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s IP. The Capital Joumai If riillAY KVKMMi Mui h 10, Ji'ir. UOTIO. age Of CHART T3 H. nSTOTt Editor M l&nif ar PUBLISHED EVERT EVENING ETC ErT SUNDAY, SALEM. 0RE00X. Bt Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. 8. BAK.VES, ( HAS. H. FISFTER, DORA C. AXDRESEN, PreUent. Vic President. Be. tad Trei. fclBiSCiilPTION KATKS Pilr by farrier, per year Daily I'T mail, per year 3.00 Per month I'er month . 45 3ie FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES Kew York, W. P. Ward, Tribune Building. - " Chicago, w. u. Mocfcwcll, People's lias ifuiiuing. The Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the porch. 1 the carrier dues not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper TO you on lime, Kiiiuiy puoae ue circulation manager, as win is paly way wo can determine whether or rot the carriers are following in timet ion, l'hone Main til before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. "THE BIRTH OF A NATION" The revolution in Russia, news of which reached America yesterday, it seems had been brewing for some weeks. Starting in some of the smaller places in the shape of food riots it spread to the larger cities in a short time. Street riots became numerous in Petrograd and steadily increased in number and severity. Workingmen struck until finally the public order broke down com pletely. A big strike Thursday of last week was followed Friday by great parades, the mob shying and yelling and at the same time making all kinds of threats. The Duma announced a meeting at which the prime minister would appear and this for a short time quieted the populace. This meeting however resulted in a hot row between the riama and the minister. Friday afternoon Ilodziaski, leader of the duma, -:?nt a special courier to the czar in peremptory words for the dismissal of the government, and declining all responsibility if the czar supported Golzyn, the Russian premier. Saturday, Golzyn answered thi. demand in person by dissolving the duma. That is he ordeied it to dissolve, but that is what it did not do. Instead, it proclaimed a provisional government, declared the ministers and cabinet no longer existed and assumed the reins of government. The czar fled to, his castle and not feeling safe there took refuge with the army. .While the latter evidently protected him it is, so far as the gar rison in Petrograd is concerned at least, to a man with the duma. This is a brief outline of the most dramatic tvent of the war. ' " Behind the movement it is claimed is the distrust and dislike by both the duma and the army of the pro-German element in Russia's bureaucracy. The pro-Germanism among the Russian officialdom was so rampant that the people came to believe it responsible for hindering Rus sia's successful prosecution of the war. It was natural that they should so believe since the czar is practically of German blood. The duma has shown its power on several occasionsand now that it has taken full charge of the government, it is extremely doubtful if the monarchial form of government will survive. It may be possible for a short while the czar's son Alexis, who is not yet 13 years old, may be made the figurehead of the government un til some republican form can be adopted. That the latter will be done seems a certainty. There are several parties in Russia: the nationalists and the Octoberists favoring the present form of government. Against these are ar rayed the constitutional democrats, who from the first have demanded complete equality tor all citizens, liberty of conscience, free speech and a free press. Their creed was "constitutional government with ministerial re sponsibility and religious self government." The "re generators" and social democrats sided with the demo crats on all main issues. These latter compose the ele ment now in charge of Russia's affairs. As a revolution it is without parallel in history. It is a revolution not against the ruling power so much as against conditions that threatened the very life of the country. It was a revolution to save the country from the bureaucrary its ruler had surorunded himself with. A revolution for placing the country in position to de fend itself. More than all it was accomplished practically without bloodshed. The deposed ruler was simply set aside and not otherwise molested, and the business of the country was told to pursue its avocations as usual. It was simply the strong men of a great nation taking charge of affairs for the salvation of the country. It is more remarkable in that the form of government of a nation of 180,000,000 of people was changed in a day from the most despotic of monarchies to what is virtually a republic, and which will in all likelihood remain such. The emperor is a weakling, so much so that he is easily swayed, and was always a puppet in the hands of some power behind the throne. He was a prey to superstitious influences, a man of indecision and negation. The latest real ruler of Russia was the monk Rasputin, the czar's personal religious arbiter. He swayed the czar to suit his own purposes, and Rasputin was the exponent 01 absio lutism. He was a peasant by birth but a believer in ab solute autocracy. On top of this he was bitterly pro- German and anti-ally. .It was Urn openly expressed feel ing, coupled with his influence over the czar that caused him to be assassinated a few months ago. 