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PAGE FOUR. THE DAILY CAPITAY JOURNAL, SALEM. OREGON. Tuesday, October 21, 1919. Glltf (HapUal loumal AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER' ARMY AUTOCRACY. i'ubltiihrd every evening except Sun day bv The Capital Journal Printing Co.. : 13 South Commercial Btreet Salem, OreKon. G. PUTNAM. Editor and Publisher. Telephones Circulation and Busi ' res office. 81i Editorial rooms 82. Kational Advertteinn Representa-Uvea--V. D. Ward, Tribune UuildinK. New York; W. H. atockwell, People s Van Building, Chicago. 'AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION 5350 Certified by Audit Bureat of Circu liiitun. '.' LEASED WIRE TELEGRAPH SERVICE Entered aa second class mail matter fit Salem. Oregon. SUBSCRIPTION RATES Until November 1, 119, by carrier, 45 cents a month, by mail $3 a year.. After November 1, 191 R, by carrier, CO cents a month, by mail $4 a year, Hy order of U. S. government, all mail subscriptions are payable in nd- v.'nee. " t Rippling Rhymes. $ ' Ey Walt Mason. FIZ.I I D OUT I "Dost recall the vjld commotion of a little while mfo, when we had a sort of notion that the profiteers would go? , W'p resolved to prosecute them and to linlsuu them and shoot them, and to treat 'em roush and boot them; Where's that movement, do you know? Where are now the learned attorneys whom ve often used to meet, as they made their frantic Journeys to the . court house and repeat? '.How they used to roar and thunder, how they'd stamp the price hogs under, and de prive them of their plunder, in the name of Mike and Pete! Are the prof iteers In prison, where we snld we'd put them all? Is the boarder getting , his'n, dragging round a. -chain and ball? Is the market' greedy ruler resting In' the moldy cooler, or Is Jus tice but a drooler, with its picture to the wall? I am shelling out my dol lars to tho soulless profiteers; I am overcharged (or collars and fur wad ding for my ears; I nm overcharged , for swe.xters and for Ink to write my letters, and no buccaneer In fetters to : my wistful gaae appears. Odds arid Ends NO BETTER work has been done by Senator Chamber lain than his exposure of the inhumanity and autoc racy ruling the United States army. The cruelty to pris oners guilty of minor offenses, the favoritism shown of fending officers, and the rigid rules of caste governing, show that Prussian ideals rather than American, rule the army. For months the senior Oregon senator has val iently contended for reform within the army. - That this un-American system is due directly to General March, is the charge made by Colonel James A. Moss, a West Point graduate, veteran of three wars, an officer of the A. E. F. and an author of note on military topics, who has -resigned after 29 years of continuous army service, rather than go to a school of line as a stud ent where he was instructor for four years, because the course would ruin his failing eyesight, and because he did not see the necessity of making an officer of his age, experience and standing go to school again. "We hear of 'democratizing' the army," writes Colon el Moss.- "What we ought to do is to humanize the army. During the war the fundamental basic mistake has been treating officers and men like so many 'numbers' entirely ignoring the human element. As a result there exists to day a spirit of discontent and resentment that borders on bolshevism. The American people have no idea of the amount of discontent, dissatisfaction and unrest in the army, due to the high-handed, autocratic way. in which the army has been administered, the pace having been set by the chief of staff, General March, himself." An autocrat, such as General March has proved him self to be, has no business as chief of the armies of the republic. General Pershing openly disobeyed March's silly orders against wearing the Sam Browne beltbut woe to the soldier of lesser rank who shows his inborn democratic indifference to red tape hi the presence of the haughty Poo-Bah of the army. To reform the army, it will evidently be necessary to begin at the top. DEBATE LEAGUE WILL BE OPEN TO 200 HIGH or or PORTLAND'S CHANCE. CMoaao.