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Wouldn't Be Such a
Big Shock, After All

out. BY emitting the skirt, it be-
comes practical rainy day cos
tune consisting of Russian coat
and trousers.
A true uniform is already in ex-
istence in some schools for girls.
Whenever made up in white cot
ton for summer or blue serge for
winter, its lovely lines follow the
figure in way which suggests
the ancient Greek pattern.
III the war actually makes ne
cessary a uniform for woman, 1t
will doubtless also determine what
that garb shall be like.
Thousands of women are al
ready wearing olive drab military
coats and capes, some with skirts
and some with brooches and put
tees. The color is compulsory
for women who drive ambulances
or work In other ways in the war
zone. AS a war exigency, the
color may become fashionable for
all civilians, but what the cut of
the cloth may be remains the Sc
cret OF some futurist designer.
A national uniform cannot,
however, depart conspicuously
from some one of the costumes
herewith outlined.
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PEACE Conference
ADJOURNS SESSIONS

many laws and national regula-
tions which have been adopted by
both sides during the struggle.
The main point of difference
developed between the two sides
is regarding the exact time of
German withdrawal from occu-
pied portions of Russia. The
Russian delegates insist on i'm
mediate withdrawal.
When to Let Loose.
The German counter PROPOSE
ton is for withdrawal after the
Russians have relinquished their
occupied lands and after the peo-
pies in the German occupied
states have announced their
choice of future government. Ref
erence is made in the German pro-
posals to the fact that several of
the states partially occupied by
Germany have announced indie
pendence of Russia.
The Germans have apparently
decided, in view of the bolshe-
wiki lack of complete authority
over Russia, to hold fast to occu-
pied Russian lands until the peo-
pie thereof acQuiesce in the boil
sheviki plans. Poland, Lithu-
ania, Courland, Esthonia and
Livonia are all thus affected.
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(SpeciaI to The Times. \

WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. -
Modern wars are fought by
whole nations, not armies"
This threadbare commonplace
may soon assume very definite
meaning to the folks back home.
Already there are soldiers, finan-
ciers and business men who are
asking the question::
III nations now fight wars, why
not let the whole nation fight in
uniform like the men at the
'front.'"
When one considers the indus
trial and transportation activity Of
modern nation necessary for
dressing the people = largely the
better half" to be sure-and that
q large per cent of this effort is
due to the production of the my
Rad different patterns and kinds
of cloths, garments and shoes, 1t is
not hard to see the force behind
the idea of a national uniform
standardized clothes for the men,
women and children back of the
lines.
Bound to Come
II the war lasts long enough
the change is bound to come -
simply because 1t will have to
come.
The clothing trades have heard
the first whisper of the revolution
in the word Standardization"
This Is the master ward of war.
Applied to clothes-well, bust
ness 10 certainly going to be any
thing but usual.
Will milady stand for It? A few
yeas ago one would have been in
c.ined to say-"Yes, when the sun
goes out"
The war has changed all that.
Women are fighting in mems uni
forms in Russia. Women are
working in mems overalls In thou
sands of munitions factories.
Women are ringing up fares on
street cars and wiping engines in
: railroad yards They are strug-
Cling for the privilege Of wearing
the Red Cross nurses uniform.
Uniform Footwear
Germany has successfully elm
mated the woman's dearest privi-
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Euen the Women May
Fight In Olive Drab

iege - shopping. Bargain sales
are forbidden and one must wear
old clothes until the police decide
that they can be worn no longer.
France has struggled to hold on
to her great dressmaking industry
for its after-the-war value, but
the leather shortage has driven
France to uniform footwear.
Britain has started on the road
to zation''-which is a
nice way of saying national uni
FORM"
A director of wool textile pro-
duction has been appointed, and
he already proposes to cut down
the number of weaves and pat
terms and to put on the mark ct
only few standardized cloths.
Why Not?
He Is to sell to the retailer at
a fixed price, and the retailer
must sell to the consumer at a
fived price also. In this way
Britain proposes to put all Of her
civilians in warm we'll made $12
suits.
The next step to olive drab for
the whole population is not far
off. And why not?
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Omitted Press Leased wire.)


