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EIGHT THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM OREOnv SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 2. 1918. FIRST INDICTMENT ; lil PiM SCANDAL Charles S. Sheridan, Former i- Guard, Chargel With Ac cepting Bribe. The first iudic-Mient to result from . the investigation of the state peniten tiary parole scandal was returned by the 'Multnomah county grand jury yes terday against Charles S. ftheridan, a farmer guard at the prison, charging ' him wrth accepting $V0 from Fred A. Matson, n convict, on the promise that he- would obtain a parole or condition al pardon for Matson. Mntson was granted a parole by Governor Withy combe on Way 10. Sheridan has been placed under ar rest and released on $-.r)0 bail. It is known also that the investigat ing committee, consisting of Attorney 'General Brown, District Attorney Gvkl , lar of Marion, District Attorney Kv fnis of Multnomah and District Attor ney Hill of Linn, hits information to .'the effort that ,loe Keller, state parole: -oi fiecr, went to Matson and sought to persuade him not u "peach" r,n Sher-1 Ulan by offering to see that Mutsjn 'was repaid th? l.0 he had given to HHeridan. Keller was going to get the uimey from Sheridan, it in said. Keiller left to. lav on his vacation. n " ti. i...,.,.tinfi,r nniiii ttcA nipt to- riuv in the office of Attorny General Brown to review the mass of testimony which has been withered from the, 1U0 t witnesses or more who have been in- rerviewea. me lesiiiitun.y w iuir.u down and the work of transcribing it will be completed Monday, and then it ( h nil to be submitted to tno marion iMinntv o-rand jury. It in understood : that onlv a portion of it was submitted to the grand jury in Multriuvnuh county . Sheridan's deal with Matson where by Sheridan promised to get a parole for the convict for $l'0 was made last ', pril, according ' to, the indictment. Matson was serving a sentence of 13 K'HTt fir highway robhery. Matson 'was paroled on May 10. snyo the in dictment, and on May 2(1 Matson P' I llis 150 to Khoridan. It is brought out that the money was paid iu the pres-1 ence of Mrs. Amnifdu M. Lumlgren, a . friend of. Matron's mother. Mrs. Lund-1 gren wag called before the grand jury. fAheridan was discharged by Warden ' Murphy after Marshall lvwiu, n con-1 vict, attomipiea to eena mm -w Mod to getting him n pnro)e. Ik Meetings Of Any Kind To Be Permitted Next Week The ban is still on against meeting of any kind whatsoever in Halem. , This was definitely settled tliia af ternoon by orders' of tha stitte board of health. In conference with Dr. O. B, Miles, eity physician and Dr. C, E. Ca . shaft, county phyalcian, : The state board of health takes the ; jironnd that, while conditions have not been serious In Salem, there might D a'cnance or tue uiaeu cuunng rat. .in a second wave should schools, ov ,ies, churches and all publie gatherings! With this ruling of 'the slato board '"run . I of health and the sorious condition in ' Portland it is thought that it may bo a we.sk before tho bnn 1 removed a-tiinst public (riitherings. On account of tho ban being taken off at Corval 1t!t. it whs thought that perhnpt condi tions might warrant nt least school fsii)ns next week. Hut the state board of health in a tel 'phone message lata thi afternoon to Dr. O. B. Miles came out .emphatically agflinst meetings of ny kind and its rulings nre definite. II MVVJfi"J I y j S W Wby Not Elect A Supreme Judge iitiout whose fitness and qualifications (hero can be no questiont - JUDGE A. S. BENNETT OF THE DALLES, eminent iu the fuw, xouml and true as a citir.en and man, j a candidate ror Mipreuie Judge to given the barbarians a taste of our ' fill tho vacancy caused by the death of , ammunition iu a very recent engage Judge Moore. nient. The entire regiment has suf , ,1 fored but one casualty, a private is. No nominations have been made and Battery D( ,ho wa gmiei with a wo nanie, appear on the ballot for this picce of ghrnpneioniy a slight injury. ' lKMilliUir lllf ii 11 ui JUUF luvivo ( MUST EK WRITTKN IN. TMen-ie write the nnine aud mark your liallot to appear thus: . J'or- Justice 0 the Supreme Court To ' Fill Vacancy Caused by the Death of Frank A. Moore VOTE FOR X A. S. Bennett (PaM Adv.) PUNISH KAiSER AND PRUSSIAN WAR LORDS IS GERMAN PLAN An Amsterdam Dispatch Says War Responsibility Will Be Placed. Washington, D. C, Nov. L-rit isliment for the kaiser and the Prussian war lords guilty or Ucrman crimes ol:ar ottice amtouned today, the past four years will be mcttd out iaj The Italians