- Trouble for husbands: John Belli vu fined 10 for merely tailing liis wit'o & liar. ' liu chow a eutirt room to mU til onu . , , . Miami, Okla. Boilanrtat ownen tlimitimed to close unless tuts health de partment order requiring Uisliwasliiiij; lu hot water is rescinded. New. Tovlt. T)uriii( Walter Content's Klist'iii f tioiii t lid dity, 11 uumbur of men moved in Uis home. They moved out .Yt'Htei'tliiy, taking 10,000 worth of goods " Kingston, N. Y, Navnl Lieutenant J. VC, Gregory dropped his pockuthook iu Constantinople several years bro,,' It win picked up by ft Turk and tosckoJ Gregory by mail yesterday. ; t Oruutt Forks, N. 1). Pcmilies JivinR in a f lut woudnrod wlmt broke loose last night. The landlord discovered a uew tenant has tea dogu, a calf, several eats aud it u owl. . Omttlin, Noli. you'll have to hurry if y hi want in on (he giuund floor. Wis. (.M'm'ge Johnson told police (die had bought 31)0 worth, of vtuck ia the lesgne of nation from -two eutnrpriaing strung- COMMENTING upon the Portland business men's ex cursion to southern Oregon, the Portland Telegram says: "The chief purpose is to convey t6 the people of the invaded sections an assurance of actual, practical help. It is incumbent upon Portland to give such assurance. In the case of the construction of the Klamath Falls-Bend railroad, for example, there is a chance for an excellent beginning, but it demands cash rather than an uncertain interchange of pleasantries and vague promises." This is the whole issue ih a nutshell. Portland is long on talk but short in cash when it comes to developing the state. Portland has had such excursions before, social junkets of jobbers for trade, but no Portland cash follow ed to aid in upbuilding the communities visited. Portland cash has been reserved for Portland pro jects or Portland skyscrapers. The promoter of builder from a distance was informed that the subject was one for local investors and local banks to firance and passed up by Portland Bank. And the projects have died abornin' or been financed elsewhere. 4 - The people of Oregon will have a chance now to see whether Portland has at last awakened to her opportun ities and duties as a state metropolis, or whether it is the same old glad-hand bluff. If Portland finances the Klam ath Falls-Bend railroad, we will know that cash has re placed talk and Portland is becoming worth while. HUNTING A HUSBAND By Mary Douglas THE MKKTIXG Ball tiiko City.-r-".Uuv your money li'itn when you leime your door open. Tiiis is a lull of a place. No money. Waffles, " was the liiessugo . a disap pointed Knit l.ake City burglar left, Kftcruut'ato, Cal. M MikoI.caek waiter lu a hicnl restaurant, r find buy money iiijivm the w.urlj'll never .known it.; funny fke, found CiiOOO in f tirremv and two hours later had lo cated the owner. Seward: A pletufp Of n California poppy.'"' Mike is not bound for Goldfield where tiny wealth he mny locate rnnnot be cla4mel, h aayi. " ? ABB MABTHf I We ought t' bo mighty careful who we rent n, hall to these days. -o' fellers befln at th toji an" work ther wny down. I hnvo npoHltlon. It is not as-pood as uiy former one. For I nm to get (20 a week. "But yott can work up," Halt! the nmmiKev, when I told him ot my last year's salary; "and you've been out a year and that count nn'iinm you." ' : .. ' So again I am one of the workers, t hurry for my train. Unfold my pa per. Run down the subway stepa. Haig to a strap. 4nd I am there. My new work Ih not hnrd. I almost wish it were harder then I could forffel niyaelt, Cut I am luoky and thankful to have It. I Khali prove myself so competent, ao thoruuKh, that my posi tion shall be mire. It la a Rood aim. at least. I can hardly believe that, for a whole year. I wna a girl not a work er. Hut tonight, nt the rtmh hour, a short girl, with that "different" look that bel.iK8 to the Square, got on the subway. Vividly, again, I saw my black and yellow atmlio. And Norma Out-ewe anions; her casts. It 'was worth tt. I forgot I was staring at the Washington Hipiare girl. Kor I was only looking through her, into my own past And I suppose she saw in me merely a Phi listlne. But now I am not going to work on, with yeara of drudgery ahead. I am Kolng to have some aim In my life. That other aim Is gone and burled. I am not one to seek after n lost hope. What Khali it bT Shall I iwmI and study? Cousin Sam would help me. there. Or shall T try to understand something of art? Rend criticisms, see pletures and ask Norma Carewe to b niy guide? . "Why the brown study?" I looked up into