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WHY THEY ARE AFTER BAKER
' Now the batteries of all the partisan press are
trained on Secretary Baker. It used to be that Secretary
Daniels was their target but the effectiveness of the
naval organization he has built up in face of abuse, mis
representation and sneers has compelled the grudging
admiration of even the most narrow partisan editors.
Somebody had to be the goat and Baker has taken the
place of Daniels.
But they won't get Baker any quicker than they did
Daniels. He may be at heart a pacifist but he has -shown
himself a fighter if attacked. He refused to be bull
dozed by members of the senate investigating committee
into officially informing the kaiser that the war prepara
tions of this country were a joke. On the other hand he
proved that the progress made by the United States since
our entrance into war had completely eclipsed the efforts
of Great Britain in the same time. He served notice on
the German rulers, through the American press, that the
American army was numerically worth while and effec
tive in every branch of its organization.
And it seems to have been very disappointing to
Roosevelt, Chamberlain, and a lot of partisan and sensa
tional newspaper editors to find out that our army was
really something more than a joke. It has made them
very indignant and they have become much more con
cerned in getting Baker's scalp than in whipping the
kaiser.
KAISER DECEIVING AUSTRIA
SAUCE FOR THE GANDER
Germany in dealing with the Russians expresses her
willingness to agree to a peace with no annexations and
no indemnities. At the same time only yesterday she de
clares she will not accept this doctrine for the west but
that she must protect her frontiers and tfiis means she
will insist on retaining Belgium and paft of France.
This being her idea of peace, may as well be accepted as
that of the allies also, and they too should insist on pro
tecting the frontiers of France and of Belgium by annex:
ing part of Germany to Belgium. If it is logic for one it
is for the other. If the safety of Germany demands the
extension of her boundaries, then the safety of the bal
ance of the world demands that these home boundaries be
pushed back and part of the kaiser's power be taken from
him.
The truth is that the German policy as declared for
the west is also its intended policy in the east, and the
agreement made, or trying to be made with Russia, is
only to relieve herself of an enemy for the time being
until she can bring the balance of those fighting her to
terms, when she will tear up another "scrap of paper"
and help herself to as much Russian territory as she
wants.
Reports from Austro-Hungary yesterday indicate the
kaiser is facing a most serious danger in the possible loss
of his strongest ally. How extensive the strikes and dis
sensions are cannot be fully known, as all knowledge of
them is what leaks over the borders of neutral countries.
However the reports' are insistent that the troubles are
of the gravest nature. The news yesterday came from
the papal nuncio at Vienna to the Vatican, and describes
conditions as indicating not only a burning desire for
peace, but a widespread determination not to fight the
battles of pan-Germanism, and to increase the territories
of her ally. Austrians want" peace, and they are satisfied
with that kind that leaves their own territories as they
are and Germany's the same. It is alleged that President
Wilson's speech, awakened Austrians to the fact that the
balance of the world was not seeking to destroy their
government or to acquire their territory, and being con
vinced of this they see no reason why they should con
tinue to fight. Emperor Carl is strongly against the pan-
German leaders, and as industrial troubles spread this
difference will grow rather than diminish. It is probable
he sees that his people have gone as far as they are will
ing to go, and that if any attempt to force them to go
further is made, he may suffer the same treatment at
their hands as the czar received from his subjects. At
the same time it is shown the kaiser is playing the same
game with Austria he is trying on Russia. The dis
patches that tell of the strikes in Austria say the kaiser
is trying to smooth the matter over by supporting For
eign Minister Von Kuehlman against Von Bulow and
simply because the Austrians hate the latter. This is
deceit only, and for the purpose of accomplishing his
ends; for while trying to mollify the Austrians he is at
the same time standing in with the junkers and Von
Bulow in his and their demands as to annexations in the
west. It is possible also the Austrians are awake to the
fact that if Germany wins Austria will be only a memory,
and that it will be swallowed up in and become a part of
the German empire. The kaiser will know neither friends
nor foes when it comes to extending the boundaries of his
dominions, and Austria would b a valuable "annexation."
Margaret Garrett's
Husked
By JANE PHILPS
MARGAEET MEETS CHARLOTTE
KEATING.
