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of their lives, and what would be
the result? Four per cent alcohol
is strong enough to intoxicate new
beginners, and even two or three per
cent would be strong enough to Gre
ate an appetite for strong drink in
the growing boy-an appetite and
craving that, once aroused, might
never be overcome.
The brewers amendment is put
out as an attempt at the first death
grip of the far-reaching tentacles of
that devilfish, the brewers trust,
the worst and most relentless of all
trusts, the father of the saloon and
the brewer of all evil, AS for its
promises, who ever heard of the
brewers trust keeping the law or
keeping its promises to the people?
No, if it once more gets its strangle
hold on Oregon we would have a far
harder fight to escape from it than
we did when we voted Oregon dry,
Sisters, we can not afford to view
with Indifference these most vital
things of life. Let us be in the
thick of the fight and help with our
ballots to bar out this most mon
strous evil. Let us hope that we
may see the brewers amendment
snowed\ under so deep by the white
votes of the women that it will never
dare show its hydra head again. II
we also vote for the other amend.
ment prohibiting the importing oi
liquor for beverage purposes, ther
if that carries we will have what we
thought we were getting when we
voted for a dry state, and we car
bring up our boys without fear of a
devil lurking in every corner to way
lay them. c. r. MINKLER.
Ashland Tidings wants ads brini
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History Of Motion Picture Industry
By Beatriz MicheieHG

tions that arrayed themselves against
the new substance were great deal
more numerous and obvious, in many
respects, than those that had con-
victed the other mediums, already
discarded.
Again the majority of these objec-
tions partake of chemical technicali-
ties and will consequently be dis
missed with passing notice. They
found their accumulatiye result in
the fact that the preparation then
used to sensitize the glass plates
would dissolve celluloid. BY the
majority of investigators this was
accepted as fatal-but not so by
Mr.. Walker and Mr.. Eastman, two
names that were already looming
large in the Photographic world.
These two young Americans had al
ready formed a partnership and es-
tablished a markedly successful dry
plate business in Rochester, n. Y.
Working in collaboration they were
among the first to attempt a solu-
tion of the pliable film problem, and
likewise among the first to direct
their attention to experiments with
celluloid.
First Of all, new sensitizing
preparation was devised-one that
was highly satisfactory and, at the
same time, did not dissolve cellu-
loid. But this was only half the bat
tie One other great difficulty stood
in the way of any adequate or extern
sive experiments. Celluloid was not
then manufactured in thin transpar-
ent sheets. There was none of the
large nor finely adjusted machinery
now employed for the purpose. The
manufacturers of celluloid could see
small promise to motion picture
film business. They regarded the
whole matter as a scientific play
thing. They laughed outright at the
proposition of installing the expen-
sive machinery necessary to an out
put such as Eastman and the other
experimenters specified. Conse-
quently the experimenters, most of
them with but little money in purse,
had to shift for themselves. They
made recourse to many devices.
Some of them reduced the celluloid
TO a liquid and then poured it, in a
thin film, on plate glass to solidify.
Others took it in its thicker and
more uneven form and endeavored
TO scrape and sandpaper it down to
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Portland-England has bought
two shiploads of flour at $3.50
barrel and one Chicago firm bought
about 100000 bushels of wheat,
paying $1.55 for bluestem, Portland
delivery.
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A new and
vastly impor-
tant epoch in
m otion pic
ture history
W a S ushered
in, when IN
vestigators be
gan t h e / r
search for a
pliable fill m.
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Ashland Tidings wants ads bring
results. II
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'10ers Enroll.

Clem Summers and Ward Ham,
mond, both of last years graduating
class, have enrolled in post-gradu-
ate class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31

Dorney, C. J. Pillow, J. V. Connolly =.
p. Neal Sheridan Ferree, Charles H
Greathouse. +. r. Dooley and Miss Fan
ME s. Herbert and Miss Florence Ether
idEe. met In the ONCE of the union
This committee determined TO fnstftuts
a thoroughgoing publicity campaign In
behalf of government employees J. O.
Gurley was selected as the editor OF the
January Federal Employee: Messrs- Der
ney and Ferree were selected as art edt-
tors: Miss Dell was placed In charge OF
the publication of branch activities; IT.
Dooley was charged with the work OF
extending correct information about
government employees throughout the
United States by means of the public
press, Miss Etheridge was assigned the
duty of reporting for publication the
various activities around the once and
In the committees
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THE PUBLIC u|BRARY.
SELECTED LIST OF BOOKS he
GENTLY ADDED.

