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potocece ig { Half ' Price Extreme Values Offered im the After Christmas Sales of Women's Suits, Coats, Dresses HIS remarkable sale includes many special purchases made under price, which were placed on sale earlier in the season at very sub- ntial savings. These garments are now offered at very large reduc- bn from original “Special” prices, which naturally bring very tractive values. These values are also doubly attractive on account the reported close adherence to this season’s styles in next season's nd the scarcity of materials. Suits for $15 Suits for $23.50 That Were Priced $87.50 to $55.00 Formerly $18.75 to $35.00 ) —Tailored and semi-tailored Suits ae ij — yy orig = _ in a wide assortment pf sizes for charm so much admired by well- _ Women, as well as misses. dressed women. —Trimmings of velvets, Every suit is splendidly tailore silk stitchings and buttons is of excellent quality and of cor- oe rect style. braids, —Wool serges —Nary —Broadeloths —Poiret Twills —Wool poplins —Green —Serges —Browns —Wool gabardines —Brown —Wool Jerseys —Navy blue —Wool velours —Black —Gabardines -—Greens —Orxford. —Oxfords —Heather mixtures Coats at $12.50 Formerly $15.00 to $22.50 _ —€omprising a splendid lot of Coats. —Velours —Zibelines —Brown —Kerseys —Navy —Gray —Burellas —Green —Miztures Coats at $14.98 Formerly $25.00 to $28.75 —A choice lot of Coats; latge collars of keram!, plush and fur cloths. —Velour —Taupe : —Brown —Burellas . —Burgundy —Navy —Cheviot —Cherry —Black Coats at $18.95 Formerly $29.50 to $35.00 —A splendid, large, complete lot of the newest styles and the greatest values of the season. —Coats with immense collars.of fur, fur cloths, plushes and self materials. —Broadcloths —Purellas —Navy blue —Velours —Tweeds —Burgundy —Brown —Miztures —Oxfords 3 Taupe Dresses for $15 Eath #3) Formeriy $25.00 —% saving of ten dollars each. Of smart and fashjonable messaline, satin Dresses, also silk and wool serge combinations. All late new models. —Navy blue, green, gray, taupe, Burgundy, black and many others. | ‘Fraser PatersonCo. | STAR—THURSDAY, DEC. 27, 1917. PAGE 7 CITY WINS ITS FIGHT TO GET DIABLO CONYON 1918 | Calendars Half Price eeccccccccee® elty's of electricity ever Increasing de- “sand industries, ursday, following re rams from Senator Senator exter confirming reports that the government fa vored granting Seattle rights to the Diablo canyon power site on the upper Skagit river. Por the city it ln a vietory against the Stone Webster interesta who sought to prevent aquisition of the government site A hearing was veld before Secretary Plouston of the department of agriculture, after Counsel Caldwell and stendent Ross had laid ¢ the Washington au 4 the co-opera dexter elty to demon roment that it ia idly devele will to serve th mands of bi Hablo canyon the city from acquirt which liew in the n nerve, according t ash Ordamaneas Corporation Counsel Caldwell Thureday nent jecretary Houston jen of ordinances panned by the city counct! pnday, indicating the of th ty as eager to take alte attitude ove the action Superinter me in filing on aite, and provide for the lasuance bonds to be used for its develop ment. Calla for bids for developing the canyon alte will probably be made tn the next few weeks, and the work rushed to completion Will Cost Millions Experts bave estimated that the nite will devel 1,000 kilo- atte, co: Roly wive the ity a sup y of p er that will meet the in reasing deman The Cedar river project develc 30,000 kilowatts. The development cost in expected to run into several million dollars PLACE BLAME FOR MARIPOSA A decision as to the responsibil ity for the loss of the steamship Mariposa, wrecked in Alaskan waters, November 18, probably w be reached carly next wee A hearing war held Wednesday be fore United States Marine Inspec tors William Fisher and Harry C. Lord, and an extension of time for filing @ brief was granted A on Oct COUNTY EMPLOYES FALL VICTIM TO GENERAL D. cuPID Not satisfied wit top and hanging \ ‘ense record for the Christ ‘Seu M. Stow Cove £. Stom Play Safe! Be shrewd enough to order your “new clothes NOW—now, while we can give you the finest imported woolens. Owing to war conditions, there is no .. when we will be able to get such fabrics again. Prices just as rea- Saale | as ever—beginning at $35. 