Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, March 12, 1917, Image 4

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Newspaper Page TextEditorial Page of The Capital Journal CHARLES H. FISHES Editor - liana- M-xi-Y i:vkv;m: Mai. h IHK. J nnrui-. L i -J TCBLISHED EVERT EYEX1XO EXCEPT PCXDAT, SALEM. OBEf-OX. BT Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. 6. BAKXEt, Cn.S. II. FISITKR. President. Vice Prefficnt. DORA C. ANDRES EX, Bee. and Trtta. btiMjCKlPTlON KATKS Paily by rarrier, per year Paily by mail, per year ..:.oo . 3.00 I'or month. Per month . 35e FULL LEASED TELEGRAPH REPORT EASTER X RKPK KSEX T AT I V KS New York, W. D. Ward, Tribuna Building. ' Chicago, W. H. Sti-ekwell, People' Qua Building. The Capital Journal carrier boyi are instructed to put the paper on the parch. If the carrier docs not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the piper to you on time, kiudly phono he circulation manager, as this is the only way we can determine whether or rot the carrier are following iii etructions. Phone Wain 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be aent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. TOO MUCH JOHNSON" The decision denying the government's demand that I the Southern Pacific sever its connection with the Central. Pacific, leaves the Union Pacific it the Southern's mercy. It is shut off from the coast unless the Southern permits it to connect with its lines at Ogden. It is intimated the; Union will be compelled to build through to some coast ! point, in order to protect itself. It is further intimated! that this point will be Seattle where it already has large terminal holdings. It is also claimed this decision will lead to the completion of the Natron cut off. California has a case of "too much Johnson," or Johnson has too much office. He is both United States senator and governor of California, and he refuses to give up the latter job until certain legislation he has sponsered is taken care of. His dual position has caused a report to gain credence that he intended to resign his senatorship and remain governor. This he emphatically denies, and asserts he will be on the job when the extra session is called. His stand has caused considerable sore ness in southern California from which the Lieutenant governor comes, and who- will become governor when Johnson resigns. That section of the state says it helped elect Johnson senator and at the same time elected Representative Stephens governor, and it demands that Johnson give him the place. This is exactly what John son will not do until the end of the second part of the legislative session. One of the reasons given for demand ing the change made at once is that "Stephens as presid ing officer of the state senate has to commit himself on many important questions by his vote.' This is some thing a politician always objects to doing. Logan Billingsley, star witness in the. trial of Mayor Hi Gill for accepting a bribe, after telling a remarkably straight story and sticking to it for several days, finally broke down Saturday evening under a severe cross ex amination and got badly tangled. He had described graphically his meeting with Gill, his placing an envelope coontaining $4,000 on the table before the mayor, and of the latter putting it in his pocket. When he finally broke down he admitted he had not seen Gill at all. At the same time he exonerated Sheriff Hodge, on trial with Gill, and stated the money advanced to aid Hodge's election was not solicited by the latter, and that he had nothing to do with the witness in his liquor deals. Apparently the case has fallen flat, and the redoubtable Hiram, the hero of innumerable political scraps, will come through with flying colors. In the trial of the poison plotters in London last week, the lawyer for the Wheeldon women, a Mohammedan, mvnnnspd iW.irliner their cruilt or innocence by the ordeal of "fire." This provides that the accused walk barefooted over redhot plowshares. It innocent tney wouia not De burned, is the theory. The judge refused to entertain the proposition and thus saved a couple of women having hni-Hv burned feet. It seems utterly ridiculous that such a thing should be proposed seriously; and yet it is only a few hundred years since this was considered an infallible test. It is needless to add that no-ie were able to establish their innocence by this test. Now Canada is butting into America s affairs and is trying to force the big American fishing fleet on the Pacific under Canadian register. To accomplish this she refuses to sell bait, coal