of The Capital Jomnai
THURSDAY EVENING
August 27, 1917
CHARLES H. USHER
Editor and Publisher
1 cf&
I Page
PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY
Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc.
h. 8. BARNES,
President,
CHAS. H. FISHER,
Vice-President.
DORA C. ANDRESEN,
See. and Trees.
45e
..35e
SUBHCBIPT10N BATES
Daily by carrier, per year. .55.00 Per month
Daily br mail, vet year 3.00 Per month
FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT
EASTERN EPKESENTAT1VE8
Ward ft Lewi, New York, Tribune Building.
Chicago, W. H. StoekwelL People 'a Qaa Bntlding
The Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the paperi en the
porta. If the carrier does not do Thii, misses you, or noglects getting the
paper to yo on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is the
only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are foHowing 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 circulation is guaranteed by the
Audit Bureau of Circulations.
PEACE OFFER WAS ILLTIMED
'l late dispatch yesterday stated the metal trades
Miions which had been holding up the settlement, of the
strike in San Francisco had voted to accept the govern
ments offer and to return to work. Previously it had
been announced that the Seattle and Portland strikes
would be settled on the same basis as that at San Fran
cisco, Samuel Gompers being the authority for this state
ment. At the same time it was announced that the gov-
The Vatican yesterday expressed the opinion that
"Austria and Germany had strengthened themselves at
home by apparently accepting .the pope's peace terms."
There is food for thought in the suggestion; and some
will find the alleged "strengthening" was perhaps the ob
ject of the offer. While few will be disDosed to doubt the
pope's good intentions, many will believe the offer was ernment arbitrators, or managers, would start for Port
illtiv.rl I'lliiofKnfnn VinmMfn. V,n j:rf:U J! -J it. O J u 1 1 il. . 1
uimiicu. ii muouara iiuncu mc uu.xicuitj' ui liicciici-, icuiu anu tue ouuna soon, ii is nopeQ uie senseless move
ing in others quarrels without making a bad matter ment has run its course and that the sound of the ham
worse. It is stated in the same dispatch that the pope is mer and saw will be heard again soon in all the shipyards
satisfied there can be no "victor's peace",'that a stalemate and will continue to be heard until America's answer to
is bound to follow, and this being the case the allies have . Prussian ruthlessness is made in the shaDe of a fleet
made a mistake in not accepting the . terms suggested, steadily increasing in numbers despite the submarines.
STATE FAIR IS EDUCATIONAL
Apparently the Vatican overlooks, the fact that there is no
responsible government in Germany with which the allies
could deal 11 they consented to discuss peace along the
lines suggested. How can any country safely make a
treaty with another that in advance notifies it that any
treaty it makes is but a "scrap of paper?" When the ' everywhere
allies can deal with the German people, when they are I
Yesterday was the banner day at the state fair, though
today gives promise of giving it a hard rub for the pen
nant. The antlered herd has charge of affairs today
along with Portland, and the royal purple is in evidence
Onlir turn mnva Aoira Qnrl trio fif fv-Rl' vfh state fair Will
ua o minor nf r,i0tnrv nnhr f.vpvv vpflr it. becomes more willing to bind themselves just as the countries they treat
u" u ,u"111-' v.v. j j -- ,,jii, i ,;n u Tt : 4-1 i? .
and more a real event and draws a larger attendance and , wuu lil.lL. " f IW1 , The DaEv Novelette
honeiul sign though that even the militarists at last realize "
from a much wider field. This year the exhibits are un
usually good and the attendance shows a growing inter
est. The most noticable feature is the wonderful increase
in the quality of the livestock. There are few fairs that
can boast a better showing in this line than that now on
exhibition. at the fair grounds. The interest taken in
growing hoes has caused a great improvement in that
stock. It is not so many years ago that the Oregon hog,
was a close rival of the Arkansas razor back, known in
Texas as the "sunfish" brand. One of the pure breds of
this kind could run her nose through a picket fence and
root up the third row of corn. Some of them it is claimed
could go between the pickets unless a knot was tied in
their tails. It is different now when a nine months old
pig just bursting into hoghood weighs nearly five hundred
pounds and is not overly plump at that. Another feature
of the fair that has attracted much attention is tne iarm
machinery. Scarcity of labor and the handy little gasoline
engine has caused the farmers to go to investigating along
that line to see what can be done toward relieving the
labor shortage, and at the same time reducing the cost of
production. More and more the State iair is becoming
looked upon as an educator, and its practical help is be
coming of more importance than its old time amusement
character. In this latter line, however, this meeting has
been a success, for there have been some fine races and
there are some speedy ones yet to show their paces, un'
fortunately another feature excels in number all other
meetings of the Oregon fair and that is the side shows
and barkers. There was never a scarcity of them and this
year the crop is a more than usually prolific one. I hey
are so plentiful as to be a real nuisance.
