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July l.l, 1H17.
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THE SUBMARINE WARFARE A FAILURE
While but little is heard recently of submarine activi
ties it is because the first scare is over and the world is
already becoming accustomed to the ocean conditions.
Whpn the war first broke a battle such as are now of
almost daily occurrence attracted world wide attention
and the destruction of human life was appalling. We
have become accustomed to this condition and take it
quite as a matter of course. It is the same with the sub
marine. An accurate account of losses since the be
ginning of Germany's second campaign of ruthlessness
shows that there is for the past month or more consider
able of a decrease in the sinkings; and this while an in
crease was promised by the Germans and expected by all
others whose ships sailed the Atlantic.
At first there was a tremendous excitement and a
shuddering fear that Germany would succeed in carrying
out her threats of starving England into surrender. We
became almost hysterical, but now that we have measured
the menace and have accurate knowledge of the extent
of the danger the accounts of the torpedoing of a big
vessel hardly calls for more than a moment's considera
tion. Taking stock of the merchant marine now on hand,
estimating the destruction due to submarines, and count
ing the tonnage the shipyai'ds of the world are turning
out, it is readily seen that instead of the merchant marine
growing smaller, it is now about holding its own and
within another year will increase despite submarine
activities. At the beginning of May there was under con
structon in this country about two million tons, or ten
times as much as was built in 1914. At the same time
England had quit buildil!,war ships and her yards were
.. fniffrffyvfr "iripvprinnf. shine At tho hoo'inninn' nf .Tiinu
v - r i & &
she had a million and a half tons of ships building in her
yards. At the same time France,was bending her ener
gies along the same lines and adding largely to the world's
carriers. General Goethals has promised three million
tons more within eighteen months, and the board of
which he is manager has raised his estimates and says
it will turn out five million tons within that time.
It has been estimated that the destruction by sub
marines since the war began amounts to about six million
tons. This in three years. Within the next eighteen
months, if plans are carried out besides the five million
tons turned out under direction of the government, there
will be at least a million, and perhaps two million tons
turned out for private owners. In other words this
country will in eighteen months build more ships than the
submarines have destroyed in three years. To these must
be added the tonnage turned out by England and France
as well as other countries. Japan is building at a great
rate and even to hold the cargo carrying fleet at its pres
ent capacity will require that the submarines sink more
than double the number of vessels right along than they
sank during the period of their greatest activity." On top
of this it must not be overlooked that the destruction by
submarines is falling off rather than increasing, and this
showing tends to still further discourage the prosecution
of that kind of warfare. The submarine war is not ended,
but the scare over it is. Its worst feature is not the
destruction of ships, but of foodstuffs. They are harder
to replace, but here too the United States plays a great
part, and can raise enough in average years to overcome
even German destructiveness. While there was an in-
The situation in Germany should not be over estimated.
While there is considerable of a row on, it is not likely it
will result in anything more than a change of ministers.
The dispute is however a hopeful sign that the leaven of
democracy is working even in Germany, and may eventu
ally result in a real upheaval. This however will not
come until the German people realize they have been
deliberately deceived by the militarists who have slaugh
tered the best and bravest of Germany's sons on the altar
of an utterly heartless ambition. This condition has not
yet been reached, and it may be a year or more before it
will, but if the war lasts a couple of years it will be
learned, and when it is those who know the German
character will understand it will be acted upon.
TENT TO
E PLACED ON CAMPUS
Location On High School
Ground Is Found Not
Large Enough
The big Chautauqua teut will oecupy
its accustomed place on tho Willamette
university campus
No, the public is assured that local
committeeman grounds is not trying to
promote a guessing contest as to the
location of the chautauqua tent, and
they are unanimous iu their assurances
that once the big tent is stretched un
der no consideration whatover shall it
be removed to tho high school vnrd or
any other yard.
The mass of canvas that is to enclose
the Salem chautauqua reached the citv
vesterdav. and when actual details nf
There erecting it were taken up it was found
Those educators now educating in convention at Port
land want German taught in the public schools. There
might be no great objection to it if the pupils ever
learned the language. There is not one out of a hundred,
after taking the course, that can speak German, read it,
understand it or make himself or herself understood in
it. Whv then a waste of time in teaching- at it?
can be one answer, and that is that it gives someone a L.eTL'SZ1 k ciIw
chance for a job, at a good salary. It is much the same " room for the most part, and to find
ting the numerous stakes, it was found
necessary to trespass on private proper
ty which would doubtless be objection
able. These and other details easily
overlooked by those unfamiliar with the
job of locating the big auditorium,- made
the Marion streot site a difficult one
to utilize.
