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.i) ox n CHARLES H. I1SHEB Editor ui! Publisher Konai rage o e capital journa TUESDAY EVENING June 4, 1913 MS. i mi Th PUBLISHED EVEBX EVENING EXCEPT Bl'N'DAY, SALEM, OREGON, BI Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. U S. BARNES, Praldent CUAS. H. FISHER. Vlc-rrcidnt. DOB A C. ANDRR8EX. Hrc. and Treaa. I suBscnirrioN hates Pail by carrier, per yr 15.00 Per Month 4Sc iMllr by mall, per year 3 DO l'er Month 33c Kl'LL LEASED WIltE TEI.KliRAPII RETORT K i ST Kit REPRESENTATIVES W. D. Ward, New Tork, Tribune Building. Chicago, W. II. Rtorkwell, People' Gaa Building The Capital Journal carrier boy are Instructed to put tbe paper on the porch. If the carrier doe not do this, misses you, or neglect getting tbe paper to you on time, kindly phone tbe circulation manager, aa this la the ouly way w can deteriulue wbetber r not the carrier are following Instruction l'bone alida 81 before 7 ;30 o'clock and a paper will be tent you by special messenger If tbe carrier baa niisBed you. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL I tbe only newspaper In Salem whose circulation la guaranteed by tbe Audit Bureau of Circulation. TRYING TO SCARE AMERICA German arrogance has driven the peasants of Ukraine to revolt and the latest news from that section is that they have, fired the forests and are destroying everything rather than have the Germans get it The dispatches also tell of the ruthlessness of the Germans in dealing with these "friendly farmers," the people the kaiser has but recently made a solemn treaty of peace with. Whole vil lages are reported as being gassed and the entire popula tion murdered in a campaign of terror. " . ! The Woman Who Changed By JANE PHELPS . The attack on American vessels along the Atlantic coast yesterday and the sinking of half a dozen of them will get the kaiser nowhere. Tha deed only shows the more strongly.how little the Prussian mind understands the American people. The raid has no other purpose than to frighten Americans and compel them to halt in their sending troops across the ocean for fear the U-boats get them. It is a move in the Hohenzoilern program of ruth lessness to terrorize the American sailormen and drive them from the sea. The Teutonic think tank does not un derstand that the only effect such things have on Amer icans is to stir them to hot anger sind to cause them to redouble their efforts to do away with the unspeakable Hun. The arousing of the nation as only such attacks can arouse it, is worth more to the cause of the allies a thous and times over, than the value of the sunken ships. It makes, those Americans already awake to the magnitude 'of the task before them but the more determined to carry it to a successful termination, and it stirs those who have been none too enthusiastic, into action. Had this attack been made when the liberty loan was on, its effect would have been seen in a sudden doubling of men and money at the subscription booths, and an over subscription that would have astonished even Americans. Taken in connection with the attack along the Atlantic coast by U-boats, Monday, the action of the Dutch ship owners in ordering two grain laden ships held in Amer ican port for fear of their being sunk by submarines, in dicates the owners had some information as to the attack. Otherwise the ships would not have been held on account of the risk in the danger zone, for he Dutch need the wheat, and the risk is no greater at one time than another. MEETON GRAY'S ATTENTIONS CAUSE GOSSIP. There is considerable criticism of George Creel, chair man oi tne commmittee on public information, some of his critics call him a socialist and others insist he employs I. VV. VV s in his office. In answer to the last charge he says he has none of the "wearies working under him, but has 5 democrats, 8 independents and 13 republicans. Now he question is which was taken for the I. W. W., the independents or the republicans The raid on the Atlantic coast is not without its com pensations. It is noted also that the U. boats turned their entire attention to. attacking coasting vessels, because these are unarmed. They fear to attack the oversea ships because they carry guns and will fight. This fact shows the divers have no designs on the overseas ships and that their raid is only another evidence of Prussian destruc tiveness. While this is not a war of "annexations or in demnities" at least on the part of the allies, and on the , ii i i i i i J f part 01 tne Kaiser too wnen at? muitus ne is in utuiger ui getting licked, at the same time it would not be out of place to make the Central Powers, when the final settle ment comes, pay the full price of every ship and every cargo sunk by her