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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1913)
ge of Tike Salem Capital Jo wsial THURSDAY DEC. 4, 19) o ' 3fo J n n 'Ami fLo yii'j lait irP Bwi Br ttmB KwlNNWr ' 0 A 0 1 'ii & The Capital J o urn al PUBLISHED BT The Barnes -Taber Company GRAHAM P. TABEB, Editor and Manager. Aa Independent Newspaper Devoted toAmeriean Principles and the Progrera and Development of Salem in Particular and All Oregon in General. i'Dllitail Kiery Evening Except Bungay, Salem, Oregon SUBSCRIPTION RATES: (Inrtrlabl In Advance) , Dally, nr Carrier, per jear ...18.20 Per month. ,46e Dally, by Mall, per fear ...... 4.00 Per month.. 86e ITeeklj, by Mall, per year 1.00 Sir months. Sue FULL LBABKD WIK8 TELEGRAPH BBl'OBT ADVERTISING BATES. Advertising ratea will be furnished on application. 'Wow Today " adi strictly cash in advance. "Want" ad and Th Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the papera on the otck. If the carrier does not do this, misses yon, or neglects getting the paper to yon on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is the only way we est determine whether r not the carriers are following Instructions. Phone Main 82. STANDARD OIL COMMENDS THE LAW. IT IS 80 SELDOM one gots a chance to commend Standard Oil that when the opportunity does come, one cannot afford to pass it by, In the last is sue of the Standard Oil Bullotin, a monthly publication published in San ' Francisco, there is an editorial commenting on and commending the Work men's Compensation law as to its effect in California. In the light of our own state having the law now on its statute books, it is interesting reading, nd as such we commend it to both employer and employee. This is what tho company has to say of it, after a year's trial: - "When the legislature of this Btato passed the first industrial compensation act, which became effective Soptember I, 1911, regulating the liabilities of employers to their holp, it was made optional with them whether to accept it. The officers of the Standard company, however, immediately took steps to be advised about the provisions of this law and the advisability of going under it. This inquiry led to the belief that the mon of this new industrial accident commission were men of high intelligence and character; also that the condi tions then obtaining in tho courts concerning damage suits for personal injuries wore very unsatisfactory, as the result of each trial was usually left to tho jury on some pretext or another and the former practice of the courts to reduce tho amount of excessive verdicts had practically been abandoned. Moreover, tho bringing of these damage suits had become a sort of special practice with many mombers of tho bar, who workod usually on contingent fees running from a quarter to half of the amounts recovered. In many cases those attorneys were not overscrupulous in procuring a little testimony which would enable thorn to got a esse to the jury. As a rule, vory few business men tat upon juries in those damage cases, and a big verdict was confidently exjiectod and usually ob tained in each instance. "On the other hand, it was found that under the "liability act," all tho mouoy paid for injuries to employes wont directly to them or to thoir families. Under those conditions It was promptly decided to accept tho act; a stop which has not boon regretted, "The instances in which tho company has been unnblo to settle with its employes, and whoro the act has boon Invoked, have been vory few. 8inco the compensation law becamo offectlve there have boon pnly six cases involving any controversy and requiring a hoaring and decision by the board. The'com ponnow takes pleasure In stating that it has uniformly received fair and courteous treatment from tho commission. The company has not only paid ev ery award made In favor of employes, or thoir families (without appeal), but has also complied with tlio recommendations of the board to make certain pay ments not technically required undor the law, but which seemed to morit the consideration of the company undor tin circumstances of tho case. The result has boon more monoy for employes and families and less for the lawyers. In addition to this, injured employos have received thoir money when thoy needed it most that is, soon after the injury, instead of at tho end of years of litiga tion. These facts aro in favor of the commission in proforonce to the courts as the tribunal for the settlement of thoso matters. The new law will Boon go into effect and makes it compulsory upou nil employers to accept and comply with its provisions. "Our next issue will contain a