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TOCH THB DAILY CAPITAL JOTJRKAL. 8A1JM, OBBUOK. WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 12, 1914. Editorial Page of The Daily Capital Journal WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12, 1914 THE DAILY C&limL JOURfoVfc PCBUSHED BY CAPITAL JOURNAL PRINTING CO., Inc. CHARLES H. FISHES EDITOR AND MANAGER PUBLISHED EVERT EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON SUBSCRIPTION BATES: Dally, by Carrier, per year $5.20 Per month. . Daily, by Mail, per year 4.00 Per month.. Weekly, by 11 ail, per year 1.00 Six months. ,45e .35c .80c FULL LEASKD WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT The Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the paper on the porch. IX the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you 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 82. TO SHAVE OR NOT TO SHAVE. FROM the small matter of feminine mustaches in Ger many has spiling up a European newspaper discus sion of beards in general which is second only in intensity to the war question. Just why our nation has looked askance at elaborate beards it would be an interesting task for the historians to figure out. Perhaps merely because we are conserva tive and when our nation took its birth from England clean shaving was the order of the day. Prior to that, beards had been in and out time and again among our an cestors. But with the reign of Queen Anne every vestige of beard, mustache and whisker vanished, and throughout the days of the colonies, when Americans were fixing their speech and dress and habits, hair was not. Guardsmen began to cultivate mustaches in England again around the days of Waterloo, and the "Piccadilly weepers" marked the climax of returning hair in the 'GOs. Pat America never followed this lead with much enthusi asm. Beards of a modest sort were not infrequent in the '80s and '90s, but, taking their record throughout, Ameri cans have well earned their reputation of being clean shaven. Perhaps we might be more decorative if we were beard ed like Abraham, Agamemnon and King Arthur. But what is the use of going behind a national resolve ? There is something essentially American about a clean-shaven face. Frankness, keenness, good nature, efficiency who knows how many of our best characteristics might dis appear if we abandoned our national habits in search of art. EXPERTS DO NOT ALWAYS KNOW. THE experts are already figuring o.ut how the Euro pean war must end and to whom the victory must fall. No doubt those skilled in war can make a more plausible statement as to the final result than the layman, but there is the personal equation, the combina tion of circumstances that the expert cannot see any bet ter than the average man. All they can do is to estimate the probabilities with the equations before them. The Russo-Japanese war somehow failed to materialize along the lines the experts laid down, and it will be remembered that many of the predictions as to what was certain to happen in the Spanish-American war never got ripe. It will probably be so in the present contest, and what will happen will be far different from what under usual cir cumstances would happen. Occasionally a "50-to-l" horse comes under the wire and carries off the money while the favorite is an "also ran." It is the same in boxing con tests, boat racing and all other sports, and it is much the same in all the affairs of life. Just what will occur in Europe will be definitely known after it has happened, and until that time it is useless to speculate about it. FINISHING OF THE BIG DITCH. If you will notice this morning's newspapers, or those 1 of any other morning, you will observe that the important telegraphic news of the day, especially the war news, is the same as that published in the evening papers of the day before. Owing to the difference in time, the evening paper on the Pacific coast covers all the daylight period at the scene of war. The morning papers have only the events of the night to chronicle, with war offices and all other reliable sources of news closed while they are en gaged in gathering the news. All they can do, therefore, is to re-write the news printed in the evening papers and let it go at that. A divorce suit in Portland, in which the holy bonds of wedlock were severed at the request of the husband, dis closes that the wife amused herself and also made it lively for the old man by throwing dishes at him. This sounds reasonable enough so long as the amount of dishes thrown was not unreasonable, but it is hard to believe the asser tion made in the complaint, and evidently believed by the judge, that she hit what she threw at. However, the hus band as "exhibit A" showed the effects of the lady's marksmenship and the deadliness of the family breakfast dishes when used as projectiles by an irate woman with her sights aligned so she scored a bull's eye every shot. It