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ge of The Capital Jourtia TUESDAY EVEXIXO February 18, 1919 CHARLES H. FISHES Editor ul Pnblisher aitor. icd Pa Published Every Evening Except Sunday, Salem, Oregon. Address All Communication To 'BALEM 136 8. Commercial St. OBEGON BUBSCKIPTION BATES Daily, by Carrier, per year $5.00 Per Month.. DaiSy by Mail, per year. $3.00 Per Month.. 45e ..35 FULL LEASED WIRE TKLEORAI'H BEPOBT FOREIGN BEPBE8ENTATrVE3 W. D. Ward, New York, Tribune Building. W. H. fitockwell, Chicago, People's Gas Building lie Daily Capital Journal carrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the poreh. If the carrier docs nof 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 Bl before 7:30 o'clock end a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the asrrier has missed you. THE DAILY CAPITAL JCTJBNAL Is the only newspaper in Salem whose circulation is guaranteed by the Audit Bureau Of Circulations 9B982B8B8B8B FRANCE BLOCKS RUSSIAN ACTION. J. W. T. Mason, who writes expert opinions on war and foreign political subjects for the United Press, thjnks that failure of the Allies' plan to bring about a conference between the rival Russian factions to date is due to the influence of France, which has inspired the conservative forces in Russia to refuse to participate in the proposed Princes Islands discussion. One more step has thus been taken to continue the division of sentiment between Russia .and the western democracies and to encourage the Germans to plot for a future Russo-German alliance. Neither the French states men who have so strongly criticized the Princes Islands meeting, nor the conservative Russians, who have reject ed the idea, have made any counter proposals, except to urge America and Great Britain to send armies into Rus sia to overthrow the bolsheviki. This solution has been proposed exclusively in the in terest of Russia's foreign creditors and those domestic factions that cannot find support for their doctrines within Russia itself. Neither America nor Great Britain will consent to declaring war upon Russia for such pur poses as these. A renewed effort, therefore, will have to be made to bring about an understanding between the western rations and the bolsheviki or the policy of isolating Rus sia must be continued. The latter alternative is the most fruitful attitude the western nations could assume for Germany's benefit. It will be impossible for Russia to be ostracized long after the ' peace conference adjourns. TWpflftpr if t.h allies nontinue to sit bv in loftv con tempt of the Slavs, the formation of a rival "League of Nations" with the socialistic government 01 uermany will become Russia's aim. How continental Europe can oppose an alliance of this character has not been explain ed by the statesmen of France. If such a union of forces is permitted to occur it will be one of the most stupen dous diplomatic blunders in modern history, probably making another war inevitable. ARE YOU A CAPITALIST? When people talk of "labor" and "capital", they us ually mean by "labor" the man who works with his hands by the day. By "capital" they mean the corporation or big employer who grinds down his workers for selfish reasons. No wonder labor and capital, as thus represent ed, are opposed to each other. This is due to a misunderstanding of , the terms. Everyone who helps to produce anything useful to man kind is a laborer. The man who sets at his desk and plans is as much a'laborer as the man who drives rivets or watches'a loom. He is entitled to the reward of his RIPPLING RHYMES By Wait Mason AUCTION SALES. It is the time of auction sales, when farmers sell their junk; regardless of the rains or-gales, the auction brings a lot of males to blow the hard earned plunk. I never knew an auction yet upon a sunny day, it's always either cold or wet; when I go home I need a vet to drive my ills away. I much admire the auctioneer, who braves the rain and snow; his smile extends from ear to ear, he springs the gags I used to hear some forty years ago. We stand around, a dismal group, upon the frozen lawn, and buy in churn and chicken coop, and hear the long drawn plaintive whoop of "Going! Going! Gone!" We buy up loads of moldy hay and scythes and grinding stones, and whiffle trees and whips and whey and mangy hens too old to lay, and horses mostly bones. We buy old pumps and rusty plows, and sick, moth eaten sheep, and superannuated sows, and bony, prehistoric cows, because we think they're cheap. To get things cheap, I