PTIIE MERRY CHRISTMAS STORE.

SPECIAL PURCHASE AND SALE

250 Pieces Fine Ivory WareALL HIGH QUALITYI O r_t7t7WARE lO SELL Al*"*> v^* F

—Tlie purchase included a salesman's samples, representing America'slargest and best known dealer in this popular toiletware.•\u2666Every piece is in perfect condition and high grade imitation ivory ware,showing beautiful natural grain and high finish.—An opportunity that gift buyers willbe prompt to take advantage of.

—THE SALE INCLUDES—Toilet Trays from $1.00 to $3.50 \ Choice Mirrors from $1.50 to $5.00Hair Brushes from $2 to $11.00 I I / Pin Cushions from 65c to $5.00Hair Receivers from 85c to $2.75 \ J. I Perfume Bottles from 75c to $4Photo Frames from $1.50 to $3.50 / -=y / Jewel Boxes from . ,65c to $7.50Dressing (Vimbs from 50c to $1.15 1 *\ \ Cloth Brushes from $1.25 to $7.95Buffers from 69c to $2.00 I *-* J Puff Boxes from . .SI.OO to $3.75Soap Boxes from ... 25c to $1.25 OFF \ And numerous small items.

—Allarticles selling for $1.00 and over willbe engraved free of charge.Choice of 29 tints. Allwork done by expert engraver.

Fine Coat Weather and Fine Coats Selling at

HALF PRICE A-\\ liich is also fine coat and Christmas news, because lots /^H\of sensible folks are intending to give a warm, handsome A.coat for a gift to some one in the family circle. r V f 11—Therefore, "Coats at Half Price" is mighty welcome / Af-^nnews, and right now—tomorrow or the next day—is the \\ I Trtbest time to buy. \A^ r \SUCH WONDERFUL COATS pT I—With great, warm collars of handsome fur or fabric fur, I Iand others with collars of self-material. Belts that buckle, /button or tie, and pockets inset or patched. / /The Coatingg Are— •• // /

—Velour, Broadcloth, Burella, Silvertone, Pompon, // / /Bolivia, Plush, Mixtures. Jill—The Colors Include— \ \ l—Wistaria, Burgundy, Beetroot, Pekin Blue, Navy, fAM\^_*^oor^Green, Taupe, Brown. - . *_« _-a a w^^^^l

OOATS PRICED AT Hnlf Pl*fng>\ L\$19.50 TO $100. FOR liUl' M ***-^\ J^

J|gk $1.59 to $1.75WWm) House Dresses $1.29\f7 lfvltlraKT —With cotton goods of every nature touching new liish price levels

l/i[!«ot jV "'^ "fft'r takes on very ppecial value, and at gt.'M every busy house-

l\ A 1'SwirPV *if'" B,lould *>et * fu" eiPPly-

jf H__\>\ R.fJffi,^''A —There's the usual run of neat Htyleg made of standard percales In

ClßfflllIrW ' i'l\ light and medium dark designs.

l__sv| I 'V-':'' 'Jl'm —Also several styles msde of fine chambray and gingham ln neat

1I 111 - '''''.'lilll "tripe and check pattern*.

AND SEVERAL. APRON STYLESTuj —Bungalow aprons of pink and blue percale with whlta collar, and"\u25a0J j dress aprons with elastic belt.

U —Our regular $1.50 to f 1.75 values, choice $1.20.

ISTART PROBEI AT HALIFAX

, (Called I'rm Leased Wire.l'/\u25a0HALIFAX, N. S., Dec. 12.—

\u25a0\u25a0teen hundred men, women and\u25a0ildreii died in the Halifax tils

Spter, according to official estl-Bates today based on recovery ofMDdies and tboro checking up at\u25a011 identification stations. A bigPercentage of the recovered dead>_iave not been identified.

Justice Drysdale of the su-\u25a0renie court expected to start hisItvestigatton into causes of the•etartroplie tod;r>. WitnesM' of

. iwiiiCough RemedyMad* from Globe Pine

MmAr Mad* at Hose. Very EconomicalirSjlllsllT Good Ist Children

Trocar* two ounces of glycerine and atm— ounce of Globe Pine CompoundjOsaeentrated Pine) from jrour druKR«-

--m Mix these with sis heapirartaWospoonfuls of aranulstedsugar in half a slaas of water.

