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Mountain advocate., 1914-12-04
RAILROADS APPEAL
TO PRESIDENT
The Common Carriers Ask for Re-
lief - President Wilson Directs
Attention Of Public to

The Common Carriers Ask for Re-
lief - President Wilson Directs
Attention Of Public to
Their Needs.
The committee of railroad execu-
tives, headed by Mr.. Frank Trumbull,
representing thirty-five Of the leading
railroad systems of the nation, recent
ly presented to President Wilson q
memorandum briefly reviewing the diff
hculties now confronting the railroads
of the country and asking for the CO.
| operation of the governmental authori-
ties and the public In supporting rail-
road credits and recognizing an emer-
geDcy which requires that the rail-
roads be given additional revenues.
The memorandum recites that the
European war has resulted In general
depression of business on the Ameri.
can continent and in the dislocation
of credits at home and abroad. With
revenues decreasing and interest rates
increasing he transportation systems
o. tie untry face a most serious
crisis and the memorandum is a
strong presentation of the candle
burning at both ends and the perils
that must ultimately attend such a
conflagration when the flames meet
is apparent to all In their general
discussion the railroad representa-
ives say 10 part: by reason OF leg
isiation aud regulation by the federal
government and the forty-eight states
acting independently Of each other, as
wen As through the action OF a strong
public opinion, railroad expenses In
recent years have vastly increased.
NO criticism Is here made OF the gen
eral theory OF governmental regula-
Non, Out on the other hand, no In
genuity can relieve the carriers OF ex-
peIses created thereby"
President Wilson, in transmitting
the memorandum OF the railroad |
presidents TO the public, character.
i1eG Ii a. "A lucid statement OF plain |
truth" The president recognizing
ths emergency es extraordinary, con.
tinuing, said In part:
You & ( ne TO call the attention
OF the country to the imperative need
that railway credits be sustained and
the railroads helped In every possible
way whether by private cooperative
enort or by the action. wherever
feasible of governmental agencies, and
am glad to do 30 because I think
the need very real"
The conference was certainly a
fortunate one for the nation and the
president is to be congratulated for
opening the gate to a new world of
EFFORT in which everyone may cooper.
ate.
There are many important prob
lens in our complex civilization that
win yield to cooperation which will
not lend themselves to arbitrary rul-
ngs of commissions and financing
railroads is one OF them. The man
With the money is = factor that can.
lot be eliminated from any business
transaction and the public 10 an inter.
'sted party that should always be CON
iulted and happily the president has
invited all TO participate In the sola-
Ion OF our railroad problems.
Mountain advocate., 1914-12-04

A mountain lion recently killed in
the Grand Canyon game preserve.
which adjoins the Tusayan national
forest, measured ten feet from nose
to tail Mountain lions and other
beasts OF prey, such as wolves.
coyotes and wild cats. are q menace
TO stock and 10 game animals
Mountain advocate., 1914-12-04

overproduction and crop mortgage
force the farmers into ruinous com.
petition with each other. The remedy
lies In organization and In coopsra.
ton In marketing.
Mountain advocate., 1914-12-04
THE PATRN
DOLLAR
CONGRESS DEcREEs'Dg
pULcING IN LuNURIj
FIRST SALUTE THE
War Revenue Tax ~
Levled-Beer Bels a
5urdei |

