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.T. , t cxx p mi O "s n .... CHARLES H. FISHES Editor tal Publisher norta e or i ne vavitai jour, SATURDAY EVENING April 12, 1919 I Pag H 8 LI Published Every Evening Except Sunday, Salem, Oregon. Address All Communications To A (TbcDailiiX&nii.ftl Ifouraal AXIM 136 S. Commercial St OEEQOX flVBtCRirTION BATES DsT.y, by Carrier, per year $3.00 Per Month. tiiy by Mail, per year 13.00 Per Month- 45e 35e FULL LEAStl WIKE TELKUHAKtt KEWKT FOREIGN BErBESENTATlVEa W I). Ward. New York, Tribun Building. W. II. Btocfctrell, Chicago, People's Oas Building The Daily Capital Journal csrrier boys are instructed to put the papers on the porch. If' the tarricr docs 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 w can determine whether or not the curriers are following instructions. Phone tl bcloro 7:30 o'clock end a paper will be sent you by special messenger if the arrier has missed you. THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL Is the only newspaper in Baleut whose circulation is guaranteed by the Audit Bureau Of Circulations MIXED MEXICAN SITUATION. The present Mexican government, according to le ports from Mexico City, refuses to be worried by the ac tivities of the anti-Carranzistas so long as they confine their activities to "paper armies." But a perusal of the jiress reports eminating from the southern republic would indicate that the "paper army" to which the reports un questionably refer the unknown armed strength of the revolutionary movement recently launched by General Aurelio Blanquet may easily develop into something far more substantial than the Carranzistas anticipate, or ad mit openly. Carranza claims a well-equipped and loyal army numbering 100,000 men, while the Blanquet forces, with which are combined the few hundred bandits under Diaz, are said to be about 40,000 strong. , The size of the oppos ing forces, however, is not a safe ground upon which to base a forecast of what the revolution may eventually amount to. Mexican soldiers, as past experience has demonstrated, are easily led and loval to the leader who pays best for their loyalty. And General Blanquet may bid high for such troops of the government forces as he thinks he needs. Blanquet is not a second Villa, or even of the same cast. Besides having a record as a soldier behind him he holds the rank of field marshal in the Mexican army he is popular as a statesman of the con servative type and holds the sympathies of the land hold ing class of the country. Hence, his financial backing may be as substantial as that of the Carranza government. Ho is, one mighb say, a popular, though somewhat aged, idol of the land-holding class and picturesque enough to gain a following among the adventurers who make up the professional soldiery of Mexico. Blanquet's chief strength lies in the probability that b will gain the solid support of the reactionary party of PRICES Quality Goes CkarTlirou$ti Your order for a Dort car must be placed quickly if you desire early delivery. For some months to cpme we will necessarily have to deliver; cars to buyers in the exact order that they are ordered from us. Doit ownors Mild vthrra hnukl mrnd for tha " War Memorial Numhrr" of our parindieal, DORT DO. JNGS, puMiswd January 15. It tall a graphic atory, mmtlly in picrurwa, of thia company' activi tiaa during the war and will pro yaluablm mw nr ro thoaa lntnrrttd In tha big part playad by thm automobila Industry in tha graat ovnltict. Your for tha aaking. KltbllUt IM'lt.') Swfii mi t'ar SVLn - rrs Mi v,r i .hi. - WS E.m - - P6 t.l.ti-r VM t O. H r.i-tnry Wire WluwM v4 6vr jvm K&UV .-us'-' .-.i-atsK. j. -w r i W i SALE! YEIE COMPANY 1G2 N. Commercial St. Salem, Ore. DOM MOTOK. CAK. COMPANY the old pre-revolutionary regime, and the reactionaries, largely the political and military chieftians of Porforio Diaz, have gradually gained power at Mexico City and now hold manyamportant posts under Carranza. Added to this, the reactionaries practically control the military organization of Mexico and the loyalty of the troops de pends, in a large measure, upon the loyalty of the reac tionaries to Carranza. Former Diaz soldiers are said to hold practically half of the commissioas in the present Mexican army. Little heard of during recent months, but perfectly alive and waiting only the opportunity to turn his bandits loose in the northern part of the country, is friend Villa. It is not likely that Villa would join directly with the Blanquet forces, but with Blanquet entertaining the Car ranzistas in the south, Villa could be counted on to start some fireworks in the north. In spite of the press-agented calm of Carranza over the situation, it is not at all hard to believe that Mexico is becoming slightly jealous of the European revolution monopoly and preparing to stage a bolsheviki tea-party of its own, minus the bolshevists. Wilhelm and von Hindenburg were not the only bluf fers among the Prussian war lords. Documents recently found in the archives of the Austrian foreign office tell of an interview between Count Czernin, then Austro-Hun-trarian foreign minister, and General Ludendorff. When j Czernin told Ludendorff that internal conditions in Aus jtria were so bad they would have to sue for a seperate j peace, the latter is said to have replied, "If you try that i I will march on Vienna." Several hundred thousand Aus- trians were killed in battle after that The Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company made more money last year than ever before. And