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.i.Uii!);i"i,:;i;i:i!,,):;;;..x()35j Editorial Page of The Capital J ournai CHARLES H. FISEXB Editor ud Pabliifcar THTRSDAY EVENING September 12, 1918 25: - mmi liiMi I nt'tMjF-11! 1 , UUtii. 1 1 tt Hi . kt'-U l l- iJ?' lllKi:. im'umm.; U11LJ a.J,,. ;u.i.Ui Hi Hit AUIUI fcu m.L' ma-ntm u. m"""in bMiiim.iaiiinmi.;.! u 1 1 l i i i i, it.L-Aliu it .M ai. .n mi i iimi.miut.iuu mi.i, luii i , u i mill m, HilliUiil. jiBUll. ,in' 'i.,niuL.:4im..kHJUMUi.ii,:.;l.i1i aiti.J. Mill I . . . , iihhw.i.l-i . i PCHUSHED KVEBY EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OBEGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. 6. 8. BARKER, President CHA8. H. FISHKTt, Vtc-Prildent. DORA C. ANDRESEN. Sec. and Treat. BtBSCItllTlON BATES IIbIIjp by carrier, per year f5.N Per Month Iwliy bf mall, per year 3.00 Per Month .4.V .S5c SALEM RED CROSS NEEDS WORKERS. FULL LEASED WlltB TKLKGKArU KKPORT EASTERN KKl'HESEhTA'nVES W. D. Ward, New Tork, Tribune Building. Chicago, W, II. Htockwell, People's Uaa Building The Capital Journal carrier boys arc Instructed to put the papera on the porch. It tlx carrier doe not do thla, nlanea you, or oeglocta getting the paper to you on time, Irlndly phone the circulation manner, aa tula la the only way we can determine whether r not the carriers are following Inetructiona Phone Mnln 81 before T :3u o'clock and a paper will be sent you by apeclal nieesenger It the carrier baa miased you. TUB DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL la the only newspaper In Salem whose circulation It guaranteed by the Audit Bureau of Circulations PEACE DRIVE GERMANY'S NEXT MOVE. Here is the opinion of the west front war sittuaion held by J. W. T. Mason, who has attracted considerable attention as the war expert of the United Press Associa tion. He calls attention to certain important facts and draws conclusions which are, to say the least, worthy of thoaghtful consideration. Mr. Mason argues that the reducing of the intensity of the fighting on the west front is a normal condition of the strategy dominating both Von Hindenburg's and Marshal Foch's purposes. It is v on Hindenburg s natural desire to rest brieily after his difficult retirement; and it is wholly in accord with Marshal Foch's plans to conserve 'his own driving power until Von Hindenburg re sumes his dreary with drawal to the Belgian frontier. In this respect Von Hin . r-nburtr mav be said to possess a Quiescent initiative. It is for him to sav when his backward movement shall be voluntarily resumed. Until that time comes it is not prob able Marshal Foch will order offensives on a large scale aeainst the enemv's positions. Announcement was made yesterday that Admiral Von Hintze. the German foreign minister, had gone to field headquarters for a conference with Von Hindenburg and Ludendorff. This conference may well control for the time being the military situation. One of the major conditions now confronting the kaiser is to control as much territory as he can when peace is declared. Von Hintze has just visited Vienna for what is generally be lieved in Germany and Austria-Hungary to have been a discussion about a peace offensive. If Von Hintze reports to Von Hindenburg and Luden dorff that there is any hope of a peace drive succeeding, it is highly probable the German retreat along the west ern front will be held down temporarily to the lowest minimum of which' Vdn Hindenburg is capable of direct ing. Von Hintze will report at least that the well-worn Austro-Hungarian peace camouflage is. to be tried once more, for Baron Burian, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, has already begun to play his part as a principal, assisted by a minor chorus. Nevertheless, Von Hindenburg cannot, give Von Hintze very much time for his peace maneuver without gravely endangering the work of building up a German reserve force. While the German armies cling to their present elongated front in a vain hape that enchanted words from Vienna will conjure up peace, America's quarter of a million troops monthly will continue to ar rive in France. Von Hindenbure knows he must not tarry indefin itely in western France if he is to defend the Rhine against the Americans. Therefore, if Von Hintze's peace cam paign doesn't show quick results, every consideration of strategy will require Von Hindenburg to resume once more his homeward tiamp. It will be a shock to some people who have imagined that gold did not fluctuate in value, but that that trait was limited to silver alone, to learn that the value of gold has fallen so much that many miners refuse to work their claims. The falling off in production in this country for the year is estimated at $12,000,000. In the meanwhile as compared to gold, silver is increasing in value. Wil liam Jennings should again come to the front for the cross of gold