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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16
DEATH OF MRS. ]. H. RICHARDS.

Mrs. j. II. Richards, who had been
taken to Portland for an operation, died
at the Good Samaritan hospital, in that
city, at 7 o'clock Sunday morning,
March 10. She had survived the oper-
alton and it was thought would recover
Sarah Thomas jackson was born in
Cowan, Tenn, December II, 1857. On
April q 1877, she married j. IL. Rich
ards and in 1881 they came to Oregon.
They lived in Albany a year and then
came to Woodburn, where they resided
ever since with the exception of being
one year in Portland. To this union
were born four daughters and four sons,
one daughter, Clara, passing away 16
years ago and being buried at Hubbard
cemetery. There survive her a husband
and the following children: Mrs. Nina f.
George, of Eugene; Cory b. Richards,
in France; Ralph G. Richards, at home;
Joseph w. Richards, Woodburn; Mrs.
Birdie Rhodes, Portland; George Z.
Richards, in France. She also leaves five
grandchildren.
Deceased had been a consistent mem
Der of the Christian church all Of her
life. She was the oldest living woman
resident of Woodburn when called by
death. Mrs. Richards was a faithful and
loving wife and devoted to her children.
She was a loyal woman and her two
sons, Cory and George, she gave to
the service Of her country, parting with
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16

theless bounded upward, showing that
the world is not dependent upon the kali
ser for a~nything-not even for the sale
of his prunes. Although the crop was
lighter last year than usual, the price
realized by growers more than made up
for the shortage of product.
DIR. Hayter, who has some 10, DOC grow
ing prune trees, some of them as old as
26 years, says it is possible to grow a
paying crop when the trees are as young
as 5 years. He is made to say that he
has sold prunes in past years as low as
2 1-2 cents a pound, and as high as 5 IA
cents. For the last seven years the
price of prunes has been good.
1t is estimated that the cost of plant
ing out a prune orchard is $125.37 per
acre, including 800 for the cleared
land.
AS to spraying and caring for a prune
orchard, w. j. Stockholm Of Monmouth,
had the following to say:
''After experimenting in an orchard
% years old, l am fully satisfied that
the result of applying manure at the
rate of not less than 10 tons per acre
would give results that would make
prune growing one of the most paying
industries in Polk county. There is
nj good reason why we should have a
small crop of prunes at any time. In
my opinion, the small crop sometimes
seen on the older orchards is very
largely due to lack of fertility in the
soil, the trees having exhausted the
elements so necessary for the develop.
ment of the fruit"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16
StaytOn Items
Capital journal Special serviee)

Capital journal Special S%erviee)
stayton, Or, Mar. 16.-Mrs. J.. w.
jackson has returned from an extended
visit in Michigan.
DR.. Beauchamp is driving a new
Buick six.
AL Hepburn a former resident Of this
place was in town this week.
Wrs. w. A. Goode has been on the
sick list for the past week.
B.. Klecker has received photographs
from his sons, Joe and Leo who are
members Of the aviation squadron To-
Gated at San Diego. The boys are in
their uniforms and are members Of the
band, the former playing trombone,
while the latter plays %cornet.
About twenty members of Stayton
auxiliary A. R. C. have been busy
making quilts. They will meet at the
Red Cross room on Saturday and finish
up some of them which will make the
total number of quilts sent from here
eight. The Rebekah lodge Of this city
made one of these, as did the Howell
Busy Bee club. The ladies donated the
pieces, or blocks, for the quilts and
others who donated were: Mrs. +. Sill
havy, top for quilt, Uriah Whitney, lin
ing and cotton for quilt, Mrs. Mable
Crabtree, top for quilt and 25 cents,
Mesdames Hawley, Beauehamp, Alexan-
der, Ringo and Murphy so cents each
while a collection taken up among the
knitters netted $1.45.
Mrs. J. p. Wilbur and daughter were
Salem visitors Wednesday.
Mrs. Susan Fenton, of Mehama was a
Stayton caller Friday, and while in the
city bought a number of W. s. stamps.
Mrs. Fenton is one Of the most active
workers of the Mehama Red Cross, hav-
ing recently finished her 10Th pair of
socks, besides doing a great deal Of
sewing.
Miss Lena Berg of Shaw is visiting in
town.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. J. Crabtree have
issued invitations for a card party for
Saturday night.
W. F. Follis motOred to WilsonviIle
this week.
The High school play which was such
a success here will be put on at JEFF
ferson tonight. A number Of the H. s.
students are planning on accompanying
the factors and actresses"
Mrs. L. J.. Rock was 4 Salem visitor
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16
COUNTY PRUNES RANK.
AMONG HIGHEST IN QUALITY

