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Newspaper Page Texts i i Editorial Page of The Capital Journal 0 TL'KSDAY EVENTXQ October 30, 3D17 OH AXLES H. FISHES ' Editor and Publisher s PUBLISHED EVEBY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. B. BABNE3. President, CHAS. H. FISHER, Vice-President. DOHA a ANDBESEN, Bee. and Treat. BUBSCBIPTION BATES Daily by errir, par year.. Daily by mail, per year ,.5.00 3.00 Per month . Per month .. ..45e 85e FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPQ7tT EASTERN EPKESENTA'flVJfli Ward Lewis, New York, Tribune Building. .... Chicago, W. H. Stoekwell, People's 0a Building The Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the papers en the perab. If tha carrier does not do Thin, misses you, or neglect getting the paper ta you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, a this ia the only way we can determine whether or not the camera are following in fraction. Phone Main 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent yon by special messenger if the carrier has missed yon. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper in Salem whooo escalation U guaranteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. THE BLUNDERING ALLIES The defeat of the Italians would not have been possible had Russia not for all practical purposes quit. Her in ternal troubles caused such a weakening of power that Germany was able to withdraw an-army large enough to overwhelm the Italian forces, the Teuton armies making the attack outnumbering the Italians four to one. Had Russia maintained her standing and done her part, Ger many could not have withdrawn this force. Russia's revolution could perhaps not have been guarded against, for the Russian revolution with its consequent anarchy could not have been even guessed at. It would be the cause of much satisfaction if we could truthfully say as much concerning some other failures of the allies. There have been some inexcusable blunders made by those who had the directing of the war on the side of the allies. One of these was the Dardanelles campaign. Another was the failure to assist Serbia: still another al lowing Rumania to be overrun without raising a hand to help her. Last and far from least was the failure to heed Italy's call for help until it was too late. Let us hope that the last serious blunder has been made. If American militarv talent is counselled we believe there will be no such serious mistakes made in the future. There has never been any concert of action, yet this was the most important feature of the war. Under its management Germanv has never been compelled to fight on two fronts' at the same time, but when a drive was made on one the allied armies on the other fronts laid off and allowed Ger many to fight them one at a time, in detail. General Pershing, having lived in the west, should understand the tactics .of the coyote, two of which can whip any dog on earth, simolv because they work in concert, and one at tacks the unguarded end while the other keeps the front end busy. Had these tactics been followed by the allies the kaiser would have been out of a job long ago. It is not too late to begin them, and the American troops can show the way. There is considerable lack of thought in much of the advice peddled out by some food conservators. One sug gests that the turkeys in Texas be kept until Christmas, instead of being sent to market at Thanksgiving time, so the birds would be that much more mature and also that much bigger. Someone else blames those who owned a few chickens for getting rid of them. , In each of these cases the extra feed used would have more actual food value than the birds. Turkeys and chickens must eat, and their food is the cereals. It is a safe bet that the food they consume is of far more, value than the increased weight of the birds. While candidates for governor are being discussed by both sides, and available gubernatorial and senatorial timber is being sought, we rise to suggest that the democrats would make no mistake should they select Senator Walter M. Pierce, of LaGrande. for either place. Senator Pierce is one of the best known men in the state, a farmer and stockgrower, who knows the needs of Ore gon from one end to the other, and has always been in movements which concern the ' public welfare. The Capital Journal believes that a state ticket headed by the name of Walter M. Pierce would command universal respect, and receive very strong indorsement at the hands of the voter's at the polls. Artillery firing has become a matter of mathematical calculation since the present war started. A case illus trating this is mentioned in the dispatches yesterday where French gunners being given the ranee bv aviators fired three shells each of which struck a small blockhouse fifteen miles distant. This was beyond the range of vision for the naked eye, yet the shots were placed with more precision perhaps than had the target been close enough for actual sighting of the gun. However, no mat ter how the range was found or the gun pointed, it must be classed as most expert markmanship. Lloyd George in an address before the house of com mons yesterday made the statement that "13,000,000 peo ple had crossed and recrossed the Atlantic during the three years of war, and that of these but 3,500 have been