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Editorial Page 6 "The; Capital Jourta!" SATl'KDA V KVEXIXG, October 2.1, 191.'. Maxtor hnA a 1 PUBLISHED KVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. S. BARNES, President CHAS. H. FISHER, Vice-l'resident DORA C. ANDBESEN, Sec. and Treas. THE PRICE OF WHEAT AND BREAD SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily by carrier, per year 5.00 Per month. Uuily by mail, per year 3.00 Per month. .45c .35c FULL LEASED W IRE TELEGRAPH .REPORT EASTERN R EP K ESENTATI VES New York Chicago Ward Lewis-Williams Special Agency Harry R. Fisher Co. Tribune Building 30 N. Dearborn 8t. Tho Capital Journal carrier boy are instructed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier does not do thin, niiHses yod, or neglects getting the .aper to yuu on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, aa this is the only way wo enn determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main 8). GERMANY'S GRIEVOUS MISTAKE It The most serious mistake Germany has made since the war began was the execution of the English nurse,! Miss Edith Cavell at 2 o'clock in the morning of October! 12th. She was tried by a military court on the charge of having helped English and French soldiers, as well as Belgian young men to cross the frontier and go to Eng land. She frankly admitted the truth of the charge, and further stated that she had received letters from some of those she had aided, after they arrived in- England, thanking her for her aid. It was this last voluntary ad mission on her part that caused her execution, for th? punishment for helping them across the frontier, so long us they did not reach a country at war with Germany, would not have been death. The killing of a woman, even by process of law has in all civilized countries been looked upon with feelings of horror; and the feeling aroused by the execution of Edith Cavell are of this kind. The United States was guilty of this act once in the hanging of Mrs. Surratt. True the circumstances were widely different, for Mrs. Surratt had been proven guilty, of conspiring to murder our great and good president, Abraham Lincoln, and was indeed an accessory before the fact, which, under our law is the same as committing the crime. Yet with so powerful reasons for her punish ment, most Americans even of the time regretted it, and certainly none of us are now proud of it. Germany has made a mistake and must bear the con sequences as she may. It is claimed the German governor hastened the execution to prevent any interference and to show his power; and that had Kaiser Wilhelm had the opportunity he would have saved her life. For the love we bear to humanity we hope this is so, for it is hard to believe that so great a man as the kaiser, man of blood and iron though he be, would have sent this brave woman to her death, for no greater offense than aiding a few prisoners of war to escape to their native land. A blot has been placed on Germany's escutcheon whose traces will remain therton through the centuries. The lllionis Daily Newspaper Association recently indorsed the simplified spelling of ten words. They are: Tho, altho, thru,' thruout, thoro, thoroly, thorofare, pro gram, prolog, catalog, decalog and pedagog. However much the general public may disagree about the others, all will unite in curtailing the pedagog. Now if the asso-, nation will get its work in on the News Associations andj have them simplify the spelling of some of the names of j men, towns and places sent over the cable from the war one, they will add much to the pleasure and comfort of. an army oi readers, lne held is large and the harvest is ripe. A bushel of wheat made into bread, is worth about $5. With the difference between the first cost of the wheat it would seem that it should not make much difference what the first cost of wheat was. - Five bushels of wheat will make a barrel of flour of 196 pounds and it will leave as a by-product about 100 pounds of bran, shorts and middlings, which are worth the same price as the same weight of wheat. At a dollar a bushel this would make the by-product worth $1.66. The cost of making the