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he Capital Journa
CHARLES H. FISHEB
Editor nd Publisher
MONDAY EVENIINB
March 10, 1919
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HELMETS AND BONDS.
THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL
Is the only newspaper in Salem whose circulation is guaranteed by the
Audit Bureau Of Circulations
MANDATORIES OLD AND NEW.
The term "mandatory," so conspicuous in the League
' of Nations constitution, is a novelty so far as the ordinary
citizen is concerned. But the thing.it stands for is not
new. lhe United States has long been acting as a man
datory without anybody ever suspecting it.
As. used by the Paris peace conference the word
means a protectorate established over a weak nation by
a strong one, under international authority. Thus Brit
ish South Africa may be given a "mandate" to govern
uerman Southwest Ainca; Japan may be made manda
tory for Marshall Island; the United States a mandatory
for Mexico and America.
The only new element in this mandatory business is
the formal sanction of an international federation. Once
the meaning is made clear, it becomes evident that the
United States has been acting as a mandatory for Cuba
ever since the Spanish-American war. The mandate is
none the less effective because we give it to ourselves,
with the passive acquiescence of the other powers, instead
of accepting it from their hands.
We are acting as a mandatory today for Nicuragua
and Santo Domingo, without even so much legal sanc
tion as the formal treaty we made with Cuba."; We have
stepped in likewise to restore order in various , other
Latin-American countries from time to time.
We do all this under the general sanction of what
we call the Monroe Doctrine. And that doctrine, be it
recognized, is simply a declaration whereby President
Monroe, about a century ago, named the United States
as mandatory of the whole western hemisphere. He did
it without any apparent constitutional warrant; but the
principle has been. accepted and made an informal ap
pendage, so to speak, of the constitution.
We have likewise made the United States a manda
tory for the Philippines, voluntarily guaranteeing to rule
those islands for their own benefit, train the natives up
for citizenship, and then give them their freedom.
This mandatory system adopted at Paris, then, is no
alien principle forced on the United States. It is a dis
tinctly American principle, extended to protect the im
mature peoples of all the world.
Waiting until a legal technicality is cleared up, 85,000
German helmets lie in a huge pile at Hoboken, N. J. It
was announced some time ago that captured Hun head
gear would be given away to bond purchasers of the sixth
liberty loan. Great numbers of the helmets were then
shipped to this country for that purpose. .
About this time some one discovered that the plan
could not be carried out because a law forbids the gov
ernment's giving away war material. There was conster
nation until the director of loan publicity unearthed an
old law permitting the government to give away
"munitions of no value."
Even that has not clearly settled the difficulty, and
lawyers are busy finding out the exact law covering the
case.
Somehow the public does not grow wildly excited
over those German helmets. The bond buyers are going
ahead with plans for the next loan without waiting to
hear what the chances of acquiring a helmet will be. The
Victory loan will be a success no doubt even if all those
helmets are carried off by souvenir-seekers -who are said
to be making cautious inroads on the pile.
The- senate investigating committee is being told by
federal officials who have the documents to prove their
assertions that the bolshevik agitators are pushing their
campaign for a bloody revolution openly and without
hindrance. Their organizers are working all the time and
their newspapers and literature are being distributed
throughout the country without being interfered with ex
cept in isolated cases. This situation shows that the nation
faces a grave danger which can best be averted by prompt
and drastic action on the part of congress by passing laws
which will make possible the suppression of the I. W. W.
and similar organizations and the deportation of all those
who are of foreign birth who take part in such organiza
tions. Of course, congress will not do this because the
members fear the loss of a few radical votes, and the '
politician always caters to the votes of the undesirable
elements and not tohse who stand for law and order. The
blatant noise of the agitator frightens the officeholder
and the office-seeker, and that is why the senatorial in
vestigation of bolshevism will have, no effect in assur
ing remedial legislation, '-v .. , '
SHRAPNEL PASSED SO
CLOSE,THOTHEWAS HIT
Mia Day Burned So Badly
He coaid Not Share For
Three Weeks.