lost." This means that but one of 3,715 crossing were lost on account of German ruthlessness. It must be re membered too, that practically one-fourth of these were lost in the Lusitania horror, which was not even at tempted to be guarded against, as such vessels had been promised immunity. With these taken out of the list, the loss would be reduced to about one out of five thousand. Margaret Garrett's Husband By JAfTE PHELPS NEW TACTICS German raiders succeeded in slipping past the British watchers and attacked a fleet of 13 vessels under convoy, and on their way from Norway to England. They sue ceeded in sinking two British destroyers and nine of the fleet Of these five were Norwegian, three Swedish and one Danish. The raiders fearing capture fled while the ships were yet sinking and made no efiort to rescue the crews. Some of these days the Scandinavians will get mad enough to fight. However if the submarines keep getting their vessels as in the past, they won't have ships enoueh left to f errv a corporal s guard across the channel Germanv is milling their teeth before they get mad enough to bite. Chicago is worried because the railroads of the United States are short 20,000 cars. A little shortage like that for the whole country is not much. Last year Oregon alone had nearly one-third that shortage, and most of this on its one boss railroad, the bouthern Pacific Freight cars used to cost about $2,500 and their cost now would not be above double that sum at the most, so that the roads of the United States would have to spend only $100,000,000 to have plenty of cars; and any department clerk back in Washington can tell the railroad presidents that such a sum is a mere bagatelle, hardly worth enter ing on the books. While the whole country is going through a campaign for food substitution and Mr. Hoover himself is advocat ing the use of corn bread in place of that made of wheat, it would be a wise move to have the government step in and fix the price on corn and also on its products. Wheat in Chicago is priced at $2.20 a bushel, and corn at about $1.16. Yet flour is selling at five cents a pound while corn meal brings six and a half cents. Mr. Hoover should get his conservation hooks on the dealers and manufacturers of corn meal. LADD & BUSH, Bankers ESTABLISHED I8CS CAPITAL $500,000.00 TRANSACT A GENERAL BANKING BUf TNES SAVINGS DEPARTMENT Bread standardization will be announced soon by the food administration. A standard loaf at a fixed price with bakers all licensed is the plan, and a proclamation by the president will be required before the rule goes into effect. It will not be ready for action November first when the licensing feature of the food law goes into ef fect, but is expected to be announced shortly after that date. Then there will be loaves of a certain weight, and at a stated price from which there will be no change. 4 1 .. MT And Eu IKi ; i . A Fine JQAy ao I'll take I I A WALK DOWN ArfJJ LOOK ATjp THE LArCE.; rrfea', vf.' . AND HF Din- I 1 IU I IUXJIJU I I - I SI w - I 1 1 I OPEN FORUM i tie lie Wllfs'a'4r4J4l ch.:ti:3 xi.;v I remained with Elsie and the child- rea for an hour. I was passionately fond ot her children, they were such dandy, well behave.d darlings. Clarence the old est was a manly little chap about seven then Charles four, and Madge about two. in spite of her love of gayety El sie's children never were neglected, bhe ad a very capable nurse wlro was de voted to them. With Delia's help I had taken cu- tiro care of Donald. Mother often kept him for ours; or would come ani stiy with im while I went shopping; and he was a very good baby I rciliy was ! not at an conjunct! because or i.mi. When Bob came homo to .liimer I told him of my morniug walk; aucl my call on Elsie. "I hadn't been out for a wouole of days and it did. me good. My 'ic.uUclio was cured almost magically." "I have always told you not t stay in ao closely," he roturned. " You wom en don't get half enough frssh air." Ten, "I hope you told Msii that we had decided to go to Creedmore's par ty, rather that you had! I told her I should go." "I am very sorry, Bob, that I told Elsie I wouldn't go without loiHiiltiiig you. It was very wrong. But so long as I did tell her so it would i.e in ex tremely bad taste for you to S"V jou should ao. Don't vou think e.oV I snoke verv verv slowly, and calmly. I WHO KNOWS? "Bad taste nothing! what s that got German kultur might make a whole to do with going to an affair given sale slaughter by poisoning our boys on by one of my oldest friends, and an ' Yn,. ,,,,,). otni,i0 f nrnmi-m,. ' - The dj Noreleiie THE ETEKNAL FEU, Not that I begrudge the ebalk, but I can't abide a mystery." explained Vanguard Foursome as be showed tha great detective into his Louis XVLH billiard room. "Here, here's where I al ways put the box, right on the ledge of the cue rack. The box that disap peared yesterday made the eight) this month. As I say, it isn't a question ot the loss of the chalk, but mercyj how I do loathe a mystery " The great detective abstractedly took a bunch of keys out of his trouser pock et and slipped them down the baek nf his neck. 'Was it ordinary billiard cue chalk -'-the little cubes with a round inden tation in the center for the tip of the cuel" 'That's the kind a dozen in a box. I remarked, it 's not a question The bad tasto was yours in oven think ing I could be coerced." 