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j jj f; Page of The Capital Journal m THURSDAY EVEXINO January 10, 1918- - CITAltLK3 n. FISH EH Editor and Publisher m Editorial PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEIT SUNDAY, BAI.EM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. ........... iv.i a r jvnnnscs. L. 8. BAIINES. HAH. II. FISIIEH. Prwililent Vice HL'UHCKIITION HATES $5.00 Per Month ' ' 8.00 Pr Month rally by carrier, per year tlly by mull, P 1 riJI.L LEASED WlltE EASTEIiN KEI'ltEHENTA'J'IVES W. D. Ward, New York, Tribune Bulldta.' ff u HtockweU PeBple., Qa. Building " Th- central Journal carrier toy are Instructed to put the papers on the porch. If p.per wUI ".sent you by sA.I monger It the carrier ha. tolled you. - THE DAILY CAPITAL JOUItNAL I. the only newspaper In Halem who. , circulation la guaranteed by the 1 1 ' Audit Bureau of Circulation. WAR IN ITS LAST STAGES Negotiations for peace are now being publicly carried on. Germany opened the negotiations by a proposition to. the allies through Russia. Premier Lloyd-George came back with the English terms and then President Wilson stated the American position. Now Germany has gone into conference with Russia again and we may expect the answer of the Central Empires, cloaked in a new pre position to Ru:ia, in due course of time. The war is in its last stage. Germany is whipped, and is seeking the best possible terms which may be secured by bold bluffing. - This war differs from all other wars that have deluged the world in blood. We will not have to drive the Germans back mile by mile until Berlin is reached and taken -It will not be like the four-year campaign against Richmond in the civil war. It is on a vaster scale and the end will come quickly when the reserves of either side are exhausted. The decision will be made on the present line in northern France and it will come when that line breaks next summer under the combined pressure of the British, French and Americans if it does not come through German acceptance of the allied peace terms ber fore that time. . There is no question of the military ability of the Ger man leaders, and they know, better apparently than the allies, the critical position of the German nation. Waning man power makes it impossible very much longer to hold a line of hundreds of milts in length against constant hammering; once that line breaks and it is necessary to draw it back they know the almost utter impossibility of executing such a movement in the face of enemy pressure. Germany is not going to risk next summer's offensive, with half a million Americans added to the attacking forces, if she can secure terms that will be even as gen erous as President Wilson outlines. In the meantime the Unitetd States is preparing for a long and stubborn conflict, which is an eminently wise thing to do. It is the determination with which this country has entered the war that is forcing the German rulers to realize the hopelessness of the struggle. THE KERR TREASURY RAID As a sequel to the $8,400 salary grab put over on thfc people by the 0. A. C. board of regents, aided and abet 'ted by the Orcgonian, it now transpires that the newly elected president of the Kansas agricultural college receives but .$(5,500 a year. It is explained that this is $500 in excess of what was formerly paid, but the addi tion was made in lieu of the use of a residence which was no longer available. It would appear, therefore, that the $9,000 Kansas salary story was invented by Kerr and his satellites at the same time they sprung the story in the Oregonian that Kerr had been offered the place, and the result is that while the great agricultural state of 'Kansas is able to secure a president for its college at $6,500 a year, Ore gon has been Him flammed into paying $8,-100. Governor Withycombe is ex-officio member of the board of regents of the O. A. C. and it is interesting to know if he purposes to keep quiet while such treasury raids are being successfully carried out by an organized band of tax-caters. The weather sharps yesterday dug up a blizzard down in Arizona where it was not disturbing anyone and started it on its travels up through Kansas, and Colorado, and announce that from there it will spread over the en tire middle West. This on top of the cold spell and snows f rem which the east is just beginning to recover will cause more suffering from coal shortage. It is claimed the greatest halibut banks in the world are off the coast of Oregon. This may be true, but Oregon ians who are paying 2G to :0 cents