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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-04-02

The country will doubtless approve
inc Democratic policy Of graduating the
income tax, though many will think
$4,000 rather high exemption figure.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-04-02

People may make fun of Jim Ham
Lcwia, whiskcrs and hifalutin manners,
but he has habit Of "gotting there
all the same.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-04-02

1t has been considered smart to sneer
at weather prophets ever since the days
Of Noah.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-04-02
Job Is Weary One.

JOB Is Weary Une.
But to the average man, after the
novelty wears Off, the position of FIRST
citizen Of Washington" must get to be
weary business And If he has come
to the White House with any notion
that he brings with him rights Of pri.
vacy, tastes or personal opinions Of his
own or any OF the other attributes that
make life bearable for John Doe and
Richard Roe, he soon finds bis mistake.
The curse falls likewise upon his fam
lily. The remarks attributed to Mrs.
Wilson to the effect that presidents
wife could dress on $1,000 a year, set
all the Washington dinner tables a.buz.
zing,
Even the dressmaking Of the presl.
dents wife and daughters is public
affair, and these alleged remarks
whether Mrs Wilson really made them
or not will cause the gowns of the
Wilson family to bear an inspection of
microscopic Intensity.
So, when you come to the question of
club membership, 1t Is in the same at.
mosphere MIR Wilson cannot choose
the club-if any-to which he desires
to belong and apply for membership
like any other man; he must take 1t as
gift and In some sense an obligation
or not at all, and this episode has
shown that II he desires 1t not at all,
1t is taken more or less as an offense.
Mr.. Wilson Knows Dangers,
There Is n serious side to the ques.
ton, and the consideration of 1t justi.
ies the suspicion that Mr. Wilson has
instinctively sensed, or had some pret
ty subtle information about the real
situation In Washington, and the diff
Guilty a president has at best In keep
Ing himself free of embarrassing en-.
tanglements A very plausible argu-
ment might be made against the presi.
dents accepting membership in any To-
cnl organization in Washington.
One of the hard things about being
president is that he can have few in.
timacies For one thing. to be the In.
innate Of the president. II the game is
to be played ION the level" is to have
the door Of advancement shut upon
you absolutely. Membership in ten.
l.. 4
past peculiar qualification for pro
motion
Before new president has reached
the third week Of his incumbency he
suspects the "how.dye.do" Of every
man who greets him in the street;
from morning until night almost every
person who comes near comes with
demand.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-04-02

Every man his own politician, is a
timely slogan for these days of unrest
and reform.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-04-02
VOOoOOOOOOOOOOOOSOOOOOOO!
ABOUT BY
OF ENTERTAINERS
Executive Faces Siege Of
Those Offering Him So
Cial Distinctions.
Observation-Disclosures.

pains to keep 1t turned on when other
men slept; who counted that day lost
whose low descending sun failed to
find them upon the front pages Of the
evening papers and the early bulldog"
editions.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-04-02

If one would believe all that all the
food faddists say, he wouldn 7 need the
aid of CDR" Linda Hazard to starve
to death.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-04-02

Everybody seems to know when a
fellow is in love, even he suspects Il
himself
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-04-02
OSOSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOsOOOO0O
! WILSON HEDGED
CONSPIRACY
Throws Washington Clubs
Into Panic by Declining
Membership.
'osSoOSosoooSoSsoSSsSoSSSs


