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rouB THE BAI.EM CAPITAL JOCRWAI.. 8AtI!M. OREGON. WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14, 1B14. Editorial Page of The Daily Capital Journal WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 14, 1914 THE DAILY.t JOURNAL PUBLISHED BT CAPITAL JOURNAL PRINTING CO., Inc. OHAELE3 H. FISHES PUBLISHED EVERT EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, 02EGON SUBSCRIPTI0NBATE8: , Dully, by Carrier, per year S.OO Per month.. Daily, by Mail, per year 3.01) Per month., Weekly, oy Mail, per year 1.00 Bit months. FULL LEASED WIRE Tbt Capital Journal carrier boyi ara Instructed to put tht papers oa the porch. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you oa time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this Is the only way ire can determine whether or not the carriers are following Instructions. ITnone Main 83. SEVEN DOLLARS ' ' The "majesty of the law" is one of those apocryphal things that must always be maintained. It does not mat ter what else suffers, the law must not get its majesty chafed. In Portland, a case coming finally before Police Judge Stevenson, illustrates vividly how tender the God dess of Justice is about her majesty. . "Scrubby," a little black and white bull pup belonging to l:j-year-old Madge Schnitzel, of 20 Northrup street, ran away from home, was gathered up by the dog-catcher and taken to the pound. The little girl had sought diligently and tearfully for her pet, but in vain. He had fallen into decidedly bad company and was in the city dog pound. He was not muzzled, nor had his little mistress paid the big city of Portland for the privilege of owning him. You see, in Portland it is wrong to own a dog unless you pay the city for the privilege of doing that wrong. That makes the wrong right. After a search of two days, Madge found her doggie, and learned he was sentenced to die at four o'clock that night. That is, he was to die unless .the great city of Portland was paid $7.00 for consenting to let him live. Madge did not have seven dollars, but she broke open her bank and with its little hoard of 400 pennies, tightly held lest they should get away and leave poor "Scrubby" to face death, she made her way to the police court where a newspaper reporter, being attracted by her forlorn appearance, inquired into her trouble, and learn ing it, called Judge Stevenson into consultation as to what could be done. The judge decided that he could not do anything. The majesty of the law must be vindicated and nothing short of seven dollars would appease the appetite of the blind goddess for coin. Other city officials were appealed to, and all were sympathetic, but there was the outraged majesty of the law in the way and nothing could be done. Portland needed the .money, perhaps, but if she didn't, there was the law with its majesty hanging out vaiting to be vindicated. A hat was passed around and bystanders contributed $:.:5, enough with Madge's pen nies to pay the city of Portland for its permission for the rirl to keep her pet, and also to vindicate the majesty of the law. As there was 1!5 cents left from the insatiate maw of the vindicated one, Madge bought 25 cents worth of candy and treated her friends. Her 400 pennies had pone into the city treasury gone beyond even a Portland recall but she was happy and had her pet, while the city had only her money. Judge Stevenson could have paroled a criminal, but he could not parole a dog whose only of fense was in being a dog. However, the majesty of the Jaw had been violated in the sum of seven dollars and it had to be vindicated from a little child's pitiful savings. Jjct us sincerely hope the great city of Portland, which winked at the violation of the statutes on receipt of seven dollars, may be saved from ultimate bankruptcy by the child's contribution and that the majesty of the law may have no more such wrenches. THE CITY MANAGER PLAN. The people are just now considering a new charter, in w hich is embodied, we understand, the city manager plan. Regarding this method of handling city affairs, a Port 'land paper cites the experience of Dayton, Ohio, as fol lows: I A the chief example of the thing Hint lire done under Hie city malinger lUii of I'lt.v government, l'nvtnii, I Mini, in just now nttim'ling inure attention -1 tm ti any other pity of It sire In the country, The 1'iiireiit city deficit him been roilnceit IS.VUMij there linn been more prompt payment of' contrnctnrs for public Korku; a bridge hut been built for ; 1 I L'.ihiii less llinii the niiirnirintnluui the Int'iiut ilcnth rnle of the city has 'been cut tit onclialf Hint shown for the corresponding month for the three previous yearns It slnrm newer lu been built for loss tlmn two third the uitioont npproprlnlod for that purpose, all bill linve been discounted In the ! iuri -hnsing department, saving the city 2 