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Hi j THE OGDEN STANDARD QGDEN, UTAH, TUESDAY, J U NrE 24. ni9.
I 1 1 BURT'S
I I Nextl-Great Stock Reduction Sale 1
II Delightful New Summer Blouses
OUR CONFESSION Frankly we have too many shirtwaists, and we have SALE REASON Drastic price cutting like this requires some explanation,
more and more coming in right along. We were tempted to buy too liberally We make it in the foregoing. There's an additional reason, too. We added jj ,
because we found so many good things that we simply couldn't resist. to our already big stocks some very special New York purchases. jj j
OUR LOSS Primarily this sale is held to relieve our blouse stocks of a very YOUR GAIN What we are losing in this Stock Reduction Sale you are
heavy stock of blouses. New things are ordered and will arrive from time gaining if you improve the opportunity. The more you get the more you jj Jr
;j to time. They must have room. We lose to get the needed room. gain and the more we lose. Come now and share in what follows. ji j
j jj Although this is right in the heart of the summer season we are planning and holding a scries of sales, everyone of which is mighty important to you in its money-saving opportunities as fashion-
rc, able and needed ready-to-wear, whether it be a blouse, a skirt, a dress, suit, wrap or coat, or sweater, or other items of your going away outfit. j jj 0j
And for the younger folks, the misses and the girls there are also sales in every line of needed wear for summer service. j jj Li d
Watch our windows and most of all come in whenever you are in town and see what is on special sale that day. For we will break all bargain records on ready-to-wear this summer and cer- : T
tainly wish to see you have your share of the good things offered. j w
I jj1111 BURT'S ;
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Member of the Aud!' Bureau of Circulation and the Associated Pre.
The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication
of all news credited to it not otherwise credited in this paper and also the
local news published herein.
ERRORS BY A PUBLIC SPEAKER.
One of the lecturers on this Chautauqua platform makes the i laiin
that Edison invented the depth bomb. We doubt the correctness of
this statement.
Before the American naval forces entered British waters the depth
bomb was being employed by the British.
Another statement by the same speaker was to the effect that tho
heaviest artillery employed in the war zone came off American war
ships and were gruns which were held as a secret by the American
navy. We are informed this is not true The guns had been manu
factured, were held in reserve and had never been placed on a war
ship. However, the -were the most powerful weapons. They had an
i extreme range of 28 miles and threw a most destructive shell They
i were used in breaking the Qindenburg linr and would have been
directed at the great fortifications of Metz had the armistice been
delayed a week.
I PROTECTING THE POTASH INDUSTRY.
During the war the cutting off of the German supply of potash
rhreatencd to disorganize half a "dozen large industries and place our
"armers in a serious position owing to the need of a fertilizer In the
emergency, potash fields were developed. Even our cement plants
began the production of the salts and a bright future seemed assured
for those who engaged in the task of building up an industry so
essential t the commercial independence of the United States
But with the establishing of nearly normal trade conditions, the
potash makers are beginning lo realize many um-ertainties Prices
are falling and no one can foretell what a stabilized market will
bring.
And to add to the worries of the potash producers, the fertilizer is
arriving in Xew York from the potash fields of Alsace, now under
French control
Some method of protection must be extended to the potash men
as a measure of good faith. The money that went into the new in
dustry in 1917-18 did so in an emergency and primarily to prevent,
disaster to certain American interests during the period of upset, and
today those investments should be safeguarded.
I TAFT ENJOYS HIS INDEPENDENCE.
I William Howard Taft rejoices that he is not a candidate and, as
just a plain American citizen is free to speak his own mind without
1 I fear of offending party leaders.
I Mr. Taft has peace of mind which he could not possess if he were
a creature of the politicians.
f I The one thing which defeated the former president in his second
candidacy was his bowing-down, because of a good natured regard
SI for .otliers to tnc dictation of reactionaries. He was surrounded by
'Sfi advisers who had no respect for public sentiment and, rather than be
ai constantly quarreling with them he gave wav. In a recent statement,
Taft said :
:; ; "I am having the time of my life. I am doing just as I please, say-
3g ing whatever I please, and am free to think for myself and go where
IS I please. I am really enjoying myself a great deal.
"I am not thinking of domestic polities. I haven't been doing it
IS ?or some time now, and I don't like to discuss domestic politics. That
W party politics, at this time. Of course, T realize, as any ordinary
nw observer does, that my championship of the league of nations has been
3 sucn as to alienate the support of powerful leaders of the, party. I
Hi have undoubtedly alienated many former friends who will have'eon-
H sidcrablc to say in the next Republican convention. Were I to seek
$m the-nomination I don't think I would get very far, and it is pleasant
to feel that I don't have to worry over that, for I am not seeking the
nomination."
It is our opinion that the best kind of politics is to do the right
thing, to speak plainly and condemn wrongs, big and little. So Mr.
Taft, in dismissing politics from his mind, may be unconsciously win
ning his way back to the presidency.
SENDING FREIGHT BY OTHER ROUTES.
