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itorial Page of The JouYti CHARLES H. FISHES Editor and Publisher SATURDAY EVENING February 22, 1919 Capital al Published Every Evening Except Sunday, Salem, Oregon. BALEM Address All Communication! To 136 S. Commercial St. OEEQON Sl'BSCKIPTION BATES t:i v. rr.xr 5.no Per Month , .. . -45c Daily by Hail, per year- ..3.00 Per Month,. 35e FULL LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH EEPOKT HUNGRY HUNGARY. FOREIGN REPRESENTATIVES W- D. Ward, New York, Tribune Building. W. H. Stoekwell, Chicago, People'! Oai 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 yon on time, kindly phone the circulation manager, as this is the only way we can determine whether or not the carriers are following instructions. Phone II before 7:30 o'clock fcnd a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the arrier has missed you. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper in Salem whose circulation is guaranteed by the ' Audit Bureau Of Circulations WAIT AND SEE. Tf will Vip a n-reat relief to the world when the decis ions of the peace conference are made generally and fully public The public has really waited with considerable patience tor tniS pUDllClty, ana lias reanaeu wiai, tuc ca rlolnv inevitable. Uiciiuuua eiiMivv .n.v j -- -- , , , There seems to be creeping into public opinion botn here and abroad the feeling that there is a tendency in certain quarters to make the peace terms unduly easy for Germany. It is more than hinted that America is not interested in maintaining as strict a policy as is tne ae sire of both the French and British public. - With th rmhliRhinff of the neace terms it will doubt less appear that this nervousness was premature. The people of the United States have not forgotten in so short a time either the sufferings of France or her allies, the insults, trickery and conspiracy which has been aimed at their own security. . A tw npace which in anv sense compromises Germany, which fails to put her in her proper place as a defeated and despicable traitor to mankind, would be resented by the entire American public as failing to express either their true sentiments with regard to their own safety or their honorable intentions with regard to their allies. Nor was it possible that they have been represented as nav inir otiv nfVlpr fpfiinp Fairness and common sense forbid uncertain conjec ture or uninformed criticism. .Even the doubters owe it to themselves to wait and see. Trip rpnsnn whv fie-titinff was kent up by the Amer ' icans until the very moment the armistice went into ef feet was that the Germans continued to fight, and the VnnL-o nr-nnoprlprl tn fflVP t.hpTYl AS POOd aS theV Sdlt. We remember reading a specific incident mentioned by a well-known correspondent at the front. The commander rf an AmpripflTl hatterv knew that the armistice would take effect in a few hours and told his men there would be no more fighting, and his guns were not worked untu a German shell burst among his men killing and wound inc several. The commander then ordered his battery into action and kept the guns busy until the last minute of the time limit. That incident probably explains why there was fighting on the American front after the armistice was signed. The socialists are meeting with their usual success in establishing stable government in Germany, ine tor mer" empire is so quiet and orderly that Villa will be emi grating there from Mexico tne next tnmg we Know. RIPPLING RHYMES By Walt Mason MAKING BOOKS. I'm glad I didn't cross the brine ere Kaiser Bill took in his sign. My friends all said, "You ought to go, and write some rhymes about the foe, and that will make him throw a fit, admit he's had enough, and quit." Three time I packed a large valise with pipes and socks and elbow grease, and said, "I'll hike across the foam," then chang ed my mind and stayed at home. It's fortunate I didn't go, or I'd have multiplied your woe; for I'm the sort of busy gent who'd jot down notes where'er he went, and then come home and write a book as everybody does, gadzook! The presses groan away like fun, they turn out warbooks by the ton, and all the gifted inky guys are writing yarns of German spies, of mighty combats here and there, up on the sea or in the air. Consumers cry, ''We've had enough of this soul searching, curdling stuff! So give us cheerful tales once more, as in the sunny days of yore!" But still the presses whang and clack, and turn out war hooks, stack on stack. And there'd be one or more by me, had I gone slopping o'er the sea, instead