Editorial Page of The Capital Journal j; ATI KI.Y M:n. It KVKXIXO :. i".r CHARLES H FIBHBB BsBtor - Nmii ! PUBLIHHED KVERT EVENING EXCEPT SfXDA?, SALEM. OREOOJL BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. 8. BARNES, President. "HAS. U. FIHITTTR, Viee President. DORA C. ANDRE8KN, Stic, and Treat. SL'BSCRllTlON RATES Daily by rnrrier, per year Dally by mail, per year ....$5.00 .. 3.00 Per month 45e Per month S5c THE WAYS OF A WOMAN CALLS ATTENHON TO FULL LEANED WIRE TELEGRAPH RETORT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES New Tork, W. D. Ward, Tribune Building. Chicago, W. H. Stockwell, People' Gaa Building. The Capital Journal carrier boya are instructed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the. pitper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, u this is the ouly way we can determine whether or not the carriers are fallowing in struction. Phone Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you I y special messenger if the carrier has missed you. MEASURES OF DEFENSE ONLY A well known proverb is to the effect that: "When a woman will, she will, depend on't .ind when she wont, she wont, and that's the end on't." This truism is beinc real ized by the dealers in New York city in the tenement dis-, tricts especially and still more especially by the dealers ; f hairman of Defend WWv in poultry. The Jewish women started a bovcott and in ""Jf L01 U.I.enSe MW spite of all offers of compromise are still sticking to it. I &yS raity LflieS Must Yesterday these poulterers received twenty carloads of Vanish poultry wnicn was dumped on a dead market. The cold storage houses are getting the fowls while the dealers are getting the experience and the women are getting even. The dealers say it is the count for them if the women don't let up on them, as they have contracted for weeks ahead for their supplies and have to take them whether they sell them or not. On top of this the cold storage plants are stocked up to the limit and as the saying goes there you are. The great majority ox Americans do not seem to un derstand that while we are practically in a state of war The British will do well to take their time about fol with Germany now, that this country does not purpose! lowing the Germans up in their retreat. While it looks going to w ar with that country, and that if war comes it' llke ? f.l'ced Put u" n the Pa.of the Germans you never ol must be started by Germany. All that is proposed by the president is to arm American merchant vessels for de fense. If they are attacked by a submarine they would be in condition to put up a defense. If they are not dis turbed the German submarines will not be hunted by can tell from what they are doing or just what they are intending to do. The congressional situation last night seemed to be clearing and it looked as though an extra session would not be called. However the best laid schemes go wrong. them. It is simiv'y a declaration that the American people! and this is especially so with our law makers. have a right to travel on the high seas without their lives wuh thfi h&m red for lawg gubmitted being jeopardized. America has no intention of joining; to the people by referendum, it already begins to feel like the allies in fighting Germany. She is looking after her (election times. By the time the spring garden truck is i wn affairs solely. If Germany wants to remain at peace getting ready for use, election day will be here. with her well and good. All she has to do is to respect her j rights and not endanger the lives of her citizens and it will be accomplished. Running over the list of American ships sunk since the beginning of the war one is surprised at first glance at t he smallness of it. It should be remembered though, that the United States has, or had a very small merchant marine sailing to foreign ports. Most of her ships, and! she has many more than she is generally credited with,! are engaged in domestic transportation. If Portland and! the balance of the coast cities keep up their gait at build-j ing ships we shall have a serviceable lot of deep sea ves-' gels within a fewr years. We have long needed them, andj the high ocean freights which are certain to prevail for some years at least gives strong encouragement to the shipping business. It can be depended on that if there is good money in it there will be plenty of American capital to find investment in ships and ship building. When the English Tommy is deprived of his beer on account of the war he will sure get fighting mad and rush off to enlist. Lloyd George knows how to touch a tender spot in the Britisher's make up. Mm -cw York, March 3. " Exuomm the German plot to embroil Mexico and .lapan into war with the Patted States should turn the Attention of the entire country to the weakness