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I Page o f Tne Capital Jmnrnm I 1 g itOTlU CHARLES H. FISHER Editor and Publisher h prBLISIIED EVERV EVENING EXCEPT 8DNDAT, 8ALEM, OREGON, BY - Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. 8. BAHNR8, eiiAS. H. FISHER, President. Vlce - SUBSC'JMPTION RATES Pally by carrier, per year 5.00 Per Month imlly by mail, per year 3.00 Per Month dc FULL LEASED WIRE EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES W D Ward. New Tork. Tribune Building. w. u. varu, n i , Chicago, W. II. Btockwell, People'g Gag Building The Capital Journal carrier boys arc Instructed to put the papers on the porch. It -the carrier does 'not do this, misses you, or neglects netting the paper to you oo time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this Is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following Instructions. Phone Main 81 before 7 :80 o'clock and a paper will be sent you uy special messenger THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper In Htilem whose circulation la guaranteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. THE OVER-REACHING PRUSSIANS The senarate neace proposition so long talked of be- tween Russia and Germany has taken on a new phase. Germany has refused to accept the terms ottered by Kus - sia which required the abandoning of islands occupied by Germans in Riga bay, and the relinquishment of other Russian territory held by the Teutons. This shows the hollowness of Germany's peace offers, and that her pre tense of being willing to have "peace with no acquisitions of territory and no indemnities" is only a bit of Prussian ' camouflage. The kaiser's minions worked the "separate peace" shell game on the ignorant peasants of Russia until his grip was strengthened and the power of Russia weakened and then he showed his hand. He would not accept a peace except on his own terms; which means that Russia must practically surrender all her liberties and become a vassal of Germany. As usual the cunning Prussian has over reached himself. If it is insisted that concessions be made Germany in order to have her secure her much talked of peace, the Russians will go to the other extreme and refuse to make any deal at all with Germany. At the best, the proposed peace was of German manu facture, and its advocates in Russia really German sub jects. They worked the scheme until they thought they were in a position to dictate any peace terms, and have exposed their hand too soon. The Bolsheviki are on their last legs, for they never really represented the great mass of the Russian people. These will' eventually turn on and rend the usurpers. Civil war is in progress, aiid while efforts are being made to stop it, it is apparent this can be done only by making terms with the Cossacks, and this means a surrendering of their power. Another thing fighting against the Bolsheviki is the lack of transportation which is bringing the larger "cities to the verge of starvation, and a hughy people, especially a hungry Russian people, are dangerous to government that is not backed by overwhelming force, and this the present makeshift of a government has not. That the Russians may not be able to get back on the fighting line soon is probable, but the situation seems greatly improved from the fact that there is no real Russian government, hardly a semblance of one with which peace of any kind can be arranged. The dachhund quit wagging his tail and showed his teeth much too soon. Tne result will be the Russians will be afraid to further play with the dog. Yesterday ths dispatches carried a story of a train wreck in which forty-six were killed and around seventy injured. Before the' war such a story would have caused an extra to be issued by the big dailies and whole pages of descriptive matter to be published. Yesterday it scarcely attracted attention, and caused no comment. The small-tragedies no longer move us, and what were at one time looked upon as almost calamities are now passed by as trifles. The killing of 46 persons in air raids and submarine sinkings are our daily breakfast bill of fare. Considered as tragedies they fade into nothingness by the side of the daily toll of human lives on the bat tle fields. We have in three years been educated into this condition. Will we ever be educated out of it. Food Administrator Hoover says Claus Spreckles is: Rnre at him. which is the cause of his complaints. This is probably true. At the same time the great masses of j 1 the American people are not sore at iur. noover, out iney are beginning to complain at the undeniable fact that while wheat prices have been fixed, those of corn, is three times as plentiful have not been touched. The consumers are responding cheerfully to