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Sq2 , Soft,,,,,, o age of I lw CHARLES H. ITSHEB Editor ud PablUWt OUYTlQi WEDNESDAY TYEXIMi June 19, 191S Editorial F f i i t f i I: vamtal J M - PUBLISHED EVERI EVENING EXCEPT 8CNDAI, SALEM, OREGON, BX Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. K 8. BARNES. President CBAg. H. FISHER, VIo-lfMldent DOBA C. AKDRESEN, Sec. and Xieai. Just as a matter of fairness, congress should pass a law, : j: xi. - x- x -ii rt x " I " L-iuviuiiiK J-ur uie expatriation oi au uerman-Aciencan SUBSCRIPTION KATES Dally by carrier. per rmr $5.00 Pr Month 45c lli by mail, pr jear 3.00 Par Uonth 35c FULL LEASED WIRE TKLJCUKAI'II REPORT B ASTERN KEi'UKKE.MATIVKS IX Ward, New York, Tribune B-ilIdlnR. Chicago, W. H. Btockwell, Feaple'i Uaa Building Ih Capital Journal carrier boja art Instructed to put toe papers on tha porch. If the carrier does Dot do ttaia, mtasea you, or negleiU (retting tba paper to you on time, kindly phono the circulation manager, aa this la the only way we can determine whether or set the carriers are following inatructluna Phone Mnln hi before T :30 o'clock and a taper will be sent you by special messenger If the carrier haa ulaaed you. THB DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper In Halera whose circulation Is guaranteed by iht Audit Bureau of Circulation OURS TO "SALUTE AND OBEY" General Wood indulged in a bit of personal camou flage when having been refused permission to accompany his division to France he remarked: I am a soldier and citizens who are Germans first and Americans, never. It should require that when the war is over each and every German sympathizer be given so long to settle up his affairs and go back to Germany, or at least leave the Jnited States. Since they have proved their unfitness for citizenship they should be got rid of and that as quick ly as possible. It is only fair to pass such a law now and set some of these lovers of the Hun and his methods thinking of their future under the thumb .of the kaiser. If they hate America and Americans as much as they as sume to do they should not be permitted to remain among them. In the present drive on the Italian front the Austrians are tackling a job they have little stomach for, but one 1 1 J 1 1 l' 1.1 wncn tneir new doss, tne Kaiser, orders ana tnere is x iai.c uc icmointu. x am a ouiuici anui ,, . , , , . , , , ., ., . .. , , when I receive orders I click my heels together, salute and t J u P t obey. These may not be his exact words but they are Hie Woman Who Changed t By JANE PHELPS A DECLARATION OF LOVE the substance of them. His actions belie the 'soldierly sentiment for when he received his orders he at once began a campaign to have his superiors overruled by get ting his case before the president. He failed in his object and now is ordered to Kansas to tram troops. As a soldier, "no matter how much he may desire to get in the lime light of active service he should remember they serve best who perform the duties given them, cheer fully. Someone has this service to do and General Wood is no better than any other officer. To bring the matter nearer home here in Salem we should all remember that we too have a duty to perform. It may be distasteful, and out of our line, but that shrould not influence us. Some one has to gather the crops, and as the scarcity of labor is caused by so many able bodied men being sent to the battle front it falls on all who are left to see that the work once performed by them is done just the same.- It is not tasteful to many whose hands are son and who are not accustomed to hard labor, to blister their hands and to do hard and unaccustomed labor; but it is not as much a sacrifice as the boys are called on to make who offer their bodies as a bulwark against the attacks of the Huns and their lives, if need be, in defending us and our liberties. All who are able, should volunteer to do any and all work they can to save the crops and help supply our boys and our allies who are fighting for us. A blis tered hand is nothing compared to the ghastly wounds that some must suffer, and bodily weariness nothing at all by the side of hours in the trenches that sap one's strength and make keeping awake torture. We must save our berry crops, our fruit and above all our grain. It is up to the city folks to help, and it is up to each and every one of them to not wait for the other fellow but to get in and do his or her full part. Patriotism that is afraid of a sore hand or a tired back is not worthy of the name, The aphis have taken the pea crop this year as their especial property. The same