in face of the excessive dividends it is paying it now asks for a raise in rates. There is not the slightest ground for asking or reason for granting, this request, taking the company's own statements of its operating receipts and expenses. SELF DETERMINATION FOR THE FILIPINOS. If it is admitted that the Filipinos are now ready for complete independenceand that is a question which will doubtless be fully debated in congress when it meets- there could hardly be a more opportune time for granting them their freedom. There is no question, of course, regarding the policy to which the United States is committed. By repeated and explicit declarations the Filipinos have been prom ised their independence as soon as they proved them selves capable of self-government. Those pledges were given voluntarily, before the United States became in volved in the world war, and before there was any of the current talk of "self-determination of peoples," as the only democratic and legitimate ' basis for settling the world's affairs. In the last few weeks this principle, previously agreed to in theory by all the powers engaged in the war, has been finding trouble in its practical application. France and Italy are balking in the matter of letting the inhab itants of certain desired territories do their self -determining. So are all the enemy countries and most of the new republics risen out of the war's ruins. Great Britain, though apparently in a reasonable raood as regards new accessions of territory, finds the Irish problem more em barrassing than ever. Japan frankly demands certain islands by right of conquest and is in trouble over her domination of Korea. In the midst of all this mess the United States is the only belligerent that asks nothing for herself. It is this disinterestedness that has done more than anything else to give the American delegation its prestige and power at the peace conference. Our material assets, our man power and our good will are important factors, but the chief factor is our moral strength. Obviously, we should add to that strength, if, at the very moment of insisting that the other powers allow small nationalities to determine their owri destiny, we proceeded to exemplify the doctrine by freeing the one nation subject to American rule which wants its free-1 donv Wonder if it wouldn't be possible to end the peace! conference by some kind of an armistice by which the I talk would end at a certain hour and minute? I Aside from the prospects for an extra session of con gress the outlook for after-the-war reconstruction is de cidedly rosy from every standpoint. This is going to be Salem's biggest year of growth, making up for the past five years of comparative inactivity. Avoid Trouble at Teething Time by giving baby MRS. WINSLOW'S SYRUP TU Mud' uJ CUWi lanbkr By causing the stomach to digest food as it should, keeping the bowela open and by giving baby less food, the first teeth never cause trouble. Contains no harmful ingredients formula on every bottle. Use it and note how easy and comfort able baby is when teeth come, At all JrmagUtt We ought to have a local baseball team as conclusive evidence that things are normal again, if for nothing else. THE PROMOTER'S WIFE BY JANE PHELPS BAB'S INDIGNATION 13 ALL DI KECTED AGAINST BLANCHE QETON. CHAPTER LVI. I was terribly indignant with Neil. Nothing, I told him, could exceed the business of his proevedings. That he should make Blanche Orton, a widow, the repository of his business affairs, was scandalous. There were clubs, res taurants and hotels where he ciuld take such uicn ns we eould not receive in our home. It vwin't necessary to take them and inci lontally himself to her. He listened for a while in silence. He naa exnaustea himself before 1 liml a chance to say nil that was in my mind. Then he broke out: "You refused to help mc. You ero though you are angry because of Blanche 's kindness to me have not uf fered to do what she is doinij heli me. You are too hi;h and mighty to make youiself agreeable to men who m.-.ii success to me, money for you. Yet you object to my havinir a friend who cares enough for ;ne to muko herself attract ' ive to my business acquaintance!, that snp helps me nlreadv more than vou tor luiuro use. Haltman." 'Iid you play for high stakost" "Fairly high" "Can't you tell mo things without my having to pry everything out of you?" "And soileny you the great iilea.iure ever have in all the years we have been j y0" em U! liml '" ,"'t'ii"g mo I vousf How dured she invite him and his business friends to dinner and slight me. his wife No? that 1 wanted t go if those horrid men were there; but was it her place to givo me the chance to refuse, if 8he asked my husbaud. That she knew 1 hud refused to en tertain men of Hnltinau's slump and had offered to help Neil by having them at her home, would have angered mo still further had 1 known it. (To Be Continued) EASTERN STAB AT TUENEB Victoria Chapter, No. 76, O. E. 3, held a very interesting und fnyabla meeting in the Masonic lodgo rooa Wednesday night. Visitors from Halem and Aumsvill were present, and the work put on by tho different officers of the lodge, is the initiation, was perfect and called forth much praise from tho members of they fairly glured at ine. Had Neil also loved her! Did he care for hor now as a woman, or only as a means to an end? That, I must know at all haz ards, and at onco. Jealousy of her was the predominant ! the Kalem Star. feeling now. I cared nothing about the A program was given, consisting of business, her connection with it. It was, vocal and instrumental music, the beau- Hlanche Orton, the fascinating widow witn wiiom i was occupied. "What did you do after you finish ed eating" I asked. ''You certainly didn't stay at the tablo until one o'clock? 