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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 9, 1916)
( THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 1916. Out V,y J P. rcy cua o cot" ii jo 'I'J ;V. rVi I y C (v3 a iccs """ " y I Try po Ptfcy pckcJ 6.a t!e IfcrwD w&. X 'id, &.rce&Vor aid r rtvL ( rf l0"" 1 v)oot FSfxy jp tiVeJ mJ Let Percy, diJ scolJ, Du- Pcyc ke'J look &.tJ soot fiVvj fe od Xt-AX ffer rvy. --J xSsy- QxfJ Ha U III r I III h Ut out Vll yoo could Kevc or tKce biocKS, I As iV Pe'ccy aoorv "fouJ nsJir pli wis io cirvcL, rvJ Pe-ccy JiJ suiex- wkoL loT of pN, v . , ke'J struck cA.L wtk 6. powerful plrNck! Wk'ile UokeJ &aJ ke wi.& 0 iLme! Expo rts We re $445, 000, 000 In July, Breaking All Records New York. Si.t. 2. The lliront of railroad Htrike over.xliihloweil all otlior vtntn. Kven otlip wnr ttMnpornrilj- be came a wide ixsiio. I nt'urlimuti'l.v, t lit" coiitroverny him ilovolopoii into more or Iohh of a political ixHiie lioetunn' fon'eii upou couyii'H tit a nioxt inoortiino time. Fuir uiiil thorniiKh ilimiixxioii h difficult, if not impomiiMe, nt H time when eonxreHMinru nre niixioiix to return t4 prepare for a president iul election on ly two month awn). The prcstsinK ile tiiro to win votes in almost vine to nurp leRislntive opinion; anil Kislution upon urh nn important nulijeet would liuve lieon better eoulil it luive been ileferr d until culiner anil better inl'oriueil public jmlnmeiit was obtninnlile. HaHty letiislntiou may easily prove tin just to either aiile; anil ut this slne tho controversy hIiouIiI (to no further than securing an impartiul henriii); ami diHiuteresteil jmlj-uieut before a com M"tcnt tribunal of nome sort. A rhil ra tion would aeeure a mere permanent just and outisfnctory nettlement than can ever be expected throuj-h fear of political eousequeuees. This country needs some reeouir.ed method of settl ing Biii li disputes without resort to vio lence or intimidation. Official iuvesti Kation ought at least to be imperative before a strike; ami noniethiuir udvnuta fceous eau be learned from the eiiperien ca of Cauada, where under very similar conditions, serious strikes have been radically abolished bv a law which aims for peaceful settlement through mediation and arbitration. In Canada, investigation before a strike is eompul ory; but arbitration it not compulsory mi both sides are free for further ac tion, after the dispute hu been thoro ughly ventilated, i'ublie opinion is thus brought to bear upou both sides, thus jpaviug the way for uccessf ul mediation and conciliation. The most important event connected with the war for ninny weeks was the formal entrance of Koumnnia into the contest. Oreoee is expected to follow. In all probability, these events will tend to hastea the end. Fifteen nations r now at war. Germany will be like ly to prolong resistance, however, for tfeaU of Ohio, City of Tofodo, I - Lucas County, f V Frank J. Cheney makta oath that h It enlor partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney Co., doln business In ths City of To. Mo, County and State aforewld, and that aald firm will pay the sum of ON hi HUNDRED IKI.l,ARS tor each and ev. ry ease of Catarrh that cannot be curl fcy the use ot HAM.-a CATARRH CVRK. FRANK J. CHEVKT. Sworn to before me and aubscrlbed tn au presence, this th day of December, a. n. int (Seal) A. W. OT.EASON, ... Notary Publlo. Hatl'e Catarrh Cure ta takea Internally ad acts dlmetly upon the blood and mu. coos aurfaoee of the ayetem. Hnd for aeetlmontala, fre. A m r.l. CHKNRT CO . Toleloro. Rntd by all UruaiKtsta, TSo. Vake Hall e Family run for cenetlpatla. the reuson that her lines will strengthen as they contruet, and she will have the ndvnntutrc of being nt home nnd con diirimu her operations within a well organised circle of territory. Uer forces nre becoming more and more highly concentrated, while the Allies tire more widely senttered upou the outside of the circle. Our Foreign Trade Record. Our tminshiui; foreign trade record is nn old but interesting story. The total exports from the Tnited States in July were 44.',00O,000, or IT7.0(I0, tlHO more than a vear ago, uml $-!i.HO0,-000 more than In duly, or $;yH0,000 abend of a year ngo. This left on ex cess of exports for the month of $202, SOO.OOO compared with $125,000,000 Inst year. During the seven mouths of the calendar year, our exports aggre gated 2,!I2U,000,000, which was $0."i0, 000,000 in excess of Inst yeur; while imports reached $1,40", 000,000. or about .4-15,000,000 more than Inst year. The exees of exports for this period am ounted to if l,4fS,OO0.O0U, an increase of $407,000,000 in seven months. While there is a moderate slowing down of exports in July, ns usual at the end of the old crops, the general volume of exports upon this huge sculc