1T was not enough that Woodrow
Wilson should get himself I'm
II bad" with the haberdashers, real
estate agents, butchers, bakers
and candlestlckmakers Of Washington
by upsetting the plans for an inaugural
ball, out Of which they expected, as
usual, to reimburse themselves with
liberal interest for their contributions"
to the expenses of the inaugural com.
mlttee. The Washington teapot, hard.
ly yet calm again after that disturb
ance. be throws It into even a greater
tempest by declining honorary men,
bership In the Chevy Chase Country
club on the ground that public business
will absorb his time largely, to the ex.
clusion Of "clubbiness." As a conse-
quence the Columbia Country club, also
at Chevy Chase, and the Washington
Country club. across the river In Vir.
ginia, and the Metropolitan, Army and
Navy and Cosmos clubs, the principal
downtown clubs of Washington. were
In fine frenzy of perpexity as to
whether to make the usual proffers of
honorary membership
There is hardly a literary or debating
society In the District of Columbia
which does not, as matter Of course,
elect the president to honorary mem.
bership; his downsltting and his uprls.
Ing are beset by formal "honors' of
one kind or another; every organlza.
ton Of any consequence In its own
eyes, from Key West to Cape Mendo.
cino, sooner OF later invites him to ad
dress the club or at least invests him
with the degree Of past exalted pan.
jandrum
Cannot Be Ordinary Person.
For simple, transformations, red
blooded man the greatest drawback
about the presidency of the United
States is the fact that from the mo.
ment Of his election until his term Of
Office expires, and usually long after
that, he cannot be mere human be.
Ing, with the rights and immunites Of
an ordinary citizen. Wherever he goes
he must be pursued by armed secret
service guards, reporters and photog.
raphers. He cannot sit down in a club
corner, stretch his legs and express
opinions upon affairs of the day like
other men-hls every chance remark Is
quoted or mlsquoted on the street cor.
ners almost before he has completed it.
His trivial likes and dslikes are known
and commented upon; he cannot move
hand or foot with the freedom that
blesses his fellow men.
Some men like this sort Of thing
Within the memory Of men still living
there have been presidents-one any.
way-to whom publicity was the breath
of life, who basked In the limellght as
In the normal sun Of day and took some
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-04-02

The resolution that failed was worth
while, after all.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-04-02
WATER COMMITTEE
SENDS FOR ENGINEER
Robert G.. Dieck, Of Portland, Meets
Board This Afternoon to Discuss
Plan of Procedure.

At the meeting last night, Mr.. Min.
ton suggested that the railroad com,
mission be asked to determine the value
of the Salem water plant, that branch
of the states government now being in
charge Of the public utility law which
regulates all public service corporations.
Mr.. Hendricks objected to this plan
on the grounds that in view of the fact
that the commission has a large bulk Of
work ahead of it the question of the
Salem water plant value would be de-
layed for several months, and it is now
necessary to expedite matters by the
committee going in the problem imme-
diately.
It would necessitate some one filing
a complaint with the railroad commits.
sion before that body would take any
action according to remarks made by
Mr.. Rigdon. Even If the commission
would determine the value of the plant
earnings, etc, he declared the iudg.
ment would not be binding upon either
the water company or upon the com.
mittee.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-04-02
What VIII Company Do?

The question now remains, since the
special water committee has decided to
employ an engineer to determine the
value of the plant for the citizens of
Salem, what will the Salem Water Co.
do toward either engaging second en-.
gineer to represent it, or to aid in
bringing about consultation mesting7
The last time the city attempted to as.
certain the actual value of the water
plant, it paid good round price to En-
gineer Thompson to act in behalf of
the city. Tn written agreement, the
Salem Water Co. was to also engage an
engineer to act in conjunction with the
city's representative. After repeated
attempts to bring these two engineers
together Mr., Thompson was released
and the matter of Salem purchasing the
system was dropped. The water com.
pany's engineer who was then located
in California, informed the people of
Salem through Mr. Parks and Mr. Wal.
lace, that he was unable to cooperate
with Mr., Thompson. He forwarded
these advices from time to time and
when the city's man attempted to 60
ahead with the work, he was shown
some consideration by Mr.. Wallace, but
was unable to CLEAN any further esti.
mates based on tangible information
from other members of the Salem Wa.
ter Company.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-04-02
WILL TAKE CASE TO
THE GRAND JURY
Wyckoff Divorce Case Testimony
Moves Judge Galloway to Suggest
Criminal Prosecution.

With a scathing rebuke to the de-
fendant and recommending that the
case be taken before the grand jury
during its present session by Attorney
Overton, the counsel for the plaintiff,
Judge Galloway, in department No, 2
of the circuit court today granted de-
cree for divorce in the suit of Martha
Wyckoff VS.. Samuel Wyckoff.
According to Judge Galloway, this is
one of the most disgusting matrimonial
affairs every brought before him during
his time on the bench Mrs. Wyckoft'
testified on the stand this morning
that, after she had served notice of
her intentions to start proceedings for
divorce, her husband called at her home
and assaulted her. She stated that he
knocked her down and beat her and in
flicted other injuries on her body, after
filing the complaint for divorce. Her
testimony was corroborated by her eld-
est daughter, who took the stand and
testified that the defendant not only
assaulted her mother, but attempted to
attack herself.
Not as Good as a Brute.
The defendant acted in a manner
that not even brute would stoop to, /"
said Judge Galloway, in delivering
burning opinion of the case. "The tes-
timony have listened to leads me to
believe that the defendant is far worse
than brute; that he has not one iota
of humanity or decency and that this
matter should be placed before the
grand jury Of this county as soon as
possible The defendant committed
criminal act in assulting his wife, and
attempting to attack his step. daughter,
after the plaintiff had served due no.
tice Of her intention to file complaint
for divorce" 4"
"I would suggest to you," Mr.. Over.
ton" said Judge Galloway, in refer.
ring to the criminal action of the de.
fendant as testified by his wife and
step. daughter, "that you take this case
before the grand jury as soon as pos.
sible, as it contains grounds for Grim.
inal procedure, and should be prose.
cuted."
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-04-02
Engineer Is Here.