dare maintain, is mankind's chief desire; and so we stand out in the rain, and bid on useless things and vain, bid like a house afire. effort. Nor could the mechanic exist without his fore sight any more than his plans could take shape without the strength and skill of the manual worker. Capital is "an accumulation cf the products of past labor capable of being used in support of present or fu ture labor." That is to say, every man who, by work and thrift, has been able to save money or buy furniture or a house or a bond, is a capitalist. Does the man, who, by hard work and careful expen diture, has been able to buy a little home for his family want this reward of his labor swept away? There is not so very much of the "undistributed sur plus." If no food were produced in the world for a year, next year the world would starve. During the war almost no building went on and already there is a lack of shelter. Everv man who saved enough from his work last year to make him a trifle more sound or comfortable this year is a capitalist. Every man who aids in the produc tion of utilities is a laborer. If the rank and file of laborers and capitalists would stop calling each other names and get together to produce more goods for the world's comfort, realizing that their cause was a common one, the small percentage of grind ing, greedy profiteers at the top and the idle, greedy trouble makers at the bottom could quickly be disposed of. The very fair and unbiased Oregonian was very much opposed to a League to Enforce Peace so long as President Wilson was its principal advocate. Now, how ever, with former President Taft at the head of the movement in this country, the Oregonian has come to see where it is a mighty good thing. It even accuses Pre sident Wilson of being only a late convert to the plan and criticises his statesmanship because, as this very fair and unpartial editor avers, he -was not far-seeing enough in his statesmanship to originate the idea. In only one thing is the Oregonian sincere and consistent, and that is in its uncompromising partisanship; if a choice between its country and its political party becomes necessary, you may always expect to find it lined up against the govern ment. ' State Highway Commissioner Booth writes Oregon ian that he is in favor of the anti-paving trust bills before the legislature. He states that such laws are right and that their enactment will help instead of hinder the work of the comromission. When the Oregonian asked for Mr. Bobth's views on the subject it no doubt expected him to take the other side. The Portland paper, which has been opposing "the fight against-the paving trust, finds that the commissioner in a very brief letter knocks all its arguments in favor of the -trust in the head, and disposes of the question so effectively that there is nothing more to be said. ' "Never," says a recent market report, "have there been so many hogs in the country as at present." We al ways feel that way, too, when our bills cdime in on the first of each month. "We will call on the old German spirit of Weimar," said Chancellor Ebert to the German national assembly. "We will be an empire of justice and truth." It sounds fishy, but we're willing to learn. . "Check-rein needed oh congressman," says one critic. But it can't be anything compared to the rain of checks that will be required if the congressmen keep on passing those billion dollar appropriations. . The paved roads of the future will be mighty fine for fellows who can pay the increased license fee and all the additional taxes, and still continue to own a car. away as long as he wished to pursue any course that would advance him one hair's breadth in his business of mak ia gmoney or which held out promise of reward. Then, of tea when we were alone he was inanimate from the extra labor, and I would feel irritated that he was so. Even the way he relaxed, scarcely speaking unless I questioned him, an noyed me immeasureably. I commenced to feel that I had a rival. I was miserably jealous of him. That my rival at this time was his work, and not another woman, detract-' ed little from by bitterness of the riv alry. I was well aware that we needed money, must have a eertain amount upon which to live. But his salary had seemed to me so adequate for our wants, that I thought him foolish to want to earn more. I should havo been wonderfully surprised had anyone ftdd mo that soon my every act, my whole mind, would push him toward success would urge upon him the necessity of financial