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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-09-02

Assistant Attorney General J. o
Bailey returned to salem today from
Portland where he has been taking tes.
timony before the surveyor general IN
the matter OF the Alkali lake lands
which the Oregon Borax company seeks
90 have surveyed In order that Il may
he opened to entry, Alkai lake Is east
Of Summer lake IN eastern Oregon and
contains valuable mineral deposits,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1915-09-02

The funeral OF Mrs, Floy @. Wells.
viii be held from tho residence of hen
parents, Mr. and Mrs W. l.. CUMMINGS
llas state street, tomorrow morning at
lO'aO o o'clock, Rev II. ~ Stover mas.
tor Of the Centrul Congregational
church, win have charge OF the sery.
ices, and intcrmcnt viii take place IN
City View cemetery.
Evening journal., 1915-06-25

What makes you stand on one foot
and move your shoulders in that man
ner?
Well, there's no chance Of my learn
ing TO sing, so I'm practiclng to see II
I can't become a professional dancer
Evening journal., 1915-06-25

you have my sympathies," said the
other after a moment.
but it won't do me no good. al
though you have my thanks. Before
! get home, my wife will have read
this paper and she'll be all prepared
for me-"
Prepared how?"
"why. here's a dispatch from Pet
rograd which says that the Russians
have taken half million prisoners"
Eyes. see."
And that the Austrians have taken
nearly a million"
"Yes7"
And that the Germans have cap
sured seventeen towns in France"
Evening journal., 1915-06-25
When He Got Home

IN HUMBLE-LoOKING middie-aged
m man. who had been reading the
y evening paper on the car, laid Il
aside with sigh that made the man
next TO him ask:
Did you notice the death Of a rela-
tive in your paper?"
Worse than that" was the dolefui
reply.
Perhaps some great misfortune is
10 overtake you?"
That's It." was the reply, with SOL
smn shakes Of the head.
Evening journal., 1915-06-25

but why?" asked the other. why
should your wife act that way?"
Because ] work in the job ONCE
Of a newspaper and she holds me re-
sponsible for all the lies printed in
the paper. Either the editor or
must sign pledge to quit lying about
the war or take up some other way Of
making a living. I've stood It and
stood II until 1 can't stand it no
longerl"
Evening journal., 1915-06-25

II see."
And that the British and French
have driven the Germans back rs
miles"
"Well?"
Il will have no sooner reached the
gate than my wife will come out and
wave the paper in her hand and shout
until she can be heard down to the
corner. The only thing l can do is
to take TO my heels"
Evening journal., 1915-06-25

Quick to your place IL yon wish to
ride
The Jitney waits not time nor tide;
Squeeze yourself in the narro- seat,
Trample the corns on your neighbor's
feet;
Small for comfort. but great for
speed.
Here's the Jitney TO serve your need.
Once we rode in an omnibus,
Next thought horse-cars the thing for
US.
Cable and trolley they had their day.
Now the Jitney is holding sway;
This we'll favor and think It fine
Till somebody starts up an airship
linel
Evening journal., 1915-06-25
The Jitney Bus

- HIS Is the way the Jitney goes:
In and out as a river fiows.
- Round the corner and down the
square,
Darting busily here and there,
whirring OF down city lane,
Playing at touch and go again.
Evening journal., 1915-06-25

ITII'I4I1 y
Decided where you are going on
your vacation yet?
No; can't seem TO md the risn'
spot. -
ing for2
place where my pocketbook can
enjoy a vacation a. well as la szE@--
Evening journal., 1915-06-25
ONLY A R1NG-oFF.

UNLf A HINI-OFF.
"Auntie. did you ever get a pro-
posal2"
"Once. dear A gentleman asked
me to marry him over the telephone
but he had the wrong number"
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30
THE BUMPER LAW CROP.