crossed the frontier in summary manner by the German peo- to Austrian territory in the Sugana pie, diplomatic advices todty indicated. I valley yesterday evening. An Amsterdam dispatch slated that Both the t'ellina nd Meduna rivers a commission, including members of all (paralleling the Tag'iamento four to the reiehstag parties, is now in res8ion;five miles to the westward) have been at Berlin to place responsibility for va- crossed. , rious mfssteus of German ooliticians -Several thousand Italian soldiers who and military leaders since the outbreak of the world conflict. Bcthniann-Hollweg's failure to ob tain pence at the end of 1916 is being rigidly investigated, according to ad vices Other neutral reports mentioned the spread of the belief in Germany that the kaiser should abdicate and the pos sibility of the discussion of the matter. in the reichstag was suggested. ! The Strassburger Post is quoted in a dispatch as stating Hint the war cab- i iner has under advisement the matter of the abdication of the emperor. Be- i - .: j !""" "" "c" ul r!.1" at Munich, which adopted resolu- 1 " declaring rne loynny or iiavaria to the empire, but demanding the kaiser's immediate abdication. DRAMATIC EVENTS CLOSING OF GREAT WCRLD WAR IgJ J, r,, VnrhrfVl Ta V"Hll!ti 170111 f Orty-fclgOt 10 ixty Hours Germany May Surrender. By Robert J. Bonder. (United Pross staff correspondent.) Washington, Nov. 2. The next forty eight to sixty hours are expected to write dramatic events on the closing pngegjif the war. The navafsectioB . of . the armistice terms to be given Germany was in pos session of this government today. No announcement of the contents was made, but assurance was given by high officials that every safeguard had been taken in these terms una that they would meet the requirements of "every prudent niali" so that travel wy, Bafo on ttn.ti10 gea9, Wnet1(r occlipation of the German fleet was liiarto a teninornrv or nernm- nent condition was not stated. But it wag suggested that a question such as filial possession of the submarine or grund fleet would rest conference. Impending developments are rapidly coming to a head. Within the next few days it is deemed possible in official quarters here that; 1. Austria will submit to armistice terms, equivalent to unconditional sur render. 2. Tho Versailles council will furnish it armistice task and send surrender terms forward to Gvrmauy. .1. That the kuiscr may abdicate. President Wilson labored lato last night and was astir early today on the information from tie Versailles con ference that there was reason to believe that armistice tonus fully safeguarding American-allied supremacy had about been framed. 1 ' That Qcrmany cannot choose but to accept them is tho thought here. Though Von llindenburg ig quoted as having said Germany will nover surren der, President Wilson is working and has lieen working for some time past on the theory that she would crumbU and take whnt she was handed. High authorities today oxp.alrud the reticence nbotit armistice terms nv de claring that the allied governments, equally interested wiin I1.0 I'nited States, ask complete Becreo ontil the tcrnig are finally determined. It is explained further that to give tu 1 'piecemeal" Would pro- pare the Germans for what was coming and enable- them to proiit mnteiially thereby. 1 m 1 REGIMENT AT FRONT. A letter from Chaplain A. K. JJat hews, of the 63th U. 8. Artillery (0. A. C.) dated September 24, says that the regiment is now at tho front, he kays, also, "We have been nt the front long enough to let 'Fritz' know that the Oregon boys cau shoot straight, having Our boys are well fed, warmly clothed, comfortably housed, in excel lent spirits, and altlio niuiiy re tuuut to get back to good old Oregon, yet they frol the call to the missionary field of the uncivilized and barbarous lluu so strong that they are not waling to return until the brotherhood of man sod the abolition of Prussia nism ig an accomplished fact in Geiniany." ; The tiMh artillery is the regirum which Fred Kerr, son of Mrs. J. F. Kerr of this city belongs. He is a member of Battery E. Recent letter from him state, that he expected orders soon to go to the front, Aurora Ob server. . EIGHTY THOUSAND AUSUPft!S E Sixteen Hundred Guns Also Captured In Great Italian Victory. Rome, !fv. 2. More than 80,000 Austrian prisoners and 1000 auns have ben captured up to the present, the were held as prisoneis, nave been re leased. " l'p to the present, 1G00 gun and over 80,000 prisoners have been tak en," the statement said.. ' ' "The Fourth army c'.ipied