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A POPS THE SALEM CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 19U, WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 4, 1914 Editorial Page of The Daily Capital Journal i THE DAILY (MFML JOURNAL PUBLISHED BT CAPITAL JOURNAL PRINTING CO., Inc. BETTER BUSINESS. WHARLE3 H. FISHER EDITOB AND MANAGER FOBLISHED EVERT EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON Daily, by Carrier, per year Daily, by Hail, per year . Weekly, ty Mail, per year SUBSCRIPTION HATES: $5.00 Per month.. 3.00 Per month.. 1.00 Six months. ,45c ,..15c .90c FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT The Capital Journal carrier boyi are Instructed to put the papen on the porch. If the carrier does not do this, misses yon, or neglects getting the piper 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, rnone Main 8a. RESULTS OF THE ELECTION. The expected happened in the Oregon election. Cham berlain wins for senator and Withycombe for governor. The former won because he was the representative of a popular national administration, on account of his per sonal popularity and because his long career in office has been a record of clean and faithful public service. Dr. Withycombe defeated the democratic candidate for governor mainly because the party majority is large, and he is an amiable old gentleman of wide acquaintance. He had strong support from the "wet" element, and Dr. Smith, his opponent, could not succeed in lining up the "drys" solidly to his support. The manner of Dr. Smith's nomination in the primary, kicked by the strong and ' open support of Governor West, was also criticised as an attempt to hand the office down to a successor without consulting the wishes of the rank and file of the party, ."'and this lost him many supporters in his own party. Still Dr. Smith made a very creditable showing in a strong republican state. ' Governor-elect Withycombe will have a hard task be , fore him to meet the expectations of the people who hope y .fqr relief from the burdensome taxation imposed by use less commissions and unnecessary officials. He has prom ised to give the state a business administration, and he should have the support of all parties and of the press if h'3 honestly attempts to redeem his ante-election pledges. Withycombe is an excellent man and it is only a question if he is strong enough to do the things the peo ple of Oregon hope may be accomplished in the way of reducing the expenses of government. Not only is business bound to be better; it IS better. Exports for September were far greater than anyone expected. The amount of breadstuffs was $45,:5:50,000, against $17,85:5,000 in September 191:1. Meat and dairy products were about the same as last year. It is reported that the French government has placed an order for $2,500,000 worth of guns with the Bethlehem steel works. A number of factories manufacturing blankets and other military supplies are working over-time. Ge,orge B. VanCleve, of New York, giving his impres sions of a recent business trip across the Atlantic, says that it is "an automobile war." "There will be over 50,000 automobiles and motor trucks used up during the war if it lasts six months," VanCleve says. "Probably 20,000 have been used up already. 'Almost everything is being done by automobiles. I saw guns, aeroplanes, wounded and everything being hauled by automobiles. America must supply the extraordinary demand. When the war ends, the American car abroad will have the most phenomenal boom that can be conceived." The United States in five years will lead all countries in trade with Latin-American countries if business men and manufacturers respond to immediate possibilities in trade extension and they are responding. This is the substance of a speech in Cleveland by John Barrett, direc tor general of the Pan-American Union and formerly United States minister to three South American countries. Last year the Latin-American countries bought and sold products with the rest of the world valued at nearly three billions of dollars. Practically all of this trade must come to this country now. There is nothing the matter with America. In the East the results are not especially decisive or important for an off-year election. The only thing to excite interest is the practical disappearance of the prog ressive party everywhere except in California. There are only two great political parties left in the country, and the state elections yesterday were in the main much as they were in the same states before the progressive bolt split the republican party. The New York result was the most decisive of all, and it was a fitting rebuke to Tammany for the theft of the governorship, when Sulzer was ousted last year for refusing to do the bidding of the organization. Glynn, the beneCiciary of the high handed outrage, was defeated by an overwhelming ma jority, and District Attorney Whitman, one of the clean est officials in the Empire state, will succeed him in the executive chair. Sulzer ran independent and claims to have drawn away enough democratic votes to accomplish the much desired result. On the whole, the election in general shows few sur prises. Congress remains democratic by a reduced ma jority, and the national administration seems to have lieen fairly well sustained by the people, considering the depression in business which has prevailed throughout the country. The nations of Europe, besides having a slight differ ence of opinion about several things which they are now trying to argue to a conclusion, have also started a dis pute as to which