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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
Nebraska's lOO,OOO,OOO
Bushel Wheat Crop
Of Excellent Quality

Lincoln, Neb., July 22.-Nebraska s
big wheat crop today is in the shock
and stack in splendid condition.
While less wheat acreage was plant
ed in this state this year than last,
weather conditions more than made up
for this difference and Nebraska has
one of the best wheat crops in her his,
tory. 1t is believed that the total crop
will not be far below 100,000,0O0 bush
els. The grain is of good quality.
Last year the crop was enormous,
but the value was cut about 80 per
cent by the persistent rains in harvest
time. This year, weather conditions
have been ideal. The dry early part
of the season prevent ii the grain run
ming to stalk, and the later plentiful
rains brought out of the heads well.
There also was very sliglt damage
by hail this year, while a year ago
there was considerable damage in some
sections of the state. The wheat this
year is also heavier than usual.
Cutting began at the southern Ne
braska line about July !, and practic-
ally all the Nebraska crop is now in
the stack or being threshed.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
Amateur Ball Players to
Be Aided by Big Leagues

Cleveland, July 22.-Amateur ball
players will get their chance in Cleve.
land this season. newspaper has pro.
noted scheme whereby four baseball
experts, two of them ex-leaguers, will
report weekly on the best player seen
in action during the seven days. Scores
of amateur teams here fighting out the
city championships.
In September the best players select
ed will be divided into two or four
teams, as available material warrants,
and series of games played at league
park.
Manager Lee Foil of the Indians win
select what he believes to be the two
most likely looking amateurs and give
them a six weeks try out next spring
with his team.
Managers of bush leagues also will
be here and sign up any of the amateurs
which look good TO them. Some anna
teur games here draw 10000 to lO0,-
900 fans.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
Sixteen Hundred
Chorus Girls Wanted


New York, July 22.--Woeful tidings
these, to the tired business man.
There 5 shortage of chorus girls.
Sixteen hundred are wanted for
Broadway musical comedies now in tho
making--and SO far only 800 have
been located who measure up to tho
standards required by such caterers 10
the eye of audiences as Ned Wayburn,
Chamberlain Brown, Bruce Edwards
and the rest of them.
First of all, let it be explained that
the 1916 chorus girl will have 10 b, a
beauty.
Patrons of the girl shows nowadays
want more curves, more pep. more
voice, and more girls than ever be
fore. The 1916 type must be slender
but not angular, must know how 10
dance well and must smile. Also She
must have good looking bare feet and
er- er--.I bmsbng shin on her err. err
limbs, because tights are no longer an
fait.
the chorus girl piekers think The
lure of the movies. the cabaret and
the dance halls have all combined 80
force the merry merry of its usual
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
THE PUBLIC SERVICE CORPORATION

(La Grande, Or, Evening Observer)
Someone has very truthfully said,
time works wonderful changes
Not long ago to be at the head of a
public service corporation was an ace
high position; it was position that
elevated one in the public mind; made
the man nolding that position ruler,
a dictator a community guide post, TO
a larger extent. But that was in the
days when it was considered high
honor to ride on railroad pass.
Now, how is it? The head of the
public service corporatin is servant
in every sense of the term. He is
straining every nerve to please his pa
irons. :" NO public be d--dn with
him. Some of his predecessors might
have been sufficiently entrenched to
utter suca remark, but not the cor
poration man of today. He gets up in
the morning feeling his hold slipping
Many times it is through wilfull mis-.
representations by the demagogue who
wants to build his own popularity by
tearing down others with untruths. He
goes to lunch with a troubled look fear
ing that his position to committee
of patrons has been misunderstood
He trudges home to his family at night
time feeling tnat he has done the best
he could on all problems during the
day, and still there is lurking feel.
ing that unjustifiable clouds hang over
his administration.
We are speaking now of the square
manly men who are directing honest
corporations and not the guilty slip
one over on the public" kind, of which
there are some still in existence
Who is to blame for this condition
No, not the public-not the con
sumner.
Not the honest corporation, nor the
honest man who directs the honest
corpratin.
1t is first of all, the selfish politician
and selfish agitator who points to
crooked work on the part of some par
tieularly dishnest corp{ {ratin and then
classes all public utilities with the dis
honest one. The public finds upon in
vestigation of the dishonest corpora
ton that tne charges of the agitatoi
are true and without further investiga-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22