A Kansas man. asserting that over
production of laws is running the coun-
try, gives these Illuminating examples
of what he calls superiuous Iegisla-
ton in his own state:
First-Kansas, although a prohibi-
ton state. has a law prohibiting the
eating of snakes.
Second-He once bet a Kansas City
friend 500 that the friend couldn't
go six hours without breaking a law.
The latter took him up and went to
bed. When he finished his nap and
came around to collect the 800. he
was arrested for sleeping under a
sheet less than nine feet long.
These facts seem to prove the case,
for Kansas at least. As for the legis-
lative output in other states-just ask
any lawyer who tries to keep track
of il.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30
MAKING ONES OWN MODEL

That's a beautiful little story from
Evanston, H.. about the Howard Os-
born, bridal pair Of Northwestern uni
versity, showing how Miss Lamke
made Osborn model husband be-
fore she married him.
Three days after they first met, Miss
Lamke presented Osborn with a set
Of rules like this: Rise at a. m; cold
bath and exercise; breakfast on toast
and coffee; loyalty to study; no atten-
ton to girl students; no smoking,
drinking. lOafng or over-eating; eight
hours sleep daily; daily athletic prac-
tice. Young Howard observed these
rules for four years. married the girl
and is now a model husband"
1t is a beautiful story. as is also
that one about Jack and the Bean
stalk" Only. tbs to be feared that
this beauty, like most others, is just
skin deep.
A man who will let a woman lay
down his rules of conduct before mar
riage and faithfully live up I, them
elANNA AAN AAtNo = w AAtA ID AlAOl
than a model husband-he's a model
angel, and as rare as the dOdo. OF
course, most men are angels about
the time of their marriage but any
wife Will testify that they speedily out
grow it, very largely. There are a
large number of cases indicating that
the fellow who lets his sweetheart
run his eating, drinking. sleeping and
so forth, runs such things himself,
with much ferceness after their mar
| riage. Mrs. OsbOrns rules are fine
save as to that naked toast breakfast
but possession does make such a
difference, the variance between an
ticipation and acquisition is usually so
pronounced that time alone can dem
onstrate that she has actually landed
real model.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30

II is reported that Germany Is as
sembling an army of 100000 men Tor
the invasion Of Servia 1t is highly
probable that she will be confronted
with the combined strength of Servia.
Roumania and Greece. Bulgaria de-
cIares her intent to maintain an arm
ed neutrality. When we pause TO con-
slider that Bulgaria has nothing TO
gain. and all to lose by casting her lot
actively with the central powers We
are inclined 10 accept the statement
at its face value. AS an active factor
Ia the war Bulgaria must face the Ger
tain prospect of having a Russian
army hurled into her territory at
Varna and. as the German road TO
Constantinople leads directly through
Bulgaria. she viii become the battle
field of the contending forces as is
Belgium.
It's not an inviting prospect. Ana
even should Germany triumph Bull
garia would thenceforth likely become
merely yassal of the Teutonic en-
pire.
Thus figuring Bulgaria out of it, to
oppose the Germans the forces will be
approximately as follows: Servia, 5O0,-
600: Greece. 200. 600; Roumania,
$50. 700. or a total of 1,2SO,O0O men.
II is more than likely that foreseeins
the eventuality Of war, all three coun-
tries are ready TO put their full
strength in the field With the excep-
ton of Servia, whose troops have had
some rest, these forces are fresh and
well equipped. Germany's soldiers,
seemingly invincible as they are, must
be sadly war torn on top Of this it is
rumored that the Italian army Of $780,
600 sent some time ago to the Darda-
nelles was diverted to Servia. Eng
Iisn officers and English cannon are
on the Servian frontier, together with
a great English air squadron.
The threat OF an army of 100000
veterans to swoop down on little Ser
via sounds fierce but, as these figures
will show. the central powers have a
fearsome task before them in attempt
ing to relieve he Turks. It's a long
and rugged road to COnstantinople.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30

a surprising demand for Spanish in
struction. The Spanish classes in
New York high schools are overflow
ing. and the same is true in all the
Pacific ports. In Seattle there are
seven high school teachers giving all
their time to teaching Spanish. In the
university of Washington 400 students
have registered for the Spanish courses
and 200 more had to be turned away.
1t seems a pity to neglect the Ger
man language, because of its incom-
parably greater and richer literature:
but the zeal for Spanish on the part
of the countrys intelligent young men
and women is an admirable tendency
deserving of every encouragement. 1t
is an omen not merely of more extern
siye and profitable business relations
with our Spanish neighbors, but new
fusion of pan-American culture and
ideals and extensions of new, larger
Americanism throughout the whole
western hemisphere.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30