of them is the more civilized. To prove the extent of their civilization, they refer to the number of scientists they each have. If that Is the true measure of civilization, the United States can lay it over all of them. From Heenan down to Corbett, Jack Johnson and Sam Langford, there have been none to equal America's scientists. I1 ranee has swiped Jack Johnson, but still we can proudly claim him as a native son, and point to his scientific achievements before he left us, remembering, too, that his departure was rather scientifically accom- Many Alaskans do not like some of the provisions of the leasing bill, but they console themselves with the re flection that under it some advancement can be made and an American citizen can have n chance to make aliving there, a thing that has been impossible since Gilford I'm chot constituted himself guardian of nt little piece of Uncle bam s domain. And the people again decided to "let George do it." LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 1SG8 Capital $,'00,000.00 Transact a general hanking business Safety Deposit Boxc9 SAVINGS DKPAUTMENT There having been twenty-nine measures for the voters to act on at the election yesterday, let us hope that at the next election it will be ";0" on the whole business. How many of the voters of Oregon understood one-half the measures on which they were asked to vote? How many knew absolutely nothing about any of them? The initiative and referendum are both good in their place, but unfortunately they open the gates for every disgruntled politician or person to annoy the whole state with. The people of New York did a good job in electing District Attorney Whitman governor, and cleaning out the Tammany Hall bunch represented by Governor Glynn. The scandal over the Sulzer affair last year, the fact that Glynn was a representative of the crowd that stole the governorship of a great state, made his defeat earnestly and devoutly to be desired by the honest voters, regardless of party affiliations. Sulzer ran independent and now claims credit for Whitman's election. Experts Who Know They speak from their own ex perience; years of practical work in the preparation of perfect food for particular people. Their testimony cannot be gainsaid: " To obtain the best results we use and recommend for use 4 Royal' Baking Powder. JVe ' find it superior to all Others, "The International Mutual Cooks "and Pastry Cooks Assn. "Adolph Meyer, Sec'y." BAKING POYDER Absolutely Pure No Alum Some person who is seeking real trouble has suggested that Edward Markham write a poem about the war. Is not the blood-thirsty one satisfied with the atrocities al ready committed? "The man with the hoe" should be left in the peaceful quietude to which he was long ago rele gated, anil, come to think of it, so should Markham. Old Jack Frost is taking a hand in the war and is on neither side, but rather working in the interest of all. If the old fellow could only send the mercury down to the zero point and keep it there for three months, the ardor of the combatants might be cooled to a point where they would listen to overtures for peace. One of Servia's greatest poets manages to live and write verse in spite of 4he name ho has to lug around. Some one who asked "what's in a name?" might find sev eral things in this one if he would analyze it. His name is Wukitichivitch. Colonel Roosevelt was surprised at the big crowds that attended his meetings in Pennsylvania, but he overlooked the lact that he was supporting a democratic candidate for governor and was therefore considerable of a curi osity. President Wilson yesterday voted, according to the dispatches, taking just two minutes in the booth, and vot ing a straight democratic ticket. Considering the office he holds, he could not well vote any other. England having declared cotton is not contraband of war, that material is now in the same class with the color ed folks who pick it. A German airman has been given an iron cross for daring, and Belgium has been given the double cross for the same reason. New Shoes "V'm It's liunl to seem quite dignified, when wearing shoes fresh from the store; your feet feel hot, lot though just fried, imu! all the cords uiol tendons sore. I'm wearing now new Number Twelves: the dealer said, when them he sold from off his over., urde nod shelves, "Those sheen ' nre worth their weight ill gold. Ki'oiu lowest basement to the roof, 1 do not keep n shoe in stock that does not fit the hu man hoof, and make you huppy when you walk." The birds nre singing on the boughs, their songs, no doubt, nre pure and sweet, and soulful as the law allows, but I can only think of feet. The trees are clothed In red nnd gold, they glimmer in the gentle heat, they whisper when the nights nre eold, but I ean only think of feet. The busy squirrels ga ther nuts, preparing for tho time of sleet, when snow shall hide the high way's ruts, but I cum think of naught hut feet, The pastor preaches well and long, his sermon is a perfect treut, the choir sends up a throbbing song, but all my thoughts nre still of feet, And when my guests I entertain, and when I sit mo down to eat, I'm meditating on the pain thnt teeters through my swollen feet. And there nro moments when 1 feel I'd liko to be a charger fleet, nnd have n smith take shoes of steel, and nail tho blamed things on my feet. WOODBURN STORE ROBBED SUNDAY (Capital Journal Hpoclnl Service.) Woodburu, Ore.. Nov. ;i. Mr. l X. Beck's clothing store was broken into early Sunday morning. Kvidently tho burglars were well acquainted with the store, as they selected things in