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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21
white AND RED SOX
FACING EACH OTHER
Meet Today In Boston and
Play Tomorrow and Mon
day---RedS Chances Slim
(By H. G. Hamilton)

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
New York, Sept. 21.-The White Sox
and Red Sox are now going to start
TO have it all out. The Red Sox prob
ably will see the end of their pennant
hopes in the series that begins today in
Boston and ends Monday. Three games
are scheduled.
Clarence Rowland s men probably will
have to face Dutch Leonard today, for
with Babe Ruth eliminated, by pitching
yesterday, Leonard becomes the logical
choice.
By dropping one game to the Tigers
the hope of the Red Sox became very
feeble. They now can play only u
games of their schedule. BY winning all
of them they could finish with a per-
centage of .631. Two more victories by
the White Sox would clinch the flag.
A loss by the Red Sox while the White
Sox were winning would be almost dis
astrous.
The Giants are having a hard time
getting Strengthened out On their road
to fame. The Pirates stopped them dead
end they've got to double up in a twin
bill. They still need the same three
games that were lacking in Chicago be-
fore they can foreclose the mortgage
they've been claiming on the %pennant.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21

out a brilliant but small advance of hi
Russian troops toward Riga.
No Capital Punishment.
With Korniloff a prisoner, Kerensky
now faces a trying question of what
to do with him. The premier is either
unwilling or unable to subject the for
mer commander in chief to the death
penalty.
Apparently capital punishment in the
whole army has been abolished.
Premier Kerensky finds it impossible
further to carry out his policy of iron
handed discipline in the army. Capital
punishment has again been put in the
hands of the soldiers committeeman
that means its total abolition.
Kerensky's bravery and idealism in
the face of unparalleled criticism, SLAM
der and attacks on his life, is unques-
toned. But this surrender of conces-
sions to the bolsheviki-the fanatical
extremist group who at any time may
start an armed demonstration in favor
of peace-is injuring the progress of the
war.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21
Eeorbitant Wages Not
Paid on C~antonmentS

middle man there was necessary and
| that he earned his profit. Generally
speaking, however, we have dealt fifth
all manufacturers direct.
"To give some idea of the enormity
of the task Major Starrett said
awe spent $3.50, 600, 900 in three
months.
I'VE provided 600 cubic feet of all
space for each man, as compared with
$50 feet for each man in European can
tonments.
"There are 200 buildings in each can
Torment, or $4,000 in all. They are SO
built for fire protection that only one
one building can burn at a time.
owe saved 10000 900 on the camps
by building them two stories instead of
one.
"Each %cantonment occupies two
square miles of territory, roughly.
Gin addition to the gigantic canton
ment construction work there is still
under our direction $350,000, 900 worth
more of building in progress or contem-
plation.
"We used four billion feet of lum-
Der from 100 mills throughout the coun-
try. We built 1000 miles of finished
road surface. Roads approaching tho
camps will add another few hundred
miles.
awe used 2OOO miles of piping for
the water supply system, and 1000
miles of drainage and sewerage pipes.
''lt took a carload Of tacks to put
the taxpayer on the roofs.
"'Railroads delivered from fifty to
one hundred and fifty carloads of ma
terials to each camp every day. There.
were about 5000 carloads of materials
in all.
eve took care Of 5000 to 10000
workmen at each camp every day.
"Some camps had a weekly payroll
of $l5O,00O.
"The government had about $50 rep
r~esentatives in each camp. On one job
the contractors held a foremans meet
r. every morning, 300 to 500 foremen
gathered to discuss plans.
awe had our own fire protection
system. Also a corps of fire watchers,
a police force to put out the fires. -
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21
BERNSTORF ASKS COIN
CONTINUED from Page One.)