II was decided to phone to Robert G..
Dicck, civil engineer of Portland and
request him to to meet with the com.
mittee at noon today and Mr., Rigdon
carried out tho wishes of tho members.
Mr., Dieck arrived in time on tho Ore.
gon Electric and was heard this after.
noon by the committee, Tho committee
after comforting with Mr. Diock, con.
chded to place him in charge of the
work Of ascertaining the value Of the
water plant.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-04-24
What This Town Needs

"What this town needs" says one
man, "is new depot"
"What this town needs" said an.
other, lis improvements"
"What this town needs" says the
next, lis lower taxes"
What this town needs Is not merely
to say what this town needs.
What this town needs Is men who
will get what this town needs.
Whatever this town needs 1t can get
by presenting q solid front.
Let us decide to do something col.
lectively for the town.
Let us quit fOolishly sending our
money away, bleeding this town to fat
ten some other.
Let us make our money here, invest
it here, spend It here, and have 1t here
where we use 1t for what this town
needs.
The Red Cloud chief., 1913-04-24
Real Estate Transfers.

For the week ending April p, 1913.
Compiled by NJ. w. Carter, Bonded Ab-
stracter, Red Cloud, Nebr.
George H. Hastings and wife to
9. b. Il q. Rail Road, wd, part
lot II, Blk. 2, Sawyers Add to
lnaVaIe ..........,....... l'u
Fred Baker and wife to Oley
Iverson, wd, lots II, l3, Blk. 2,
Spence L. BENEFITS Add to
bladen. ......... ................ ooO
Anna L. Baker and husband to
Hattie L. IversOn, wd, lot II,
Blk. 2, Spence's Add to Bladen l4O0
R. X. Mcbride and wife to FAME
8. Dow, wd, pit lot s, lot ., Blk.
3, LeDuc's Add TO Red Cloud.
Fred Baker and wife to Obey
Iverson, wd, lots 8, 0, Blk. J,
Spence's Add 10 Blsden. ...... 3(
Obey Iverson and wife to Fred
Baker, wd, pit nw3 nwA 1911 2OO(
WILDER q. Hamilton and wife to
Carrie b. Turnure, ct. al, wd,
lots 10, 10, Blk. 20, smith &
Moore's Add to Red ClOdd 80. 1O0(
Mary j. Greenhalgh, ct. a., to r.
A. Good, wd, lots 10, II, -,
Blk. Is, C0wles. es........,....... 81!
Seth Stinson to Farmers Grain
& Stock Co., wd, pt lot 8, Blk.
q, Blue Hill. .................. A
Dallas W. Turnure and wife to
Martha Hamilton, wd, lots 4
tOg, Blk. /, LeDuc's Add to
Red Cloud. ........... ....... 35O'
William Rundberg and wife to
John r. MattOcks, wd, pt nwH
swH sec Sail .............. 55'
Leroy Spence and wife to Otto
J. King, wd, lot ~, Blk. /,
Spence's Add to Bladen. ...... IL
Arthur Burge and wife to Hugh
& Minnie Schulz, wd, lot 2, 8,
Blk. q, Blue Hill............. 100
Mortgages Filed, sli,95O.00.
Mortgages Released, oi3.65O.OO.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11
FOR QUEENS TRANSIT LINE
P. s. Board Will Open Bids for
Section 2 on January %.

