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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-30

the war, which had stimulated trade in
certain lines. He said the tariff is to
be the big issue of the campaign next
year. He dweit at length on the effect
of the removal of the tariff from wool
and sugar.
Myers Gets Even.
In closing his address he swung into
a campaign speech of denunciation of
the democratic party and its policies
The meeting was in the cubby "col.
leg" room at the Hazelwood, where the
diners were closely gathered about the
tables forming cross. Macarthur was
at the head of the cross. In front of
him, to the left, was Postmaster +. S.
Myers AS Macarthur ripped into the
democrats he looked at Myers and grin.
ned broadly. Myers grinned back and
later got even.
-" When there was IL cents protection
on wool what was the price Of wool1"
asked j, j. Sayer,
Congressman Macarthur countered by
saying he believed the present high
price of wool to be due to shortage
IN the world s supply.
:" | want to ask a question, - said I.
II. Amos. "Why was it that when the
tariff was taken off of hides the price
of hides wen, up?n And here is an
other question: "Why are the armies
of Europe marching in American shoes,
made by American labor under free
tariff2'
:" You asked the questions, now you
answer them," said Macarthur The
diners laughed, and the discussion
swung to another angle, until Near.
thur brought it back to the hides
again.
"That statement about the hides is
new to me-" he said ''T would like
to hear an answer to Mr.. Amos ques.
ton Z"
II will answer it," said Mr.. Amos,
jumping to his feet and shaking
finger at the congressman. "We are
after the hide of the republican party.
We are tired of the republican party
forever dragging in the tariff question
as IA political issue. There is not an
honest statement in the whole argu.
ment on the tariff presented by the re.
publican party"
Amos Is Applauded.
Amos was vigorously applauded and
the diners laughed and enjoyed Me.
Arthur evident discontinue over the
turn affairs had taken.
What commodities would be higher
if we had protection9" asked Post.
master Myers, evidently remembering
the earlier exchange of grins.
Lumber, for one thing" replied Me.
Arthur
we are shipping lumber from our
ports now in competition with the
world, retorted Myers.
The total imports of lumber would
not be enough to keep one small mill
busy" declared Sayer.
why is it that when the republican
party is in power we have a measure
OF prosperity and when the democrats
are IN power we have depression, -
asked Macarthur, fighting from the last
trench. ''
1t is because when conditions are
such that hard times are due. the dom.
ocrats get in and get it in the neck, {"
declared Amos, 81 do not hold brief
tor the democratic party any more than
do for the republican party, but this
TAX by the republicans about the tariff
is all bosh. ="
AT the close of the discussion Amos
expressed the thanks Of the league to
Macarthur " for having nerve to come
before this bunch"
" see that l got into democratic
hotbed, " laughed Macarthur.
c, L. Warner presided.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-30
GermanS She'll Town
Of Dunkirk, 20 Dead

Continued from page One.)
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-30
Are Blooming Where
Once Battle RACED
Csuo eSud molJ peuut,uoo>

- NNtl N'NhH HuNulAuU1l
VorS' cigars and ALL Leaving the pitch
dark flower garden that fronts the farm
mouse you stumble to the lift down n
BADLY cut up highway sllirting the hill
Ihere ism t light anywhere: none ia
SHOWN 81 by specific orders for zeppelins,
lauoes W ariators may be prowlnp
overhead with bombs poised. You pass
dark forms going in the opposite direc.
hon-orderlies with messages for head.
quarters Now You turn to the right
ana start up a narrow street You are
IN the village. You don I take three
steps before a sentry calls out with
sharp notes Halt"
Your officer advances gives the word
for the night the sentry presents arms.
you advance, at last you are in the ae.
tive war zone.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-30
Fighting Is Progressing.