How different this from the strains
that our evening contemporary sans
last fall. following the campaign blow
of Of Sen. William +. Borah, AT the
high school auditorium. in which the
fedora reserve-regiOnal bank-law.
was 81 literally condemned for our
national ruin ." Read this from the
Tribune. issue OF Monday evening
The allies commissioners are
coming west 10 consult western
bankers on the loan. Can YOU
imagine that In the days before
the currency system was re-
formed
Indeed no. YOU cannot and but for
Woodrow Wilson and the democratic
congress that supported him, you
would have no occasion 20 imagine ID
now. We would stll ne under the
heel OF Wall street. and. we win be
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30

Efforts Of members of the council
TO shoulder upon City Atty. Seebirt
responsibility for the drastic anti-jit-
ney ordinance-for that is what it
would amount tO,-that he has pre-
pared am submitted to them, is worse
than poppycock There is nothing in
the ordinance. as we read it. that was
not asked for by some member of
the council at its last meeting in COM
mittee, and as nothing suggested was
put TO a test vote. there was little for
the city attorney TO do but to take
each suggestion as if by unanimous
consent; either that, or TO discard it all
as If by a nine TO one dissent. We
have meyer known City Atty. Seebirt
to accuse himself OF being a mind
reader. but we have known the cOun-
ell to conduct it's meetings very much
AT random, SO much So in fact that
even a Philadelphia lawyer might find
it difficult to ascertain the course of
the wild.
As fol US we hive given up caring
very much what becomes of the iitney
ordinance. We stick to our old posi-
tons that there is very little If any
need of one: that the jitney bus is no
more of a public menace than any
other automobile; that enforcement of
the state laws will be sufficient regu-
lation. and that the principle Of Ii
censing monopolies is wrong However,
the jitney owners can fight it out for
themselves. As before stated. what
we want is less expensive street car
traffic, and a more efficient service:
for the people and their larger con-
venience at the least possible expense.
first, last, and always. Whether there
is jitney regulation or not. the trac-
ton interests should be made To real
ize ID tr obligations 10 the people of
South Bend. due 10 their million dollar
franchise graft.
The chaotic attitude of the couVcil-
men toward the jitney ordinance. and
their efforts TO shift responsibility TO
the city attorney is pretty good evil
dence. however, of how httle those
councilmen know about their subject
or what they want And it is quite
suggestive that. until they do know
about the wisest thing they can do is
TO leave the iitneys alone.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30

back there eventually If the party
that last year quoted our currency re-
form as such a failure. ever gets a
chance 10 put US there.
But it is the quotations that have
failed. instead. They were needed to
support the calamity" cry. that was
the backbone of the republican can
vass. and which too has dwindled 10 a
faint whisper The country is pros
porous. that too. not on account of the
war. but in spite OF it-and in this
we are merely voicing the dictum of
such men as Judge Ebert II. Gary
James J. Hill, Henry Clews,-and the
August monthly statement of the First
National bank Of South Bend
Which taken as a whole. proves an
other republican fallacy. namely: that
prosperity is the by-product of pro-
tective tariffs. and adversely due 10 the
lack of them. our panics have been
money panics. and our prosperity
money prosperity, every instance. back
through the years, with Wall street
holding the strings. our currency re-
form has upset that arrangement
and the allies commissioners are
coming west to consult western bank
ers on the loan" Democracy has de-
creed that the various regions
throughout the nation shall have
money enough in their midst to trans
act their own business.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30
M H AIT THE PAPERS SAY

