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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-26
GERMANS DONOT WANT
AMERICA IN CONFLICT
Request For Delay In Arabic Decision Taken To Mean
That United States viii Nat BE Antagonzed- -Ambassa-
dor Bernstorf Calls On Secretary Lansing and Holds
Conference Statement From Berlin Not Yet Received

answer no questions upon leaving the
state department., but it was expected
he would see newspapermen later.
Secretary Lansing also declined to re-
veal the nature Of the conference He
said he did not expect to see President
Wilson to discuss his meeting with the
ambassador 1t is believed the German
ambassador merely followed up his re-
quest that the United States suspend
Judgment in the Arabic case, pending
receipt of reports from Berlin, by Civ
ing the secretary of state verbal assur-
ances of Germany's good intentions.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-26
Ambassador Calls.

Washington, Aug. 26.-- Count Won
Bernstorff, the German ambassador,
called at the state department at 1880
today for a conference with Secretary
Lansing.
The ambassador was closeted with
Lansing for half an hour. He would
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-26
Bernstorff's Assurances.

Washington, Aug. 26.--Tt was reliably
reported this afternoon that in his con-
ference with Secretary of State Lansing,
Ambassador Won Bernstorff gave as
surances that Germany will limit her
submarine activities and practically
pledged that no more Americans will be
harmed in any circumstance.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-26
Two Thousand Strike.

Cardiff, Wales, Aug. 20. : Two
thousand miners in the I.lanthilleth as
triet dissatisfied with the award in tne
recent strike. walked out today. ihe
employees In two other collerles quit at
the Rame time.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-26
German Aviators Attack French.

GeiudH AVidtoiS AttbVh lIohSn'
Berlin, via wireless to London, Aug
26.-German aviators attacked the
French aviation base Of Nancy yester'
day. Four French aerial raiders were
destroyed in the Saair valley the wal
office announced today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-26

Dillingen is a town Of 1000 popula
ton, % miles northwest of Augsburg
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-26

Washington Post: Our idea Of an
American who Is slo'v to tufe hint
is one that hangs around anil Villa
orders him out OF Me,itO
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-26
MESSAGE IS RECEIVED.

Washington, Aug. 26.-A code
cable was received at the state
department this afternoon from
Ambassador Gerard. 1t was be-
lieved to be the ambassadors
report on his conference with
Foreign Minister Won Jagow.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-26
HAITI ACCEPTS TERMS.

Washington, Aug. 26.--That
President Dartignenave's Hal
tien government will accede 10
the demands Of the United
States for the establishment Of
a protectorate in Haiti WAS re-
garded as certain today.
II was pointed cat Dartigue'
nave could scarcely refuse with.
out ending his regime inasmuch
as the rebels would now rise up
against him except for the pres
ence Of American marines.
IL - u IL Il a. Il. II II II " \. 4. 4.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-08-26

The fortress of Brest.Litovsk is one
OF tae greatest in Europe. 1t is at the
confluence of the Bug and Mukhovets
rivers, l2O miles from Warsaw. Rail.
ways intersect there from Odessa, Kiev,
Moscow, wilma and east Prussia. It is
one Of the oldest cities Of Russia, being
mentioned as early as 1920. The popu.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-27