was well maintained, chiefly, because of contin ued heavy munition shipments. The utter promise to be liberal for some time ! to come; but aside from this feature 1 our export trade is in excellent condi ' tion, lnrge foreign orders for railroad material having been received this : week, which, through a direct sequence i of the war, can hardly be classified inn munitions. New York city is bene ' fitting enormously by this expansion in foreign trade, nine-tenths of which be ' long outside of this port and simply 'pass through to other points. Mince the war began, shipments from New York have about trebled in value. New York ia reully a port of great national Im portance. It is the nation's principal ! gateway and is entitled to more con sideration thuu it receives from nation al legislator who usually make politi cal capital by creating'pre.jndice in other of the country against this cen ter. These vast transactions have also been largely financed at this center, much to the advantage of our indus tries at large. The atock market atood up against the railroad dispute with remarkable sturdinesa ,Bnd declines were much less than anticipated. This may have beeu accounted for by the belief thnt a strike would not materialize, also by the fact that the roads are exceptionally pros perous, or further that the market its self was In too sound a position to be seriously affected.. Cencral trade con ditions continuo active for the season and traffic is correspondingly large; in fact, unless tho threatened strike cur tails business, the ear supply is in dan ger of being totally Inadequate to meet demands. Crop news is still unfnvor able, though corn is ripening more rap idly, nnd the wheat harvest is progiea sing. Cotton, however, shows very heavy deterioation, the government re port indicating a condition ot 01.2 This is a drop of about 20 points in two mouths, and compares with 09.2 a year ago. For the time being the stocK market is entirely influenced bv the strike outlook, nnd the impending holiday. Should there be no strike, prices would quickly recover this week's decline: but it trouble i precipitated lower prices will follow; though the market is getting accustomed to nil kinds of shocks and is less sensitive than usual to unfavorable new?. International Cain. After the war the world will be a very different world from what it wns before. Governments nnd their citizens will become vastly more democratic and travel will be more general between the people of the various nations, hence the money for the convenience of trav iclers especially should be simplified in stena ot remaining so contusing and so ditticult ot understanding as it is now throughout Kurope. America, England, trance aud lierninny ought to agree up on one international coin nt least, rep resenting nu equal amount and value in absolute gold, which will pass current in each untion alike: each country to have its own stamp upon all they issue. If it worked well Japan. China, Russia and. other nations if they, so desired could be admitted into the combina tion. This plan would make it easy for travelers going from one couutry to another. After the war there will be more world intercourse and a universal standard would materially help travelers and do away with the complications uow caused by each country having its own coin money. It is also timely to suggest some other method of settling our foreign trade balance than by the crude and uneconomic method of gold shipments. Why send gold to and fro nerofs the seas at considerable risk and expense, when if a suitable institution were created balances could be adjusted merely by a transfer of credits or ship ments of certificates? The present meth ods of gold shipment are clumsy and worthy of the dark ages, When'peaee comes some better devices ought to be instituted. HENRY CLEWS. America's Oldest Co-ed, To Enter University of i California at 85 Years Columbus. O., Sept. America's oldest coed, formerly a student at Ohio state university here, will enter the Vuiversity of California this fall., she announced today. She is Amy D. Winship, Bfi. Mrs. Winsliip started herl education in a log school in Illinois in 1 1S47. She attracted much attention t' Ohio state by attending classes with! students 60 years her junior. Last year she attended Wisconsin vniversitT.I She specializes In botany, physios and1 international wherever she goes. 1 PUCK REWRITES AMERICAN HISTORY Famous Satirical WeeJrJy Upsets Text books in a New Pictorial History of the United States Puck, the famous humorous weekly, is going to revise the history of t.ie country according to the modern theo ry of telling the miked truth. Tho first of its historical numbers appears on the news Btauds this week, and if we may accept the initial ar ticle as an indication