Tho following list. arranged by sub
jects, includes some Of the latest addi-
lions to the Pubic Library.
The lists which appear In this column
each Sunday are reprinted. at the erd
OF the month. in the hbrary's monthly
bulletin. Copies of this may be OBJ
tanned free at the library or win be
sent by mail for 10 cents q year.
Swedish Literature.
Levertin. Oscar. vart Gsmia Stockholm ISc-
Mailing, Mathiida. bet INVITA- Huset Och Den
Roda stugan. Y52F-M295h.
Mailing. Mathiida- Kari ekyttes Husfru.
Nordstrom, Ludwig. LAndsorts- Bohems. YosT-
N754 !.
Runeberr. J. L. raurit Stalls sssner. Ysar-
stjernstedt. Marika. LAndshofdineens Dotter.
strindberg. August sw,nwhite. 1909. YoxD-
Sts4sw.E
Wnhlen, Eva Konsten Att BIZ Kung. rs2r-
WEAK.
Other Languages.
Braun Oscar. wir Observation-Disclosures. 1911.
f4sP-b.saw -. ru..,.
Practical Spanish Grammar. X40G-Fe53.
Magnus. L. A. Concise Grammar Of the
Russian Language. x54GM2I. Ref.
two Days. 1911. Xs5-Msl8.
Tolstoi L. n. Graf. First Russian Reader.
Xb4R-T5ss.
English Fiction.
.Asuilsr. Grace. The Vale Of cedars; or. TAs
Andrews. Mrs. NJ R. S. The Eternal FEMININE.
and Other Stories.
Atkinson: W: P: The short-story.
| Benson. z. F. David Blaise.
| Blythe. s. G. Western Warwick.
Bowen, Marjorie. pseud. Shadows Of Yester-
day.
Castle. Agnes and Egerton. A Little House in
clifford, Sir II. c. The Further Side Of silenss.
| Cobb. I. 8. Local Color.
Dehan, Richard. pseud. A Gilded Vanity.
Diver, Maud. Desmond's Daughter.
Fitch. A. II. The Breath Of the Dragon.
Foster, John. The Bright Eyes OF Danger.
c-skell. Mrs. E. C. Lizzie Leigh. and othse
Talea -
Hall. L. C., pscud. Clover and Blue Grass.
HARLEM. ". n. Second Choice.
Howells. W. ID. The Leatherwood God.
Hurst Fannie. Every Soul Hath Its Song.
Jordan. L. G.. Lovers Knots.
Lagerloef. Selma. The Emperor Of Portugar1a.
| Lait, Jack. Reef, Iron ana Wine.
| Lee. Mrs. J. B. p. Unfinished Portraits-
| Lewis, Miles. Chapel.
Monroe. A. s. Happy Valley.
Great War;.
Slovenian. Grant A Country Chronicle.
Sidgwick, Ethel. Hafchways.
burlington. Booth. Penrod and Sam.
Vachell. II. A. The Triumph of Tim.
Ward. Mrs. Humphry. Lady Connie.
| Wemyss. NJ. G. z. Jamty In Charge.
| Wharton. Edith. xingu and Other Stories.
| White. 8. Z. The Leopard Woman.
Williams. W. w. The whirigig Of Time.
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Should all efforts fail there will be
nothing left for US but to make war
ruthlessly, that the consciousness
which our enemies declare is an abso-
lutte pre-condition Of their willingness
to make peace. namely. the conscious
ness that peace is necessary to us,
shall seize quickly and thoroughly
their statesmen and people. "-Lokal
Anzeiger.
I'VE welcome the step taken by Pres
ident Wilson as we welcome every step
that Is made in order to bring about
peace."-Berlin Tageblatt.
Should Mr.. Wilson be induced by our
note to recommend to our enemies that
they send representatives to a neutral
place for the purpose of peace nego-
tiations we should still be far from
abandoning ourselves to the hope that
the move would meet with success at
London, Paris. Petrograd and Rome
Lokal Anzeiger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
OTHER ENTENTE NATIONS.

other nations identified with the en-
tente. If crystallized in editorial ex-
pressions cleaned from the represent
alive and Outlines official newspapers,
would indicate that there has been
great interest and q devout hope that
something may come out of the pres
emit peace talk back and forth. but the
view predominates that until Germany
has conceded or has been made to con-
cede such things as the allied nations
collectively and individually are fight
ing for there can be no peace OF any
peace Ia one OF tho objects Of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
ITALIAN.

