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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-29
Police Judge Receives
Letter From Black INIT

City Recorder Charles Elgin yester-
day morning received a letter from the
" Black Nit" which is probably the
Juvenile department of the Black
Hand. 1t appears that bunch Of
boys were seized with the notion to
charivari Frank Needham who has
been recently married and resides on
South Capital street. The boys were
making considerable din and as it was
in the vicinity of Mr.. Elgin = home he
went out and scattered the bunch with
their inharmonious musical instru-
ments
Sunday morning the Judge found
pinned on the door of his garage the
letter which informed him, "You aint
no offisore and have got no rite to
butt in. Bewear the black Nit" The
letter was signed with large black
hand but the perpetrators left the pa
per smeared with the imprints of their
fingers and should the boys ever be
hailed into police court it would be an
easy matter to identify them from
their thumb prints which they left on
the letter.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-29
SALEM POLICE RAID
ALLEGED GAMBLING
DEN IN CHINATOWN
Six Chinese and Two Japs
Booked On Charge. Of
Playing Fan Tan

The-Salem police brought nine Chinese
and two Japs to the station at noon
yesterday after raid on the rooms at
l49 South High street where they say
a gambling game was in progress
Three of the Chinese were said to be
mere spectators and were not booked
but the other six and the two Jap.
anese were charged with engaging in
gambling game commonly known as
Fan tan.
The officers brought the fan tan
layout and $24.80 in cash to the sta.
tion where it was held as an exhibit in
the trial which will be held tomorrow
morning. The Chinese engaged A. o.
COndit at their attorney and Mr.. Con-
dit took "a hours to enter plea for
ais clients. The Chinese were re-
quired to put up $25 bail for each one
and they Immediately furnished 5000
in cash.
The officers decided to make the
raid at 1880 yesterday and knocked
at the outer door which contained a
pane Of glass. A Chinese came to the
door but refused admission and turned
and ran for the inside room. The Of.
ficers went through the door and fol-
lowed in at the mans heels. Accord.
ing to the story of the officers, the oc.
cupants of the room were grouped
around table where the beads, but
tons, money and mysterious pasteboard
slips were spread out. Three Chinese
|scurried out through the back door but
the officers halted the other eleven and
took charge of the paraphernalia.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-29
Polk County Will Have
Monthly Sales Day

Capital Journal Special Service.)
Falls City, Or, Nov. 29.AAn effort
is being made to establish monthly
sales day which will be held Saturday.
The plan is to have live stock and 9TH
er articles of value that people desire
to have disposed of auctoined off. The
merchants are going to take advantage
of this proposition and auction off
goods that are of slow sale.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Jern Lewis,
Thursday, boy.
| A basket dinner was given at the
Christian church, Thanksgiving, which
was well attended.
N. Selig and wife returned from a
week g attendance at the fair in San
Francisco and report it to be o. X.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. L. Powers, Of Cher
ry Grove, Oregon, are visiting their
son, A. G. Powers, agent at the S. P.
depot, this week.
Joseph Mickalson, the real estate
man has effected several real estate
deals this week.
r. L. Chapman, the Dallas under
taker was in Falls City Tuesday pre-.
pairing the funeral arrangements of W.
S, Bedient, who died Monday.
A masquerade ball was given here
at the local dance hall Thanksgiving
night which was well attended by the
dancing public Of both Falls City
and Dallas. Prizes were given for the
best costumed lady, and was won by
Mrs. Alice Bell. The best costumed
man prize was carried off by George
March, and for the comical costumed
man, was awarded to Roy McMurply
Prof. and Mrs. Haley spent Thanks
giving visiting an uncle at Carlton,
Oregon.
A log train loaded with logs from
Rlack Rock for the Dallas mill was
derailed at the crossing here Saturday
afternoon. 1t was six hours before the
train crew could get the car back on
the track again.
W. S. Bedient died at the home Of
his son, Harvey Bedient, who lives one
mile north of Falls City, Monday at
II O'Clock. His death was due to
organic neart trouble. The deceased
was born at Lock Port, N. Y, and
leaves six children to mourn his de.
mise.
j. G, Hayter, formerly editor of the
Dallas Observer, and P. A. Finseth, Of
the Beehive store at Dallas, were in
the city Thursday.
Mrs, Jennie Snodgrass has returned
to Fails City for a short stay with her
father, j. L. Elkins, who is seriously
i'll.
A crew of lumber jacks with cant.
hooks left Tuesday for the Big Luckia.
mute whore they will make log drive
for the spaulding Logging company.
A meeting of road district No 81
was held at the 0akhurst school house
Saturday for the voting of additional
taxes The vote stood 35 to so against
the levy.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-29
Exhibits Are Coming In
For Coming Corn Show

