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ttonalPageof TheCq CHABLES H. FISHES Editor and Publisher urn TUESDAY KVE.L0 December 10, 1918 Ed pitalJo CI I Published Every Evening Except Sunday, Salem, Oregon. Address All Communications To BALRM 138 S. Commercial St.- OREGON SUBSCRIPTION KATES Daily, bv Cairier. ner roar $5.00 Fer Month. Daily by Mail, per year.. ..$3.00 Per Month .... .45c 35c FULL LEASED W1KE TELEGRAPH REPORT FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES W. D. Ward, New York, Tribune Building. W. H. Stockwell, Chicago, People's Gas Building The Daily Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the porch. If the carrier docs not do this, misses vou, r neglect getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation annger, as this is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be gent you by special messenger if the Barrier has missed you. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper in Salem whoao circulation is guaranteed by the Audit Bureau Of Circulations DOUGHBOY. Many civilians have 'wondered why the American Snfantrymen are commonly known today as "doughboys", and from the variety of explanations given, it is not at all clear that the soldiers themselves know what it means mr find anv soecial fitness for it. Here are three versions, given in the "official man- v.id"of the army: "1. In olden times, when infantrymen used to clear their white trimmings with pipe clay, if caught in the rain Mm whitirifr would run. forming a kind of dough hence the finhrinuet 'dourfi bovV "2." The tramp of infantry marching in mud sounds as. if their shoes were beintr worKea ana pressed in dough.' "3. From 'adobe' (mud) then 'dobie' the idea be ing infantrymen are the soldiers who have to march in the mud; hence the expressions used in the sixties and.early revenues m reienmg iu uuiuininrai ao u o, 'Aahxe makers' and 'mud crushers'.". The reader may take his choice.. He may find none of the three convincing. Somebody insists that this term had its origin in Alas ka. having been applied for years to American adventur ers in that country. If so, it ought to be simple enough to find out why it ever came into use. Once adopted, it is easy to see how it might be transferred to Americans on a foreign military expedition. But if the origin is cor rect, why were those Alaskan prospectors called "dough lioys?" Future dictionary-makers will want to know. Contemporary lexicographers certainly give no help. The Standard dictionary defines "doughboy" simply as "a boiled dumpling of raised dough."- The secret roay.be hidden in that definition, but who' can drag it forth? Joseph Smith, president of the Mormon church, who died the other day left an estate of $70,000, which is com mented upon by some editors as small. But when you consider that Joseph was supporting five wives and forty- tight or forty-nine children when the public was last in formed on this subject some years ago, it must be con ceded that he was extremely fortunate not to have died in the poor house. - ' Uncle Sam looks out for his own. Long before home folks had thought about winter, shipments of leather, fur and woolen clothing were sent by the war department to our soldiers in Siberia. Every. Yank is to be provided with a little rabbit skin "or its equivalent, to insure him protection against the well-advertised Russian winter. TRUCKS AND FREIGHT CARS. A transportation expert makes the surprising state ment that a big motor truck will haul as much merchan dise as a freight car that "a railroad train of 40 cars will haul no more goods than a caravan of 40 motor trucks." : 4 He explains that an everage freight car travels but 20 miles a day, and a motor truck will travel 100 miles in that time. The average capacity of a freight car is 25 tons. Thus a five-ton truck, though carrying only one fifth of the car's load, travels five times as fast, or makes five 20-mile trips in the same time, and so performs the same service. There is no question that, given big, strong trucks and good roads, the work of the railroads can be duplicat ed by these wonderful competitors. We need not ex pect that gasoline will render steam obsolete, or that rural highways will eliminate railroad lines; but the gas engine will hereafter perform an ever-growing share of the world's heavy work, and we shall not again be left help less by the break-down of a railroad system. Open Forum WHAT SENATOR LA WILL DO FOLLETTE RIPPLING RHYMES By Walt Mason FREEDOM'S DAY. Now Freedom on her mountain height is feeling gay and wearing bells; her hosts have won the biggest fight of