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BIG GUNS SPRAY
XWAS GREETINGS
Outpour of Shot and Shell
Keeps Up Along the
West Front.
GERMANS DESTROY
BRITISH MINES
Attack Violently with Artillery
In the Vosrc?,. but French
Hold Positions.
'B? C?b!. to Ht TrtV?-i? ]
London, Dec. L'f. Kxplosions of mines
?nd counter mines und the boom of big
(funs were the greetings that rang out
between th? huge srmles along th?
BTaot front on ( hristmas Day.
In tha Belgian area of Lombaertxyde,
In Artois, te the south of Angres and in
tha region of Arras; In Champagne and
in the Vosges, the artillery duel was
kept up throughout the day. 'm tha
slopes to tha north of Hnrttnanns
Weilerkopf, whi -.tgemer.t was
intense, the Orrain gurinrs failed to
r-hake the French positions.
West of La Baeavs?, near the Belgian
border on tho Frer.ch front, German
countermining destroyed hostile works,
Army Headquarters at Berlin reported.
Presumably, these works wera British.
1 1.1 M II OFFICIAL.
This eommun!e<ition wag Issue.] by
the French War Offleei
In Belgium miring tha coursa of
e day the ar'.i'.iery continued to
iii'play marked activity on both sides
in the region of I.ombaertiyd?,
In Artois our batteries success?
fully bombarded German works to
tha south of Andres and In tha ra
gion of Arras.
In Champagne wa dispertad an
enemy convoy on tha road from Ta
hure to Somme-Py.
In the Vosges thire was an artll-,
lery ?duel of a rather Intensa char?
acter. The enemy bombarded with?
out effect our positions on tha Hir_
?teen front anil on tha slopes to tha
north of Hartmanna-Wellerkopf.
GERMAN OFFICIAL.
This statement was given out by
Army Headquarters at Berlin i
West o? La Basse? enemr mint?
rhat had bean pushed forwari toward
our position were successfully blown
up by our troops. Otherwise, noth?
ing important occurred.
BELGIAN' OFFICIAL.
Tha Belgian oficia! con_-_unt?_tio
seads:
Calm pr-rralled last night and this
morning. Tha enemy this afterr.oon
?hewed ??me aet'.vity before tha <>?n
tral part of onr front. Thalr batteries
were immediately silenced by our in
tiller?y. whloh afterward destr-OtlTe
ly shelled th? German works ?A Vi
cogna and an Important ?n?my work
to the north of Dixmud?.
The British official r*?port stayty ***?
?rords "normal artillery action along tha
'roi't."
RUSS SABRES ROUT
MOUNTED PERSIANS
Kill 118 la Battle with Band of
f.000 Near Teheran.
Petrograd, D?c --?-?This ef-eUl
communicatlon from g-anand haed
quarters was Issued to-dayt
"Western (Russian) hont?-AbtQl
'our mtlaa northeaat of Bue-a-a we re?
pulsed enemy attempts against oar ad?
vanced trench??. In th? region of
Narancxa wa took an enemy post by
? urprlse, capturing ?rtrsmt-e-one prison?
ers.
"Caucasus Front ? Southeast of
Khnprt, on tha Blaek S?*, on? of our
motor boats eapturd a Turkish salsa
boat loaded with grain.
"Authentic information haying been
received of tha arrival at RabatVsrlna.
twenty-five mile? southwest of Teheran,
of a band of a thousand horsemen un?
der Basil Khiacriimet, we sent a de?
tachment of troops there Tuesday
night under Colorai Beiomsstroff. On
Wednesday Colonel BelomestroiT en?
countered th? enemy, consisting of two
battalions of gendarmes, five hundred
of Chief Emir's horsemen and two hun?
dred Zaflhtl ariaa. The enemy was
thoroughly beaten snd dispersed, los?
ing in men, sabred alone, 118, includ?
ing two officers."
Express Kills Thii Santa.