Two hundred and fifty thousand dol.
lars is the estimate put upon the prune
output of Polk county per year, and it
is added that one fourth of this goes
for labor in the industry.
In 1917, Polk county produced $780,
600 pounds of prunes, which sold for s
1-2 cents per pound, or $263 5000 show
ing that 1917 must have been q little
better than the average for Polk county
prune growers, notwithstanding the un-
favorable season.
Two cents a pound is the estimated
cost of picking, drying and handling the
fruit to the market. Before the war, Ger
many is said to have been the biggest
buyer of prunes in this county; but
since that country has been put out of
the world IS markets, the price has never
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16
Fulton to Get $4,000.

Kansas City, Mo-, March 16.-Jess
Willard will fight Fred Fulton July 4
for the heavyweight championship of
the world, if practically complete plans
do not fail.
Fulton will get $4,000 win, lose or
draw.
Colonel J. c. Miller, representing the
champion, is open to receive bids from
cities and clubs for the mill.
These were the outstanding points of
an agreement between Colonel Miller
and Mike Collins, Fulton's manager,
reached by telegram last night after
they had ended an apparently hopeless
conference here and Collins was en-
route to Minneapolis
"When Collins left here yesterday
afternoon the match was apparently
off" said Miller said. I'VE were un-
able to reach an agreement. Collins
wired me at 6 O'Clock last night agree
ing to my terms"
Willard is en- route from Jackson
vile Fla, to Chicago today. He and
Fulton will meet April l, probably
here or in Chicago, and sign articles
for the match.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16
GAG State St.
F. G. Delano

Polk county produces the best quality
of prunes of any district in the state, or
in the world, for that matter, because
Oregon as a whole grows as fine a pro
duet as is produced anywhere.
In point Of quantity, Polk is not quite
in first position yet, but it is close. to
it. In quality, she has no superiors.
This is the conclusion arrived at by
Horace Adds, a prune expert, who has
written a lengthy article for the Oregon
Farmer, recently on the prune output of
this county. Mr.. Adds article quotes
from various Polk county prune growers
and experts, including the manager of
the California Packing company in Dali
las, Mr.. Peterson; F. G.. Ewing, a promi-
nent grower, and DR.. Mark Hayter, ano-
ther large prune grower, and others.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16
By H. G. Hamilton,

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
New York, March 16.-Jess Willard
has fixed things so that he either viii
go down in history as comparable to
the great heavyweight champions who
preceded him, or ne will not go down
in history at all.
Announcement that arrangements
have been practically completed to
bring the champion and Fred Fulton
together for a bout on July 4 means
more to the boxing game than any sin
gle happening since Jack johnson col
lapsed under Willard hammering in
Havana.
jess has removed all restrictions in
dicating terms under which he will
fight. Colonel j. c.. Miller, who OBJ
tanned signatures Of both men after a
long session in Kansas City with Fred
Fulton, declares Jess is ready to fight
any number of rounds. He will pick a
spot if possible where the bout can 90
more than twenty rounds. 1t is a Pc
culiar set of circumstances that has led
up to the meeting between these ele-
phantine Equipments of boxing. 1t
was Fred Fulton who was selected by
Tom Jones to meet the champion when
Willard was preparing to fight two
years ago A loud cry assembled at
that time against Fulton. 1t was con
tended he was too much Of a novice to
fight the man who had whipped Jack
johnson and Fulton lost the bout. 1t
went to Frank Moran and was a very
unsatisfactory affair
Fulton has been fighting his way
steadily to prominence since that time.
AS a matter of fact, his record reads
much, better than does the champions.
His recent bout in New York with
Carl Morris, in which Fulton was dis
qualified for striking low, started an
other howl against Fulton which he has
found hard to overcome.
Unjustly charged with having a
''yellow streak the giant from Min
nesota has gone ahead without hesita-
tion-gradually making a name for
himself that has forced the title holder
to give him recognition.
Willard has been bounded into the
bout. Dubbed ''pacifist champion"
and derided because of the fact that
he has been content to appear as a
circus attraction instead of defending
his crown, he has ehafed considerably.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16
CREW OF oMsK MuT1NY

