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1 .v'C Swu iV HOME ONCE BUT VpCE ' t'- HT y EOJ (SiffiS ' f " Wky hvll f&W . $mw. : $$va . fsv mir vUm mli V RUSSIAN LEADER (Continued from page one) giaro of comprehensive social refoim, calming ike masses and eradicating civil war, inspiring confidence. ar.d en feeing obedience. . "This government must not i :j?itate to otiopt the most string! ut nio'lnds io establish authority of off;,: vs. "The chief effort must le in the Volgas district, which tho oels'uevild do no control. It is now in Cio hurds of the social revolution-trio? and the C.eeho Slovaks are ia control of the Vrals, where tlio are f:no mni.il ion works. "The whole of Siberia might bo used as a base. "The Germans are not likelv to ad vance toward the Volga. It won'.i ne cessitate the use of at icast i fty di visions, which they cr.n't alford. Titty would most likely fortify themselves in the Don along the Dneiper and await the itllied Advance. Any allied opera tions (by the allies along tho Murman roast must necessarily bo local because tho Murman coos' is too far from the allied base. A ibad single track railway runs through poor territory and this line could :be cut ;tt various points. "Tho chief value of the Murman op erations would be to keep open the Murman ports, such as Archangel, for the future, when then would bo a pos sibility of an advance agaiust Petro grad; becauso tho (J; mans undoubt edly will occupy it in Wie near future. "The allies a- d Russians in the Vol ga, district could draw from all tho physical and human resources of the' Urals and Siberia. The S-tberian rail way could bo repaired in a compara tively short time. "A largo force should invade the gHKJ Famous Quintet Coming $ Zedeler Symphonic Quintet Coming to Chautauqua on Fourth Day . :;i S1 's . 7 ( Nicola! Zedeler, 'iir: distinguished 1 f rw- Eedeler Symphonic Wl 'ntet, soon to be Lard at Chautauqua, believes that love of good music Is inherent In every one, and he has surrounded himself j with an organization cf superior musicians for the one purpose of bringing the best in the world of music Into the life and appreciation of the average earer. The programs of the company are chosen from the works of the tasters, and a brief and comprehensive explanation of each number pre- i tedes its presentation, adding much to a proper understanding of the music. To enable a company of five to becure symhonlc effects a special reed orzan Is carried. Each member of the company Is a soloist, and Mrs. Emma Bruce 8eck Is a singer of rare ability and charm. The coming of this great com ay to Clttutauo.ua will be an event of Interest to all music lovers. Factory Worker Find Relaxation im the War Crden. Complete inline tkuu for war gardening will be sent to the readers of this paver upoa appli cation to the National War Gardes Comminion, Wathington, D. C, encloc ing a two-cent stamp for pota(o. DO YOU KNOV WHY Spiine House Cleaning Was Invsntea ? Caucasus, where the local mountaineers are splendid, experienced fighting ma terial and would cooperate with the al lies operating from the Volga and Caucasus. The Russians and allies could, in time, hope to deal the chief blow agadnst Germany in the Ukraine. Advance Guard boon . Washington, July 22. The advance guard of the allied "aid for Russia" expedition probably will sail from the United States within a month. It will include ft group of men who are to es tablish information bureaus in Siberia to explain the purposes of the econom ic mission ffoing later. Headquarters for this work will be Harbin and Vladivostok and agencies will be set up throughout Russia. The allies are completing the work of selecting a personnel for the eco nomic mission and arranging the small army of soldiers to go along as a pro tective force. West front- developments are