Burdet
Congress has levidq
sos, 100000 to Offset h.
OF loss on import reJof
European dlsturbancgN
amount beer Is ikt
contributor, having b q
proximately $50, 900, OONnl
negotiable instrumental 4
will yield $31, O0,0O0;(
capital stock of banks 4
and a tax on tobacco, pefa
ter tickets, etc, makes the
Congress has decreed
brewer, the banker and n
must shoulder the muskef
to the front; that milady
add to her beauty must firsl
Sam, and a dollar that seeB
must first salute the flag;
ure and Proiit-the twin
many wars-shall fight al
battles and by an ingen
ranged schedule of taxatio5
has shifted the war budget
shoulders of Necessity tol
Choice and Gain, touchiI
various qualifications almostI
Of business.
All hail the dollar that Z
Its country; that bares is
the fortunes of war and ris
to preserve the stability and
of the nations credit
The market place has al9
a favorite stand for war rel
lectors. The trader Is a gf
cial patriot. His dollar is II
rally around the star.spangli
and the last to hear the cl
dove Of peace. He is called
buy cannon; to feed and {
boys in blue and each MOI
their hearts with the col
realm. Men can neither Se
brave without food and an
and money is as important
In war as blood. Many m
have been erected in honor
slain in battles, poems have I
ten eulogizing their noble d
the nation honors it's solte
they live and places n monSr
their graves when they 'dl(3
little has been said OF the \
bears the burdens Of war.
Honor to the Dollar that 3
Burdens Of War.
All honor TO the dollar
swers the call TO arms an
The battle is over, banda
wounds of stricken soldiers,
upon the graves o
heroes and cares for the wild
orphans. -.,----sr
AL tonor 10 the indulH
bend their backs under TN
Il war; lift the weight from
lers OF the poor and build
round the nations credit.
All honor to those who d
o the necessities and admit
be comforts Of the boys !
marching; cool the fever of
oldiers and kneel with the c
ide dying heroes.
A dollar may asht lis carlpr
ustness, industries may strt
supremacy in trade and occl
nay view each other with
uspicion, but when the bug
hey bury strife and rally arc
ag, companions and friendi
lates and chums. all ilehting
az, one cause and one countr
The Injuries IN life have
cen the great burdeu-hearers
rnment, We viii mention a
lem giving the annual contrl
} the nations treasury: Liquc
10000; tobacco. s103,000.OOO
"A 100000: silks, Sl5.500,00t
onds. sS,s37,0OO; millinery,
20; furs. $2.O24,O00 and autor
10000. We collect sG65l00o
ternal and custom revenue a
ID $3.50, 100000 OF this amount
% as Injuries. and to this
9 should add the slOO.O00.Oo0
Nv levied.
The war tax is immedIateI,
70. Tramp! Tramp Tram
dustries are marching 500,
rong and beneath the starr
ey will ill the treasury agaiI
ey shout. "Hurrah for Uncle
Mountain advocate., 1914-12-04

To guard against tree repair
iakirs. or quack tree surgeons, the
Massachusetts, forestry association
will inspect the shade trees belonging
to its members free Of charge
ohe Sihlwald. or city forest Of
Zurich. Switzerland. adds to the
towns revenues $40 per acre a
year. reducing the amount needed
TO be raised tbrough tasaiiou by
Mountain advocate., 1914-12-04

Home pride is a mighty yaluat
set, and the farmer who mas ne
carrying a heavy handicap o.
road 10 success.
Mountain advocate., 1914-12-04

In every field of human activf
demand for more competent me
women is growing every day.
cially so In agriculture.
Mountain advocate., 1914-12-04

Work is the salve that heal
wounded heart,
Mountain advocate., 1914-12-04

l would rather make my
than inherit it -THAc,srRAy.
Mountain advocate., 1914-12-04

Lie Insurance is a step tos
the abolition OF poverty; a che
hazardous speculations; a bu
proposition to all who patroul
Mountain advocate., 1914-12-04

Any government IS fee 70 I'd
pie under Il where The laws ~
the neonle 49, u. 81, 80. 4. y "A. u -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07
"WORLD ATsWAR" ATLAS

The Capital Journal has just received new shipment
of the "World at War" aliases They of later and
revised edition. compared with those we have been giving
away to our subscribers Instead Of 6 pages they con-
sst Of "a large highly ILLUSTRATED pages, printed on heavy
enameled book
The atlas contains splendid coored maps of all the
warning countries with routes Of travel and railroad
lines many tables of army and navy and general status
tcs-in fact the work is complete readyreference Ii
brary for students Of the great 1t is book which
would ordinarily sell for $100 or $5O but we are having
them made up large lots and buy them at price which
allows us to give them away to subscribers on very easy
conditions
All who pay three months subscription old or new,
back subscription in advance in case their paper is de-
vered by carrier will receive of these aliases free.
All mail subscribers, old or new, who pay years sub
scrpton S3OO) either back subscription or in advance,
will also be entitled to receive an atlas without extra
charge.
This is the most liberal offer the Capital Journal has
ever made. N,s.T.ls11
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07
COAST IS
SWEPT BY STORM
Damage at Long Island ST..
OOO,OOO---Many Vessels
Reported in Danger

