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Jl-l of The Capital Journal SHEB I isher I norm CHARLES H. FISHER Editor and Publisher I Page 5 SATURDAY EVENING J T J September 15, J917 J A&JG. - - . . , .1-. i-r.iirf 4 PUBLISHED EVERY EVEXINO EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. U 8. BABNES, President, CHAS. H. FISHER, Vice-President. DOBA O. ANDBESEN, See. and Treat. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Daily by earner, per year.. Daily by mail, per year -J5.00 3.00 Per month . Per month ..45c 35e FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH BEPORT EASTERN EPHESENTaT1VE8 Ward Lewis, New York, Tribune Building. Chicago, W. It. Stockwell, People's Om Building The Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the poreh. If the carrier does not do This, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following -Otrnctions. Phone Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed yon. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper in Salom whose circulation is guaranteed by in Audit Bureau of Circulations. WILL KILL HIM FOR BEING RIGHT "EVERYBODY'S DOING IT" In an editorial paragraph a few days ago it was stated that the fishermen were selling salmon at four cents. The price just now is eight cents but that does not alter the " comment made on the difference between the price paid by the jobbers and that finally charged the consumer. The only difference is that instead of making 275 per cent the consumer pays someone 150 per cent more than the fisherman gets and this is simply charging all the traffic will bear. We do not pretend to say who gets this profit but we do assert that the consumer pays it. In do in? so he Davs more than the service is worth. The retail dealer may be held up by the jobber but whether he is or not the consumer is charged more for his fish than a fair profit justifies. However, the fishdealers, and by this we mean the jobbers as well as all others handling the fish between the fisherman and the consumer, is not alone in this P-rabbine for the dollar. The whole country has gone mad in its chase for money. There is not an article used by the people that has not advanced greatly in price. These increases are alleged to be due to the war, and they are. The war is made an excuse for adding much more than the increased price on accoimt of it. We have for instance at Butte, Montana, painters who but a short time ago were working for $4.00 a day and who are now get ting $6.50, striking for $8.00. Carpenters working for. $4.50 in Puget Sound points are demanding $6.00, Seattle and Portland shipyard workers want a minimum oi jpo.uu for eight hours. Laborers on farms and in the woods are ' retting much more than they received a year or two ago. We are all acting as though there is no limit to what business can pay for labor, and as though there was no limit to what the consumer can pay for everything he eats, drinks, wears or sleeps on or under. Farmers who a short time ago looked upon dollar wheat as about all that could be desired, now object to from $1.70 to $2.20 a bushel. So it goes down the whole line. No, the fisher men and dealers are far from being alone in the charging of exorbitant prices. In the language of the song recently popular: "Everybody's doing it." The state highway commission is rushing the work of paving on the Siskiyou mountain section of the Pacific highway. Night and day crews are laying the "hot stuff" and it is hoped to finish the work before the heavy rains set in. Just what the big idea is with the commission does not annear to the ordinary mortal who can hardly see the value of a paved road which cannot be reached in the winter season from any direction. The Siskiyou pave ment will loom white, silent and deserted all next winter while daring tourists who attempt to travel the Pacific highway are stuck in the mud all through western Ore gon. If the commission were to have work rushed night and day on those places where a little rain makes an im passable mudhole the result by next winter might be less spectacular than the paving of Siskiyou mountain but far .more satisfactory and useful to the public at large. A dispatch yesterday stated draft frauds have been uncovered in Missouri which involve a dozen exemption officials. A man has been found who confessed to pay ing a draft official $250, to be exempted on the ground of physical disability. It seems no calling trade pursuit or occupation is free from the dirty American grafter. In this particular case, the receiver of coin who accepted it as a salve for violated oaths of office, should be im prisoned for life. Situations change rapidly in Russia. General Korni loff started a revolution because of a difference of opin ion between himself and Premier Kerensky as to the character of punishment necessary to enforce discipline. Kerensky was against capital punishment and harsn measures. Korniloff wanted capital punishment made the law again and insisted it was the only measure that would bring the Russian troops back to a realization of their duty. Over this difference the two came to blows, so to speak. Korniloff undertook to do the only thing ne thought would save the situation. He could