Exhibits are coming in and the Linn
building is being placed in readiness
for the Marion County Corn and Potato
show to be held in Salem four days be-
ginning next Wednesday, December l.
The cash prizes for all the corn ex'
hibits have been offered by the Capt
tai National bank. Cash prizes for the
best exhibits of potatoes, have been
Offered by the Ladd & Bush bank In
addition to these prizes, DR.. f. +, Fish
or has offered cash prizes amounting
to $3.50, to be paid in three awards
for the best 100 ears Of yellow Dent
corn.
The following is complete list Of
awards to be given on corn:
Community exhibit-First, SIS; see
ond, $40.
100 ear exhibit yellow Dent-First
$3.50; second, $5 third, $3.50.
100 ears white Dent--First, $5; sec
ond, SO; third, $2.
10 ears yellow Dent-First, So; sec
ond, SO; third, SO.
10 ears white Dent-First, $5; see
ond, 49,; third, az.
10 ears Flint corn-First, $3.50; see.
oud, $l,50; third, 81.
Single ear Dent corn-First, $3.50;
second, $3.50; third, 81.
12 ears sweet corn-First, $3.50; see
ond, $i.50; third, 81.
12 ears popcorn--First, $3.50; second
$3.50; third, Al.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-29
GERVATS NEWS

Miss Verna Keppinger is home from
0. A. c. during Thanksgiving vacation
Henry Seguin has been confined to
his home the past week with Ia grippe
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Schwab returned
Thursday from u months visit at New
port.
Walter Schram, Of Woodburn, attend
ed the Grassman Kappes wedding Tues
day.
The Misses Kate and Grace Malo OF
Monmouth are spending few days
with their parents,
Ben Eppers Of Donald met with q
serious accident q week ago where his
team ran away. His shoulder was dis.
located and collar bone broken.
Miss Grace Shields and Miss Vesta
Marshall arrived on the evening train
Tuesday from Monmouth to spend
Thanksgiving vacation with their par,
ents.
Miss Margaret Barnes and Master
Alfred Nys drove to Yamhill for q
few days visit with the formers par.
ents, last Wednesday.
Albert Becker who has been spend.
ing few weeks with Mr.. and Mrs
John Schoen near Turner came home
Tuesday evening.
The Bazaar and play given by the
Ladies Aid Society Of the Presbyterian
church at the City Hall Saturday night
was success both financially and iu
the way Of entertainment.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Cutsforth enter
tanned their sons and daughters and
their families last Sunday with big
Thanksgiving dinner. Owing to tht
fact that some members could not bt
present on Thanksgiving Day, they
had the dinner Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. @. @. McDougall were
surprised last Sunday when Mr.. ant
Mrs. G, 0. Carr of Neville, North Da
kota, a brbther.inlaw to Mr.. McDou
gall, arrived for few days visit. Il
has been twenty years since Mr. Nc
Dougall left Dakota and they had no
met In that time. Mr.. and Mrs. Carr
left Tuesday evening for the Panamr
Exposition.
James Leith has In the past weel
moved his IA by 20 house from the Leh
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-29
Negro Must Hang
For Brutal Murder

Joliet, Ill.,, Nov. 90" Chicken joe
Campbell, negro trusty, must hang for
the brutal murder Of Mrs Edmund AL.
len, wife of the former warden of the
penitentiary. The jury in mis- trial re-
turned a verdict Of guilty today and
recommended death. The jury retired
SATURDAY.,
Mrs, Allen was outraged and her
apartments fired to. hide the crime
Campbell, who was her personal ser
want, was later seen coming from the
room in the pcnitentiary.
Later, Warden Allen, who instituted
the "honor system" " at Joliet, declared
he could not live in the prison where
his wifc-a former actress-nad beer
killed. Governor Dunno refused h,,
request to take apartments elsewhere
so Allen resigned. lie declared, how
even, that, despite the murder his
faith in his boys" had not been
shaken.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-29
Cleaning Up Battlefield
Is a Whooping Big Job

