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ttStt r , TP of The Capital Journal fonts WEDNESDAY EVENING December li, 1918 i Page ya. i in. m QStfj j CHARLES II. I'lijlltK I 44 gB j Editor and Publisher f Q Published Every Evening Except Sunday, Salem, Oregon. Address All Communications To eDoiyl Journal BALEM 136 S. Commercial St. OREGON SVBSCRIPTION BATES Dailv. br Carrier. ter rear.-i $5.00 ' Per Month.- Daily by Mail, per year ..$3.00 Per Month.. ..45c ..35c WORK, OR WORK. FULL LEASED WIRE 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 does not do this, misses you, or neglects getting the paper to you on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is the only way we can dctemino whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone 81 before 7:80 o'clock and a paper will be Bent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper In Salem whose circulation is guaranteed by the Audit Bureau Of Circulations ANOTHER PIONEER CROSSES THE DIVIDE. Colonel John H. 'Cradlebaugh, news of whose death yesterday afternoon brought sorrow to many friends, was long connected with the editorial staff of the Capital Journal, and there is mourning in this office today. His unfailing cheerfulness, his genial ways and the bigness of his heart endeared him to. those with whom he worked and lived. A vigorous, intelligent editorial writer, a poet of no mean attainments, his wit and sense of humor made him a favorite with the readers of this paper, and his death leaves a void that will not soon be filled. Colonel Cradlebaugh's career was varied and inter esting, covering a period of 70 years, many of which were spent among the exciting scenes of Virginia City in the old bonanza days, where he was miner, newspaperman and attorney. Once only did he fill public office, that of dis trict attorney in a Nevada county, but its duties of prose cutor were distasteful to him and he soon resigned. He was, during those days, a friend of Mark Twain and Bret Harte, and his little volume of poems, issued a few years ago, would be a fit library company tor the works oi tnese famous Westerners in any home. His death removes from the stage of action another of that fast diminishing type of pioneer. I Heir, adven turous spirits blazed the way for the civilization of to day, and men like Colonel Cradlebaugh have lived to see the Pacific coast country which lured them with- its pros pects of excitement and adventure, pass from the wilder ness stage to that of high development, wealth and pop ulation. Possibly these pioneers builded better than they knew, more likely they glimpsed with prophetic vision the glorious future of the western slope of the Rocky moun tains, the "Land Where Dreams Come True", as Colonel Cradlebaugh has so beautifully expressed it in one of his poems and he lived to see the dream a reality in his beautiful Oregon country before he "crossed the divide." He had shared the hardships of the pioneer with fortitude, and had braved the dangers of mining camp and trail with stout heart and sturdy courage. But the time came when his work was finished, when the iron constitution gave wav to advancing vears. and that civilization which fol lows so closely upon the track of the pioneer gave him rich reward, for loving hearts watched over him in the long illness so uncomplainingly borne, while the minis trations of tender hands sought to smooth away his pain and suffering as the end drew near, and he closed his eyes in peaceful content upon a world he had helped to make more cheerful and bright and happy for those around him. The number of criminals in the British penal institu tionstions has fallen off fifty per cent since the war be gan. , Sir Evelyn Brise, chairman of the British prison commissions, gives two reasons for this: The war and a "concentrated policy of purifying young criminals." The war has taught a further lesson to other coun tries besides Great Britain, which is that men can be forced either to work or to fight. The injustice early became apparent of sending to war and mobilizing in industry all our best youth, while our streets and saloons were teeming with a lot of idle, able-bodied men who did nothing but eat and make trouble. As a result, in city after city, the work-or-fight policy has been put into successful operation, to a point where the loafer, always a menace, has practically disappeared from his haunts. There is no reason why the cessation