Eobin Day who wa. with th Vr.t
Gas regimetrt in France, is honest
enough in telling of his eipej.,ut,
to acknowledge that he was scared
.
DANDB.DTF SOON
RUINS THE HAIR
every time he was under fire. And he
was under fire for days at a time aui
had gone over the top so many times
that the thrill of adventure was miss
ing, but the mighty uncomfortable sen
sation of having bombs and shrapnel
bursting around him was always with
him.
in speaking of his work with the
gas regiment, he says they were equip
ped like the regular infantry but bad
to curry french motar gun aud the
bombs ulso. Hence when the gas rcgi
mout advanced with the doughboys,
each man wus lotded down with 132
pounds of guns and bombs.
instead of shooting gas flames at the
Heines, his regiment shot thermite from
a Stokes motar. This thermite wus of a
material that burst iuto & liquid of
I melting iron and dropped over especial
ly on the machine gunners. Besides fin
ishing the gunners, the thermite in its
! melted iron drops would destroy a
machine gun. After going up in the '
air like a skyrocket the bomb would
burst, dropping the molten Iron on the
The
Super
Store
Uirls if you want plenty of thick.
beautiful, glossy, ailkv hair. Hn'Kv nil machine gun nests, coming down like
means got rid of dandruff, for it will! heavy raindrops where tiiey coma uo
starve your
uon t.
hair and ruin it if
It doesn't do much good to try to
brush or wash it out. The nnlv mm
way to get rid of dandruff is to dis
solve it, then you destroy it entirely.
To do this, get about four ounces, of
ordinary liquid arvon; apply it at
nigth when retiring; uso enough to
inois'ten the sculp and rub it in gently
with the finger tips.
By morning, most if not all, of your
dandruff will ibe gone, and three or
four more applications will completely
dissolve and entirely destroy every sin
gle sign and trace of it.
You will find, too, that all itching
and digging of the scalp will ston. and
your hair will look and feel a hundred
times better. You can get liquid ar
von at any drug store. It in inexpensive
and four ounce is all you will need,
no matter how much' dandruff you
uave. in is simple remedy never fails.
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ine price adjustment comerence now going on in
Washington is the most important business before the
country at the present time. Before business and indus
try can hit its proper pace there must be a general lower
ing of prices so that the cost of living will be within rea
sonable bounds.
RIPPLING RHYMES
By Walt Mason
GOOD RIDDANCE.
We are shipping out the traitors, sending them to
other shores, shipping out the agitators, anarchists and
kindred bores; and I hope they'll all be potted; all be ship
ped abroad and swatted, all the freaks whose heads are
spotted with the customary sores. If a gent comes o'er
me ocean, Here to settle down and toil, we will greet him
with emotion, treat him as decreed by Hoyle; we will give
mm an ine cnanccs to improve nis circumstances, and re
? 1 1 : t i i i ,i .
juice as ne advances, ana witn mm divide tne spoil. As a
host we are a model, if the guest's on labor bent; but we
have no use for twaddle of a traitorous intent; if the
comer's elocution calls for row and revolution 'gainst
each sacred institution, we despise that erring gent. In
the past we viewed with smiling all the loud and frothy
boys, for we found them most beguiling, with their whis
kers and their noise; but the war has made us sterner,
and the frantic language burner, and the blood and cross
bones yearner rather peeves us and annoys. So we stop
him as he preaches, calling for our country's goat, and we
seize him by the breeches, and the collar of his coat; so
we send him sailing, sailing, o'er the ocean wild and wail
ing, and he cusses while hes bailing dirty water from his
BcBSBa
$ .now
s One- of the largest and most important industries
ever brought to Salem will be the paper mill which will
be built, here during the present year. It is one of those
industries which belong to this section because of, the
abundance of raw material, and which will grow larger as
time goes on. Oregon will only come into its own when
it manufactures its raw material at home instead of ship
ping it out to be manufactured elsewhere and then buy
ing back the finished product. The New South was the
result of the policy of consuming the ' raw material at
home, and we can only have a new Oregon when our pro
ducts are made up at home into the finished goods. The
paper mill will mark a new era in the growth of Salem
and it will be a factor in the development of this section
of the state.