as much as 90 per cent Of its weight in
single night
me wood is good for interior work only.
It is almost free from rusiu. except at the
top, where the branches sprout out There
great knobs OF turpeutine are found When
the trees are felled these are sawed off.
They make hot fire. and are used as fuel
for the engines Each knob is the shape Of
a cocoauut and quite as large A pile Of
them look like pile Of cocoanuts.
As 10 the colonization Of Brazil and the
opening up OF its undeveloped lands for set
Element. the country in many respects is
where the United States was 40 or so year.
ago, and its growth viii probably be along
the same lines
Colonies Should BE Large.
Il is very questionable. however. whether
any Of the people Of the United States should
emf CRATE 10 Brazil TO engage in farming This
is the belief OF many Of the Americans who
live here IL they come. they should come
i'm large colonies taking up considerable
lands and bringing the capital necessary 70
development As individual settlers they
guage would be difficult to learn. and with
out which they could have little intercourse
or society The common people Of Brazil uu-
derstand only the Portuguese
Faxina an American Colony.
In the meantime the Brazil Railway COM
pany has been successful in ablishing colo
MES made up OF Europeans and IL has some
colonies that are nominally American one
Of these is at FaxIna. That coIony-has three
American families and a large number OF
Germans and English. having a population
acres about half OF which Is On timber The
lands have been divided up into farms Of
from 60 TO 100 acres and there are 80 fami-
lies who are engaged in farming and in hog
and cattle raising.
The company has established model hog
farm there from which &c supplies hog TO
us cOlunists. allowing them to pay for them
on instalments- The breeds are Tamwortns
from England and Polaud-Chinas and Duroc-
Jerseys from Kentucky one OF the Ameri-
can residents Of that colony is an engineer
VINO came 20 Brazil 70 work on the railroad
He has 800 acres Of land and is doing well
state Of sac PauIo at an altitude Of 5000 feet
above the sea
Dutch Make Cheese There.
Among the other colonies Of the Brazil
Railway company is one composed almost en-
tirely OF Dutch. This isl Carambehy in far
southern Brazil il has about 20 families
from Holland who are engaged in dairyiug.
cheese making and intensified farming. one
Of the colouists has model dairy He has
also a cheese factory. where he makes Edam
and other cheeses and sells them In the
neighborinE market for 40 cents a pound
Other colonists raise hogs The community
is thrifty.
Another colony along the Brazil railway
president Roosevelt It has about 1000 in
habitauts. all Of them Poles. At others OF
the colonies there are Germans and Italians
and the railway company IS attempting 20
bring U settlers from the foreigners living
In olher parts Of Brazil
As 10 the state colonial centers. there IS
one known Es Itatiaia near the mountain %
that name which consists Of seven estates
having an area Of more than 100. 900 acres
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-27
Finds House Filled With
Clever limitations OF The
Work OF Famous Artists

Munich Germany. Nov e. A remarkable
'old master factory containing dozens OF
excellent copies OF paintings Of famous
artists. especially Of popular German paint
e-s. has just been uncovered in "a private
house in the Nympheubergerstrass here
a Swiss art lover. intent on purchasing a
number Of pictures. is responsible for eI-
posing the fraud. which. however. was 50
good that he himself was nearly taken IN
The swiss had advertised Tor paintings
by German artists. and was approached By
Frau Lehman. who conducted him 10
her home and displayed great variety q
Ezodlers. Lenhachs. Diets. Defraggers, and
Won EeIlers. as well as works purDor-ing 20
be by Otto Seitz. Matthias Schmidt and
others Not one Of the pictures but seemed
Before purchasing. the swiss asked FOR
advice at the PIuakothek and other gal
leries he had no suspicious. but was
merely cautious Unable 20 secure any re-
liable information. he returned to the
eVympheuburgerzt rasse, where he noticed for
the first time an apparently wonderful DEF
frazer painting Of a boy
He offered TO buy 10 on the spot, but
Frau Lehman declined TO- sell it. alleging
that ii was a painting Of her son by the
famous artist The Swiss collector had
reason TO know that this could NOT be true.
and notified the police. The latter raided
the house and found a veritable storehOuss
OF paintings every one q them fraud
Frau Lehman. with her husband and son
fled i'm the meantime
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-27

million costumes on the road. Mr.. Way
burn says ne wasn't allowed to run the
music hall, his original idea Incident
ally the hackers Of the enterprise are
shown 10 be Joseph N Eccles and L
r Eccles, wealthy sugar merchants
Of Ogden, Utah
Grace George and her players are
giving Henry Arthur Jones's favorite
Of twenty years ago. The Liars" as
al the Playhouse They have proved
this drama has many qualities which
Withstand the wear and tear of time
Il sparkles with all the brilliancy OF
1897, when first presented IN London
by Charles Wyndham, then still I'M
knighted
Ernest Lawford now has the part of
Sir CHRISTOPHER DeerinE which John
Drew played here in the winter of
1898. He indicates admirably the char
acter OF the fine old man who saves
Lady Jessica Nepean Miss George
from her own weakness and returns
her 10 her somewhat repellant hus-
band
As TO the moral Of the play, an
audience OF today would rather see
Lady Jessica make off for good with
the breezy Faikner, who is not a bad
fellow. Of course the elopement, as
Sir Christopher says, won't work
probability that there will be satisfac-
tion in the workings Of Lady Jessica's
further matrimonial career with her
welded husband.
=
All Leo Ditrichstein's great talents
for portrayinE eccentricity are seen TO
advantage in The Lover" at the Long
acre theater.
He also elaborated in the writing
with Frederic and Fanny HattOn and
they have produced a picture Of artistic
temperaments run riot such as rack
the minds OF the impressariO. which
furnishes much amusement
Miss Virginia Brooks. as Ethel War
rem, also acted with rare feeling and
showed a rich. well trained voice, which
was needed for her difficult part
The first act in the managers Of
flee Of q great opera house is almost
wholly in the key Of eccentric farce
There are the explosions Of temper. the
heated battles over trivial matters. the
VOluble recriminatiOns and CeremOniOus
Eeniuses. each of whom is seeking ad-
vantages and preferment born Of con-
suming fires Of jealousy. Out Of it
all comes the fact that John Paurel. a
vain. Jealous baritone. who is famous
in the musical world, has suddenly
developed a burning lOve-oue Of many
in his career. for Ethel Warren, a new
lyric soprano. She is back home to
make her debut On her voyage across
the ocean she has become the object OF
the passionate devotion Of Carlo SOninO,
won
The second act, in the dressing room
Of the great baritone, is an amusing
picture Of hero worship in the operate
world. The opera Of Don Giovanni"
is going on, the audience is wild with
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-27

