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THE BON MARCHE CLOSES AT 6 O’CLOCK SATURDAY EVENINGS | The After-Inventory Sales Are in Full Swing Remarkable Economies in Rugs, Curtains and Draperies FOR WEDNESDAY SHOPPERS $20 Genuine Axminster Rugs, Each Fine 9x12 Genuine Axmins- ter Rugs, in both floral and Oriental effects, one of the most popular of all rugs, at less than cost of common tap 3 and be ready e estry. Buy now for house cleaning time; each eerarcer wae ae ORR pt Rem eee et 30c BRUSSELETTE CARPET 25¢ | $2 NOVELTY CURTAINS $1.65 gains to refurnish the home this spring, #0 We | elty Net Curtatus, made on imported Bobbinet ‘are offering heavy quality Brusselette Stair Car | with choice Battenberg design borders aud mo- pet, the doublefaced kind, at 26c a yard; very | tif corners, in both white and Arabian, at $1.66 serviceable a pair Wednesday. $3 ORIENTAL RUGS $2.50 EA. | 35¢ FIGURED SCRIMS 25¢ YD. | Now that housecleaning time {s near at hand : , co Beautiful mercerized Volle Scrima with neat | We are sure that you would like to know that | oid sid borders in choles tints to match room | We are selling $3.00 real hand-made Oriental Jap® | Qecorations. Regular 36¢ value, on sale Wednes: | nese Rugs at $2.50. Size 36x72 inches, with long | | a yard. | | $6.95 PORTIERES $3.95 PAIR 75¢ BUNGALOW NETS 59¢ YD. | | Heavy Mercerized Armure Tapestry Portlores, High-grade novelty Bungalow Nets tn the art | perfectly reversible, with the side band tapestry | and craft design at 59c a yard, worth regularly | borders, in a good assortment of colors; worth | 75c. Choose from white and ecru color at the i} to $6.95, on sale at the After-Inventory Sale Wed- | AfterInventory Sale. meaday at $3.95. —Third Floor of The Bon Marche. | DOMESTIC PRICES DROPPED] ON SALE FROM 9 A. M. TO 12 These Specials for Wednesday No Telephone Orders Accepted 0c OUTING PRICED | 71-2c GINGHAMS AT] 15¢ MOP STICKS | 50c DRESS GOODS aoin shrdiu emtwyp etaoin shrdiu etaotoun 1 invited to the Progressive league POLITICS Candidates for may | meeting tonight at the pave be a * ted, none of the ten aspirants for the mayoralty withdrew and all will probably continue to the finish Friends of J. Y. ©. Kellogg are planning a strong progressive or | rantzati ion to elect the former counellman on the charter revision com mittee | eeeee “While many ecitizens refuse to get excited over the mayoralty #itu will take an active interest In the As ex from the ra on. sald Ole Hanson today, . on of the charter comiiyisoners, In an effort to obtain as pre gressive a comminsion as ponstb! oveee J. V, Holton, candidate for the two-yearterm for th ancl, has ts sued a platform in whieh he declares against cafes, for a muntelpal em ployment ageney, muntelpa jging house, municipal commission and warehouse, the ¢ ly completion of the municipal car line, the condem nation of the Renton line, etc Ira Luncy boosters will meet tomorrow noon at the Good Kats cafeteria. oe eee | The Min'etertal Federation will indorse a candidate for the meyor i alty Thursday, it ts announced eee | All of the mayoralty Ah tee have been Invited to address Drift | wood camp of the Modern Woodmen of America tonight at Moose haul, § ond ay, and Seneca at eee ee J. D. Trenholme is favorable to the suggestion of publishing before the primaries the campaign expenses, although he belleves his ex pensex will run higher than the others, because the rest fled a long time after he did Hut, let me say now,” he adds, “that when my statement is made it will disappoint those who are responsible for the exaggerated rumors which have reached me. “What alls Seattle?” asked H. C. Pigott, at the meeting in Danlap. | “The same thing that Tom Johnson had to fight in Cleveland—the un- holy alliance of privilege, Nquor and vice, The dangerous candidates are not Gill, or Winsor, or Rausch. The dangerous candidates are the | ‘good business men ONLY CORPORATIONS GUILTY | | Alaska, Feb, 3.—Distriet Attorney John Rustgard, ex plain ompromise by which the six corporations In the Alaska —6l/e yd.— —5e yd.— | —9e ea.—_ yd.— Heavy Fleeced Out- Apron Ginghams in Mop Sticks with cop | e Plain and Flannel, 27 inches | lengths to 20 yards. in| per head and good Fancy Serges, Diago- wide, mill ends to 15 | neat checks of blue, | strong handle, till 12 nals, Suitings, Ch yards; not over 12) brown and red; priced | Wednesday %¢ each. | and Stripes, till 12 at yards to each. | be a yard. —Lower Main Floor. } 29e. —Upper Main Floor. ise RIPPLETTE ‘eg GINGHAMS AT | LACE CURTAINS —tie yd— |—9e yd. — —§49e ea.