ton places everything under corporate
seal in the same class. The fireworks
start, the howl grows louder and final
ly public opinion gets in its work and
honest investment is shattered. Earn
mgs are decreased, damage suits of
every description follow. And this is
why the head that directs the public
utility corporation of today rests un.
easy.
Verv recently we received letter
from good frieHd who is man
among. men; who directs an honest
corporation. And in that letter he
said being public utility man now
a-days is very much like being a
prize fighter placed in the ring with
both hands and ieet tied, and called
upon to meet all comers with the
principale rules of the game being that
no restrictions be placed upon the
character of the attack, but the hog
tied defender must fight according to
schedule made for him by others.
He is rignt to very great extent.
How many of know that bill after
bill has been introduced in the legis-
lature for the sole purpose of making
trouble for public service corpora
tion and without any thugh whatever
of doing good for the public. These
are introduced by the same demagogue
who raises cry against all corpora
tions because he finds one that is cor
rupt.
The only thing for the corporations
of Oregon to do is to join with the
honest people who are not seeking of
flee, nor trying to run party organiza-
tions and make clean cut, open hand
ed fight against the selfish politician,
the blatant demagogue. Take the pub
lie into confidence and defy the ira
ducers TO produce proof of the inflam-
matory statements made against all
public service corporations, forcing
meant in their charges.
We believe the people are fair and
when once the situation is correctly
understood capital will be perfectly
safe in Oregon and permitted to earn
a proper return on the investment
There never will be an improvement
until the agitator is s1uelcned and the
corporations openly appeal to the pub.
lie for the faiar play that is due them.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
Government Lookout
On St. Helens' Summit

Portland. Or, July 22.-The Mater
iai for forest service lookout house
at the top of Mt. st. Helens has ipst
been shipped TO Castleroek, Washing
ton, according to +. II. Bnlndage. sl-
pervisor OF the Columbia national for
est. From Castlerock it will be hauled
fifty five miles to the summit, whica
has an elevation of $3.50 feet. present
the most difficult part of the problem.
1t is planned to haul the sections up
over snow and ice Of the steep slopes
by means of steel cable, using rocks
for counter weight.
The lookout house is q wooden struc-
ture twelve feet square. with eupalo
six feet square. All the material for
the house is cut and ready to be put
together by the forest officers without
the nelp of a carpenter. The different
parts are numbered so the building
can be easily erected by following the
instructions which accompany it.
Both the house and eupalo have win
dows entirely around so the lookout
man can see in all directions from
either above or below. The lower part
of the building will be used for liv-
Iing quarters by the lookout man, who
will cook his meals ON kerosene stove
there being no wood available for fuel
on the barren mountain peak.
The cupalo is equipped with map
table and map, and fire finder or
lookout protractor. The station viii
have telephone connections with the
outside wirld. An extension cord will
make it possible to use the telephone
from either the living room or the eu-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
RECORD FOR DIRT
TRACKS IN DANGER
Track at Kansas City In Fine
Shape, and Big Ones
to Drive

Kansas City, Mo-, July 22.-World IS
records for dirt tracks may be smashed
today on Kansas City's new speedway.
That's the prediction of several drivers
who say the track is in great shape. The
I00.mile derby, the event of the day,
will start at clock.
The following drivers are entered:
Ralph De Palma, Mercedes.
Eddie Rickenbadcher, Maxwell.
Eddie O'Connell, Duesenberg.
Charles Devlin, Duesenberg.
Peter Henderson, Maxwell.
Billy Chandler, Crawford.
Dave Lewis, Crawford.
Art Johnson, Crawford.
Otto Henning, Ogren.
Ed Rawlings, West Duluth Special.
w. W. Brown, De Chesnau.
George Buzane, Duesenberg.
Art Klein, Klein Art.
1t is safe to bet they will not all start
NOT with any 13 entries.
The track is one and one-eighth
mile course. Purses total $4,000.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
Mascot Gets Decision

Portland, Or, July 22.-Billy Mas
cett of Portland held newspaper de-
cision today over Johnny Coulon, for
merN bantam weight champion of the
Pacific coast. They Travelled six rounds
at the Rise City club.
Coulon, at the last minute, refused
TO box to referee 5 decision, and in
sisted on newspaper verdict. In the
first round Mascot began shooting
over a straight left to the jaw and
kept it up. He did considerable exc
eution with-tifis poke IN the sixth.
The former champion did lot of
forcing in four of the six sessions, and
displayed some beautiful foot work.
In the fourth Coulon cut Mascot S
eye. Many believed it should have
been drawing.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
Agricultural College
. Finds Two New Weeds