the heights north of the Kouznso holjow and pushed forward in the Sugana vat1 ley passing the old frontier yesterday evening. "The count of Turin's cavalry occu pied Pordenone and passed the Cellina and Mcdunn. We already have iiDer- atcd several thousand Italian soldier , orisnners. Tii Kiirtiteenth and Twelfth army 7. . grouts or Ainin crossen tne nave iu tne neighborhood of-Buselie and spread out between Keltre and San Giustma. "The Kighih army, which yesterday won iu heavy fighting, the Passo Di BoMo hollow, is going up the Corde vole valley. ".Beyond fjf nte NeP.e ;Alpi, they are marching toward Longaione. "Kant of the Brenta the pursuit is continuing. "On the Asiago plateau (he enemy is resisting our advance to allow the masses !n the rear to retire. The Si'xth army has cros.ed the Val D'Aspa bo tween Rotzo and Kiana and is bitter ly, struggling for Mont t'imoiic aud jilont Liz.cr." AmcTicans Attack Washington, Nov. 2 General Per shing late today reported that the Am erican Pirst army was progressing fav orably in its attack west of the Mouse today. Hia communique follows: , "The Fi$st armv continued 11 8 at tack west of the Mcmie this morning. The operation is progressing fnvorab Iv." Liberty Motor- Success Washington, Nov. 2. .Secretary of the Navy Daniels announced today that he hail received a report from Admiral Siiis stating that a navy seaplane equipped with a Liberty motor recent ly remained in the 'air for nine hours The plane carricdour men,, regula tion supply of gasoline, two machine e-uns and two bombs weighing nearly i 500 pounds. WALTER M. PIERCE FOR Governor NO. 21 ON THE BALLOT Election. Nov 5, 1918 . Successful farmer and stock man who has spent his life in the development of the great Inland Empire of eastern Oregon. . " Aways actively interested in public affairs with a view to economy and efficiency. State senator from Union and WallQwa counties and president of the State Tax payers' League. An active member of the Grange and kindred farmers' organiza tions A vote for Walter M. Pearce will be avote cast for one of the staunchest citizens of Oregon who is of gubernatorial calibre. , (Paid Ad) , aHMa.WMIIM . Hit M Wn .1 .V A "t f i ' t , . Governor Grateful For Support Which j -lie rteyer Received Governor Withycombe got hij wires j crossed a conple of weeks ago when b- oe a personal letter to Oscar F. Neal of Portland, thanking him for his past !-TMrt and. iu anticipation, for hia support during the present canipaigu.j i ly Mr. Neol wrote the governor ag follows: I : "Portland. Or., Oct. 6, 1918. "Hon. James Withycombe, "State House, Salem, Or. j "Dear Sir In reply to your letter of the nineteenth inst., in which you thank me for my loyal support, I wish ! n state that in June. 1902, I supported! George E. Chamberlain; in t06 I ?sin nipported George E. Chamberlain; in 1910 I supported Oswald Weal; m 1914 I supported C. J. Smith, and at j the present time am supporting Walter M. Pierce, nd I thank God I have nev-1 er committed the sin of which vw cusv ute, miu & CHUUUV scv uvn nuv i union man or laboring man either, could possibly vote for you. "Very truly yours. "asCAK F. NEAU" feeks Report Of British Casualties London, Nov. 2. British casuallies published in official lists during the week totalled 2!f,7ti, divided as fol lows: Officers, killed 38.5; wounded 824; Hissing 86. Men, killed 5S84; wounded 21,084; missing 1501. DEATH OF MRS. WOLFE. Mrs. Jennie E. Wolfe died Tuesday following influenza which she eon- trncted in Tacoma. The remains were shipped to Gates, Or., yesterday where interment wa. in the Home cemetery. Mrs. Wolfe was born in Maryland in 1805. She married Ed. Wolf in 1884 who survives hct. To this union 12 children were born, seven of whom are living Byron. Wolfe, Knappa, George Wolfe, in the navy; Gcra Or.; cram, in d. dotes. service in France: Mrs Stafford, Gates, or.; Mrs. Fair, who is sb.k at her home in Tacoma, aud Misses Helen .1 f orCe, and & DUSlHeSS admm- hoterhe.Jolfc' wK ar 8ick at ,hciriistration your support will Deceased was n, most estimable be appreciated, woman and a devoted wife and mother. j She was a member of the Presbyterian! PPSfV Til VARNFY church. Woodburn Independent. DEATH OF MRS. DURRELL. Mrs. Rebecca Durrell died at her home in this city Saturday, October 2ti, of paralysis, aged 81 years. The fun- oral was Sunday at 2 o'clock, service being held at the house, Rev. C. L.jViv5u ""' Dark officiating. Interment was at Bellu Pass! cemetery. H.tDonrl vn lini-ti in Philn rlolnhlH . p. t ist n.wi t n,.n fnrtr years ago, settling first at Needv. She ing