The United States, especially the northwest coast has
no advantage over Russia so far as concerted action to
ward winning the war is concerned. The foolish ones at
Petrograd standing in the way of the government taking
action against the invading Germans, is no more senseless
than the actions of American citizens who by strikes are
discrediting the nation abroad and hampering it at home.
Before wasting sympathy and indulging in regrets over
Russia's actions we should clean house ourselves. With
the strike in San Francisco settled and the heads of
Union labor back east stsnding in with the president in
his efforts to bring industrial peace it begins to look as
though reason would resume her throne in the labor
camps and the strikers be settled. It certainly is to be
hoped this is the case.
THE SOUVENIR.
The Dumpoff family hud motored all
the way from Clieeseboro to Twiddlo
burg without passing a thing to eat,
hopeful sign though that even the militarists at last realize
their dream of world conquest has had its awakening and
the vanishing of the vision, and are willing to make some
reparation in the way of rehabilitating Belgium. They
offer to pay part of the expense. It was they who over
ran Belgium. Thev who started the war for their own
aggrandizement Thev who eave the countrv to destruc-; they wera venous when they drew
tion and its people to worse than slavery, and yet they j uf r Dmp trucked hiHpan'd pick
ask those on whom they forced the most dreadful war in ed up a spotless -new menu card and
all history to pay part of the expense of repairing their,1'18 cye d0WI1 tbe sumptuous bU1 of
"Um yum," he swoggled, "this looks
good. Well, family, we'll start in with
some little eared clams on the quarter
shell as an appetizer, and then we'll
have roebuck soup a la Dr. Cook."
"I'd rather have prissie egg broth,
Adolph," said Mrs. Dumpoff, glancing
over his shoulder. "I'm passionately
rona or prissie egg Drotn."
"You shall have it, Paulina," agreed
Mr. Dumpoff, "and the children, too,
if they prefer. And after that let's see
ah, stuffed bitsy fish a la Bryan, with
sqoozed potatoes. Or would anyone pre
fer pickled herring with lingo sauce? "
"Me! Us!" clamored Clarence Dump
cpff and his sister Neerums.
"Very well, children," smiled their
father. "And then some roast alabaster
squabs with stuffed mushrooms, and "
" 'Scuse n.e, boss," cut in the waiter
apologetically, "but j'Be afraid if you
all want to eat heah vou all '11 be
'bliged to partake off o' liver 'n eggs.
Liver 'n eggs is all we got, sah. That
yeah bill of menu card must o' been
left heah by that travellin ' printer that
done passed last night under our hos
pitality." So the Dumpoff family decided to
have liver 'n eggs.
damages they have done. It is hopeful only in that it
shows they begin to realize they are responsible and must
make good the damage they have done. German con
cessions will have to extend further than the rebuilding
of the ruined industries and ravaged homes of Belgium
before peace can be considered. There must be a suf
ficient guaranty that such ruin shall not again be inflicted
on the world.
Gerard will not be a candidate for the presidency is the
statement coming from Spokane. This can hardly be
classed as news, as no one supposed he would be. Besides
it is three years before the present incumbent of the of
fice steps down and it is decidedly too early to talk about
his successor. Here in Oregon we will have a governor
to elect and also a senator next year, and that is enough
to keep the Oregon politicians busy guessing for the next
nine months anyway.
Colonel Roosevelt is hitting the high places in the mid
dle west and making twd or three speeches a day while
doing so. He is to make a speech at St Paul as a sort of
disinfectant for LaFollette's talk before the state commis
sion of Public Safety at that place a few days ago. It is
a safe bet the colonel will inject some formaldehyde into
the situation.
Instead of the bridge being completed in time for the
fair it now seems that the date of its completion is a
thing to be learned in the remote future, and when the
Southern Pacific at its pleasure sees fit to handle its cars
properly and haul the freight its charter provides it must
haul for the general public. Instead of trying to assist
in getting the bridge completed in time for the fair the
management has apparently, placed every obstruction pos
sible in the way. Sometime when the people of Salem
have been kicked hard enough and often enough they will
fight back. Until they do they will get the same kind of
treatment they have always received, and uitil they
do fight back, they will deserve it
The kaiser's law was that "might makes right." A
very simple code and perhaps a pleasing one from the
kaiser's viewpoint so long as he represented the "might."
Now that things are not prospering so well with him and
his aims, he is constrained to change the sentiment around
and let right make might"' Hudibras remarked:
"No thief e'er felt the halter draw
With good opinion of the law."
The mayor of San Francisco suggests as a solution cf
the car strike in that city that the city buy the canines
of the United Railroads on which the trouble has oc
curred. The company is willing and it is possible the city
may take over the roads.
