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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-25
unddleston Made Them Laugh.

Washington, April % = Anti.con-
scriptionists brought up their strongest
gunners in congress today.
Speaker Clark, openly opposed to Sc
lective draft was booked to speak in
the house in an effort to sway his fol-
lowing against the administration
measure. Majority Leader Kitchns
who voted against the war declaration,
was likewise understood to be ready
to talk against the draft, while Repre-
sentative Heflin, fiery administration
orator, planned an attack against those
who are thwarting what army men say
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-25
HE REoEIpTED FOR 1T

Washington, April 25-Secre-
tary Of the Treasury McAdoo to-
day handed to British Ambassa-
dor Sir Cecil Spring-Rice a
treasury warrant for $2O0,O00,-
900, Great Britain 3 first par,
ticipation in the ,000,000,0O0
war finance fund.
Sir Cecil, on behalf Of his
king. gave Secretary McAdoo
his personal receipt for the
sum.
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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-25

Pendleton, Ore, April 25. -
Dell Blaneett, one Of the best
known cowboys in the west and
the hero of many round-ups, to-
day offered to raise a full
squadron Of rough riders among
the cowboys Of eastern and
southern Oregon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-25

Robert D. Waukup aged sc, died al
the home of his grandniece, Mrs. Jack
Hodges, at Pilot Rock Sunday night
He was q pioneer Of Eastern Oregon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-25

( Edward Benjamin Davidson died at
the home of his son near Newberg
Monday He was II years old.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-04-25

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marry prominent woman. If it comes
Z til point where we've all got to tight,
rs goin t. be awful hard work t pull
some Of our jingoists out from under tn
bed
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Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
ENeLIsll AS Sc is sPokE.

Different lands have different ways
peculiar has been brought to light by
the World Outlook Magazine, which
blames the result upon pupils of the
Methodist Birls' School atKuala Lufn-
Of speaking English. One of the most
per, Malaysia. Here are a few sem
fences from a school examination:
When the form of verb is changed
it is called congregation.
The prime meridian is called the
eternal date line.
Gibraltar is the keynote in the Med
iterranean.
The finest wheat that ever cropped
grows in Russia.
The masculine of spinser is bore
A wife in the upset (opposite) Of the
husband
The place was taken by storm and
thunder
The cat was thin and pale
Gibraltar is lSnewn as the keyhole of
England
St Helena is a place where Napoleon
had been diminished
The Barbarian Etates are Morocco,
Algiers, Tripili and Turnips
Queen Victoria reigned sixty years,
She was the longest sovereign that
ever ruled in England
A frog is bug with four legs. 1T
stands UP in front and sits down be-
hind
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24
Satan Writes Letter
To Kaiser Wilhelm
Monorch Of Hell Abdicofes IN FzDor Of Prsas-
sian Murderer Hands OUer Keys to The
Worlds Champion Baby Killer.

II was amazed when I saw you form
a partnership with the impossible Turk,
the chronic killer of Christians, and you u
devout worshipper q the Lutheran
church I confess. Wilhelm, you are
puzzle at times. A Mohamnedan army,
commanded BY German officers, assisting
one another in massacreing Christians, is
a new line of warfare. When Prus-
sian officer can witness q nude woman
being disemboweled by-la swartIy Turk,
committing a double murder with one
cut Of his cabre ard calmly stand by and
see a house full of innocent Arn1enians
locked up, the house saturated with oil
and fired, then my teachings did not stop
with You, but have been extended to the
whole German nation.
''l confess my Satanic soul grew sick,
and there and then / knew the pupil had
become the master. I am back num-
Der, and, my dear Wilhelm. I abdicate in
your favor The great key of he'll viii
be turned over to YOU The gavel that
has struck the doom Of damned souls
since time began. is yours. I am salts
fled with what / have done; that my alb
dication in your favor is for the very best
interests of HELM the future | am at
your rnajesty's service
'LUCIFER IT. SATAN"
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24

syherkrop, Of Creston, Iowa, an
nounces that the Kaiser has succeeded
Satan as Lord Of He'll. Mr. Syberkrrop
has given to the press the following
personal letter from Old Nick to his
former pupil:
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1917-12-24