story comes irom all sec tions of the valley, and there are no peas in market The little green calamities simply took them all. They have also levied heavy toll on some grain fields. Of course they have not refused a salad in the way of tender cabbage, or turned away from much of anything else green. However the peas were their first love, and they staid with them to the last. to add fuel to the flames of revolt that are showing in the aual monarchy. It will have to be substantial victory to appease the public clamor at home, for only a real victory and a promise ot peace, and a winning peace, will suffice to hearten the hopeless Austrians. This is hardly among the possibilities, as the first rush of the drive is over and the gams made are not worth a fraction of what they have cost the Austrians in lives. A leng death list just now will add to the seriousness of conditions throughout Austria Hearst is the most un-American American in this country. He was once a guest of Bolo Pasha, who paid him a high tribute in the Paris Journal. As Bolo was afterward shot as a traitor to France, his eulogizing of Hearst indicates the style of "patriot that traitor is. Those who knew "Uncle George" Hearst, and his splendid wife, "Aunt Phoebe," will never be able to understand how they came to have such a son as William Randolph, for both parents were superb specimens of the highest type of American. ... ' ,; , When the last chapters of the war are written Italy's action in refusing to join the central powers, and her finally throwing her weight into the scales on the side of the allies will take its place in history as one of the things that paved the world from pillage Jty the kaiser. Italy's part in the war, for this reason, is one of its most important features. It is one too that her sons may well feel proud of through all time. . f Uncle Sam is going after the harpies who would fatten off the country's needs. Many arrests have been made of these vermin. It is claimed a great war lobby has been uncovered in Washington and raids in many .big cities are said to have brought to light a mass of evidence showing deliberate profiteering. If in the trial 'of these cases any are found guilty the punishment shold be the confisca tion of every dollars worth of property the guilty ones own and on top of this they should be sent to the front if young enough, and if not, imprisoned for life. The Austrians have made considerable gains up to last night but the Italians are putting up a hard fight and insist they will be able to check the Huns soon and stop them getting to Venice. If this is done, Austria's part in the war will become considerably smaller, for she will have plenty of troubles at home if the rumors trickling across the border as to conditions are true. JMiss Lusk has been sentenced to serve 19 years in prison for the deliberate murder of her paramour's wife. This is as it should be, and indicates that the American jury is outgrowing its maudlin sentiment about punish ing a woman criminal. When coyotes get rabid the fellow with the gun shoots the female as quickly as the male. The ugliness and wickedness of a crime is not lessened because the perpetrator of it wears skirts. LADD & BUSH, Bankers ALL THE THIRD LIBERTY BONDS ARE NOW HERE. THOSE INTERESTED PLEASE CALL AT THE BANK It is a case -of help harvest the crops or go on short rations. If Salem folks would avoid trying the old remedy for hunger, of drawing the belt tighter, they will have to help gather the things the farmers have grown. It it not a question of being willing to do it, simply a choice of doing the work or going hungry. ' CHAPTER CVIII. "Haven't you heard that a ginger sel dom has a good speaking voice t" again I tried to put at least naturalness into my voice. "Tes, but it does not apply in your ease. May I make a guess?" "As to what!" "It was Julia Collins whoso voice was praised. Am I right!" "Yes. I could not deny It if I would. It is too patent.'' I eould .not help glancing across the ntn ihere George was bending over the 1 -lovely Julia." And really she has a wonderful voice. I think I never have heard a more musi cal ono." "You are very generous. Helen ' h.9 stopped a moment, then in a low, in tense voice he went on, "I love you. His quiet earnestness was very convinc ing. "Will you do you care for nief I may be a rotter to tell you this; to asit you to care for me. But will you be kind and if you are unhappy with How- ara lot me make you happy f" "Oh, Mr. Gray" I commenced, then I stopped. I had perhaps given him rea son, to say things to me; things to which I had no right to listen. But what