particular period, Bernstorff was tell.
ing the press that he would do all in
his power to prevent war between Ger.
many and the United States.
And he continued to say even after
the break that he would use his in,
fluence upon reaching Berlin to avoid
actual hostilitics. He was known to send
messages to his government at that time
e%ndeavoring to straighten out the tang
led relations of the two countries.
Bernstorff, while protesting to feel
kindly toward America, wished to avoid
war simply for the reason that Ameri-
can strength would turn the balance
against Germany authorities say.
The link between Germany and the
Irish Americans has been known rath.
err clearly to this government for some
time, and the Sir Roger Easement affair
showed rather cpnclusively that Ger
many vas seeking Irish-American sym
pathizers or trying to create trouble for
England and home rule for Ireland.
Congress May Clean House.
Tit state department did not an
nounee the name Of the organization
which was to handle the $4,000 though
probably investigation has given the
government n line on its identity.
just how the message came into the
American government s possession is
kept a secret, as in the case with all
documents proving Germany s guilt.
The systematic relation of Teuton in
trigue ON this continent and elsewhere
is deemed likely to have the effects of
not only stirring up the United States
to its danger, but also further convinc-
ing the German people that their gov
eminent is a sinister thing.
The state department indicated that
it is convinced of the identity Of the
organization Bernstorff referred to,
though there is sufficient doubt to pre-
vent announcement.
The department tended to dissipate
the idea of any actual expenditure of
money ON congressman direct. 1t was
admitted that propaganda kilograms
sent to congress had their origin in Ger
man money.
Bernstorff may have sent his mes
lomat, Though it apparently reached
Berlin, it was probably intercepted and
decided.
Ib6IuSVOIII hueW ~.
THE state department said that even
before he sent his message Bernstorff
"knew through a secret channel that
his government planned unrestricted
summarizing and clearly foresaw the
break with the United States. There
fore, Germany was trying to render Am
erica impotent by keeping her busy
with Mexican troubles and influencing
pacifist congressman to prevent war.
The department would not comment
upon whether jeremiah OLeary, and
Former Congressman Buchanan or the
labor peace council had been in any
way connected with Bernstorff's mes
sage.
News Of the state department lat
est expose Of German intrigue in this
country stirred congress as no previous
circumstances of the war. The senate
was not in session today, but in the
cloak rooms, committee rooms and cor
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21
REIGN OF TERROR
CONTINUED from Page One
sination.

sination.
German intrigue in Petrograd stops
at nothing. II fostered a mysterious
story recently that the premier was a
morphine fiend, having contracted the
habit following an operation a year ago
Another lie which tie kaiser's agents
industriously circulated was that her-
enskv had divorced his wife and mar
ried an actress. Utterly untrue, these
scandalous insinuations found some ere
dence. One small newspaper even pup
lished them.
Work Against Kerensky'
Kerensky s latest picture showed MN
standing with his eotton-gloved hanu
: resting Napoleon-like on his chest. NO
sooner had these been put on sale IMAM
the city was permeated with angry
whisperings about Kerensky, the "dle-
tator". German agents increasingly
WHISPERED. PLAYING on the distorted psy-
Geological bent of the tense RUSSIAN
mind. Kerensky's picture vaguely spg-
uested Napoleon: therefore kerensky
was a new Napoleon, a dictator.
Not alone did the German agents at
tack Kerenskv by word of mouth. Ihey
even sought his life.
The Winter Palace a dreadful memory
of old autoeratic days, is today a grue
some place OF death and tragedy ana
mystery. It's lower windows are no"
ali blown out. Lower rooms, close 10
where Kerensky works, were eharreu III
n mysterious fire two weeks ago.
Lied About Korniloft.
At the time when Kornilort was
marching ON Petrograd, German agents
spread the report that the British gov
eminent favored his revolution ana the
pulling down of Kerensky. How wen
they did tho:r work is indicated IN the
faet that the British government aetual-
" sent a guard of sixty soldiers TO inc
embassy, fearing possible attacks 10y
Russians enraged at the thought that
Kcrenskv was menaeed.
The arm of the German secret ser,
vice even reached out to Russian giant
army headquarters. General kornhott
himself was deluded into the Il that
an the allied ambassadors would .aN'F
hi, revolutionary M =. That behet was
in no smal eaSt' response .,'
his open rebellion nd h nllott ;
hitter enmitv toward Germany is known
to every Russian.
A week after Alexieff was appointed
commander in chief of Russia's armies
when Kerenskv felt KornilOff was shp.
ping in his allegiance, Korniloff refused
to relinquish his command and carried
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21
By George Martin

