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CHARLES H. FISHEB Editor and Publisher Editorial Page of The Capital Jouma THT'RSDAY EVESIXU April IS, 1918 PTJBLI8HED EVEHI EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, Bt Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. U B. BARNES. President CHA8. B. FISHEB, Vice rldnt. DORA C. ANDEE8EN. . Sec. and Treaa. MARTIAL LAW NECESSARY St'BSCKIPTION KATES Dally by carrier, per year 5.00 Per Month Dally by mall, per year 3.00 Per Mouth .45c .35c FULL LEASED W1UK TrJl JUBAI'H REPORT - EASTERN KEPKEKENTATIVES W. D. Ward, New York, Tribune Building. Chicago, W. H. Stockwell, Peeple'a Gaa Building The Capital Journal carrier boya are Instructed to put tbe papers on tbe porch. If the carrier doe nut do this, mtsbes you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, aa this is the only way we cau determine whether ar not tbe carrier are following Instructions. Pbone Main 81 before 7 '.30 o'clock and a paper will be cent you by special measeuger If the carrier baa missed you. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL la tba only newspaper In Salem whose circulation la guaranteed by tbe Audit Bureau of Circulations. JUST CRIMINAL NEGLECT It is unfortunate that the state took up the flax indus try just while a cantankerous, peppery eld gentleman is sitting in the governor's chair, who from his office, has charge of the whole business. It is more than unfortu nate, it is a calamity, for with a broad minded man in charge who could look after the real interests of the state without worrying about what effect it was to have on his election every time he tried to think, this could be made one of the great industries of the state. This can be done of course, later, but just now is the accepted time when! national aid could be had for the asking, and while prices are such that even with poor crops which will be sure to Senator Chamberlain's bill for the punishment of spies is a dramatic one, but should become the law. It places the trial of spies under military direction and takp ir nut nf the-civil courts. It is the only way to deal with the jvwl, mi mc icfisuii uidL meucan laws nave oeen so ui&wi-Leu Dy courts ana precedents that with a reasonably smart lawyer and a court of average leniency a spy would have a fair chance of dying of old age before finally brought to trial before a jury, with all the preliminary and dodging tricks exhausted. As an illnstrfltinn tho case of Professor Thomas is an ant one. Cnmrht fla tr. rante delictu, admitting his offense and the woman caught i witu iuiii, confessing to ner lapse irom virtue, they hire some of Chicago's best, or worst, criminal lawyers, to defend them. That is it, to defend them and get them clear of punishment for an admitted crime. That is where the law is weak. It bamboozle juries, pull the woolsack over trm i emu waits, out oi couri WllU a COUn'e Of whirp-wnshorl clients who had admitted their guile. Yes the Chamber lain bill or some other in which common sense as well as common law is a part is an absolute necessity if the spies are to be punished before the war is ended. kJJiillMMilJIIMIffl Z?1ZM The Woraan Who Changed ALL THE WAT BUGS. A TEEEIBLE EXPERIENCE. McAdoo wants 100.000 cars arid nil bnilt nf coci I (M i - ' " - WlJ-AV V-a. KJ iV. V, A, penwao wants all the ships that can l provided they are built of steel. In the meantime stepl j is scarce arid so is fuel to make it. They overlook the fact i T M'jr 11 r Titnuil- T VT A- ...a. A. I I I I il . m happen to some until the business of growing the flax is'w? dl ,w.Ultl ww"c. e want "? ls the thoroughly learned, they would still prove remunerative J ZlZ 1- ? noc DUUamSpr the luture just now The government needs flax and will need it still morer'r gency mat endangers our na "Your honor, the defendant, is un doubtedly insane, and iu behalf of the other members of the fiiniilv uli..m I represent, 1 ask that he be eoumiittM t ' 0 ilAPTEH LV to au asylum, '' said Causeway Pleed,' . ",ard 'ine, t'-oaas and curs;3; bit attorney for the offense. "1 auk your!'"c'-v KP'me'1 to some f"' a great dis honor to remember that witnesses have i tau:c- Tue