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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29

Vincent Astor and his wife have concluded to become
democratic so the New York dispatches tell us, having
decided that there is place in this country for an
a1isocracy founded on wealth family tradition. fin
earnest in this course they to be commended for
return to the good sense that characterized the
founder of this prominent New York family 1t was but
few generations ago that John Jacob Astor the first,
tramped over the territory embraced in the empire
state with pedders pack his backa shreWd Dutch
trader Industrious thrifty and keen to take advantage
Of the opportunities of country Later generations
Of his dscendents considered themselves better than the
ordinary people among whom they grew up because the
old man invested his wisely in realty that they
could not squander it and destined to grow richer
with the steady increase in values They have been for
years the keystone of American aristocracy Now the
latest head Of the family to be capable OF thinking
and realizes the absurdty of the family coat of arms in
country where only good character and good citizenship
should be the things that mark woman for dis
tinction in any community. Common opportunity and
general education that class alignment never
be more than shallow pretense in the United States.
The raspter and the canal boat driver were not out Of
place in the presidential chair and who heading
the greatest industrial and financial movements of today
came up from the farm and work shop. Old world
arisocracy show nothing to equal the intellectual and
business achievements of the and who have
made the United States the foremost nation of the world
RI the Astos and others of the exclusive set coming
to realize the strength and ndomitabe spirit of Amer
ican democracy which recognizes neither the nationality
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29
PUBLICITY is ESSENTIAL

Eugene Dully Guaru
The Portland Journal keeps pounding
away at the publication of the delin-
quent tax lists, placinq this service as
performed largely by the country news.
papers in the light Of "graft. .
The editor of the Journal is unfair
in his treatment Of the subject. He
would have the people believe that the
charge made for this publication is go
ing to take some poor man s property
away from him, because he will be I'M
able to pay the cost OF publication. lie
suggests plan whereby the people who
have already paid their taxes would be
copelled to pay the expense of notify
ing the delinquent.
Tho publication of the delinquent tax
lists is very small item in reality, so
far as the expense to the delinquent is
concerned lie IS compelled III addition
TO pay 10 per cent penalty and added
interest. Why, if the sole object is
"to save the poor man 5 property.
not abolish all penalty and interest and
let the people come in and pay when
they get ready' Such system for the
collection of taxes would soon lead to
bankruptcy, 1t is far more reasonable
that the delinquent be required to pay
the cost Of advertising than it is to
expect the people to relieve nm of one
of the factors which tend to make nm
pay his taxes ON time.
The Journal editor S idea is contrary
to public policy. One of the first acts
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29
DO YOU SUFFER
FROM BACKACHE?

When your kidneys are weak and
torpid they do not properly perform
their functions; your back aches
and you do not feel like doing much
of anything. You are likely to be
despondent and to borrow trouble,
just as if you hadn't enough al
ready. Don't be a victim any longer.
The old reliable medicine, Hood 5
Sarsaparilla, gives strength and
tone to the kidneys and builds up
the whole system.
Hoods Sarsaparilla is a peculiar
combination of roots, barks and
herbs. No other medicine acts like
it, because no other medicine has the
same formula or ingredients. Accept
no substitute, but insist on having
Hoods, and get it today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29
secrecx and special privilege

AAfNENhN AfahAf AhNt.-eNNNf
A newspaper in Portland that is evs-
IDENTIFY seeking to gain notoriety by de
claiming against the value of full pub
LEFTY asserts that advertisement in the
of the delinquent tax list
IS a graft that should be terminated.
Ii is no such thing. Ii is q legitimate
transaction from which the public IN
general and the delinquent taxpayers
receive full value for every cent thai
is expendd
Every special interest that profits by
secrecy in the administration of public
affairs is against publication Of the de
hnquent tax list. and for this reason
bills are brought up regularly before
the legislature whose purpose is to sub
stitute some plan less public than ad'
gycrtising. These bills are always ad-
vaneed supposedly in the interest OF
economy, but that is not their purpose
Their purpose is TO DO away with pub
LEFTY in the ease Of the delinquent tax
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29

