Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919, September 21, 1917, Image 4

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Newspaper Page Texts .1 f-f of The Capital Journal itorta CHARLES H. FTBHEB Editor and Publisher I Page FRIDAY EVENING J M J September 21, 1917 j i m mmw wiiiwiiiiiii mi' PUBLISHED EVEBY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. lu 8. BARNES, CHAS. President, H. FISITER, Vice-President. DOHA C. ANDBESEN, Sec. and Treas. Daily by carrier, per year... Daily by mail, per year 8 liBSCKIPTiON KATES J6.00 Per month . 3.00 Per month ..45o ..35o FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH BEPORT EASTERN KEPKESENTaTIVKS Ward ft Lewis, New York, Tribune Building. ., Chicago, W. H. Stockwoll, People's Gag Building The Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the papers en 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 in structions. Phone Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper in Salem whose eiroulation is guaranteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. BRIBING AMERICAN STATESMEN PUT OUR GRIEVANCES IN THE BACKGROUND The worst fears of the American people are realized m tne latest disclosures made regarding German intrigue in the United States. A message f rom Ambassador Bernstorff requests the Berlin government to allow him to expend $50,000 for the purpose of influencing the American congress "through the organization you know of." What is the organization referred to by the ambassa dor, and who received the $50,000? These are things the npnnlfi of this countrv would like to know. Was it dis While nothing definite has been told as to the progress the federal mediator has made toward settling the strike in San Francisco, it is stated the strike will probably end this week or by Monday of next woek at the latest. At the same time the outlook for peace in Portland is said to be brightening. At Seattle, where the I. W. W. gang started the trouble, conditions are said to be growing steadily worse. It looks as though Butte had taken the proper course. There the mines were closed down and the strikers were given to -understand they would remain closed indefinitely. If men can refuse to work, which they undoubtedly can, they should not be surprised when the employer refuses to work too. He can shut up shop and go fishing or autoing, and he can stay idle much long er than the average laborer. It is as much of a calamity for the employers to quit as for the workmen to do so. Under present conditions, when every man regardless of position or occupation should be doing all he can toward winning the war, strikes and lockouts should be unheard of. As Americans we should forget such things until the war is over. If we must have strikes and labor troubles lets put the whole business off until after the war, and then fight it out comfortably between ourselves without aiding Germany. : The Daily Novelette I THE CULPRIT. A leading Chinese editor commenting on China's capa bilities in the way of furnishing fighters for the Russian front says China could send 250,000 men over the Siberian railroad in nine days if she had the money. And yet the story has been told time and time again that the Siberian x n.ii.u.irsi man wns "r.wn sr.rpnica nt nisr. ann n mcrnr. rvr wav." tributed among senators like Stone xm orris, ua. r - -- " "davs it can rive the Gronna. Gore and Stone, and certain congressmen who'1 'Jn Pr.PyT- ouuuieni racuit; carus anu suaues aim ueai u nanus have been pleading for peace at any price and attempting to obstruct all eftorts to successiuiiy prosecute tne war.' The very wording of the request indicates that it was not the first time money had been used for a similar pur poses, and thus the inspiration for many of the pro German speeches in congress during the past three years may have been discovered in the message just revealed by the state department. What is the worst feature of the disclosures is that it quite naturally brands as traitors to their country those senators and congressmen who have expressed friendship for the Prussian cause. The common belief will be that they received the money disbursed by Ambassador Bern storff, whether this was the case or not, and if any of these men are innocent and, therefore, honest in their ex pressions of opinion and the casting of their votes they must necessarily suffer in the estimation of the public along with their guilty colleagues. GERMAN INSPIRED STORIES spades down. This suggests the S. P. should send for a China man to superintend it. Maybe then it would be able to deliver a carload of piling every week and provide cars enough to haul a few barrels of asphalt for the Pacific Highway, arid