London, April SO.-The admiralty
touay announced that the German
steamship Macedonia which escaped
from LAS Palmas some time ago, has
oeen captured by British wars6ip.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-30

, london April 30.-The British col.
nc, ner Mobile and the trawler Lillydale
nave been sunk by submarines in the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-30

Continued from page one.)
captured and we have taken one Of.
,,e'r and thirty Frcuchmen prisoners.
we nave held The ground gained
against repeated French counter at.
tacks.
- Avtators Are Killed.
Near CorueN I'm the eastern Arron-
mes, an eucmy's acroplane has been
Shot down aud the aviators killed.
brelwern the Mouse and the Moselle
the French attacks ON the conquered
poSltlonS in the Mouse heights have
failed North Of Flirey French
charge failed aud the enemy lost
heavily.
In the fighting in this region be-
tween April "a and % we took prison
ers i3 Officers, including three regi
mental commanders aud about 4,OOC
men.
"or aerial forces have bombordet
tue fortified town Of Harwich,
Fighting Is Progressing.
I In the eastern theatre of war IN,
"'rINan vanguard forces advancing in
10 northwestern Russia reached yester
gay IN a broad 'front.' the railroad from
p,ueSenberg to Libw. The Russian,
ana not offer amy serious resistance
slHnVng now is progressing ueaI
staWIe and near Kalwarya wher,
strong Russian attacks failed under
e''W'en Nalwarya and Augustowa, tn,
nEaaNF losses, The Germans have taket
2oV unwoundcd russians and five of
,.v'rs prisoners. To the southwark
russian charges have failed"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-30
COAST LEAGUE STANDINGS.

Yesterdays Results,
AZ Portland Portland 1, Los An.
geles 3 90 iuuings).
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-30

As soon as woman is through tax.
ing on over one new thing she com.
menees telling her husband Of some.
thing else that she can't do without
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-04-30

North sea.
;, The Lillydalc was torpedoed off
tyne Her crew was saved
The Mobile was torpedoed while OFF
lewis Island. The crew were given ten
minutes IN which to take the boats
They finally arrived at Galloway. after
nine hours in the boats.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
Biennial Aspect OF tho State Tax.

In exact accordance with the pro-
gramme adopted by the majority at
Albany last spring, It Is now an
nounced that the direct State tax for
1857 will be small. Governor WHIT
MAN thinks It will DO only SO, OOO, 900,
conceived by him TO be Of triHing
consequence. Comptroller TRAVIS, In
his computation printed this morning,
asserts that IT may be avoided alto-
gether If his advice Is followed.
We shall not enter here upon an
analysis Of Mr.. TRAvrs's tabulation (:
Governor WHrrMAN's mathematical
and financial excursions the college OF
expert accountants long ago gave up
MS beyond the field Of their under
standing. We accept thankfully the
promise Of relief from a heavy bur
den; we rejoice with our fellow tax
payers; and We urge them 10 give
heed to the great material blessings
which flow from biennial elections,
the incidence Of which compels even
politicians to give biennial heed to
the protests Of the afnictcd citizen.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
The Black Man In the National
Convention.