Norfolk, Va, Mar. 14.-Forty seven
members Of the crew of the Russian
ship Omsk were placed in the city jail
here today pending an investigation
into the mutiny which occurred aboard
the vessel yesterday. The men will be
tried tomorrow on a charge Of mutiny.
Meantime a thorough search Of the
ship was made and a small arsenal dis
covered, %revolvers and cartridges be-
ing concealed everywhere.
The ship still is at a local dock IN
der an armed guard.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16

them with sorrow but with patriotic
fortitude. Her thoughts were continually
upon her boys in the service and She
was an ardent worker in the Red Cross,
working there when she could scarcely
hold her head up. All she asked was TO
be alive when her boys came back from
Franco. The demise of such a loving
wife and mother is a deep blow to this
family, who have the heartfelt sym
pathy of the community.-Woodburp In
deDeudent.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16
WILLARD AND fulton
WILL FIGHT JULY 4
Champion Removes All Re-
striciiOns and VIII Make It
Any Number Of Rounds
4 = X = i i 4 X i \ X 4 X \
BREAKS PURSE RECORDS

The largest purse heretofore
offered for a championship
fight was the 100000 prize
hung up by Tex Richard for
Jack johnson and James j.
Jeffries This fight also set
/: the mark in gate receipts, the
|; sum coming to $270,775.
Willard and Moran drew
down the second largest purse
on March 25, 1916, and drew
$150,00O at the gate.
Already $150,000 has been Of
: fered for the Willard Fulton
go.
Z = y 4 u L L Il II u u i. i,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16

Houston, Texas, Mar. 14.-PrOminent
Germans here announced today they
viii hold a mass meeting Monday to
adopt a resolution Informing the
kaiser that the Germans IN America
are Against him and autOeraey."
They will ask the committee on pub
lie information to transmit the mes
sage to the neutral press Of Switzer-
land.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16
Fnltnn Is Roastine.

Minneapolis. MINI, March 16.-fI
will not only knock Jess Willard down,
as I did in Rochester, two years ago,
but I will knock him out" Fred Full
ton said here today.
Fulton appeared to be happy over
prospects of a chance at Willard, but
said he had not received any con
firmation or denial of reports that he
was to meet Willard July 4.
Fred plans to remain here for more
than a month. Whether he will box
before meeting Willard or 90 immedi
ately into training depends, he said,
upon a conference with Mike Collins,
his manager, due here today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16
White sox to Train.

Chicago, March 16-Eighteen mem
bers of the champion White sox leave
here tonight for she Mineral Wells,
Texas, training grounds. Urban Faber
at the Sox park early perhaps to
see that COmiskey carries plenty Of
third bases along. Uhban swiped one
during the world series, you remember.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16

1t is reported that the German peo-
pie, in addition to their other troubles,
are being constantly harrassed by thugs
and holdup men and murderers, this gem
try probably feeling that with the kais-
err as their best example of an arch-fiend
they are at liberty to follow his lead.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16

connection with the University Of Ore
gon as wrestling coach and physical
training instructor to become director
of athletics at Fort Stevens, Oregon.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16
Remains Champion.

Chicago, March 16.-Augie Kieekhe-
fer, champion b~illiardist, retails his
crown today after defeating Bob Can
nefax of st. Louis here 150-142. Came
fax at one time had a lead of eight
points but in the final block Kieckhe-
fer clicked off a 81 to ~ victory.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16
Coach ouits o. Of o.

