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Ed&imiai Page of The .em' Capital. WEDNESDAY April 30, 191 a Journal The Capital Journal Pabllahed by The Barnes -Taber Company GRAHAM P. TABER, Editor and Manager Am Independent Newt paper Devoted to American Principles and the Program and Development cf Salem In Particular and All Oregon In General Fvblltlied Btmt BToln( Bzcept Sunday, Balem, Oregon SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Invariably la Advance) Dally, by Carrier, per Tear ...15.20 Per month. .46c Dally, by Kail, per year 4.00 Per month. .85c "Weekly, by Mall, per year 1.00 Six moot hi. 60c FULL LBA8KD WIRE) TELEGRAPH REPORT ADVERTISING BATES. Hrertishig rate will be famished on application. Sew Toaaj" a strictly cask In adrance. ' The Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to pat the paper on the porch. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the pa yer to yon on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main 83. GOOD LAW AND GOOD SENSE. THE UNITED STATES Supreme I Court has rendered a decision said by railroad attorneys to be of "mo mentous importance and alarming." In this specific case the court held that, "a creditor of a corporation not a par ty to its re-organization, may hold its successor for the debt" This decision has one really bad feature, and that is, that those who so ardently insist that the world fs soon to come to an end, will find in this a further argument in favor of the correctness of their views. There was a time, now somewhat re mute, when good, hard common sense, was synonymoi'S with good law; but this gave way to erudite distinctions "twixt tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee" to hair-splitting niceties of distinction, to learned discussions of the intricacies of language, to the practice of inter preting plain language, with legal prem ises and judicial conclusions that start ed with "white is white" and evolved, through the changing processes and de grees of interpretation, to "white is gray," "white is brown" and sapient ly concluded "white is black." The judges were "learned." just in propor tion to their ability to apply the thumb screw and the rack to the English lan guage and torturing it to confessing to anything the inquisitors might demand of it. It is pleasing and encouraging to seo the legal luminaries baek-traeking them selves, and once more getting the Inw. or rather their interpretation of the law, on a foundation where tho average lay man, with a fair fund of common sense, can understand It, without tho aid of an attorney. The decision referred to was hnnded down in a suit brought by a man named Boyd, against tho Northern Pacific railroad. Boyd had a judgment against tho Coeur d'Alone Railroad company for $125,000. Tho Northern Pacific company bought tho road, and Boyd brought suit against it to recover the amount of his judgment, which was re corded a lien on tho property when the Northern Pacific purchased tho road. Tn the Invrr.an. this looks like a verv . .;..,l ... .w ni,ln,l nm it. mnl9"KKstion without awaking its, could have but one answer, and rrotoflt' Tt seems tho whole thing was that, that tho purchasing road wns ft('''0'llshed by a chango In tho word ,1 ,ir. th Coeur d'Aleno rood of ,n" bil1' Tho U'nn ' ' ioligibIo could not evade payment of its debtB by turning its property over on a so called salo to its -daddy, which the Northern Pacific, was. Yet this case wn decided by only one vote, the court standing 5 to -I. Tho dispatch from Washington an nouncing tho decision says: "Corporation lawyers who heard the decision declared it was a direct blow at tho practice of re-organizing corpo rations to get rid of onerous contracts tr oscupo laymotit of unsecured credit ors. Its effect, they thought, would bo far-reaching." Hero is an open, freo admission of the custom of corporations doing under handed work to beat unsecured credit ors, which it seems tho courts have heretofore connivod at. When debts got "onerous," tho companies found it more convenient to ro-organizo, swindle their creditors, and this by tho very simple process of changing the name of tho corporation whilo its ownership re mained unchanged. In private life, if this were permitted, all John Smith would have to do to sottlo all his debts, and release his property from all lia bilities would bo to chango his name, and travel under an alias. It is so man ifestly absurd that ono wondor how , four of the nine wise old guys who dis tort laugungo in tho interest of the in ternets down In Washington, had the nerve to stand up for It as being good LADD & BUSH, Bankers j TRANSACTS A GENERAL BASKING BUSINESS. SAFETY DE POSIT BOXES. TBATELERS CHECKS. f "Want" adg and law. When on the face of it, it was an attempt to rob its creditors, but the old idea of torturing English to make it 'fess up, prevailed with them. The principle as laid down by Justice Lamar was stated in this language: "Corporations insolvent or financial ly embarrassed often find it necessary to scale their debts and readjust stock issues with an agreement to conduct the same business with the same prop erty under a re-organization. This may be done in pursuance to a private con