flour in a 300 or 400 barrel mill, is said to be about 30 cents a barrel, and considerably less than this in the larger mills. This would make the five bushels of wheat manufactured into flour cost $5.30. With the $1.66 for bran, etc., deducted, the cost of the barrel of flour would be $3.64, or seventy-three cents for each bushel of wheat from which it was made. Of course there is the wholesaler and the retailer of the flour to get a commission out of this, the baker to get pay for his labor and his profits, and the retailer of the bread also to get his commission. Still it would seem that an increase from 73 cents to $5, or nearly 600 per cent, is a phenomenally heavy one. sjc s(s sjc ifc s sc sjt ifc )t sft jc fi sjc )t OPEN FORUM SUNDAY CLOSING. Among the banners to be carried in the big suffrage parade tonight are two mentioned in the dispatches to day that read: "Suffrage Means Pure Milk," and "Suf frage Means Better Babies." The banners throw no light on how the better milk is to be obtained and are equally silent as to the means by, which better babies are to be assured. The down-trodden male will have to do his own guessing for ballot boxes were never known to give milk or suffer the pangs of maternity. The Oregonian worries over democracy abandoning the doctrine of "States rights." At the same time our big contemporary is abandoning its old stand and is becom ing the leading champion of the old democratic doctrine, Surely it should be broad minded enough to others the same privileges it takes for itself. Now that the British fleet has succeeded in chasing the German trawlers away from' their fishing grounds, the Germans will hardly know when Friday arrives. Editor Capital Journal: In the issue of Friday, your editorial on Sunday closing was much to the point. Yes, it is difficult to enforce the law. People as you say, differ so much and often radically as to make it an upnill proposition. These "moral spurts" centering on shutting down the Sunday i:.l i i 7 in nic cuuiiiiuiu v tgciue eJfiemerui. lu the last 20 years Salem tried it two or three times but the cover didn't stay on. Public sentiment took it off. People think thev have the rieht to spend the day about as they please the same as other days. If they want to buy a cigar, for instance, tiiey think they have the right to buy it any day, etc. Another thing, thousands of our citi zens forget all about the religious fea tures of the day or care littlo about them. Many of these thousands know that religious times and seasons have no proper place in our civil legislation, being contrary to the genius of our plan of government. Church and statj are separate here and religion and religious institutions (Sunday being one), stand outside of civil recognition and administration solely upon their own merits. The evo lution of Sunday as an ecclesiastical in stitution is interesting from the his torical stamlnoint. Sn in In, ml "record. As to the closing of saloons on Sun day, as is now on in Chicago, they ought to bo closed on all days. They are everywhere a nienaco to good order and decency. Hut will their closing on one day each week, much weaken their evil in fluence the balance of the time. I well know the answer that many would make to this. But it will not stand in vestigation. This one day in seven proposition is like putting out the quar antine flag at the scarlet or yellow t'ever infected home for a day then tak ing it in for the six following during which kind neighbors can pass in ami out carrying abroad the perms hv w'nich grant tOithe neighborhood will become inoculat- If tho saloon is to b prohibited but a fraction of the time, let that time be the night and not the day. Night is the time when the suloon patron is most idle. Tho industrious working man is at his trade or work during the day but nigm no is iree anil can go where (lie drink is dispensed. Close the sa loon at 6 p. m. and open it next morn ing at 8. This suggestion is for those who are satisfied with prohibition for a part of the timo onlv. DOCIA MURB. Fruitland, Oct. 21. J. W.W. Blamed For Burning of Hon Honse YOUR OWN TOWN I r rwrnnu'iuo, I'nl., Oct. 2.I. Ranchers and citizens