of the war shoujd mean a return to the old, careless, crime-breeding methods, for experience in handling this phase of war emergency has taught city governments that men can be forced not only to penal servitude but also to the plain, everyday taking of jobs and holding them. It is a mere matter of exercising authority. Municipal employment agencies and clearing-houses and the welfare of the people demands the abolishment of the loafer and all his kind. This has been done as a war measure. It should be continued as a peace mesaure. . Municipal employment agencies and clearing-house for labor should be maintained to this end, and a frequent census of labor taken. "Work, or work .and the stone-pile take the hind most!" should be the slogan from now on. SIDELIGHTS ON PEACE PARTY $ By Robert J. Bender (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Paris, Dee. 18. The statesman of Eu rope are laughing at President Wilson 's jokes. He was noted in Washington as a story teller and his reputation in that regard is already made here. Premier Clemenceau especially enjoyed some of the president's illustrative quips. Though they deeply appreciate the honors shown the president, the Amen can party is glad the ceremonies are ended Bo they can got down to work. More silk hats have been on exhibi tion in Paris during the past few days than at any time since 1914. ttt LIFE The Place Concorde is a little Amor ica. Dozens of American automobiles are always parked in front of the Cril Ion hotol. American statesmen and sol diers are always about. There is al ways the greatest variety of visitors to American headquarters in the Cnl Ion. Among those today was Jan Padcr ewski, who came to discuss the Polish situation. We hope those Berlin voters won't be so careless as to kill any heavy taxpayers, after the manner of the Rus sian bolsheviki. German capitalists will come in handy when it comes to paying war indemnities. Princo Murat 's palace is now general ly referred to as the "white house." President Wilson has a new calling card. It reads "The president of the u. S. A. The one he uses in Washing ton reads "The President." THE WIFE By Jane Phelps. BRIAN A TETJB PROPHET. RIPPLING RHYMES BylWalt Mason ME UND BILL. Pm.glad I said, "I won't be kaiser," when . I was asked, upon a time; Bill took the job, but I was wiser, and went on writing deathless rhyme. Bill took up lodgings in a palace, that glittered like a sheet of steel; he drank beer from a golden chalice, and had a pie at every meal. His name was known from the Nyanzas up to the farthest wastes of snow; while I went on producing stanzas that brought me twenty cents a throw. He had a boom that was surprising, a sway no mortal king deserves, and meaner monarchs watched him kaising, and tried to im itate his curves. Great was his state, and great his splen dor, but he would have them greater still, and he remark ed, "I'll bust a fender, or be the whole world's ruler, Bill." While I, a bard of poor condition, sang madrigals for pork and beans; the limit of my pale ambition was pink checks from magazines. Tonight I'm sitting in my shanty, my conscience working as it should; for gents like Shakes peare, me and Dante, have done no harm if little good. And Bill is sitting in the shadow, an outlawed, sick, sore- hearted chump; he thought to reach an El Dorado, and only reached the nearest dump. All worldly splendors I'm despising; 1 love this hut I call mv own; I m glad l didn't take up kaising, when Prussia- offered me the throne. CHAPTER. CX1II. The United States had declared war. WhaJ; had led up to this declaration, is now an old story: too old to repeat here. Brian Hack eft's excitement was intense. Tho niirht the papers ' proclaimed in black headlines that Uncle Sam had de cided to join tho allies, ho never slept a wink, neither did he allow Ruth to do so. Ho talked all night long. 'We will surely win, but it's going to be a still fight, Ruth. Lots of men who go over never will como back. But we'll whip 'cm, sure as I'm a Yank. Gee! but I'm glad we're in it at Inst. I must got down early. I don't want mv narao at the foot of the list of men volimtcflring- I should bo ashamed to look in tho glass if I wasn't some where near the top or the lino. "What am I to do, Brian?" Kuth had listened to his ravings very quiet ly. He had talked for such a long time, nml not ono word of her. his sorrow at leaving her, hor lonlincss when he should be gone; or tho anxiety sho would suf fer. 