his request to substitute corn meal for flour but they do not want to be plundered while doing so. Shake up the cornmeal speculators Mr. Hoover. If butter gets much higher to go to advocating the use of for it. If he does, it is a safe will jump the price. On ri after Wed December 26, 1917, onr Slats Street door and cur After-IIcur Yicket, No. 5. will be closed at four o'clock. . LADD& BUSH BANKERS DO It A C. ANDRE8EN, rresldent. Sec. and Trens. TtSLECUAPII REPORT u me cm net un Brother Hoover will have axlcgrease as a substitute bet the. axlegrease makers NEWSPAPER The "Twenty-five Years Ago" column of the Oregon ian, Thursday, contains an item of more than usual inter est. It reads: "John R. Rathom has taken entire charge of the Astorian's editorial, local and telegraph depart ments. He is an experienced newspaper man. He is us ing a Merganthaler linotype machine, the only one on the coast." . - With all the newspapers in the United States except the smaller country weeklies now set up on these ma chines, it does not seem possible that it was only 25 years ago the first one made its appearance on the coast. It speaks well for .the editor's up-to-dateness that a city of the size of Astoria should have beaten all the cities of the coast to the modern newspaper plant,' but it seems that is just what happened. !market in portiand. It has been in operation for more than a year and its proprietor says his trade is steadily increasing, Originally its patrons were almost all of foreign birth but the number of Americans learning to use horse flesh for food is steadily increasing. The "stock" is said to be furnished mostly by the Indians of eastern Oregon and the "beef" is of the cayuse brand. Yesterday was the winter solstice, and while the sun is supposed to have started on his journey northward again he has in lact only turned the goal post, and it will be some days before he is fairly racing back with Spring concealed under his great coat. It is a little early to get out the shovel and the hoe, but already thoughts of garden sass and greens are permissible, for here in Oregon it will be only a couple of months until the early flowers are in bloom and the onion announces it3 arrival. The Bolsheviki "government" has decided to delay making a separate peace for two months. Plenty long enough, for long before that time elapses the bolsheviki will be only a memory in Russia and not a pleasant mem ory either. The Cossacks are winning and apparently the people are turning away from the German travesty on Russian government, Lenine, Trotsky and such, and toward the only real solid Russian soldiers, the Cossacks. England is demanding six million more tons of ship ping, and President Hurley of the shipping board says the job is a big one but thinks we can manage it. We sure can if governmental red tape can be dispensed with and common, everyday, sensible Americans be let alone at the work. Some folks may be satisfied to feed on horse flesh, but aside from prejudice, which most of us have, the person who has seen the cayuse in action at the Pendleton Round-Up would hesitate sometime before swallowing a chunk of volcano in active eruption. The federal shipping board has let contracts for over $28,000,000 dollars worth of wooden ships in Oregon, mostly in Portland. This is treating the state very nicely considering the constant abuse given Senator Chamberlain, and the national administration and every body connected with it by the Oregonian. Joe Pipal, football coach at 0. A. C, has been asked to resign but W. J. Kerr is still drawing $700 a month. ippung by Walt 4- GERMAN CHEMISTRY The German chemists work all nieht. and hustle all the 's"" tnm in si'ht a ; l people say they're needing meat, but meat U is not for sale; we'll make a substitute ut ' peat, and sell it by the pail. Thev crv for ",'! bread throughout the realm, but bread no merchants sell; we'll treat a block of slip pery elm, and that will do as well. Though there's no sugar in the land, let this be un derstood: We're busy now refining sand, which will be just as good." The chemists make their turnip jam and toadstool mar malade, until the weary people damn their dark and mj-stic trade. The chemists brew their noxious dope, and say to hungry folk, "Cheer up! cheer up ! don't give up hope we're making flour of oak." The German parent, sick and sore, beholds his children starve; there comes a chemist to the door "Here is a brick to carve ! It's made of shavings and old shoes, excelsior and tar; you're needing bread? Don't have the blues, for this is better far." If famine comes to this our land I think well starve and die before we'll take from chemist's hand a bootjack for a pie. KERR STTCTRISES HTM. ! (Pallns ltoniizor.) I We didn't think it of Ir. Kerr. We thought he was a bigger man than that. 