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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 28, 1919)
Editorial Page of The Capital Journal TUESDAY EVENING January 2S, 1919 , CHARLES H. FISHES Editor and Publisher Published Every Evening Except Sunday, Salem, Oregon. Address All Communications To BALEM 136 8. Commercial St. OREGON SUBSCRIPTION BATES DtdlT. by Carrier, per year $3.00 Per Month- Daily by Mail, per year ...3.00 Per Month.. 45e 35e FULL LEASED WIHB TELEGRAPH REPORT FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES W- D. Ward, New York, Tribune Building. W. H. Hock well, Chicago, Peoples 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 ean determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone 81 before 7:30 o'clock and a paper will be sent yon by special messenger if the arner has missed you. THE DEPORTATION BILL. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper in Salem whose circulation is guaranteed by the Audit Bureau Of Circulations "THE LEAGUE IS HERE." Maybe Premier Ciemenceau was misunderstood when he seemed to declare for a return of the old "balance of power". At any rate, if he was ever committed to that 1 olicy he has changed his viewpoint. His inaugural ad dress as permanent chairman of the peace conference t howt d him apparently as earnest and eager for an inter national peace league as any of the more outspoken dele gates from other countries. It was not the old, familiar "Tiger," but a genuine idealist, who spoke of "the new institution which we will try to establish, in order that nations may at any length escape from the fatal embrace of ruinous wars." "It is a great, splendid and noble ambition which has come to all of us," he said. And he added these significant words: "We have come together as friends. All else must be subordinated to the necessity of remaining friends. For the league of nations is here. It is yourselves. It is yours to make it live; and to make it live we must .have it real ly in our hearts." ' This need not be taken as mere sentiment nor mere courtesy. Ciemenceau is not given to either. He evident ly regards the allied nations assembled in Paris as con stituting, even now, a veritable league of nations. They are. in fact, a league which has made peace. It remains to preserve peace. The allies are the natural charter members of the league of nations that is to be created as a permanent organization. The French premier s idea evidently is to keep them together and keep them functioning in this capacity. This is a natural and practical way to go about it. "Later on. enemy countries can be admitted when thev have made sufficient reparation and established stable governments of the right sort. We have no desire to enter into any controversy over the Salem-Silverton road work. We have said it would not last and the best way to prove the assertion is to wait a couple of years and then look it over again. It is cheap work of anything but a permanent character. We called attention to this fact not for the purpose of attacking any official but because it is of interest to the people and tax payers of Marion county. The county has done good work, and if a mistake has been made in attempting to build a road too cheaply or for any other reason, then the officials in charge should profit by the mistake in their future operations. That is all the interest we have in this road matter to see that the taxpayers get their money's worth. RIPPLING RHYMES Bv Walt Mason HONEST POVERTY. It is unpleasant to be poor when cold winds sweep across the moor, fresh from the arctic pole; and honest poverty looks stale when it involves the lack of kale to buy a ton of coal. On summer days we sit around the drugstore or the village pound, and jeer at heaped up wealth; why should a person lust for gold, for bonds and stocks and gems untold, if he has strength and health? We do not envy any gent who is beneath the burden bent that rich men always bear; while we have roofs above our heads, and frugal meals and truckle beds, for wealth we do not care. Oh, thus we spiel when days are warm, and there's no symptom of a storm, we hand out just such rot; we think we mean the things we say, we shoo the plu tocrat away, and boost our humble lot. But when the snow whirls by like smoke it's blamed unpleasant to be broke it jars the honest soul to eat the last remaining prune, and feed the furnace with a spoon, a-husbanding the coal. Oh, then one longs for precious stones and dia dems and silver bones, and bullion bars that clank; one winds the clock and fires the cat and yearns to be a plu tocrat with plunder in the bank. Attorney General Gregory's bill calling for the depor tation of all aliens who have been interned, on the ground that internment has proved them undesirable, is good as far as it goes, but it does not go far enough. It will be dif ficult to frame any bill which protects the nation fully against the undesirable alien, because, as the New York Times points out, "Aliens who come here for the purpose of destroying our government and wrecking our institu tions do not announce their purpose through a mega phone at Ellis Island or Castle Garden." Any bill which handles the subject should include the deportation of those found guilty of harmful acts or in tentions in days to come. If we have not learned to be suspicious of the stranger within our ' gates, we have learned little from the war. The United States has been the breeding spot of: seditious plots, and the only way to treat such a condition: is to remove the source, just as is done in yellow fever and typhoid. To convict and imprison such people is not enough. It only suspends their period of operation. When they are set free, society has not only social disturbers but ex convicts on its hands, and they surely are not more de sirable in thatate than