per cent on the cent of itx mnlerlnl i nml supplies, iiiicthlug tu'vcr before rcnlized, ; A carefully prepared review of the proposed new city jcharter for Salem is printed in today's Capital Journal. From the surprise given the Athletics by the Boston It raves in beating the supposed invincibles "four straight," it Is evident the Philadelphians "do not know I wans." The people of the City how Mudville felt when the LADD &J1BUSH, Bankers Established IMS Capital - - $300,000.00 Transact a general banking business Safety Deposit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT EDITOR AND MANAGER .4Sc ..35c .SOc TELEGRAPH REPORT WORTH OF SALVE. of Brotherly Love know now mighty Casey struck out. CENSORSHIP The censorship of news from the seat of war in Eu-; rope is not only foolish but absolutely harmful. The dis-; patches show that every movement made by any of the parties is known at once through the aviation fleet, so' there is no danger to either side from the publication of the movements of the armies. On the other hand, the suppression of the facts causes all sorts of riynors to gain publicity and these may do infinite harm. Above all is the principle that the people of the warring countries are entitled to know the truth about the war, and the out side world is also entitled to know the real facts as they occur. Another foolish proposition is the fear of spies. It is safe to say each country knows everything about the i other's defenses any spy could tell them, and has had this ! information laid away for an indefinite period. Lying about the war and claiming victories unless they are vic tories is not going to make those victories materialize, and when the truth finally comes out and it is found that these alleged victories had no foundation other than the imagi nation of the censor or military authority sending them out, the world at large will that side s regard for the truth as it will also have for their military" prowess, that achieved victories only on paper. This war correspondent job is not one to' be eagerly sought. If the correspondent tells the truth, the censors make a lie of it before they allow it to be sent out; if he lies so as to get by the censor with a little of the truth, his boss roasts him and the paper's readers condemn him ; if he writes nothing, he starves to death, and if he goes to the front in search of real news, he is liable to be sho. as a spy, and the industrial accident commission has no record of him, or any money for him. .: top of it all, he is liable to lose his standing in the Ananias club. Now some of the "militarists" at Washington are claiming the American battleships are unseaworthy, poor ly armored and indifferently equipped. Outside of this and perhaps a few other trifling defects, they are prob ably all right. How small Von Kluk seems by the side of Gowdy, and what small fry is Kitchener compared to Evers. And on top of all, how childish the so-called "Great Battle" ap pears alongside the four days fight for the world's cham pionship. It is reported that General Funston is to remain in charge at Vera Cruz until there is a stable government and permanent peace in Mexico." There is no immediate danger of the general joining the army of the unemployed. The Oregonian seems to be running Mr. Booth's cam paign on the theory that any shortcomings of Senator hamberlain are a credit to his opponent. In other words, it is running Mr. Booth on the demerits of his opponent. Senator LaFollette is not to be tempted into running for governor. He goes on the principle that it is "better rn pndnrp the ilia we have than to flv to those We know not of," especially when the Anyway, President Wilson can get another chance at the war situation before long, as it will soon be time for the Thanksgiving proclamation to get ripe. THE ROUND-UP Moslem Oregon enmities will hnve a nicotinic soon to perfect nrrangement for ninMiig n display of cntcrn Oregon product nt the I'nniiinn exposition next yenr. The Intention In to nink one bio display showing the product of the en Urn enileru section, John CI, Tipton, who crossed th" plnln In IS.'i.i, died nt llosohuig Hut nrdny, ngod October '.'0, "Apple ln,v" In Port land I to be iiinde n livciv uiie. The " Muts" hnve tnlien hold of it nml kii.v they will ilinlriliiite lO.iliM apple aiming the poor on Hint dny, t dnhn Houseman Kiddle, a pioneer of( lVil nml ngod 70 Jenr died nt hi home In Kiddle, Hun. lav, October 1 1. He win born In Hnngnmon county, Illinois,1 in ISM, and enme with hi parents aero the plnln In Oregon, settling In the neighborhood of what I now the town of Kiddle. He was president of the Kiddle lnte bnnli, which he or-gnnli-.cil. He wu also innvor of the city. Volilii, prohibition and about .'very thin); else I beliiK sidetracked In M.il hour comity nml there I no tnlk nboul: anything except the county rat f'i'lit. Vale I the present coiinlv