of our defense system ami to support of uni renal military training," Ooioaa Jos eph H Colt, chairman of the board of trustees of the American Defense so ciety, declared in a statement to the United Press today. "(July one thing will (jive us any sort of chance to hold our own against Germany or any other nation. That is speedy breaking down of party lines in congress so that the question of de fense can lie considered by a national lewlasatwre united tor America n ism, "Polities ill the past had divided the American congress against itself, with the result that our legislators, chosen to give the best that is in them for unselfish devotion to the nation, hnve thought less of defense than anything , MEXICO WECOME (Continued from page one.) The formal speeches to be inter- j change between Eirst Chief Csrranza anil the new ambassador were awaited with interest. Mexico Did Not Qet Note. New York, March 3. Mexico has not received any proposition of an alliance! from Germany. Foreign Minister Ague J lar informed the I'nited States today. 1 He cpt the following telegram fromi Guadalajara: 'Tinted Press, New York: The gov I eminent of Mexico has not received j any proposition of alliance from the ' Imperial German government." This is the first official word from the Mexican government indicating1 that the German proposition fuileil to reach First Chief Carranza or his I ministers. Thi here FOR PAROLE OFFIiR Eugene Woman Will Be Given Position at Oregon State Training School Eugene. Ore., March 3 (Special) Miss licrtha Oorris, selected for parole officer for the State Industrial achool for girls, is a graduate of the linivcrs ity, and has been a resident of Kogenc for the past eight or nine years. Two years ago she was appointed adrisory matron of the department of public safety, and while in that position has handled much of the juvenile work of the Eugene police department, and has also given much time to looking after the interests of the poor people of the city, co-operating with the Salvation Army and other agencies. For nearly a year Miss Oorris was also juvenile officer for Lane count v. but eight months ago resigned that position to give her whole time to the work of the city department She is n student of psychology and of social problems. Miss licrtha Dorris, of Eugene, will test hour for those legis.ntois ' ararnza is in any way artecting nis ; undoubtedly be appointed by Governor Will Ask Carranza To State His Attitude Washington, Mar. 2. Acting under state department orders. Ambassador' to Mexico rielcher will see General! Carranza today to ask the first chief' to make plain to this government hisj attitude regarding the German plot to j plunge Mexico and Japan into wart against this country. The Washington government is anx- ions to ascertain whether the German i proposal even though it did not reach It may interest them to know that there are fewer men in the United States rogula r army than there are li censed chauffeurs in few York; and the 36,000 men seeded to fill the va cancies in our regular navy would give full population to a city Of no mean size. "Our coast artillery is under man ned and its guns are outranged by the guns of the first class ships now in European war service. I do not believe our navy is big or powerful enough to repel invasion. "These defects must be remedied; and only a united congress, unselfishly American and working for the United States, ran change them." ' attitude toward this government. Fletcher s inquiry does not go the theory that Curanza has been any way affected. The administration, it was stated, assumes the first chief will affirm friendly relations with this government. Japan has already done so voluntari ly. She officially let the government know, through her ambassador, that she had no knowledge of the German plot to :iiign Japan and Mexico against the United States and that in any event she would not hearken to the proposal of Germany. TAXED THE SPUDS Portland, Ore., March 1. Hearing Withyeonibe as parole officer for the on Girls' Industrial school as successor to M iss Doane. who resigned recently from that position. The reason given at the meeting of the hoard of control this morning for the resignation of Miss Doane is on account of friction between her and the new matron, Mrs. Minnie Darst, who came here from. Son Diego to do the work during the Irnvc of absence of Mrs. Hopkins. The matter of the resignation was, not considered by the board, of control and was referred to the matron and the advisory board. As the advisory board of the school has already- ap proved of Miss Dorris, it is practically that quantities of potatoes were stored ! certain that she will be appointed. nerc, rne city assessor today sent out a squad of deputies to put a tax on the ; tubers. They will