. i'.j T?:?eT?p?. u> t-? IMB__a]
Kgg Harbor, N. J-, Dec 25.?Angelo-r
1 >b\ ? >. thirty-five, of Pomona, was killed
. 100 feat of his sister's home
this afternoon when he was struck by
a Pennsylvania express as he was re?
turning with cigars for the Christmas
celebration. Hi? si>iter, Mrs. J. Nick
fail, is in a serious condition from
?hock.
Telephone fir? i i ""M
Holiday
Furs
scarfs, Muffs,
Sets, Coats
for all
occasions.
Fur requisites
for motoring.
fj^itx
J 9Tirrter<s ^
384 Fifth Avenue
Retwftf] 35th .in<l B6th Bta.
CALL PREACHER TRAITOR
Cologne Official?? Say \???man Told Ad
ventiita Not to Fight.
cgn?, Dec. 2_. Lily Reuss. a lo
cal wo ni an missionary, head of a smal
Section of Seventh Day Adventists, whe
preached the practical application o
. ommandment, "Thou shalt no'
kill," even under war conditions, r- or
triaJ here before a court mart:*
eharged with treason and with h_v.n|
incited members of the army to def^
;ne.
The alleged offence consisted o1
commendation of the desertion of Ad
sta who were soldiers and a decla?
ra* on that the 16,009 other Adventis!
have acted commanda
b!v if they had refused to fire againsl
the foe.
The prosecution demanded an as
BBB] ...ry sentence.
TURK GUNS SILENCE
BATTERIES OF ALLIES
Moslems Halt Trench Work of
Entente Forces In Oalllpoli.
i onstantinople, Dec. U. EffeetfTB
work hy the Turkish artillery against
the Allied batteries and trenches on the
Oallipoli Peninsula and in interfering
with the Allied communications by
tad la to day's official
i hv the War Office.
B the Dardaaellefl front," the re?
port says, "our I i*nced thre?
liei ar:d operated success?
fully against intrenchment diggers, a ?o
.: a part of the enemy's
trenches. Some of our batteries in the
straits surce??ifullv bombarded yester
' e landing Stages at Telikn Iturnu,
thus preventing the landing of troops.
They also destroyed seven sheds and
sank two laden ships.
"The number of guns enptured from
the enemy near Anafarta and Art
Burnu totalled eight heavy guns and
two field pieces. The wireless station
also fell into our hards. On December
21 we took everything useful from a
large number of boat? which had
?tranded on the coast and then de?
stroyed the boats. Elsewhere there la
nothing new."
LANSING AWAITS
YASAKA REPORT
Ancona Case May Be De?
layed to Cover Jap
Liner.
-
NOTE SUBTERFUGE
SEEN IN BERLIN
Wilson Stand "Theoretical,"
Says Press?Commends
Friendlier Tone.
;rTtini Tr* "?Mtra/i? Hurtan |
?Vashinfrton, Dee '?6. Lack of offl
; elal advices as to the circumstance*, of
'the sinking of the Yasaka Maru left
the Staat? I'epnrtment at ill uncertain
to-day what course would be pursued
toward Austria concerning" the affair
At the same time th? feelintr irrew that
'. Austria is likely to make some conces?
sions, including- rled-rei against future
violation of international law in her
submarine warfare.
The State ?-rpartment was doted
to-day, alonir with all other govern
| ment bureaus in Washington, but Ser
! retary t nnslnj? announced in the even?
ing that he had received no dispatches
I of importance from any of the irov- i
I ernment agents abroad The consular
'and diplomatic representatives have all
been instructed to obtain the fact?
as to the attack on the Japanese liner
Yasaga, and It Is not believed that It
will be long before this government
lean renew its representations to Aus
'tria.
The repeated press dispawhes from
Britain, Tired of 'Muddle, '
Turns to New War Chief
Ouitlrrrae- from pare 1
been less, neither he nor any man could have been simultaneously an
organizer like von Roon and a war thinker like Moltke. It is hardly a
jest or a paradox to say that at the outbreak of the war, and josi when
we -?ere beginning the huge making of armies, we lost that indispensable
brain of all modern armies?a strong General .Staff.
' At Root of Trouble.
More and more this deficiency was seen to he at the very root of our
trouble? The war extended?It became a war of many fronts. The vital
thing for all the Allies was to combine their operations on all fronts.
