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fx apilal JournUi FBI DAY EVENING Ieecmber 28, 1917 CHARLES II. FISHER Editor and Publisher llMllllllimillljV. 1 iiiiiiIVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIOm'I'III!iII'III'IIM0III"II!IIIIIMI TK'iiiiniiiiniiia I C W Jt I 1 kZ W a t . i iiiniii-miif.iiTi1- Editorial I rage of 'I he L I'CBUSIIED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. U 8. BARNES, . President. CIIAS, H. FISIJER. Vice l'lfJiKlent. DOA C. ANDRESEN, Sec. and Treas. GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF RAILROADS KI'USCIUITIO.N RATES Pally by carrier, per year f.J '"; Daily by mull, per year A "" 1 er FULL LEASED WIRE Ti'JLKUUAl'U KEl'OKT .45c .a.-ic EASTERN R E T R 1 1 H E N T A T I V E 8 W. D. Ward, New York. Tribune Building. H p,... Ga, BudlDg "h canltnl Journnl punier boys are Instructed to put the papers on the porch. It the curler 4 n t d" misses you, or neglects K.MtlrtS the paper to you ou t me, klSdlv Phone he clrcm .lion mnmiKcr. as this Ik the only way we can determine whether or not fb ' wrlJ following Instructions. 1'hone Main 1 Iwfore 7 :30 o clock and a paper will be scut you by special uiPMeoKer u me ci I...-.. , THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper In Sulem whose circulation Is guaranteed by the ' Audit Bureau of Circulation. NO PEACE WITH PRUSSIANISM Germany wants peace and she wants it badly, but sue is at her old tricks and .wants a peace made in Germany, and for Germany. Such a peace as is proposed is simply a surrendering of all rights of others to Germany. Should her terms be accepted it would mean that the allies would have to abandon all territory gained by them in Mesopo tamia, and return Jerusalem and the holy land to the Turks. This will never be done. Germany wants this because it would still leave her dream of a railroad from Berlin to Bagdad possible of realization. It would leave the Balkans in such shape that Germany could at once begin intriguing for arranging conditions there so she would have a route ope nthrough Austrian and Balkan territory to the Turkish borders ana tnrougn iurey tu Bagdad. It would mean, this "no annexations and no indemnities," that Germany would not have to make any reparation to Belgium for her wicked devastation of that country and the crimes against its inhabitants. For the allies to consent to such a peace would be a cowardly sur render of every principle for which they have been fight ing. It would be an offense against humanity and a crime ' against Belgium, whose grand people stood between civilization and chaos, checked the German hordes and allowed France time to save herself and the world. Belgium saved the world froin ruin and devastation, and from falling back into the dark ages. Whatever the out come of the war Belgium must be restored, her people aid.d in building up their ruined homes and industries, and on top of it all the one great thing which alone will justify any peace, the removal of the Hohenzollerns from all power forever. The world cannot fight this terrible conflict over, and any peace that leaves the Prussian militarism in power means that sooner or later the whole dreadful conflict will have to be fought out again. It will ne sooner or later, jusi, as u iuts.es a, suuitw ui iuhc time for militarism to get prepared again for the strug-j gle. Peace talk is idle-until the German people are in a 'position to be one of the parties to it." There can be no. peace with Prussianism. The gcvnmen? it is stated has about completed the purchase of the entire sugar crop of Cuba estimated at ;MiOO,000 tons. The price agreed upon is said to be $4.60 a hundred delivered on ship-board. The sugar is bought for the use of this country and the allies. If it was all for use in this country it should go a long ways toward doing away with the sugar shortage, for it would give 72 pounds to each person, The deal was made through tViP m-psiflpnt nf the Cuban republic. Little Cuba has shown her gratitude for what the United States did for! her, and has come to the iront on ail occasions as a loyai little friend. This shows the difference between the American way of dealing with small countries and that of the kaiser. Under existing conditions, if Germany was situated in the same, relation to Cuba that this coun try is, she would help herself to the sugar and not ask Cuba any questions or permit any being asked her. The big mills in Minneapolis yesterday began grinding war flour. This requires the putting of 74 per cent of the wheat berry into flour, and greatly decreases the quantity of