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Newspaper Page Textttorial Page of The Capital Journal CHARLES, H. FISHER" Editor nd Publisher SATURDAY EVEXIStr Deceiubei SI, 1918 Published Every Evening Except Sunday, Salem, Oregon. Address All Communications To BALEM 130 S. Commercial St. OBEGON SUBSCRIPTION BATES Bdil. rv Carrier, ner year $5.00 Per Month.. Daily by Mail, per year.. ..$3.00 Per Month- FULL, LJJASED W1K1S TELEUKAPH REPORT FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES W- D. Ward, New York, Tribune Building. W. H. Stoekwell, Chicago, People's Gas Building The Daily Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the payers on the porch. If the carrier does not do this, misses you, or neglects gotting the paper to yos in time, kindly phone tho circulation manager, as this is the only way we can dctorciine whether or no tho carriers are following instructions. Phone 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the carrier has missed you. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is tho only newspaper in Salem whose circulation is guaranteed by the Audit Bureau Of Circulations VALUE OF THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP. There has been much criticism of President Wilson's trip to Europe. Many persons profess to believe that the trip was undertaken mainly for junketing purposes and the notoriety that would attend it. These views are narrow and ascribes to the president a littleness that no man capable of being a creditable chief executive of the nation would exhibit in any circum stances. In this particular case the president, being al ready world-famous because of the part he has played in the war, could hope for no added distinction or honor. More and more the necessity for his trip abroad ii being recognized. The American and European views of onri naarf frpntfps differ from ours, lust as our and standards in manv other things differ, lne United States entered the war for the maintenance and establishment of certain principles throughout tne woria tersfilv stated bv the president, to make tne worm saie tf v Now that the war is won we want a just and lasting peace that will be fair even to the conquered enemy, io be consistent and honorable our position must be main tained and recognized by the world, so that our brave boys who died in battle and camp will not have .spilled their blood in .vain. Prpsidpnt. Wilson is a ereat diplomat. He has shown W frnm tViP time ha first entered nublic life, and as gov ernor of New Jersey bent a boss-ridden legislature to his own will with no weapon but that of personal persuasion. Time and a srain congress has followed his instructions without being clubbed into submission after the Roose Already the correspondents tell us that the president of France and other notables of Europe are in. complete accord with the Wilson view, and that there is accumulat ing evidence that harmony will prevail arouna in peace table. If Mr. Wilson only prevents a disgraceful squabble among the victors over the spoils of war his trip will not have been in vain. It is natural that there should be great receptions tendered the chief executive of this country, and that there will be pomp and ceremony and display. The grate ful people across the ocean would be greviously disap pointed were these evidences of honor and affection pro hibited; as Americans, citizens of the youngest of the great powers of the world, we ought to feel a personal gratification in these pleasant ceremonies. Europe is seeking to show its regard for our country when it honors our president as no crowned ruler was ever honored in all the history of the past. IT WAS A PITIABLE SIGHT. Admiral Beatty, who has just re try says the surrender of the German high fleet was a pitiful thingand it was. Contrast it with the action of the decrepit old Spanish squadron of Cuba, whose com mander bravely refused to strike his flag, but preferred to see his vessels sink with the Spanish ensign still fly ing. The allied commanders expected the German fleet to make a dash for the open seas when the hour of na tional collapse came, and as naval men they were disap pointed in that an enemy who fights to the last in the face of hopeless disaster is always respected by his conquerors. The action of the Germans made futile the protest of Admiral Von Reuter, against the striking of his flag dur ing the ceremony of the surrender. At that time the ad miral said: , . "I esteem it unjustifiable, and contrary to internation al custom," he says, "to order the striking of flags on Ger man ships. Moreover, in my opinion, the order to strike the Hag was not m keeping with the idea of chivalry be tween two honorable, opponents." The protest was unheeded because the feeling of a soldier or a sailor who prefers surrender to a finish fight gets scant consideration at the hands of men who are dis-i appointed m his courage. In this case there were not two honorable opponents, and that is why the German flag had to come down. As Admiral Beatty says, it was a pitiable sight. 