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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04
Slides Close Pacific
Highway In SiskiyOus

On the Pacific highway in the Siski-
you mountain section, in Jackson coun.
~. John II. Lewis, state engineer re-
ports that two slides between Siskiyou
and the California line have closed the
highway at that point. Resident Engin-
Ger T. NJ. Davis has returned to Siski.
you TO clean up the slides and prepare
for this season s work Il is expected
within the next two weeks the road will
be passable for through automobile
traffic.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04
A MYSTERY OF THE SEA.

San francisco, Cal, April A my5-
terry Of the sea may be solved when the
" wind jammer" Hughie Hogan enters
San Francisco bay this afternoon
The old square rigger, bound from
Shanghai to Seattle, was found appar-
emily helpless off Point Reyes by the
steamer Bear. Her ensign was flying
upside down.
The steamer passed a line to the
Tughie Hogan and took her in tow.
Wireless reports from the Bear failed
to explain what had happened aboard
the smiling shin.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04
Holland Refuses Demand.

Berlin, April 4.-Holland has flatly
refused the allies informal request that
its German frontier be closed as an
aid to the. campaign of starvation, "
it was reported tods-
There is no doubt that developments
at the allied military conference in
Paris inspired recent Dutch warlike ac-
tivity, according to belief here Allied
ministers at The Hague presented form
el "feAlers" to the Dutch foreign
office.
Queen Wilhelmina replied by sum.
moning her parliament and eancelling
all army furlOughs. was reliably
stated No formal demands have been
made yet.
Several sources reported that the
Dutch minister of agriculture ordered
an accounting of all foodstuffs and
grains in the Netherlands.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04
KILLED MOTHER AND SELF

spokane, Wash, April 4.-Lelving a
note saying that he would not see his
mother taken TO an asylum, and that he
wanted to die with his boots on, b"
William Flint, aged 33, shot and killed
his mother, aged 63, and then shot him
self. The tragedy occurred at a lumber
camp ten miles north Of Spokane The
bodies were discovered by William
Flint, Sr., when he returned from work.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04
Started Recall of
Klamath Falls Council

klamath Falls, April 4.-Reeall Of
four Of the five members of the Klam.
ath Falls council started Monday aft
ernoon by the serving of notices on the
men. Among those named are tle fol
lowing; o. $. Mathews. second ward
A. D. Miller, fourth ward, and NJ. R
Doty, fifth ward
The charge is "ineffieiency in the
administration of the affairs of the
city and lack Of economy in the finan.
cial expenditures Of the city
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04
wAR aETs poRTLANp NAN.

Portland, Or, April 4.-Lieutenant
Frank Wilder formerly Portland real
estate man, was killed in action ''sOme-
where in Flanders according to a ca
blcgram received by his brother, Rich
ard Wilder. Lieutenant Wilder was a
member OF the royal horse artillery. He
received a comission three months after
going to the front As a private.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04

Paris, April 4. - Germans heavily
shelled French positions northwest of
.Verdun during the night, particularly
Malancourt and AvOcOurt, official an
nOuncement declared today. There were
no infantry attacks.
West Of the Meuse the French batter
les kept up continuous fire from
Douaumont to Vaux village. In the Ar
gonne forest also French guns were
busy. Fast of lie Pretre woods French
infantry dispersed strong German re-
coHnOitering parties.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04
GET A VACATION

Eugene, Or, April i.--Ten hewspa-
permen are taking a week . vacation
while 100 students in the school OF jour
nalism, University OF Oregon, publish
the Eugene Daily Guard. The students
work in squads Of twenty eacn, and put
IN three or four hours A day.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04