which the page of hist'ry tells. We've seen the ty rant's scepter drop, the tyrant sinking in despair; our pre cious boons are still on top, our bulwarks right side up with care. We've heard the hour of justice strike, we've seen right triumph over wrong, so let us, for the love of Mike, be happy as the day is long. I hear men say, "We're face to face with problems that will sear our souls; how shall we teach the Russian race to strive for better, high er goals? The flag of anarchy will fly, we fear us much in every breeze; how can we throw our hats on high, and face conundrums such as these?" I say, "One problem at a time; we'll solve them all, or break a slat; we've stopped the Prussian course of crime, and paralyzed the autocrat. This is the hour of our delight, our cause is gained, the battle's won! And Freedom on her mountain height is shooting fireworks by the ton." And Freedom's eyes are bright as stars as from her mountain she looks down, for in the crimson glare of Mars she won the jewels in her crown. ' Oh, may her course be calm and sweet in all the fateful years to come ! So let us, for the love of Pete, take cf the lid and make things hum. Mrs. Wilson, it is stated, will, during her stay abroad, wear strictly made-in-America clothes. There probably never was an occasion when any woman might naturally desire that her dress be perfect, and it speaks well tor the ability of American dress-makers that so good a judge of clothes should trust them. It is a safe gamble, moreover, that if our peace terms look as well to the allies as our First Lady will look, there will be little opposition to any thing we may have to offer. . Portland is trying to organize a state chamber of commerce, in order, no doubt to get something for noth ing from the rest of the state. Portland never did any thing in an unselfish way to advance the interests of the state, but upon every opportunity has.gone out to smaller towns and bribed industries to pack up and move to that city. That Portland now is not acting in good faith in this new movement is a pretty safe bet. The plan being adopted in Portland and other influ enza epidemic centers of quarantining all cases as fast as they develop is no doubt the most sensible measure yet adopted. Less contagious and dangerous diseases have always been strictly isolated by the health authorities. Says Hindenburg to his army: "The returning war riors will first receive the thanks of the country for more than four years' work in a thousand battles in which they were never beaten." Those Huns will yet kid themselves into thinking they won the war. THE WIFE By Jano Phelps. " ' CLASHING IDEAS. CHAPTER CVI. Notwithstanding the thought that Brian's cruel speech was only a subter fuge to cover Ins .stayinir out a cam- oufluge Ruth was terribly hurt .Not bring his friends to the pretty home she hud been to such pains to make ar tistic mid comfortable! 8he hud no friends in New York nave tlio few she hait mndu through him, and practically no acquaintances. Her time was go fill ed with her duties. If ho really meant whnt he had said, why, she would prne tically have no society at ull save Mr. n iid Mrs. Huberts, Mrs. Curtiss and her husband, and Mollie King, tftio would not even think of Claude Bockly asd those of his ilk. . fche wished sho knew who those two Englishmen were, their business in New York. That Uriiin was immensely inter ested she could easily perceive. Put she hesitated to say anything more for fear of making him angry, or at least out of humor with her. The next morning neither Ruth nor Brinn talked much. Vsualtv at break fast they chatted constantly. Once, when Ruth had laughingly spoken of it, ltrinn had answered: 'No one could help talking after drinking such coffee as Rachel makes, BREW THIS TEA Costs Next To Nothing, Yet Keeps Bowels In Fine Or der AndEnds Con- stipation. The head of every family that val ues its henlth should always have in the house a package of Dr. Carter's (K. and U. Tea. Then when any member of the fam ily needs something for a sluggish liv er, sick headache, or to promptly reg ulate the bowels, simply brew a cup and drink it just before bedtime. It's a" old remedy, ig Dr. Carter's K, and 0. Tea, and has been used for years by thousands of families, who get such good results from its use that they have no dm ire to take anything else. Oivo it to the children 'freely they like it and it will do tlism good. and eating her corn broad." yet he had rather drink dish-water coffee, and cat baker's rolls reheated, than have Euth work, and she know it. , vv nenever . tner,r was cn -article on the