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Editorial Page of "The Capital Journal" SATURDAY KYKNIXO, November Ii. h'l.". CHAHLES H. FISHER, Editor and' Manager PUBLISHED EVERY KVEXIXO EXCEIT SO'DAY, SALEM, OKKOOX, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. S. BARNES, C'HAS. H. FISH LH, DOHA C. ANDKEsl-.X, President Vice-President Sec. and Tiens. SUIiSCKIl'TION KATES Dnilv liv carrier, nor voar 3.0n Per ninnth 4 OC Daily by mail, per year . . . . 3.00 IVr month. . . FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT K ASTERX U E 1' R ES ENT ATI VES ' New York Chicago Ward-Lew is-Williams Special Agency Harry R. Fisher Co. Tribune Huildiiig ;!0 X. Dearborn St. The Capital Journal enrrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, us this is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions, l'hone Main SI, WHY THE DEATH PENALTY? SOME VOCIFEROUS ULULATIONS In Butler's old but rather ragtime lines, he makes his wise hero say: "No thief ere felt the halter draw With good opinion of the law." The quotation is called to mind by the wail that has gone up from the shipping trust over the LaFollette Seamen's law which went into effect yesterday. The Pacific Mail company did not wait for the law to go into effect, but went out of business a few days ago, its last steamer from China smuggling in 100 Chinese stow aways. . It said it could not do business unless it was permitted to hire Chinese crews, and refused in advance to even try. Probably many other shipowners would try the same Huff were it not for the fact that thev have such an im mortal lead-pipe cinch on all . the producers of the coast that they cannot afford to quit. Wheat charters are more than double what they were before the European war, and are changed to scoop in anything above the normal price for that commodity. They don't allow the farmer a cent of the extra price and at the same time kick against employing white sailors, or treating them like human icings. Beginning sometime ago the ululations began with the soft pedal on, but as this failed to accomplish anything the crescendo was tried, with every fang toothed wolf of the gang down on his haunches and making the air vibrant with the aggregate howl. Then all kinds of wild statements, all utterly devoid of truth, were sent out as to conditions. The wires buz zed with the assertions that the examinations were so hard that only 45 out of 2,000 passed, when as a matter of .fact only 400 had applied and of the number examined of these more than 80 per cent passed. Then the shipowners joined in protesting about the inconsistencies of the law which is not inconsistent at all. What these protesters object to is that section of the law which requires that vessels have a higher standard of life saving apparatus than heretofore, which of course hits their pockets for a trifle of the money the farmers were cinched out of in wheat charters, and the other section that requires the crews must contain 40 per cent of able bodied seamen. If there is anything really objec tionable in these provisions, in what does it consist? No reasonable argument has so far been advanced by shipowners or any one else, showing wherein the law is bad. It looks as though the real explanation is contained in Hudibras statement, as above. As one reads the grusome details of a legal execution the question naturally arises. Why commit legal mur der? It seems sometimes that there are crimes for which the death penalty alone is sufficient and' that is not. That is the trouble with capital punishment, that it ac complishes nothing other than the removal from earth of the criminal. The hanging of Loomis and Bundy in California Fri day is a case in point. True, each of the murders for which they paid the utmost penalty were deliberate and brutal. One can hardly believe as the cold facts are given, that the murderers were both boys, and unhardened in crime. Society has exacted payment, and the settlement has been made in full. All that this same political society has to show in the way of a balance is two little mounds under I which in their last sleep lie two misguided boys, whose feet somehow were led into the path of crime. j It would seem there must have been something lack- i ing m their surroundings, m