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Editorial Page or The CapitalJourna CHARLES H. FTSHEB Editor and Pubiibher THURSDAY EYEMNG February 7, 1918 1111 I PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM. OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. L. S. BAKNER, President CHAbi. II. fisher. Vice President. DORA C. ANDRESEN. Sec. and Trea. FIRST REAL LOSS OF WAR Pally by carrier, pr year Inilr by mall, per year . . SUHSCUII'TION KATES 5.(K) Per Month 45c 3.DO Pur Month 35c FULL LEASED W1HE TdLKUKAI'II KEI'OIIT EASTERN KliPKKHENTATIVES W. D. Ward. New Tork, Tribune Building. Culcnuo, W. H. Stock well, People's Gaa Building The Capital Journal currier boys are Instructed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier does not do this, inlfweg you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manHger, as this la the only way we can determine whether or nut the carriers are following Instructions. Phone Main HI before 7 :30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger If the carrier has missed you. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOL'UNAL Is the only newspaper in Salem whose circulation is guaranteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations. HINDENBURG'S APRIL FOOL JOKE The MedforU Mail Tribune calls attention to the story in German newspapers that Hindenburg says he will be in Paris on April 1. The date is suggestive that an April I not lending the assistance they should may be induced to This country has suffered its first, serious loss in the war by the torpedoing of the troop ship Tuscania. Of course, the loss is trival as compared to the staggering losses ot Me the other nations have suffered, but it is enough to bring the nation to a realization that it is en gaged in the serious business of war. The people of this country cannot seem to realize that the nation is fighting for existence, for that is what the war means. If the decision of arms goes against us everything is lost, and we must make peace on the terms dictated by the enemy, which will not be easy to comply with. No one really expects this country to be defeated, but it seems to us that if everybody took the war more seriously and in doing so contributed something toward winning it the task would be more easily accomplished and the inevitable loss of life much lighter. Casualty lists just coming from the front will have the effect of arousing the nation to action and many persons who are The Da3y Norelette TWO HUNDRED TEN (Continued from page three.) Tacoman, is also believed to have been ! on the troop ship. JVt Lamp Lewis it was saia touay that a number of men from the lCtith deoot briaade had been sent to fill CHRISTOPHER'S REASON. "Now, what do you want to know, j out 'the 20th engineers. Tommy?" inquired Mrs. Askitt, as she looked up from the sweater she was knitting. "Why, how in the dickens did Chris topher Columbus know there was any Modesto Man Aboard Modesto, Cal., Feb. 7. Bert Weeks, a Modesto volunteer, was ou the ill fated British transport Tuscania which was sunk Tuesday. Weeks was a mem- U... A 1.. imitk a, .lln.l ,,, nrA in land over here to conio to, heh?" quer-1 a l(itller just received by his parents rarm JNew York saw no expected to sail immediately. fool is in prospect for Germany Probably a medal is be ing struck off to commemorate the event, like that made for September, 1914--a memento for futurity of the folly and futility of frightfulness. Of course Hindenburg's "children," the German peo ple, implicitly believe whatever the war lord tells them to, but it will take something more than credulity to fill empty stomachs-and promises have been the chief diet of his "children" for some time and have not fattened them any, the Mail Tribune continues. Just a year ago Hindenburg was promising that the U-boat campaign would end the war in six months. In stead it has immeasurably lengthened- it by bringing in North and South America and China. Many other allur ing promises have failed to materialize the gorgeous rain bow of German success, including the famous "strategical retreat to victory." There is not much left of the "impregnable" Hinden burg line that was to definately check the progress of the British and French. Wherever and whenever the latter wished, they have smashed it. The kaiser is as far as ever, in fact a little farther, from making his triumphant entry into Calais, Verdun or Paris and if he failed before, des pite his