'After all this hullabaloo about the dan- per of t!ie Kansa Agricultural college taking him away from the Oregon Ag- PROGRESS itnymes Mason day. "We'll make for every- substitute," they say. "The rieultural college, comes the positive statement from the Kansas board of re ponts'that they not only did not offer hnu the presidency of their college, but had not even considered him for the place. It is posisble that Dr. Kerr, and his friends backed br the Oregonian, put one over ou the Oregon people, in-. I! Margaret Garrett's By J AXE PHELPS ft A TERRIBLE CONFIDENCE CHAPTER XC. What could Bob meant He was very white, and looked so serious I was frightened, and began to tremble. What could have happened that he must come home purposely to tell me of it ? But I asked no questions, someway I could not. I just stood and watched him as he took off his coat and hat, and then followed him into the library. "Sit down, Margaret, I want to talk to you What I have to say may per haps hurt you. I hope not. But, what ever the result, it cannot go unsaid any longer. Ho stopped, and leaning one elbow on the table he rested his head upon , his hand. He was quit so long that I coma srana it no longer and asKecl: "What is it you must tell mo " For some few minutes longer he kept silent. I wanted to say something to him, but he still wore that detached, serious look and I hesitated. FKially he commenced agajn: "You remember, Margaret, that when we were married I had just lost my mother. How dearly I had loved her you perhaps have never realized; nor what she was to me. From the time I was a little shaver we had been chums something you and I never have been. As I grew older, we were comrades, young together. Mother never was too tired, or too busy to wel come and make much of my friends those of whom she approved. Most of them, Margaret, are the same friends you so dislike." "I dislike them because they take you from me, and" I interrupted, but he made a motion to silence me, then went on. "When I grew older and went to col lege she was still the host pal, the dearest comrade a felTow ever had. Why, I would rather have her come over commencement week than any girl I knew. She entered into all my disappointments as no other could do then." I noticed his hesitancy before the word 'then,' but said nothing; 1 was too surprised that ho should have come back from the party to talk about his mother. "She was forever doing things to make mo happy. Only tonight Creed more reminded me ,of the boxes of goodies she used to send mo so that we might have spreads in my room; of the Christmas gifts she made, never once forgetting any of the boys who were my companions. Not expensive gifts, but a big fat sofa pillow such as col lege boys like, or a pretty table cover, or iooks, something for every one. Is it any wonder that I loved her!" he did not wait for an answer, indeed I was incapable of giving one. I sat wide-eyed listening; wondering if- Bob had suddenly lost his mind. "You know that father and I never got on," ho resumed after a moment, 'and that sister Adah was just like father, so we did not get on either. After mother left me, it was impossible that I should be happy at home. Then I became acquainted with you. Just at the time when my heart was sore and bleeding; when I wanted to hide my sorrow; when I felt that nothing mat tered, that nothing ever would matter again now that she was gone. I was motherless, I felt homeless, because homo without her was no home at all not for me-" "lint why are you going over all this, Bob?" I queried at last. "Because I must so that you will understand." "Understand "what?" again I won dered if he was out of his mind. "What I came home to tell you," ho grew white as chalk. "You were quiet, soothing. Without meaning to 1 drifted into a sort of dependence on you. You were older, graver than any girl I ever had known; and didn't expect things of me. Things which I had no heart for after mother went. Gradually I commenced to visit you. You were a fine .house keeper; you never annoyed me by light and foolish talk when my heart was sad with my loss. I mistook my feel ing for you. It was gratituder-and be cause I never thought to be happy asrain, never expected to join in the old gayety; I let my gratitude to you overshadow mo to such an extent that I asked you to marry me." "Gratitude Bob, what are you talk ing about " I again interrupted. "You cared for me from the first I think, I don't know now; then I was incapable of judging. But as soon as my grief for mother had in measure worn away not that I ever shall cease to grieve for her, I knew I had made a mistake. This is hard for me, Margaret, perhaps harder for you, but I must go