
financial help. The money loaneo
amounted to S212.62. Dec use too
few of the members of the boara
were present, action was held over
until next week, but all those at the
meetlnr ex Dressed the opinion that
MUrled secretary should be secured.
Mrs. Duell. who has been sharing trie
work lth Mrs. Schucklng is leaving
the city soon.
Settling temporarily the question
of keeping a secretary at Red Cross
headquarters in the United States
National bank building, the board re
appointed Mrs. Arthur S. Benson to
fill the position until October 1, at
which time the annual election oe- c,lnedra, 1Uel, ,a0we4 ot Amiens
curs. Airs, tnrsirr u, wow u
several weeks handled the work
Table Peaches
FREESTONES, per basket 35c and lU
WATERMELONS V
CANTELOUPES 3 for 25c
EXTRA FANCY LARGE CANTELOUPES 2 for
BLACKBERRIES, per crate f. JU75
; ROTH GROCERY CO.
whtle Vrs. Benson took a vaation.
reairned. Mrs. Benson gives ber
was coming back to life, for la ad
dition to the Khaki and the horizon
blue of the wounded British and
trench soldiers, there was Quite
servIceS tTnuntarily. a. .he ha. don. ,prlflkHnc of torkrhidi
for the cast six months.
The officers of the chapter extend
ed thanks to the people and the
chapter., who took part In the
Bridge iiy celebration and who as
sisted in holding a benefit picnic at
S pong's landing. I
civilian clothes. Most of those
Ing the latter had retained to the
city since the enemy was thrown
back.
Before the altar, surrounded with
red. white and blue flags of Great
TEUTON SEA DOG
BLAMES ENTENTE
(Continued from page 1).
' ACTIVE DAY IX AIR.
txtJ." THE AMERICAN ARMY
FCE. Aug-15.-(By The As
sociated Press.)Vednesday was
the most active day in the air for
Rome time along the American battle
front. One of the American planes
attacked a German Rumpler machine
and fired one hundred shots under
Its tail. The Geran disappeared but
apparently was nnder control. An
other American machine forced a
German to run for his life.
both parties Into eintact Thr rn
be no question, therefore, of a 're
fusal by Germany of any reasonable
peace proposals."
"Sane propositions, wherever they
originated, with a view to bringing
about by authorized persons a rea-
sonaDie preliminary discussion aim
ing at a peace by arrangement have
reen treated with contempt and dls-
..iC,t Aam,ral TOn Hlnfce declared.
The entente statesmen tln
to the same ambiguous phrase al-
iuoiiRn mese nave been refuted a
hundred times. Their proragm. In
truth, is as !mperlallr.tlc and annex
ationist as before, it hardly I im
aginable that reasonable consldera
Wvn Uke tan,b, form ao long
mirru urn me passion of the
peoples are continually stirred od rv
unscrupulous agitators, as Is the case
In enemy countries."
In concluding. Admiral von Hlntze
guilt for the prolongation of the war
wim 1De wermana but with
ow siaiesmen.
CAMPAIGN FOR NEW
MEMBERS IS LAUNCHED
tv-ontinued from page 1).
One of the minor matter, taken an I Britain, France and the United
was the collection of tin foil, which! States and with the assistance of
will be sold to a smelter, the funds choir formed of French soldiers,
from the metal paper going Into the mass was celebrated. From the pel
Red Cross treasury. Patterson's el- pit a priest eloquently told his hear
gar store was designated a. a depoa- era. sitting among sandbars and de-
itory for the tin foil. All who are I bris. the history of the cathedral.
saving scraps of It should bring them I The voices of the choir aecompaa-
either to this place or to beadquar-1 led by the soft strains of the organ
tera. land violins played by the soldiers.
In closing the business of the meet. I carried not only throughout the cath
Ing Mrs. Cox mentioned the response I edral. but well Into the street, of
received to the call for a secretary
The only person who offered assist-
a nee was a man from the country.
who said that although he was nei
ther stenographer nor bookkeper he
would willingly give several hours a
day to the chapter if It would Jielp
remedy the situation.