New York, Dec. THE entire At
lantic scaboord, from Virginia to
Maine, was swept today by 4S.mile
gale, AT some places along the coast
the wind reached q velocity Of 20 miles
an hour Shipping was virtually para.
lyzed, and fear was felt for the safety
Of many unrcported vessels.
A number Of Long Island cottages
were undermined and demolished.
Scores Of bath houses were swept into
the sea, II was estimated the damage
would exceed Sl,000,00O.
The seas off Navesink beach and
Atlantic Highlands tore huge holes in
the retaining walls. Railroad tracks
were undermined and dozens Of build
ngs demolished. The summer home O.
Secretary of War Lindley NJ Garrison
at Normandic and other handsome ref
licences there were surrounded today
by water Part of the board walk al
Atlantic City was destroyed and the
ball room at the end Of the pier threat
ened by damaged foundations TIVE
hundred workmcn were trying TO pre-
vent further damage to the pier,
The new retaining wall at Seabright
WIS broken In many pluces. Mariner,
declared the storm was the worst tC
visit the Atlantic coast In many years
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07
STORY FROM VIENNA.

Vienna, via Berlin and London, Dee,
7.-''The battle in Poland, " stated the
war office here today continues ia.
yorably to us.
owe have taken 900 prisoners and a
few supply trains In western Galicia.
"In the southern iheater Of war our
troops are winning southwest Of Bel
grade, Seryia West Of Arandjclowatz
in the vicinity Of Gorni and Jmilano
wntg, the Scryians approached us with
reinforcemcnts and vehement attacks
on our positions are In progress y
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07
WILL
DELvE INTO TROUBLE
will EndeaVOr to Get to the
Bottom Of Ii and Place
Blame Where Ii Belongs

Denver, Colo, Dee. THE inyestiga.
ton by the federal industrial relations
commission into the causes Of the coal
miners strike in Colorado was resumed
here today. President Jesse Welborn
Of the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company,
was the first witness called. He pro-
duced number Of letters and tele'
grams he had received from John d.
Rockefeller, Jr,, since April l. All re-
ferred to the strike.
Frank p. Walsh, chairman Of tho
commission, examined Welbom closely
regarding conditions in southern Colo
RADIO
Mrs. j. Borden Hartman, q member
Of the commission, arrived today from
New York, where she recently buried
her husband, millionaire banker and
broker who died in Washington.
Two hundred delegates were sched.
uled TO open special convention of
Colorado United Mine Workers of
America here at O'Clock this after
noon. u was reported the convention
will decide TO call off the strike, but
confirmation Of this was lacking
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07
OVER BILLION
TO RUN GOVERNMENT
Oregon Is Treated Literally
Getting $2,9O3,5OO for
Rivers and HarbOrs

Washington, Dec. 7-Sbcretary of
the Treasury McAdoo submitted to
congress today his estimates for gov
ernment expenses for the fiscal year
beginning July l next. The estimates
total 81 ,090, ,l34, or about $4,000,000 less
than the expenditures for the present
year.
The naval program calls for two bat.
tleships in addition to six torpedo boat
destroyers one gunboat and one oiler.
The destroyers, gun boat and Oiler it
was estimated, will cost $7,575,000, and
work will begin on them next year. In
addition to these, eight or more sub.
marines one of the sea going type and
the others for coast defense, will be
constructed at a cost Of $2,250,000. The
estimate for armament is $9,424,99S.
The navy's total estimates were
$147, ,-764,0S6 and the army's $lS6,675,-
373 In this years estimates, army en-
gineers asked for $53,000,000 for river
and harbor Improvements.
The estimates for pensions decreased
from $l69, 100000 to $l66, 100000.
Ahuib Ahoh PioiVuViVVN Nao dohtu AOl
the Panama canal.
Estimates for the various government
branches follow:
Federal trade commission $530,000,
Board Of mediation and cancellation
$4,000
Industrial relations commission $40,,
900.
The larger rivers and harbors appro-
priations recommended included the fol
lowing:
Columbia river mouth $l,750000i
Columbia and willamette rivers, below
Portland, 100000; Columbia and Will
annette rivers, above Portland $42,5OOi
Three Mile rapids, Oregon and Wash
ington $4,000; Coos Bay, Oregon, $50,
600; Siuslaw river, Oregon, sl75,O00
Coquille river Oregon, $4,000; Hum
boldt harbor and bay California, 1878,
900; Sacramento and Feather rivers
California, $95O,0OO; Harbor at Homo
lulu 100000.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07
ST' 10
Be ..LARED OFF
Question to Be Submitted TO
Special Convention and
viii Carry

