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October 11, 1917
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Audit Bureau of Circulations. "
The Star Spangled Banner is the national air and one!
we all revere, connecting it in this feeling with the flag
itseii, yet despite this it should be remembered there are
times when it is not appropriate. One of these times is
when a lot of hungry soldier boys are surrounding the
good things generously provided for them. You see it is
a rather mixed job to eat one's dinner and at the same
time stand up two or three times during it just because
someone plays the good old air. If there was not much to
eat and the time was limited it might be well enough to
use the song as a makeshift, but with the tables loaded
with good things and surrounded bv a lot of hungry
young Americans who in turn desired above all other
things just then to surround what ever was in sieht. some
other selection should be rendered if music is served with
the meal. '
4
Margaret Garrett's
Husband
By JANE PHELPS
t And He Did I
THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Germany and Austria desire peace, but they want it on
terms made by Germany which will never be granted. un
less she makes such offers as the allies can consent to.
The loss of man power, the scarcity of food, which is caus
ing much disease from mal-nutrition, the continued addi
tion of countries arraying themselves against them in
ever increasing numbers, the. success of the Italians who
are threatening Austria, the failure of submarine fright
fulness to accomplish its object, and the abandoning of
hope in that direction, the cutting off of supplies through
rl above all the entrance of the
.United States with her tremendous resources against her,
have combined to make the outlook utterly hopeless.
Prussianism is as aggressive as ever, but its resources are
becoming exhausted, both in men and supplies. The
militarists at last realize they are beaten. Now they
would save the control of the empire for themselves if
they can. To do this they realize that peace must come
soon. The promise has. been held out to the German peo
ple that there would be no war debt to pay, that Germany
wnnld win and the oridnal program of making other
countries pay the bill would be carried out. This hope
b-Ummerinfr. Everv day the war is con-
IW) fcwa.w f- O' " . ,
tinued adds to the burden the German people must Carry,
and when the war ends and they discover their condition
the Hohenzollerns may well tremble for their crown.
It is not for any consideration of humanity, or for the
German people who are spending thousands of lives use
lessly, that the leaders of the two empires suddenly dis
cover they want peace. .
The German press is bitter against the vice-chancellor,
Hellferich, and also is criticising Chancellor Michaehs
severely They are both pronounced "failures and both
may be compelled to resign. On top of the peace offer
i,i tW will contain a proposition to sur-
render Belgium and France. This is going much further
than they would even consider a month or two ago. It
shows how strong is the feeling that they are beaten, and
how much they would like to make peace while they re
tain countries they have overrun, and which the hand
writing on the wall shows them they must give up. -Germany
has net felt the sting of war on her own soil, and
fears that more than anytning eise, uecau&e mc uuiiwho
know when this happens the people will rise up against
-them and make peace for themselves. The kaiser and
the Prussian militarists might as well accept the fact that
no peace can or will be made with them by the terms of
which they will still control Germany and still be an un
ceasing threat to the world. There is no war against Ger
many, or the German people, but there is war against
kaiserism, bitter, relentless war, which can only end with
the kaiser dethroned or the kaiser triumphant and the
j;fntn tho world. We have an army already in
France to assist in accomplishing this and we have a
liberty loan on here at home to assist tne Doys at me n vni
in doing what we have sent them across the ocean to do.
It is up to us to leave nothing undone to accomplish this
and the one, great important thing just now is to over
subscribe the liberty loan and show Germany that Amer
ica is in the war with her last dollar as well as her last
man to remove forever the danger she is in along with
the balance of the world so long as Prussian autocracy
exists. A subscription for the bonds is a shot at kaiser
ism and a blow struck for the freedom and peace of
the world.
It would seem from the statements made bv Dr. Wil
liamson and others before the Emergency board yester
day, that Charlotte is not the only city that needs a moral
claning up. Seattle and Tacoma are according to these
same statements, as bad as the Southern city, and per
haps worse. The emergency board appropriated $10,000
tor the purpose of aiding m the moral uplift and sanitary
work at Camp Lewis from which point both the cities
named are easily accessible. The money will be expended
by the State Hygienic Society under the direction of, or
rather acting in conjuction with the state council of
defense.
THE BEST NATURED OP MEN
CHAPTER XXVIIL
Mother looked uucouvinced and went
There was a revolt in the German navy sometime
recently patterned after that in Russia, but it did not cet
far. Admiral von Capelle, minister of marine, stated to
the reichstag grimly that: "I cannot reveal subsequent
events in the navy. Some suffered a deserved penalty.
Rumors now in circulation are immeasureably exagger
ated." From this it can be easily guessed what the
"events in the navy" were. The main actors in these
"events" will never tell about them.