Railroad traffic is being diverted so that trains which were going
through Ogden are now moved east over a more cirenitous route.
One of the charges which is being brought against government
control is lack of efficiency and if, today, in order to please a com
munity with a "pull," traffic is forced from its proper channel, then
that accusation seems justified.
While t lie government is m command, scrupulous care should be
taken to prevent undue influence warping the policies of officials in
charge.
We are informed that when Salt Lake complained that the freight
shipments through that city were nt Large1 enough and that the rail
road shop force should be increased, immediately there was a re
sponse, and carloads of goods were diverted and the shop employes
were added to.
That is what is known as a "pull," vhich is one of the most vicious
influences at work toda in industrial affairs.
Business is not allowed to move along the lines of least resistance,
but, instead, there is a waste of human energy and the worker, in
the last analysis, is required to pay for this extravagance
WHAT MAXIMILIAN HARDEN SAYS.
The one great man of Germany, who holds the confidence of the
outside world, is Maximilian Harden. During the war he warned
dermauy that her conduct would bring days of sorrow. He was
against unresistricted submarine warfare, he opposed Zeppelin raids
on London, and he openly censured the brutal wherever he found it.
Today he is counseling against a return to anything resembling
the old conditions He says:
"Only after the failure of the third German summer offensive, after
the German line was overrun at Villers and Courtrai and pressed
back to Soissons; after the Anglo-French attack in August, 1018, had
weakened and demoralized the second German army, and no doubt
remained of the rapid increase in sie and bravery of the American
army, with overwhelmingly strong armament, did General Luden
dorff, creative head of the German army, realize that the war could
not be won by the Germans, as every politician had long known Only
in the last days of September did he obtain a decision in Berlin to
make a peace overture. That tender came too late. Victory was
already won
"Xo slave, as in old Rome, called out, to the triumphant: 'Remem
ber, you are mortal. The victors wanted atonement for all atonable
misdeeds, but, wrongly, they wanted also revenge. The demand was
to end like a criminal trial, with the punishment of the malefactor
and compulsory labor for a long time for the accessories.
"That, however, cannot be. Payment of tribute squeezed by ter
ritorial occupation lasting for decades was possible in the days of
Roman glory, but not for long when the decline of Rome set in, and
nat at all today; and the 100,000,000 grown ups who for almost five
years bore the cross of war sufferings in good faith in the cause of
the fatherland cannot be treated like a naughty child who is stood
in a corner until it begs off with promises to behave better Who
ever does not show faith in the Germans cannot expect useful per
formance from them.
"I have often expressed how hard the emergency construction of
the new Germany has made it for our enemies to show much eonfr
dence in us. Nevertheless, one must calculate on extending credits!
to Germany lest Germany fall apart."
When the war opened Germany was supposed to hove only 69,000,
000. Note that Maximilian Harden refers to 100,000,000. The state
ment was made during the var that Germany, in its census returns
prior to 1014, had purposely understated the growth of the empire,
and now Harden sets forth that Germany has as large a population
as that of the United States. Coming from such a source, the admis
sion is worthy of careful investigation, as further evidence of the
elaborate plans with which Germany prepared for "Der Tag."
TODAY THEY BURN
THEFLAGS.
Now conies the report that the Ger
mans have burned the French battle
flags captured in the Franco-Prussian,
war, although provision for their re
turn had been made in the peace
treaty.
The Oerruans have been insisting on
a mild peace and at the same time
proving by every free act of theirs
that they are unworthy of any but the
sevprest treatment.
It is evident that, had the the
power, the allies would not only be
crushed, but the individuals would be
reduced to a condition of slavery.
In this connection, we note that the
Russian foreign minister under the
rule of Bolsheviki, has sent a wireless
to Berlin regretting that the imperial
ism of the entente countries has beat
en its opponent into the dusL Then
follows this sob:
"Unheard of robbery, unheard of
slavery that is what the so-called i
peace treaty means for the German
working people, forced upon them j
with shameless brazenness by an in
human victory violence, pure and
simple, crime in its basest form that
is what this so-called treaty consti
tutes which is to be forced upon you.
"Territories undoubtedly German
j ai c iu ur sicuuiicu n a y iiuw vjrn -
many. Her most precious natural
treasuries are to be taken, and she is
to be forced to pay such a tremend
ous indemnitv that, even if these Ger
man people were to work ceaselessly
day and night, solely in the interests
I of the victors they could not pay it.
I Germany is so thoroughly disarmed
that the victors may at any moment
j penetrate into her heart to give her
the last blows "
When the Brest-Litovsk treaty was
signed, the Bolsheviki had no tears
I for their own people. They helped to
inflict that document on Russia, by
which Germany not only lopped off
Russian territory, but demanded the
food supplies and placed German
troops over the land. When the Bol
sheviki start to cry over Germany,
they should shed a few toars over their
own perfidy and treachery in the days
when Lenine and Trotzky were turn
ing Russia over to the militarism of
the kaiser
ITALY'S CHANGE OF
CABINETS.