New weeds are appearing almost ev-
cry year in various parts of Washing
ton. These are brought in by trains
and other vehicles, in the packing of
dishes, crockery and the like, and to a
very great extent in impure grass seed.
Some of these weeds last but short
time, others when once started here
find the conditions for growth favor
able and soon spread over neighbor-
hood and from that to adjoining local
tiles.
In the case Of weeds whose seeds
have special means OF dispersal, as
those carried by the wind, two or three
years time is sufficient for their spread
over wide areas. According to DR.. F..
L. Pickett of the Botany department
of the Washington State college, two
introduced weeds have been spreading
very rapidly in the last two or three
years and should be given immediate
attention in eastern Washington.
The first of these is mustard, tech
uically known as Erysimum Repandum.
for which there seems to be no common
name. This may at times be "tumb.
ling mustard and somewhat resemb-
les the well known "Jim Hill' must
ard, 'although 1t is smaller plant,
with smaller more erect leaves and sli-
9htly larger and darker yellow flow
ers. Its leaves are 20 inches long,
narrow, CASUALLY less than 1-2 inch
wide) nearly smooth and undivided.
Ihe leaf margins show few broad
but very short teeth The pods are 3
inches long, wide spreading, little
larger and more rigid than those of the
jim HIP mustard.
The plant is usually about ] foot high
and is very much branched. Large
plants may reach IL feet; others may
produce seeds when but inches high.
me seeds of tins plant have been
brought IN with clover and other lawn
grass seeds, and as it produces a great
number of seeds, it spreads rapidly. 1t
may be controlled or eradieated by care
ful cultivation or close>cutting TO pre-
vent seeding, as it lives but one year
Grain stubble should he disced soon
after harvest. All grass seed should
be examined carefully ana, If seeds of
this pest are found, discarded.
The second weed is also mustard,
one of the Pepper grasses techni-
cally known as Lepidium Perfolatum.
This weed has already spread over
much of the Palouse and Big Bend re-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
Welsh May Meet White

Chicago, July 22,-Representatives
of Freddie Welsh and Charley White
were expected to meet here today to
sign for twenty round decision bout
at Colorado Springs Labor day. Welsh,
according to Eddie Pitts, Colorado
promoter, will receive a guarantee of
$12.500, another thousand for expenses
and the privilege of fifty per cent of
the receipts if they are over $4,000.
White, it is said, has been offered 49,
500 but he wants 20 per cent. Harry
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
May Play California

Eugene, Or, July 22.-With foot
ball game in prospect between Ore
gon and the University of California,
scouts from Berkeley painted the big
yellow "O' on Skinner's Butte so
it resembled a "C''. Oregon students
repaired the damage and are guard
ing their "Op.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
Mid West Polo Enthusiasts
In "GentIemen's Race

Hawthorne Race Track, Chicago,
July 22.-Polo enthusiasts in the mid
die west raced for honors today in the
gentlemen s race" on polo ponies over
four furlong course, as feature event
of the fourteen day race meeting here
The Whip and Spur, Wheaton and the
OnWentsia had entries.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
American.
LOjus and BradfOrds
Play Here Tomorrow

The Lojus meet the Battling Brad
fords tomorrow at the league grounds.
Here is the dope: The Lojus should
win.
The team is in fine shape for the
contest, and the situation as it exists
in the race for the pennant is such
that victory is necessary in this game
if the Lojus are to remain among the
possibilities as pennant winners.
The Baby Beavers and Woodburn
are tied for first place in the league.
These teams will fight off the tie at
Portland tomorrow, and if the Salem
aggregation can win its game with the
Bradfords it will be but one game to
the bad which is not hopeless condi-
tion of things by any means.
Virginia, in 1915, mined S,122,59G
tons of coal, valued at S7,962,934.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
SOLD HER LIFE TO
MAN FOR A PAIR
OF SHOES, IT'S SAID