Just to keep public interest from lagging in the matter
of German "kultur, the state department yesterday ex
posed some more of the honorable count Von Bernstorff s
treachery while posing as a friend of this country. If
that American wife of his continues to live with him she
should be cut off from all property rights in this country.
"It's an ill wind that blows nobody good," says the
proverb. While Chicago lost the -game yesterday it in
sures the Porkopolis fans the opportunity of seeing at
least one more game between their team and the "second
raters" from New York. If the Giants can win today
there will be at hot time in Chicago the last of the week.
The Giants yesterday presented the White Sox a set
ting of goose eggs nine in number. The New York fans
celebrated the event in a way that left them with little
voices for today's game. It was one, two, three and out
for the Chicago bunch clear through the game.
The way in which Horatius held the bridge, so graph
ically told by the poet, is not comparable to the stunt the
Southern Pacific got away with on the Salem structure,
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i Rippling Rhymes ;
by Walt Mason
MM
Ronton County Courier, a sort of I. W. W. weekly
paper, printed at Corvallis, professes absolute loyalty to
Ui, unuy, then proceeds to abuse and misrepresent the
government and eulogize such men as Senator LaFollette
and Allen Eaton, the university faculty member who
affiliated with the pro-German peace meeting in the Last.
The editor of the Courier is evidently tarred with the
same stick, hence the expressions of sympathy and esteem
for these near-traitors.
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
Established 1963
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$500,000.00
TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
SAVINGS DhlARTMENT
THE DAY OF PEACE
The war will end some blessed day, some
day the strife will cease; the kings will put
their guns away, and boost the boon of
peace. The captains then will drop the
tools which made the world forlorn, and
drive their teams of sorrel mules along the
rows of corn. While still the tide of battle
rolls, while still we hear the din, it seems to
countless weary souls that war "has always
been. Three years, they say, the strife has
raged, across the mourning seas, but it
would seem that war's been waged for
The davs that reek of
blood and tears pass slowly o'er the stage;
to weary hearts three gory years become an endless age;
vV e re looking forward to the day when peace with honor
comes, when kings will put their swords away, and soak
their battle drums. I long to see the colonels drop their
shining snickersnees, and buckle down to raise a crop of
ueans ana eany peas, l long to see field marshals hang
their batons from a nail, and then get busy with the gang,
to earn some bloodless kale.
three eternities,
Some 0 A. C. News' Nnfp bT E- L rotter-5,oa,,
ckwic u. tu u news oies imaI riusbani1rT at 0 A c anil iss
. Oct n ti. n.. I n-T tne McMillan Co. as one of the
liege opened its doors '!"' v,um,s ot h "1 'iene ser-
Mondav Oct 8 Cl ll0 '.?',,etl bT U Iiailo-v- The
-MOiuiay, net. H. Class- handle tho i.hit fr. .V. .
Corvallis, Or., Oct,
Agricultural Co
i .i
. vV. . ,i- , r tne "hJt from the point of
....i... 1UB n , iw ot a skilled and experienced west
day registration was larger thanern stockman and scientist. Ho-s.x
any other in the history of the insti-j cattle sheep and hogs, are taken up in
timon. the number of women and: turn, and the breeding, feeding and
frhmen being exceptionally large. handling explained in simple and ef
Ihe registration of men in the uiir!f.vtivn n,... ti, i u
classes was much heavier than expect-j pages of text,' with an additional 30
-r".y roiistmrnia in , pages of glossary and index. It is pro
the military and civil service of thejfusely illustrated with 16 original pro-
"n,r- " tographa, besides numerous small cuts
, and diagrams.
"Western Livestock Management"
is the title of a new book on tho rais
"Bobert is one of the best natured
men I ever" knew. But ho is very temper
amental aud will not be compelled to do
unytluug, because you put it in tne way
you do. Margaret. Then too, I do not
think it wise for you to ask him to
give up his men friends. That Mr. Ken
Uail is a charming fellow, so are all
liob 's friends whom I have met. Men ot
good character and bright entertaining
compauioua. It would seem to me far
better, dear, if you were to encourage
the friendship; invite them here; let
Kobert feel you liked his mends aud en
joyed entertaining them I and"
"1 uo not aL'ree with you at alii
When we care for a person there is no
room in our hearts for others; no time
to devote to them, liob will soon thiuK
as I do you'll see," and then because
I didn't want to quarrel with mother,
and yet wanted her to understand that
I should manage Bob my own way 1
said: "I am old enough to manage my
own affairs, mother. Please do not make
me say so again."
"Very well, daughter; I '11 never men
tion the subject again. I did not intend
to interfere. I only want to see you
and Kobert happy."
"We'll be happy, never fear." I re
plied then turned the conversation.
