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TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 21, 1917.
ANOTHER KIND OF I. W. IV.
mlLLIAM S. SCOTT, president of the Missouri and Illinois
company, which leases coal mines near Belleville, Illinois, yes
terday testified at the inquiry into the Missouri coal trade, that it is
the policy of the coal men to make all they can, both in war and in
peace. Asked as to his ideas of a fair profit during war, he said :
"There is no limit. We get what we can. Everybody is doing
that, including the farmer."
, "Do you think that is right?" asked Assistant Attorney-General
Gose, of Missouri. ' "
"I am not qualified to say" was the reply. "I am doing all I
can to get what I can.", , '
. He said the highest price he had obtained recently for coal was
six dollars a ton for six-inch Carterville lump.
"How do you justify charging six dollars for something that
costs less than two dollars to produce ?" asked the assistant atorney
general. "Because you can get it" was the reply. "You are a lawyer and
you wouldn't do a piece of work for five dollars if you could get
$10 for it.
The attitude of Mr. Scott clearly reveals the necessity for a
more extensive fixing program by the federal government than has
yet been outlined, He boldly proclaims the purpose of big business, so
far as he is concerned, to make all he can out of the calamity which
has befallen the American people. His statement contains no more
show of patriotic thought than the utterances of the I. W. W, agi
tators. He would go to any extent to get the dollars, so long as the
law does not stop him. He possibly shows more respect for techni
cal interpretation of the law than the I. W. W., but there is a little
difference between his attitude and that of the I. W. W. toward the
nation and its people in time of a great crisis. America cannot hope to
win the war, if William S. Scotts and the I. W. W. are to prevail.
BUT ONE WAY TO PEACE
jrCHE reply of the United States to the Pope's peace proposal
XJ will be sent independently and not in connection with any an
swer from the other belligerents, according to an announcement made
in Washington. There is every reason to believe that it will be fully
in accord with the replies of the entente allies, however.
It is certain the allies will accept no peace which establishes the
predominance of German militarism, first throughout Europe and
then throughout the world. They wish for a peace which re-establishes
liberty and security ; while Germany aims at the subjection of
other nations to her will, the entente powers see their ideal in the
liberty of all nations. There is every indication that the entente
governments are in accord with the statement recently made by Mr.
Asquith in the British house of commons. While the former "prime
minister declared that peace had become the supreme interest of man
kind, he insisted that it must be a pence which docs not defeat the
purpose for which the great nations have entered upon and have con
tinued the war, and that it does not turn to waste the immeasurable
loss and suffering which they had shared and are sharing in common.
It is not among the allied nations that the terms of peace need
to be discussed, but by the peoples whose blood and treasure are be
ing spent to fight the battles of the central powers. Very little plain
truth on the subject has as yet penetrated the German mind, how
ever much of a lodgment it may have made in the Austro-Hungarian.
There is one window( however, through which Germans can survey
Ihe political thought of enemy and neutral countries, and that is the
Swiss press. Through this not a little light has, penetrated of late,
as witness the articles written by Prince Alexander ITolienlohc and
Professor Focrster of Munich in a Swiss journal printed in Zurich
in Germany. These articles were written before the downfall of
Chancellor von Bcthmann-IIollweg, but they are equally appropri
ate as a criticism on the policy announced by his successor. That,
as Prince Hohenlohe insists, places upon the shoulder of the Gorman
people a burden of guilt which they are not prepared to incur. 1 le
believes that they have at last realized the situation, and know that
what all the nations desire is a speedy and lasting peace, which is
entirely contrary to the desire of the military Prussian policy. Pro
fessor Foerstcr is not quite so sure that his fellow-countrymen un
derstand the kernel of the situation, which is the fact that the su
preme object for which the nations of the entente ar waging war is
that competition in armaments shall absolutely cease and that an in'
ternational reign of peace shall be established. In his judgment, it
is precisely the German failure to appreciate the mind of other na
tions that has precipitated Germany and the world into the present
appalling struggle. Professor Foerster insists that the peace that is
comimr will not be a matter of haeeline and "trumping." He. de
clares that this is the mightiest moral problem that has ever con
fronted humanity, and the inexorable moral condition of the con
clusion of peace is so glaringly patent that outside of Germany even
those governed by purely material interests recognize that all future
economic security and prosperity depend upon "the final and unam
biguous triumph of a new heart and mind."
A Story of Married Life
REVELATIONS OF A WIFE
By Adele Garrison
Why Did Lillian Say, "I Want Harry
Decorating the. Landscape When
Miss Draper Arrives?"