Omitted Press staff correspondent
Washington, Sept. 21.-Maior w. A.
Starrett, chief expert adviser in the
building of America s sixteen canton
ment camps for the draft armies, today
officially denied that exorbitant wag-
es were paid laborers on the work.
statements have been made it
was suggested ''that abnormal and
high Il were paid; that water boys
for instance received S. a day in some
places.
Perfectly absurd, said Major
Starrett. "LOok at the situation and
see for yourself. Here are the largest
contractors in the country. Their mar
gin of profits is very small, averaging
about three and a half per cent. Also
they desire to serve the country.
Take a certain company as an ex-
ample. If they were ont to pay big
money or hold up the government they
could have laid down on the job just
as well as not when the terms of the
contract were violated by the govern
ment. But they didn t. Not only that,
but the head of the concern himself
put a million dollars of his own money
into the job to keep it going for the
government.
care people like that going to pay
water boys 50 a days
''The government has n very com
potent organization made up of civil
ian officers, reserve corps men, men
who came out Of the big engineering
concerns. Were they likely to pay $50
Its absurd.
"Were middle men used in buying
supplies2
''In some instances yes" said Ma
ior Starrett. eve dealt with n middle
man in buying plumbing supplies. If
we had bought them direct we would
have had to buy from twenty five diff
ferent manufacturers, one part from
cact, bolts, washers, pipes, nickel plates
and so on
"Wc made one company the assembl-
ing agent, the middle man and the gov
eminent allowed them five per cent IN
the cost, Anybody approaching this
subject in~telligently will know that the
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21

ridors there was a buzz of conversation
hinging on the mysterious "organiza-
ton" through which Bernstorff al
legged he operated.
Long before the house met at noon
there was talk of Investigations and
ga call up TO answer'' for every rep
resentatives in the lower branch. 1t was
planned to read the Lansing revelation
before the house this afternoon.
Anti-War Sentiment.
Both houses of congress developed
strong anti-war sentiment during the
various crisis throug which the United
States and Germany struggled previous
TO the war declaration.
1t is coincidence that on the dav
Bernstorff sent his message, President
Wilson read an address in the senate
outlining the kind of peace the United
States could join in guaranteeing. 1t
was the famous address asking all ma
tions to "adopt the Monroe doctrine
as the doctrine Of the world"
The president at that time almost
prophetically denounced the "'net of in
trigue and selfish rivalry which drew
nations into competitions of power.
Only six days previous, Herr Zimmer-
nan had sent his secret note to the
German minister at Mexico City, pro-
posing the German-Me al
lance against the United States.
Twelve days later, February 5, Bern
storff was handed his passports.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21
School Industrial Fair
Held in Aurora Wednesday

Aurora, Sept. 21.-The school indus
trial fair held here Wednesday was
not largely attended, but the exhibits
were good, though fey in number. Dur
ing the day 800 or 400 people visited
the building. Considering the unfavor-
able season, the pupils made a very
creditable showing. Other fairs of the
anne nature were held at B~utteville,
Donald and st. Paul. Or the four school
districts in the fair district the Merid-
ian school showed the most interest
and made the best exhibits.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21
Flag Flies
Above Crater Lake

Medford, Or, Sept. 21,-Clyde F.
Thomas, a San Francisco athlete, last
Sunday morning, while on a visit to
Crater lake, climbed to the highest pin
nacle on phantom SHIP the highest
promontory in the lake, 27O feet above
the water, and fastened a large Ameri-
can flag to the pinnacle. The feat was
accomplished amid great danger.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21
Langford Could Not Win.

New York, Sept. 21.-San Langford
veteran negro heavyweight, gave fur
Their proof that he is through when he
lost in a ten round bout to Harry Wills
another negro heavyweight. Langford
lost the popular decision.
Charley White fought a ten round
draw with Johnny Tillman, Minneapolis
lightweight, after he had knocked Till
man down twice.
Johnny Dundee was awarded the pop
ular decision over Joe Mooney after a
ten round mill.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21
BELL-ANS
Absolutely. Removes
tfon. One package
provesit. 25cat all druggists.
State Highway at Aurora
In Excellent Condition

Aurora, Or, Sept. 21.-The work on
the Pacific highway has continued
three weeks and is now completed. The
highway has been put on a 5 per cent
grade demanded by the state highway
commission. A good ~surfaeing of gravel
has been placed on the grades and fill
and the tornup road has been placed
in better condition than it ever WIS
before.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21
Gnnhoat To Meet Dempsey.

