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WALLA WALLA. Dec. If. A de
termined boarding-house keeper with
plenty of fuel kept Deputy Sheriff
Kam Bryan from taking two stovei
Tavis Ka-er company sued Mrs. M-
K. Chaffie on an account and secured J
m writ of replevin for $350 worth of
furniture, including two stoves, j
Bryan sot the other article, but'
aurh hot fires were kept In the stoves!
that Bryan was forced to leave them,
temporarily at least.
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ibe rjnns of the body depend for
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ia told It all drucjists.
KOOLWIAX MINISTER
FAVORS TAUT IX WAR
PAH IS, Dee. 15 "Any nation keep
Ing out of the present struggle com
mits moral political and economic
suicide." Take Jonescue, Roumanian
Minister of the Interior. Is thus quot
ed in a dlfpatch published by the
Matin. The quotation continued.
"The Roumanian nation, democra
tic and liberal In Its culture, must
not commit such a crime. The pre
sent war offers an unique opportunity
for it to realize Its program without
endangering the independence or the
liberties of the kindora.'
ARE WE PREPARED TO
FIGHT?" THIS IS 616
AT
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LOUISVILLE, Ky.. Dec. 17. Pro
hibition victories of the year. said
Fresldent Gilmore, of Louisville, just
re elected In his report to the Nation
al Model License League at is meet
ing here were due to the fact "that
the public was not properly informed
as to what a farce so-called prohibi
tion is to the states that previously
had voted if
"I think, he continued "we should
months before each election place be
fore the voters all the facts showinlg
the failure of prohibition and the In
creased consumption of wine, beer
and whtoky in so-called prohibition
localities,"
1ft n wtr yonr hme and In
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can he obtained. ia we serve
too?
EJ'-etrle and gas supplies, elec
tric lU'bt wlrir.g bell miring, gas
piping. tnot'Ti and dynamo..
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831 Main Street
Phone 139
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Animal Husbandry. Dairying, Horti
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Home Lconomka, including Cook
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ing Dressmaking and Millinery.
Commerce, including Business Man
agement, Kural Economics, Business
Law, Oitce Training. Farm Account
Irg, etc. Engineering, Including
Shopwork and r'oadhuilding.
FARMERS WEEK FEBRUARY M
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Ideas on the most pressing problems
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J. N st J. H in 2 and t pound
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I CITY LIVERY STABLE !
A.TI-.MIIJTAR$TS SAY FTRTHEIt
ARMAMENT WOULD HE
UNDESIRABLE.
Advocate of nigger and Rotter Ar
my and Navy IXvlnm United States
Would lie in Xo IiIUon to Strike
Hack If Attacked by One of the
IUrevr rowers of tle World.
(By Durton K. Standlsh. Written for
the United Press.)
WASHINGTON. Dee. 17 "Are w
prepared to fight" This question
with Interest stirred In It by the war
abroad, promises to develop Into one
of the biggest Issues before the coun
try during the next year. The atten
lion of congress during the present
session will be centered on It much
of the tlm.
While the. advocates of a bigger
and better army and navy are equip
ping themselves with heavy supplies
of data to show that the United States
would be hopelessly weak If attacked
by one of the world rowers, the antl-
mllltarlsta are arming themselves with
Information to back up their contcn
tlon that further preparedness for
war would be undesirable and un
necessary.
The pacificists will admit that our
preparedness is not to compared
with that of other great nations bat
they will argue that with the rest of
the world embroiled In the greatest
war of history all our rivals will be
so exhausted by fighting that they
would not dare to attack us for years
to come. This fact, along with the
natural defense constituted by our
geographical Isolation, gives us ample
protection, the reace men will con
tend.
The case of the militarists was vole
ed In detail by General W. W. Woth-
erspoon, ex-chlef of staff of the ar
my, in his annual report Just Issued
He summarized our military situation
thus: We could not defend the Pan
ama canal. We could not defend the
Phlllppies,. or Alaska, or Hawaii,
or any other of our Insular posses
slons. Our coast defenses are la
mentably Inadequate. We could not
concentrate a sufficient force to re
pel an invasion by a first class flght-
hig power.