AMSTERDAM, Dec. 31.-The
Brest Litovsk conference ad-
journed temporarily today with a
substantial agreement looking to-
ward a separate peace between
Russia and Germany ready to be
submitted to the governments on
both sides.
The agreement, it was stated,
was substantially that the Rus
slams would withdraw from occu-
pied portions of Austria Hungary,
Turkey and Persia if the central
powers did likewise from Poland,
Lithuania, Courland and other
parts of Russia, granting the
people of these occupied terri
tories free opportunity to de-
eide their own fuure status.
Provide for Trading.
The delegates have also jointly
stipulated terms for resumption Of
full and free commercial inter-
course, the release of war prison.
ers and payment for damage done
by occupying troops.
The agreement practically pro-
vides for restoration of the status
quo ante, with the revocation of
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REPORT 1000
ARE DEAD in
EARTHQUAKE
UNITED Press Leased Wire.)

WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. 81
One thousand dead as result
: of the Guatemala City earth
quake was the estimate furnish
ed the state department today in
q cablegram from the Central &
Southern American Telegraph
Co.
The San Jose manager under
date of Dec. 80 related that he
had Just returned from the capt.
tai where he found 40 per cent of
the houses demolished, most OF
the others uninhabitable; the
American legation and consulate,
the postoffice and large churches
wrecked; martial law in effect;
inhabitants quitting the city up
on the presidents orders, and
terrific shocks continuing at five
minute intervals.
Much of the region between
Guatemala City and San Jose on
the Pacific. 70 miles away, has
been devastated, the report stated.
All lines of communication in
land from San Jose have been
severed and only meager scraps
of information have been received
by Don Joaquin Mendez, Guate-
mala minister here.
Guatemala City has a popula-
ton of more than 10000 people,
Senior Mendez said, and If pre-
Iiminary reports are true. the sur
fering among the thousands made
homeless must be acute.
Red Cross authorities have
been appealed to, and are pre-
pared to take charge OF relief
work as quickly as supplies can
be rushed there from neighboring
republics and the United States.
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By CYNTHIA Grey.

Woman has always standardiE-
ed her clothes more than she has
realized. In any cycle Of dress,
NEST of it's apparently great diff
ferences have been pure camou-
flage.
Rob dress of its color and strip
it of its furbelows and its lines
would remain straightfront, or
hipless, or hourglass or bouffant-
ly hustled, according to the date
of making.
Woman has always insisted on
wearing her skirts long or short,
scant or full, just as the designers
decide for her. She has left 1t to
tho corsetmakers to determine
whether her waist should be wasp
or natural, high or low.
Therefore any lightning change
should be easy for her, even to d
national uniform, should war i'm
pose that duty.
But probably it will be consid-
erably easier to popularize a
standardized wartime frock than
it will be to design one.
The classic simplicity Of print
tive art inspires most dress re-
formers. An early and artistic
type of national feminine attire
must be credited to the Greeks.
What lis considered an exact re-
production of this ancient univer-
sal fashion was woven recently by
a group of New York artists.
Agitation for dress reform in
the United States was begun by
DR.. Mary Walker half a century
ago. DR.. Walkers idea of uni
form for women was trousers and
a frock coat, a modernized version
of which leads today's art sug-
gestions.
The national food conservation
authorities recently invented a
regulation kitchen garment which
fastens with a single button and
is conveniently finished with de-
tachable collars and cuffs. This
type becomes very smart street
dress when developed in cloth
with collar and cuffs of fur or vel
vet.
The Polymuriel, or reversible
dress for which a prize of $3.50
was given a nationwide contest
year ago recognizes woman's
general need of different dresses
for different occasions. 1t is a
triplet dress, three-in-one conf
bination, and 1t is dull or gay, as
1t is worn wrong or right side
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mime DEATHS
In N. Y. COLD

| ANosCu
NEW YORK, Dec. 31.-With
nine deaths directly attribute BILE
| to the cold during the last "a
hours, the situation in New York
continued serious today in face of
the coal shortage.
The weather bureau reported
the official temperature below
at 9 a. m. today, with street Their
mometers showing several degrees
lower. The lowest during the
last "a hours was 13 below, the
coolest in the history Of the local
weather bureau.
There was some discussion to-
day of continuing the Christmas
holidays of the schools turnout
this week, keeping them closed
until next Monday as a means OF
conserving coal.
Scores have been treated at
hospitals for frost bite during the
last "a hours.
Fuel authorities we're today
considering the advisability of
Selling coal when necessary to
relieve acute suffering. The
shipping situation was the worst
in months. The Hudson was part
ly frozen. Many tugs we're frozen
in, while others were endangered
by big ice floes.
A record-breaking number of
fires occurred during the last "a
hour period. There were more
than 800 alarms resulting from
overheated furnaces or other
causes arising from the intense
cold.
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VERIFIES ATROCITIES

reports heard German atrocf
declared Albert Johnson.
France in Tacoma churches
Sunday
he in the First
tonalc o Swedish Lutheran church.
visit of 10 to King Albert OF Belgium
Johnson said:
seeing naked lined
shield the
Belgians'
in the trenches he
but one
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WANT ALLIES TO
PROCLAIM TERMS