— Ripplette, 32 inches | Dress Ginghams, 10 Children's fleece ined | Odd Lace Curtains, wide, in tan, blue, gray | inches wide, in lengths | Shirts with high necks, | 2% to 3% yards long, and pink stripes, me | to 15 yards, in neat ' 1 to 6 years, Till 12 | on sale till 12 Wednes ends, lengths to 15 ecxs and plaids. Wednesday. | day at 4%¢ each. yards. Lower Main Floor, Wednesday—a Half Price Sale in the Book Shop Good news for you, Mr. Booklover, and for M Booklover and Miss Booklover, too— for lots of fine editions —well worthy of a place in any library— will be sold at 50c on the dollar. Classics, De Luxe editions, and all slight- ly hurt books, go on the main floor bargain square. Here's a par- tial list of the good things: ALL BURT OR MARRED BOOKS BEAUTIFUL DE LUXE SETS Will Go at Just Half Price] IN CLOTH AND 3-4 LEATHER ‘The One Way Out, , $1.10, The Painti ‘ea.0n, ‘Hist: gees George iiet. 6 Beer "Gaic | Bess Pl Bse | Hate Pes $8.00 | fe... $1.99 OA eee 30 Fiumen OBe 15 | ee $3.25 isin... .15¢ =, Why They "Atte —_ Jane Austen, ges Serrsiee $1. 99 i 3C | umes ...... < ‘oan $125, The B $6.35," Tatnen’ | aatieh | Sam, Tet. S619 eee TG ssi ig tow Sari. 4. gee. Seer... $3.15 $3.50 5-Vol. Set Library of Wit& Humor $1.75 821.00, Shakespeare, | 97.75, Told Through She Why Do You Not | Leather, 19 volumen in r | Believe? Rev. 11: leather $10. 50 | i Andrew Murray 2 cane . oo, Bee, The ‘eoonye, She Night of W. | 97.00 jawthorne, 14) ¢ Francis Bacon. . AT’ THE PURE FOOD SHOW_ACORN GAS RANGES | | | | | | | . f. $45 ‘ACORN’ GAS RANGES FOR $33.75 f $35 ‘ACORN’ GAS RANGES FOR $26.25 In order to boost the Bon Marche Pure Food | The $45.00 “Acorn” Cabtnet Gas Range. Show, Rathbone, Sard & Co., of Aurora, Ill, mak- | ®t $23.76—has the glass doors with thermo ate F ers of the famous “Acorn” stoves and ranges of- | ™etal canopy to carry off all odors of gooking and 18-Inch oven and 14-inch brolier. fer two of thelr best lines of “Acorn” Gas Ranges | "Tne 935.00 “Acorn” Cabinet oom t 82 as Range at $26.25 at 25 per cent reduction for spot cash—an offer | is exactly the same model, but that has never been made as far as we know— | doors—see them at the hacen’ heath icity t certainly not in Seattle. —Fourth Floor of The Bon Marche, i SPECIAL FOR WEDNESDAY—AT THE PURE FOOD STORE ‘Sin; ge 9 c 4 Popcorn, fing ary, two ntock, Kuaranteed te A Madrona Tomatoes at Shoulder ma. splendid quality pop, c q Hur six properly 1 Powder, Ge —e Can— Naptha Soap, Hon Marche bri c mrose Molasses, 2 size ory ‘splendid votre can 9c New Seeded Haining, guaranteed pow cro ackages ‘ize cans of ackaKe a ° Si enore's Mince M. Tare best and purest, pi New Mixed Nuts, pound Pretty Valentines and Lincoin’s Birthday Souvenir Pper Ma Hloor TEMARCHE Union Street, Second Avenue, Pike Street | steamship aud railway combine pleaded guilty and were fined, while } the individual ere dismissed, today sald the department of | polled to accept that position because it was | no conviction of the individuals could be obtained. In the last year, he said 10 jurors favored conviction of the corporations, and only five would convict the Individuals The conspiracy case, brought upon the complaint of the Humboldt Steamship Co., wae started February 15, 1912, and charged the six com-| panies and the individual officers with restraint of trade by monopolix ing wharf facilities at Skagway, Alaska, and by making lower through rates over their lines than could be made by those not in the conspir- The fines assensed by United States Judge R. W, Jennings yoster. day aggregated $25,000, as follows: Pacific Coast Steamship Co., $6,250; ka Steamship Co., $5,000; North Pacific Wharves and Trading Co., $10,000; Pacific & Arctic Ratlway & Navigation Co,, $2,000; Candaian Pacific Railway Co., $500; Pacific Coast Co., $1,250. NAVAL FIGURES ARE JUGGLED | WASHINGTON, Feb. 3—Congressmen Witherspoon and Hensley |} | charged that navy department experts had juggled statintics so an to make America appear the world’s third sea power, when it ought to bad ) second, next to England and ahead of Germany. 11 INJURED IN TRAIN WRECK ST. LOUIS, Feb. 3.