The Republican National Committee
acting with the approval Of a large
majority of Republicans. has rccog-
nized a fact In Its new apportionment
rule for the national convention, and
discarded a theory. The party chung
for a generation to the fiction that the
negroes of the South were voters, en-.
titled to representation in its conven-
tons. For years 1t has not attempted
to enforce their nominal rights In
Congress; the upsetting OF the grand.
father clause in Southern State Con-
situations by the Supreme Court found
Its spokesman among the first to
pledge their strongest efforts against
black domination.
How will the negroes In those
Northern States in which their votes
are important accept this revision of
the list of delegates? The Republican
managers In Ohio, Indiana, Illinois
and half n dozen other States must
have given thought TO this incident of
the reform. Their answer would be.
undoubtedly. that under any circum-
stances the negro can expect no po-
litical prefcrment from n Democratic
national administration, and in local
affairs the Republican organization
a care for him as well as its op-
ponents. Moreover, the negro race
should benefit from the termination
( the scandals that have been brought
on It by the delegations from the
Southern States. The loss Is to In
dividuals; the gain to all the black
men in the country, whose place in
the community is not to be fixed by n
few politicians. but must he deter
mined ny themselves.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
THE DRAGON FLY AGAIN.
Its Larv1 Destroy the Mosquito
Wlgglers.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir:
read with much interest n appreciation
the letter signed wv. F." in THE Sun
In which the merits of the dragon n
as mosquito hawk were extolled.
wonder II the full merits Of this remark
able insect are known. Not only does
the winged adult devour mosquitoes
and other noXious insects but the lar
VIZ eat immense numbers OF mosquito
"wigglers." These larva live in the
safne stagnant pools as does the mos
quito, but only in permanent pools, and
live entirely on small water insects. The
wiggler Is their most plentiful food.
w. F." speaks OF dragon flies being
caught for bait. I presume he means the
larvR. Any one who has tried to catch
the adults must admit that it Is pretty
hard to get them.
Thos who call the dragon ny "horse
singer and other d names have
never tried the experiment Of trying TO
get tho cr.ttsr 10 bite one. The dra ron
fly has no sting and cannot sting any
thing. even the little blue fellow (Enal-
lagma) that makes motions as II sting
Ing. The only one whose jaws can give
wen a nip that can be slightly felt is
the big green darner (Anax) so com
mon on Long Island In the fall.
All IN all, the dragon fly ~ our hest
friend among insects. :. q. RrCu
NEW YoRK, December Is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
PROMOTION BY SELECTION.
The faint OF Politics Seen In the
Proposal Of Secretary Daniels.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir:
Daniels Defends HIS Promotion Plan
is the title OF a communication from
Washington which appears In THE SUN
OF December IA. II In notorious that
not in "A generation and a half have
politicians been so powerful IN the Navy
Department as now. In consequence, all
OF Daniels's recommendations. without
exception. are viewed with suspicion.
II is safe to assume that every one of
them IL framed to help him achieve
his ambition Of representing North Caro-
lima In the Senate. His scheme Of pro-
motion by selection Il will not discuss
its merits here) suffers from this uni
versal faint. The navy will fight hard
and long against any project which
places the hnal selection In the hands
OF q Daniels. II Ia this power, to be
used for political effect. which he un-
questionably seeks and which II IL fair
to predict he will never he permitted
to exercise.
The nav and It's friends IN the press
n Congress are n o TO he sulled. and
they will wage relentless war against
this contemplated prostitution OF the
first line Of the national defence 10
sordid. personal aims, II Daniels. clint
mating his preposterous self. will place
the final designation OF tho fortunate
officer to be promoted over tho heads
OF his fellows absolutely and unre-
servedly with the service he may pos
sibly get such a bill through. u not
otherwise. ONE OF X MrzzrYp.
NEW YORK, December 1t.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16

All Concerned Urged TO Unite for
Legislative Action.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir. II
his address delivered before tho Inter-
national Trade Conference at the Hote,
Aston on December s. In telling o, the
poignant need for relief 20 American ex-
porters In the matter OF vessels, Mr.. Y.
y. Baker, recognized as one OF Amer.
icas sanest and most patriotic exrerts
on shipping matters. said
Let US all Join. and ~ we car mo, occur.
by legislation everything We find neces-
saTN. let us stu unite 20 secure what wa
can.
Isn't that about tho best advice we
can have at a time when Republicans
want chip subsidies. Democrats Govern
ment ownership. capitalists one thing.
labor unions another. the East. the mid
die West and Pacific coast something
else, yet all aiming at the same thing,
nn American mercantile marine. the
object being 10 save our country from
paying alien ship owners $500. 900, 600 In
times OF peace and over 1900. 900, 600
In war int 10 carry our goods
Secretary McAdoo has at least shown
himself TO he a real live man ana that
he has the interest of the country nj
heart, Apparently he IL the only one IN
either political party who Is %endeavor-
ing to give the United States relief from
the domination OF the foreign Shipping
pools, which have found us the easiest
kind OF "A mark in the worlds history
Even though Mr.. McAdoo's suggestions
do not meet with our entire approval let
us. In the words OF Mr.. Baker, unite
to secure what We can" IN the matter Of
shipping legislation. r. T.. CRoPIry.
New YORK. December Is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
THE MARINES.
Our Sea Soldiers Have Burned Powder
in Many Remote Lands.

