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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23
cHARLEs II. TTsKER
Editor ara Manager
SOCIALISTS COMMIT HARAKIRI
(Meaford Mail Tribuue.)

kMtutOIu MIL 1IlDult.J
The socialist party has ousted Charles
Edwards Russell because he did not re-
sign from the American mission 10 Rus
sia headed by Elihu Root. Of which he
was appointed member by President
Wilson, when requested TO by socialist
party officials.
Mr.. Russell is TO be congratulated
because of his patriotism in placing his
country above his party. He is further
to be felicitated for having had his
relations with an unpatriotic and un-
American organization severed
| 1t will be noticed that the expulsion
Of Russell comes at time when he Is
in Russia upon government mission
and is designed to discredit him with
Russian socialists and embarrass the
mission and the American government.
1t is part and parcel of the German PRO-
paganda the socialists are engaged In
promoting.
The socialist parties Of England,
France and Germany are loyal to their
governments, but the socialist party in
America is disloyal to the United
States. 1t is completely in control Of
the Hillquist, Bergers and other Ger
man agents and is being used as an in
strument in behalf of Germany. This
explains the complete collapse of the
party--the desertion of it by all patri-
otic Americans when the machinery was
captured by the German war party,
which is financing the socialist and an
archist parties as well as the various
peace movements, both real and fake.
A itc rnaanf oonvantion a. 7 n,;a
controlled by Hillquit and Berger, treas
enable resolutions were adopted pledg-
ing the socialist party to:
Continuous, active and public OPP
position to the war, through demonstra-
tions, mass petitions and all other
means within our power.
"Unyielding opposition to all pro-
posed legislation for military or indus
trial conscription.
"Should such conscription be forced
upon the people We pledge ourselves
TO continuous efforts for the repeal of
such laws and TO the support Of all mass
movements in opposition to conscfip-
ion. Z"
Yet only Few years ago, this same
Berger made the follow
ng declaration in his Milwaukee news
,aper:
f'In view Of the plutocratic law-mak-
ng of the present day, it is easy to
PREDICT that the safety and hope Of this
country win finally lie in one direction
,nly-that of a violent and bloody revo.
ution
Therefore, I say, each of the 100000
socialist voters, and of the 100000
who instinctively incline
,m way, should, besides doing much
eading and still more thinking, also
lave a good rifle and the necessary
ounds Of ammunition in his home, and
,e prepared to back up his ballot with
lis rifle if necessary
The expression of such sentiments re-
suited in the abandonment of the party
by the Bensons, Gaylords, Sim0ns and
other intellectuals-so with only the
iermans left, the future of the socialist
,arty in America is of few days and
,ull of troilble.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23
CHAPTER LXXvIII.


The moment Tom came in the next
might / knew something had happen
ed. He scarcely spoke to me, and was
almost impolite to Peggy. As have
said, Tom had flashes of uneontrol-
able anger occasionally. 1 feared he
would give way before Peggy, yet l
couldn't imagine what it could be
fabout. Then l thought of the butch
er. Perhaps he had sent down TO
Tom S office, or in some way asked
him for his bin Or maybe the modiste
had become tired of waiting and sent a
dunning letter to the office.
But was kept in suspense until Peg
gy went out with the Thurstons after
dinner. Then Tom said sternly:
"Where were you yesterday after
noonan
was so relieved that I could have
laughed
'fOut motoring, whyp'
'sWho withsn
"carl Blackjack, Peggy. and Nor
timer Collins"
GA foursome was it," he sneered,
the veins on his forehead swelling.
q Yes, what of iti' asked calmly,
the knowledge l had obtained from
Mr. Collins took away any fear of
Tom 5 anger.
s'Horne, you remember him don I
voua He had dinner with us the time
We met Crandelsn nodded 'sHe
saw you out in the country at road
house dancing yesterday He said
he hated to tell me, but that it would
do you no good to be seen with man
as we'll known as Blaekloek.'s
"He was very kind--aRd meddle-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23
Calm After the storm.

