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THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
C apital JLJour nal
Salem, Orepron
An Independent Newspaper Published livery Afternoon Except Sunday
at 136 8. Commercial Htreet. Telephone 81; News 82
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tion of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in
this paper and also local iicwh published herein.
"Without or with offense to friends or foes
I sketch, your world exactly as it goes." uyros.
Seeking a Referendum
rotations are in circulation locally, as part of a national
movement, requesting congress to provide a popular refer
endum on the question of modifying the Volstead act in favor
of light wines and beer. Such referendum might give some
of our congressmen courage enough to defy the Anti-Saloon
League and vote according to their honest convictions and
personal practices.
There has never been a popular vote on national prohibi
tion, which is a very different thing from state prohibition
and local option. Under these large sections of the country
had voted out the saloon, but the more populous states had
consistently opposed dryness. A referendum is the last thing
that prohibitionists desire, although there is much bunk
about the enforcing of the sacred will of the people.
Volsteadism has not fulfilled any of the promises of its
advocates, simply because it is not sustained by popular
sentiment and it can never be enforced until it is. Only in
states that had already voted dry, is enforcement even a
partial success. Despite the employment of an army of dry
agents and a navy of coast patrol boats, despite the expendi
ture of hundreds of millions by nation, state and municipal
ities in enforcement, there is no dearth of strong drink in any
part of this broad land, for the more the enforcement, the
higher the price, the higher the profits and the more willing
violators are to take a chance.
Instead of increasing respect for the law, the Volstead act
has bred contempt and defiance for it. It has had an effect
just opposite to what we were promised. It has crowded our
prisons, instead of emptying them. Crime, which it was to
abolish, has been enormously stimulated; Despite the crea
tion of additional courts, all dockets are jammed. Tlte cost
of policing has been doubled. Murders, robberies and bur
glaries have multiplied and arrests for drunkenness the
nation over now exceed those of pre-prohibition days, while
there are more cases of alcoholism than ever.
The effect of Volsteadism. in a big city is tersely told in
the official police records of Detroit, where burglary insur
ance rates have doubled and trebled:
"Between 1913 and 1023 the population of Detroit doubled; the
cost of operating the polico department quadrupled; murders
increased from 12 In a year to 1G3; robberies and bui'Kiiirica Increased
from 1,625 to 4.35G, wilhout considering more than 4,000 automobile
thefts In 1923; arrests for drunkenness increased by 1,500.
Congress ought to submit to the people the question of
whether we should worry along as at present playing the
hypocrite and enriching the boot-legger, or reasonably
modify the law to permit the use of light healthful wines
and beer as beverages instead of poisonous imitations and
moonshine. If a majority favored amendment, the law
should be amended. Then we in Oregon would have a legiti
mate market for surplus fruit and berries as well as hops.
As it is, the Volstead act is so drastic that it defeats its
objects.
that you ouffht to bo able to de
pend on him In a time of trouble,
Would you want to glvo him up
completely to another woman?
She went to sleep at lost, hurt
and bewildered, but resolved to
make another try at straightening
things out. Never before In her
life had things gone wrong with
her; petted and pampered, she had
always known only the bright side
of life until now, and the whole fu
ture looked black to her bocauHo
Hho did not know how to handle
it.
She realized when Hho woke In
the morning to find Jim standing
beside her bed that he expected
her to ho enwa with him. Smiling,
h!io lifted her arms nnd drew him
down to the edge of t lie bed.
"Sorry I wih nIoep last night,
dear," nho told him. I missed you
droadfully all evening." ,
1 J is relief w;is plainly apparent.!
"Coukln t get homo any noon
or, though 1 tried," he told her.
"Vou see, mother made fioine in
vestments while you and I were on
honeymoon that really were
not good ones, and now the stock
Hhe bought him gone down In a hur
ry, and It means that she's going to
lo.se a good deal of money. Kho'H
dreadfully worried, of course I
may have to tako a western trip
soon,' and If I do I'll look Into the
matter at its source Meanwhile try
to be especially coniderato of her,
won't you, dear?"
Cynthia promised, wondering
how much more considerate any
one could be than she had been.
But she kept that thought to her
self. Bhe was writing letters In the
sun parlor, an hour later, when the
telephone rang. For a moment she
was tempted not to answer It. Her
mother-in-law usually phoned her
at this hour of the morning, and
.she had no dcaire to talk with
.Madame Lcland. But its persist
ent Jangling finally broke down her
resolve, and she picked up the re
ceiver and languidly murmured
Hello."