man, IT there is such thing. Good
morally, but bad in every other way. l
wondered if such goodness. when per-
haps there was no temptation, made up
for lack in every other direction; then
was astonished that l should think of
such thing. Wasn't it better to be
good morally, and fail in every other
way, than to be immoral, and an angel
in every other regard9
:" Did you enjoy it, Mildred?" Cliff
ford asked, on our return; nyou look
better, anyway. Now hurry and get to
bed
II have something TO tell you, Cliff
ford" I commenced, and / wished he
would not be so kind this night of all
nights.
,"Weli, hurry up; it's after eleven
"You make it very hard for me ,,
sald; then noting his look of surprise
rushed ahead. 81 want to leave you,
Clifford; you care nothing at all for
me; | am very unhappy most of the
time, and wen be better off apart.''
You want - what are YOU talking
about. anyway9" he questioned.
scowling. "You you want to 60 home
for awhile9''
No - won't you understand. Cliff
ford. want to leave you for good:
want divorce. I am too unhappy
about you - things to to stand it any
longer. Please don't make it SO diff
cult, I begged as he frowned down
upon me.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29

has been venting its spleen ON the cour-
try press. 1t accuses the county news
papers of graft" in the publication
Of the delinquent tax list. 1t seeks the
repeal of the publication law and a re-
turn to postal card notification, which
provides harvest for the tax sharks,
who are enabled to buy tax titles with
out the property owner s knowledge
and pocket the usurious interest charg-
ed instead of the county, if not secur-
ing the property for song.
Publication of the delinquent tax
list is not paid for by the taxpayers,
but by those who do not pay their tax
es. Publicity has proven one Of the
most effective measures of securing
the payment of these taxes. 1t involves
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29
Publishing the Delinquent Tax List
l. = \

JULIUS ANNHlANOi
The publication Of the delinquent
tax list, like ANYTHING else, can be
made graft. Possibly the four pa
pers in Multnomah county feel that this
is true. 1t would seem that the two
papers having the largest circulation
would cover the field thoroughly, thus
cutting the expense in two.
1t is fact, however, that in nearly
every ease the taxpayers We're dissatis-
fled with the old plan Of postal card
notification, and from all over the
state came storm OF protest asking
that the publication law be repealed on
the statutes. The complaints were that
the delinquent list was at the mercy OF
few investors, who either had the
tax collectors under their thumbs or
who could afford TO secure n list, thus
shutting ont every one not in the
ring A great many taxpayers were
sold out without the knowledge that
thcy were delinquent.
There is no excessive charge in this
advertismg--the newspapers are simp'
IL allowed the same price they charge
for any other legal advertising-andl i
lit is graft to take this money, for which
fun value is given, then il is graft foy
a grocer TO tage from the county cents
bar for ten bars of eoap, when that
lis the regular price, or il is graft for
county officer to take his salary
which is fixed by law.
From compilation of tax collectors
reports on the subject, 1t appears that
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29
Jane Phelps
CLIFFORD 1T TOLD

so. Your expression was laughable,
and he smiled broadly.
"But Clifford I-why-Iwould like
to go of course" 1 stammered, not
knowing what to say.
"Run and get ready, then. Don 4
dress; l shan'tl"
All the time / was getting ready
I berated myself for my cowardly
action in waiting, and in then con
senting to go to the theatre with
Clifford. 1t is hard to understand
just the degree in which I was domi.
mated by my husband, just how diff.
cult it was for me to refuse him, OF
to 60 contrary to his wishes when
with him. The masterful way he al.
ways had had toward me often com
PEELED me against my own Judgment.
as well as my desires l knew /
should not enjoy any play. I would
have to tell him before 1 went to
bed,
"You look tired; the play win do
you good. have selected a light so,
eiety drama. You didn't seem equal
to deciding, and have telephoned for
seats, he said as joined him.
Now. as so often before. the
thought came, "Why isn't he always
like this9" and as before had no
answer.
The Play.
Our seats were in the seventh row so
very, good. The play, what little I re-
member of il, had to do with a silly wo.
man who drove her husband nearly in
sane by her constant nagging; then re-
fused to divorce him. A bad good wo-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29

