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Edit h urv iky n-B jrm ti tt 99 TL'KSDAV KVKXIXC, iVhninrv I"). 1910. ona ourna CHARLES H. F1SHEB, Editor aad Manager. I rage or the Lapital J PUBLISHED EVEBY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L, S. BARNES, President CHA3. H. FISHER, Vice-President UOBA C. ANDRESEN, Sec. and Treaa. SUBSCRIPTION BATES Daily by carrier, per year $5.00 Per month. Daily by mail, per year 3.00 Per mouth. ,45c .35c FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES New York Chicago Vtri-Lewii-Williuma Special Agency Harry R. Fisher Co. Tribune Building 30 N. Dearborn St. The Capital Journal carrier boys aro 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, as this is tho only way we cun determine whether or not the carriers aro following instructions. Phone Main 81. THE LAW, AND ARMED MERCHANTMEN The all absorbing question now before the department of state is as to the status of armed merchantmen. Ger many has served notice on this government that after February 2d it will attack armed merchant vessels with out warning. It is known that England, France, Russia and Italy will not consent to disarming their vessels, already hav ing filed objections to the United States changing its policy in this regard. This very question as to whether a neutral could put his goods on an armed merchantman was decided in this country in the case of the Nereide, a British ship mount ing ten guns, which had been chartered by a Spaniard, and which was captured by an American privateer. The opinion was handed down by Chief Justice Marshall, who declared: "The belligerent had a perfect right to arm in his own defense and this right did not interfere with that of the neutral to transport his goods in a belligerent vessel." The decisions of the United States supreme court be comes the law of the land, and this is evidently the law as it now exists. The constitution requires the president to take care "that the laws be faithfully executed." The dispatches concerning the case say this brings up two questions of vital importance to the people, and thus enumerates them: 1. Can the executive branch of the government put in force a foreign policy which is in violation of the decisions of the supreme court? 2. Will not the policy of the government lead to a reduction of ocean tonnage connecting with American ports and cause a greater congestion of freight and a rise in freight rates all of which will bear on shippers?" The answer to the first problem apparently would be in the negative. As to the other problem, it has nothing to do with the matter. This is not a question of expediency but of right. It is not a question whether it will hurt American trade but whether it is our duty as between the United States and countries friendly to her, who are unfortunately at war with each other. It is not a question as to what the allies or anyone else may do to us or our trade, but what we shall do to act fairly and honestly with all of them. If we do right and suffer in our business for it, we will sur vive; but if we do what we know to be wrong in order to protect our foreign trade we will deserve the scorn and contempt of the warring nations, and of the world. It is principles not business we are called on to decide, and our decision must be fair and honest whether it hurts or helps business. With all due deference to the great chief justice, Marshall, it strikes us, that to the lay mind at least, his decision seems paradoxical. Followed to its ultimate conclusion it would raise questions even more grave than those now confronting the country. If an enemy vessel cannot attack an armed merchant man without warning, would it not make it possible by carrying goods on a battleship to prevent an enemy at tacking her without first warning her to stop and show her papers? Of one thing we can rest assured and that is that whichever way the matter is settled it will cause the one whose position is decided against to be angry at us. If we sustain Germany's contention the allies will be ex ceedingly wrathy, and if we stand by the allies' position, Germany and her allies will be equally sore. So all we can do is to decide as nearly right as we can and take our medicine whether we like it or not. It is quite probable onlv such ships as carried supplies to England and France would reach our ports if we : decide against the allies contentions, and these would have to comply with our decision