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The Appeal., 1908-05-16
Secretary Taft as Reporter.

Like Chief Justice Fuller. Secretary
Wilson and other men high in the pub
lie service and confidence, Secre-
tary Taft began his career as news
paper man. The first money earned
by him after being graduated from
Yale was as court reporter on a Gin
cinnati paper, the old Commercial Ga
zette, then edited by Murat Halstead.
Mr.. Taft started at six dollars week,
and when he quit had worked up to
t20 per-" All the time he was thus
engaged he was studying law at night
under his fathers direction. Neces-
sity did not drive him to the work,
as his father was a man Of ample for
tune, but the secretary chose it be-
cause it was the readiest entrance to
active employment that brought him
daily in contact with lawyers and court
proceedings. The secretary likes to
discuss newspaper work with report
ers. He uses the shop terms with
familiarity denoting his former expe-
rience in the business, and under.
stands how to outline STORY for the
"boys" as well as any member Of the
administration. J;
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
IN THE NATIONAL CEMETERIES.
Representative CLANCY Recently Gave
Figures as to Unknown Dead.

The army of the unknown dead
buried in the cemeteries of the United
States government is an enormous
one. In a speech on the pension ap-
preparation bill Representative CLANCY
Of Indiana submitted figures prepared
by the quartermaster general show
ing that there are 152,103 unknown
soldiers and sailors whose remains are
inferred in the national cemeteries.
The total number Of buried dead in
these cemeteries is 353,385. The
known number 201,2S2. The govern
ment maintains no less than 83 ma
tional cemeteries. It is not generally
known that one Of these is outside of
the United States, being located at
Mexico City, Over 1900 soldiers of
the Mexican war rest there, half of
them unknown.
The largest of the national GENE.
teries is the one at Arlington, just
across the river from Washington. 1t
has over 10000 interments, of which
4,625 are those Of unknown dead.
Next in size is the cemetery at Vicks.
burg, where there are 1888 inter
ments.
Third in size is Nashville with 16,.
683 interments, while the fourth
largest is at Fredericksburg, Va.
Not all the interments are those of
union soldiers About $500 are con-
federates. One of the great GENE,
To, so 80 NJ
large numbers Of northern prisoners
died and were buried. The interments
there number nearly $4,000.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

The growing interest which Ameri-
cans are taking in their systems of in
ternal waterway communication may
be credited in some degree to the
spreading vogue of the houseboat, and
in turn the increasing attention paid
in recent years to the improvement
and development of the systems has
doubtless helped houseboating in its
progress and favor. Where couple
of decades ago there was one house
boat in Eastern waters there are now
a. dozen, while in the course Of it's ev-
olution the craft has developed from
the simplest types of an earlier period
to vessels which are real homes afoat,
fitted with everything luxury can de-
sire and wealth supply.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
Oil Painting with a History.

A big oil painting hangs on the
white wall Of the gauge room of the
ventilating plant in the capitol at
Washington. It is pretty poor paint
ing in spite Of its gilt frame and brass
plate. The latter states that the sub
lject of the picture is the first home
stead in the United States. The paint
ing was sent in years ago for the gov.
ernment to purchase. The government
was not beguiled by it and declined to
buy. The artist did not send for it,
SO there, away down In the subbase.
ment, it hangs today. There are
others unbought, and unclaimed,
slowed away In various places, some
boxed, others hanging in obscure cor
ners
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
FINALLY PAID FOR SIDING.
Ludicrous Features In Claim Against
Government.

