THE O&EGOX STAIESAIAJT: THTTLSDAT, SEPT. 18, 1019.
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ber and demanded that the allied
rmies dictate peace on German Boil.
even If they had to march to Berlin.
Herr Ertbe:-ger says the Germans
will do their utmost to square them
selves with the other nations. Well
we used to call them squareheads.
INTELLIGENT GOODNESS
"We read of the President, on the occasion of the death near
Portland by an automobile accident of one of the presidential party,
wiring the following message to the bereaved wife
"Our hearts go out to you in deepest sympathy in the tragic
death of your husband, whom we all esteemed and trusted. lie will
be missed as a true friend and a man who always intelligently sought
to do his duty."
Gordon Bennett says "A stupid man is a bad. man-"
Certainly an average amount of intelligence is necessary even for
one to be good.
"Who of us but has had the misfortune, at some time or other,
to come in contact with a self-righteous, bigoted, narrow minded but
forceful individual, who stubbornly stood in the way of the progress
of his community and who was the cause of much unhappiness and
bad feeling in his own family, because he was stupidly narrow and
lacking in the ability to understand anybody's problems but his own.
" This sort of person never finds out that he is in the wrong, but
goes on actively to the end, frustrating plans and destroying anything
constructive attempted by his associates that does not originate with
him. j
Intelligent goodness is the only real goodness.
The stupid person may be selfrighteous he may even keep the
moral law, and yet he is a bad man because he is arbitrary and un
charitable and works evil to those for whom he pretends to do good.
That was a great tribute "A man who intelligently sought to do
his duty." ' ': : f '
SALIENT FEATURES IN ACTIVITIES OF THE UNITED STATES
SHIPPING BOARD FROM SEPTEMBER, 1918, TO
-, SEPTEMBER, 1919 ,
On August 29th, 1919, the total sea-going ship tonnage under con
trol of the United States Shipping Board, was as follows:
Built by the United States Shipping Board
Seized from
Purchased
Requisitioned
No. of Vessels Gross Deadweight
Steel 777 3,511,918 5,267,983
Wood 315 728,079 1,100,218
Composite 15 35,000 A 52,500
Germany 94 567,490 601,003
Austria 1 8,312 6,500
From Japan 15 85,880 128,820
From Austria 5 30,521 29,506
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From private
owners 58 346,580 519,870
1280 ' 5,313,780 7,706,400
(The foregoing tabulation does not include 122 steel ships of
465,745 (deadweight) tons and 63 wood ships of 246,982 (deadweight)
tons,. sold recently to private owners by the United States Shipping
Hoard, nor seized foreign vessels that had been sunk).
v The above are official figures-
They are furnished by the Information Bureau, "Washington, D. C
Thev are enie. in American histnrv. .
America's rapid advance from an inconsequential place among
the maratime nations to the post of leadership in shipbuilding was not
only phenomenal but is a fair aumrv for the Termanene nf its new
merchant marine, built under the stress of war.
y; At the outbreak ctf the world struggle, merchant marine construc
tion had almost become a lost are in this country.
Today this nation has MORE shipworkers, MORE shipyards;
MORE 8hipways. MORE vessels under construction, and is turning
them out MORE RAPIDLY and in GREATER NUMBERS than
now issue trom all the shipyards of the world-
As the premier shipbuilding nation of the world America attained
her place, in one giant stride.
Up to the outbreak of the war we had only 15 vessels of 1000
tons and over engaged in oversea trade.
Today the American flag floats from 1280 ocean going steam
ships 1107 of which had been built by the United States Shipping
Board within the last two years.
In June, 1914, the total gross tonnage under the American flag,
including coastwise shipping and the fleet operating on the Great
Lakes, was 4,276,000 tons.
. . n .June. -1919. " was 11,983,000, an increase of 278 per cent.,
chiefly m ocean going steamships.
The steam tonnage under the American flag is now 24.8 per eent
of the steam tonnage of the world.
And still going strong.
When Your Tooth Aches
Yon immediately go to your dentist
for relief
When Your Head Aches 1
Ton i-ly on "headache tablets" ir
wait for it to "wear out." In most
cases of headache the real cause is
eye strain. Properly fitted glasses
will Etfp headache. the same as a
numg win Btop tooth ache.
If yon are bothered with headaches
consult
HENRY L MORRIS & CO.
Eyesight Specialists
305 State St. Telephone 229
Some Salem automobile deal
ers are getting In new cars, at
$3,000 each and up. Prune pluto
crats will please take notice.
Oregon Is to vote on cigarette
prohibition in 1920. Then the old
corncob will have to go, and after
that the soda pop. .
Herbert Hoover says experiments
in socialism and communism in
Europe have resulted in every case
in reduced production of necessities.
Mr. Hoover Is a careful observer.
Chairman Hays says that the
president is pounding a stone wall.
Solid ivory" is the way the slang
phrase used to run. Springfield
Republican.
Borah found everybody against
the league. That's nothing. One
finds what he seeks. You couldn't
prove to the premier thief In the
Oregon penitentiary that there are
any honest men in the world.