St j(C SS 3jt )c 3G Sjc 3S
And He Did
I'm CjOintobuy a
EOZEN EAK5 OF CORN
ANB E-AT'E-M ALL. MYSElFfl
WMDHEDID"
- OPERATING
ROOM
LI
HAS SERIOUS ACCIDENT.
lost no time in getting to where Clar
ence was. He found him nearly covered
with lumber and as quickly as possible
lifted it off. Grant then went to C. J.
Newton's for help: a sled with a wao-on
I box -and a lot of sacks were auicktv
nxea ana wnn iiarry JNewton drove to
where Clarence lay. He was pressed so
far into the dirt that it was a problem
to got him out without adding greatly
... 1.:- JM ! TT I , , n . .
tu uia Huuenujj. xiuDoara enterprise.
Are Yon Looking Old?
Old age comes quick enough without
inviting it. Some look old at forty.
That is because they neglect the liver
and bowels. Keep your bowels regular
and your liver healthy and you will not
omy icei younger Dut look younger.
It is rather strange, but the dispatches announce that
Argentine has lost confidence in Germany.
The weather clerk has the thanks of the Capitol City
for real nice conduct on his part and also the request that
he keep up his lick. It is fair weather and not the old
fashioned state fair kind.
LADD & BUSH. Bankers
Established 1863
CAPITAL
$300,003.00
TRANSACT- A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS
SAVINGS DEPARTMENT
; Rippling Rhymes i
by Walt Mason
MOTORING
Clarence Bcvens was caught under a
load of lunifoor Monday morning and his
right leg broken very near the hip joint,
as well as a dislocation of the hip joint.
Ho was hauling a load of lumber, and
driving on top of the load, to the west
line of his place to build a fence. Tiie
fence "was to be built on . a side hill
near the stream. In getting the wagon
into a convenient place for nnloadinc
ZhZ .hiftr fi , 1 Whon troubled with constipation or oil-
,T ZX t ' .C.Wn J'""P clear iousn0S8 take ChamberlaiA 's Tablets,
fore ,,?!, I ll Ti rth d be- They are intended especially for these
in S i - g the lumber was ailments and are excellent. Easy to
?n tyrant Jones was work- take and most agreeable in effectf Ob
mg near by, and hearing calls for help tainable everywhere.
EIGHT PEOPLE OUT OF
TEN R E A L I ZE THAT
THEY ARE IN THE
WRONG VOCATION
But there is no excuse for
remaining in a line of work
that does not bring out
YOUR BEST.
There is no reason why
your son and daughter
should not find the vocation
for which they are best
fitted.
Vocational counsel, the
newest science known to
educators and the business
world, enables a person' to
KNOW whether they should
be engaged in a professional,
mechanical, or commercial
pursuit. '
Vocational Counsel is hot
Phrenology under a new
name, neither is it Palmis
try, Clairvoyance or any so
called "Fortune Telling."
It is a scientific study, "
phychological in character,
the result of the best efforts
of some of the world's lead
ing educators and business
men.
Vocational counsel is for
You and your Child. Don't
put it off---The most import
ant choice in life is the
choice of a vocationThe
choice has to be made and
as Solomon has said, "In the
multitude of counsel there is
wisdom."
I would like to be of as
sistance to you. I have
studied Vocational Counsel
for a number of years, in the
University of California and
elsewhere. The charge for
my service is small. I guar
antee satisfaction. After
October 1st my office will be
located at Room 2, Salem
Commercial Club Building.
Before that you can ar
range an interview by
phoning 1355. -
JAMES M. HEADY
ine program was to he ships, ship
and yet more ships, not strikes, strikes
and yet more strikes.
t: ... 1
i:, r.
tniinnyriii-hina.
CHAPTER XVI.
loni took me home about eleven
o'clock.
"Bob will be waiting for me," I had
said when Elsie urged me not to
hurry.
"Don't be too sure!" she returned,
"If John Kendall has a book which is
so unusual that he wants Bob to read
it before deciding upon publishing it.
Bob is sure to stay until he reads the
last word, then they- will have to dis
cuss it."
"You see Elsie was right!" Tom
had insisted upon going up stairs with
me, and we found everything dark.
"He'll be along in a few minutes,"
I answered, not so sure as I pretended.
I couldn't help thinking of that other
Margaret Garrett's
fiusDand
QyJANE PHELPS
UNWELCOME QUESTIONS
go to sleep until I knoow you are, of you and home,
sately at home." I hope you will also eniov these thirds
"One would think mc a baby, in-P"4" me- not, I shall be obliged to
" i i ill 'Alt Hi til I .
I chug along from burg to grad, good gaso
line a-burning, where roads are good, where
roads are bad, on highways straight and
turning. "Oh, motoring," I sigh, "is bliss,
my good old car's a treasure; what outdoor
pastime equals this, for pure and lasting
nleAKiire?" And sr T o-nmhnl thmn trh tho niRht when h th Hem?
