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T THIS STORE CLOSES AT 6 O'CLOCK SATURDAY EVENING A Special Purchase of =-Nobby $12.50 and $14.50 Winter ‘Coats ] ON SALE IN THE BON ai GARMENT SECTION AT. All the Late Season ah in Two-Tone and Fancy Boucles, Chinchillas and Golf Cloths Here’s mid-season luck in the Coat line—a special pure chase of Coats that we can offer, as long as we have any left, at $6.95. They were made to sell for $12.50 and $14.50—but by taking all the man had left we got them for half or thereabouts Four good models to choose trom 6 two-tone effect-—in black | a awnand Sa Savin’ eer, wae bine and brown, with black and white, brown and black, brocaded velvet collars and cuffs. © with plaid backs, others $12.50 Fancy Boucle Coats for $6.95, som: ! satin Ined ‘to with full belt fastened with 3 large fancy buttons —or i with plush collars and cuffs. brown or navy blue, with $6.95, tn gray $14.50 Chinchilla Coates for and double storm cuffs plain collar, cut rather wide with the strap back $14.50 Golf Cloth Coats for $6. plaid lining--trimmed with fancy ered effect and strap at the back. | $14.50 and $16.50 Dresses $9.95 | $1.50 House Dresses at $1.10] those coats are made 95.in gray, navy blue and brown, with the buttons, and made with the new garth Included in this lot are late stik models of | Natty House Dresses {np ord BBR oo | chambray, ginghams or pe made charmeuse, messaline, plain and brocaded pop ee an ucrdeea coker’, ain vekne, lins, many with V necks, with dainty lace or chit | fon on sleeves and front—and some of them have | girdles and draped skirts, at $9.95 $60 and $70 Fur Coats $29.50 Rich looking models, made of finest pony skins, % and % lengths, Hned with brocaded messaline | and plain Skinner satin; some with straight lines i-fitting with rolling sh collars. —A CLEARANCE OF RUGS— CURTAINS AND DRAPERIES} A clearance that takes no thought of former price or present worth, but reduces prices with a firm hand in order to level down these stocks in short order If you need any more furnishings for your home you will be the gainer by attending this sale. $20 AXMINSTER RUGS $12.95] 20¢ CURTAIN SCRIMS 15e YD. Gennine Axminster Rugs, with long, soft plush Choice Marquisette Scrims, with the fancy pile, size 9x12 with rich colorings; $20.00 value | woven borders that make nice curtains for any at $12.95 each on Thursday. room; 20c grade for Thursday lhe yard $9 BRUSSELS RUGS $7.95 EA.| 25¢ REAL MADRAS AT 19c YD. Choice Seamless Hrussels Tapestry Rugs, size Beautiful, soft, real Madras with woven designs 7%4x9 feet, in Oriental and floral effects, with long | on fine background, one of the most desirable of wool loop surface, worth regularly $9.00. curtain materials, at 19¢ a yard. $4.50 INGRAIN RUGS AT $3.95| $3.50 TABLE COVERS $1.95 EA. Heavy wool mixed Ingrain Rugs, coples of the 64 an® $4 heavy reversible Tapestry Table better rugs, reversible designs; nice floor cov- Covers, just the kind for your dining aacuntieentn erings for any room, size 9x10% feet, at $3.95. designs and colorings, $1.95 each. 45¢ COCOA DOOR MATS 33c EA.| $1.35 WINDOW CURTAINS 98¢ Extra heavy imported Cocoa Door Mats that Heavy 50-inch Nottingham Curtains, 3 yards will help you keep the mud and dirt out of the | long, in choice new designs, Arabian color $13. house, 45¢ kind on sale Thursday at %3c. value on sale at 98c a pair On Sale From 9 A. M. Till 12) DOMESTIC CLEARANCE SALE Meadow Milk, 4 Cans for 25¢ 10 Bleached | Muslin 8¢ Yard Meadow Milk—asplendid quality at 4 cans for : 2,000 yards of good quality Bleached Muslin, fall 26e from 9 till 12 Thureday. Not over 4 cans to] yarq wide, soft finish and splendid weight, on acustomer. —Fourth Floor of The Bon Marche. sale at Sc a yard instead of 10¢ Thursday ’, Men’s 50¢ Underwear at 29¢/ 146 2.3¢ Galateas at 12 1-2¢ Yd. len’s heavy Jaeger Fleeced Shirts and Draw ers, winter weight, nearly all sizes, till 12 Thurs ards, day, 29¢ garment. —Lower Main Floor of The Bon Marche. 