There will be no loan sharks or
profiteers in Palestine, according to
resolutions passed yesterday by tl.e
Zionists at their convention In Chi
cago. Also, at the same time, all
the ducks of the world will be
banished to dry land.
British advocates of a protective
tariff are fearful of the effects of
a German "Invasion" with several
shiploads of toys to be sold cheap.
But Germany must make some for
eign sales If it is to pay the big
war bills.
The Salem public schools are to
have a new feature; it is a part time
school. Youths of school age who
are working will retain their Jobs;
but their employers will allow them
to go to school an hour a day, on
their time that Is, their pay will
run along while they spend the hour
in school cr five hours a week. The
ambitious cnes will then spend some
of their own time in studying at
home, and thus they will get them
selves better prepared for the duties
and responsibilities and pleasures of
life. And the last is not the small-
eat compensation. For who would
remain ignorant with knowledge
within reach? Or who would give
up golden knowledge for paltry
dollars?
It is to . be hoped that Principal
Xtoton of Tuskegee is correct in his
statement that the southern white
people were never "more determined
to put down mob rule." b;it it is
disconcerting, sfter digesting his
encoursging opinion, to read that
a mob at Jacksonville, failing to find
the negro prisoner in the Jail whom
it had sought, took two others in
place of him and hanged them.
There wasn't much restraint in
Jacksonville for that mob.
Contradiction has been made of
the report that the Brilihs govern
ment desires Armenia to be pro
tected by an American army of 200.
000 men, but Dr. James L. Barton,
in. charge of the American relief
fund in the near East, is quoted as
saying that a small force would only
stir up trouble, and that if American
troops are to go to Armenia they
should be in adequate numbers. It
is well to recognize that the re
sponsibility is too serious a one to
be lightly undertaken.
KS. The ririnal,0Mtraction program contemplated the buildino- in
SaXj7 17'807'071 dweight tons J shipping; a total of
.JthTni? long way to go yet; but we are making progress such
as the world has not heretofore seen
eineeJomeerf11 4;?.deck offieers nd th? of en.
JL r erS0ioL' 9'm' And de foree 15,720 and engine arid
reiatfonTo w!h7C U l,101 of accomplishment sufficient in its
American. tUe COckles of the h of any true and patriotic
the treSSZi8 utmo8t hasten ratification of
iXS Clews, the Wall Street
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In the Chicago Tribune's special
dispatch front Berlin, under date of
September 16, one reads that "In
the leadership of Lodge the German
"sees the promise of success for the
'battle agaiats the ttcaty." There Is
a mistake somewhere, for the same
dispatch quotes a prominent German
diplomatist as saying that "Lodge is
no enemy of Germany." The Ger
mans forget that the senator tried
to prevent the armistice last Novem-
PROMINENT PORTLAND
WOMAN CURED OF
STOMACH TROUBLE
Portland. Or., June 14, 1919.
To Whom it May Concern:
I have been a constant sufferer of
stomach troubles for the past six
years. Have suffered untold agony
and misery and spent money doctor
ing with first class doctors. Have
been told by them that I had ulcers,
cancers and a growth in the stomach.
Have tried so many kinds of patent
medicines and remedies which helped
others. Was on diets, lost my appe
tite, broke down In my nerves, could
not eat, drink or sleep In a minute
of peace was a wreck in fact all
over. I finally lost in weight from
160 pounds to scant 124 pounds. 1
lived and existed on cold, fresh, sweet
milk to which the doctor ordered me
to add one teaspoon ful of malted
milk in glass of milk I drank. I
suffered no one knows but myself the
unknown inward misery with that
constant nagging, burning, throbbing
sensation in my stomach. At times
I would get perfectly despondent and
earnestly pray to die. So over a year
ago I heard of Dr. S. C. Stone's
Stomach Powders and Blues Relief
and thought I'll take another chance,
and thank God. my heavenly Father,
It did and has proved my relief and
help and I believe cure. I eat and
drink anything I see I want and crave
at any time. As I say It is over one
year ago but I constantly keep the
powders in my house and when I feel
the least distressed or any one of my
family or friends complain I am only
too glad to mix them a dose and see
how quickly they are relieved. I
can't recommend It too highly, neith
er can I say by writing and make one
know and understand the relief It has
given me from suffering untold ag
ony and I say to each and every one
who is suffering with indigestion and
stomach troubles this powder Is
worth Its weight In gold. Aim only
too glad to tell other sufferers what
relieved me and truthfully believe
will relieve them.
MRS. ELLA WAGENAAR,
491 Williams Are.. Portland. Or.
Manufactured by Dr. S. C. Stone,
Salem, Oregon. Price 50c. For sale
by all druggists.
A COVEXAXTKK
When President Wilson dramatic
ally exclaimed at Kansas City. "I am
a covenanter," he carried the crowd
with him.
His remarks must have taken
many In the audience back to the
days when they followed the for
tunes of the grim old covenanters
of the seventeenth century who en
tered into solemn league and cove
nant for the reformation and de
fense of religion and who braved
even death itself for that covenant.