expect ed to make the task of the allies eas ier when news that the tide ttppears to have turned against Germany reaches Russia. Japan' stand on the Siberian pro ject niay be announced at Tokio shortly The Japanese embassy let it be known today that the matter is receiv ing careful consideration by the Japa nese government. SECRETARY IN EUROPE ' Washington, July 22. Assistant Sec retary of the Navv Franklin Roosevelt has arrived in Europe aboard a de stroyer. . , Ho will look over naval administra tion mutters. . , .,... -i.v - y 4' V cellist, organizer and manager of the Mf f THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON OLDEST LOVE LETTER FOUND Modern Scientist Declares It to Have Been Written About the Time of Abraham. .The oldest love letter In the world has been found and rend by eyes for which It never was Intended. Dr. Stephen Herbert Lnngdon, Museum of Art and Sciences, University of Penn sylvania, was the man to find this billet donx, written on a tablet of clay about the time of Abraham. He also has brought to life what is said to be the oldest mnp !n existence, drnwn about 1500 B. C. or another tablet of ciity. ; Here is the letter, which, sad to re late. Is partly selfish: "To Kaka and Mlrslla say: "Thus snlth Sln-maglr. "May the Sun-dog give you good health. "How is this business? "For a whole month you have not sent anybody to ask about my welfare. - "Now I direct Shamasheplrl unto you. "Send mc 30 pints of barley meal and ten pints of bean flour. "I am In trouble. "Give quickly. What you send deduct from your tithes. "As to the rest, send it according to future Instructions." Evidently the writer was fond of both Kaka and Mlrslla, two sisters. Al though the letter could scarcely be called affectionate, as the present gen eration understands the word, Its translator assures us thnt It is a bona fide cross-your-heart love letter. The map found by Doctor Lnngdon was of Babylonian origin and Indicates a supposedly suburban district Joined together, by canals. Rehoboth Sunday Herald. NO TRUTH IN TRADITION Old Legend of the Drowning of Prin cess in Petrograd Fortress Proved to Be Without Foundation. The fortress of SS. Peter and Paul, In Petrograd, has an evil reputation as the former place of Imprisonment of ninny of Russia's Idealists, Includ ing Prince Kropotkln and Madame Breshkorsky J but one blot on its 'scutcheon Is removed by on Illustrated article In the London Sphere. The article reproduces a painting by the Russian artist Flnvltsky, showing a beautiful woman standing on her bed In a cell In this prison, seeking to es cape ihe rising waters of a flood that threatens her life. This was the Prin cess Tnrnkanova, who had Incurred the enmity of Catherine the Great. The tradition Is thnt she was drowned, by order of the pmpress, during the In undation of 1777. The Sphere, how ever, shows that she died of tuberculo sis two years before the flood swept through the fortress. Thus this gloomy, prison and the great empress are re lieved of oue of the tragedies with which they have been associated. The Outlook. In Praise of Muslo. Music adds nothing but good; sub tracts the evil; multiplies that which we already have; discounts our ali ments and compounds all of our Inter est. If you believe this Is true, "push" music. Aid the choir, choral and or chestral societies. Sympathize with and In every way support public school music. A foreign traveler In our country said he was deeply impressed with our silences. He heard no reapers sing ing In the field, he heard many a bird carol, but no human songs. That re minds me of the old saying: "Blessed Is the man who sings at his work." Take an interest In creating a musi cal atmosphere In tlje home, and soon America will be singing and we shall be able to take In music not only by the small channel of the ear, but