ITO President Wilson's note it is
impossible to answer simply No. The
answer must demonstrate the honest
and just intentions of the allies. fight
ing for the defense of liberty and right
against the central powers. thirstins
for domination. intoxicated with bar
barity and responsible for the most
atrocious aggression ever committed
1t Is impossible to accept a conference
for peace with a relative armistice
without obtaining from the enemy a
sure guarantee not to take advantage
Of the cessation of hostilities to es-
cape making reparation."-The Giornale
d'Italia.
why should neutrals, who Kept
quiet when the Germans dishonored
Europe, take a stand against the war
today, when the allies have well
founded hopes of defeating those re-
sponsible for so many iniquities. Their
Intervention now is an act involving
partiality."-Milan SecoL
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onto the plains of Hungary. there to
create such destruction that there
would arise a sentiment for separate
peace on the part of the dual mon
archy. Brussiloff failed in this, for.
after the Austrian commanders in
charge of the Teutonic armies in Cali
cha and Bukowina had been supplant-
ed by German and great reinforce
ments were sent to this section of the
front presumably from the northern
sections, the Russian effort came to a
halt. During the past week there has
been a revival of sharp fighting on
Russians and Germans both claim sue
cesses The efforts are considered but
corollary to those taking place in Ru-
mania.
AS in the case of the west the Rus
slams did smash the German lines back
ward. and notwithstanding their woe
full shortage of munitions at frequent
periods, the Russian lines have held
reasonably firm. Teutonic attacks
never have been successful in breaking
the Russian line. Here it must be re-
membered that in months previous the
Germans were able to handle the Rus
sian armies in about the same fashion
as a painter would mold putty. AS
the year ends. therefore. ii must be
stated that the advantage on the east
ern front, speaking strictly from the
standpoint of the years developments.
rests with the Russians. even though
they have not yet been able to drive
the hated enemy from the cars do
minions.
In the Macedonian arena, where the
entente allies have done nothing more
than prepare for the big events which
are sure to come, the Bulgarians, under
the command of German officers, scored
some success on the western section
of the line, but not only did they lose
all of their newly won positions, but
were forced back by a subsequent en-
envy offensive onto Serbian territory,
they losing the Serbian city of Mo-
nastir. Recently there has been some
isolated fighting both on the eastern
and western sections of the Macedo-
MAN front, but this has been of minor
character. In the main, 1t may be said
that the years developments in this
section favor the entente.
In the regions of the east, in Persia
! and Armenia, the allies, more particu-
| larly the Rus
Russians Succeed slams. have
in Regions of East. eI ing :
against the Turks. Hundreds of square
! kilometers of territory were overrun
by the Russians, the greater portion
of Armenia being wrested from Otto
man domination. There serious bat
ties still rage in this section and
| though the Turks at various times have
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BRITISH

IF We enter into negotiations now
We do so when Germany is not re-
pentant for her wrong doing and is
clarifying In the success Of her MILL
tary endeavors-in fact, in the victory
Of German imperialism. In my opinion.
II France and ourselves were to enter
into negotiations under existing con-
ditions. with such a spirit. we should
than this Is the price which our enemy
would exact for peace today.
The choice today is between an un-
timely peace with years of fear and a
few months Of suffering with a lasting
peace. Arthur Henderson. member of
the British war cabinet, in addressing
the national congress Of the French
socialist party.
Germany proposes an hmm ediate con-
ference Of belligerents. which appears
to her to be the most promising way Of
promoting assure in the entente. The
allies have only one possible attitude
to this. namely. they will hold no dis
cussion with an unpublished criminal or
with power whose most solemn en-
gagements are mere scraps of paper.
II Mr.. wilson's real object was to
elicit a plain statement of the aims and
terms Of both sides. Berlin's answer
shows that he failed."-The Pail Mall
Gazette.
''The German government can scarce
ly be 30 naive as to suppose that the
allied governments would suspend
hostilities and enter into a conference
with an enemy who proclaimed himself
victor without knowing, even through
going to propose. 1t is Germany who
proposed negotiations. 1t is Germany
who considers herself to be in superior
position: 1t Is Germany who wants to
MI
her as the initiator of these proceedings
to define In general terms the basis on
which she proposes to negotiate
Westminster Gazette.
"It would be mistake to neglect
| the German peace maneuvers. but 1t
would be even more fatal to waste
| more time over them. We trust the
government will give President Wilson
a perfectly courageous but also a def
mite reply and then get on with the
war as energetically as possible. THE
London Standard.
In still later edition the London
Standard says:
at is now quite time that the bel
| ligerentS and neutrals understood the
| true situation. The allies believe that
they can infiict, very shortly. crush
| ing military defeat on Germany. She
| then will be offered peace along the
lines of restitution of Alsace and Lor-
raine, REIMBURSEMENT of her spoils the
loss of her colonies and the payment
of suitable indemnities. while her al
! lies will have to meet the minimum de-
mands Of Russia and Italy"
ct is perfectly evident that if a
| discussion once were begun the war
! could not possibly be resumed. The
long gathering momentum of the al
lies, once checked. could not be re-
| sumed."-London Post.
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RUSSIAN.