in the Sacramento district! were incensed today when the full ex tent of the damage caused bv the four fires on the Uorot Brothers k ranch east of here became known. It is charged that tho bln7.es, which did; !f.l;i,00U damage, were started by I. W. W. incendiaries. After cutting telephone and power wires to ilie district which they attack ed with tho torch, the incendiaries pa trolled the diutiict, in an effort to stop messengers from summoning assist ance. Paul Fielder, chauffeur for Theodore Edes, manager of tho ranch, dashed past seven armed men in his automobile when thev attempted to stop iiim from summoning aid. At n.. L , rW A bench. But here in this city, which sees L,!1"8 n'"1 a i'r,,ss ,oom wi!r? fiestroved. UCjCJJ my distress, the chaps who are gritty have TAfttfZ picking units 0:1 the. Brewer ranch rnvrn full nf vim hnf wmn vrY nv In-,,, '4- 4-U J. r0 lm destroyed. Men fighting the j.uu """1 ""v ' 01c tucy tan l. get ill me, riiimes were hui.clicnppcd bv lack of swim. Life's trodden me until I am lame, and sometimes' WBte,r, a!l 'wt'r vthn '"nding to pumps I wonder if I am to blame. If fellows less ' witty, .lessiuPte,,ret1::!fltl,:S oifrp.l rVinn T enn thrive in rViic rifv nr.. I" fnH.-.r nlr. automobiles. ft""" v.i.i wii.v. wwo Vligr, UWU iaittll VU I'iC Mill Wood SPECIAL PRICE Wu RipplinRhijmQs wl I sing in the gloaming a dirge that is weird, while sparrows are combing the chaff from my beard. The theme of my ditty is tinhorn and snide I'm roasting the city wherein I abide. Because I would slumber while others sawed wood. I am a back number, I haven't made, good. An ob ject of pity, I stand by the pump, and swear that the city has gone to the' dump. "It's dead and decaying, a man has no show," I always am saying,, as sadly I go, to scout for a handout from some kitchen wench; for 1 am a fahned-out I'm back on ' the bench. But here in this city, which sees my distress, the chaps who are gritty have made a success. Thev sav it's a daisv. a FIVE LOADS AT SINGLE LOADS BOX WOOD - $2.00 $2.00 Prompt Delivery Spaulding Logging "Company ment than usual. A new cabinet has; The camera should be a mrt been purchased in which to display the turm,e ff. ',' , Parto'7 specimens recently received tor" the . f s of lce tf't- With it he cm science classes. New shelves have been! photograph not only the familv hnt n. placed in the library which is now in 1 tock, buildings, and can carry ioB! use by the pupils ns a reading room.j from his visits to fairs and live itotk several daily papers have been secured gatherings suggestions how to better hii bv the school for the reacting table. i own business. Through the courtesy of the State College of Wash-; ington we have received a bulletin from the Division of Itotany with much interesting information concerning' "Leaf Invasions by Bacillus armylovorus. Just why1 Bacillus' last name has a lower case letter for a starter,' or what his nationality is unknown to us. After a careful 1 perusal of the habits and work of Bacillus aforesaid, we', are forced to believe the story of his depredations is! ullegarical, for it sounds like political history. ! ( The St. Louis Globe Democrat, which by the way is a misnomer for it is republican and almost as rabid for high protection as that paper issued so many years at the! behests and expense of the protected industries, the American Economist, comes to the front in defense of its favorite and sole policy. It says: "War. taxes in time i of peace are not a pleasing thing to contemplate." j It is less than fifty years since communication was' established across the Atlantic by cable, that taking place August 12, ISM), yet a short time ago messages were sent across the ocean by wireless and on October 22nd Mr. Webb sitting in the wireless tower at Saybrook, just sim-j ply talked to other folks clear across the pond. j then why am I busted and down at the heel, and asking n N Ioonfv ftf Ipffpi.5nrl ilisPiKtfr) hii-Pil rrivls for a mPal? Tho .noJ. nnc0,,.n,r' L0U,5y 01 JenerSOIl and awe in my sight that I am the error; the town is all right ! Corpse Identified As Chick's Is Not LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 1868 Capital ....... $500,000.00 Transact a general banking: business Safety Deposit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Purlin, c.l, Or., Oct. Sit.