CHAPTER CXVI.
The next morning .we could talk of
nothing but "Donald's prank" aa his
father called it. I hud forgotten that El
sie 's dinner was to be tnat night until
Bob spoke of it as he was leaving.
"I'd he home early to dress," he
said.
"Dress!" I asked, just for a moment
forgetting my determination not to ask
questions.
' ' Yes, for Elsio 's dinner. You hadn 't
forgotten it had you?"
'1 eertaiuly bad I Donald's perfor
mance last night has driven everything
out of my mind."
Bob had not been gone long when
Elsio telephoned.
"Say, Margaret, I am to have an ex
tra guest. Do you think that nice Mr.
Lansing would come on such short no
tice?" '
"I think so. lie's very agreeable.
Who's the lady Elsie? Do I know her;"
"-No, I think not! She's from the
west. John Kendall knows her and asked
if he might bring her. I understood him
to say Bob had also met her. Her name
is Charlotte Keating. A writer or some
thing of the sort. Please give me Mr.
Lansing's address. If ho won't eo'me I
must find someone else. I can 't have my
dinner party spoiled because of an un
even number."
A few months, yes weeks before I
should have offered to remain at home,
so not interfering with Elsie's plans;
but now 1 said nothing. It was not that
1 was yet anxious for the gayety; it
was that I did not intend to "let ono
MY QUESTIONAIRE.
Would that I were a complicated matt,
And as dignified as any American.
When out of repair With the soldier
Mind
And bloss that Questionaire.
Would that I were a man's man,
Neither Tom, Dick nor Harry; but Dan
On a swivel chair in the electric glare;
Away from the shells nnd bombarding
spoils,
At work on that Questionaire,
O would that I were a working man.
I'd register myself as a sub-urban.
Establish my lair on a hillside there;
Of work I'd pretend make my back
bend
And sweat for that Questionaire.
Would that I were a farmer man
Furiously; I'd farm where furrow's ran.
Really; I'll be there with the balky
mare;
Think I'm forgot hugging my house
and lot.
"Say, there's some class to that
Questionaire! "
O would that I were an nctor man.
1 1 'd try to ontdo old Rip Winkle Van.
Hoon I 'd lana there In France some
where;
Where tho acting is lost Without the
cost
And zo French would Questionaire!
Would that I were a married man,
A blue-print of the henpecked plan.
But it isn't fair To exempt a pair:
My doom is "sealed So much I yield
In despair, I dare not Questionaire.
O would that I were a skilled man,
I'd class myself as an artist again.
If I'd only dare to Wallingford tho
Air;
Ad He Did
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GoinTt To livf so you )4
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CAN THROU3 IT AU3AY "
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The Daily Novelette
(single chance to show Bob that I could ;Bnt an 'ex t Vm notone nand j t
Vv'e think that "Gum Shoe" Bill Stone is about as con
temptible a politician as ever slipped into the United
States senate and stayed there for any length of time.
Still he is right sometimes and one of those times was
when he said Roosevejt was aiding the kaiser by his in
temperate talk. If the German rulers take the former
president seriously and quite "likely they do it is no
wonder they laugh at the attempts of this country to get
into the war in earnest, and hang to their old imperialistic
ideas of conquest. On the other hand if they- really
knew the progress this country is making they would be
much more anxious for peace than they are. Roosevelt
can do no harm in times of peace and is quite frequently
amusing but there should be some authority for muz
zling him in times of real stress and danger to the nation.
Two Benton county granges have passed resolutions
expressing confidence in "the integrity and honor" of
President Kerr. They do not, however, undertake to ex
plain his action in asking an increase in salary; or ex
plain th conduct of the board of regents in granting such
raise, and at the same time asserting that Kerr had not
asked it, which their own statement shows he had.
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
A Government income tax officer will be at the
Court House from January 2 until January ."0, 1918,
and will, to all those who wish it, explain the new
income tax law, and will furnish the necessary in
come tax blanks.