904 Second Avenue OPPOSITE BURKE BLDG. Wh ute, = | machine aad at the end of . Electric Voter Would Surely Speed Congress should take more than one min camera that is part of the voting the county auc Three employe County Auditor Normal M. already have been bombed. Licenses were ins perrona. Mr. Wardall to Albert Bugene © for nine years cashier in the who will marry Georgia A employe | Wardal Moore, for four years ar the r pom and to Thee dore L. A be wh 1 marry Laura Shaw, personal secre tary to the auditor The Case-Moore wedi held Saturday at the b 1532 42nd ave. 8. W. The take place Thursday evening at the bride's home, 3910 California ave. U. S. CONSULATE IN RUSSIA IS BOMBED By United Prev Leased Wire WASHIN IN, Dee. 7.—The American consulate at Odessa w the object of a bomb attack in the morning ot the a cording to a state department mes nage today The consul general said unk parties had hurled a bomb a building during abser that considerable damage had done, AULT HEARING IS The hearing set for Wednesday Dingee |been incapacitated for further serv | ice In the trenches and Is now detall-| ed on recruiting duty in Canada | The question as to whether one eral from the French government Wed: | tion, should not be released, the ses nusday, ’ » . Selness, the pi charged with neglect and unskilifulness Th inspectors exonerated the ott of the Al-K) from | for the loss of that vy ovember kh Ot r he ing ase im the Dove, which caused sit n a collision ff Hart in the early part of Nover f the wreck of the David, ‘ber 31 | | | SET FOR FRIDAY °° OF HOLDING ALIENS ASKED THAT FERRY | West waterway | FREDERICK&NELSON | Attractive Savings Offered The Winter Garment Disposal OMEN who take advantage of the disposal ‘at the end of one season for the beginning of the next,” are of- fered substantial savings on Winter Suits, Coats and Dresses—garments of high style and quality and principally of such a character that they may be worn for many months to come. in offerings, and provide ‘ ST WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ WINTER teduced to $17.75, $ $47.75. ITS 33.75 and The Basement | Salesroom Disposal Marr a tees =o sia) | WOMEN’S AND MISSES’ WINTER COATS Didasia -rediased to $7 Reduced to $17.75, $23.75, $28. $33.75 and $9.85, $11.75 and $1 $47.75. Black Quilted Silk Sleevelece Jackets, lined with pink cotton, reduced to 7T5c. Children’s Blankgt Cloth Bath Robes, sizes 8 to 14 years, reduced to $1.95. | WOMEN’S PLUSH COATS Offer exceptional values at $23.75. WOMEN’S SILK AND SERGE DRE —and combinations of silk and cloth, st $16.75. —Second Floor. * % Of special interest in_this disposal are the three groups of Trimmed Hats (styles for business, shopping and afternoon wear) at $5.75 $7.85- $10.00 —Second Floor. The Winter Millinery Clearance Clearing Broken Lines of LINENS Remnants of Table Women’s. Walking Boots $8.25 In Allover Havana-brown Damask Kidskin Linen Towelings and VERY smart and | Crashes distinctive médel | Art and Embroidery as pictured, in fine | Linens Havana brown Kid- Handkerchief Linens skin, cut 914 inches Pattern Table Cloths high, with novelty perforations, plain toe, hand-turned sole and full Louis heel. Madeira - embroidered Ligens —all at deep reductions | for clearancé. | First Floor. | a A fairly good choice of sizes and widths is available at this ex- ceptionally low price: $8.25. BASEMENT SALESROOM ; A Disposal of White Goods Remnants Cotton at Reduced Prices | eeesanaail SEFUL lengths of desirable White Cottons, in- | U cluding Long Cloth, Nainsook, Voile, Flaxon, First Floor. HESE desirable weaves Pique, Sheer Lawns of fancy weave, Gaberdine, Cam- | figure in the clear- bric and Muslin—all sharply reduced for clearance. | rage . _— from 2 , Robings Percales Reduced to | Crepes Comal — | Ginghams 15¢ Yard Cotton Suitings Fancy White Voiles and Sheer Lawns that have | Outing Flannel Poplin Devonshire Suitipgs | Galatea Muslin Sateens —Basement Salesroom. become somewhat soiled or rumpled from displ to sell at this price—1l5c yard. First Floor. several hundred yards ‘BRANDS. PRINCIPAL A PRO-GERMAN By United Press Leased Wire PORTLAND, Dec. 27.—Eli J. Had ley, principal of a grammar school, may have to appear before federal officials and explain himself as a re sult of charges made yesterday by Miss Mary Cronin, who goes to n as a Red Cross nurse, eulogized the German ~ BROHIE ROOSEVELT TO BE A GAPTAIN Leased Wire Dec, 27.