might be a wise thing to change the election laws so congressmen could at least spend their extra mileage for campaign purposes. The front of "Grim-Visaged War" takes on an addi tional wrinkle or two every day. The last one Is marked Switzerland. HE CHILDREN'S fcJORNER MM Boyhood Lore. lu order to ditch a good Hiring of fisli lu Virginia or Vermont, or any where pise fur that matter, it is only ueeessnry to Unit the hook with n nice, wriggly angleworm, make n wish nml expectorate on the tinfortunnte bait and place tliu line in the water, Fish will respond almost Immediately. Snake feeders (dragon flies) alone streams or In marshes indicate to all boys the Imminence, of snakes. All boys tuke warning upon seeing this insect and give the snake which It Is attending a wide berth. Nobody has ever seen a snake feeder arranging the snake's lunch, but It Is known to be positively true that the Insect U the snake's chef. Rebus Punle. "It your B m t put : If your 11 . pulling : " If your grate be (great B) empty put coal ou (colon; If your crate be full top (period) putting coal on (colon). Musical Monkeys. A learned professor has been study ing the effect of music upon the ani mals at the Paris r.uo. He found I lie monkeys quite partial to ragtime, es pecially if It Is played on violin or tiute, and they stopped eating or scratching or Jumping about to listen. Klephants nml rhinoceroses took no no tice of cither ragtime or better things, but the hlpopotnmus put bis bead out of the water uud listened us it be were cujoyiug it, a waits by the famous com poser Offenbach. ,. Out of the Postman's Bag. 1. To remain ou one's feet, lose two letters and become a shade of brown. 2. To feel about with the hands, lose a letter and become a thick cord. Answer. 1. S tan d. 2. G-rope. - 1 t ' The Tale of an Elk. This Is tho tale of nn elk. Scarce any talc at ail But how can you have a long tale When the tall of an elk la small? K at Simple Arithmetic fair division makes two happy little negroes. IT SEEMS but a short time since Uncle Sam took charge of the work of digging the big ditch through the Isth mus of Panama, and yet the end of the job is in sight. Saturday the first ships are to be passed through it, and it will be open to all ships up to a certain draft. For some time we have been talking about getting ready for the big rush of people from Europe and a vast increase in business that would follow the opening of the canal, and now that event is upon us. As it happens, there will not be a big rush of immigrants from Europe for some time at least, as the little differences of opinion now being set tled over there precludes practically the desire of many to get away. However, this will pass before long, and so it is well to "prepare to get ready" for what is coming, just as we have been doing. See America first should become quite the popular cry, especially when the globe trotters get home and tell all about it and more. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 18G8 Capital $300,000.00 Transact a general, banking business Safety Deposit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT THE ROUND-UP Joe Muiizello was fined $100 at Pen dleton Monday for hunting grouse out of season. He had also threatened to shoot a game warden but somehow failed to do so. Having no money he will serve I : ( days in jail, and his gun will be confiscated. The city hall at Portland stopped nil business for five minutes Monday as a tokeu of sympathy for the president. Cresham plans to have an eugenic 'Oldest during the county fair there, the stunt being pulled off September 19. The Shriucrs had the time of their lives at Marshfield this week. Tuesday 23 novices were marched across the hot sands or whatever it is a novice marches across and were taken into the shrine. Ashlaud started the biggest outing party for Crater Lake Monday morning tnat has visited that famous resort this season. It is composed of members of the Kpworth League and their Invited guests. B While his wife was on her vacation at the coast J. h, Godfrey, of Portland, thought he would be doing about the right thing, and follow the teachings laid down by his better half, by press ing his trousers. Whether he did a good job or not ia unknown but any way he forgot to tarn the juice off from the' electric iron and the result was his house burned, the loss being about $700 but he saved the trousers he had pressed. TTernian ,T. Kasper, of Portland, has sued William Gruhlke and his wife for $."2;2 damages because the pet doggie belonging to the drublke's bit his Lund. As most of Mr. Kasper is left it looks as though ho would be expensive food on which to raise family pets, The state wool crop is estimated ; be worth 2,700.000. which is a fUng off from several vears ago, although the prices this year are the highest for sev- ...I rrl. . i . - - : - 1 . rial ,-, i i3 unrrnac ia causwj irvu the high price of mutton, which caused