Tom's nice, open face, "Why, Tom," I said, "it is jilee to se you again," A question trembled on my lips; "Are you engaged to Jeanne again?" But I held, it baok. If Tom wanted to tell me. he would. Put I should not pry Into his affairs. "What are you doing down here?" Tom asked. "Working, of course," I answered. "You didn't think I was a lady ot leisure for life?"I naked, laughing. "You're too worth-whlfr for that, Sara." He Bald, looking down at me. I don't know what it was. In his tone, that made me blush and took down ln to my lap., I found myself telling Tom all about South Minster. Somehow Professor .Coe got mixed in the story; and Couxiu Sam was entangled, too. before 1 stopped. "So you came a wny?" Tom said slowly. "Sarn, I nm glad you are able to do bltf, fine things!" Those words. Where had I heard them before? I remembered: Dr. Bix ly. I said the name out loud, without meaning to. "Dr. Bixby, too!'r Tom said; "Well, Sara Lane, I always knew you for a heart-smasher, but I never knew it was every man you met." Again Tom looked down at me. Again I felt tho slow color rising to my temples. . "I dldu't mean to say that, at all." "I know you didn't," said Tom. "You aren't that kind. vYou would never boast, like Jeanne, of your captures," So he was not engaged to Jeanne! tn that moment my heart gave a great bound. I felt tts if I could-stand up and shout out wth happiness. Kor Tom, of course. Becnime I hated to see him tied to that selfish little wretch. "Oh, Tom," I said, "I'm so glad!" "So glad?" he asked questioningly. "So glad you're not engaged to Jeanne." Tom looked at me with an exirei. slon that I had never seen before. I iound I wus harrying up the path and saying, 'Mother Is waiting for me I must hurry." , -(Tomorrow The Right Man.) Vuiversity of Oregon, Eugene Oct. 18. Two hundred high schools of the state are elligible for entrance into the Oregon High School Debating League, now entering its thirteenth year, ac cording to announcement by R. W. Prescott, professor of publie speaking in the University, who is secretary of the league. ... Tho stale is divided into twelve dis tricts for the purposes of the league. .Each one of these, Professor Trescuit announces, will have a separate ques tion for the preliminary rounds, which will be contested in January, February, and March, with the finals in Way. The twelve district winners willl meet for the semi-finals and finals at the University in Eugene, as a feature of Junior Week-end, May VI 13 and 14. Up to last year only the finals were debated in Eugene. In 191S the four teams remaining in the senii-finals ne brought hero, and the plan proved so successful that it was decided to Tiring r.ll twelve district winners here in future years. . Of the 200 eligible, it is Mr.- I'ros cott'n opinion that more' than 10Q will enter teams constituting an increase of 25 per cent over the most successful previous year. War conditions and in fluenza last 'year thinned the ranks o: the schools in fthe league, but, the in terest already manifested Indicates a return to pre-war interest, with greater numbers than ever. Schools may enter the league up to December 1 by com municating with the office of the see rotary here or with their, respective directors. The schedules will be made up by districts on or before December districts arc set for March 13, The trophy for the winner is the cup put up toy the Laurean Literary 10, and the final contests in each of the Society of the University and Prof. E. E, PeCou, professor of mathematics here, who was the first preident of the league. The cup goes into the perma nent possession of any team winning the championship "three times. Salem High School has now won two legs aud needs but one more victory to take the tiophy. Eugene high school was the winner last . year, for the first time, taking close eoutest from Bend,: the runner-up. George Ws Hug, scperin teudent of schools at McMinnvillc, is president of the league. The question in the preliminary rounds include several live topics of political social . and pconoinic inter est. For the finals, at the university, Professor Prescott announces some question eonneeted1 with the leaguo of nations issue will be chosen. J. C. Nelson, of Salem ' is director of the league for the Norti Willamette district, couuprisiu& Clackamas, Linn and Marion counties'. The subject