Accordingly and in view of the con
sent of the university board of some
days ago, it was decided to use the orig
inal location to which the Salem public
have become accustomed. - .
in teaching music, for while it is taught it is not learned.
It is generally public money thrown away in each of
these cases
Rippling Rhyme's
by Walt Mason
GERMAN VICTORIES
The German hosts are slowly losing, re
treating inch by inch; positions of their
careful choosing, and which they thought
a cinch, have from their, .warriors been
wrested, by allied sword and gun; by Haig
Pop Hindenberg's been bested, he'll soon be
on the run. Yet Kaiser Bill is busy spin
ning, whene'er he ha3 the chance, tall yarns
of how his men are winning, among the
hills of France. The more the kaiser's men
are beaten, the more he weaves his hat.
"Just watch our masterly retreatin'," he
yells; "get wise to that! Such strategy's
beypnd all praising, the f oe; it must con
found; by strokes of genius amazing, we've lost ten miles
f ground !" How long will patient Germans swallow the
kaiser s fairy tale, while they strive on, with stomachs
hollow, to raise for Bill more kale? Upon his word they
have been leaning, and never found it right. , He told
them that submarining would shortly end the fight. He
told them Hindenberg would quickly back Britain off the
scene; he told them fibs so thin and sickly they'd fool no
horse marine. With Bill defeat's a thing of glory, and
soup becomes champagne; how long will Germans stand
his story, and still be counted sane?
Km
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CANNING THE KAISER
Bethel News
(Contiuued from page seven.)
ping a small lot of hops. Mr. TaUiot
estimates the hop acreage to have been
reduced from L'(i,000 acres to about 11,-
before her!'1"" acres in Oregon, and quite a part of
ithe present acreage has neon so poorly
cultivated that it will yield no more
than- half a crop.
i Mrs. i. ('. ('Brothers recently enter
tained the ladies of the White school
I neighborhood. The Red Cross work was
thoroughly discussed. Mrs. ('Brothers
served refreshments. Her guests were
iMis. I!. ,1. (Irim, Mrs. M. 1. Leaho, Mrs.
Mr. and Mrs. Stncklmid and Dr. Holt i Fred t'runn, Mrs. E. M. Grim, Mrs. Fred
t l,.vtt.,,. 1 -.,,-. iti tit-,tr !iiu,IiV I -c II ill HH r, .irs. . V. C.IIIII, iU I H. i icii-
Arnold. Mrs. Evans name
marriage was Miss Rose Stniger.
Klnier Roth passed the recent oiyhtTi
grade examination and has received his
diploma. licit Stiudboig, Jyv Roth and
Minnie liattnlion passed the examina
tions iu pltysiologv.
AURORA NEWS NOTES
Tho explanatory news dispatch and
the words of "Canning the Kaiser"
follow!
News dispatch London, June 30.
The newspapers declare today that the
American soldiers and marines have
found a slogan, which is, "Can the
Kaiser!" The British are much puzzled
by the nbility of the Americans to in
vent new slang, and tho papers explaiu
that the word "can" is used in the
sense of hermetically sealing the kaiser
to prevent his further activity.
(Tune: "Marching Through Geor
gia.") Bring the good old bugle, boys, we'll
sing another song,
Sing it with a spirit that will move the
world along,
Sing it as we need to sing it, half a mil
lion strong
, While wo are canning thd kaiser.
Chorus
Oh, Bill! Oh, Bill! We're on the job
today!
Oh, Bill! Oh, Bill! We'll seal you so
you'll stay!
We'il put yon up with ginger in the
good old Yankee way
While we are canning the kaiser.
Hear the song we're singing on the'
shining roads of France;
Hear the Tommies cheering, and see the
Poilus prance;
Africanders and Kamtclis and Scots
without their pants
While wo are canning the kaiser.