be assessed at their present market value. I Potatoes from many parts of the At tne meeting ot the board ot con- trol this morning, the orchardist at the asylum was given a. raise in salary from $900 a vear to $1100 a year. Dr. Smith of the Feeble minded northwest are kept here while awaiting! school then asked that the bookkeeper siupmc.u caw. i ue assessor s mrorma-iat his institution be granted a raise of The worst feature about putting postmasters under the civil service law is that when once a community gets a postmaster it does not like it can't get rid of him. The congressmen also object to the plan because it cuts them off from rewarding friends, or those whom they think so for services rendered or that they think wrere rendered. It is a pretty nice thing to be able to bribe voters with an office that belongs to the people. For the latter reason it is not likely the president will undertake the scheme just now. He is having trouble enough with congress as it is j and one war measure at a time is enough for any fair- minded president. LIGHTNING CHANGES me morn was iair; tne oaimy air, sug gested May or June; I took my way down town that day, to buy myself a prune. My wife exclaimed, "The climate's famed for sudden shifts and tricks; you'd better don your ulster, John!" I sternly answered, "Nix! The skies are blue, the winter's through, the spring has come to stay; the joyous wrens and setting hens send up their roundelay." In spring attire I took my lyre, and paced the village street, and chirped and smiled like wayward child, and danced on buoyant feet. Then from the north a blast came forth that smote me thigh and hip, and since that morn my frame's been torn by fourteen kinds of grip. So many twists, so many grists of climate here are sprung, I wonder why all men don't die while they are fresh and young. No man can say, at break of day, just what that day will bring; soft winds may blow, there may be snow, we may have Fall or Spring. And so we strive to keep tion is that Portland 000. 400 cars of spuds are in ten dollars a month or from $90 They are worth $iU4, Nothing has been heard of the Russian army in Meso- fte hl takj.ng a"d d,P? a"d st,ra,in our Saze for potamia for so long that most folks had forgotten there better daTS for wmle there s llfe there's hope. ,11 1- 1 T 1 111 it was sucn a tning. remaps now jonnny mm nas tne Turks on the run the big bear will wake up and help catch them. When last heard from the Russian army was only a few hundred miles from Constantinople, the one place in the world Russia wants more than any other. It might be this summer the fight for possession of the Dardanelles will be made from the other side of them. Senator I.aFollette's one-man filibuster was short lived. As the senators began to get letters from home and realized that the American people were in no mood to watch a game of politics, to to have a lot of senators running a mutual admiration society, they forgot many tricks they had planned to turn and got down to business. This clear cold weather is not only thoroughly enjoy able, but if you want to see an old fashioned smile, just cast your eyes on a fruit grower. The last thing he wants to see just now is the buds starting. So far the season is opening in splendid shape for all fruit crops. It will probably be two months before the armies of Europe get at their spring work. The ground is not yet in the right condition for digging graves, and of course neither side wants to get an accumulation of dead soldiers on hand. Some arrangement must be made for disposing of the stock before more is ordered. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 1868 CAPITAL $500,000.00 Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes .SAVINGS DEPARTMENT T BY STATE SENATE Liberal Prizes Offered For Best Arguments Favoring Good Roads Portland, Or.. March 3. Rules gov erning the contests for cash prizes for arguments for the $11,000,000 road bond issue were prepared last mailt lv Sen- Wood, chainiiau of the spe- W. 1). j writer is a resident from the improve ment of the roads described in the iff!. iooo.ooo bonding net For the best nr;u 'ment. a first prize of $."). fm the sec ond best argument, a prize of fS. There nre 3ti first prizes and ctO second priz os in this contest. Contest 1! Subject, The benefit whicn will accrue to the stale at large from the improvement of the roads deseribed ill the bonding act. For the best argument, a first prize of llfl. Tor the second best argumeut a prize of Contest V Subject, the same as COntMt M. This content is open only to DOM tide students ot Oregon high schools. For the best argument, writ ten by a grammar school student, a $10. Contest D Subject, The same as Tried to Establish Wireless Station, and Use Island for Base Washington, March fc