of which I stayed at home and kept a poultice on my dome. ' 8B8B8B8BaB8B8B9B8B8B8B Now the Hungarians want a king. Poor things How could they tell that a democratic form of govern ment might give the people a right to be happy, but that they have to make their happiness themselves. They thought that happiness was something that you found under your plate at breakfast, not something that you fought, bled and died for, and a king might give it to them! . It will take a lot of those bewildered nations a long time to get the sleep out of their eyes "and realize that freedom is only one of the essentials of happinessthat it is a tool for the worker, not a gift to the shirker. Probably the real truth of the matter is that Hungary is not hungry for democracy, nor for autocracy, either, but just plain hungry. The complaint of the small sawmills of Oregon that they are being discriminated against because the govern ment wants the railroad ties it pays for up to the stand' ard it contracted for, emphasizes the difficulties of gov' ernment ownership. The mill owners would not think of making such a ridiculous complaint were the railroads under private control. They would furnish ties and other material fully up to standard or they would be rejected and that would end it. Now that the government is oper ating the railroads, the mill men make a plea for public sympathy that they are being put out of business, and immediately the qeustion that is purely one of business becomes a political issue. Even now partisan newspapers are alleging that the state's industries are being closed down because the national administration refuse to take inferior railroad ties at high prices. Now that national prohibition is practically accom pnsneo, tne proiessionai prohibitionists must seek an other field for their activities. Rev. Clarence True Wil son has opened the fight against tobacco which he as' serts is damning the world and populating hades with lost souls. We had thought there was some, hope for the salvation of the world with John Barleycorn disposed of, but it seems, according to the immaculate Clarence, that the human race is still heading straight for perdition. If this is true why keep up the fight? It would be easier, and save time, energy and money to turn things over to the bolsheviks and let them blow the world up in a hurry and be done with it.- This eternal struggle, for reform is growing as monotonous as it seems to have been futile so far, in the estimation of good Brother Wilson. We have never been a very strong supporter of Gov ernor Withycombe, but this thing of providing his suc cessor just because his health is not robust, strikes us as premature and cold-blooded. The people re-elected the governor and, bowing to the will of the majority, we hope he will live to the end of his term and many years beyond it Also, we would like to see the cheif executive brace up and show these fellows who are so anxious about fill ing his shoes in advance that he is worth a dozen dead men, and purposes to live to hand over his office in per son to his successor. Here's to the governor's health! THE PROMOTER'S WIFE BY JANE PHELPS One of Neil's Deals Goes Through CHAPTER XIV. "Hip-hip-hurrah!" Neil it was whose voice had rung out in the cheer- I was waiting din ner for him, but had not heard him come in. "What's it all about?" Ho had incss all day, and he doesn't want to talk it all night a well." I said no more about the business, i but told him of the conversation I had heard at the Waldorf. I described the men, and asked if he knew them. He said he did not recognize them from grabbed me around mv waist and wasjhiM, id. It it wae some other Forbes. the world like a mad Dervish. ! ! T TV?? 7 T "It's over! The deal went throu,, "ot. " ?e,L 1 wa ched ,hn? " 1 re to-day. My, but your husband's some! A ;7 T T 1 money maker! Say you're proud of catd; J had gotten n0 word of what STATE CHAMBER IS DSiViNGFORHEMBERS Campaign NqW la Swing Most Comprehensive Ever Launch ed In This State. John L. Etheidge, state chairman committee on membership, Oregon Stat Chamber of Commerce, having complet ed the committee's nrmniziirinn ilirmi. Bab!' Say it quick or I'll go tnd 1her had fT' h.ad made "?e 00 nI: ghout the state, has begun a vigorous someone who will. Anxious as ,0U8- Just ! 1 f'.nlshed looked UP " ' ,.Jv lu.v. f. was surprised and puzzled to see a wave r 6" a"'!'