and be unarmed. It would probably cut olV most of our foreign trade, but that j is a misfortune that should not bias our judgment or af-; feet our decision. it." The Rainy Day Club of New York is having an ex perience of this kind. The club was organized in the days when skirts were long, for the purpose of releasing women from the bondage of muddy petticoats about their feet and as it were remove their hobbles. It succeeded in its efforts only too well, and now realizes it overshot the mark. Now it is working to have longer skirts worn. Mrs. A. M. Palmer is president of the club and she is charmingly horrified and prattles delightfully against the "cutty sarks" so to speak. "Why, they couldn't be shorter without" she bashfully murmurs, "Well they couldn't be any shorter." The Rainy Day Club also ob jects to gowns with what the brazen faced news reporter describes as "extreme exposures fore and aft." The Oregon Journal having donated two columns of its space to the city officials of Portland, in which they may tell the doings of the bunch in their own sweet way, j it is probable the news will be no more nearly correct i than before, and unless a newspaper man is employed to ' "dish it up," it will in all likelihood be prolix verbose and uninteresting. When the city officials are allowed to bei their own cities, truth will perhaps find a more convenient! place to lie in than the bottom of a well. ! - i i Some folks are everlastingly butting in to things that I do not concern them and causing other people annoyance. I The latest is ex-Senator Edgar Brackett, who writes a letter to the state comptroller of New York and wants to: know how much the Governor Whitman party visiting the Panama Exposition last year spent for liquor. The expense account of the governor was "lumped" and not itemized, hence the insinuating inquiry. That anarchist attempt to poison 300 guests at the banquet given Archibishop Mundelsin in Chicago recent ly, if it was an anarchist plot, is the most foolish thing yet attempted by that class of people. There is absolute ly nothing that could have been gained by killing those people or for that matter any others, and it was as sense less and useless as air raids and dropping bombs on non combatants in the war zones. Always on When you talk by telephone you avoid the delays and inconveniences of travel. Our improved "Long Distance" service will take your voice almost instantly to any of the 1800 cities and towns reached by our lines in California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada and Idaho. THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY Census bureau experts estimate the population of the United States at the beginning of the year at 101,208,.15 and that by July it will be 102,017,:02, an increase of 808,987, in six months or 4:590 a day. It is guess work en tirely and as anyone can guess, ours is the bureau is badly mistaken. With immigration cut to the bone, the figures are too high, as they are apparently based on normal im migration. 'I Here is the story of the downfall of what was in the start a fairly good man with an honest and honorable calling. Senator Ashurst of Arizona was first a news paper reporter; then he became a section hand, stage driver, state legislator and reaching the lowest rung of the ladder, is now a United States senator. The dispatches Sunday asserted that Bulgaria had made overtures for a separate peace. There has been no confirmation of the story, and it is probable it originated in the fertile brain of some war correspondent who was short on news. OPEN FORUM To the Capital Journal: Those in favor of preparedness will date back to revolutionary days to tell of the neces sity of eouquest. In reply 1 will say those were colonial duys. The days of trie wild tribesman, and the tonimy hawk, when self defense was .1 neces sity, and not the present day of alii- "ASMneln Every Drop" I j4f Get a can today from Iift;'Vi'U not it be silly for one farmer to get a brass cannon to protect himself trom his neighbor. Isn't it silly for one country to get one, to fight the other. Why, then, in the name of peace, are we preparing for war, boasting th.it we will have the largest navy in the world. Tfnvn n-n fnr.mft.in thu lit- u-it-l...