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itorial Page of The Capital Journa CHARLE8 H. nHM Xaitor ud PabHitoc Tl'ESDAY EVEXI.XO October 8, 191S lit'' PUBLISHED EVEKT EVENING EXCEPT SUNDAY, SALEM, OREGON, BY Capital Journal Ptg. Co., Inc. h. B. BARNES. president CHAR. II . FISilRR. Vlc-l'rldnt DORA C. ANDRESEN 8c. and Tm. Psllj by carrier, pr year Dllj bt Ball, per year . . 81'BSCItllTION BATES ts.iio Per Month 3.00 Per Month ....4Sc S5e FULL LEASED WlltK TKl.EOHAl'U KE11KT w. a EA8TEK.N ItKl'lttiSKM AllVfciB Ward. N York. Tribune Bulldlnf. WHERE WILL THE RETREAT END? Chicago. W. U. Htnckweil, People's (iaa Ituiiitlns The Capital J on mil carrier bora ara Instructed to put Uw papers on tba porch. It tka carrier dura lot do thla, nlmra yon. or neglects getting tba paper to job on time, kindly pbone the circulation manHper, aa tbla la the enty way we can determine whether r not the carrier are following luatructlona I'hone Muln 81 before T :80 o'clock and a paper will be aent you by aperlal meeaenger If the carrier baa mimed you. TUB DA I LI CAPITAL JOUUNAL la the only nrapaper In Salem whoee circulation la guaranteed by tba Audit Bureau of Circulation CAUSE IS DESPERATE. Th position of the Central Powers is critical in the extreme and nobody knows the situation better than the r military rulers of Germany. That they are trained in the science of war and are thorough soldiers no one who has followd the cfiurse of the war doubts for a moment. The men around the kaiser, upon whom he has leaned and whose advice he has taken are military men, and they have no doubt informed him of the hopelessness of the struggle. Hence the condescending "offer of peace to my en emies." The allies are numerically stronger than the Ger mans and their allies, and since Marshal Foch was placed in supreme command they have made no mistakes and have taken full advantage of their strength. Already Bulgaria has surrendered and Turkey is floundering in hopeless despair. Grave as is the situation on the west front, it is still rnpre serious in the east The abandon ment by the Austro-Hungarians of Albania, which bor drs Serbia on the west, has undoubtedly been under taken for the purpose of reinforcing the Teutonic line in northern Serbia. Dramatic action by the allies is prob able in this sector and mifrht lead to an invasion of Hun cary. The fact that the allies have secured full use of Bulgarian territory for military purposes brings them within 35 miles of Hungarian territory at the northwest ern corner of Bulgaria. This intervening area is through Serbian territory, leading to the famous iron gate which marks the passage way over the Danube into Hungary. A movement by the allies through the iron gate would compel the Germans and Austro-Hungarians to evacuate Rumania and con cntrate for defense of the Hungarian grain and cattle lands. These are the principal sources of food supply for the Hapsburg empire and have also been drawn upon to feed the Germans. A threat by the allies to eastern Hungary would re sult, and for this reason is a situation of the utmost dan ger to the Central Powers. Actual starvation would overtake Austria-Hungary if the allies could reach the Magyar plains. Th unconditional surrender of the Hapsburgs might even be brought about by the development of a serious threat against the wheat lands without the actual accom plishment of conquest. The reported capture of Nish by the Serbians puts the allies astride the main railway leading through north- ern Serbia to Belgrade, the capital. Operations along this railway would have as their objective the rescue of all that remains of Serbia in the enemy's possession. The recapture of Belgrade, which borders Hungary, would put the allies within 200 miles of Budapest. A movement toward the Hungarian capital, however, would not include m its sweep the occupation of the Hungarian food lands. Of the two objectives, the seizure of Hun gary's granary is more important than the seizure of the capital. Next to licking Germans, the chief aim among Per shing's men in France seems to be keeping clean, as the correspondents claim. "Doughboys" never pass up an op portunity to take a bath. One of the chief articles in every marching kit is a bar of soap, and whenever the men can find a creek or river or pond, they make vigor ous use of it. The Americans' fondness for water is a constant source of astonishment to French peasants, and some of the peasants are astounded to learn that the Am ericans actually drink the stuff. To help make the dough boys safe from "cooties", the Y. M. C. A. has just con tracted for 1,800,000 bars of coap for the canteens near the front. It is evident that the Germans have put up the most desperate fight they were capable of along the Hinden burg line in order to back up their offer of peace. ' They desired to convince their foes that the struggle would be long and bitter. In the end, however, this very defense of the line may prove their undoing, since their great losses will leave them too weak to make a successful stand at any line in the rear of the present positions with a vic torious nemy pressing close on their heels. The German high command, desirous of holding the allied forces on the Hindenburg line in order to influence peace negotiations, suited Foch's strategy exactly. He wanted the Germans to stand and fight until their re serves were exhausted, and no doubt this very thing has occurred. They have evidently pressed every available man into service .and tHey must give up the defense line in