"Wa'al, IVirmer Graham, haow do you
do? And .Missis Graham, too? Wa'al, I
do declare, you hey a right peart place
hore!"
Harry Underwood, his shoulders bow
ed, his faco thrust forward Into what he
fondly imagined to be a clever burlesque
of a Yankee farmer, looked out from the
taxlcab which had just brought him and
Lillian for the week's visit she had prom
ised me.
'I'm so glad 'you have that off your
chest at last," Lillian said dryly, as
Dicky helped her down and directed the
driver to take the bags to the house.
"He's been practicing it all the way down
on the train. I was just at the point of
arising and explaining that the case was
not dangerous and no one need be alarm
ed, when the conductor called Marvin."
"Sad what jealousy will do to an other
wise fairly normal intellect, Isn't It?"
Harry Underwood bent over my out
stretched hand with such a ludicrously
confidential air that I could not help
laughing outright He gave me a quick,
shrowd glance at the aouud, then crush
ed the hand, grinning mischievously as
I started.
"Not so angry at me as you were the
last time I saw you, are you, loveliest
one?" he murmured with the exaggerated
air I so disliko in him, then turned to
Dicky as Lillian unceremoniously should
ered him aside.
"Don't trot that stuff out until later,"
she admonished him coolly. "You've got
your cues mixed. That's the speech you
should pull about 10 p. m. on the beach
in the moonlight Run along and cheep
with the Dicky-bird for a while. Mrs.
Graham and I have something Important
to talk about."
"Meaning another woman, of course,"
lie guessed shrewdly. "Poor thing! I'll
bet bhe'l! bo grilled to a charcoal by tho
time you two get through with her."
"There won't bo even a tiny ash left
of you if you don't got nwny.irom hero,"
threatened Llllinn grimly, and with a
boisterous laugh her husband joined
Dicky and left us for a moment alone.
"How goes It?" she whispered, kissing
mo warmly.
'Fairly well," I returned. "I'll tell
you nil about It when we go upstairs.
You can't get nnywhero now until Dicky
does the honors. He quite fonclep him
self as a landed proprietor, even if the
place la only a rented one. So prepare
yourself for a rimpsody or two."
"You forget that I'vo heard him be
fore. Come along."
Wo hurried upstairs and I showed
Lillian the rooms I had prepared for her
and her husbnnd. I had left Dicky's
room in the front undisturbed, for he
bad so many things in it that it was im
possible to arrango It for guests. I had
given my own room to Lillinn, and In
tended to install Harry in the room oc
cupied by my mother-in-law when she
was home. I had a Utile mental shiver
as I recalled the only time my mother-in-law
had ever seen Harry Underwood,
ot the Aquarium tho day after her ar
rival. He had been distinctly under the
Influence of drink at that time, and she
had scored him roundly. What would
sho say if she knew he was to sleep in
her cherished mahogany four-poster
"What a wonderful view!" Lillian ex
claimed, stopping to Uio window of my
room and looking at the rolling woodland
I loved bo well. Sho stood drinking It in
tor a moment, and then turning sat down
on tho slJo ot the bed and drew me down
beside her.
"Now, tell me about It; every word. I
hnvo worried so about you this week."
"There Isn't much to tell," I returned.
"I have tried my best to folow your in-
Sprlgfleld, Or., Aug. 21. Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Shults and little daughter, Wanda,
of Houston, Texas, arrived Sunday eve
ning for an Indefinite visit with Mr.
Shulti's slaters, Mrs. F. A. Wesoloska,
and Mrs. ltosle l.lvitichc, and parents.
Mr. and .Mrs. J. Matcher. Mr. Shulta
may stay the summer If ho likes Oregon.
Returned From Marshtleld.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Skinner returned
from Marshfleld Sunday afternoon. They
will reside hero and Mr. Skinner, will
again rake charge of the monorail for the
Mouth-Kelly Lumber company. Mr.
Skinner had charge of It before he went
to Marshfield a year ago.
(live Departing Captain Rtcsptloa.
The Home Gnards gave their depart
ing cnpmiu, lleverend Chris II, Jensen,
a reception Monday evening at the V.
O. W. hall, following the flag raising ex
ercises on Springfield hill. All Spanish
war veterans and their families vera
stnictions, but while Miss Druper ac
cepts my invitations, it is she who is now
cool and repellant She seems actually
sullen, somewhat I do not believe I can
express it in any other way."
"A Risky Thing."
"Good!" Lillian said briskly. "Dicky's
sidestepping her, thut's tho trouble. How
is tho Dicky-bird behaving, any way?"