a pound for this brand of fish will hardly believe it. LADD & BUSH, Bankers A Government income tax officer will be at the Court House from January 2 until January 30, 191S, and will, to all those who wish it, explain the new income tax law, and will furnish the necessaiy in come tax blanks. All single persons having an income of $1,000 or over, and all married persons having an income of 2,000 or over, will be required to make a report. DORA C. ANDRESEN, I'reHlflVnt. Sc. and Treat. .... .4Bc -AT: TrXtWUAPH ItEPOUT- 1 uppimg. by Walt M - M - THE KNITTERS My aunt is labors never cease; my sister May, she knits ffl all day, and so It T women keep on ".i seem to tire; my grandma sits and knits i lv- 8i"7i provision has ever been i i .i , l-i i t iniade for the comfort, health and gen- and knits, just like .a house afire. I say Lrai wen being a an army. to them, "Oh, females, do take a rest! ''The heaith jeTt fof December I , ., ' . . , ,, , 'ifor a variety of reasons became sud- prayj my aUtO Waits OUtSlde the gates, SQjdcnly less favorable than for the pre let US SCOrch awav. All wnrk and little -'edi''K .months, -but the unfavorable t v --i ;i foolishment makes Jack a dunce they tell, so let us ride the countryside, and burn up rrna onrl ito! 1 " "".XT'-, nim n w'lKMn. aUm 4-n - ,J-i,J. j O " "ti r i i --. . i- 7? i 1 i yw.u i-iAxit turn, me women say 10 me; ana we wouia blush to idly rush where pleasure seekers b. Get- hence, and don't disturb us so, get hence, at our behest! You made us drop a stitch, kerflop, with your absurd request." I am an orphan, all alone, no girls will pk.y with me; no frisky dames will join my games, and share my harmless glee. I've no companions when I skate, no comrades when I hunt; the girls all knit and do their bit, their everlasting stunt. -My aunt is knitting helpful socks, just watch her needles fly! My cousin Sue is knitting, too, her top-knot all awry. 'Twill last till war is over with, the womenfolk agree; how shall I pass the unit;, tuasi Aiieies nunc THE BEEFSTEAK. CHAl'TKU CVI. I said wo were greeted boisterously by iioD'a friends. X should have said, lie wns! Men hero aud tiiere bowed to mo, somo of the women were moro cor dial, but their cordiality wus so evi dently forced it brought a blunh to my luce, and made it difficult to re spond. They were all having much too good and too irresponsible a time to welcome one who had the reputation of bciuj; a kill-joy. - Bob was soon pounced upon, aud led, pretending to reHiht, away from me. Oladys Koot and Soma Wells each had hold of an arm, and laughing, protesting Bob was led away. it was all quite harmless "no one but a perfect Htick would give it a min ute's thought,'' 1 mused bitterly. A few momenta laughter und pleasure without other significance than the high spirits of the participants. 'Careful, Margaret," I said to my self, junt as Dlsio came ucross the room to me and whispered: "Brace up! you look as if you were at a funeral, instead of a "beefsteak. Vou bio stunning toui. I never saw you look better. Now go to it! here Tom!" she called her husband, "Take Margaret along with 'your crowd; I'm sitting beside the. hont." 'All right, come on Margaret!" and Tom after one puzzled look at mo took my arm and piloted mo across the room to whero Marion Kiggs and Fred Bang wortli were sitting. "Vou aro looking great tonight," he whispered just be fore we reached them. Tliey both treated me politely, but coldly. Had I been asked 1 should" have begged to sit anywhere but with those two. 1 couldn't forget that Fred Lang-, worth had said he pitied Bob for mar rying me; nor that Bob had gone out to see Miss Uiggs iu spito of my objec tions. But it is wonderful what an effect the knowledge that one looks well has upon one. Tom s compliment was like 11 stimulant to me .1 paid no attention to the slight coldness in the attitude of both, but commenced at once to talk. 'Isn't this delightful! " 1 paid as the huge white butcher's aprons wen brought to us, "This is my first ex perience at a beefsteak dinner." "Whv 1 thought you had always liv ed iu New York! ""Ali8 Biggs return ed. "I have that is way up in the Bronx. But until 1 was married 1 knew nothing of the eny side of New York und since" I hesitated, whero was my foolish speech leading met "and since" 1 repotted, ''the children have kept me at home very closely," it was an effort to finish my little speech, but Elsie had told me to "use all means, and that the children would be a great help to me. With their help 1 had bridged one dan gerous moment. "Then von do not object to little levitv now and thent" Fred 1-angwotth asked while Tom Barton watched me with that same puzzled look on his race he had worn when he paw me first. "No, indeed! a little nonsense, you know the rest," I retorted. 