not enforce discipline, and his soldiers drifted away from him forcing him to a point where he must surrender. Now, Kerensky j wno was against severe punisnment insists upon it as against Korniloff, and those who aided him. No doubt Korniloff was just as much a patriot as Kerenesky. He had only the' good of Russia at heart. The best course under the circumstances is for Kerensky to forget their differences, restore Kormlofi to his command and by his acts as head oi the government show that it is Russia alone he is working tor, and that no mere personal feel ings will be permitted to endanger the things he is fight ing for. This would do more to unify the country than any thing he could do. At the same time now that'Korni loff has demonstrated he is right as to strict discipline being an absolute necessity, Kerensky should also, lay aside his opinion on that subject and adopt those that have been proved correct. Now the Russian people are also demanding Korniloff 's death, thereby indorsing his position that capital punishment is necessary to enforce discipline. 1 hey would punish him for his breach o: discipline by inflicting the punishment he demanded. And Kerensky's turn to face public displeasure may come next evidence of his wanning popularity can no' longer be overlooked. And He Did tjflH THE FlRST.PP,r or-g" I THE. YEAK-I'LlLEATi Sg The members of the board of advisers who are helping in food control are making a mistake in undertaking to deceive the people as to conditions. That they are doing so is shown in a statement by one of them yesterday, who in speaking of milling conditions and the fact that wheat was not being delivered as rapidly as it should be, said among other thngs: "We have an extraordinary large crop of wheat to draw from." This gives the direct lie to the government reports and besides is not true. Conse quently the statement must be looked upon as a deliber ate attempt to deceive. The American people more than any other demand to know the truth about conditions, and once they know them they can be depended on to do whatever is necessary under the circumstances, to. either bear or overcome. Elihu Root speaking on the subject of Russia said Russia is still a factor in the war and will continue to be so until the end. He points out that Russia however ap parently helpless she is, is compelling the kaiser to keep a vast army on the Russian frontier, and so long as she does this she is doing good work for the allies. Should Russia make peace with Germany it would free an army of two million according to Mr. Root's statement that could be hurled against the British and French on the western front with results that might be disastrous. So long as Russia stays in the war that nation is doing a splendid work, even though it does not fight a battle. Now it is charged that prohibition is responsible for the restless condition of labor and the numerous strikes, The person making the charge says that the closing of the saloons has caused the laboring man to save his money until he has become .50 opulent he is "sassy" and don't care whether he works or not whereas under the regime of the saloon he was kept poor and so could not afford to strike. His necessities compelled him to work. Is it pos sible that Booze was after all humanity's best friend, even though so completely disguised I Germany takes the position that American revelations as to Count Luxburg make the affair one for Sweden alone to deal with. In view of further revelations as to Sweden's charge d' affares in Mexico doing Germany's spy work, and the indications that Sweden has secretly been practically an ally of Germany, the iatter's desire to have Sweden alone deal with the matter is easily understood. j Rippling Rhymes i by Walt Mason 4 BACK HOME LADD & BUSH, Banker Established 1SG3 CAPITAL - $500,000.00 TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS SAVINGS DEPARTMENT From mountain and from sea resort the tourists are returning, and they have freckles by the quart, and sunburn fiercely burning. No doubt you gamboled with the rest, where sylvan torrent gushes, where little robins build their nest, and sparrows chase the thrushes. No doubt ydu're full of thrilling yarns, that you desire to tell us, of ocean waves or mountain tarns whieh tales will make us jealous. But have you brought back nothing more than rather idle stories of basking by the briny's shore, or mid the forest's glories? Have you brought back a lot of pep for your employ er s service, or have you still a lagging step, and are you stale and nervous? Have you brought back new vim and zeal, from all your rural scouting? Unless you have, I surely feel, you've had a useless outing. Have you brought back a glad desire to quit you lazy nodding, an labor like a house afire, and set the boss applauding? If you still hunt the easy chair in which we've oft sun-eye i you, your tan won t get you anywhere, your freckles will not aid you. p A SPY IN CORVALLIS (Corvallis Times-Gazette) A -few weeks ago there was a man in Corvallis trying to buy. hair to mako switches. A half a dozen women in formed this office that . he acted "queer" and thev thought he German spy. In one house he succeed ed in getting the lady to let him have some of ner combings for a switch. After she had talked to him awhile she got scared and changed her mind and rerused.to let him have the hair. After he had gone, the incident made such an impression on her, that she took the combings she had so carefully saved and burned them because this man had handled them. At another place he of fered $20 for a switch that the lady had- bhe agreed. Ho wanted to take the switch and send it in. She insisted on having the cash and the deal fell through. While these thinea were soine on the G.