Even France was not quick to realize the hearing of the Balkans on the
whole, but France awakened. Every extension of the war found the
British War Office mentally unprepared, because it no longer possessed
a proper thinking department
Ths magnitude and the nature of the task involved when the attempt
was made at the Dardanelles to force the pates of Constantinople wen?
never understood until too late. When doubt of the attack on Serbia
came we had not a vestige of a plan. The Sal?nica operations, when at
last undertaken, showed no firm grasp of any stratejry. We have paid
dearly for these things and have realized at last that for us. nbove all.
with our Western task and our Eastern empire, a staff brain at the centre
is as price'ess as radium.
The lUU of things I have deaenbed*
waa bound to end. That it li now end?
ed one? for all in the way some of us
demanded three months ago Is by far
th? moat Important ?top that Britain
under the coalition government has
takes toward wir.-ing the war. It Is
true that a beginning In the right di?
rection was taken some time ago, when
General Sir Archibald Murray was re
stored to his old post aa chief of staff
at the War Office. Sir Archibald, now
transferred to the Mediterranean com?
mand, 1? a v?r** gallant, aecomplisheai
soldier. He did much to make up ?r
teare.
Ne*dt*?7t a Bigger Staff.
For this war, however, we wanted
even more, and ff?r more, as soon as It
could be obtained. Wa wanted a l,1g
? ger, more authorltalivs staff organisa?
1 tlon than we had ever before MMtllld
: We wanted at the head of it the \?ry
' eblest and strongest soldier we could
fnd. When Immense responsibilities
have to be faced the brain of an army,
' ?ike other brains, must be supported by
backbones.
The choice haa fallen on Sir William
RoberUon, a hard-headed, tren-jawad
Scotsman, who has risen from the ranks
by sheer force of ability and charac?
ter. He is henceforth the British fo**.
emment'i chief military adviser on all
matters affecting the direction of cam
'? paigne aa distii.guuhed from the or
i gnnization of the armies. In that ca?
pacity he becomes one of the outstand?
ing t.gures of the British Kmpire and
ol the war. He c,,t to won in his
? rooms In WhltohaTl verv quietly last
Sunday, and some days before 1,,g ap
! polntment wra announced to the na?
tion
To mnke the General BUff 'hat it'
should be a body a? authoritative on'
militan- ?trateg\'a? Is the Hoard of]
naltjr in Boa niTairs, Sir William
lias now to surround himself with other i
?. 1* would be hard to say j
how mnrh depends upon him, but those ?
know him best have the firmest
? In- will fill a giant'? ;
role.
PI ? Days at End.
Oa? th;r ? maj he predicted with "air
? nay hHppen w?
shall not again be four.i planless, and
there \vill be ,io more wavering about
rlans orre* adopted; nor will conflict?
ing advice from ilii'ertrnt fronts bo ai
lowed igain to disturb and confuse the
general ma* '. the war regard?
as a whole. I repeat then that too
stress cannot be laid on the fact
that ta? General Staff will henceforth
. a now and dominating pi
ut 1 that in Robertson we have the
right man in the right place.
There is, of course, much specula
tion on the future of Lord Kitchener
'1 '?e great work he came out of Egypt
to do is practically accomplished. He
ha? done more under the voluntary
.?ystem as a muker of armies thai
, human being in this or any other
.country imagined to l,e posnrt.le. .V..
OB? bat himself rou'd hav,- dOB? Il
His name is a legend, as be'ore. with
the mass of the army and the people.
Hut the completion of recruiting Is
in the hands of Lord Derby, Lloyd
? leor^-e has taken over munitions. Sir
.m Kobert?on must obrioBsly eT
ercr-e under the government and w :??
? responsibility to It onlv the
otherwise independent function as
chief of staff.
What remain? Is ?carcely worthv of
the name and fame of Lord Kltchene?,
and I do no* myself believe he will
care to remain at the War Office under
jths n?w condition?. He had been forty
: vean? almost continuou?ly In the Kas*
I ?''.re the outbreak of the war. H<
?may prefe* to return to the Ka?t ir
the splendid and congenial ro|? of ml!