Commenting on the Italian political
risis, the Chicago News says:
Rome dispatches indicate that the
adverse vote in the Italian chamber of
deputies that forced Sig. Orlando to
resign office for himself and his cabi
net was brought about not by dissatls
faction with, the internal policies of
the ministry, or with its failure to pre
vent industrial unrest and general
strikes, but by a vague though deep
hostility among many deputies against
the allies because of their alleged v
position to certain Italian territorial
claims.
Assuming this to be the true ex
planation of the sudden fall of the
Orlando cabinet, it is difficult to see
how a change of ministers at this time
can affect the situation In a way to
please the disgruntled deputies. Or
lando certainly was belligerent enough
on the Fiume question, and perhaps
the current political complication
tends to explain that belligerency Bui
Orlando was careful not to burn his
bridges behind him. He avoided "any
blind form of obstinate intransige
ance," to use his own words of advice
to the parliament. He remained faith
ful toward the United States. He did
not permit anger to obscure his judg
ment. If the majority of the deputies I
turned him out in a fit of passion by I
reason of his discretion and sound I
sense, they, not he, -will have to find
a graceful way of retreating from an
untenable position. At Paris nothing
will be done to placate the Italian el-1
tremists. Peace, if necessary, will be
concluded with Germany in the ab-J
sence of an Italian delegation.
If. on the other hand, the high cost
of living and the industrial unrest re
suiting from the hardships thu '
brought about account to some extent
for the overthrow of the Orlando min
istry, a sober second thought should j
satisfy the chamber that political in
stability is not likely to mend matter?. I
Conditions in Italy are bad, but they
can be improved onlv by peace, con
Btructlve legislation, foreign financial
aid and national co-operation in de
veloping all available resources, espe
cially water power and transportation
I facilities. Relatively unimportant ter
j ntorial claims sink into insignificance
i beside the economic, industrial and so
cial problems of Italy, and the latter
: cannot be successfully met by a
j chauvinist government disposed to
quarrel with Italy's best, friends and
I potential creditors.
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JACK DEMPSEV
CELEBRATES HIS
241 BIRTHDAY
TOLEDO, June 24. Jack Dempser,
challenger for the world's heavyweight
championship, will celebrate his twenty-fourth
birthday today exchaneinc
punches with his sparring partners in
preparation for his title contest with
Jess Willard here July 4. The chal
lenger received a score of greetings
from admirers throughout the country. I
Willard planned to resume boxing!
I today after yesterday's layoff. The)
champion said he wasentirely satisfied
with the progress he is making and
thought that a day of idleness would oe
beneficial to his condition.
Tex Rickard, promoter of the lnde-
pendence day match, said today that If I
all of the seats In the huge arena are'
sold, the gate receipts will total
$1,000,000. The advance sale has
reached $400,000, leaving $0000,000 1
worth of seats remaining to bo sol-J
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He -who hopes (or the hpst seldom I
expects it.
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MALAD, Idaho. June 23 Tim Co A
ert, city mayor, died vesterday morn- fc j
in? at about 10 45 o'clock. Mr. Covert J
was at work at the Co -op store yes
terday and went home about 10 30,
complaining of a pain in his chest, and
di'd about fifteen minute? lafT. Ho
came to Malad about ten years ago
from Colllnston, Utah, to become man
ager of the Evans Co-op company
Since then he had been a prominent
business man At the city election
this spring he was elected mayor. He it
had been active in public affairs of u
every kind. He leaves a widow, foua v
daughters and two sons, also his moth-
er, residing at Ogden, Utah. th
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WESTERN TENNIS
TEAM CHOSEN TO '
MEETEASTERN
CHICAGO, June 24 Samuel T.
Hardy, A L. Green, Jr , and Ralph H
Burdick have been chosen for tne
western tennis team which Is to op
Ipose the east in the annual sectional i
I team ehamnionshiDs of the country at '
Cincinnati on July 10, it was n
nounced today. They will be team
mates of William Johnston, Axel Gra
ven and Robert Kinsey, California
stars The pick of the east, which '-3 '
to line up on the hard courts against
the Chicago-California combination, in
cludes W. T. Tilden, Jr., Philadelphia jj
Vincent Richards, Yonkers, N. 'J
Ichiya Kumagae, formerly of Japan
land now of Xew York; S H Voshell.
I New York, and Wallace Johnson, Cyn
wyd, Pa.
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Will Start Work
On 24th Street
Excavation In paving district No-. A
1 129, of which Twenty-fourth street iff
I the greater part, will be commenced
this week, probably by tomorrow. Toe
steam shovel work on the north Wash
ington avenue paving was practice iy
completed today and the shovel will w
moved to the "other district at once.
The work will be commenced at the
upper, or east, end of the district, ac
cording to a statement mado by City
Commissioner Chris Flvgare, on
count of the traffic conditions on
Twenty-fourth street for a few blocks
east of Washington avenue.
The work of laying the aspbaflt ru
face on the north Washington Avenue
has alreadv begun and is progressing,"
well.
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