Here la the remedy: Raise the reg
ular or standing army from Its pres
ent strength of 93.000 men to 205,
000 men. Create a first line of re
serves of 600.000, thoroughly equip
ped and trained. Establish a second
reserve of 800 000 men.
General Wotherspoon does not go
to the length of advocating compul
sory military service but he says this:
"In any acheme to create such a force
of mobile troops, we cannot do bet
ter than to follow the example of the
master minds In military organization
for national defense. The policies
developed In this direction all In
clude, among others, the primary
plan of using the standing army as
a school for training men who, on
graduation from that school, pass in
to the reserve and constitute the real
rational military strength."
Many antl-mllltarlsts. however, will
agree with General Wotherspoon that
there Is urgent need for reorganiza
tion of the state mllltla. Agitation
has been long under way for change
In the laws governing the mllltla
which will bring greater reliance up
on and an Increased control by the
national government, until mis i
done authorities declare, the mllltla
cannot be regarded as a dependable
branch of our military strength.
The modification of the law pro
pose! is to place the mllltla under
pay of the national government and
under binding obligation to serve at
1! TVila t IS mOUgni. wouiu
Stories From the War Zone
LONDON. Nov. 11 (H- Mall to
New York.) The bravery of a It
year old French glrL who was found
wounded while acting as a vivandler.
for stricken liritlsh soldiers on the
firing line along the Alsne, la lauded
by Corporal S. Healy, of the Royal
IrUh regiment. In a letter home.
It was after on. of the hardest
fights of the war, and doaens of
wounded soldiers were left lying out
In the open with little proiecl of
relief until the next day. Most of the
poor fellows were nearly mud with
thirst. Many were delirious, and
others were Just sensible enough to
keep murmuring for water. "Then
we heard a gentle footfall," the cor
poral added, "and looking up, we saw
a charming girl of sixteen picking
her way through the piles of dead
and wounded. he had brought milk
and wine to relieve our thirst.
"We learned that she was from a
farm near by, Just out of the line of
fire, and she had risked her life in
coming there to give us something to
drink because she was grateful to the
Uritlsh troops for helping to drive the
German Invaders back. She seemed
to be without fear, and tripped
briskly along In spite of the shells
and rifle fire.
"We were all stricken with grief
when she was carried Into hospital
next day. She had been shot on the
way back. It waji a nasty wound, but
after an operation the doctors hoped
she would pull through. Every sol
dier who saw her. prays for her every
night."
The girls of St. Jude's School
Herne-Hill. have sacrificed their
prizes in order to buy wool to knit
garments for the soldiers. They have
already knitted 150 pairs of socks,
100 helmets, 25 belts, and 12 scarves
and hemmed 100 handkerchiefs.
MADRID. Nov. 9. (By Mall to
New York, via London.) A women's
leugue has been formed here for the
purpose of furthering the proposition
to secure a world wide peace Christ
mas day. The Kaiser, the Emperor
of Austria, the Czar, King George and
President Polncare are to be mem
orialized with a view to a cessation of
fighting on that day.
PETROGRAD. Nov. 2 (Hy Mall
o .New York.) The army authori
ties are having their troubles discov
ering and sending back to their homes
women who have volunteered in the
ranks disguised as men. There have
been numerous Instances of the kind
since the war started, especially am
ong the masculine looking peasant
women of the northern province.
One of these was Nadezhda Ornat-
sky, a muscular, well educated peas-
nt woman from the province of
Archangel. She had posed as a man
through the second part of the Man-
churlan campaign, and was praised for
her courage by General Orlppenbeg
Early In the present wur sh re-enlisted,
and fought In South Poland,
and It was not until after the buttk
of Lublin-Krasnlck that her sex wa
discovered and she was discharged.
a gin namea JJUDa Lgllckl was
present at four engagements In East
iTussia ana West Poland, and was
wounded slightly. She says thutdur
ing long range fighting sh. had no
fear, but had a horror of crossing
bayonets with the enemy.
Two daughters of a land proprie
tor at Kursk have been arrested on
their way to Join the colors, one of
them posing as "Prince Adrlanoff,'
and the other as her servant.