Itary viceroy wielding sway frorr
from Egypt te India such as no mar
?has ever held before him.
More Changes Coming.
The?o are gr**at change? accorn
?I or in prospect, but 'here aril
..re For th? reasons I have ?wig
I end others it is impossible tha
goreraaienl it>e:f ^ad the wa
council can long continu? withou
.??le alteration I_?st week
Wl re rumblings of a political earth
flunks when It was thought that th
withdrawal at GallipoM could hardl
.rcornplished without '?'.?aster t
th? re.r guard, or even to half th
urmy.
The withdrawal? hare been a mlracl
of swiftness and efficiency. The mean
by which the Turk wa? nonplu?sed wil
make an amazing ?tory when it can t>
told It is still shrouded in secrecy '.<.
good reasons. Di?a?ter ha? be?
?voided and government stund?, hu
lashakea. Eren the mo*t brillai
disappearance in this case Is not vl<
tory but the revers?, and In due tim
there rn j -.t he unsparing debate on th
ministerial management of the (lardar
< expedition from first to last.
Lloyd George's "too late" speech wi
I its ?choes. ? hristmas find? Kn,
gled mood full of cor
re In Us own power and energ;
.??pleased with its rulers. con?ciou? <
magnificent national effort?, marred t
? ea) mistakes, and dead ?et upo
? rig mor?* vigorous direction i
. ?bethel by this I abinet ?
? ail, Knglend, if possible.
. ?? r mined than ev<
r the countr- ' ? . '
? ; a ,. Th? bull.I..g grow
Ing but what prevent? him fro;
r . , grip, and a* w'H n?*v,
,?. I*
Vienna insisting on the frien
spirit in which the latest Amen
I ?
surances in them that Austria w .'.
?h the "'.?.trie ccncern for g<
-.?" that characterised
American note, hut* increase! the
Let here that some way of B**oidini
rupture will be found. It Is belie
that this country's ?1? "ermination
to recede frim its position has b?
made jo plain that Austria must kr
that her only char.c- of escaplnj
break is to accent tre American
rr-aar. '? in full. Since she has cho
to precede her respor?- ?? tl
friendly unofficial BBBOUne
li felt that, th* mut ha?? d
nee". America's w'?he-.
Berlin Sees Subterfuge
in Second Ancona No
Berlin, Dee. 2** by wireless to S
ville, N*. Y.'.?The "Vienna Zeit"
nounces that Baron Burian has
ready begun work upon the answer
the second American note on the i
cona, and that the Austrian reply v
be handed during the ntxt fi
the American Ambassador n'
The Berlin papers to-day pub!
prominently the full text of the Am
lean note on the Ancona. Only
"Tageblatt" and "Boersen Zeitui
comment at any length. The "Ta
blatt" says the note differs from i
first, to its advantage, by the object
tone which preserves the forms e
tomary in communications betw?
nations.
"The question at issue," say? '
"Tageblatt, "is not brought a It
nearer solution, the American govei
merit maintains its demand made
December 6. As a basis for this ?
mand, however, it has recourse
longer to the ?-omewhat scanty mater
furnished by naked assumptions a
suppositions, which It was before bas
on, but on the report of the Austi
Hungarian Charg? d'Affaire at Wa?
lngton, which he presented the sai
day the American Ambassador
Vienna releived the answer of (ou
Burian."
The "Boersen Zeitung" finds the s<
ond note decidedly milder in tone th
the at,?tract cablod here led it to 1
heve. It points out. however, that t
note maintains its former standp?,ii
and adds that even if the Unite,! Stal
is of the opinion that new eviden
cannot alter the mets, the note at
i ..ves the way open for a further e
ehanec of t.< ????
"One sees by it," continues the r
per, "that the American government
solely intere-'.o.l in maintaining i
the,,re'.iral ail too theoretical itaa
point. Washington ?I?,,
think of a breach in Ameriean-Austr
Hungarian relations."