That the Costa Riean government is aware of German activities in that country .just previous to and since the revolutionary war broke out, was the authoritative statement made to the United Press today by a diplomatic official here. Within the past few months, the latest evidences of Gorman activities, this official said, was a request of the Costa. Hican government from a pre sumably American firm, for a conces sion to establish a high power wireless plant in the Central American republic down. Both requests were made, the Costa Riean government has every reason to believe, after investigation, in the in terests of Germany. German government money, the Cos ta Riean government believes wfiuld have built the wireless station had the requests been granted. The Costa Riean government turned down the request after its officials had I orchardist consulted Tinted States officials, and after the latter had been told the j company wanting the radio concessions would balk at making operation of the station conlorm with "certain under ! standings" between Costa Rica and the United States. Another sign of German activity was in the purchase of the ship Marenaj Quesada in the United States and at-1 her under l osta to $100. This was objected to bv Secre tary Olcott. A raise in salary of the bertillion expert at the state penitentiary was asked for as he also was only getting $00 a month. These requests brought up the ques tion of the salaries of the state em ployes at. the various institutions and Secretary Olcott requested Secretary Ooodin of the board of control to pre pare a list of the employes and then salaries. The increase on all but the at the asylum was held up. Reichstag Adjourns Session to March 20 near the 'annum ennn . A week or two before the war start- eIwng to place ed, a previous similar request for con-!""'"" '''gistrv. cession had been made. Temporary registry was obtained Both concession request were turned fwBI lh'' ('ost!1 Rk'an consuls in New j York, but uion the ship's arrival at I oit uittion, application tor permanent registry was rejected because, it was nmply with; . . .. t . , consul-: u,,,j 1.4 f,. .mo ,;j urt".' v... ...... .u.,,. .... Later the New York ("osta Hican consul was dismissed from the service. It has been considered significant that two members of the present Tino co cabinet are German, although little that rules ilo 1itt will not be its will not be returned to March 15. M an use ript the foregoing ered. Mnnuscri the authors. Neither Senator Wood nor the con-1 test judges can undertake to answer; letters or inquiries concerning the con-j test or awards. Awards will be announced on or be-' tore March L'."i, 1017, bv three judges1 to be named later. The right to publish any manuscript j is reserved DJ tne committee. significance parties here Costa Riean is attached to in close touch affairs. this w i t h bv the By John Orandens (United I'ress staff correspondent') Berlin, Mar. 2. The reichstag ses sions adjourned today until Mar.-h 20. Preliminary work of the parliament has been disposed of. Announcement prior to the closing today made public the fact that in Berlin alone so far a quarter of a bil lion marks ($50,000,000) had been ex ponded in aiding soldiers' families in the capital. Berlin newspapers were filled today with appeals in their campaign for eu- llistment in the voluntary civil war ser ! vice. Compulsory service in this branch be- comes effective April t. ANOTHER HOG RECORD j Chicago, March 3. The hog marltet established another record today when The sentiment of the country is said i heavies sold for $13.90 per hundred on the hoot, the market as active and I from 20 to 25 cents higher than yesterday. to be almost unanimously in sympathy with the allied cause. committee appointed to compile I contest 1), and is open only to bona ator cial arguments. Senator Wood arrived from tide students of Oregon granimnr Ins mugboro home last night with a schools. For the best argumeut. writ set of rules for the contest which will ten by a grammar school seudeut, a enable every person in the state to compete by reason of the various class it ieat ions. "The purpose of these contests," explained Senator Wood, "is to arouse discussion of the bond issue which is to be submitted to the people at a spe cial election June 4. I am convinced that the more widespread the discus- prize of $10. Rules may enter but one con- One person test. In contest A the author must be a resident of the county whose benefits from the proposed roads are discussed. Contest B is open to any resident of Oregon who does not participate in larger the majority thnti in uontests sum and tne deeper the people go into either of the other contests. V and 1 the argument the road proposal from standooitit. Ko argument in any contest mnv ex-c.