and other supplies, even food, to crews of American fishing craft unless the catch is sold in Canada instead of the United States. It is stated this will cause retaliatory measures, the first of which will be the passage of the Chamberlain bill killed at the last ses sion, and which prohibits the importation of fish from .ny foreign country unless under bond. Canada it seems wants the vessels to replace those sent to the war zone for submarine patrol. i Venizelos, ex-premier of Greece, who is now at the bead of the provisional government at Saloniki, has an nounced that he has G0,000 men ready to join the allies as soon as the latter cah equip them. He at the same time promises to have another army of GO.OOO ready in May or June. The Greeks have always been great soldiers, and an army of 120,000 of them will be no inconsiderable aid to the allies. The University of Oregon has some library. The latest report of the librarian shows a total of G7.9G9 books, and of these 9,47:1 were added last year. The books are used too, for the same report shows 92,829 were loaned dur ing the year. Now that the senate has adopted rules under which it cannot be prevented doing its work, the president has called an extra session to meet April 16. By that time conditions should have settled and we will either still be at peace with Germany under a mutual understanding or we will have taken the plunge and will be at war with her. In the meanwhile the president has ordered the arming of ships for defense and when so armed the movement of freights now congesting all great ports of the country will begin. The indications are that some of those who have been buying up potatoes for a still higher market are going to get stung. In Seattle Saturday, orders from Chicago for large shipments were cancelled, and following this the price dropped ten dollars a ton. They were on the market at $80, but at the same time growers in the Yakima coun try were offering to load them on the cars at $65 a ton. If some of the speculators get badly stung they can de fend on it that they will receive little sympathy from the general public. Edison has locked himself in his laboratory and is working on some invention for the defense of the country. No matter what it is, it is pretty certain that if he has the idea in his head he will soon have the tangible evidence as the work of his hands. The country has lots of big guns, and great ships. Her harbors are fortified and she is lacking only in trained troops. But among all her defenses it does not want to be overlooked that Edison is a very large asset. Germany says she will sink ships without warning regardless of their nationality; and the United State? is arming her merchant ships and instructing them to fire on submarines on sight. The German contention is that submarines cannot give warning without danger to them selves, and the Americans say a merchant ship cannot wait to be torpedoed before firing. Evidently when an American ship and a German submarine meet there is going to be something doing. Contractors have succeeded in raising the submarine sunk not long ago at the entrance of Humboldt bay, from the hole she had buried herself in, and now feel certain their plan of taking her overland for a mile and launch ing her in the bay, will succeed. When she starts over land she will fit the Irishman's idea of the irst automo bile he saw. He said he "thought it was a steamboat hunting water." Mrs. Charles H. Anthony, of Munice, Indiana, who the dispatches classify as "a pretty blonde," startled the staid Knickerbocker ladies recently by a display of diamonds on her costume. Among other things mentioned as diamond-ornamented were her garters. No mention is made as to how the reporter discovered this diamond studded article. The only thing that might possibly ex plain it is she "wore a white silk shirt waist cut low." Nothing has been' heard of the Russian army in Meso potamia for half a year. It is quite likely something will be doing on their part while the British are keeping the Turks busy at Bagdad. However this has never been the system of the allies, they generally attacking on one front at a time, although these tactics were changed last year. A LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 186S CAPITAL - - - - - - $300,000.00 Transact a General Banking Business Safety Deposit Boxes .SAVINGS DEPARTMENT V ' 'J W 7 He Smiles when he sees a cup of delicious Instant Postum This wholesome food-drink cheers without demanding the after-price of nervous reaction, because it contains none of the harmful elements of tea and coffee. "There's a Reason" Sold by Grocers. f25S32 ;5 Instant postum '"i ll H" -t - -I . . . i r""M"ei""""' f .