20e Coal Hods at 14¢ Each Japanned Coal Hods, 15-inch size, 20c value, on sale Thursday from 9 to 12 at Ife each Good, strong hods. —Lower Main Floor of The Bon Marche. $1.00 Kid Gloves 39¢ a Pair Women's and Misses’s Black Dress Kid Gloves, sizes 514 and 5%; 2 clasps at wrist; on sale from 9 to 12 at 39¢. —Lower Main Floor of The Bon Marche. 25¢ Embroidery Bands 10c Yd. Swiss and Nainsook Embroidery Bands, widths up to 4% inches, neat openwork and blind pat terns, till 12 Thursday 10¢. —Upper Main Floor. No phone orders for these specials. CLEARANCE OF SAMPLE TRUNKS AT Floor Samples—samples of our egular lines of trunks that we have era elling all now that tocks are sold out and we have only the samples left, we will di pose of them at a straight discount of 25 per cent Lots of good kinds “Rite Hite,” and “Berth Trunks, ever-Break” Trunks and other well-known makes—all sizes—all in first-class condition--only one of each kind. te inch Viber fats atee Trunks, size collar and cuffs of contrasting color, skirts made plain style. Sheer Lingerie Waists at 98¢ Lingerie Waists, #o dainty and shee f crepes, Dresden, barred messalines and lawns ome with high necks, others low necks with back fasten ings and prettily embroidered or lace trimmed —Second Floor. Heavy Galateas, in lengths from 10 to 20 some slightly imperfect; in light and dark plain and figured, at 12% — yard; value 1 12 1-2e Dress Ginghams 8 1-2¢ 4,000 yards of Tolle Du Nord and Red Seal Ging bams, plain styles and plaids, lengths to 20 yards, in all shades, at just 8c a yard Thursday 15¢e Seersucker at 10¢ a Yard 42 Inches pink 2,000 yards of Ripplette or Seersucker wide, lengths to & yards, in even stripes, blue, tan and gray, at 1% a yard. 10c Waisting Madras 6 1-2c Waisting Madras, 27 inches wide, lengths to 15 yards with woven cords and neatly printed figures; 1,500 yarda in the lot at 6% —Lower Main Floor of The Bon Marche season | } Hartmann’s High” Fiber OF 945,00 £20.00 Fiber Steamer Trunks, inch wize, reduced ne pg Nartmane $33.15 Trunks, berth ble! red t 5.00 22.00 Kiber % rong 6 inch | 841,00 Fiver Steamer Wardrobe, Men's 860.00 Harte . ize are reduced 6.50}: sine, reduced 636. Werth igh rod teed nane temas, . ° $45.60 924.00 Fier, ™% Tramka, 38-1 09 Fiber full size Teupk, 4 make. Hartmann Combt nize, reducer ch wize, reduce ¢ ° te . ; 00 18.00 | « 48.15 825.00 Fiber fall MAI $18.15 THE [BONE HE SEATTLE STAR iin WHAT’S DOING POLITICS The telephone seems to be the latest weapon of attack Ip politics. | At loast, It has not been worked in Seattle until a few days ago’ rony chap started to impersonate Ole. Hanson, progressive eandidate for | the sensate, and has been ringing. up and insulting various clergymen, howspapermen and prominent «in general “It appears to be a most cowardly attack upon me, “and [am making strenuous siforts to apprehend the offender } All of the mayoralty penne except Adam Rausch, “red claliat, briefly addrexsed the Mon's club of (he Pilgrim Congregational church Tuesday night. [t was the largest number of mayoralty aspir ants who ever appeared upon one platform in Beattle | er) . | Owing to the lack of time, the candidates could only touch on the | high spots in their various platforms 7 ee 8 8 sald Hanson no mt W. D. Wood has opened headquarters tn the Haller butiding Gill in the Mutual Life building, A. J. Goddard tn the Batley building and Jack Slater in the Crary building, A. EB, Griffiths ts conducting his New York building | campalgn from his office tn the o 2.8 @. 