U-boats, and in violation of the rules of war. They deprived the world of the means of providing itself foodstuffs, and neutrals as well as enemies, and it fchould make good to the world the damage it has done. An Italian physician believes he has found, if not a cure, at least an aid in cunng consumption in sugar 1 here have been so many hopes raised over supposed con sumption cures that the world is disposed to be skeptical concerning them. One thing though indicates there may be something in this last cure, and that is that sugar is getting among the medicines in price. "What's in a name?" Reverend L. Myron Boozer of Grants Pass is hitting the demon Rum and old man Booze about the hardest jolts of anyone in Oregon, and yet one would suppose the names would cause a sort of feeling of relationship. However, those who read what Mr. Boozer has to say will have no doubts as to his opinion about the drink. The city council is making a mistake by cutting off the lights in the business district of Salem. It gives the city a gloomy, wierd appearance that is uninviting to strang er and not appreciated by residents, .If economy must be practiced, the lights might be turned on an hour later but they, should all be turned on. Anyway it is poor economy to let a town go all to pieces just because people are talking savings and thrift as aids to win the war. The Capital City is able to go right ahead with all its municipal activities and obligations just the same now as it ever was, and the lights ought to hurn just as brightly now as ever. Who is responsible for the pessimistic atti tude taken by the council? The war is changing many things, and among them the Bentiment of the Great American jury.- Before the war there was no such a thing as finding a woman guilty of ' murder, or if such was done it was so rare an event as to make it historic. This is changed. In Wisconsin a few days ago a jury found a woman guilty of murder and iibout the same time Mrs. Rose Pastor Stokes was found guilty at Kansas City of violation of the espionage act, and the judge also set a new mark by sentencing her to ten years in prison instead of limiting her punishment to a fine. Equal suffrage seems to be working out a com mon nevel between the sexes in all things even punish ment for crimes. It is claimed one ol the five U-boats taking part in the raid on the Atlantic coast has been sunk, and this leaves but four so far as is known of th $ attacking fleet. The accounting for 20 per cent of the attacking vessels in the first day is not so bad. LADD & BUSH, Bankers Second Installment of Twenty Tcr Cent on Third Liberty Bonds will be due May 28, 1918. Statistics just completed show that more than 47,000,000 persons contributed to the , Red Cross funds in the last drive, or nearly one-half of the entire population. In ad dition it is announced that the complete returns will show that the $100,000,000 asked was oversubscribed by $70, 000,000. Truly a splendid showing. It is stated the Prussians contemplate putting all their convicts in the army. This indicates a change of heart among the leaders, and indicates that "hereafter the war will be conducted on a more humane spirit. The plan will certainly help the general tone of the Prussian armies. No doubt General Foch is holding them in reserve, and it is possible a counter drive will be attempted with them. If it is, there will be something doing different from any thing the boches have experienced yet. If the Yankees start they will go through. King George of England recently purchased at a woolen mills he visited, cloth to be made into a 57 shilling suit of clothes for himself. That means the suit will cost less than $14. Such a suit bought in America would hard ly permit his royal person to camouflage with it. r m i -M ii-. Railroads earnings for April showed 'receipts of $80, 000,000 which indicates an increase. With the -increased freight and passenger rates the roads should show sub stantial increases in the next few months. Rippling Rhymes After that day, when I so plainly showed my delight that Merton Gray had calk'd, I saw a great deal of hiin. If 1 played tenuis be was ure to play also. He aemed always to be at the ca sino when I was there, aiwLjnvariably joined ine. My portrait had beea shown to a few of George s friends, and they had been enthusiastic in praise of it. Often, he would happen in and spend an hour with me. I would play and sing for hiin. Or else he would join me in t Open Forum t UNCLE SAM'S PRAYER Our father in heaven, we thank th :e for thy great goodness to us as a na tion. Thou hast heljed us over many hard places in times past and we need OUB DAILY STOBY IT'S A "GBEAT" LIFE. After thinking it oyer and reading all the pamIilo,ts sent cut y the