'Well, nil I can say is that I am glad vour bovs are old enough to leave. Wo shan't excuse you again." Tom said When Itching Stops j There is one safe, dependable treatment that relieves itching torture and skin irn- , tation almost instantly and that cleanses and soothes the skin. AUr inv dnietrist f at B 35c Of $1 bottle of xemo and apply it as directed. Soon j ' tou wiU find that irritations pimples, t blackheads, eczema, blotches, ringworm and similar skin troubles wiU disappear. A little tema, the penetrating, satisfy- in? liquid, is all that is neeaea lor n k:w Kk!n emotions and makes - . , the Skin soft, smooth and healthy. I Ibefc-W. KoseCoCievind.a. K ymes Mason - - 4 - -- knitting woolen socks, her does Jane, my niece. The knitting things, they never ' Mr AAiAVA UVW 1 . n 1 1 1 ymy wiui me. to me, with a twinkle in his eye. "Wait until you are asked, kind sir ! " I replied. It was not easy for me, this repartee, 1 was unaccumtouied to making the slightest effort to be agreeable. But it gave me a new feeling of power to see that I was able to hold the atteutiou of these people. We donned the aprons amidst much merriment. My dress was a peculiar shade of blue and tho white apron only emphasized its boeomingness. At least so Miss Kiggs said: when X caught her regard, aud usked her if X had the ap ron on right. ' "You are very naive," she said, af ter telling mo of the effect the apron hud on my costume. Onco more X caught the twinkle in Tom Barton 's eye, and this time I wink ed at him to show 1 appreciated his astonishment, lie looked more puzzled than ever, and 1 saw a bad half hour ahead for Elsie when he should question her ubout me the sudden change in my attitude toward society. Perhaps it was the instinct to mako amends for past rudeness which ac tuated nie; perhaps it was sheer excite ment aud the suddenly awakened hope which Elsie had given mo. But for a time X wus really unf eignedly interest ed. I wa gratt'lul that Elsie had seen that I was with Tom, a man whom I liked and whom 1 eould trust not to no tice any little slips 1 might make. His buoyant spirits, too, were an inspiration to liie to keep up my end, as Elsie would say. But during all the dinner I kept watching Bob. 1 tried to do it careless ly, lest Aliss Kiggs sensed it and said: "Mr. Oarrclt and Soma Wells seem to be having a pretty good time, don't theyf" ' ' X am glad he displays such good taste," 1 returned, conscious Mr. Kendall's cousin flushed a little, is charming I am sure." ".So vou are willing they should play together?" the question jarred a littlo aud 1 waited to reply. (Tomorrow A pleasant Evening) The Da2y Novelette THE ONE WAY OUT. With a light heart Kyneck Slickers entered Bill and Dunn s department store to buy a Christmas present for Watabelle Spouud. "I'll just look around," he thought tliinkint'lv. "I'll look around until 1 see something that'll just suit her,. i;u. 1 w..H III lust looK arounii. And he started to look around. He be gan looking around at quarter past twelve aud at 4:39, after having walked 763 miles of aisles, ho was still looking urouiid. Valuing from exhaustion, he leaned against a stack of ladies' reduc ed snamisoles and became aware ox uie svnuiathetie I'innish blue eyes of luajtrl u. noss, piiuusntrr uaimauu Hurry salesgirl, gating into Ins- "Can I do anythmg ior juui she aooea rinmsniv, "Oh, I hop- ! rotiliod "Rvneck "I've been looking Slickers weakly, for something for a eertaiu Miss ata- bell impound. "Perhaps she would appreciate a can ary bird shade," said Miss Hurry. "Her canary is a parrot, rrpucu Kvnerk gloomily. '"Well, perhaps a nice box of wasli r.He rough drops." "She never coughs." Ina Hurry wrinkled her calm brow into three long wriuks. . . "Ilnw shout a silver bedroom ice cream "Mie Whs ice j Slickers. she said t last. cream," said Kyneck . .m T l T Tt I'n K r t as ms m-jecrcu . .. - - - care into the eyes of Ina Hurry xney brightened with the light of P"" j idea the one w ay out. He took Miss SECRETARY OF WAR (Continued fiom page one) eluding artillery, machine puns, auto matic rifles and small arms have been provided by manufacture or purchase for every soldier in France and are available for every soldier who can bo gotten to France in the year 1918. Army In France Effective "A substantial army is already in France where both men and