San Francisco, Sept. 21.-Gunboat
Smith is en- route from New York to
San Francisco where he will box Jack
Dempsey or any other opponent select
cd. He hopes to box for Gregory Mitch
ell at Tia Juana in November.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21

Can the canning wherever you can,
is the counsel of the Coquille Sentinel,
which says; ''The agricultural depart
ment s advice to can carrots does not
apply in this section of Oregon. They
keep better in the garden in a country
like this where the ground doesn't
freeze. So it is with bcets, parsnips,
satisfy, cabbage and eauliflower.p
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21
nanni To Meet Malona.

Oakland, Cal, Sept. 21.-Eddie Cam
pi and Frank Malone will box a re-
turn four round bout next week, it was
announced today. Most fans believed
Campi got a raw deal when Malone was
awarded the decision in their bout this
week,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21

Three weeks vacation has been of
fered by the kaiser to the first German
to capture an American, but really it
does seem it ought to be worth more
than that.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21
Coffroth Will Not Act.

San Francisco, Sept. 21.-Jimmy Coff-
roth today declined to act as referee of
the Joe Rivers-Johnny Mccarthy fight
to be staged at Reno, October 6.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21
Your high heels ha,

When the silver in a silver dollar
gets to costing more than a dollar, then
nothing will have anything on anything
else any more.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21
COAST LEAGUE STANDING.
Yesterday's Results.

At Portland-Portland 6, Oakland 4.
At San Franciseo-San Francisco 4,
Salt Lake >.
At Los Angeles-Los Angeles 2, YER
non l. 90
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-09-21
OPENS GREAT MINE FIELD.

Medford, Or, Sept, 21.-Min-
/; ers from cne end of the coast to
; the other are preparing to come
: here late next month when the
; power dam at Copco will be fin
ished and the Klamath river will
: be drained from Hornbrook,
Cal, to the sea. One hundred
million dollars in gold has been
taken from the Klamath river
by dredging, but miners say this
sum is only a fraction of the
amount of gold left in the
stream. With the bed practically
dry miners expect to reap a
golden harvest.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
Shame on Hearst!
.or of The Tribune.

To the Editor Of The Tribune.
Sir: 1t certainly is inspiring to see one
great paper not afraid TO speak out and show
up Herr Hearst" in his true colors
Your editorial in yesterdays paper is
timely and TO the point Why all American
lapers do not come out and denounce Hearst
and his methods is a mystery 20 every one
who reads and thinks. His two-faced in
sidious articles, American flag on one page
and pro-German talk on the next, should be
stopped.
Free speech is the great cry nowadays. and
some young foreigner of German or anarchis-
tic faint who does not know any better is
often stopped before he can do much harm,
but here is man. American-born, with
money, who is debauching the unthinking
public with talk that is sufficient to ruin
this country unless it is soon stopped.
Shame on his head that he is able 20 make
his millions of the public, and greater the
shame that by his chain system of papers he
is able to carry on such propaganda. How
long oh. how long. must We suffer such a
one to exist in our midst?
Keep up your good work, and may II grow
10 larger proportions Why not start fund
70 distribute your paper by the thousands to
the non-subscribers. so that every one in all
districts Of the city may have a copy of your
great and growing paper?
AN AMERICAN OF AND FOR L. S. A.
New York. Oct r. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
E7ootgear for Nurses

