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Editorial Page of "The Capital Journal" CHARLES H FISHES, Editor and Managers 'IT ESI) AY KVEXIXtJ, November 2S, l!UO. :-5 PUBLISHED EVEBY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. S, BAENES, CHAS, H. FISTIER,' DOHA C. ANDHESEN, President. Vice-President. Sec, and Trcaa. " SUBSCRIPTION KATES f)(lv bv carrier, rer Tear $5 00 Per month Daily by mail, per year 3.00 Per month 45c 35c FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT - EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES New York, Ward Lewis Williams Special Agency, Tribune Building Chicago, W. H. Stockwell, People 'i Gag Building The Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the wiper to you on time, kindly phone tho circulation manager, as this is the only ' way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a papor will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier hag missed you. EVERY CITIZEN TO BLAME The terrible tragedy of Sunday night in which one of Salem's brightest young women was struck and fatally injured by a recklessly driven auto should awaken the people of the city to the criminal carelessness not only of city and county officials empowered with the enforce ment of the laws, but of the same criminal carelessness and neglect of each and every citizen. This applies not alone to Salem but to every city and village in the United States. The laws appertaining to auto travel are prac tically dead letters. The sheriffs, policemen, and con stables of this and every other city or section are alike guilty of failure to enforce the speed laws or any other in which an auto is connected in any way. There is not a day passes that the speed laws or the regulations as to turning corners, or some other, are not violated dozens of time. How many arrests have been made on this account in Salem in the past six months? You will not require a lead pencil to make the calculation. Why are the laws not enforced? Is it because the officers deliberately fail to do their duty? In a sense this may be true, but back of it all is the fact that public sentiment winks at the violation of the law and does not demand its enforcement. The young man who drove the deadly auto Sunday night is in jail facing a heavy criminal charge. If fortu nately, he had not struck any one when his auto skidded across the street does anyone suppose he would have been arrested? Yet he was violating the law, according to the statement made concerning the accident, in two material ways: he was exceeding the speed limit and he was on the wrong side of the street. Why would he have escaped arrest? For the reason that whoever saw the violation of the law would not have taken the trouble to report it or enter complaint. Yet that is the duty of every good citizen when he sees the laws violated. So in the final analysis, while the driver of the auto was directly re sponsible for the tragedy, the indirect cause was the people of Salem. It is not a pleasant accusation to make yet who of us can deny our responsibility? If we had in sisted on the laws of the state and city being enforced ' within our city this tragic death would have been avoid ed. It is not worth while blaming the police or constabu lary, for if public sentiment demands anything, that it will get from the police or any other officer. W hat the people connive at and palliate, they cannot expect then officers to punish. . A short time ago there was a similar tragedy out be vond the Fair grounds when a car driven at high speed, in a dense log ana on tne wrong siue ui me iuuu, into a Ford machine and killed one of its occupants. V hat was the punishment in that case? What did the coroner s jury in that case decide? That the dead woman was to blame equally with the other party for trying to get out of his way. Every day from all parts of the country the wires bring stories of death and disaster due to reckless auto ists. These stories are so common that news editors on the larger papers throw them in the waste basket as be ing unworthy of mention. The sensible careful auto owner must suffer from the acts of the speed maniac, and, the heedless. For their protection from general condemnation the laws should be enforced and every violator of the auto laws punished. It might be a good scheme to transfer the army of game wardens from watching pheasants and hunters to watch ing the roads and taking care of human life rather than that of the birds. It is evident the end of the era ot auto lawlessness is near. There is a feeling of prejudice crowing up against autoists by those who do not own care that bodes no good to either. When men openly talk of carrying a gun to protect themselves against speed maniacs it is not a long distance to a tragedy m which it will not be the person in the street who furnishes the sub ject for the coroner. THE WILL-O-TIIE-WISP, CHASER Every day practically, the reports from the gambling center of the universe, Wall Street shows prices climbing higher and higher as speculators wild for unearned LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 1868 CAPITAL $500,000.00 Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes SAVTNHS DEPARTMENT money risk