food administration, and then thinking it over ouco more, young Mrs. Spyndrow Jellybeans decided that thereafter she thee now, we realize this world war : would go to the buteher shop in person any auu seieci nrr wn meai.mus means hie or deatn to us as & nation, so at this time of special prayer, we ask thee to again aid us. Bless us as states, as a people, help us to prosper and make it possible to do "our bit ' to senl food and money to those who represent us in the great stuogle for democracy, Wo thank thee for President uson, a nran with a level head, a christian against unnecessary a walk on the beach when G.eorgi was! heart, a great soul. Guide and lead hiin away and 1 was out killing time. Tliatialway. was what it amounted to killing time. I Bless cur own dear native land U. One dav Mrs. Sexton ioined" us, and, 8. A. lot thro be no slackers here. by Walt Mason 4 r.vr i THE INNOCENT "Oh, what," cries Prussia's chief, have I not done to save the world from all this grief?" We hear the kaiser rave; the old red kaiser weeps the tears of crocodiles, his victims strewn in heaps, in windrows, stacks and piles. The countless dead men lie on Europe's bloody plain, beneath the blue spring sky, by Wilhelm's orders slain. The kaiser's long range gun, fired from its secret perch, has cruel murder done among Vr knluu i U,,U rni : ' a -B-isfcai mc uauco lit tumult. X Here IS I1U Clime SO base that Bill would it balk, no abyss of dis grace in which he will not walk. The vul tures find their feasts wherever Wilhelm goes; old men, and girls, and priests he butchers, as his ioes. tie leans against a gun, and we can hear him roar, "Chee, what have I not done, to sidesteD all this core?" The kaiser's victims sleep, uncounted, everywhere; they're buried in the deep, they're slaughtered in the air; they're dragged from hut and hall, and from the church, to die; thy're backed against a wall, and shot, and know not why. Now cries the royal Hun (a heartwrung Han is he), "Oh, what have I not done to stop this iamboree?" Come off your perch, old hoss! Cease talking through your hat! You cannot get across with such a gag as that! In leagues of Flanders mud vour murdered mpn rpnospr vnnr hands are dripping blood, it's dripping from your dothesrSSS SK1 after a time, Merton took his leave. "Ann't you unwise, my dear Mrs. Howard?" she asked, when vta were alone. "Unwise! What do you mean?" I had not the slightest inkling of what she meant. "Unwise to be seen so often with Merton Gray. People are gossiping." "Why 1 uev.or the idea!" I ex claimed. "I was sure you didn't know it," "But" ",1'es?" she asked, as I hesitated. She always had had an uncanny way of reading my thoughts. George he has said uothine about it." , It Would Not Be His Way. Not" Never has mentioned such thine. If there has b.'en gossip, he surely would have heard it. And there has been no cause for gossip; Mr. Gray and I are simply, good friends! " iou do not have to explain that to me; 1 am sure of It. But the world is very censorious, my dear especially when a woman is as young and pretty as you are. Your husband may not have heard the gossip, and even if he has, he may not have considered it worth his attention. I imagine it would not be his way to notice vulgar gossip. You must not be foolish. You love your hus band; be wry careful that you do noth ing to destroy your happiness and his." Long after Mrs. Bexton left me, I thought of what she had said. Eealily, to be truthful, I cared little for gos sip I knew it was not deserved. But alio had spoken of destroying my ling band 'a happiness; she must think he loved mo, else sho would have said that what I did might distress him or annoy him, but not that it would make him unhappy. I. determined to do a reckless thing; would toll George I had heard that poplo were talking because Merton Gray was seen with me when he was away yachting, etc. Old Enough To Know Her Own Mind. I hoard something very disagreeable today, Georgo, " . I said, as we were dressing for an afair at one of the pal aces that lined the ocean drive, "AVhat was that?" "I heard that people were talking about Merton Gray s being with me when you were off yachting." "You did!" in a careless tone. "Y,es.V "Well, what of it f If you aren't old enough to know when you want to be with people, and haven 't senso enough not to give reason for gossip, it is time that you learned." "Had you heard itt "Yes." "Why didn't you say something tell me?" "Because I trust you implicitly," Then, after a moment, "I should hate to 8C( you do anything foolish, so be careful; but I have no patience with gossip in any form. Ninety-nine, times out ot a hundred, it Is malicious." I was really astounded. What I had known of men, at homo, had led me to believe he would be jealou, find fault- but he had been absolutely careless in his manner! He had found far more fault because I had not greeted souk of his friends properly or because I had been unacquainted with some dish which was being served. 