"Hello! Mrs. Lcland? This is
Phil, Cynthia!"
Shu almost shouted with joy.
Jim and she had said very little
about Graham's sudden departure
from the house two evenings be
fore, and she had been wishing that
she could see Phil again and try
to make amends for that occasion.
"I'm leaving town this after
noon," Phil Graham went on, "and
I wondered If you wouldn't lunch
with me today."
"Oh, of course I'd love to. Wait
a second she ran to the desk
and picked up her engagement cal
endar, fearing that there might be
some appointment for that noon,
Hut the day was clear, and she
hurried back to arrange for meet
ing him.
She arrived at the restaurant
early, to find Phil pacing un and
down the small, brilliantly decorat
ed lobby.
'You were as eager as I," she
laughed, giving him both hands.
"Oh, I'h!!, I hate to have you leave
town. Can't you come back again
soon ?"
"I can if you want mo to, Cyn
thia," ho answered gravely, and
when they haa seated themselves
at a table by the windows ho went
on. "ltemember what I told you
the other night I'll always come
to you if you want me to, and if
things get too hard for you here
you can always come to me."
Cynthia smiled wistfully. And
then, glancing up, she beheld Ma
dame Lei and at a neighboring ta
ble Her heart sank, as her mothr
e--ln-law favored her with a grac
ious nod.
They Figure in the News
London, Eng. Grey squirrels,
imported from tho United States
some years ago, have made them
selves porfactly at home In this
climate, and like the English spar
rows sent to the United States
from the British isles several gen
erations back, have begun to scat
ter about tag country.
The first squirrels of this varie
ty were Riven their freedom In Re
gent's Park, London, and already
they have been found in forests as
far as 25 miles north of the Brit
ish capital.
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eCTjrAPKTRAV I CTOMET - FREDERICK CHICKS,
Dr. Charles Mayo, Rochester, Minn., surgeon, received an honorarj
legree from the University of Paris. Secretary of State Keellogg be
came acting head of the Government when President Coolidgo started
his vacation. Admiral L. C. Palmer, fleet corporation head, favored
private ownership of Government vessels in a San Francisco speech.
Freedrick C Hicks, alien property custodian, started an inquiry into
the department with sweeping changes In the personnel.
W. V. S. ASKS TO
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(Continued from page one)
THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1925.
FILIPINOS ON GUARD
in 1923. Last year tlie losa wjb
(133,319.82.
Last year tho total receipts of
the entire liuo were 84.eys.3S,
while for the staylor Btution-Mt.
Angel stretch the receipts totule-1
$11,527.71, or $7870.20 fro'Jl
frolh'ht and $3t!C1.81 for passen
ger service.
Tlie monthly earnings for tho
first five mouth of 1320 show n
decreaso us compared with tiie
earnings for tlie same months in
1921. Tho expanse of opcniling
the 11.4 miles In 1921 was: Main
tenance of way. $10,0(iS.2S; -on-ducting
transportation. $10, IMS. 75
power, ?;UUS.10; total, ?29.
119. '13. This figure docs not in
clude the traffic expense, m-iin-ten.iuco
of ennipmont, or general
expense and taxes. The actual lo:;s
in 1921 for tho Kuylor sUllion
Oro:;on City section is placed at
J17.SSI1.72.
It ia claimed vpat there is no
prospect for. any increase in luisl
ncss, rml that thcre Is every ex
pectation that competition from
auto stage and Illicit lines will re
sult ill further decreases. If the
line is continued in operation it
is saiu that an expenditure of $SC
000 will bo necessary for main
tenance In tho next year.
Tlie territory now (served by the
line, sayfl the pett'ion, is adequate
ly oerved by auto truck and aulo
stae.c lines ind by a branch line of
the Southera Pacific company.
For the reason that tlie East
ern & Western Lumber company
is connecting Its logging railroad
from Its timber holdings in Clack
amas county with the Willamette
Valley Southern at Kaylor station,
it is expected that the earnings or.
logging traffic delivered by tint
company at Kaylor station and
moving to Oregon City will --11-ahle
the continuance of the Wil
lamette Valley Southern line from
Oregon City to Kaylor utation.