for discussion in this district ia ' 'Resolved, Thn. congress should prohibit all im migration for a period of not less than five years." . High schools eligible for member ship in this district are Albany, Canby, Hubbard, Jefferson, Lebanon, Mill City, Milwaukre, Molalla Oregon City, Salem, Scio Hilverton, Stayton, Turnei Woodburn Brownsville, South Browns ville, Colton, Estocada, Aurora, Hal soy, Harrisubrg, Handy, Scotts Mills, Sweet Home, Tangent Willamette Aumsvillo. Crabtree end Shedd. Oregon. Washington And Idaho To Be Connected By .Air TWllnnrt. Or.. Oct. 21. With five airplanes already In Portland, one pi lot actively engaged In organizing ami thre others on their way from the east, the Oregon, Washington and Idaho Air plane company will begin operations here within the next ten days. Flylns instructions will be given air plane parts sold and air lines 'estab lished by the new concern. Apples are piled so high, in tho store room in the Albany cannery that the manager expects to 'have apples enough to run nt full capacity until the first of the year. Cured Of Inflammatory Rheumatism In Four Days 'Four days after taking, the first teaspoonful oil Kheumachol I was cured of inflammatory rheumatism aya'R. L. Thomas, of Stratton, Colo rado. Can you afford to suffer longer when this remarkable remedy is with in reach? Rheumachol is an internal remedy which cleanses the blood and gets at the very seat of the trouble. If your druggist can't supply you don't accept a substitute, but send l for bottle and free booklet to H. E. Machol, Idaho Springs, Colorado. : (Adv) . a srurc WAY TO EXD DAXDUIFF ,!, There ia one sure way that has never failed to remove dandruff t once, and that is t dissolve it, then you destroy it enth-ely. To-do this, just get about four ounces of plain, com mon liquid arvon from any drug store (this Is all you will need), apply it at night when retiring; use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the tinner tips. By morning, most if not all, of your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications will com pletely dissolve and entirely destroy everyjringle sign and trnco of it, no nmtter how much dandruff you may have. 1 , You will find all Itching and dig ging of the scalp will stop instantly, and your hair will be fluffy, luntrous, glossy, silky aud soft, and look and feel a hundred times better. (Adv) Sage Tea Darkens " Hair To Any Shade Don't stay gray! Here's a simple ....rm-liie that anybody ran apply tvltli a hulr brush . The use . of Sage aud Sulphur for restoring faded, gray hair to its nat ural color dates back to grandmoth er's time. She used it to keep her hair beautifully dark, glossy and at tractive. Whenever her hair took on that dull, faded or streaked appear ance, this simple mixture was applied with wonderful effect. But -brewing at home Is mussy and out of date. Nowadays, by asking at any drug store for a bottle of "Wy eth'a Sage and Sulphur Compound," you will get this famous old prepa ration, improved by the addition of other Ingredients, which can be de pended upon to restore natural color and beauty to the hair. A well known downtown druggist says it darkens the hair so naturally and evenly that nobody can tell H has been applied. You simply dampen a sponge or soft brush with It and draw this through your hair taking oho strand at a time. By morning the gray hair disappears, and after an other application or two, it becomes beautifully dark and glossy. (Adv) Safe-Crackers Get $200 In Robbery Of Railroad Depot St. Helena, Or., Oct. 21. Blowing the safe in the S. P. & S. railroad sta tion here into small pieces, robbers se cured nearly $200. Monday. "The safe crackers, believed by the police to be professionals, escaped without leaving any clue., Eases A- Cold - With One Dose Paiie's Cold Compound" then breaks up a cold in a few hours Relief comes instantly. A dose tak en every two hours until three doses are taken usually breaks up a severe cold and ends all the grippe misery. The first dose opens your clogged up nostrils . and the air passages in the head, stops nose running, relieves the headache, dullness, feverishnass, sneealrig, soreness and stiffness. Don't stay stuffed up! Quit blowing and snuffling! Clear your congested head! Nothing else in the world gives, suoh prompt relief as "Pape's Cold Compound." which costs