Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1914-12-23


they have been forgotten The attorneys preparing the
evidence and application for trial have just
peted their work 1t makes book of 24OO closely print
ed pages With few documents like that for the supreme
court to peuse it is quite possible Becker may die of old
age before the question is decided.
The University of Wisconsin professors were so an
nOyed by the students at lectures Sneezng coughing and
blowing their nOses that the order was issued that they
must muffe their exhausts" Just how this was to be
done the faculty did not say but passed that part of up
to the Students How to Sneeze in whisper cough with
the soft pedal and blow their noses as flowers blow in
stead of tlumpets is the problem facing the plebs.
Thaw is to be returned again to his old home in the
insane asylum of New York. He has made many law
yer happy and reasonably well off since he killed White
and 1t is probable ne will keep up the good work long
his money that of his family lasts Lawyer Jerome
says he will put him in the asylum but he does not init
mate that he will keep him there
1t is use trying to mollify the Oregonan editors
They are sot in their ways" and will never be satisfied
until they are allowed to go down and lick Mexico. Not
WhSandng our kindly feeling toward and friendly in
terest in all Of them sometimes feel that it is useless
longer to hold them back though it cruel to give
Mexico over to utter devastation.
According to Admiral Sturdee, the British sailors and
marines on his fleet when the German vessels sight
ed ordered down to eat good breakfast before be-
ginning the fight This shows which job they consid
Gleu Ine more important
Portland in spite of wheat at the 81 20 mark is again
suffering from hunger and poverty is Overrun with un
employed and its mills are idle Too bad but it prob
able most Of the trouble exists in the mind Of the great
Portland pesSimst
There were several presidential booms started in this
month and perhaps Hobson trying to into life
with prohibition as the incubator The weather generally
throughout the country is not just favorable to boom
let's presidential or other.
Jupiter seems to have designs on our little one moon
though he has four of his oWn not counting four other
little ones AS the moon is according to the poets "a
tickle jade it is not probable anything serious will come
of the Irritation.
Now comes the gladstone tdings that radium is to be
reduced to onethrd Of its present price AS it costs
$12OOOO gram and it will take $4,000 to purchase that
quantity when prices cut most of us will have to Wo
ny along as short Of radum as before.
For genuine modesty and ability to size himself up,
Villa far ahead of all Mexican competitors-if he has
any He says he is not qualified for the position of pres
dent Of his country Wonder if there any like him in
MeXicO-Or this country?
The record of burglars and robbers who have been
caught or killed recently indicates either that criminals
are getting abundant or that they playing in extra
hard luck just now
Winter began, according to the almanac makers, at
about 1880 yesterday morning but matter Of fact
the real thing beat the almanac fellows to it by fort
night
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