-ed 200 words. Writing must appesr on but one side of the paper used. Manuscripts must be written prefer- the subject th will be rolled up favorable to the i must discuss bonds. We hnve limiccd essavs to 800 the statewid words with the desire to have the nr 1 guments short, snappy and forceful. The contest will close March 1.1 so that . we can, if we desire, use parts of the' essavs lor the argument in the voters' will not accept copv ahlv with typewriter or pen and ink. i The name and address of the author eat deal of (must appear in the upper right hand continued corner ot the tirst imirc. pamphlet which after March "There is already a interest in the contest Senator Wood, "and since the first I Arcumeiits must be submitted with announcement Tuesday morning liout accompany inn letters, explanations have received many telephone culls for 1 or other enclosures, information as to the rules. This isj The envelope enclosing the nutnn why we hasten to give them to the script must be addressed to Senator public so that those wishing to com-W. 1). Wood, llillnboro. Or., and on the pete can get busy." I envelope must also be written the con- Roles as Set Forth ! tost entered, thus "Com test A." "ton Following are the rules governing! test R," "Coutest O," or "Contest Wf HUS RAND AND I mm HAL LOCKWOOD APPEARS ON THE SCENE ( RAPT KK OliXH Clifford acted queerly for two or three days. 1 would catch him looking at me with an expression half anger, half admiiation M his face. Neither of us mentioned the stihject again, and I was surprised when one evening he handed Fdith a package. That's vour wrv own," he said to I late; so if F.lsio After he left Elate busied herself w riting letters while' I tried to read, i But of late it had been almost im pOSBiblc for me to fix my mind on a! book; so 1 laid it down and went in : to- the piano. I would try some new profusely, she her, as she struggled with the string. : music Leonard had sent me; and which with asked whv- ithe coutest: Contest A Subject. The benefit ruing to the count v iu which the I). " as the case may be. Manuscripts must be received Senator Wood on or before 6 p. bv Oh, mamma look! It's a picture of my papa all for myself. Tt was a duplicate of the picture I bad seen at Mabel Gorton's, beauti fully framed. ''Yes dear." 1 replied, a Elsie ex claimed upon the wonderful likeness. "You didn't suppose Levering was the ouly one to take a good picture, did you?" Clifford asked, laughing in rather tin embarrassed manner. ''Not after 1 have seen this!" Elsie retorted, and my lack of enthusiasm passed unnoticed. "Have dinner as soon as you can, Mildred. Lockwood wired me he would be here tonight, and I have to meet him." "Yerv well," and I rose to attend to it. m- ne think.; you are A Telephone Call. jthat why I'm asking you." Clifford left Immediately after "I knew nothing of Mr. Lockwood 's dinner. (plans, but if he remains, it goes with- "1 shall be at the Gates Hotel if i but saying that we shall entertain at you want me." he said when he left. I dinner for him. 1 certainly shall ask "I probably shan't be home until you, and shall be delighted to do so." have Kate sleep down stairs, After thanking me is still afraid." H off- Every Woman a Match Maker. I was both amused and pleased .... i am asuamea to confess it a little piqued. Surely Gal Lockwood had given the fascinating Mrs. Gard ner some reason to think he was im pressed, or she would not have aeked . me, whom she scarcely knew to in vite her to my home because of him ,He had been so firm in his protesta tion to me, had declared he would never marry that it as usual wounded my vanity that he could quickly forget me. But this lasted only a minute, and .then the love of matchmaking inborn , in every woman swayed me ami r - tened to tell Klsie about it. I was asleep when Clifford came in but at breakfast I asked: 'How long is Mr. Lockwood to stav in town?" "Only a few days." "Don't you think we could ask Mm to dinner, and have one or two others in. Of course nothing much in the was still unopened. I had been playing in a desultory ' manner for perhaps a half hour when the telephone rang. ; "Hello! Is this Mrs. Hammond?" ' a voice asked. "Yes. who is talking pletsc?" i "Mrs. Gardner! Lolo Gurdner. Is Mr. Lockwood stopping Mrs. Hammond?'' "Xo " I very nearly lle is at The Gates." "If you entertain him while he is in town; invite me, won't you? 1 know it's an unusual thing to" do, but I quite lost my h-art to him the last time he was here. And it makes such a difference how and where a man going wonderful; meets a woman he is a bit interested 1 way of gayety so soon after mother's we really owe him tel 1 him to I replied, din- Cinner, death, but I think something." "Yes when shall somet" 'Tomorrow night, ner at seven. Tomorrow A Successful