acrid smell of smoke, then a testified that the defendant, for in. crackling sound that was not quite lite stance, suddenly conceives the idea that anytuug l ever had heard. he is a batteriue ram and that at audi I Hurry! " X heard some one cry, then times the family have to take refuse ; J1P ('nes alm cai8CS; then i must nave behind locked doors inasmuch as the de- i f "",vi s J new no more until J open- fendant believes them to be castles that it is his duty to storm." "Oh, -well," murmured Judge Spin dle, "perhaps that's mere playfjluess how is one to kuowf" "But, your honor." pursued Pleed.'came lu ' "It has also been testifioil that h.. i .''-st as jl in the habit of trying to drink By JANE PHELPS , tlHMMIIIIIIIHMIMUIMtmHHM(tHUIMH ed my held uie as death "What is ! Tut me d; twi. as remeinbiautc of that rv .1 oU llL! ' I ' "3 i re on in v s tu ol Uoora. Ueoie still in his anus, but he was pale 1 Mini, "fir. I .-..-M d, et. urgently as the days go by for the reason that there is but little anywhere, outside of Ireland. Belgium is controlled by the eneiriy so is Russia; Serbia is out ot the growing and France is raising foodstuffs instead of flax. The re sult is that the market is barren of practically all flax products and will remain so indefinitely. Conditions can not improve until after the war, and then it will take several years for conditions, so far as flax is concerned, to become normal. Ireland is having the most prosper ous times in all her history, and this because of flax. The Pacific northwest, the Willamette valley and sections of the Sound country are -the natural home of the flax, for climatic conditions are perfect for its growth and subse quent handling. To accomplish anything this year will require rapid work. Senator McNary has been asked to urge the agricultural department to set aside money enough to offer stiff encouragement to flax growers. A bonus of $10 a ton for all that could be. grown in the val ley would be money well expended. Measured by other expenditures of these days, a half million dollars devoted to putting this industry so absolutely indispensible to the government, on its feet, would be a mere bagatelle. It would be less than the city of Salem alone has just loaned Uncle Samuel to carry on the war. It looks though very . "He may be a bie ansent minded," Judge Spindle observed. "But, your honor his pashiou for sitting on the front steps in his under garments" persisted the attorney for the offense. "A mere physical culture fad. no doubt," nodded the judge wisely. tauseway fleet! scratched his head. "Your honor," he' said, "there was IAJ UObblDlV DUIIC. T in I (.fonilmi friuiiionflv ...,rou l. . hour that .Napoleon Lajoie is a better all around player than Ty Cobb." Judge Spindle, who, in baseball sea son, never missed a game, flushed an angry violet. "The man is stark, staring, raving mad! I sentence him to the Looscworks asylum for life," he cried. spending an entire nieal'e swayed weakly, but steadied uiuisrt. bouillon with a fork."! "Xo lnlt J'ou ale rather heavy," When Itching Stops tation almost instantly and that cleanses ana sootnes tne skin. Ask any druggist for a 35c or $1 bottle uunai existence. It is tbe bird in the hnnrl want Tf is today's emergencies met today that is our aim. We would as soon hit the kaiser with a wooden shin na n afppl one. The only preference we havo an t.n thn woanan favnr nf tW nna urTi ,.r u m- ! .There is one safe, dependable treatment W twuv.1i yyc Mil giiii J.ii7u 10 lien Wim that relieves itching torture and iieAt year, swat rrussianism with anything1 handy, that is mc law aim uie gospel. It is hardly safe to make any editorial comment on conditions on the western front for they change so rapidly aim ou uiten mai comment is risky. However last night when this was written, the reports from the British front were far more encouraging than they were 24 hours or even twelve before that time. Military experts seem to think the British are showing fine str-ntec-v steadily away and at the same time inflicting heavy losses on the enemy. General Foch has been pronounced the greatest strategist of the present day, and so far, he has ut tApitsseu aouDt as to tne ultimate outcome or as to the effects of the present move. It is claimed by experts u u e s npe ana me angei" Point is reached, that he will start an offensive and deliver a blow that will surpass even that struck at the Marne and which sent the uerman nosts scampering for safety back almo looked anxiously at me as his colo tinned. "rc all right?" he asked ' VTcs, a little weak, and my throat is so dry. mat s the smoke. 