To THE EDITOR Of THE SuN-Sir: Presl'
dent Wilson Is asking Congress to In
crease the strength OF the United States
| Marine Corps by 1900 men, and 1t may
be interesting to know that:
The United States Marine Corps was
authorized by the Continental Congress
on November 10. 1875. and therefore has
the distinction OF being the Oldest branch
of the service.
Lieutenant r. y. O'Bannon OF the
United States Marine Corps hoisted the
first American nag ever flown over a
fortress OF the Old World. when Derne,
a stronghold I'm Tripoli. was taken by
assault on April 81, 1905.
The first regulars who entered the
fortress OF Chapultepec in Mexico city
when II was taken by storm OF Septem-
Der 13. 1s47. were Inc United States
marines under Major Levi Twigg.
Under the command OF Robert f.. Lee
the United States marines captured John
Brown at Harpers Ferry IN 1859.
A battalion Of marines under Captain
John l.. Broome occupied New Orleans
upon its surrender and hoisted the Amer
lean flag on the custom house April 90,
1862.
A battalion Of marines. GAG officers
and men. commanded by Lieutenant
Colonel II. W. Huntington, was the first
American force that landed IN cub In
1898, when 1t established n base for
SIMPSONS fleet at Guantanamo, holding
their position against Spanish regulars
who were estimated to number 1000.
The United States marines OF the L.
:. =. OREGON, Captain JOIN IT. Myers
commanding. were the first American
troops to enter Pekin just before the
Boxer insurrection broke out in 1900.
A battalion OF marines under Major
l.. W. T. Waller were the first to enter
China after the outbreak.
Lleutenant-Colonel Neville's marines
were the first ashore at Vera Cruz In
April, 1914.
The United States marines have cap
rled their colors into action IN Tripoli.
Egypt, West Africa. the FIJI Islands.
Sumatra, Hawaii, Mexico. China. Uru-
quay. Paraguay, Alaska. Panama. For
mosa. Corea, Nicaragua. Cuba, Santo
Domingo and now in Hayti.
l.. y. PISRsroN,
Captain, 7. s. NJ. C, Retired. IN charge
OF Recruiting Publicity Bureau.
NEW YORK, December Is.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
Wssk for the Prosecutor. Not the
Politician.

II the accusations that were made
yesterday directly and by implication
before the legislative committee In
vestigating the Public Service Com
mission in this district are well
founded, their consideration is a task
for the Grand Jury and the District
Attorney, and not for a political
agency whose activities are as likely
to result In immunity to wrongdoers
AZ to bring them to book.
The misconduct alleged against one
Of the Commissioners Is Of q charac-
ter % serious that, should he be
proved guilty Of 1t, only the severest
punishment will satisfy the public.
Removal from Office is not the apprc-
pirate penalty for such betrnyais OF
the public trust.
The legislative committee has ac-
complished its political task. Let 1t
refer TO the prosecutors ONCE the
case that now holds Its attention.
and by so doing gain a credit for
good faith It has 50 far ccnspicu-
susly failed to attain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
OVER MOUNT
Unexpected Details Found In One OF
Mr.. Pencils Etchings.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUH-Str. II
Joseph Pennell saw" what he put
into one of his sketches In THE Sun of
December IL. Looking Down Lower
Broadway. Showing Woolworth and
New York beware the Kaiser.
Surmounting Mount Woolworth there
is a we'll defined. to my eye. caricature
OF Emperor William, with the I'm
perial' REINFORCED by q beard that might
have Just been scissored IN CONSTANT
nople. while an appraised right arm
holds either a beacon light or cone of
ice cream.
That It is a beacon IL indicated by
the ferce look the Kaiser d giving the
Oyster Bay country.
Round his head tho wireless waves
are Grabbing. with three SIS appearing
Just before the message, on the west
side. curls into IF. w" Apparently the
Kaiser's head is resting against the top
OF a throne. Woolworth's pinnacle, The
throne top depicts a mysterious woman
whose right index finger is held az IL
cautioning "Silence I" Atop her head
sits Eddie Foy In silhouette. Just under
the royal left ear Is the frontal section
OF a kids (goat's) head. Two runs
swing Providence Or. Inward from
tho Singer tower. with a climbing turtle.
lost In part In the sky. making for
them.
What does II all msan7
SAMUEL +. sMrrpr,
Not n Post-Impressioni.t.)
ERIE. Pa. December ~.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
On the Drivers Seat when streets
Arc Blocked with snow.