enl nud nil effort I being made to have Oilnrio made the seal of ceiinly government In stead, the claim being mnde that It I nearer the center of the count v and of opiilntlon, f ,,. The llnrrlshurg potato rarnlvnl opens Wednesday and will show the wild eved pod In all it pristine beauty imiil Kil dny night, It Is the "Fourth Annual 1'olnto Wiow,' ' The (lervnl posloffice ha been ad anced to Ihe third rlas. The linker board of rdtieallon hn. divided to employ n truant officer this year, i "The auto street ear," say the Pendleton r)at Hregonisn, "wlil be a particularly good convenience when Ihe weather Is bad. The entetprlse- should succeed and merit all Ihe support that OF NEWS. have as poor an opinion of flying is not extra good. The Pilgrimage Life Is a weary road to travel, and hard upon the feet, if we are hound to nnrl and cnvll at every one we meet. Wo ought to bow In stranger pas ief"K,V I lug, and not knock ..".V. I off their tile, for they will answer mis with snssing, or give us smiles for smiles. If vim a re quarrelsome and scrappy, nor prone to gain a friend, you'll find the pilgrimage u t , I happv and dismal II .mi nrnr m smile Hint' win nluir. a smile eluhl Inches deep, some other chaps who e you grinning, will strniglitwny cense to weep. A smile like yours or mine's con (ngious! folk seeing It will say, "This life can't be so blamed outrageous, If pilgrims smile Hint way!" A scowl, alas, 1 just as cntchlng; a fur II in fluence goc folk seeing It will soon be hatching another hrood of woe. This life's a tune that 'a fud of .inutile, a ilU'iml, lame and halt, If we go seek lug rows and wrangle, and keep on finding fmilt. Hut It's an anthem, grand, Inspiring, wory a Ihe nmtel' song, If we go down tht tend Inquiring who we cn.i help alonj. Lebanon Ktpresst Nature ha on ills play In this vicinity just now many ix'autiful specimen of her handiwork. The apple orchard aee splendid with fruit ready for the harvest, and along the rouiUlde the brilliant red of Ihe rose tips give the. needed touch of color to the landscape. The watee company at Uemmer Is tnklng steps to furnish better fire pro tectlon, especlnlly to railway and ware house property, "Much of the wealth of the community at the present time,'' say the Herald', "I found along the track In Ihe shape of wheat and wool and thi ha never been prn'tectcd a It should av been,''' f fil ti'ssH'fassw'slfcsifj oaz powder. Absolutely Pure BOOTH DECLARES FOR PROHIBITION (Eugene Daily Guard.) Ti. A. Idiot li, republican enndidatu for United ytntes senator, took a positive stand upon prohibition Inst uight, at the request of the women of Kugeue, when he declared himself fur nil time in fuvor of national prohibition. At the close of his nddres In the court house, Mrs. W. W. Calkins, wife of Lane county's ex-senator, nrose, de clared that she as a friend, knew hi personal position on temperance, but asked that he stute his position to the public, "Aluy I nay to you, Mrs. Culkins, that I do know where 1 stund upon that question. 1 won't refer to my own lite; 1 won't refer to the ninny buttles over it which I have been in; and I will not refer to the contributions which I have made to that cause, or you nil know about this. "When the prohibition nominating committee met about May 1 it sent me a leter, stilting Hint many would bo my friends If I would enlist In this cause, and asking mo to become the prohibition candidate for I'nlted Htntcs senntnr- "I replied that I was a candidate of the republican party, set forth to main tain Its principles, but Hint after my nomination by that party that I would be pleased to receive the endorsement of the prohibition party. "Hut Irrespective of the action of any parly, 1 have always stood, and nlnnv shall stand Cor national prohibi tion.'' ONE ON JOH1I DBVORF. ,1nh Devore, pinch hitter of the Ilos ton I Ir rives, who is a veteran of two world's series, recently undertook to tell hi teammnte some of the vul nerable point of the Athletics a he observed them III lull, dust as .Fnsh was nil In full swing Ted father Inter rupted with the remark, "r'nv, la this old bird, Kdilic Plank, so mi), h of a pitcher!" Iievore's lecture enme to an abrupt end. The former CI in nt turned and walked from the mum without saying a word, "What's the mutter with him!" Hiked t'ulhcr. "I didn't sny anything, nil I T " Look In the guide booh for the score of the game played on October 11, of the mi I series, advised Johniiv Kvers, nlher did, nml now he know wliv losh wn angry, for he reads "Htruck out hy I'lank Hevore (41." 