Denver Colo Dec 7-Tbo colorodo.
coal miners strike will he decloTad ot.'
tomorrow morning
After conference with. tba ave.
cutive Officers Of tho ,Tnited Nins
Workers of America Jobn Mcfanna,
president of district No X nrnonncoG
at noon TODAY that n resolution V,onlS
be Offered. at a spceiol conventior ~
miners. which convened This ofternoon
taking sneh action
The resolution McI.onnon st,ted
will set forth that tbc CoIorado cooi
strikers are WILLING IN retnrn IA wort
under the terms of tho tbroe.veor neoce
plcn outlined bv President Wilson some
time npo. 1t will nlso demand he said
thnt t6e Low mediation committee an.
force the terms Of tbat man
MeLennnn said he was nonfident N
delegates 70 tho convcntion wonld yot,
TO return TO work He declared III,
tent colonies established would not IA,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07
TURKISH CRUISER
BADLY HURT BY mine

Pctrograd Dee. THE Turkish
cruiser Hamdish, reported Sunday to
have gcocned Cmstantnople In n Grip
Piled condition, suffered even more ser.
ious injuries than first accounts indi.
Gated. according TO fuller adyices re.
ceivcd here today.
The vessel II was stated, made port
only with tae greatest difficulty,
The llamidlch was said to have
struck niue In the Black sea Decem.
her 4.
The report was also current that Rus.
sian warships had sunk six Turkish
merchant vessels which were carrying
war supplies, but as ilt was stated they
were sailing vessels, The impression was
that they probably were small and the
lus not very heavy.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07
WOMEN SENT TO JAIL.

Portland, Ore, Dec. 7.--On her plea
Of guilty TO the charge at cnbezzlng
postoffice money while she was post.
mistress at the little logging town o.
Austin, In Baker county, Mrs Mollie
Irwin was sentenced this morning tn
three months imprisonment In the
county Jail Judge X. =, Beaa imposed
the penalty today In federal court sup.
plementibg Il with a fine Of till0,
which was the amount OF her ullegc !
dcfnlcation,
Assistant United states District At
torney Everett A. johnson asked the
court to BE- lpniont with Mrs. irwin
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07
Allies Take Offensive.

Paris, Dec. Am offensive along
their entire line was being assumed to-
day Ivy the allies.
There was heavy fighting in Alsace.
In the Argonne region also the Ger.
man trenches were being fiercely she'll
cd Besides this, the French were at
tacking the enemy by means Of mining
operations.
The allies likewise held more ad.
vanced positions along the User,
The French artillery was outranging
the Germans and proving everywhere
more effective. Indications we're that
new Gallic guns had arrived at the
front and that they were doing excel
lent work.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07
WANT FIRING ACROSS
THE BORDER STOPPED

Naco, Ariz., Dee. 7--Closing a tele.
gmpn appeal with the prayer, "for
Gods sake help us, citizens Of Naco
wired today TO Senators Ashurst aud
Smith, 'of Arizona, Fall, Of New Mex.
leo, and Smith, Of Michigan for relief
from Mexican bullets.
The message was the result Of q
meeting Of citizens yesterday at which
the killing Of five Americans and the
wounding Of 40 others by bullets fired
by the belligerent Mexican factions of
Naco Sonora, were discussed.
The message stated that Naco had
appealed Ia vain to the federal govern
mrut for aid.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07
Allies Gaining Slowly on West
ern Frontier But Resist
anCe Is Stubborn
FIGHTING IN ALSACE
IS UNUSUALLY HEAVY
New French Heavy Guns Said
to Have Greater Range
Than Those Of Germans

London, Dec. 7.-The Chronicle g re-
port today that Ostend was burning
lacked confirmation from any other
source this afternoon, The suggestion
was made that some ordinary fire might
have been observed, giving rise to the
alarmist rumors.
Though the allies were evidently
gaining a little ground in the western
fighting zone, their own accounts adj
mitted that their progress was small
and that every step Of it was desper-
atey resisted by the Germans.
Petrograd reports spoke OF the gain
by the Russians Of important positions
about Przemysl and Of a steady in
crease in the volume Of the Slavs ad.
vance through the Carpathians into
Hungary, There was a disposition here,
however, to withhold congratulations
until there has been more opportunity
to observe the effect of the Germans
victory at Lodz on operations in this
quarter,
Russian gains, with the occupation OF
several Turkish towns, were reported in
Ottoman territory near the Persian
frontier.
Though there was much inurmuring
among the population dependent on the
Firth Of Forth fisheries at the admir-
atty order closing the Firth against the
fishing fleet 8 operations, the step was
regarded here as having been mill
tary necessity, and there was said 10
be small chance that the embargo would
be lifted while the war continued
A Rotterdam message told Of the is
suance by the kaiser Of call for the
last regular reserves to report to tlfe
colors by December go, leaving only the
extra reserves of the classes Of 1914
aud 1915 and the volunteers still out OF
the active service.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07
RHrn1vERsHlp nrNrHD.