—~At least 11 were injured, some seriously, when | a Wabash Chicago-St. Louis passenger train crashed Into the rear of an, inbound Alton passenger train, in North * Louls, today. 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN RECITAL | At a piano recital to be given tonight at the Presa Club theatre in |ner honor by Seattle society women, Miss Blanche Lillian Kaplan, 15,| lof San Francisco, will appear ax the feature. She in accompanied by | her father, Rabbt Bernard M. Kaplan, who will take the child to Berlin |for further musical training. UNION MINERS of the Western Coal and Mining Co. Coaigate, Okla., struck until a nonunionist named Roddy was | discharged. Roddy sued the union for $100,000, Oklahoma su- preme court commission decides that the unionists had a right | to strike for the reason given, and that Roddy has no case. | | Says any man has a right to quit when his employment is un- | congenial. Sounds right constitutional. i SELL BONDS IN OPEN MARKET The county commisstoners have decided to place on the open mar-| | ket the 0 court house bond tasue, The contract let ten months ago with George H. Tilden & Co., for the sale of the 5 per cent bonds at | $12,110 premium, will be disregarded on advice from the prosecuting | torney SAY RAILROADS MUST SAVE | WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—More ght was thrown on its attitude in lregard to pleas by Eastern railroads for permission to raise freight trates by the Interstate commerce commission today Addressing repre-| sentatives of the railroads and of the shippers today, Commissioner | | Harlan specified certain services which he declared the railroads were | giving without cost to shippers. He declared the commission soon will | date for a hearing, when it will consider the question of making a harge for such services, His intimation was that, in this| oa of insufficient earnings might be met seta reasonable added revenue, the railroads ALASKA DEVELOPMENT BOARD. WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.—A bill was Introduced yesterday by Sen. ator Chamberlain of Oregon, for the creation of an Alaska development! board to take charge of all Alaskan matters that are now distributed among several departments {n Washingotn Pretty expensive menace, at $1,500,000 per ounce. ‘AND WENATCHEE HAS IT, TOO, WENATCHEE, Feb. 3.—Judge Grimshaw will be aad upon Thurs. day to determine whether the recall petitions against Councilmen Wil son, Hines, Pybus and Zener are sufficient as to form. City Clerk Smith refused to prepare a synopsis, on the ground that the charges do} not state sufficient grounds for recall IT IS DANDY FOR TACOMA OLYMPIA, Fob. 2—The supreme court upheld the public service commission in’ fixing the same shipping rates by rail from Tacoma a from Seattle, although it is a shorter haul from the latter city, Seattle Spokane and Tacoma were designated as distributive centers, and when | the railroads fixed a rate of 99 cents per 100 pounds from Spokane to Se attle and $1.07 from Spokane to Tacoma, the Tacoma transportation | | NEW YORK doctor discourse’ on “The Menace of Radium.” | bureau prot SAN FRANCISCO, Fe8, 3.—United States Cireuit Jndge Morrow | awarded the Inland Navigation Co, $26,000 as damages from the Alaska’| Steamship Co, for the loss of the stern-wheele egraph, which was| sunk by the Alameda when the latter vessel cras into Colman dock, | Seattle, April 26, 1912. The Inland eompany asked for $45,000, basing damage on the cost of the vessel, ‘Phe court held etern-wheelers have | @ lower market value now | A REALTY CLEARING HOUSE A clearing house for real estate deals was incorporated # a meet-| ing of realty dealers today at the Rathskeller luncheon, The meeting was the first of its kind. Any member has the privilege of offering for | wale or exchange any property in which he is interested, | | | I'REDERICK & NELSON Store opens at 8:30 and closes at 5.30 Me) - — oe Mail Orders: Carefully and Promptly | Filled | O JT-OF-TOWN readers are invited to send us their mail orders for goods | J not readily obtainable in their own communities. We fill such orders with } acturacy and promptness and make free deliveries under the following conditions: | ff i We deliver Dry Goods free by Parcel Post in Washington, Alaska, fn Idaho, Oregon and Montana. (The