8 A mooting of the supporters of H. C. Piggott was held at noon tn the Bailey Iuneh room, Ro B. Downle paign, outlined a program of work eo oo 9 ee ee | George B. Worley speaks at Mountatn View, Green Lake tonight Worley occupted only four minutes at the Pilgrim church meeting When | Tuesday night, though each candidate was alloted 10 minutes the chairman asked him what he wanted done with bis remaining tme Worley replied ‘Give tt to. the man, who needs it most cITY SHOULDN’T BEAR BURDEN IN GAS CASE, SAYS LAWRENCE The idea that pat Gad must prove affirmatively that rates |are unreasonable when complaining against any schedules offered to ‘the state public service commission by utility corporations, was sharply attacked by former Commissioner John C. Lawrence, in an address to the King County Progressive league Tuesday night “The commission should take care of the people's interests,” jmald. “There need be no fear of the big corporations not being properly protected. When the commission was first formed, there was no idea |that cities must gather at great expense the evidence to prove rates Junreasonable. It was then assumed to be the duty of the comminsion ‘to Investigate the facts We did this in the grain shippers’ case several years ago three years and over $40,000, and finally cut the rates of the railroads over $1,000,000 a year. However, In the Seattle gas ¢ he commits sion took the position that the city must furnish the facts for an at | tack on the rates and simply # a court to hear testimony.” | he spent e was Nothing FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS worth of Swiss che destroyed by fire in New York warehouse recently. left but the holes, we suppose. $18,000 VERDICT Is SUSTAINED | The supreme court Tuesday sustained an $18,000 verdict rendered lin favor of Nils Johansen against the Ploneer Mining Co. for $15,000 for Injuries received while employed, !n a mine at Portland beacon Alaska. The case wan tried in Seattle by Judge Myers, and the ver dict {# one of the largest recently u pheld by the supreme cou t ‘NEW PHONE RATES IN EFFECT New long distance telephone rates based on an “alr line” method | fond computation ‘ere placed porated by the Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co | easels rates In some cases and in others causes an incre system has been sanctioned by the atate publie service commission HA! THE German partiament also has a woman's suffrage | petition in its pigeon holes! it’s going to be a hot egg for | partiamentary pigeons to set on, too. RAILWAY TUNNEL CRUMBLING LOS ANGEL Jan. 21—Valley line Southern Pacific trains are mabager of the Piggott cam) FREDERICK & NELSON Store opens at G30 and closes at 5.jO | Women’s Fine Suits in Large Sizes Reduced to $17.75 49 in from 40 to wes N who are fitted in the larger size neasurement, agg offered exceptional values in a group of Suit about 30 in al emaining from the better Winter lines and now re-priced for quick ale at low figure, $17.75 each second Poop, BASEMENT SALESROOM Closing Out Odd Lines of Waists In Five Lots as Follows: Reduced to 50e— Waists with lace, Lawn with high neck and long sleeves, trimmed embroidery and net; also styles with low, square neck and 34 sleeves, trimmed with tucking and lace insertion Reduced to 75¢— White ¢ yoke, Waists turndown otton Voile trimmed with tucked embroidery collar and turnback cuffs Waists of voile, high neck and long sleeves, trimmed with tucks crochet imitation Irish crochet insertion; also styles with colored embroidery Reduced to 85¢— Reduced to $1.25— WAAL Gd atside gaveral atiractiv Waists of embroidered voile with shoulder and long sleeves, V-neck trimmed with net frill, lace insertion and crocheted buttons. Waists of batiste with turndown collar