their education, and that: ;back of their crimes, lay parental neglect, criminal care lessness on someone s part. ) About the poorest use a human being can be put to is .iohwv, u'"'111 "" lings built on lines of utilitv rather tory shows, has never proved a deterrent, nor will the1 than ornamentation. ' i execution of these boys serve to deter others. If it would, 'Z Zl !rZZ' ft their deaths would not have been in vain, but since it will; V. Woolworth nnd Company's tea cent not what good has been accomplished, that could not have !; t"re "rXZiif? IgfJffiWXl been reached by a prison sentence for life? nail a 20 foot frontage on Liberty street, r. . l ullertim will occupy the room adjoining Woolworth on the West,! with a 2(1 feet frontage on State street j and a 20 foot frontage on Liberty j street, giving him the benefit of 40 j feet of frontage display windows. II not come a hundred or more miles inland after business Is ""'i''''' that the comer with i .1 .i , ,i , . ... , , . i loot tronrage on pirate anil 4U leer on when they can get the same business. without doing so. Liberty, has been leased by a drug Another is that Portland will not permit Oregon s ship- ,st,,rc- -nch of three s(ori's v.- , , . , i 'j. i i i nave the use of the basement under ping business to go to Astoria where it belongs, and use: their floor space. ; Tn nthpv wovHq Pnvrlnnrl The Woolworth store will have win- p . .f.4.j l i .i 'down peculiar to all their stores and 6u j.ur ua a suupui i is cuneemeu is trying to inane a wmsue: will be eonstn Fine Two Story Brick to Re place Shacks On Liberty and State 1 lans and speciucations for the twoi storv brick building to be erected bv i the McGilchrists at the corner of State and Liberty streets are now being pre-' pared by Architect (Icorge M. Post of this city. The building will face K2 1-2 feet on State street and 82 1-2 on Liberty and will include a basement j under the entire . structure, extending; partially under the sidewalks on State and Liberty streets. The building will be constructed en lirely of brick, faced with a plastic buff brick on both of the street fronts, of a shade somewhat darker than that! of the Both building on Liberty. The do-; sign of the building is simple, with no heavy projecting cornices or belt: courses. The type of the structure will' be more in the wav of commercial build The Portland Telegram wonders why Portland's ex port business is only about $24,000,000 a year while Seat tle s is nearly $140,000,000. One reason is that ships will that place as a port of entry, so far as a seaport is concerned of a pigs tail or a silk purse out of a sow's ear. IS YOUR HOUSE WARM THIS WINTER? ARE YOUR HORSES WARM IN THE STABLE? NOW IS THE TIME TO FIX THE PLACE UP COZY. WE'VE GOT THE WEATHER BOARDING AND EVERYTHING IN THE BUILDING LINE YOU NEED. AND THE PRICE IS AS HONEST AS THE DAY IS LONG. SPAULDING LOGGING CO. FRONT AND FERRY PHONE 1889 constructed according to their own design, 'ihe t ullerton store will have display windows on each of their entrances similar to the Fullerton store The industrious little beaver Tins made t.hf Chirntrn Jon commercial street. Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad appeal to the Railroad! 't Commission of Wisconsin for relief. The little dam t"b' niii on the nno builders have been getting their work in on a creek run- Zu, it" 'X IcTS ning near the road, flooding its right of way and nearly; marquee, with a i.rismatie glass transom I stopping traffic. The beavers are protected by law and a j,moval of thc 0ld hu-M-m win be- I 1U. i. 1 XI 1.211-J CI- fx IX ..! i ii . i . ... um company cannot, nave mem luiieu. do it seems it k1.' "'-v ttS ."" i"uaL"1 um" l makes considerable difference who puts the water in rail-! )u!xt wednTy. AHoouThosc ml l'Oad Stock. ' removed, bids for the exeavstion will I bo called for. it is expected that the -- building will be ready to be occupied Justice Hughes is pronounced "the best bet" for the1 h f ' ,,xt -M,irtl1- republican nomination for the presidency. He is one of those men who have achieved reputation for wisdom by never saying or doing anything. As a leader Hughes' qualifications are all negative. error of the husband's ways. The Mrs. Krling was given one week to judge was at one time president of the j secure additional evidence of her hus Pacific Coast league. 