list and other county affairs.
Where there is no publicity, or little
publicity, there is chance for profits.
Delinquent tax certificates draw II per
cent interest, and the principal is guar
anteed by the full value of the property
Fifteen per cent guaranteed loans arc
scarce, and then there is always the
possibility, if the fact that the taxes
are delinquent can be kept quiet enough
of getting a tax title deed to the prop.
erty. Every time taxes become delin-
quent 4 cloud is east on the title, and
later on someone will get fee for re-
moving this cloud. So those who hope
to get the fees are also against pu.-
lefty
Postcard notification is absolutely in
effective. Everyone knows that ad-
dresses change rapidly and that the per-
son whose name appears ON the rolls is
not always the one who pays the taxes.
Those who have money loaned on mort
gage security are interested in know
ing that the taxes are paid, but they
would not be notified under the post.
card system. Neither would anyone else
be notified who was not the owner Of
record at the time of sending out the
private notice. Nor is there anything
certain about the fact that a postcard
would always be sent
The Register is no more concerned
about the amount it receives for pub
lication of the delinquent tax list than
about any other sale Of its advertising
space. The rate is low and the service
is worth every cent it costs But if is
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29
CHAPTER CNXXuL

CHAPTER CAAAlll.
had given my promise. l knew
it would be hard to tell Clifford
wanted to leave him; just HOW
hard l had not dreamed. He came
in early to dinner ana was unusually
good-natured and talkative. / was
uneasy, embarrassed, distrait; but he
seemed not to notice, and chatted and
played with Edith until Mandy car.
ried her off to bed.
i decided TO wait until after din
ner. 1t was, suppose, the natural
thing to put it off as long as possible
vet / felt like coward couldn I
eat, and Clifford 5 real anxiety over
my health; his kind inquiries as to the
reason of my lack of appetite almost un-
nerved me.
Until my own unhappiness had
driven ME to think of divorce / had
thought = if 1 thought at all-that
people who divorced each other were
continually quarrelling. / had moi
imagined that man or woman could
be on the verge of separation one
day, and apparently good friends the
next. That it was the long-drawn
out the constantly recurring friction
which induced crisis.
A Difficult moment
"What would you like to see to.
night, that is, if you feel able to GO
outY'' Clifford asked as we rose from
the table
/ looked up in surprise.
81 know 1 haven't taken yeu tc
the theatre in long time, Mildred
but don't look as if I never had done
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29
Service Performed

Cottage Grove SentineD
The greatest service performed by
the publication Of the delinquent taS
list is to get before the public the fact
that the property is advertised for sale.
BY these sales the county clerk collects
the money due it for taxes and which
it needs in the conduct of its business.
Not to advertise the sale publicly would
result either in the necessity of the
county going without a lot of its tax
money or in the monopolization of the
buying OF tax titles by the few who
are able to 90 to the expense of get
ting a list of delinquent property. This
would not be fair to the taxpayers of
the county.
Still another purpose served by the
publication of the delinquent tax list
that would not be served by the use of
postal cards is that many who are de-
linquent hasten to pay before their de-
linquencies are made public through
publication. Thus a large amount of
money is put into the county treasury
and the cost of publication saved
The law requiring the publication of
the delinquent tax list was repealed
some years ago but was again put on
the statute books through the protest
of taxpayers whose property had been
sold without their knowledge, so the
post card system was not effective even
to the exten of reaching those who
were delinquent.
Journal Venting its Spleen
(From Mpdford Mail Tribuupl
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29
Reasons For Publication
of Delinquent Tax List

these gentlemen find several good reas
ons for the publication of the delindnen:
tax list. 1t makes for bigger collections,
fewer delinquents and more efficient
handling Of the work The county pa.
pcrs have not fatcned on any graft in
this connection and have only had what
was due them for the service.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29

no extra expense to the taxpayer, but
is penalty TO the delinquent, and far
less of penalty than insufficient no.
tice of delinquency has proven.
Multnomah county, alone among the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29

the circumstances of BIRTH but accepts the Individual
for his own true worth, then it must be taken as most
encouraging sign of the times 1t is admission from the
highest source that there is in this country for
an aristocracy founded on wealth or ancestry.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29
SLOW BUT SURE