of whnt is to come, our satirical contemporary aims to upset some cherished traditions of the little red school house. Tradition has clouded history since tiie beginning of time explains Puck's historiuu. There is abundant testimony extant thnt Joan of Are was burned by proxy only, and us a matter of fact lived long enough to settle down and marry the man of her choice. Hentiice, the flame of Dante's pas sion, was a giddy young debutante of nine summers at tne time or her death ; and facts indicate that if ' Sir Walterj Kaleigh ever luid a cloak over a niudi puddle to protect (jueen Elizabeth 'si feet, it was the garment of an unfor-j innate retainer ana not uis own ricuiy brocaded Iverness. Traditiou has painted the Bastile as a prison of aorrors, crowded with un happy victims of the royal displeas ure. Facts indicate that it never con tained more than sixteen or seventeen prisoners at any one time and that these reveled in any Inxury they craved Puck has uncovered many traditions of our own history as widely at var: ianee with the facts as the "incidents quoted. j In the first place, says Puck, Queen Isabella never pawned her jewels to start lolumtvns on his vovage of dis covery, for the very simple reason that; Isabella s jewels had been put to the; slaughter many mouths before Colum bus appeared at the Spanish court and asked for help. Aor did the doughty adventurers on the Mayflower first set foot on Ply mouth Kock. unless they used a hydro aeroplane, for the waters around Ply mouth Kock would hardly float a cream skimmer. Peter Stuyvesant, we learn, enjoyed the full use of two perfectly good legs, and the wooden stump handed down to posterity seems to have been a f'g- meut of the imagination. These are a few of the episodes to be pictorially treated in Puck 's series. Other startling and amusing revelations are promised. Depressing Prospect. "Does your boy dread going back to schoolt" "Well," replied the dutiful father, "I don't believe he regrets the end of vacation as much ae I do. It's pretty serious to think of having to get back to the library and bone up in the encyclopedia in order to an swer the questions my eon is gog to ask me about his lessons. Washing ton Star. Man Who Built Town for Widows Now Builds On For Working Girls Tulsa, Okln., Sept. 9 Charles Page, multi millionaire oil magnate and the man who built a town Sand Springs exclusively for widows and orphans, today completed a tent city near here for working girls and provided a free railioad on which to get them to and from it every day. Page built Sand Springs and gath ered widows and orphans from, through out the country to populate it because he decided, when he was a poor bov trying to make a living for iiis widowed mother, that if ho ever got rich he would do just that. He built the tent city because he thought living in hous es in the summer time uiiliealthful for working girls, More than 100 Tulsa girls arc living there now. The tents are 12 by 14 feet, floored, and boarded on the sides a distance of four feet, with collapsible canvas tops. Two sirls occupy one tent. The tent streets have gas platee every few yards so the girls may cook. There is fresh waiter and at night are lights and watchmen guard the town. There is a free bath house for the girls, and they have nil the privileges of the park's concessions. Girls who heretofore had to quit their work in the tense heat of sum mer are working all day in a temper ature of more than a hundred and bear ing up under it. Even some of the girls from wealth ier families of Tulsa made application for tents, but without success, the one and only requisite being that a girl is working for her living. The plan works so splendidly that Page is contemplat ing the building ot two hundred more tents for next year. TESTING GRASS SEED AVOIDS WEED PESTS "A test of the grass seed before buying for the fall sowing will prevent the purchase of dead seed and avoid introducing Canada thistle, quack grass, goat weed, and various other perennial and annual pests of pasture and meadow," says Professor O. R. Hyslop. crop specialist at the Oregon Agricultural College. "An ounce sample of grass seed if carefully taken is sufficient for a pur ity and a germination test, if sent to the seed testing laboratory, Corvsllis, Oregon. 