jfoi-wnrd -to securing government lived iu Woodburn for the past thirty contracts for blankets and clothing ma vnora. Mia. Dnrreli wB h devoted tiftial, held a meeting in tho Oregon mother.' a member of tho Methodist Episcopal church and' a lady of beau- expressed willingness to operate luu tiful character. P cent on war orders if orders are al- There survive her three duui.l.rs lotted. At present 80 per cent of the and two sons Mrs. John McLaughlin, output of tho six bills represented at Hubbard; Mrs. A. W. McLaughlin, Ii-the meeting consists of war materials dependence; Miss Minnie Durrell, at.'t WR8 said. home; Charles' -Dun-ell, Independence;' Lester Durrell. Snlem. Woodburn In-! dependent. THE WAR MAKING PRESIDENT. (Collier's Weekly) In some respects it is- a comfort to know that the president has, as he says, a single-track mind when the track is on the main line- Ho did not go into the war 'fiercely and of course''. He was not as sure once as he now is of the "common will." But no one can rejoice more thnn those who criticized his apparent lack of vision, to see him responding 'glRdly and with a resolu tion that has grown warmer and more confident as the issues have grown clearer and clearer." We are dealing now wi'h a different Wilson from the philanthropist and philosopher of two yeara ago. And it would be a poor sort of American who would deny him grate ful praise for the wholo-hearted energy and tho stern singleness of purpose with which he has thrown himselr into tne war. He has made himself at once the intellectual leader of the alliance. He has gono straight at the heart of the world evil the military autocracy of Germany. He has become the least Iicable of their enemies. He has pro claimed them outlaws and demands nothing short of their destruction as punishment for -their crimes. The rap idity with which events have marched during the Inst three months, the pro fusion with which men and money have been poured into the fight, the substi tution of an avalanche of force for the tedious routine of tactical warfare, are diredtly traceable to the concentration of the president on the single enter prise of conducting a triumphant war. As his addresses become icss aengux ful to the amateur of letters, his acts become more admirable to men of ac tion. Well as he speaks with his own voice, he spea"b( better with the voice of the cannon. While he was addressing the audienee at the Metropolitan Opera House the allied forces were tearing to pieces tho German line from Ypres to the 'Swiss frontier, General Allenby's cavalry were sweepiug up the remnants of the routed Turkish army in Asia Minor, ten thousand prisoners of war were passing to the rear of the ad vancing American armies, and tho Bul garian envoys were racing to military headquarters at Saloniki to beg for an armistice. Most of the events or at least the spirit behind the events of the most stimulating week of the war can be traced back, as the world acknowledges to the hour when tho president respond- j ed- to the common will and, Hinging aside thj debilitatintt counsel of the peace negotiators, declared himself for uncompromising warfare. There is no discount of the vigor with which this country has carried on its fight against the common enemy. With Clemencean the president can say. " Je fais la guer re" As a war maker he U beyond criti eism. . . . m" MM By voting for Percy M. Varney you vote for the fol- j luwmg . j An officer who has made :good his word, and demon strated his ability and integ- Ivifir rliii'?nt Viio -frmi" votira service in Salem: A police force comprising the most able men it is pos sible to secure, clothed in a uniform which will distin guish them from other uni formed citizen, and con- sistiniT Of ' Centlemen Who O O . I -n J..- il such, and be ever mindful of thp;r nnfh nf nff irP and tfl . , ' II1C lact lllcll Uiev dC oci- yants nf the Citizens of the ., . , City 01 oaiem. T . , , , ii vuu uiuuise tne luicgu mg Statements, and desire a . 0 .. . . 