ITO Wilhelm Won Hohenzolern. hlrg u y
Prussia, Emperor Of All Germany ana
Envoy Extraordinary. Of Almighty God:
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-12-21
WITTY DIXIE GIRL TELLS WHAT
1T is TO BE AN AMERICAN

Richmond. Va, Dec. 11-Miss Nell
R. Lee Murphy, whom Commander
in-Chief Bennett Young, of the Con-
federate Veterans, calls the wittiest
girl in the south, has been awarded
a silver loving cup for her definition
of an American.
Here is the definition she gave
to the question, What is an Ameri-
CAM:
What is an American? One who
stands squarely behind the president,
straight in front of the stars and
stripes, and firmly at the side of
liberty, one who believes and gives
voice to the belief that Woodrow Viii
son is doing as much with six ounces
plus of gray matter as any superman
can do and govern hundred million
people sincerely. wisely and we'll
AN American is one who buys a
Liberty bond and another, and an
other, that Uncle Sam may con
tinue to be father of the nation, and
the man who does those things-be
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-12-21
EVERY EDITOR IS
PUT ON HIS HONOR
UNITED STATES HAS ONLY VOL
UNTARY CENSORSHIP, SAYS
CREEL IN FiRST SPEECH OF
THE WAR.

indianapolis, Dec. 15-George Creel
chairman of the Committee on Pub
lie information at Washington. last
night told Indiana newspaper editors
that he is not a censor and does not
consider himself such. but that every
editor is put upon his honor to OBJ
serve the rules of voluntary censor
ship promulgated by the government.
1t was the first public address Mr..
Creel has made since war was de-
clared He said that in the nine
months since the committee was
formed an organization has been per
fected that not only reaches into
every community in America, but
to every country in the world
In this and every other land" he
said, I'VE are making fight for
public opinion, that great force upon
which rests the strength of armies,
and which in the end decides be-
tween victory and defeat in every
struggle. If We have seemed to be
less than frank. it is because our
frankness was compelled to wait
upon results rather than that the
thing itself should be halted while
we boasted or excused"
Mr.. Creel said there is no effort
on the part of the committee to
abridge the true freedom of the press
but that war makes the demand that
criticism shall be honest and that
every attack shall have its base on
the sincerity and constructive pur-
pose. 1t is not a time for little
prejudicesi stupid abuse, ignoble
partisanship or for the making of
more hills into mountains, he declar-
ed.
When a nation fights for its life
and Ideals he continued, when the
flower of its youth goes out to
grapple with death there is no room
for the mean and petty. 1t is up to
every man on every newspaper in the
land to consecrate himself to his
country as. ultimately as the soldier
and the sailor and those who write
in less than truth and honor are
traitors as damnably as though they
took money from the enemy"
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-12-21
MEANING OF CITIZENSHIP

Fundamentally. there is no lack
of appreciation of the duties of
citizenship on the part of most
people in this country. yet there Is
rampant throughout our land a self
righteousness, selfssatisfied notion
of contentment that in these perilous
times is apt to add tremendously to
the things that threaten our govern
ment.
Our plan of government rests on
the supposition of close interlock-
ing interest of equality among our
citizenship, and the insidious indif-
ference or lack of interest on the
who make up the nation is quite apt
to be fraught with serious conse-
Quences.
We Americans like to look our
selves over in the mirror of past
or present achievements. and turn
away self satisfied that the future
will take care of itself Our adj
miring gaze finds many things to be
Justly proud of. history has been
kind to us, and we cannot counte-
nance any thought that harm could
possibly come to us.
Lo, see how high the eagle flies.
how steady he scars, Where in all
the wide world is there anyone that
can clip his wings or spoil his flight
How. almost boastingly, do our
younger folks point with pardonable
pride 10 the past and accept that
as a fact that somehow or other the
future will take care of itself. How
lax and Indifferent we have grown
as to what the future holds in store
for us as nation. Why need we
bestir ourselves about civic duties.
Let us hasten on within our own
little sphere and with our own indi.
vidual success.
Money making, promotion of great
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-12-21