The delegate who's slow but sure is nearly
always sadly poor. hire some fellows,
then and now, to NOW the lawn or sheer the
COW, to shovel snow OF whack up wood, and
"Slow but Sure" is not much good 1t puts
a wire edge on my nerves to watch the
slow mans languid curves, to see him stand
around perpleXt, as doubling what he
should do next, l pay him, when he's done,
his yen, but do not hire that man again, if
| need help to NOW the grass, or cultivate
the garden sass He NAV be sure hut he's
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29

too Slow when he is weaving and fro you have to line
him with post, to which one is moving most The
man who wishes to arrive, must show the village he's
alive When he is going anywhere his coat tails flap the
of dust behind In every action every step he shows that
he is full Of pep Employers seek that hustng gent
whom such shining traits are bent His energy alures
enchants. We let him wed our maiden aunts.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29

Tomorrow Decision.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-01-29

Journal Venting its Spleen
(From Medford Mail Tribune)
The metropolitan Portland journal
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-22
RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO ASK FOR ARMLSTLCE
TANKS ARE USED
 IN SMASH UPON
 HINDENBURG LINE

LONDON, Nov. 22.-Triumphant in their smash against the Hindenburg line, Field Marshal Douglas Haig and his forces are today pushing hard against the Germans on the Cambrai road and against the main links in the German support system.
 At noon today the British forces were only three miles away from a large number of objective positions and although now being resisted stub bornly are gaining yard by yard.
 In the past S6 hours the British have gained as much ground as in the first four months of the Battle of the sommc.
 Tanks are continually tearing holes in the German wire entangIements and the infantry and artillery are participating in the great drive fol- lowing closely behind the tanks.
 The victory is today being celebrat- ed throughout England.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-22
MAN TALKS TOO
 MUCH AND GETS
 AMERICAN DOSE
Nauralized American of German Extraction Makes DislOyal
 Remarks and Is Treated to
 Coat of Tar and Feathers

OSAKIS, Minn., Nov. 22. - E. II. Suatemenmer, a naturalizod Amem- can of German extraction, was tar red and feathered last night because of disloyal remarks.
 A number of men seized 5,roto- mcumer, who was addressing a street gathering, threw him into an auto, and carried him to a lonely spot whcse the tar and feathers was applied. TEc man had made disloyal speeches Doe fore and the party last night was waiting for his utterances. When he declared America was composed ot fat-heads, called President Wilson foul names and called on Germans Co help the fatherland, the party took a hand satisfactorily.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-22
GOVERNMENT WILL NOT
 SEIZE POSTAL SAVINGS

Postmaster ". E. Root has received
 the following circular from the gov .crnmenC regarding postal saving de- posits: Some misapprehension seems to exist rriu,.ve to the status UnGer the trading-with-the-enemy act or subjects of Germany or allies resident in this country. Such persons are nos included within the term "enemy or ally of enemy" as employed ia the act. Deposits in the postal savings banks of the United States belonging to such persons are not liable to sciz- ure by the government, and will not, therefore, be taken into the possession of the alien property custodian or be insvfered with in any way whatever.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-22
MOVIE PICTURE COMPANY BACK
 ON WAY SOUTH
Smiths Film Artists Return Here Having Completed Real Picture Of Alaska With the Proper
 Settings of the North

The tour members of the Smith Moving Picture company returned on the Dora this forenoon having com pleted their work with the exception of possibly three or four scenes which will be taken en route south. The company left here about nine weeks ago, went to Anchorage and then to Tustumena Lake where a great many scenes were taken and the film is now ready to be developed and shown.
 This company is the first to make an effort to secure real Alaska set tings and the trip north has occupied about four months. During that time many cities along the coast have been visited and various scenes laid in them.
 The members of the company will leave on the Steamer Alaska next Saturday for the studio in Los Ange- les. The members of the company are Al. I. Smith and his wife, Miss Lot tie Kraus and Henry BOulton.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-22
SEARCHERS 60 ARMED
 WITH FULL
 AUTHORITY
Second Party to Look for Missing Men of Seward Start on Search Along the Coast Co Sc'doyia
 and Barren Islands
ARRESTS CAN BE MADE BY MEN
Thorough Investigation to be Made By Scarchers for Swcasy and Weaycr-Dora Brings Back
 No Information

