Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-20

IN the world can't keep from making another farewell
tour of America" She says she has received all kinds OF
threatening letters signed with terr--ribe Teutor
names but if she is fated to die in America then she will
die there that is ALL She says she will hit this country
in October Sara may have lost a leg and some of her
exuberant and perennial youth but she has not lost her
art of getting plenty of free advertising
! San Francisco hold-ups have new stunt as Charles
Murray, hotel man. learned yesterday He saw pretty
girl and young fellow holding hands at street corner
and apparently about to begin kissing match AS he
walked up close to them the drew club and struck
him the head Only arrival of third persons pre-
vented him being robbed Spoonng bandits is the name
already applied to them.
When President Wilson starts on his stumping tour
in advocacy Of preparedness, he will be trailed by a
formidable array of peace advocates Among these will
be Bryan, Rabbi WISE DR.. David Starr Jordan Oswald
Willard, Meyer London and Morris Hillquitt Mrs Wilson
will accompany the president and it is easily foretod
which party will draw the larger audiences.
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Astoria is to have municipality owned steamer line
plying the Columbia between that seaport and the upper
Columbia This is done in effort to force the railroads
to give Astoria what she considers her rights as to rail
rates Those who object to cities owning anything except
their sewers will in this step toward inevitable
destruction
That hard hearted district attorney in Seattle who
boldly declares that rich volaer of the prohibition law
will get the same treatment from him and his office is
handed out to the common boOtegger What is the
of having money and belonging to first class gilt edged
club if you can't have privileges that denied the
mon herd?
Floods swept Arizona yesterday and at Phoenix the
famous Salt River up which so many politicians travel
was twenty feet above and still rising One of the
peculiar incidents Of this unprecedented flood that
the inmates of the state asylum for the insane did fine
work in rescuing many marooned families.
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Lincoln street hill had rival last night in the slough
many abandoning the seds to firt with the skates The
shedding not first class and the skating probably
not much better However it made change and that is
what suits the American, old or young-or neither.
From present indications Byron would not be able to
sing about he Isles of Greece in the future
he still here to do his singing 1t is probable the e will
be fried out of her before the allies and Teutons get
through and only Greece spot will be left.
The Oregonian suggests that the appointment Of Sec
reay Lea was made for the same reason that the ap
pontment of W. AL Jones was and deprecatng the en-
erng of politics into the state fair business lets the sub
ect drop at that.
The Californian in the flooded orange districts about
Los Angeles would no doubt be satisfied with his lotf
he could get it out from under the water.
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