through every pore of our bodies straight to the root of our souls. The Musician. ENGLAND THREATENED London, July 22. Serious conse quences which would arise from the threaitoned strike of munition makers were pointed cut in a royal proclama tion issued today. Thousand of munition workers ere thniatening t atrike Wednesday in plants at Coventry, Manchester, Bir mingham and Liverpool, unless the government order prohibiting certain employers from engaging skilled work ers without special permit is rescinded. I THE MARKET $ Grain Wheat, soft white $22.03 Wheat, lower grades on sample Oats 8085e Barlev. ton (56 Bran": (36 Shorts, per ton $38 Hay, cheat, new $23 Hay, clover, new . $25 Dry white beans 77J4e Butterrat Bntterfat 4Sc Creamery butter 49c Pork, Veal and Mutton Pork, on foot 15 3-416c Veal, fancy 13l3c Steerg ; 79c Cows 40M-c Spring lambs . 10c Ewes 46c Lambs, yearlings 6(7c Egge and Poultry Eggs, cash 38c 4!gs, itraile 39a Turkeys, live, No. 1 Ktf2ik Hens, dressed, pound 30 Old roosters 15(3lto National Prayer Days. The first time the people of the Unit ed States were called upon to observe a day of national prayer was May 9, 1708, by proclamation of President John Adams. A controversy bad aris en between this country and France and all Americans were called upon to pray for a continuation of peace. In 1815, when the United States was about to make war on Algiers, Pres ident Madison proclaimed a day of prayer. During , ,the Civil war three presidential proclamations wore issued appointing days of prayer for peace. In 1R05 the authorities called upon the people to pray for Lincoln, and In 1881 President Arthur proclaimed a day of prayer to mark the burial of President Garfield. In the autumn of 1014 Pres ident Wilson Issued his proclamation for prayers on "Peace Sundays." Shoveling Out Gas. Weighing considerably more than tho atmosphere, the poisonous gases employed In modern warfare always seek lower levels. Thus the gas clouds penetrate trenches and deep dugouts, and In most cases It Is a matter of many hours before they become suffi ciently diluted with the atmosphere to penult of safe breathing. So the mnt ter resolves Itself Into a problem of driving the poisonous fumes out of the trenches and underground slieltew, or .at least thinning thera out until the air is again made safe. For this reason American soldiers now in France literally "shovel" poi sonous fumes out of their trenches. Attached to a shovel Is a Bort of can vas scoop or "flapper" which permits the men to heave the heavy gases over the purapets and beat the fumes and dissipate them In the surrounding Dir. Scientific American. Not Dangerous. "While you were out west did you meet with any typical bad men?" "I should say so ! I spent a week In a camp full of the toughest customers you ever saw real cowboys who spent most of their time firing pistols and careering on their bronchos at break neck speed." "Didn't yoa tremble for your lifer "I was a trifle uneasy at first, but when I saw how a motion picture di rector bullied those fellows I plucked up considerable courage." ... . . ... tf All aboard for the community canning work. Fre book of instruc tions on canning and drying may be kad from the National War Garden CommiMion, Washington, D. C, for two cents to pay postage. JOURNAL WANT ADS SELL JOURNAL WANT ADS SELL JOURNAL WANT ADS SELL MOXDOY. JULY 22, 1918. if CAPITAL JOURNAL CLASSIFIED DEPT. f QUICK REFERENCE TO J WHERE BUYER AND SELLER MEET-WE RECOMMEND OUR ADVERTISERS t EVERYTHING falem Electric Co- Masonio Temple, DENTIST DB. P. L, UTTEB, DENTIST, BOOMS 413-414 Baa. of Commerce bldg. Phone 606. 