1 recall distinctly that was the hour you came in." "No, if you feel interested, we play ed cards." His sarcasm nearly made nie cr.. oei i wuiKca tne tears Dack anrtur,, th,.m. short talks were given and "li'mWI" 8 80lcal tlmo cnJyciL The genial -t- v i . ti i. , , . , inosphcro was so keenly felt that tht br i'iT; W" 1,1 ' P'V oPny seemed loath t0 leave until n U1U U i1 W0""'';KI!nu' I the wee small hours of the morning. I ncsnsciously I registered tnat name Tribune. tiful, new piano being used for tho first time. A recitation was also iriven br Miss I.ncilo Gray. At a lato hour the members and (fuests, joined tho friends who wcra waiting in tho room below, where all then became seated at tho beautifully decorated tables and proceeded to en joy the usual eats which wero act be- Tribunc TUBNEB PARENT TEACHERS Salem newspapers are biguer and better now than! they ever were before, because Salem is a bigger and bet-: tcr town than ever before. Newspapers and the commun-' ities in which they are published grow together, except that the newspaper generally keeps a few laps in advance and points the way to progresss. No one ever saw a dead community that possessed a live newspaper. 9B8BSSS68B86ffi8B868B RIPPLING RHVMES By Walt Mason married." I recalled wlint she said about get ting rested so she eould properly en tertain and interest somo one who bor ed her. fcho did this for Noil. Tho full significance of tlii action on lier part rushed over me. Mie was in love with Neil and hod taken this way to make him care for h.'r. She had been in love with him before Orton died, I tlioiiRlit bitterly, as I recalled many nine uiiiigs wtucli were uniio ticed at th" time because I had tli oi nor n.( married, anil so not iree. -Now A large and enthusiastic sudionea was present at tho l'arcut Teachers' meeting lust Viiday night. Tho pro gram arranged was splendid and each participant did exceedingly well. Thi address of welcome by Prof. UlougU was comiuendablo. The recitation delivered by Miss Lu- cile Cray was one of the best that our people huve over haa ine pmuuie of hearing. Tho vocal and instrumental music was very fine and well rendered. Tho violin solo by Miss Uuby Lister was highly apreeiatod by the audience and showed great talent for ono of her WATCHING AND WAITING. Watchfully we all are waiting;how will things come out at last? Will the Germans quit their hating and live down their ugly past? Will they see that hate's an error, will they fully realize that to rule .the world by error isn't pos sible or wise? Will the German love his neighbor in the golden days of peace, or be anxious to belabor t'other fel low with a creese? Oh, I do not trust the German, though he act like Sunny Jim, though he hand me out a sermon or put up a pious hymn; he is great at talking virtue, he has morals by the stack; but he'll take a club and hurt you if you chance to turn your back. I'm afraid the German's hating with mere passion than before; while he cringes he is waiting for another whirl of gore. Now he is of hum ble seeming, speaking in remorseful tones; but I fear he's always dreaming of more corpses and more bones. He is re;ulv with his pledges, he will spring them with a will; but the German always hedges when he comes to pay the bill. "I'll be true and good'', he belches, "I'll btrpure, al ready yet;" but the German always welches when it's time to pay a bet. Oh, I hope he'll be a winner, that his virtue won't grow faint; but I never trust the sinner who becomes a sudden saint. An eccDciay that Is a pleasure to exercis: Drink a' well-made cup of delicious would not be so cruel. I rushed fn m the room at this an-' ser, und threw nivself upon the bed. I sulihimr nnit rrviiirr l.Itt..li. T i...it (. -'.'-" I'nnii.. 4. mimed him to tell ine till about that dinner, and while he had riot refused to an swer my questions, he HAD refused to talk about it or to satisfy my curios ity in any way. " ' j He had gnm'bled tne! Was that some thing else men hud to do to cet hni- ne from then' common menf I didn't nKl'' -1'"3 "-'"dimr by Miss Jewel Stool believe it nnv more than I lielievml it Wl19 ell given, and tho pupils of Mrs. was necessary that they should bo en- Marader's and Miss Smith's room-, Now j,l'rt.'iiin '1 in our homo. ( usual, pleased the on lookers. j "I suppose she was all dressed up in T,H' ,lllk of iIrs- i- I" I'ulkerson oa ! some of her queer gownsf" I said to primmy work was not universally ap- myseir when X grew more calm. "They proved hy those present. Ideas not put inre onlv intended to make men stare , mto practical use are null and void. anyway!" Many suggestions mado were impracU I realized, long after, that all my Jn-'cnl. Farmers should know when they lignatit n that day as directed toward j need the labor of their children, not tha Blanche Orton, instead of toward Neil, teacher. Her tulk could have been more What right had she to even alloy him harmonious and not so critical, to make her home a business rendez- AH the nresent tit.ihcrs havo been ro- trpointwl for iim'Vr venr. Tribune. BAKER'S mm a 3 SMilsi with a meal, and it will be found that less of other foods will be re quired, as cocoa is very nutritious, the only popular bever age containing fat. t Pure and wholesome. 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