-"-V i . - -- -? 4F? t Sv "X Postum. O W CEREAL stum Certal Co., . .. U.. A. OSS Parent-Teachers Hold Meeting at Aumsville Expert To Conduct Spraying Experiments Under the r-iispiccs of County Fruit Inspector M. 0. Constable and the Ore gon Agrieultuial college, it is probable that Professor G. A. Posey, government fruit expert who is well known here und who assisted Inspector Constable to fight the fire blight, will be secured to conduct spraying experiments in this county during the coming fruit season. It is practically certain that Profes sor Posey will be detailed to this countv as his special field of work. Profes- Rnhn, Mrs. O. E. Darbv, Mrs. Lloyd sor xi. v. Bnrss, of the O. A. C-, was in A. Rear! and Miss Ida Schrunk. A num Salem Saturday conferring with In- ber of talks on play apparatus for the spector Constable in regard to the mat-! school children led to the appointment ter. The spraying will be for the leaf of a committee for investigating and spot disease known as cylindrosporiui-n. reporting on the subject. The program The spraying will begin when the buds opened with the singing of "The Ked, begin to swell. The second spraying will White and Blue" and the flag salute, be made when the blossoms are nearly a recitation by Olive Crane, duet by all off, and the third in August. Dem-1 Ruby Speer and Opal liilyeu, song just r.etore tlie iiattle, ilother, ' recitation Wayne Hansom, recitation Einiua Crane, duet "Tenting on the Old Camp Ui'Biind'' bv Mr. and Mrs. three directors consist of Joseph AValk er, M- AVcinach and Albert Bochslar. The business of the creamery during the past rear has Tiirreascd bv fine- The patriotic program given at the J-j its 'rBniHo 1W3 regular meeting of the parent-teachers ,j since it8 very .commencement .it has. association, Friday evening March I been recognized among the first cream- -ml, called together a good attendance ;Thc meeting was opened by singing America. Minutes of last meeting were read and approved, after which new business was brought up and attended to, mainly the question of basketball outfit for the girls. The lunch commit tee tor the next meeting is Airs. K. i. erics or the state, ana especially since it has won the two grand cups in two ! consecutive years. Sure! High Heels Cause Corns But Who Cares Now onstratioiis will be made on the Lone Maple orchard iu the Koaednlo prune district. Spraying demonstrations for nnnle scab will also be mnde but the time nndiO. K. Darin- chorus "America I Love place have not yet been determined, asi011" After the program the meeting it will depend o'u the appearance of tluiwnH "l'on to discussions on patriotism. scab. l ne song "Jit. vernon Jiells, ' was sung by the crowd, after which all en joyed the supper brought by the ni,e. Kecord. NEVER TAKE SUBSTITUTES Because style decrees that women crowd and buckle up their tender 'toes in high heel footwear they suffer from corns, then they cut and trim at these painful pests which merely makes tho corn grow hard. This suicidal habit may cause lockjaw and women are warned to stop it. A few drops of a drug called frcez one. applied directly upon a sore corn gives quick relief and soon the entire corn, root and all, lifts out without pain. Ask the drug store man for a quarter of an ounce of freezone, which costs very little but is sufficient to re move every hard or soft corn or callus from one 's feet. This drntr is nn etlier cnmnrmnrl onil Mount Angel, Ore., Mar. 12. At the ! faies in a moment ami nimnU- l,rlv-..l monthly meeting of the Mount Angel; Up the corn without inflaming or even Creamery & Ice company, W. Hammer j irritating the surrounding tissue or was elected president, S. A. reteraon i skin. Clip this out and pin on vour was elected vice-president; the other wife's dresser. CREAMERY ELECTS OFFICERS EVENINGS AT HOME I sit me down at close of day, to read a book by Bertha Clay, or Laura Libbey's worst; when wearied by the daily grind, for books that soot he the jaded mind I have a mighty thirst. So when I sit me down to read, I say, "Now I'll have peace indeed, and com fort six ells wide; I'll revel in the printed page, absorb the thoughts of bard and sage, and let the glad hours slide." But ere I've turned a dozen leaves, I'm thinking how the roof and eaves, demand the tin ner's care; and how the carpenter must come, to fix the door that's out of plumb, and mend the cellar stair. I think about the coming spring, when wife and girl's will, once more sing their song of Easter hats; 1 1 think of seeds that I must buy, to make the garden mul-. ; tiply, the beans and marrowfats. I think of bills that I must pay when comes the next collection day, I think of them and sigh; t think of how the price ascends on all the needed odds and ends, on raiment, shoes and pie. My I book has fallen to the floor; I cannot read it any more; iniy thoughts are far astray; I do not care for idle tales when I must raise the price of nails and gasoline and hay. j.i . mi..,i J HUS VI MILDRED HEARS SOMETHING ABOUT CLIFFORD iiig very badly. He seems quieter, and, she thought I had not' been as patient in some way altogether (liferent. 