-, it "Our Old COW She CrOSSed the road, I we are defying England L She boasts tnat tfntauira rules tne wave, and won't tike it from us, unless Uermanv tramps her under. If true to our colors! The reason why Teddy has gone down Cuba way can be easily understood by those who are familiar with that famous love ditty: Because she crossed the road Sir sides Japing population is less than! ours. We should have no entangling alliance with any country, because we j do not want to light their battles, no neutrality, because if fighting nations1 pay us for it, they can pass through, not as Belgium did, fight their bittles, j but like Greece, be wise. The game of i war is played out. We must not spend ! our money for a preparedness. It will' rust before the warring nations can re-1 cover. It is silly from every stand-' point, makes us appear weak and indi-; rates cowardice. We are 100 per cent! safer rimn bcfnrp Hid uni- nn.t olinnl.l ; nnces and preparedness, wlien it a coun- not i,e ufraill of thc goM of (lv; na. I try becomes powertul all the other wartious. In the future, teach the world to dogs chain together and keep a .)oin-'turn n!1 ;,3 preparedness money, and1 ing. and a joining until they operpow-1 warring money into industrial pursuits.: er the greatest mistitt, and then cneh;T)laf8 the right way to prenire for take a position tor freedom, aud com- Mra p.lm,: f. .- ; ..,. .., mercialism. freedom from unjust tax-1 pari,,., for peace. And furthermore I'rel'arednoss is the cause of war, with ation, it is not a war flag, and should j preparedness is the real battle the bat-'0"' "lere wollll be no war- Th.it not be made one. tie of minds. War is only the action i'!16 European conflict has, or will, play Since it represents freedom from un- Kach eountrv has its great inventive1 te Ki""e to 1,!t Iini!"b "iar 'here' just taxation its people should not bclminis. Our mind is a mind of all nulh'ntf to " uut destruction, that it's taxed for unnecessary preparedness, j minds! We of the United States aro I11''? are a" '0S9i t'iat we should pre Our gre.ites statesman, William Jeu-lnnri, fK:-,i i.j.i. ' pare for prosperity, that William Jen nings liryan. has been quoted as sav-; (!,..,, an, t)le otner tnird ,ieopie ot, 'KS Bryan should have heeu the pves . uK, mure ..io..c. uiu.i ... .armcrs c.u lU1 nationalities. The original mind, produce. If all tne money the world we call ours, belonged to many flairs uses tor preparedness was enumerated !an,i wna ,.raioieil 0I1 m European con-' it would runt out the enumeration ta- tinent. I'uder the stars and stripes we ble, and tuen some. Our people, should , ure consolidated mind, collectively be deep thinkers, not feather brained, , nnl individually I'ncle Sam like the parrot. Thev should gel be- t . . j . neith the surface and count the oost,' Pf."n 3 's Krfat for Irotc,,t'"n- use all this money for iust commer ,V M -Prt'atf fr eonstructiun My eialism and we have the true splendor I " "'V t o T ,levloI"" ,"' "" and significance of civilization. Would! ;!,t"'nce, ,of Keparedness. Perhaps idem of the United States. ELLA M. nXXKV, W.u'onda, Oregon, February 8. 1916. WHEN SKIN AILS POSLAM SERVES Ready to Quickly Relieve, and Heal, Soothe A ni:f ,-,,.1 kn, ioenA o orraJncf1" ."1'oul.l not boast navalism, or mil x Liiiuui iiia juu&c iuio imucu an nij uui,uuii "'""".itarisni, Then why preparedness; the lions and tigers in Barnes' circus roaring and howling The judge's job was easy, but how about that of the sheriff who has to see it enforced. RipplmgRhumos' WORKERS It is far from unusual but always embarrassing to have our acts rise up and make us "wish we had not done LADD & BUSH,, Bankers Established 1SG8 CAPITAL $300,000.00 Transact a General Banking Business Safety Depasit Boxes SAVINGS DEPARTMENT let. .Jr B l.UMl.ln! JLtuuAAlirUiill 'example ot preparedness. From a mil- EM iriOO20ittl!m!iSl1 ii.ary standpoint she is the pride of the. Lti WL iw j-w w "fij -w - Vi5.-3 world, f rom n warring standpoint she kA r . ' ..mi, . -vr- . S!U'.:S Ideserved the ndniirition of the world. land because she is so great, she, is the' target of th other great nntious. who think, or pretend to think, they are lighting for peace by destroying niili j tarism. I say the way to keep the ipeice is to quit fighting. The United' 1 States wants to put on her boxing It's good to work, with might and main, until theT;.. workday ends; it's good to work, in sun or rain but clo ."" aire'-VIn-tu .osoirrtodfiahti not work your friends. The toiler's worthy of his hire, !she'' fmigiu tVopS7i'ie0,peace. the wherever he may be, though he be punish-1?1'1'1,0,'1 !lTl'a" ,,,Ul.0ll,iJbti,:s; ,0,t.k"'p ing a lyre or chopping down a tree ; though map. Th.it 's not peace. he be furrowing the loam, that harvests Iwmab uffo .VEl! may abound, tis labor brings the bacon1 jf an is year 0ui boy to km an Aus-j home, and makes the wheels go round. Re-;a"be riat'pSred nown for toiling with a vim the true dis-jwi, ;ar- J'n 1Kli bf2an B'11'1'! tinction lends; so work until the light w'f, rhaim'a grows dim but do not work your friends. ',:'iai,!e'1 ,0 Austria, oid Russia to quit. nn mi. i ,i ji i lliussii woubln t quit, so I ranee be-! 