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in.,' i. yf Ji;ili!li!Mi!!CJl '4 e Capita CHARLES H. FISHEB Editor and Publkker iioriai rage o OUTTl SATIKDAY EVENING . July 20, 1913. HE; t-tOsi' :!- IMii Mil i:Kii;!svi.viiHiiii'.im;i I a in f Th F 1 EsQ i J rCBLISntD EVEBI EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, BiXEM, OREGON, BI Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Aiaji: D:i; Dkme V. i. BARNES, CHAS. H. FISHER. DOHA C. ANDRESEN, T A i U U 111121 fil I V 111 C O President. Vlca-ITtisUeot. 8. and n-ai. I 1 SUBSCRIPTION RATES ally bf carrier, prt year 13.00 Per Mnntk ...45c Daily by mall, per year 00 Per Muota 3e FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH REPORT EASTERN REPRESENTATIVES IX Ward, New Tort, Trlbuna Building. Chicago, W. H. Stock-well, Pwple'a Oaa Building riM Capital Journal carrier bora are Instructed to put the papera on the porch. K Ike carrier doe put do lb la. aiiasea you, or neglecU (fttlng the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, aa tuia la the only way we can determine whether r aot the camera are following iustructioua t'bune Muln 81 before 7 :30 o clock and a will be aent 7"U by special messenger 11 tne carrier nai miasm you. THE 1M11.Y. CAlTlAl, JuUltNAL. U the only newspaper in Haiem whose circulation is guaranteed by tba Audit Bureau of Circulations. THE TURNING OF THE TIDE. ! Our boys have done some hard fighting within the past two'months but the battle so magnificently won yes terday was the first really big fight, as fights are count ed in this war, in which they have engaged. All Ameri cans knew the boys would give a good account of them selves, and would do all that it is possible for men to do, but even the most enthusiastic American scarcely real ' ized the fineness of che metal in them. The German su per-man has met his superior, and the beginning of the that carried everything before it and resulted in the cap ture of Soissons and 30,000 prisoners besides perhaps ten thousand more in the battles of the day before, and in the fighting along other parts of the front, is one of the notable events of the war. Of course this victory was not due to American efforts alone, for the gallant poilus stood shoulder to shoulder with them and chased the fleeing Huns with desperate energy. However it must be remembered that the presence and example of the Am ricans put new life, new hope and a new fighting spirit into the French, who for four desperate years have put up as gallant a fight as history records. It would be worth something to have been in Paris last night and to have experienced and lived the gladsome hours of a re juvenated and rejoicing city. On this side of the ocean far from the scenes of war, the rejoicing is just as heart felt if not so exuberant, and from one edge of the con tinent to the other every American heart beats more rap idly, and every eye is dimmed with tears from the depths wherein lie feelings too deep for other expression. The victory is great, and its effects may be such that the end will be hastened. The German army is in a pock et from which it may find it difficult to extricate itself. A few miles further drive on the American front will en .danger the lines of communication, over which the Ger man armies receive their supplies and munitions, and if 1hese lines are broken it will require heroic efforts for the Germans to save themselves. It looks very much as though they would have to fall back or risk capture or annihilation. Then, too, the moral eltect on tne uerman people once they learn of the magnitude of their defeat, and that the boasted drive of Hindenburg which was to give them victory and peace, has resulted only in the de struction or loss of thousands of the flower of the German army, is a factor that cannot be measured. The victory yesterday brings the end appreciably nearer. The decisive day of the big battle is at hand. The Germans are rushing great bodies of reserves to assist in checking the Franco-American advance. That the drive may be checked is possible, but at the same time the tirawine of anv great number of reserves from the E helms front may lead to a smash by the British that will iolt the Huns still harder. If the American-French drive is not checked by this last move, the' German lines of com munication will be in danger and another Sedan in iis results may follow, with the Germans playing the former French role. HIOMHMt)tTtMHMIltMMMttMMMMH by Walt Mason - 4-T THE SURPRISE PARTY. Said Kaiser Karl, "My soldiers bold, I know you're mighty hollow; I'm not surprised your