tract between bondholders and stock holders, and though the corporation property is thereby transferred to a new company having the same share holders tho transaction would be bind ing between the parties. "But, of course, such a transfer by stockholders from themselves to them selves cannot defeat the claim of a non- assenting creditor. As against him, the sale is void, in equity, regardless of the motive with which it was made. For if such contract re-organization was con summated in good faith and in ignor ance of the resistance of the creditor, yet when he appeared and established his debt, the subordinate interest of the old stockholders would still be Bubjoct to his claim in the hands of the re-or- canized oinpany. ThoM is no difference in principle if tho reorganization in stead of being effected by private snle is consummated by a master's deed un der a consent decree." TACT AND DIPLOMACY. TUB DISPATCHES this morning say the California muddle over the bill preventing alien ownership of lands, and which was aimed at the Japs and Chinese, especially the former, has I beon put in such language that it will accomplish the desired results without offending the Mikado. If this is cor rect it speaks well for tho wisdom of President Wilson and is flattering in deed to tho diplomatic brain and deli cute tact of Socrotary Bryan. Indeed, tho latter trait was exemplified when that gentleman, in the montal condition of California's people, could interfere in thir legislation, even in tho way of storm of to citizenship" wns rubbed out, and in its place was substituted "all alions eli gible to citizenship may acquiro and hold Innds, nnd nil aliens not eligible to eitizondiip ninv hold lands in tho milliner and to the extent and for the purposes prescribed by nny treaty now existing between tho government of tho I'liiti'd Htntes ami the nation or country of which such alien is a citizen or sub ject." It will be seen that the same result is renehed by a broad statement rather than a specific, ono. It Is the differ ence between saying, like St. Paul, "all men aro liars," and applying tho epi thet to somo especial individual and saying "you are a liar." This is genu ine diplomacy and serves to prevent an abnormal crop of black even. However, so long as tho result is ac complished conditions will not bo "fin nicky" about tho language used, or the means oniploycd. MUST HAVE SEVENTY PER CENT TO PASS EXAMINATION Students who wish to bo admitted to tho bar must have a standing of at least 70 per cent, It is announced, at tho examination to be hold at an early dnto. All must bo 21 years old, and It will cost '-'0, instead of 10. Tho ex amination will bo held Juno n, tho day tho new law will go Into effect. For Cleansing the Blood Possesses such remarkable curative power. It is the Spring Medicine for tho blood, stomach, kidneys and liver. Get a bottle today. PRETTIEST GIRL IN ALL CALIFORNIA Will Have Her Picture on the Posters Advertising the Portola Festi val in San Francisco. united press LEASED Will. San Francisco, April 30. California is to know today the name of its most beautiful girl. The world is later to rejvel in her beauty when her picture appears on posters advertising the Por tola Festival soon to be held by the city of San Francisco. These posters will be sent to all corners of the globe, and when visitors come hero to the fes tival they will be given the honor of beholding the original unless some im portunate Buitor captures her and car ries her off before the festival opens. Six weeks ago the committee in charge of tho festival hung up a purse of $100 for a picture of tho prettiest girl in tho state. The committee want ed her likeness to embellish the poster. Photographs came in thicker than ap plications to President Wilson for jobs. For many days the judges scanned the array of glorious California maiden pulchritude. The selection of the most beautiful girl was as difficult as choos ing tho prettiest baby at a church fair with the proud mammas standing about. However, a choice was made and Cali fornia's girlhood from Imperial valley to tho Oregon line, and from the Sier ras to the Golden Gate awaits her name today. It is possible the second choice will be mado queen of the festi val to bo held here October 22 to 25. An interesting phaso of the case has been the receipt of hundreds of letters from lonesome swains asking that they bo telogrnphod the beauteous maiden's n a mo and address as soon as tho name is made public, that they may wire pro posals of marriage. You judge a man not by what he promises to do, but by what he has done. That is the only true test Chamberlain's Cough Remedy judged by this standard has no superior. Peo ple everywhere speak of It in the high est terms of pralBo. For sale by all dealers. Magazines to Be Circulated at tho Pub lic Library. Beginning with the May numbers, tho public library will tako an extra copy of Harper 'b Monthly, Century and Scribner's for circulation. These num bers may bo taken out on a regular fic tion card, nnd kept for a period of four days, after which they will be subject to tho samo fine as the book, Tho library has for some time been circulating tho back numbers of certain