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GERMANY BETWEEN TWO FIRES
Evidently there are serious internal troubles in both
Germany and Austria. The desire for peace is an increas
ing one, and it will continue to increase. A people who
have faced insufficient food for three years, and for two
years of this time a dearth of proper nutriment that is
destroying health and increasing mortality, have shown
Spartan qualities. That there must be an end to endur
ance is undeniable. The question just now is, has-this
limit of endurance been reached, or nearly so? If it has,
peace in the very near future is assured. The probabili
ties, however, are that this limit has not been reached.
The situation is a complicated one. Hunger and suifer
ing make the demand for peace incessant, while patriot
The demand of the people in some of the European
countries for food isanswered by declaring martial law.
This may stop rioting but it is a sure thing it will not stop
the pangs of hunger. Dispatches recently told of an
agreement between Germany and Austria by which the
former turned over to the latter 5,500 tons of wheat.
This is 11,000,000 pounds, or about a quarter of a pound
for each person in Austria. This would not last while the
agreement was being ratified, it not being food enough
for one day. To relieve the situation would require this
amount be turned over daily, and with Germany herself
down to a ration that will barely support life, the turning
over of any material supply of foodstuffs is a physical
impossibility. Germany is no doubt building hopes on
the coming harvest and the grain she may get from the
cultivation of conquered Rumanian territory. However.
it is a long time until harvest, long enough for even a war
hardened stomach to get weary and worn out with wait
ing. It may be the central powers will be able to worry
I through the bpnng but while doing so there is pretty
certain to De serious trcuDie aue to hunger that borders
on starvation.
Margaret Garrett's
aANtSlSwhiUitl
By J AUK ?JXPS
l
THE QUESTION.
Last evening the signs Of Spring which have been in
evidence since last Fall took a decided change and many a
housewife hustled around and had hubby also hustling to
cover plants outside and prevent a real castastrophe.
Along towards evening the north wind got busy and
brought a "tang", whatever that is, of winter. Apparent
ly most of us had like the parrot in the story talked too
ism and love of country misguided by militarism, urges, much, and this without having our fingers crossed, for it
still further resistance, still further sacrifice. On top of
this is the strong military machine of Germany backed
by unswerving obedience that overawes the civilian popu
lation and will prevent any open outbreak, at least in
Germany.
While these conditions all give hope of peace they must
not be built on too strongly. If a separate peace is made
with Russia as it apparently has been with Ukrania it
will undoubtedly help the food situation of the central
powers and this will have a tendency to prolong the war.
As for this peace materializing, the chances just now
seem to be in its favor. If it is made however through
Germany's forcing the situation, the only way it can be
made if Germany insists on annexations, it will perhaps
drive Austria in to making a separate peace, , and this
would hurt far more than the peace with Russia would
counter-balance. The fact though that all parties are dis
cussing peace gives hope that it may result during the
year. There are apparently insurmountable obstacles
still in, the way. One of these is Alsace-Lorraine and the
others are the demands of Germany for increased terri
tory and the abandonment by England of some of her
strongholds, especially Gibraltar.
Secretary Lane, chairman of the Railroad Wage Com
mission in meeting a delegation of telegraphers who were
asking an increase of 40 per cent in wages said: "It is
i .t what labor, organized or unorganized, demanded, but
vith war upon us and living costs what they are, what
should be the compensation given for the services
rendered." .This was the first hearing before the commis
sion and Secretary Lane's announcement is taken as the
keynote of all fui e dealings. From this it would seem it
is not what labor may ask but what it really needs to
counter balance the increased cost of living that is to
govern in settling all such demands or claims.
The east is again tied up by storms and snow. Phila
delphia insists the present storm is the worst of the many
that have wrought such havoc and brought dire distress
throughout the east within the past month. All traffic is
stopped, and conditions are such that only warm weather
that will melt the snow can be depended on to bring re
lief. The situation is said to be beyond correction by man
power, the cuts in the railroads being filled not only to
the top, but to the top of the great embankments built up
in clearing the tracks before.
sure felt more like sledding than making garden.
Prosecutor Heney is making it extremely uncomfort
able for the "Big Five" packers. That is a .way Heney
has that seems to have made him unpopular in certain
wealthy circles. The evidence presented by him shows
pretty conclusively that the packers had an agreement
as to handling the markets, each purchasing a given per
cent of the offerings. It was a gentleman's agreement
and was therefore kept. .
Seattle is going into the fishing business, by equipping
a bout for fishing on the halibut banks off the Oregon
coast, and soon some figures will be available as to the
actual cost of catching fish and landing them in market
While having little confidence in a municipally managed
fishing business, even with poor methods the price should
be greatly reduced.
Two women recently robbed a Kansas store, and not
getting any money from the woman proprietor grabbed
six pairs of trousers and fled. This is strong evidence the
robbers were married women, and if they had been fol
lowed they would have been seen going through the
pockets of the whole six pairs.