feet are cold, since you ve no grub to swallow. Our Austria is short of pies, it s stripped of kraut and bacon; there s not enough to draw the ilies its bare and God forsaken. But Italy has lood to burn, beyond those Alpine craters! The win erwurst for which you yearn, the prunes and sweet po tatoes! .You know how Kaiser Wilhelm went and swip ed the Russian larder! Go, scale the Alps with fell intent, with glowing zeal and ardor! Italians are an easy mark, they'll all stampede together; get after them, and skies now dark will let in sunny weather." His soldiers took him at his word (the hint could not be broader), their famished loins began to gird, and started out for fod der. They thought to find a Russia there, disorganized and rattled, and they would strip the cupboard bare when for a day they'd battled. But Italy was on her toes, with lust for fight aquiver; she climbed all up and down the foes, and chased them in the river. Survivors of the hosts of Karl toil home, too sick to utter, to scrape again the empty bar'l, and hunt bones in the gutter. i Too bad the Oregonian editor is not in charge of the war department and boss of all munition and machine factories. Had he been, there would have been no delays in any line. He admits it himself. .However, we seem to have a pretty respectable army of Yanks over here as it is. THE GAME CALLED BLNGLE - By Julia Wilbor Tompkins of The- Vigilanten. Mrs. Spencer told the people of Oregon many ways t- cook fish, but not one as to how to get them or to get the price reduced. Like all other substitutes the. Lrice i? higher than the things for which they are substituted. The main thing in cooking a fish, is to get the fish as a starter. . -.' Pershing's "roll of honor", when.it gives a list o: casualties for yesterday will be a much longer one than he has yet sent. This we must expect. afteV the fisrhtinc put up by tne Americans, lor it will not prove a bloodless victory. Most Americans prefer to read the war news fro France to themselves rather than out loud. A hesitancy lest the hearers might not understand the pronunciation of the French names makes one chary about giving the aBanaBBBBBaBMialnaBaaaanmaaiaaaaBMaBBaasssssssswaBanaaBaw Much activity among the German fleet at Kiel is re ported. It may be the Hun is going to try a. dash for the open sea to see what he can do to add to his ruthless de struction of shipping and foodstuffs. It is safe to say that it he comes out with his fleet that he will not go back with all his ships. The Willamette has reached a very low stage here on account of the long dry season, but owing to the back water from the Columbia, it is not "down in the mouth" yet ' . , The Chautauqua will open its sessions Sunday even ing. There will be this year more interesting features than usual and the Ellison-White people are deserving of commendation for making special efforts to give the people a better program than ever before. These Lhau tauoua sessions are educational as well as entertaining a summer school for all the people at a price so reasonable that all may attend and receive its full benefits. We hope that this session may be even more successful than any in the past. Along with the American boys taking the lead in France, the glad news comes today that the 0. A. C ;v.n of Barred Rocks have taken the lead in the egg laying contest. The Japanese are astonished at America's war prep arations and at what has been accomplished. The Ger mans by the way have the same feeling about it. LADD & BUSH, Bankers ALL THE THIRD LIBERTY BONDS ARE NOW HERE. THOSE INTERESTED PLEASE CALL AT THE BANK t The Woman Who Changed J By JANE FHELT8 HELEN GIVES HER HOSTESS PLEASURE. CHAPTER CXX1V. W,j had a delightful trip liomo. Ucargo was so pleased at tlio success of Inn business deal, no pleased that Mr. ami Mrs Hnbcock had seemed attracted to me, that he was good nature ifcelf, I was perfectly happy. For once I hud realty done something which met with hit unqualified approvel. I liftil not spoken of his going to tho aid of Julia Collins, after that night. Wk'ti wo had reached our room, I had remarked: "1 think yon made yourself and mc nam cossuriiy conspicuous by interfering pns in the restaurant, ami she surpiised mc by Haying: ' ' I 'm sorry for Mrs. Collins or, rather I should have been had I seen her." "Well, I wasn't sorry! I was really ylad,''' 1 confessed, acknowledging for the first t'm 1 '""l ,le(,n pleased at the situation in which Mrs, Collins had plae ed herself by allowing that man to act as her escort. "Why, Helen! think how modified soh must have been." "She