Eugene, Ore, March 16.-Edward
SFoekley today severed his six year
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16

Wednesday.
Mrs. M. ). Follis is visiting her son, Il
j. Follis in Linn county.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-03-16
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The sun., 1918-11-12
TURN YEARS OF TEUTON VICTORIES INTO DEFEAT

the war by separating the allied armies
and breaking through to Calais. II was
u year OF terrible losses In men on the
western front and OF disasters in thu
east
Brusiloffs offensive in Galicia, unsup-
ported at home, failed. The Austro-
Germans drove the Russians pell-meu.
They seized Bukovina and overran Hess.
arabia. The Germans advanced toward
Riga in the north as Russia crumbled
In the sight of the world. A revolution
ended the imperial authority November
s. and later Kerensky, Socialist. ruling
uncertainty, was ovcrthrown by tho Boil
shevist extremists, who began the reign
OF terror not yet ended. In that red
terror Gar Nicholas was slain. ana
rumor unconfirmed speaks of the murder
Of the Czarina and their children.
In November, q dreary month for the
Allies, an Austro- German advance came
near destroying italian strength. The
Teutons. in immense force. crossed the
Taglamente River and flooded down 20
the Venetian plains. All the fruits of
the Italian victories of 1916 were lost
Gen. Diaz succeeded Cadorna. The
British and French rushed help to the
Keeling armies of Italy. A stand was
made at the River Piave, a stand which
was to be translated into the greatest
italian triumph and the greatest Aus
trian defeat of history, but that was not
| to come until the following year. The
end of 1917, indeed, had little in II OF
cheer to the Allies, except the convic-
tion that American participation, could
il be massed in time. must bring about
German defeat. And that was the great
fact of the last year of the war
The sun., 1918-11-12

finest troops In the world and an abso-
lutoiy unlimited supply Of. the essential
war materials.
FOURTH-The genius OF Ferdinand
Foch, General who Is already recog-
nized to be one of the very greatest mil
tary geniuses Of all time. If It is too
soon perhaps to compare the great Mar
shall with the gigantic military figures
OF history It may be said. nevertheless,
that the most competent French and
British military authorities have ranked
Foch with Alexander, Cesar and Napo-
leon.
Allies Heroism Saved World.
These causes are advanced as direct
causes and do not take into account the
four years OF heroic endurance and bril-
liant valor displayed by the French, TIE
British and the Italians. without this
endurance and sacrifice and without the
sea power secured by the British navy
the war, II Is recognized by most per-
sons, would have been ended with a
German victory before America could
have had time to arm and strike.
Tho surprising military skill shown by
new American troops thrust forward In
the Verdun sector, at Cantigny, at Cha
teau Thierry, with the British in the
north and at other parts Of the western
'front.'. skill which made their expected
dash and courage count for the mos,
possible, Is admittedly factor in the
German debacle.
The sun., 1918-11-12

troops of King George smashed through
the second line OF German trenches,
using tanks to batter through. Much
was hoped from that victory, but the
strength OF the German military machine
was still too great to be broken, ana
n failure of the British stan to follow
UP the victory led to results that might
have been disastrous
Rumanis IL Crushed.
In August, 1915, tho Italians declared
war against Germany. and Germany
went to war against Rumania- This
latter event produced swiftly and ter
ribly a great allied reverse in the Bal
kans. Attacked on all sides by the Ger
mans. Austrtans and Bulgarians and be-
treyed by the Russians, Rumania coll
lapsed. Bucharest fell December 5.
The latter part OF the year was
marked by increasingly insolent OPP
GRAFTON of submarines by the Germans.
Although the Berlin Government stated
in May that It would abandon its ruth
less U-boat methods provided the
United States forced Great Britain to
raise the blockade of the German coast.
and although Germany incessanly prom
ised fair dealing to United states and
other neutral vessels. her acts belied
her fair words.
On October s, the U-53, just leaving
tho harbor of Newport, waylaid and de-
stroyed six ships OF Nantucket and a
thrill Of anger went through this coun-
try. 1T was realized then by the people
at large that war with Germany must
be considered as a probability. Al
though a small majority OF the people
were TO reflect Woodrow Wilson few
weeks later on the plea HE kept us out
Of war" thoughtful opinion pointed to
almost certain hostilities and wideawake
men were pleading with the Govern
ment to take measures OF war prep
aration.
In a sudden and brilliant offensive
before Verdun, October %, tho indomi-
table French recovered Fort Douaumont
and the Thiaumont Works, setting al
naueht the bloody sacrifices matte by
the Crown Prince to gain a few miles
Of French territory. The world knew
then that Germany could not pierce
through at Vcrdun, however dangerous
her thrusts were to prove elsewhere.
The sun., 1918-11-12