OF course, only part, very likely
small part, Of the claims entered
against the government have justice
as basis. In order to find out the
truth of things the government oc-
casionally is Obliged to spend many
times the amount Of money involved.
One of the most curious claim cases
ever known to congress was that Of
Sonora Feliciana Mendoza, who lived
lands. The sonora rented house to
Uncle Sam for the use Of some of his
teamsters. When the mule driving
contingent moved out of the house
after short occupancy the sonora
declared under oath that some Of the
siding boards were missing from the
kitchen WALL and she asked for 5000
in gold to repay her for the damage
to her property.
This case of Sonora Feliciana Men
diola fills II pages of a house of rep
resentatives document. It contains
long letter from the secretary Of war
on the question Of the value of kitch-
en- sidings, another letter from the
quartermaster-g general iof the United
States and So COMMUNICATIONS from
army officers and civilians Of various
ranks and conditions.
A board Of officers was convened to
pass on the validity sof the senora's
claim. The board was in session for
days, many of it's members coming
from a long distance to attend. One
teamster, William Langworthy by
name, swore that the senora's kitch-
en- sidings were chewed up and eaten
by red ants. Teamster Summerville
swore that in his opinion the boards
dropped out of place by their own
weight. Teamster Pickle said: ''Them
boards was punk"
The army board which sat on the
case thought it was very doubtful in
strict justice if Sonora Feliciana
should be allowed any money, but f.
nally the members granted her the
sum of $50 in gold. This action, of
course, was not final, but the commit
tees on war claims in house and SEN
ate approved the finding.
The sonora received $50, and doubt
less it gave her some satisfaction to
know that Uncle Sam had spent about
$1,000 to get authority to pay for a
kitchen siding which went to destruc-
ton either by way of a teamster's
foot or red ants stomach.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

these waters offer a greater variety
of fishing than can be had elsewhere
in North America and that there is
shooting almost anywhere within a
few miles of the towns.
BY the inside passage a series of
connecting rivers, sounds and canals,
the voyage from Northern waters to
Florida can be made almost wholly
through sheltered channels and the
larger craft habitually make it under
their own power. The smaller ones
can be shipped on the deck of one of
the regular passenger liners at COM
paratively small expense. Once ar
rived there is the choice Of the hun
dreds of miles of inside waterways
along the east coast of Florida from
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F.. f.
There has been development in an
other way, too, and from being merely
quarters for an annual vacation trip,
the houseboat in many instances has
become practically a home for the
owner and his family for the greater
part of every year. When the first
hint of cold weather breathes over the
Northern cruising grounds such craft,
instead of laying up for the winter,
now turn their bows southwark, where
Florida offers almost unlimited miles
of land-locked waters over which to
float in a semitropical climate until
the northward migration sets back in
the spring. Just what percentage of
the house boats in Eastern waters
now winter regularly on the Florida
coasts and rivers it is impossible to
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

and was in Cuba as an observer when
the president was colonel of Rough
Riders. Mr.. Roosevelt gave nine sit
tings. 1t was at his own suggestion
that he posed in his riding suit, the
coat and waistcoat of which are those
of sack suit. Over his shoulders is
draped military cape and narrow
strip of it's mauve lining gives touch
Of color. The president frequently
talked with visitors and with his ad-
visers when the artist was at work,
and the expression of the face is that
Of thought and earnestness. The
brushwork is bold and free.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
RELIGIOUS DANCING.
A Current Form of Entertainment
Adapted to Church Hall.

Current Form of Entertainment
Adapted to Church Hall.
when I was asked to witness an
exhibition OF fancy dancing to be held
in a parish hall and for the benefit of
a church an evening: or SO ago I
thought the limit of -mindedness
had been reached" said New York
man. II went out of curiosity, and af-
ter all I found it a most beautiful and
appropriate entertainment. ..
'The dancing turned out to be only
a part of the evenings offering, which
was called a sacred recital, with sa-
cred songs, music and recitations. The
dancing was in keeping with these, be-
ing the latest phase of the classic or
aesthetic dancing now SO much in
vogue. It portrayed the dances used
in religious festivals in Scriptural
days.
zone dance called Eastern and
Western Prayer was little more than
a series of graceful poses, in which
the performer saluted the rising sun
and bowed to the East and afterward
expressed the Western form Of prayer
in pantomime while Nearer, My God,
to Thee was played softly.
''The most spirited Of the dances
was the battle dance of Miriam on the
shores of the Red sea. She came upon
the stage dancing slowly, dressed in
the flowing robes of Bible days, with
a helmet on her head and cymbals in
her hands.
''The dancing grew quicker and
quicker, and then she began to chant
Miriam's song of triumph as we find
it in the Scriptures. It was an inspir-
ing exhibition"
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

say, but the number runs into the hun
dreds. At such a place as Lake
Worth, which is the houseboating cap
ital of the South, the gathering of
these craft In the week Of the annual
motor-boat races reaches the proper
tions of floating town. .
With her 1900 miles of coast line,
numerous sheltered arms of the sea,
and many navigable rivers, it is natur-
al that Florida should become the
home of winter houseboating, espe-
cially when it is also, considered that
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