further article on this subject, giving par ticulars as to the amount of wages paid, the company's pension system, and like matters. A HOT ELECTION NEXT YEAR. AT A MEETING of delegate from the several religious denominations held in the auditorium of the V. M. C. A. In Portlaud Tuesday afternoon the strife between the tom(ornnce forcos and the religious denomination came to an end and It was decided to wage a fight for stato-wido prohi bition at the election next November. The only quest iou between th two force was as to the time for making the fight. Many of the churchmen had been in favor of not making the fight until 1010, and the Anti-Saloon League also favorod this plan, and to devoting the time until then to repealing the local option laws. This makes It certain that there will bo a battle royal, that will mako the noxt election one of the hottest ever held in this state. It is and news for some of the politicians, too, for thoy will havo to bIiow their colors. There will be uo si raddling the fonco on this question, for each side will demand, and get, a positive statement from evory candldato, and ho who has not the backbond to stand or fall with his opinions might as well stay out of tho contost. In fact, that will bo prjactleully tho sole issue, for onco the fight is on, all other questions and incisures will necessarily become subservi ent to It. It will be on "which side, Mr. Candidate," as well aa "which side VieM-nittnf" What, has beconio of tho old-fashioned girl who kept her wad of Soarmiul lusted on the side of the bed while slm sliintt Fargo, N. I) Courier-Now. Without undertaking to answer the question, wr would like just in the Inter est of tht journalistic fraternity- and the lni(ecoall word thereof, to havo '.he editor who aked the question, explain how ho knows the "old-fashioned girl'' pasted her wad of spearmint on tho side of the bed while she slept 1 One of the me In objects of the big convention being held today at Roseburg is to provide a permanent exhibit of Oregon products at Ashland. All trains top for 20 minutes or half an hour I hero, and It is the ideal place for showing what old Oregon can produce, To the Oregoniau or visitor leaving tho state It would he a pleasant farewell surprise, and to thoso coming Into tho state it would Imi a revelation. H would In t un bo Paradise lost or a Paradise re lined, just as tho visitor was leaving or coming into the state, ": 1 :-i Socretary of tho Navy Daniels want the Uiiitod State to "acquire o.l well to furnish fuel for tho navy." Tho Idea Is all right, but does it not see. i rather strange that Uncle 8am should havo to acquire oil wells, when ho re cently owned thousands of acre of oil lands which he allowed John D. and oth ers to "acquire" at little or no expense and for which he must now pay a big sum if he gets them at allf Why would it not be a good plan to have all laws submitted to tho supreme court, that it might pass upon their constitutionality be'fore submitting them to the governor for his approval! ' It is said Jane Addams asked, "What is sillier than a derby hatf" der if Jane ever looked under the hatl Won- The dispatches Wednesday said "seven generals of the resrular Mexican army have offered to surrender." If they "generaled" any privates, this ought to come near settling the war. President Wilson 's messjige contained only 3000 words, and it handled some pretty good-sized subjects, too. We have known communications to newspa pers to contain more than that many words, and all devoted to one subject, and a not very important one at that Wo have also known the writers to got real mad at the editor because the communications were, not printed. The suffragettes point out that President Wilson lost a great opportunity when he failed to spy a word in favor of suffrage in his message. This is un doubtedly true, for he had a chance to ei list thousands of women :s voteB in his favor in case the law is passed, and his lecomtn.'iidition of a presidential pri mary is adopted. This goes to show th. president is not a shrewd politician. Postal savings bank deposits increased from $20,237,084 during tho year ending June 30, over the year before, about $13,500,000. They are now $33. 