increment beeauso of my demands upon him, as well as because or his own extravagant tastes. Already I was willing to have nothing but the best. We had been married about two months, in which I had been wonder fully, gloriously happy save when Neil came home too exhausted to talk to mo, One night he came home to dinner ju bilantly, full of high spirits. On his face was the look of a man who is tri umphant, assured of sucecss. He seized me in his arras and covered my face with kisses. He looked tenderly at me as he held my face in his .hands. Bapidly he explained to me that a deal upon which he ban been working for months, was going through that it meant money for him, for us. I interspersed questions, words cf praiso and congratulation. But he was so engrossed in his own delight that he scarcely listened, and he did not roply. 'It is certain we will be rich, and soon!" he executed another pas seul while the dinner cooled on the table. During the meal he talked constant ly, Once when he halted I asked him how must he would make. When he told me, I gasped for breath. It was in conceivable that we, Neil and I, should have so much we would not know what to do with it. 'Don't worry about that I" ho laughed at my expression. "Wo '11 find ways to dispose of all I ean make." (Tomorrow Noil Praises Blancho Orton) m THE PROMOTER'S WIFE BY JANE PHELPS THE PROMOTER'S W1FT AT FIRST BARBARA THINKS HER HOME WONDERFUL; CHAPTER X. Neil's face held always a look that puaxlod me. It nils the luuk of oue who lived life eagerly never thinking be yond the present; never finding it dull. And vet there was also another FLOWER OF FRANCE FREELY OFFERED FOR FREEDOM'S SAKE Six millions of the youth and chiv nlry of Franco have been offered that freedom might live. The world will ever remember this heroic staerifice and outpouring of the blood of its youth H is likewise not unmindful of the great service to the world render ed by the French peasants who have ffiveij it a perfect remedy for stomach, liver and intestinal Ailments, relioving it is said, incalculable suffering, sav ing thousands of lives and preventing innumerable surgical operations. The ingredients are imported and placed mi sale in thij country over tho name of Mnyr's Wonderful Remedy by Geo. II. Mayr, a leading Chicago chemist. It is a simple, harmless preparation that removes the catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and allays tho in flammation which causes practically r11 stomach, liver and intestinal ail ments, including appendicitis. One dose will eonvince or money refund ed. J. C. Perry. Capital Iriig Store, and druggists everywhere. HOW TO WAVE HAIR TO APPEAR NATURALLY CURLY The tight little curls so dear to a woman s heart, the kind that remain in curl under any and all weather con ditions, are best acquired by means of the new silmerine method. This sim ple method enables one to have the prettiest waveg and curls imaginable, with all tho appearance of "Nature's own." eilmerine is of course pcrioct ly harmless. It leaves no sediment on tho hair, nor any sticky or greasy trace. It also serves as a beneficial dressing, 'imparting a lively bistro and wholesome beauty to tho hair. And the hair i8 fine and fluffy when combed out. If one will procure a bottle of liquid silineriuo from the druggist and fol io w.the easy duectsois, she will be pleased beyond words with the result which will be in evidence within three hours, and which will last a long time. The liquid is easily applied with a brush TELEGRAPHICTABLOIDS. Oorvallis, Or. Seventy seven per cent of students nt the Oregon Airric.iil tural collego aro self supporting Many have orlcinal wavs of earning their way. One fair co-ed shinos shoes Chicago The city council refused to put the chore in terpsichore. It declin ed to permit dnneing until 3 a. m. be cause it would demand extra work for the police. look, a sort of recklessness totally at variance with whnt I knew and thought of his character. That he was self-willed, temperamental to a degree, I had 1..... J r. -.!.:.. 