Mother was a dear, but she was get
tine old, and was a bit old-fashioned in
her ideas I thougnt. i now Know mat
I was the one who held queer old-tasu
ioued notions; rather perhaps 'old-maid
ish ones would be the bettor word.
Once atruin mother asked me to ac
company her; then went out alone. I
never knew that the hours could be so
lone as they were that bright, lovely
Saturday. I tried to sew, then to arrange
bureau drawers ana closets, Dut- couiu
keep my miud on nothing. Finally 1
went into the dining room where Delia
was working and proposed that we clean
the cut glass and silver. Delia would
chatter a little I knew, and maybe the
time would not drag so heavily.
All the afternoon we scoured ana pol
ished, until bv Bix o'clock I was too
tired to even think. Delia had tried to
make me leave her to finish, although
she had been none too pleased at the
extra work I had planned for her.
"You can have all day tomorroow,"
I told her when she grumbled a bit. Bob
would be home early 1 was positive, and
she really deserved the day.
After an early dinner I put on a ki
mona. but really was too tired to en
joy my reading. I yawned every two or
three minutes, and finally in disgust I
went to bed lust as tne cioca Btruca
- .. . . 1 A 111 ,D,.K
nine. 1 ncsitatea buuui caning
to bid him good-night, then concluded
not to; a little ache in my heart mat
he had not thought of calling ma.
I remained in bed the next morning
until nine o'clock. As I ?as havir.g my
coffee, mother called mo np ana asked
if I were going to church aa usual.
"No, I shan't go today," I replied.
She said nothing f urther, but asked
mo to come over to dinner.
"No, I'll remain at home. I am not
sure what time Bob will come."
"He doesn't intend to come Until
evpninp. does hef " she asked.
Xo but I shall wait for him."
"I'm sorry you won't come over,
father too will be disappointed," she
answered. I realize after years have
passed that my selfishness was colossal.
Then I didn't call it selfishness; I call
ed It "duty.'
After I hung up the receiver a lump
came into my throat. I was afraid I
van irnilip to crv. Cry for self-pity for
a condition I had chosen, pity because
I alone, of all the people I knew and
cared for, was to spend a lonely Sunday.
Elsie I knew wouldn't be lonely;
mother and father would be together;
and Bob was having a good time with
his friends around him.
I forced back the tears, and took the
papers into the library and sat down to
rend. After a while I ceased to feci
mv loneliness I had found a story which
interested me. It was the story ot a
wl.n hnd married a man with many
. . . , 1 K..nlr.
gay trienc.s, ana wnuso iiimio no u.i.
en up; her life ruined by the husband's
fondness for those friends, and the con
sequent neglect of his wife.
I parallelled the eases. Why Bob was
., .In the same thiues unless I
put a stop to it at once! N never paused
to reason that the man in the story was
a selfish sort of a creature who cared
for nothing save his own pleasure; aud
ih.i thA wife was a roung iooiisu cmm.
I onlv thought of the fact that the hus
band" gave his time, his thoughts, to
his men Irienas, tne irienus ui m.
elor days. Had I needed anything to
strengthen me in my purpose, my de
termination to make Bob feel that 1
could have no happiness, no enjeyment
without him; it was a l.ne in the story
where when the wife complains that
he leaves her, he says:
"You were out tool yon haven t any
kick coming that I fan see! ' '
Bob never would be able to say any
thing like that to me. I never snouiaj
;.. him the chance. My happiness de
pended solely upon him. He should be
made to realize that it was so.
(Tomorrow Exacting a rronuse;
THERES A LFAtf AROUND
the effls 5tov . I'll
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Th$ Daily Novelette
AT SCAEGT'S.
After a long but fruitless attempt to
arown his sorrows (which he discovered
were all expert swimmers), Twezers
uottie returuea to Scargy's dime mus
eum, wnere lie was otticial announcer.
A crowd already had collected and was
impatiently waiting to be informed of
the virtues and biography of the fat
lady, the living skeleton, the wild mnn
from Skicklehasset, the sword swallow
er and the boa constrictor sixty feet
long and two feet thick.
Endeavoring to collect his thoughts in
which the freaks seemed jumbled every
which way Twezers Bottle ascended the
fat lady's platform.