by-products. In the face of this the dis patches say there will be a reduction in the price of all these. Here is one of the things the average layman can not understand. If the quantity of by-products is re duced, what causes a reduction in price? It must be an arbitrary reduction, for if not it is the first time in his tory that the scarcity of a product caused it to become cheaper. Leaders of the strikers in the iron trades at San Fran cisco sav shinbuildirg will not be interfered with by the strike of 20,000 iron workers. As many of these are working in shops and foundries whose output is used in shipbuilding the statement belongs to that class of things recently known as camouflage. The most radical war move yet made in America was consummated at noon today when the United States gov ernment took over all the railroads. True the govern ment does not assume ownership, and is satisfied for the present with only their control and direction, but it may be the first step to government ownership which is at least a possibility following government control. Much will depend on results of government' operation, and as the plan seems to be to leave the roads under their pres ent management so far as the actual operating of them is concerned, the change should not make any great. differ ence in revenues or expenses. It should, however, do away with all favoritism in the distribution of cars, and this should help the Northwest, especially Oregon, which has been almost criminally discriminated against. Of course such things as are needed to carry on the war will get first chance on all roads, but after that there should be a fair division of cars, and above all the government should stop at once all using of cars for warehouses. The roads have never done this, but perhaps it was the fault of the laws as much as of the companies, for the demurrage system was calculated for the benetfi of just the class of persons who took advantage of it. The busi ness hog who placed his selfish interests above everything, else and deliberately held up cars for weeks by paying demurrage charges, must be kicked out of the trough, and this can be done by the government where the roads were powerless. If it is done, the car shortage will be greatly reduced if not entirely eliminated. It is now up to Mc Adco to straighten out the transportation tangles. If he succeeds, the change will be of inestimable benefit, if he falls down it will be perhaps only because he does not rely fully enough on the present heads of the roads. Un doubtedly they can operate their roads better than any government official new to the job, and a wise supervis ion is all that is necessary. The Daily Novelette $ ' wTnTrW LIBERAL A3 ANYTHING. (Translated from the Russian) Slnmmet Goodski laughed heartily and pounded Yoodaviteh Bombaki on the ! back. I " Hnuzzeroomo sneeze!" (That's aj good one) he eried. "You still belong; to the Bolsterkeevi party aud consider ; I yourself a liberal I Maui, you're way! i behind the times! Come and sign up in , the fckadocovitck party. Us Scadoco-! vitclies are so liberal we don't even I believe in punishment for theft, arson,: murder, or skedaddling with your neighbor's wife." "Bridthzzbish!" (Fine) said Yooda-! vitch Bomski, aud joined the Seadoco-j vitch party. Hut a week lated Moer-' i blotch Spindloooski laughed at him mer-J rily, Haying, "Why, loodavitch Bom- ski, you don 't call yourself a progres sive, do you? Come aud join the Pook erseewi's. We're so liberal we don't I even believe in the payment of debts,! even to our fellow members, and if you I see an overcoat in the clubrooms you like better than your own, you can just; walk off with it and it will be perfect-1 ly oy kay (all right)." j "Splish unnerpliuth sonfith," (Sounds, good to me) agreed Yoodaviteh Bomski who really needed a new overcoat very: badly. But at the very first meeting; of the Pookerseewi's he found himself i the last man there, and not an over coat left, not even his own. So Yoodaviteh Bomski became an ul tra conservatist and made speeches on the corner of Xevsky Vodka and Droh sky Kvass in favor of bringing dear old Czar Nick back into power. Aumsville Has Youngest , Red Cross Member END S San Francisco promises that the shipyards in that vicinity will turn out 600,000 tons of wooden and steel vessels during 1918. Oregon and Washington should each do considerably better than that, in fact will have to do so if the coast turns out the three million tons expected of it. For the past two weeks the sinkings of English ships by submarines have shown a decrease, though the loss is still