"He missed that train he always takes
with her twice this wek, and didn't even
seem annoyed," I replied demurely.
Lillian threw 'hack her head and laugh
ed. "You'll do," she said. "All you
needed was to be given a little start
Tell me, when does the lady join our lit
tle party?".
"She has promised to come over this
afternoon late for a little tennis, if wa
play, and dinner afterward. Of course,
she will spend the evening. I confess I
am anxious to see what Dicky will do
when it comeB time for her to go home,"
"Why?"
Then I told her the tale of the trolley
trip dinner the week before, of the ride
homeward, when I bad asked Dicky to
take me home first and then go on with
Miss Draper, and of the calm manner in
which Dicky had sent her home in the
taxi and remained with me, to her evi
dent discomfiture.
When I had finished, Lillian looked
grave.
"That turned out splendidly, but it
was a risky thing to do. Never send an
impressionable man to escort a beautiful
girl home along a country road on a
summer evening. He simply can't help
but make love to her."
"A Handsome Devil."
"I was afraid that the reason Dicky
sent her home alone was fear of trust
ing himself in such dangerous propinquity
rather than a desire to stay with me."
"Don't torture yourself thinking things
like that" she said shorply. "Let me tell
you something. Dicky Graham never did
anything he didn't want to do in his life.
That's the, trouble with him. Ho wanted
to stny with you, and ho stayed. If he
had wanted to go with her, ho would
have gone, If a hundred wives barred the
way."
"Imagine Dicky with a hundred wives,"
I giggled. Until I heard her reassuring
words, I hod not realised how much I
had suffered in my worry over Dicky's
decision to stay with me and send Miss
Draper home on the night in question. I
felt a bit hysterical, but Lillian took hold
of my hands and quieted the silly laugh
ter which threatened to go on intermin
ably. "Look here," she said, "you've done
splcudidly, but you don't need to worry a
bit more. Your Undo Dudley, otherwise
your Aunt Dudley, Is strictly on the job
for this week. All you will have to
do will be to carry out Instructions. Now,
tin first thing, don't urge mo to piny
tennis, anything more than tho conven
tional invitation you will bo bound to
give mo. I do not ploy well. I shall
havo the chance to catch up with some
reading I'vo been longing to do for
months while the rest of you play and
I can watch tho little comedy and put a
deft finger into the pio better if I am on
the outside."
"That being the Teal reason, you
dear. I drew her close and kissed her.
'Never mind thnt Just one moro
question, and I'll primp up a bit and we'll
rejoin the boys. What time does Grnce,
tho beantifuj artist's model, arrive?"
"Oh, I suppose about 3 o'clock. We
lunch at 1, and begin to play about two
hours afterward."
She answered the inquiry I did not
utter:
"Oh, I just want to be sure Harry is in
his tennis toga, decornUng the landscape
when sho arrives. Ht:rry is such a hand
some dovil hi flannels."
officers' training camp at the Proildio.
Left on Fishing Trip.
Fred Lcmley left Monday morning ou
a fishing trip up to the Oakridge coun
try. Cy Burton has charge of Mr. Ltm
ley's pressing parlors during his ab-
Goti to Portland.
Mrs. Melvin Fenwick left Monday
morning for Portland where sho will
spend two weeks at the home of Ur tri
ur. Springfield Boys Write.
C. f. Euiraacn on Monday wis in le
ccipt of a letter fiom the boys statlonrd
at Mort Stevens. Folowing-is til letter
"We Springfield boys at Fort Stevens
wish to most heartily thank you and
those who contributed towards tho box
of good things sent a which were cer
tainly enjoyed by a'.L XH13 BOYS."
SPBINGFIEl.D PEUSONALS.
Lester Fischer arrive 1 from Wendling
Sunday.
Mrs. Frank Mj-ris, of Marcola, ar
rived Monday mor.itn;; to spend several
days at the homo of her mother, Mrs.
Bell Spong.
W. M. McKecl m:irn.-d from Marsh
field Sunday.
0. A. Barnett spi'ic over Sunday with
his family, returning to his business Mon
day.
Miss Pearl Siooki and mother came
down from Fall Oreo Sunday. They
will pick hops ax John Scavey's.
Miss Hazel Uidaiou will pK-k hops a',
the Stafford hop yard near Gothcn this
year, starting Muidar.
Mrs. Mary Magill and daughter, Mrs.
Mamie Itlchmond, and two daughters,
Helene and Lucille, spent Sunday at the
Andrews home at Donna.