"Ladies and gents," he began as he
expertly disguised a hiccough as a
cough, "it is my privilege to present
to you this afternoon Luella Hpruds,
640 pounds in the shade of avoirdupois,
beauty aud (hie) such ferocity that if
required the assistance of eiehhtv na
tives to capture her in her native jun-j
gles of Sicklehasset, where she swallows t
Knives,, laaies and hic genta, nineteen
inches long. She is the thinnest fhiM
ladies and gents, in the world, weighing
vuiy imnv-two pounas with his nose
glasses on, and furthermore, hic-Iadies
and gents, able to crush a gorilla by
meieiy wiiiumg arouna aim and soueez-
ing till he is more gor than ilia, hie,
and "
At this juncture the fat ladv fainted
and rolled off her platform onto-the boa
constrictor's cage, smashing it to bits.
i.ne swora swauower, in a panic, threw
his knives about in all directions, the
wild man from Skicklehasset broke
three teeth trying to bite the living
skeleton 's lmao tlm .n i..
u.u ah uuuieiice
all dropped their liirlited ciirars ns thov
fled, the place took fire and burned to
tne ground, and Twezers Bottle found
himself out of a job.
CcBiEiiitee Believes
Proof of LaFoOette's
Disloyalty Is Lacking
Washington, Oct. II. With full in
formation on Senator La Follette's al
leged disloyal speech at St. Paul, the
senate sub committee considering re
quests for his expulsion, met today to
complete its program of investigation.
Reports from secret agents as to tho
Wisconsin senator's manner nn thn
stage the points he emphasized, his
aiuiuuc toward the wholes question of
America's jiosition in the war, will be
taken up, together with reports of the
l'rcrii uy government stenographers
If it is established that T. ir,.iw
palliated the Lusitnnia sinking because
""V s 'alien, tne committee
will place on record evidence which
s i iHimea to disprove this.
Tho committee members are innt;n
to think the present charges against
La Follette are faulty because they
lack sufficient proof of deliberate wil-
tui intent to interfere with the sue-
vca ui i iie war.
Chambers
and
Chambers
467 Court Street
HEATING STOVES
The largest assortment of
Heating Stoves to select from
in Salem and at very attrac
tive prices. We have a very
good fair sized Coal Heater
for $9.85 and up to $16,75;
for wood, $10.80 up to
$22.50, and combination
wood and coal $15.95 to
$26.75; do not think of buy
ing a Heater before looEng
at our line.
Ranges
We have decided to handle
but two makes of Ranges in
other words a "Ford" and a
"Packard."
The first named is our "Pen-
nanfa range that will do
tne work, give service, worth
every cent we ask for it, and
more; but at a very moderate
price. The "Pennant" plain
18-inch oven, $39.50.'
Our best Range is the
"Helpmate" Universal; it has
an all cast-body, will resist
rust and out-last two ordinary
steel ranges. Has deep box
grates, burns wood or coal;
roomy oven, spring balanced
door, polished top; requires
no blacking. The "Helpmate"
is of substantial construction
and exceptionally well fin
ished. There may be as pood
Lnnge made but we assure
voutnere are none better.
Our prices on this range,
while our nrescnt stork lafc
is $62.50. .
pnv eash for same to all students of
MO,v. nm at O. A. C as well as
at all other land grant institutions of
the country. Students of the advanced
.lu-isinn of the irtnior and senior rank
will also receive commutation of rations.
New and effective fire protection
fcr the dormitories and principal build
ino- nf O. A. C. has rast been installed.
The Corvallis fire department ee-op-erates
with the college in preventing
loss by fire.
Russia may be sound at the core, as
. ... . tuiuiitn inanniTV rn iyr nnifrtm. u. n . - K . . t. . i.
inff and management of Hvoxrnk ni.ii... r " . . .s u.u
the farm, and range, of th. west, wrll- cad'eta, tha wS
away from where the
Chancellor Endorsed
by German Press
(By John Grandens)
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Berlin, Via London. Oct. 1 1 ti-
German press, with the exception of
Vorwaerts and the Tanehlntt
satisfaction over settlement of the crisis
precipitated by Vice Chancellor Helf-
Ttiruih a Hfii.nl A i ....
,, " repiy to tne inter
pellation accusing him of actively n.
couraging propaganda of tie pan-Ger-
"""""i juiuri taiiu party,
ilichaelis' explanation 6f the matter
uu ,ne promise that the government
would show no partiality to-any politi
cal party, is accepted by the ."German
press as the best way out of the eontro.
Tersy.
STANDARD OIL EAISES WAGES.
New York, Oct. 11. P. W. Weller
nee president of the Standard Oil com
pany of Xew Jersey, today announced
a tea per eent increase in th. ...i-
of refinery employes.
TU. . . " " orl"ng on a salary ba
rn. TH- 1. v . - -
u ,r mil increase granted
since July 1915, and will affW
proximately 12.000 men. The raise will
take effect October 15.
Yes, Furniture is still ad
vancing but you will not have
to pay more than present
prices this year at our store,
for our buildinff is storked
from basement to third floor,
with merchandise bonrfsi
months ago.
Chambers
and
Chambers
457 Cosrt Street