All single persons having an income of $1,000 or
ever, and all married persons having an income of
$2,000 or ever, will be required to make a report
It is proposed by the fuel administration to greatly
curtail passenger traffic in order to use the motive power
in hauling coal and necessities to the seaboard. As some
one expressed it: 'It is better to haul a' fat ton of coal to
a ship that needs it, than to haul a. fat. old plutocrat to a
winter residence in Florida." Most of the business of the
country can be done by mail or by wire for a little while
at least, and as for those who travel for pleasure, their
wants just now need not be considered. It is safety not
pleasure the United States is fighting for, and it is just as
well to let some of the gad-abouts stay home and get
acquainted with their neighbors, and at the same time
do something toward the winning of the war. If nothing
else is possible for them they might at least learn to knit.
Lebanon is to have free mail delivery on and after
March first with two carriers. Uncle Sam realizes that
Oregon towns are growing, and since the showing made
in the various drives for raising funds, feels that he must
recognize the fact officially. Don't forget in writing
friends in that thrifty little city to put the street and
number on he back of the envelope.
It is reported the Austrian cabinet has resigned. If
this proves time it indicates the internal troubles in Austrian-Hungary
are indeed serious. It is indirectly an evi
dence that the reports of strikes and labor troubles in
that country are at least as serious as reported, and
probably much more so.
. -
appear well slip by me.
As had become my custom when go
ing anywhere I slipped into . the city
and to the beauty parlors. Then my nap
before I commenced to dress. I was all
ready but my dess when Bob caine
in.
"Not dressed yet?"
"N6, but I shall be ready as soon aa
you aro," I answered as he disappeared
into the bath room.
I called Nellie to help me dress. I had
to tell her to keep still or Bob would
be out to see what she was making such
a fuss about.
My dress seemed even more lovely 0, would that I were a useful man, '
than it had when I tried it on before. id be as patriotic as an Oregonian.
with gold to spare so must they beware;
Tho draft doth fare ill, they're enlisting
You'll find the other in the Question
aire.
O would tliat I were a writing man,
Of war aims, peace aims and the fan.
I'd sooner 3quare The submarine
scare;
It is beyond Ze Questionaire.
Would that I were a traveling man,
I'd travel till my cheeks were wan.
"l seen a bcarl" I would declare;
i When short of goods out in the woods
And pursued by that Questionaire.
The stockings and satin slippers of the
same bluish lavender were . a perfect
match, nnd added mush to the effect of
the costume. I was so excited that I
could scarcely stand still to be hooked.
What would Bob say when he saw mef
"Most ready, Jiargaretl" he called
aftor a moment.
"All ready and waiting."
The door opened and Bob gave one
long whistle of surprise. Pleased sur
prised I thought and hoped.
still
To outflank that Questionaire.
Would that I were a family man,
I'd fear nothing but my Mary Ann,
It's hardly fair Why should I car,?;
A family I've got A fiyhter I'm not,
For Mary signed that Questionaire.
Would that I were an exempted man,
TjJil 1,1 T -n? i A, ...
My but we are fine tonight! That's ; Deftly would I divert the eves that scan
iririvma Patnma our) vaxir him nmi i rr ' m, ... - . . "
hy
inn
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by Walt Aiasen
GOING TO EXTREMES
My neighbor reads the papers daily, and he
acts gloomily or gayly, according to the
news; .one day he whoops around, ecstatic,
the next he's sulking in his attic, a,victim of
the blues. Whene'er the allies meet re
verses my neighbor sits around and cursos,
a grouchy gent is he; and when the allies
make a capture, he stands upon his head m
a gorgeous costume, and very becoming.
You better take Elsie with you hereaf
ter to buy your clothes."
I was pleased at his evident approval;
but silly enough to fee a bit hurt be
cause he gave Elsie all the credit.
Wo wore a little early, but we knew
Elsie so well that we went directly
from the train there. Sho insisted that
sho ' was delighted because we could
help her receive the other guests.
"I'm especially glad Bob because I
am to have a friend of yours and I
iu. ven t mci ner yet. O, would that I were a Gospel man
"A tnend of mine whom you hare- j,,, out essing3 witu a
ly replied.
"Yes, a Miss Keating from Chicago."