Vin Williams and son, George motored
to Saginaw Sunday.
- Mrs. D. M. Smith and two daughters,
of Dallas, arrived Saturday and tire vis
iting at the home of her brother, R. D.
Wilson.
Dan Fischer, ot Wendling, came down
today from his hunting trip.
Sherman Spong, of Marcola, spent a
few hours in Springfield Saturday eve
ning en route to California points by
motorcycle on a two weeks' vacation.
Mrs. Lee Tennis, of Cottage Grove,
spent Sunday at the home of her sister,
Mrs. B. D. Wilson.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blair and brother,
Verne, spent Sunday in town from Jasper.
LANE COUNTY JEWS
' COTTAGE GROVE.
(By Staff Corrttpandenet)
Cottage Grove, Or.,1 Aug. 21. Mrs.
Paul Jones of Portland came Saturday
for a visit with Mrs. Herbert Eakin. Mrs.
Jones and Mrs. Enkin will leave this
week for Foley Springs by motor.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Grable returned
Sunday from n motor trip through Ore
gon, Idaho, and Washington. They have
been gone three months.
Bev. James Moore . district superin
tendent of the Methodist church preach
ed here Sunday in the absence of Bcv.
Joseph Knotts.
Mrs. II. F. Powell came Monday to
visit with her sister, Mrs. Mark Gar
outte. They will have a family reunion
while the sisters are all here.
HAMPTON'S
House Dress Aprons at 42c
A chance to buy a comfortable House Dress A
at less than the material would cost. Made of enod Pron'
ity of Percale, the right style. Size and length JL,n
well worth 76c. Special at " g8rm;
BATH TOWELS 1
60c Values at 42c.
A Towel snap. The size
is 22x42 inches. Made of
extra quality yarn. A
quality that combines all
the essentials that make a
good Bath Towel. Regular
ly sold at 60c. Tuesday and
Wednesday, special at 42?
A limit of 4 to each
customer.
SS-INCHSERGiT"
Special at 42
You know the prL ,
wool fabrics today hi
this low price w& S
interest you. Not ifi
wool yet a cloth madefo,
service and fast ciK
Agoodlineofcolorft
choose from. Vri A
Wednesday
Tuesday
only at
New Neckwear Special at 29r
m sw
A large shipment of newest Neckware just arrivwi
which we place on sale Tuesday and Wednesday. There a
many styles to choose from. Buy them Tuesday and Wed.
nesday at 2fy
BOYS' BLOUSE WAISTS, Special at ---..,.20
Mrs. L. B. Cole of Lorane returned
Monday from a visit to Portland.
A. B. Wood returned Saturday from
a visit to Chicago, Milwaukee and sev
eral eastern cities.
The funeral of Mrs. Vida Burnett
Martin will be held Wednesday morning
at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
S J. Burnett at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Martin
was 27 years old and leaves no family
but her husband, Charles Martin.
Mrs. Paul Markley is getting along
nicely at the hospital at Weed where she
was operated on recently for appendi
citis. Dr. O. E. Frost, a local physician
since 1012, received a commission from
Gen. Whitney of San Francisco to report
at camp Wythecomb at Clackamas as
first lieutenant in the' Oregon medical
field hospital corps. .
Mts. J. A. Curry of Albany spent the
week-end with her husband's aunt, Mrs.
Myra Sweeney.
Mrs. Ella Gabrio .of Riddle came Mon
day to visit Mr. and Mrs. Gabrlo who
live in Mrs. S. E. Markley's house.
Mrs. C. H. Barrett returned from a
visit to Hosebnrg.
Mrs. Buby Furgeson of Canyon City,
came Monday to visit hor sister, Mrs.
Mark Garoutte. , '
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Corson after
spending the week-end with their son
ond wife Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Corson,
returned to their home Monday in The
Dalles.
Mrs. Fannie Witt and three sons were
in town Sunday visiting her mother,
Mrs. S. J. McKinnoy.
Mrs. Alice Ellison of Springfield came
Sunday to bid" her brother, Ernest Pur
vance good-bye when he left Sunday to
tnke up his school work in Metlakatla,
Alaska.
JUNCTION CITY
(By Staff Correspondence)
Junction City, Or., Aug. 21. The resi
dence belonging to S. S. Snell in the
north part of town on Juniper street was
uj iite JlOnaiy ttoi
The cause of the fire is thm,u ..
been from sparks as the roof waIDJ
, vu lu waa m.
All of the household goods were oW
ed.' save a few of tho k.j
other small articles. The fire j(J
utvuK wub wiacu dui was able to rate
little assistance. The in., i. .
covered by Insurance.
