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TWO GERMAN ALLIES WEAKENING
Elargaret Garrett's
By PMKLPS
With the Austrians the kaiser is nT r7 f,
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CHAMBERLAIN'S GREAT MISTAKE
it
With Austria-Hungary becoming weakened in its j
support of Germany, the situation1 is bad enough from the !
kaiser's view-point, and the reports from Turkey are far j
from cheerful for him.
In position to deal harshly, for a short time at least, for
they are within reach of his long arm. It is different
with the Turks. With them "to get enough" is synonym
ous with being ready to quit. It was not their fight inthe
first place, and they have nothing in common with Ger-
imanv. except just now Germany's quarrel with the bal-
. 1 , -I m, ". j eiie hasn "t done anything that 1 1
' ance of the world. The same repressive measures or com-; kmw of. xt is what sie mIy have
pulsory cses cannot be used on the Turkish masses as?" Z 1 undergo.-- i
would be possible with the Austrians. The latest neWSj "Ictl nic aa you Know aoout lier j
from Palestine is that the expedition organized by Gen- j J.'J1 WLl f0- 1 eu- ;
era! Falkenhayn, an army of 300,000 with which he ex-j '-it..o very mtie, iiargaret. she is
pected to drive back the British, faded away so rapidly iZtJ?T
that the leader was glad to take the back track while itu.s menavto know them too. nemem-
"Now what is itt"
Elsie asked the question when, after
lunclhieu, we were eozily by ourselves
ui ncr sitting room.
"It is that -!uio Keating," I replied.'
"lou dun t waste koras do youh!;
ilargaret f tt hat has Alias Jvcaiuig ; j
aoue t" !':
Senator Chamberlain's defense is worse than none at
all because it is founded on exaggeration and untruths.
TCn, nno rltnipe flint thrp hjv. hppn mistakps. rielavs
and wastage of money in preparing for war. It was theirs still possible. .He arrived oa at Constantinople.
. . , . , 1,U,1 Utterly diSgUSted With hlS turbaned trOOpS Or What Was. ine of her, and he r.aised her very
biggest job in a military sense any nation ever tackled ;left J for it ig gtated My desfirted mu. ' 7
in a huny and we were not in any sense a military na- their way to the front The Turk -s & gQod fighter while ..t,Jdi7b MT ;
tion. The biggest men in the nation, regardless of their, he has the better of the scrap, but he has not the staying ty XdKwd
politic?, were selected by the president to head the var- j qualities of the Caucasian. He cannot fight a losing bat-' u.-auy, ana thai te dum't even taW;
ious war boards and some of them blundered and had! tie, preferring to give it up. It would seem this is the ju'.6.!X? vu1ta", 7i the way!
tans dominions. I he SOl-:. she afreinl me that is in a manner:
I . A. . Jl Il 9
v,a .,Min timo nnri orrnin concuuon jusi now m tne suitan,
tt. , av,A ? fr,Q diershave enough. They have been up against the Eng-ri:V
' fo r hsh, and do not care for further exnenence m that line, that you don t think acytking about
stances What they might do if heartened bv the presence of a big j UZ ha 1"' f-" 1
Chamberlain exaggerates the effect these blunders and' German army is guess work, though it would no doubt! -s. 1 don't think so!" Elsie inter-'
delays will have. He pretends to quote from the testi-; help their morale some. It is too late however to hwei?-:'?,?-1 eom
mony-of Secretary Baker before his committee and puts j the effect it would have had a year or two ago, for the! -i said once Elsie that when a man I
into his mouth the things the senator and his colleagues j reason the Turk is discouraged. He sees no hope of vic-i- h'i
tried to make the secretary say, and which he steadfastly j t0I-v and no great reward even should he gain this. Itji' sav that if a woman -really loves a ! s
refused to say. Those who read Baker s testimony willj00ks very much as though the kaiser will soon lose what
recall that he showed that this country had made about : little support he has' received lately from the sultan. A
as much progress in preparing for war, in nine months,
as England had in a year and a half. Chamberlain and
separate peace with Turkey would have a greater effect
morally than actually, for the quitting of Turkey would
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his feilow inquisitors attempted to show him that his ! dishearten Bulgaria, would strengthen the demand of
testimony was too reassuring to the country to be given Austria for peace and this in turn would still further
publicity. Baker refused to change it because he in- j discourage the Germans whose sacrifices have been as
sisted that it would do no injury to tell the truth; he re-j great as any people ever made, and who will at last real
fused to play Chamberlain's game and the latter went out ze that further suffering will be jn vain."-
to get his scalp and lost nis own.
man she finds nothing too hard ta do-!h
for him nothing." j j:
"You have changed, Margaret."