incidentally build a new depot in Salem. Oddsen Ends, the riddle fiend, was swinging unconsciously along, whistling "I Knew He Was a Sailor When I Saw j Them Sailor Pants", when a large man ' in a small suit of bluo under wear thrust himself nine-tenths way out of a parlor window and cried, "Hallo, there I there's a gas leak in the house and I can 't locate it. Come in and help me. will you? Everybody is asleep and I 'mi afraid they'll all be asphyxiated, aud ! I don't want to wake tliem up aud tell them to stop breathing. ' ' "I think it's your parlor chandelier" said Oddsen Ends the moment he had climbed inside. "No, it 's not. I've .tried that. It's not the chandelier." Oddsen Ends shook a finger at him roguishly. "1 have a very decided reason for thinking it's this chandelier," he per sisted. "Do you want to know why I think this chandelier is responsible!" "Why, in heaven's name?" roared tho frantic payer for the leaking gas. "Because it looks so giity!" explain ed Oddsen Ends. "Skrynx" gulped the large man in the small suit of b. o. And catching Odd sen Ends by the seat of tho neck and nape of tile trousers, he carried him out in the back vard and hurled him over the fence two blocks out of the way. FERGUSON YTLL NOT ANSWER If the vote of the Argentine senate is any criterion as to the sentiment of the masses, then Argentine will sever diplomatic relations with Germany so soon as the lower house has a chance to vote upon the matter. Under the Argentine constitution it is stated, the president can veto the action of the congress should he so desire. The vote in the senate was that charmed number, "23" to 1 in favor of breaking relations. Pretty soon the war will be be tween Germany, Austria, Turkey and Bulgaria on one side and the balance of the world on the other. And yet the Prussian militarists would make the German people believe the world has designs on her territory and has combined to destroy her. German inspired stories caused the Russian troops to "if , ? mutiny and murder their officers. One story was to the1" T V -7 uanuy uuu inui v. v, j TTno'lien Innmintrp lnsrpnH and nlsn tn pnnncrp its nnmp. n effect that Kormlolt had executed an entire regiment oi "71, "-- KTKTvJ,. ung, understanding it was about to be suppressed, switched very suddenly and blossomed out printed in English and under the name "The American.'' The poet has said: "A rose would smell as sweet by any other name," and possibly the German paper printed in English may do the same, or even improve the perfumery. Any way it is to be congratulated on having gone the limit while it was going. The name is all right. soldiers, another story accompanied it to the effect that Kerensky had requested troops be sent by General Vassi luf to aid in the defense of Tetrograd and that the re quest was not complied with. Both stories were absolute ly untrue, but the unreasoning mob took them as gospel truth and become frenzied. They murdered every of ficer they caught. Of course the soldiers were utterly foolish to accept any such story without positive cor roboration, but they did; and the result should not be pleasing to the German officials, for the acts of the sol diers showed they are intensely loyal. This outbreak should quiet for all time the stories told of the defection of the Russian soldiers. It is quite possible that some of these stories were also of German inspiration, and conse quently unworthy of a second thought. A German spy is reported to have caused the death of nine student aviators in Canada. He enlisted and then took advantage of his opportunities to file some of the brace wires of the machines, almost to the breaking point so that when the students took their flight the wires parted and they were dashed to death. This is another example of Prussian "kultur," and is ot tne same Kind! that murders women and children and drops bombs in I residence cities contrary to the usages of civilized war- j fare. It was deliberate murder because it was tne Killing wantonly of men whose death cannot in anyway effect the result of the war. There is nothing to be gained by such criminal acts, and no one but a subject of the kaiser would consent to do that kind of dirty work for any other gov ernment supposing any other couli order it done. Washington street is impassable and is badly torn up. As is usually the case when that street gets in bad shape the street light at the corner of Saginaw and Washington goes on strike. It was the case last night to the grievous sorrow of an autoist who got into the mess, by himself but who had to send for help to get out. It seems American secret service men have not only been able to decipher Germany's secret code, but within