1 understand, now, that it was a great compliment G.?orgo paid mo, by giving me his unquestioning faith and trust; then, it made me feel that he didn't care that, as long a I didn't interfere in what he did, 1 might do as 1 pleas ed. 1 had made up my mind, when I mar ried C'orge, that my life was to be one long, sweet song, and now that I found that song so often out of key, I seemed to have neither the poise nor the pa tience nor the character, to wait until my own emleavdr could change things. Then eame, a terrible shock. (Tomorrow Merton Grays Plea) SWINE MORTALITY FROM DISEASE AT LOWEST MARK And we would pray for our enemy, find the; little spark of God-spirit in his heart, touch him in a way thuit will make him ashamed, make him repent and s?c the awfnlness of this war and upon whom the responsibility rests. lu cur Bible, we read, the prayers of a godly man avaiieth much. Our prayers itoiay all over the land eoine from the very depths of our hearts, frojn true earnest souls, make them count, press 'the power down, press the weight on his conscience fo heavily, ha dannot stand, will fall, ifivo up, surrender all. Then if it be according to thy will, we Would huili a Christian Endeavor Temple as a monument ito Christianity a symDor or victory. After thei war, when liberty, justice and peace are won. invito all nations and have a time of great thanksgiv ing an'd praise. These favors we ask in thy name and thou shait have all the glory. Amen JOAN. AGAIWST WHEATLESS ORDER Editor of Capital Journal: I think the thanks from the housekeepers, and every one eteo for that matter, are duo tiho grocers and the Capital journ al if they succeed in tiheir efforts to keep Oregon from going on a wheat less 'basis- If it were necessary the Oregon peo ple, who are as patriotic as any one, would bo willing but surely tne food administratilon figures of May 24th show that it is absolute'y unnecessary. According to that report, there were -li),000,0(0 bushels of wheat on farms every i assuring herself waste. bo, with her swagger new market bas ket, that she had knitted herself sh went around to Schmutt mcatery. "Good morning, Mr. 8chmutts," sh radiated. "I'm going to do my mark eting personally, after this. Tlwre's t be no more waste in my house, abso lutely none. I think I'll have a nice steak today suppose you cut me some off of that piece, there! Oh, is that lamb? Well, wHl." "Here's a elegant steak already cut, Mrs. Jellybeans said Sehmutts, as h slapped a piece on the scales .nd held it steady with three heavy lingers. "Seven pounds." 'But oh, look at all the fat on it-" objected Mrs. Jellybeans, shaking her finger at him mischievously. "It' sheer waste to pay for fat, you know." "Sure. I'll cut it off for you," said the butcher with a butctoy smile. "Shall I chop the bone out, too?" "Oh, how sweet of you to think of it and help me out so generously ia my thrift plan!" she cried. "Notta tall," saic Schmutts. And he cut of the fat and chopped out the bone, remarking "Seven pounds at forty -fiva a pound that's 84.10. Anythinff else. Mrs. J.?" "How much are those frankfurters?'- asked Mrs. Jellvbeans. "Twelve cents a pound, two poundi for a quarter." "Then I might as well take i?r pounds every penny counts nowadays" sparKieo! Mrs. Jellyoeans. Ana she trip ped gaily out with her purchases. It's a great life," mused Bchmutti the butcher, idly scratching his chin with a two pound roll of hundred dol lar bills. mals, equivalent to the consumption of pork, and pork products by tho entire population of the United States for 1917 for 25 days. These recent losses should bo compar ed with that of 7,000,000 hogs in 1914, which curtailed production to the ex t.'iit of tho national consumptioi for that year for 37 days. The marked reduction in the losses of swine in 1918 over preceding periods, in view of tho fact that 90 per cent of these losses are due to hog cholera, indicates clearly the benefits from tho combined efforts of State and Federal agencies in protecting the farmrs against the ravag.es of this exceedingly fatal disease. - ; and 37,000,000 bushels in elovntOTS. About 23,000.000 bushels of wheat, or ilts equivalent in flour, are held by dealers. To furnish the allies sixteen million bushels a month is all they ask for, leaving about 37,000,000 bushel to meet domestic requirements, which is deemed sufficient if substitutes are used as we have been using. If it is dono to get our good old State into the lime light then let us try" some other way. But it