1 he Willing WOrker Seldom Sees the leanjgan to prepare because she wi chained Wolf at hk doOl" hp hn Vii wipnPVWmst10 Kllssi- n.l because Germany wai ou at ins uooi , ne nas ms wieneiwuisi irorareil she wont at it- Then Kmr-; and cheese and other grub in store. Men s land, because she was prepared, pitched; orhnli-oHrm ha nmnnmrwlc rt i,inftai. ii Viavn on. Then luly, because she was pre-i V lu"""u,uo' uu manti wiciv.,nr(Mi took whaok t Astri!l, ttn,l he wends; he does his work with both his hands, but does Turkey, because she was prepared, took, not work his friends. There is no sadder, punker sight inj'he wsS;rerJit:'hero.bto' any neighborhood, than is the husky, lazy wight who's cut: Germany, ami Hungary pitched on to out work for good. We all have seen his maudlin tear.lK have heard his whining tones; a guilder there, a kroner j was pf-pared. and Mexico II r ti Vp . ,. 1.1 i ls having x revolution because she was lit" re, lrOIU UU Ut US lit' UUIieS. iO gain a Clime IIUS Sliailie-I prepared. After summing it all up. 1 less shirk to lowest depths descends; for when a man quits useful work, he starts to work his friends. t.dison could electrify the waters of t!.e Atlantic and Pacific outside the' t,, i.,, , , ,. ranire of tho greatest incoming ma- ' ."-al "''th its amazing healing pow chine guns. The great fleet would ' "''' "vv vou b-v ,I,,'.V' halt. He could electrify tne waters l" iVya' 0"'' K''Ze'"" r H1' "k"1 behind them and t ike them prisoners, i i- ' "', ,i , Rut unless his electricity reached to , 'f "'""r1' wltn lt,'hl,:S the bottom of the ocean of to the!', ''T"',- l,"h ' ?,k's "r,"''-V in'T heavens above, submarines would go j ''Th ,,0.n,,,,"n- T- under ami air ships go over. Our n inds h?,w 1 f " 1 lv 1 J1'''"" skl,'1 are no u-reater than the minds fro m r . ."e ovor,"fllt "I'I'I "" t ion. It which thev sprang. In tim'e 'biv! I cannot h irm; always gratefully sooth modern inVeutions. inventors for' pre- ! "Vl !'s' I""'1."-'- , . . parcdness would find a way to in il , "!"' ,"0(l"'at,e'1 Wlt1' roslain, more. A response would encircle the ,l.,?,-0"raK,,s '"' tendencies of the. lilobe. Hawkers would fly cast ami lT rotth"ss. dry parcning, intec i....i., ..ii . . 1 """ turn and cruiitinmil tir.nlilcs . n . . llilllh ' Mill . I V wr i inim ... l -' woo dare step on it, n e tne tig.'iting, ,, ,,, -piie w. d , , l "' ioT sll,"l'l "'''l stamps to Kmer lrishmiin who dragged his coat along,! ..,.., ., . . , 1 0 .'" ' iem v Labointniics. :t? w..t ::,,h St. -1, . -. .. ..: OUl'Ml I H . I I I I'd lll'flfnn ,1, .. t I . . '. ...... and said, no win tred on tne tutj r"" i.New York fit v. of me coat!'' Germany stands out be-1 tore the world today as the greatest' We should keep our flag civilly aloft, and not throw it down in defiance to see' Sold by all Druggists. BIRDS CAME THROUGH IN GOOD SHAPE T. 1. Mount made n tour of the game and says he was surprised to note tlie fact that he did not find a dead bird of any description. Mr. Mount wfi very diligent in feeding the birds during the prcsones in this vicinity last Friday stormy weather. Silvertou Apepul. think preparedness, e.llinaces, and neii' tralities are the worst forms of warfare because thev cause the war. they are, the war. Without them there would bo no wir, with all this dreadful warfare before our eyes, and knowing all those; countries are fighting themselves to. death, what are we afraid off Surely j not of an. for if she attacks us, licrmaiiy will get even with Japan, be Safeguard Your Health by Taking the Proper Care of Your Teeth. Modern Appliances. Sanitary Office Dr. W. A. COX PAINLESS DENTIST 303 State Street SALEM, ORE. Your health depends very much on proper masti cation of food. Without good teeth you cannot per form this duty. r With all of my latest equipment and sanitary of fice I can put your teeth into shape with less pain and inconvenience to you. Lady Nurses always present. DR. W. A. COX 303State Street y,one 92S