Armed with the authority of fcd- cral officers, Captain Ivcrson, and his crew of men, and Capt. Shefica 20. away today on the second search icr the two missing Seward myn Ben Swcasy and Bill Weaver Capt. JoLn Newlauds, of the steamer Dora, bro, no information regarding the missing men and U. s. Deputy Marsha, Isaac Evans decided at once to send the s"c- oud party of searchers.
 The gasboat Altana will oc supplied with provisions and fuel to is,,t for a ten day or two weeks trip al,d the men are given authority to make a thorough investigation, make arrests, if this should be required, aod also empowered to summon witnesses.
 The scarchers will go direce Q Aia- lik Bay and explore the beach and surrounding country in hopes of ioC- ing some clues. If none are secured there. the coast line will be visited as far as Seldovia, then the party will go Go Barren islands. Efforts will he made Co find some tangible evidence, and if any clothing, supplies, c'c, known to have belonged to the mon are found, those having such will nc questioned closely and if necessary arrests will be made.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-22
PROPOSAL OF PEACE COMES TO
 ENTENTE
Allied Ambassadors iu Perograd Are Handed Peace Proposals Which Have Been Drawn Up By
 the Npv Government
SWITZERLAND HAS A REPORT
Kaiser Is Understood to Object tu Peace With Russia and Will Continue Warfare With a
 Strong Force oU Fronts

LONDON. Nov. 22.-Accordiug Go wireless ad,ices received here today from Petrograd, the Russian govern ment has ordered General Bunthomiu, commander-iu-chief of the Ru-~,a1 armies, to open negotiations with thr commanders of the armies oi lhe enemy.
 Peace proposals are also understood to have been given Co the Ambassa- dors of the Allies. in Petsograj. These proposals were said Go have been ordered by the BoIsheyiId.
 It is reported that Premier hcrw- sky's wife has been arrested. She tore down BoIsheyjH posters which referred to her husband in most m- complimentary terms.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-22
ESCAPED MAD MAN MURDERS
 THEN IS SHOT
Maniac From Oregon State Asylum Resists Capture in Portland and Shoots and Kills a
 Deputy Sheriff
POLICE OFFICER GETS LUNATIC

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 22.-Loujs Elwin Hayes, an escaped maniac from the Oregon State Insane Asylum, last night shot and killed Robert Phillips, a Deputy Sheriff of MuItnomah coun- ty, and was himself shot and killed later by a Portland police officer. The maniac was killed in the basement of a house where he had sought refuge.
 Hayes sister Mrs. T. 9preadbor- ough. early last evening round her dcmented brother sitting on the steps of her front porch. She Jelephcned the she iT's office and the Police head quarters. Phillips was the first man to reach the scene and Hayes, witt out questioning the officer tooy one shot at him, striking him directly through tsC heart. Hayes then ran into the basement and kept snDo.ng Ny5.o aryone appeared at the dvor or window. Tolice reserves roayhed the house and surrounded it. Hayes was cal,cd uru to surrender but dcc arcd .ha. he would not. Shortly aiteward one officer secured a place of vantage and his one and only shot killed the Iunatic.
The Seward gateway and the Alaska evening post., 1917-11-22
STEAMER DORA
 REACHED PORT
 THIS FORENOON

Making a fast run to the westward and experiencing the best of weather, but encountering storms practically all the way on the return, the steam CT Dora, Capt. John Newlands, reach ed port this forenoon. The Dora brought IS passengers but had only seven and a half tons of freight, mostly fish for the outside
 The arrivals on the Dora were:
 From Unga - Tom McKean and wife and Charles A. Fletcher, Jr.
 From Uyak-N. J. Reigel and wife.
 From Scldovia-Al l. Smith and wife, Hcwey Boulton, Miss Lottie Krauss and Charles Bunce.
 From Kodiak-E. Pctellm and John lIidrovich.
 From King Cove-Paul Schnider.
 From Nuka Bay-Otis Harrington, r. p. Skeen, John Rice, D. B. Red field and Harry Johnson.
 Purser A. Fl. Garland completed his first trip on the Dora and says that in time he expects to become ac- customed to the movements of the little craft. especially when a gale is struck.
 Agent Mcdonald announced this af- ternoon that the Dora would sail for the westward next Saturday after noon at 3 o'clock.