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itorial Page of The' Capital Journa CHAELXS H. FISHES Eitor aal Pabluhe SATURDAY EVENING June 15, 1913 PUBLISHED ETEBT ETEXIXG EXCEPT grXDAY, SALEM. OBEGOS, Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. BY WHOSE ORDERS? I The Woman Who Changed . ft. BARNES. President cnAS. h. fisher. Vic PrwiA-nt DORA C. ANDBE.EN flee, and Treaa. - 81BSCHIFT10N KATES Pan by carrier, per year 5H Per Montk 4!ic DaUy bf suit, per rear I'rr Mouth tx FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH KEPOKT E1STERN KKI'KESENJATIYLS D. Ward, New York, Tribune Bulloina. Chlcu, W. H. Stwkwell. Feaple'a Gas Building 5 be Capital Journal carrier bora are IMtrort ed to put tbe papera on the porch. !f tke carrier doea not do this, mliewa you, or aeglecta avttlng the paper to rou a flaw, feladlr pbone the circulation manager, a tbla la the onlr war we can determine wbetber r aot tbe carrlera are fuliuwlne Inntructlona I'hone Main 81 before 7 :3U o'clock and a will be sent you by special mcsaenger u tne earner Baa miaaeo you. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL la tin only newapaper In Balea wbuee circulatloa la guaranteed by tna Audit bureau oX Circulation. NEW CHAPTERS OF INFAMY Germany is writing new ch'apters of infamy in her treatment of Belgium. Belgium legation communica tions made public yesterday through the state department showed deportations from occupied lielgium still con tinued. These communications show that laborers are. tent up behind the lines in France, and that women are treated the same as men and made to work under lire. Many of those deported have been "transformed into veritable human -wrecks, dedicated to consumption, to a life of invalidism and to death," said a protest to the Ger man governor general. "Men and women are herded up to do difficult tasks under fire with brutality and starva tion their portion if they balk." This is the charge made against the "kultured" Prussians who do the infernal work of their fiendish master, and of the still more fiend ish militarists who are his spokesmen. Reading of the atrocities committed by the Prussian hordes when Bel gium was first overrun made the hearts of mankind liter ally sick, but we have become inured to these things be cause the brutality of the Hun has forced us to become familiar with them. At the same time the unspeakable crimes that have been committed, are being made to ap pear small by the still more dreadful ones conjured from the bottomless pit by the inhuman Hun and committed aeainst an innocent and gallant people whom war has placed at their disposal. An Apache Indian whose high est pleasure is to torture an enemy would find in the high ly civilized and kultured Hun such a super-Apache that - - . - i i i i i r he would iaii down ana worsnip mm as a Deing irom a liigher and better world, from his standpoint of measure ment. By J AXE PHELPS THE TEIP TO SAB HAEBOB. Arrangements have been completed for putting Oregon on a wheatless basis, and also for reducing the quantity of sugar that may be purchased at one time. We do not know whether this arrangement is for the entire United States or just for Oregon. If it is the orders of the National Food Administrator Hoover, no patriotic citizen will make the slightest objection: Oregonians are ready to go over the top among the first in any measure that will help win the war. We will get down to a strictly vege tarian basis if it is necessary, but before the people of Oregon will do that cheerfully they want to know that the balance of the country is doing the same thing. Ore gonians are wiling to make any sacrifice the country may ask of them for the benefit of the boys in France, ours or those of the allies, but they are not willing to do this to gratify the vanity of any individual who wants to make a record for himself. If it is necessary to eo on a T T Vi A "i 4" 1 ii o f knni'n Ln... 4-1 1 1 "1 i TIC ",Kau3 uaoio, ici, us nave Uie lUlOWieage irom lUrlrecovered from the shock of the accident Hoover. Unless this knowledge is forthcoming: while and re?ainei3 the UM of hi haD(, nc-- l i mi i - more Julia Cnlins asserted heraplf She many, ptrnaps most win meet tne demand, cheerfully, there are many that will not. The state food administra tors are making an uglyy mistake in not taking the DeoDle into their confidence and giving them all the information on the subject possible. Japan has decided on a larger participation in the war and win assume a substantial portion of the work of pa trolling the Mediterranean. Advices from Russia also in dicate she may yet be called on to take an active part In assisting the Russians. -Whenever that unfortunate peo ple get in shape that they can be dealt with intelligently by the allies it is probable they willl consent to having help from Japan and the balance of the allies under an agreement guaranteeing the withdrawal of troops when tne war is over. CHAPTEB CV. We left the next day for Bar Harbor. George was a bit dependent upon me became of his sprained wrist. It gave nv? quite a 'wifely feeling when he ask ed me to help him. Julia Collins was with us, and would offer to assist j George whenever he appeared to wantj anything. Invariably he told her: j "Helen will help me, thank you,1 Juia." . I I could have shouted with glee! It l really made me fael resigned to