'Why Bob, i. tola you 1 was sorry. You won't insist upon going now will youf I told Elsie all about it, that I should have consulted you, etc., and also told her that 1 knew when you realized how I felt you would g!adly remain home with Donald and me. ly through the mails, and Bed Cross packets. A protest should be sent up by every mother, wife or sweothcart who has friends in army or navy. As I understand it any one who wishes to do so can send a packet through the Bed Cross to our soldiers and sailors; and .5 ..:,. J 3 t 't. t J .. . T- . , , , c mo uvio;u lu ociiu xruit, caKO Hiiu "As Donald goes to oeu Dew oin- candi The .. j. b" readv to ner, 1 can't see just wny you wihg mm . iy- , . ' j., aud as I have told Henry 1 will 6" .... l" " . . .: . : ' . . cent it is wranned in an prtra wrannur cume I surely snail go to ms party, si , , ' ,, ?c v J . ... at headauarters. What assurance have you want a good time you will come , - 7 along; but if you preferto remain at J!6 that German Mtur has not put up ' y r . .. i t.nmiAnnns or nAc.KPta nnmnnad fnp onr nouie way, please yoursuii." , , . t . , - ... , Vou really mean to go!" ""ru "'""" I certainly shall! and while WO are ! """"o auxiliaries aay so ana so in The persons who kidnapped and horse whipped Pastor Bigelow of Cincinnati, set an example that it is devoutly hoped others will not follow. The idea' of starting in to give such a contemptable being his just deserts and end with a mere horse whipping! The Canadian wheat yield is now placed at 249,164,700 bushels, or nearly 15,000,000 bushels more than in 1916 The yield per acre is less but the acreage much greater. A San Francisco judge has granted the wife a divorce because her husband told her she was bowlegged, and the judge held this was cruel and inhuman treatment." Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason PLACES FOR ALL Some men must do the fighting, and some must teach in schools, and some must do the writing, and others shoe the mules. Let no man think he's futile because he mav not so and shoot holes through the brutal, exasper ating loe. l wished to join the army: the sergeant said, "My hat! Your years and weight alarm me you are too old and fat. I wished to join the navy; the officer was flip ; he smiled and said, "By gravy ! You'd sink our biggest ship." Turned down by one ana rotner, 1 merely said, "By James, officials cannot smother my loyal hopes and aims." I Strairiltwav went t.r knitb'nof T knit when on my walks: I'm knittinc when I'm sittinr?. I make the soldiers socks, so stout a bull can't tear them, they'll keep men's tootsies warmed but pitv those who wear them; their feet must be deformed! My wife, she begs and wheedles to have me paint the barn; but with my knitting needles I use up balls of yarn; I make the sock and stocking, with large and bulging heel; when men are in them walking, how happy they will feel! You can not help agreeing my course is wise and right; thus every human being may help to win the fight. . on tno subject, Margaret, x nugat us well tell vou tnut I snull continue to go with all my old friends just as 1 used to when motner was witu me. iou can, ot ouise, picase yourself auout guin wUi me, but i. snail go every tinie A am in vited, bo uou't ueciiue any more invi tations ior mo unless you wisa to vm- Oairass yourself." Xt may sound us if Bob spoke ang rily; but ho did not. His tone was cold ly quiet; but 1 could see that he meant every word lie said. I felt a shiver oi apprehension run over me; was I to be ounged to keep on f.gntiug tha influ ence oi these friends no knew betore i met himl Weil if necessary I would keep on fighting. L would let Bob see just how unnappy, how miserable I was made because ot tlieni; and because oi the wav he insisted upon clinging to tneni. ,"Oh, Bob, you can't mean what you say! you can t intend to make me un happy when I love you so! " and i burst into sobs. "There Margaret," Bob said after a few minutes, ' Vou will make yourseil ill. You don't have to go, so why aro you crying! I should think you wouid enjoy going with me, but if you don't that s up to you. But do stop crying, dear. Delia will think I am beating you," he added whimsically. "I rather you would!" X sobbed. "I'd rather be beaten than not loved the same as I love you. I don't want anyone but you! I married you because I wauted to be with you. 1 could have seen you with other people. I married you to be alone wiii you and thought you felt just the same toward me." Bob made no reply; but took a maga zine and commenced to read. I cried for another few minutes then got up and wiped my eyes. Then I leaned over Bob's chair, aud pressed a kiss upon his eheek at the same time telling him how much I loved him. I then went quietly out of the room and up stairs, if he asked why .1 didn't remain with him I would tell him that I wauted him to see how nice it was to be alone. About an hour afterward he came up to go to bed. "1 thought I should find you fast asleep," he said. "That's a dandy num ber, you must read it." "And you didn't miss met" "Miss you! what do you meant" "Why on, nothing," I answered, then again I commenced to cry. "For heavens sake what are you cry ing about again t" Bob asked. "You don't even miss me when I leave the room," I sobbed. "Do be sensible and