Superintendent Gilbert
Asks for Cooperation
In commenting upon the return
of five runaway boys and the good
that cooperation may do. Superinten
dent Gilbert of the State Training
school made the following statement
last night:
"The readiness of the people of
this and adjoining counties ln call
ing np and reporting the presence of
strange boys has be- very much ap
preciated. If neighbors far and near
would kindly post our phone number
12S7 In some an re placa and repeat
the favor If we be again so unhappy
as to have deserters It will soon
make posnlble the establishment of
the fact that Is beginning to dawn
on the minds of a few malcontent.
that are always with as that it, no
use to try to hike. We want the kind
ly support of our fellow citizens la
the daily efforts of our officers and
employes to keep these boys where
they belong until they have earned
their parole by ineir good conduct.
We have the loyal support of the
greater number of the boys them
selves who make It their dally busi-
neas to make good In a manly way.
but there Is always a sullen few who
are a menace to the peace of our
household and when outside, to the
property of our peaceful fellow citi
zens. It Is only a minute's sprint
from the main building across the
south line of onr farm to get to the
thick brush that covers the valley
of Mill creek, a situation that ha.
cost the taxpayer thousanda of do!
lars alnce the establishment of this
school. A phone call might save 150
to the school and much more to the
neighbor who may not have seen the
bad actor. If you mo him Dlcase
call up. ;.
the maimed city throats the cf-
window spaces and hole torn tm V.
walls by explosive hurled by U
Germans. '
The glass broken her dated tad.
to the fourteeoth century. FortaT
aately ranch of the glass had be?
removed frcra the windows In Vz
to save it- The same Is true of lit
woaderfal statuary, the faces
bronze statues of BUhops datls;
back t3 the thirteenth cent.ry sii
the large number of priceless px'.t:
Inrs and Interior decorations. Oi
f the famous pa! a lis i was xzr
aged. That was cut aeroaa tie etu
by dtbrlj seat flyiag throark tl
cathedral when a Gertuaa shell cr
bursting through the splea&d rod.
Piece of projectile chipped the c
arans of the ediTlco and also the e.1
marble group of the Holy Fa&Hj.
which for some reason had not bcu
removed.
Generals to Lead Japanese Into Siberia
EL .iff' Tb 1come from theae.
he said, would do Ilttu .uTL
pay the electric llrht kmi t
' w- Steusloff took np the matter
st once, citing the need for an $8000
annual Income to pay expenses. He
appointed five captains to launch the
campaign, urging them to get to
gether at once and make plans The
captains are Theodore Roth. W. M.
Hamilton. John II. Scott, U G. Shin
ley and William Gahlsdorf.
Practicallv everr man nr.u.t t..
night immediately renewed his mera-
MT-rBnip irom June I. the date on
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MONTEVIDEO. Aug 15. The
general strike which has been ln pro
gress here for several days ended to
night. The tramway and dock work
ers, however, continue to strike.
Thirteen Russians, said to have been
In m plicated In the manufacture and
throwing of bombs were arrested V-day.
LIFE AGAIN IS
SURGING IN AMIENS
(Continued from page 1).
who would not leave her home woutd
come to her bomb or shell-splintered
doorway as horse-drawn or motor
vehicle clattered through the thor
oughfares. These vehicles carried men. some
times officers and soldiers of Great
Britain. France or the United States
and sometimes civilians who have
lived for years In the shadow or a
city, on their way to mas la the
great cathedral of Notre Dame
which, despite the damage from Ger
man guns, rr tains the title of the
most beautiful in all France.
The service ws to relebrate tho
deliverance or the city from the Ger
mans and thanks were given to tho
allied arms which accomplished the
delivery.
But th groups gathered la the
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DEMONSTRATION
Br.
The Parrctt Tractor
Mitchell Ranch on Snrerton Road other side o!
Fair Grounds
W. H. WALLINGFORD
State Distribntor, Portland, Oregon
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