through with it. I have known for a long time that the feeling I had for you never was love; but gratitude. We are mis mated in every particular. When I bought this houiie and so was able to enjoy the privacy of my own room I thought perhaps I could go on. But we must eomp to some understanding. And at once." "What kind of an understanding! " I heard myself saying, and my voice sounded as if from a great distance. "When -I finish talking that is for you to say," and he wearily laid ono arm over the other on the table before him. (To be continued MobJ.it) eluding the O. A. C. board of regents, whereby the worthy president was given a dubstantial increase in salary to keep him from leaving a job from which he could not have been pried with a crow bar? The time has passed when any good American lover can call his sweetheart "him" and get by with it. The Dally ffovektie THE DAILY NOVELETTE His Name Was Pete. The fat man with the prominent knuckles mopped his brow with a ban danna handkerchief. "To put tt plainly," he said, "I be. lieve my wife is going out of her senses. Between yon and me, she never had any too many to go out of, but she's going out of 'em now, way out." "If you would outline to me a few of the symptoms " suggested Sheer luck Bones" the groat detective. "The principal symptom is this here," explained his visitor. "She makes strange sounds when she's alone in her room." "What sort of sounds " asked the great detective, rapping thoughtfully on his front teeth with the poker. "Well, sometimes she goes: 'Twoot twoot. Tiddy widdy widdy," and sometimes she goeB Pitty Pitty Pitty Pitty Pitty, and sometimes she goes 'litem twitten twee twee twee'." The great detective abstractedly chewed on the ipoker- Suddenly, with a sharp click, he bit the end off, and then, blushing slightly at this un wonted display of excitement, asked in his most colorless tones, "Does she ever go, 'Wicky wicky wicTiy, ' and then whistle several times?" "Why, yea!" cried the fat man. "But how on earth " "Your wife has a canary in her room, and that's merely canary lan euape," smiled the great'detective. The fat man twitched his ears in re lief and set out for some canary crack ers that ho just remembered his wife had asked him to buy. . OPEN FORUM f I" ( 4 4 ( KERR AND HIS. SALARY. Editor Journal: Kindly print n few lines for me as to President Kerr of O. A. C. and the matter ho no doubt sent word back to his henchman, Senator Hawley of Polk county, that he had "some idea',' he might change his place and take the Kansas place at the larger salary of $9,000. Then Hawley got busy and the Oregonian spread the news for them that such a move was contemplated and Kerr, a very shrude politician, kept mum all the time knowing be had never been offered the position at any salary. Next, Hawley, who has never honestly represented the taxpayers, started the petition to raise Kerr's sal ary, and with the aid of J. K. Weathar ford, another skeeming politician, and a lawyer, whom all men should watch, with some suspicion, as president of the board, wanted to bo popular. Ho shed great tears of sorrow for Kerr who can spend more state money than any offi cial of the stato and give no accounting of it. Kerr should be recalled. Hawley is not fit (o represent the county nor the interests of the state taxpayers, and as for J. K. Wealherford, who is respon sible for raising of Kerr's salary, one half more than any state officer gets, it is an outrage on the people of the state. Now, look out for Weatherford and spot him when he bobs up for office. Now a word as to the Agricultural agent. It is the work of the O. A. C. to push an O. A. C. student on each county, or on many-of them, at large salaries than any of the county offi cers get; provide them with a stenog rapher to do the work of the office at less than $1.00 a day and furnish him an auto and $200 expense money; office supplies and fixtures. Now I tliink that it will prove, about as profitable to the farmers as the county fruit inspec tor, which is not worth anything, except to himself, to draw his salary and ex penses. Some of the fruit growers. I think the countv agent might do good if he was to get OUT AMONG th'e far mers and explain and show some of the benefits. It might be some good but for the farmers to drive to town to hear a lecture or to a night meeting, there are but FEW who do that. So in pistice to all, I don't believe it wise for the county court to employ him. Respectfullv, K. R. RYAN. SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN. (From Oregon Voter.) Senator Chamberlain has gone thro tire and proven himself to be a far- sighted, patriotic statesman. Back east iney iook up to mm as to no other The American commander-in-chief to democratic