ing Germans who offered resistance
and making prisoners of those who sur
rendered. Then the dead were thrown
out and the position turned around for
a possible counter-attaek.
The dead Germans were buried IN
their own trenches. have heard th'
10000 to $4,000 bodies were thus dis
posed Of, while bodies at the bottom of
cave-ins, under destroyed bomb-shelters
and in like places we're left in the
graves of their own choosing.
Brand new cemeteries were made for
the French who fell The new graves
are curious. There being no time to
place crosses or head stones to mark
the graves, wine bottle, with name
and matriculation number corked in.
side, is stuck neck down in the middle
of each new mound. In cases where
Identification was impossible, the dead
are buried in common grave with
some such mark as this serving for all:
"Here lie the bodies of 81 French
soldiers wro died for their country"
The dead removed, the cleaning.up
continues. Broken transports, shattered
wheels, splintered planks, clothing
German and French helmets, ammuni-
tion, guns, swords, books, shoes, revol-
vers, and numberless other odds and
ends including arms and legs lie pro-
misculously about on the churned.up
earth. These all must be disposed Of.
This is q sanitary war. If there have
been no plaques 1t is because the clean.
ing-up has been thorough. All this
gruesome collection is disposed Of hy-
CHEMICALLY. Useable material is parked
and sent to the rear; guns are stacked
in orderly piles, according to make;
bayonets and scabbards and swords
and head-gear and all the rest, ditto.
The stuff is listed and shipped and re-
ceipts and way.bills are all properly
made out and signed and sealed.
Then the advancing army settles
down in its new home. 1t had made
fairly comfortable place during the
months Of waiting, but all this has
been left behind and new start is
made. The former quarters of German
officers and men are transformed, with
much securing and furnishing and dis
injecting, into quarters for the French
officers and men.
Today the battlefield of Champagne
is comparatively clean. But one still
occasionally stWmps ones toe against
something or other very unpleasant
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-29
AURORA NEWS
Capital Journal Special Service.

Capital Journal Special Service.)
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B. Fargo, Mr.. and
Mrs Lyman Ebeman and Floyd
Eberman were guests at the Hig.
ginbotham home Saturday.
Among the well known farmers and
hop growers here Thursday were Ed
Graves, Phil Graves and VIM. Heinz, of
the Macksburg district.
Mrs. C. W. Damn and Mrs. VIM
Heinz, who same in from Macksburg
Saturday, stayed over until Monday at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Damn.
Mrs, Nida Cox Drogg, of Junction
City, who has been visiting friends
and relatives at Macksburg for q
couple of weeks, was visitor here
Saturday at the home of Mr.. and Mrs
Jno. Damn, leaving the same day for
her home.
Jas. Ogle has purchased several
hundred sacks Of potatoes here the
past week and has 1900 sacks stored
in the Mishler & Gribble warehouse
which he has rented. He is shipping
most of the potatoes south as fast as
cars can be obtained.
The stock Of liquors and other goods,
in the Bergen saloon, were sold this
week to S. A. Miller for $780, The fur.
niture of the New Aurora hotel was
sold to G.. Simkins for $25. Both have
removed their property and the saloon
and the hotel are permanently closed.
Tuesday afternoon some excellent
talks were given at the Woman's club
rooms. Prof. G. V. Ruzek spoke upon
Corn Culture; Prof. Chaplin upon Seed
Selection; Guy N. Hickok upon, The
Bank and the Farmer; and Grant d.
Dimick upon, Diversified Farming as a
possible solution Of "What May Follow
Hops" if that industry is ever aban.
doned.
Among those in the city to see the
display of corn were Mr., and Mrs, A.
Mcconnell, ]. J. Sperb, NJ. Bisang,
Mr.. Lankins of the Dimick Stock form,
Woods and Dugan Of Meridian, j. j.
Lippuner, Otto Knorr, John Whitworth,
r. II. Whitworth, Ed b. Miller, d. B.
Yoder, j. G. Mark, Sam s. Yoder, Miss
Elsie Kinyon, Mrs. II. G. Ehlen, Mr..
and Mrs. Louis Keil, John Pugh, Sr.,
John Gahler, Mr., and Mrs. ]. d. Lof-
gren, Mr., and Mrs. A. B. Dentel, Fred
Yergen, G, Giesy, and man others.-Au'
rora Observer.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-29
HERE'S NEW VIGoR FOR
oVERwORKED STOMACHS
: X X X 4 x X X X X X X X X