President Roosevelt's likeness from
the brush of Philip A. Laszlo, an emf
nent Hungarian artist, has been
placed on exhibition in the Knoedler
galleries in New York. It is a con-
vincing piece Of work. Mr.. Laszlo,
who is a painter Of celebrities, came
to the United States early last month
with a commission for the presidents
portrait from Col Arthur Lee, an Of
ficer Of the British army, member of
parliament and a close friend Of the
president. Col. Lee was formerly mil
itary attache at the British embassy
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

and has a fuel capacity Of 500 gallons.
Lights are supplied by two acetylene
gas tanks, holding together forty
cubic feet. Forward is pilot house,
tha launch and two dories, and a bath
and compass, charts and all. Then
there is room for refrigerator hold
ing two and half tons of ice, a naph-
with engine room, telegraph, pinnacle
room, in addition to ample bunk
space.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

Ajeb, the chess-playing automaton,
has played many thousands of games
at the Eden Musee, New York, during
the past twenty years, and has seldom
been beaten by its living opponents.
The figure was invented by an Eng
lishman, Charles Alfred Hooper. It
represents a Moor seated on a cush-
ion, beneath which is an open table;
in front is a small cabinet with doors,
all Of which are open, as are the back
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

and chest of the figure. Any stranger
is at liberty to play a game with the
automaton; the movements of the
figure are free and easy, and it shifts
the pieces with as much accuracy as
Its living opponents, and with much
greater success, generally coming off
the conqueror. In giving check to the
king, the automaton makes a sign by
raising its head twice; for checkmate
it mods three times.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
Domestic Comfort.

Excuse me for not stopping" ex-
claimed Little. I'm in a hurry to get
home
That's rather unusual" said Large.
Whats the trouble? 2"
My wife has a cold,' explained
Little, "and can't speak above a
whisper
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whispe
Superior M an.

.sLook at that girl eating ice cream
and fancy pickles groWled the man in
the fashionable lunch emporium.
.Queer mixture =
sOutlanish! Waiter, bring me some
caviar and charlotte russo
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
On a Heavenly Excursion.

On a Heavenly Excursion.
what does you reckon you'll like ter
do wen you gifts to glory?'
We'll" said Brother Dickey, "sincs
you put de question ter me, I'll make
answer ter it. Eff dey lets me have my
way, I'll des lay back on white cloud,
an let de heavenly winds blow me fun
star to star. Atlanta Constitution.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
Why She couIdn't.
couldn't love him"

on, c0uIdn { IOVe nlIfi.
= ''Why not? Z"
'eHe wears wig. The very ideal"
Then the dear creature removed two
rats, some puffs, coronet braid, a
pompadour, a switch, and sat down to
peruse q novel.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
Sure.

why don't you join some patriotic
society?"
Not eligible. In time Of war my
ancestors seem to have always taken
to the woods"
That ought to get you into Z non
deforestation coteris.''
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
His Steady Job.

His Steady Job.
Bigley-You don't believe in col
lege education then?
Jigley-No, it units a man for.
everything. except to sit around croak-
ing about how much more intelligently
he could enjoy wealth than the aver
age man does Catholic Standard and
Times.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
Rather.

These Dukhobors want to parade
without clothing"
Well, they certainly have got the
wrong idea about an Easter parade"
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
Seems Likely.

Bill see inafavorable wind fox
can scent a man at a distance of one
quarter Of a. mile.
Jill-Of course, he could scent him
farther If the man happened to be in
an automobile. .-Y Yonkers Statesman.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
An ImpossibIe conversation

The cook is troubled =
What's the matter with her %
Wants to know IL she may consider
her position permanent"
The Appeal., 1908-05-16
Polite Amenities.

He (brusquely)--I cannot under
stand why so many foolish women are
SO fond of dogs.
She (sweetly) Nor I. that so many
foolish women stick 50 to curs.-- -Balti-l
more American.
The Appeal., 1908-05-16

The greater the opportunity the less
likely it is to have an advance agent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31
JUDGE BURNETT
ATTORNEY

There is a well authenticated ru-
NOR that the name of Judge Geo. H.
Burnett is being considered for the
vacant United States District Attor-
neyship. In case the delegation
cannot agree on Scguebel or Bing-
ham, there will be a new name taken
up, and, II the question Of enforce
ment of the laws determines the mat
ter, Judge Burnett has quite repu-
tation in that direction. AS distric-
attorney of this district he was not
ed for being a vigorous public pros.
entor. His term will expire July,
1910, and his appointment would
mean selecting a new Judge by the
people at the primaries in April.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31
SECY, KINCAID
CITED TO OSALFM