just now being pressed on the brow of labor is about half counterfeit, for a dolhi is worth only about 54 cents in the common commodities, as compared to three years ago. . Salem women are again allowing their Red Cross ac tivities to lag. Already there is growing criticism from other cities that Salem is not doing her share, that smaller-towns are far more active in the work for humanity than the capital city of the state. The surgical dressing department is most seriously m need ot workers, lhe faithful band of workers who have been attending there day after day have been un able to keep up with the quota assigned them. The fall ing off in attendance during the summer put them behind and they have not been able to catch up. Now that the vacation season is over, the attendance is very disap pointing and places Willamette chapter in a bad predica ment in not being able to ship the goods required of it, as practically every other town on the coast is doing. There are hundreds of women in Salem who are Red Cross slackers; they are: shirking their duty to their country and to the boys in khaki at the front; they are not heeding the impulses of common humanity which calls upon them to save every life it is possible to salvage from the wreckage of the great battlefields of Europe, and alleviate suffering wherever it may be found. If there were no slackers here in Salem the workers would crowd the rooms at the postoffice beyond their capacity; that they are frequently almost empty is proof that hun dreds of women are not doing their duty. Hundreds who ought to be working have never had their names enrolled there at all. What are the women of Salem going to do about it? Are they going to stand the criticism that is coming from Albany, Eugene, Roseburg and a score of other towns, or are they going to answer the call of their country and their God, even though it entails some per sonal sacrifice? The situation in Russia as reported by Americans who left that country but a few weeks ago is one that is indescribable. The peasants have g; own a fair sized crop of wheat and rye, but they are opposed to the bolsheviki government and refuse to let the cities controlled by the latter have any grain or other foodstuffs. The workmen in the cities are without food and the commission tells them to shoulder their guns and go out and take the grain away from the peasants. There we two sides to that proposition, one of which makes the. advice unpalatable, and that is that the peasants are armed and will fight for their property. It is evident the bolsheviki are on their last legs for a government that cannot keep its citizens from starving will soon become the object of attack by the hungry ones. Out of the chaos here and there signs of coming order and a semblance oi government are be ginning to show, and there is still hope for a rejuvenated Russia that will rise to help the allies throw the Germans out. The situation is daily becoming more serious for the Germans, for the peasants show steadily increasing strength and aggressiveness, while the conditions on the western front prevent the German government sending any aid to her widely scattered forces in Russia, which are liable to be overwhelmed should the rising in Ukraine and throughout all Russia concentrate and act as a unit. While the movie patrons back east are shown the wild Indian of the west still wearing his breech-clout and blan ket, out here where they live it is noticed the Indian wears good store clothes and takes his family from the reser vation to the orchards to work, in a high priced auto. The west will have to go east to get a glimpse of the Indian of forty years ago. THE WIFE By JANE PHELPS THURSDAY THE WIFE BRIAN OBJECTS TO BUSINESS TRIPS FOB RUTH. The Sugar Equaization Board has fixed the price of sugar, so the consumer will pay one cent a pound more than at present. It is ordered though that the new price apply only to the new crop and that the stocks now on hand be sold at the present price. his means that after the present stock is used up the price will be ten cents. ------ Rippling Rhymes ! Hereafter, but fourteen sizes of white cotton thread will be manufactured while the black will be reduced to seven sizes and the colored to one. This is by order of the war industries board. If these are not sizes enough for the ladies it might be good policy to lay in a stock of thread now while the laying in is good. .. Looks like the Yankee boys have started on their long-awaited hike for Berlin. by Walt Mason DEATH IS COMMON. LADD & BUSH, Bankers ftTU LIBERTY BONDS fii.il M Will be for sale on and afteriSaturday, Sept. 28 3 So many men are lying down, that one more death cuts little grass; we lose some bulwark of the town, and hardly pause to say, "Alas!" It is an awkward time to croak, while war is kicking up its din; no man can leave a trail of smoke, these death-struck