? that Pr?s! lent Wilaoi
.-i is to uphoM his hut,
standpoint at all events, and 'he fa
that he emphaaisoa this atandpoii
especially against the < ?-!;?ral Powei
7'rom the attitude a?sumed I
ail America toward the ?entrai Powtl
and adds:
"We and our allies must reconci
ourselves to this fact we have nothir
I for from America: and least ,
?ill ma;. ?
?he neutrality principle from the Ame
? ..
The "Morgen Tost" say?: "The rot
with its almost hearty eoneludii
phrases, permita the hope I I * i
Hungary atui th??
reach an un':- .: over Util last
in all friendliness."
The "Vo?.?.i?che Zeitung" M**ti "Th
mo?t strixir.g thing about thi
that it supports the demand.? ?
which the American government r?
ceivnl on December 15. This repoi
was not known, hence one must wait t
see how the affair WOlfcl out. In to?
rnean time it is to be noted that U'usl
lngton does not defend further the ai
sertions of the first note, ond ha
therefore let them drop."
SAYS CHEMISTRY
IS VITAL TO U. S
Columbia Professor Assert
Need of Research in Plans
for Defence.
That research stadj- in pure rhernis
try and similar subject?? is an impor
tant eonslderatl m intereste'
in bu ldir.g up s national defence 1
heY! by Professor Harftofl T. i
profess*! of chemistry in the Q
ate Kngineering School of ( olumbi;
I'niversity. In this belief Professoi
BogSli accords With Pean Frederick A
<>oe*7.e of the Grad?ate Enfti ?
School, who ha? la I before the uni?
versity plans for a lar. la] en?
gineering research laboratory where In?
?
Professor Bogert, in discussing the
Of ? -arch work,
stress on the
that chemist? ht-. | t to our in?
dustries and how millions of d,
have been saved fron waste pr<
alone. Ifneh new and constructive re?
search aroi % ih | carried oi
unive.- . i?. the ei
and especially i.? the airead* "Tell
equipped laboratorios at Columbia.
"The twentieth century," Brofeisor
Safer) ?aid, "?*? ill q i
sa age oi ehemiatrj". Genaai :
that some ?aari ago, with resalta thai
are now evident to all.
"If we would not be left far behind
in the race, we mast pursue a ail
course, and that at ease. P ? ha
to convince many of the nations of the
earth that the lorm of govern faei ?
which we believe, arid ?
which our eneeaton
not only for 'he freedom and happi?
ness of the individual and I
ment of the Dol last intelli
moral standard?, bit ais?, tor the
growth of the country in ph
I
in the hour of Bei I il
want.rig in the
trial ert'.cienrv hi ?? : ?ch is
''???er.
"In the ternh'.e war DOW raging the
law of thu IUI
he found as itable
and inexorable
as it is w : .si. nUr own
country is beginning to awaken to the
fact that civiliza: .?ti unarmed bv sci?
ence is at a terrible i ?advantage in th.
event of a struggle for existence, and
that this arming cannot be done at
t-hert notice. The result is a loud and
urgent call upon the universities, col?
leges and technical schools of the land
for help."
BOARD'S REPORT
HELPS DEFENCE
Congress Expected to Adi!
?More Ships than
Daniels Asked.
YARDS ENOUGH.
ASSERT CRITICS
Secretary's Proposal for Auxil?
iaries a Blow to Fighting
Efficiency.
Ttnrr. T"*- Trrtjii-. Bur?v;
Washington, Dec. 25. Th<
tion of th n iation
of the General Board of th.
partment. though timed to lind Um pub?
lic preoccupied with other things than
arms and warships, nevertheless cre?
ated a decided stir among naval i
and all others interested in an a.ii
defence. The fact that tho Secretary
had felt called on to scale the building
programme to figure which he himself
' sets at a third of what th? naval ex?
perts consider a minimum caused a
fresh outburst of the criticism against
him.
Kven the General Beard's programme
calling for fifty-seven dreadnoughts, In?
cluding battle cruisers, by 1 :*-?", i? de?
clared by ?tudents of r.aval affairs to
fall far short of the rule laid down in
??he board's opening paragraphs, that
i the United State? navy should by li?2.r>
1 be "equal to that of any other nation."
