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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-03-27
LODGE DIRECTORY

A. o. u. W.-Protection Lodge, No. 2,
Meets every Monday evening at s
in the Mccormack hall, corner Court
and Liberty streets, r. o. Donaldson,
M. W.; s. A. MeFadden, recorder;
A. L. Brown, financier.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-03-27
Grains.
Butter.

DulleTIdb ooC
Creamery butter, per pound ...-........ 34c
Country butter ,.....--....,.-.,-........ 20cQ25c
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-03-27

SALEM HUMANE SOCIETY - D. D.
Keeler, president; Mrs. Lou Tillson,
secretary. All cases Of cruelty or
neglect of dumb animals should be
reported to the secretary for investi-
cation.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-03-27

SALEM LODGE No. 4, n. F. & A. NJ
Stated communications first Friday
in each month at 1880 p. M. in the
Masonic Temple. Chas. McCarter,
W. NJ; S. Q. Culver, secretary.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: In your issue OF April ! noticed
an editorial on "Protection for Manufacture
ers" The object of House Bill No 6,458 is
10 simplify and expedite the work Of the
Patent Office. and not to afford any better
or snecial protection TO orginators Of new
designs.
For many years full protection has been
given 10 desg ns by R. s. 4,929-49S3, and
The courts have uniformly been liberal in
their treatment Of design patents Moreover.
the law Of unfair competition has cut q
large figure against the piracy Of designs
The new House bill gives 90 the owners Of
designs no protection beyond that which has
been given for many years.
Under the present practice an application
for a design pattern Is subjected TO a rigid
examination as to novelty, but by the provi-
,ions Of this House Bill 6,45s designs will
be merely registered. +. W. SMITH, Jr.
Bridgeport Conn. April 4, 1916
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

To the Editor Of the Tribune.
Sir: Tons Of paper have been used since
this war began to describe TO the world at
large the efficiency of the German military
organization. The much abused word "etf-
cheney" has been conspicuous in every let
ter sent By American war correspondents
who have enjoyed the privilege Of being at
the front or near the front with the German
army, somewhere" in France or Belgium.
The word was used TO convey the impression
that the German military organization was
perfect in every detail and that the much
heralded efficiency could be noted by an i'm
partial observer, from the General staff down
TO the most humble nfantryman. We know,
Of course that war correspondents with the
German army could not have INDUCED in
anything else but eulogies of the soldiers
they were permitted to see at work The
censor and his blue pencil would have pre-
vented anything approaching criticism.
Therefore the reports sent by such trained
men as Cobb McCutcheoD and others could
not have been anything but what they were
"A tribute of admiration for the German
army.
1t does not follow, however that the COM
pliments heaped upon the conquerors Of Bel
gium were all exaggerated. No one can
deny that there is a German efficiency, but
all depends on what efficiency" really means.
A standard authority gives this definition:
Efficiency, ratio of the energy that is got
out of machine"
A machine A perfect machine where
every wheel works smoothly, constructed
with rare accuracy and mathematical pre-
cision. But after all only machine, subject
to arrangement. That q machine sometimes
disappoints the ablest engineers Is well
known fact that needs no comment When
cog slips the wheel refuses to turn and
the machine is out Of commission. The Ger
man machine has disappointed the military
engineers twice In this war-once when it
met the Belgian obstacle. and again on the
Marne when Generals Foch and Manoury
drove back Won Kluck. The German machine
had not anticipated the Belgian resistance;
therefore, the machine was faulty. The flaws
in its construction have prevented the Kaiser
from fulfilling the promises his majesty made
TO his entourage-namely TO celebrate the
victory of Sedan in the French capital year
ago last September and to make his triumphal
entry into Calais on December 10, 1914.
German efficiency, machne-like, has failed
TO accomplish its purpose; its frailty has been
amply demonstrated in this war, as well as
in the Franco-German War. in 1870. do
not mean to minimize the fighting qualities
of the German nation, but Germany does not
monopolze bravery or courage. Every
power engaged in this dreadful war has
,hown at times sterling military qualities
But where one must concede German superb
GRITTY call it efficiency if you lke-is In the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