'With his death the sentiment in favor of a free government took fresh life and culminated in the, overthrow of the czar as told in the Capital Journal yesterday. The leaders of the duma, the new government are men of high ideals, intensely democratic, and whatever else they may do, can be depended on to carry on the fight against Germany to the end. It is not that they dislike Germany but that years of oppression and the knout have aroused in them a horror for all forms of despotism If the new government can sustain itself, there will be in the next twenty years a rejuvenared Russia, and she will take her place among the progressive nations of the world. Of the czar his biographers say: "The reigning Rus sian family is descended in the female line from Michael Romanoff, elected czar in 161:;, and in the male line from Duke Karll Friedrich of Holstein Gotterp. The members of the family for over two centuries, however, have mar ried so generally into the German royaLJiouses that the present Romanoff iamily are practically, by blood, Ger mans; as much so as their kinsman, the head of the Ger man Empire." The dreams of Russian freedom which have sent her brightest minds to Siberia, have at last come true, and the exiles have not made their sacrifices in vain. Vale despot ism! Hail Russia. telegraph news up to 3:00 every afternoon and hence con tains news thp pditinns nf t hp Pnrrl.inH nnnprs Kfnt here i do not have. Moral, "Try Salem first," and remember ! LETTER CARRIERS the Capital Journal is always the first.. P0L!CEF.:t! LETTER DRIVERS "STRIKE SEEMS INEVITABLE. Unless unforeseen circumstances arise, and there Keems little hope of this, the great railroad strike which has been hanging over the country for the last six months will have materialized by tomorrow night. Yes terday the railroad managers and the heads of the rail road brotherhoods held a final conference in an effort to reach some satisfactory agreement. The meeting proved vain, and it was announced by the representatives of the men that the strike would go into effect as announced previously in case a settlement w?s not reached. At the last minute the men offered to compromise by accepting an eight hour day and pro rata pay for over time, but the eight hour day they insisted on. The companies were willing to pay increased wages but would not yield the shorter, day, which was the real basis of the men's de mands. So much for the immediate parties to the dispute. The next party to be heard from will be the one most deeply interested, the people. It "3 monstrous to suppose that 100,000,000 people are going to sit with folded hands while their business is ruined, and they left helpless and perhaps hungry, in order that a few hundred railroad managers and a few hundred thousand railroad employes settle a dispute between themselves. 1 It will be the government's next move, and that it will move quickly is the belief of those who have kept watch on the dispute. It may be the government will take over the roads temporarily, and it may mean eventually, gov ernment ownership; but there is one thing tha can be depended on, and that is that the roads will be operated in some way, and the parties to the dispute will neither! of them have the same number of friends when the mat ter is settled. It looks very much as though the railroads wanted the fight to materialize now, and it is within the realms of possibility that this desire has had something to do with the inexcusable delay on the part of the United States supreme court to pass upon the Adamson eight hour law. - 1 ESTABLISH THE FREE FERRY LADD & BUSH, Bankers i Established 1868 CAPITAL $300,000.00 Transact a General Banking Business Safely Deposit Boxes .SAVINGS DEPARTMENT The county of Marion and city of Salem ought to gether provide free passage of the river here. No? that the bridge is closed a free ferry is the only remedy in sight, and this should be quickly installed. Already there has been too much delay and too little interest on part of officials in meeting an emergency that is inconvenienc ing, thousands -of people and materially injuring the busi ness 01 many others. The tree terry could be operated for a year for less money than it would cost to plank the railroad bridge. There is no necessity toargue the right or the advisability of the county or city, or both together, maintaining a free ferry at Salem. This city pays two thirds of the taxes of Marion county, and naturally all the taxes of the city of Salem, and its interests are en titled to due consideration at the hands of the public authorities. More than this 1500 vehicles were crossing the bridge daily at the time it was closed to traffic, indi cating that it was a link in the most important highway in the state. The business interests of Salem feel that the officials whose business it is to attend to public affairs have put them in a hole in this matter and are apparently in no