818,870. Just fancy the Bmile that overspread ex-Senator Bourne's face as he read that bit of news. I THE OPEN FORUM The Capital Journal Invites pub lio discussion In this department Let both sides ot all matters be fully brought out It Is not the purpose of this newspaper to do the thinking for Its readers. ii A SALEM INCIDENT. Delicious "Fruit LaxattTS" Can't Harm Tender Little Stomach, Liver and Bowels. , LADD & BUSH, Bankers 1 t TsUNIAOTI A 0IN8XAL BANKING! BUHTNXS& BAF1TT DS- POMT BOXtll. TRAVtLEBB' CHECKS. Editor Capita! Journal: An aged lady came from the Atlantic coast to Salem. She didn't know she was aged but other folks did her life hud been so full of sorrow and suffer ing and losses that time was forgotten. She wont to the state house to call on the governor he was not in, but a back-log blazed, merrily in the fire place, and over the mantle hung a pic ture that seemed to brcnthe a welcome. Prom office to office the aged lady wont, asking for a position but the heads of departments ail had the same answer "No vacancy," Girls, girls, everywhere, no domnnd for aged ladies. She had searched so long for work Bhe was physically able to do not the kind it. would require an Amazon to perform, which was all that had been offexod her and now her purse was almost empty but bIio spont the remainder for a room in the third-story, and an ad in the paper, which brought no biibwot, and so bitter was her disappointment that she prayed to die cowpirdly, was not itf But instead of dying sho is vory much alive and deeply grateful that she does live in Salem, not because any one gave her worn at hor own pro fession which she loves so well; not be cause anybody wns friendly, or even spoko to her at church or prayer meet ings, for they didn't but because Bhe didn't givo up in despair but went on seeking a place to work and so one day sho sat clown in a large room with a hundred others, all strangers to hor, and for tho first time In her life tried to iron the wrinkles out of prunes with her thumbs and lay them in straight rows. Oh, how long it did take her to face a box with 100 smooth prunes and thus earn 3 cent. Sho only faced 20 boxes a day, while tho experts faced (SO or more. But that 00 cents a day meant food and a roof over her head and she was glad. But thoxo human boings didn't treat hor like the ones Bhe had seen in the churches of Salem, who, although thoy looked at her, did not appear to see her, as if some magic had rendered her invisible. But here wo.ro over a hun dred lovely people, ranging from sweet 10 to 70 who smiled and nodded across tho room at hor and didn't wait for an Introduction before getting acquaint ed, They were as friendly as folks used to be in by -gone days of the com munity dipper and roller towel In fact that's Just, what they had and perhaps 'that's tho secret of their fellow-fooling I wonder if this fad of Individualism hasn't been raried most too far and is to Maine for the dearth of neighbor!! nessf Well, tho social atmosphere worked Use a charm on the stranger and she didn't mind her sore thumbs or Bchlng arms sinco everybody was so kind to her and dldu't let her die of lonesometuws. " r,et us net count the stars In our heavenly crown, (axing upward we may miss a chance To comfort the Aged, with sorrow cast I'imii, ' Or th joy of life's close to enhance." One of the pastors of this city recent ly preached about the ministry of ang els) proving to. his hearer beyond the hadow of a doubt, that the angels are kept as busy now n-dnys heading us off with flaming sword when w try to go in a wrong direction, as was that one which frightened Balaam" bst. Well with all due respect for the Invisible angels, give me the tangible kind aa wll, with eyes that saw how few hole were punched In the stranger's card and the amount of her pay check and the contents of her dinner pail and 'hen what a whispering there was (list like before Christ mas and when he went to her dinner il thoro s! tomid a Mg bouquet, and a eak and Every mother realizes, after giving her children "California Syrup of Figs," that this is their ideal laxative, because they love its pleasant taste and it thoroughly cleanses the tender little stomach, liver and bowels without grip ing. When croaB, irritable, feverish or breath is bad, stomach sour, lookat the tongue, mother! If coated, give a tea spoonful of this harmless "fruit laxa tive," and in a few hours all the foul, constipated waste, sour bile and undi gested food passes out of the bowels, and you have a well, playful child again. When its little system is full of cold, throat sore, has stomach-ache, diarrhoea, indigestion, folic remember, a good inside cleaning" should always be the first treatment given. Millions of mothers keep "California Svrun of Fipa" handv; thnv It spoumui wmay saves a sick child to morrow. Ask your druggiBt for a E0 cent bottle of "California Syrup of Figs," which has directions for babies, children of all ages and grown ups printed on the bottle. Bewaro of coun terfeits sold here, so don't be fooled. Got the gonulne, made by 'California Fig Syrup Company." mf Great Lasts for This Week Sale The slaughter on prices it still continued upon all odds and ends XMAS OPENING before our GRAND $ 4.50 $ 7.50 $ 9.90 $12.50 Mn-i 4 a Clean-up Prices For up to hour styles in ladies' coats and suits. Values up to $12, $15, $18 and $25. No such values offered elsewhere in Salem. Out they must go before Xmas. 500 PAIRS WARNER'S, NEMO and KABO CORSETS on sale at clean-up prices . 