wonderful wawomen were coming to tho fore in all? kinds , of work and in ninny professions, ho would throw it down muttering: -"Such rot! that is what i irolnsr to spoil tho women of this country, Soon t.hev U-nn 't u-nnt 1. h.i niTiin n. nfl....... It riles me all up dvory timo I see such an article." "'One would think you an old man, an old crank," lluth laughed at him. " Of course women want to be mothers Their voting, being in business or in the professions, won't change that " "It won't eh! Well it HAS. Take yourself, YOU don't want children. You have said so." "Oh, but Brian! " Euth protested. "I said until we wcro in position to care for them, and to educato them as they should be. 1 think it a sin to bring chil dren into the world and then not care for them properly. One would think, to hear you talk, that I was a heathen, that I didn't love children when I adore them." ''I notiee you don't adore them as much as you adore your own way.M Much arguments had been frequent. Brian llackett was a very affectionate man. Ho would have been a very do mestic man, had his home life been dif ferent. Ho cared nothing fur style and artistic effects really; but he would hayo loved & couple of healthy, hearty children clambering over him, or run ning to meet him when he came home. And always Kuth had taken the stand that it was wrong to have children un til they could be uronerly educated and cared for. After Brian had left, Euth aiin commenced to wonder about the two Englishmen he had entertained the night before, bhe was picking up his cbjthes (he was terribly untidy) when a card dropped out of hia pocket. "JUicuteuaut Uoorge VanAlutyue " Another soldier. Brian had been so emraeed with those Canadian officers and now this Ena- lishnian. She searched his pockets hop ing to come upon the other man's card. uut she found nothintt. Someway, sho felt uneasy. Why was Brian so terribly interested in these mcnt She hoped" they wouldn't make him feel that he should co over seas to fight country with whom his own eountry was not at war, although, to oe sure, the Huns' treatment of Bel gium made them the enemy of all chris tians; Bin urian was so impressionable. He was apt to do almost anything . anything impulsive. Kuth hart been so slow in settinc ready for the street because of her so liloquizing, that she had to hurry to avoid being late. But all the way to the office she kept turning over in her nund the fact of his interests, and Editor Capital Journal: " So far I have no bills in mind to introduce in the coming session of the legislature. One of the most important things to look 'after is why this high- rway commission is not spending any of the six million of bonds in Marion county. Nearly half of tho bonJs have been sold -and the money spent, and Marion county has not received a cent of it. And we are giving our auto li censes to pay for those bonds. I my self have paid f-tO for auto i.tttwos since tho bonding bill passed, so. vou see tho enormous amount of money that is going out of this country. .x. ,uu.o the commission let a contract for pav ing the road from- Aurora to Salom, but at that time it was found to be illegal. Wero any of tho contracts let on tho Columbia highway illegal! I am told not one. Do you see the point? Another thing I think ought to be look ed after is tho cost of tho roads being built. The road built from Tigard tc Newbcrg, I am told, cost over $23,000 per milo and tho county graded it. Our county paved several miles of road and it only cost a little over $8000 per mile and the county also had to grado the road. There is something wrong some where. I am in favor of looking into this matter. I am also in favor of cutting ont and consolidating a lot of tho commissions where they don't impair the. efficiency of the stato institutions. I am in fa vor of appropriating to the stuto insti tutions an amount sufficient to give then) a good upkeep and no more. And think the expenses of the stato peni tontiurv cuhl to be looked after bet tor than it has beon. Some of the state prisons in other state are self supporting. Seo what ours costs us an enormous sum. Thero is surely some thing wrouit. ' A. M. LA FOLLETT. nit; nous people HEED B1TR0-PH0SPHATE and the results following its use are often simply astonishing. Weak, tired people regnn strength and vigor; thinness and angularity give way to plumpness and curves; sleep returns to the sleepless; confi dence and cheerfulness replace debili- Guaranteed to Put on Finn, Healthy Flesh and to Increase Strength, Vigor and Nerve Force Weak, thin people men or women are nearly always nervous weeks; thua