1 feel . , millht ,, ., ... ' , . CHAPTER CLXXVI With the advent of Miss .Newton my loneliness was nearly if not quite over. She was bright and witty, well read and when alone with me a charming companion- She never pre sumed, and altho frequently meeting my guests, she never embarrassed either me or herself by her attitude. She had told inc little about herself, simply because there was little to tell. sad when I think of vou two, Hal nnd I are so happy. Do write me a line,"1 etc. Clifford Locks 111 So Clifford was looking ill! I spent hours wondering why? Vas he really physically ill, or was he regretting any thing.' How 1 wished I knew. I imme diately wrote Muriel askine her if she An orphan, she had been educated by had seen him either before he left tor I be soi rv hu huiii miu vApccieu uiT io u( i ufiu i uicago; or it tie iiaci returned, had as I might have been, and that she had no realization of the causes which led up to my leaving my home. Why should she? I had told her nothing of my un happy years with Clifford; and Elsie 1 was sure had not mentioned Tihat I had confided to her. Naturally Zona imagined it some whim on my part; some sudden caprice for which I would iiool teacher. She had taught in n she seen him alter that Then J dismiss; plv told her that I had not taken try school for a term, but find-,ed him from my mind, and called mv-lstep without great deliberation ' it, and her surroundings, uncon-jself a toolish woman for even imagi'n-jit was not neee-wary to go into a school teacher. She had taught in a she seen him atte country iug genial, had answered mv advertisement While 1 had not entered into the social activities of the place to any great degree 1 had met many clever and interesting people. I never have met more musical women, cultured, highly sensitized women, than I met in Reno. And as 1 was studying hard to perfect myself I found them both helpful ami delightful acquaintances. 1 used often to wonder why they were there, what their lives had been. Hut they like myself never volunteer ed any information as to their reason for living in Reno. To my surprise one morning upon going to breakfast I found a letter from Lola Gardner on "the table. - she was settled in Chicago, and superla tively happy. "Clifford spent the night with us last week." she wrote, "and both Hal and I thought him look When I answered her letter I sim- had not taken the That n.g in- as at an aneeieu oecause ot; tails, but that my life for years had either Edith or me. IVubably he had: been unbearable ;and that 1 did not feel some little misunderstanding with Ma- it l.el Horton and that was the cause of I knew that neither she nor our'neigh- understand how I, my his looking badl Klsie wrote me that she was going to stay abroad for an indeterminate time; that she was not surprised that I had left Clifford, altho she could hors would father s daughter, could do such a thing. Yet now I was liappy. That is I eilioVPtl fl rmict PnnliMilinaiil VI i. limn not see how J could endure the scan- was filled each (lav. Mv music," walks dal. .ona, dear little Puritan, had j with Miss NWwton and Kdith; calls and written me urging me to go back to visits with a few congenial friends, Uitlord. She was so happy writhjaud mv reading; kept ine too busily vuiioi.i .iiv uric iniuif ill Illf OKl.emillOvet to he linhn.n.v TIkh lit. nome mar sue eomun t conceive husband and wife living apart, ever wanting to live away from each other. She said all our old friends and neigh bors would be shocked when they knew it; and begged me to return before t.iey found it out. While she tried not to appear to blame me, I could see that tie household ran so quietly, so easily. There was no friction, no unkind words, no fault finding. I sometimes thought that I was happier than I ever had been in my married life; and won dered why I considered, even for a, moment making any change. (Tomorrow Muriel sees Clifford.)