1. .J nu nay gj kiiuwiii, uur cuimibui uauj been tlie quiet, undisturbed intimacy ot a small town whore there was nothing to bring out any unusual traits in cith er of us. That he was impatient cf crit icism I realized; but I had been in no critical mood. What ho did was right in my eyes. We were settled and had moved into the apartment- Oh, hoy happy I was! This wonderful home was mine, mine and Neil's. I loved him passionately and he seemed to return it with equal ardor. Not a single cloud could I see ahead of us. When I said something of all this to Neil, he returned: 'This will do for a time, but well soon have something better. I have a littlo deal on that may bring us money enough to live differently." Long af terward. I learned through knowing Neil, that it had been a mortification to him that he could not live in the stylo ia which the friends of his bach elor days lived. Neil's was a firm which promoted mines, oils, etc., he explained. And he had said there was no need of perpet ually struggling. Success, I soon learned is a characteristic women admire in men. The methods by which it is at tained, however, are seldom under stood, nor interesting to most women, I i no different. We were scarcely settled before I realised something that was particularly galling to me; and that was that Neil would leave me at any time stay Carliuville, 111. Figure this one. The son of Ada Coffey, widow, mar ried the daughter of Ira Granger, wid ower; they had a daughter. Now their parents have married. New York Hints to burglars; Don't shoot. When discovered grab your vic tim's pantg and flee. That's whnt one did to Albert Weidenlmsh. How can a man be brave without pants asks Weadenbuali. Boston, Muss. "I'm a teetotler," remarked' a soldier when his brethren congratulated bint on his luck in be ing accidentally locked in a saloon here for a wholo night. IndianapoliB Herbert Quick killed a wolf, was bailed as ft hero and paid 5 bounty Children of Edwar Watts today eon ducted a funeral for their beloved pet. Tha business showing for 1918 of the Lewis Comity Canning association is nn output of $175,000 compared with $125,000 for 1917. PROMPT RELIEF for the acid-distressed stomach, try 19 or threa after meals. isUsnlvedi ob the tongue keep ycur stomach sweet try Ki-moids the new aid to digestion. mad by scon bowne . MAKERS OP SCOTT'S OlCLSiON M 1 A GATHERING OF THE CLAN Next Saturday, February 22nd, there's going to be a meeting of the present and pros pective Pig Club" members of the United States National Bank at the Salem Commer cial club rooms. This meeting is scheduled for 1 :30 and any boy or girl in Marion and Polk county who may be interested is invited to attend. mmiw 6alem Oregon, American Officers Held By Huns For Time Home Now York, Fob, 17. Three American' officers and 38 of the crew of the IT. J S. S. Scorpion, interned by the Ger mans at Constantinople in the early part of the war, arrived here today on the transport Dante Alighieri from Mar-i seillos There were als0 on the trans port 1,550 men of the 51st regiment,' C. A. C. The Sixoala arrived shortly) afterward with 47 casuals for Camp memtt. More than 2,700 soldiers and offie'ers arrived on the transport Eoterdam. They waro members of the 367th in fantry field and staff headquarters com pany, medical detachment, hoaflquarters troops and eompanaes (J. I. K. L and M (51 officers and 1.484 men negro) : de tachment company D, 162nd infantry, Camp Dix; 92nd division head-quarters with Brigadier General James B, Irwin, commandor; 92nd division headquarters troops; cement company number a, Camp Dix, evacuation hospital number 5; 290 casual officers, 79 civilians and 344 convalescents. FOUNDERS' DAY. A meeting in observance of I'limdorj Dnv will be held in tho chapel of ball school of Theology, Wcdnosdf.y. St S:30 p. m. The address will be given b? Professor Edwin Sherwood, D. I' A general invitation to attend is extend ed to the public. " Hop growers cf the Sheridan sec tion are already signing contracts for the hop crop for a three year period, at 23 cents. . CLOVERDALE NOTES. . (Capital Journal Special Service) Cloverdalo, Ore., Feb. 18. Mr. Looney expects to hflve a big auction sale at his place the 18th and of course wants a price for everything, so don't dis appoint him kind friends. Mr- and Mrs. Laurence of Salem came out Friday to visit relatives here for a few days. Mrs. Lawrence wa formerly Gertrude Graybill, and has a host of friends here. Louis Hennis -is reported gaining a little strength, but is still in a very; serious condition. Miss Freeman spent Saturday at the Locale Institute held in Woodbura Mrs. Arthur Eunke has been spend ing a few days in Salem with her bro ther, Mr. Levi Fliflet. Mr. Clifford Hadley went to Port land Thursday on business returning home Friday. Miss Knox went to Silvcrton Friday evening. She will attend the local in stitute in Woodburn on Saturday. Mr. F: A, Wood and son bought a new drag saw last week. 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