-T. received this mysterious let ter: 'Editor: Last week there was a German spy in Corvallis. He was taking orders for making switches from ladies hair combings. He stopped while here with a wealthy Uerman family. They are German sympathizers though out wardly loyal. But I, the writer, work ing in another room adjoining, dis tinctly heard him tellinsr the lady where he stayed, and though their con versation was in Uerman, 1 understand every word. They do not know I can speak the language so were earcless. He told her the switches would be im pregnated with a loathsome disease to ruin American women and their chil dren and that it would ruin the mind also. I have not space to tell vou the I frightful things-he said, but to be brief! it was, he said, the intention of the uerman government, thru their SERVING THE COLORS Whether you now belong or later join the National Armies of your Country it might be well to place your financial affairs in the hands of the United States National Bank. We are prepared to serve you in distant Training Camps and at the Front--by accepting and for warding remittances by mail and otherwise relieving your mind of business worries. Tell us of your plans.. Let us tell you of our facilities and services. COMPLETE MODERNHELPFUL MteiSlatlilieiialiaiik Truth." The G-T. was disinclined to believe that there was anything to this com munication. It figured that somebody had either allowed the numerous re ports of poisoning by German spies to work on her imagination or that she was trying to hoax the newspaper. Inasmuch as the government was ar resting spies right and left on similar charges, the G.-T. turned the letter ov er to the United States district attor ney and at the same time advertised for t 'Truth)" to come forward and make herself known. The government thought enough of the letter to send a secret service man. here to investi gate but the peddler had gone and the government is still trying to locato him. Believing that nothing is to be gain ed by keeping the matter quiet, the G.-T. after consulting a government agent, is publishing the letter. Wo don't believe there is anything to it but think it is a matter that the pub lic ought to know about. If it was meant for a joke, it wasn't much of a jone and if "Truth" is telling the truth, she is as guilty as the peddler or his accomplice in not coming thru with enough information 10 make an investigation effective. AURORA SCHOOL FAIR. 3 The Daily Novelette I THE DAILY NOVELETTE. Grape Gravy. (Great Inventions Series.) "Tooby," said Goodman Blunk one evening late in 1407, "why don't you squeeze the gravy of grapes, and store it down the cellar in bottles, like our neighbor, Mistress Middbean She calls it grapejuice how appropriate! It conies from grapes, so she calls it grapejuice! " ''What would you expect her to call it bay runif" snapped his wife, who was of an exceedingly jealous nature. And the next day she called her eight children, Florigail, Linier, Himpen stock, Hammock, Highway, Scabner, Blunnion and Trapeze (see Marcel Voor's "Curious Cognomens of the Fifteenth Century"), and set them to work picking grapes. As fast as they picked them. Mistress Blunk squeezed the gravy out of the ones thev hadn't eaten, -and by nightfall she had filled thirty bottles and stored them in the 1 1 The Aurora annual school industrial! . " ., , . fair will hn held in the .tnra hnilrlincr I lureo monrns later txoodman Blunk formerly occupied by Sadler & Kraus,!was "u "T the bottonl of next door to the Observer office, Wed nesday, September 19, 1917. Competent attendants will be there to receive and deep sleep by crashes, smashes, blasts and detonations. Rushing down into the unlighted cellar with a lighted place the exhibits. More than 120 prizes candle. b the bottles of grapejuice are offered for various products of the j exploding -one after the other all along labor of pupils. The schools included in this school fair district are the A White, Union Hill and Meridian, It is spies .,i 1 j:4.: n. people with awful disease ecrms in every conceivable way, also homes and stock and waterways.