1 covered vour fi -e. some brute dragged the hand kerchief off in his rush past us." ' Wa.5 anyone hurt?" I asked. "A lew were trampled nt'on, I don't tf .'ik an) wore burned," he replied as e jigiianed a passing taxi. A Bough Experience. ' 'luy coat is all torn, George," I said, noticing for the first time that his coat hung in tatters, that his col jliir nml iicvkio were awry; that he was wholly disheveled. It was a pietty rough path I had," he said, loo'.in at himself in absolute unconcern. I commenced to laugh hysterically as soon as we were in the cab. j "Stop that!" he said severely, then, "what are you laughing atf" "At you!" and again I lauehed until skin uti- i cried, "you. look so different. No one me some medicine, then after doing the same for George, he departed, saying: "You were very fortunate. Many were hurt in that scramble to get out, few very seriously. Why peepla act lika mad beasts in such cases. I can 't imag ine. If they would keep their henH there would be no injured. But these panics are terrible things." George sat with me a little while, then he went to bed. But first he left word that on no account were either of us to be disturbed in the morning. Wa both slept until nearly noon. Annie said she had been kept busy all tha morning assuring friends who' had seea us at the theatre that we were not in jured. That the telephone had rung in cessantly. George dressed and went down to tha office, but made nie promise I would re main in bed. I gave the promise Terr willingly. I still felt faint and rather shaky. 1-velyn came over and I told her all about it, as much as I had sensed. "Your husband was wonderful!" aha said, when I finished. "Indeed he was!" I aereed. hut I did not tell her that to me the most wonderful of all was his calling ma "darling" and being so tender of me. V Tomorrow Back to His Old Ways) Eheumatic Pains Believed "I have used Chamberlain's Lini ment for pains in the chest arrd lame ness of tho shoulders duo to rheuma- tism, and am pleased to say yiat it has never failed to. give me nromot relief writes Mrs. 3. N. Finch. Batavia, N. i. G. A. Kyle of Portland Still Held by Chinese Bandits for Ransom would ever know you," and it was true. i George was so immaculate that this man n mi, uiuBSii mi a out ur i uoiue wim smears on nis lace, ragged clothes I Tokio, April 12.( Delayed) E. J rf zemo and apply it aa directed. Soon aud untidy neckwear, with ao hat and Purcell, one of two American engine ri you will find that irritations, pimples, tousled hair, would never be reeognized captured by Chinese brigands and held blackheads, eczema, blotches, ringworm as th well oriw.mo.1 .i,,vm.n if, .. .. Vs,. . . " and simUar skin troubles will disappear. Howard. ' dit8 ' ln inMiit.?6?6!!!!8?1; "StP U1 1 teU yu- No hysterics. It1 He other American, G. A. Kyle of hl;ii.qJiJLalL-i1 t neede$ t0lt wiU make yu Tlien tenderly Portland, Ore., is still held by ttoVtU Tbttw.ctJ7' if16" 80 Pretty yoeM," said af- fact that $20,000 ransom has been of- tc 1 became quiet. 1 looked down at my fered for his release. Anxiety was fel . kirt ad it was hanging in ribbons. I in tho American colony here for Kyle TO THE MEMORY OF )Put UP m7 hand and my waist was torn, safety. THE NOBTHWE ST MEN '01l s'eeve nearly gone. "You see there) . is a pair of us." he said after I had "the' fur trappers and game hunt-' tri(,d to straighten myself a bit. "Never ers mat penetrated the northwest con--. we are nearly nome. i. i. it. :si. i.ii i rip much as if the flax problem is to be left, as all the others f rench Dder- Had France been prepared then as she if i i i ii i t IS now. Shfi pmilrt nava fhnaorf Vau TT;1v,U,-. 