.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.
Booklet of Choice Rerqx
eat fra.
Walter Biker & Co. Ltd.
buttM 130
DORCHESTER. MASS.
yimim- ijnnw
W-W.. 7m TL p r ,.,, r ,,,,,. p ,,,,,,, ,
i' y 'it 'TZu . ? j
. S. ' . 'M, i
Federal Supervision
As both a National bank and Member of
the Federal Reserve System, this institution
is supervised and inspected by the govern
ment. This means the necessity of conform
ing in foundation and operation to the rigid
regulations provided for the protection of
both bank and patrons.
You'll find such elements not least
of the many qualifications of the
.idfeii MfedSMes'
Oreort
vSalem.