"I hope so. But it is all owing to aijl'
selfish wretch 1 was; how 1 thought:
of nothing, no one, save myself, and
my own wishes." i
"You called it 'duty.' "
"Yes, and I was honest in it At least
von 11 concede thai."
A Real
SHOE SALE
This is a sale of real Shoes, not a lot of factory
seconds or cheap unbranded Shoes, bought to sell
at a price, but a well know advertised line. .
Packard Shoes set the pace wherever real
Shoes are sold.
To make room for incoming stock we are plac
ing our entire stock on sale at
20 LESS THAN REGULAR PRICES
This is a money saver investigate it.
$4.00 Shoes, 10 day sale price
$1.50 Shoes, 10 day sale price 3 59
$5.00 Shoes, 10 day sale price S3.9S
$5.50 Shoes, 10 day sale price $4.39
$6.00 Shoes, 10 day sale price Jjg
$7.00 Shoes, 10 day sale price $5 59
We carry a Complete Line of Holeproof Hosiery
for Men and Women
G. VV. JOHNSON & CO.
U. S. National Bank Building
Chamberlain exasperated camp conditions. The
death rate, mostly from pneumonia, contracted by out
doors exposure, is lower than among the civilian popula
tion. The men are well fed, well clothed and splendidly
taken care of as a rule. They write this to the folks at
home and everyone of them confirms it when he comes
back on a visit. There is nothing to all . this harangue
of the senator about conditions in the camps.
Regarding the supply of arms and munitions, these are
Director McAdoo intimates the passenger rates may
be increased in order to reduce travel, and at .the same
time the number of passenger trains may be cut down
materially. That both these things will be done' is prob
able. One half the trains now running on the Southern
Pacific would carry all the travel, though they might not
do it as comfortably. However, it is not comfort that 15
the main issue just now but coal and necessaries. The
docks must be cleared, cars used as warehouses released
"Yes, Margaret, no one who knows i
you couiu aouoi your aosoiuie nonesiy. ;
Y'ou were to be pitied in that yon made i
life so hard for yourself and lor
And He Did :
j ;I H.A,'NT lOOfvN THIC Hf?S SUIT )
IT.S ALL RIHT AKB I'LL UJEAr'
IT TOq-HT
coming now as fast as needed, and it has been shown thatanci put at work an(j tne terrible congestion that has tied
every unit sent to the front is fully armed in every re- up the industries of the country done away with. If it
speci. Heavy artillery is being furnished by Trance and takes drastic measures to accomplish this then they
England because tiiey were ueuer equipped 10 luin "i should be used. Everything else must be made subserv-
out in a hurry and it saved transportation space for other
oauiy needed purposes.
rl hh is a ti utnxul statement of conditions Chamber-
ient to this. It is suspected that one caus of present con
ditions is the greed of the railroads which gave the
preference and right of way to that kind of freight which
Iain's was a desperate attempt to justify his intemperate broucht them the largest returns, not caring what the ef-
utterances at a banquet of patriots who spend most of!fect on the country was. Under government control it
their tune drinking cnampagne toasts to the flag and die- s js t0 be different, and non essentials and
tating typewriter onslaughts on the kaiser.
things not neces
saries will be sidetracked until other worthwhile things
Cnamberkun would degrade tne president ot tne are cared for.
United States by removing him as commander in chief;
of the army and navy and place full authority for all ! Senator Chamberlain has hitched his wagon to a star,
but it is a fallen star. Roosevelt, Chamberlain, Gore,
Hitchcock, Reed, et al. have gathered at the cave of
Adullam, and quite naturally so, though Chamberlain is
really too big a man to train with that crowd.
military matters in a "war council". But is there any
assurance that this council might not prove incompetent,
no matter how carefully selected? Most of the condi
tions the senator complains of arise from the incom
petency of bickerings of war boards. The shipping;
1k.. knr.,1.l in tlin fifcf Kit i li ,1 rl i c ti n m i i o Vi trl f.fT1Prfll I "--
Goethals, was the worst disappointment of all. What if $ g
this "war council" should make a similar record if the ? T IT ill T
plan is adopted? t Ilppilll
To sum it all up benator unamDenain nas nnaiiy made -i. , . . , .
the eravest mistake of his long career. He has become X . 6 Walt MaS9n
Bob.
",Yes, Elsie, and I could mile to; SlfiCE T CfS IN COLLEGE' J5oT S
think how I azonized over trying to:i
make Bob see things, life, as I saw
them. I've walked the floor at night.
I have agouued over him when he has
been sleeping as quietly as a child. Ij
have loved him with all mv heart and '
at the same time have driven him away
from me. Did you ever see or hear of
such a muddie as I have made of my
life?"