superiority in men and armament, how is he go ing to get in now? Facts concerning America have been kept from the German people. They know nothing of the gigantic pre parations for war underway. Newspapers unitedly belit tle and ridicule America. The only news that is permitted are the speeches in congress attacking the administration, which are displayed as proof that America has fallen down and failed as a factor in the war printed to hearten and cheer the German people. Only recently the German papers stated that there were but 20,000 American troops in France, that they were untrained and undisciplined and had no equipment. A re cent issue of the Stuttgart Neues Tageblatt, typical of all the German papers, contained the following: "Our field grays held the American soldier in contempt and refuse to recognize him as a worthy opponent. German papers claim that the U.boat has made the transportation of troops impossible--and the sinking of the empty returning transport Antilles was described as being full of soldiers, all of whom perished and assert that the loss so frightened America that she has stopped sending troops abroad. In short, the German press and people believe that America is not seriously in the war. They poke fun at Roosevelt but never at Wilson," upon whom is spilled the vials of German wrath. Wilson is always a malign figure calling for black hatred. But most of the hate is reserved for German-Americans for not returning to. the father land to fight its battles. It is not at all improbable that the American front will be selected as one of the spots upon which the German blow will fall for they regard it the weakest, manned as it is by green troops. But the Americans will be ready end give a good account of themselves and help give Hin denburg his April fool. , The Medford paper's remarks are sensible and timely, although its criticism of the German papers for mislead ing their readers with mis-information concerning Amer ica's military progress is somewhat harsh. These papers know all about the debates in our congress, and the speeches of the Oregon, Nebraska and New York senators have no doubt been published broadcast in Germany. They have these speeches upon which to base their state ments that the American army is a joke and that this country will be unable to cut any figure in the war. Hindenburg's promise to be in Paris by April 1, is en titled to as much consideration as some of the remarks made in debate by our own public men. do their patriotic duty through a realization of the sen ousness ef the. job cut out for the American soldiers and sailors. . There is said to be a chronic shortage of workers in the various Red Cross activities of this city which should t lot exist. This one kind of work where everybody, patriot or pacifist, may meet on common ground because it is the greatest movement to alleviate sickness and suf fering ever attempted. Its scope of activities includes every human being within the war zone and its workers will be everywhere that their services may be required. Many Salem women have not yet responded to the ca for help who ought to do their part, in fact everyone should do something, contribute some time and some labor to the work of the American Red Cross. ied Tommy, "Er why, I used to know about that but making sweaters and shirts and socks for soldiers has completely taken it off my Blind. Ask your father. He never has enough on his mind for any thing to take it off." "Huh!" comiiieniHrl Pa Asltitt. who wn niHtnniliiio- to tie rleiilv inti.reatr.rl i field men were aboard the Tuscania, ill the sporting section of the Morning according to letters written to thotr dlory. Stanley Collins of Knights Ferry, another Stanislaus volunteer was also on the Tuscania. He was in the same aero company with Weeks. Two Marshfield Men Marshfield, Or., Feb. 7 Two Marsh- The residents of Yew Park, in the vicinity of Twelfth and Cross and Twelfth and Hines streets, are complain ing today of a flood due to stopped up sewers and other causes which might be remedied. If this is true the municipal officials might get busy and give that part of the city the attention it is entitled to. .