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WILL NOT BTOP.
It is such reports as have boon
coming from the battle front ithe
past few day and in fact nearly
all' the time, since the 18th of July
that 1 back of ' tho Prussian plea
for, peace. ' No such appeals came
from them when they -were In the
rscendancy and It the Huns were
tOyi In rMiklg dlstaneeijotf PHb
and the pdrts od iUch ' oomraunlca-'
the
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A There are onjy two kinds of clotleiJ, 'th6s9 that save
and those that waste. :: If youVbuy'wasjful plbtiies" '
you are depriving the goyermnenf of needed- nsow$ef
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If you want to save, insty on clojShes of go'rtd qualityj
; all-wool materials; reliable tailoring. One suit can
.be made W do double service this year if you wear it
carefully and keep it well pressed, -. - .y ' ,
Our duty is to see that you get such clothes, and we
know we can meet our obligations best by offering
. . .!' "rment I a cape In realflV, 'bUflt"U 6 shaped that It aeemi
lo Ml into brod aleoves, and the htevy leoiiar df long fur. with the fur '
v.iMh.'complete the coat Illusion. j..i,.i,:vi,, ;.m i., :
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core proposals for negotiations.
In facf, tUero la nothing to tulk
uncut. It 18 only a choice of glv
lnj; up voluntarily or bolug forced
to do so.
' HOW MAY I 8KHVIi!7
If readora are curious .to .ascor
tain their standing In calling
note or a visit to tho noiltost mil'
itary bureau will supply tho in for
loatibh,
any a Auiun h aatiy 'iin me
Wsct teagaiiHe. ft ik Alio .(fnlvor-
iiV."'A'f Piir:uf.'V':.'-."K'i .....
iiufia wouiu Da eniruBiea to, tnp nr it ,
matii artilles?:'71" "K?iT :'r, TffiTa6 v.
no?' doubt that' the1' tfermi
ar preparing for . retirement' from
PlKlum 'and, France and' the idea
inilO mftlCA thAtf fAtrAHf dm .nntfan.
::r., vmallor loss 'of men and i" materiais'
than, will be the, caso when the al
lled; arinles' have progressed a few
kllometors further, '
The emptiness p the proposal Is
well,! analysed tha: report from
jfans. wnicn point 014 , that ' WH
ion's fourtoen principles are .' ac.
eepted as .the basis ! for "negotia
tions for peaoe." They; are. not
accoptablo as fixed propositions for
poaco. It is all an excuse for
: parley and as a tlme-eaver to stave
elf the inovltablo. After . .It
aone, . there Is no gnarantoo that
any ono of Wilson's conditions
would bo adoptod. j' Premier. Mtlxlr:
mllllinn 'hMtwauet;.'uUioHity.' and'
, the ' final acceptance would rest
entirely with 'the "V!Gerian,., kaiser
and'; his mllitaryV-household. All
that;; outfit have provon their In
capacity of onterlng into, and stay-
Jng with an agroomont a-long time
agoi! Thoy aro outlh'wsi ;'n honor
and in practice, and have boon for
n long time. They faro, as tho
president of the United Statos has
formally proclaimed, "incapable of
nicking a covenant of peace.
These things are all well undor
stood, and the significance of the
offer at this time Is that tho Prus.
Man war machine Is about: to the
- fnd cf its row. It certainly is if
there lg no faltering on the part of
tho alllos now. The time Is ripe
to roncludo this matter exactly ac
cording to schedule and that is
by the employment of ''force to the
utmost." ,;
While no direct .statement from
hnadquartors has been given out It
J conBldored a foregone certainty
doors In the long white building
from this end of tho line, although
France and Bolglum are 'tho coun
tries primarily Interested and are
entitled to the fkst say. They will
r.ot be caught by the bait: noither
will Great Britain or Italy.'
. Unconditional eurrondor and
Die demolition of the Holieniollern
dynasty Is the thing that 'stands in
the way of peace. Tboso obstacles
are so rapidly crumbling that the
lessors and men of established re-
putation ' In 'the professions
trades most' usbtul In 'war?
and
Thol
lne finnllnnntii .fn
orJc,to.,,thafJgiitIilg forces often
PK 1 2.0- .pages of tyjpovriUug, ; Tlio
result may be a graflfylng'or'' dhj
appointing Burprlee , to the subject!
Some highly elated and somo deep
ly humiliated, persons hu,ve (iiuored.
irom the nor Cpldbted glasjj
door In llie ongjiii,B '. Riding"
on -the Berkeley campus whore the
sifting of humanity,, goes 'on. ' But
it Is enheartonlng to know that ,ull
those who have passed through . the
ordeal at this '. far woulorn hbad
quarters havo ovontually buckled to
with a will', Vhether thoy wore ao-
lectod for an Important position,
where highly specialised 'knowlodgo
and groat' ability was' 'required'. or
for labor involving' nioroly, powerful
muscles and stunilua. "
Evon the colored , giant from
West Oakland, bearing unimpeach
able references from a criiat' 'mil-
road company, who, whon asked
how he desired,. 10. Bpryj,,.nnBwor-
ed: "Ah' think Ah would prefer, to
act In an advisory canacilv.'J ho.
came a pile drlvor' In a Bhipynrd
without a whlmpor, . Ilocent re-
poits claim that bo stands at 100
per cent as a pile drlvor.
eia of peace Is near, alia If will
bq; accomplished without . " the loss
at time la further : talk and Insin-
MBHIiTV
IH OPEN FOtt"
VKSTtKNT."