Open Forum.
RAISE TELEPHONE BATES.
The old gag about talk being cheap will have to be
put away for good, if the telephone combine gets the rates
it is asking for.
"If "No beer, no work," becomes the national motto,
we can let the cider work.
THE PROMOTER'S WIFE
BY JANE PHELPS
BARBARA FINDS THE DINNER
CONVERSATION ENIGMATIC.
CHAPTER XXVIII.
Again, as I had been many time of
late, I was worried because of what
Neil drank. Miss Wilson touched noth
ing, neither did I. But Mrs. Orron kept
the men company each time their glasses
were filled. Not that any of them lranK
so that it would nave Deen noticed;
but I knew the effect it had on Noil,
and was anixous.
The talk soon drifted to business,
was axtonivhed at Blanch Orton 8he
appeared conversant with even tho do
tails of the mining deal of which they
were talking. I timidly asked where
the mines wcro, and wus told: ''In
Mexico."
Mr. Knyburn then turned to mo an4
asked:
''Are you also interested in mining!"
''Certainly. Isn't a wife always in'
terested in what her husband doest
had spoken lightly, yet I meant my
reply to bo heard and nuticad, especial
ly by Neil and Mrs. Orton. They were
conversing in low tones but very earnestly.
A man is fortunate who can enlist
the interest of two charminiig women"
his soft voice giving tho words a meaning.
''Two!" the question slipped uncon
sciously f.om my lips.
Yes he glanced knowingly at Noil,
whose head was bent toward his hos
tess as be listened intently to some
thing she was saying
'Oh, Mrs. Orton!" He must not
think there wm anvthing going on of
which I was ignonuif. ' 'She is interest
ed in everything and anything."
A very clever woman aud dau-
gerous one,' '
' You wad character!"
I xes, at limes, it is easy so rcaa a
J I woman of her sort. Charming. "fasoinat;
ing, unscrupulous when it suits them"
I was surprised that he should speak
in such a manner, and probably show
ed it, because he added:
"Of course I make mistakes. We all
do snve the professionals.'.'
''What are you two discussing-" Mr.
Dantzig asked, 'I Hajybtirn telling
your fortune, Mrs. Forbes "
''Nc we were discussing charac
ter." ..
"Which he read or thinks he ean.
By Jove you ean, too, Bay burnt That
is, you can at times. I recall that man
in San Francisco you warned ui against
and whom we all liked so well we
would not believe you. You wore dead
right in that case. Ho turned out to be
the biggest scalawag unhung."
''What did he do!" It was Blanche
Orton 's drawling voice that asked
the question, ''Did he refuse to come
in with you on some deal!" veiled
sarcasm in har tones,
Why insinuate, fair ladyf
"I, too, read character at times I
Wash Avay
S!dnSores
D. D. O. hu prmd ttxlfa markabte
remedy. If job art a tulhrar from tkla
dlaram, Incladlnt afctra. pimple
tales, emits or Senna la any form,
this KOMdr will not MM) yoa.
It has ttd tin tart aad tad? la Um
Mater prapwktio ft ail akia dlaaasaa,
Tr rx D. D. tedv,' Wa ruarxataa
Uwtnttwttla. Ma,teaad$l.e.
iEnnD.nD.
M Iotoii5r5kiriDissQaS0.