Winnipeg, Man, July 22.- Wasyilna
lenysck, young and fair, sold her life
to Steve Baryck for pair of shoes, it
IS said. They were pretty snoes, with
high French heels and anything French
in Canada today is sure to attract at
tention. She promised to marry Steve
and live with him for life if he would
buy the shoes, Steve says He did.
The contract was brought into court
today for test Of its validity.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
BALLAD OF WAR KINGS

The war kino coIIe1 h;s no,nsolIore
Ward " ram off ms tbe snUs.,y waayns ,ears;
tn, AZ, III a. "s Monen
may rot sta,, .h "i'n teais'
Nor r;no I .ts sioo,';,' sh. 3,..'' se,ie, ,.e.,
Tba;r & hnn5s 'n o,Ia Iiaeep,nS spn ue"n ~ iile.
uou "%"s r,omv Ill AL te1oo u nS io'es away
49," MANY ''e' 'o''1
Tbau so;a +as o,ovo hronoa aonn.o,
I" 1"u '"e si"'' o'o"e" 'o'hse''
uNo 'ors, wesn;no voman uo;+
No ol,,.,a - .I,',i. III
1 ~ s1Is.s th'a s'ane ,, ."ronsn 1 wiz WINDOWS
vo;n vF,1e if' ths, 'ooa @ pa,"eI Sa'.; H.. ,,s
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS
Pacific Coast.
Yesterdays S Results.

At Salt Lake, 13; Portland, 6.
At San Francisco, 4; Vernon, 13.
At Los Angeles, 1; Oakland, 8.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22
Sport Neus

Pollok, manager of Welsh, is said to
be in-favor of the match.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22

Effort will be made TO float the stea-
mer Oakland, which is ashore near Ne.
halem.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-07-22

"Have you contributed to the aid of
those in distress9"
"Yes, have lost six umbrellas in the
last two months"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-14

MURDER
OF WIFE

An emphatic "No" was the an
swer of John Pierszwa Tuesday,
when asked by Judge Card through
an interpreter if he was guilty of
numbering his wife, Mrs. Stella
Pierszwa.
Tho woman was found shot to
death in their Wilkeson home Oct.
30, following a quarrel between
the couple. Pierszwa consistently
denied his guilt.
The trial of Pierszwa. who is a
Polish miner, was set by Judge
Card for Dec. 6.
The investigation made by Dep
uty Prosecutor Selden and Il. o.
Heinrich, expert chemist. has con-
WINGED the prosecutor that the
woman did not commit suicide and
that her death was a clear case of
murder.
Yet there is only circumstantial
evidence to show that the husband
was directly connected with the
crime.
Attorney A. o. Burmeister, who
is representing Pierszwa. is ex-
pected to contend that the woman
was shot and killed by another
man.
The theory brought out by the
expert chemist is that the woman
crouched behind the stove in her
home to escape her attacker and
was shot in that position.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-14
EXPLODING SHELL STRIPS
HIM OF PANTS AND $3.50

II was sent out to a German OBJ
servation post from which we
might locate several batteries of
eight-inch guns.
THE position, captured two
days before, could only be reached
by crawling from shell hole to
shell hole. 1t consisted of a small
tree built about with scaffolding,
from which the Germans had en-
joyed a safe view of the old
French lines.
In Heart of Explosion
climbing the scaffolding, | had
a good look at the enemy. My ar
rival was greeted by a salvo of
shells. Big splinters smashed the
frail platform on which stood, so
that / tied myself by my belt to
the swaying tree. Only a direct
hit could bring me down.
1.-TWO minutes later an eight
inch she'll exploded directly be-
meath me. AS l was in the heart
OF the explosion, no shrapnel
touched me. But the displace-
ment Of the air was SO tremendous
that l came to stripped of
breeches, vest, tunic-bare as a
worm:
And $16O Goes
MY uniform had vanished into
thin air-and in my lost pockets
were $160.
When 100000 Frenchmen
fight for one cent a day, $16O
seems lot of money. Pulling my
self together l took a greatcoat
from dead comrade, and so
crawled back to the post.
But, while life lasts, will
never cease to reflect on all the
pleasures / might have bought
with that $780,"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-14
U.S.. AIDS
AGAINST
PIGCERS