go to bed. Tou have made yourself nervous by erying so much. I hate t see a woman your age crying over every little thing. Come now and be sensible," ho kissed me carelessly and as usual was soon sleep ing soundly (Tomorrow Belt Communion our auxiliary are pro-uerman and one of these pro-Oerman women is president of a certain auxiliary. I protest send ing our boys any thing to eat, except by their own parents, wives or sweet hearts, and hope the Bed Cross changes its plan and sends something useful in stead of something to eat. Even should it start from here entirely safe to eat, what assurance have we that it will re main so, even though it is sent by parents. Let us hear from others on this, sub ject, One Who Has a Son at the Front, "What color was it f" "White, always white," replied Van guard Foursome. "Noth that I care a rap for losing " 'Does your wife entertain mucht" asked the great dotcctive. "She has a bridee whist rjartv at least twice a week." The great deteetive rescuing his keva- from the floor, where thev had fallen from his trouser leg, slipped them back in his pocket. '.'Order a box of blue cubes immed iately camouflage them with a lieht coating or wnite powder, and watch, your wife's guests when they go home next time." Vanguard Foursome got the box of blue chalk cubs and disguised them ac cording to directions. Two hours later the box was missing. Late that after noon Foursome hid himself behind the jardiniere in the vestibule and watched his wife's guests departing. Every woman had a little round blue spot on the tip of her nose. NORTHWEST NEWS ml " X m mmmmmmmm liiBiilll IIIIII mmms m vmMM ! . Moxine Elliott in RrJhtinrJ Odrl.i . Goldwyn Pictures ' 31 GOWNS IN MONTH FOB MAJINE ELLIOTT Post Tqasties The Wheat -Saving Breakfast Food I LIKE IT! A striking feature of the Goldwyn production of "Fighting Odds," which is presented at the Liberty theater Friday, Saturday. Sunday, is the num ber of wonderful gowns worn by Max ine Elliott, the noted beauty and star, who is making her first appearance on iuw screen. The fitting, the time and the pa tience required in getting these gowns was an ordeal Miss Elliott encounter- en at tno very outset of her motion picture career. On her first visit to the Goldwyn studios she was informed by i", uirei-ior oi tne produc tion, that she would have to have thir ty one gowns .and that she had just twenty seven days in which to eet them. 6 Accordingly Miss Elliott took an apartment in a downtown hotel to be near her costumers, and for days and sometime nights she was kept busy fitting gowns. Durinsf this period she was also making visits to ho ,t,iin i so that by the time she had fitted and seen completed the last of the gowns she was tired out. Some of the most beautiful Hons of the modiste s art are seen ia the many changes required bv her rolo as the Wife of a millinnalr ... ...u.iu.u- turer- Indians Drink Hair Tonic. Butte, Mont., Oct. 30. Hair tonic, witch hazel, lemon and vanila extracts and patent medicines are not for sale in Butte today. Indians from the Flathead reserva tion summoned to Butte to attend a session of the federal court have gutted drug stores of every liquid which serves as a substitute for whiskey. Manv Indians carried all the extracts and patent medicines they could cram into their baggage back to the reservation. Walter Horsecollnr, for instance, bad seven bottles of hair tonic when he boarded the train this morning, officers at the station said. Federal authorities say the statutes do not prohibit the sale of extracts, tonics, medicines and witch hazel to Indians. Snowfall Records Broken Butte, Mont., Oct. 30. All snowfall rocords in Silver Bow county were broken today. Official figures show that in the Inst four days 16 inches of snow hn fal len, more than during any October Bince weather ecods have been kept. A heavy snowfall is continuing to day. The tempeature today was four degrees above zero, the lowest temper ature ever recorded here for Oct Seattle Lawlessness. Seattle, Wash.. Oct. 30. Bv fieht- mg terrifically, Mrs. Dorothy Hadlcv. 908 Eastlake avenue, routed a mnn vlin knocked her to the floor and attempted to gag her during a struggle in the basement of her apartment here lata yesterday. The man knocked at the door and asked to see a lawn mower she had of fered for sale. She took him tn th basement. There he slammed the door and seized Mrs. Hadley. After a ter rific struggle the woman freed herself and the slneeer ran into the street. GIRLS! WOifll! TIE CASCARETS IF CONSTIPATED They LVen Your Dyer and Bowek and Gear Your Complexion Stay Headachy, Bilious with Breath Bad and Stomach Sour Get a 10 cent box now. Tonight sure! Take Casearets and enjoy tne nicest, gestlest liver and bowel cleansing you ever experienced. Cascarets will lives your liver and clean your thirty feet of bowels with out PTiping. Yon will wake up feeling grand. Your head will be clear, breath right, tongue clean, stomach sweet, eve bright, step elastic and eomplex- Every ounce of waste i. . .biw ,.'?,' ,Be7 wonderfuL Get a 1(1 Hon toward starvation. Enlirt in Boo-1!. nV. at dru? tore- ""J ver's "Service by Hh.w,..7l;" .!!frs " pve whols Cascaret of 100,000,000 patriots to win the war Zui . km" an7 tlme when 'ross' feT" for democracy. arer.l8h. bilious, tongue eoated or eon- jstipated they are harmless.