her presence. We had charming rooms at the hotel, and I felt sure I was going to! like the Harbor, much more than Ii had Newport. I was- so happy that: Georga was different, I was disposed to j look upon everything favorably. But as the davs passed and George BLUFFING THE GERMAN PEOPLE The Germans have suffered tremendous losses, but they are far from beaten yet. With the allies holding them for another month however their chances for vic tory will have gone glimmering. Every day they are losiner. however lightly, of their man power, and every dav the allies are gaining by the steady addition of American troops. There can be but one end to this com bination, and that is defeat for militarism and the kaiser. General Von Stein, Wednesday, told the reichstag that "the crown prince's victory was the greatest defeat the allies had yet suffered," and that the nd was not lar away. He also told its members that the Americans were a disappointment to the allies, that they could not fight and that there were less than 200.000 of them. This latter statement shows how much reliance can be placed on any of his other statements. As a matter of fact General Von Stein was currying favor with his master the kaiser, by elorifvinc? the kaiser's son; The crown prince has achieved no victory and if the end of the war is near as t he general stated, then the Germans are nearer whipped than anyone supposed them to be. ' Yesterday saw the end of school, or at least of the pub lic school for 117 of Salem's boys and girls. Each and every one of them has the best wishes of the entire com munity for long lives well and nobly . lived. They are Salem's finest product, and one. in which all of us take especial pride. The Capital Journal congratulates them tne and all and if the coming years treat them one-half ts well as it hopes they will, theirs will be indeed such lives as make the world better for their having been lived. It is a matter of wonderment as to how long Sweden will stand for the ruthless sinking of her ships and the destroying of the lives of her citizens. Yesterday the Swedish steamer Dora was torpedoed without warning and went to the bottom snuffing out the lives of nine Swedish sailors. Germany has arrogated to herself the right to sink any vessel, anywhere and without cause. This too, after declaring she was "fighting for the free dom of the seas." She probably thinks that term means "freedom for Germany." There was a time when Swedes did some hard fighting. They may dp it again. i Reports from the Austrian Tyrol yesterday' stated that not only are the Huns using criminal methods against tne .Belgians, but that they do not spare even their allies, It is stated that thirty thousand Austrian women and girls. have been forced by hunger to' join the women'3 battalions working close to the front lines. The idea of making the punishment fit the crime might as well be abandoned so far as punishing the Prussians is con cerned, for it is an impossibility. . "A dog laughs with his tail" and evidently a mule sings with his rather unornamental caudal appendage. The veterinary sharps working on this theory and the well known remedy used by the old time school masters, by which as Saxe puts it: "For as 'tis meet to soak ye feet ' Ye ailing head to mend, Ye yonker's pate to stimulate, He beats ye tother end." So the animal doctors in order to remove the Jennv Lind propensities of the army mule .adopt a remedy "a posteriori" by stopping the uplift of the tail. It is a long ways from cause to effect. A dispatch from Paris late yesterday told of an ex plosion in the Skoda gun works near Pilsen, on May 25 in which more than V,W persons were killed and 700 injured. This is one of the little things the German censor sees does not get across the borders if they can help it. ' The circus came and is gone, but it will be a long time before it is forgotten by some of those who twenty years from now perhaps will be taking another crop of little folks to the greatest thing in a boy's life his first circus. Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason LADD & BUSH, Bankers ALL THE THIRD LIBERTY BONDS ARE NOW HERE. THOSE INTERESTED TLEASE CALL AT THE BANK OVER THERE Our boys are swarming over there, as fast and thick as blazes; at which the kaiser rends his hair and hands out smoky phrases. He thought we were so far away, across such wastes of ocean, we'd never cut a deal of hay, but now he's changed his motion. He understood his submarines would keep our boys from landing. He thought the allies would be whipped, he'd wind up all the slaughter, before our soldiers could be shipped across the briny water. But now his hopes are gone to smash, their wreck is most distressing, and now he sees, through his moustache, how punk was all his guess ing. Oh, now our boys are over there, to swat the Huns and bleed 'em, to can the kaiser and his heir, and save the world to freedom. And every day another bunch goes sailing o'er the water, to demonstrate our western punch, and make the tyrant totter. We'll show the Teuts what force can mean, with never stint or limit; well earn a glory most serene, and ages cannot dim it. Our bovs will put Red Bill on ice, and set his doom bells tolling; and it is ours to raise the price, and keep the ball a-rolling. I have a keg of picayunes, and I won't lightly skim it, but dig tne bundle