- " 'Of course 1 am proud of you, you me. find To show how easy it is to appropriate money this session, it might be mentioned that an appropriation bill for $2000 for some sort of an 0. A. C. experiment station near Astoria was passed twice. It seems that the printer made a mistake in the number of the bill and reprinted them, both batches of bills being distributed among the members. Both bills passed without opposition, the only difference in them being their number on the calendar. , Senator Poindexter comes from the bolshevik state of Washington and Senator Borah was elected with the endorsement of the non-partisan league in Idaho. Both oppose a League of Nations to enforce peace. Washington couldn't tell a lie, so his biographers as sert. Statesmen of the present day are not so constituted, and, naturally, fall from grace sometimes. The grip of the fish and game commission in Oregon is even stronger than that of the paving trustbut then its income is larger. dear boy. I'm always proud of you. ome, you -snail tell me all about it while we have dinner " Neil was very gay all thru dinner. Again and again he reiterated that the "deal had gone thru" and more than once I had to tell him that I was proud of him. We'll go and look at those apart was surprised and puzzled to see a wave! camPaigtt for memlership. lfcnnison rusn across Weil's face. But -cuBnugB says: at the same time he said carelessly: "The Oregon State Chamber of Com- ' 'Thcro tro several families of merce nas launeneU absolutely the most Forbes in New York. But we are not comprehensive, ar reaching and bene related." jf'iciul piece of work of its kind cvor Once again I had been uneasy for , undertaken by the state. n0 reason. I must stop imagining 'T'10 purpose of the chamber is t things, I decided. , encourage tho development of the aa- The remainder of the evening we tural resources of the state of Oregom spent plannine when, we should nnJ of 'trade and- commercial inter ments I told you of, on Sunday, or move always supposing we fouqd an '''ourse between the different parts of would you rather have a house?" he apartment that suited us and what we ho stnto and between this state an J "Shed. Ishnillil An nhnnt t.h ilisnnanl nf tlm nm eOnticuOUS territory and ttl nitli t. jeign countries, and to encourage co-op- ' Oh let us have the apartment. A 1 Wo wore then oceuDvinir. house isn't half so pretty nor so easy! "If you rent it furnished or nnfur to manage. But Weil, why not stayln;shed you may have tho rent," ho here until our year is up t We'll have saij to pay unless wo find someone to'takej ob; n, suroly rent u but j hate 1 ' , , ,,,, ! t0 let anyone have onr things.' w.nta.Lh1 u"11'.1 S8? unot'i "Wo shan't need or want them, as fast as we can, then we'll show them a few things." ('Them" be ing his friends of course) ilo was so boyishly happy, I said no more. let 1 dreaded the thought of change. The apartmont, while not large, was comfortable and was almost luxurious in its furnishings. With the two servants I had little real care, and we had been happy there in our first some. After Neil's first ebullition of joy had somewhat subsided, as we were sit ting in the library, sipping our coffee, I tried tgain to question him "Acver mind the details, Bab. The thing is done. Tou couldn 't understand if I tried to tell you." ' ' Lorraine said today that if she mar ried she would want to know all about her husband's business. It mado me realize I knew absolutely nothing of yours. ' Sho probably would have to take it out in waiting. Men aren't apt to tell their wives very much of their business. Women gossip too much, for one thing; and for another a man has to talk bus- NO VICTOEY LOAN. .... (Modfor Mail Tribune.) There will be no fifth issue or liberty bonds no "Victory loan" a it was to havo been termed, under an agreement reached by the house ways and means committee and the secretary of the treasury. Instead a series of short term notes will be issued, at interest rates to be fixed by congress. The existing liberty loan legislation authorizes the issue of five billion dol lars of liberty bonds at 4 1-4 per tent interest. In the opinion of the secre tary and of the congressmen, this in terest rate is insufficient to float nhe bonds successfully. Bonds of the pre vious istiues are now selling at a dis-1 Bingham count th&t yields 4 1-2 to 5 per cent on tiho was given $500 alimony and $10 a the investment and, without ho pat- month for the support of each of her stay here." The very next day I found & tenant for tho apartment who would take possession whenever we were ready to vacate. I had spoken to the superinten dent, and he sent his man to me a bachelor who would take it off of our Imnds if we would leave the furniture. Tomorrow