J 4. '4.1. .u j. r . Creedmore. until three o'clock. I did
dust, with other autos racing, my thread- hop thu was not to be a repetition of
bare tires begin to bust and spoil both tube j thV". . . J
A oo; T nrA 1U- ;.v t:1 I ""dressed and found something to
"'u wiji. a wn aim lauui u.i uic ouu unui roan, nut as the time passed I real-
1 bust a gallus, and ere the weary work isJ "VonM
done I drink from sorrow's chalice. . Fori John Kendaiu,
ftaq mpj changing tires will break the heart of anyj1 wait '
' 41 4.i j. i i r sent to
lo o;.resg it bluntly.
and tell him I would not eon-
nnrflv TnrfQl imof Vic tl J isont Xo. loT.,n? mv ,n the "ng
f " J -, mo oyjjic-vai i, nnless he came home at a decent time.
and kill his smile and chortle. At last new tires arp on i decided to wait. The remem-
the wheels and I resume my spinning; my laughter rings oliTL'V
in merry peals, my smile is sweet and winning. Then ; perhaps tad something to do with mT
something breaks about the torque; no more my car islV iV! f
g Bob, still a little anxious
otild have no. cause to find
me.
It was after one when he came in-
didn't you go to bed,.Mar-
steaa of a man old enough to know
his own mind. I will come in just as
early, perhaps earlier if you will be
sensible and go to bed."
'Now you are annoyed with me.
when I am the one who should be
cross," I returned.
" Yes, I am annoyed. I like freedom,
the privilege to enjoy my friends, my
books and other things. You are al
together too critical, Margaret. Be as
aomestic as you like, but don't expect
me to be continually by your side. You
seem lately to find a" lot wrong with
Please don't get an err. Bob!
am only asking what is my due, what
belongs to me. You seem to fore-et
l "mm imiy laieiy-- i added, "but
I want you to understand just how I
reel aoout it before it become lmhit
was again going to be;,,usl Because your mother encouraged
I call him Hp. I knew ! J"0" to remain out evenings or to be
had a telephone, or should J witn certain people is no reason- I
snouw do the same. I am a young
wonran, yon are my husband. "Your
time, ontside of yonr business belong
to me." "
"And
speeded; I'll have to send to far New York, to get the part! of "Win
that's needed. When fixed, some other Darts will break.! ii.f
some oeanngs, pins or couars, and wnen repairs the 11 was
workmen make, they'll charge me ninety dollars. And soL'' T,V;
i ni waiKing near ana iar, on highways broad and nar-j "Because i prefer sitting np than to
row; i think i ll dump the motor car, and get myself ; "S ravg . ;
1 nui UUl- teiM iu wrr
a barrow.
'But why
J am outf "
I "I can't!
not go to sleep when I
I love you too much to
yon cannot sav that T hr.
not given it 4o you," Bob replied, two
hed spots on his cheeks. "I have
scarcely been out of your sight since
we were married, save on business.
But now that cool weather is nearly
here, things naturally will be different.
i s.-iall vant to do some entertaining;
shall want to go out with mr old
friends; take up some of the threads of
my life before mother died."
"You mean that you are not sat
isfied with me, with our hornet"
"Ko I do not mean that! not in
the way you put it. Bat I must have
some recreation, some interests outside !
have them anyway. I am not domestic,
never was, Margaret. I love my home,
yes, but because one cares for one thing
is n osign he wants nothing else," he
explained, as he saw the shocked ex
pression on my face.
"I don't se your point of view at
all," I said stubbornly.
"I'm sorry."
"It isn't nice in you, and it doesn't
sound right toward me. When I be
came your wife I expected to take the
place of all these things in your af
fections, and in your life. Don't you
tninjc yon should consider me above
everything elset I do you." "I kaow
you do, Margaret," he said gently, as
he turned out the light. "You are too
thonghtful of me my bodily comfort.
But, dear, that isn't all there is in life,
we soon rust and grow st.ipid and rn
interesting unless we have something
ontside of ourselves which appeals to
us. Physical comfort is to be desired,
but it never takes the place of juental
stimulus."
"I don't agree with yon. Ton 're
married now. You have a big- library,
more books than I have ever known
i bachelor to possess. VThy can't yon
be rontent with mr ticiefr -as I nt
with yours, and rvt what mental srim-
nlns ns ron caTI it r-ou need from
ronr books here at home instead ft
ching ont and leaving me alonet"
"T enn't seem to make von nr-der-sfanV"
he raid wearily. "Suppose we
ston telW-iw about it and go t sleen. "
"Vrn love me do" 't ml darlinfft"
T fkfd s I kissed him good nicht.
frr.efhin? 1'Ctwecn a grunt and
sni-e yras m-r answer.
Tomorrow Centered Enmance .