European mOnarchs. 1t would be in
terestng to know what the emperors
and kings are paying out OF their own
pockets and what is being done with
the enormous treasures that are said
to have been stored away by the rul-
ers during several centuries.
The extremely frugal king and
queen of Great Britain and ireland
nave all their expenses paid even to
$4,000 a year for their charities, and
the kings privy purse, corresponding
to the salary of the president in this
country, is $55O.OO0 a year, besides
which he enjoys the the entire in
come from the Duchy of Lancaster
lie was left an enormous fortune by
his father, who inherited it from
Queen Victoria.
The car of Russia is said to have
private income of $25,00O,00O
year and as he is the state itself he
probably could reach his hands, if so
disposed, into the great treasure that
is guarded by the Holy Synod at Mos
COW, estimated TO be sufficient to pay
the national debts of several nations
and still leave as much more un-
touched
The kaiser, as emperor of Germany.
draws only $4,000 a year, but as
king of Prussia his income is annually
$4,0OO,000 and he possesses a per-
Sonal fortune Inat Is as large as any
American Millionaire ever dreamed of.
The kaiser is a keen investor, too.
and spends very little on anything but
military. His household is conducted
on scale of economy that has given
him name all over Europe for
stinginess. He is a partner in the
Krupp steel works and gun factories
and has large interests in the United
States and Canada. His ally, En-
perOr Franz Josef of Austria, pos
sesses one of the greatest fortunes
in history, his allowance from the
states Of the empire exceeding 81
200, 900 annually besides his income
from all the property that the Haps-
burgs have been collecting for gen
erations.
To such men the assessment of an
entire years income would amount to
nothing. 1t is their subjects who
have 10 suffer and when we read Of
the efforts made by the warning ma
tons to borrow money from the
United States ii is natural to wonder
why they do not exhaust their rul~
ers' treasures before looking this way
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30
WHAT WE DO NOT SEE AND
HEAR
(Dayton Herald.l

dayton Herald.)
A great many people go through
the world to the end of their days
seeing and hearing very little; in
many the faculties of observation
and attention are remarkably def
cient
We preceive through the sense of
hearing the wonders which are not
perceptiole to the sense of sight: all
other avenues of perception are sem
suous
If what we see and hear makes no
impression on the brain, we might as
we'll be deaf and blind so far as those
things are concerned. But the deaf
and blind may perceive acutely things
hidden from the average person
You will have seen a blind person
slowly, carefully, yet accurately.
picking his way along a crowded
thOroughfare. or through the CORR
doris of a building, and you know that
he was seeing with his ears. his fin
gers, his feet-with his nerves, his
brain.
lowered with sight, hearing, the
senses of touch, taste and smell, we
treat them all too lightly and fail to
cultivate them to their highest eff
cheney; in fact, as we have said.
multitudes go practically blind and
deaf through the world, missing Won
harmOnies so glorious that they con-
stitute a foretaste of heaven for those
able to hear them.
The real musician hears infinitely
more than the average individual,
and what he hears means more than
the average individual is able TO
comprehend.
The artist sees infinitely more than
the ordinary man and woman. Now
why?
Well, we credit something TO hered-
ity. to what we sometimes call pre-
disposition, or natural aptitude, but
in 80 cases in 100, the observation
and attention are cultured only by in
telligent use and practice.
Some Of us cultivate and enlarge
one faculty at the expense OF many
others; il may be the sense of seeing.
Of hearing. of feeling or tasting. The
| faster" of a tea. coffee or liquor
/ house is practically an infallible ar
| fist: and the safe and lock men will
tell you that there are burglars with
| tactile sense so fine and delicate that
they can open any combination lock
yet devised.
Some of us cultivate more than one
sense, but all persons should cultivate
TO the highest possible efficiency the
| senses of sight and hearing, which
! implies practically perfect observa-
( ton and attention
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30
NOT ALL REQUESTS ARE WISE.

NSl. Joseph, NO. GdIette-
The postal employees are excusable
for desiring 10 better the conditions
under which they toll. Their work
requires high degree OF intelligence.
and a fidelity to duty which must
never fail. The employees in this
branch of federal affairs are there
fore to be pardoned if they even pass
the bounds Of far-seeing judgement
in asking for innovations in the ser
vice.
For The Gazette is inclined 10 be-
lieve that occasionally the postal peO-
pie. in their anxiety to make their
own lot easier. rather overlook the
fact that the government mail ser
vice is intended solely TO benefit the
public. not TO provide enjoyable work
for an army of employees.
At the recent Omaha convention
OF national letter carriers, some ex-
ceedingly useful and practical sug-
gestions for the betterment OF the
postal service were made. There
were other ideas not SO commend
able
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30

If American business men are neg
lecting their L.atin-American opportu-
mites, the boys and girls of the coun-
try are not. From every section come
reports of keen interest in the lam
suase history. geography and eco
Monies OF Spanish countries
The interest is especially high along
the Atlantic and Pacific seaboards.
where shipping connection with Cen
trail and South America makes Latin
American relations seem more actual
md practical.
i'm language study in the high
schoOls and colleges there is a great
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30
TAFT AND THE ELEPHANT.