Bab's Mother Gives Her Good Advice. STATOTNEWS.' (Capital Journal Special Service) Stayton, Feb, 22. E. M. Olmsted, former publisher of the Stayton Mail, has tradod his job printing office in Eugene for a newspaper at Cambridge, Idaho, and has moved there with his family. The Coon Hollow school is preparing for a basket social and entertainment to bo held a't- the school house Maroh 1 Mrs. E. T. Matthieu visited in Sa lem Wednesday. A. I. MuTphy and wife visited Port land 'several days this week. Thurston Thomas ami wife, of Jor dan visited Mrs. Cox tho first of the week. Warren Richardteon is now emnloved in the court house in Salem, assisting in cnmp'-Hng tax records Miss iicla Phillips, who has been act ing as nurse in town during the flu epidemic, has gone to Salem. John Clark, son of J A. Clark, is visiting his parents here. He recently arrived from France, where he served with tne Canadian army. Harry Humphreys arrived hnme from Camp Meade, MVL, Wednesday eve ning, where he has been the past sins mon'ths serving in the inian.rj tio isj glad to get homo. Mrs. M. J. Smuck was granted a di vorce from Wellington Smuck in Judge court in JSiUem Tuesday. Oregon may have the poorest penitentiary of all the states but our assortment of convicts is just as complete as any of them. We'll bet those Salem boys who are landing in New York today are experiencing the happiest day of their young lives. . The record of appropriations passed bv this legisla ture sounds like the financial plank of an old-time popu list platform. - Chancellor Ebert says Germany is done forever with "nobility". In that case there's some hope, for German honor. If you attended that show at the penitentiary, vou can realize why traveling vaudeville talent is so scarce. The reconstruction plans are fine for everybody iust as long as the taxpayers will stand for it. The paving trust lobby has no cause to worrv over how a majority of the house will vote. riotic stimulus of tho war, it is ques tionablo whether a fifth loan could be floated successfully at the old interest rate. Instead of bonds, a series of short term notes will be issued probably bearing a higher rate of interest and maturing in a few years. These will make an excellent investment and they should market themselves by the aid of the banks, although it may bo necessary to use the machinery of the liberty loan drive8 in an off ort to markot these fed eral notes. - SCOTTS MILLS NEWS (Capital Journal Special Service) Scotts Mills, Feb 22. Friends quar terly meeting held at Highland Friends church in Salem was well at tended bv members from Scotts Mills. Mr. and Mrs. J. K. Coulson, Mrs. F.thel Cox. Mr. and Mrs. F. V. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Taylor, Miss Har ris and John Ritchi motored to Sa lem Friday to attend the Friends quar terly meeting held last Friday and Sat urday. David Delano took an auto load of young folks to Snlem last Friday to attend quarterly meeting at High land. Those thus attending were the Misses MaMfl and Edith Kellogg, Win nifred and Lillian Frnzier. B A. Adklleman accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Hen Whie and Mr. Lutgen, motored to Salem Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes and family are expecting to move to Portland soon. J. A. Addleman, manager of a large sporting good house in San Francisco, visited over night with his nephew, C. A. Addleman and wife this week. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes and family and Miss Lila Brorigher visited over Sun day, with Mr. and Mrs Leslie Ramsay of Salem. J. A. Taylor was a Salem visitor Wednesday and Thursday. F ,C. Harris was a business visitor at Portland and Newberg this week S. L. Frnrier and family, who have been living here for several months, are expecting to move back to Salem soon. Mr. Fraiier has been the prune association rxvokkeeper. Mr. and Mrs. E W Bartholomew are exrweting a wek end visit from their, son, Irving Delano, and family - of Portland. JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY children The high school girls are planning a basRet hall team under the direction of Mrs. TcgeTt. The boys basketball team of the high school went Friday evening to Wooilburn, to play the high school team in that town. Mrs E C. Pecry of Portland visited the first of the week at the home of her parents, Mr and Mrs. W. H. Hobson Henry Sihroeder, n Lintf cnunty young man, is home safe from France, where he paw some hard fighting, put ting in nineteen days in the trenches. He came through without a scratch. Mr. Silkworth, who has been inter ested in tho Brown-I'etzel saw mill. has sold his interest to other members A DAINTY ELOISE This very pretty little blouse was made of sheerest voile tucked wtth the tiniest tucks and banded with blue linen of a Chlncsey hue. There are rows of hemstitching put in Just for trimming and the set-in sleeve is cut in a graceful point to fall over one's hand. cratiou between the various chambers of commerce, industrial, "agriculture una otner organizations throughout th" state and to goncrally increase their efficiency. 