'band's orueltv. t t t Popular Priced Painless Dentist James Elvin Will Continue Lectures Eleven of the eighteen provinces of China have voted unanimously in favor of the restoration of the monarchy, with Yuan Shi Kai as Emperor according to the latest dispatches. As the election was ordered by the would-be emperor, the "unanimity" is a trifle suspicious. How Tom Taggart, Tim Sullivan and other famous American politicians would have delighted to run that election. It would have given such wide- play to their innate talent and political genius. Had they been in charge, the other provinces would have been unanimous also, for it prob ably all just depended on who made out the returns. The Rev. .lames Klvin will continue1 i,i9 st.io3 of lectures Sunday evenings,1 Unless England hurries up with that promised aid fori:? ,,,.'li?ri" 'V,1 f,1,,n'as & . Mi- i ,, r .... n The lecture will be given in tne First Serbia that country will be in much the same condition of .congregi.tionui church, beginning at the patient who has undergone a surgical operation, in ;,u3t;; byj which the operation was a success, but the patient died. I Kia mhe land' 0f etemai eon-! trasts. Tine land of the Cossacks and : t lit home of the Doukhobors, the laud of the Knout aud the land of the Ikons. lion. Albert Beveridge in the "Rim-1 Isian Advance, writes as follows: " tliantiiig i.ll their superstition, consid ering their ignorance, giving full ered- jit to the v ?ry iintortnuate aspect winch the Christian religion takes among these I peculiar piyiple, he who travels the j empire from end to end, with eyes to -see, and ears to hear, cannot but admit tluit here is a power in human affairs 1 1. 1! .. I : . i .i iiiiiiui jt iiiiiv oe, cruel oueuumcs, no It's well to be sunny, and frisky and gay, if one has; Si' UuYlZt X instinctive and the. like of limy not bo witnessed in all the RipplingRhqmos THRIFTLESS Great Britain's latest and nerviest proposition is that American packers guarantee that their cargoes will be consumed in neutral countries. It seems the English government is assuming that the oceans belong to her, the United States is one of her colonies and that she has a right to dictate how we shall trade with foreign neutral countries. She should reperuse the pages of some Amer ican school histories about the year 181'J, and govern her self accordingly. i ! a Dr. W. A. COX SINLESS DENTIST 303 State Street SALEM, ORE. Where all work is done by pain less methods at painless prices. I examine your teeth free. Lady nttendnnt always present. All work guaranteed IS years. Villa is in a way eliminated, so" far as the Mexican troubles are concerned, but his army cut up into small bands will be perhaps more troublesome than when all were together under one leader. Carranza has, as it were, traded off the old hound for a litter of imps. some money in brine put away; if we have the plunder li'.t" 11 iN where thieves cannot steal, it's surely no wonder if chip-nut'!,'! "m; per we feel. But solne folks don't borrow1.. Tm, "i'' i, nearly three UII UUIlt'U Wt'lgni OI Care, Uiey need nOC lO-,Russia in Muiope includes nearly two morrow, when shelves may be bare. And, ,he f "f timt continent. , ,, , , , , x i , , ' It stretches almost without a break not a tllOUgnt giving tO What may befall, "round nenrlv one half the circuit of "We'll live while we're living' they cheer-'i!;: .i WZti lly call; eat, drink, and be merry, tomor- K,rat empire maintains a population of row we die, and death with his wherry will Iiriht-VVatiVe.lsewm soon paddle by." And then when tomorrow 11 i"i'idnnoii of t,i hundred millions comes trailing along, all loaded with sor- ZJlti:::t' row and things going wrong, the rovsterers !!'"". 