New York, Dec. 7.-Stnte supreme
court Justice pcndlcton denied today
the application Of Horace Brand for a
receiver Cor the Rock Island railroad.
Brand asked for receiver on th3
ground thnt the road y directors had
improperly conducted Ne affairs Jus.
tce Pendleton said if Brand desired
un ncounting he could get II by suing
the directors instead Of through receiy.
ership proceedings.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07
Tho Official statnmnnt.

Paris, Dec, THE allies continued
tolay their attacks on the few trenches
still held by the Germans on the left
bank Of the User, It was stated In the
Bordeaux war Offices official state
ment received mere this afternoon.
"The French artillery" said the
communication, "obtained the adyan.
tage in the Champagne district Sun
dny,b -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07
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VIOLATES NEUTRALITY.

Washington, Dec, THE state
department announced this aft
ernOon that President Wilson
mad decided that the building
of submarines for belligerent
European nations by American
manufacturers would be a viola
tion of Americas neutrality
proclamation. As a result,
Charles NJ. Schwab, president of
the Bethlehem Steel company,
will not carry CIT his intention
Of building submarines for
European nation now at war.
X \. X X X x 4 X X X X x X \.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07

Don I waste your time worrying
about how the world got along before
you came into H. OF how " Is going
tu re, on after you leave II.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07
Abandoning French Town Is
Confession Germany Can
not Face Both Foes
FORCED TO PREVENT
RUSSIAN INVASION
She Chooses to Lose in France
and Belgium in Order to
Protect Prussia
By J. w. T. Mason
Former London correspondent for the
United press.)

United press
New York. Doe. 7-Simultoneonsl :,
with its announcement of n Teutonic
victory at ..odz, the Berlin war office
confessed Sunday for the first time
since the battle Of the Marne the Ger
man bombardmcnt of position in the
western fighting zone.
This was the evacuation Of Verncl.
les, between Lille and Arras and it
may prove to possess even more sig.
nifcance than the defeat Of the Slavs
in Russian Poland
The two operations, though removed
from one another by almost the width
Of a continent, nre closely related
There seems no doubt that the Ger.
mans won in Poland with troops drawn
from France and Belgium From this
fact it is fair TO conjecture that the
FrNneo-Anglo'Relgian allies are more
nearly ON an equality with the Ger
mans In the west than they have been
at any previous time since the war be-
gan.
TO predict, however, from such u
chonge In conditions, that the German,
will soon be out Uf western France and
Belgium would be going too far.
Situation compels It,
Future developments in the west de-
pend on the situation in Russia.
1t is evident, nevertheless, that Ger
mans consider il more important I,
prevent Il Russian invasion than thai
II won IN pronee ana Belgium.
ms IL NATURAL since the entrance
OF NuSs'oh troops lhto the heart o.
germany would inevitably mean th'
Gripping OF the Hohenzollern strength
ana the' loss OF territory
Moreover, there IL no such eontinuoni
natural bOrfier between Germany ant
huSsln as the hhlne forms betweeI
termbny ana France
II compelled to choose between
weakening his western army and per
mittlng the Slays to oyerrun Prussia
the kaiser cannot afford TO hesitate
he must accept the former alternative
Accordingly, amy immediate sue
cesses by the allies in the west depenl
upon the development of the Russia.
peril
At present this peril is not yer
pressing. General Won Hindenbur
demonstrated ot Lodz that he ho
enough troops to hold the Russians o
a safe distance from the German froI
tier.
The Danger Growing.
II. however, the Russians should r,
cover and develop n danger such /
Won lIindenpurg cannot quickly owe
ride, there viii have 70 90 furtb,
Withdrawals Of Germons from Fran,
and Belgium. In such A case the nj
nouncement Of the abandonment {
Verneles would surely be followed b
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07

ono philosopher informs us that
necessity is the mother Of invention,
and another says II IL the father OF
lies. Query, What IL the sex of ne
cessly1
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-07

A company Of Los Angeles capitalists
will open the iron mines In tle Iron
mountain district, Curry county, In the
near future.