days, by cashing in. Today we lost our merchant prince, the owner of the Blue Front store; he's been our Big Man ever since he landed here, in '84. If he in times of peace had died, the village would have lost its breath, and groups of people would have cried, "You love a shining mark, 0 death!" And Ave'd have talked for days and weeks, about his merit or his flaw, and looked on men as dreary freaks who did not speak his name with awe.; A silken banner we would fling half-masted o'er the city hall; and we'd have hired a band to spring the justly famous march in "Saul." Ah, me, what is one merchant prince, when dead men strew the blood stained globe? Who can the proper grief evince or paw around and tear his robe? In his deep grave we'll lay him down, with naught of pomp or circumstance and then we'll hustle back to town, to hear the latest news from France. CHAPTER XXX. The journey home was entirely with out incident. Ruth had been tired from her two days' work in the old mansion, and had retired to her state room immediately. In the morning she went directly to the shop, altho Mr. Mandel told her she was at liberty to go home. "1 watnt to do some moro work while it is all so fresh in my mind, ' she told him, and he objected no fur ther. In fact, could Ruth have heard him mutter "A find, without doubt," she might have begun to realize that he believed in her was pleased with her, and with her work. All day she worked steadily over her plans. When closing time came she regretfully laid them aside and went home Mrs. Crawford was there, and din ner was nearly ready. Ruth asked no questions, but stationed herself at the window to watch for Brian. He would be along in a minute. In some, way she missed seeing him, and tho turn ing of his key in the lok wag the first intimation she had that ha had arrived. "(Jh. Brian I" and she ran to him and threw her arms around his neck. Were you lonely, Brian dear! Did you miss me " "Was there any reason why 1 shouldn't be lonely V he asked gruff ly. The soft feel of her clinging arms had helped to evaporate his anger. "Well, I am back now and we u make it all up. I have so mneh to tell you, dear! such a wonderful old place, and I am to do anything 1 want to with it almost anything,'' she corrected with a littlo laugh, "And Newport in lovely! I nevoi knew a place could be so heavenly! and" "Did you go alone?" Brian inter rupted. "Why no amazement in her tones, "Mr. Mandel went with mo." " Von mean to tell me that you went galivanting off with a man for three lays? the veins in Ms luce sweneu to almost bursting. "Why Brian of courso ho had to go. Ho liaa to see to tnings. couldn't do it alone. And" "I'd like to know what you would think of me if I took some girl and went away for three days!" 'Oh. Brian how can you talk so ( It's so different! It was on business, and you" "Don't talk aDoiit it! that's tno reason he was willing to pay you for ty dollars a week not because you earn it: I knew you couldn't earn any such salary but because he is in love with you. I'm not such a fooi as you think me." Ruth's eyes filled. But she was de termined nut to cry. The injustice of Brian's anger filled her with 'wrath also. She had been ready to talk of her trip, to tell him of how kind ifr Mandel had been; now she would tell him nothing. He didn't deserve her confidence. And he didn't trust her or else he would not say such things. Just then the situation was reliev ed by the call to dinner. Ruth dashed the tears from her eyes, and with head up and a defiant feel ing in her heart led the wav to the table. She did not again speak of her trip, neither did Brian refer to it while at table. They ate in silence save when speaking of their food. After dinner Ruth unpacked her bag, taking no pains to hide what she was doing. "Might as well leave it out, then you'll be ready the next time he wants you to go somewhere with him," Bri an sneered. Again Ruth's eyes filled, but she made no reply, altho an angry one rose to her lips. Quietly she put the bag away, then took a magazine and sat down to read. "I'm not going to sit in this stuffy hole all the evening!" Brian blurted- "If you are! I'm going to a show." Ruth rose with alacrity. She knew that Brian dreaded the long evening with her because ho was too proud to own he had been wrong in talking to her as he had, and that he was also too proud to own the fault. "T'i!)' a god idea,f she fcsaid brightly, "I'll bo ready in a minute." While ho changed her dress for one more appropriate, Ruth repressed a smile. What a child Brian was, she thought again, a regular baby. Well, she would treat him as such, humor him. What difference did it make, and it made things pleasanter. Noth ing would make her give up her work, or anything that her work niado nec essary. Beyond that, she would not do anything save what Brian approv ed, ami she would keep her temper