shoes, clotliing, etc., in k nm 11 and largo sues. The lock on the sate was also broken, but they failed to get into it. The burglars gained udmission by breaking the rear door. Mr. Beck hasn't been able to estimate the amount taken. Mr. nail Mrs. John McKiaaey return ed Monday alter spending a month at Newport. I.oren (iiesv, of Aurora, spent Kutur- ! tiny in Woodburu visiting friends. I Mr. Carter, of Salem, took ia the I dance here Saturday. I Miss (lladys Warner, of Snlem, spent j the week-end ut the home of her pur- ents, Mr. nnd Mrs. T. H, Warner. I ('CO, Milliards, of Portland, spent j Saturday and Sunday nt the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. .1. II. Kichards. , Austin Brownell, of Kugene, is visit- jing friends in Woodburn. ,l Irene Digerness, of Silverton, spent 'the week end us the guest of .Miss Ethel 1 Bnnney. ! Knlph Mnupin, of Springfield, took ' in th a tlaneo at the armory Niiturdny. I Miss Nina Hiinkel, of Portland, is the guest of Misa Huzel Bitney. Mr. and Mrs, 8, A. Cnrlqucat ami daughter left Saturday for their homa in Portland, after a week's visit with. Mr. nnd Mrs, 8. E. Brune. J Mr. W. 1'onrmnn, of Portland, is vis iting nt tho homo of his parents, Mr. , and Mrs. J. M. Poormnn. Miss Miller, of (lervais, was tho guest ' of Mrs. Homer Allemun Snturdny. Miss (i. Mnln, of OervuiB, attended the dance nt Woodburn Saturday night. j Dr. Chapman nnd wife spent Hntur 'day in Portland. ! Misa Viviiin (lulbrnith, of Hilvurton, is the guest of her sisters, Mrs. J. I Shorey and Mrs. D. Cowlos, I Dewey Bitney spent Saturday in Ha- lorn visiting friends. Frank Munning left Monday for Sn lem, where he will visit Mr. I Hob- 1 bins for nboiit two weeks. i MOVES TO OREGON. (Herald, Springfield, Tean.) ' T. N. Tucker, a well known eiti,en jof this place, has moved with his fam , ily to Salem, Oregon, whoro hn has ac quired property and will establish his J future home. They nro splendid peo ple, and Springfield regrets to losn them from its citizenship, but wishes them mighty well in their new location, nnd they nre commended to tho people limiting whom they hnvo gone to livo. Mr. Tucker sold his property lure to i 11.' D. Oreen, of Coopertown, who will I take possession at an early dut. .lm. ,..ir R.rrtr lJ'7n.fJL' lt. The Oregonian says "the democrat Is oft a cheerful loser," and it might have added, a not boastful winner. ' HAS HI'LENDID IDEA. (Silverton News. The Dally Capital Journal, In tin Is sue of recent date, sets forth n plop, oslllon which, In our opinion, would be of benefit In Marlon county ami Oregon In general without limitation, The Journal urges the Belgians, those unfortunate nnd unhappy people who have been dopvtvctl of ntmost the righ to live, to come to tiregou, The Jour nal propones that these Belgians be petitioned nod invited to eonie to this slate nod build up new homes. With Hint hustling and Honest winking class of people to prepare our neres nnd acres of undeveloped lands for the growing of their favorite product, flat, Oregon would soon be benefited by the results tinliiaitedly, The Belgians I nre a peaceful and nn Industrious pen pie, They nre steady tollers who know the real value of lands. Thst Is, the productive vnluo, which Is the only villus they or nboiit In the least, They want the Is ml upon which to make a living. Not to speculate with like the nvernge get-rich-qiiick person. We say again, the Journal is right, Invite the Belgians to Oregon. GERMAN SHIPS OUT. Copenhagen, Nov. 4, (termaa war ship were repotted todav in the Baltic off the entrance to the tiulf of I'inlnu I. It m believed they were bent on a raid of the Itutsinn eost. THE ROUND-UP Tip to farmers, In Pendleton Knst Oregonliiut "Never was there a finer outlook for high priced wheat; better seed all your land this year." The vogue of the rose Is to he fur ther extended by the Medford Hose society on November "I, when cuttings obtained by concerted pruning will be distributed to school children. The Marlon county court lias defi nitely decided to reject the proposal of the Snlem Commercial club relative to the hiring of n county agricultural 1st, in addition to n county fruit in spector. t The Buker Ilernld's Prairie City cor respondent writes! "The new grain elevntor has lust been completed nnd It nlrcndy filled, The schools nre tnxed to their greatest capacity and n new school building Is a mutinoii theme, There art no empty store build ings nnd dwelling houses nre at I pre mium." t Condon Ciloliet Petitions have been circulated In Condon asking that the government defer operations of the dredge nt (loose Island In the Columbia until lifter the goose senson. It is set forth that the dredge will disturb the geese nnd cniiac them to seek new roosting place, which they would probably continue to use tiierenfter. The petitions will be sent to Oregon senators nnd congressmen. Snow White Flour HIGH PATENT HARD WHEAT $1.65 Sack , INTRODUCTORY PRICE $6.10 PER BARREL WESTACOTT-THIELSEN COMPANY (INCORPORATED) Successor! to TUlclssn Cash Grocury L, x, Westneott ft Co. IS! NORTH HIQII STREET t i t t t t TELEl'IIONB 830 GOOD FOR 25 VOTES For v Address This coupon may be exchanged for votes in the con test for a trip to San Francisco in 1915, at the Capital Journal office. Not good after November 7, 1914. r WANTS BANK STATEMENT, W-ishlnglon, Nov, The comptrol ler of the currency today Issued a call to niitlounl banks to report their eondi .Ion st the cloe of business October SI. House of Half a Million Bargains We carry the largest stock of Sacks and Fruit Jars. H. Steinbock Junk Co. uo ciait rirwv Min, urcgoi. fhoa Vila Ili