4" """ n'i races in Kuropenn . ii i i i J i , Russia alone. .Niuetv-two mi ions of fti'mt nun nun nun iiiui .yflpi, ilULl StMlU the Kussiaiis are of tile Slavic race. Oil fnmp 1 1 1 """!,ll,n government teels that it yju, luuii, represents the largest single nrcii on the - QUI Chil- earth, a mighty topulation. a nation nd-i dren are crying for codfish and prunes! Be good to us,'!;1,'!;;"'.' '' i,s "il'",lH ,0.1'1' n't "V Tor the juoduct of iier forests and her mines, her oil wells, above nil her the greatest griinary in Europe,! t hut she has n right I (iod intended to free di the UoMiilimoii Huf leSS, tne SlllttleSS, the iellOWS Who Wail. unnies nu I navies mid diplomiits have; nlttays stood ia her way. ' Russia is engnged ill the present wnr TROMINENT ODD I this count v nre familial' with the naine 1 'H'''"",u "" ,lainis that (leruiany rELLOW BURIF.D of Thoma's Cur. Mr. Curr ninde his Wfl" '"'"""I Austria in making deinaaTls ' home ut the Oddfellows hmiie in 1'ort-! V1'"," S,'rvia wl'"'h s,'rvi ''""'"I ' Oddlellons mid Rebeknh. throughout In ml for several veins, eomilig there! nonoi accept witli the explicit pur Phone 926 for Appointments come flying out a humble petition for help. you ve heard their old tunes- Ci - j - VVVb v v viuj neighbors, we need food and coal, and you, bv vow labors k,. ,,;i,,v Ill ll'KU !,.. " l l tunc Jiiuii u i u nun Him miiiutr we sifiven. we lancniisn fi..i.i. and die! Oh, bring us fried chicken and pretzels and pie!" '"p". Mii'v" Each winter the thriftless send up the old wail, the heed-'l'assa'th, "" LADD & BUSH, Bankers Capital Established 1868 $300,000.00 Transact a general banking; business Safety Deposit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT THE MODERN NEED Is a remedy (or the evil effects of quick eating. over-tRtlug anil itrrmious liv ing. Tim nietlicina that meet! this need that tonri tlia itomach, timu lute tha liver, rrgulatea the bo welt i mm SoM rrrnkra, U Wim, 10,- 15.. -j i mill .incKsoin Hie, Oiegnn, lie us I'm.- oi in,: inns! inminar nieniners in i the eity. l'hi re hiis scareelv ever an Oddfellow or Hibckuh nffuir of any sort that he did not attend, nnd he ninde n good many viiits to the regu lar meetings, lie was very enthusins- ' I" his i iiiiemliition of Oddfellow- snip nun neer missed an opportunity i . i. ...... ..i. ,i i . i. . ... , . - 1 cer, nt., up, ,n,. nruer. inn me eigniv tivo years since he first rnuglit the light of day in London, Kiigland, nnd veiirs wore heavy on him and life's burdens filially wore him out. He wns laid to rest in Nit. .Hcott remeterv Inst Sntiirdity afternoon. Hut his memory will renin in dear to a large number of his lodge friends for niniiv months. Mr. Cnrr became an Oddfellow in lS7tf.-Mt. Scott llerulj. pose ol torcing Hussm to protect Servin nnd give Austria and tlerioany a chance to draw the sword for pna tietninnisin against pou Slnvism. THE JUDGE WAS A FAN San Francisco, Nov. ft. When Mrs. dehi K. Krling, wife of n Fresno pro- believed she had grounds for di vorce she reckoned without Judge (iru-i ham. j Today when she went on the tnnd toj testify na to alleged injuries inflicted i upon, her by her husband, she declared' the chief thing she objected to wns his I habit of leaving her to go to the ball! games. Judge Orulinm, a true baseball fan. couldu't for the life of him see the NEW TRAINS AND IMPORTANT SCHEDLUE CHANGES On. the Oregon Electric Ry. On anrl n f f - QnJn.. November 7 LmmJI New Daily Local Trains Xo. fio. leave Salem 7:10 n. m., arrive Albanv 8:00, Corvnllis 8-0l, llarrisbuig SmS, .luiietmn City 0:01, Kugene H::iil; nud ninking local stops. No. 14, leave t.ugt 11:13 a. m., .Iiinction City 11:40, llnrrisburg 11:50. torvalbs 12:12 p. m., Albany 12:;nr; arrive Salem 1:1,-; mahing local stops, CHANGES IN SCHEDULE NORTHBOUND. Portland Local No. d, leave Salem Jilo Portland t : 10 instead of :'M. a. m. instead of 0:110, arrive Portland Local No. 14, leave Snlem. 1:4,- p. m. instead of :r,n. arrive . ...,, . ,,.,, o,., :1l, nisieaii ot iC.iti, .North Bunk Sttition 4:00 Limited No. 10, will run as at present leaving Salem 4 00 i. in not iiuike local stops Eugene to Salem. but will Limited Xo. SOUTHBOUND ill leave Snlem o, will leave Snlem lll:l.-, n. m. n. .i , i :n ...... onlv at Kust Independence, Albany, Corvnllis, llarrisburg, Junction Cltv and Kugene. ' ' Corvnllis Local No. 7, leave Salem 12:.-..- p. m. Instead of 1,00, urrivc Albany l:o0 instead of 2:0.", Corvnllis 2:20 instead of 2:;i2. T.ocal No. 1), ,.ve rortlnnd, North llnnk Station 2:0.1 p, m, iton,l o'f 2:10. .le ersou Street 2:2,-, Instead of S:3n. S , 4:2,, Ins.e i, f lr, arr,veAlbny 5:20 instead of 3:3.-, Corvnllis 3:1.2, Ell V inMemi New Folderj will be available Saturday. J. W, RITCHIE, Agent, Salem, Oregon -WW w