---- ippiing by Walt Mason mesi V 1 V Well, Thomas, as I am the only one around here who Beeins to know any thing, I may as well inform your in quiring young mind tho vital question you are propounding. "Let me see ah, yes. Christopher Columbus sailed over hero some few years ago. How did he know there was land here? Hawl Nothing simpler. He just did what I would have done in his place. "Chris had a ship that some queen over in Kurope gave him for a birthday present and he always lived on it. One day when ho got out in Ms rowboat to go to shore for some provisions he found ho had forgotten his purse, so he sent one of his carrier pigeons back to get it. "About three months later the pigeon camo back with a fig leaf ia lus but and Christopher liked the shape of so well, that he put the pigeon on top of the ship's mast, (which by the way started the weather-vane business; ana they steered straight over here to Am erica," said Pa with a lofty air, and he adjusted his newspaper for further reading. ".Gee! That was a good stunt!" said Tommy. "You bet!" said Pa. relatives. They are W. B. Curtis, Son of a former po-ttniaster here, and Syd ney Hernitt, member of a pioneer fam ily. Both were in the Twentieth engin eer units sailing on the steamship. EYE WITNESS TELLS (Continued from page one) luipos- t si A xL da Ia i 4 ! r 3p 3p t t HAIR OFTEN RUINED BY WASHING WITH SOAP Soap should be used very carefully if you want to keep your hair looking its best. Most soul and prepared shampoos contain too much alkali, ihi dries the scalp, makes the hair brittle and ruins it. The best thing: for steady use is just ordinary mulsified cocoanitt oil (which is pure and greaseless), and is better than the most expensive soap or any thint; else you can use. Uue or two teaspoontuls will cleanse tho hair and scalp thoroughly. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it in. It makes an abundance of rich creamy lather, which rinses out easily, removing every particle of dust, dirt, dandduff and excessive oil. The hair dries muchly and evenly, and it leaves the scalp soft, and the hair fine and silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to manage. You can get mulsified eoceanut oil at any phanuacr, it's very cheap, and a few ounces will supply every mem ber of the family for months. County Agent Thompson of Jose phine reports considerable interest in the pruning school now doing field work at the Canby orchard. The Grants Pass Courier reports an enrollment of 22. Two of the pupils are women. 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 income tax law, and will furnish the necessary 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 THE UNKIND ACT , My aunt came to me, in my lair, and talked while I was busy: I smote her with a rock- mS chair, and knocked her cold and dizzy. I V- v"'S The butler bore her form away, and sent uul .lux a uutwi, mm i cumu near me saw- bones say, "The blow has' badly shocked her." And, sitting there in solitude, re morse soon drove me dotty; I sighed, "Oh, why am I so rude, unladylike and naughty? Why do I thus my temper lose, o'er every trifling matter, and bombard guests with chairs and shoes, when they come in to chatter? If I had said, 'Dear aunt, you see mat 1 m composing sonnets, so please don t talk just now to me of furbelows and bonnets,' I know that she'd have understood, she would no longer tense me. for she is gentle, sweet and good, and always wants toi'ew Sumi' please me. But no, I swat her with a chair, and make her j " 8 lophncc oiooay, ana servants drag her by the hair from out my gloomy study. I am a brute! T shnnlH he pan ned! My soul is dark and shady! Alas, that I shouldKu raise my hand to SUCh a SmOOth Old ladv'" Next: dav n the. shadow had deepened because of sad, repentant man, I went to bog her pardon; she soaked j 'Ittf.lZA; of Bob with me vith the frying pan, and chased me through the'only 01,0 arm- The tcars filled my ey3 flVflon 0 ias I glanced at the empty sleeve. Cap- .,llUtil. ol,l liMH.lsrr.n,.. Rol, wnnnrlr.rl on.t ...ni,.,. ed for life. Xot even waiting until his own country tailed him. Then camo the thought of the tise lessness of my sacrifice. I had given him his freedom that he might marry Charlotte Keating, the woman whom he had said was a perfect companion, tho woman he had loved so that he could not remain with me. Xo one but God had known what it had cost mo to give him up. And it had been of no use. After a pregnant silence, Bob asked: ' ' How are your people, and Elsie, and do vou see Elinor f Good old John is tho doctor's wish that I try tho warmer climate for him for tho winter, and of both of tho boys were in tho nt. see them in the morning if you walk on tho beach. Delia takes them out very early," I told him rath er