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} i i} i 1] | Al Ba time—at lower prices. A Store in which every Manufacturers are willing to close out at prices that will quickly convert them into cash. article, every day, must be a real bargain. Not aiming to carry complete stocks in every department always, rather to take advantage of every exceptional purchasing opportunity. Some lots will be big, some small, ~# Surplus lots, sample lots, factory THE BON MARCHE RGAIN BASEMENT] Seattle’s New Kind of a Store Was Opened Today A Bargain Store With All Avoidable Expense Eliminated A Store for savings—with dependable merchandise in all grades—all the cancels, bought for cash to broken lines—odds and sell for but cash. ends which DOWN TOWN, BE PLAN TO WALK THROUGH THIS STORE USE IF YOU WANT TODAY IT MAY BE HERE DON’T FIND EVERY TIME YOU COME WHAT THE NEXT DAY OR THE YOU NEXT | We Have ‘hein % These No Free Deliveries A charge of 10c will be made « ie to cover the actual ext E very. You save this by carryi package yourself. No Goods Sent C. 0. D. a Regulations on every nense of ng your | | Men’s Silk Shirts (Seconds) for $2.95 They’re Wonders for the Money Negligee Shirts, made of soft t (with very slight Bargain Basement Tuesday Men’s Ties 25c A splendid collection of good ‘Ties, four-in-hand, open end style, Men’s Ties 45c imperfections), h , group and satin stripes, nteed colors, with soft French cuffs. ‘Men Can Save ‘Money by Buying | Neckties in the ub silks in looking | in neat figure, Persian stripe, wide sport stripe, heck and conventional patterns. Four-in-hand Ties, in dozens of unusual- ly smart patterns; Ties of high grade silks and satins, in allover, check, stripe, floral and many other designs. Women’s Undermuslins de Chine Camisoles, daintily trim- | 85c| shadow $1.10 med with fine Val. lace. Each Camisoles, of allover silk in pink and white, special, Drawers, nicely made of muslin, with embroidery edges. Muslin Gowns, trimmed with em and ribbon threaded, assorted Chemises, of muslin, with pretty lace edging; assorted sizes. LEach..... lace, trimmed 49c broidery 59c trimmed 69c Women’s Waists for $1.39 Dainty Summer Waists in voiles gandies, all prettily trimmed and priced at........+46 and or- = $1.39 | | in | | for the Bargain EXCHANGES Because we expect to sell very rapidly, for $10. 25 - sss IN WwooL CREPE WITH SILK COL- LARS AND CUFFS—SERGES WITH GEORGETTE SLEEVES AND MANY OTHER STYLES Dresses, variety of styles; some of wool crepe, with |) | trimming of contrasting colored silk ; } wool crepes with barrel pockets and knife | pleated | serges with Georgette sleeves, some with embroidered Street and’ Afternoon pleated underskirts; side | bead stitched... trimming, Assorted sizes for 3asement exchanges may be made only within four days of date of purchase. No Alterations to Garments Women’s ’sDresses a Merchandise in a some | wool | or silk misses and if | recetved by Lieut. Col. Cavanaugh, | | regiment is to be recruited from the AMERICA SPEAKS BY BERTON BRALEY 1 know my sons; they seek to bide their spirit Ashamed to show the fire within thelr breasts, And when thelr country calls, they laugh to he Greeting the summons with cool and jests And so, with mocking tongues and lips that crink Scoffing they come tn answer to the call, Take up their duties with thelr eyes atwinkle, Heroes, who will not look the part at all, mn iboa They who would face the nation’s foes undaunted, ™ Pretend to be afraid at thought of strife, Yet biithely answer “Present!” when they're wan And fight as Jong as they have breath of life; To patriotic anthems, nyncopated, They dane light-footed, but they love the fag And die for it with ardor unabated And hearts elate—and lips that hum a@ rag! I know my sons; the grand old strain is in them, And they will never fail me in my need; But talk of fame and glory will not win them, For “no horoles” ts their quiet creed; They'll Jest at service in a cynio manner, And swear that guns would make them flee pellmell; And yet, I know they'd bear my etarry banner, If need be, thru the very fires of hell! HEP! HEP! |TRAFFIC CODE Raymond F. Carr, R. J. Bowman, G. G, Hill and Sidney B, Hil left for Mare Ieland navy yard Monday, to begin training for the marine corps. Sixteen were enlisted Guturday tn Seattle. Man, be: have to navigate Friends of the Sixth Coast artillery} meeting. will meet at company quarters, In jthe Armory, Tuerday night, to dis-| cuss plana for an auxiliary to be |formed when the company !