added to the tale. She has no enemies
now, perhaps not even in the house OF
Bonaparte, whose members once hated and
distrusted her so deeply. Francis-Joseph
is four years her junior, but his appear
ance upon the worlds stage dates from
1S4S, sixty-eight years ago.
There is a third survivor Of that period
however. No tragedy is connected with
her name. Quite the reverse. It's mention
always calls up glimpse Of the vanished
frivolities, the meretrcious glitter and
pitiable glories of the court Of the Tuil-
cries. Pauline Metternich, the wife OF
the Austrian Ambassador to Napoleon
III. ugly, witty, unconventional, incredibly
insolent toward this pdrUenue empress,
still lives, at the age of eighty, to review
the events of sixty years and to watch
Fate turning a new page in the book OF
history.
And still the roll is not called. For
gotten in a little North German capital,
a silent spectator of it all, Augusta, Dow
ager Grand Duchess Of Mecklenburg-
Strelitz, daughter of the Duke Of Cam
bridge and princess royal Of England, still
lives, officially an enemy of the country OF
her birth. at the age of ninety-four.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
Police Girls.

To be chided for infraction Of the law by
little girl in blue cap, blue jacket
and a short blue skirt, the whole as back
ground for a glittering badge. should pos
sess a certain piquancy for the New York
or. 1t will surely offer a decided contrast
armed for your humiliation. 1t may even
prove triumph for the rule of love; VINO
knows? We have tried so long and with
such poor success to exact obedience
through intimidation by the Finest that
1t can do no harm now to try the persuasion
of the "least of these" The rest Of US
will envy the East Side its girl police.
And as for the girls themselves, though
going TO high school be their serious voca-
ton and police duty mere avocation, we
can think of no two high school courses
put together which will offer them half the
education to be picked up on the beat"
Just now when all the old theories of educa-
ton and of educational processes are com
ing in for searching criticism and no little
condemnation it will be especially interest
ing to watch the results of this expert
ment Of presenting life directly to the OBJ
servation Of the yOung-of both sexes, Of
course, since the police force among the
schoolboys of the East Side is an old
story. 1t will soon be a more sophisticated
wisdom which we shall expect from 'out Of
the mouths of babes and sucklngs."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
A Question of Patriotism.
he Edition of The Tribune.

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: noticed the letter of Mr.. Russell
Ferguson, in which he queries how a min
lister Of the Gospel can back so unpatriotic
a meeting as that set for Thursday evening,
April g. at Carnegie Hall. As | personally
have some acquaintance with the men who
ar going to speak | should like to testify as
to their red-blooded patriotism and unfinch-
ing courage, although probably ! may not
agree with everything that will be said.
know that Mr. Clyde Tavenner, though a
little man physically, is as bold as game
bantam rooster Although he has been re-
ceiving many threatening letters, he goes
right on investigating and putting into The
Congressional Record the facts which he
finds undisputed about the Navy League and
the other defence organizations and their
connection with large money interests.
That Washington GLADDEN. is a great patriot
no one who has followed his career OF pub
lie service can doubt ard no one will deny
that they are all honest believers in VIVA
they say.
No matter what our opinions may be, VIII
ineness to consider the we'll presented argu-
ments Of the other side ought TO be an Amer
lean characteristics; and with the threat OF
military training i'm our schools and conscrip-
ton for our manhood as the result OF ne
horrible vision which We see across the At
lantic. every earnest citizen ought to be
locking into his preparedness, whether OF
arms or of spirit.
L. HOLLINGSWORTH WOOD.
New York. April 3, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
"Piano Fingers" and Coal Heaving.