before imprisonment. "Clean out the rats! Stop up the holes!" That is the way to rid the country of these vermiri. Trip Commercial club's annual membershin meeting is to be held tomorrow night and there' should be a large attendance. Salem never faced a brighter outlook for an era of growth and prosperity, than at the present time, hecanse of the nromisinsr industries which are based upon the fruit and other products of the surrounding territory. If the city does not enjoy a marked and substantial growth this year and in succeeding years it will be the fault of the people of Salem in-failing to take advantage of the opportunity. The Commercial club should', be made the center of all our work for the upbuilding of the community and this cannot be done unless the member ship and interest is general. The annual meeting tomor row should launch a movement for a greater Commercial club as well as a greater Salem. ., si " - -Cc -. Some of that attack on the state highway commis sion looks to us like a barrage on the part of) the paving combine to conceal an offensive movement on. their part and any move made by the paving gang ought to be offensive to honest people. We only know that some of the men who are loudest in charging the commission with crmfr in tho lptt.inpr of contracts, are undoubtedlv. very close to the paving trust themselves. We still believe the state highway commission is on tne square, ana are in clined to think that is why it is so bitterly attacked from certain quarters. Senators Borah and Chamberlain object to every thing and everybody connected with the war. Their la test move is for general amnesty for every soldier con victed of any kind of an offense by court martial during the war,a sweeping proposal, but demagogue politicians always make sweeping proposals. When they go out after a certain class of voters they promise anything, both the possible and impossible, in order to round them up. The Oregon boys, or a large number of them, are ex pected soon to reach New York from service overseas. There is a big reception awaiting them when they get back home. , , with a laugh. But his eyes were a little moist, his manner very tender because of Ruth's thought for him. That night after dinner they talked or" what they had done during the day, of all they hoped it might mean to unan to nave an office m such a lo keality and in the same building with men or amirs. Kutn astonished Brian with her grasp of both essentials and what he had deemed non-essentials, but waien he saw were really things neces sary to build himself up in his pro fession after she had explained. Ruth was really very practical where business matters were concerned. The responsibility which had been necessar ily ners Decause oi tne war taxing so much of her-employer's time and at tention, so throwing on her shoulders the onus of the business, had develop ed her greatly along the practical hues of affairs .Not only had she become an artistic and valuable member of Han del's force because of this, but also because she had, through this late ex perience, become almost the business manager of the firm as well. Brian was truly astonished at her acumen, but he said nothing of this to her- He was too well pleased with the way matters were going; too happy that she was going to ,at lest, be contented to remain at home. "Will it put you out if I bring Ma jor Williams home to dinner tomor row night 1" Brian asked as they start ed for bed. Kuth was delighted. More because it proved that perhaps she was doing what would be for the best happiness of both in the end, than because she really cared about meeting Major Williams. (Tomorrow Ruth Plans a Surprise For Brian) "Mother's Tender Flowers" Watch the tongue of your young! Children droop and wither if you permit .constipation poison to be absorbed into their delicate systems. Hurry! Give Cascarets to clean the little clogged-up liver and bowels. Children love harmless Cascarets because Cascarets taste like candy only 10 cents box! Grand! L J 9 Open Forum THE UTOUENZA SITUATION AND THE HOSPITALS. Editor Journal: The curront epidemic of so-called FRENCH SOLDIERS LEAD IN WORLD'S SACRIFICE At the outbreak of the war the pop ulation of France was 36 millions and of these 6 millions have been offerod on the altar of freedom, thereby load ing every other nation. We of Ameri ca must be very grateful for thig and laWi Kf or n k.vuluablfc remedy for stopping 'liver and intestinal ailments discovered by the peasants of France, which it ia reported has saved many lives in Ametifta, prevented thousands of gurgica'l operation and relieved in calculable suffering among its people. Geo. H. Mayr, for many years a prom inent Chicago chemist, imports the in gredients and sells this remedy under the name of Mayr's Wonderful Rem edy. It is a simple, harmless prepara tion that removes the catarrhal mu cus from tho intestinal tract and al lays the inflammation which clauses practically all stomach, liver and in testinal ailments,- including appendici tis. One dose will eonvince or money refunded. J. C. Perry, Capital Drug Store, and druggists everywhere. When a child's tongue turns white, breath feverish, stomach sour, mothew can always depend upon safe old "Cascarets" to gently, yet thor oughly clean the little liver and bowels. Cascarets are just dandy for children. They taste like candy and no child need be coaxed to take them even wjien cross, bilious and sick. Each 10 cent box contains direc tions and dose for children aged one year old and upwards. Spanish influenza has thrown a stag- goring burden on our hospitals. The situation would have been serious in normal times, but today the depletion of medical and nursing staffs and the demands of the army adds an element of strain which cannot be ignored. Sit uations of difficulty and stress calling for clearer heads frnd