kind of things was George savins to Julia Collins! His attitude had been that of a lover all the evening. Playing With Tire. That I was deliberately playing with fire, and that I might be burned never entered my head. That when I cave room to the thought that George's ac tions excused anything I micht do I was on dangerous ground did not oc cur to mo. Strangely enough I did not rosent what Merton had said, save that I resented the fact that Georga by his neglect naa given him the opportunity. "You like me, I know it", he went on in the same quiet, convincing tones. "You have shown plainly that you do. It is but a step, dear, from likintr to juvmg x win oe very gooa to you," ne waited. "Oh, I am so sorry I I never thought you cared that way I" then I flushed crimson as I remembered Evelyn's dec laration that he was madly in love with LITTLE TALKS ON THRIFT By S. W. STRAUS fnnJnt Jmtritam Scnttf Jtr Thrift i It is inspir ing to learn that while the American civilian learning k i s lessons ia thrift, the boys at the front are doing the same thing. With the comparatively small amount by the soldier one would think there coum be little or no money saved by Dim. But the thrift spirit has taken pos session of our boys, and the percent- kc oi mem wno tntter away their soldier's jay is almost negligible, i The average American soldier spends M cents a day, which includes his bill for tobacco, toilet necessities and sweets. Indeed, a situation that even the frugal Frenchman would be proud of I One cannot begin to compute the value of this condition neither at the present time nor in the era of peace that sooner or later will come. Of the thousands upon thousands of American soldiers in France (and' soon it will run into the millions) a very small percentage, we venture, were thrifty before the war. Think then of the economic value that will accrue when these boys who have been getting along on 20 cents a day for their little luxuries come back to us and again take up the routine of civilian life! An artilleryman writing home from France, says : "I have Liberty bonds, war savings stamps, military insurance, and have allotted $15 a month to the folka back home." A Y. M. C A. home from France, says: "The average amount of money sent back home by the boys here ia a franc a day ($6 a month) and thii represents artillerymen, engineers, and doughboys. The chief thought of the majority of our bovs how it tn insure their economic independence after the war. What an inspiring statement 1 What a splendid testimonial tn th good sense of our wonderful boys'at the front I This war is mak-inc thm cnlrNor. of thrift. They are enrolled under th cfr and stripes which never have gnne down in defeat, and never will, and they have enlisted, too. in the 1 of thrift whose followers know not the meaning of failure. Hood River Indians predict a hard winter from the abundance of aphis. The white folks who have been try ing to grow a feed or two of peas beat the Siwashes all hollow as predictors, for they say it is going to be a hard Summer, and would be now if Summer was here. It will arrive Friday. 1 1 i i ; Now just as the iceman has to be patronized, the days are reaching the point where they begin to grow longer bring visions of the winter's wood pile and its accom panying- bill. Anyway,- this section of the state has an abundant fuel supply on the stump. Rippling Rhymes by Walt Mason ' WORK OR FIGHT "Work or fight," I say, with Crowder! Man must earn his pone a?'d chowder, or secure a gun and powder, shooting from the Hun the slaw: for the husky boys are needed where the farmers' fields are seeded; long we ve argued and we've pleaded, now we're laying down the law. Soon the harvest will be yellow and we II hear the farmers bel low tor the able-bodied fellow who can 3 handle sheaves of wheat: and the loafer 1 who is standing, chunks of elocution hand ing to the public should be landing in the country with both feet. Long the loafers have been netted, fed and lodred bv men who sweated for the roubles, they have netted, but the day of wrath is come; toil 'and wounds where -battle rageswork at home for honest wages! Work, ab horred by them for ages! These confront the vac and bum. From their squalid haunt and haven, frowsy, fra grant and unshaven, to the fields where crops are wavin' 4-,-:m u j x . xi ,i . . i twin uc uuu iu see mem go; irom uie joint ana pooi hall riven, unanointed and unshriven, 'twill be fine to see them drive? where the big bull thistles grow. Work or fight! 