AGAINST CHINESE INFLUX
Munila, P. I. rurther restric
tion of Chinese Immigration into
the Philippine Inlands Is Bought by
u commutes appointed by tho gov
ernor general to study the uc
tlon. It Is understood the com
inllteo will propose an amendment
lo tho present Chinese Immigra
tion law, requiring that all Chi
nese Immigrants claiming lo ho
merchants possess, at tho time of
entrance nt least $5000 aa Initial
capital. Under the present laws
only Chinese merchants and I heir
relatives arc admitted to the Phil
ippines. GASOLIKESfiLES SHOW
HUGE INCREASE IN MAt
Mount in;? to over elht nnd a
h;ilf million gallons, sales of gnso
liue in Oregon for May, li25, more
than equaled tho.so of June, last
says a statement by Secretary
of Slate Kuzer.
Reports from dealers show that
durlns May of this year there was
a total distribution of 8,fil3,0-17
gallons oil gaHuIine and 520,720
gallons of distillate. The taxes col
lected by (he secretary of state on
these Biile.s totaled $271. -109. 15.
To date tho motor vehicle fuols
tax measures have brought to the
stale treasury the total sum of
$8,767,807.71.
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Barney Knows Sparky's Soft Hcarcd
By Billy de Beck
Worth While
The offer made by Mr. ami Mrs. Henry Meyers to expend
. $GO,000 in constructing two additional wings to the Salem
hospital in return for a life annuity of $100 per month is n
most generous one. By it the hospital secures the money
needed for completion, paying interest during the life-time
of the donors at the rate of 8 per cent, when death cancels
the obligation.
The Meyers' offer was maliciously misrepresented in a
local newspaper that accused Mr. Meyers of seeking to buy
himself both a job and an annuity, neither of which was
true. There is no position the hospital could offer that Mr.
Meyers would accept, and if he merely sought an annuity,
he could purchase one from the insurance companies for a
smaller sum.
Tho Meyers have set an excellent example for Saloniites.
In no way could they leave a finer memorial for themselves,
or one more beneficial to the community and to humanity
than by providing adequate facilities for the sick and
afflicted.
No matter how much wealth one may accumulate, none
can be taken away and if it can be utilized during one's life
for the stricken as well as after death, double service is
rendered for the common good. Such use for wealth makes
its accumulation worthwhile.
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When .Hid ciniic honii from bin
mutlior'H Inie that tillit Cjntliiit
proUml-(l to bo nfloop. 1 hr htii;;
evrniiiK ulono had sit" hr tinu
tor iiiiiny ihirtmht, nnd tlicy )i;nl
nil ondutl In the minio com lu.iu.
Jim could iut rc;iliy lovo her or ho
would not nllow his mother to cotno
bctwpon thoin so f iom"'iiI1v.
She lind boon mai i led o hort n
time thiil Bomottmcs even Jim
see mod n stramror to hor; she could
not turn to him frnnkly now, be
cause she folt no mini that bo
would kpo thltiRs from his moth
er' point of view rat hor thnn from
hera, nnd alio did not know liow to
put the mnttcr (o him dtfforpntly
thnn he nlrondy hud, ao that ho
would understand lnnv nha felt
n bout It.
She found herself wishing thai
Bhe knew him nm well nhe did
Phil CJrnhnm. l'hll undemtood no
perfectly! lVrhniw she' had made
ft. di'ondful mlstnke. after all, in
mnrrylnjr Jim. Terhapji U would
hava been better to marry Thll
he didn't love him, to be sure,
but they wore uch good friondu!
She lny there auietlj, through
tho lonir htMtitt of the ntttht, pl-v
tiuiiiii lur life ns II would have
it h l'hll. Slip would have
misled miu'h hut how easy thills
would h.ivo ho. n. lie hadn't any
rolaliviv but bin nl-iior, who was
olroa.ly n fiirnd. Hill liked tho
tiling who liked. Ho wouldn't
have insisted on liie round of ao
flal Raitios that Jim oomod to
think were ni'0tv;ity. Ho would
hnve understood her ao mmh bet
ter! "AVell. It Isn't too trite yet!" she
t"Ul hersolf, tiylny not to cry as
Hhe consltloiod this now powlbiliiy.
"l'hll if rotul of me hut I would n
n't want to marry him now. He's a
lawyer, ihotich he rould m-t a di
vorce for me. 1'robahly Jim would
bo loin happier without me. He
could go bark to living with his
mother, then, and they both be
contented."
Itut hor fiKhllng spirit refused
to let hor think ncrhuudy of leaving
hor husband so soon, vanquished
by his mother. And her mne of
fairness aided It. After nil, his
mother had right that could not
he denied. "If It was your son."
it said to her. "wouldn't you feel
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