X, Take a teespoonful as often aa*m E BSBSSSSIT to give relief. Be sure

H to set Globe Pin* Compound\u25a0^(Concentrated Pine). No otherBkwill answer tha purpose la Mile

w^^m formula which comes from eminent_L»^medical source and makes Uie_

t____\\\ Hmoat elToetlre, pleasant and"\u25a0"\u25a0\u25a0\u25a0"••"prompt-aetlnsr umidr for coughs

•\u25a04 seMe affecting the huni-UI tube*me throat. As can be aaaa tt contains noamraatul drug* aad mar ke vmmt treat--

Ores Pi o__n|i I.Lsstlmg Ksssks\u25a0la lysMiii eat eunea of Taata Cass-

\u25a0lions ounce of ftTrupef SarsaparilUlaim A Simple -Hair. Tama a taala.*A tarn mum AA,* AAm*

the colislon between the Frenchmunitions ship Mont Blanc and'the Belgian relief steamer linosaid that the Mont Blanc flew nored flag, as prescribed by regula-tions, when she entered the har-bor.

Relief work Is going forwardrapidly. Threatened distress fromlack of food has been averted.Tbe homeless are all being shel-tered and warmly clothed. Sup-plies are coming In steadily. Ad-ditional surgical volunteers andnurses arrive on every train.

Reconstruction of buildingsneeded for shelter has begun.Military, naval and civilian partiesare continuing the search forbodies, but snow Is hamperingthem. .

!Glen. Kaledines Arrestsa Red Representative

IIii11e, I Prm Imar,! Wire.)jl PETROGRAD, Dec. 12.—Gen.. Kaledines promptly arrested onej of a committee of bolsheviki naval' representatives sent to talk with

i him by the maximalist commls-jjsioner of the Black sea fleets,according to word received here.

! jCommissioner Atkins1 Can't Find the Carei Altho he has been In Chicagoand other middle western citiesfor several days, CommissionerAtkins has not yet found anystreet cars that would be suKabl*for the Tacoma municipal line, ac-cording to a telegram received atthe city hall Wednesday. He Is

going to St. Louis, where some

cars have been offered. Atkinshas been authorized to spend 985,---000 for second hand oars.

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MelbourneTODAY AXD TOMORROW

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Clover'sRebellionShowing that love will finda way la spite of dukes andriches, aad the ambitions ofsehenii»([ relative*.

l»y James Oliver Curu<M>d

"Travelogue"

"THE RAO BABY"Ooiaedy Feature With

GALKS OP LAVGHTKR

Wednesday, Dag. 12,1917.-THE TACOMA TIME&-Page light

PREPAREGENERALWALKOUT

h alio, frcaa Leased Wlra.tMINNEAPOLIS, Dec 12.—

Thirty thousand union labor mentoday were prepared to strike at10 a. rat. tomorrow and crippleevery industry in the Twin Cities.

Two thousand guards patrollingthe streets of the two cities wereprepared for any eventuality.

Hundreds of employers weretrying to import thousands ofworkers to ruplace those who willstrike.

A general strike order, callingupon every union man in tlie TwinCities to leave his Job ln sympa-thy with locked out union streetcar men has been signed. Onlyconcession to their demand forfederal arbitration will preventDie general tie-up, union leaderssaid today.

Only union men handling food-stuffs are to be exempted from thestrike order. Union men in prac-tically every railroad shop in theTwin Cities will be affected. Ifthey strike it ls considered onlya matter of time before railroadtraffic In the northwest would be Isuspended and government actionfun cil

Wearing of union badges is thecause of the trouble here. Dur-ing the summer months, streetcar employes organized a union.Two months ago they struck forrecognition and wage Increases.

Lloyd George to Talkon War Aims Soon

(I'nitod Press l_eascd Wire.)liONDON, Dec. 12.—Pre-

mier Lloyd George will makea .statement on the war beforethe < 'lvi _.slii»u.h iidjiinillmen Iof parliament.Chancellor of the Exchequer

Bonar Law made the announce-ment in the house of commons latetoday.

