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January 26, 1918
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SOME SEATTLE PATRIOTS
Phillip D. Sloan, president of the Sloan Shipyards Com
pany, of Seattle, gave some interesting testimony before
the senate committee Friday. Part of it was to the effect
that Theodore E. Ferris, appointed by General Goethals
as architect of the Shipping Board, while working for the
government at a salary of $2,500 a month, received, or
was to receive $58,S00 in commissions from firms having
contracts for building ships for the government. Ferris
had recently testified that he was receiving no commis
sions from firms building ships for the government from
his plans. His testimony and that of Sloan do not hitch
well. The most starting bit of evidence though was given
bv Sloan when he posed as a patriot. His testimony
showed the Clinchfield company had received an advance
of $105,000 on each of four ships it had contracted with
the Sloan company, when it turned the contracts over to
the government. This same Clinchfield company received
' from the government $400,000 more than it was to pay the
Sloan company, when it turned over contracts it held for
the building of 12 ships. He claimed some patriotism for
himself too, saying he could make more building ships for
private parties than for the government. He showed
conclusively that the Seattle bunch of ship builders were
indeed fervent patriot?.. The convicts in Van Dieman's
land had a poem in which a like claim to patriotism was
made. A couplet from it ran:
"True patriots we; for be it understood .
We left our country for our country's good."
FORD'S SUGGESTION WAS -RIGHT
t Margaret Garrett's t f yfe5S
Lwrjg abqrlSi
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A BITTER FIGHT WITH SELF,
CHAPTER CXX.
Just the thought of the coming of the
OTHER WOMAN was a shock. Had I !
not turned over a new leaf, this thought '
would have shook me out of my smug !
complacency, my preconceived ideas ;
that M.Y way was the right way. j
I had onlv a few months in which tn :
The auditor of Cuyahoga county, Ohio, the county in
which Cleveland is located, has been talking an inventory
of property owned by John D. Rockefeller in that county.
Among the figures submitted are 247,692 shares of Stand
ard Oil stock valued at $569,000,000 and real property was
owned by him in the county valued in 1914 at $311,000,000.
He adds that Mr. Rockefeller owns many other millions
in United States Steel and other stocks which could not
be listed by the auditor because the amount is unknown.
The auditor also states that with all this Dronertv Rocke-
fellpr has nnirl Ipss tVinn Sift V0 hvoo f,,. A
7 V7. i " n r V ii Jtoio. xxv.- imake g00d determination to hold
cording to this showing Rockefeller owns property worth jfast to miue own. our children, healthy
$880,000,000 in Cuyahoga county, that is known, and vast tag IZZlRl
sums besides, and on this he has paid m four years less e and strength in spite of the faet
than $2,500 a year. A tax of 10 mills would amount to I "?L w T.bot '"'"p?0" ?ud
$8,800,000 a year, and of course that is too much taxes for!ad set myself the shortness of the
anyone to pay. It was so big in fact that John D. appar- fc 7? " "h it; 1
ently was not equal to the task of paying any of it, forf in those days a prayer was 'often on
the payment of $2,500 compared to the $8,800,000 due wasiTi Tre praycVh. 1 migh ,no
-itti , ., en i i " !ail. Mrs. Farnesworth, Elinor, as I had
nounng. wnen tne city oi Cleveland undertook to collect! come to can her had proved a real friend
taxes from him John D. got real mad and moved out of i ,?l,nh KeTaU had u'
- ' "vuj jjuu otuvj. JID It do QUID
ii wouiu malie a match. She seemed hap
pier and John and she spent much time
ai our nouse. Lsuallv liob would he
the city. It will be interesting to watch the income re
turns when he reports, just to see how badly pinched the
old philanthropist is.
AUSTRIA'S OPPORTUNITY
The Federal Trade Commission charges Armour and
the other big packers with hoarding hides and unduly
advancing the price for them. Phenomenal advances
were shown by the commission in the profits made by the
big tanning companies and especially those of the Swifts
and Armours. An unnamed company which made a profit
of $G I4,:"!90 in 1914 cleared $:?,576,544 in 1916. All of
which goes to show that Henry Ford knew exactly what
he was talking about when he said in discussing the pro
portion of war profits that should be taken by the gov
ernment: "take 98 per cent." This or something equally
drastic seems the only remedy, or preventitive. If the
increased war profits had been taken as Ford suggested,
there would not have been so many of them, and some of
the big men and great corporations would not have come
so close to shaving the penitentiary doors. The best way
to prevent "profiteering" is to absorU all unfair profits.
It may not be too late to apply this remedy, and if this
is done there will no great wail go up from the consumers
of the country, but there might be a very loud one from
the harpies who are fattening on the people's necessities
and those of the government.
It is refreshing reading after Chamberlain's attack on
the president and the departments to peruse the state
ment of Millionaire Schwab made at a dinner oi the
alumni of Grammar School No. 40, of New York City,
Thursday night. Among other things he said: "In these
times of war we of America should not criticize the ac
tions of our president and our nation. I am not dis
couraged, and I am not pessimistic, but we must con
tribute our money as we never contributed before. We
must forget our personal notions and stand by our nation.