Ell Paso, Texas, April 4,--American
troops are approaching the Durango
state line from south of Chihuahua City
surprising army observers by the rapid
ity of their southward march. On Fri
day Colonel George Dodd's men appear
ed at San Antonio, near Cusihuiriaehic-
simultaneously Francisco Villa travers-
ed the Satevo district, so miles SOUTH
and was reported fleeing to his familiar
haunts in Durango mountains II is be-
lieved he viii not attempt to Join the
Canuto Reyes in the TorreOn region.
Instead, he will probably hide in the
Durango Sierras.
Fifteen thousand Carranzistas were
reported today marching northward
from Torreon
Absence of illuminating reports from
the pursuit resulted in Warrington
sending Brigadier General J. J. Perish
ing a request for a statement.
Major Sample announced that P"r'' 2
ing would send an aeroplane up to
some point on the lines of communica-
tiOn in the event of Villas capture.
1t was admitted as possible thu
Ia had escaped the Gordon Of Dodd's
and Pershing's troopers.
Persbing is thought to be south of
San Antonio, so close to Villa that he
has no time to reach his lines Of COM
munieation.
Aeroplanes are unable to cope with
the light air of high attitudes. Lieu
tenant Willis had narrow escape while
flying last Sunday. He was boring
through mist at great speed when the
fog lifted suddenly ~ reveal his plane
heading into a wall Of rock. He swoOped
upward and was out Of danger just in
the nick Of time.
Juan Terrezas, cattle king, arrived
from chihuahua City today and con
firmed the report that Villa had gone
toward Satevo with a small following.
His information conIutned no mention
that the outlaw chief had been wound
cd, however. The belief is growing here
that Villa has not been injured. Though
General Pershing reported he had heard
Of Villa being hurt, the information
was only an indirect story from wood
cutters who claimed they saw "Pan-
cho' with a broken leg, fleeing in q
litter Pershing has since stated that
such clues from Mexieans are some
times misleading.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04
HE MARRIED ANYWAY

Oakland, Cal, April IA little mat
ter Of amputated foot couldn't inter
fere with Ludwig Decks honeymoon,
A month ago he hacked off his own
foot when it was caught ia the ma
chinery Of dredger lie refused tC
postpone his wedding day, and went tC
the ceremony on crutchs.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04
Germans Hnln Gains

Berlin, April 4.-Attempts to recap
ture ground gained by Germans south
and southwest of Douaumont have been
defeated, the war office announced to.
day, In Cailette wood between Douau-
mont and Vaux the French were hurled
back, losing 764 prisoners.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04

London, April 4-Holland has closed
its German frontier and is massing
troops there, according to an unconfirm-
ed wireless message from Rome today.
The radio said the information came
from Zurich.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04
DRY LAW CLOSES RESTAURANT

Portland, Or, April 4.-The biggest
five cent restaurant in Portland closed
its doors today for lack Of patronage.
Until the advent. of prohibition the
eating house, located in the North End,
did a big business. Since January -
its patronage has gradually declined.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04
zoo Killed at Powder plant.

London, April 4.--Iwo hundred per-
sons were killed and injured when fire
destroyed a powder factory in the coun-
ty of Kent, it was officially announced
today.
The fire broke out last week, but
news of it was withheld until today.
The official statement said it was ac-
cidental. Serious explosions occurred
at frequent intervals for two hours.
They could be heard IN London,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04

London, April 4.-More than one re.
cent attempted Zeppelin raid on
land has been repulsed without the pub
he's Knowledge, Under Secretary Ten
nant declared in the house Of commons
today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04
x x x !; 4 x 4; 4 x X < X !
THIRTY GOOD MEXIcANs'

x San Antonio. Texas, April 4.
X Thirty Villistas were killed
X in a battle with American
< forces under Colonel Brown of
x the Tenth cavalry, Brigadier
X General John ]. Pershing an
x nounced in his official dis
X patches to Major General Fred
x Funston. There were no Amer
x lean casualties.
x Pershing stated Brown and
X one squadron of the Tenth en-
!; countered Villistas east of
x Bachineba Pershing's infor-
x nation came from native
X sources. He said the fight oc-
* Cured April ! and that the Viii
4; listas were surprised.
x x * x \; x x 4 * !; :. I; x :;
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04

Germans announced that Friday
nights Zeppelin raid started fires in
several munitions factories near Lon
don. However, the county of Kent was
not mentioned.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04
$4,000 CARRANZTSTAS
MARCHING FROM TORREON
Light Air Of High Attitudes
Makes AerOpIane Service
Very Uncertain
OFFERS TO SURRENDER