periodicals. This service will be con tinued. The magazines, the back num bers of which circulate, aro as follows: American City, Life, Outing, Popular Mechanics, Saturday Evening Post, Sun set, Youth's Companion. A TEN CENT BOX OF" Insures You for Months Against a Sick Hoadachs, Biliousness, Constipa tion or a Bad Stomach. Put aside just once tho salts, ca thartic pills, castor oils or purgative waters which merely force a passage way through tho bowels, but do not thoroughly cleanse, freshen and purify these drainage or alimentary organs, and have no effect whatever upon the liver and stomach. Keep your inside organs pure and fresh with Cascarets, which thoroughly cleanse tho stomach, remove the undi gested, sour and fermenting food and foul gases, take tho excess bile from the liver and carry out of the system nil the constipated waste matter and poisons in tho Intestines and bowels. A C'ascinet tonight will 'make you fei'l great by morning. Tliey work whllo you sho never gripe, sicken and cost only 10 cents a box from your druggist, Millions of men and women take a Catcaret now and then and nev er have headache, biliousness, coated tongue, Indigestion, ,sour stomach or constipate I bowels. Cascarrts belong lu every household. Children just love to take them. I have never found anything equal to Hood, s Sarsaparilla. In our home it is regarded our i general family medicine. .We use it whenever rwe are bilious or run down, or have impure blood or that tired feeling. I regard it only simple justice to speak well of this medicine, that has. proved its worth so many times. Cer tainly we would not know what to do were we deprived of Hood's Sarsapa'rilla." Mrs. 1L JL Nusbaum, Goshen, Indiana. It is because it combines the great curative virtues of more than 20 valuable ingredients just those prescribed by the best physicians that Hood's Sarsaparilla THE EASIEST WAT. That is just what everybody is looking for The Easiest Way. It has been so from the beginning and will continue to be so to the end of this mortal existence. Someone, once, very truly said that the easiest way was the best way not that it was best to choose the easiest way, but rather that it was easiest to choose the best way. You are seeking the easiest way in all the affairs of your life, and particularly in your work, and you can find it, if you but go about getting it in the best way. Advertising has come at last to be recognized as the surest and best road to success. No real big man or corporation ever became really big without advertising," and what they cannot do you cer- tai illy cannot. The easiest way to any want you have lies quickest and surest through the Journal Want Ads. ThiB is the universal experience ' of all who have tried this easiest method. Why don't you fall in line and make the Want column your ally for gaining success! Will Not Attack Montenegro Unitl After the Powers Have a Confer ence Tomorrow. united press leabed wire. London, April 30. Austria's an nouncement that it would not attack Montenegro until after tho conference here tomorrow of European ambassadors has greatly clarified the Balkan situa tion, according to the representations of London diplomats. It is believed yesterday's warlike statements from Vienna were designed to force the pow ers to quick action. Reports from tho bourses at Vienna, Berlin and Paris say a firmer tone pre vailed in the markets today, and that confidence apparently has been re stored. The movement of Austrian troops toward tho frontier, howover, continues. King Bees the . Races. UNITED rBISS U9ASED WIS1.1 Newmarket, England, April 30. With King George an interested specta tor, W. Rnpsael 's Louvois won tho two thousand guineas stake here today. Graganour, owned by J. Bruce Ismay, wns second, aud Harry Payuo Whit ney's Meeting House third. There were 15 BtnrterB in tho race. A Blot in Los Angeles. united mass lbabed wise Los Angeles, Cnl., April 30. Suffer ing from a basal fracture of the skull, received during a riot outside MeCar- ey's fight pavilion, at Vernon, last night, Carl Graf, a butcher, is being treated today at the county hospital. Two other persons wore injured during the molce. Tho police denied reports that a man was shot during the riots. Repairing Its Lines. The Portland, Eugene & Eastern Company is busily engaged laying heavy steel on the North Commercial street and fair ground lines. For years this section of track has been in very poor condition, tho ties being rotten and tho rails too light. The company is also making exten sive improvements to its trolley sys tem. New trolleys havo already been strung from Stnto street south on Com mercial and on Stato street east to the penitentiary. As soon as tho new rails are laid ou North Commercial street, tho comiwny lutemls extending the heavy trolley system to tho fair grounds, Turner Votes Bonds, Turner held an election yesterday In wheih it was voted to issue bonds In the sum of Ifl.OOO for tho puryoso of providing the little city with water. This is surely enterprising, and shows the kind of progressives the little city Is composed of. Salem's Busiest Store is the Chicago Store This is the store1 for you to spend your money at when you want live merchandise