senator. His work as chair-1 day isued formal orders prohibiting hi man of the Committee on Military Af-jmen from frequenting immoral resort fairs has been of the kind that makes and rigidly restricting the sale of in-historyr-and good history at that, in; toxicants in the "American zone" of which future Americans can glory. He France. has made good and it looks as though Light wiue and beer alone mav be it was up to Oregon to stand by him a,,iJ ,w -rt; ,.,,;; 4i,t as one of our state's principal eontribu- tions to our country during its great crisis. There is some talk back east of supporting him for still higher honors. Oregon can be proud of what Chamber lain has done for our country's part in the war, and probably will have reason . 1 v i -1 1 can newspapers who withhold just credit j from him will have something to answer! for if they try to tear him down. Perfecting Assyrian Relief Flans Rapidly lu p .., ol au) career ue may iuu i m a larMger sense. Bickering of republi-!Vren.., 5 '' . rIM l"ans .IoriCaurasus alone whose condition, as de- ii.u , arl. riifuuv assuming ; lefmite form under the direction of the local committee, and a campaisn to arry the appeal to every home in Ma- rio- cpnnt- ViU be launched soon'af ter the advent of the New Year. Father Buck of fct. Joseph's church was waited On by the committee last !ports" in a cablegram from the Ameri I." w teB'' ;fM consul at Tifli that the sirtatioa And He Did OHM I'VE NCVEH SECtt YOU WITHOUT R 8ef,RJJ.UJISH TOU'B HHVC ITSHAVEH J OFF! ft Donald News (Capital Journal Special Service) Donald, Or., Dec. 22. E. G. Bobiusom of Cuuby was transacting business ia Donald Saturday. Mr. V. Van Vlict and daughter, Misg Mabel, were passengers to Portland Saturday morning. Mr. Van Vliet left Sunday for Michigan to visit with hit parents. Herbert Davis, who is assisting ia the First State bank, of Donald, has ac cepted a position with Ladd & Tilton'i bank of Portland and will assume his duties January 1st. Mr. and Mrs. O. E. Feller and Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Johnson of Woodbura were guests Sunday, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bittick. Carl Marian, Muggs Eice and George Sexsmith were passengers on the northbound train Wednesday. Miss Estelle Grettie was called to Portland Tuesduy to assist in the post office during the Christmas rush. Mis Grettio took the civil service examin ation last fall and successfully passed. Miss Cone is substituting in her room . at school. Bernice Feller, wno is attending school at Mt. Angel, spent the week end at home. Miss Artie Bittock of Hub bard was a guest of Miss Bernice, dur ing her stay. Arthur Graham, cashier of the Canby State bank, Canby, was transacting business in Donald Saturday. Miss Lulela Young went to Woodbura Monday for medical treatment. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ycrgcn and small son were Woodburn visitors Thurs day. Mrs. Jesse Johnston and sons, Donald and Robert, come over from Aurora Wednesday evening. Mrs. Johnston will assist in the post office during the holiday rush. Muggs Rice and George Sexsmith who enlisted last week, were rejectea upon physical examination. The boy returned to Donald, Monday. H. L. Tagaly of Underwood, Wash., was transacting business in Donald Tuesday. Robert L. Sirayze reporter on the Evening Telegram was up from Port land, spending a few days at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Yergen. M isses Mabel Dotv and Estelle Gret tie were guests, Sunday, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fargo, at Fargo. Mrs. O. O. Freeman and her mother . Mrs. Margaret Cox, spent Friday and Saturday shopping in Portland. Mrs. Fred Sexsmith and daughter June were Portland visitors Saturday. American Army Will Be Model of Morals By J. W. Pegler (United Press staff correspondent) With the American Armies iu France, Dec. 22. The American army is to be a model one iu individual morals, sobrie ty and propriety of its fighting men. if General Pershing can make it bo. section of France where Americaa troops are located, under Persians 's de- The general orders specifically an nounce these restrictions are in line with every effort to put the Americaa forces at the highest pitch of efficiency by control ov their private eouduct. ,.i.-ni a .;i;. have been impresseQ wita the spirit with which the American troops are ac quiescing in this desire of their com manding officers . CrEN FOKUM S. B. Elliott, W. T. Jenks, Rev. J. R Buck. R. A. Harris- There are 330,00 refugees in the seribed hv a receut cablegram from Tiflis. is becoming more pitiable ev ery day. The complete collapse of the Russian government has deprived them of all government appropriations and !H,-n- I. a :v.:i:. Uc i,;o .v:-v. c V II