Germany is feeling that her com
plete defeat is near and near. also, is
the hour of retribution for all Of her
wrongdoings and violations of the
moral law. AS in the time of her
strength she declared war, SO now, feel
ing her weakness, she suddenly offers
to enter upon peace negotiations, desir-
ing to complete such negotiations be-
fore her military talent is exhausted
- . To conclude peace at this mo-
ment would mean failure to utilize the
fruits of the untold trials of the heroic
Russian troops and feet."-EmperoI
Nicholas. Car of all the RussIas.
Peace cannot be secured by the
neutrals and their typewriters. but ii
must arise out Of the sacrifices and la
bors of fighting nations."-The Bourse
Gazette.
I'm its true sense the German offer is
self victor and thinks to dictate to us
terms of peace. Under such conditions
the beginning of peace negotiations
with Germany would signify our ac-
acknowledgement Of such belief. We
are not vanquished and cannot, there
fore, make acknowledgment of defeat
We deeply believe in the triumph OF
right and justice for which we are
fighting and when this will prevail
then will come the time for sincere
peace negotiations High Russian Of
fetal in statement to the Associated
Press.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-31
FRENCH.

The criminal intent of Germany to
reduce Europe to servitude failed la
mentally on the Marine. At Verdun
she is falling exhausted by her furious
onslaught and sees herself on the
point of choking under the implacable
grip of the allies. What she requires
now is to obtain. at the cost Of no
matter what promise, a release from
the strangle hold. time to breathe. at
ter which. by Internal activity, her
genius and warlike industry would re-
gain superiority in armament to be
able to. in the near future, under bet
ter assured conditions. the rapid OPP
Grafton of her sinister carnage
Petit Parisien Etienne Brosclaude.
Our resolution will demonstrate once
more that the federal council would
be mistaken as to the feeling of the
allies, and the French in particular. il
1t believed them disposed to negotiate
with Germany."-Echo de Paris.
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Verdun Victory
Highly Important

Striking forward on both sides of the
Somme, the French and the British were
able to break the second and even third
lines Of defenses before Bapaume and
Peronne. and conquered in the period
Of few weeks several hundred square
kilometers OF ground. The allies losses
are said to have been in the neighbor-
said to have suffered like number of
casualties. both in their defense and in
their subsequent counter attacks which,
up TO date. have proved fruitless.
, Whether or not the battle of the
Somme has ended, as German critics de-
clare, does not matter. The points are
here emphasized that the allies did
score considerable advances, did inflict
tremendous losses on the enemy-and
| here the question OF attrition must be
borne in mind in view of its possible
determination of the victor in the pres
emit general struggle-and the allies
still are holding their positions despite
the best efforts of the Germans at va
rious periods to push them back
The very fact that the allies have
shown their superiority in aerial war
1 fare. shown that they were preponder-
| antly well equipped in the matter of
| artillery and. Furthermore. have untold
| legions of men who are yet to go to
| the front lines of action. forecasts the
possible future to a certain extent. IL
| the French and British but utilize to
| the fullest possible advantage those
! things which they declare to be theirs.
On the eastern battle front il was
i that tho cbJaf Il
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ANY Gains in Rumania,
LIT Effort There Is Not
True Gauge of Power.
les SUCCESSFUL
lon ALL OTHER FRONTS
mic Armies Unable to Advance
h Chief Sections, Despite
Determined Efforts.
Y OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