Bring the guns from Bcthlehemx by way
of old New York,
Bring the beans from Boston, and don't
leave out the pork;
Bring a load of soda-pop, and pull the
T
Supporting Mr. Hoover
You Women know who Mr. Hoover is, of
course. In his efforts to conserve and pre
serve the food supply of the nation he has
asked you to Use Carefully and Waste Noth
ing. What you can do may only seem a mite
but it will be Mighty when added to the
economy of every other household.
In your buying of food supplies and other
household needs, don't you think a Bank
Account here would help systmeatize
things ?
More Than Five Thousand Patrons
MteiSfatlfetiMaliaiifo
Marshal and Deputies
Are Trying to Make
Salem Fire Proof
The deputies of the state fire mar
shal's office who with Chief Hutton
are making a survev of the conditions
as to the fire hazards of the citv of Sa
lem are enthusiastic in their report of
the uniform courtesy and consideration
that ,is accorded them on every hand
by the citizens of Salem. Wherever the
inspectors go, they are welcome and
the owners and occupants of btiildines
are offering every assistance in their
power to make Salem fire proof.
riere and tnere, however, there is
tound a " doubting Thomas, " but a few
moments tam with tne survivors is
usually sufficient to convince tho most
ardent doubter. Some -of the most prev
alent defects, however, that arc found,
are in relation to root's and flues and
in these respects, tho fire marshal de
partment issues the following warning:
Clean your roof of moss in this dry
weather., The nioss at this time of the
year becomes as inflammable as gun
powder. A burning flue on a building
having a moss covered roof will inevi
tably set the roof on fire. This means
water to put it out which will run
through the buildings and seriously
damage the contents. A moss covered
roof is unsightly and mitigates against
the looks of your town and property.
Erroneous ideas have gone forth to the
and within sixty days, the street com
missioner has authority to cut the
grass or weeds. Violation of the ordi
nance is made a misdemeanor-
grape-juice cork
While we are canning the kaiser.
Come, you men from Dixieland," you
lumberljaeks of Maine;
tome, you Texas cowboys, and you
farmers of the nlain:
From Florida to Oregon, wo lsoast the
Yankee strain
While we are canning the kaiser.
Now we've started on the job, we mean
to put it through;
Ship the. kings and kaisers all, and
make the world anew;
Clear the way for common folks, for
men like me and you
While we are canning the kaiser-Chorus.
MTIiTiF.1t FAMILY REUNION
For the first timo in more than tea
years, the Geo. Miller home was the
scene last Saturday of a family reunion
at which every member of the family
was present, the sons having been away
from home for several years. .Tame
Miller and Alvin Miller are now travel
ing in the. employ of the Ellison-White
chautauqua company, and George Miller
and Andrew Miller, two younger sons,
are working in Portland, one for the I.
K. ij. & p. 'o. and the other for the
O. W. K. & N. Co., in the general frejght
office. The day was a happy and mem
orable one, those present being Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Miller and four sons, James,
Alvin, George and Andrew, and daugh
ter Mrs. Ida C. Askin and her husband
Geo. Askin, Jr., and the Misses Mary,
Tillie and Katie Giesy, Teddy fioosevelfc
Giesy, and Miss Louisa Miller. The sons
wcTe here for the day only, and all
have returned to their work. Aurora,
Observer.
effect that cleaning moss covered roofs
is to have, a roof that will leak. This U
not true, but to the contrary, the con
ditions, caused by the growing moss
tends to rot the shingles and causes
more trouble and expense in the long
run. A painted roof prevents mose and
is an asset to the building as well as a
fire retarder. Clean yonr flue once a
year; Beware of flues built on brackets.
A bracket built flue is the cause of
sixty five per cent ot the fires report
ed as defective flue fires. See that
there is no floor joists or other wood
resting on the flue and that there is
no wood easing or lathing or furring
within two inches of the chimney place,
lie careful of all joists between stove
pipes and flues. Be sure that the metal
thimbles are properly, placed. A great
many fires start from where tho stove
pipe enters the flue. Stovepipes should
never be allowed to come in contact
with combustible material. After re
moving a stovepipe from a chimney,
close the vent with a metal thimble.
Rags and paper stuffed in the opening
will cause fire.
JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY
were in
lr. Holt is a friend of E. T. fierce am! j
formerly lived at Harrisburg.
Mr. and Mrs. ltusi-how and sons of
Frv. Mrs. Thos, M.-Rae, Mrs. R. S.
lilcw, Mrs. .lenuie Karl and tho Misses
Fin and LettcniHier.