was! I never saw anyone more confused i my life. 1 was so angry with George for going near her." "1 should liavo been glad, had I been you. They havvj known each other always, have been in the same set. and Andiyour husband realized, that, knowingly, Julia lolling would never go where aha would be placed in such anyone." We said no more about the occur rence, but I confess I could not see Kv.? l.vu'g view-point, and am afraid I rather gloated over the fact that, for once Julia Collins hnd been embarrassed. Sua had made me feel so, maav times, sad This is how yon play it. The leader draws the next player aside and whispers rapidly in his ear: "Lord Kitchener was becoming ah barassmeut to the British government! " The second player runs to the third ! and whimpers "Bid you know that thej ontisa government had to get Jjoti Kitchener out of the wayt" Then the third plaver runs to tha fourth: "It is known for a fact' that t wasn't the Germans that blew up the ship carrying K. of K. The British gov ernment " Then all together in a loud whisper: A man just back from the other side told me, so it MUST BE.TRUE!" That '8 Binglins, the favorite indoor sport of the hour, as plavcd ia England , and this country. German Binglo is more complicated. but far more exciting. It is being played itch an extent thut evervono slmnlil know how it is done. One can scarcely gj to an evening entertainment or drop in on a neighbor without finding the game iu progress. German Binglo is generally played for money, and the loader is always a Ger man agent. Ho begins by stopping over for a night or twu iu nuy loyal community The initial piny is mnCe with a tkill that is still a German secret, though America is now working oa it night fnd day and expect soon to have it analyzed, After his play, he vanishes. Then the chambermaid runs to the grocer's wife with the whisper that the soldiers in camp Kuctons have mutinied and arc bcin shot against a wall; and tho elevator boy tells tho traveling man that 1,11 American transport has been lost with all on board; and a leading ci izen confides to tho newspapers that our Red Cross nurses have been sn mis- I treated by officers and men that a spec ial hospital has been made necessary for them; and every player got his whisper from someone on the inside who got it straight irom an intimate friend of a man in Washington wKo is in a position to know. Any eitizou or newspaper may con tinue the chain of players, but the mo thers of soldiers and sailors are always IT, Tho leader who can make the mo thers cry, all together: "My boy is being starved frozen drowned poisoned executed ami 1 am not being told!" gets the pot. That is Grand Biugle. Little Bingle is alao popular. Start with a whisper about tho food stored iu Mr. Hoov'er's cellar, or the secret assembling of Jnpaneso forces in Mexico or tho misappropriation of Red Cross funds any good lie will do -and the leader will' win evory time. Unless one of the players cries, "Binglc!" He must shout it the instant the whisper reaches Mm. Then tho chain is broken, and the leader has to start all over again. If this happens too often, the leader will get discouraged and give up. Iu that ease, German Binglo will die out of America. WHY IS THIS GAME SO POPU LAR? AND WHY DOES THE LEADEIt 80 OFTEN WIN" THE POT? J Because wo liko getting excited. It is more fun to repeat i" an voice, "JJut you know that soldiers in our cantonments must buy their food or stnre to death?" than it is to yell, "Oh, Bmgle!" But there is such a lot to get excited about now; we can find all the thrills anybody needs in the plain truth. And every one of these whispers referred to as well as of ten thousand others, has been proved to be a whopping lie made in Germany. Singling agonizes the parents, har asses the government, worries tivj, local citizen, kcips bjk enlistment, saps tht energy out of service; it is liko putting on tho brake going uphill. We have given, up bridge, we have let the tango die; why not stop Biugling for the per iod of the warf J Musical Duo at Chautauqua i v tnl'JM b , v it if til 'IMP -; - A IS .. v. - V s.n i. '("iny, coming to (Jliautauqua oo the third after- 1Z rif BtheKB"ft Mmted tw-lP' on the Platfon "."""y " lone ,nt0 Playing, so rarelv secured brl Z ,V a y"1 "wrnnent Mildred. Morrison, pianist, soprani .olohrt ana reader, haa been . prominent figure In the Lyceum and ! cKJS world for ,r , tt reader she has attaLed unusual 3 public-service corporations. And this is how First Lieut. Will iams, an old man, to bo starting on his military earecr, is taking orders today