The Public Service Commission yester-
day instructed the chairman and secre-
tary to advertise for bids to be opened
on January IS at noon for the construction
OF Section Of the Astoria Woodside and
Corona rapid transit line. This Is the
first construction contract for the new
rapid transit lines in Queens to he ad-
vertised. 1t is part Of the elevated road
10 be built from the greensboro Bridge
through Second and Debevoise avenues to
DItmars avenue. Astoria.
II VIII connect with the lines over the
Greensboro Bridge. and under the dual
system win he operated Jointly by the
marlborough Rapid Transit Company
from the Second avenue elevated and the
steinway tunnel and By the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company frcas the BroaS-
way-seventb avenue s<owsy.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11
UPHOLDS SAVIOUR LAW
Justice Blackmar Decides
Against Manufacturers.

Justice Blackmar, in a habeas corpus
proceeding brought to test the law lin
iting the hours of labor of minors and
women in factories, handed down a de-
cision yesterday in the Supreme Court.
Brooklyn, holding that II was crime to
employ a woman to work In a factory
more than fifty-four hours in week.
William Hoederlin, a candy manufac-
turer, made a test of the law covering
minor and women employees. and was
arrested, and then brought the habeas
corpus action.
In his memorandum Justice Blackmar
covers the so-called constitutional guar
antee OF liberty. holding that 1T Is COM
petent beyond question for the Legs
lature to prescribe such limitations In the
case of minors. who are wards OF the
state. and that IL is to the welfare OF
society TO limit the hours OF labor Q
woman shall perform in factory Goa
tinuing, he said:
The development Of the Industrial NE
Of the nation. the pressure OF women ano
children entering the industrial nelo IN
competition with men physically petts.
qualified for the struggle, mas compeueo
them to submit to conditions ana tetns
Of service which IL cannot be presumed
they would freely choose. Their liberty
to contract to sell their labor may pc
but another name for involuntary service
created by existing industrial condittons
The law which restraints the liberty 20
contract may tend to emancipate them oy
enabling them to act as they choose ana
not as competitive conditions compel AN
these considerations are for the Eens-
lature and for the Legislature alone. ~
n
duct I'm matters plainly and obviously In
different TO the welfare OF the public Or
any portion thereof that the courts can
pronounce the act violative of civil no
critics Certainly this is not such Case
The lawyer for Mr.. Hoederlin announced
after the adverse decision that ne would
appeal.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11
FIGHT ON FOR SUFFRAGE
Bill to Come Up Shortly in the
House of Commons.

London, Jan. IO.-When the franchise
reform bill comes up In the British Par
lament shortly the members of the
House of Commons will find all the ap-
proaches TO the chamber picketed by
actresses and other supporters of the
movement in favor of votes for women.
Throughout the entire debate, day and
night, the women intend TO he present in
strength and to buttonhole members OF
the House as they pass In and out.
The Actresses Franchise League. which
is organizing the movement, has called
for the help of all similar societies in
making peaceful demonstration in sup
port of the adoption of an amendment to
the bill intended to give the suffrage to
women. They hope to be successful. al
though the acts of their militant sisters
have greatly alienated sympathy from
the cause in the United Kingdom.
At the same time the militant section
of the suffragettes is said to be prepar-
ing to provide a more exciting time for
members of Parliament.
At present the suffragists have a bare
majority in the House of Commons il
ali Ol lueHt NOic lOt Tic HiSdSutc IL 10
understood however, that many of them
have at least temporarily withdrawn
their support because OF the methods
adopted by the militants A large num-
Der of Liberals who are In favor OF suf-
frage for women Will not vote for it now
on account of Premier ksquth's oppo-
sition to the movement and also because
OF the way he has been treated by the
militants.
Should the members of the House OF
Commons who favor woman suffrage
succeed in having the word male" elm
mated from the bill three alternative
will be made to include wom-
en-. The first and most drastic emanates
from the Labor party, comforting the
vote on every woman in the country
who is more than twenty-one years old.
This has little chance Of passing, as IL
would mean adult suffrage. which meets
much opposition. The second proposal
is that incorporated in what was known
as the Cancellation hill and which was
defeated by the supporters of woman
suffrage because IL was not democratic
enough and would give the vote to
wealthy and well-to-do women. but not
to the working woman. 1t simply pro-
vides that the vote should be given to
women householders. David Lloyd
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11
LEAVE IT TO THE MEN
Women of Repose Oppose Ali,
ance with Progress.