the selling of lambs, and the decreeing of the flocks. i u We can't all rise to shining heights of glory, we can't all climb Fame Mountain's snowy hood, but we can make our lives all hunky-dory, and worth the while, if we will but be good. The lust for wealth be speaks the spirit's blindness; when I am dead I'd rather have folks say, "His heart possess ed the milk of hu- . f A man kindness, v than have them v T I ,. l.. T opVHIl UL DtllUS A put away. A little fame too often makes us haughty, I M 1 p f mtt&es us lorgui r 1 th8t we're but mm mimmmmmi common . mud. and we swell up, until, becoming dotty, we take a fall, and make a sick'ning thud. When we've success in sordid worldly matters, we feel contempt for all the ones who fail; we view with scorn the poor man's rags and tatters, and heed less hear the hungry orphan's wail. We waste our lives in tawdry triumphs winning, for useless gawds we strive and toil and grind; and even now, as at the world's beginning, the kind heart beats the proud and mighty mmd. Let us be good, be kind, oh man and maiden, let us be true, and squarely play the game, and well stack high among the hosts of Aidenn, and that will beat your little Hall of tame. Mi-tr ferric) THOSE UBIQUITOUS WARSHIPS. Keeping Up With Uncle Sam Glory and Goodness Brindia, Italy, Aug. 12. The Ger man cruiser Ooeben, which, with the cruiser Breslau, had been dodging Brit ish and French warships in the Medit erranean for several days, was reported her today to have taken refuge in the Dardanelles. The rumor was unverified, and from Herman sources doubts were expressed concerning its accuracy, on the ground that German naval commanders' orders were to fight, not to flee. The Breslau was unaccounted for. In the last thirty-seven years of national pro gress. the Bell Telephone has played an im portant part. .'. Oat of the public's de mand for universal service has grown the Bell system, covering the entire country with one great intercommunicating system. Today there are more than 7,500,000 tele phones connected by 14,000,000 miles of wire in the Bell System, and every day the service is extended to meet the ever-increasing needs of the people. Every Bell Telephone is a Long Distance Station The Pacific Telephone & Telegraph Co. IF BACK HURTS BEGIN ON SALTS Flush the Kidneys at Once When Back- achy or Bladder Bothers Meat Tortus Uric Acid. No man or woman who eats meat regularly can make a mistake by flush ing the kidneys occasionally, says a well-known authority. Meat iorms uric acid which clogs the kidney pores so they sluggishly filter or strain only part of the waste and poisons from the blood, then you get sick. JNeariy an rheumatism, headaches, liver trouble, nervousness, constipation, dizziness, sleeplessness, bladder disorders come from sluggish kidneys. The momeut you feel a dull ache in tho kidneys or your back hurts, or if the urine is cloudy, offensive, full of sediment, irregular of passage, or at tended by a sensation of scalding, get about four ounces of Jad Salts, from any reliable pharmacy and take a tabic spoonful in a glass of water before breakfast for a few days and your kid neys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lithia and has been used for generations to flush clogged kidneys and stimulate them to activity, also to neutralize the acids in urine so it no longer causes irritation, thus ending bladder dis orders. Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot injure; makes a delightful eifervescent lithia water drink which all regular meat eaters should take now and then to keep the kidneys clean and the blood pure, thereby avoiding serious kidney complications. CARRYING MONEY TO STRANDED AMERICANS DIED IN PORTLAND; BURIED HERE TODAY John E. Mitchell, father of Fred Mit chell, who lives at Fruitland, was buried this afternoon ia Leo Mission cemetery. He was 71 .years old at the i time of his death, which took place in Portland. He was a former Salem resident and ex-Methodist minister. ) After his ministry ceased, he moved to Fruitland, bought a farm, and, though he was a member of the First Methodist church here, transferred to Fruitland. His wife died three years ago and he then went to Portland and entered the Old People's home, where he was apparently happv and contented as he expressed himself as being pleased to have a home and attention during lus old age. However, on July 7, he dis appeared from the home and up to sev eral days ago no trace of him could be found. Last Saturday a woman and her children were out picking berries near the Mt. Scott cemetery near Portland and found the body of the old man. It was badly decomposed, but by means of the clothing it was identified as that of John R. Mitchell. The son at Fruit laad was notified and the body brought here yesterday, to rest beside that of bis wife. GERMAN CRUISERS SAID TO BE AWAITING FOR RAINBOW Paris, Aug. 12. Money was being distributed today by the United