when he was angry, even if he were angry without cause. So it was a bright faco she pre sented to her husband when she join ed him, ready to go out. "Where shall we go?" she asked, taking his arm, and snuggling close to him- Even if ho was cross and grouchy, she loved him, and it was good to be with him again. i He mentioned a piny that she knew was very popular, and the seats in greut demand and very expensive, as they had to be bought from the spec ulators. But she said nothing. He wanted to show her he could tako care of her. Well, let him. She would save the cost of tickets in somo way. "Nothing left in the house," the man in the box office told Brian. "It's an outrage, making people buy tickets of those robbers," indicating the speculators. "Why buy tliem then? Wo can come some other night." "I'll attend to this!" and Brian handed the man a ten dollar bill, re ceiving only three dollars in change. To Be Continued. THEATRE 85 TODAY Last Show 8:15 Tonight William Fox Presents THEDA BARA In the Gorgeous Spectacle AMERICA. NRECOGNTTION (Continued from page one) provido amplo verification of the ru mors of growing internal troubles in Austria and of the continued weakening of tho Austrian government. The clergy of all Bohemiandioccscs have recognized the Czecho-Slovak national aspirations, according to advices from Bvme. The Neue Freie Tresse ha8 received a dis patch from Prague to tho effect that the Bohemian clergy has joined irr the solemn declaration of the Czecho-Slovak state. It is stated that Vienna newspapers aro aroused by the stand ami are demanding action against tha churchmen. Entente diplomats see great significance in the s:ep as dem onstrating tho increasing strength of tkv national feeling. Allied Troops Are Ready. Washington. Sept. 12. With Ameri can troops landed at Archangel to back up allied marines and United States sailors nlie'ady fli that region, it was held heiv today that tho proposed bol sheviki thrust in the north will be fu tile. Germany has done her utmost to stir tho bolsheviki to make a drive in north ern Russia, even getting a treaty pro viding fir such an vffort. On tho other hand, there have been indications that the allies expected to forestall such a movement by taking the initiative and moving southwest. The number or uatuiv of the new troops'is not revealed, but ;t is assumed that they came from English or Trench camps mid were well seasoned. Unofficial reports that the bolsheviki had seized Consul l'ook; of Moscow came aa no surprise' hero. Toole has been staying bravely on at Moscow as moral support for hig detained allied colleagu es. Germany has launched a well plan ned enmpuign to atrip Russia of ail ob tainable loot before she is compelled to retreat to her own frontiers by the entente military pressure on the west front aud in tfcw east, diplomats here declare. - The Herman scheme in Russia has sud denly changed with the unexpected re versal of Teuton military fortunes, it is asserted, and hvneeforth her policy to the east will bo marked only by the speed and facility with which every thing of value is pried loose from the various Russian factions and nationnli tiei and carried off to Berlin. Tlf.- initial payment of the Russian war indemnity in the face of the suong opposition amou Oermans who stead fastly contend that the outrageous in demnity would w reck all hopes of per manent relations between Russia and Germany, is hold to point strikingly to the evident German aim. The recently negotiated supplements to the Brest-Litovsk peace and the re- Never, has the screen so impressively revealed what twenty centuries has buried Never before has Theda Bara enacted a role of such intense dramatic force. Never was there a more superb or costly produc tion. t Night 50c Matinee 25c Plus War Tax adjustment of the German administr" tion of Poland, tho Baltic and other in vaded Russian provinces, the latter step announced in neutral cables to en tente embassies today, are held to bw strictly in line with the proposed robbery. Teachers and Nurses No doubt you have been looking for a shoe that fits your feet and also, that looks well and will ' give you service. The Unlocked process shoe, made on the Venus last will fit any shape foot as it conforms to the foot and every time you take a step the instep raises and follows the arch of the foot, insuring ' you utmost comfort. You need not break in these shoes as they are comfortable the first day you wear them, and more you can buy this shoe at $8.G5 per pair for a few days only. Shoes for Men We have the shoes you want at from $1.00 to $2.00 less than the regular price. Army shoes $5.35 and $6.35. These shoes have advanced to $8.00. The reason why we are selling shoes for less, is to lower our stock and be ready to go if the draft takes us. KEITH , KONQUEROR SHOES FOR MEN : AND WOMEN GIVE THE RED CROSS YOUR OLD TIRES NEXT SATURDAY