csftieers ZTTLT vice. no army of similar size in the 17 AJfeV, conditions have been met and improve ment is already apparent." Baker's statements were made, he said, with a full realization that "some expressions of dembt, differ ence of opinion and disapproval" have been submitted to the probers. "The war department," he contin ued, "has spent 8 months hearing sim ilar expressions, analyzing .them, cor recting the conditions out of which they grew, perfecting its organization to prevent their recurrence; and all the while driving on to the accomplish nieut of the main task." Willing to Give Facts "I am glad to lay betore tlk com mittee and the country certain facts with reference to the war departments work," said Baker, opening his testi mony. "Not all of it is new to you, but it is well to have some underlying facts freshly in our minds at times when the consideration of details, however important in themselves, might otherwise obscure the real pro gress made in ine cenirui rasa;. "The war department is anxious to profit by all helpful criticism and 1 thank the committee for the inquiries which it has made and for the cooper ation which it is giving and will give in making our proposition increasing ly adequate and speedy. How the Army Grew "On the first day of April, 1917, the regular army comprised 5791 offi cers and 121,797 enlisted men; the na tional guard in federal service approx imately 3,'?77 officers and 76,713 en listed men; and the reserve four thou sand enlisted men. There were also at that time approximately 2733 officers in the reserve, but as they were on active duty they cannot properly be considered in estimating the strength of tho army of the United States at that time. "On the 31st day of December, 1917 tho regular army consisted of 10,230 officers and V5,000 enlisted men; the national guard of 10,0.11 officers ana 475,000 enlisted men; the national ar-1 mv of 4SO,000 men and the reserve of 84,57g officers and 72,730 enlisted men. In other words, in nine months, the -increase has been from 9524 offi cers to 110,856 officers; from 202,510 to 1,428,040 men. Spanish War Army "During the war with Spain, the army of the United States at its max imum strength aggregated 272,000 men and officers. The army now in the field and in training is, therefore, roughly six times as great a3 the max imum number under arms in the TSpan-ish-American war. "The total number already in the military serVico is ono and a halt' times as large as any force mobilized by this nation. " A substantial part of our mniTsry forces was selected by the operation of the draft law. the execution or which has demonstrated both the eco nomical and the efficient way of se lecting soldiers. The law wns drawn, its execution carried to a successful conclusion and the theory of the law, novel to ouit people, explained land niado popular, because of its demon strated fairness both in plan and ex- iccution. w .Aw. . "For the quartermaster general '3 department in 1917, 3,01S,000,000 was appropriated, or a sum mere than four times as great as the 1915 appropria tions for all government purposes. "On the first day of April there were 347 officers in the quartermas ter's corps. "On the first day of January, 1918, nearly two billion dollars of the appro priation had been obligated by con tracts or disbursements. "In the woolen goods section alone the cooperation of ever 300 mills was volved aud the following items give) Prefer Chamberlrtin's "Tn the course of a conversation with Chamberlain Medicine Oo's rep resentative today, we had occasion to discuss in . general way the nerits of their different preparations. At his suggestion 1 take pleasure in express ing mv estiuiation of Chamberlain's Cough 'Remedy- I have a family ot six children and" have used this remedy i. my home for years. I ni:vukr it the only cough remedy on the marVet as I have tried nearly all kinds.'W ty Kepubliean--Nows, Syracuse, llurrv out to supper, became enraptured iwith'the sound of her eating, snd right after supper he married her. Save Sugar Feed with a delic ious barleyfiavcr and its own nat ural sweatness. Feels Better Now Than for 20 Years Fruitola and . Traxo Used With Most Gratifying Results "Fruitola and Traxo have made m feci bettor than I have for more than thirty years; I can now eat anything without having indigestion or heart burn, and am free from those terrible dizzy spells and pains in the back and Bides. Ono bottle made a new man of mo." This is the statement o Mr. Dan iel J. Pellier, 3 Mason St. Gloucester, Mass. Thousands have used