looks more a though there were a "nipger in the wood pile blacker than that." Any way let us hope the grocers, witfti the help of your esteemed paper may suc ceed. O. C. P. WHEN IN SALEM, OREGON, Stop at BLIGH HOTEL "A Heme Away from Home." Strictly Modern $1 per Day 100 Rooms of Solid Comfort Only Hotel in Business District YOUR HEALTH By ANDREW -F. CURRIER, M. D. Alcoholism, No. 2. Washington, June 1. The death rate in swine from all diseases for the year ending March, 1918, announced by the United States department of agriculture as 42.1 per 1,000, is t.? lowest in rriirty five years, according to the records kept during that period. This iinprecedentedly low rate of mor tality presents a great contrast with those of earlier periods, particularly with the losses of 133.8 per 1,000 in 1SS7 144 per 1,000 in 1897, and 118.9 per 1,000 in 1914, years marked by severe outbreaks of hog cholera. This is even a remarkable reduction from the nor ma! rate of losses which has tcmained slightly above 50 per 1,000 when the disease was least prevalent. The approximate number of hogs on hand January 1. 1918, was 71,374,000. The loss of 42.1 per 1,000 for the year; There aro distinct stages In acute olcoholism, the first being that of excitement with usually a loss of keer.nes3 In mcutal control. Noxt is the stage of incoherence, with thickened speech and Btagger lng and uncertain gait. The centers in the Bplnal cord controlling motion, and those In the brain controlling the senses, are more or less paralyzed; the surface of the body Is warm, and there Is often profuse sweating. The third stage is that of uncon sciousness and Insensibility with more or less paralysis, loud breath ing, and sometimes apoplexy, col lapse and death. The brain, the lungs, the heart, the kidneys, and the digestive or gans are all congested, and if the arteries are weak they may not be able to stand tbe pressure. Drunkenness is followed by head ache, gMiii;ral depression, stomach disturbances and trembling. One who Is recovering from it may be given a mild cathartic, some form of ammonia, and extern al heat or a hot enema If stimu lation is required with very little food except milk. It is a flue thing when one dose of poisoning of this kind satisfies the one who has experienced It. In chronic alcoholism, there may be disturbances in any or ail the organs. Notoriously the liver, the diges tive organs, and the kidneys, be come diseased; constipation alter nates with diarrhea; there may be tenderness, trembling and numb ness; the, heart sounds become in distinct; there is insomnia; the mind often becomes diseased; and there may be more or less paraly sis. One of the worst features of alco holism is Its effect upon offspring, children of alcoholic parents Inher iting a handicap which, in multi tudes ot cases, blasts their lives end their chances of usefulness. The treatment of alcoholism as disease, whether at home, in a hospital, or in a sanitarium, has naa many successes and failures. many One of the greatest- dlSculties is the paralysis of the will, which pre vents efficient co-operation with the ' physician. Alcoholism is one of th9 diseases In which treatment by drugs Is often of great value; but this Is frequently over-rated by those who supply it, and may not accomplish what is expected or promised. Sanitarium treatment Is also of great benefit; but much depends not only upon tho disposition of the patient, but upon his surroundings, and especially upon the intelligence and good Judgment of his physician. Questions and. Answers. -1. a Haines tolution test for sugar in the . urine dues not change color after sevcrnl boilings, is it a safe conclusion that ths vrine is sugar frret 2. Vhnt is th deposit that settles In the bottom of the test tubef 3. Are buttermilk and cottage chrese sufficiently fret of sugar for a diabetic tu us safely t Answer 1. Such conclusion would usually be wrraced. 2. , Hydrated protoxide of cr.pper. 3. That would be a safe rule to follow. t A. M. Please exril.iia a cystls tumor, its cause and result and whether it can be cured without tn operation. Would such a tumor s fatal if not operated upont Ans'ccrYovjr question Is a very general one and I may not be able to answe It as fully as you may desire, for that reason. . I'ermlt me to say, however, that a cyst, or a cystic tumor, means a sac which contains fluid of same kind. Some times It is a harm' :! fluid, and sometimes it Is nut harmful. Cists may bo tnnoce-tt as to reju'.t. or they may bo serious and fatal depending very much upon the loca tion. A cyst within the abdomen that Is. an ovarian cyst -may grow indefinitely and result fatally, un less operated upon. An r-peratioa upon such tumors Is always desira ble at the earliest possible moment