I don 't know inst why I did it, but
I was watching Bob closely as Elsie i
announced the fact that she had a friend , Q wold that T wero a si e
of his coming to dinner. I was amazed , B!essed v,olll(1 T be from tha ban-
to see the way he received the news For T Bmwhat am j hor forf
He grew red, then white. So white that n.. ,:... i n .-t... m
got me,
Though its debonair The Headline
Scare;
There's luck in dreams when the Eaglo
- screams
And it ceases to be a Questionaire.
Would that I were a logger man,
Where the cooks are a clannish clan.
Monopolize a share of the solitude there
Speed up the spruce for government
use,
For the boss with a Questionaire.
All should beware, for the future pre
pare;
For nfter this rhyme there's a reckon
ing time
From the source of that Questionaire.
I involuntarily moved to his side. He
recovered himself, but with an evident
effort.
"Margaret sard nothing of her when
she mentioned the other guests," he
said without even glancing at me.
"J never knew it until this morning
and had forgotten all about it. " I made
quick reply.
Someway my heart fell. I felt a pre
monition of coming evil. But I put it
', from me and spoke quietly and calmly
when hlsie introduced Miss Keating:
"Mrs. Garret, Miss Keating, I be
lieve yon and Mr. Garrett have met,"
Elsie said then moved toward other
guests.
' ' How do you do! ' ' Bob said,, the trite
words in his usual voice, but the strain
ed look, the flush, then the whitening
of his face proved more than his man
ner and words intended. Again my heart
sank and a feeling that in some way
this woman was to hurt me swept over
me.
"This is a pleasure," she murmured
in Tesponso to
Tho draft won't
WAR!
draft me, and it is
C. W. B.
What's the Argument?
By E. E. HARRIMAJT of the
Vigilantes.
5c 3jt jfc sjc 5$C fc Sfl sc
noted that her voice was low and musi
cal. I moved awav to speak to John
. iti mi 1 j iveuuaii. x nnu seen a iook nayn inio
rapture, ana SnneKS OI ViCtuiv. ..1S SOri Rob's eves at her response a look I
of thing is most exhausting, and
sleepless nights it's costing the jay of whom
I write; it's hard on any human mortal to
switch around from sob to chortle, from
anguish to delight. I sit in silence, calm
TYianVincver "aa seen mere colore.
" J I IT TTlo.-o' Tof
GOT LONG SENTENCE.
Someone mentioned universal service
and someone else roared. Why? They
said it wasn't democratic to have uni
versal service. Nothing is quite demo
cratic except the volunteer system
Show me!
Did you ever read of any more demo
cratic people than the Puritans who set
tled New England ! Did von ever hear
Bob 's greeting, and I j of any municipal affairs being carried
any closer to me lines or pure democ
racy than there f Can anything be more
democratic than the old town meeting f
Were the defenders of the pioneer set
tlements there and on every frontier we
ever had, volunteers, or did universal
service prevail f I lived on the frontier
in my youth and I can answer my own
question. When the Sioux Indians went
on the warpathiu Minnesota every man
in the settlement had his part to dorand
waited for a volunteer to do his share, 1
fear that he would have eeased to be a
denizen of that particular section: Vni
versal service was the only thing that
kept our colonics alive. Universal ser
vice saved the day at New Ulin.
When our country grew, her responsi-
uium-s n-v niiii utr. one uaa
THE ALL-AROUND EXTINGUISHER.
Driblets, the playwright, who beliov
ed that all truly great men welcomed
criticism, had invited several friends to
hear him read his latest comedy.
' ' And now, boys, ' ' said Driblots mag
nanimously, after the leading, "if any
of you can think of any way in which
1 can make this play better, please
speak right out. In fact, that's what
I've invited you for."
' ' Well, I 'JU tell you my opinion, Drib
lets," Fippers, the real estate man,
spoko up. "It seems to mo that all the
play needs to be perfect is a rewrit
ing of the second, third and fourth acts,
making the Iicto marry tho villainess, i
who turns out to be the real heroine,
-and making the heroine actually the
villainess. With that slight change,
Driblets, I think you'll have a fine
plav.'f
"I'll tell you what I think, Driblots"
said Mas3biuder the wholesale plum
ber. "It seems to me that all the play
needs are a few touches to bring the
atmosphere up to date. Now, why not
move the whole scene from Roger Pick
le's drawing room in Boston to the
trenches making your lawyer a general
and your doctor a spy and your lady
writer a Red Cross nurse, and so onf
With just those few additional touches,
Driblets, I think you'd have a bully
play there."