8BSB8B8B as THEWIFE By Jane Phelps. BE IAN LEAVES BTJTH. SHE 13 HEARTBROKEN. INDEMNITIES OF WAR. RIPPLING RHYMES BylWalt Mason AT LAST. So long we sighed for "peace on aerth", the kind that Christmas brings, but could not get a nickel's worth, be cause of batty kings; for four long years they tried, the goats, to force their kultur down our throats; they sprung their, mines and murder boats, and other deadly things. "Good will to men" was out of date, all over sea and land; and in its place we had the hate that bore a German brand; the world was full of battle smoke, of blood and wounds and maddened folk, and men forgot to laugh and joke, and kindliness was canned. Now comes the time of peace on earth, the clouds are blown away; so let us, with exceeding mirth, observe the Christmas Day;, for He whose birth we celebrate has brought us triumph over hate and humbled kings who once were great, and torn them from their prey. Though sorrow grimly plants its stakes, and lingers for a night, joy cometh when the morning breaks as seers and prophets write; this is the morn of happy times, the end of tyrants and their crimes, so let us make the Christmas chimes ring out a world s delight To Americans, that $120,000,000,000 which Lloyd- George says the allies will 'demand of Germany is of little more than academic interest. We are not directly concern ed with it because we expect no share of it, save perhaps the few millions necessary to cover the cost of American lives and property illegally destroyed by German sub marines. Our allies frankly announce their intention, or at least their desire, to make Germany pay the "whole cost of the war." We cannot blame them for that. They were the innocent victims of the great German military conspiracy. They suffered incomparably more than we. They are the best judges of the matter. The expense of settling our own quarrel with Ger many is estimated at about $20,000,000,000. It will amount to more in the end, no doubt, but that sum will cover the direct and immeidate cost of the job. There is no expec tation, that our peace delegates will demand, that sum, or any part of it, as a compensatory indemnity; Our gov ernment expressly disclaimed and renounced the hope of indemnity when we entered the war, and the public has acquiesced. We regard the $20,000,000,000 as partly a philanthropic contribution to mankind, and partly as in surance against any German peril that otherwise would have menaced our future. As for Great Britain, France, Belgium and the other victims of German perfidy and violence, tjhe; American view, is that they deserve all the damages they can collect without absolutely destroying Germany or harming them selves in the process. The most they can possibly obtain will not be as much as they ought to have After all, most of us are Americans in this country when the final test comes, regardless of racial descent or religious creed. For instance there have been times when Mormonism has been denounced as a menace to our nation, and yet Brigadier General R. W. Young, a grand son of Brigham Young, returns home with a splendid record of heroic achievements on the battlefields of France. The man who is ready to face bullets and bayo nets to uphold the honor of his country is entitled to the right to worship God after the dictates of Jus own con science, because that is one 01 tne things democracy stands for. The Red Cross Christmas roll call is falling down in Oregon. The people generally are not responding to the very reasonable call of a dollar apiece for the completion of the war work of this great organization. The man agers of the campaign are disappointed every friend of humanity is disappointed that the response has not been more spontaneous. It is up to the individual conscience now have you done your duty : Have you renewed your membership in the Red Cross and invested one dol lar in the greatest work for humanity ever undertaken since the world begun? The Commercial club will elect officers shortly after