X Torreon, Mex, April 4.-of-
X fering to surrender if given
K amesty, General Canuto Reyes,
K commanding Villistas in the re-
K gion, has communicated with
X General Trevino of the constitu-
4 tionalists, the latter announced
x today.
< Reyes was recently reported
4 active near here, various ac-
< counts saying he led 1900 ban
< dts.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-04-04
GERMAE BATTERIES MAY
DRIVE DEFENDERS OUT

TeutOn Shells Have Cmbed Trenches and Wrecked Many
(, Batteries On Hill 3O4---French May Be Forced To
+, Evacuate This Stronghold To Take BetlincOurt
and Smother Lines to the WestCrOWn Prince Sacrifices
Thousands In Vain Attempt at VerdIm
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All Work and No Play.

There is nothing material to FOCUS
the interest and provoke the enthus-
asm of the mind and spirit. 1t is
somewhat like the water cure, and were
il not for the relaXations and periods of
rest doubtless would have the same
effect as the water cure Instances
can be cited where employees have alb
solutely broken down in mind and
nerves because of this class of work.
To keep it up another hour each day
would greatly increase the number of
such cases.
investigation shows that the usual
work day for Office employees varies
greatly with the character of their en-
ployment. The Office hours enforced
needs of each case and class of con-
Germ. In many banks and brokerage
houses the work day is very short,
while in others il is longer
The tendency. however. in all large
centers of industry and employment
found that just as much can be ac-
complished in short time by real APP
plica tion as can be ACCOMPLISHED in
a much longer time by slipshod appli-
cation and management. SO, why not
secure the doing of the work in the
short satisfactory way, and allow both
employer and employee the rest and
leisure necessary for renewal of activi-
ties next day, In a great many cases it
is very true that the Offices OF com
mercial concerns open earlier and close
later than the government Offices. but
in the great ma jority of such cases it
will he found that the employees are
hour to secure meal and bit of
rest.
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Civil Service Employees Union
Bringing Pressure to Bear
on Members.
STATEMENT is ISSUED
EXPLAINING HARDSHIP
Clerks Shown to Be Rushed. Having
Too Little Time for Lunch
and No Recreation

II. NJ. McLarin. temporary president
of the recently organized Federal Civil
Service Employees Union. which IS
vision to the legislative. executive and
judicial appropriation bill which would
increase the hours of employment of
government clerks without increasing
their pay, today issued a statement IN
which he says that letters have been
sent to Mr.. Borland and to members
of the House appropriation committee.
protesting against the change. Also.
the statement says. all government en-
cate with members of Congress from
their state on the subject. and the
people back home have been urged to
do the same thing
The statement is in part as follows:
at has been repeatedly stated that the
government employees should be required
to work eight hours per day because eight
hours is the standard work day for Ia Dor.
The employees to whom the eight hour day
is the standard are those who have only
through organization and fighting secured
the reduction from the nine. ten and
twelve hour day. Their work is more or
less physical and affords an opportunity
for exercise and movement, while the
work of "A clerk is of such a nature that
he is confined to one desk, one position,
one duty. one task. all day long. day after
day. without amy interest whatever IN u
things he is doing. as he never sees or
knows anything but the paper record WIN
he
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their friends in your district who do
vote"
FACTOR IN DISCUSSING
LONGER WORKING HOURS
Correspondent Cites the Advantages
of Present System in the Gov
eminent Departments.
To the Editor of The Star:

To the Editor of The Star:
Permit me to call attention to the
following considerations in connection
with the agitation to lengthen the
working DAY in the departments
An important factor which is over
looked is that many of the government
clerks have increased their efficiency in
of the opportunity which the seven
hour day affords to attend night
schools. 1t is we'll known to those ia
miliar with conditions in the depart
ments that hundreds of stenographers
after coming to this city have taken
up law course. and that this broaden
ing of their vocabulary, and education
generally. has doubled the amount of
work actually produced. Moreover, 1t
has so increased their efficiency as to
ena BILE them in many cases to make ap-
preciable savings of the time of their
Superiors. Many other Stenographers
increase their efficiency by attending
night schools for shorthand writer's or
by practicinG in small groups or alone.
Many of the employees attend schools
of accountancy; others attend vari-
Gus other educational institutions,
some study political economy and po-
ltical science, in order to use in their
work the knowledge thus gained. while
others follow the languages. At the
present time in one of the departments
class meets after 4:30 TO study Span
ish for the purpose of using it in the
activities which our government is
carving on to increase our foreign
trade.
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Advantages Outlined.