"Gentlemen, excuse me a moment,"
said Driblets. Leaving the room, he re
turned with a patent fire extinguisher,'
which ho turned on Flippers and-Mass-binder
until they became insulted and
left.
boost it with ease. It is just as foolish
to use the jimmy of volunteer service,
but the hydraulic jack of universal ser
vice can iift the load. Why? Because
tha is what it is built for.
I once saw a fire where it becamo im
perative that a certain wooden building
should be wrecked, to give the depart
ment a chance to fight the fire. Two
hundred men attacked that building,
men who had never done work of that
kind in their lives. They broke the glass
in the windows, a useles waste, they
ripped picture moldings off the walls,
they pulled the pins in a few hinges and
carried out the doors, but the buildings
itself still stood. Then came a force of
twenty men who had been trained to the
work. Their foreman bawled for the
police to hustle those fools out of the
way and give his men a chance.
The crowd was hustled, the men be
gan. A section of the roof began to lift
and bulge, then it let go and slid to tha
ground with a smash. A side of the
building, it was small, let go, and thund
ered down on top of the wrecked roof.
Section after section was ripped loose
from the other parts and went crashing
down. At last only one wall stood and
the twenty men loosened a wooden
plate at the bottom, Bet some poles
against the wall and rocked it to and
fro.
"One two, one two, one nd give
'er hell!" yelled the .foreman and that
last wall went flat. Twenty men who
had been trained had done what two
hundred could not do without "the
know-how." Then the firemen soaked
the flat pile and fought the fire to a
standstill.
Invaders ere coming! Call for Volun
teers! You call and they come, a dis
organized, unskilled, undisciplined mass,
that could be pierced uud destroyed by
a tenth of their numbers of skilled men.
What now? Ask the invader to please
wait until we train our menf Hell do
it, wont hef Yes, he won't. He'll walk
right over the volunteers and how the
"democratic" adherents of the old sys
tem will wail for trained help. As for
the time used in training, I wouldn't
tnke ten thousand dollars for the train
ing my boy got in the naval militia.
INCENDIARY FIRE.
Chicago. Jan. 22. Rheinhold Faust,
W 1) rt Tt 1 on i n ip n A i a rv limiili in t h p
and queenly, e'en though the Germans, submarinely, may j Auditorium theatre during a grand op-
sink a score of boats; no stones of ill luck confound me:-
:"Some daV," I Say tO those ar.0Und me, "We'll get those o 20 years in prison today. Judge Scan-
; fellows' goat. One swallow does not make' a summer, one mai? reiel that
1 tinsmith does not make a nlumber. one scran won't make Faust, who wrote threatening letters
1 o enmo vitnt- 4V, fn ?o i.4n ovrl ennr 1 1 B?"' James B. Forgan and Frank I croa90j mkrhtilv. but with this increase i plicated in the supposed plot of des-
..... . . , "iniore, pieaota gi niy to a cnri.e j. tkea over duties she never i traction and terrorism op and down the
i base IlltS lie S making tnat S Wiiat fie S in It IOr. Let him . "f wtortion. The bomb throwing charge dreame(l of when'small ana weak. To fPacific Coast, early today destroyed
Los. Angeles, Cal Jan. 22. Fire, be-
in- lieved the work of alien enemies im-
j enjoy his little winnings, we'll get him in the final innings,
i as sure as hens lay shells; don't worry over small dis
; asters; look forward to the end, my masters, when we'll
I be wearing bells." . '. .... . -
was dismissed.
Albany man has discovered that the
prehistoric dwellers in the Willamette
valley nsed grass for fuel. And probably
ate it for food, too.
handle these duties we must make our i
methods more efficient and our strength
correspondingly great. There is no use
in trying to lift a corner of a ten story
building with a burglar's jimmv, but we
j cansot a hydraulic jack under there and
stock and fixtures on the third floor
of the Acme White Lead and Color
Works, which supplies the government
with white lead for submarines.
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