J. C. Pewy't,
Editor Journal:
w e observe that a meeting is called
at Portland on the 17th for the purpose
vj. vunuig action on tne ttenianilea raise
in telephone rates. It seems preposter
ous that tho company should ask an in
crease over their already exorbitant
rates at this time when everything is
looking downward and the people have
paid out all their available means for
war and the largest bond issue of all
coming. We rec.al that in a little town
in Nebraska of 1800 pepole the Bell
company had sway and had the same
rates as are now charged here, and a
local company was organized. Thov
borrowed tho money and phoned tho.city
with only one person on a wire and fix
ed tho rates at $1.00 for residence and
$2.50 for business phones and paid out
their entire indebtedness and declared
such large dividends that n0 shares
could be purchased at any price; but
how different here in a city of 18,000
with as high as four phonos on one wire.
Wo thought wo would test tho general
sentiment and we spent a few hours
with a peitition just in our own little
locality. Wo took them at random and
saw 4$ persons and 40 signed the peti
uon pledging tnemseives to remove
their phones in ease of a raise, and vir
tually would have signed but in some
cases the phones were iudispensiblo.
If the tame sentiment prevails through
out the city there will be an. enormous
decrease in personal phones in easo of
a raise. The people also feel thr.t the
company has made the demand to ex
compromise and allow them part of the
coproisc and allow them part of the
raise wanted and thus the company
would get all they expected, and the
people would feel as though they had
won a partial victory, and continuo
their phones, and becomo pacified until
such time as the company could see an
other opportunity for a raise.
I urged all of the persons I saw with
tho petition not to sign unless they
positively meant it, and the general sen
timent was that they would not stand
for any raise whatever either large or
small.
jj. H. STJTEB.
am only following your lead."
lhe conversation puzzled me What
did Mrs. Orton mean! I looked to
ward Neil, and he was scowling. Pre
sontly he raised his glass and proposed
a toast to success. I imagined he did it
to change the subject.
For the remainder of the dinner the
conversation vei general. But later, in
the drawing room, Mr. Kayburn rather
devoted himself to meNoil was seated
on a divan talking earnestly to Blanche
Orton, and Mr. Dantzig seemed to be
trying to interest Marie Wilson.
''Have you been in Mexico!" Mr
Eayburn asked.
''No, Mr. Forbes ha-s not been there
since we have been married. I hope to
go with him, should it prove necessary
for him to go again. I have a great
curiosity, about the country."-
''Yon will be delighted with Mexico
City. Many of the old Spanish families
are very delightful, and entertain on a
senlo of which wo people of this coun
try cannot conceive unless' we have
been reeipienta."
"I am more anxious to see all these
wondorful mines than anything else. I
think. I want to see just how they are
worked, and understand all about min-
ing."
''Ion are asking good deal for
promoter's wife," with which enig-
matie remark, he turned to foply to a
question Neil had asked
(Tomorrow Neil Tells Barbara
More About His Business.
you, ine most good.
It. St. Mihiel EriTo.
Mr. Day 'a first experience in looking
death iu, the fu-ce was at the luinuus
St. Mihiel drive. At 8 o'clock iu the
morning of Sept. 12, 1918, under a
heavy barage, his regiment advanced
against the Uermans in thig sector that
the French had never dared to take
from the (.Tcrnians,
Tho barrage, said at the timo t0 be
tho heaviest ever put over in the war,
permitted the gas men and doughboys
to advance over wire entanglements.
shell hoces and wire netting jof all
kinds. The advance was sicuuy and
for five days -Mr. Day's regiment went
ahead so far of tha mess wagons that
the oating of regular meals was out of
the question. At the end of five days
the Huns had been cleaned out ox tnei
famous sector.
Bent to Near Verdun.
From the St. Mihel salient. Mr. Dav-'s
regiment wa. sent to a point 80 miles
northeast of Verdun and it was here
that Mr. Day figured that his time had
come. Speaking of this time when it
seemed good bye to all earthly cares.
Mr. Day said:
'the most serious time I ever had
was while working with the French on
the front lines putting over T. N. T.
from our Stokes motar. The Germans
threw over a heavy barrage including
the trench in which 1 wag stationed.