11-4 FINANCIAL MONEY TO LOAN . On Good Beal Estate Security THOS. K. FORD Over Ladft & Bush bank, Salem, Oregon REAL ESTATE IF ITS BEALTY or a business, you will sell quicker, buy better, trade easier thru our system of buying and selling without commission. Up-and-doing people everywhere use our July booklet to save tij)e and money Call or write Oregon Realty Ex change Inv. Co., Inc., 28 Breyman Bldg., Salem Ore., Eugene, Portland, San Francisco. 8-2 IMPROVED 10 acres, 5 1-2 miles from Salenr, for rooming house not over $4000 Equity in, 17 acres, for Salem residence, not over $3000, price $4500. 640 acres millions of feet of saw timber, plenty of water, 3 miles Irom aw mill on tho railroad; good stock preposition Will take $3000 in trade belance cash. Easy terms, $15 per acn. Socolofsky. 3-U State street 8-17 Broilers, live .'. .. 2225o Hens, pound 21c Vegetables Potatoes, old .....................,..... 78 Potatoes, new ...3 3 l4c ! California red onions $"i Onions, green 40 , Onions, Bermuda $1.73 'Onions, Yellow Danvcr, Calif $2.40 i Artichokes ... 7Sf Caibliage 44e Carrots 2c Tomatoes, crate $1.50 Turnips .. 2c ;Beots 2V4c I Cucumbers ; 751(5 Cantaloupes $1.50 Watermelons ZV-t Peaches, crato $1,10 I Pratt Orangos $7.75(B8 Grape fruit, California $4.50 Lemons, bo. ; $9.50(&10 : Bananas 9c iDTomcdary dates $6 j'Apricots $1.00 Betall pnoes Creamery butter "... 55c I Flour, hard wheat $3(a3.10 I Country butter . .Z 45c I Eggs, dozen 45c I Sugar sales limited to two pounds in Salem and 5 pounds to rural purchas ers. For canning purposes 25 lbs at one purchase. PORTLAND MARKET Portland, Or., July 22. Butter, city creamery 49Mc Etis, selected local ex. 44ttl7c ileus L'(a.J3e. Broilers 25((.27c (Jeese 20c Cheese triplets 20(fi.27 Bally Livestock Market Cattle Receipts 1250 Tone of market steady, unchanged Prime steers $1213 Choice to good steers $llfal2 Medium to good t' erg $!)&10 Fair to medium steers $H(o t Common to fair steers $5ff;8 Choice cows and heifers $850(&9 Medium to good cows and heifers $G750 Fair to medium cowl and heifers $4.50(0.5.50 Canners $3l-50 Bulls $Gfe8 Calves $8.50(5.11.80 Stockers and feeders $7u 9 H Receipts 1150 Tone of market 10 to l.'e higher Prime mixed 17.8Sffi.lS Med i am mixed $K).fi."iff( 17 Rough heavies $15.75('t. 10.25 Pigs' $17.7517.85 Bteep Receipts 100 " Tone of market steady, urn-hanged East of mountain lambs $13.50gil4 Valley lambs $1.';(S)13.50 Ylfesrlings, 49.5010. Wethers, $8.509.50. Ewes Unchanged By Rslier FIRMS THAT GIVE SERVICE Telephone Main 1200 ELECTRICAL 127 North High OSTEOPATH DBS. B. H. WHITE AND B. TC. WAL TON Osteopathis physicians and nerve specialists. Graduate of Amer ican school of Osteopathy, Eirkville, Mo Post graduate and specialized in nervous diseases at Los Angelee Col lege. Offices 505-508 V. B. Nat. Bank Bldg. Phone 859. Residence, 16.0 Court. Phone 2215. Or. , White Kes. Phone 409. SECOND-HAND GOODS BUY, SELL and EXCHANGE- Men'B ciortkea, shoes, hats, jewelry, watches, tools, musical instruments, bicycles gums, rifles, revolvers, suit cases, trunks, cameras, typewriters and furniture Capital Exchange, 337 Court street. Phone 493. 8-3. SCAVENGER SALEM (SCAVENGER Charles Boot froprietor. Garbage and refuse of all inds removed on monthly eontracti at reasonable rates. Yard and cess pools cleaned. Office phone Maia 2247. Rcsidonce Main 2272. LODGE DIRECTORY KNIGHTS OP PYTUIAS MEET AT McOornack hall on every Tuesday at 8. P. Andresen, C. C. W. B- Uil son, K. R, S. MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA Oregon Cedar Camp No. B246,meetB every Thursday evening at 8 o'clock la Derby building, corner Court and High streets. R. J. Day, V. C; J. A. Wright, clerk. SALEM HtWAiMS HutlKTT D. D. Keelar, president; Mrs. Lou Tlllson, secretary. All eases ot cruelty or neg luct of dumb animals should be re ported to Us secretary for Investi gation. ' ROYAL NEIGHBORS OF AMERICA "Oregon Grape Camp" No. 1360, meet every Thursday evening in Derby building, Court and Uigh St. Mrs. Pearl Coursey, 214 Court