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 31.-Sev-
eral allied diplomats here today
recommended to their respective
governments that they participate
in a conference which should pro-
claim a concrete general peace
policy of the allies.
! The United Press learned from
authoritative sources that this
recommendation was made in the
belief that such a move is the
only thing that can stay in the
separate peace madness of the
| bolsheviki.
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FEED PRICE
IS REDUCED

PORTLAND, Ore, Dec. al
Voluntary reduction Of prices on
untitled mill feed orders was
made today by the millers of the
northwest, according to State
Food Administrator Aver.
They have also agreed to fur
nish lists of their shipments this
month, to facilitate detection of
any dealers securing unreason-
able profits. All untitled con-
tracts will be filled at the mill
feed prices recently established
by federal representatives
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ARGENTINE SHIP
IS FAST AGROUND

WASHINGTON, D. c., Dec. 81.
The Argentine training ship
Pampa "is hard and fast aground"
in a difficult spot off the Atlantic
coast, navy department messages
said today. Her crew has been
taken off.
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INTEND TO RESPOND
IN A SERIOUS WAY

LONDON, Dec. 31.-The allies
intend seriously to respond to the
Teutonic peace terms as an
nounced from Brest Litovsk, &C
cording to the best information
|obtainable today by the United
Press.
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DEATH ON DANCE HALLS

do that all the girls who work in the dance halls
the halls
themselves close to the brink of hell declared Rev crencs
night
testimony
IA 49, who they met their downfall
in dan nd halls"
had that dance halls would shame the
brothe
Sodom."
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HAVE FINAL WORKOUT
Omitted Press Leased Wire.)

PASADENA, 31.-Snappy signal drill with both coaches
working until they steamed like mogush
the order when the Island
Camp Lewis 91st division for the
football championship the Years at Tourna
park
There Is little about that condf
ruling favorite
ruling odds appears break Coaches Bezdek
their lneups and each
off its fewhch stands to be rather
colossal task a sorming Verdun-so to speak
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LABOR THRIFTCAMPAICN

Thrift association be formed
meeting labor temple Sunday night called
the Federation
committee which
Ralph Stacy is chairman.
1--WE intend to sign up every union man and woman in the
be the only requisite membership This will be
for union labor to show its patriotism" HI
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KNIGHTS GIVE "A FEAST

feastsd " 60
There elaborate rro
all the buildings had biz Christmas
The big time was handled by T. \ a xrs Of Tacoma -
Knights Columbus
Chaplains Barrau and Lacombs 81
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vonrunAsr TACousA

- UoRTHEAST TACOMA
Leave Tacoma 1850 and $3.50 for N.
y Leave Tacoma 1. =. s for N. E.
mvtra runs: N. e. Tacoma wednes-
Asv' saturday and Sunday, 1920.
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NEW RULES FOR B. & I.


OLYMPIA 31.-A regulations
ton 80 building and loan associations the state
public Auditor
the associations been
regulations intended eliminate
ment, into effect Jan. /.
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gravely, "1n a business way"
but surely you couldn't have rec
pgnized either"
mo. The fog was too thick. But
| marked n Of the brutes for future
Identification"
"Marked2"
The sign Of my fist on his face-a
ANY blow, so heavy IL bruised my
OWN knuckles. Give me permission to
do what / can, and I'll look up the
quarters of my acquaintances, the card
sharps, make them let me in-I know
! way to coerce 'em-and see IL either
wears my brand. If so, you'll have the
puzzle within fifteen minutes-and no
questions asked I"
you are very kind" the girl muir
INJURED In confusion.
"Then let me see you back to your
stateroom, and III"
"No, I'D rather wait here. 1 must
snow tonight can't sleep without
knowing"
Ito Be Continued
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CATARRHAL DEAFNESS CANNOT
BE CURED