heavy enough. For the week just ending the sink ings were 11 ships of 1,600 tons or more, and only one under that tonnage. lppimg Kny.mes by Walt Mason MADE AT HOME This year, oh, little girls and boys, there'll be no German Christmas toys. The Ger mans have SO much to do. so manv errands fsrr to pursue, they really haven't time to pause I f I ancl carve out tovs for Santa Claus. But little maid and scout, for all the children in this realm, made from our native slip pery elm. WThy brought we toys across the seas? We have the drawing knives and trees, and we can hew from pine or beech an elehpant that is a peach, and we can shape a polar bear, an anaconda or a hare, a camel with an upright back, a duck that can emit a quack. We have the tools, we have the skill; why bought we toys from Kaiser Bill? Now, watch me make a Noah's ark, and fit it out with hen and shark, rhinoceros and kangaroo and every beast you wish to view. This war, with all its woes and stings, has taught us lots of useful things. We find that we "can fashion traps we used to buy from foreign chaps; and that's a lesson, little kids, which should be pasted in o ur lids. So watch me take my saw and ax, and fashion toys as slick as wax; I'll carve you beasts of gorgeous shapes; 1 11 hew out warthogs, bees and apes, and give you, dear ones, ample cause, to whoop with me for Santa Claus. w"fo'ALT MASQUE Aumsville, Marion county, Or., Dee. 27. At 12:15 p. m. HornTo Mr. ami Mrs. H. P- Jensen, boy, name Albert Lorenzo Jensen. Became member of the TCod Cross for 1918 at 1:15 p. m. 30 minutes old. Youngest member in Oregon. Can you beat it? T. W. John son, mayor town of Aumsville, Mar ion county, Oregon. Abandon Work On . Russian Railroads Tokio, Dec. 28. Threo hundred and sixteen American railway engineers who have been in Russia, arrived at Na gasaki today from Vladivostok. Work on the traus-Sibcriaif railroad has been temporarily abandoned, the engineers reported. doming must go at the lowest prices of the year step lively if you want to share in these bargains G. W. JOHNSON & CO. United States Nat. Bank Building only have to win Bob, you have to undo all that you have done for years. Thank God you have the boys; they'll help some. ' ' "lie loves tho boys," I said sadly. "If he oulv cared as much for me." Lyons News Items (Capital Journal Special Sorvice) Lyons, Dec. 2S Mr. aud Mrs. F. A. Marriels are riding around in a new car now days. . Mr. and Mrs. Elder mado a trip to Stsyton Friday. Chas. Hiatt of Lyons spent Christ mas in Portland. Carol Kmmett spent a few days in Salem. , Dick Brown and family of Portland are spending the holidays with rela tives of Lyons. Misses Anna and Sarah Kinken who are attending the Utayton high school are spending the holidays with their parents of Lyons. The many friends of Miss Agness Brown and Donald Brotherton Tvish "lie would have if vou had let him! But how did you expect a man to earethem happiness in their matrimonial for a whining cry-baby who found fault j venture with him and his friends; and with Mrs. Maud Brotherton spent Christ everything he wanted to do no matter Irnas with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. how innocent?" !D. Wilson, of Fox Vallev. "Oh, please, Elsie," I gasped. It did not seem that I could endure another word. "I know it sounds brutal! But some times it takes powerful medicine to halt tl e progress of some disease. It does m your case. There would be no pos Mrs- Daisy Findley and children spent tho 25th in Albany. Gale JSeringer and family ate their Christmas dinner with Mrs. Beringer'a mother, Mrs. Emma Morris of Lyon. Mr. and Mrs. Hoeflake are visiting Mrs, IToel'lalce's parents, Mr. aud Mrs. sible use to tell vou what to do and i Vaughn, let you go on thinking you were tho i Mr. and Mrs. Ben Bodiker and lit abused one, and that you had done tie daughter, Marguerite, spent a few nothing to merit this upheaval. I don't i few days wiih Mr, Bodiker 's par- sav that Bob Hasn't perhaps been a:'" vuuey, UCMJCUIU AN AKEAIGNMENT. Gil and after Wednesday, December 26, 1917, our State Street door and our Aftcr-Heiir Wicket, No. 5. will be closed at feur o'clock. LADD & BUSH, BANKERS CHAPTER XCV. ' 1 knew that Elsie was right about Bob's hating to see mo weep. He had sii'd sj many times. But 1 had given way to tears so otten and for s;;eh trl vial things that 1 knew it would be dif ficult to break the habit. "There's another thiug, Margaret,' Elsie continued, "Aud that is the way you have acted about your food. That and tears go together in one wsv. Both habits make you old aud LOOlv old. Vou AUK older