The present work day in the depart
ments continually affords and has af
forded what is really a golden oppor-
tunity to the man who in youth had
no chance to secure a professional edu
cation. In this day, when such large
sums are used for the education of the
young. is it asking too much that this
opportunity should be left open to
those who were unfortunate in their
early days" Should absolutely moth
ing be done for the grown man? The
present Congress contains several able
members who were assisted by reason
of the short hours in government serv-
the stepping stone to their careers.
of the medical. legal and dental pro-
fessions who received their professional
education here in Washington under
the same circumstances. Should this
last refuge for so many ambitious peo-
pie be cut off?
Another phase of the situation is that
one person in the departments today in
most instances performs as much work
as did two, or even three, twenty five
years ago. This is due in large meas
ure to the installment of such labor
saving devices adding machines,
typewriters. etc; it is due. too, in con-
siderable degree to the fact that people
coming into the service today are bet
ter trained than they were twenty five
years ago, as a matter of course.
JAMES r. JONES.
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LODGED IN
CASTLES AND PALACES
5000 Austrians Held by Italy Are
Well Fed and Are Not Per-
mitted to Work.
Correspondence of the Associated Press.

Correspondence OF the Associated Press.
ROME, February 15.-"The happiest
war prisoners in Europe are those &c.
900 of Austria, now held by the Ital-
ians. according to the Rev. Walter l..
LoWrie. pastor of ST. Pauls American
Church. who has been specially dele
gated by the Y. NJ c. A to look after
prison camps in Italy.
After returning from a trip recently
among the prisoners DR.. Lowrie said
to correspondent of the Associated
Press: These prisoners are lodged in
some of the most magnificent castles
and palaces of Italy. the homes of for
mer kings and princes. They are we'll
Fed, they are not ill-treated or brow
beaten. and they not only are not
made to work, but they are not per-
mitted to work. So they are really
leading the happy life. if anybody can
be said to be happy at this time. away
from home and country and family
and loved ones. They have but two
complaints to make, one is that Europe
is at war.
81 am ashamed of everybody in
Europe said one prisoner to me, and
he voiced the sentiments of all. OF
tai depression as an accompaniment.
Their second complaint is that they
are not allowed to work and earn a
few cents a day, prisoners are per-
mitted to do in France, Germany and
elsewhere.
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GRAVE FACES AFFECT HATS.
Bonnets Now Worn in Paris Only by
Gay Shop Girls.
correspondence ., the Associated Press.

correspondence Of the Associated Press.
PARIS. February 21.-Increasing
numbers of grave faces have dealt a
severe blow to the rather trivial lit
tie bonnet women have worn since
fall. The doll-like headdress is now
left to bright-faced sewing and shop
girls. while graver visages are seen
under wider straw or higher ribbon.
The straw is no longE pulled down
ever the head as one draws on a stock
ing. but is posed lightly. not on the
back of the head as heretofore. but
on the forehead, as another reminder
that the Germans are still at Noyon."
Cnderskirts have. it is said in author
lied quarters. come back to stay, and
styles in dress are getting farther and
farther back into the eighteenth CEN
fury, with ribbons galore. The rib
bon, it is said. will be the keynote of
summer styles. with short sleeves,
founces and elegances of the ante
revolutionary days.
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Home of the Soya Bean.