was really rather frightened at the
result of our ride; but 1 determined
mat would not let Tom see that I was.
dearly loved Tom. and after I had
sat alone a few minutes l began to
think about this girl; to wonder If Tom
my Tom, was in love with her: or be-
ginning TO care for her. What would
! do in such case?
hated to see him again that piobt
TOT rear he would start being cross
WIN me once more. But 1 needn't
nave worried. When Peggy came in
| went to bed. He didn't speak to me
though | knew he WASH t asleep.
As | lay quietly by his side all NV
love Tor my handsome boyish husband
swept over me; and leaned over and
kissed him softly on the check. He seem
ed not TO know, and with sigh / lav
down. Later, however, / felt his arm
thrown across me, and once his hand
smoothed my hair. We were nothing
but two children. Jealous, impatient
ehiidren 1t is true; but our love each for
the other was real in spite of every
thing which had, or might happen.
So | thought and happily went TO
sleep
The next morning neither of us re-
ferred to the subject Of the night be-
fore Tom was quiet, but as he was
always hurried mornings and had little
time for talk, / hoped Peggy wouldn't
notice.
Evidently she didn't, for she wasn't
the kind to keep anything to herself.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23
lMyHqsbalad Y: + Isl s'5!'sl and II 4
some" l said calmly.
An F,xniosio1
FOR HER OWN GOOD

some,N said calmly.
An Explosion.
"It WASH t meddlesomel Tom de.
clared loudly "Horne isn't that kind
And he told the truth too. 1t doesn Z
do ANY woman good to be seen out
under such conditions without her hus-
band, especially Young and pretty
one. "
THANK you for the compliment. /
replied. As Tom grew excited. I be-
came more quiet.
"Well, I won t have it, You under.
stand! / WON'T have it!'' he almost
shouted.
"Don I get excited, Tom, y return
ed. I've something to say too. You
do as YOU please shall also .
what do You mean7" he rose and
STAMPED back and forth.
"First. / mean that you will waken
the baby if you aren't careful. Sec.
ondly if say nothing about your going
cut with Mr. Crandeil's private seere-
tary; YOU have no right to say anything
about whom 60 with. -
Tom gaped his surprise.
Who told You I went out with her9
Nice business they're in whoever thev
arei''
1T seems to ME it must be the same
business your friend Horne is engaged
in. y I told him.
He fairly fnmed at that.
ssI'm q mani It's different''
stoh, Tom, be original, +" I laughed
ssThat plea is older than Adam. It
doesn Z work nowadays
81 You'll see whether it will work or
mott" and he went into the bedroom
and slammed the door.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23
THOSE CHARTER AMENDMENTS

printed the three proposed amendments to the city char
ter 1t is necessary to vote afrmativey all of them
to make the city safe in its street improvements and
careful inspection suggested by voters so that they may
vote ntegently all Of them There is idea prevail
ent in some quarters that the reasseSsment OF costs
means that those who have paid will be required to pay
over again There is Of course foundation for such
belief The measure specifically states that where pay
mens have been made they shall be credited the reas
sessment as of the date they made The object Of
the not to make those who have PAID pay
again. but to make those who have not paid put up their
share If this not done then the city Will nave to pay
the entire sum- with the result that those who have al
ready paid will have to pay increased taxes to pay for
those who have benefited by the improvements but have
not paid The city has the bill to pay for all upnad street
improvements unless the property owners along the I'M
proved streets pay their portion This means the whole
city would be taxed to pay for the unpaid portions OF the
paved streets This would further that the Rich
ardson bill providing for bonding the city TO repay tnose
who had paid and so throw the cost Of paving certain
streets on the entire taxable property or some similar
measure would be necessary This would lead to another
result which would be that those living unpaved streets
would claim that they had been taxed to pave streets Tor
others and that they therefore entitled to have the
streets in front of their property paved ms woua pc
Just but the city would be bonded to ITS legal limit
there could be no paving at least until the bonus
were paid off and by that time the present pavements
would be worn out 1t would require to be absolutely
fair ALL that every street in the city be paved ana ths
whether there was anyone living on It 70 pc accoio no.
dated not for the property owner having pald lor
others paving would have right to demand ms properly
be enhanced in value by having the streets in front Of
improved The only solution of the problem is TO vote
for and carry all three 1t will wrong nobody
and will compel those owning property on improved
streets to pay for the improvements.
There is another phase to the matter and that tne
citv's future IF these amendments not passed, IN
order to meet the debt already incurred would require
greatly increased rate and this would be serious
handicap on the citys growth 1t would be bar to any
manufacturing industry being started mere ana II "euu
tend to decrease all property values This latter fact
would in turn cause still higher rate and this would
send property values still lower The city is at turning
point in its history If it passes these amendments W
continue 10 % forward If it does not pass them it will
take the back track and it will be before it ecovels
from the blow it has dealt itself.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23