spite of this fact. When the great retreat really begins where can it be stopped for any length of time? That is the question that is bothering the German high command. A beaten, retreating army must have strong, fresh reserves to fall back upon in order to make a successful stand in new positions. Apparently the Germans have exhausted the greater part if not all of their reserves in the desperate attempt to hold the Hindenbure line. The great retreat must begin soon and the Germans will be fortunate indeed if it does not degenerate into a disastrous rout before the Rhine is reached. . Salem ought to go over the top in the Liberty Loan T"v,; T- i-i. t.:-i. i i i ? ii. - .uiive. i.b is a muiLer m which. iuca.1 pnue is serving me purpose of the highest patriotism not to be counted as laggards in the work of subscribing the money necessary to keep the boys at the front in food, clothing and muni tions. The amount necessary to complete Salem's quota could be easih raised if all those who have ample means would do their duty. The kaiser is no doubt considerably surprised to find that the allies rather enjoy Ham hunting on the western front, and are in no hurry to discontinue the sport. IRippling Rhymes by Walt Mason - 4-4t4 PERVERSE NATURE. The mountains have no valued crops, that drouth might put in wrong; and there the rainfall seldom stops, the whole blamed summer long. I spent the summer in the hills, hard by Long's famous peak, where creditors with ancient bills for me in vain would seek. And every afternoon it rained, no chance to rain was skipped; the thunder grumbled and complained, the lightning flashed and zipped. No cornfield reared its thirsty stalks along the torrent's path; oh, there was nothing there but rocks and rocks don't need a bath. And on the plains not far away, where crops man needed grew, the fierce sun jour neyed day by day, through cloudless skies of blue. The farmers looked for signs of rain, they looked, and looked, ana signed, ana an tneir looking was m vain; their crops curled up and died. Their crops curled up and died, alas, while in the mountain land, J. Pluvius was cutting grass to beat the cornet band. The ways of nature bother men. in this strange world of ours; the rocks are soaked and soaked again, while cornfields pant for showers. 13 Hi By JANE PHELPS IK W117i7 ..5 KENYON ROBERTS AND HIS WXTE CALL UPON. RUTH AND Brisn. From the reports turned into the Salem postoffice, there has been sold in the county during September War Savings Stamps to the amount of $49,184.86. This will bring the total for the county up to $561,977.07, The quota for the county for this year is $971,800. LADD & BUSH, Bankers are receiving subscriptions now for the LIBERTY BONDS 4th CHAPTER LU. That Very night Ruth iind lu) wish. Mr. and Mrs. Huberts called about 8 o clock. Tiiey were ioth delightful, as Ruth afterward snid to Brian, and that she had not been mistaken in believing they would be, phased her immensely Brian and Mr, Roberts had natural ly drifted into a sort of business talk. m leaviug Ruth and Airs. Roberts to get acquainted. Ruth told her how she had w ished they would cull. Told it bo naively that Sirs. Roberts wondered how she eould be so charmingly girlish and yet be a business woman. "1 just knew they would bo nice!" Rut), exclaimed enthusiastically when they had left. She would have been sur prised and pleased, eould she have heard j Mrs. Roberts say to her husband: "she lis perfectly lovely, Kenyon, I am' sure i we shall be the best of friends." j Equally interesting were the remarks of the two men. j "Rather an interesting chap," Brian had said whoa Jiuth questioned him "A -likeable man if he eould forget himself," Kenyon Roberts had uii of Brian. . . j It was fortunate, for Ruth that eho ! formed Mrs. Roberts' acquaintance just at this time. It kept her from thinking .too constantly of Mollie King, as almost i Immediately she and Clara Roberts I planned to spend considerable time to gether. They would play bridge twice a week, once iu Kuth's opartmout, and, once in that of Mrs. Roberts. "Wo will make a rarebit or some lit tle thing," Mrs. Roberts had flushed a bit as she spoke, "Kenyon ig trying very hard to work himself -up, and we havo to bo most economical," she had explained. "So do we!" Ruth had rejoined. "But I loathe doing housework, so I am doing something I lovo to do, and paying for the work." "How fine I Your husband must be awfully proud of you. I couldn't earn a penny to Bave my sonl. But I love to cook and keep house. We couldn't af ford thig apartment if I didn 't do ev ery blessed thing except the washing But it is necessary for a professional man to live in a good locality. So I do everything I can, so Kenvon can afford the rent." Part of this conversation Ruth re peated to Brian. The part having to do with tho necessity for a professional man having a good address. ' "Yes I guess sho's right," Brian looked about complacently. "You remember, I said the same thing before we moved." A grunt was her only answer. "Slip s wild over our apartment. I promised to hvip her rearrange hers She has awfully nice things, most of them weddi.ig presents,, she told me, but she hesn't any idea how to malto the most f them." "Tou ought to know: that's all yen do, fussing about in people 's houses. This IS rather an improvement on tin)1 old place." It was the first word of praise Brian had ever given her for all j her hard work in making the apartment j so attractive. ' I "I think it is the only lind of thing I I am good for," she- smiled , wryly. Brian's refusal to give her the least .credit or encouragement always had hurt her more than he dreamed. One evening Brian, restive; because things at the offiw were so slow, pro posed they go and call on the .Curtis 's. Buth readily agreed. She really liked both Mr. and Mrs. Curtis, and would be glad to soe them, and they still owed thtir party call for the dinner party to which thwy had been jnvited. "I am so glad to see yon," Mrs. Curtis said, insisting that Ruth lay off her wraps. "We'll have a game of bridge or something." They talked a while before playing then sat down at the tabe. "By the way," Mrs. Curtis said, dur ing on of tho timeg when she was dummy, "I think you are the most gen erous woman I ever have seen." Ruth caught Mr. Curtis 's annoyed look, but his wife," oblivious, continued: "I wouldn't be as generous with Mr Curtis.'! , r'"'ffi "Whon was I generous! I don't un derstand," Ruth said, as she finished playing her hand. . "I call it mighty good in you to let Mr. Hackctt run around with Mollie King when you are away. She wag iu the other day, and she said that she had a wonderful time all the week. I scolded hor, but shj said you knew all about it, that Brian had told you." "Certainly I did I" But), answered wondering when Brian had seen Mollie to toll her he had confessed being with hcr while slue, Ruth, was away, "Why shouldn't hef " she added, rather onjoy- ing Brian's embarrassment. He had flushed dully rod, and looked terribly annoyed. "Oh. I don't know! but not many women would like it. I shouldn't! So don't you daro try it!" to Mr. Curtis who laugbsd uncomfortably and re plied: "If I did I am afraid I shouldn't 'fess up' as Hackett has done. I would n't be brave enough." Then he chang ed the subjeet, and once more Brian was at ease. "When did ho sew her to toll herf " kept running through Ruth's mind causing her to play a very poor game , although, as a rule, she played excel lently well. I Tomorrow Brian "Admits lunching ith Mollie, Although Rutjj Is Home) ANOTHER U-BOAT f EXPECTED JROOP SHIPS Only One Corn Peeler, "Gets-It" Stop Corn Pains; See Corn Peel Off. It is just when a corn hurts that you want to feel surest about getting rid of it. Why take chances of. keep ing the corn and having the p:ii grow worsef fYou'll use "GWs-Jt" Authorities Believe Effort Doomed To Faike And No Alarm Felt. By Raymond Clapper (United Press staff correspondent) Washington, Oet. 8. Realizing that Germany is likely to start a desperate TJ-boat drive against transports and troop ships if Uer peace offensive fails, American naval officials and British First Lord of the Admiralty Ceddes began conferring here today over com bative measures. Indications point to the loosening of practically every U-boat in the Teu ton service against" the alied suddIv lines. However, authorities believe that this effort, like its predecessors, is aoomed to failure, on the whole, be cause of reduced U-boat efficiency. factors making the forthcoming campaign less dangerous than previous as follows: 1 iPersonnel of U-boats is disrupt ed o much that submarines aro now rated as only one fifteenth as effect ive as at the start of the war. 2 Submarines have been driven from the coast and must operate far Out at seat whore their prey is more scattered. 3 They have, been forced to leave the channel bases and operate around the North, sea, reducing thoir effective mileage one third. i Defensive armament and the con voy system have 'made successful at tack more difficult. A larger number of German subma rines are now operating than at any time during the war and tho construc tion is behoved to be advancing Btead ily. Because of the heavy protection giv en to troop ships and supplies from America, the work of hunting down the submarinie has been interfered The Only Peel-It-Off Way is "Gets-It" anyhow, sooner or later; might as well use it sooner. Then you aro absolutely sure mat tne corn will loosen from your toe so that you can peel the whol thing off painlessly with your fingers in one complete piece just like peeli ing a banana. It takes a second or two to apply "Gets-It". There's no fussing or puttering. Corn-pains wi!T vanishthat'll keep you sweet while the "Gets-It" does the rest Nothing1 new for corns has been discovered since "Gets-lt" was born. Follow th .finlgment of the millions; use "Gets-. Iff and be sure to be corn and pais free! You'll say its magic. "Gets-It," the guaranteed, moncy back corn remover, the only sure way, costs but a trifle at any drug store. M'f 'd by E. Lawrence & Co., Chicago, 111. Sold in Salem and recommended as the world's best corn remedy by J. U Perry, D. J. Fry. with to somo extent and the actual destruction of U-boats has probably decreased, ' although the effectiveness of the submarine has been reduced t the samo time. British airmen, dropping an average of seven tons of explosives duily over the submarine bases, forced thoir aban donment. Submarines are now operating out of Wilhelmshaven, near Heligoland. but they aro forced to go out througk the North sea, cutting over 3u per cent from theiri effective cruising radius. 1 1 " j 7r sn quite the way they went, witfi youth, unspoiled -nm wuuf uuy,M!uw uy&i iidve never Known me lacc vm ut ciean laeair-zoa granc iney stay unvoiu Mjurt that they may looc into our eyer, jnat, limy uta Mivw uKjaiui um never dies: Jo guide them through tne land? acrosv the sea m vAjtc a l luaiK. quuul utem, everyvmere, . ' Jhrough hprrorvdayanu terror? Mtler night 4to hint lhat thov nA'mitt ..XSJii?! J"?"1'