Daniel J, Fry, the popular druggist,
has been in the drug business long
enough to have his own opinion Of the
best way of selling medicines. He says
the plan adopted by Mi.o,na, the great
dyspepsia remedy, is the fairest he has
ever heard of. He doesn't believe that
a medicine ought to be paid for unless
it does the user some good. And Mi.o-
ma is sold under a positive guarantee
to relieve dyspepsia or to refund the
money. You simply leave so cents on
deposit with Daniel ]. Fry and if, after
you have used the box of Mi-o.na you
decide that it has done you no good, all
you have to do is to tell him so and he
will return your money.
Hundreds Of people have been relieved
Of stomach agOnies by using this re.
markable remedy. 1t is not simply a
food digester; it is medicine that puts
all Of the digestive organs into normal
condition and gives ruddy, glowing, Wig
orous health. A change for the better
will be seen after the first few doses
Of Mi-o-na, and its continued use will
soon give the power to cat anything at
any time and not suffer distress after.
ward.
Mi-o-na is sold under q positive guar
antee to refund the money if it does
not cure. This is the strongest proof
that can be offered as 20 the merit Of
the medicine.
Nothing lessons mans success in
his work or a woman's fascinating per.
sonality more than q weak stomach,
with its attending evils. Use Mi.o.na
and see how much more there is in life.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-29

man place about 9 1-2 miles east of
here, upon his lot located here. The
feat was accomplished by building a
sled the same dimensions as the house,
under it and hitching twelve horses to
the same and pulling it in. The plan,
though novel proved valuable Judging
by their speed. 3
The intermediate and advanced
grades had the pleasure of hearing
Miss Caldwell and Mr.. Druilette, both
workers in the State School work, give
talks on the Club project work, Tues
day. The vocal selections rendered by
Mrs. Homer Alleman of Woodburn,
were excellent. The net proceeds of
the bazaar and the evening entertain.
ment was $50. All those who assisted
in different ways to make it success
can have the consolation that they must
have done their work well.--Star.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-29
BY william Philip simms.

UNITED Press staff correspondent
With the French Amy in Cham
pagne, Oct. 24.-(By mail)-Cleaning
up battlefield is a whooping big job.
The battle of Champagne begun a
month ago and several regiments are
still trying to make it presentable.
This battlefield, which will be known
in future textbooks as in many ways
unique, is 10 miles long and three miles
wide, running east and west. As the
French advanced they faced the Ger.
mans at its southern edge of it, their
trenches, cut in chalk white as curds,
being so to 200 yards apart.
Two months before their drive the
French began to accumulate ammunition /;
mass artillery, dig trenches, build mar.
row and standard-guage railways; wide,
well-graded rock-and-gravel highways
and other things Of the sort
September 90 the French artillery
turned loose a hell fury of shells A
German officers letter, interrupted by
death, said the shelling rescmbled the
collapse of world. Practically every
bVuHTt ydTu VI lHlS ~ Suuhlc HllCS VI
chalky ground was tossed into the air
by explosives. White as sepulchre, 1t
il hard to believe that ever again will
man be able to make his home amid
these fields.
For three days the French poured me-
Unite and chedite into the German IS
barbedwire entanglements, steel turrets,
machine guns, armored trenches, secret
traps, hidden defenses, invisible wire
coils with cutting edges, centers of
resistance, fortified woods and what
not.
The Germans, their food supply cut
off because supply trains could not APP
proach, huddled at the bottom Of thei
bomb-shelters 20 feet under the ground,
while their trenches were blown to
nothing. Some companies lost half their
men during the bombard.nent alone.
Underground ammunition stores explod.
ed; shelters were ripped up as though
they we're rooted with paper instead of
yards Of stone and earth. The world
never saw such shell fire.
At 9:15 a. m. on the 25th the French
infantry charged, and at 9;l5 and a
half the house cleaning began. AS the
attackers entered what was left of the
German first line trenches, the cleanup
began with the bayoneting all remain
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-29
ABOUT 100000 BABIES
Die BEFORE one YEAR

The Census Bureau estimates that
600, 900 babies died in this countrylast
year before the age Of one year, and it
is stated that one-half Of these deaths
were needless if all mothers we're
strong and infants were breast-fed.
Expectantm mothers should strivetoin-
crease their strength with the strength
building fats in Scott's Emulsion which
improves the blood, suppresses ner-
vousness, aids the quality Of milk, and
feeds the very life cells.
Physicians prescribe Scott's Emul-
sion; it is doubly important during
nursing. No alcohol. Everydruggist
has 1t. Insist on Scott's--the white
food medicine. No advanced prices.
scott & Bovine. Bloomfield. N J. is-0
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-29
MONMOUTH NEWS NOTES
Capital Journal Special Service,