Ex-Secretary Klncaid has been
cited to come to Salem and bring his
records and give testimony in the
suit 10 recover fees entitled Sears VS..
Kincaid. His counsel asked that the
complaint be made more specific, and
as a result he was ordered to appear
before City Recorder Moores Febru-
ary 19. at 10 a. m. and give his tes-
timony in form OF a deposition. The
suit is for an accounting OF 100000
fees alleged to have been collected
In violation of law while Klncaid was
secretary Of state.
The demurrer in Sears vs.. Dunbar
will be decided by Judge Galloway
Saturday at noon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31
GALLOWAY DECIDES
BALLOT TITLE CAcr.

In ruling on the ballot title On J
Judge Galloway said: The statn,1 !
section 5. chapter 226, session Law
Of 1907. provides that in submittinl
measure under the referendua
there may be printed on the oficia
ballot the title given the measure h,
the legislature, or a distinct mi,
prepared by the encouragement. b,a
in no case shall the title be mislead.
ing or prejudice the vote for y
against the measure. find that bod
the title prepared by the attornev.
general and the one proposed by a.
remonstrants on behalf of the Uni
versity are Objectionable and incousI
plete, and will rule that the legisla.
tive title be employed for house III
No. 1877" This decision seems to n
satisfactory to both sides. It read
an act to amend the act by increasing
the annual appropriation for the sud
port and maintenance of the statA
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
CONTINUED from page fiyeJ


doors among the business men, poll
ticlans and labor leaders alike The
principle Is the same in the two
cases. ust as the blackmailer and
bribe-taker stand on the same ev'l
eminence OF infamy, so the man who
makes an enormous fortune by cor.
rupting legislators and municipali-
t!es and neeoing HIS stockholders and
the public stand upon the moral level
with the creature who fattens on the
blood money OF the gambling house
and the saloon.
Kind OF business To Hurt.
The business which Is hurt by the
movement OF honesty f. the kind of
business In the long run Il pays the
country 20 have hurt
The methods by which the Stand
ard OH peopl and those engaged In
other combinations OF which 1 have
spoken above. have achieved great
fortunes can only be justified by the
form OF criminslity on the part OF
labor unions aud every form OF vio-
lence. corruption and fraud, from
murder TO bribery and ballot stufing
In politics.
| do not for a moment believe that
the action OF these men have brought
on business distress; 50 far this Is
due TO local and not 10 worldwide
causes, and 10 the action OF any par
tlcn,ar individuals; Il Is due TO the
speculative folly and aagrant dis
honesty OF a few men OF great wealth
who seek 10 shield themselves from
the effects OF their own wrong-doing
by ascrlbing its results to the actions
OF those who have sought 10 put q
stop 20 the wrong-doing. But II Il
were true that 20 cut out FOttenness
from the body polite meant a mo-
meutary start OF unhealthy seeming
prosperity. could not hesitate 20
apply the knife 20 such corruption,
We pray that this scourge may
speedily pass away. yet II God will
that II continu euntil all the wealth
piled up by the bondsmen In 25O|
years OF unreqaited toll shall be
sunk, and until every drop OF blood
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31
A Higher Health Level.

II have reached a higher healtl
level since l began using DR.. King,
New Life Pills." writes Jacob Sprlns
er, OF West Franklin. Maine. Tho
keep my stomach, liver and bowel
working Just right" II these pIll
dlsappoint you on trial. money VII
be refunded at J. q. Perry's drul
store; 25c.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

then cold and cough--let Il run
oa--got pneumonia or consumption
that's AL. No matter how you g't
your cough. donr neglecs it-take
hallsrds Horhouad Syrup and yougl
be over Il IN no time. The sure cure
for coughs, colds. bronchitis ana al
pulmonary diseases in young aud
Old. Fog sale by an druggists.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

" ?, helknap, Prinevnle. Republi.
can, for representative aist district.
ana Chas W. Parrish. CanTon city.
Republican. Tor iolnt senator. have
nled their Pe,isious as candidates.
They make oaly general pledges. and
appaEsnfly want to 50 20 The lsglsla.
taFe on the GA lines.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