0 words inspiring! Work with energy untiring, for our country is requiring everything our hands can brings if we feel too punk for mowing, if we are not built for hoing, we can go where blood is flowing, and run down tue lfuiuu lung. , . ; ; ; j ; ; ; , t t .WALT MASON, "I know. You are a loyal little soul. But why not tako your happiness now whil you are young t Why wait until you are all worn out with the strngglot You look so unhappy ' tonight. It breaks my hear.t" I wonder if anyone can conaeive how such sympathetic talk appealed to met My heart was sore and sick, I had beeu morbidly unhappy for days. That ho, popular, handsome, talented, should bo heartbroken because of me seemed almost impossible, at th0 same time it hcakd my hurt. Had I given up to my emotions I should have thrown myself into his arms and said: "Tako me. No one else wants me." It is perhaps fortunate that we wore where such a course was impossible. Jno matter nolw unhappy I was con vontions had to be respected. I think Merton read what was going on in my miml. ie rosc and stood before mo. "I must leave you. It won't do for me to monopolize you. I will see you tomor row afternoon. Untn then remember dear, that I lov.o you, that I want you: and that I will make you happy if it is in the power of man to do so." Then without a word li,o moved away just ns Madge Loving called out: lou should be ashamed to be so greedy. Mr. Gray hasn't spoke to me tins evening." "I will not only speak, but dance with you now, if you will honor me," he said drawing her hand through his arm. I was so thankful I did not hav to speak. I knew ho had acted as he had to save mo the necessity. How won- drously kind and thoughtful he was, How could I help caring for hiin? On the way home Georgo talkvsd very little. I was too busy with my thoughts to resent it as I usually did. ne asked me if 1 had enjoyed myself. "Fairly well." I had replied. "I fait a bit bored myself," h0 re turned. . I started to say that ho had not AC TED bored, but bit my lip and kept still. I had no right to say anything to him. Had 1 not .lust listened to a dec larntion of love from Merton Gray. I went immediately to bed, pleading weariness. George read as ho always did no matter how late it was. But although I left him to go to bed, I did not sleep. Merton was coming tomorrow to again toll me he cared for mo, to urge me to go. away with im. What should tell him? How could I decide? I closed my eyeg when George enme up and pre tended to be asleep, but I lay awake the entine night trying to think what to do. Should I take my happiness where I found it or thought I had found it; or should I go on living as I now wast To morrow would soon be here and I must have an answer ready. So I thought as I lay staring up at the ceiling. (Tomorrow A Momentous Decision) ft 0U& DAILY STOEY HE LEAVES 'EM STUTTERING. The only thing that Vpt Random Shotts from believing that he . was a master debater and a born arguer, was the fact, that he was never able to think of a proper retore till the argu ment was over, and naturally he shrank from .running after his 'nnnnnent then though he was an excellent poker play r and knew four languages well enough to tell which was which immediately when he saw them in print, and could fry an egg as well as most French chefs, this particular deficiency preyed on his mind and mado him very uuhappy. One day, while he was smoking and trying to see how orowo he could make the lighted end of his cigar come to the cigar baud without actually burn ing it (because he saved them), the way out of his difficulty occurred to him ia a tinlliant flash. That evening he started to argue with Diffton Saws- a to whether Howard Chandler Christy or John Sargent were tne oetter painter. "Why, Christy of course;" maintain ed baws. ".book at his girls! Look at his technique I Look at his girlsl " "Saws," said Random Shotts," that's nothing but German propaganda." And while Saws stood stuttering with his mouth open, Shotts walked trium phantly off. An hour, later he had au argument with Cosmo Sheerpoint as to whether Twisted Oats, as a breakfast food. equals Birch Flakes. "Nonsense, they can't come up to 'em. I wouldn 't feed my dog with Twist ed Oats! " declared Sheerpoint. "German propaganda, Cosmo, German propaganda!" scoffed Shotts. And again triumphantly leaving his helpless adversary, he licked his lips and looked about for new fields to con quer, confident that no one could Ueat him at least so long as the war lasted. Chautauqua Program Better Than Ever This Year Tha Ellison-White Chautauqua to b held in Salem July 21-27, will in many respects be the best entertainment ev er given in the chautauqua line, ac cording to Dr. H. V. Epley, president of