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure "a
tarrhal deafness, and that is by a
constitutional remedy. Catarrhal
Deafness is caused by an in1amed
condition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
infiamed you have a rumbling sound
or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed, Deafness is the re-
suit. Unless the Inflammation can be
reduced and this tube restored to its
normal condition, hearing will be de-
stroyed forever. Many cases of deaf
ness are caused by catarrh, which is
an infamed condition of the mucous
surfaces. Halls Catarrh Medicine
acts thru the blood on the mucous
surfaces of the system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Catarrhal Deafness
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Medicine. Circulars free. All drug
gists, 75c.-[Advertisement.
F. j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
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VANCE
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTTR Lucy Carteret board. -.
steaIner Alsatia at LIVERPOOL for Nar,
.ork; Her stateroom companIon NJ"
Amelia Beggarstan, widow discover ths.
sne younger woman Is running away from
something or somebody.
CHAPTER n-Lucy is seasick. Mr..
~beggarstan sees a Valuable brooch ~,
Lucy explains was a present from re.
Iather on her fifteenth birthdav rrSa
widow shows the brooch 70 Ouoin an az
secret service man, who identiass 4, a.
part OF the stolen Joachim Collection ana
on comparing notes they And thai Incv
s Lydia, daughter OF Tad Craven. now
aboard the Alsatia. ~"
CHAPTER III-Lydia discoyers ,bs,
per Iatner 10 aboard and, telling Mr..
~DeksarstaH thai she has run away 10 70
70 hitn' starts out to find him
CHAPTER Iv-she finds bsr ,s,b.
Win Mrs Merrilees. to whom he IL en-
sasea. ana confides to Peter Trait that
she fears she is in the way.
CHAPTER v-Craven explains to Iy-
ola MS apparent neglect OF her and tells
ner that he Is In the British secret diplo-
matte service.
CHAPTER W-Mrs. Merrilees sends
craven to the purser for a 500 pearl
necklace, which she shows to Quoin and
other friends, saying hat she intends to
give II TO her stepdaughter-if she ever
has one.
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Notice is hereby given that on the
oath day of March, 1917, in accord
ance with Section SO, Chapter 140, of
the Statutes of 1913, one Florence
Mccoy, of Battle Mountain, County of
Lander, State of Nevada, made appli-
cation to the State Engineer Of Ne
vada, for permission to change the
point of diversion, and place of use
of water as granted under applica-
ton and permit No. 1856, as herein
after shown.
Such change in point of diversion,
and of the waters of Salt Marsh VAL
ley Hot Springs.
The original point of diversion from
which the water has been taken from
the stream was in the SEA of NEA
Sec. 80, T. 26 ~, R. 80 E., and the
lands upon which the water was TO
be used are described as follows: Ma
OF NWA, SWA of NWA, NWA OF
SWA, Sec. 80, and SEA of NEA. Ea
of SEA. SWA of SEA, Sec. 81, T. &c
~, r. SO E., M. d. B. & M.
That applicant desires to change
her said point of diversion as above
described, and divert the same at a
point in the sen Of NEA, Sec. 81,
T. 26 N, R. 80 E., M. d. B. & NJ, and
by mean of bitches, fumes and other
conduits, convey 80 cubic feet per
second of the waters of said stream
to the following described lands: Sc
II of SWA, SWA of SEA. Sec. 90;
NWA of NEA, M of NWA, SWA
of NWA, Sec. 80; sen of NEA and
NEA of sen, Sec. 81, t. rs N, r. SO
E., NJ. d. B. & M, and there S the
same for irrigation and domestic pur-
poses.
Water not to be returned to stream.
w. M. KEARNEY,
State Engineer.
Date of first publication April IL, 1917
Date of last publication May IL. 1917
/ ~. Nh o. -1-.H4
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VIII.