Let us place dependency upon our government and our
cause." There spoke a patriot, a man placing country
above party, and duty above all else. His speech is the
kind to send to Germany instead of that of Chamberlain.
He gives no aid and certainly no comfort to the country's
enemies. Can the same be said of the speech of Oregon's
senator or of others who pattern after him?
it
home, but occasional! v when he retn.-iin
ea ii town they would conio over and
sit with me.
1 had followed Elsie's advice and
had given several small affairs to which
I hud invited Charlotte Keating. I be
gan to realize what it meant to smile
when one's heart is breaking; to pre
leuu not to notice the little evidences
oi Bjb's feeling for this other woman
which no elfort of his could quite hide
But 1 never abated a iot in mv deter-
uiiiiaiiou to win him, and so iu this
also 1 religiously lived up to what 1
had promised Elsie.
I was always nicely dressed; many
times exquisitely, i'et unless it was for
some special occasion, or that the gown
was very unusual; isou did not nofice
my appearance. 1 tried, oh, how I tried
to bieak down the barrier that had
grown up between us. 1 tried to be lov
ing and gentle, always. X did not realize
1 could not, tiiat love once dead never
can be i brought back to lite. Mo I went
on and on blindly trying to coax the
little god of love to return.
All this time Elsie tried to encourage
me; tried to make mo think 1 woulu
surely show Bob that his place was
with me.
"By the end of the year you'll
laugh at your fears," she said once
when we talked together.
Then one Might there came confirm
ation strong, bob had been out a great
ueai in ine evening, either after din
ner, or had remained in town. Unless
a vigorous diplomatic war on
Austria generous terms to quit.
Germany by offering
The New York papers both morning and evening
heretofore selling at a cent were advanced today to two
cents. It was a dead certainty they would have to come
to it when the Capital Journal set the pace. ,
Germany after all her talk about peace without an
nexations has served notice on the Russians that they
must either submit to giving up Courland and the Baltic
provinces or fight. This should still further open the eyes
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ui .uBuia-nungary as 10 me aims oi ner ally and make
her people the more determined not to longer sacrifce
their lives to fight Germany's battles. Germany has done
some foolish things but never one more senseless than
removing her mauk just at this time and exposing her
real objects not only to the world, but to her ally, Austria.
If the stories coming from Amsterdam concerning in
ternal conditions in Austria-Hungary are true, this ac
tion on Germany's part looks almost suicidal. With the
nation clamoring for peace, Germany's determination to
make it only on such terms as she dictates should solidify
the dual nation against her and against further fighting
her battles. This is Austria's opportunity to obtain
peace on fair terms, and at the same time guarantee her
autonomy. She must realize now that German success
means Austrian destruction. She has nothing to gain by
further continuing the war, and stands a chance to lose
PVPl-vr Vn'n rr A f tho lief oVia nonnnt lirno -F-.v 00 nnov
1 - 1 1 j 1,, ,,f , riiKuj-cmeui, or were enter-
xerms laier as sne can get now, and tne allies snould make .taming he rarely spent an evening with
me. x tnea to Keep the time filled up
as much as possible, yet feared to over
do it.
One night he had intended to go to
town, ana some people came in and it
was impossible for him to get away
without appearing rude, a thing Bob
never did. But he excused himself for
a moment and went up stairs. Then he
rang for a messenger. When the boy
came Bob stepped outside the door and
closed it l.cfore he spoke to him. When
ne retiiiiica to the iiving room all con
straint was gone from his manner, and
Onihe entered into an evenlue of music
Secretaries Daniels and Baker because he knew how un-tt on Ua
just and uniair they were. And at this late day we knowji'ut and coat and said he would walk
of the achievements of Seward and Stanton while even ddwToSL.3! ".X
and 1 did not offer to. Instead I went
immediately upstairs. Bob had left a
light in his room. I opened the door in
tending to put it out as he might be
gone some time, when in front of his
desk on the floor 1 noticed a piece of
paper.
1 picked it up, straightened it out
and read:
"Bear One: I caunot come to you to
night. Unexpected guests" here fol
lowed a blot, evidently made after the
note was finished, so causing him to
write another, but below the blot I read
again: "I fold my love and send it
with this. Bob."
There was no address. Nothing to
show to whom the note was sent; fori
whom it was intended. 1 turned cold as
iee. It was true then that Bob cared
for someone else. I replace the note on
the floor, crumpled as I had found it,
and crept softly down the stiars. Bob
never must know I had seen it.
He came in whistling after a few mo
ments and seemed surprised to find me
still down stairs. I bent over my book
and when he asked if I were going to !