The president of the Chicago board of trade recently
sad Speculation has nothing to do with the price of
wheat" and yet yesterday the Chicago market reports
show that because the shorts wanted wheat and there
none offered the price forced up ten cents is
high time congress took steps to stop gamblers Jug
Cling with the peoples food stus If it does not there
will some day be something doing that will put end to
it and the spectators at the time, and the settle
ment may include few derelct congressman and
ators. When lot Of spectators hit whole nation
below the bet and force prices above what they in
countries dependent this for their food the limit is
reached.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23

July promises to be busy month especially in its first
week two. After the glorious FOURTH the first event
viii be the opening of bids for the building of the bridge
the Willamette July matter of vast Importance
the city election and the peoples decision to the
ctys future. In the meanwhile cherry picking will be
harvest will and everybody will be busy late
and early.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23
Ripping Rhymes
THE SPEECHMAKER
by Walt Mason

They call upon me, now and then, to make
speech on this or that; | rise before my
fellowmen, and shoot some wisdom through
my hat. A glow of pleasure most men feel
when they hand out profound remarks, for
every fellow likes to spiel, as every dog en-
joys his barks And ten men out of every
nine, go on and on, they like it SO, till
palsied hearers wilt and pine, and wish
they had some eggs to throw. When be-
gan note the clock which has all time at
its command; l keep On squirting as talk,
and mark the moving minute hand. Il
tab +bo al Ill T j
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23

where its face and when ten minutes have gone
by put my tongue back in it's place. My lungs would
like like everything, to labor on but they must cease
tie my larynx with a string, and put them all in my
vase So am often asked to rise and thrash the
of the day. for people know am too wise to keep it up
till they are gray They know always watch the clock
and when the proper hour has cone grab my hat and
take walk, and seal my lips with chewing gum
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23

King Ferdinand of Bulgaria is to visit the kaiser and
ask for his aid he fears the Greeks may attack him.
1t will not be long perhaps before Bulgaria knows how it
feels to have the other fellow doing the hunting act
while it plays the hare.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23

Up to yesterday five Of the stripes the
big Red Cross flag at headquarters had been painted
and there starter for the sixth one of $146 The
Marion county quota, excluding Sverton and including
$4,000 The apportionment is made practically per
capita basis which means this case one dollar for each
person Salem has between $4,000 and $4,000 residents
and the per capita basis has raised her allotment hav
ing subscribed $185455 up to yesterday The in
dications her full quota that is the districts, of
$4,000 viii be raised The response has been generous
and with the exception of few who could well afford to
give literally has been practically universal
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23

Miss Lusk aged AZ, teacher of psychology in the pub
lie schools of Waukesha Wisconsin, yesterday shot and
killed Mrs David Roberts with whose husband she was
infatuated She also shot herself twice but may
This is rather strange phase Of the eternal triangle
though the result the death of some in the case
was in confomance with the customary ending of such
and he is coward he left to suffer- If this is true
and presumably it is then it is plain she shot the wrong
party. The wife not to blame for her husbands
cowardice any more than she was for his monkeying
with the affections Of the psychological artist Shooting
the other and then herself surely poor way
to punish "the man in the case"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23

Salem has roses enough now to supply half dozen
shows such Portland puts up and that is the best
in the world, and she would have enough left to
supply all the at the kisers funeral should he
pass away
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23

population pretty WE'LL and it has opened the eyes of most
of the committee men making the canvas. They have
discovered it is like the gentleman who stood his
rights to donate what he pleased to charity and who re-
marked: What give is nothing to nobody
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23