45 c 75c and 98c nil"!' It Winter H siery For man, woman and child now piled out out on our counters at prices so low that selling will be lively. Fine Dress Goods and Silks The latest novelties in all the new fabrics specially purchased for OUR CHRISTMAS SELLING. Classy novelties that will make swift selling. Price per yd 19c 25c 35c 49c 65c and up I?3.5o . r I pout. MiTnwKi I ..... IXUUUISMP I (Pi in l ',',(Nw HI II U I , 7"t the STORE THATSAVES YOU MONEY 45c cent Silk Hosiery Pair VI mm, potatoes and grapes and apples and (leaches and onions and jolly and can nod fruitshe felt like a Methodist preacher after a donation party, But that wasn 't all, Whon tho tickets wont to the treasurer her's had about 40 more holes than the boxce sho had facod numbered, the facers had given one box each to that number only 8 ccntB, but tho aggregate meant much to hor. And then tho mon wanted to bo let in on tho glad Burpriso being prcnrcd for the strongor, so, from the suburn haired man who empties the cull-boxes to tho gonial Tracy who keeps everything run ning smoothly, enmo the contributions mon whom the aged lady had not even seen and then tho adorable forelady who had engineered tho whole thing, came to tho table where tho facer was trying her level best to get tho wrinkle out of an unruly prune and mako ita contrary seed lie down smoothly and sprung the surprise. Well, If glndnees was dangerous tho facer would havo died for joy but she lived to tell the tale, and when you want to see real angels, come over (next week) to the packing house of tho Salem Fruit company,-and there you'll find the pretti est, kindct and best folks to be found anywhere on earth. ritt'NE FACER NO. BOBCAT 8HOT BY GIRL XN HOOD RIVER CHIOKEN YARD DNiTsr rsasa uiiid wtsa.l Hood Kivor, Or., Doc. 4. Tho first bounty ever paid a woman for bob cat scalp was paid this morning at the county clerk's office to Miss Helen Ab seen. Miss Ahstoeii lives with her parents, who are among the pioneers of Hood River county, on their homestead west of town. Hearing a commotion in tho chicken yard last night during an absence of tho other members of the family, the young woman took s rifle snd started forth, arriving in time to see a cat climbing over the fence with a hen in his mouth. Sho fired and killed the animal. Miss Ahsteen propose to have a nig made of the hide. JAPS BEE BALL GAME, li'HiTitn rns Lanssn wis Kobe, ,)psn, Poe. 4. It looked like grand old league opening her today, when the world touring Giants and (Whit Pox started their scheduled game. As American crowd had nothing on the little Japs who crowded the park to see the national pastime of th Tutt ed States. DEFENSE 13 NOW OK IN TRIAL OF PROMOTERS DKITID riSSS LIUSD WISB. Portland, Ore., Dec. 4. The govern ment, after presenting its case for eight days, yesterday closed in the trial of J. T. Conway and Frank Ritchet in federal court, and Jay H. Upton, one of the organizers and formerly treasurer for the defendants. Conway and Richet are charged with using the mailB to dofraud, when, as officials of the Oregon Inland Develop ment company, they made alleged false and misleading statements in exploiting tho Balo of eastern Oregon lands. L'tpon, a Portland attorney, mado virtunl admission that the scheme of sale was intended for a lottery and that tho originators of tho company had spent a good deal of time in fixing up on a plan that would pans muster under the postal laws of the United States. ASK WILSON TO ACT. umitsd rassa Uasio wibs.J Washington, Dec. 3-The suffra gists' national convention here adopted this afternoon a resolution calling on President Wilson to send a special mes sage to congress urging immediate con sideration of an equal rights amend ment to the foderal constitution. JOURNAL WANT ADS. bring results. . 1 . . . M uBiil 1 j Vh'? Tun ; - 1 I . ... i fcl H , V ' ' ! Breakfast in a Good Warm Room may be enjoyed on even the cold est mornings if your home is equip ped with a It takes off the chill and makes the room warm, cozy and comfortable. And it is so convenient too for heating the bedroom, bathroom. a nursery and sewing For Best Result 0 Wtte'?3M,,1l Doesn't smell. Inex- s nui vn s . . pensive, economical. DtaUra Everywhere Standard Oil Company (CilnwuMt, w (CAUKMMU) Portland