haste to get them out again. They demand action and will probably force it in one way or another in a very short time. The free ferry should be put in operation at once the people are going to have it and it is useless to hold out against it. ". The Capital Journal was on the street last night with the news of the overthrow of the Russian government be fore any of the Portland papers, and as these were printed about 1 o'clock their news was not the latest re ceived. It may be stated too, that they did not have the story of the failure of the railroad managers and brother hoods to agree, and the announcement the strike would certainly take place as scheduled. The Journal gets the Early vegetables such as are imported by Oregon, will and ether workers who rmsst be late, scarce and dear. This is due to the unprecedented jfcape enduring strength, take com wave wmcn in fionaa, lexas ana aouuiern an-: fornia sent the mercury last winter down to 24 above. ' Potatoes were frozen in the ground and melons, lettuce ; and nearly all early vegetation was killed, a large portion of the fields having to be replanted, with the consequent result of being late in reaching the markets. In some things the Oregon product will be ready for market al most as soon as those from the countries south of us. Our governor reasons along some rather queer lines. Recently in answer to a query as to the effect of the abolition of capital punishment on crime, he stated that "crime has not increased since the abolition of capital punishment. Murder has not increased." Then he adds: "I am inclined to believe the fear of capital punishment has a wholesome effect upon persons planning murder. The governor must base his belief on something other than his own observations as he says exactly the contrary as to the facts of what he states as his belief. mmmn to build up and keep up their health. Surely it will do at much for you, but insist on SCO ITS. 6cott & Bowm. Btoomactd. K. J. U-tS The business men have at last taken matters in their own hands as to establishing a free ferry and it will soon materialize. . The only mistake they made was in not do ing this when the bridge was first condemned. si m 1 THOREAU The books that Henry Thoreau wrote are little read, these later days; men care , not how a hermit pote disported in the wood land ways. The struggle after stock and bond is so intense wre little heed the nature lover by his pond, with hair and whiskers gone to seed. Yet never should his fame grow stale, while big assessments stick like wax ; he is the man who went to jail before he'd pay a county tax. I think of Thoreau in his cell, that hero sheriffs could not swerve, and feel the heart within me swell with admiration for his nerve. They tax us more each passing year, and waste the coin on useless trash, and we are all such slaves of fear, we meekly - pay our hard earned cash. In public prints we make a wail, for sym pathy we make a bid; but no one dares to go to jail, as Henry David Thoreau did. We may forget that -great man's books, forget his toil with ax and rake, we may for get the sylvan nooks in which he roamed by Walden lake; but never let us be so lax as to forget this splendid tale; Before he d pay a robber tax, the hero-martyr went to ail. " Navy Department 1 . Awards Large Contract by tlio William Cramp company of Philadelphia, two by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco and two by the Seattle Construction company. Washington, March .10. The largest ' The fifth of the Authorized battle i single contract ever awarded bv the navy department amounting to over if 100,000,000 was completed yesterday when Secretary of the Navy ' Pamela announced awards for construction of four battle cruisers and six scout cruisers. The Newport News Shipbuilding com pany was awarded contracts for two of the battle cruisers. The New York, Shipbuilding company and the Fore Kiv'er Shipbuilding corporation will each build one battle cruiser. The scout eruisers will be built, two cruisers will be built at the Philadel phia navy yard. Work on this yesscl has already commenced. A statement by the department de scribes the new ships ns the largest and most expensive ever built in- this country or in the world." All the ships are to be finished "at the earliest possible moment in which it is physically possible to complete them under existing conditions. ' ' Sell it Journal classified ad way. Sell it the Journal Want Ad Way. Meda! for Peace Essay Offered High Schools University of Oregon Kiigrne, March Hi!. High school students of the state of Oregon have an opportunity to com pete in trie gold medal essay contest ro ue ntin tins spring muter the direc tion of the American School lVace League of which -William II. Taft is president. At ihr jnvitation of .Mrs. Kiluilie Fein Andrews .F Itjiatnn rotary of the Peace League, the exten sion division of the University, through tho Oregon IIi;;h .School Debating League, will handle the details of ths contest. . These competitions are . feature of tho work of the American School Peace League and are given each year in the state where the Na- tirtnu) I.M..... : l . """" jAwjji-Miuon nappena to