1 A man may have a lot of sense, but the chances are he will not display any of It when he gels into an argument with a pretty wnmnn. D0N7JIVE UP Discounted Cltlssns Will Find Comfort In th fcxperlani's of a Salem Man. Kxperlence I the modem Instructor. Profit by Ihe experience of others, It may save your lifa. The experience of friends and neigh bor, Thn testimony of Nnlem people. Will bring renewed encouragement. Here la a ense In point: .1. II. Penton, MIA trf St.. flalim.1 ays: "A cold settled on inv kldnet-a,, causing pain through my hack, I knewl that my kidney were In blame and hearing several local cltiren endorse lonn' Kidney Pills highly, I began us ing them. They were Jut what 1 needed to relieve the pains and other kidney trouble. Whenever I have tak en I man 'a Kidnev Pill since, a few lose hare brought me relief.' Price (I'lc, at all dealer. IWt sim ply ak for a kidney remedy get ln' Kidney Pills the ssme that Mr. Pentnn had. Foster-Milbmn t'o Prop, Hoffalo. X, V, ' Health First In buying food articles we must consider several things economy, results, conveni ence, reliability; but the most important' is Health. Health means everything, li one gets Heated in buying dresses, shoes or bonnets it is 'provoking, but the harm is chiefly loss of money.. In buying food articles, if imitations or poor '-Stuffs are supplied, there is a loss of money and pfobably an injury to health also; and good healtiis beyond price. Remember these acts when buying baking BAKING POWSIEX No SUFFRAGIST LEADER FOR CHAMBERLAIN Hr. Anna Howard fclinw', president of the N'utionnl Suffrage nssocintion, and one of the most noted women In tho I'nlted States, In a letter to Senator ffeorge K, (hiinilieilnlii, expresses her deep distress over the course being persued by the Congrcssionul Union for Women Suffrage, which has sent Airs, Jessie Hnnly Stuldis into Oregon to nt tm k Senator Chamberlain, a staunch supporter of equal suffrage, on the mere ground thnt lie Is n Democrat. Dr. Shaw says that the noble women who first chninpinned the cause of equnl suffrage "would denounce Ihe action of the union as political treason and moral crime,'' j Dr. Shaw's letter to Senator hnm-' berlnln, written while she was In Ne-' vnda recently, is a follows: "(loldfiel.l, Nov., Oct. 8. ITonornblft Oenrge K. Clinmbcrlnln, i oiiin.ittee vv' Military Affairs, Pulled Stnte Senate,' Washington, D. C My Denr Senator ( liamberlnin: It Is Impossible for mo; to express the deep dUtr-vn felt by . the Nntinnnl Snffrngi) Association when we learned that the Congresslon-i nl I'nlnn had decided to carry out their III advised threat to enter the enfran chised stntes with the purpose of try ing to defeat Democratic senntors sim ply because they are Democrats' re-1 gnrdlcss of (he fact that they hnve' been persistent and consistent support-! ers of the suffrago movement for J venrs. This form of suffrage activity,! naed upon me niiscnievons militancy of a portion of the Kngllsh auffraglts, can hut produce the same result In this country which It ha In Kngland, and that I to delay the triumph of wnmnu suffrage. More than nil the efforts of our opponents It will postpone our final success, so thut even on the basis of policy It is self destructive, Injustice Is Felt. "Thnt, however, Is ant primarily the cause of our present distress, Wo feel deeply the Injustice of their In- grniiiiiue, wnoii wc recall what you; and other Democrats have done for our cause; how you cliiimpioucd It when! you had everything to lose and nothing to gain by your support, "We are oppressed by a sense of deep humlliiitiip and shame that anv , woman, even In Hie hope of a tem porary advantage, should so Injure a cause championed by such women as' l.ueretln Molt, Susiiu II. Anthony and , GOOD FOR For .... Addres3 This coupon may bo exchanged for votes in the con test for a trip to San Francisco in 1915, at tho Capital Journal office. Not good after October 17, 1914. House of Half a We carry the largest stock of Sacks and Fruit Jars. H. Steinborlc .Innlr fV . IM B.... 0.7 ..7" tw Miw, caivm, vrtgV. Alum Eliziibeth I'ady Stanton, noblo and loyal women, ull, who, were they here, would denounce the action of the union as nnliticnl treason and a moral crime. "Our own hopo rests in our faith In the good sense of tho women of Oregon that they will repudiate the attempt of thn union and of its agents to da feat friends of suffrage, Bud that they will give unqunligied support to men like yourself, whether Democrats or Hcpuiillcnns, who hnvo so loyally cham pioned the cause of woman suffrage during nil the hard and difficult years, The real suffragists of the nation will rejoice In your return to the United States senate to continue your efforts in our behalf, which we consider the cause nf a true democracy. ' With sincere wishes for the success, of vour ran-iidacv, I am, cordially yours, ANNA H.SHAW, "President National Suffrage Associa tion." Th household htlperi your wife needs can be found quick ly through the Journal Want Ads. Olvc ft brilliant gTonr uTiIno that uwft nut mil oft or aunt on time unncalN to tlia Iron "thnt IhU Jour tlttiui m Ionic ny oilier. Black Silk Stove Polish U In ii rlflNR by luelf. 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