'Go right along doing just what you are doing now, course. That is what makes it possiblo for me to go your being able to lake care of yourself." Brian did not intend to be cruel, but nevertheless ho was. Ruth shivered, and hot tears welled up in her eyes. That was all tho thought he had tor her. Sho was capable of earning her living; let her do it, wns his attitude. 'I shall worry so, Bnnn. "Nonsense! Think of the poor women who can't earn money like you can, whose husbands will have to go. ion won't hear them whining. I'll bet." "Im not whining 1 am frightened. 'Frightened at whntf" 'For fear you won't eomo back." ''What's tho odds if I don't? Home of us are bound to get ours; it better bo mo thiui a man with a fiimily of kids" Ruth oponod hor lips to say some thing, closod thorn tightly again. Thon said: "Oh, Brian, don't talk like that." "It's the truth." Then: ''1 wonder what branch of service I am best adapt ed for rather, where they neod me the most. I wish I know, I can hardly wait until morning, I tell you, Ruth, the lit tle old U. 8. A. will astonish those fel lows over there. Not only the Germans whom we are going to wipe off the map, but the Allies. Really none of the foreiim nations have the slightest idea of what a big boy Undo Sam is, and what a tow he can kick up when lie makes up his mind to scrap. They think we are a nation of money -bragbers. They will get a few eye-openers. They will find wo are a nation of fighters." ' I know, Brian, but you must stop thinking and talking and go to sleep. You will be worn out with all this ex citement " Ruth, as was usual in such matters, thought only of him. That he was also keeping her awake, that she would be tired and feel unlike her work th next day, meant nothing as compared to big well-being. 'l can't sleep. Holy smoke! How any American can sleep tonight, I don't ace. To think that at last we are to do our part! I have envied those Can adians and those Englishmen more than I have envied anyone in all my life. It made me almost sick to hear them talk. Wait until I hunt soma of them up in the morning! 111 tell them Crowds continue to gather nt every appearance of President and Mrs. Wil son. The latter always remains in the background until led forward by the president. At the height of the dem onstrations she frequently turns from watching tho crowds to observe her hus band with unconcealed, wifely admir ation, a thing or two about Uncle Sam now I couldmit before. They thought we wore afraid not of our skins, but of our pocket-books. Those same pocket books will help win the war and don't you forget it! It takes money, slathers of it, to raise an army; and think of the ships we will . hhvo to have, and the food. Why, Ruth, we are so far away it will tax the wealth of the richest nation in tho world to got our boys overseas. But we'll do it! And we'll do it so quickly that we'll aston ish the natives." "Oh, Brian," Ruth laughed a bit hysterically, "Do quiet down. You'll be sick," she didn't add, ''so will I," but sho felt like it. 'Not on your, life! no ono gets sick because they arc happy." ''Are you bo happy J" her voice trem bled, although sho tried to hold it steady. "You bet I am! I shall be of some use at last- It will be a very comfort ing feeling that I am earning my own living, and living on what I earn; even though I live in tho trenches on thirty dollars a month." Ruth mado no reply. But sho bit her lips until they bled. Should she toll him? No! that last bitter speech de cided her. ho would keep her secret. (Tomorrow Under Orders) Influenza Ban Again Closes Monmouth Meetings (Capital Journal Special Service) Monmouth, Dec. 18. Monmouth is again under tho influenza ban. The 1 1.1 1 -.3 il. - -di...l a! uui-n uuiu ouiurimy aim me siuuent body dance scheduled for Saturday ev ening at tho Normal gymnasium were both called off. Church services were held in the morning but there was no service in the evening. The Normal and training schools were dismissed Monday noon and- tho high school will probably bo closed also. Five cases of) influonza are reported at the domitory among the student teachers who have boon teaching in Independence. Dr. Bowersox states that these cases are all very mild and that there have been no new cases among the townspeople for tho past two weeks, tho several cases of grippe are reported. Mrs. Sarah A. Evans of Portland, a well known club