a few months to translate three separate ones. When the German mind is matched with that of the American in such work, it falls down everytime. The American having gone through the melting pot some generations ago has sharpened his wits, receiving from all nations the cleverness belonging to each. Austin, Texas, Sept. 21. James E. Ferguson, suspended Texas governor, refused to tell the senate from whom he borrowed the $150,500 which he al ready admitted was delivered to him in currency. He was on tho stand in his impeachment trial. "If the price of the governor's of fice is that I must broak-my word and THE BUSINESS INTERESTS With the desirable combination of large capital and resources, modern facilities and services, and, progressive yet conservative administration, we believe you will find the United States National Bank particularly fitted to handle both large and small Com mercial Accounts. September 24 to 29 Oregon State Fair. Don't Miss It. SALEM'S BANKING HEADQUARTERS throw away a fortune that I have work ed like a dog to get then I cannot pay the price," he told M. M- Crane, counsel for the prosecution. "This was a clear-as-daylight trans action between friends; no law of Tex as was violated," the governor said. PAROLE FOR COAX KINGS San Francisco, Sept. 21 Solicitor Grover Cleveland stopped a big strike in Chicago and this over the objections of one Altgelt. He remarked he would settle the strike first and attend to Mr. Altgelt afterward, and as usual Grover kept his word. Altgelt passed into innocuous desuetude, but it was some later that Grover discovered that condition and realized just what he,had done to the Chicago anarchist. The striker who is exempt from the draft because of his occupation will not remain so unless he is at work at that occupation. This will cut no figure with those above the draft age, but there is a large percentage of the strik ers in the shipyards and at other pursuits who are within the draft age. These have the choice of going to work or going to war. The equinox has arrived and so far there is no storm in sight, though the skies are gray. The weather man said yesterday it would be cooler and fair. That . last statement is what we are all interested in here in Salem. We do not care much about the cooler, but the "fair" is the main thing for the next ten days. Three more days and then the state fair. It is time for every Salemite to put his affairs in order so he and his can attend, and this every day of next week. The Russians always put up a pretty still fight after they have been licked to death. The strike in the shipyards is laid at the door of Ger man intriguers. General Davis has approved the appli cation for parole of James B. Smith, president of the Western Fuol com pany, and Vifio President Mills, who are serving terms of 18 mouths each in San Qucntin prison. The men were convicted after a sensational trial on charges of defrauding the government out of nearly $500,000 in duties in connection with weighing of imported coal. And He Did I AFTER I FINISH TMIcS lEEHCIOUSTFAST, 111.' (O ANU -GRlNKoOME ll NDHEDID . Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTO Rl A Rippling Rhymes j by Walt Mason LADD & BUSH, Bankers Established 1S6S CAPITAL $500,000.00 TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS SAVINGS DEPARTMENT SAVE GASOLINE Be sparing with the gasoline, if you ap prove good sportsmanship; joyride nine miles or seventeen, but shun the long and useless trip. Our Uncle Sam would hate like sin to shut off all our joyride juice, but tricks of that sort he'll begin, if from rank waste we don't cut loose. He's warned us all in tones of brass (and may the warning be not vain), "There'll be sufficiency of gas, if every one is safe and sane. But if the visible supply should shrink too much, you'll have a jar, for in the twinkling of an eye, I'll tie a can to every car." So let us motor here and there, as much as thoughtful peo ple want, and give the folks some evening air, and take a little Sunday jaunt. We still may jog around the town and down the pike and o'er the leas, and journey, when the sun goes down, to rob some farmer's apple trees. So mark the hogs of gasoline, who heed no warning, howe'er kind, who still go scorching o'er the scene, and leave a cloud of smoke behind. They still pursue the wasteful game, and will while they possess the price, and they're the ones who'll bear the blame when all our cars are placed on ice. i 3S2 Margaret Garrett's Husband By JANE PIIELPS AGONY OF SPIRIT CHAPTEK XI. It makes no difference how long live, how old I get, I never shall for get that night; the first I was ever separated from my husband. At two o'clock I could endure it no longer and called up Tom Langlev. A servant an swered, and said that Mr. Barton had which made me anxious. But he would been suddenl- called away on business: n't listen. And when I asked him to tell and had gone almost as soon as he had ' me where he had been, what kept him itated to stay out if I had been nineteenf 1 1 Was that what he meant f He led the way into the bedroom and we went to bed almost in silence. I tried to tell him that it was only my great love fo? him that made me come Hnmn. flint tt tt-o e. il.nl- n.nn4. 