"At thetime came positive orders for
myself and a few men on thia front
line trench to fix bayonets and repel
the charge we knew wa sure to come.
And when the heines came, they came
in bunches and there wag just a fow of
us with orders to hold.
"We all knew it meant death or
capture and we had to just wait thero
with lixed bayonets. And under that
strain of waiting I figured it was all
up with me. But for some reason, the
Germans docided to attempt to Mank
the hill. Fortunately they were beaten
back and after the five hours of waUing
for the attack, we were relieved. When
the fcrormans threw a box barrage we
knew they were after prisoners and
they generally got a fesji with the
barrage on three sides of us, there was
no such thing as getting away or of
having reinforcements sent us."
Shrapnel Nearly dot Him.
One time during the fighting when the
shells were getting uncomfortably close,
Mr, Day thought he had his face shot
off and he was so sure of it that he
called a comrado to do some inspecting.
It seemed that a piece of shrapnei
picked Mr. Day out a-s a proper landing
place and it came so close that it flew
within hulf an inch of his mouth. Now
shrapnel generally truvels at such a
oace that things uro pretty hot along
us way ana when it passed Mr. Day's
mouth and nose there was such a viol
ent burning sensation that he thought
the whole front of his face had dis
appeared. He was only convinced that
the shell had missed his head when a
comrado assured him the scenery looked
natural. Anyhow, the burn wu so ser
ious that for three weeks he was unable
to shave and eating was a serious prop
oion hfwt ....kk ha....u (,otherr yno'74w
osition.
Among Mr. Day's experiences aro tho
following:
Other Experiences.
Traveling to France on the President
Grant with 5,000 negro troops and 2,500
white soldiers. It was in the middle of
the summer and awfully hot. Staying
in an army hospital one month with
the influenza. Riding for three davs
and nights in a small box car, stakd
in just like cattle and 72 men to the
car. Not room enough for all tn lio
down? nt once, so they had to take turns
at sleeping. Three weeks at Brest when
tho conditions wero so bad he felt lucky
to get out alive. .Walking by an am
munition wagon when a shell hit it,
smashing up everything in the neighbor
hood, but getting out without a scratch.
And as 8) mattor of psychology. th
Germans at night would put out sounds
just like a screech owl, which was cer
tainly not cheerful while on duty at
night.
Mr. Day i. for a time with the Lndd
& Bush bank, helping in the income tax
work. He will soon open up his law
office again in tho La-dd & Bush build-
ng- ,
Had Oyer Three Tfeoasand
liberty Planes In Action
"The Super Store puts
Ideals above Profits, in full
confidence that Profits will
surely accrue to fine Ideate
intelligently executed."
Glad to say we have had
numbers of people looking at
those wool fibre and rice
grass rugs advertised last
week. We still have a fine as
sortment of them and more
on the way,
8.3x12 wool fibre .$18.50
8.3x10.6 wool fibre $16.75
9x12 rice grass ...$12.90
8x10 rice grass .....$9.85
Best rug on the market f or
the price.
A WORD ABOUT RUGS.
The junior member of this
firm is now in New York
City, with instructions from
this firm to buy from "The
Makers"-not jobbers--a fine
line of the new up-to-date
patterns made since the war
ended, in all grades of fine
rugs. Any one thinking of
buying a good rug will do
well to waitand see the
new productions. We would
also say these rugs will be
from 10 to 20 per cent lower
in price than rugs bought a
few months ago. Wait and
see these rugs.
SEE US FIRST!
CHAMBERS
AND
Washington, March 11. The A. T. V
had 3,031 Liberty plan, equipped with !
uoenv motors at the front when the
armistico was signed, according to
Major Eobert J. Bates, Bignel corps,
who arrived here today from -France.
Major Bates, who flew the first eom-
vvie American airplane at tne iront.j
said Liberties were assembled, tested'
and torned over for action at the rata ,
of forty a day on November 11.
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