stout hearts, how ever, are just what hospitals, physicians and nurses are trained to cope with. These are signs that the high point of the epidemic hag passed and the one thing most needed now is for everyone to understand exactly what his part is in the b.tttlo against this malady. Wha-t can hospitals dot So far as devoted effort and sacrifice' are coil corned most of them are doing all that is humanly possible. Surgeon General Buport Blue of the U. 8. Publie health service, has issued a personal appeal that nurses be released from private duty foT influenza epidemic work, and that voluntoer nursea aids be employed. It is the duty of the every hospital to employ and to train nurses aids is the firm beliof of J. 0. Cobb, senior sur geon of tho U. S. public health service, in charge of a division of Illinois. One trained nurse on an eight hour duty should with ten aids under her be able to. euro for 50 pationts on a floor. Dr. Cobb hag called in the public press to ssk womon to help in this emergency J as a patriotic duty. Tho epidemic is by no means over, Iut by tho mean just mentioned with the aid of the hos pitnls and rlivoieia'it and hearty co-operation of the pub.ic at lcrge, aid of somo kind assured ."or all who need it. , Warning is given out by the govern ment to liifluoiva convalescents to gutird against tuberculosis. A large number of states are setting aside una hospital for Influenza or any othor suit able building, allowing one half for couvnli'jceiits and plenty of time given for quarantine. Those suffering from influenza are at once removed to the hospital just as any smallpox case would bo nnd cared for in the same manner. This home property fumegatcd by mi-? thoritv and all -healthy- -persona- being -. careful taking : hygienic procedures. There would be no need for the closing, of schools, churches and places of busi ness would not be paralyzed. A NTJRSE. AIRPLANES IN WOLF HUNT Indianapolis," Ind., Jan. 28. Air- plane3 will participate in a wolf hunt near hero tomorrow. The aviators will keep in touch with the hunters on th ground, directing movement of tha forces. Several wolves have been ob served in the vicinity recently. 4 MM TVip TTnitArt States is nnlv insisting that the treaty at . . i . . i r T i i i i 1 Versailles be made m the way tnat tne united states al ways made treatiesopenly and honestly. A French steamer nassiner throuah the Strait of Mes' sina escaped Scylla and Charybdis, and was blown up by amine. Page Homer! THEWIFE By Jans Pholps. BRIAN RENTS THE OFFICE RUTH SELECTED. About eleven o'clock Ruth and Brian called on tho agent who had so kind ly allowed Kuth to hold the option so long a time on tho office she selected- iShe felt almost afraid to ask .him if it were still vacant, but when ho assured her that it was, and added: 'I was perfectly sure you would want it, Mrs. Haekett, so hnvo not tried to let it," she thanked him profusely. Brian was delighted with it. The locution just suited him, and the room was bright and sunny with a small waiting room leading into it. It was all the space he should need until he became famous, he remarked jokingly. ' Which I hope may be very soon. Lieutenant," the agent ploitely replied. ''It IS going to be soon," Ruth ad ded with decision. Ruth insisted that thoy at once get the office cleaned and furnished. In this she was not qiute as unselfish as it might appear. She would have some thing to occupy her miud for a day or two -the first spent eut of business in years. To tell tho truth, Kuther rather dres)ed these first days, although she in no way allowed regrets to fill her mind, 8he couldn't! Brian was too boy ishly happy. If, in his exuberance, he aid things which hurt a little if he didnt seem to realize that she had given up any thing really vital for him she tried not to notice, and did not explain. Brian's absence, his dangor, his wounds, and lastly the recognition giv en him by his coutnry, had made all her own desires and plans seem very unworthy to Kuth as compared to mak ing her soldier-husband happy and con tented with his home. This she realized that he never had been. And she also sensed that it was partly because he did not feel that it was MIS home; but he thought of it aa HliR home, the homo she provided The agent had recommended clean ing woman who was wroking in the building, so Ruth left Brian talking to him while she found her and made ar rangements for the thorough cleaning of the office. Then she and Brian measured the floor and windows- Kew shades and nice rug wore the first requisites. They went at once to de partment stors and selected thorn. Then they took a taxi and drove to the ware house where Brian had stored his small law library. They ordered tha books de livered, but Ruth decided the old book cases wouldn't do. It was an old wal nut one Brian had picked up for a song whea he first left college and opened his office. ' You must have, the sort fo book case which eaa be added to as you bnr more books." Buth said deeidedly. " Yon are going to need mora books right away. You haven t near as many as auntie's lawyer down home had." ''Considering that Mrs. Clay borne 's lawyer was an old man, and had been practicing many years. I scarcely think that is very strange," Brian returned . . - - ' ' ; Jh'. 1 i,Tf. ' ( . ' I Jiff !, , , , is : . J V !,' V ".'.: : 'i - - f- "' i' i " ! f s . I Safety First THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO CHANCE FOR ELECTRIC SHOCK IN USING ' ThefRobinson Electric Blanket IT WILL REACH NO DANGEROUS TEMPERATURE, no matter how tt long it is turned on. The danger of burning the patient or the bedclothes has been overcome by the scientific design and construction of the blanket. . The saving in time and labor, as well as in hot-water bags, pays for a blanket in a short time. 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