weight limit for the first and sec- | I c | ond zones, taking in a radius of 150 miles, with Seattle as a center, has | | been increased from 20 pounds to 50 pounds.) I || i We pay transportation charges on Furniture and other bulky merchandise, when | | purchase amounts to $5.00 or over, to any railroad station or steamboat landing in the state of Washington. Valentine Novelties New Arrivals in | LARGE assortment of Volland Valen tines, artistic, unique and beautiful Mary Jane Pumps designs, 5c, 10c, 15c, 20¢ and 25¢ each. In Patent Leather, white kid lined, with Post Card Valentines, 1c, 2 for 5c and / turned sole and flat silk bow. The fol- | | | : 5e each Greeting Booklets, 5c, 10c, 15¢ and 20c lowing sizes are included: each, Infants’, 1 Cupid Mail Boxes, containing letter, suit- to 5, $1.00. able for place cards, 10c each; $1.00 dozen. Children’s, 5 i Tulip Place Cards, 10c each; $1.00 dozen. to 8, $1.50. i Dennison's Table Decorations, including Children’s ff Crepe Paper Table Covers, Napkins, 8% to Il, § Plates and Favors, 50c set $1.75. i Dennison’s Table Covers, 25c each Misses’ jf Dennison’s Napkins, 5c dozen. 11% to 2, Dennison's Plates, 25c and 45c¢ dozen. $2.50. Heart and Cupid Seals and Stickers, 10c Women’s and Growing Girls’, 214 to 6, package widths A to D, $3.00. —Firm Floor. Hearts and Cupids, cut out, 10c package. Bt Rae we Place Cards, 25c to $1.50 dozen Tally Cards, 15c to $1.00 dozen Plain Crepe and Tissue Paper for dec- HOME OF THE orating. —First Floor. GREAT MAJESTIC RANGE Bundhar Wilton Rugs and Carpets E have sold Bundhar Wilton Rugs and Carpets in Sesttle during many years, and always with satisfaction to the purchaser. In thousands of well-appoint- ed homes, the country over, these floor coverings are yearly making new friends because of their beauty and durability. The deep pile of Bundhar Wilton Rugs gives softly under the tread, only to spring back when the foot is raised; the’e is no crushing out the beautiful pattern. Whether in the quiet, restful, two-to1e colorings of conventional patterns, or ff in the rich beauty of the designs copied from rare and costly Orientals, there is a i Bundhar to suit every furnishing scheme. i 2 z Bundhar Wilton Rugs are made in 40 We carry Bundhar Wilton Carpeting in different sizes (regular) and are woven to stock in 24 different patterns and colorings, order to meet special requirements. They including plain color carpetings with are shown in our stocks in sizes ranging Greek-key and band borders, also conven- from 18x36 inches (at $2.50), to 10-6x14_ tional patterns and reproductions of Orien- feet (at $75.00). tal designs. —Second Floor. Specials in Ladies’ Home Journal New Brassieres, 50c Patterns, 10c and 15c Style 595— Are without doubt the most practical A Brassiere of patterns from the points of fit and style self-stripe muslin, produced today. If women could know the well-tailored, great care taken in the production of these | hooking in front Patterns—the thous 5 . and trimmed at ousands of measurements neck, arm-eye and | down front with ing at the correct proportions—they would embroidery edge. marvel that the prices of 10c and 15c are Special 50¢. possible. For example, the front and back lengths have been so accurately approximated that raising or altering at the shoulders—the most difficult of all alterations—is very largely eliminated. Every line of these [i Patterns has been carefully studied for the fH express purpose of insuring the utmost satisfaction with the completed garment, ff yet making it as easy and simple as pos- | sible for the home dressmaker, —Fit# Floor | of women taken for the ‘purpose of arriv- Style 531— A Brassiere of self-stripe muslin, fastening in back Has inset = em- broidery yoke, and is trimmed at neck and arm-eye with embroidery edge. Special 50¢. —Second Floor, THIS POPULAR MODEL OF THE Direct-Action Gas Range Price $35.00, Connected Four-burner, cabinet style. 18x18-inch bake oven, famous “direct-action” burner installation, asbestos insulation. Porcelain dust tray and broiler pan, Porcelain panels in broiler and oven dodrs. Spring ‘tension, porcelain-handled valves. Split-top burners; easily removed and cleaned. Extreme width, 4915 inches, including end shelf. Equipped with automatic “spit-fire” lighter. The installation of a Direct- Action Gas Range in