of colored embroidery and cuffs to match, trimmed with small tucks fl Voile Waists with high neck and sleeves, finished at back with pin tucks ang trimmed front with lace and em —Basement Salesroom and buttons, or with pin ¢ styles > “aan mt in embroidered voiles B Reduced to 95¢— Waists of cotton voile in drop-shoulder style with long sleeves, finished with small sailor collar, trimmed with imitation baby down Irish lace broidery 28-Inch Cretonnes Special 10c Yard 32-in. Flannel Waisting Special 7c Yard ineffect this morning over all lines) ‘The new system | The) HIS Waisting is of soft, fine yarn, has good wearing and launder ing qualities and is tastefully patterned in single and cluster stripes on gray or tas ground. Attractive and serviceable for men’s and NEW made terned Cretonnes, purchase of attractively pat- tinted in daintily light pink, light yellow and lavender. Ser- viceable and effective for bedroom curtains, valances, slip and cushion covers and other upholstery purposes. Twenty-eight inches boys’ shirts and pajamas and women's oe wide, special 10¢ yard. and children’s waists and dresses. “t Thirty-two inches wide; special T¢ yank - SCRIM, SPECIAL 10¢ YARD— Closing out remaining remnants of Wash ae Soft-hanging Curtain Scrim, etamine Goods at greatly reduced prices. 4 ‘ weave, sheer quality, 40 inches wide, pat- aust a “ terned on both sides with colored border j in conventional effect. Special at -10¢ Women’s Underwear ' being routed over the coast line, as the result of gradual collapse ot the great Newhall tunnel, ngineers admit that it may be two days} | before the tunne! can be used again, while many believe tt cannot be repaired. The floor of the tunnel, from some unknown cause, is rising |siowly, while the walls are bulging toward the center HIS ARGUMENT LISTENED GOOD “T bossed the job. I am an expert wrecker, so why shouldn't ! take more money than the men who cleaned the bricks and through my ability were able to make something for themselves” Such was the defense of Frank Burton, an Australian, and former guest at “Hotel de Gink,” Sixth and Madison, who argued his own case | when placed on trial before a jury tn Justice Brown's court yesterday | j afternoon, charged with petit larceny. He was exonerated by the Jury Burton arranged with A. C. Goerttig, a contractor, for the hoboes to wreck @ building at First av. and Seneca st, and pocketed $11 as his pay as foreman yard An interesting lot of Curtain Ends, 134 useful for sash curtains or for yards long, to close out at — Basement Seiesreom windows, small curtaining 15¢ cach Margaret Aprons Special 18c | ee eee HESE Aprons are NEW YORK women have decided that painting the face is all right, if the paint ie put on correctly, There lots of made in the style hi “all right” hi a e thinge “all right” in gay Gotham that are off-color where. pictured, of washable per- cale in gray and white or blue and white checks, ‘ASK FOR MORE POWER SITES Taking the very opposite view of the special committee of the | Muntcipal league, the Commercial Club Tuesday night adopted the re. | port of its municipal affairs committee, uring the acquisition of further | Power sites by the city ! The report did not designate also dark blue with white trimmed with white Special at 18¢, dots, which site ahould be acquired first binding but ft emphatically declared that the present capacity of the Cedar Large White Aprons river plan was wholly inadequate and advocates the immediate instal lation of an auxiliary steam plant | in butcher style, with The @inb took the position, as ree mended by its committee. 1 that the elty should acquire sufficient power site for all its future strap over neck and ties, needs oh special 18¢. WANTED: A wife weighing about 300 pounds and six feet en ee tall, advertises a Micsourt man. He wants too much. LORD STRATHCONA DEAD Children’s Bloomer Suits Special 45c LONDON, Jan. 21.