stifly. Then, as I saw the shadow Manmrel Carrel l's Husband a r j I Bv-JANE PUELP& IN THE SOUTHLAND "Yes, I got mine very soon after I CHAPTER CXXX. I went over. Some of the poor fellows far i ed worse than I did. Alany of them It was about four mouths afterward, never knew what hit them," he said in I sat ou the veranda of the southern softly. hotel whore I had spent tho winter with, "Vou have been to warf " I asked.istill over there doing his bit, the cliilitreii ami Uella, that 1 fell to Somehow the thought had never accur- I told him of father and mother, of thinking and wondering about Bob. I red to me. Elsie and Tom, and that Elsie had been had passed a vry quiet peaceful winter. i "Of course! Why shouldn't I gof I so good to me and the boys; that she Donald had had no recurrence of his had no one dependent on me no ex-j had written me regularly and that they throat trouble and both children had cuse to remain behind even had I want-1 were all well and happy in spite of been happy playing . in the sand day ed to. which God knows I didnt! I of- the war. atter day with faithful Delia to watch fered juyself before we declared war. I them. Nyas fighting with the British." 1 wondered if he were married.) "But she Charlotte Keating was Strange Elsie had not known and writ-'sho with youf" ten me. Vet perhaps it had 'beea done J I had not intended to ask the que so quietly that no one knew. . tion, it uj fairly foreed from me. Thou suddenly 1 saw someone coming t "No. Sue married a Chicago million up the long path that led to the hotel, aire about three months after sha" So lamiliar was the walk that my heart wouldn't wait for me. I don't wonder, almost stopped boating before I could I wa.su 't worth waiting for," he said, smile at the idea. But it could be, the bitterness of death in his voice. But: standing quite stilt I glanced back as yes, it WAS Bob. Ho saw me I think such surge of happiness went over j I entered the hotel door and he had not at the exact moment I realized that it mo as made me clutch the arms of the; moved, but was silhoutted against the was really he. j chair to keep from crying it to the stars! sky, his thin sleeve hanging limp -.-.warynn-ii we jam nnu new um ana tne sea. tie was alone I ue naa not lagninst his side. ins nana, ins oiner sleeve was tar- marriedWer. Pho had not been with turn Tr. "Bob!" then 1 caught myself. ; all this time when I had thought them "How do you do!" I said tritely. together. . Mory well now, ho replied, "Ij "May I sit down, Margaret?" he bv mv window trviug to piece the whv have .come down here to recuperate. : asked, and when I nodded, he took the . of th'iugs. Poetur's orders, not that I needed to," eKair next me and asked about the boys, j .Then just as the world was -waking he said rather bitterly. jit was a safe subject; perhaps the only I threw mvself on tho bed, and sank ini- "You have been hurt" I pointed to t safe one for me. I mediately into a heavy, dreamless sleep, his elbow. i I told him of Donald's bronchitis, of tTomorrow X Walk' On The Beaeh) It was getting late. The music in tho ball room had stopped, lights were be ing extinguished all over the hotel. I rose and held out my hand. "It is getting latej I must go in. If you are staying . here I shall probably see you again. The children will bo out early," 1 reminded him, loathe to go. Bob had taken rav hand and held it loselv. When I left him he remained With a sob iu mv throat, but a light ness I had not felt for ages I hurried to my room. And until morning came I sat "The Tuscania floated three hours, but her steering gear fouled and she smashed some lifeboats," declared a young Ohio engineer officer, who was among the survivors. "Several of the occupants were thrown into the rough, freezing water. "In the dark it was difficult to lo cate the lifeboats and almost sible to find any swimmers. "Many were lost by jumping into tho sea with lifebelts where they float ed out of range of the rescue craft. "Ono bunch of soldiers iu a lifeboat began singing, 'Oh, They've Got to Cut That Out.' "I was in a leaking collapsible life boat with thirty others. We sat for five hours waist deep in tho water that had washed over the gunwales of our boat. "Our only light was a pocket flash lamp. By signalling with it we managed to attract attention and finally were picked up. "Shortly before we were rescued we saw five men 'lashed to a raft, three of them dead from exposure." Famous Japanese Admiral Is Dead