It had been expected that thepremier himself would speak and,that he would outline very fullythe war aims of England.

Wheeler-Osgood WillBuild a Spur Track

In order to facilitate the move-ment of large timbers for use lnshipbuilding work, the Wheeler-Osgood Co. asksd the city councilWednesday for permission tobuild a spur track on East D st.

I to Its saw mill on the city water-way. A temporary permit wasissued.

In theEditor 's

MailAn Important Event!'EDITOR THE TIMES: |»

The world will probably never ],again witness such an exhibition i

as will be staged under the aus- jpices of the Remount Depot at]Caniii Lewis next Saturday aud t

Sunday.At ibis time, thru the operation]:

of the army culUtmi tit and select- • i

Ive service, the cream of the rough !riders of American plains have'ibeen gathered at Camp Lewis and,!

they are going to give a hliow thatwill dwarf Buffalo Bill's best ef-forts in comparison. r

These cowboys will probablynever be all together again and bythe time the war is over condi-tions will iirobably have changedso that the cowboy rough riderwill never reach his former sta-tion, so there may never in thehistory of the world again be an-other such show as this.

Tacomans therefore will have agreat opportunity right now ofseeing the great horsemen who for''years have been winning tlie prizes'!ln the great events at Pendleton,Cheyenne, Miles City, California, IWinnipeg, Calgary, Vancouver andother points where there have,been contests.

In recognition of the Import-ance of this event the governors ofall the western states from which |troops wlio will take part In theexhibition have come, have beeninvited to be present and an ef-fort will be made by the soldiersto give their show national signifi-cance.

In view of the nature of this en-tertainment to be given Tacoma!and the fact that we will never,again have a chance to see itsequal, 1 want to call the attention Iof our citizens to their opportiin-jity of now witnessing what in fu- jture years will probably be of hls-troical significance. i

A. V. FAWCETT. I

Want City to Help inFinancing Day Nursery

With thF establishment of abranch day nursory at 406 East29th st. this month, the TacomaDay nursery has asked the city

council to resume its donation of|60 a month to help maintain theinstitution. The city discontin-ued its donation last year when itwas learned that it could notlegally give any money to such

SURVEY FORMORE POWERIn order to increase the capacity

of the municipal power plant at.

LaGraude, the city will iihmerti-ately make asurvey of available]storage facilities on the Nlsqually!

I river and prepare to construct ad-

ditional reservoirs.On request of Commissioner

I Gronen, tho council Wednesday

| voted to retain an expert engineer]

at |MI a month, starting January ,

11, to'make a complete lnvestlga-1

'tion and survey of the posslbil'th.;.I The plant needs a large storage

'reservoir, in which can be kept in

sufficient quantities to keep the

! power plant running at full capa-;city dur'ng periods of low water

,ln the river.The grave danger from low wa- |

ter was felt this year worse thanat any other time, when the city

was forced to cut off some of its;largest power customers becausethere wasn't enough water in theNlsqually to turn all the turbinesof tlie plant.„ ___—_—_— —

f.soc Saving^We are In the habit of giving |our tAAtaagam a benefit of

Iat LEANT BOc on a pair ot

SHOES. We discount our Ibills nnd save our friends Ithe money. 1

Samuelson & Berg 11110 South X Street I

ReliableWrislWatchesElgin movements, A 4 Cour low price <A I«*

OTHERS $10 TO 945A Mlerow Guarantee With

Every Watch.

A. Mierow1142 Pacific Aye.

I CHRISTMAS |I cl GREETING 1fl "X CARDS f|I II"' Pos>als 1JJ •«"* CMer Cfff ' bi-Jjp 2 for 5c >-;^

and 5c each. SuggeStWnSM KODAKS, KODAK ALBUMS,~

1 FINE STATIONERY, LEATHER GOODS, Mg FINE PLAYING CARD CASES, g5 HANDSOME FELT AND SILK NOVELTY &$| PILLOWS, PENNANTS, STREAMERS— |J§£ (CAMP LEWIS OR TACAMA) W.6 CALENDAR KODAK MOUNTS, ||13 GREETING CARD KODAK MOUNTS, Dfl EVERSHARP PENCILS, FOUNTAIN PENS, ' \u25a0;[ MAGAZINE SUBSCRIPTIONS, 1-^1