the beginning of the year, and care should be taken to select men who will give the proper time and attention to the work. The coming year should be one of real pro gress for Salem and the Commercial club should be made more of a factor in our growth and civic advancement than ever before. There are big things ahead for the Capital City if our people are but awake to their opportunities. Portland is banquetting and making a hero of Col onel Disque, head of the spruce fiasco in Oregon. The aircraft board was the one around which most of the scandal pertaining to war operations centered, and the spruce organization in the Northwest was a joke among real lumbermen. But Colonel Disque made his headquar ters at Portland and spent money like a regular Coal Oil Johnny and naturally Portland owes him a banquet CAPITAL JOURNAL WANT ADS BEING YOU RESULTS CHAPTER CXVL Buth was glad ot the interruption, and hurried Brian out to the tabic where in the incredibly short time giv en her, Rachel had 'managed a tasty supper. "Aren't you going to have some tool" Brian asked, his mouth full. "No dear I'm not a bit hungry. I had my dinner rather late." "Well, I had mine early, and a good one too; but 1 am as hungry as a bear. I wish I could be sure of somcono liko Hachel to cook niy meals for nie for the next few months. I oxpeet it will be some change, all right. But what's tho odilsf Nothing counts but just one thing! and that is licking the Germans to a standstill. And wo '11 d0 jt too, Ruth, you see if we don'tl Give me ano ther cup of coffee, please. Rachel makes dandy coffoo. My, I must hurry 1" He bad again looked at his watch. Ruth left the room a moment to wipe her eyes, and choke back the sobs ris ing in her throat. Whon she returned Brian said: "Please, put that picture of yourself in my bag, Ruth. Tho one you had taken before we wore married. Give me one of tho latter ones too; but you know I always thought that a perfoct picture of you. I don't boliovo anyone of the boys will havo a handsomer wife to show." "Do you REALLY want to take my picture, Brian?" site tried to speak care lossly, but failed. Her voico was tense, and rather hard. "I did not think you would care to take it." "Not care to take it 1 a noto of wonder in his voice, "Why should you say that 1 Thcro'g nothing else I care a whoop about taking, but that." Now Ruth's tears DID fall. She rush ed from the room, while she wrapped the pictures Brian wanted, she again oxercised her self control to the extont that, when he came in, he did not notice that, for just a moment or two, her em otion had gripped her. Had he known that it had been all she could do to keep from screaming, he would havo been utterly at a loss to account for such extreme feeling on her part. His supper finished, he came in to fasten his bags. That done, he looked at his watch for the third time. ' " t'Well, I must be off, Ruth," he said drawing her into hi arms. "Bo good to yourself, dear. If I didn't know what a fine little business woman you wcro I should feel guilty to leave you. But you are worth two of mo when it comes to making money, so I know you will not suffer." "Money isn't everything, Brian. I shall be very lonely." She spoke from the shelter of his arms. "Yos but havo your aunt up. Now that I shall bo away, she will enjoy her self hotter. The old dame never has forgiven mo for marrying you. I don't blumo her for that, but she will be glad to have me away." I don't want her or anybody! Jl only want you," Ruth had given way at lust. Her body shook with sobs and hor tears fell without thought of stay ing them. 'But dear. I shall come bacK soon mid with my belt hung with Hun scalps hone." Brian tried to joke, but his own voico sounded full of tears. And ho wrapped his arms more closely about Ruth. "But maybe you won't come home." "Oh, yes I shall. A bad egg, you know, and also only tho good die young. And whatever I have been famed for, it never has been goodness. So don't order widow's weeds expecting any chance to wear them. I only hope I may do what it is up to me to do," his voice suddenly grown grave, "and then it doesn't really make any difference what happous, does it! "I suppose not but it is hard, Brian, awfully hard. Harder than you know," sho reiterated. "Yes it is always easier to be tho one to go," then: "but cheer up, Ruth. We'll have those Huns licked before you know it. I must go now. I'll run out and say good bye to Rachel and tell her to take good care of you; altho there's no reason for it, as she almost worships you. Sho isn't tho only one oituor." Someway, that last scntenco warm ed Ruth's heart; and when he came buck she had put all thought of the overhead telephone conversation from hor mind, and was only absorbed in duty of sending Brian away with a smile which she managed to do, altho it was an effort. "I'll write every chance I get," he had said. "I'll send yos a letter every stonm or," sho replied, "I'll be watching for them. Good bye darling!' 