conclusively proving that thinness! ty and gloom; dull eyes become bright, weakness, debility and neurasthenia i and pale, snnken cheeks re'ain the pinta are almost invariably due to nerve star glow of health. Bitro-Phosphate, the vation. jeea your nervos and all these I use of which is inexpensive, also won symptoms duo to nerve starvation will jderfully promotes the assimilaction ot disappear. food, so much so that many people re- Eminent specialists state that the port marked gains of weght n a few ocst nerve iooa is an organic, pnospnate i weeks.' known among druggists as Bitro-Phos-j CAUTION 'Although bitro phosphato phate, a five grain tablet of which jis unsurpassed for. relieving, nervoua ahould bo taken with each meal. Beinglness, sleeplessness and' general weak a genuine nerve builder and not a stfm- 'ness, it should not, owing to its remark -ulant or habit forming drug. Bitro- able flesh growing properties, be used Phosphate can be safely taken, by the by anyone who does not desire to put weakest and most delicate sufferer, on flesh. hi :,t'frftj'iS THE NEWSPAPERS' PART (Publishers' Auxiliary) ' The newspapers of the Ui.itcd States may well ,be proud of tho part they played to ibring tho war to a success ful conclusion. The glorious story of how American publishers e-ist aside all politics, buried .their aniu'ositiss and ignored all considerations to get be hind ithe country may never be told. It is immaterial whether it ever is. The newspapers are not seeking praise for a duty well performed; the more per formance is sufficient rownrd. It has not been easy at nil times for tho newspapers to stand by their duty. Hampered on all sides by restrictions, many of them almost submerged by in creasing expenses and decreasing rev enue, constantly harassed in mind as to which of several courses to follow, samo things ho usually approached in an angry or annoyed spirit. She would try to dismiss it all for tho day. But sho would certainly talk to Brian When sho got homo that night. But: ''Man proposes and God disposes." Mr. Maudel was waiting. Hi immed iately asked her to go to Washington. Thero was to bo a wonderful bull in a house he was to redecorate. Thev want ed the ballroom decorated for dancing It might mean the loss of the order if thev refused- Ruth felt she had no choice in the matter. So she telephoned Brian, and then took the train for Washington. (Tomorrow Euth Beturns from Washington) "if Br CLAPA KIMBALL YOUNG ktMUIStafUASSr ' ..i rs j," ih S . fiUU' I '( ;?!. . flu P r " . Vf If Wt lilt. .-t Vfc.? it. i til ; , slh li K f 1" ' iff li " . II LIBERTY THEATEE STARTING THURSDAY Hopes Women Adopt This Habit As Well As Men Glass of hot water each morn ing helps us look and feel clean, sweet, fresh. with pasty or muddy complexions; in stead of the multitude of "nerye- wrecks," "rundowns," "brain fass" and pessimists we should see a virile, optimistic throng of rosy cheeked peo ple everywhere. An inside bath is had by drinking, each morning before breakfast, a class. of real hot water with a teaspoonful of limestone phosphate in it to wash from the stomach, liver, kidneys and ten yards of bowels the previous day's indigestible waste, sour fermentations and poisons before putting more fod into the stomach. Those subject to sick headche, bil iousness, nasty breatn, rheumatism, colds; and particularly those who have a pllid, sallow complexion and who are constipated ery often, are urged to obtain a quarter ponnd of limestone phosphate at the drug store which will cost but a trifle but is sufficient to demonstrate the quick and remarkable its. Ana fhaiiBA in hnth nAltk ftn.i TTvrnnff of his almost jovial manner of talking 'awaiting those who practice internal n lUp mfcm ueiunr inning or me sanitation. Happy, bright, alert vigorous and vivacious a good clear skin; a nat ural, rosy complexion auj freedom from illness are assured only by clean, healthy blood. If only every woman nd likowise every man could realize the wonders of the morning inside bath, what a gratifying change would take place. Instead of the thousands of sickly,- anaemic-looking men, women and girls ,As it waS( space vglued at" minions of the daily periodicals nevertheless stood firmly for tho right and carried on" It is hardly necessary to mention the work done by the newspapers in solidi fying sentiment for the war, their la bors making the selective draft and the various government loans success es, and their assumption ot the vol untary censorship which made it pos sible to move millions or men abuut the country and across the submarine- inteBted sea, without danger. A great