up ertsoons, with never sunt or limit. m - a i s! y more Julia Colins asserted herself. She was not a woman to yield easily toj another. It seemed to me at times asi if she thought I had absolutely no right j to my opinion, no real right to be mar-i ried to George. But I tried dcsperatelvl to remember all Mrs. Sexton had told aie, and to follow her instructions to uio the same weapons Mrs. Collins did to interest Gcoige. A Hatter of Clothes. I watched Mrs. Collins closely. I no ticed she invariably wor.e colors George admired; and that if h told her a par ticular gown was becoming which he was apt to that she wore that gown frequently although she might have many more beautiful ones. Bo I took a leaf from hi'r book on dress. I took thought each time I dressed. I chose col ors George liked, and the gowns he had claimed suited me. I was repaid when one day Its said: . "You are very smart nowadays, Hel en. I like to see you always well dtese ed. If you need anything to add to your wardrobe order it." We spent most of onr time upon the water. I had learned to overcome the feeling of mal-de-mer, and enjoyed nothing so much as a long day fishing with George. Occasionally we would go alono. Then I was wildly happy. Of ten er Julia Collins and others were with us. At such times I was so busy trying to play the hostess in a way to please ueorge, trying to Keep my temper and my poise in spite of anything that hap pened x naa no time to really enjoy myself. Tet when George, would show by a word or look that he was pleased with me, I was not unhappy. So the summer went bv. The middle of September found ns back in More lands. The decorators had been at work during our absence and the houss was in perfect order. Marr, the cook, James and Annie had each returned from their vacations taken in turn and were there to receive us. "Doesn't it seem good to be back homef" I asked Georee. That sounds as if you hadn't en joyed your summer." Oh, I did! But everything is so love ly, and I know we are going to be so happy." ' There is no reason you should not al ways be happy. If is your- own fault when you are not!" iSot always, George. Sometimes 1 am unhappy because of the actions of others." it was a daring thing to say to him, but he apparently paid no at tention. Evelyn Beeves Hakes a Confession. "I hav sent word to Gray to come and hang your portrait," he remarked. "Kes." "I want it hung in a good light, and I do not feci competent to judge of the best place for it." "When will he comet" "Tomorrow night." I was pleased, as I always was at the idea or seeing Merton Gray, being with him. Yet George had been so kind, so thoughtful of me the past few weeks that I had no desire, to turn to another for compauy as I had in the past. Evelyn was back and came over that afternoon. What a lot yre nad o tell each other. She was as brown as a berry and happy as could be. She expected soon to UeCtjmp a mother, and all ot Kurts' people as well as Kurts himself were delighted. His mother acts as if she reallv eared a little for me now." she said happily. "But aren't you afraid that children, a baby, will take up so much of vour time that Kurts will grow away from you?" 1 asked, recalling the con versa tion I had overheard on the hotel porch at Xarraganset. No, why should If I think it will make him care more about being with me instead of less." I said no more but I thought that Evelyn was young, like myself. I had had such ideas too until the older wo men, the women whom George thought periect. or nearly so, naa said that a woman was apt to lose her husband if she became a mother. I never doubted they were right. Helpful Hints on Banking To Forward Money Money orders and Telegraphic Transfers are two means of forwarding money from one place to another. The former is a safe, con venient and inexpensive way to forward funds by mail. The latter, being by telegraph, of course is quicker in case the need be urgent. ' , You will find the United States National Bank affording these two services. MtedStotes . gliprltll NataaiBank uttaca . iay 6alem Oreort (Monday The Portrait is Hung.) OTJB DAILY STORY ACQUITTED. "It's the funniest sensation seeing play for the second time," said the nun In seat G-Z loudlv. "T. know everything they're gorng to say galore ither sav it, v'know. Now, for instance ' t .,.,1 Ti.,v.i,.i. ... 'what i you mean to tell me my daugh ter als0 has a mole in the same place!" "What?" said Lord Connybrook, on the stage, "you mean to tell mo my daughter also has a. mole in the same plae!" Lindrom Pellets, in seat F-2, squirm cd ;'I that double-distilled pest behind nw keeps that up much longer, I'll i'il "he muttered, finishing his sen ti'::pe with a dash. 