A peasant woman who was killed
at Cumblnnen, had donned her hus
bands clothes and Impersonated him
when he shirked the summons. She
did not want her family to be
ashamed.
Two school girls of the capital,
aged 14, wrote the Grand Duke Nich
olas begging to be accepted ns vol
unteers. The Grand Duke wrote
them personally praising their pa
triotism, but recommending that they
find scope for their services In caring
for the wounded, adding: "I am con
vinced If ever you had the occasion
you would uphold the glory and
might of the Emperor and the honor
of your country."
A young Russian woman, referred
to In the local newspapers as Mile.
Tt., has been recommended for the St.
George's Cross, the V. C. of Russia
She Is the daughter of a Russian cap
tain of artillery, and accompanied her
father's battery to the front as a pri
vate, after cutting her hair short.
She took part in a number of battles
near Augustoff. and now Is lying
wounded in a Petrograd hospital.
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WASCO. Or., Dec. 17. Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Van GIMer. who reside
three miles east of Wasco, were struck
by an automobile driven by William
Andrews last Saturday. Both were
thrown from th-lr vehicle, Mrs. Van
Glider suffered a double fracture In
the leg below the knee. Mr. Van Gil
der was scratched about the face.
The accident occurred two miles
west of Wasco while Mr. and Mrs
A an Gilder were on their way to
pass Sunday with a relative. The hor
se was carried about 20 yards.
Normal School Roll Now 230.
MONMOUTH. Ore.. Dec. 17 Two
hundred and fifty students are en
rolled at the Oregon Normal school.
The student body Is made up of
teachers having considerable experi
ence and those with only a few short
summer terms. Many high school
graduates are among the number. The
normal school requires two years'
work above the completion of a high
school course for graduation.
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Rear-Admiral NUliobxm Retire.
WASHINGTON. Dec. H. Rear-Ad.
mlral R. Q. Nicholson closed his ac
tive career in the navy and goes on
the retired list, having reached the
age limit. When 12 years old he sign
ed as a cabin boy on the warship
State of Georgia, commanded bf fcWi
father, and participated In th. block
ade of Wilmington. Ills last ana dsty
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fleet.
affairs where the
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mllltla would be mucn more
cughly trained than under existing
laws, nnd to that extent can be more
thoroughly depended upon.
The actual number of men avail
able In our coast defenses artillery Is
14 000, or 10.000 less than the num
ber estimated to be necessary to man
the defenses. It la contended that
the offenses are so few and far apart
as to offer an Invading army a large
choice of landing places along our
eoat. Experts are now asserting
that the latest type of super dread
naught with its armament of fifteen
Inch guns could stand off at sea and
batter our coast forts to pieces while
the shells from our fourteen inch
defensea gus would fall harmlessly
In the water 2000 yards short of their
mark.
W. have lagged far behind all our
rivals In military aeronautics, It la al
so pointed out. Th. army has no
armored autos, and no motor tractors
for artillery, it la charged. All these,
thlnirs will be thoroughly threshed
nut if thn congressional Inquiry, ad
vnnut. hr Pnncressman Gardner, of
Massachusetts, is ordered.
To the charge of weakness of our
navy it will be answered that we have
built, building or authorized, fifteen
dreadnaughts, with at least two more
likely to be authorized at the pres
ent senslon of congress. The last
four dreadnnughts authorized will be
the largest In the world. The small
navy members of congress will point
out that our program is ample enough
while the navies of Germany and
Great lirllain. the only two larger
than our own, are engaged In destroy
Ing each other.
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ZK VENN A All, Holland, via Lon-
t'on, D'-c. 17. Two German officer"
who hud been war prisoners here
and who had violated their parole by
cm aping across the border Into Ger
rrmnv, returned under orders of their
government to do so.
T f f.ff'ccrH reported to the rom-
mnnding offl"er at the Interment
riirup at Pcrgen, where they will be
' r t -( f n-'l inlll the end of the war lie.
U i Ihf viol.Vli.n i'f f'elr pirolethey
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the "picked overs". Visit the stores now
and have your presents laid away. , .
Watch the Columns of the East Oregonian
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prepared to supply you, and
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