ZBBBy POCAHONTAS INDIAN MOCCASINS- r**-i_^^Ji REST TIRED FEET, g~™j' ARTICLES TOO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. j M

1 Central News Co. 9H 206 SO. 11TH STREET, gjg TACOMA, WASHINGTON gf

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Broadway and lil'iJb'itreefDouble -W Stamps TillNoon Thursday--SingfeStamps From 12 Till 6

Kerchiefs For GiftsVmi never can make a mistake Ifyou decide on giving hand-kerchiefs, for M one ever lias too many.Women's Ocpe tie Chine Kerchiefs, In pink, blue or white,with dainty plcnl edge—wlfmen's sheer lawn kerchiefs withflowered designs or initial lined kerchiefs (not nil initials OCpin Ihe lot, choice of tinwe three styles at each _L vILWomen's* llnml Kmbrotdered Kerchiefs, worked on purelinen, slightly soiled, therefore the) go at t\(_t* RRphalf price—wiling now at tJXti*A UOU

Ht<nd Embroidered Kerchiefs,pi i< c.l 9Ca Kfl/tat WUU .V WWWHandkerchiefs ln colored bor-der designs or pure while,priced at, QCn2 for WWWI awn Kerchiefs, with daintycolored or plain designs,10c each or QKnthree for _Lul»Japanese llandkerrhiefs. Inneat boxes, 3 in Rflpthe box for JULKmhroidered Kerchiefs, sixin dainty box, very 7*__T*giKid gifts, box f ww

CHILDREN'SKERCHIEFS3 dainty Kerchiefs IRfiin box I wb2 colored Kerchiefs 4 ftmln box IUL2 in Ihix, with imitation cro-cheted edge, OKr2 boxes for tubSingle Kerchiefs, In animaland floral designs, C_at each wbChildren's Plain Initial Ker-chiefs, 3 In a box, ORf*special, box _Lww

Pink CorsetsTHE NEWEST IN WARNER OR REDFERN

MODELS

t//^*~\Many a woman would be delighted tohave Iter husband, father or brotherpresent her with'a fine corset forChristmas. We'll he pleased to sell the

corset now ami make fittings on ex-change after Christmas.

Plan to come in Thursdaymorning and make the pur-chase before noon. Same priceshere as you pay anywhere—and Double Stamps in the fore-noon.Warner Corsets, front or Aft ftftback lace, in pink tOLtUU UP

XKuar-rroor, Hcdfern Corsets, front or PC f\ftAbdominal lwck j,,^ i„ v|nll JiUU UP

STONE-FISHERTRIAL BEGINSThe trial of the Stone-Fishe;

Co. on a charge of having "Intox-icating liquor ln Its possessionwith unlawful Intent to sell it,"began in Judge Card's departmentof ihe superior court Wednesdaymorning with the selection of ajury.

The company was representedby Attorney Harry G. Rowland,the state by Deputy ProsecutorThompson.

The specific charge Is an al-leged sale of a quart of whisky ona pint prescription to A. A. Rlggs,special investigator for the city,on Oct. 1.

Because of this method of pro-curing evidence, there was somedifficulty selecting Jurors A.Sadler and Elizabeth Broknw bothwere challenged by the state anddismissed by Judge Card becausethey declared they were biasedagainst an investigator of thiskind.

Germans Are Activein the Verdun Sector

(Tutted Preaa l.eaanl Wire.)

PARIS, DeDc. 12. —UnusualGerman activity around the Ver-dun sector was reported ln today'sofficial statement.

On both banks of the Meuse,the war office satd, there waaconsiderable artlllerylng. Northof Hill IS 4 4 the Germans unsuc-cessfully attempted a raid.

W Low N?f Excursion *

FaresFor the Holidays

licccinircr 20 to 115. returnup to January 8

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IN WASHINGTON, IDAHO, OREGON

And December SI to 2H,

return limit January in

TO CAMFOHNIA POINTS

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to where you want to go

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