precious metal Of which they were com
posed, and he did not send them to the
melting pot, as the Spaniards used
TO do.
He began n series of excavations in
the neighborhood. and gradually accu-
INFLATED many thousand specimens OF
similar funeral offerings. ranging in
material from pure gold through a
great variety OF alloys. to pure copper
About 1000 chosen objects from Mr.
heith's collection have been placed on
deposit Tor @ term Of years in the mu-
scum in Central Park West Photo
graphs Of some OF them on this page
viii give the reader an idea Of their
appearance.
This work of the ancient Inhabitants
o. the Central American countries. done
centuries before CoIumbus's discovery.
forces many pulling questions upon
thoughtful minds For instance. what
is the meaning Of the fact that people
in such widely separated parts of the
earth as southwestern Europe. Egypt.
Asia Minor and Central Americal should
an have virtually the same ideas about
offerings TO their dead.
In all Of these lands. in ancient times.
it was the custom To place in graves
and tombs costly offerings of objects
stances. and these objects We're fire.
uuently symbolic figures whose sig
MITIGATION was identical everywhere.
That such ideas should spread be
tween Asia. Africa and Europe is not
matter OF wonder, but, unless tney had
an independent origin on this side OF
the world. how did they get across the
Atlau-icc
Such a question becomes much more
difficult Co deal with when certain pc
culiar figures found among the Costa
licau collection are considered Thus
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-27
Metropolitan Opera Season
Not So Gay-NeW Play
By Irwin Cobb.

TEW YORK. Nov. 22--With the
Metropolitan opera house season
\ open with the usual throngs,
and the usual brilliant production.
there is observable a difference, in
the audience from ante bellum days
The Golden Horseshoe glittered, but
not so brightly as in happier years.
Few jewels are worn and it is noticed
the modest pearl is the favorite
Here and there real gap caused
bv the var is in evidence Many. per
sons who would otherwise be present
are doing charitable work IN the war
areas Mrs, Vanderbilt is missing, FOR
she is still in mourning Tor her son,
Alfred g. Vanderbilt who went down
on the Lusitania-
1t is noted by those interested in
Womeu-s fashions that the predomlnaI-
ing color is green There are many
silver gray costumes, but few pink and
pale blue ones
The great Caruso's voice is as So
norous and melOdious as Of old Nine
1Iatzenauer's singing also shows mar
TelOus richness and dramatic utness-
All those who enjoy the rich humor
OF irwin Cobb viii be pleased with the
play at George COhen's theater, this IN
spite Of Mr.. Cobb's protest in his cur
tain speech that Bayard WELLER the
playwright, had cut everything Cobblsh
line, a perfect gem, in the third act
As TO what that line was, everybody
had a guess and so far as learned no
two guesses we're alike There were,
indeed, many sparkling passages
throughout and while this is not The
great American play. II goes a far way
in warm Interpretation Of one corner
The scene is laid. of course. in Ken
lucky. where Mr.. Cobb spent youthful
years in Paducah long before that town
dreamed IL nourished man OF such
The play is called a comedy. but it
contains one bit OF genuine tragedy.
Mr.. VeilleI's artful handling, however,
avoids causing deep pain to anyone,
The hero is Bob Carter Sydney
BOOTH who knocks out ard kills
brutal foreman while inquiring into
child labor in a southern mill town
That fine relic Of the old south, judge
Priest, shelters him, he escapes a
lynch gang and II his trial for murder
the JUICES loving appeal saves ms
life Incidentally Carter wins the
judges laughter. sally Priest
Okle lEhe most irresistible charac-
tiers us ~ darkey servant. jefferson
DavisA ESndexter. PLAYED by Wills
SWeatnam- Sheriff Suggs tkenneth
Miner IS also very well done Jonn
Cope plays the part OF courteous old
Judge Priest 2dmlraoly, Wnl-e Fhoeoe
Foster and Marian Doyle are sym
pathetic in the two southern girl roles
This play will please the children,
for il has quite a respectable circus IN
act II.
The gigantic production, Town
Topics" at the Century is failure
Ned WaybUrn has quit his post as d.
rector and the Shuberts will take the
thousand and one chorus girls and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-27
Men Who Fail, and Why
Trying 10 Begin at the Top is One
OF the Chief Causes of FnfIurr
In Starting Business Careers.
BY MADISON C. PETERS.