woman of Oregon, was a recent visitor at the Normal, occu pying tho chapel period with a most interesting and helpful talk on the na tionalizing of tho foreign eloment. The thoughts sho gave wero inspired by Robert H. Shauffer's boe.ni. "The Molt- jing Pot." The United States, she said, I was the "melting pot" that has ceas jed to "molt," and she quoted atatia I tics to prove the truth of the statement. Ray Baker, an alumnus of tho Nor mal, was a pleasant visitor on the cam pus, and fin interesting speaker at the high and training schools Wednesday of last week. Mr. Baker has recently received his discharge from the offi cers training camps for aviators at Berkeley. He was welcomed with en thusiasm by faculty and student body and hia narrations of thrilling experi ences in the life of an aviator held his listeners spell bound. It was not an un usual thing for a day's casualty list to number a doaen and the average daily death rate from practice flights and maneuvers wa about thm. Most ac eidents, he said, occurred while the landing was being made. He received a part of hi training at Kelly field, San Antonio. After a year of military life Mr. Baker proposes taking up teaching again and will probably take a school in the near future. Word was received br Mr. and Mrs. Albnzo Moore, late Sunday evening that their son, iloyd, of Dallas, who has been very ill of pneumonia, ds now improving rapidly. He was able to be brought down stairs tor a part of the day and sat up long enough to shave nimselr. Sam Morrison who had the misfor tune to have hia Ford taken by thieves last week, has information as to the whereabouts of tho remains. Sheriff Orr was set on the trail and has final ly located the ear in the vicinity of Rose-burg. The thieves have not been caught as yet but it is pretty well known who they are and the authori ties are still on the trail. As Mr. Mor rison has not yet returned with the car, thtr" amount of damage is not known to aiiyono here. OREGON IFSIANCE COMPANIES HAVE BIG 4 BILLION RESERVE Insurance Commission Says No Danger Of Them Be coming Insolvent. The 45 life insurance companies do ing business in Oregon hold a reserve of $4,507,431,638, which is ample to meet all claims which may arise on ac count of deaths due to the war and the influenza epidemic, points out In surance Commissioner W ells in a state ment issued to allay the fears of policy holders who thought that the companies might become insolvent. The state ment says: 'The mortaliay due to war service lias been so little above the normal that a number of the life insurance companies have already announced that they will pay all such claims in full, regardless of whether permits for such service had been secured or not, and will return all extra premiums receiv ed for war servico permits, 'Such companies are 'mueji more concorned ovor the great loss of life i throughout this entire -eountry from the iufluenza epidemic. Iu some of the larger cities the mortality from this plague reached the proportion of 7.4 per 1,000 of the population, covering period ot nine weeks only: Express Concern. "Many policyholders are expressing concern as to the security of the com panies in which their life insurance is placed. They inquire if the reserve held by such companies are adequate to care for such emergencies! I am pleased to be able to advise them that life insurance as transacted by the legal reserve emnpanie ojieratin in this state makes ample' provision for such emergencies. Their rates are based upon mortality tables derived from the ex perience of life insurance companies covering a period of many years. Epi demics were formerly more frequent than now and no less virulent so the experience from which our present tab les of life insurance rates were formu lated must have included similar experiences- "lafe insurance companies, for fur ther safety of their policy holders, maintain a surplus of undistributed funds to provide for any emergency. The forty five life insurance compan ies transacting business in this state held reserves for maturing their out standing policies amounting to $4607, 431,658 at the elose of last year. "To protect this reserve from im pairment by epidemics or otherwise, By COL. JOHN H. CRADLEBAUGH Life is an ocean deep and wide And men he ships that plow its tide; ' One of its shores is called the Whence, The other boundary ii8 the Thence. Desire and Passion, Love and Hate, Greed, Friendship, Treachery alternate To make its weather foul or fair, A treacherous sea;' to some a snare That lures but to destroy, yet still The creature of the Master's will. For semo fair breezes blow alone And every sail draws taut and fair, With tropic islands here and there, (Luxuriant, verdairt, odor-blown, With coral reefs, their white sands kissed By languorous waves of amethyst. The air seems quivering with delight And pleasure grows go exquisite It turns to pain. Such voyages Are for tho few. 