he Snyder, Morris. Guggenheimer,
McLeon, Garibaldi, Lee, Blame. Ski
woski Grant, Levy. Lewis, Mcmahon.
Page, Murphy, Donovan, Langhorne,
Clay or jones' tell you he is an
American.
For instance, in the words of the
immortal Shakespeare, What's in a
name?' 1t isn't where you came
from. but now that you are here,
what are you doing as your bit to
make democracy safe for a sane and
worthwhile world? Are you an
American? Where is your Liberty
bond button?"
Miss Murphy has been regarded
the belle of several reunions of Con
federates in the south and won a
prize in 1914 for the best answer to
the question: Should women pro-
poser" Her answer to that question
was,
Let man propose forever Cheap
gifts are lightly treasured Man most
admires in woman modesty. Without
respect love dies. Frorn-the growler
to love, man is constituted to chase.
If bride must be given away, let
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-12-21

trimming go long way. Some are
one piece, others simulate the one
piece dress; and still others belong
to the tunic family, ever growing
in popularity. A simple collar and
cuff set, touch of embroidery in
the same or a contrasting shade,
buttons or bit of fur, any of these
may act as trimmings. 1t is impos-
sible to say where the line is to be
drawn saying this is for morning
and this is for afternoon
One hears a great deal about the
panel dress; it is particularly good
for combinations of materials and
colors; though made of one material
it is very smart indeed The dress
has panel front and back, with
straight pleated side sections, and the
natural waistline may be defined
by belt. two belts or girdle The
one illustrated here is of brown
wool mixture, with novel collar of
chamois and a yellow kid belt. An
odd conceit of we'll known designer
is to leave the pleats impressed, thus
giving a softer appearance than
would otherwise be possible.
IueTS Is dH UNUSUAL ldCt dDOul lid
terials that very few women realize
or take into account when planning
a new costume, and this is that the
style changes in regard to dress
goods. 1t is absolutely impossible to
make a stiff perky hustle out of soft
crepe de chine or Georgette crepe
(unless some stiffening is used) and
the straight silhouette dresses must
be made of soft material; and full
skirts that stand out, puffed sleeves,
bustles, etc, require taffeta, tulle, or
other material with body to it. Styles
do change materials. The first value
OF a material is its wearing quality.
For, after all, the material that wears
we'll is aways handsomer and makes
up better than any other. Serge is
ever a standby, garbadine, broad
cloth and wool mixtures rarely go
"out of style.'' The silk goods styles
change more quickly, and one year
everything must be made of taffeta,
and the next of charlreuse or soft
satin. Study the silhouette of the
mode with intelligence, and you can
not go far wrong as to the material
to be used.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-12-21

enterprises and similar accomplish
/ ments are taken at face value as
indications of prosperity and influ-
ence, but unless the achievements
are properly interviewer with the
affairs of our country a malign and
cancerous growth will set up which
will require cruel treatment
If the civic affairs of this country
are used as agencies to promote in
dividual success and welfare only.
then the suffering, trials and tribula-
tins of our forefathers will have
been spent for naught.
If we permit our public life to
become saturated with indecent de-
mands of selfishness, of looking on
the law and order of the land as a
means OF advancing our own par
ticular interest, may we not reason
ably expect these conditions to
reach such frightful proportions as
to undermine the very foundations
of this government?
How calmly we overlook and con-
done conditions which really border
on treason. resting assured that our
country is so prosperous that it
will weather any storm that may be
set our path.
Will ii take course of citizenship
in Russia China or Japan to make
us realize what priceless heritage
ours was to guard and how careless
we were of it? Duty and obedience
to the law of the land is confessedly
one of the principles upon which this
government rests. If strange laws
find their way into the statute books,
repeal them, but to ignore them is
dangerous. This government will al
ways be what the people make it:
If its citizens are happy go lucky"
we may we'll suppose the government
will be the same.-C. S. Coar in the
New Age.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-12-21