(Capital journal Special Service.)
Monmouth, Ore, Nov. 2S-Miss Orie.
daughter of W. H. Steinberg, of this
city, passed away Friday evening of
last week after a brief illness cover
ing little more than week, typhoid
fever being the cause. of her death.
Miss Steinberg was born in Iowa in
December, 1895, and came to Oregon
IN l9D7, the past four years being spent
IN Monmouth where she graduated from
the State Normal school here in June
of this year. This fall she accepted a
position as teacher in the Airlie school.
Her death is mourned by many friends
in this vicinity
Teachers association will be somewhat
different than any heretofore held.
Miss Hoham promises the training
school orchestra will spell, or try to,
the words the children have to spell:
a prize to the best speller. Next will
be the auction of boxes. No boxes will
be sold for more than so cents or less
than 20 cents. A brief business meet
ing will precede the program.
The city council met Tuesday of this
week. Many claims were ordered paid.
More concrete sidewalks and high can
die power street lights will be installed
soon.
Mr.. Alfred Smith and Mr.. George La
france, both young men of this city,
while on their way to the mountains
on pleasure trip, shot and killed
domestic house cat The owner of the
animal had them arrested and took
them to Dallas where their case was
heard and bound over to the grand
jury on charge of shooting domestic
animal.
Mr., Miller McAleb, of this city. has
been busying himself during the past
four or six months catching gophers
nfor which he has received 25 cents each
from the farmers for ridding them of
these pests. Mr.. McAleb has caught
something over 1900 since spring.
Trappers in this vicinity are now get
ting to the woods and getting busy.
Many more furs will be caught in this
section this winter than last year on ac-
count of the advance in prices on all
raw furs. Large catches Of muskrat,
mink, coon and skunk are reported
from the vicinity Of the Luckiamute
river. a
Students Of the Monmouth high
school here are now engaged in diff
ferent line of English work than any
heretofore used in the school. They
write news articles for the local paper
which adds much to their benefit and
also to the readers of the paper.
Two very good fast and exciting
games of basketball were played in the
Monmouth high school gymnasium ON
the night of Friday, November 26. The
first game of the evening was betweeu
Dallas high school, seconds, and M. II.
s., seconds, the home boys being victors
over the visitors by score Of is to 12.
In the second game between M. Fl. 8.
first team and Buena Vista high school
first team the home boys had the visit
ors outclassed by far. They showed tho
value Of team work and long practice
by defeating the visitors to the tuna
! Of 35 to 8.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-29
MT. PLEASANT ITEMS.

Mr.. and Mrs. W. II. Ray spent Sun
day with Mr.. and Mrs. Don McKnigh
at Scio.
d. Townes made business trip 4
Albany Wednesday.
The Farmers union held their regu
lar meeting Saturday night. Severa
business matters were transacted.
g. H. Ray called at the Twin Wal
nut Farm Friday.
lno. Huber and wife were out enjoy
ing the good roads Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Habbcrmar
spent the week end with friends al
Munkers.
H. Il. Shank took n load OF porkor'
to Scio Wednesday.
Roxana Shank called on AngelnC
Ryan Friday.
Lee Downing Is helping H. X. Hot
tingor with some farming.
The Misses LaVernc and Crystal
Shank attended the dedication Of the
now Stayton high school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Smith were Shell.
burn visitors Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. II. n. Shank called at
tae Mrs, H. Shank home Tuesday,
stayton Standard.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-11-29
MANY LIKE This IN SALEM
Similar Cases Being Published In Each
Issue.

Similar Cases Being Published In Each
Issue.
The following case Is but one of
many occurring daily in Salem. 1t is
an easy matter to verify. You cannot
ask for better proof.
F. A. Sutton, tent and awning dealer,
Salem, says: 81 had kidney trouble
for ten years and sometimes L was laid
up. Doctors did not help me. Sharp
pains extended through my back and
were most severe in my kidneys. Often
when working had to give up. / lost
weight and was in very poor health. 1
had headaches, rested but little at
night and didn't know what to do. On
friends advice, l tried DOan 8 Kid.
ney Pills and to my surprise they
brought great improvement in few
days. continued to get better steadi.
ly. I got more sleep, my appetite i'm
proved, and the pains gradually, but
surely, left me. After L had used three
boxes of Doan s Kidney Pills, was in
better health than l had been for ten
years and not sign Of kidney com
plant remained" Statement given
Jan. 81, 19O6.)
Over Six Years Later, Mr.. Sutton
added: az confirm my former endorse.
ment Of Donn's Kidney Pills. They
effected n permanent cure in my case. /"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don I sim
ply ask for n kidney remedy-get
Doans Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Sutton has twice publicly recon.
mended. Foster-Milburn Co., Props,
Buffalo, N. Y,