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: In The Tribune of this morning let
ter appeared. signed DRAFTED" expressing
amazement at the absurd and impossible
heels worn by so per cent of the women
marching in the Red Cross parade
am in entire sympathy with Drafted" on
this subject. and have long felt that very de-
cided steps should be taken TO correct this
absurdty.
The Department Of Nurse Training Schools
Of the University Of the State OF New York
Undertakes 20 inspect nurse training schools
throughout the state. The inspectors have
conscientiously examined every crack and
crevice for which a nurse might be response
bic. The attitude and appearance Of nurses
also comes within the province of the in
spector.
In our hospital we require broad-toed, low
hroad-heeled boots The practitioners are
taught why such boots are necessary. Never
theless. we frequently find il necessary to
reprmand nurses for breaking this rule.
Very young girls are now accepted for
training in nursing. They are OF the ages
when personal adornment and style count
most. With many hospitals having only
nominal ruling on the question and, indeed,
with the superintendent Of nurses and her
assistants wearing ab,lrt ootgear-it is diff
ficult TO enforce our ru.
It seems to me the o.-.- d-,y Of The heads
OF training schools 20 Esis. on common sense
shoes. and the part Of the inspectors 10 see
that the superintendent OF nurses carries out
her duty in this regard.
May | add that have long hoped that not
only the nurses Of New York would wear the
heathful shoe. which is the rule in other
states in the East, but that New York women
generally would do Fortunately, fashion
is saying THE military shoes the thing"
May high heels and pointed toes find solace
in limbo with wasp waists and choker collars
Of years ago, INSTRUCTOR OF NURSES.
BROOKLYN, Oct. 10. 1917.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
Liberty Day

There are only eleven more days in
which to subscribe for a Liberty bond.
The last day is Saturday, October ~ The
President has proclaimed Wednesday, Oc-
tober "a, a week from tomorrow. as Lib
erty Day. On it every American should
lend a hand, attend the mass meeting of
MS community and check up his own sub
scription TO make sure that he has sub
scribed for as large an amount of the loan
as he rightly can. These are the dates
that every American worth the name will
fix in his mind as the next important OBJ
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
A Gratifying Registration

There is reason for qualification over the
heavy registration. Larger than in 1913,
larger considering the number Of voters
absent in environments or at the front, than
the registration last year, when there was
a Presidential contest, it gives proof that
though this is a quiet campaign the
still waters are running deep. 1t is the
best possible proof Of profound interest
in the outcome of this election which is 50
critical for this city and the nation at large.
Nothing better could be asked by any
citizen or any candidate. At the begin
ming of last week the indications were that
the voters interest was slight. that the
vote polled would be light and that a can
didate would be elected on scant plu-
rality. by default of large portion of the
electorate. That danger is gone. What
ever the outcome. the registration goes to
show that the voters intend to express their
views on the issues this year. Practically
the large registration is one of the most
hopeful signs which the Fusion campaign
ers have had
Tammany always manages TO get It's full
strength on the voting lists. The Socialists
have a smooth working machine, and their
anti-war bias has been strong incentive
to activity at the polls. The doubt was
not whether these elements would register
hut whether the independent vote" the
balance Of power vote would qualify for
Election Day That vote, not tied TO par
tisanship, casting its ballots according to
the merit of candidates, has been a ire
mendously important factor in previous
Fusion campaigns and this year must fur
nsh a great proportion Of the Mitchell
strength.
At the Republican primaries the men
who hold party ties lghtest failed, and
Mayor Mitchell lost the nomination. The
registration gives evidence that the lesson
took effect. The Mitchell strength is rep
resented TO the full in the registration, as
we'll as the Tammany and Socialist
strength.
The registration totals disclose no ten
dencv 10 civic slackerism. They do indicate
4 full poll Of right-minded and loyal voters
against Hearst, Hylan and the Hohen-
Zollerns.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-10-16
A Harmful Distinction

To the Editor of The Tribune.
Sir: Article %, Section 207. Of the war
tax for 1917 does not permit stocks and
bonds other than government obligations
10 be considered as invested capital" while
cash j. not SO exempted.
Securities carried By corporations and
partnerships represent their cash in excess
OF current obligations. and the government
apparently defeats its own ends by making
distinction. because concerns carrying
stocks and bonds must liquidate them in
order TO obtain the 9 per cent exemption on
that proportion Of their capital as is repre-
scented by the cash value of such holdings.
thus promoting declining market and con-
seQuent loss which limits or prevents those
affected from buying Liberty bonds.
4 more liberal Interpretation by the gov
eminent as 20 invested capital" would i'm
medately be reflected in the increased pur-
chase OF Liberty bonds reduce liquidation IN
other securities and be conducive 70 better
feeling all around. +. ". RICHARDSON.
New York, Oct. 10. 1917