The covenant of the League cf
Nations transcends in Importance
any other agreement which has been
offered to the peoples oT the world
and we are proud to range ourselves
along side of the president as mod
ern covenanters. ,As he has so ear
nestly pointed out. this is a matter
which should be outside the rsnge
of Dolltics. and that view is held by
the leading Republicans as well as
Democrats throughout the country.
: THE ETERNAL QUESTION
From time Immemorial people
have been asking, "Why do womm
follow the fashions in d:tis?"
It is probable that In the promised
millennium curious Tolks will still
be asking the same silly question
silly because it is unanswerable.
Certainly not every woman ad
mires the kind of hats and coats pre
scribed by the clothes-makers and
their models, yet - certainly, also,
nearly every woman likes to be "in
style."
Ask the average woman why she
wears such-and-such frills and
fancies and she will probably reply
that it will be fair tomorrow if It
doesn't rain.
Ask her If she dresses to please
men and she will come back at you
with an emphatic negative.
Ask her If she keeps In style be
cause she fears the opinions of other
women anl she will appear insulted.
Ask her if she wsnts to "make
herself beautiful" and you will
queer yourself with her forever.
Ask her plainly Just why she
dresses so-and-so and bse will say
that she was wrong in the first
place and that it will be cloudy to
morrow unless the sun shines. If
you really want to know why women
follow the fasions ask the Spins--maybe
she knows.
BITS FOR BREAKFAST
Busy day at fair grounds.
m "m m
Many campers are there now.
The grounds are assuminng a hol
iday attire.
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It was a great day for General
Pershing at Washington.
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The first day of fall will be next
Tuesday. Some of the leaves op
the trees are already showing it.
The hop picking will be about over
mis wees, uut prune picking J
only getting a good start. Then the
winter apples will come, and root
crops, etc. With diversified farm
ing, there is something to sell all
the year through; especially where
dairying is a part of it . That
makes a prosperous country.
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Old Willamette i opening up her
school year with high hopes. The
campv-is assuming a busy and ani
mated appearance. This institution
is a great thing for Salem, in many
ways
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Th anaeers of the new meat
packing plant, which is beginning to
get along toward completion, intend
lo give an opening to the people of
Salem something like the d eh vd ra
tion banquet of last Friday. There
Is said to bn a fine beef already se
lected for the reat roast that will
be a part of the feast; what the
French would call the piece de re-
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Lectured tor lying abed late, the
H EATERS
HEMBB
HEATERS
HEATERS
Never before were we in belter shape to serve your wants than today. Ox
stock of beaters is very complete. We bave everything that is made in the bit-
y
er line from the cheap air tight to the most expensive. - Heater similar to Olsitri.
tion makes an ideal heater. It is full nickle trimmed, cast top, bottom and feel
Can furnish same in either straight wood or the wood and coal combination.
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TRADE IN YOUR OLD STOVES
ANiKET
and
Com
iorteirs
Now is the time to think about that new blanket or comforter. Our line is
very complete. We have blankets priced from $3.50 and up. Our comforter
line is in fine shape. We can furnish you with any color or quality you wicL
WE ALWAYS SELL FOR LESS
4 STORES
"""" y 4 STORES
farmer's boy promised that In the
future he would "be up with the
lark." The next morning the old
farmer came in from his milking and
found his son sitting on the stile
and singing as blithely as though
there was no such thing as work.
"Why. yon young rascal." said his
exasperated sire, "this Is worse than
sleeping. What do you mean bv
loafing on that stile and singing at
the top of your voice?" The lad
grinned. "Why. dad. you told me to
be like the lark, and that's all he
does when he gets up early."
A country yokel dropped in at an
English tavern and overheard- some
conversation which led him to re
mark to the landlord. "So this is St.
George's day. bj It?" "Yes." said
the landlord, "and every Englishman
should know It." Well. I'm an Eng
lishman, but blowed if I knowed
they'd made him a saint." cacked the
old gaffer, raising his glass. "Ere's
to yon, David l"
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Secretary Baker Is chairman of a
committee or the alumni or his alma
mater. Washington and Lee univer
sities, to raise aa endowment rand
to Increase teachers salaries and the
nnmbe of professional chairs.
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Peace has Its victories worthv of
scretary of war.
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To learn how it was !n the be
ginning and SS it DOSSibtT ma .o.In
be. read this old markeL report for
June 17. 1KS4: "Elgin 'bntter. 1I
cents; eggs, seven and one-half
cents; veal chops, eight cents a
Pound; chickens, twenty-five to
thirty eenta each.
Firot Runic tin London Hvstand
er It looks like Hill was going to
marry that there widder. Second
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uustic Well. e ralsht do
Her flrM husband left an saces
Sood overcoat.
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"Number, pleaw." lays tas & -If
dilatory operator, qaoted ta L
"Never mind, central. I wiBte '
fire department, but the hos -baraed
down now."
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English Papr: "The brWe a t.
stood before the altar. refealeJ t
proportions of a Jumbo." t
It is written "Jnno" even, thonri t
ther Is correct. , I
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