and feeling like a young man again. For about a mouth after President Wilson had offered America with its men and resources to tho cause of free dom and democracy Mr. Williams sat at hiB desk in a tall skyscraper and en vied the young fellows whom be saw flocking toward the training camps. Fi nally he decided he had done enough sitting around, getting his ideas of war out of the papers. "Charley," he said to his business partner one 'morning, "All your sons have gone into the service and you've done your share. But I haven't got any boys to offer to my country. There fore its-iip to me. I 'm going to enlist." "You can't enlist as a major gener al," laughed his partner, "and you'rp too old and too important to be a pri vate." "I'm neither," hotly replied Mr. Williams. "I'm going to war to fight and as long as I can beat half my office at tennis I'm not afraid of tho physical examinations." Mr. Williams' first experience at the recruiting stations, however, showed that his partner was right. After an army doctor had gotten through with him he went away feeling like a ehronic invalid. ' However, ho submitted him self to two or three minor surgical ex aminations, applied again, was rejected, went the rounds of army, navy, and mar ines, and at last found himself hopeless ly outside the circle, where wealth and success, count for nothing against the splendid claims of youth. He went back to his desk, grinning , ' , sheepish! r when his partner was unkind "jierg i enough to say, "I told you so!" But THE ACID TEST. By Wallace Irwin. 'jit two weeks later, when he appeared il tha uniform of the aviation corps and showed the little silver bar Itu hi shoulder, it was time for First Lieut. Williams to boast. "I found they wantod cxperiencei business men as ground officers to man age the fiying camps," ha explained. "They wouldn't take mo as a private, so I decided to become an officer." Ours is a true army of democracy I know of a prosperous corporation law yer who recently enlisted in the navy and found that the petty officer over him was one Sweeney, whom ho hed re cently employed as chauffeur. Tho law. yer's wife decided to give her husband sailor a receptinon on his first day of lcavo. But early on the appointed after noon there cante a ring at the tele- phono. "This is Bob," came the voice of the beloved recruit. "I can't b home, dear. . Pm scrubbing the mess hall anl Swconcy won't let me come." bweoney may never rise to the wst4 room; his ex-employer may command a ship before the war is over or vica versa depending on merit alone. Beanllfiej Renders to the akin a delicately clear. nearly white complex ion. Brines tuclt tha soft smooth appearance of youth. Result are inttant and improvement constant. Gouraud's Oriental Cream ' Siiwf 10c tor Trial Slzt ' FERD. T. HOPKINS A SON. N York i IV YOUR HEALTH By AXDREW F. CURRIER, M. D. Malarial Poisoning No. 1. T am rniiiff in rail him Pirst Lieut.. position by ' Williams, of the aviation corps, bocausc that isn t his name and ho desires more than anything else not to be advertised. His hair is perfectly gray, but he car ries himself with military precision and oteys his superior officers as well as he himsvjlf was obeyed during those years when ho was boss of manv thonsnnds of with Mrs. Collins and her escort. I was I was not in a forgiving mood toward workmen in one of America's greatest terribly embarrassed. - her. "Xot as much so as was poor Julia! How she happened to go out with that man, ia beyond me. I expect she did not know his fuuJuesa for rum champag ne, rather." Well I feU. it was unnecessary for us to get mixed up ia it." Had you Ivca in such a position, and any friend, of mine had not done the same. I should have been Yery much nnnoved with him," he had re plied, still good natnrcdly. "How did she hnpivxn to le in Chica go when we werct" I asked, unable to say more about tho restaurant affair because of what George hart said It seemed that nothing could shake (icorufl's good nature. He beamed upon nie when he told me how pleased the rest of the company were that Mr. Bab cock had joined them in the affair. " V.e must ask them to Moreland soon Habeock will want to meet the directors and we'll invito Mrs. Bnbcock and en tertain them at the house." A COMPLIMENT. "Po you think I am capable? Yon know they have such perfect service." talking. If he were to bo like this like he had been ever since we came home it would make life delightful. I must try h'nrder than ever to please him to be the perfect hestess, the well poised woman he would lie proud to call and introduce, as his wife. "Thank you, for the compliment Georgo. I shall try to deserve it," I said quietly. "You deserve a lot more than you get," he said rather brusquely. "But I am mighty proud of vou at times. 