1 , ui-..v , iiiu. iv i.ua liiui juai rjvc returned from the country. "Who is calling? " the servant asked after her explanation. rever mind," X said and hung up, sc long, he wouldn't answer. "Ask me iu the morning. I want some sleep," was all he would say. After he was sleeping soundly I I was glad tisie had not answered. But , leaned over and kissed him. He probab in my fear for Bob I never thought that ly had been disappointed in getting the had I been iu Elsie's place, and some, business he had expected, and that was woman who refused to give her name: the reason he didn't want to talk. And had called Bob at two o'clock in the: he probably hadn't had anything to morning, I should have resented it. jcat since dinner. I was so absolutely numb with fear I The tears came into my eyes as I when at a little after three, I heard j thought of my housewifely plans all Bob's key in the door, and he came in, i forgotten in fear for his safety. The a long drawn whistle escaping him as! chicken, the mushrooms, all spoiling on he saw the place lighted. : the table, added poignancy to mv grief. "Oh, Bob, Bob, where have you been! I should have put them in the ice box. I thought you were killed!" I cried asjThen came the thought. I flung myself on his neck. "X0 nineteen year old girl would "For goodness sake, Margaret, what's have cared what became of them, they the matterf Why didn't you Btay with didn't have sense enough," and com your mother as you said you were go- f orted by the thought that I was doing ingtof las a younger woman would have done "I knew you wouM be lonely, and; I finally went to sleep not caring that I wanted to surprise you," I sobbed j the food I had prepared would be onlv drenching his weskit with my tears. J fit for the garbage pail. But what I DID "Surprises aren't always the pleas-; miud was that Bob could find ANT ONE antest things in the world," he return- j AXTTHIXG that could interest him for ed grimly. "There, I'm here, so stop, that length of time without me. Why I crying and let's get to bed. After this wouldn't even be contented with father when I am gcing out, go to bed and goi.and mother without him. to sleep like a sensible woman, instead When we went in to breakfast the of a silly girl. One would think you! next morning, Delia wore a "didnt I were nineteen instead of twenty-nine." , tell you so" air that was most aggra- I know that Bob meant nothing by j gravating. that spfeeh. Tknow it now, but then, it j After she had waited and left the hurt me dreadfully. Would he have hesi-jroom, I said to Bob: "Xow, dear, tell me all about it! Did you get the business?" determined to show that I was interested, though it was really more curiosity to know what he had done, where he had been, than interest. "Yes, I think I shall land it", he said, his mouth full of food. "But why did it take you so longt" I persisted. Then I got my first insight into what Elsie had termed the uueven ness of my husband's disposition. "Oh, after we finished talking Creedmore took me to a studio affair a friend of his was giving, to introduce a new singer. She had a voice, too, I can tell you!" and without even noting the look of horror with which I listened he launched into the most, enthusiastic praise, not only of the woman's voice, but of the voman herself. "She was lovely, in hot dark foreign way," he said as he stopped for breath, "and so young." "How old was she?" I asked, as tonished that Bob should praise another woman to me, and praise her so ful somely. I eouldn't have done such a thing to save my life. "About eighteen," aud again he sang her praises' with kindling eyes until he looked at his watch, and with an excla mation that he would be late at the of fice rushed from the table. He kissed me as usual however, and when I whis pered that I loved him so, that I could n't stay in the country, he replied: . "A right, then, don't say you are going to stay unless you mean it." I cried for an hour, thenv realizing that I couldn 't persist and not look un attractive when he came home, I tried to comfort myself by thinking that cothing in the world, no one, would have kept him out had he known I was wait ing for him.