The job of preparing the country for war on a big
scale is so great that the copperhead partisan editors of
the Portland Oregonian and Telegram can t even compre
hend how big a task it is. All they can do is to whine and
snarl because somebody hasn t raised and equipped an
army ot ten million men over night.
Villi has succeeded in killing more than a hundred of
his' fellow Mexicans. This side of the border we cannot
understand a government that permits such things. The
truth seems to be that Carranza is afraid to tackle the
big bandit, and his officers are as cowardly as he is. It
may be possible when the war is over the United States
may yet have to go down into Mexico and help clear it of
bandits and show our neighbor what law means.
Russia has broken with Rumania, but as she has brok
en with pretty much everything and everybody else, even
including herself, it may be set down to habit.
ippling Rhymes
by Walt Mason f
THIS FATEFUL YEAR
This year should see the scrapping end,
should hear the song of peace ascend. The
Prussian hosts still face their foe. and
CHAPTER CXXV.
"Bob, dear, will you send Donald
awayf I want to talk to you." I said as
1 fouud them together in the library, j
"Kim away like a good little man," i
he told Dunuid who seemed about to od- i
jeet. Daddy will play with you by and !
by." ;
He spoke so gently I had to swallow i
hard to keep the tears back. But tears!
had no part to play in my life at that !
time. I had exhausted their power years ;
before. I
"What w it, Margaret f" still ho used
the same gentle tone he had used when;
speaking to Donald. !
"Our year is nearly up, Bob." I
He gave a start showing how unex- i
pec-ted was what I had to say.
"Yes." j
"I love you, Bob, as you know. I
shall always love you. But X have learn-1
cd many things the last year; one of
them is my own selfishness. I love you j
so well that I will not stand in the way !
of your happiness. 1)0 you understand, ;
Bob? I am not asking you to stay if i
you will be unhappy with me; or if j
you will find happiness elsewhere." '
As 1 talked every vistnge of color left
his face. His hands twitched, as, with
out speaking, he took a cigar from his
pocket and lighted it.
"Will you answer me truly, Bob?"
"What do you want to know?" his
tone was so low I could scarcely catch
the words.
I want to know if there is some ono
else whom you love?"
The silence was so tense, so fraught
with possibilities for mo that I scarce
ly breathed.
I will never let my wishes stand
when I could endure the silence no lon
ger, ' ' there was a time when 1 only
thought of "myself, my happiness. That
time is past. Your happiness is in all
respects the chief concern of my lite.
' ' The time isu 't up, Margaret. Why
didn't you wait!"
"A few weeks. What difference
would they niakei No earthly power, I
scarcely think heavenly, can kindle
love once dead. A love whose fire has
gone out. I am convinced that it is
utter folly to seek it in the ashes, gray
and cold. A loveless, even if only love
less on one side as is ours, is no mar
riage at all. It is almost unholy. It is
oniy lately 1 have eomo to know this
Bob, only very lately, J know too, dear
that you never have loved me; that as
Elsie said 1 caught you on the rebound,
when your heart was sore from the loss
of your mother. It is my fault that I
didnt win your love then. 1 might have
perhaps. When I woke up, it was too
laie." i. waited. Bob hau bowed his
head on his hands but neither moved
nor spoke.
"Will you answer my question now,
Bob? Is there some one else?"
' ' Yes Margaret there is. ' ' And
his answer was almost a groan.
How 1 wished he would raise his head.
How I wanted to look into his eyes, to
know if the love-light caused by the
thought of her that other 'woman, lin-
gereu in them. But he still shaded them
with his hand.
' ' Aluy I ask who it is, Bob, or do I
know? Is it Charlotte Keating?" I pro
nounced her name in a steady voice al
though my heart was pounding, and mj
hands were like ice as I waited.
"Yes it is Charlotte," he said, then
raising his head he looked at me. "Y'ou
must believe me, Marngret, when I say
I had no intention of caring for another;
that it came to me so gradually, that I
cared as I never supposed a man COULD
care, before I was aware of my feelings.
She was so pure, so unspoiled, such a
wonderfully understanding companion
that I had given my love before either
knew I had done so. Then it was too
late; although I too have tried, Ainrgar
et. 1 have seen your efforts, you brave
girl; aud I have honestly tried to put
tins love from my life. But it has been
useless. I have failed."
Then dear we better end it.. Why
February Sale
of Overcoats
Right now in the coldest part of the season
cones this startling announcement.
We must have the room for in-coming stock and
so are placing our stock of AH Wool Overcoats on
sale at unheard ef savings. Purchased early
last Fall when wholesale prices were low these
Coats are good buys even at regular prices. Sale
prices now rule that are actually below present
wholesale lists, vVe have a coat to fit you Come
in and try it on.