'and he was gone. JTor a long time she sat by the window, where she had watched him go down the street, with long, swinging stride. She wondered casually if she wouldn't have felt happier if he hid planned for her a little. Of couse it wa8 nice to be thot capable, but STOCK RAISING S ON INCREASEJN OREGON Report Of County Assessor Shows Large Valuation Increases Also. LABOR COMMISSIONER GIVES HIS REPORT TO STATE LEGISLATURE Child Labir Is Increasing Mrs. Trumbull Advises Stricter Legislation. When the county assessors made their assessments of property this year for taxation there were 1,510,853 sheep - ,M l i i'i nil annAi;nr. 1 emu muur cimuiLiuiis, n rvsuuiv ports compiled by tho state tax com-of shipbuilding conditions, wages being mission. This is an increase over last ; paid in various industries and crafts, year, when tho number of sheep and housing conditions for Japaneso and goats reached $1,4.18,112 and were as- i Chinese in Portland, recommendation! sesscd at $8,727,100. 0f bor unions for legislation, tin Hogs assessed this year number 127, 1 child labor situation, and many othel 74o, with an assessed valuo of $1,117,- related subjects are treated by O. P. 012, while ayear ago the total num- Hoff, labor commissioner, in his bieur t J?f!i ' ' " assessod value nial report t0 tc legislature. 0 J?" ' U b-a v a . . Products turned out by the 1949 li lLtLl' the labor bureau for 1917 and 1018 "6'UJI u-i')VU x aoavMl'H U-L if J.ijMUjC- THE LARGE MINORITY IN ls LEGISLATORS (Monday Ruth Asks Her Aunt To Visit Her.) A heavy freshet in the Cowliti river this week swept many million feet of logs and timber past the booms at Kel so. Lewis county is pfenning structure at Chehalis for soldiers and sailors to last vcar. I vmueu ai vz,z6i,z6i, tno rcj,orl This year's reports show 10,002,397 """" " ""J acres of tillable land assessed at $230, , crease v " preceding bienmum. 418,168; 4,240.,515 acres of tunber lands ml. Wage Scales, assessed at $68,861,617; Improvements' The report shows that following wag on deeded lands assessed at $27,145,367 8Calc in gallons Oregon industries, town and city lots assessed at $218,-' Agriculture From $60 to 73 V 553,603; improvements on town and month and board; harvest hands, front city lots, $90,865,131; merchandise and 3 to day and board; skilled help, stocks, $39,804,085; money, notes and 'rom $5 t0 $6 a day and board, accounts $23,551,549. " Mining and quarrying From (3.51 to $5.L'5 per eight hour day. Mwinfacturing From $3 to $3 a day. Construction From $3.50 to $5 a day for laborers, $8 for carpenters, and otk- (LaGrande Daily Observer.) or skilled mechanics receiving wages Seymour Jones of Marion county has based on this schedule, been chosen speaker of the next house Transportation and public utilities of representatives. That is, he has been Common labor, from $3 to $3.50 per so considered by a majority of the mem- 10-hour day; mechanics, from $4 t bers of the house and therefore he will 7.47; carpenters from $5 up. be speaker. He defeated Denton Bur-1 Trado-Frora $6 to $7 per eight hour dick of Eastorn Oregon, and the whole dy- legislative bunch from east of the Included in tho report is a depart mountains is left in the minority for mental report from Mrs. Millie R. Trui tlio next sossion. Sometimes this is fat- tn secretary of tho bureau of inspee- al to legislation for a atrong minority t'on of child labor. She says that chid will clash with the maioritv until thern Inhor, increasing on account of war coo- is nothing to the session but clash. This ditions, has become a serious problem year it is not believed such a condition for tho state, She says; will follow, even though the ininoritv is there, aro many dangers confrout- very large and healthy. It is thought : tho state as a result of the intru that Sneaker Jones will show hi nn. ! sion into industrial lifo. of this uruvl prociation 0f the entire state to a point -c'iild workers due in largo, measurf , wnere no win at least give suitable rec- lu luc ""ggerai,ea iuca given tae youth ognitibn to the boys from east of tfte a? to his Plaee in the