tho Salom Chautauqua association. Although the program for each day. has not as yet been sent to the asso ciation here, J. H. Ellison gives the as surance that already the chautauqua to be given Saleiu is doing a bigger business in the firs 47 towns it haa visited than was dona a year ago. In regard to the entertainers for thia year, Mr. Ellison writes as follows: - 'The program for this year is by far the best w have ever had. si much ahead of last year that there is no comparison. This is not hot air it is an actual fact. Town after town says 'that we hava sever done any thing like it. The band is by far the greatest and best the chautauauaa have ever had and one of the best that has been in the west You understand of coua-se, that it oipened and closed the exposition and ithe only band invited to return after they had played there six weeKs at the opening of the expo sition." SOCIALIST RENOMINATED Minneapolis, Minn, June 19. Thom as Van Lear, socialist mayor of Minne apolis, was renominated at yesterday' primaries, a-oturng indicated. He was running second to J. E. Myer, who will be the other nominee, by about 809 votes, 1 YOUR HEALTH By ANDREW F. CURRIER, M. D. Pruritus. This annoying and very preva lent condition ot itching, known technically as pruritus may exist by itself, without rash or eruption or it may be a form of eczema, or a symptom of a great number of diseases. It involves not only a limited area of skin surface but may em brace the surface of the entire body. It consists in a disturbance or ir ritation of the nerve endings every where present In the Bkin, and when they are in trouble over only a limited area It probably means that the exciting cause is not sufficiently Intense to produce more general disturbance. The condition is especially com mon In areas which are soiled by the natural discharges ot the body, also on the outer surface ot the arms, the Inner surface of the thighs, the calves of the legs, and the surface ot the abdomen. It is particularly common in the aged, in women rather than In men, is worse, at night when the body is warmly covered in bed, and In cold weather rather than in warm. Few people can resist the temp tation to nib and scratch the skin in the presence of intolerable itch ing, but such scratching may do great harm, particularly when pois onous germs are transferred from the fingernails to the skin. The inflammation and disease produced la this way may be very much worse than the original con dition. The cold weather variety of this disease often begins in the autumn, lasts until the following summer and may be repeated year after year. Itching is the principal symptom In multitudes of cases of eczema and It is also prominent in malarial poisoning, ivy poisoning, hives, psoriasis, infection from lice, scab ies, ringworm, and in the eruptive diseases like measles, and scarlet fever. It Is always important to distln- . guish between itching which consti tutes the disease pruritus, and Itch ing which is merely the symptom of some other disease. Itching is often due to Indiges tion from eating strawberries, to matoes, honey, fish, especially shell fish, particularly when the fruit or vegetables are not entirely ripe and the fish not quite fresh. It may also be excited by harsh underwear, and sometimes by a Turkish or even an ordinary hot water bath. The cure in such cases will con sist in abstaining from that which produces the misery and in general from foods which cause overheat ing. Including fats, spices, and alco hol in every form. In addition to abstaining from the known causes which provoke this condition, treatment which has served me well consists in free purgation with castor oil, Epsom salts, or compound cathartic pills and sponging of the entire body frequently, if need be, with a hot solution of bicarbonate of soda. Ointments containing tar, or alno, or menthol may also be UBed. Question ant Answers. Bubscriber I ave been troubled since the birth of my baby, eight month ago, with a pon ot the end of my spine. What should 1 do for it, ot it seem to be getting icorsef Answer It very often happens in connection with difficult labor that the end of the spine is broken off. This accident is very apt to be followed by severe neuralgia, and it can be very readily relieved if the fragment of bone Is removed. It is not a difficult operation, and is done many times. 0 an wloir,rth7.X,i i""1"1 1'e,ters VPi with mp.4 .x-wrf Wty word. d t,. ouliu'"' lery UIia- Wix" B,u't itt rhvirin v.-,- Ai. rwmnvr ina not 1 r. Currier mar W .ddreTed in'cTr. "V?" '""'j' "u" ,amilr phyicUn. land beginning all over again. And, al