Instructions have been received
by government officers OF Tacoma
Tuesday from the U. S. depart
ment of justice at Washington to
tighten up on the prosecution
of all bootleggers and moonshin-
ers in Tacoma, and to give all pos
sible aid to city and county Off
GERS in wiping out Illicit booze
traffic.
From the first the government
officers here have been told to aid
the city officials, but the new in
structions are in the nature of a
government campaign to tie a
moose around the neck of the
traffic In an effort to keep the
state dry.
Arrangements have been made
with Chief of Police Smith to fol-
low up all police cases with grand
jury indictments, and II possible
to round up the ring leaders in
the shipment of liquor from other
states.
j. H. Woods, special agent of
the internal revenue department.,
is working hand in hand with the
police department. He has OBJ
tanned a list of all bootleggers and
blind piggers arrested In the city.
Their cases will be presented to
the federal investigating body.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-14

ACCUSES
PREMIER
Omitted Press Leased wire.)

OTTAWA, Nov. 14.-Publica-
ton of the correspondence be-
tween Sir Sam Hughes, who re-
signed as minister of militia and
defense, and Premier Borden, who
requested the resignation, was
awaited with great interest to-
day because of Hughes charge
that the break resulted from
"mis-statements" by the premier.
The governments announce
ment of the resignation stated this
correspondence probably would
be made public Immediately.
Lieut.. General Hughes today
declared his reasons for resigning
are not those assigned in the re-
port issued by the government
which asserted he had assumed
powers which could only be ex-
ercised by the government as q
whole.
He stated his resignation was
accompanied by a request chat all
correspondence in connection with
the affair should be made public.
THE correspondence" he said,
will show that Sir Robert Bor-
den asked for the resignation of
the minister of militia because of
the tone of a letter written No
vember 1 by the minister OF mill
tia, showing that the prime min
lister has made misstatements
which the minister of militia
promptly showed to be incorrect
and criticisms which we're not
warranted when the facts are con-
cerned."
1t is regarded as improbable
that any appointment will be made
soon to fill the vacancy.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-14
TO HOLD
JUBILEE
MEETING

The third annual jubilee meet
ing and silver anniversary district
convention of the Woman's For
eign Missionary society for Taco
ma district will be held Thursday
and Friday at Asbury NJ. E.
church, South Tacoma.
Officers of the society are:
Conference secretary, Mrs. F. A..
Cutler; president, Mrs. Wilbur II.
Adams; first vice president, Mrs.
Frank c. Hart; second vice presi-
dent, Mrs. Lillian Arlington; third
vice president, Mrs. Emma Leslie;
fourth vice president. Miss M. j.
Osband; treasurer, Mrs. G.. w.
Rounds; recording secretary, Mrs.
Amy c. Mock; supt. young peo-
pies work, Mrs. Robert l.. SEQ
field; supt. children's work, Mrs.
G. E. Balsinger.
$40 Prize Offered.
A prize of $40 is offered to the
auxiliary having the largest per
cent of members present during
the entire convention.
The program will begin Thurs
day afternoon at 1880. Mrs. A..
c. Mock will tell of "Our Silver
Anniversary" Mrs. w. Fl. w.
Rees and Miss Whitney Will give a
report of the branch meeting,
and Mrs. C. X. Staudt will address
the convention on "Why Tacoma
women should give to missions. I"
Thursday evening at 7:45 a
young peoples rally will he ad-
dressed by Miss Ada Holmes of
Nadiad, India, and Mrs. Robert
Seofield will report on Standard
Bearer work.
And Refreshments.
Friday morning will be occu-
pied by reports from Mrs. +. A.
Cutler, Mrs. G. +. Balsinger, Mrs.
John M. Olson, Mrs. w. G. Rounds
and Mrs. K. A. Stevenson. Lunch
Will be brought by the women,
Asbury auxiliary furnishing tea,
coffee, sugar and cream.
Friday afternoon Mrs. Joseph
Maddox will lead the memorial
hour. Miss Nettie Whitney will
speak on Jubilee and NJ. o. G..
work, and the convention will
close with an address by Miss Ada
Holmes, the election of officers
and unfinished business.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1916-11-14

States benefits Rainier National
park. A large number of people
have got the idea of seeing all
the national parks, and anything
that gives them that idea, even
though it may start with some
other park. will ultimately bring
them here.
George Horace Lorimer, for
instance, told me not long ago he
was going to see all the parks. He
may start with Glacier or Yo-
semitic, the first year, but sooner
or later he'll be here.
Consequently 1 am preaching
on this trip the necessity of
boosting impartially for all ma
tional parks, as the best way of
making any one of them known"