THE man who expects to begin at
the top. instead Of slowly rising
10 it, fails.
Begin at the bottom and make the
bottom stronger because you are there.
If you are the right kind Of a
worker no place is too small for you.
What you need is not so much elbow
room as ~eIbow-grease," energy and
strength DO your work so weu that
you make the place bigger by making
people see in it more than they ever
The man who spends his evenings
seeking amusements and doing society
fails
Every man must have recreation.
Recreation means to re-create, but YOU
cannot come to your work recreated if
YOU spend night after night at parties
and theaters, if you do you Will come
20 the office u the morning weary and
out Of humOr-
You can't be in society as a nightly
occupation ana be in business any more
than you can drink rum and stay IL
business neither body nor mind can
be fresh ina the morning that mas been
kept at q tension the night before Dy
late hours. or been Defogsed by IN,
diligence In late suppers- You need
more sleep at twenty than you do at
forty
The man who never reads books
along his chosen line falls
Few things are more beneficial than
good books, both in their effect upon
character and in their giving impulse
to ones work A high minded author
brings the readers mind into harmony
with his hopes and ideals. so that il -
impossible afterwards TO be satisfied
with low and ignOble things One
reason why men rise more rapidly IN
the business world than women, is be-
cause the men are more likely to read
books about their business. which open
TO them their possibilities, their ten
denotes and help them 20 find their
place in LIE
The man who won't earn more than
he gets paid for. fails
It is more important that you should
make a life than make living Your
work should be a matter Of conscience,
Poor work for poor pay is Just what
i-r@ps thousands Of workers where they
are.
IN the long run. the cream VIII come
to the surface in every establishment
Regard your opportunity as greater
than your salary
Do as little as possible, and never do
anything for which you are not paid
or which belongs TO somebody else 10
do aud you viii never rise
Whatever you do. do il as II you
were personally born for the task OF
doing just that thing Do il. how
ever humble, as though il were the
grandest thing you ever expected TO
do.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-27
By GARRETT p. sERvIss.

By GARRETT =. SERVISS.
" HERE is now on exhibition at the
American Museum OF Natural
- history one Of the most interest
ing and valuable collection Of the
handiwOrk in gold Of ancient American
people that has ever been got to-
gether- The story Of its origin is sin
gular romance
Many years ago a young American,
Minor c. Keith, went TO Costa Rica, on
the Panama isthmus. and. having been
born with an eye that bred estates"
quickly perceived the enormous COM
mercial possibilities OF the banana He
was instrumental in the establishment
OF great planting and shipping enter
prise through which this golden fruit
Of the tropics has been made a CHEAP
and familiar food. abundant in summer
and winter alike. all over the United
States.
One Of 5ir. Eeith's banana planta-
tions occupied the site Of an old forest
at Mercedes. in Costa Rica- one night
a great tropical storm burst over Mer-
cedes- Looking over the devastation
the next morning AR Keith CHANGED To
catch, among the torn and upturned
roots Of giant tree which had
been overthrown. glimpse Of some
thing that always makes the heart
beat quicber-the glitter OF gold.
Examination revealed 80 ancient gold
ornaments which had evidently been
buried I'm a grave that the roots of the
big tree had invaded The upturniuE or
the roots by the resistless force of the
storm had brought the enmeshed gold
Up TO the light OF day
Air. Keith was no mere money maker
He appreciated the fact that these spec
linens Of ancient artistry possessed
value Infinitely beyond the worth Of the
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-27
Argentine Republic Is
Forced To CurtaiI Plans
For Nation S Centennial