their all in the hands of the Goddess of Chance. There has been an unprecedentedly long period of steady advancing prices, and the end has not been reached. That means that it is still to come. And when it does come there is going to be a tumbling of , many houses built of cards and the wrecking of many families whose head is now swirling in the mad votex of specula tion? There is not a person playing the game who does not realize that sooner or later there will come the crash, but they delude themselves with the idea that they will get out before the market drops. No doubt that is their intention, but a certain place is said to be paved with that material. They think they will get out but they never will, for the simple reason that when they get out with a profit, they will see another opportunity for just one more flyer at the market, ana it tms is successiui still another until when the final crash comes they will be ground to dust and blown away in the whirlwind. Stocks are worth, that is standard stocks such as railroads, just what they will pay interest on and no more. That most of the stocks are now far above that standard is beyond question. It is the superbundance of money that has caused this inordinate stock gambling craze, for the rea son that the chances for the honest employment of capital are scarce that is in New York City. When the crash comes it may be from an unexpected, and perhaps a trivial cause. It may be the end of the European war; it may be the sudden activities of U-boats off the Atlantic coast; it may be any of dozens of material causes, and it may be from some trifle light as air. Let a panic start in Wall street and the bulls will stampede and wind round in a milling that will leave most of them financial wrecks. However it is natural for men, some men, to gamble and neither example nor precept will deter them. Even financial ruin will only in time drive them back to the "street" to regain what they have lost. If it ended with them it would not be so bad, but in the settlement the whole country will be hurt, for the innocent will have part of the burden to bear. About the smallest thing England has been guilty of lately is the refusal to grant safe conduct to the Austro Hungarjan ambassador recently appointed to this coun try. It was one of those petty, contemptible things which no self-respecting government would consider. It is an act that we cannot take notice of other than for what it is, a piece of gross discourtesy. If this is a sample of English ideas of fair treatment even of an enemy it is evident she needs to take some lessons in old fashioned decency. There is nothing she can hope to gain by such ill manners other than the contempt of all right thinking people, and she is rapidly gaining that. It is only a few hours until Thanksgiving Day is-with us again. It is high time therefore to make up your mind what especial things you should give thanks for. Of course it is not for us to suggest, but still if there is any trouble in finding something to rejoice over and return thanks for, do not overlook that the eleven-on-a-side prize fights end on that day. Every newspaper man has this to fall back on yearly when he sums up the grand total of his innumerable blessings. - Ecrcrs are fiftv cents a dozen, which is admitted to be some price, but then one does not have to buy them. If everybody took that view of it and refused to pay the price it would soon come down. Scarcity whether actual or created by skillful manipulation is what puts prices up because the demand is greater than the supply. This sug gests its own remedy and that is to reduce the demand until the supply catches up with, or gets ahead of i't. With Germany deporting Belgians and placing them at work in Germany; and France and Russia importing Orientals to work in the munition plants so as to release an equal number of citizens to be turned into soldiers and corpses and other war material, it looks as though the science of war has about reached its zemtn. Stayton News (Capital Journal Special Service.) Stayton, Ore., Nov. 2S. Mr. Frame, who has beeu ill at the home his daugh ter iu Stayton, has recovered and is vis iting relatives near the city. r rank roster was presented with a couple of volumes last week by some of his church friends as a token of their regard, the event being his birthday". i.verett Unrdner was in Jlarioii Inst Tuesday. Portland, Eugene and Sun liancisco excelsior men were here last week with the result that the Gardner and Stayton Excelsior mill contracted fur its output for the next three years at a very satis factory price. .Mrs. J. . Mayo was in Salem last week for a day's visit. Mr. aim Mrs. Kmgo will spend Christ mas in Salem with relatives. Mr. ami Mrs. E. B. I.oekhart will spend Thanksgiving in Salem and on Sunday will eat turkey at the home of Attorney S. H. Heltzel and his mother. That women nre taking an interest in politics was evident when the two par ties here nominated their tickets for the city election, there being n good show ing of the weaker sex at one ot the meetings, the results of the gatherings have been printed in the Journal. Mis-s l.race Elder is in Portlnud. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Stephen, of Sa lem, were in Stayton Friday and Satur day. Joseph Haniman has returned from a Brietcnbush visit. Clarence Beaucliamp went to O. A. 0. Saturday to see tho big gridiron bat tle. Mi-ss Fiances Lambert, who came from I.os Angeles to nttend the funeral of her father, returned to the south last week. Mrs. H. H. Vaudervort, of Salem, re turned to the Capital City Sundnv morning after a visit here with Mrs. Arch (.flspell, ner sister. It is reported that Mrs. Holford, who went east some months ago, will return to Stayton in the near future. lho ground floor ot the opera house lias been turned into a skating rink of tho roller variety. Bud Davis is pro prietor. Miss Lrlauy Uuinman spent Sundav in Salem- Mack, who was working in Salem, was here a day or so last week, returning to halem on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Tefft, who recently moved from near Sublimity, are com fortably settled in their new farm home at JlcKec, four miles from Wood-burn. The small two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Mayo fell on the floor while playing and fractured an arm this week. Orlie Mack, who has been working in Salem for Will Babeock, was here over Sunday visiting his family. It is ex pected hit will return to the Capital Citv'this week. " ' W. W. Elder, Dr. Eaton. Mrs. J. P. Wilbur, Mrs. C. D. Stayton, Miss Minnie Foley, Mrs. II. Lilly and Mrs. Cain took part in a Thanksgiving service at the m. t.. cnureli last Sunday night. Horace Lilly, the hardwure man, and his wife, will spend Christmas at Jef ferson to which place a sister of Mrs. RipplihgRhumos fi-i ' (iff-' THE SAFE DRIVER r 1 a 1 1 Along the street I drive my car, my rate of speed is safe and slow. I pull up where the rhi rivfn avp arm tnvo nprlpst.nnns n shnw. Some dav Dedestrians will be. bv statute, r ' I ..." V - i i. i- ' - j: J num. our mgnways cast, lor any canuiu man must see that they're a nuisance, first and last. But since they are permitted here, in ipite of motorists' appeals, I hold it wise my car to steer so they won t get be neath the wheels. I watch the street where'er I go, and dodge all live stock gone astray, and toot my horn that men may know my juggernaut is on the way. The road rules I have all by heart I learned the whole blamed list, complete, and no man ever sees my cart upon the wrong side of the street. And while I exercise such care, while modestly my motor hums, along the teeming thoroughfare some badly locoed speed fan comes. He knocks the sawdust from some gent who hasn't time to climb a tree, and then, without or with intent, he slams his car right into me. say, when from the dismal wreck I climb, and realize the worst, "The man who gets it in the neck, is he who swears "by Safety First1" . . . Children Cry for Fletcher's i OPEN NOSTRILS! END i - A COLD OR CATARRH i f How Ta Get Rplinf Wlian TTaail and Nose are Stuffed Up. t Count fifty! lour cold in head or catarrh disappears. Your clogged nos tnls will open, the air passages of your nend will clear and you can brentlie freely. No more snuffling, hawking mucous discharge, dryness or headache; no struggle for breath at night Get a small bottle of Ely 's Cream Balm from your druggist and apply a little of this fragrant antiseptic cream in your nostrils. Jt penetrates through every air passage of the head, soothing and healing the swollen or inflamed mucous membrane, giving you instant relief. Head colds and catarrh yield like magic. Don't stay stuffed-up and miserable. Keller is sure. The Kind You Have Always Bonght, and which has been iu use for over SO years, has borne tho signature of and lias been mauo unticr ins pet sonal supervision since its Infancy. "X Allow no one to deceive you in this. AU Counterfeits, Imitations and " Just-aa-good " are trat Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health eC Infants and Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria Is 'a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare goric, Drops and Soothing' Syrups. It is pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotics substance. Its apro is its guarantee, it destroys Worms and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it lias been in constant use for tho relief of Constipation, Flatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething1 Troubles and Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels, assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural Sleep. The Children's Panacea Tho Mother's Friend. GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS (Bears the Signature of V5 In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Have Always Bought TMt CEMT.llW COMHNY. NEW VOWK CITY, Lilly moves shortly. A large gathering of the "lilies of the valley" is expected. Following are the candidates for city offices nt the election to be held De cember 4: I'or councilmen, C. D. Stay- ton and Grant Murphy, two to be elect ed; J. B. Grier, for recorder; Clarence Beaucham, for treasurer; Charles Staab and Henry Smith will race for the job of marshal. 