—Col nd Lieut. A. B. d Press By Unit LIGHTS BY MEL. 0. DRAMA g about 100 other pro- amon) on the application of Erwin B | ORPHEUM y Ault, editor of the Seattle Union was made of the re} 00" government system and criticised Record, for order restraining | po! eral of the men had| ‘The new bill’ at the Orpheum, | America’s warring on Prussianism the school boar sm checking ed for advancement | which opened with a matinee Wed-| and attac! the Red Cross and tte START THE NEW YEAR 4 . eo service at Cambrai, tho|nesday, consists of Francis X, Bush-| Christmas seals be ‘ LORED CLOTHES the Anna Li Strong | ls. Hadley onge A IN YOUR NEW TAI a HF: petitions, was continue ants were slated for|man and Beverly Bayne, in “Their| Cronin misinterpreted his remarks. morning, on application f captaincy of en mpact,” with six vaudeville Pennock, attorney for vineers—-probably those involved at by the Hohendale's Buropean It will be before Judge Jc Cambrai ity circus. There are dogs, mon BLISS Is GIVEN Jurey ‘instead of Judge Mitchell — h rabbits, bears and nearly e 5 Rornett L. Bobroft and face of his electrical voting machine as it | Gilliam. FERRY T0 CONTINUE | [ona as ceea tant teen Brin IDE’S POSITION 0 e speaker's de sco assembly chamber; below ood, and proved a shows th speak rs desk in Wisconsin asi ea Sg ri je: “ls It | P. P. Bliss, secretary to the board and a blank space for not voting esday y ‘while fied Wednesday afternoon by the MILWAUKEE, Wis., Dec. 26.—J sion there is a photographic record AUTOMOBILE OWNER Seattle port commission robatic | board that he will be acting superin- ‘The Wisconsin assembly having com: | of all. votes. 7 Wednesday afternoon decided to|rtunts, as well as being ¢entrilo-|tendent of the county building for pleted a nemion with the use of his M. Monteith, 6244 University) “ootinue the night trip of the ferry | du Williams and Williams have | the pees nt, since no gn suc Bobrot! of thie city thinks he may | Knapp, 6014 15th ave Washington to spend the evening|thorne and Ross are as good in their | % hington | IT In Tuesday, was exon¢ ey in o. Action was taken after|comedy — sing and patter turn. mayo a lay 1 1 t ot by In g 7 toy Dingee, one of the 18 Hving | “8% om “ spp. feross the J hac 1 on the} ie 1.~Chs ° With Bobrotf's electrical vo: | Seaforth Highlanders Gut of the $00) ‘Puneral services for Mra. KNAPP hoard, Bt the construction see | TACOMA, Dec, Charging his ‘dl ors ting appuratus, he says, a leg: |in the 16th Canadian-Sec will be held in the Univ Un t ynnex to the pub-| PALACE H son-in-law, Frank D. Thompson, inlatlye body can complete a vote | ment in 1916, 1x in Sentt dertaking company's chapel, Friday 11. grain ole on East water 1 players, with their| With attempting to dynamite hls in 25 seconds. This means east days with hin fat bap haicgadesn were will be sket re headlind fea-| house Monday night, J. O, Jensen stated that Thompson's wife had pened at the next meeting. e new show, Thursday, at ing the vote, counting It, pho 1711 Bellevue € Prom tographing it and announcing | was at Ypres, Verdun, and many oth QUESTIO LEGALITY aT, om stated thet. Sen ee the result. Hoe says it never |er important engagements. He has nd Dreis are heralded as|to her parents, and that since that ! na in song and pat-|me Thompson had been planning skatoos ‘Thompson has been ar- act with birds doing a lot of hum | revenge | rested SERVICE BE GIVEN With .the Bobroff machine the booked on a “fe investiga || members vote by putting a Yale PAY is RECZIVED tion” char may Calling attention to the fact that] Dolly tt and ng That | Staff Correspondent |[ lock key in an apharatus on their held, will ae ! two shipbuilding plants without | Verratile Trio," hav classy num ‘AMP LEWIS, Dec, 27.—Henry ’ y |} | desks. The key is turned one way] payment for the auxiliary power Judge Cushman's uate street car serviceA, L.| ber, consisting of music, singing and Battery D, 264th field emer cet nreee Pree! Citnee eer they tor “yer” and the other for “no."\gchooner Dixmude, the eighth of ten afternoon. Chief of Polloe Warren \ Vahontine uperintendent of public| dancing. K and Geneva offer heen sentenced to five ‘The member's own vote shows on | yeauols built or being built for the has been served with an order t® utilities, has asked the port commis: | a ineing Huber, oat U. 8. disciplinary bare his own desk and on a big board| Washington Shipping corporation by show why the four Poleshuk sion to speed extension of ferry serv: | ed * ‘Today and Yesterday.” | racks for stealing $40 from Sergeant at the front of the chamber the Puget Sound Bridge & Dredging brothers, who being held in je& by constructing an apron and) Violet and Charles are “Acrobatic ert G. Hopkins, same battery, Bach vote in photographed by a|Co., was received by the corporation the city Jail for federal investiga- landing near Spokane strect on the|Wntertainers De Luxe” in hand bal-| Sentence was reduced to two and Jancing and acrial work. | one-half years, X aq