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"The; Capital Jourta!"
SATl'KDA V KVEXIXG,
October 2.1, 191.'.
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PUBLISHED KVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY
Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc.
L. S. BARNES,
President
CHAS. H. FISHER,
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DORA C. ANDBESEN,
Sec. and Treas.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Mill Wood
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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
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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.
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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