IN
FUNERAL 'TOMORROW
4Ft lloiKiis For DocoilHOd NllW
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J.au jo 110 Hold At Union.
suits and: overcoats'
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They Economize for You.
Military styles . with
the scam at the waist
)' . lijie for young "ineW.?'
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'' '''.Saturday ; ; 11
Uio funeral of-Claronce Etmono
Gvui-tru, who- uioa ac me Lcaguo
Inland naval hospital last Wednes
day, will be held at the M.E. church
in Union tomorrow -afternoon at 2
o'clock. The whole community will
unite in paying their respects to
tho memory of the young man who
Jlled ln his country's service.
L''. Ctoronco Eugene. Goertferi was 21
febarB1 and 3 days old at 'trio time
! nis tioain. : ho was a son of Mr
hiirl ' M '1il -1 1' '. n.ir.. . i,
knowh- amd reapectod residents' of
Uldtt.:.V Besides . his parenta 'ho'
joavos n younKor brnihnr ' anA
U!lainatt&i:Jmi;! kirlvcd
'".'liir; WSihV.f o. jrcaem at
jno luiirui.t j; : ,-.iiii :
, , AGED MAN . HURT "
J. (Jtiinland Sustains Fracture. of the
up ; tn uollistin.j
J. Quinland, the well known mana
ger of the harness department of the
ra. t M. U)mpany, sustained vorv sei
rous jnjury yesterday evening when
ho wasrun int6,Vby a'-boy: riding a
bleyett. As a result of the collision
Mr. Quinlnnd sustained a fracture nf
tho hip. Mr. Quinland is 80 years of Pit.
age,-. His many friends will mmt i '-rv-rr-- Mrmr
hear of the accident that has befallen wPsam U now employed U fcr-
him. . i luuer.
4. A A A A A A a er,can peat xuei proancuon la in
----- .... . . I creasing,
Vl mnrT M 'i mennn
v iiuubiivu BiioitTAGE ACUTE A Peat ha been found to bfl an e
... . V ceuent leruilier.
tin wednosday afternoon. A
auotit 400 teachers from Baker, A The BrlUsh army spend $500,000 a
I and Wallowa counties nnd.out- A pear -for thn nantA mlth hir.h n i.
-i- pun uiiuiiu ;ot, union county, .j. isn ue crass Buttons pn the soldiers'
A will arrive in town to attend tho A uniforms. ... .
Bluo Mountain.' Teachers' An-A . . . v --
nual Institute. Thus fur, Su- A The. greatest meat eaters are the
pci'intendent' Hampton reports A Australian, whn hpfnro thn ttar rnna
8b roams in private homes list- 4 I'nied an average of more than seven
v vii ior vnu ncnou 01 tnreo days. pounaa per Head weekly.
tipns,ior iu teachers. . A AROUND THE WORLD TP
-J. A A A A A A A A A UiorDj, ttpul(lte, flsn pricA,'
i Prep suits for thn,
, boys ' ready for their
; first long trousers, .
; Special model
men who
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s to.-fit'1- : . Business suits that , '.: u .
think 'they-''1 ..'-.. give Ions hard lB
fit, " service. : ' j
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" ' ' ':'"' ' I ;":t'n Vif K-iififn ;l '?f',-f ?1 ::!
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iMrti ncit vi'tvi ;., . .. - . .,..-,
fVlSri'- i'"' ' "" ' Store Close'. , .i
.!n3gj : " - .2" Saturday;;, Zl., .',1
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POPULARJCIENCE
Nevada reports new magonese finds,
Colorado la Increasing copper Cut-
in hjs plea for subscriptions to
the fourth liberty loan Trivato'
Harold R. Peat says tu tho Octobor
Kcd Cross Magailne:
'It is to the cltlzejis of the Un-
ikd State that the greatost houur
of the world has como.' '.'"'
'Americans, tlio fato of the poo-
ples of tho world Is In your hands.
is yours to uphold now tho tra
ditions of your ' ancestors it . js
ours to contlnuo that for which
our forefathers died. You are
young, you are vlrllo, you nro
fresh in tho fighting fieldyour I
ranks aro undvpletod, your troops
arc not battlcworn ' and scarred,
your home aro ' not Beared with
sorrow, your country is not devas
tated, your towns and cities are
not nightly raldod by flying doath.
''Citizens of tho American States.
lbcrty Is open for investment.