—-Lord Strathcona, who died peacefully tn his sleep, Just before 2 a. m., will be buried in Highgate cburoh yard, be aide his wife, It was stated today. Lady rathcona died only last! Sizes 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 years. November, and her hushand, who was devotedly attached to her, nev fully recovered from t ock of her death, ‘The direct cause of his death was prostration to an attack of eatarrh | EVERAL styles, including Suits in S A Scotchman by birth, Donald Smith, later Lord Strathcona, settled t -hambray F , r an chambray gingham wit elt o in Canada at the age of 18, and rose to the position of resident governor 5 y gingham with belt of Hy same material, trimmed with colored edge DON’T LIKE THEIR TE A CHER at neck and arms Suits in light blue with fancy trimming at neck and arms; Suits TACOMA, Jan. 21.-—Ten men and women of Gertrude, on MeNetis island, are enjoying their liberty today on $200 bonds each, following in navy blue percale with white polka-dots their arrest Monday night on a charge of boarding up the school build and plain band trimming; Suits in navy ing at that place, after giving the teacher, D. M. Wolfe, an hour in and Jight-blue checked gingham trimmed which to leave. Trial was set for Saturday The trouble ts sald to be due to dissatisfaction of parents witt Wot ree a teacher, tforte to have the directors disnies niun{@ With self material. Special, 45¢ each failed, and the feeling came to a head Monday when a mass meeting —Rasement Salesroom was held THE INSANE can love, says ecientist. Tell us a new one, : af M doc. Isn't love the cause of a mild form of insanity? Hosiery, Special 10e ] SPECIAL. Thursday selling at 10c, in IS YOUR CHILD DEFICIENT? A sting “We have examined more than 700 children in the past year of | Women’s Fancy Lace, Cotton and Lisle the clinic,” reports f, Stevenson Smith, who has charge of thes physiologist clinic at the university d during the past month, 50 Hosiery in black and,tan of 68 children between the ages of 6 and 14 brought to us, were found | to be physically deficient, and requiring corrective gymnastics, Par Women’s Plain Black Cotton Hosiery ents have no idea of the proper posture their children should assume . We give corrective exercises to a large number of the youngsters Broken sizes in Children’s Mercerized brought to us : ome pitipiniditateniel Hosiery MOORISH WOMEN consider It a point of honor to be ab- So acinl 10¢ ; t jutely | t of thoi That’ | pecial at att —Basement Aalesroor solutely ignorant of their ages nat's nothing. American nt Salearoom | women consider it perfectly honorable to forget theirs. | ———— Special 20c weer 'S White Cotton Ribbed Pants and Vests, with light cotton fleece; sizes 34, 36 and 38, special 20¢ garment —Basement Salesreom, The Millinery Clearance Trimmed Hats reduced to $1.00 and $2.95. Untrimmed Silk Velvet Shapes reduc to 50¢, $1.00 and $1.95. Fur Bands reduced to $1.00. Ostrich Bands reduced to 75¢. Misses’ Plush Tams reduced to 50@ Misses’ Baker Tams reduced to 50@ Children’s Hats of corduroy, velvet anf plush, in white and colors, reduced to 50¢} and $1.00. —Basement Salesreom Clothes Wringer Special $2.50 - W ood-irame Wringer as pictured, with =, % cares .) 4 and Wein are eat Beda : roller. Special | % ames 7 $2.50. . — Clothes Baskets Special 75c Medium weight Wik | low Clothes Basket, & inches long} and 24 inf wide, SPOR cial T5¢s Wash Boilers ° Reduced to $1. 50 Cop per bot “Wash with tom Boilers solid slightly handles, dam aged; quoted clearance at for gue i> Ua lCUel SS Oggdem@ taertecvurenten e2@erenmreoecxz wae aww le