onlv a few centB at any drug store. It acts ! without assistance, tastes nice, con tains no quinine Insist upon Pape's. . (Adv) Hand Stirrups, R. air fanev ridin' while you was eastf " asked Three-Finger !Sam. "I sure did, answered Cactus Joe. "But everything's -topsyturvy. Peoulo in the cars have to hang on with their wrists iu straps." "Jes' think of that, Usin' the rir rsps for their hands instcwl of their feet!" Washington Star. Los Angeles, Cal. Kings blush. Al bert of Belgium did when at a movie studio he saw a dapper youth pursue a blond tlueo circuits of a luxurious par lor, catch her and kiss her resoundingly The county assessor has, found $10, 954,13!) worth of property in Morrow county. 40 Years On The Job. I put in iO years as a practical drug gist (now in my 47th year) and com pounder of prescriptions before I put Number 40 for the Blood on the mar ket' and at this . late date tin-Kfe I would not reeommend a medicine that I did not believe was equal or superior to any other. I hnvp observed the ef fect itf Xunrber 40 in thousands of cases and use it universally ia my owa family for blood poisoning in any form. For constipation, biliousness, stomach and liver troubles. For chron ic rheumatism, . catarrh, eczema and all skin troubles. There is more Num ber 40 sold and used in this vit:inity than all other blood medicine com bined. J. C. Mc-.idenhall, Evansvillo, lud. Sold and recommended toy Sehocf- ers drug store. . No Need To Be Thin, Scrawny Or Sallow . If you are thiu and want to be plum)); if you have wrinkles in your face that you are not proud of; if tho skin is sallow or subject to pimples or iblaokheads, take Mi-o-na stomach tab lets for two -weeks : and .notice fty change. The majority of the thin Tpeople are thin because the atomach does not peiv form its duties properly. It is not se creting 'sufficient of the natural di gestive juices aud in cqnscqtience does not extract from the food enough nu tritive matter to nourish every part of the body. Mi o-na stomach tablets are intended to build up the stomach so that it will act properly and extract from the food the elements necessary to form flesh. If you are thin try two weeks treat ment of Mi-o-na stomach tablets they are small, easily swallowed, and are sold on the guarantee ef money hack if they do not overcome chronic indi-. gestion, acute or chronic, stop stomach disturbance, belebiug, heartlburn, tour stomach, and any after dinner distress. For sale by Daniel J. Fry and all leading druggists, . : "(Ajv) i LADD & BUSH BANKERS Established 1868 . -General Banking Business Office Hours from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m. Co THERE IS NOTHING equal to Chamberlain's A Tablets for constipation. When the proper dose is taken their action is so agreeable and so natural that you do not realize that it is the effect df a medicine. These tablets possess tonic proper ties that aid in establishing a natural and regular action of the boweii Chamberlain's Tablets have cured many cases of chronic constipation. 1 HowMuch Profit Do You Pay Us? The United States Department of Agriculture informs us that you as an average American Citizen, eat about one. hundred and eighty-two pounds of meat (181.83 lbs.) in a year. Based on these figures, if you had purchased all . of your meat foods from us, Swift & Company would have profited to the extent of 48V& cents during the first eight months of our present fiscal year. In that eight months we averaged to make two fifths of a cent on each pound of meat and all other products sold. I This profit you paid us equals 6 cents a month or just about one street car fare! j More than 30,000 shareholders looking to us as trustees of their invested money, had to be paid a reasonable return out of your 6 cents a month. Volume alone made this possible. Now figure for yourself how Government inter ference in the operations of the packing business is going to reduce your meat bill! Let us send you a Swift "Dollar." It will interest you. - Address Swift ft Company, Union Stock Yards, Chicago, DL Swift & Company, U. S. A -. VS? Jr WHATBKOM$ Of X III &r iA g THE VER6E DOtL ; r I f(r I RECEIVED BY " I ffizHtBM SWIFT & COMPANYl I f u - I I ANorrmooucTs 1 ) W&S&t y am A Oil I ccnts i mid row THC I gggT" I ll7iM r 05r .13 I UVC ANIUAL .. I mmmm i 3ZSljr CbZitA.' 7 I it.oo cinTf rol lm M sr.',?