# called to the colors Couns staff, w part of Caldwell and sideration, Cooks are at a premium, Sixth ing for several. There is really a need, and a pressing need, for Men) diagonally acroas the street, who can fry, bake and stew. Minor surgery will be performed | free by the members of the King} County Medical association for those who need operations to make them eligible for enlistment. Wednesday the algnal corps’ | friends will hold an entertainment for the benefit of the corps. Within two weeks the ambulance! 12 miles an hour for motors, lays down rules Among the novel features of code is the regulation that no rade shall be held except that lat tte head and jeball be carried fn any parade Intoxicated men, and ee: are learning first-aid meth. ods. Every vehicle must carry SEB [white Hehts before and one Orders to form the Eighth Engi-\one behind at night, heer regiment, reserve, have been! lh i war department engineer for this district. Col. Cavanaugh will leave! for San Francisco at once. The Coast states BUENOS AIRES, May 7.- Six weeks’ preliminary training tn so scarce in Argentine that (COAL FAMINE STOPS S. A. IMPROVEMENTS Coal ts) nted, UP TO COUNCIL t and motor may with more caution after Monday’s council The city’s new traffic code, | the result of much labor on the | Corporation his x former ordinances a - | Coast artillery wants a good cook,| forms with the last legisia- | and the quartermaster corps is look-| eure’s acts. It says that man shall not walk | that | beast shall not travel faster than downtown, and, and regulations that are multifarious. the pa. the unfurled American flag ts carried that no banner un- lean ft is marked to Sdentify it. persons leas than 15 years of ake won't be corps of the state university expects permitted to drive cars, and 18- to be ready for service. Under the) yearold boys and girls may drive Instruction of Seattle doctors, 9 only when some responsible per son site in the seat beside them. two | rea | | the} Women’s Sailors 69c Broken lots of women’s rolling Sailors, of hemp braid, in an assortment | of colors. Trimmed and Untrimmed | | Hats, $1.15, $1.49, $1.59 $1.69, $1.89 Hats in a of styles, mushroom and tricorn shapes, hemp and lisere, i) black and assortment of colors. SOME PLAIN variety TAILORED HATS IN — LOTS. Women’s Stockings Women’s Silk Stockings, with Ilsle tops. 98c Bpecial, & [alfeceese Women’s Fiber Silk Boot Hose, also somo lisle threed 3 Palre for $1.00 ...... .. .35¢ Worcn’s Cotton Stockings, full fa Special pair. Misses’ Cotton Stockings, fine ribbed, A pair Boys’ Suits $1.95 Lower Prices | brim turbans, | of Milan, | Red Cross nursing will be given at }the King county honpital to girls |] | recommended by the Red Cross a» |sociation. The first #ix girls to take the course will enter next wee) Maj. William P. Allison, tnetrnct- orengineer at the university, has been ordered to report at the Pre |sidto camp. Ernest F. Wells, math ematics head at Lincoln high school, also has received his orders, They are reserve officer candidates. Fighty-cight | supplies have been forwarded from | Seattle Red Cross headquarters to the national headquarters within the last few weeks. AuxiUaries tn all parts of the Northweet are hard at work making things that soldiers need | a |. The Munictpal leagne was to hear a discussion of the food sup ral Commiasioner Monday luncheon. Benson at ite Almont every organization on the Coast has tndorsed the Canada-to- | Mexico military road plan Ieosima of 109 Fifth ave. S., is in the city hospital, suffering with painful burns about the hands and face, caused