world. H is maintains though they did not supfml man's place at a man's wagoi him for speaker. with but a youth's judgment to maiu The Evening Observer mentions this taiu the ba'i"iee. now to impress upon any one who may . Dellll0.uency Increases . have influence with any member of the "Delinquency is increasing; cxtrava- ncxt legislature to urge harmony and Sant expenditure of high wages is ere- single purpose of the body. There is Btin "responsible habits; parontal con- mueh to do and the Willametto valley ro1 is relaxing, and is resolving itself boys, although in a big working ma- into a decided menace - There havs jority, will find that Eastorn Oregon boon moro runaway boys than for many is of some consequence and is of great yars- They are attracted to tho city help if they will but take off tho bife- b? tho reports of high wages and wo odds in favor of the valley and let tho find an army of J'O'ithful hoboes travel- liuneh grass fellows play on an even in2 the coast from Vancouver south break. stopping in each city only long enough. to bocomo dissatisfied with its rnatrim Itions. 1 "Tim vminii;ia . 1.- mmm , in k stricter regulation throueh child Inhnr uvii vvu in iiiiii i .. , uh, u uigner sianuaru or scholarship before the child is- allowed to leavo school, a deeper sense of the parctital ! responsibility established Hi frequent prosecution, for iiarcntal do- linquency on the part of juvenile court A , l nf Cll T ; authorities, and a recognition of tho nppui UUUlUCUl Ul Ol&W I SACS ruinous policy now being followed by Trt Vanniic fniinfloc WMa r"y..tmpl?-verstha. nf outbidding v ituivuo wvuiuiM luuuv icucu ouier in wages." Rw fAmm.coi'nn . commends Ruling. VJ VUUUIMOOIVU. Marion county stands third in tho list according to the amount of state taxes to be paid by the various coun ties next year. Multnomah comes first) Umatilla socond, Marion third "aud Lane fourth. The apportionment of state taxes to the various counties was made by the stalte tax commission today. Multno mah county will pay $1,092,418, or a little more than 36 per cent of the to tal. Umatilla county will pay $130, 319,60, or a little over four and ono half per cent of the total. Marion county will pay $128,128.60, or nearly four and one quarter per cent of the total. Tho total amount of state taxes for next year is $3,021,402, and tho por tion for various counties are as follows: Benton Clackamas I'latsop Columbia MARION COUNTY THIRD; IS TAXES TO BE PAID $37,901.60 102,966.40 . 84,605.20 .. 43,586.80 . 28,667.00 . 2S.80O.OO 15,714.40 22,455.00 93,367.40 Deschutes Hood River Jefferson Lineoln .. Linn Marion 128,128.60 Multnomah . e 1,092,418.00 Polk 54.666.20 Tillamook 48,076.60 Washington 88,243.00 Yamhill 68,631.20 ft- Tho Journal Job Department will print yon anything in tho stationery line do it right and save yju real money. The report recommends that the in dustrial welfare commission mako a ruling which will prohibit night work for boys up to. 18 years old. It pointo out that many high school bovs attend ed school during the day and worked ia the shipyards until 12:30 at night. "This double duty," says the report, may not be hard on a grown man--although thero are but few who carry it but for the growing boy, not yi't through the adolescent period, it is lit tle short of suicide. Nfcht work U hard enough for adults-it is ruinou. for children and. should be stopped it we have any thought for their futuro health and working power. Some par ents seem to have gone money crazy and children are being sacrificed to the opportunity which the war industry has brought. ' 'a the interest of this department in its work of protection of the work ing child, we ask an advance of tho school qualification to the eighth grade, under the age of 16, before a child i eligible for a permit." Salem-Jefferson Road Should Be Improved (Jefferson Beview.) Salem merchants seem anxious t ect a paved road t0 Portland and when they got ,t they will find much of their tmde will bo diverted to the metropoli . ue ol lnem geem, to think th- '""S""1 section worth lookir.ir after, and the road from Jefferson to p. " 'ne W0Ta 'n the country. Tho Carn al Journal is the only Salem in stitution that seems to realize that tho south end of the eonnty i entitled to some road improvement. Lin county i awake to her interests and will pare from thi ty to Albany and will get the Jefferson trade that goes away from home; Salem trade will g to Port land and Salem merchants will loso both "gom' and eomin.' " Journal Want Ads Pay cost $200,000.