As Isadora Duncan used to say, art mas
no place in American life. We are COM
mercial race. lacking the finer instincts.
If this were not true the Altruist Society
of Montclair, n. j., could never have pro-
pounded such a question as IS found III us
annual report. If, it asks. man mas
"piano fingers" and has an offer of job
on coal wagon, should he accept the
place to support his wife and six children
or should a philanthropic society put him
in position where his digital refinement
would not be affected by manual labor?
America is too full of people who will
contend that a good coal-heaver Is a bet
ter member of society than the man or
woman who can do a contortionist act on
the ivory keyboard. This is popular
ignorance which is found especially among
fat-dwellers.
If Americans are ever TO reach the posi-
ton TO which Isadora aspired for US we
must realize that "the hand Of little en-
plovment hath the daintier sense When
we find "piano fingers" we must protect
them. Fingers with musical taperlngs
must not clasp the uninspiring coal shovel
Think of the consequences of failing to
shield the artistic digit from the befoullng
CRIME. If we do not develop what refine
ment we have-Isadora used to say 1t was
precious little-it may not be long until
there will be no one to rouse the nation
to its sense Of duty by pounding out
america. Love YOU" and children will
cease to respect their parents unless there
are piano fingers" capable Of playing the
accompaniment to "M-o-t-h-e-r."
There might even be none-if you care to
speculate about the calamitous-to play
the touching tribute to the piano, 81 Love a
Piano"
To be sure. there is danger that piano
fingers" will become too popular with that
class which is only too eager to avoid
manual labor. We can even imagine a
man applying for aims and refusing to
saw wood because he had piano fingers.
Fear of reaching such a state will prob
ably act as a deterrent to philanthropic
societies in cultivatIng piano fingers
which reminds us Of what lsadora used to
say about Americans having no apprecia-
ton Of art.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
"The University OF Humanity"

Il was the earnest desire of the late
William Booth, founder and General Of
the Salvation Army that no money should
be wasted on bronze or marble monuments
TO his memory. Shortly before his death
he exacted a pledge from the leaders Of
that great organization that whatever was
done to commemorate his name should be,
as it we're, an extension Of his own labors,
and to this end he proposed the establish
ment of chain Of training colleges to be
known by the title Of the University Of
Humanity.
In order TO carry out the plan in this
part of the world the local branch of the
Salvation Army asks the people Of New
York for half million dollars, and conf
IDENTIFY hopes TO raise it in week. OF this
sum, S33O,000 is 70 be given over TO the
foundation of training college, 100000
70 rescue home and $4,000 TO institu-
tional missions in the Bowery and IN Har-
lem.
The need Of adequate training colleges
has been felt for long time. Canada,
AuSLrdild, new LtdidIu anu pOtEH MN"
have already carried out Booths plan, and
IL is not doubted that the need for such col
leges will be as clearly recognized in this
country. The truth is that the work Of the
Salvation Army has grown 50 complex and
is now so specialized that adequate train
ing can hardly be had except in schools
administered by teachers thoroughly yersed
in the methods Of the organization. With
out such schools it is impossible 70 extend
the work and carry il on efficiently.
IL Is very properly pointed out By the
heads Of the Salvation Army that they are
not asking the public 20 contribute money
merely 70 haphazard charity; still less are
they begging contributions toward a new
experiment. The Salvation Army has been
on trial for about half century. u has
weathered a world Of abuse and ridicule
and II is now long past the stage at which
IL was necessary 10 explain is purpose or
10 apologize for its existence The ques.
ton whether it has made good is promise
may safely be left % common observation
the important question is in what way los
work can most usefully be extended
Such work cannot be carried on without
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
En- Route for the Canal.

To the Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: A Pancho villa has now retreated
through the State Of chihuahua into the
state of Durango and seems bent on con-
ti1uing his swift and unobstructed journey
southwark through the states Of zacatecas'
Jalisco. Mchoacan. Guerrero, Oajaca and
Chiapas and the republics Of Guatemala, Hon
ouras, Nicaragua and Panama. would 1T not
he advisable to place a strong guard OF not
less than one zone policeman on each lock
cate and the pontoon bridge at Parsiso ?
That would prevent the fugitive bandit from
crossing the canal into South America and
the consequent prolOHging Of our already
tcuuous line Of communications from Coium-
bus. y. NJ. to Punta Arenas, Chilli. The zone
police could be depended upon TO arrest villa
and keep aim usefully employed on the cham
-ang till the United States Army caught up
with him. Much hope is being expressed on
the isthmus that when our forces finally ar
rive there overland they will bring the south
ern boundary Of the United States with them.
OLD CANAL MAN.
New York. April 4, 1916.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09

study. II is not merely question OF dis
tributing funds. 1t is question of helping
men and women in a more substantial way,
of rehabilitating them, teaching them TO
help themselves and making them usefui
members Of society. Such task presup-
poses singular patience, judgment and ex-
periences, and it is manifestly task that
cannot be undertaken without special tram
ing. 1t is in order to supply this special
training that the colleges are so necessary
The need has been recognized abroad and
met in a generous spirit. There is little
reason to apprehend that it will not be met
here as promptly and cordially.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
Pacifist Marching Song.