- He told her to pretend great lovnltv and "to work the Red Cross stunt and the flag dis play." Then they both laughed.' me sneir. Airer nis wite had eaten a good breakfast to give hor courage, she went down to see what had become of believed that exhibits will include prac-1 nun carried up his unconscious form tically the products for which premiums j and picked out the pieces of glass, are offered. In addition a beautiful lov-1 Goodman Blunk thought deeply and ing cup will be given to the school that : during his Convalescence, and imme first wins the first prize twice. Obser- diately afterwards he designed the first ver. - gattling gun. ' Margaret Garrett's Husband Jiy JANE PHELPS A WAY TO SPEND THE SUMMER it- 1 V f 1 CHAPTER VI. Life in realitv. and the. Ufa t ... dreams is very different, as I soon found out. When we are very young we put the armor of dreams on a man and to us he is a hero. And whsn we are engaged or when we are first married to the one we love our thoughts are so filled with rose colored illusions concerning them; that we are apt to forget the common senso things of life which may, or may not, disturb us ac- ordiug as we deal with thm.. I had every reason to -bIinv mv life would always be a happy one, al ways run on smoothly. I had not mar ried for a home, for wealth; but be cause I loved my husband. I believed he loved me. Why should I have any fears for the future! I had somewhere read that a man shrinks from a woman who loves too much; who pours out her wealth of affection upon his altar fires. But I miled as I read. I knew it wasn't true. Why didn 't I tell Bob dozens of times each dav how much I loved himt And wasn't he more in love with me than when he asked me to marry himt So I pooh -hood the fam ous writers psychology- and excused by thinking she probably had never married. "You love to have me tell vou how dearly I eare for you, don !t . you Robert t" I asked that very nieht as flung my arms about his netk. "Why yes of course." he had answered. But the lack of warmth inj his voice, his unresponsiveness piqued' me, ana l went on: "You donH say it as if yoa meant, dear. Don 't rou love c - as I do youf And don't you want to hear me sav it " "Of course I love you. Margaret. But sometimes I have thines on niv mind, and you must excuse me if I seem a bit absent minded." Then. of course I love vou," he repeated. nd kissed me. But usually our life went on so smoothly that I was contented, sure of Bob 's love; and consequently happy. "Married life certainly agrees with you!" Elsie exclaimed one day when we were lunching together. "I wouldn't inow you for the same person. You're awfully happy aren't you " "Indeed I am. Bob is kindness it- sou, ana as generous as can be. You know I never had much to spend, Elsie, and it seems so nice to have so large an allowance, and never be asked what i do with it. let do you know," I add ea wita a little laugh, "I sometimes wish Bob would ask me more about how I spend my time, and what I do. But, he never does." "Don't be a silly! be on your knees tnai you flaven't a stingy, inquisitive husband. A man can be SO disagree able if he tries." 'I know, but sometimes it seems as if he weren't interested. As if what I did was nothing to him though of course I know quite different." "Then why worry! Take the goods the gods provide Margaret, and for got to wonder why. .We women take life, ourselves too seriously. I know I do at times.'-' I couldn't help laughing. . The idea of dainty, irresponsible Ebie taking nerseir seriously was too ridiculous. Why she was the embodiment of care free happy womanhood. And ia spite of being the mother of three -children she looked younger than me, though we were almost of an age. As the time drew near for father and mother to go down on Long Island for the summer, they tried to persuade s to close our apartment, and spend the hot months with them. At first I was inclined to do so. But Bob hap pened to say that he probably eould come down all but two or three even ings a week; and that he would then stay at his club. I knew if we went Robert would be with me more constantly the days and evenings he came down. But" what about, those other evenings? He had said two or three. It easily might be three or four, perhaps more. Then I should be unhappy because we were separated. "Do just as you like, Margaret," he told me, when we discussed mother's invitation. "It would be a nice change for you, and I should also enjoy it wnen i couia get down." I do not think I was more jealously inclined than most young women, yet I couldn't help wondering with whom Bob would spend his time the .even ings he remained in town if I left him. ''We could go down Saturday after noons and stay over Sunday anyway couldn't wef" I asked after consider ing it a while. "Why of course!" he answered heartily. "We could motor down ia the roadster about noon on Saturday, sometimes Friday night and come back Sunday night or early Monday morning." That settled it. Much to mother's disappointment I told her we would keep our apartment open, but would spend our week ends with her. "I hoped you would just come and stay," sha. returned, her faee plainly showing her sorrow at being able ta convince me that Bob would come down nearly every night if I were there. Father, too, didn't seem quite able to understand it; but as soon as it was settled I felt sure that I had done right, that I would be much hap pier not to be separated from Bob even for a night, I also judged he felt as ITUd though he had left all the ar rangements to me. "When it comes real hot yon '11 be glad enongh to stay with ns," father remarked when I explained our plan to him. "And don't stick too close to Robert. Xo matter how much he loves yon, he might like to mias yoa occasionally. ' ' Lh