The village OF Repose and the village oil
Progress had joint town meeting at the
Waldorf Astoria Yesterday to discuss
whether they wanted to consolidate All
the officials OF both places were there
President Belle de Rivera OF the village
of Repose. President Florence Guernsey
OF the village OF Progress. Tight"ad
Treasurer Mrs. Cahan Of Progress 20
Jiceman Mrs. futile. Postmaster Mrs
Josenh Wood OF Progress and many
others They filled the platform. and all
wore their titles in cardboard placards on
their breasts. so you couldn't mistake
them.
I, was the annual playtime OF the Post
Parliament club. and Mrs. John Tro~
was I'm the chair. The villages falied 10
consolidate. though so much WAS saiu
about II that at times every one was
talking at once.
Nrs william Grant Brown. who was
,h.re az woman taxpayer from the VII
lace NJ Repose. summed up the feelings
80 tho women OF that community when
she spoke.
.orhe women of Progress" she cried
desire 10 share the civic Responsiveness
NJ the men. Well, We women OIL HePose
do not. We say, deliver us from respon-
slbi,I,ies. We believe that womans place
g. over the dishpan and the washtubs.
We don't want to 20 out into the world
and see that the orphan asyiums are run
right We don; want to gee ihat our
children aren't poisoned 10y bad drinking
u.o,or and killed by automobiles In the
street because there's no otner pace ior
them to play. We believe In Leaving these
,h,nes 70 the men. We love the men!"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-01-11

George and other influential supporters
of votes for women" opposed this. so
it, too, is not likely to meet with favor.
In fact. the only amendment which
will receive serious consideration IL that
which proposes to introduce the Norwe-'
gian system into England. This system
gives the votes to women householders
and the wives of electors AS most Of
the women householders are Of the we'll
off classes and all the workingmen are
electors the amendment would. 1t 10 con-
sidered. fairly distribute the vote among
al 81
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-05
APPEAL TO SAVE BECKER.
New Trial for Condemned Nnn Asked
Four Grounds.

New York, June A new trial for
Charles Becker, the police lieutenant con-
viCted of the murder of Herman Rosen-
thai and now in the death house at Sing
Sing. was sought in the supreme court
to-day on four grounds, namely:
First, that new evidence had been dis
covered; second, that the verdict of con-
viction was contrary to law and against
the weight Of the testimony; third, that
a juror was separated from the other
jurymen on two OCCASIONS fourth, that a
new trial should be granted in the inter-
ests of justice.
The motion was made before Justice
Gon who presided at Beckers trial. JOS
A Shay, Becker's lawyer. submitted "a
affidavits in support of the contention
that Sam Schepps was an accompice of
Jack Rose in the murder and that there
fore his testimony should have been con-
sdered as such
Frank A. Moss, the assistant district
attorney who conducted the prosecution.
opposed the motion. Mr. Moss asserted
that Bcckers contentious had been de-
cided against him at the time of his trial.
Justice Goff gave Mr.. Shay until Mon
day to file a brief.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-06-05
GRAND OFFICERS ARRIVE.
commercial Travellers ct .cv, Eng
lnnd Open Rutland Convention To-day.

Rutland, June i-Althuugh there are no
large gatherings until Tomorrow In con-
ncctlon with the 18th annual convention of
the Commercial Travellers of New Enc
land, the business of tho .three-day ses-
sion really began tonight with meetlnl
of the grand examining finance committee
at the Berwick. This committee consists
of j. NJ East of Manchester, u. H., II. C.
Kirk of this city and =. f.. Knowles Of
Everett, Mass. The grand council officers
who arrived to-night include Grand Coun-
selor j. 9 Gerry of Lewiston, Me, Junior
Counselor f. G. ellison of st. Johnsbury.
Grand Past Counselor j. H. Worthington
OF Pawtucket, Il. L., Grand Secretary W
H. Nicholas of Providence, r. l.. Grand
Treasurer +, f.. Fish of Maiden, Mass.
Grand Conductor H. G. Cassidy of Spring
field Mass Grand Page George Deland Of
Worcester Mass, and Grand Sentinel =
5. Willard OF Wethersheld Conn.
The business of the convention proper
VIII begin tomorrow morning at nine
O'Clock at the Shrine theatre. The time
from Friday noon until late saturday will
hc given over to merrymaking and sight
seeing. Governor Allen NJ Fletcher of
Cavrndlsh will be here probably for two
DAYS Of the convention. Three lands have
been engaged ana they will give street
concerts as well as take part In the par
ade saturday morning