AH O'Coats LESS
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and will, to all those who wish it, explain the new
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All single persons having an income of $1,000 or
over, and all married persons having an income of
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ii- . V1 ' , should all three sutler wnen one or us
through their war-like motions fro. and make the other two happy, when
would convince us, if they could, that-the ?uffins of onl? onemean the
they're in shape to saw much wood. But allih"XVarjaretTYouri can't take
their fighting men who made of war a advautsge of y?V gT'rosity- 1 wiU
, j; j i j , , . , istav, and we will be as happy as we can.
pasxime ana a traae are dead, or sny or legs we, and the boys."
or lamps, or fenced in foreign prison camps. L "Xo- ",ot "on for. ey is.u "our
Vr - J u. m , S A i . dutv, Bob. They will always be your
imo longer does the Teuton find in war aibovV-she wont' object to vour seeing
solace to his mind; of such rude games he'sl!'1''" h ;ou .nt t0-T, wi"AriK
v i v v ,j , . , , ithom up the best I eau.. They must be
had enough; he d rather play at blind man s I uft with me, dear, mat must i de-
biult. the Prussian armies are composed jn,a"dI '
t.- , i A stifle
ui uuuu us who lor years nave aozea oeiore
their fires, so old and weak that walking made their
hinges creak; and boys who have been drawn from schools
to drill around with deadly tools. The hacks and has
beens of the land bear arms at Kaiser Bill's command. To
face them go our stalwart sons, who'll climb the frames
of war-worn Huns, and show the world how Yankee
snap can draw new lines upon the map. WTien once our
boys have got their stride in battle, on the other side, I
don't see how Bill's weary crew can help but throw up
hands do you?
d groan was my only an
swer.
"Love, Bob, is a vagrant," I went
ou, "I tried to catch him and failed.
It is not your fault. I cannot in fair
ness hold you any longer. Think it over
Bob, then we'll talk about the details."
And with a blinding pain in my heart
I walked from the room.
. (Tomorrow The End of a Painful
Pav.)
, . , - ui i imuui agitaiion.
firm, and abo to observe whet theceeded.
cimrming witness wore.
The witness pro
mt
i, i. n , v. . 1 ' "vu ii again, ana men early in the
e bashfully swore herself in. ,!;., i, ..,.,1,. .... , . ... 7
,. 1, , ,, , , :; . s "c vic up anu ueemea tnat
, uur uonor, sue reuwmucu 1 it ouirlit to
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Washington Student
i Under Investigation
j Seattle. Wash, Feb. 1. Federal
agents are conducting a rigid investiga
tion of E. V. Kvrnnon, aed 33, a
I'uiversity of Washington student ar
rested yesterday in chemistry class by
: Patrolman J. M. Rsilcr.
j Evenson is held as a German. It is
understood the arrest was mad at tTi
j request of the Tinted Stta.s depart
ment of justice at Boston, but the na
ture of the charge is withheld.
T'nited States Attorney Clay Allen
and Howard l Wright, '"special Ageni
of the department of justice, held a
conference with Kvenfon that con
tinned all forenoon today. The results
of the examination will not be an
nounced until further investigation is
made.
Evenson claims his father is a Nor
wegian, his mother Gorman and that
he was born in Finland. The police
declare Evenson was arrested three
months ago m a slacker, but
charge wss withdrawn.
t The DaEy Novelette t
THE GEEAT SPIFK2NS MURDER
TRIAL.
"Sll tin fn rrlarl ii- I , t i 1
I'ou admit that your husband kill-1 .j u" , .""7 X "? l col.a.
ed your mother on the niirht of the ureat i m ZX Z LIL, Z JnouBM
murder?" barked the nroawnrW .ttoJs. ZZ "1 . " " ,ul"ur 500m .
ney, as sh
."I do.
ingenious
ii . j , "x ... mu l00K the carving knife and waved
case," demanded het glaring dourly at.it around. Then he killed her and cut
the simple collar of pearls which eucir-j down the rubber plant and buri" them
ded her slender throat. together in the back yard?"
Why, you sec it was this way," " The evidence is complete," said the
she began bashfully "My husband al- judge, "and I charge the juri teTonsid!
ways was the best of men, and kind to.er it as peers of the accused " '
my mother, and on the nisrht before Th .-, i.... ' .
tlio.nmot ,,,,) !. - 1 , 1 J-i J auirui irom ine COUrT
..... u.u.ut, uC i-arrieu an ner i room but five
piams out onto the grass because it wa
Tt ra;,,..l .i ; .yiwuva ine ioremaa.
;,t J JZtiZ. ..P.? eaz"'fr triumphantly at his wife, who
minutes. Thev rptnmort
ass because it was with an air ,.f "n....;-.-
raining and they needed it, she said.! "Your honor,'' reportefilhe fore.
mpnantly at his wife,
oaaf in L A. .
freeze and so she got up and asked my have reached a verdict of NOT GFII
husband to carry in the rubber plant-" TY. The defendant was iustified I
The court room was crowded, for on
this day t"a last of the testimony in
the Spifkins murder trial would be giv
en, and James Spifkins would know
whether or not fc? should bo hung for
the murder of his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Matie Hagglestraw.
The deriding testimony was th.tof
the young wife, who . ppeared c! ildish- j
ly gowned ii green crepe de chine to ;
the show her extreme innocence. It was nn-i
derstood that the prettv former chorus
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