by the ignition of a can of gasoline while he waa fill \ing an tomobile tank, | BROALIISTAIRS, England, boxes of hospital) ply of the state by State Agricultu-| How Germany Murders Nursing Mothers and Babies in Their Beds dredging of the country’s navigable | rivers and of Buenos Aires harbor has practically been suspended.) This is « particularly serious mat- ter here, as it was necessary orig- |tnally to deepen the local harbor to permit the entrance of large ves- tels and constant continuation of dredging 1s required to prevent it from refilling. The newspapers are urging the government to keep the dredges working off Buenos Aires, at least, at almost any cost PLANT MORE ONIONS, IS WISCONSIN PLEA, MILWAUKEE, Wis, M —Un- Jens tho frenzied planting of pota-| |toes in stopped, next season will |find an oversupply, with prices far| below the normal, according to state| agricultural experts here These agricuiturists are en- |Kaged in a campaign to prevent the jover-planting of potatoes, and are urging the planting of turnips, |Parsnips, carrots, onions and other root crops instead, Thirty-two troops of Boy Scouts marched thru the business streets of Seattle Saturday night, carrying | slogans meant to {mpress the citi zens with the necessity of Increas- led food production durt: LA the war, | | and dark colors, Boys’ School Suits, in Norfolk and pinch- back styles; made of worsteds, mixtures, homespuns and hair- line stripes, in light cor- duroys, sizes 6 to 16 Also a small lot of children’s Novelty Dress Suits, sizes 2% to 8. Women’s 5 “Flexo” Muslin Underskirts Flexo Underskirts with the adjustable fitted tops—will stand washing without losing the flexibility of the waistband, which are guaranteed for the life of the gar- It makes no difference whether the waist measures 22, 30 or extra size up to ments. 44, “Flexo” waist band will adjust itself perfectly to any waist measure. trimmed with ce and embroidery. “Flexo” Underskirts $1.00—‘Flexo” Underskirts $1.39 Skirts nicely May 7.—Today we heart tn the coroner's court how Daisy Agnes Morgan and her baby daugh- ter, age! 10 months, were killed by the Germans tn one of thelr periodical raids upon DEFENSELESS English seaside resort towns It was not a pretty thing to hear—this recital by tho be- reaved husband and father of how the innocents were slaugh- tered so Von Tirpits and his crowd could tell Germany her navy had really accomplished something. Broadstairs is a pretty little place of 6,500 Inhabitants on the east coast of Kent, facing out on the Stralts of Dover. Frank Horace Morgan, a laborer, was the principal witness at the inquest. “It was shortly after 11 o'clock of a Sunday night,” said he. “The streets were quiet. 1 was downatairs in my home when I heard guns. I went to the back window, and, looking out, saw the eky lit up by star shells, I started to go upstairs to my fam- fly, when two shells seemed to burst very close. “As I started up the whole staircase fell down and there was a shower of brickwork. I heard my children crying. 1 call- ed to my wife. There was no answer, | called again. My big- geat boy came tumbling down and then the other two, shivering and crying. “My daughter Doris got out of bed, but could not reach the stairs, I called to her to come, but sho cried pitifully, ‘I can't; |} I'm hurt’ | The witness paused. “Go on,” ordered the coroner. “She died later In the hospital,” sald the man, “I climbed upstalre somehow. There | found my wife. She was dead. She was about three feet from the wall when a shell came thru. It made a hole four feet around In the wall. My wife must have gotten the full force of the shell, | raised her body up a bit and found she had the baby tightly clutched to her breast. live, but died shortly afterward,” was sti verdict of death due to shell wounds, and this was brought tn, The baby The coroner directed that no matter how disgraceful and criminal the attack by the Germans, the jury should return a THE SEATTLE STAR og ESR FREDERICK&NELSON “Sun-Rain” Umbrellas | For the Alternate Show- | ers