Heartburn is a symptom of indiges-
ton. Take dose of HERBiNE In
such cases. The pain disappears In
stantly. The bowels operate speedily
and you feel fine. vigorous and cheer
full. Price SOC Sold by Harrington
Bros. o.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-12-21

father do it. In old Virginia, at least,
God forbid the bride unsought will
ever give herself away, for de fruit
dat draps afore tits shook am apt
to be too mellow.
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-12-21
NORWAY HAS LOST 5000
SAILORS DURING THE WAR

London, Dec. 15-It is stated Of
ficially that Norway has lost 5000
sailors during the war. Central
News dispatch from Christiania re-
ports. The sinking OF two more
steam ships is told OF in the dis
patch.
The steamships whose loss Is told
of by the Norwegian foreign office
are the Strathorne and the San
Croir. The Strathorne was torpedo
ed in the Mediterranean and IL OF
her crew were saved. me San
Croix was torpedoed In the English
Channel Two men were lost
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-12-21

quite descriptive, too, of this
" OF frock. Simplicity, drummed
% our ears until we are fairly sick
the word, turks in every fold.
anningly designed these frocks are,
tney make a little material and
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-12-21

Wheeling in the lungs indicates
that phlegm is obstructing the air
passages. BILLIARDS. HOREHOUND
SYRUP loosens the phlegm so that
1t can be coughed up and elected.
Price 25c, soc and s100 per bottle.
Sold by Harrington Bros. s31
The courier-index. (Marianna, Ark.) 1917-current, 1917-12-21
ATEST DECREE FROM
PARIS" LITTLE DRESS

New York, Dec. 19.- Somehow the
|cture of Paris is just as fascinating
IT was in times of peace. The
Iirit of the French people is as
|eat as ever; gaiety, and the deter
|ination to be gay. is in the very
h, They are still designing won
Prful things "over there and we are
etting the benefit of them as of old.
THE latest news contains much
|lk of the little dress" The term
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-11
BIG EXPLOSION IN
MUNITIONS PLANT
REPORTED TO HAVE KILLED
ONE HUNDRED OR MORE MEN,
WOMEN AND BOYS

Chester, Pa, April 10.-An explos-
ion at the plant of the Eddystone AM
munition corporation at Eddystone,
near here, is reported to have killed
from fifty to one hundred and fifty
and injured two hundred. The fire
which caused the explosion originated
in the shrapnel loading building where
about four hundred men, women, boys
and girls worked. The fire was con-
fined to that building and was subdued
after two hours.
Later reports made the deaths 125
to $50. A railroad official said that
nearly three hundred had been killed,
but there is no confirmation of this.
Eighty bodies, seventy-nine of them
girls, are at the undertakers.{ The ex-
plosion occurred in the. shrapneI
room where twelve hundred girls were
employed. A second explosion demol.
ished the adjoining building scattering
10000 shells. The Russian govern
ment recently took over the plant and
EMPLOYED about 10000 people. There
are whispers of plot. mn, sssss
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-11
Potatoes, Beans,
Melons and Corn
Coming in Fast