Lacking th? detailed Information on
I which th? board built It? recommenda?
tion?, however, the students agree that
they ar? unable to Judge accurately
whether or not a larger navy would be
needed to meet any fleet that might
be ?ent against the United States, and
they are prepared to stand on the
board'? plan as a fair measure of what
should be done.
Plan Too Big for Congresa.
i In spite of the growing sentiment for
nully adequate preparedness, few of
tho Congress leaders who are in the
city hope that it will be possible to
force the adoption of ar.y such p
i Bid lay? down, though the]
' materially increasing
? i- Daaiell programme. Several of the
I; ators in both parties are in
favor of at least one additional battle
ihip a year, and a few hope that they
can induce ' ongress to agree on three
battle cruisers yearly as well.
There is also a growing belief that
. ? >? -?d will be nearer
?he Genera! Board's recommendations of
' men than Mr Daaiels. of
: pn r.tic-3. It is felt that to
? ? make the most out of th?
BTSilable would be tho worst posii
rt of MSB?
The objection rai?ed by Mr. Daniels
that there are not enough shipyard? in
this country to undertake the building
h B fleet as the board recommends
Bfl little weight. In the tirs*.
it is pointed out that the board gave
consideration to thi? problem and ar
rived at a conclusion very diff?rer.?
from the Secretary's In tho second
place, Mr. Iianiels himself has recom?
mended that the government navy
yard? be equipped for the building of
mcr? s'nps, and no reason is seen why,
If the government will afark the
: lern with real earnestness, this countr?,
for an even largi
building programme than the board'
Britain? "Mother??" Speedy.
The full silo? '
which th i
??? ? on. Th? provtd
to submarin? -
btr dune II
time el ttk of war a*..i
? of the ll .
? on on the
tries in par
?
it is repor
BBS, which act as
? ?
test v?
? . ? In th? wo rid.
'
?
Por Mr. Dai
? ?s not di
- by a ilngh
? it them the best of destroyers
i.ii.l submarine ? ?re tit
radiBB of ad
par
i 'h the at?
?
LONDONS SPIRIT RISES
THROUGH FOG AND RAIN
Christmas Brings Homage to
Soldiers, Well and Wounded.
London, P'c. 25. London's Chrli
was s idepi bere of
-
rans from the I M ha\ -
a short hi
The last oft;.. ?ough
Ion termini
? midday, I ?
which left ?
?ble when ??
The great charitable
with trem?
energy hiera ?as ample provision for
? rs-, i.o'h boma sad
colonia., for th? wenaded, for prison
II .1 interned aliens ar.,| far the
and families of the nn-n al
front.
The hospitals were bright with
? liter
errar, the airead:? flaw dad wards
Durland's the Centre of Attraction.
Latt W?t? the i'it?.-rrst of the Horse World was focused on
DURL AND'S
owing to the Sale of 7n,ted Ihoroufhhrcdl This week the event
? :? ter? st w il he the
COSTUME RIDE FOR YOUNG FOLK
on THURSDAY Morning. Dec. 30. at 10 o'Clock.
Not h il ,? i ia ? .: rYe.? here.
COTILLION RIDE?GAMES
COME AND ENJOY WITH THE YOUNG FOLK.
WILLIAM DLRLAND. President. A. C. MacBAIN, Treasurer.
5 West Sixty-sixth Street, New York City.
each patient being allowed two or three
v - or? at a time. Carol singers and en
e?rs provided amusement at the
..-. si .ri;>s.
?rial services la rirtaally all the
M were attended by Urge con
gregal ion s. War was the almost in
varahle subject of the sermona
.rchdeacon Wilberforce. preaching in
Bt John's explained hi? praying tor
the German people by ?'?ti"k'_ . _,.n>
'?We are not praying that th?> wont
be vanquished, or punished for t__,
Crimea, but rather that ta? _en??
people may be emancipated front?
curse of I'russianism and may ??2?
off the futur? ?f cruel militj?
. deapotism."
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Suits and Dresses, proi iding excellent \ iluei throughout the entire stock.