'Yes, Ma-garet. Many have done as
badly as have you. And with' no chance
tu retrieve themselves. "
"Eisie t.-erc you ever jealous? Eeal
ly jealous of another woman?"
"I told you onee Margaret that I
pearly lost Tom by my actions. Well
I nearly lot him to another woman."
"Don't lau'jh at me, Elsie. But I am
jealous of .' iss Keating. For the first
time in mv life I am afraid of another
woman where Bob is concerned. Xo
one knows fetter than you do that it
was the K1XD of people he saw, the
j.iaces" he went to which I objected.
There never was a thought of any ONE
woman in my mind; no doubt of Bob's
lovaltv."
"And nov there is!"
"No. 1 haven't cone as far as
that. But something tells me that Bob j
is more interested ui her than he ever
has been in anyone even in me before I
we were married. And Jsie X do not
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a kicker, an objector and iaultjinder instead ot a co
worker with the men who are trying to transform a
peace-loving nation into an effective military machine
with the least possible delay a job for real men and
earnest patriots. If his usefulness to the nation is not
entirely gone it most certainly has been greatly impaired,
and we are sincerely sorry for it.
Councilman Dan Kellaher, of Portland, wants the jit
neys turned loose again in that city, and Wednesday in
troduced an ordinance repealing all regulating cf jitneys
On a show down his vote was the only one in its favor and
there were four against it. This however is as Dan
would say: "A step in the right direction."
Staylon Grange Opposes
Amendmsat to Inheritance
Law Passed Last Session
Stayton Grange No. 340 held an ex
cellent session on Jan. l!th and offi
cers were installed by the county" dep
uty for the . year 1918- "- "
H. A. Siegnmnd of Starton is mas
ter of the grange, and J. R. Miller is
tne secretary, also of Stayton.
j The usual business of "granges was
.transacted and reports of ccniTnittCfS
were made on co-operativo e"avors,
and recent observations on demonstra
tion at O. A. C.
,rT,!e rosoll't'on to be sent to Senator
jMcary in regard to government re
jiilnticm of prices on articles consider
jed staple in the business of farming,
jand now of vital importance in sat
isfying the request and the needs of
i the government in the production of
jtood. was endorsed mi" u-ili ho immo.
diately forwarded to Washington. D. O
The following resolution was also
discussed and unanimouslv adopted as
read: " .
Whereas, the legislature of the state
of Oregon, at the 1917 session, amend-
;ea tne laws of this state relative to
the descent of real propertv, upon the
j death of the owner thereof and
Whereas, said amendment gives to
(the widw or widownr as the case mnv
lie, of every deceased person, an tindi
jviied ono third of nil the real jironer-
ty owned by sm-h decedent at the date
nf itntili n kK.,. ,U : a-
.. : - - ..mimn ouiii aurior ac-
uncterrate tier dangerous cnann, mat smoothed his hair and put a pillow un-, sires such one third part or not. and
charming personality Bob spoke of. It .der his feet. ) Whereas, said amendment prevents
is more an impression I have than any-j It8 , Quebeb", went on her:the own,-r ot property from dis
thing else, but 1 cau't throw if oft. Lnsbaud firialv. "You keep the house P03".'3 of the same as he may see fit,
"That is what you wanted advice looking as ueat a3 3 new bJru t anJ ; requires the administration ,sf estates
about, is it f" Iwhc- it com..s t0 e0ukill. i dofv anv: which otherwise would not hive to be
"Well, here it is. Be a sensible girl Fren,.h chef to eaua. ' addl;d t ' 1 almir.istered on, delays and hinders
and get that notion out of your head.! sniveled turnW or. for ne . "-"lenient of all estates in which
The tirst thing you know you wiu De
wishing a love affair on Bob. Go home
jireucn diet to equal your puddled to- ...
matoes or your sluveled tumips, or, for; , "'
that matter, vour camisolcd beets." i," :-. '
i "-fthv big!" toned Jlrs. King and:!' 5
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LADD & BUSH, Bankers
A Government income tax officer will be at the
Court House from January 2 until January SO, 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
over, and all married persons having an income of
$2,000 or over, will be required to make a report
JANUARY GRIEFS
The month of January is anything but mer
ry, it's anything but gay; for now we're
walking straitly, and, chee, . it bores us
greatly to go the narrow way. Weve cast
old sins behind us, and passing hours re
mind us how much we miss the same; but
we have made our pledges none but a
piker hedges and we must play the game.
Oh, there are watchers near us, who do not
strive to cheer us, or soothe us in our woe;
our downfall they're awaiting, and then
we'll hear them prating, "There, now! We:
ijtj.-J told you so ! hen one has vowed to glit
V foLrtwr.. ter like some angelic critter, and hurtful
! habits kill, you'd think his folks would
brace him, not pester him and chase him, with prophecies
; of ill. He sees in all their glances their feeling that his
, chances cf being good are slim ; they show by smiles sar
castic, and criticisms drastic, they have no faith in him.