Western Hope lfebekah lodge No.'12.),
: of Aurora installed
the next term, July
j were installed:
; Rose lainni, V,
its officers fo
7. The following
Elsie Wicgnud, i. I.;
G.; Jessie Gray, secre
of l'ortlnml were guests of Mr. am!
Mrs. H. II. Smith Sunday. Mis. Has-
enow ami miss noisenu are sisiers oi i,,i.,.;,.. ;, ,, i,,.nnm-
Mrs. Smith iMre. Anna Brewer, K.' S. X. G.; Lela
Among those motoring into town Sat-; Xm.kor u s. - u SllraU ,iPRS0 B.
nrdav evening were Major and U'S-.y. (.;.; Audrey Sweet, L. S. V. G.: Cor
Mosl.berger nt oo,lburii, Mr. aiuO rs.;lia wi ,,' (,mllm,r)ir; Mrs. Victor
r, S. ergon of the White school die-1 ,. w..r.i,.11: iils. Henry Beck, inside
and the Ogleshy Bros, ot Jlrks ., Carpenter, chap
lain. Mrs. M. E. I'hillips was installed
My Husband and
A NEW TEMPTATION TO EXTRAVAGANCE
CHAPTER XCV.
triet
I'ruirie
Mr. n ml Mrs. II. K. Wolfer and Mr.
and Mrs, W. H. Jackson made a trip to
the coast recently at Pacific City.
While there Gene Garrett captured a
big scalinn weighing nearly a tou and
a half.
Mrs. liana Mi-IXinnld and her grand
daughter, Miss Nancy McDonald, eaine
creased acreage this year in most crops there will be a still Up mmi' i-oniand Saturday to' yb.it
greater one next year if the war continues and this fc
country can make good practically all losses Germany canliand Monday but m. M.-ihmnid wui
lnliict on the world either in ships or foodstuffs.
Judging from the samples printed some folks think a
slogan should be long enough to cut up into chapters and
yelled in the form of a serial.
LADD.& BUSH, Banters
Established 18GS
CAPITAL - $300,000.00
TRANACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
: SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
remain for a week.
Guy N. llirkok, cashier of the Aurora
State bank, will spend his vacation, be
ginning this week, in the auditor's de
partment of the Northwestern National
bank at Portland, to widen his knowl
edge of banking methods and practices.
He will be absent nlut two weeks. .
Mr. and Mm. Chris Zimmerman went
to .ilbany Saturday afternoon. Sunday
morning they weut to Newport for the
day. They were accompanied to Albany
by l.ouis W'ebert who joined Mrs. We
bert there for the trip to Newport.
Henry Tantfost of Fargo and Frank
Jones tit' Ncwberg were here Thursday
purchasing hardware supplies needed
in the repair of the big barn on the
W. K. Si henrer place at Fsrgo. It was
Mr. Jone's first visit here iu nearly 20
years.
.lee Kesch, who was here reeently
fnini the I'nion neighborhood, has fit
ted jiii his threshing outfit to enable ( pr.
him to thresh beans perfectly. Those
having beans to thresh may haul them
to his pla-e and have the work done
promptly ami efficiently and haul the
threshed beans aw.iy wttn. taem.
Harry Talbot was here Tuesday ship-
as hast noble grand, and Phil Tucker as
drill master. Aurora Observer.
Weed and Thistle
Ordinance Will Be
Enforced by Officials
Particularly on account of the fire
risk they offer, and also because of
their unsightly appearance, Street Com
missioner Low has been giwn orders
to enforce the provisions of the weed
and thistle ordinance, which provides
that unless prOorty owners cut the
weeds, thistles, and rank vegetable
growth on their property, the commis
sioner will give them warning first,
and then if the warning is unheeded,
lay the matter before the council to
get authority to cut and remove the
growth.
The cost of rutting and removing the
needs w ill be charged against the prop
erty as a lien and sn assessment will
be made. The ordinance specifically
says "weeds, thistles, grass, aad rank
vegetable growth." If the rutting and
removing is not done by the projierty
owuer. written notice that it must be
rut will be served bv the commission-
Then if the weeds are not cut
within five days after notice, on con
viction the property owner shall he
fined not less thati five dollars or more
ihan &!.'i.