'It's the queerest feeling, really." went on the man in G-2. "See screen f Wall, lady Eglatine has been behind that all along! She'll jump out in a moment and scream, ' infield! Hold! You know not what you do!' " Just then Lady Eglentine, on the stage, hurtled out from behind the screen and scr.eamed, "Winficld, etc." Dindroni Pellets ran two stubly fin gers along inside the front of his No 17 collar. "Patience is sometimes a virtue, but not tonight-" he sparglcd. , "And now," said the man In G-2 tri umphantly, "just watch the detective. jump out of the waste-paper basket and" Leaping up, Dindrom Pellets seized a passing usher by the heels, swung him around three times and brought him down with terrific force on the man in G-2, who collapsed, a mere pulp. Dind rom Pellets was seized by half a dozen men, but when he rapidly explained the dead man's crime, they apologized, shook hands with him, and conducted him back to his seat, and the play went on. CALL EM YANKS. The. foUowins, taken from a letter written by Eay Lotcr to home folks, ex presses the opinion of most American boys for the name "Sammies." Enclos ed is a little poem which expresses mf sentiments exactly. Why call us Sam mies? It sounds to much like sissy. I was down in the yards the other day when a trainload of Tommies went through. I yelled "Hello Tommy" ant they returned with "Hello Yank" ii they had called me oammle I shouli have turned my back on them and walk ed off. Our war cry is: "Kemember th Tuscauia." From One of Them. Dey're going to call me Sammy My Gawd, what have I didt . Why don't they make it Ferdinand, Or "Cutie Dear" or "Kid".t I wonder fer dat handle Just who I got t' thank! Why don't they cut that Sammy stuff. And stick to good old Yankf Now, dere 's a name I fall fer It 's big and strong and frank, To, dere's a sound dat'a got some stuff, - A good long-bellowed "YANK." ; I'll bot some sewin' circle Or some newspaper crank Wished dat dere Sammy on me, Hell! AVhy don't they call me Yankf P. A. M., Jr. THE -SURGEONS' PROMISE. Chicago, June 13. Eighty percent of American wounded will be returned to the fighting line within three weeks from the time of injury. Surgeon Gen eral Gorgas told Chicagodns today. Tha army's standard of health is unusually high, Gorgas said. YOUR HEALTH By ANDREW F. CURRIER, M.D. Adenoids, No. 1. The number of children afflicted with this disease is so groat that I have no doubt the question Is often asked by anxious mothers: "Is there any child that is froe from them?" Yes, there are those who haven't got them, and others who have very little trouble from them and who will get over them if they are properly brought up and have good food and good surroundings. But other children are so handi capped by them and made so 111, that their removal Is the only prop er course, and this may be very easily done in most cases. What are adenoids? The mucous membrane of the throat and nose normally contains what is called "lymphoid tissue," which means tissue resembling lymph glands and lympth tubes. When this is Increased and form3 lumps which project into the nos trils or the cavity of the throat, such lumps are called adenoids. They may bo no larger than a pea, or they may be of greater size and in bunches, like small grapes. The larger they are, the more they will obstruct the air passage In tbe nose and throat, one who has them being compelled to breathe through his moTith Instead of his nose, as he ought to. The result will be that the mu cous membrane will constantly be dry; dust and germs will find easy entrance to the mouth; and the de velopment of the child thus afflicted will be hindered. Nobody has any monopoly of adenoids; they occur at all ages, to the infant and the old man or woman, but they are mit common and troublesome in children from eight to twelve. In children, they are sott; they absorb poisons readily and furnish an excellent medium for the culture and development of disease germs. In adults, they are harder, and bacteria cannot grow so readily Upon them. Remember that children suffer most frequently from infectious dis eases, and then you can understand how easy it Is to catch them bv means of adenoids and through the. coiiHtantly open mouth. When a baby has adenoids, ha cannot breathe freely and has to stop nursing, frequently, in order to catch his breath. So It often happens that such babies do not get uir enough and their blood is not properly aeratad. Very likely they do not get food enough, either hence their diges tion suffers, their sleep is disturbed, and their entire nutrition la affected. Older children with adenoids ara also unable to breathe properly while eating; their food Is not thoroughly masticated and they, too, will Buffer with imperfect dk gostion and poor nutrition. i Waking and sleeping, they are mouth breathers, they snore, they have bad dreams, and they have no control over the bladder. ; Frequently there Is a nasal catarrh, tn such cases, the dis charge running down opon the lips and Into the throat and stomach; the appetite disappears, and any body can see that the children are unhealthy and In bad condition, i Questions sod Answers. A. O.l have a small goitre oW the left tide of my neck which affects the nerves and the heart. Am advised to go into a hospital for several tceej ond perftapt have an operation which 1 very much dread. Could you advise any other course of procedure, and tOosU not electrical treatment be desirable t Anstcerl do not know what foria of goitre you may be suffuring from; but, as I conjecture you hava what Is called "exophthalmlo goitre," it Is likely to be a some what serious matter. Not all canes are suitable for operation, and I can only advise you to be guided by your physician, who understands your case, of course, better than I da. If he has suggested that you go Into the hospital, and you have con- . fidence in him,- then t! j so by all . means. I do not '--iw whetSer electricity would be suitable In your e?.32. or not; yocr pbyslciaa would haTe to decide tht