And so, grown tired of striving, of vows too long sur
i viving, from pledges he breaks free, and while those vows
are dying, he hears the women crying, "We knew how it
j would be!" The month of January "is sad and solemn,
.'very, it is the moon of woe; for all the world is saying, to
I gents from virtue straying, "Well, weU! We told you so!"
erty is involved, and prent-
and make up your mind to be nice ; ghe aod fixed his necktie 7 SSr Jt'?ation dmnros
to Miss Keating; write her to yur)aa1 ofuer yU(W under Ug f ; "nd fettles titles whtch had already
house; let Bob see you are neither nar- d f more mat-iiSf1 "K?5 M bc,n Kod and
row or jealous. Keal.y dear, I don t L h is tnc man tht coald hold """lf" "? Wl113 here-
th.uk you have the slightest reason.). to vouf), pnl on r(,. , 10 t. and
You are so anxious that everything , mon . ,hs:H..iiv. -'T t-t L ,""T.as'. 8alu me''ncnt was pass-
t-m i t .w . -it- i.- .1 " i e i - " ,,llI"-u'' "y aemanu tnerofor hr
I 11 admit that. Aitn the cost of living ,he people cf this stats
u.Su .y ..u.. .Uy any Knowledge on their tiart thit
block to your
up Margaret;
looks like a stumbling
happiness; don't" give
you 'll win him yet."
If I had had a lesser love for Bobert
1 perhaps would have been a happier
woman. 1 had my boys, my lovely home,
now many kind friends. But without
Bob all was as ashes iu my mouth. His
love was all that could make life endur
able, 1 thought, all there was worth
any
ey! And yon can keep books and drive such legislation was proposea or' peuJ.
a bargain like a regular bkylcck Le- ing, and
gree. And everybody says our children; Whereas, the law relative to the in
are the best behaved and the most m- heritanee of real propertv prior to the
telligent in the neighborhood, and all passage of said amendment was ample
thanks to you." to protect the interests of ll t
j Mrs. King deftly put three more pil- estates of decedents.
l lnw im ii .r hija feet. 1 Vn-w ! i, : t i ,
striv-ing for. "After that, Signet," she twooned, Stayton Grange Xo. 340 P. 0f H 'that
I let Elsie in . much happier frame rm 8ure u-u nice and work hard we 0 aU f
of mind than when I went to her. fche,for the national fn aDleBdment our order to take up the studr and in
had ta ked or laughed out of what i hen t baek to the estigation of said amendment a id
she called my superstition regarding nont b ridicnlons! " mnrto.l Hon- that all nroner .ff.,ri ' i it
Charlotte Keating.
gressman Bing, and rapidly intrenched secure the repeal thereof.
Bob did not come home tratil after Mmself behind 'the evening'paper. I
had retired. In the morning he was aj , m j
courteous as usual; but there was some
thing disquieting in his attitude; some
thing I could not fathom.
(Tomorrow A Bitter Fight With Self)
He DaSy Norektte
DON'T EE ETDICTXLOU3.
Congressman Signet King looked lov
ingly at his wife through a cloud of
smoke from his fifty cent rersimmin
oso. ""Quebeb," he said, "yonVe the
greatest little wife that ever was and
1 want you to know I appreciate you."
"Why, Signet, how nice of you,"
purred Mrs. Kiug, as sua rose and
REPORTED.
Count Yoa Lnckner Escaped ." suchtrpduist"gw';,ea
Bat Was Later Recaptured
, t? theatre tonight. Have jrotteu
San Francisco. Jan. 23. Reports that -"e ",re w there
Count Von Lutkner, former commander .
of the German raider Sea Adler es-, r'
him and had eight
wait ins
friends with
raped from an internment camp at Auk
land, X. and was recaptured twoi
weeks, later by the Anstralian author
ities, were confirmed today by Captain
H. H. Williams, of the steamer Xarna,
on his arrival here.
Williams declared several other Ger
man prisoners escaped with Von Luck
ner. The part" got possession of a small
open boat and get oct to sea. Ther had FT'13 "lains chror
" nes, Hiuiermir lernote wiihout harmful j .
hardships before they landed at Kerma-j TrT Ulen iiy.
decks, a small uninhabited island north ; 50 ceats a bcx. InrLuTnir vtot tax"
of Auckland. It was at thi place the r -u7. .
.Australian authorities found them. "EekjjK ijHwatoiT. iiiuaJWoiii
FOB COUSHS 183 COLDS
nnnay cairium compound that
lun and thrvae