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IHADW ; We have made pr* in our history. Ou of the most desirafc and style centers, lower prices than* I the trade a big sav goods is still upv ces for all goods fc will pay you to bu Spring and Summ Fashion for Spring never before en jo? day. Such ample of styles, and rare j ing and in the we mines, gives us th< (before you, and t spection and appr< We want your 1 trade. We end i jj ABBFV'LL ;.,.v V- A ;-,v ."V'f-' - I _WITH? )N-WILSON jparation for the greates r store is filled with a g ?1 e things shown in the ? Many of these goods w jrevail to-day; therein \ ing. The tendency of i rard, as evidenced by tl >r fall which are now b< y now what you will n er. ; opens up treasures of /ed in the lifetime of v provision of attractiver 5 artisty, in both design: lalth of fabrics and at' 3 most becoming offerii ,o which we cordially ii oval. Begin your Easter business: We appr eaver to give you the le market affords. Company E, SOUTH CAF rm I i ir 10 D " CO. t Easter sales || ood selection || ^reat markets m rere bought at ij ve are giving ji ill lines of I le higher pri- B sing sold. It ? eed for the H opportunity || /omen of to- || less, richness || ing, the mak- || I i - J J__.* Sffl tenaam trim- ra igs to place H ivite your in- ffl shopping to- H eciate your || ; best' value H <OLh\'A | w Government Control 01 Coal Price Off April *.7ashiji2lon. March 23.?Pres\bnt "VUson today withdrew Ecvenunc-1 control of the nrice of bituminous coal so that the j ^ J? Z< percent wage aavance ior miners recommended bv the maioritv of the ccal stirike settlement commissioii inav be absorbed in the mice the consumer will pav after April 1. The commission estimated this wase advance at $200,000,000 a vear. At the same time, the President made public the maioritv and minority reports of the commission and wrote the operators and miners askiner thatj tliev ::;.ch an af^eement on the basis cf the maioritv report alone as speedily as possible so that the uncertainty reeardinff the fuel situation mieht be removed. >'o Anthracite Strike Xew York, March 23.?The goner scale committee representing the a thracite coal miners by a virtual unanimous vote decided today ;o r main at work after April 1 pendii negotiation of a new wage agreeme "providing the mine owners agree make any wage award retroactive that date. Washington, March 23.?Gover ment control over the maximum pri of bituminous coal was withdra\ today by President Wilson, effecti April 1. At the same time the Preside wrote the operators and miners trar mitting the majority report of t coal commission and informing th( that this report was "the basis up which the wage schedule agreemer between the mine workers and c erators shall be made." April 1 is the date on which the agreements normally would becoi effective and by removing gover ment control of prices effective tli day the President paves the way f increased coal prices to absorb t average 7 percent increase reco: mended in the majority report. The President wrote the opei tors and miners that it was "esse til l to the public welfare that t agreements be concluded at the ej liest date practicable so that the u certainty as to the fuel supply m be ended and that the consumt may be able to make contracts f \ 11 f ^ lj ill iK _ IB sy$ jy!j .|Mg lj| at 7/ ' | Ma \ ^/DU can = f J new C ' snffirps % | | engaging app ; precedent. |- = And whe B M tilt deeply yc Then let can scarcely h |Bj none?not evt I H| All thro! -- ; sure this rhyt. ;j|| the engine, an< M??fs| and evenly. 1 i| They mc j Bj that is why s( |p| the tew great a i|| ;,; "i Rrr.; > vi.y ?wa:?uv?,-i^?n'? a?-rirr ... v-r;-v' . " M i. " . -v ... ' * . ? il knm>v?aatsaaw'xvwja in ijnvi-v: I their coal supply." c( The President "said h? assumed n< J that neither party would raise *ny ft question and that he was suve that. c?. no question could properly ra?s- aj ed as to the binding character of the;e: award by the majority of the com-j pi . iK.um v oth wi thstniiii; lit" l!ln f:lPt ' ef that it was not unaniiujut-. The executive ordQr withdrawing C1 government control of prices re- c.f moves virtually government control 1! jof coal, placing the fuel administr.i- J;! ition in the status it was to'yro its authority was restored when the u] |uir.itrs struck last November I. i i The President .ia!1 there was no 1 : provision of law for fixing new ocal jj : prices for peace time purposes and f( 'that "unless and until some grave p, 'emergency shall