The republican standpat organs are
making a mighty how-dye-do over the
utterances of one Victor Murdoch OF
Kansas. The gentleman from Kansas
prognosticates that the presidential
race in 1916 will be between Woodrow
Wilson. Theodore Roosevelt and Will
liam Howard Taft just as in 1912;
which. if true, gives little promise that
the hungry old elephant will once
again brouse in pastures green.
Mr. Murdoch clutches desperately at
straw in predicting that there will
be an explosion in the democratic
party before the ides of November.
1916. Maybe SO. but from present in
dicaions it is more likely TO be in
the nature of a Fourth OF July celebra-
tion than a fell calamity
But what hurts the standpatters.
the thing that gets down under the
skin and eats into the meat, is Muir
docks delicate suggestion that there
is room for "a possible compromise be-
tween the republican and progressive
parties in the mutual adoption OF a
vigorous platform" upon which
standpat republicans might name the
candidate. Now wouldn't Mr.. Taft
look fire romping along on a progress
sive platform oh. wouldn't he? And
If the gentleman from Kansas means
anything. he means just that, where
fore the curses loud and deep.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30

dedicated To Mrs. b
There are many kinds of peaches
In this fruity world of ours,
And many ways TO eat them,
In sweets and spice and sours,
But none of these. we venture.
Do their virtues So impart
As when with clever skill they make
A delicious peach tart
CAN you think of any cOncoction of
peach and pastry. or any other peach
combination, that beats it?
AN automobile accident near Co
lumbia City injured several people.
but it hurt Abe Wiener wurst.
AMONG the local news items of the
day we note the following:
Methodist conference in full blast.
The price Of chickens is soaring,
and so are the wise chickens.
THAT sounds like an old joke, but
the association of the two paragraphs
is not as irrelevant as you might
think.
FRENCH Are Deluging German
Defenses in Champagne. - Nj.
which. old J. c. f. thinks. looks
like they are setting 'em up.
OUR design for a posterette for
South Bend would be a hen cOuchant
which you might think was idle, but
which, on the other hand, was busy
laying eggs.
THE more we hear from the peace
propagandistas the less we deem II
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30
THE MEL TING POT
COME! TAKE POTLUCK WITH US.

necessary To feel OF their heads OBJ
Nfouslv they are nutty. The stOpplng
of negotiations for loan in the L. ).
would end the war IN Europe fully as
quickly as n written order from W J.
b but Il would be much more effeC-
tive in turning a lot OF good business
10 other countries. The p. p. may
think otherwise. but the I. :. has
not yet acquired monopoly on Euro
pean trade
SPEAKING OF business and pros
perity. we have il from inside sources
that lots OF weddings and a big crop
OF babies are coming on in South
Bend.
OUR share of the automobile tax
we pay is S7,231.53. The balance
$9.54447. goes 10 a lot OF counties
that don't need good roads.
DIR. DUMBA has been recalled
without a condition TO hang his face
on. The individual who assumes To
be bigger than his government Is
treading air. Mr.. Bryan can tell YOU
that
THERE'S enough of that $500. 00O.-
600 to give us all a piece. Equally dis
tributed It would be about So per cap
ita. but if we get a handful OF seven
for a quarter" Wen be satisfied.
THERE are so many ways OF spend
ing five hundred million and so many
To spend it that after all your hardly
notice the difference in your bank ac-
count
IF you have one
C. y. r
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30

A very worthy young man out west.
hearing a noise in the alley back of
his home. fired into the air" to fright
en- the intruders away. Result, a 16-
year-old boy is dead, good citizen is
charged with manslaughter and two
happy homes are shrouded in sorrow.
all because of four dollar pistol. Bad
investment, that gun.
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30

The people of Mexico, recently
commemorated the declaration of
Mexico's independence from Spain by
day of prayer and thanks for their de-
liverance. Any people situated as they
are at present. who can find anything
to be thankful over, surely have an.
other chance coming 10 them
South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-09-30
Judging from the TACT ina

Judging from the TACT that the pro-
Hiram JohnsOn's nOn-partisan bill and
the democratic and republican poll
ticians are united in opposition 20 il.
there must be some good in the pro-
posed law. Lots of men are loved for
the enemies they have made