1. , 0 4. clean city, an efficient police 4 .4 I (Paid Adv.) flrortn-r IVniJon Get Large War Orders nd, Or., .Nov. 1. Woolen mill Portlflll moo Of OrCEon and Washingtca, look' building Tuesday afternoon, when they I iue "'"8 wa "H H. Carey, chairman of tho war resour- ees committee of tne J'ortlanu district of the war industries board, to deter mine the volume of business possible for the mills to handle. The aggregate business bciug done by the woolen mills of Oregon was shown to be over $8, 000,000 annually. The Pacific const mills lead other parts' of the country iu percentage of war work being done, is was declared, tho average percentage ; of government work By the nuIJs ot the United States being 55 per cent. About 15. per cent of the mills of the country were shown to be idle. Those present ijt Tuesday's conferen ce were: E. L. Thompson, manager of tho Portland Woolen Mills, St. Johns; A. R. Jacobs, president of the Oregon City Woolen Mills; T. B. Kay, presi dent of the Thomas Kay Woolen Mills Salem; Emil Koppe, president of the Eugene Woolen Mills; C. M. Bishop, president of tho Washougal Woolen Mills, Washougal, Wash. DEATH OF DOLPH BOYISR, JE. Much sympatic has been felt for Dolph Boyer of Rosebnrg, formerly of Woodburn, for the loss-of his youngest son, Dolph Boycr, Jr., who passed away of pneumonia following an attack of the Spanish influenza. The funeral ceremony was held at Mt. Angel Friday morning and interment . was at ,it. Luke's cemetery, thig city , Saturday morning. Deceased was a native of Woodburn ami w:is born Jely 11, 1904. He was a frr mouths old wiieh his mother died He Kaves a :'ath i five brothers a-.d two sisters. He had entered the fresh man class of Mt. Angel college this year, was a bright boy and gave proni ise of a career of much usefulness iu life. Woodburn Independent. New Books Received ; At Public Library During the two weeks that the li brary has been closed many new books have been added to the shelves. The following are notable of those now ready for circulation. "The flying poilu" a story of aer ial warfare by Marcel Nadaud. "My four years in Germany" by James Gerard. "Women of the war" interesting chapters on thirty one English women who have distinguished, themselves in the war, by Barbara MaLaren. "Ardours and endurances" vivid poetry of the war, by Robert Nichols. "Out there" a drama of British pa triotism, by J. H. Manners. - "The new spirit of the new army"; a message to the service flag homes, by J. H.. Odell. ""War bread" a small 1918 book on our grain supply and needs, by Alonzo.io PA1,f Qf-ant Taylor, member of the U. S. food ad- 413 tiOim street . ministration. - "History of mediaeval Europe". by Lynn Thorndike. Allies Must Police Austria -Hungary to Keep Order After War Cl-l. Af lY" -J... ! AT r Oldie VI 1ISUlUCI IZ AUD U pected To Result In Ger man Empire. By Eaymon Clapper. (Cnited Press staff correspondent) Washington, Nov.. 2.-Allied troops j w,ll have to pol.ee Anstria-Hungary Luclf disorders, MilKons-bf. innocent, and possibly Germany at the end of j wouj(i be massi.red if a wild scramble hostilities, in the view of leading allied for fo(Ki 0Dfe started, they say. It diplomats and military attaches here woul(j be ,1 tragedy which the al- toc,av- ' . . ' lies would be in honor bound to avert They pointed to the provision forif humaniy possible, and, with the re policing Armenian vilayets, in the Tur- j kase of troo,, in Turkey and release kish armistice, as ' indicating what would bo necessary in the case of the central empires. Seizure of food, provisions, oil and other necessities has begun in various parts of Austria, according to unoffi cial dispatches here. Every indication is thnt rival factions will grab every thing they can lay their hands on and that complete economic chaos will re sult, especially in Austria-Hungary. Neutral and allied countries alike would suffer from a reign of anarchy in either Austria or Germany, diplo mats say, and the necessity tor inter , ventien to restore order would be even i, I.. 41. noaa tor.latnrl lgreuter than in the case of isolated Some allied diplomats have express-1 ed fears that a reign of bolshcvism in the central empires would be carried j over into attied countries and that an era of revolution throughout Europe would result. For tins reason, allied governments can be expected to take prompt action if a widespread period of revolution scema imminent. Diplomats were optimistic today and Everywhere tho feeling was expressed . I.. , " -L t thnt the end of tho war is at hand. In quarters whereat least another year of fighting has been looked for, the view has now changed and tho end is seen as very near. -Neutral diplomats see Germany facias a hopeless fieht, "It is the end, " one neutral diplo mat in close touch with Germany's sit uation declared when the news was re ceived that Austria had asked for an armistice. The prospect of a backdoor invasion of Germany will force Gorman militarists at lastto acknowledge in evitable defeat. Swedish diplomats representing Aus- triau interests hero are puzzled as to which of the many factions they will regard 09 in authority. Emperor Charles has