offered at the closest prices in Salem. It is the volume of business we aro after, not long profits. Come and look through, and compare prices. NEW SPRING SUITS ti?y,S. Marked down to J 150 AND 12.50 For classy, stylish liHiU worth nr. ,tn 1K5 urn !, 7 f NEW SPRING COATS ft Our display of new spring coats best in Salem. PRICES: $6. AND 10. We Are Here With the Best Values DO IT NOW. Salem People Should Not Wait Until , It Is Too Late. The appalling death rate from kid ney disease is due largely to the fact that tho littlo kidney troubles are usu ally neglected until they booome Bori ous. The slight symptoms often give place to chronic disorders and the suf ferer may slip gradually into some seri ous form of kidney complaint. If you suffer from backache, head aches, dizzy spells; if tho kidney sec ra tions aro irregular of possago and un natural in kppearance, do not delay. Help the kidneys at once. Doau's Kidney Pills are especially for kidney disorders they act whore other fail. Over one hundred thousand Doctor Stone's White Liniment For Lame Back, Shoulder, Arm, Hand, nip, Log or Foot, try it. Price 25o and 50c. DB. STONE'S Condition Drops. For the horse who is off his feed and' noods a tonic. Appotizor and blood puri fier. Price 60c. DR. STONE'S Fever and Ague Romody. Kills the malarial germs (if they are as big as a dog) and restores you to health. Trice 50c aud 75c DR. STONE'S Stink Foot Remedy; does tho work, no explanation. Price 50c, DB. STONE'S Black Llvor Pills. Opens up the pipes, starts up tho wheels, puts the machino to work, and you are soon woll again. Price 25c. DB. STONE'S DKUO BTORE. Salem, Oregon. Free delivery of all goodt to any part of tha city. 7 "hltti.tit nl.H, ,m -" - ......-A-l : LUaW aWii f MILLINERY Come here for the Millinery Bar gains of Salem. Stylish head wear of fered at prices lower than millinery shops buy them wholesale. Hats worth $0.00 and $7.00 sale price. $1.98. $2.50 AND $3.50 quick Silks and Dress Goods Mountains of pretty silks and dress goods now placed on our tables for fast selling. Come and get our prices. YARD. 25C, 35C. 49C. 65G AND UP suits 1S. 1 I a Dayton, Ohio Water Soaked Goods Bought at 25c on the dollar. Come and see for yourselves. ladies is the $15.00 Suits for $4.50 $2.50 White Dress Skirts 69 and 98 cents. $15.00 Silk Dresses $3.90 $12.00 White Wool Serge JacketB $4.50 And hundreds of other ar ticles at the same low prices. J l MINIUM iiiifl jiiiuiii mill the STORE THAT SAVES YOU MONEY peoplo have recommended them. Hero's a caso at home: Joseph Wint, 668 High street, Salem, Orogon, Bays: "My kidneys wore disor dered and my back seemed to lose its strength. Doan's Kidney Pills soon fixed me up all right. I know that Doan's Kidney Pills are a fine kidney medicine and I willingly recommend thorn." For sale by all dealers, Price 50 cents. Fostor-Milburn Co., Buffalo, Now York, solo agents for the United States. Remember the name : Doan's and take no other. Piles Cured in 6 to 11 Days. Your druggist will rotund money if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Pro truding Piles in 6 to 14 days. 60o Journal Want Advs. Bring Results. Ht!!'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!'!!!?!"!!)!!)?! THF Modern $4.00 English ' Dictionary Certificate PRESENTED BY THE CAPITAL JOURNAL APRIL 30, 1913 Six Appreciation Certificates Constitute a Set h4 4 4-44 iiA4tiiiijaAAAAlAA A. A. . . . . - TTTTTT ' T T t t vTTWVSfiTT1s,VVTVaBVV Skow TO" raJonmanl of thb fraat (dilution! opportunity hf enttlnf out U akoT OrttllcU o Appreciation with Ht othm of coaionitiTO data, mad anMMiaa tfcam at thU offica, with tha apania bonus amount hurain oppotitaanritrla of Dictionary i.l.ct.d (which eoyrn tha Itami of tha coat o( EVii"."""? h? '" '?.c.,OT n'". 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I raciatioa Cartiflcataa and tha olC Any Book ky MaU, M DOMESTICS 10,000 yards of this season 'b newest wash fabrics on sale. Percales Yard 5c, 6'4c, 8 l-3c and up Muslins at Mill Prices Dress Ginghams Yard, 8 1-3 and 10 cents Madras Curtain Scrims Yard, 81-3 and 12140 Parcel Post at Your Service U J aV V M'l Heed the Cough that Hangs On. The seeds of consumption may be in lurk, and a cough that hangs on weak ens your system, and lowers your vital resistance to disease. Take Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. It stops the cough, heals the inflamed membranes and strengthens the lungs. E. D. Roun tree, Stillmore, Ga., says: "La Grippe left me with a deep-seated cough from which I could get no relief until I took Foley's Honey and Tar Compound It completely cured me," Refuse substi tutes. Dr. Stone's drug store. "My little son had a very severe cold. I was recommended to try Cham berlain's Cough Remedy, and before a small bottle was finished he was as woll as ever," writes Mrs. H. Silks, 20 Dowling street, Sydney, Australia. This romedy is for sale by all dealers. MPW wun your cnoico ol tnaia tnraa booKtl I a ... ami Idai'b Umm aimf Mnrfnrn trinltah ,nd bl"k ' hf,. "' owuvi 11 i.iiaMoii paper, lame uiuiira. MOTION AH Y tior" hut ill . Illuatraicd " f 0 I tw. ' TV ored plain Bonuiol inrl cnirti ire nmiftrd. Sll An. I mom nncirlioa Certificate and tko loC Pxtra for Poataa.