St-, oracle; Mrs. Melissa Persons, recor der, 1415 N. 4th St. Phone 143GM. UNITED ARTISANS Capital Assem bly No 84, meots first Thursday of each month, at 8 p. m. in I. O. O. t hall. Norma L. Terwilliger, M. A.; C. A. Vibbert, secretary, 340 Ow ens street. When vnti nA the .Tonrnal Class Ads yon can depend on results, rnone oi. i JOURNAL WANT ADS SELL warts unjt . NATIONALWAR CARCCN COMMISSION ' . Ordinary wash-boiler used as home canner. The jars are resting in a rack which is perforated at sides and bottom to permit free circula tion of boiling water around them. A rack for this purpose may be made at home, of stripe of wood or It may be made of wire mesh, cut to fit the boiler. This and many other suggestions will be found in the free canning book which the National War Garden Commission of Washington will send to any one for a two-cent ttaxup to pay postage. a. , Q a He I- s. SEVEN ON SHORT NOTICE f SECONDHAND GOODS BUY, SELL and EXCHANGE - Men's clothes, shoes, hats, jewel y, watches, - tools, musical instrumens e bicycles, guns, rifles, revolvers, sut cases, trunks, cameras, typewrite a and furniture. Capital Exchange, 3-1 Court street. Phone 493. THE TIXIT SHOP Let us repair an sharpen your lawn mowers. o Court. Phone 1022. U WATER COMPANY SALEM WATER COMPANY Offiee corner Commercial and Trade streetg Bills payable monthly in advance- FOR RENT FOR RENT Business location at 163 north Commercial, will remodel to suit tonant. See E. M. Elinger, 403 State street, Salem. til BILLIARD PARLOR fer rent, witk r without fixtures; will remodel to suit tenant) best location in city. K, M. Klinger, 463 State street, Sa lem.' tH STOVE REPAIRING STOVES REBUILT AND REPAIRED 50 years experience. Depot, NeUoaat and American fence. Sizes 26 to 58 In. high. Paints, oil and varnuh, ets. Loganberry aud hop hooks. Salem Fence and Stove Works,. S54 Court street. Phone 124. FOR SALE 250 acres. 100 in eultiva tion, belance in pasture and timber Fine stieaiu of wnter, good buildings and good road. 3-4 mile from a live ly saw mill town. Will take good ' houso and lot in Balem as part pay ment. Tfice $00 per acre. Phone 470 Scmaro Dial Realty Company, U. S. ' Bank Building, Sulcm. 7-17 RAILROAD TIME TABLES (In effect June second) SALEM- GEER LIKU No. 73 Arrive at Salem ! 9:10 a m. No. 71 Leave Salem 3:00 p.m. ALEM, TALLS CITY ft WESTERS 161 Lv Salem, motor 7:50 a.m. 163 Lv Salem, motor ...9:35 am. 165 Lt Salem, motor .. ....1:40 p.m. Through car to Monmouth and Artie 167 Lv Salem, motor . ...4:13 p.m. 109 Lv Salem, motor .5:58 p.m. 239 Wy frt. Lv Salem. ...5:00 aJn. 102 Ar at Salem . 9:10 s.m, 164 Ar. at Salem .ll :00 a.m. 160 Ar at Salem 3:00 p.m. 168 Ar at Salem ............5:35 p.m. 170 Ar at Salem . 7:20 p.m. 240 Wy frt Ar Salem 2:30 p.m. OREGON ELECTRIC Southbound Leave Arrive Arrive Portland Salem Eugene 6:30 am 8:35 am 10:50 am 8:30 am 10:11am 12:25pm 10:45&m 12:50 pm 2:05 pm 4:15 pm 6:85 cat 13 Ltd. 4:45pm 6:40 pm 8:60 pm 17 6:05 pm 8:07 pm Salem only 19 9:20 pm 11:20 pm Salem only ) 11:45 pm 1:55 am 6:50 am North Bank Station (leave Jefforsoa Street 15 and 20 minutes later) Northbound -Lear Arrive Eugene Batem 12:05 am 4:35 am Train Ro. I 10 Ltdl' Arrive Portland 6:60 am 9:25 am 11:30 am 1:20 pm 3:05 pm 6:45 pm 7:40 pm 7:15 am 9:45 am 1120 nil 1:50 pm 4:00 pm 7:35 am 18 14. 11:20 am 16 Ltd 1:55 pm 10 M:10pm 3:30 pm 7:55 pm 22 5.25 pm 10:00 pm rNorth Baak Station (Arrivj Jefferson Street 15 minutes earlier) ."Leave Cor vallis. C0RVALLJ3 CONNECTIONS .save Corvallls Arrive SaUws 8:25 am..Northbonnd...9:45 am 12:12 pm-..Northbouni..l:50 am 2:41 pi....Northb3und...4:00 pm 4:10 pm..Northboand...5:30 pm 6:18 pm..Norbbound.7;63 pm 8:85 am8outhbouBa'.-.9:57 am 10:15 am....8outhbound..ll:33 am J2:S0 pm.-Southbotii....0 pat 4:15 pm....8outhbouni...5:40 pm 6:40 pm Southbound-.8:00 pm Train 1 B Ltd E 9