'Tests are made free of charge by the Agricultural College and the 1. S. Department of Agriculture, and usually the reports are in the hands of the sender in from four to ten days. A few grass seeds, however, require a longer period for the germinatiou test. "By having seed tested before it is bought you can avoid paying fancy prices for poor seed. Trade names ap plied to seed, such as faucy. choice, etc.. are frequently not in keeping with the quality indicated. "Weak seed, dead seed, impure seed, injurious weed seeds all may be avoided by having this test made." Stop, Look, Listen, She Warns November Will Tell the Tale She was a young woman with hair that was red, or golden as you wished to offend or compliment, aud wide blue eyes set wide apurt. He was a man with a little grey in his hair and much self assurance in his manner. They sat together on the Oregon Electric, Portland bound, and discussed passing sights and subjects. "There is the next president," said the man, pointing to a picture of Churles E. Hughes, as it. glimpsed through the window at them from a backward-flitting fence along the right of way. "I would wait until November before I spoke so confidently," said the lady. "There is nothing to it," said the muu. "No. Not unless you think," said the lady. "Then there are two sides to it, and people on both sides." "See the sign," she snid, and point ed to the white cross arms as they raced by the window. "It says 'Stop, Look, Listen.' Sometimes I almost believe," ami she smiled sweetly as she said it, "sometimes I almost believe it would help you if you heeded that warning. I think President Wilson is a most wonderful man." "So is Hughes. A big, strong Amer ican," countered the man. "Mr. Hughes is a fault finder. Any one can be a fault finder,' said the lady. "I have just received a letter from mv sister in San Francisco who attended the Hughes meeting there. She said the people went in crowds to hear him, and that they left in droves before he had finished. ' They were dis appointed because he did nothing but pick flaws in the past three years. Hoi gave nothing but criticism and offered them nothing for a remedy." "Look at Mexico." said the man, "Wilson has got your brother on the border now. Hughes would not have bungled in Mexico." "Yes. My brother is on the border, and he is willing to serve." There was ever so slight an emphasis upon "brother" and "he." The man twisted a little in his seat. "Had we been prepared it would not have been necessary for the guard to have been called," he snid. "Whose fault was thatt" the quick answer came. "Do you expect Presi dent Wilson to do in three years what has been left undone for twenty! More has been done for the army and navy in the past three years than for years. Why was it not done before f" "What would Mr. Hughes have done with Mexico that has not been donet Would he have sent the regular army of 40,000 men. to which, his adminis tration would have fallen heir three years ago, down into Mexico to have established peace Had that been done my brother would very probably have been on the border for three years now, if they had not shipped him home bo fore. I am not quarreling with Presi dent Wilson for allowing my brother to stay in college nnd away from the border as long as it were possible for it to be done. The whole family thanks and loves him for that, and you Know there are five of us who vote," she said, and smiled at him sideways out of the corner of her eyes. "Jefferson street depot," yelled tho brakeman. The man reached for his grip, "Well," he snid, as though finally, "Hughes is a republican." "Well," replied the lady, as sha spoke fiually, "President Wilson is a constructive statesman. In November remember to 'Stop, Look and Listen." Portland Daily Journal. WILSON'S IDLE MOMENTS. From the New York evening Post, (Ind.) The president, he is a lucky man, these uays. He has nothing ta do. A few trifles take up a few min utes of his time, but the rest is all his own. He merely has to keep watch of legislation; prod congressmen; rend the reports from the Mexican frontier, and give the consequent or ders; confer with the members of tha cabinet; try to get competent men to serve on the joint Mexican com mission; make some new complaints to Great Britain and Germany; talk for an hour to 640 railway leaders in the. East Boom; confer .with all the rail way "presidents; Keep up with his cor respondence; receive delegations; read republican speeches. And time would hang heavy on his hands were it not for the presence of a former judge in, the White House grounds who throws stones at the windows and cries out that the man living there ia incurably inefficient. But for this di version, President Wilson might not be able to resist a feeling of ennui THREE MONTHS IN IT San Francisco, Sept. 8. "Get oat," you little rascal," said Cornelius Mav er, aged 40, as he tickled pretty Jennia Harlow ,aged 18. under the chia. "There's nothing to it, judge." ha said today, when he appeared before Police Judge Oppenheim on a charge of battery. "Your mistake." said the court, "There's three months in jail for you. you little rascal." These 6y WPSUUS mn suewter m Sana , St Cooutt. Eukfc v I tslectiwit, mi SsA I (tlUf'l ia IMIOYI f 24 HOumS the - sane 6mm oittt et iacanmuuce.