The American delegates to the Stockholm socialists
peace convention unable to show any credentials
to explain how they got out of America and to Sweden
They Boris Reinstein Max Godfarb and Dr. David
ovtch Doesn't listen much like Yankeedom, does it?
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23

The Portland BARRIERS yesterday gave all the receipts
Of their shops for the day. the Red Cross This should
enable Portland to her quota though it will per-
haps be by close shave.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23

Portland has goddess of liberty for sale Does this
mean she is to cut loose from her liberty bonds?
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23

According to the calender summer does not begin until
the tVentyrst of this month"; but Judging by the ther
mometer it began Tuesday. It either that or the
first day Of Spring other season, for It was the
first day Of the kind this year 1t day that made
the garden stuff get move on and the Strawberries get
sunburn on their pale cheeks. AT the same time It made
the folks who have been growing most about the cold
wish it would rain do something to cool things off
The weatherman sure has some job trying to Tx the
weather to suit, and he generally fails.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23

The colt show at Dufur being over Governor Witty
c0mbe is home again.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23

When the Red Cross campaign is over maybe we viii
hear something about the new bridge and the pankng
on the railroad bridge Almost anything said on these
subjects will prove interesting.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-06-23

(MOnday-A Studio Affair.)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-04-26
WELL KNOWN MAN is BURIED
Remains of Francis w. Parker Laid
to Rest Thursday, April 10, 1917,
in Greenwood Cemetery

Not for a long while has a death
occurred in Sank Centre brought forth
more profound sorrow than did that of
Francis w. Parker, which came early
Wednesday morning, April Is, 1917.
Death was due to the reaction of
pneumonia and congestion of the
heart and liver.
He was born on January 10, 1857,
at st. Charles, ILL.,, and came west
with parents when he was but 13 years
old. From then until his demise, he
lived in and near Sank Centre, secur-
ing and holding the friendship of ev-
eryone with whom he came in contact.
He was faithful and much beloved
member of the Odd Fellow lodge and
his funeral was held in their hall on
Thursday, the nineteenth. Rev. Mr..
Blake Of Long Prairie conducted the
services. A mixed quartette consist
ing of Mrs. Dock, Mrs. Compton, Mr..
Wedge and Mr.. Strebel sang three
hymns which were favorites. Inter
ment was made at Greenwood ceme-
terry.
Mr.. Parker is survived by four sons
and two daughters, Venie of Mime
apolis, Arthur of Moose Jaw, Canada
Clyde of Waterloo, Ia, and Julian of
Hibbing; Mrs. J. H. Kuhn of Detroit
and Miss Annie, who will make her
home in Detroit for some time.-Con-
tributed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-04-26
STREET CROWDS IN MOVIES.
Strategy Used to Keep People From
Spelling the Effect. :

Spelling the Effect. >
Street crowds are VIGOROUSLY diff
cult to handle for the movies. They
will never do what you want, and even
when you are sneaking them there is
always some smart Aleck in the fore
ground who insists upon looking into,
the camera and cracking his foolish
face.
On one occasion Donlon wished to
get close up picture of crowd look
ing skyward. 1t was to be used as
cut-in for an aeroplane story. To hire
q lot Of extras might have cost cou-
pie of thousand dollars, so he took a
chance of getting what he wanted with
out paying for it. Knowing the psy-
schOlogy Of crowds, Donlon took three,
cameras downtown, where he set one
on the sidewalk for the purpose Of TAX
ing closeup profile of the crowd he
was to assemble, one in a second story
window, shooting straight into the peo7
pies faces, and one ON top Of the build
ing, also shooting down.
When all was ready DonlOn stood in
the middle of the street with mega
phone and began to call directions to
one Ben, who stood on top of the build
ing. The crowd assembled Immediate
ly and, seeing the cameras, began, as
usual, to rubber right into them. Then
Donlon called out: q,
us Ben ready to Jump" e
And Ben called back: "Just a min
ute, Ed, I'm bit nervous: Wait till
that yellow car gets by. I think I'll
try for the top Of that big Pasadena
car. It's wider" ~
Back and forth they called excited
warnings and directions, and the
crowd was right on tiptoes. They
didn't know what was going to happen,
but it promised excitement. All this
time the camera men clicked that fool
crowd into celluloid immortality.-Rob
Wagner in Saturday Evening Post.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-04-26
Caughren Theatre Notes

