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in '-MjjiiMiiii,iii;iiiiMyiiiiniiiiiiiiii' V-imh innry umimiMmnmnvi wi mi 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 M 1. 1 1 roUi !l F IU IIIM i I i I r nQg'EJ ourna TUESDAY EVENING January 8, 1918 - 1 1 ssst i Editorial 'Pose of ' The til J PCBUSnHD EVEBS EVENING EXCEfT BUNDAT, SAIJEM, OREGON, BT Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. S. BAItNEH, President. CHAS. n. FisirEit. Vlce-i'resident. DORA C. ANDBE8EN, Bee. and Treas. IS HE "GUT FOR THE DOUGH?" BUMSCVIl'TIOX KATES Dally by carrier, per year 15.00 Per Month 4r.c tally by mail, per year 3.00 Per Month 85c Wl.h LEASED WIRE rjCLKGHAPH REPORT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES W. D. Ward, New York, Tribune Building. Chicago, W. H. Stockwell, People's Gas Building The Capital Journal carrier boys are Instructed to put the papers on the porch. 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 Instructions. Phone Main 81 before 7 :30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger If the carrier baa missed you. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper in Halem whose circulation is guaranteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. WELL INTENDED BUT INCORRECT Charles Eisenman, vice-chairman of the supplies com mittee of the National Council of Defense before the committee investigating the failure of the quartermas ter's department to supply sufficient clothing for the army, testified there was an over-supply of cloth for army uniforms. On the other hand Quartermaster Gen eral Sharpe and Colonel Lindsey, inspector for the de partment testified the supply was a million yards short. and that the haggling of the Defense Committee last summer caused a shortage of three million yards and a delay of two months, many factories being kept idle be cause of this shortage of cloth. Eisenman also testified mat tne committee had taken no part in letting manu facturing contracts. This was flatly contradicted by the officers named above. Eisenman is anion t? other thinp-s ... . Margaret Garrett's Husband By JANE PRKLPS A TESEIBLE FBIGHT. Popular Mechanics for January has four pages to Salem, two of these almost entirely to illustrations, several hundred thousand dollars a year. He is also ac The "traveling editor" who secured the views showed! cused of causing a wool scare, and of a?sprfino- tliat fhp -I 1 f t i . . J? ort I 1 1 1 i -J fine taste and the pictures are such as to make Salemites feel more and more proud of what the traveling editor aforesaid describes as a most beautiful capital city. There is an old saying to fhe effect that one should "never look a gift horse in the mouth." For this reason it is perhaps not in the -best taste to criticise so well in tended and so friendly a write-up as the big magazine gave us. At the same time it is pointed out that the camera's impressions were far more correct than those of the individual. ' As a matter of fact there was scarcely an impression of the city gained by the visiting editor that was not grossly incorrect. He spoke of the deep gutters required to carry off the tremendous rainfall which literally came down in bucketsfull." As a matter of fact so far as heavy rains are concerned it doesn't know how to rain in Oregon, where it takes six months of rainy season to precipitate the 40 inches of annual rainfall. He speaks of this being a great fruit section j with apples as the principal fruit and this, though this is not at all, now, an apple section. He does not mention the prune of which 700 tons were sold a few days ago, or the loganberry, two of the leaders. He says the city is surrounded with logged off lands when it is surrounded by prairies and he draws a picture of Oregon's timber being exhausted in a few years, when the cutting of it has not yet actually commenced. The "millions of feet of timber near the city in the foothills" was no doubt a bit of camouflage, for the visitor was not used to the magnificent distances of the West and did not realize that the timber he saw was from twelve to twenty miles away. He says too that Oregon's timber will soon be a thing of memory only, "like the bison, the passenger pigeon and the roller towel." As a matter of fact with Oregon's present milling facilities which this year will cut perhaps fifty million dollars worth of lumber, no effect is made! on the supply, as the growth more than balances the cut ting. There is more timber going to waste every year irom becoming over ripe, and not being cut than is used by all the mills. Oregon has nearly one-third of all the timber m the United States and when it gets m the "bison and roller towel class" the United States will be as barren of timber as a billiard ball is of hair. Salem cheese is given a great boost, which was real nice of the descriptionist, especially as "there aint no such animal." It is really too bad the "traveling editor "did not run against someone that could have told him something about this the center of the greatest