BusnOs aires. Argentina. Nov. e7.-Piaus
for the elaborate celebration next July OF
the 1H0th anniversary Of The establishment
Of the Argentine republic have been largely
curtailed because Of the World-crisls now
prevailing, and IL has even been suggested
that the celebration be postponed for several
years unless there is early relief from the
general trade depression Congress has cut
down considerably the sum OF money which
was deemed necessary 20 carry out the Orcl-
nal plans. there is little likelihood that
the Centenary OF the constitution viii be
observed on such an elaborate scale as was
the centenary OF the war OF Independence.
which was celebrated in May 1919
Although a gradual recovery in trade and
commerce generally is noticed. and the pros
poets FOR the coming year are favorable.
there IS widespread protest against drawing
heavily from the national eXchequer for am.
patriotic celebration at this time.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-27

We find one figure Of a man being torn
by vultures which drive their beaks
into his sides This irresistibly re-
calls the ancient Greek myth the sub
ject OF the most tremendous Of the
tragedies OF Eeschylus. the lettering OF
caSus. where Tultures came daily 10
devour his liver. as a punishment for
having bestowed the slit Of fire upon
mankind
OF course. il might happen that such
an idea would occur to the Central
american artist independently. but yet
the resemblance makes one thoughtful
and much more so because of the e1-
lSIence OF many other suggestive like
nesses between the symbolism en-
ployed BY the ancient artist in various
parts OF Central America and that OF
the old Mediterranean peoples Among
the architectural remains OF Yucatan
nave been found many thiuEs which
recall the religious art OF Egypt
some OF the curious gold figures at
the museums are believed 10 represent
gods. and onei Of these figures has
double arms besides q pair Of a~rus is
suing from the head. All of which ter
inmate in the heads Of crocodiies-
Almost every species of animal
SHOWN I'm Central American countries
IS initiated There are jaguars. mon
SeS S, many reptiles and many. birds
sometimes the artist has produced
combination Of animal forms 70 make
a composite monster.
Both men and women are repre-
scented. very cruaely, yet with expires
sive features Whey have elaborate
head-dresses. necklaces. brooches. etc.
but no clothnE- some Of them have
money iu ancient America," saws Her
bert j. Sufuleu
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-27
Daily Novelette,
On WITH THE PLAY.

7 ENERMINDE BILLS was a thor
M oughly domesticated sort OF a
= simp. but he got along for all
that Many's the time he came home
from work in the sausage factory Cfor
he was the head stuffum skin Of the
ninth floor and, without a word 70 his
wife, Inkberrie. would slip into his
chair at the table, prop up his news
paper on the butter dish and onto the
butter, thereby making genuine print
butter. Yep. many's the time Never
minde did these little hOmely things,
not TO mention the lovely nonchalant
manner with which ne handled his
wife She Of the long nose and the
squint in her eye.
Then-after his meal Of kraut and
sausage 600 percent of II got from
the stuffum factory, Neverminde
would calmly snatch up his beautiful
threadbare coat Of Dinkelfish fur And,
seeing the action and noticing il, Ink
berrie would ask, "Neverminde. going
Out2' Whereupon he would reply tall
this happened every night without
faiD 'Oh, just thought I'd 90 around
10 Flees and play cards with the boys"
But this night. there was no charm
ing squinty lnkberrie TO meet him.
Nothing OF her but a note saying she
was visiting for q week.
All, then did Neverminde's conscience
trouble him. Then. did he sign like
sick hyena at the sight OF her clothes
in heaps on chairs. One gown of
Steeplechase yellow trimmed with
copper especially tortured his memory.
For. didn't she darn his fur socks in
that georgious affair2
All. well, He would do better when
she returned. lie would never go out
again. never, He would stay at home
and love and abide by his pure little
red Inkberrie-
e-, a door bangs, New IL is
DUug-
Iukberrie mas returned
-NeVermiude. going OUT"
-Dh. ] thought I'd 90 round TO
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-27
Blockade Stops
Sweden's Iron Exports

Stockholm. Sweden. Nov 27--Swedish
iron mine owners state that the British
submarine blockade viii result In a complete
stoppags Of Germany's large iron ore impOr-
tatiou from this country. Iron ore is not
contraband and could ordinarily be shipped
on neutral vessels. but at present all Swed-
ish and other neutral shipping is otherwise
engaged. and no vessels are available
The present s-oppage Of the Iron ore trade
is heavy blow % Sweden. but the Swedish
pres. realizing EuEiaud's necessity has in
dulged in neither bitterness nor complaint