If not cut after the five davs notice
When wo reached home I insisted
that A'ivian come in ami take lunch
eon with me. She accepted without
much urging and played with the
baby while
extra
Faulty Reasoning.
Vivian had an engagement later in
the afternoon, so could not take 'me
home. She, however, drove me to the
subway entrance-
All the way home I busied myself
by thinking how economical I was. I
some
I helped Norah prepare had made over half the price of my
dishes, and make the: dress by my cleverness. That I might
table attractive. -When
we had iinished she proposed
have gotten along without the dress.
ami allowed tne commission to eo on
Ithe old debt, instead of increasing it
that so long as she had her car wejby the difference between the cost of
unc nj;iu uonn 10 .uauHiue rieioise, tne itress ami tlie commisison never ent
and see if she had anything she (Vi-jereil my head. But I did think of how
vian) wanted. I, of course, offered ; jealous Helen would be when I told
no objections, and so we started al
most immediately wo had eaten.
Madame 'a delight was evident. She
was a good judge of human nature,
as well of human pocketbooks 1 ima
gine) because she used just the right
tone with Vivian, who, when madame
had left the room a moment told me
site thought madame charming.
We were there nearly an hour. Vi
vian ordered two gowns and a negli
gee. Her bill would be over throe
hundred dollars. My commisison over
thirty. What an easy way to
her what an amount Vivian had order
ed. It would serve Helen right for try
ing to use Peggy's purchases.
When Tom came home I eaw at
once that his ill-nature had departed.
I had not put the dress away, and he
saw it very fist thing. He seowled, as
he remarked:
"I thought I told you not to bny
rny more clothes until that bill at that
French shop was paid."
I hated to have him cross again,
and almost without thinking 1 re
ts' 1 j plica:
one s domes eneapiy. L tnougnt, justj "ion shouldn't object to my having
.-,....,,,-,...-.-.,,. rnnnes wnen I earn them nt
itress sometning on tne oriter or tne one self "
Peguv had bought.
"This will just suit you Mrs. Ran
dall, and so cheaji " she ' whispered
"onlv fiftv-five dollars, and vour com-
"What do
them how?"
I explained
e.l by madame.
you mean? You earn
the commission,
to him.
illow-
nnssaons will pay over Half of it. ' I, "But doesn't she make Vivian pay
cuusrniru iu rj 11 on, aim iitiii s re- more because of rtt" be asked. "I
marks uncut its beconiingness decided
me.
'.'I'll take it! " I told madame. Then
T said to Vivian. "I make any altera
tions needed myself."
"Aren't you clever!" be praised.
"I wish I could do such things; but I
never as tiuight to sew."
should hate to think you made monev
that way."
"Oil. no!" I hastened to assure him.
"Mie pays just what anyone would
have to. But you see had "it not been
for me madame might neer have
hean". of her; he can very well afford
to pay for a rich customer. And the
nice part is' that the customer not only
isn 't charged any more but knows noth
ing of the arrangement," I quoted
Helen.
"Well, I suppose it's all right, but
even so wouldn't it have been wise to
let it go ou the bill until we were even
ed up?"
"No! I needed the dress," I re
turned, but I saw that Tom had un
derstood that the commissions paid
for the dress. Should I undeceive
bimf "
Hard to Decide.
At first I though I would be frank
and tell him all about it. Then I re
called how cross he had been for two
days, and that if I did tell him he would'
be angry again. But there was the
other side of the question also. How i
the world would I ever get money
enough together to pay the bills I was
piling up?
Tom himself decided the question, br
dismissing the subject. He asked me
about Mr. Cr&ndeH, and I told him of
my visit to the hospital. Of the jelly,
and thea of my meeting with Viviaa
Morton and that she had lunched with
me.
"Mr. Crandell made me promise to
eome every day," I said, after I lad
explained how weak he seemed, and
that he was in great pain.
"You may not be able to an ...
day, but go as often as vmi rn i
will be impossible for me to go dar
ing the day; and it is uu to ns to Hn .11
we ran for him."
"I think so too!" I reinln.-.,! "T
him I felt guiltllv to blame "
"He doesn't feel that
he?" -
"Oh, no. indeed! He wouldn't hear
a word of it-"
(Tomorrow A Quiet Period.)
"A