fruit products sec don of the world, for he was a friendly little cuss anu patted us on the back to the best of his ability, and his camera pictures were true to life if his word pictures were not. However Popular Mechanics has the thanks of all Salemites for its good intentions and the kindly words of its traveling editor, even though the latter saw as through a glass-darkly. He concludes his interesting article witn tne statement that he "could write a book on the devastation of the Oregon forests which have left the state a' stump strewn wreck." Perhaps, but we earn estly appeal to his magazine not to permit him to invade this field of romance. Down in the depths of the Atlantic with the submarines and such, he will find a field better suited to his imagination. use of 30 per cent shoddv in the for uniforms made better cloth. It looks very much as though Mr. Eisenman was "out for the dough." February in Oregon is an "egg month." Oregon bid- uies are a montn or two earlier with their fruit than those m like latitudes in the East. Eggs are quoted in Portland at 45 cents, and that they will get much cheaper is doubt ful. Those in touch with the markets and conditions are of the opinion that if the price gets down to 35 cents it Will be at its lowest. Thev base this nniriirvri nn trip fnnrl ...i... .! . . ,. .1 . r " - vaiue oi tne egg, holding that at 35 cents eggs are cheap er than meat. It is pointed out too that the price of all grams, which hens must have to produce, is so high that a price below 35 cents will not pay for the feed, and that in consequence snouid prices go below that, the chickens will go to the block and chicken raisers will go out of business. With fish retailing around 30 cents a pound eggs ai oo cents win prove prohtabie to consumers. FRENCH TROOPS TAKE GERMAN SPY GLASSES Systematic Plan Carried Out for Seizing All Observa tion PcLStS By W. S. Forrest (United Press staff correspondent) With the French Armies in the Field Dec. 8. (By mail) French troops are methodically taking away the Ger man spyglasses. One by one, enemy observation points or -advantageous positions have been carefully spotted by the French command and effectively eliminated. Though French official communiques sleep, I could at least pretend. As I waslissucil have registered merely local ae- CHAPTEB CIV. No I was not at all sure that Elsie was right; that to give up all my ideas of right and wrong; what was good 'for i30D ana wnat wasn't would help mat ters. But when one is desperate even a straw is grasped; anything to hold on to when the whole world seems to be slipping from under you. .Msie had talked a lot about amusing Bob. it seemed to me a humiliating role for a wife to amuse her husband. But I was learning, very slowly, to hold even my, thoughts in check. To hold my mind receptive, aud govern my actions accordingly iu as fas as I was able. I did not sit up tor Bob. If I couldn't l And He Did undressing a scared, breathless little figure, barefooted, with tangled hair, opened my door, and with a rush was in my arms. "Oh, muvver!" was all he said, but the quivering cf his little body against my breast told me more than words. "What is it, dear" I asked flcodu the room with light. ' ' What 's the mat ter with mother's little man?" "Oh,'-muvver I dreamed " ho stop ped and clung closer. "I dreamed that an awful mad man's took you away, and Oeordie and me didn't have no muv ver tions, these have had for the main ob jective that of snatching the binocu lars from the Teuton eyes. A brief artillery preparation a shrill whistle in the first line trenches arret the poilus have bounded "over the top" in actions of signal importance iu Alsaco, north of the (.'hernia des Dames and north of Verdun at Hill 344. Nearly. 1400 prisoners and valu able war material is the "by-product" of these local, strategical drives. The first "spy-class" seizure was that of the "Schonholz, " a powerful ly n . IN MYUAYEOYcS USEE TO THROW SNOWBALLS- WHY EONT You ? f vW. T ? TO' v Let's eo set Oeordie. Maybe he's ' i,u,""uu .8lu"'?t Ju"n d ton " I kronen lines in Alsace, serving The Public Service Commission Saturday granted "the Portland Railway, Light & Power company which owns the Portland street car system, increased rates, placing them at six cents, but allowing books of 50 tickets to be purchased at $2.75. The whole matter is Portland's own affair, and if she is satisfied it is of no interest to the balance of the state. There is quite a demand for Oregon potatoes, especial ly for seed. The price runs from a cent to a cent and a quarter. Owing to the weather conditions, most of the shipments are to California. With the moderation of the cold east of us the shipment should increase, and this should have a tendency to strengthen prices. A poet in the Oregon Sportsman sings about "the sun sinking to rest in the blood-tinged west." The poetry is all right but the facts are mixed as thev generally are when poets have the handling of them, the sun does not sink to rest, for while it is apparently sinking here in Oregon it is climbing over the eastern horizon on the other side of the world, so the poetical illustration would have the sun sinking to rest and rising to go to work at the same time, oets are permitted to do almost any thing even to performing the apparently impossible such as mingling sentiment and sense. I Rip T I I .', I. ; i L pimg inyms ;i by Walt Mason -f4--.