Later she recalled that one OF the
,ochorn,s agonIzed squalls had seemed
ike a signal for the attack. 1t was
reverberating in her ears, IKE tne
shrek Of a damned soul, all the whiie
She was struggling in that brutal EN-
brace. 1t was still yammering ever
when she was released.
throughout her consciousness WA
faithfully registering nightmare I'm
pressions-of the second man closine
in TO aid her first assailant; OF a sas
age tearing Of her cloak; OF cyhica
accents breathed hatefully In her ear
sEasv nowl Take 1t easy. little one
n you don't want TO get hprtl ssess'
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At this the foghorn whooped like a
demon OF derision. Until 1t was quiet
again Craven stood moveless, chin on
bosom, eyes blank with abstraction.
"Yes." he affirmed, "dev1Ish good
evidenced Look here, TIL have to tell
you something. We've been sold out
| mean there's a traitor in our CORPS
But can't you do something"
"Ratherl" Craven laughed shortly.
I'm fact, l have done something al
ready. He won't go far for his word
"a squealer's word-won't have much
weight with the other side. lacking
proofs, and I've got the evidence to
discredit him." he paused again,
touched his breast lightly but effec-
lively, "hereI"
Again interrupted by the foghorn, he
started and frowned irritably, SEEM
ing to detect something sardonic In Its
accent.
"Well-that's all. You understand
now. The point is, I'm known to have
-ah-stolen this evidence. But don't
worry. This Is where you come in."
From his coat pocket Craven produced
a small, oblong box of inlaid wood,
highly polished. "Tve managed to pack
the evidence In this, one of those Chi
nese puzzle boxes. II you don't know
the combination, II needs an ak to open
II. Put 1t away somewhere-your
trunk till we land-but take 1t ashore
In your handbag. A tip from the other
side, you know, and the customs In
s~pectors'll turn my luggage inside out;
but you're perfectly safe, you see,
coming In as an alien. They'll pass you
on your declaration"
The girl slipped the box-it was
about large enough TO hold a deck OF
cards-into the lining pocket of her
cloak. "T1l keep 1t SAFE" she said
quietly.
"Dear childi It's so good to have
you to count on !" Craven patted her
cheek affectionately. "Nothing IKE
ones own flesh and blood! | thought
I could trust that man: he was my
only aide this trip" He sighed pro-
foundry, and shook a doleful head.
"well-good-nlght again. I'll go aft
again: YOU forward. We mustn't be
seen CONTEMPLATING out here at this
hour"
He stepped back two PAGES ana van
ished like a shape of dream.
For a moment or two the girl In
eered, listening keenly; but, hearing
nothing. not ever Craven's retreating
footsteps, she finally took heart ana
moved quietly forward beside the rail-
But she had put barely eight PAGES
behind her when she checked smartiy'
with an inarticulate gasp, Just snort
of one whose burly figure, motioniess'
barred her path. And then, as she
stepped back and turned In towaru
the superstructure, thinking In ner
panic TO escape by a sudden dash Tor
the companionway, some whim Oh
chance caused the tenant or the near
est stateroom to turn on the lights anu
two square windows leaped refulgent
out of the gloom, the nearer siihouet-
t,ng the head and shoulders of another
man into whose embrace, as well, she
had been on the point of throwing
herself. .u
simultaneously strong hands feii
unon her shoulders from behind, she
was whirled about into the hollow OF
. nowerful arm, and an ~incipient
scream was smothered on her lips Dy
the impact Of a heavy palm.
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Try Silver State wantads-get results
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Winnemucca Is Years Ago Today
From The Daily Silver State

. B. L. McIan and Theodore Weller have gone to Willow Point
9 They will build a handsome residence on the ranch of E. W. Stewart,
. near that place. 4
. The White Pine News says: "The Silver State a Republican paper
9 published at Winnemucca, is the Noblest Roman of them ALL The
9 paper Is doing honor to its name.
. A bowling snow storm in May is rather a novelty, but we were
Q visited by one this morning that ragged like a January blizzard. This
9 has sure been a backward spring.
o 4
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Since the first of March the United
States. has ordered about 1000, 900
pairs of army shoes. There has also
been some ordering of navy shoes.
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duplication No. 1879

NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PERMISSION TO CHANGE THE
POINT OF DIVERSION, AND
PLACE OF USE OF THE PUBLIC
WATERS OF THE STATE OF
NEVADA, AS GRANTED UNDER
APPLICATION AND PERMIT
NUMBER 1856.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-11-02

Largest assortment Of fancy Rib bons at Mrs. Kate Rolfes.
The Cordova daily times., 1917-11-02
NO JOKE.

Our fool terms make me laugh"
 Remarked old MT. King; we call wife the better half,
 When she's the whole darn thing"
The Cordova daily times., 1917-11-02

Your eyes fitted. Compound and astigmatic lenses replaced. See o. borne.