1485 Boys, 1578 Grls In Salem Schools The Salem public schools are now at tended bv 2,003 pupils.according to the report of Superintendent Todd for the month ending November 10. Of this number, 14S5 are boys and lo78 girls, giving the girls a majority of 93. But if the boys hold out, in coming years, the girls will be iu the minority, as betweeu the ages of six and nine years, there are 3123 bovs and 94 girls. But in all the other division of ages, the girls have the best of it, ex cepting for those listed over 20 years of age, where there are 22 bovs and 1G girls. The per cent of attendance was 95 and Ii'm parents were interested enough to visit the school during the month. Other visitors not parents or members of the school board numbered 98.. The report shows that the attend anre has gradually been growing since tho beginning of the fall semester. TO BUILD FOUR SHIPS. Portland, Or., Nov. 2S. Contracts for four 3,300 ton steamers have been awarded the Albina Engine 4 Ma chine Works here, it was leaiyo? to day. The fleet will cost 2,3O0,00O. All four vessels are destined for the European trade. IT'S GREAT FOR BALKY BOWELS AND STOMACHS We want all people who have chroais stomach trouble or constipation, no mat ter of now long standing, to try ons dose of Mayr's Wonderful Remedy one dose will convince you. This is th medicine so many of our local peopls have been taking with surprising re sults. The most thorough system cleanser ever sold. Mnyr'a Wonderful Remedy is sold by leading druggists everywhere with the positive under standing that your money -will be re funded without question or quibble; if ONE bottle fails to give you, absolute satisfaction. For sale by J. C. Terry, druggist. Don't Forget to insert that little Want Ad that you had in mind get it in to-morrow paper r HUSBAND A BOX OF ROSES AND A PIN CHAPTER I.XXXVII. Finally it came. An immense box of the most wonderful roses. As I opened the box I gave little squeals of delight which brought Mandy and Edith down stairs to see what had happened. "Dey is lovely I" ilandy said, smit ing their sweetness. "Oh, the boo'ful posies! " Edith ex claimed, snatching one from the box. I took them out and arranged them in vases, spending a good deal of time on them. Just ss I lifted the last one from the box I noticed a smaller box. I opened it and the loveliest rose pin of diamonds, and a note were in it "Pin en a rose and wear it for me," was all it said. I blushed furiously, although there were none to see save Mandy and little Edith- What would Clifford say to my accepting a diamond pin from Mr. May son, even though it were only a flower piuf I felt it was wrong; and hoped it would make him jealous and he would forbid me to keep it. Yet even feeling like that, I did not deem it wise to show the note Burns Mayson had written. It sounded as though it meant so much, while I knew it meant little" or nothing to me. I would tell of the pin, but destroy the note. Clifford Leama of the Gift. "The Temembrance from Mr. Mayson came this morning," I told Clifford when he came home to dinner. "What was itt" he asked as he took off his coat. ' Come and see! ' ' I returned, and led the way to the library, which was all fragrant with the scent of the roses. "I thought it would'be either flowers or bonbons. Must have cost a penny," he remarked as he bent over them a moment to inhale their sweetness- "Yes, and just look at the wonderful flower pin I found with them," I ex claimed, holding it toward him. " Whewl ' he whistled, "that's some thing likel Mayson 's no piker, what ever else h may be." "But Clifford," I remonstrated, "I can't keep such present. It must be very valuable." HWhat would you do with itt Send it back and so offend himf Don't be a goose. What 's a simple little pin to a man of his means? He's probably for gotten he sent it by this time." And as I still appeared unconvinced he add ed, "It isn't any more to him, and he means no more by it than does the flor ist who gives, you a pin to fasten the flowers you buy of him." I said nothing more, although I won dered if Clifford had seen the note Mr. Mayson sent, if he would have been so sure of his comparison. Mrs. Horton Hears of Mayson 's "Gift The next afternoon I pinned on some of the' roses and walked toward the of fice hoping to meet Clifford I had gone but a little ways when I met Mrs. Horton. "Why, how-de-do! Mrs. Hammond, I am going your way I guess," she greet ed, then fell into step beside me. At the end of the block we met Clifford, who insisted upon walking home witk Mrs. Horton. "The walk will do you good," he sil enced my objections, "and dinner wont speil if it does wait a few moments." "What gorgeous rosea!" Mrs. Hortoa exclaimed. "I am quite jealoos Cliff, that no one gives me such wonderfii flowers." "But I didn't buy them," Cliff or assured her in what I thought an apolo getic toue. "I am no bloated bondhold er to buy such flowers as those, and dia mond pins to fasten them " "Yon excite my curiosity," she returned- Then to me, "May I see th pint" "Certainly!" I reulied as rnlmlv urn I could, although I was furiously angrj; j at Clifford for mentioning it, as I de' mvum me pin ana nanaea it to ner. "Oh, how exquisite!" she breathed. "Your friend, whoever he is, has excel lent taste." "And a long pocket-book," Clifford interrupted. "But how did you know it was a man. Mabelt" (Tomorrow Mildred Finds Fault Witk Clifford)