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Veterans of the civil war will probably recall at this
time how all opponents of the Union cause centered
their criticism on Secretaries Seward and Stanton of Lin
coln's cabinet, their favorite term for Stanton being that
of "murderer." Old Abe paid as little attention to these
assaults on members of his official family as does Pres-
jviwiu fr uouji ao Lino Llllic 1U UlC VlilUlWtlVC ilCLaCto
the names of their traducers
frequently repeats itself.
are forgotton. History
The price of platinum has been fixed by the govern
ment at $90 an ounce. This should stir the miners of
Josephine county to extra exertions. The black sand
beaches below Marshfield should also become attractive.
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R
ippling Rhyme
s
by Walt Masn
graph for the nineteenth time.
"AH right, Pa. 80 am I deaf when
yon ask me to go for cigars for yuh! "
said Tommy nonchalantly. -
I 'Well, what do you want to know
this time, my precious, knowledge-seek
ing of f spring, 'hell J" asked Pa. "But
nrst, let me ask you something. Is this
to be one question or are you gonna let
me nave em like a lumd-tire Gatling
guiif Because if you are, I'm through
before I start."
"Cross me heart only one. Pa." re-
piled Tommy, whereupon Pa settled
back in his arm chair for a little hard-
thinking.
Tel me all about Peter the Great.
I can't find" him here in this book."
I 'Peter the Great Peter the Gr
Peter the oh, sure! I know all about
him. I learned that in the first grade:
funny you don't know it. His father
used to keep tho faim next to ours.
Mavbe "
"I thought you lived in the city when
you were a boyl" said Tommy.
' Oh, that was before we moved to
Jhe country," said Pa, and he pretended
uot to hear the snickers from Mrs. As-
kitt's corner of the room.
"Listen here, Thomas, if you'Te gon
na butt into this narrative with any
more fool comments I quit I " exclaimed
Pa, angrily.
I ll shut up, Pa." Tommy promised.
"You'd better. Well, anyway, Pete's
father was a hard man. He wouldn't
hire any help but made poor Pete do
most of the work. Even at night, when
poor Pete would be all tired out after
doing the chores and thinsrs and would
go to bed ofter the fire would burn 'fire.
And He Did
MATCH ME q-ET ARISE
out or TMicS Kitted
mDHEDID-
B. 1
low and the old man, instead of fixing
it himself, would call up the stairs.
'Peter, the grate! ' and Pete would come
downstairs almost frozen and fix the
"Gosh! That was tough on Pete."
commented Totninv. "Where is he
now?"
"Dead," said Pa.
' ' N wonder," said Tommv.
V-
re
Vaiu
e
Efficiency
HUMAN NATURE !
We're built in such peculiar style that un
mixed joy we cannot know: behind the
1
Luxu
ry
I am going to
is nearly one
Good night, then,
turn 111 at once. It
o'clock"
As he left the room the book slipped
from my hands to the floor: I heard him
move around overhead; and then all sud-
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Court House from January 2 until January 30, 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
f over, and all married persons having an income of
$2,000 or over, will be required to make a report.
widest, frjaddest smile there alwavs is somekt "p igt answered
hint of woe. Last night I sat before the L Z"?ap" tUi3 book U very intcr"
nre, witn every cause why 1 should laugh;
I'd done my week's work on my lyre, and
earned eight dollars and half ($8.50). My
health" was' good, ray bills were paid, no
man COUlri SV T nwpH Viim rmn anrJ in mv denly the words of the note tame before
1,J l-i 'i i i Vme ii plainly as if I still held the bit
larder there was laid an ample stock of (0f blotted paper my hand,
tenderloin. I'd stovewcod piled in stately ittiIBf001Jdmy love ,md Bend it with
ricks, and coal was in the basement bins; I Snddenlv something seemed to snap. '
then why, you ask, O gentle hicks, was'?Ye7hin dark ar0UBdI e- x
u,.. i . i tried to get up to mv room. Half way
w , uu.oo in in v ci iii i uiiici ninuiun ine srairs iost consciousness- ine .
swept o'er the moor,. I heard it howl, the lone nic:ht:'rextI.thi"g 1 knew banJ ?tme
fV. J i i.i ... . bending over me, ellie with a bot-
tnrougn, and heard the wailing of the poor in every freez-jtie of smelling salts, Bob saying nothing
ing oiast mat Diew. bo l felt guilty as I sat in comfort i "'I !" ana ruiu
-m mv iW1iaL- AfoA 1 lu. J Au i (Monday-Hostess at John Ke.
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Individuality
1L -Econ,
in my inglencok, and fed tobacco to the cat, or turned the
pages oi a dook. My conscience prods me all the time,
whenever I'd enjoy repose, accuses me of sin and crime,
and pulls my hair and twists my nose. I crank my car to
take a jaunt, and conscience says I'm doing wrong, and
talks of fellow men in want who wearily must trudge
along. Pure happiness was not decreed, I am convinced,
for mortal man; but, as we to the grave proceed, let's be
as happy as we can.
Kendall 'a
Pinner.)
The My Noyelstte
A GEEAT MAN OT HISTORY.
"PoB't bother me! I'm deaf, I telT;
ly, trying to read over the same para- j
amy
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