-M . HOME GRIEFS Sometimes I am forgetting the woe across the sea, for sometimes private fretting is putting crimps in me. The tragic Russian blunder does not distress my soul, when I must scratch like thunder to buy a load of coal. Our own sad sordid troubles make nations' worries seem like .cheap trans lucent bubbles, or fierments of a dreMin. Repairing pipes that busted, the plumber long has toiled; my costly spuds are crusted a VVim ITOSt. atin nfld V snm oH With fanao 7 vvivAt iHi AtVVO 1 y- v j- l "It " i J luxls as uearses my neignDors come and i 'au haq moan of desperate reverses that Italy has Known. Altnousn disaster thickens, fnr scare ' ' He 's too little, and I am sure he 's asleep." I soothed. "Let's got" Donald persisted. So we went quietly into the nursery. George was fast asleep, his little fat fist doub led up belligerently. Our entrance wak eued Nellie who slept in the room. "What is it Mrs. Garrett? Donald" and she leapt out of bed in fear. "It's nothing, Nellie. Donald had a bad dream, and came to me. You go back to sleep." "I'se going to sleep wiv my muv ver," Donald declared. And while I nov er had given into his ehildish whims, I couldn't resist the pleading voice and look. "Yes, near, just this once you can sleep with mother," and we left the nurserv, Donald taking a last look at his little brother to be sure he wasn't dreaming ba1 dreams. As I cuddled my boy in my arms, un til he slept I thought that nothing should prevent my using every effort to keep that boy's father -with me. Yet way into the night my body twisted in anguish as I thought of his desire to be freed from me; his astonishment that I with all my other faults lacked the pride-necessary to give 'him his way, that I should WANT to keep him after his expressed wish to leave me. Humiliation and griet that i no ion ger held a place in Bob's heart was crowing into so deep a sorrow that it took all the strength of my mind and body to combat the terrifying thought. I turned feverishly, tortured by my thoughts careful not to disturb Donald but they gave me no rest. They stung me like "the lash of a whip setting every nerve on edge. I recalled all that Elsie had said, her terrible arraignment of me before she promised to help me if I would do as she said. It was almost unendurable there in the silence of the night,, the stillness broken only by the even breathing of the boy beside me. Where was Bob? Why didn't he come? The clock chimed one, and I knew he would remain in town. Had he' caught the last train ho would have been at Immp bv that time. Tears gushed to my eyes, but I strained them back. My promise I must keep it to the letter. Bed eyes weren't attractive, as Elsie had said. My throat was drv with the fierceness of my emo- the double purpose of German obser vation of the French organizations and preventing the French seeing in the direction of Altkirch. On the af ternoon of Nov. 7, after a brief but vi olent artillery preparation, three com panies ot French Chasseurs Blue Dev ils attacked the Schonholz' complete ly wiping out the salient in a tierce fight lasting into the night." The ene my desperately counter attacked but failed leaving in all 120 prisoners, in cluding six officers, in the hands of the Blue Devils. Complete German los ses, high because of their fierce effort to retain a position which they know to be of extreme value, were estimat ed at least tiOO men. The following day a' French general pinned mHitary medals on tho blue tunics of two adjutants and a corpor al for exceptional valor. Though there were no such medals in the, district, the general sent a fast automobile to find them, wherever possible, and the little presentation ceremony in an Al sacian village was a. happy aftermath to a victory that took from the Ger mans priceless observatories which had bothered tho French for two years. The French command next decided that the -Germans were seeing too much north of the Chemin des Dames. ( onsequently following a brief artil lery deluge, four companies of poilua passed to tne attack against the ene my lines forming a salient between tho small river Miette and the route to the German held village of Juvin court as far as the village cf Ville-au-Bois- jre the enemy held valuable ob servation posts overlooking Juvincourt and grount cast of the Miette. Under low lying clouds and in a "pea soup" fog, the fanner prevent ing all aerial work and the latter pre venting enemy observation of the ad vance, the French infantrymen, in less than n hour, swept over positions on a front of loOO yards and penetrated to a depth of over half a mile. They wip ed out the salient, took all the obser vatories aifd captured 475 prisoners- a number almost equal to half of the entire attacking force- Six German of-' ficers and 45 under officers foil into the net. The third and most important French action of November was in a reiriou ftliere icouptant hellish fighting has been the daily routine. Hill 344, on the right bank of the Meuse, north of .