Elmer Dinges returned from Spij
field Monday evening where be hife
employed at Seavey's hop ranch.
airs. J! . M. aimer made a tnubtufe
to Eugene Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlpn Vii. .1 ..
co, Wash., are visiting at the honiJ
Mrs. Keuson's parents, Mr. andMul
M. Nichols.
Mrs. J. A. Gerwick was a riftti
Eugene Monny afternoon.
Walter Jacobson and wir. .n..,
day at Triangle Lake enjoying t itf
outtng.
Grace Jackson of Eugene ! whi
with relatives in this city.
Leo Cook of Eugene transacted Its
nes sin town Monday.
CEDAR FLAT
(By Staff Carrtiponitntt)
Cedar Fiat, Or., Aug. 21. Joe
was a Springfield visitor Taeidijr.
Mr. and Mrs. John Endicott ipr
Sunday at Donna visiting at the homed
Mr. and Mrs. John Green.
Mrs. Lane Morse called on Mrs.
ley Tuesday evening.
Itichard Easton and two soni G(r
and Walter left last Saturday lor So
Francisco.
Mr. Pecrce is hauling wood to Eir
this week.
. Yes we want Poultry
Veal, Hogs and Eggs a
ton Drices.
EUGENE FRUIT CO.
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present, being guests of the Tlomo Guard.
In giving up Mr. Jensen the people are
losing a friend, who has been one of
them, since coming here a year ago. The
reception in his honor was well attended.
Returns From Portland.
Frank Cogill and son, Max Cogill, re
turned from Portland Sunday evening
whero they had been visiting Mr. Cogill's
mother for a few days.
Returns to Portland.
Mrs. Etta Fischer and son, Carl, re
turned to Portland Frliloy night. They
had been visiting Mrs. Fischer's mother,
Mrs. Bell Spong, for several weeks.
Hundreds Hear Farewell Sermon.
Sunday evening over 400 people gath
ered at tha Christian church to hear the
Keverend Chris II. Jensen preach his
farewell sermon, and many were turned
away. Four people were admitted to the
church by baptism. Th quartet -om-prised
Mrs. J. C. Holbrook and Miss
Ethelyn Powers, E. E. Morrison and
Keverend Jensen, was thoroughly enjoy
ed. Mr. Jensen expects to leave Thurs
day for Saa Francisco (or tha second
August Outdoors in Oregon
Oregon outdoors beckons the vacationist to seashore, to moun
tain glade, to rushing trout streams, to trackless wilderness.
Nature smiles and the elements are favorable in August:
Newport by the Sea
A very pleasant place to go for
a vacation. Situated, as it is,
on the shore of the Pacific
' and Yaquina Bay, one can en
joy beach bathing and boating.
Newport offers many Summer
attractions, ample and varied
accommodations,
Lovf Round-Trip Fares.
Crater Lake
Nature created but one Crater
Lake. It stands by itself,
unique among the natural
world wonders. The Crater
Lake season is open. Ample
accommodations at Crater
Lake Lodge on the rim of the
lake.
Low Round-Trip Summer Ex
cursion Fares.
Breitenbush Hot Springs
Tucked away in the heart of
the Cascade Mountains, a de
lightful place to spend a vaca
tion. Good hunting and fish
ing. Low Round-Trip Fares.
Josephine County Caves
Si1"1 ,ne Marote Halls of Ore
f?iV .," marvelous natural caves
i.ii? "I11" from Grants Pass. Beau
alversaon y unu"ual
kon rtound-TTIp Pare.
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Tillamook County Beaches
For more than 10 miles slot!
the seashore inviting resorU
dot the shore line of TiUanjoe
County. Here you will 'M
just what yon want for a Son
mer vacation. Hotels, cot
tages and camps offer a v
riety of accommodations, it'
cellent bathing and all
delights of the beach.
Low Round-Trip Fares.
Lakes of Coos Bay Line
Along the new Coos Bay lin
are several large and beautiful
lakes. These lakes and adja
cent streams are a ventolin
paradise for fishermen, camp
ers and vacationists. Severn
resorts afford accommodation
Low Round-Trip Fares.
Mt. Jefferson Country
This is a wonderfully
region for camping, nantmi
and fishing.
Low Round-Trip Fares to
Detroit.
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If you enjoy a wlt-r. fl
ing trip, our weekly FtrtM
Bulletin will give y" '"
information on where to low
for good fishing. Ask 'or the
Bulletin. It's free.
Ask Your Local Agent for Further Information.
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC LINES