1 ' Certainly you are capable. All vou need now is a little more confidence in! With that, he left the house without ev yourself. If they accept, ask Mrs. &ex-jen aaying good bye. Ho did not come to to assist vou. if vou like: she could; in until u,lc w.. n.ib ni T She w-."nt a eoupW. of days before cotno and stav while they remain. But I had Wen as haimv as could be', all the a A 1 r h. .n. Uk. I. . : I T ... . i it. ' - - Ul.l, A Ul IH Vr, Bum,- ,..K,i, 3v our ini mr. iniiiK. airs, iiaococK knows T0U young; shd cannot expect you to be as expert and experienced as she is. I imagine she was keeping hons when you were oorn." "Would wonders never cease t I eould scarcely believe it was George ONE CAL'SK OF I'XIIAPPINESS REMOYEP. I waj delighted that she was to he out of town for a while. If would be one less cause of unhappinesa for me. I had told no one but Evelyn about the faux evening, and had apt busy planning just how I should entertain" Mrs. Bab eock if she decided to visit us. I hoped she would. I wanted the chance to show George that his growing confiden ce iu me was not misplaced. i (Monday A Bi of Gossip.) The old idea that malarial fever or malarial poisoning was tluo to bad air, has been exploded by the investigations of Laverau, Reed, Gorgaa and others. Malarial fever, when ' well marked, has chill, fever and sweat ing in succession every day, every second day, or every third day. Besides, there may be attacks at Irregular intervals or with only dull, unpleasant feelings, especially when the patient's resisting powers are good, or the poison mild. Malarial poisoning is not due to bad air, but to infectious parasites, called Plasmodia, In the blood stream. They are Introduced Into the body by means of the bite of mos quitoes of the Anopheles variety, and attack and destroy the red cor puscles of the blood. Laveran discovered them In 1S82. Malarial fever is a tropical disease, but occurs wherever there are mos quitoes of the Anophelet breed, In swamps, forests, lowlands, and wherever conditions favor the de velopment of mosquitoes. .They are found In cold climates like Alaska, but we do not usually associate them with cold climates and high latitudes. The Isthmus of Panama was the most mosquito-ridden country In the world, and Us malaria would take the prize for severity and fa tality, but It was drained, cleaned up and freed from mosquitoes by Gorgas and is now as healthy as any other part of the U. S., which, hows that malaria can be- con trolled. Some people still believe It Is caused by drinking water contami nated by infectious germs or by breathing Infected air. It attacks light skinned people In preference to dark, and men rather than women, and also those who dig or delve in the soil, especi ally If they wort at night or are careless In their personal habits, like soldier, for instance, or as they used to be. The Plasmodium goes through his first stage of development in the body of the human being, destroy ing red corpuscles and causing anaemia and pigmentation of tha skin. It is particularly abundant in the blood vessels that are deeply seated. It occurs in several different forms, Borne more virulent than others, developing and maturing within the red corpuscle, destroying It and, when mature, throwing' off new segments which at once at tack other corpuscles. When a mosquito bites a person already infected with malaria, ha thrusts bis nose Into the person's blood, and plajmodia from thia . blood adhere to hi nc-?e. Then shortly afterwards when he . bitea a penon who Is uninfected, these Plasmodia are transferred to the new rictlm, and at once proceed to develop. Question and Anrwen. t E. W. M. L Do enlarged and diseated tontilt affect the ttomach unfavorably, and, if to, in what vayt 2. .Are they responsible for pain in the chest and the back of the neck, and do they influence tht speech f 3. If not, what do thest paint indicate? Antwert With diseased ton alls, there is an offensive discharge, usually, and frequently an active infectious process which may result In the passage of diseased germs Into the stomach which may cause more or less serious trouble. 2. They may be Instrumental In pro ducing the troubles which you refer to, but probably are not the exclu sive cause. They are particularly likely to cause defects In speech. S. The pains might proceed from neuralgia in the parts which art disturbed. A