--The victim i til' one id' Ihe most rc'iiiiirKnlili' ruses nf iiiioIiiImhi i.liMlity the Portlum! po lice department has ever encountered, I. lmd W. ( nick, ;i jewelry salesman,! nil, ise Inline is in Onlvlaud, California,1 ir, with t'lii'inls todiiy and the body of a suicide, identified positively as Hint of himself is in the city morgue, im-' . amc. I ii ill iiii.'lniuie.l. The body was fciiin.l hanging in the retiring ninni til' the plan block park We, I les.lay u.id was identified as that of Chick by Mrs. Kva Mnyberrv, friend, I... in II. Marks, his employer, II. Itossi, a follow salesman, and finiil l by Mis l-'Icii'O'te.i Alexander, of Upo-1 Kline, ami her puns. Is, Miss Alexander is said to be t hick's sweetheart. . Last uiiit Clmk, liaviiit; tend in the: newspapers of his "suicide" arrived in Cortland from Amity, Oienou, after ti'lephnnintf the police that there win a misiuke in identity. Chick's mother,' Mrs. O. 11. (hick, of, Oakliind, was hnriyiii to l'ortlnud to take chain,, of the body. A telenntm was !.ent to her o board the tram nt lileiiilale, Oregon, and her journey was completed with joy in her heart, in stead of lne sa.l.ieos that oerw helmed ' her when the repoit of the death of her: sou tenihe.l her. I HE mOVIDED A THRILL New York, tM. !!:t.- In order that' movie fans may have n real thrill, Arthur Jim in of ISronMyn, rede Inn hor over an SO foot brink in Ausable chasm in the Adirondnhs Into 15 feet of water. All that happened to him was u broken leg. Dr. W. A. COX w PAINLESS DENTIST 303 State Street SALEM, ORE. The Milestones of Life are indicated by the Teeth. By preserving the teeth you help prolong life at the same time enjoy life as you go along. Let me attend to your tooth troubles. Examination free. Lady attendant always present. rilONE 926. Captures Big Prize Nin Irnnciseo, Oct. 2.1. retalunin Kills and three Modesto sisters Vnch weiKhinjr 200 pounds were the central figures in the milkicR contest at the ranuiiia l'acific exposition todnv. Fortv seven milkmaids from various parts of the state entered the competition. The northwest walked off with most ot tho honors in the department of live stock nt the exposition vester.lav in the cattle competitions. ' Albion' tiile, of Chinook, Washington, won the prizes in the junior and reserve junior champion cow cIhsmo. The reserve - oior an.i re.terve piuior bull were taken by 1). N, l.oonev, ferson, Ore.'on. .1. U Plinth, of Spokane, carried off the iiruos in the llolstein Krond chani V,1.""' so"")r n:"1 wrve champion bulls illium Hishop of Chimnouin Stock 1-arni, of Seattle, won prizes for the junior and reserve chninpioii bulls re spectively. , LIBERT ITEMS. A poor or inferior butter will make the best bread distasteful THEREFORE ASK YOUR GROCER FOR Marion Creamery Butter "Meadow Brook" Tt costs no more and you Get the Best classes of Jef- (Capful Journal Special Service) Liberty l.r. ()ct. U.l.-Miss darn Herr.dt, Mini Holder, (lladvs, Mn, und liiith Weaver attended 'church at hosedale Suuday, Stephen I'rotiier, while plavinij with powder was quite badly t.llrno.l about tho head and face. , m V'"v,'r v'iinit her sisterj .Mrs. . II. loiiiian; of 1'nlls Citv j Miss lllooin, the prnnarv teacher ' spent Saturday and Sunday at her home' in Pallas. The members of the Liberty M i church coiitfrciintecl nt too home' of their pastor. Kev. Nichols in South Sn ! let on l uesdav ,veuinu, the event heinu ' pound social. , .Mist v, Illinois and MiM lormer tencners visited the dnv. MoClnin.1 schnol 1'ri- It it for talt, a Want Ad will itll it. - . a Journal The new scat, fur the primarr room1 the sen,.,, board the first of the week ' The Liberty ,,-i,o,. m .,,, h ; siou thrw weeks with a. Uirr uri4,. You don't have to hunt around for good lumber. We've got it. We hunted for it and got it for you. We know our business and know where to buy. e have just what you want and the price is right. We want your business and will give you a square deal. SPAULDING LOGGING CO. FRONT AND FERRY PHONE 18S0