1 a now so crowding us have been, until the last minute. Senator McNary and Congressman Hawley should devote their utmost energies to getting the government to recog nize and help put flax growing on its feet. The others should help because in doing so they are helping the state and at the same time doing one of the greatest strokes of business for the general government that is possible. The congressional delegation from Washington should be woke up and made to help. Dy swift action something can be done yet this year, but unless the matter is taken ud at once and not allowed to sleep until it is put through, it is no use tackling it is now, she could have chased Von Hindpnhn the gates of Berlin. GERMANS NOT COWARDS Salem's quota was $517,500 and the. sum she subscribed when the full amount is known will be probablv about nflA AAA rnu: : i ; i i i . J x uis is a snowing oi wnicu we ail ieei proud and w-hile General Steiner is giving the principal credit to those who worked under him, and they to 'his splendid readership, the average citizen takes off his hat to all of them and acknowledges the debt the city owes them. Some over enthusiastic American soldier who evidently has not tried out his mettle against the German soldier, took occasion in the dispatches Tuesday to speak of the latter as having a yellow streak, and being a "big bum." Taking a look at the present map of Europe and compar ing it with that before the war does not indicate the Ger man soldier is a coward. The present battle where day after day the German soldier in response to the commands of his superior goes unhesitatingly to death is not the act of a coward. I he British who have fallen back steadily before wave after wave of advancing Germans will hardly concede they are fleeing from an army of cowards. Un doubtedly much of the dogged persistence of the German soldier is a matter of military training. It is also un doubtedly true that much of the cruelty of which we read is a matter of education taught the German soldier by his Prussian master. He may be cruel, be may be misguided, he may be deceived as to what he is fighting for and he most likely is all three, but anyone who classes the Ger man man as a coward is not acquainted with history, or the German people. Rippling Rhymes X by Walt Mason WAR GARDENS They will not let me bleed and die or shoot up Kaiser Bill, so here at home I stay and ply the spade of Bunker Hill. I wield my dull and rusty spade with quite as much delight as I would wield my flashing blade, if I were fit to fight. I may not lead my dauntless men, and cry, "Charge, Chester, charge," for I am ok? and have a wen, my waistline is too large. But I can toil in wind and heat, and raise mv warden snss thp! t. . ; ' j mscious squasn, tne juicy beet, the whole- CTOrMAQj some sparrowgrass. And every time I reap a bean, according to the dope, I queer a Prussian submarine, and bust ' - V. VVH Ai. V W ill at tributed nUhiug to tho upbuiidiug of civilized government and 2ood citizen ship. " General Odell. Six O'clock elub. Voyagcurs of the vanished years, cver for you load too heavy to bear Nor the gall and burn of. a comrade's tears S bitter that none would share; But time makes the naves of hor al tars clean And prides with tearless eyes la the faith that her worshipper's has been, And repays every sacrifice. Sinful you were in measure Sinless 3'ou could not be. Who cherished an empire's treasure, Sate-guarded, for men and for me. rui tne tempter in strange ways writmug And avengances lurking ii wait Were only tho fee aud tithiug Of a guest in the house of fate. Far under the forest rafter As far as the. trails might be, lrifted the cliansoms and laughter Of your dreams of the fleur-de-lis Though life was a fair dream lazared And its promise of love but a jest, -nni oeatn pam tne price of you nazara And your dust kept the roads of unrest Yet not only the maker of furrow, Facing blast and sun and raia, Hut the trailsman with courage thor Makes the roads of an empire plain -uii me Diazing ot ways and highways in me Kiisis oi uie nnuien pass I rom tho plains to the snow blocked skyways leasts as long as an empire lasts. Harbingers of an empire, Fnfearing the roads unknown, Riint'tree and croft