F'Or Sale-A fne home. Nice big, I
room house and good barn All 1
good as new; one large corner ~
Two blocks from car line. PIN
$3.50. S450 cash, balance on ca
terms. Address or call al ~
South 2Ist street. Phone AL.
I-SI-Iwk'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31
steusloGs buy a Lot

steusclon Bros, have bought the
Wits lot, corner OF Liberty and
Court street, where the Rodgers
book oindery and paper business has
been located since years. and there
will probably be a fine four-story
brick building go np there. The lot
II S2hxS2h No price given out as
yet.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

drawn by the last shall be paid n,
another drop drawn with the sword
as was said 1000 years ago. So sid
it must be said ''the judgments j
the Lord are true and righteous alto
gether."
THEODORE Roosevelt A
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

The Linn county Grange council
meets al Albany Saturday, ana will
thresh out the status OF the referen-
dun on the University appropriation
bin. An argument will be formu-
lated Ia answer 20 the argument put
up by the friends OF the Eugene
school.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31
Shorthand Cour~e-

A new class IN shorthand will be
commenced at tho Capital Business
College on Monday, February 8. Sew
eral expect 20 enter then. and Il Is
hoped that all who intend 10 begin
a shorthand course soon will arrange
to enter az this time. l.3l.2t
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31
lnolher unpranoanceahle.-.

sheriff n. r. MoClelland. OF
Douglas county. arrived In the city
last evening with W NJ. Delle-
houssye. a negro. who MAS convicted
90 burglary IA RoseburE and sen.
tenced 90 serve a thrce-years' sou.
teaee IN the penltentiary sheriff
Mcclellan left this morning Tor Port.
land, where he viii transact business
before returning 10 biz home.
A nasiaetloa Ia Price
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

W II. strayer. OF Baker City. Dem
ocrat, and Henry 5. westbrook. OF
Portland, Republican, have filed their
petitions as candidates for nomiua-
ton for the once OF district attor-
ney.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31
The salem High school

WIN give the fourth OF their en-.
terlainmenss az the Christian church
Saturday evening. opie Read will be
tho entertainer and you cant AFFORD
TO miss hearing him.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

6eorge lamberee and 4. L. nal-
dymplo ahev purchased tha three
corner lots al Court ana Twentieth
street, and will soon construct two
nne residences on the property
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

Race Tor Millions" az Vaudette.
Not after it Is gone like you have
done ~sth man yothers OF this claSs
Next changc OF pictures SATURDAY ev-
ening
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

Fo- Rent.-Three furnished rooaf
for light housekeeping, with q
OF bath aud telephone, EnQui'f
4S6 North Liberty street. Phon.
I403. 1-5l-Sg
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31
The Nickelo.iioa CiCu,,--

Are direct importers OF the latest
In moving pictures, and tho fret TO
set tho newest illustrated songs-
a good long ahoN for 5 cents. Mon
day. February 3. hrst day. i.2s-tf
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

Monthly repoN Tor January shows
total enrolment lSt. attendanes
lee
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

Shorthand Cousse-A new class
shorthand will be commenced 4
the Capital Business College q
Monday, February 3. Several =
pect TO enter then. and 1t is hope'
that all who intend TO begin
shorthand course soon will arrans
to enter at this time. l-3l-2t-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

Wanted-Young lady to attend
attend 10 office. Call Saturday a
ternoon. r. G. Hunter, room
Ladd & Bush building. l-Sl-St
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

The following marriage licensc
vas issued this morning William
~ Pulse. age "a, Elizabeth Haaso.
ag,d ~, both ~ Salem. DELPHI Coonss
Nitntss.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31
CITY NEWS
A Collection of Important Par
aEraphs Zoe Year Consideration
a1u8Aa.AAuAuAAkk-A

Pair tonight and saturday, con.
finucd caid.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

Susf fhink~-
of tho opportunity you nov have
90 hear ople Read the famous lee
tarer, a. the chrlstian church next
Saturday evening.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

of Sab wood has been made by
che spanldinE L0gginE Company
rFles g. and ta.ab a load, A dls.
conni of ste per lead on io-loaa or
defs. i-ai-tf
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31
Neoman, Attention

Meeting at Holman han saturday
February 1, az $ O'Clock p. m. I'm
porant business.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1908-01-31

Two tons OF chickens next week.
Capital Commission Company. Phone
iTs n