-VV-.- THAT ANNOYING, PERSISTENT COUGH may lead to chronlo lung- trouble, or mean that the chronic stage already 1b reached. Ia either ease, try ECRMAiVS ALTERATIVE This tonic and tlssuft-repalrer sup plies the acknowledged benefits of Cal cium treatment without ilaturbiug- tha tomach. Contains no Alcohol, Nar cotic or Habit-Foralnic Drue. $2 s!z, now $1.50. $1 ize, now Me. Price Includes war tax. All drus:it, Eckrotiji laboratory, Philadelphia tions. I would trv to sleep. Now that I knew Bob would not come I would rest if roar has never ceased ni tibli .lust as I commenced to reel a ier nearly tnree niontns Twenty Thousand Autos Still Unlicensed, Only Three Days Grace Up to Saturday night the automobile department had issued 28,020 auto li censes, (ib'l moto licenses, 891 for chauffeurs and 376 for dealers. This is in round numbers 10,000 more than, were issued at the Bame date last year. A statement has been published that the state allows ten days i which to secure licenses after the year begins. This is a mistake, as the law says the licenses must he secured be fore tho cars are operated, and thig means that under the law a car can not bo used even on New 'ears day without the license. How ever IJie de partment has nothing to do with tho enforcement of the law, that being en tirely iu the hands of the police and constabulary. These, it seems, have heretofore not made .any arrests for violation of the law during the first ten days of the year, but it i3 their own arranging ot the law for the con venience of autoists, and is really a violation of the law on their part- Judging by last year's licenses there arc about 20,000 atitos still unlicensed and as applications are coming in at a rate of less than 1000 a day, it will be seen that with only three days left of the ten granted by the police there ' will be perhaps 8,000 autos that will have to .quit running or run at the risk of their owners being arrested and lined. W0MEN SUFFERERS MAY , NEED SWAMP-ROOT , 1 . O "-wMrw vv V.MVWViAOj O-VA mat 1 do not weep; but some one stole my chickens, while I was sound asleep; it's hard to mourn for fighters in far off hills and fens, when here at home some blighters have swiped my Brahma hens. When Byng was - bravely bynging, the bells rang joyous peals; men thought I should be singing, and kicking up my heels. But then my cow was ailing, and 1 sat in her" room, and watched ner slowly tailing, and wasting to her doom. How could I chirp and twitter, and sound triumphant call, when that Polled Angus witter was croaking in her stall? I can't forget, my masters, the little workday ills, though triumphs or disasters may shake the ancient hills. po; little drowsey, worn out with my un-jtacKS ana rroncn counter attac-Ks, ai happy thoughts, and tears, 1 licaru a must uttuy since tne laner part or au Verdun. Here a drum like artillery 1 lit and day Thousands upon thousands of womea German at-1 have kidney and bladder trouble and The Daily Novelette LADD & BUSH, Bankers A Government income tax officer will be at the Court House from January 2 until January 30, 1918, and will, to all those who wish it, explain the new mwuic ia law, ana wm iurnisn tne necessary in come tax blanks. All single persons having an income of $1,000 or over, and all married nersnns hnvinor an ; 1 -fc w, A UIVUlUC JX -.WO or over, will be required to make a report. j buried his uose in the Jjf ogram. The man f in the left box, distinguished look- i ing man with greenish whiskers, cou ! tinned flirting m.nllv with Vixzhia. Af- ier tne performance, in the lobbv, he I suddenly appeared by her side, whis pered iu her ear: "Darling, honey, Fli, ,);! i,w.,.i .,..,... ,.. (sweetheart, dearie," and melted away m , ....... v.h, it.w,v v iuiii uiauunv iluu-r f (jj, CTOWtl 'choir, "do you know that mau iu tho iii'U,i,ii th. : .,i t . i ,lcl't hand box" (every word!'' spluttered Marmaduke. libhzm kiddleways opened wide her! Can I help it if a stranger chooses AKE WE? 'No! Nou! Nein!'' she exclaimed in'. i.t uuee mnguatn's. "l never thaw lilui Le- i,u,.,i.i me i ' demanded Fizstbia. bethides, Marmaduke, vou have ..rv . 1... .,1..U fore, in my lite. Marmaduke." ..... w.. w ..... ... - i ... j Marmaduke stared at her. src wej 'It 's blasted funny," he growled.l" Yes! " roared Marmaduke Mon ties been casting cheep's eves at von L.i,,,;, the curtain weut up on tho first j. .0h. Marmaduke, thith itli tho thud- iden!" lisped Fizzbia. T).... ;.... ... : ous. Hetl... es what right have you toi8n,i a dressinc 0WH. sll handed her f Were not en-, brother Tantrum a tea dollar bill, are we?" i tj. t... ;.i .- Marmaduke Munchuir muttered and,tUc whiskers."' she giggled. 