Tho stocks of ..liberty, nro on the
market." -. - i : ' 'I-.!'. ."'.v.i
The inferenco is obvious. Superin
tendent Hampton assures nil willing
to provide entertainment that tho fa-
or will be very greatly appreciated
rooms are listed with him before
morrow evening. In addition, all
having offered entertainment to tho
guests, and Inter making othor ar
rangements, lire urgently roquested to
notify cither .Superintendent Hampton
or Professor Du Bois, .that confusion
may be avoided after the guests ar
rive.
Hawaii will breed coats on a larg
Kale,
Jamaicans tan raise: two S5jotabla
:ropa yearly.
Berlin , is threatened with trnhna
:ever epiaemic. -, , .,
English railroad "are Cutting flown
iraiueager train service. .
Alaska Eskimos sell fur and dve
money to me Kea cross.
London's telephone and telegraph
Macs extend to 74.500 miles overhead
Miss Gladys Miller is starting a
class in . piano, Call. Black 1271.
10-6-tit,pd inJ 821,000 miles underground.
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Educational Department. Short
hand and typewriting. Day classes,
10:00 a. m. to 3:U0 p. m. Night
classes 7:110 p. m. to 9:30 p. m.
' 10-7-fm
The Railroad and Commercial Tele
graph Co.'a need many more young
women and men ns operators. We
havo their co-operation and will train
you in n few months. Many of our
arnduutes now making over $125.00
per mo. Write Railway Tel. Insti
t'lU', 218 lly. Kxch. Bldg., Portland,
Ore. 10-7& 10-14.
Plurality Dldnt Elect
In nil of the three time that he ran
for president Ornvcr Cleveland polled
a plurality ,f iny rx'nulnr vote. In
his Koonnd nic, when he was defeated,
his pluwlly over Harrison wo 08.01T.
BY. THE OFFICE OWC Jg.
Some girl can do anything excent
tcqulre husband.
4-4
It's the grave cases bf the physician
that benefit the undertakers. '
All the world's a circus rlnc, and
each of ns at times is clown, , . .
' A regular man has to nse a mafwV
tying glaas to see his own faults,
A man thinks long and speak short;
a woman thinks short and speaks long.
Principal 0yr Region
Geysers occur ln most volcanic re
gions; most notable specimens are In
Yellowstone region of Rocky moun
tains. New Zealand. Tibet the Aaoroa
land la southwestern Iceland, - .
Owl Stopped Wneela of ladusirv.
The curious combination of an owl
.and a steel trap lu which -the bird bad
tecome-eeught and -down awajv trap
nod all, alighting on a 'high-powered
clHotrle cable carrying 11,000 volts1 of
electricity to run a mill at Goodyear,
Conu., stopped the power and threw
sovoral hundred min out of work lor
several hours. .Linemen, after several
hours' search, located the pwL burned
to. a cinder, . -
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" ' Up lo the Standard.
People who go In for Bpcod records
are not as wise as they think they are;
speed without accuracy Is of no avail.
True, time is at a premium In evpry
line these days, and we should not un
der any circumstances ;wnste a mln-!
nte unnecessarily 1 But If' wer-aren't
sure about any phase of our work.
must take snffle'ent tliue.jto - go - into !
it and not rely on chance to help us
where we cannot possibly help our.!
seivesv ;ti' ::.y-v.--wW;-: . .,,
We Certainly Would.. , . ,
"Would you call eating lobster and
cream putting down a disturbance!"
Queries a correspondent.
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: "! Beautlfiit Dreln.Fade'a.,nI'.:,
. Here''was!'t61d,ehe' would''ha6 to
wait uitn;1icr"Birthdny.for:a n!w dblU
Shri rtledf to be -patient, but ir month
seemed- a long time to watt: One morn
ing sho awoke quite: cnrly.-Hsobblng
loudly. Her mothar asked what was
wrong. "Me dreamed me hud tf doll,
but I woke- up and found my 'dream
goned," cried Helen. i,';.j.' -
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Mrs. Smith Recommends Cnamber
... Iain's Tablets, i 'j'
"I have had more or less' stomach
trouble for eight or ten years,',' Writes
Mrs. i. smith. Brewerton N: Y.
(T17I . j, ... . f
Tiiieu B.uiienng irom actacif oi in
digestion and heaviness afteTeatine,
ond' or--two of 'Chamberlain's"Tiblets
hwri 'arwaya relieOed'me.,1I haVe"also
found thcm''' kr Bleasarifc laxaHve.'
Those' tablets -tone ' up- the ttomach
and ehdble it to perform its fanctions
naturail,- if you 'are. troubled ' with
indigestion give them a trial, get tteVi
ana stay wen. Adv.
; October ' 10th -last day td' ' nay 'f
water rent'-without' a Denaltv-- ; : '"'
penalty: -
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lino pt Shoppng Bass and -.Hand
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than those atnSilverthorn . .i
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