Tonight William F7arnum is here
once more and this time in Fighting
Blood. The story is one that starts
with Kentucky mountaineer, who
leaves his home, gets job, falls in
love with the daughter Of the elect,
meets a rival, encounters innumerable
difficulties Gin which ne is sent to pris-
on and the girl marries the other
man), turns preacher, runs across his
foe, whereupon his fighting blood
claims pre-emminence and ends the
story. w.
Friday night theatre goers will be
delighted to find that the little "Birth
of a Nation" favorite, Mae Marsh,
will be here in the joyous comedy,
"The Marriage of Molly O." This is a
story with an abundance of heart in
terest of the refreshing kind.
Myrtle Gonzalez, who is becoming
well known at the Caughren, is billeo
for Sunday night in "The Mutiny'.
This is story Of the sea as the title
infers. The title also gives one a
glompse of little of what happened
in this particular instance.
Monday will find the house filled
with those who have long been anx-
ious to see madame X" This FAM
Gus play is one of the kind that never
gives out. It will be well worth the
time of those who go to see it. Mad
anne X is Dorothy Donnelly.
The Juggernaut for Saturday night.
To quote criticism on the play, "every-
thing we would say about the story is
so pale and poor and thin compared
to the tremendous climax of the Col
ossus of railway drama" Suffice it
to say that it is one of the greatest
modern dramas ever written.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-04-26
HELPING THE CHILD.
Some pon'ts For Mothers to Turn
Over In Their Minds.

Over In Their Minds.
A few dont's might well be conspicu-
ously posted in many mothers mind:
Don't consider it necessary to sys-'
tematicaly underrate your child. Your
adult friends will know you do not
mean It, but the child will not, and
probably more characters are weak
ened by the lack Of self confidence en-
gendered by such process than by the
vanity which follows the silly brag-
ging of overload parents.
Don't think that the moment you are
alone with your boy or girl you must
find fault CIR endeavor to improve the
occasion by little moralizing, no mat
ter in how loving a spirit. This is the
hardest of all, for no one is so anxious
to help a child toward perfection as is
it's parent, yet it surely leads to an
avoidance of the moments alone to-
gether, which should be times Of hap
py condolences.
Don't correct the child before others.
Never mind if well meaning relative
does say: "My dear, l am surprised
- that you do not show more force OF
character. Your children are suffering
from lack Of discipline" Pass the
matter over until you and the small
offender can have it out alone. If the
circumstances are such that it cannot
be passed over take him out of the
room.
Lastly, laugh often with, but never
at your child. This takes self denial
but it pays. Make up your mind that
whatever others may say he can de-
pend upon you for quick, sure I'M
derstanding without bubble or joke at
his expense. This does not mean that
he must not take his share of harmless
fun. 1t is wholesome, and too much
sheltering would make him OverSensi-
tive. but the mother who let's her child
know that she never makes fun of
him will be surprised at the confidence
with which he relies upon it.-MOth-
er's Magazine.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-04-26
Decimatinu an Army,

To say that an army is decimated
means, strictly speaking, that it loses
tenth of it's men. If, then, an army is
decimated ten times, what is left Of it :?
An English publication that raised the
question. because war correspondents
so frequently misuse the word "deci-
mate" was astonished to find that
many of its readers think there would
be, nothing left of it. In point of fact
an army Of 100000 decimated ten times
would still number 81, $40 men. Figure
it out for yourself.-Youth's Compan-
ion. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-04-26

DIR. HENNEMANN ENTERTAINED
last Monday night at the Methodist
church parlors for the Sunday school
of which he is superintendent. All
the teachers and members of the sew
eral classes were invited and attend
ed. The parlors were tastefully dec
grated, while each table bore CEN
terpiece of carnations. The early part
of the evening was passed playing
games. A feature which caused much
amusement and interest was a spell
down of the old fashioned school type.
After this lunch was served by the
Ladies Aid of the church. --...s
THE LADIES AID WILL MEET
in the parlors of the Methodist church
on Thursday, May third. ~.