For the use Of college students.)
Unlock the bayonets from their belts,
The coast-guns from their piers,
And heat the Dreadnought till il melts
Down into souvenirs;
IT'S thus the maximum OF ease
Will keep the foe affair;
He will not BARN you when he sees
How peaceable you are,
IRA! idD
When Hun or Briton, Turk or Jap
Wax thoughtless. you should meek
Ly strive TO gurgltate the slap
And turn the other cheek;
Recalling that the Peaceful Tack
Proclaims that Right is Might,
(And that the boy who Wont hit back
Will never have to fightD
(TWcet TUcetD
A very little New Thought Stuff
Will battle the world in peace,
And if we New Think loud enough
The warning guns will cease.
(So-ferceIv, boys, fcrceiyD
Hrrohi Hurooi Pdrdbdlool
.Sies! Boomi Ri Fo! Fol Fumi
The Gun Is pp' The Sky Is biuei
Rant Rant MHlcnniuml
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
Save Your Rags.
lrrom The Philadelphia Prcgsl

From The Philadelphia Prcss1
At the urgent request of the paper manu-
facturers the Department Of Commerce has
issued an appeal to the American people
to save their old rags and waste paper. The
Price of paper has gone kiting since the war.
ard the waste Of paper and rags by the aver
age householder if conserved and sold to
dealers. can help TO keep the price down by
increasing the supply Of materials from
which paper is made
The government has set an example by the
formation Of an interdepartmental commits
sion to handle the situation. The depart
ments Of Commerce and Agriculture are be-
ginning experiments through which they hope
10 discover new sources Of material from
which paper can be made.
This paper strinccncy has hit England Sc
,erely. and the authorities are discussing the
matter of restricting the size of the English
newspapers in order to husband the supply
Of white paper
In New York a contractor has just been
given the ragpicking concession in the Bor-
cugh Of Queens. He outbid his competitors
with an offer of Sl9,j52, a sum $1,000 greater
than that Of last year, for the privilege Of
raking the dumps to recover things having
commercial value.
To the housekeeper the savings Of rags and
paper can be made medium of some small
profit. Ii has been estimated that the aver
age home can gather about % cents worth o.
PAPER week. II has been claimed often by
Investigators that European families can live
on what an American family wastes, and the
Department of Commerce has called attention
to an open spigot which can easily be closed.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
An Electrical Triumph.

Trunk line electrifcatiOn is no longer
the dream which competent railroad men
a few short years ago considered it. That
is the important lesson to be derived from
the achievement Of the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railroad in substituting cleo
tricity for steam on 440 miles of its trans
continental highway. We have become ac-
customed 20 the electrifcation of ter
minals and tunnels and short suburban
stretches of standard railroad. We had
been told that this type of substitution was
about all we could expect for generations
to come, or until the density Of traffic on
trunk lines should make transfer of trac-
tive energy from individual train to track
profitable. But the st. Paul has upset
these calculations. has crashed bravely
through the barrier of precedent and
timidty which forbade this particular So
luton of its problem. 1t has taken an In
tensely significant step.
The 44O miles of its electrifcation, dis
lance about twice that between New York
and Washington, leads the railway over
the Continental Divide, between Harlow
ton, Mont, and Avery, Idaho. This is the
kind Of stretch which in winter, with its
extremely low temperatures and abundant
snowfall, presents the greatest difficulties
encountered in steam railroading, and
whose grades at all seasons of the year
give tonnage enthusiasts cramps. But the
lowest temperatures have no terrors for
electric locomotives, which also, with their
uniformly greater tractive power take
grades without a suggestion of fuss and
calmly brush snowdrifts aside.
For the production of its electric energy
the reilroad company has harnessed bit
Of the abundant water power of this re-
gion. thus eliminating the call for fuel
trains. 1t has also installed in its cleo
trio locomotives a system Of regenerative
braking which permits them on the down
grade TO regain from % to 50 per cent Of
the energy expended in climbing.
In other words, the whole accomplish
ment stands as a monument TO the enter
prise and Imagination of the American
railroad builder, and as an example, let us
hope, for the emulation of many another
preat railway system
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
Survivors.