Fruitola and Traxo with equally satisfactory re sults and testify to the effectiveness of this treatment. Anyone who suffers .rn,, with stomach or liver trouble or in- DANIEL J. PELLIiB testinal disorders, should at least try it Fruitola and Traxo are compounded in the Pinug laboratories at Monticel lo. Ills., and can be purchased at Daniel J. Fjy's drug store, 2S0 North Commercial, street; a doctor 's prf Bcriptiott Is not necessary. IVuib-o!a- is a pure fruit oil that rets as an intestinaal lubricant, .dis integrating the hardened particles that cause so much suffering and discharg ing the accumulated waste, to tho sufferer's intense relief. One dose iB nsu-,' ally sufficient to indicate its efficacy. Traxo is a tonic alternative that is most effective to restore and rebuild the weakened, run down system. A booklet of special interest to those who suffer with stomach trouble can be obtained by writing to the Pinus Laboratories, Montieello, Illinois. some idea of the extensive character changes made in the ril'Ie to act a bet of the operations: ter weapon is not a technicality. "There have been purchased over Weeks snid the war department 19,000j000 blankets; 20,000,000 yards 'hadn't taken advantage of the full of overrenting and over 30,000,000 . ritle making capneity of the country yards each of shirting flannel and even now. suiting, involving an expenditure of! "We could make about 1 ,"5,000 riflei over $345,000,000. in cotton goods, a day," said Senator Weeks. "We the department has contracted forlare getting only seven thousand." 230,000,000 yards of various, cotton! "I again call ycur attention to th cloths.. I fact that the war wus three thousand Purchases are Vast I miles from onr door," said Baker. "Further idea of tho size of pur-j Better Tiian Allies' Rifles (chases in this department will be con- veyed by the following figures: "Purchases to December 29, 1917: ' Winter drawers 2o,000,000 pairs- "Winter undershirts 21,000,000 pair. Woolen gloves 11,000,000 pair. "Wool lightweight stockings 31. 000,000 pair. "Wool heavy weight stockings 21 0.00,000 pair. ' ' Shoes purchased for delivery to January 1, 10,000.000 pair. "Shoes purchased for delivery Jan uary 1 June 1, 10,000,000 pair. "Cost, 2,100,000. "Tho quartermaster general's de partment in the supply section alone made 4030 contracts, covering 142 dif ferent kinds of articles and aggregat ing a money value of $800,000,000. Much Ordnance Ordered "Of the total war' department ap propriations for 1918, $3,200,000,000 was for the ordnance department. Tho value of the products of all iron and ;steel industries in the United States ,in 1914 was m,nui),vw,wm, or less man ono third of the amount to be expend ed by tho ordnance department. "Of this gigautie sum, the ordnance department has already placed eon traits amounting to $1,677,000,000. "On the first day of April, 1917, the ordnance department consisted of 97 commissioned officers, occupying 15,000 square feet of office room in Washington. It now consists of 3004 officers, occupying more than 14 acres of office floor space; and in addition has 2H,120 enlisted personnel. "The aviation section of the signal corps- on the first day of April. 1917, consisted of 65 officers and 1120 en listed men. On tho first day of Janu ary ,191S, it consisted of 3900 officers and 82,120 men. When he finished his statement-Ba ker got out a long thin cigar and ask ed whether several ladies present ob jected to smoking. Assured they did not, he "lit up." Senator Chamber lain began questioning B'r about the method adopted by the ordnance department. American Rifle Best Buker replied by taking up the sub ject of rifles- "The rifle made for the American armv is without doubt the best; t'i Springfield rifle as modified, every body agrees is the best in the world." Senator Weeks broke in, declaring tho statement the Springfield is tho best "is very far from the fact." "Well, of "y; use I can't talk to ev erybody in he world," said Baker. "But everybody to whom I have talk ed has agreed about the rifle." Chamberlain said ono of the serious criticisms against the ordnance do Tar:ment was that it abandoned the old Springfield and didn't adopt the British knlieltt. wnicn American fac tories were making in large quantities. "This criticism," said Ck;vijerlain "bi-ows out of the fact that men iu cantonments' haven't got rifles yet." Men Are Well supplied linker declared every man in a can tonment who ought to' have a rifle has one. "I think you re wrong about that Chamberlain said. "General Crozier testified that it would be February 15 before all the men had rifles." "And 1 have letters to prove the men haven't all got rifles today," said Senator McKellar. 