'The valuo of co-operation needs n comment. Whatever is beneficial to ona section of the state is beneficial to th state as a wholo ,and whatever bene fits one community, thereby benefitting the state as a whole, works to tho be nefit of each and cvory community ia the state, regardless oi 3W uisiaui, re moved it may be. The chamber's slo gan: "Oregon For Every Community; Every Community For Oregon," is a real slogan, abounding in meaning anl concisely, elearly and absolutely ex pressing tho purpose of the state chain-. ber. "In order to accomplish this purpose it is not enough that coramei-,u,i Do dies, associations and individuals giva unto the chamber thoir moral support uud individual effort it is essential that tho chamber be founded upon a sound financial basis. To ruieo tha necessary funds, "The Sinews of War" and in order that the chamber may otherwise properly function, its mem bership 1ms been divided into three clas ses: First, Commercial, consisting of lo cal chambers of commerce and commer cial clubs; second, Association, consist ing of industrial, agricultural and oth er oiganizations not formed for private purposes; third, Individual, non-votins members. "The annual fee for the Commercial membership is $10, for each one hund red members of the loeal club. nm for each additionr.l no hundred mem bers or major fraction thereof, the max rnnm fee not to exceed 50. The holrler thereof being entitled to one' vote for : each $10 fco; the number of votes for any one commercial organization not to exceed live. The annual fee for the Association membership is 420. Thia entitles the association to two votes. Tho ajinual fee for Individual I ship has been put at a minimum $5 per member. No maximum has been fixed. It is platuicd by the state chamber to rniao npproxinintcly $50,000 from indi vidual memberships outside Multnomah county, and approximately the samo am ount within Multnomah county. This is imperative in order to put tho stat chamber upon its feet financially ana in order to make its work effective. Tliis is a gigantic task but we havo set ourselves to it and it must and will be accomplished. "A membership committe. with a livo wire as chairman, has been named by ilr. Etheridge for each city in the state. Each of these committees has been noti fied that the quota for its citv is a certain number of individual members, representing a minimum quota of a certain number of dollars. In raising this amount of money the state com mittee prefers to have the local eom- mitteo secure at least the minimum. number of members at the inimum fee of $5 per member. However, tha plan of raising the local aloltments ia left entirely to the local committees! A local committee may find one person ia its community who will pay a sum equ al to its entire quota for n wagia membership. However, the greater number of persons brought into tho chamber the greater will be its strength and the more ef Ct'ctive its work. "Asido from tho stated quota to bo raised by each committee in its city and community from individual member ships, it is expected and requested by State Chairman Etheridge that eaeh lo cal eommitee secure at once, if it has not already been sent in, a commercial membership from the loeal commercial club or chamber of commerce oi its city; that if such an organization does not exist the local eomittee will proceed at onee to brganize one in order that its community may be properly and duly represented in the state chamber and havo the right of easting a voVa, ot votes, therein, and hence a voice in tha affairs of the state champe Also the local committees are ask ed to secure association membership from any industrial, agricultural of oth er organization not formed for private purposes and existing in its city or community. of the firm and has gone to Portland. J. il. Kingo, the undertaker, list or dered a new auto hearse, which he ex pects to have ready for use about May Oeo. Kcibert visited several days this week with relatives in Salem. Ben Gehlen made a business trip ta Portland Friday.