Still another English volume is to be
added to the record of the life of the En-
press Eugene. England is the home Of the
cult of her tragic fate; to this English
biographer of hers she has ere now given
authorization and assistance, while warn
ing a waiting world that at her death no
memoirs Of hers will be found--a wise
warning in view of the temptations her life
must offer TO ingenious fabricators of tho
Albert Van Dam type.
The Empress Eugene! The name and
the title come TO US like echoes from pas,
long forgotten, never more deeply buried
than now, when the world she knew is so
laboriously and at such great cost endeav-
oring 10 undo so much of what she invol-
unfairly helped to bring about.
She stands alone among the ruins that
fell around her forty-six years ago, almost
the sole survivor Of the era which saw the
founding Of empires and kingdoms in
Europe, on this continent and In Asia.
And in all these great events she played
her part Almost the sole survivor, but not
quite. Victor Emmanuel, Cavour, Plus TX,
Palmerston, BeaconsGeld, who created the
Indian Empire; Gladstone, Seward, Por.
hrio Diaz, Wilhelm and Bismarck all have
vanished from the stage which once they
dominated But one imperial contempt
rary Of her survives, Francis-Joseph of
Austria. Were it not for the criminal
adventure in Mexico, which ended In the
death Of the Emperor's brother in Quere-
taro, there might be bond between these
two. since both suffered grievously at the
hands Of the masterful spirits who played
politics with them with blood and iron.
None knows her age. According 10 the
official statement she was born on May ),
1926, nearly ninety years ago. Her
enemies, in the days when she still boldly
plotted FOR the lost throne for her only
child, declared that two years should be
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
German Methods in 1871

To the Editor Of The Tribune. 49,
Sir: "Formulating Terms Of Peae'
Jonas Lippmann, is only one Of the We ~.
many excellent articles published ID y"
issue Of April ?. Allow me, however "
peal from the apparent severity Of 'ns -
Gle for Jules Fayre, who. ioge'he,
Adolphe Theirs. was intrus'ed oy 49,.
with the task OF obtaining 20 81 '''
terms of peace possible between ff'n'' ~
Germany. ,vv-,
The article mentions the blander OF f''. :,
who. after agreeing with Bismar'S
armistice. neglected 70 communicate I" y.
eral Bourbaki, in command Of me "'-'
the East, the fact that "the eastern 80.
of war was excluded from the SI'',,.
The result of tha. ee,t WAS that Do.,'.
officially notified fe armissiee' o.'
take advantage oi n.s former SUCCESSES, .,r
sistance. which was likely 70 oo'''" ..
Germany better conditions OF peace ,.,ss
NAMED inactive while the army Of N'a' 100,
continued It's offensive, snd me PREM" Ssis
was saved only by taking refuge W
territory, where il was d.sarmea' Ind,
The question is, Has Favre e. Ss Viii
The only means Of communicating s.r,.rs
Bourbaki were in the hands OF ihe Tvs US q
who held the telegraph lines. II .sn
The armistice was flashed TO bou'''S ~, Ne
to convey TO him the impression ,;.s .hs,
army was included in the ai'n's'' ,,isa
was not due TO a blunder nor to ." n snosi
of Favre. but to the now very W.. "a dis
methods Of the German Hesdqnaf',s's 20 k
tort the facts whenever any benen iss
derived from such distortion. -, al
close connection between this 'n, un.,ehss;
the famous. or infamous. Ems '"f uorssi
the mind of the great Teuton 'e"O' -. mind
IN an entirely different way rom oonAN
of the "man." pANi""
New York. April 2, 1915
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-04-09
Stop Prizefight Publicity

To the Editor of The Tribune
Sir: note with disgust the elaborate
Of certain newspaper denounc-
ing the practices of the prize ring and it's
constituents as brutal and inhumane. Had
this same newspaper, as well rs others, de-
prived the fighters of the advertising ac-
counts Of preparation on the sporting page.
few people would know that such an affair
was to take place. and the attendance would
consist of few thugs and barroom loafers.
II would not have been n public scandal. II
you want to abolish pugilism stop giving IL
notoriety. Y. A. BRADY.
New York, April 4, 1916.