'Not such as these May come to all. Tha fogs of Chance The dnngerous shoals of Ignorance Wreck some, aye, most, while oth- ' ers wreck In Passion's storms that sweep the deck And send the tumbling masts and spars To mingle with the billow's wars. My life has been of both, Alas! How swift tho hours of Pleasure pass; How fly the yearg on silent wing When Momug laughs and Sirens sing, And Bacchus pours tho golden wane, Filling Life's goblet to the brim, And Beauty, in itself divine And pure as Love's own cherubim Youth 's heart to estacy awakes Until the soul of Music sings So joyous to Love's vibrant strings That from pure joyousness, it breaks. Hqw drag tho lingering minutes when Around our bark the tempest drives And Furies shrieking for our lives Drive the wind-spirits from their don, The fierce wind-spirits of the north, And not a -single star shines forth; When darkness is as of the tomb And every ray of -hope is gone, And dark, impenetrable gloom Apparently defies the dawn. Hours drag into eternities When souls encounter storms like these. How sweet, how infinitely gweet When the wild hurricane is past, To hear the soft wavos rythmic beat Upon a friendly shore at last. To find the haven of old agb, To have at last a sweet content When storms come not, nor billows rage And days in quietness are spent, And tho wild passions of our youth, Tho hopes, the fears, the loves, the pains, The disappointment and the tears Have vanished, and but peace remains. -4m they had surplus funds of $211,133,369, over and above all liabilities. "These companies carry insurance for Oregon citizens amounting to $147,- 213,529, and our successful domestic company adds $12,640,922 to this amount. In addition to this, the Fra ternal Benefit societies had insurance for our citizen amounting to $94,991, 053, with reserve funds of $62,285,876 m hand to care for their contracts. It is not believed these societies will suf fer so heavily from the .epidemic as in surance companies." State House Notes tics wil lbe continued until after the February examinations. LEGATION ROBBED Washington, Doc. 18. The American legation at Bucharest, Rumania, has been robbed, apparently by Germans, with a loss of more than $100,000 in goods, according to a state department (vice this afternoon. Minister Vo picka found the place badly ransaek ed when he returned there from Jassy last Friday. TRIAL BESTS TODAY Chicago. Dec. 18. Thft o-mrnrTimniit expected to rest today in the trial of socialist leaders on charge of espion age hero. With the receipt of 11 new patients at the Oregon state hospital yesterday, all previous records for incoming pa tients were broken. Seven of the new patients came from Portland, ond one each from Salem, Roseburg, Jackson ville and Coquille. The total popula tion of the institution is now 1704. "Oregon highway bonds will be ac eepted as department deposits at mar ket value," said Insurance Commission er Harvey Wellg in a telegram sent to dav to Now York in response to an in quiry. Ia other words insurance com panies operating in this state, which are required to deposit certain amount of securities with the insurance depart ment, may buy Oregon highway bonds and deposit them. Teachers' examinations, which ware scheduled to be held beginning today, have been postponed in nine counties on account of the influenza, according to announcement made today by J. A. Churchill, superintendent of publie in struction. The counties are Polk. Yam hill, Douglas, Coos, Jackson, Jefferson, Harney, Grant and Wallowa. In these counties the examinations will be held next February, and all certificates which expire this month in those eoun- WfaA Don't live on the reputation of the reputation you might have made. IMPERIALLY MOUTHPIECE CIGARETTES first made their reputation. Now they're keeping it. Choice tobacco well blended. A mouthpiece to keep it out of the mouth. A maia paper wrapping, ine whole cigarette unequaled.