arise, which in my n | judgment has a relation to the emer- ni | gency purposes of the Lever act, I r< would not feel justilied ir fixing si .coal prices with reference to future jc conditions of production." The majority report of fhe com- ^ n-j mission said the 27 per cent increase lv i abf- jrh. d the 14 per cent incrca.se e- allowed when the m;ners returned to u:? vov'i and that in doll irs it WDiild nt approximate $200,000,000 a year. t0 In refusing the demand of the laint0 ers for a thirty hour week, the majority of the commission said that if n" the work-day were shortened by one Ce hour it would b eequivalent to au advn ditional cost of more than $100,000,ve 0C0. The minority report or jonn r. White, the miners' r .-presentat'.ve. !s" held out for a higher increase ior all day labor and monthly men Than were 3111 granted by the majority, but ho con?.n furred in the recommendation for a 24 cent per ton increaso on j?iok and -j. ,p" machine mining. His reporc was 1 transmitted to the operators and rain!se eis by the President for their infonmiue tion. nal The operators were warned by Pres- P or ident Wilson against violating laws s lie against combinations in restraint of m. trade and profiteering and also not a to exact "unreasonable prices for c ra- coal." * ,n_ "I am aware" said the President. e jie 'that at present, as a result of the s ir shortage created by the coal strike and of the consequent interference with transportation and as a result, v also of the exceptionally unfavorable t frs winter, the demand for coal continues ? 0r active. I desire to impress upon the s S y" X \ \ One Look[ his New Cha> 7kes Tou fFam "t get into an argument about the b halmers. Everyone admits it. Ju Its coach, with large square doors, i ointments, superior high finish e in you sink into those new type c )u say to yourself: "Here is comfc loose the power stream. Note the 5 car a sound. Watch for vibration, m the semblance of a fender quiverir ?!-??? ?/* if* rrr^r\o Q?-vr-vf- 7\ H 1 JUUlg lO A xcc- (iuu 1V.1111 hm. They "digest1' the gas before i 1 they "feecT each cylinder quickly ike results dc luxe in power, and d many now say Chalmers is one of cars of the world. c I AClm g 0*2 UVUMV s "rzu . . . rrr: jjj \. ^ X. . v-. -vV icrcr-.-.-r^tw. .-; '-'IT:' \*v ". v \ v . ?.<\ )al operators the extreme importance 3t only of their complying to the illest extent with the laws against imbinations in restraint of trade and jainst profiteering, but also of their terring themselves affirmatively to revent exacting of unreasonable pric> for coal. I am sure the public fully appreates the desirability, where practiible. of leaving commercial transacons untrammeled, but at the same me i am sausneu me pumic win ml ways to protect itself if such lib al policy shall appear to result in ureasonably high prices." Lewis Disappointed. John L. Lewis, president of the nited Mine Workers of America, in a >rmal statement, expressed disapointment that the President had afrmed tiie majority report of the eomlission but said the miners were jady and willing u respond to the iggestion that they participate in a lint wage conference. IOVEWENT IS 0\ FOOT TO INVESTIGATE GAS PRICES Washington. March 23.?Investigation bv the Department of Justice of recent advances in crices of erasoline. kerosene, fuel oil and other petroleum products would be directed ulnder a resolution introduced today by RepT)ver Rprmfc'/ienn Missouri. The attorney general nnder the resolution would investieate the accounts of the leading concerns producing: oil producte and 'would report to the house the existence of anv combinations to restrain trade. Missionary Slays Officer in India London, March 23.?Calcutta disatches to the Daily Mail tell of the laying of Major H. D. Cloete at Sad^a Assam, by a missionary. First dvices telling of the tragedy did not learly identify the man who killed lajor Cloete, but later messages statd he was L. W. B. Jackman, a phy ician, accredited to the American Saptist Foreign Missionary society. Mr. and Mrs. Jackman have been working among the Abors and Miris ribesmen near Sadiya, and the forler has been a resident of Assam ince 1904. Is S 1^8 11 jj f (itf Hi p I ' N Inters j j eauty of this 1 jl .st one look I pM nfinite detail, g ||| H istablishes a 'IP 5 ushions that 3p [ )rt, indeed." ; jilence. You | You detect | S'horn make |j j Oualitv First I 18"^ jj j ;teN P: S m : ;j; ,0, ill m\ -'j ?V-:s-j? i . ,. . . , ifcAji,;: .! : i . .- :ro\".r-' - i - ~s- , . t . . .. . ,& i-r.-i