Women's Coate and Wrap.*** Greatly Reduced
Stylish Street anil Motor Coats
in t\"-rr?J mixtur*"., chinchilla and
other desirable nmterials,
at $1(5.50 and 20.00
Women's Dressy ('oats
of broadtail oloth, chiffon broad?].?*!:, VC-MI
de laine, vrlour and corduroy; fur trimmed,
at 827.50 and 3:>.00
Si Iks and Velvets
I )n the Main l\
\ MOST EXCEPTION \l. SALE OF
SHORT LENGTHS, TO-MORROW,
Including Satin Messaline, Meteors,
Charmeuse, Failles, Chiffon Taffetas,
Fancy Taffetas, Moires, Brocaded Crepes
ami Charmeuse, Velveteens, Corduroys
ami Chiffon Velvets,
at 45c, 78c, 95c to $1.85
R?gulai Values $1.00 to 7.SO a yard
TaMORROW, ON Till- SF.'.oNn Fi.ooR
Imported Black Chiffon Velvets,
le width; superior quality; \alur $5.50
at 82.95 a yard
Dress Fabrics
( On the Main Floor |
ARRANGED IN' SKIKT. M IT
\\D COAT LENGTHS
.M prices that provide
very unusual economies.
Included are
Velour de Laine, Gabardine!,
Serges, Cheviots, Scotch Plaids
ami (.link??. Silk and Wool
Poplins and Mixed Tailor Suit?
ing! in tin-* ieason*s fashionable
Colon and black,
it the r.irrpttnniiUy /?):<? ?triers of
68c, 85c & $1.10 vd.
VahiA $1.00 to 2.-0
Very extensive preparations are being made for the
Annual January Sales
which will a ?inmence oti Monday, .January ."?rd,
and will include the following departments:
Household and Decorative Linens,
Muslin Sheets and Pillow Cases,
Blankets and Comfortables,
imported and Vmerican-made Underwear,
Women- Suits, (.oats and Dresses,
Furs and Fur Lined Garments
.\t price advantages that m ill command tlu-attention of our patrons an-1 th? publie.
Details of these important events will be announced on Sunday, January 2uda
Misses' and Girls' Seasonable Apparel
A Sp? ill ( Learance, To morrow, on the Tliird Floor, of a collection
of desirable Coats, Suits and Dresses, taken from r?gulai ?,toc_,
AT GREATL1 REDUCED PRICES
Mis?es1 Suit-, at $12.00 & 25.00 I <;irls' Coats, at $6.75 to 12.00
Heretofoi nd 15 00 Heretofore $10.50 to 19 Tfi
Misses1 Coats, al $10.00 & 18.50 , Girls' School Dresses, $3.00,4.75
Heretofore 118.7a and !
Evening Dresses, $17.50 & 20.00
H? retofore up to $40.50
Heretofore up to $10.71
Gir_s'Afternoon _mtci?iib_|6 503*75
II? retofore np to f15 00
An Absolute Clearance of Boys' Cloiliimr
BEGl.N.MaNC MONDAY, \I DECIDED ?PRICE CONCESSIONS.
Boys' Norfolk Suits
at $5.00, 7.50 and &50
A fine m?!? ? tin*? ?>f neat fane*/ rli?-*. i??ts In tlir
newest modeU;al] with < . erboekersj
sises 7 to 18 rears " 50 '." 12.50.
Hoys' Junior O verront s
at :?.").()() and 6.7.")
A very stylish oont for the little fellow; iome
warm chinchillas arr Included in thii lot:
sizes 2' j to 10 yr.-irs; valu?*? ?8.50?nd 10.00.
Boys1 Mackinaws, - - M $5.00 j Boys1 Raincotti at S.3.2.S & 5.00
Of '?a.v veighl fancj cloth, In the prsr.il? , A serviceable coat for.. ehool and wet weather,
big ihadea, mom with belts; sises ?; t?. is , wade of Un r?l>l??ri??-.l ?-loth, with hat to
y- art; regular relue 07.50. | match; sizm, | to 16 year?.
l,o\/ Plush Hats at 95c eaeh
A thai l M 1-1 tion of all the ?ranted stylo and shades ; regular value? up to ?_.50.
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