The cabbage nearly is gone, and the
lettuce and standing crops with if.
Around through the country, however,
many acres of Irish potatoes promise
activity soon to come.
In the southern portion of the coun-
ty potatoes are being dug, while in
this immediate vicinity digging will
begin in from ten days to two weeks.
Beans are showing up excellently,
and there is big acreage OF water
melons well scattered over the entire
county. Corn is showing well, and
seemingly is in fine condition in many
places. However, in view of the gov
ernment's warning as to probable ex-
IRENE high prices for all grains next
fall, observers say that Polk county
should have planted more corn.
In addition to these things there are
numbers of fields of squash which are
doing nicely, as well as a number of
other vegetables which are planted in
some localities but not throughout the
county. Polk County Record.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-11
GERMANS GRID
FOR SUPREME
EFFORT TO WIN

| Germany, according to information
reaching here from Berlin, now i:
gathering to the colors every availa.
Bile man for supreme military effor!
to bring the war to a victorious con-
clusion in this years campeign-a goa
which Field Marshal Won Hindenburg
and his advisers consider by no means
of attainment.
Without altering formally the law
of military service the German au-
thorities in practice have extended
the period of service beyond the 45th
year and are retaining with the colors
and in many instances for fighting du-
ty with active units in the front line,
landstrum men who have passed this
age. !.
The policy of the German war de-
partment, as stated in the reichstag
this week by a military representa-
tive, is to withdraw those men over
as from the front lines after they
have done six months of duty there,
but military exigencies compel the
holding of these average men in the
-so-called etape or region behind the
actual fighting front.
For some time the German author
tiles, in a grand combing out of men
earlier pronounced unfit for service,
have been mastering men on the very
verge of the age limit, but up to the
present they have announced the me-
cessity has not yet arisen for legis-
lation raising the age limit to 65 as
has been done in Austria Hungary.
The operation of the labor service
law, now in full swing, are further re-
leasing from service at the front ev-
cry available man behind the lines ca
pable of carrying rifle, so that the
next two or three months should see
the German armies at their maximum
size.
simultaneously with this draining
to the dregs of human reservoirs of
soldier material, Germany's industrial
mobilization also is approaching eli
max. A scheme for converting every
available factory and employing every
available machine on war work and
manning them with labor obtained un-
der the labor service law is contem-
plated.
The work is to be done in three
stages and the construction of third
group of munition plants is to begin
Immediately. : The, output of cannon
munitions therefore should soon reach
its maximum.
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-11
Advance Made by Allies Yesterday
Renders Present German Line
Almost Untenable.

| London, April 10.-The British adj
vance started yesterday morning north
of Arras has now resulted in the cap
ture of the entire Vimy ridge, the key
Ito the mineral and industrial belt. of
'1'raaacs- fyhioh the Germans have held
for three years, according to a dis
patch which the Times has just re-
ceived from its correspondent at the
front.
The capture of this ridge may CON-
pei the whole German line in France
to give way, causing the greatest mill
tary readjustment which has taken
place since the battle of the Marine
and giving the French renewed pos
session Of the most valuable part of
their country.
Tanks, armored cars, aeroplanes fly
ing at high speed, artillery, infantry
and cavalry are all now being used
in the gigantic sweep of the allies in
their great offensive. The Germans
are reported to be everywhere on the
retreat. fighting desperately but
against odds and gradually falling
back toward the border of their coun-
try. Every advance of the allies now
The evening leader. (Tarpon Springs, Fla.) 191?-19??, 1917-04-11

On April 2 Lincoln Eyre reported
that French army surgeons believed
the Germans, before evacuating the
territory west of st. Quentin, had de-
liberately inoculated the French in
habitants-men, women and children
with the germs of tuberculosis. The
story was vouched for by French
surgeon, but it seemed so incredible
that the New York World directed Mr..
Eyre to obtain, if possible, the serv-
ices of an American pathologist of
unimpeachable standing to make a
thorough and impartial investigation
into the charges. Mr.. Eyre's report on
this investigation is given herewith:
Paris, April S.-Although, in his
opinion, there is absolutely no way Of
Observation-Disclosures proof, DIR. Theo-
dore c. Beebe, a distinguished Boston
pathologist, inclines toward the belief
that evidence points to a deliberate
attempt on the part of the Germans
to spread the white plague throughout
France.
DIR. Beebe, who is in charge of the
laboratory of the American ambulance
hospital at Neuilly, made trip to
Chantilly, where many refugees from
the evacuated district-Noyon, St.