than Hob and you can't afford to do anything to make yourself s minute older. You must keep young, young. ' 1 "But he never noticed when I went to the parlors," I replied "till with a feeling of hurt because of the omission. "Of e mrse he didn't! you waited too long, and his mind wan full of this dis agreeable thing he had to go through with. I eau almost pity lam for having little to blame, hut connximl to you he has been angelic. I have often won dered ,pist why he didn t luck over the traces long ago. I had made up my mind that the boys held l.im. " "Perhaps they did." "Yes. 1 think they did! and we must use them now to help us," Elsie said musingly. sav i ' A, L. Morris ard family spent Christmas day with Mrs. Morifis' mother of Lyons. Mrs. Emma Lyons is spending the holidays in Salem and Portland. Misses Mansentha Hobson and Kath eriue Mi Rav of Portland are visiting home folks- Mr. Scott and Miss Blanche Thomp- "But what am I to do. Elsie? What!?0" 1,1 ollum art' ""ring menus oi shall I tell Bob""' .l-yous, "You will tell him exactly what I , . ank llouscr spent Christmas with ins i uiiii iv or Aiuau v. AT-., tt..i. .1 i. lfnt. "Yes. Things can't be WOKSE than I . ".uu r , '' daughters. Pons and Mnxmp. snent to tell, as much as I do vou for hearing" "But he didn't HAVE to." "Yes he did! he had to do something. He couldn't st:in1 it nuv lono-or. Vjn ; remember, Margaret, I warned you long lago not to push Bob too much; that he j was temperamental ana woulau t stand I for it. But you didn't, or wouldn't be I lieve me, and this is what was bound to i happen. Vou can be on your knees that jit Ls no worse than it is. Some men I would have loft you long ago. There, ;uoa t get angry, r,na tor pity s sake .don't cry! 1 told you I-was going to help you, after I had told you a few ne-essary truths; necessary if you were ever to be happy with Bob." "Do yon think we will ever be hap 'py asjaiu?" I asked. 1 "lou pour mistaken darling! Oi course you will!" and Elsie put both srms around me and gave mo a tender kiss, "But it will be n hard pull Mar- tr'iri'l Tt will talra ttlt -iMir -?t 1, all your grit,, all your patience. You noti tnov are ' ' When he comes home tomorrow night no tonight," she corrected as she glanced at the tiuy clock on the desk, whose hands pointed to two o'clock, "you tell him that you have decided. That he must let things go on just as they are for a year. If at the end of the year he still wants a separ ation you will promise not to stand in his way. And" "But I couldn't promise that!" I interrupted. " Vou promise to do exactlv as I told you. If you don't I absolutely decline to help you further." "Verv well, go on," I said hopeless ly. "Tlieu for that year you are to do exactly the opposite to what yon have done. You are never to cry, NEVEB!! You are to eat good, nourishing food, and take care of your looks. Vou are to keep opeu house for. Bob's friends, and nifilf him fol hi home is at least PARTLY his. You are to go with Bob! whenever he asks you; and go as if yoni liked it whether you do or not. Vou arej to show an interest in the things which! interest him. You must read Slid study! to keep up with him. Hf is a brilliant ! mail, Margaret, and you are terribly j rusty on all subjects not domestic. Bob is uot a domestic man in any sense of: the word. So don't bore him," she stop ped for breath, then said seriously: "jf; you will do all these things, and do them; in the right spirit, I will guarantee thatj Bob will love you better than ever ho lms. Aid I'll help you all I can every blessed minute of the year. Xow will you promise?" "I proaiise, Elsie", I replied just as the clock struck three. "Now go to bed, and sleep until I call you. Poor child, you are completely won out." (Tomorrow A Eeslf ul Night) Christmas with parents of Mill City. Grandma Mieltan was greatly sur- ' And He Did I I'LL SNEAK UP BEHIND UNCLE BlkL flfiJJ PULL HIS unio I VSifilfH prised when three daughters and far,i ilies came to spend Christmas with her: -Mrs. Emma Blue of Crabtrce, Mrs. Ida VYorfhington of Oswego and Mrs. Stacy McCall of Albany. Children Cry TOR FLETCHER'S s a st O re i A mm ii tl i i i 3 II H v. i II n THE NEW YEAR APPROACHES If your preparations for 1918 include the establishing of personal, household or bus iness bank account, we should like to have an opportunity to explain how the facilities and services of the United States National Bank will conform in act as well as FACT to your requirements. Checking Accounts Savings Accounts Time Deposits Safe Deposit Vaults Every Other Convenience. sis i ii I 3 IMIdStatMatloiiniBaiilCf