The German hosts fell back to previ-
ously established positions, the southern
most point of which was at SCISSORS.
scarcely go miles from Paris. Then
began the long period Of trench war
faro. with Its succession of futile
pushes by each side and the most ter
riole sacrifice Of life in the annals Of
humanity.
The Kaiser's troops took Antwerp oc-
tober 3, battering down with AZ cent?
meter cannon the resistance offered by
Belgian soldiers and British marines.
The Allies narrowly escaped the trap
and retired to Ostend, carrying with
them hundreds of thousands of hungry.
homeless civilians. On the same day
the Russians again invaded East Prus-
STA. venture which was to have no
success whatever. The Belgian Govern
ment established its capital at Havre,
France. October 10. and there remained
unconquered and unterrifed until the
great drive came which brought the
war to an end. One king in the war
goes down in history as great general
as well as a great patriot--Albert Of the
Belgians.
The sun., 1918-11-12

drive which helped defeat submarine
warfare, of airplane planning and build
ing, OF sending troops to France Mt the
rate OF 100000 month and OF subscrib-
ing nearly $4,000, 100000 in four
Liberty loans Is too recent to warrant
description here. Progress was rapid
after July 20, when the selective draft
law went into operation and the great
cantonments filled with the rough ma
terial Of what was to be as fine an army
as tho world ever saw. 1t was June s
that Gen. Pershing and his stan arrived
in England, the vanguard of a great
host TO be under the Stars and Stripes
on the western front.
But the year 1917 was to be momen-
tous for events other than our participa-
| ton. II saw the whole civilized world
virtually repudiate tho German idea of
life and government. All around the
| globe nations declared against German
/ greed and militarism until twenty-five
, countries were vowed In alliance. In
February the British forces in Mesopo-
tamia retook Kue-el-Amara and began
| their victorious march through Asia, q
march which was to conquer all that
vast region and break the power of the
! Turks forever. Bagdad was captured
March 10. and thereupon by resistless
! effort British and British Colonials
surged forward through Mesopotamia and
Palestine. On December s Gen. Allenby
entered Jerusalem on foot. in Difference
to the traditions of the Holy City. The
following year saw the completion OF
both great campaigns in Asia-Palestine
conquered and Mesopotamia cut off from
the Turkish Empire.
/ In March the British made n great
effort on the western front, taking Pc
rome and Bapaume, though they were tc
lose these cities and much more ir
months to come. Canadians conquered
Vimy Ridge after one OF the most heroic
efforts of alltime.
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had believed such manifestations i'm
possible. and the United States demand
ed. September 0, the recall Of DR..
Dumba. tho Austro- Hungarian Ambas-
sador, because Of his proved connection
with a plot to cripple munition plants
in this country. The German Ambss-
sador. as the United States secret SER
vice was finding out, was more evilly
active than Dumba had been, but II was
to be many months before the order
came for him to leave the country. One
of the final important events OF the
year was the entrance of Bulgaria into
the war on the side of the Central Pow
ers and the beginning of the campaign
which left Serbia helpless and given
over to occupation.
Greece had been mobilized against
Bulgaria in September. 1915. but the
hold Of the King ana his German born
Queen, a sister Of the Kaiser, was so
powerful upon Government and people
that the efforts Of the patriot and dem
ocrat Nenizelos to go to the help of
the Serbians and to enter the war for
the Allies went for nothing. A period
painful for Greece and costly to, the
Allies was 10 pass before Greece threw
off the evil domination and declared
for Justice and liberty. Constantine was
to be deposed and his youngest son.
Alexander, set UP before Greece could
fight for the Allies.
1t was on the 18th day Of October
that the German Government in Bel
GUM. Gen. Won Kissing In charge, con-
demned TO death Miss Edith Cavell, a
nurse of the Red Cross. who had been
! distinguished for her labors and her
merctrul care of Germans as well as OF
| Allies.
hfYny n .rial xt.I,iah n.a n brutal IRA
esty of justice she was led out secretly
ty night and pierced with German bui-
| let's. The accusation was that she had
assisted Belglans to leave their country
No single act of German cruelty In the
whole war SO stirred the civilized world
and 1t is probable that the coming OF
peace will mean the punishment of the
German officials responsible for thai
! deed of barbarism.