Manchuria is the home of soya beans.
and nearly IS per cent of the beans
produced on the plains of northern
China are shipped on the railroads
centering in Changchun. The rail-
road north from here to Hardin is
under Russian control, and beans 60
ing in that direction are transferred
at Hardin and sent to Nladivostok for
expectation in normal times. The rail
road south of Changchun is under
Japanese control, and beans going out
in that direction pass through Mukden
and on south to the port of Dairen.
Few products Of the soil have such
varied uses as Soya beans. In the
hands of Germans, who have developed
its possibilities to its fullest extent,
the soya bean would provide a sustain
ing ration for soldiers, food for cattle
and of great value also for use in the
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work to keep themselves and their
families going.

work to keep themselves and their
families going.
But these prisoners are improving
their time for all that. Nearly all of
them are learning English. 1 have had
difficulty in getting enough English
books for them.
Among the places where the prison
ers are kept is the castle of Aquila.
built by Frederick II. and about which
Emperor William of Germany once
wrote monograph. Another place
is at Baia, near Naples, where some
thousand prisoners are housed in the
beautiful old structure of the dukes of
Anjou. / think its terraces looking
over the bay gives one of the finest
views of all Italy. Two thousand
prisoners are sheltered also in the Sis
tenian monastery at Padulla. which Is
perhaps more comfortable than
palace. There was some talk OF also
using the Bourbon royal palace at
Caserta. the Versailles of Italy, which
would hold no less than $4,000 prison
ers and make them comfortable at
that
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FIRE AFTER VISIT TO HOUSE.
Stranger Leaves Home Of M. V. Jo-
seph and Blaze Is Discovered.

Search is being made by the police for
man who is said to have been seen
leaving the home of NJ. V. Joseph. 6lst
and Dix streets northeast. about
o'clock last night. shortly before fire
was discovered in the place. The man
is said to have been carrying bundle
under his arm. The fire did but slight
damage.
Private w. W. Rollins of No. truck
company was cut on the face by falling
bricks last night while fighting fire
in a chimney at the home of A. b. Abb
raham. 622 H street northeast. he was
treated at Casualty Hospital
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KEEPING S0yA BEANS
AWAY FROM GERMANS
Entente Allies Guard Manchuria
Cereal and Deprive Teutons
of Valuable Product.

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
CHANGCHUN. Manchuria. February
10.-British efforts to prevent soya
beans from getting into the hands of
Germans and the discussion in the
British parliament of the many uses
to which these beans can be put in
connection with the war have attracted
the worlds attention to this city, the
greateset soya bean market in the
world
Before the interruption to the bean
trade by the war the value of the
soya beans exported from China was
varously estimated from twenty five
million to forty million gold dollars an
nuallv
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Great storage warehouses have also
been erected in this city by firms rep
resenting the European countries as
well as Japan, but the German became
pre-eminent in the trade and led all
other nations in their development Of
the possibilities of the bean.
The soya bean yields a heavy percent
age of vegetable oil of a sort well
adapted to scores of uses. 1t makes a
able for food products. 1t makes
substitute for lard and for olive oil
and is utilized in oleomargarine and
various other better substitutes. 1t
enters into the manufa cture of var
nishes and paints and is used in initial
ing rubber Chinese farmers use the resi-
due of the bean, after extracting the
oil. for fertilizer. and il is now coming
into general use in many other sec
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State Is a Poor Stock Raiser.

correspondence Of INC AssOclated Press.
PARIS, February 21.-Opposition
newspapers are exposing the fact that
the state is a poor stock raiser 1t is
shown that there are now in the hands
of the state. 10000 beef cattle, and
about 5000 mich cows, and it REQUIRES
$50 functionaries and 1000 soldiers to
guard this live stock. The cost is
estimated at 50 cents per canita ~
stock per diem.
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Britain Has 1884 Munition Plant,

Correspondence o. the Associated Press
LONDON, February 21.-A total Of
1884 establishments for the manufac-
ture of shells and munitions are now
under control of the British minister
of munitions. The first factory W..
taken over by the government on JuIv
Il. 1915.
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Want Finger Prints of Fighters

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.
LONDON, February 2o.-Many officers
of the British army. who have witnessed
numerous attempts to impersonaie SOL
diers fighting in the trenches. or reported
missing. are convinced that the finger
prints of every fighting man should he
taken as a certain means of identifica-
ton
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lions for the same purpose. Bean cake
is now sought in the dairy countries Of
Europe for cattle food. especially In
Denmark. A large factory has been
constructed in Copenhagen to treat the
beans.