turned affairs over to the national council at Vienna, according to press reports, but no official instruc- 'Booth Tarkington," his biography written by Robert- Hollidav. "0. Henry biography" written by C. A. Smith. "Film folk; close ups of the men, women and children who make the movies," by Rob Wagner. "Physical benutyj how to keep it" suggestions and carefully planned ex ercises for the care and development of the body, described by Annette Kel lemian. "The mastery of nervousness based on self reeducation," as proposed by R. 8. Carroll. "The wonder9 of instinct" delight ful scientific study of insect habits by the uoet scientist. Jean Fabre. "Speech d?fects in school children and how to treat them," ably discuss ed by Walter B. Swift, M. D. of Boston "Vocational education of girls and women," by Albert H. Leake. "Education for character; moral training in the school and home," by Frank Chapman Sharp. "Desk book of twenty five thousand words frequently mispronounced," com piled by F. H. Vizeteely. gmi T.wum. tm.imm .1 mmm . 1 m imif'ii wit l . mm ii m i-T n'v'itm Mnimi ri mMmiiAiim f . Coornskt nsttttnd. tl i -A ' Batteries Should Never Freeze If your battery freezes it's your own fault. There's fcroof right in the ice that you haven't taken Care of it that you haven't kept it charged. A properly charged Willard Battery can't freeze, even in the coldest weather. - . -' Come in and we'll tell you why batteries do sometimes freeze, and hoyv you can tell when yours is cold-weather proof . -While you're-here ask for a copy of our booklet "A Mark with a Meaning for You.' It tells just what the Willard Mark stands for. ' Auto Electric Shop DEGGE & ha been' received at the Swed ish legation this morning. Dispatches j report Austrian troops fighting- among themselves presumably unrts of var ious races. It is believed that the arrais ticc terms will include s'.riet disarma jinent provisions o that these hordes of desperate soldiers- cannot go home to I spread terror aud murder. , , Allied diplomats here toitay express-- of Italian troops in event of an arm istice, available forces will be at hand to send into Austria. Diplomats see greater possibilities iu some such army of relief than in an outright military invasion, which would only add to the hardships of the mil lions of friendly Czechs, Jugo-Slavi and Po!eg in the dual monarchy. GERMANY STANDS ALONE By'Ed L. Keen (United Press staff correspondent) London, Oct. 2. Germany is the re- maining great question mark against the war's political background, as the result of tho Austro-Hunganan eatal clysm. From various neutral sources it is predicted that the solution, perhaps, as the result of an internal explosion is not far distant. Stockholm dispatches say that condi- hons in Germany closely parallel those m Hussia before the revolution. There is ilissatistaction tnrougiiout tne conn- try, even among the better classes, iu:i: ouA:..i .A.u.. AAn:..i. Phihp Schefde,niann, majority social- list leader, who was mado a member 1 of the new cabinet, is unpopular and 1 there is no chance of the coalition min- lsiry lasting. Millions of revolutionary pamphlets are being distributed in 1hc streets. A dispatch from The Hague says the Leipsiger Zeitung announced that the Bavarian premier had notified Berlin that the Bavarian royal family will claim the German throne in tho event of the kaiser's abdication. The condition of the poorer classes in Berlin is desperate, according to Co- penhagen a'lvi'ces. Desertions from the army are rapidly growing-. Tho stroets are full of war cripples. Many women who were, formerly wealthy have been reduced to working as conductorett.es on the trnuiways. ."Everywoiuan'g canning book," by Mary B. Hughes. Fiction "Sonia" a novel of the war, by Ste phen McKcnna. - . "The illustrious prince,'.' by Oppen- heim. ' " f "My demon motor boat," by George I Fitth.' . , i ' "The wishing-ring man," by Mar- S garet Widdemer. - i "Tho long trick," a story of the f royal navy, by 'Baryiineus." . E Children's Books I "Boys' military manual," by Virgil jf Collins. "Wonderful stories. Winning tno V. - C. in the great war." C "Post of honour," more Victoria j Crops stones by Richard Wilson. "The son decides," also a war story, by Arthur Pier. t "Blow ccach," by E. V. Lucas. jf "Peter and Polly in winter," by Rose Lucia. ' f "Peter and Polly in spring," by ( Rose Lneiii. I "Scouting with General Funston,' by Tomlinson. BURRELL Phone 20 M f J u i 1 ' J f .1 . I I I i J - V I 1 A ) J S; I E " E i K Ha; ; i If ,lr .- Lf ' V Wis. Gi Kv. (Ii CI -Ft Isi tJa 1 Ah "Jol ,Ge iFr