1 don't want to stress the point" said Baker. "1 think it's relatively unimportant."- Baker declared criticism of the ord' nance department for inefficiency was not justified. "It isn't inefficiency to get some thing better than you started out to e-et. The war was not on us. It was in turepe. We had time to make the nec essary changes to gel a urwisa ruie. Meanwhile we had on hand an ade quate supply of modern rifles for all our troops " "Yon sar the war was not on us, broke in Senator Wndsworth. "It was on us to an extent that made it neces sary to send men to France who had never fired a rifle." Baker declared there slwavs are srreen men in new armies. Replying to Senator Weeks' criticism, that "there Iwas too much technicality, too little tpep" in getting rifles, Baker, said I "It makes no difference whether it I was ten thousand miles or one mile away," said Weeks. "The fact re- :mains that we didn't take advantage of manufacture in- this country of a riflo which millions of English soldiers are using satisfactorily." "Because they can't get any bet ter, " interrupted Baker. "Isn't it true that they didn't try to get a better guu because theirs wa thoroughly satisfactory?" asked Weeks. . ' ' It was not thoroughly satisfacto ry, said Baker. "They've ehangei their ammunition. The enemy is at their door. They have not time to im prove their rifle. We did." Senator New asked Baker whether James W. Gerard, then ambassador t Germany had notified this government in May, 1916, hat Germany planned renewal . of submarine warfare. . . Baker said if he had received suck information he must regard it as con fidential and not discuss it. "Gerard states it publicly in hii book," said New. . "Wouldn't that have been a good time to settle about the kind of rifle we are going t have?" "Ten years before would have beea a good time,' ' said Baker. " You must also remember that in May, 1916, we were relying on definite assurances from the German government that it would not renew U-boat warfare." "And the word of the German gov ernment was accepted against that of our own amoassadorf " asKed JNew. v Baker replied that congress and the president evidently relied ou Ger many's word. "And so nothing. was done by the war department!" asked New. "Quite the contrary," replied Bak er. ' 'We used every officer and dol lar in studying the European .situ ation." "But no machine gun was adoptedf went on New. "That is not accurate," declared Baker. "A machine gun was adopt ed." Getting down to cases, Baker said every soldier who 'goes abroad will have a rifle with him and several in reserve; that there arc now plenty of rifles for all training camps; that de lay in getting machine guns was war ranted by the assurance that the Amer ican troops will have the best in tho world; that the artillery program also contemplates giving Uncle Sam's troops the most effective heavies and midd'p heflvie in the business. To Stop a Persistent, Hacking Cough The htt romcdx Is one jroa ran osur make at hom.. c&eap but Tory effective. Thousands of ieople normally healthy" In every other respect, are annoyed "wits, a persistent hanging-on bronchial cough; year after year, disturbing their sleep and making lite disagreeable. It's 90 needless there's an old home-ma do remedy that will end such a cough easily and quickly. Get from any dmgtrist "214' ounces of Tinex" (60 eents worth), Twur it into a pint bottle and fill the bottle with plant granulated susar syrup. Begin takinfc it at once. Gradually hut surely yam will notice the phlegm thin out and the disappear altogether, thus ending s couch that yon never thought would en4. It also promptly loosens a dry or tight confrh, stops the troublesome thro tickle, soothes the irritated membrane that line the throat and bronchial tubes and relief comes almost immediately A day's use will usually break up an or dinary throat or' chest cold, and for bronchitis, croup, whooping cough and! bronchial asthma there is nothina better. It tastes pleasant and keep perfectly. Fines 5s a most valuable concentrated compound of penuine Norway pine ex tract, and is used by millions of peo ple every year for throat and chest eoldi with splendid results. To avoid disappointment, ask youtf dmjnrist for "24 ounces of Pinei" wills full directions and don't accept anythiats else. A guarantee cf absolute satisfac tion or money promptly refunded goes) with this preparation, 2 fines Co