We have no technical skill, but a
lively human interest, in the profes.
sional problems OF the truck driver
In the streets of Gotham. We admire
him because he makes the doctors
with their health rules look ridicu-
lous. because he smokes multitude
nous cigarettes yet is leather lunged.
and for his general sense. crude eff
cheney Gimp and unaffected cussed-
ness and cussing. We love to see
him make the furcoats scramble at
a crossing. We r sorry when he
urges his nags too hard. but blame
the mar who sends out an overload
more than we can censure the hard
driven driver.
But we wonder why he does some
Of the things he does.
Why. when his front wheels are
hub deep In the snow traps set by
earnest street cleaners at street cor
ners. does he turn his team at right
angles to his course, and set them
straining ut the tugs, not budging the
load, and sever times u Of ten
swapping short the pole and leaving
his caravel a wreck In the lane Of
traffic? Why, having to stop oil n
street that spurns the horizontal by
several feet in a hundred, does he
back his heavy load uphill? This. to
our unskilled sense, seems sheer per-
versity. We have observed II, regret
fully, all too often.
While there are some few engines
left in which horsepower Is really
the power of n horse. let us grind
sharp their calks, let us not demand
of them superiority to the laws of
grnvitation and mechanics, let us rec
ognize n difference between gasolene
and muscular fibre.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16

To ms EDITOR OF Tun srS-Sy, 81,
should Ss remembered tina, articles IN.
tended as e''ts entering Canada ars in
general dut'aole at the Same rates a,
similar articles for commercial purp,ses"
says Niee-Con-ui O Gaylord Marsh IN,
tho Information 81 those desiring {, e.nl
CHRISTMAS and other slf;s to Canada.
The Canadian tarin rule provides for IN,
free admission 81 these articles:
casual donations from abroad sent hy
friends ana not being advertising matter,
tobacco. articles containing sp,-t. az
merchandise sor sale. when duty o.herw,s.
payable thereon does no, exceed 90 Giants
In any one case, under regulations by TN
Minister Of Customs"
There IL no way NJ preparing the I'm.
ported ch'F on articles sent to foreign
countries except nv arrangement with
eNn-as. companies m parcels forw raed "a
foreign destinations by express l.
NEW yonR. DeosmSsr -
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
japanese Policy in China.

Tho interest of the world In the
present change in tho form of gov
eminent of China has been centred
less on the attitude of the Chinese
than in the unusual concern shown
by Japan and the opposition that she
has interposed to the new monarchy.
Recent disturbances In China, notably
the sensational outbreak Mt Shanghai.
have been laid Mt Jupan's door and
considered as part of her scheme to
undertake an oyerlordshIp Of her big
neighbor.
The Japanese policy regarding
Chinn In tho past and the opportunity
that the war has afforded for carry
ing 1t out are, perhaps, the principal
reasons for belief In .Jnpan's designs
Of aggression. She Is no longer
only m island empire and the recur-
renee of seclusion is now impossible ,
for She 10 an established continental
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-16
Lord AlveFstone.

The announcement from London Of
the death Of Lord ALvERsToNr, Sir
RICHARD WEBSTER. who was Lord
Chief Justice of England from 1900
n 1913, speaks of him as lone of
the strongest friends Of America I'm
public life" He was, for he had
troops Of friends in America, at the
bar and in Washington, and he was
an admirer, II a genial critic, of our
institutions: hut the Canadians will
interpret the quoted expression diff
ferently, because rs England's repre-
sentative on the Alaska Boundary
Tribunal he concurred with the Amer
lean commissioners, Senator LODGE of
Massachusetts,. Secretary Of War
Roor and Senator GEORGE TURNER of
Washington, In excluding Canada
from the sea o north OF ~ de-
grees 40 minutes. IT was the conten-
tion Of the Canadian commissioners.
LOUIS A. JErTf and ALIEN b. AYLEs-
WORTH, that the ten marine leagues
from the coast fixed as the boundary
In the Anglo Russian treaty of 1925,
should not bs measured from the
actual shore line following indenta-
lions, but from n line running from
headland to headland.
The Canadians could never forgive
Lord AivTRsToNE, and his construc.
ton Of the wording of the treaty
made him a target for vicious nt-
taen By tho guerrilas Of the English
press. Rut the Spectator spoke for
all those Englishmcn who knew
that lord ALvERsToNE WIS the soul
OF honor a. a man md professionally
when 1t said: "Wo r convinced
that Lord ~ALvEhsToSx. although he
rnust naturally have regretted to he
o6Nsel - decide against Canada's