Tokio, Feb. 7. Vice Admiral Shin shi Akiyama, who was one of the clos est advisers of Admiral Togo during the Russo-Japanese war, died here to day. Admiral Akiyama commanded Tosro's flagship Mikasa during the naval bat tlo of Tsushima strait- He was chief of tho Japanese naval affairs bureau un til February 1916. Fifteen Hundred Passengers From Eurcpa At Atlantic I'ort. Feb. 7. Fifteen hundred passengers are waiting to dis embark todu.v from- the Holland-American liner Nieu Amsterdam. This is the. ln-gpst number of passengers to take the trip from Europe on one steamer since the rush of refugees at the bo- ginning of the war. Government officers arc nsimr the strictest methods to guard against the landing ot enmy spies. -o one win be permitted to board or leave the steamer until the search concluded. And He Did I I'M CjOlfKj TO TAKE A com w PUrq-e EVERY MORMNfl- THigN WINTER TO KEEP ME FIT t 1MDID ILJ Y si I U it ft DANDRUFF SOON BUINS THE HA IB Girls if you want plenty of thick, beautiful,, glossy, silky hair, do by all means get rid of dandruff, for it will starve your hair and ruin it if you don't. ' It doesn't do much good to try to brush or wash it out. The only sura way to get rid of dandruff is to dis solve it, then you destroy it entirely. To do this, get about four ounces of ordinary liquid arvon; apply it at night when retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning, most if not all, of your dandruff will bo' gone, and three or four more applications will completely dissolve and entirely destroy every single sign and trace of it. Y'ou will find, too, that all itching and digging of tho scalp will stop and your hair will look and feel a hundred times better. Y'ou can get liquid ar von at any drug store. It is inexpens ive and four ounces is all ypu will need, no matter how much dandruff you have- This Bimple remedy never fails, ' Rosedale Items (Capital Journal Special Service) Rosedale, Or., Feb. 7. Lester Cook went to Portland Friday evening, re turning eunaay evening. The Hadley and Gardner family are in Portland where they went to attend the funeral of their father, Sam Gardner. T. D. Trick has been on the sick list for a few days. The revival meeting clooori ariow night. Rev. Lewis 1 ! - . to Portland to visit i . ;! -? - m- a few days. He will 1 i - mntU ings at Marion, Fein t... Miss Irma V. Coo'- " . ' Po land Sunday. , : . Publicity Amsterdam, Feb. '. Carding momentous: ': the east front was1 ,i copies of the Vorw yi-'. nir. ip wnw.Mwp.ii.jp I AND LINB ENGRAVINGS, ETC. r.'iMteaSw.! Jntm.! DRAWING DESIGNING, ILLUSTRATING CUTS FROM FHOTOS MURRfW WADE 229 HUBBARD BLDG. PHONE 920R hi Urn ii WIN THE WAR BY PREPARING THE LAND SOWING THE SEED AND PRODUCING BIGGER CROPS Work in Joint Effort the Soil of the CT. S. and Canada Co-operative Farming in Man Power Necessary ' to Win the Battle for Liberty The Food Controllers of United States and Canada are asking for greater food production. Scarcely 100,000,000 bushels of wneat can be sent to the allies overseas before the crop harvest. Upon the efforts of the Inlted States and Canada rest the burden of supply. Every Available Tillable Acre must Contribute; Every Available Farmer and Farm Hand must Assist. Western Canada has an enormous acreage to be seeded but man power is short, and an appeal to the United States allies is for more men for seeding operations. vauaua. s wueai .mxiucxion iasx year was 225.000,000 Bushels demand from Canada alone, for 1918, is 408,000,000 Bushels. ' To secure this she must have assistance. She has the land but needs the men. The Government of the United States wants every man who can effectively help to do farm work this vear. It wants the lrnd m the United States developed first of course; but it also wants o help Canada. -Whenever we find a men we can spare to Canada's fields after ours are supplied, we want to direct him there Applv to our Employment Service, and we will tell where vou can best serve" the combined interests. Western Canada's help will be required not later than April 5th Wages to competent help, $50 a month and up, board and lodging." Those woo respond to this appeal will get a warm welcome, good wages, good board, and find comfortable homes. Thev will get a rate of one cent a mile from Canadian boundary points to destination and return. For particulars as to routes and places where employment may be lad. apply to U. S. EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, Dept of Labor. the