and hearthfire Are the debt to you we own. And may we now who tread the path Whero you trod bravely by love as suage hat sms were yours, gleaning love from wrath. And bo worthy of our heritase. ERNEST EVER II ART BAKER. When I tried to get out of the taxi, Kyle is chief engineer of the new Chow-Hsiang railway and Purcell is hia assistant. They were ia charge' of a sur veying pany in ozecuaun wneu tne Dan- x ncariy laiuiea again, it was silly of jdits captured them. Kyle and Pnrcell me, but I couldn't help it. So George were carrying with them the payroll of carried me into the house, and called ( their surveying party. This was taken. Celeste. I soon "came to" this time, and the brigands demanded from tha and heard him say: governor ef the province fortr -riflea Take good care of Mrs. Howard Co-1 and a quantity of ammunition for their leste. We nearly lost her. The theatre ; release. Later the outlaws raised their cuugni nre, ana i am arram she inhaled j demand to seventy rifles, some smoke. I will telephone for a doc- The Siems-Carev romnai Dr. May SMppin? . Effects to Astoria I'r. Paul II. ;ay is today shipping times of peace this raising peas is work that I abhor; but "wtere t JTZil fvfSS1"8 greTS like -heSei ff W3r- Ukeh '"ShK:' hteU'Tn i a ramer mount a pawing steed, and charge, with in rwP !alem for y?ars. Dr. Mav rerretn verv at rest. tO make the fnVhtflll fnt.rvr, nA l lJm,""h. ?a,t'" the many i , , , ; . o------ v...., f xviiucA tnemls he has made in h LADD & BUSH, Bankers The Third Liberty Bond Sale is now on. We have a Liberty Bond Department in one of our Lobby Stalls. A teller is constantly in charge ready to answer questions and take subscriptions. mm ganej west; nut since I dare not sit a horse that has ,,!aiti-e- H"w. doctor fi no iron spine, I'm busy raising prunes and p-nrup -I'm IwV"' is thS eomiT1? citJ" pf ,he t . . V: " r1 uiit ailU gorfce, 1 nij northwest and is desirrvns f establish- pruning plant .and vine. Oh, prunes are things I don't ad- a r-y .there a3 the city is nurewnicn is no metapnor but l toi nn and new f,-,-o ,J r"""' : ?r w v a iiii. i . iuat js ikiii-n in 1 1 M n e Pi i a maatr tor prunes will win the war. At niirht T r?rpnm nf m son fields where I have strewn my dead; I dream of steed and swords and shields till I fall out of bed. At dawn I chant a martial lay by Julia C. R. Dorr, and then I hoe my spuds all day, for spuds will win the war. f ie-i.H in Sa!em for their confidence nposca in turn during hia vears of uienre in the citv. tor. You get her in bed. ' ' Then he leni ed over and kissed me tenderly. Unusual Tenderers. This unusual tenderness quite unnerv ed me. I reached up and put my arms around his neck, but said nothing. He kissed me again, and said: "Thank God, .1 I! . . . . ' uariiug, rai are not nnrt." All the time Celeste was preparing- me for bed and the doctor, I was absolute- i ly uncoiiseious of what she was doing; of anything she said. All I heard was "In cling." spoken in that tender tone that made me feel he meant it. So I was his darling, after all. The doctor came, examined my throat asked me numberless questions, gave The Siems-Carey company, riy whom Kyle and Purcell were employed, sent 8L S. Young from Peking as their own rep resentative to negotiate with the brigands. SOCIETY DISBANDED. Portias!, Ore., April 17. It beeaata known toay that the Oregon Stata Confederation of German Speaking Societies decided at a meeting Monday night to disband. The confederation which is a branch of the national German-Americann Al liance was made up of every German speaking society in the state. -C ! I : eiKzs j4mroeyians m " Ml Si H !l? Plef nail Mothers .'"fl S r - - - - Ueif A. 'i rc NOT ON CYCLOPS ALGOHOL-3 PER CEKT. AVeciablcPrtparafioiifofAs similatin therood by RcguU- lingthcSloiMcJrsaftdBowkrf Thereby Promoting Digestion Cheerfulness and Kcsitonauo neither Opiam.Morphine nor t , viVii7ATTr JhimpUl Smt ftimtrfrrrfi fknr I Wahintrton. April 17. The navy dei-artmeut late todav TiniiT...v,i i.t . . jthe tour men. who were reported Camtal Journal Wast Ads Win Get Yoa What Yea Wan'X tJTr 1 A-helDfuiRcmerjfof ! 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