States embassy here among 5500 Americans whom the war stranded in Paris. Cornelius Vanderbilt, as special mes senger for Walter H. Page, the United States ambassador in London, was on his way by automobile to Switzerland to notify Americans there that arrange ments were being made with Swiss banks to cash their drafts, checks and letters of credit. He carried a French permit to traverse France and pass military tines. Mrs. Anita McClaughry, the late "Lucky" Baldwin's daughter, has con tributed $5000 to help Americans in France and $2000 toward the fund for the support of families of French sol diers at the front. London,' Aug. 2. Headed by Dr. John Finley, representatives of the American relief committee here were San Francisco, Aug. 12. Reports that two German cruisers, the Nurnburg and keipsic, were waiting in the oiling out side the heads to give battle to British warships and seize contraband of war could not be venticd here today, The Canadian cruiser Rainbow was reported today north of Point Arena, awaiting two British submarines which are being towed south to meet her. The cruiser was expected to pick up today. The commanders of the United States cruisers South Dakota and West Vir ginia said they sighted the Leipsic early yesterday morning near this port, The exact position of the British gunboats Algerine and Shearwater was not known here. Reports that they were en route north with the French cruiser Montcalm to join forces with the Rainbow and the two submarines to give battle to the Germans could not ue connrmed. More flotsam was picked np along the ocean beach in the vicinity of the south end life saving station today. Reports from Esquimalt naval station, near Victoria, B. C, that the flotsam came from the cruiser Rainbow when that vessel stripped for action were be lieved here to be true. It was said that Captain Hose of the Rainbow had an nounced he cleared his ship for action to he would not be taken by surprise. GERMANY WANTS TO GET RID OF AMERICANS Washington, Aug. 12. Reassuring ad- EASY 10 DARKEN Try This! Mix Saga Tea and Sulphur and Brush It Through Your Hair, Taking One Strand at a Time. When you darken your hair - with Sage Tea and Sulphur, no one can tell, because it's done so naturally, so even ly. Preparing this mixture, though, at home is mussy and troublesome. For So cents you can buy at any drug store the ready-tQ-use tonic called "Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy." Yon just dampen a sponge or soft brush with it and draw this through your hair, taking one small strand at a time. By morning all gray hair disappears, and, after another application or two, your hair becomes beautifully darken ed, glossy and luxuriant. You will also discover dandruff is gone and bair has stopped falling. Gray, faded hair, though no dis grace, is a sign of old age, and as we ail desire a youthful and attractive ap pearance, get busy at once witn Wyeth's Sage and Sulphnr and look jears younger. J. C. Perry, Local Agent, Unless we are willing to admit our ignorance we can never acquire knowledge. about to leave today for Germany to , vices regarding Americans in Germany assist Americans stranded there, it received here today by Secretary was said many of them were destitute.!"1 "?r . g " The relief workers will make their trip under Bed Cross auspices. MURDERED BY TRAMPS. Portland, Ore., Aug. 12. Sheriff ord was of the opinion today that F. J. Rooney, 30, a railroad man of Poca tello, daho, whose body, with two deep knife wounds in the throat, was found near the O. W. R. N. tracks at Trout dale, was murdered by tramps for the purpose or robbery. American government relief board. He said he expected the German govern ment would provide trains to take the Americans to the frontier. "Germany is as anxious to get the Americans out as the Americans them selves are to leave," said Garrison. "No country at war wants foreigners to eat its food." Get a better position by reading the chances offered No weapon with whicb. the stabbing each dav in the Journal the bodv. i Want Columns. good;buysin real estate 10 acres of good land all under culti vation, small house, barn, chicken house and well, some fruit; SVj miles from Salem. Price (2300, $350 down, balance 2 years at 6 per cent interest. 20 acres of land, nearly all under cultivation, S acres bearing peach orchard, 3 acres of pasture, balance under cultivation, 4 miles from Salem.. Price $3,750; terms. This is a good buy. Well improved 25 acre tract, elose in to trade for farm. 5 acres of good land, nearly all under cultivation, 4 miles from Salem. Price $750, $25 down, balanee $3 per' month. Aere tracts just outside of the city,, all in orchard, $30 down and $5.00 per. month, 6 per cent interest will bande them. 6 room house, corner lot. East front,, bearing fruit, elose to school. Price $900. This is snap. If yon want to bny, trade or sell, see us. W.H- GRA6ENH0RST & COMPANY ROOM 2, BUSH BANK BLDG.