hold its sessions, Ttider the rule of the contest all high school pupils are eligible to compete. The subject selected for this year is, "The Influence of the United State in a Plan for Permanent Peace." Tho Oregon High School Debating Leaguo will name the committee of judges, and will select, from the best essays' suDmmetl, one by each schonl, the. three most meritorious. The authors of these three will deliver their essayi at Portland during the -meeting of th'j . X. E. A., July 7-14. In picking tho winner at each school, authorities will take into consideration the oratorical. ability of the writer, as well as th content of the - paper. The essays must be finished by May 25. Pen II. Williams, secretary of the social-vvelfam rlermrtniont nt th Trni- versity extension division, who wilt handle the details .of the peace essay contest, also has charge of 'the work-of the Intercollegiate Intelligence Bureau in gathering for the war department datit concerning students and alumni of the University who may be useful to the government in ease of war. FINE FOR RHEUMATISM! Musterole Loosens Up Those Stiff Joints Drives Out Pain You'll know why thousands use Mus terole once you experience the glad re-' lief it gives. Get a jar. at once from the nearest drug store. It is a clean, white ointment, made with' the oil .of mustard. Better than a mustard plaster and does not blister. Brings ease and comfort while it is being rubbed onl - 1 Musterole is recommended by many doctors and nurses. Millions of jars are used annually for bronchitis, croun. stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, pleurisy, rheu matism, lumbago, pains and aches of the back or joints, sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted feet, colds of the chest (it often prevents pneumonia), ImMWS iimn. M .fr..il CLIFFORD IS TAKEN HOME 1 . ,1M,ln .I,,,,, , , CUAPTEU CLXXX 1 was so shocked at Cliford's appear ance, so affected by his helplessness that 1 had to turn away to hide my tears. I think nothing would so have appealed to me as lul the weakness of my strong husband. As soon as I could control myself 1 set about getting him home,' in his own room where Alandy and 1 could wait upon him. I should also keep the nurse; but there was much we could do to nssistr At first Doctor llutchins was op posed to any change in his plans. Like most physicians, he favored a hospital, and I had some difficulty in persuad ing him to allow Clifford to be taken hvuie. Finally however I succeeded, soon we had him conitortabiy resting in his own bed. He had not seemed to sense my presence in the least. In fact the doctor had said it might be some time before he roused hiniselt sutti ciently to pay much attention to any one. C No Desire to Get Well Dot the day after we brought him home he. knew me. I was delighted, ami thought now he will-get well quickly. But after answering my question ''Do you know me Clifford? '''in a whisper, he lapsed again into the same lethargic I rushed from the room to hide my state. agitation. In a little while I went hk He scarcely ever spoke, but his eyes j He pretended to be slaeping, but followed me as 1 moved about the room! could see that he was not. I sat down For a few days he seethed to gain, yet by the bed and laid my hand over his so slightly that the doctor would not las it lay on the coverlit. 1V it ivae a onin i t ' . i. it t "Mrs. Hammond we must arouse ford-1" I asked. "It is terrible to see your husband in some way or he willlyou like this." die. He is not trying to get well Ij X Condition have done all I can but for some rea-j "'If you will promises to stay with, son he doesn't seem to want to live. Imp," he replied, and his fingers clos- iuis is piaui spenbing, our. you Know ert over mine. best if there is anything you can do to waken a desire to recover in him." Offord didn't want to get well, he wanted to die. So the doctor had said. But why! Could it be possiblo hat he regretted driving me away; that the breaking up of our home had anything to do with his illness, and his indit and he was put into an ambulance and'iforencer I did not seem to me possible fat first that this could be so, but the more closely I watched him, tho more uncertain 1 became. '" Clifford . why don't you help the doctor, and try to get well?" I asked him one. morning as I rearranged his pillows. "Because 1 don't care" whether I live or die," was his whispered ans wer, while two big tears of self pity and weakness rolled down his pale cheeks. ' It was terrible! Clifford crying! why "Oh, don t talk about that, iust get. well," I returned almost rnie stricken at his answer. He made no reply, but unloosed hi-" fingers, and turned wearilv on his pil low. "Edith will be here tomorrow," I said, hoping to rouse him to interest. " 1 shall be glad - to - aee her,' 1 he answered, but with no attempt to look at me. The nurse came in just then and I left the room. Was ever a woman ia such a position? I had given Leonard Brooke my promise. He loved me I loved him, why should I spoil his life, for Clifford's sake, yet if I let. CliX- to return to him I should feel like -a murderess. f TntHOrmur T-Wtth nrrtrM "flie Newton and Mandy