iously borne down py inc
differences of mankind. the old
is about to stumble into new
Looking backw ard over a tor
path, there confronts its vision
ksome trail of death and destruc-
Turning to the future there is
but through 1t comes the faint
of Hope, born of things that
be. nourished by the things that
be and buttressed by the deter
hon of mere man that. no matter
the mistakes of the past, out or
hastily orgy of devastation which
b seered national as well as IN
al life there shall emerge state
there can be no repetition OF
of the past.
khe dim shadows there struggles
Ire which we may call Peace, Out
Far God Mars laughs at her vain
5 to proceed. for is she NOT I'M.
by the emissaries of this deity OF
|ry things, Hatred. Jealousy and
business? Beneath her feet there
Is head wriggling thing which
be termed Revenge. The mod
hy pied piper. misunderstanding.
|er trusted lieutenant of that god
klone is satisfied when the blood
lnkind Is being let in frightful
hter. continues his wild, weird
and the armies of nations bat
h, blind to the nearness OF the
|ition Peace, unable to cast aside
things which impede her, but
theless eagerly desiring her
Eg.
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& of Ominous
rvades Old World.

The new year may usher In
things. but the feeling that the
ion in this struggle of all struggles
come through the weight OF mill
or economic endeavor during the
ny twelve months repeatedly Is
| d.
Germany. il is declared. there is no
opinion than that the allies VIII
lilly conquered
entente quarters there is the De-
hat the vast resources OF many ma
which have been placed at the
ssal of the respective governments
decision may be reached at the
|est possible moment Will prihg
h the desired results
In sets belligerent nations are
kgling hard now, but II the war
been bitter since those fateful days
b1s there is the feeling that 1917
see a period of even greater de-
kfion. such as never has been seen
lie history of the world. and such as
Il is likely to occur again because
! e aforementioned determination TO
Ter end possibility of the recur-
4 Of such periods of frightfulness
the present one closes
light of what may happen during
|course of the new year a brief
|pse of events of the year just
Ia may be of interest
the twelve months just ending
|Germanic power may be said TO
weakened. Notwithstanding the
that il is stoutly claimed in Berlin
the successes in Rumania indicate
strength and working parts of the
Ionic military machine are I'M
he'd and are just as powerful and
as effective as ever.
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.
Of p Q a Q
Hopes Of Germany throug h
Seem Doomed to Fade. nm ., ~.
United States and other neutral ma
lions would bring about results. and,
further. If she, through her reply to
President Wilson's message urging. if
possible. that the belligerent nations
get together. rekindled her aspirations
toward an early settlement of the
struggle, she seems destined to dis
appointment
Germany has been answered by off,
cials and press, though the formal re-
ply of the enemy group of nations re-
mains to be delivered to the German
government. In their setting forth of
impossible confederation a German
standpoint-upon which they will
make peace. the entente governments
are expected to sound their unswerv-
ing intention of continuing the strug-
gle indefnitely-and when the word
Indefinitely" is used 1t means. in the
entente mind, that there will be no
cessation to the struggle until entente
aims and aspirations completely are
achieved.
There has been g. marked movement
among the lesser neutral nations to bring
about conference between repreSen-
tatives of the various warning nations
in conjunction with that of President
Wilson European neutrals have suf-
fered grievously, economically and
financially. since the present war start
ed, and they today are struggling to
avoid financial chaos. occasioned by
the tremendous burdens imposed upon
them despite their neutrality. Natur-
ally they desire to see the struggle
ended 1t probably is their greatest
wish at the present juncture, outside
their actual escape from being enmeshed
in the conflict.
President Wilson's note, following
closely upon that of Germany to her
enemies. caused wild excitement in neu-
and the reception accorded in the bel
ligerent countries became more appar-
ent, those nations far removed from the
battlefields began to say. 1.-THE time is
not yet ripe" However, the firm hope
has been expressed that out of the
continued discussion Of peace there will
emerge some concrete result in the way
of ending the conflict, be 1t ever SO
small
In the comment which has prevailed
In Germanic and entente nations since
the peace note of Germany first was
sent out there is q pronounced senti-
ment on the part Of the entente to abb
solutely refuse any plan which even
looks to so much as short delfbera-
tions that the purposes of the struggle
may be set forth explicitly. Germany
must pay is the tocsfn which seems
to be predominant. Many German news
papers continue to express little hope