and Sunshine | of Spring HESE smart oughly Umbrellas with plaid silks in Some have and thor- water proof are covered and — striped subdued colorings malacea handle and stick and leather wristlet; other oid-tipped hand] have silk cord wristlet Prices, $8.50, $9.50 and $10.50 Novelty Silk Umbrellas in purple, green, and black, with Roman stripes, plaid checks, ivoroid-tip ig ae silk cord wristlet $8.50, $9.50 aa Plain Silk Umbrellas navy, king’s-blue, ter’s-green, strap with ivor and ribs blue, | red bordered or with and Prices | $10.50, in hun- | dark-green, purple, cardinal and gar- net, with detachable Pickwick $3.85, handle, Luzon-shape Silk Umbrel- las, in ten-rib Btyle, red, blue, green or purple, with narrow tape edg and detachable Pickwic handle, $5.00. First Floor APRON “SUGGESTIONS —from the extensive display cal Aprons for every home purpose, in Negligee of pretty and practi- Second Floor. “MARY ANN” ‘This Apron (pictured at right) slips over the head and but- tons in front, and may be worn as a house dress. Collar, belt and sleeves finished with narrow ruffle in plain color. Made from laid and checked ginghams, in several pretty colorings. Price $1.10 Section, “JANET” This attractive Apron (pic- tured at left) has the full “MIDDY” A popular Slipover Apron (second from left), made with skirt ebirred with a heading | elbow-length, set-in sleeves over an elastic band, Tuall- and fastens with a double ored from good quality row of buttons, Made in reg- striped gingham in pink, ular and extra sizes, from light-biue, lavender or brown awning- or narrow-striped and white, and other com- | ginghams; pink, light-blue, dination colorings. Price green or black and white, $160. Price $1.25 “BUNGALOW” An Apron designed especially for full figures (second from Fashioned from light and --Second Floor. right) and made in extra-large sizes. dark colored percales, Price 75e. Fumed Oak Rocker $10.00 ARTICULARLY good value is repre- sented in this Rocker. It is of quartered oak, in fumed finish, with high slat back and leather- covered spring seat. Price $10.00. —Third Floor. New Shipment Cedar Chests S EVERAL attractive in styles this new showing, in plain and Enamel brass-trimmed —_ Colonial effects, ranging in length ——S $20.00 YPICAL tractive of the at- values in moderately-priced Enam- el Chamber Furniture, the Dresser pictured, ivory enamel, at $20.00. is in —Fourth Floor Dinner Services Specially Priced 48-Piece Haviland China Service, Reduced to $28.50 handsome Service features This ranged floral border design in natural colorings, en- riched with gold edge and half-mat gold handles. The 48-piece Service, reduced to $28.50. 50- -piece Service, special $13.90. Ba JT, a tastefully-ar- from 30 to 48 inches. The Chests are carefully built of fragrant Tennessee mountain cedar and fin- ished in a manner that in- tensifies the natural beau- ty of the wood. The moth- repellent quality of the cedar makes these Chests ideal for storing fars, wool- en garments and blankets, Highly acceptable as wed- ding and anniversary gifts. Prices: $13.00, $15.50, $17.00, $19.50, $22.50, $26.00 to $32.50, holstery Section, “Pirst Floor, 50-Piece Semi-Porcelain Service Special $13.90 A high-grade Semi-porcelain Service, decorated, as suggested in the sketch, Monizing tints, in natural colorings, arranged between bands in har- with old-fashioned flowers semenf Salesroom 98-piece Service, special $24.50. Third Floor, Lis!e Stockings 35c Pair OMEN’S Lisle Stock- ings black, white, brown, gray and champagne, with deep garter top, high spliced heel and double sole and toe, 35c pair; 3 pairs for $1.00. —Basemont Salesroom, Drape Veils, 50c LACK Drape Veils in be- coming bordered effects on various meshes, measure 18x50 inches, s, 50¢ each, ent Salesroom. | A New anealihagt Set $1.50 Blue Pink Lavender ee very attractive house garment is made of strong | percale in forget-me-not pattern, with coat fastening at side over pearl buttons and plain. skirt; trimmed with bands of plain color. Price $1.50. —Basoment Salesroom