number of industries made vast fortunes out of tho wai'but the newspapers are not among them. "The publishers of the United Statew who will be able to count profits at the eud of this year will be in a hopeless mi nority. The great majority will show losses, but the deficits will cause few .tears from the publishers, sayis tho St. Louis 'Republic. They have done their bit, regardless of cost. Many newspapers 1 the past year have raised, their subscription prices, but the amount of revenue thus gained has by no means made up for the in- ereaso in expenses due t the higher cost of whito papor, labor and other essential items. Government restric tions prevented newspapers from ex ploiting their product ana increasing their circulations. Hundreds of con cerns manufacturing nonessentials were practically shut down by the govern ment cutting off advertising revenues from the newspapers. The taking over of tho railroads destroyed and other great source of income, but few com plaints wero made. The government in sisted the things it was doing were nocessary to help win the war. and that was enough. At. times Washington put up some knotty problems to the newspapers. In the same mair a publisher would re coive a notice to cut down the amount of white paper he was using and an other communication asking him to de vote several pages of news and car toons to (boosting the liberty loan. The publishers even found wuys out- of such dilemmas. , For a time there was some agitation by the newspapers to have the govern ment pay for its advertising just as it was paying other organizations for work -done. .Nothing came of it, how- over, the publishers declining to make an issuo of tho matter while the ques tion of winning the war was at stake. . Stop Stomach Distress Aid digestion; relieve gas, heartburn, bloating and that awful distress that follows after eating. Help to make good red blood and build up the nerv ous system. Neutralize stomach acid ity. There is no better medicine mado for stomach troubles than Stumeze Tab lets. At all Drug Stores 25 cents.- Aviator Off On Last Lap Of Path Finding Journey Eugonf, Or., Dec. 10. Lieutenant A. F. Hogland, United States army avia tor who has been delayed in Eugcno for two days iby unfavorable weather conditions over the mountains between here and Sacramento, is off on the last lap of his pathfinding trip for an aer ial mail route between Sacramento and Seattle. Lieutenant Hogland roso from Con ger Field shortly after 9:30 o'clock this merning and after circling about for 30 minutes, headed his plane into the south and waved farowcll to the crowd watching him. Ho expects to make Mather Field in seven hours and will make no stops en route unless forced to. In crossing the mountains he plans to ascend to a height of around 10,000 feet. HOG SHIPMENT EMBARGO Washington, Dec. 10. The railroad administration today declared a two day embargo on hog shipments to tho Union Stockyards in Chicago. The em bargo is effective today. Shipments will be received again Thursday. dollars was given gratis to the various departments at Washington. Much of it was of little news interest, but the government thought it would help. The Republic did no more or no less than other newspapers. We did the best wo could for America, and, if we say it ourself, we good job. Lloyd-George Is Not In Fayor Of Large Armies 1S1BLE-1CK RELIEF. NO BLISTER! It Soothes and Relieves Like a Mustard Plaster Without the Burn or Sting Musterole is a dean, white ointment.1 made with the oil of mustard. It does all the work of the old-fashioned mustard plaster does it better and does not blis ter. You do not have to bother with m cloth. You simply rub it on and usually, the pain is gone I Many doctors and nurses U9e Muster! ole and recommend it to their Datienta. I They will gladly tell you what relief it rives from sore throat bronchitis, croun.' t i t . m t t-ij stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, congestion. London, Dec. 10 -Premier Lipyd- p,euTisy rheumatism, lumbago paini George in a sneeeh to women here late and aches of the back or joints, sprains, yesterday declared that gigantic arm- sore muscles, bruises, chilblains, froetej les must not be permitted in the future feet, colds of the chest (it often pre ... ' ' rv iu uu&v . veins uneumoniaL war. He said he is firm believer in the league of nations. Sir Erie Geddes, first lord of the ad miralty, stated in a speech that it is in conceivable the supremacy of the Brit ish navy should be stirrer dered. JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY 30c and 60c jars; hospital size $250.