1 ' since act,' 1 1 "O! i , be abthurdlv jealous '.gaged to be married sound which made me wide awake in stnutlv. The clock struck two. It sounded wierdly loud in the stillness. Theu soft ly, very softly, 1 heard the, front door open and close. Who could it bo and wnat were thev after i A burglar of course. 1 remembered all the stories 1 had read of what to do in case a burg lar visited you at night. 1 recalled that Bob had once said when the subject was under discussion. "Thev sefdom attempt burglary un less desperate. It is safer to pretend to be asleep, than, to give them a cnance to shoot," so 1 scarcely breathed as the stealthy footsteps came slowly up the staira. - I pinched my eyelids together. He might have a dark lautern. My door opened softly. Then the footsteps cau tiously, almost silently went toward Bob's" room. Oh, how thankful 1 was that he was away! They couldn't harm hint. His door opened, closed. Then I heard the cautious movements within his room, faint streak of light showeu under the crack iu the door. He Dill have a dark lantern, I scarcely breath ed so fearful was I that he might hear, when to my horror Donald laughed aloud in his sleep as children sometimes do. Bob's loor opened. I insarly fainted with fright. "Did you speak, Margaret?" a voice I did not recognize asked, but as I 0ened my eyes 1 saw Bob standing 'framed in the doorway between the rooms. "Oh, Bob, I thought it was a burg lar: how did you get home so late? Oh, I was so frightened!" Then "Donald laughed, he's sleeping with me." "I fame out p the milk -train. I'm sorry I woke you," antt he closed the door again. (Tomorrow Preparing for the Tarty)1 "Perseverance always conquers,, said the sage. "How about the hen who sets on a china egg!" inquired the youth. ! never suspect it. Women's complaints often nrove to gust, nave had. small place in the com- be nothing else but kidney- trouble, or muniquc8 because oi their routine nhi the result of kidney and bladder dis ture. The enemy's positions permitted ease. him to make constant infantry "nib-. If the kidnevs are not in a healthy !les into tne i Tench lines on northern flank of Hill 344 and to turb French, organization which cojild see iu the rear. . French strategy in eliminating the condition, they may cause the other dis- organs to become diseased. . he Tain in the back, headache, loss of ambition, nervousness, are otten time! the symptoms of kidney toruble. eueniv s advantageous cositions in 'the I Don't dp'nv starting treatment. Dr. region of Hill 344 has probably never j Kilmer 's Swamp Koot, a physician' been employed . before in this war. prescriptum, obtained t ony drug Taking advantage of the conditions store, may be just the remedy needed, peculiar to the region, French guns otjto overcome such conditions, many calibers at 6:30 Sunday morn-1 Get a medium or large size bottle ing, Nov. 2.1, "concentrated their del- immediately from any dug store. uge of steel on a three and one halt j However, if you wish first to test kilometer front opposite 344. The this great ' preparation send ten cents thunder of this artillery preparation to Dr. Kilmer & Co.. Binehamton. N. .though violent was unnoticed amidst, Y., far a sample bottle. When writinj ithe constant medly of air vibrations be sure and mention the Salem Daiiv which had become a habit to German : Capital Journal, ears for.almost three months. Just fourl , hours after the beginning of the con centration of fire, screened by its own habitual noise, at 10:30 a. " m., the French guns lengthened their range and barraged the licrnian rear while the xxiius went over the top. The sur prise was complete. A'ictory was won in several minutes. The French infan trymen in the first waves left the tak ing of prisoners to "mopping up" units who followed behind. The latter herded M00 daied Germans to the rear. Enemy losses in dead and wound edjwere heaviest. French losses, ou ac count of the surprise nature of the at tack were extremely light. The advan tageous positions which it had taken the enemy over eight weeks to -gain wer wiped out in not much more than eight minutes. SOAP FOE FAT. The total estimated fire loss in Eu gene during 1917 was $11,000, according to Fire Chief Nusbaum. This is prac tically the same as in 1916, and on this loss wah $9000 insurance. There were 81 fire alarms during the year and four calls for the city pulmotor. Fortland, Or., Jan. S. Fat conserva tion is the newest thing in war activi ties for Portland women. In order to get sufficient fats and glycerine, all local soap factories today offered a bar of soap for every pound of fat a housewife leaves with her grocer. The fat desired is rancid, burned or other 37 More For Your Money Get the Genuine CASCARA & QUININE No ednacc in price far thw 20-year-o!d remtiy 25cfor 24 tablets SoM co id taoet9 now 30c for 21 tablet Figured on proportionate cost per tablet, ye'j save 9 s-c when jr-u buy in 24 hcura grip in 3 day Money back if it fail. 24 Tablet for 15c. At any Drug Store wise unfit for cooking.