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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-18

-''The best" is ell yea can 40 when
death comes. Call Webb & Cough Co
Paone 120. IT.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-18

''Ths funeral seac.iful." webb q
@ough Co. h
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-18
Attention Maccabees. Special me-

ing Wednesday night. Election of off
GERS. Full attendance requested. IL. ..
Marvin, R. X. l2,ls
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-18

| -
0lough Co. h
1.-THE best" 70 ell ycu can 40 when
death comes. Call Webb Z Clough Co
paOne 12U. IT..
Tomorrow is the final day for max
| ing another payment on the Fourth
liberty loan bonds, that is. for those
who took them out on the govern
ment's plan Of partial payments. There
| Is due tomorrow 20 per cent of the
amount of the bond, and when paid,
will make a total of just half the bond.
The final payments are to be made
during January.
High grade, genuine furs for Christ
mas gifts at special prices. West Fur
Co., 217 South High st. If
Lunch counter opposite o. e. B. r.
depot. Good lunches, N. J. B. coffee.
Lady waitress, Open from 8 q. m. to
IL D. m. 1890
The regular evening drill of Company
M will be dispensed with this evening
at the armory as the program is to be
more in the form of banquet and a
meeting for the welfare of the COM
pany. Every member is asked to not
only be present but to bring along a
prospective recruit. The company needs
but few more recruits to fill its re-
quired quota and to be officially mus,
tered in.
have moved my offices into more
pleasant and more commodious quar-
ters on the third floor Of the U. 8.
National bank building. DR.. o. l. Scott
Chiropractie-Spinologist, 30S-213 U. 8.
National bank bldg. tt
.
So cts: per pound paid for No. tur-
keys. Midget Market. 1919
.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-18

So cts: per pound paid for No. tur-
keys. Midget Market. 1918
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-18

High grade, genuine furs for Christ
mas gifts at special prices. West Fur
Co., 217 South High st. If
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-18

Lunch counter opposite o. e. R. r.
depot. Good lunches, N. J. B. coffee.
Lady waitress, Open from 9 q. m. to
IL p. m. 1890
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08
MAY RELIEVE PIERCE
A Number of Other Changes Arc Due
in War Positions

Washington, April Seen Palmer
E. Pierce, now holding the important
post OF director of purchases for the
war department, will be relieved
from that duty in a few days, If plans
under way in the department today
are carried out. Col Hugh Johnson.
the man who did much to organize
the select.ve draft, is understood to
be slated to succeed him.
At the SAM time seventeen off,
GERS will tie appointed brigadier gem
erals to fill places vacated by recent
demotions and shifts.
johnson has already been appointed
to the general staff
The change in the director of pur-
chases position is in the nature of
further re-organiza ton in the war de-
partment- Appointment of Edward
Stettinius as assistant secretary of war.
will give him executive authority in
connection with supplies and pur-
chases for the five branches of the
war department.
Heretofore Stcttinius. as surveyor OF
supplies, was under General Pierce,
and had no real authority.
The man ST ted for Pierce's place is
young and active. and will have au-
thority to d cal with the general staff
directly in the matter of priorities and
shortages and will have the real
power to see that the department gets
what it needs.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08
A LESSON OF THE WAR.

This is the age of the specialist, and
the all-around man in any branch OF
human activity is hard to find. The
progressive manufacturer smiles when
asked If he employs all-around ma
chinists. He considers the all-around
man as a relic of those bygone days
wherein modern machine-shop eff
cheney was unknown. The extremity
to which specializing has been carried
has proven a serious hardship in some
lines of war endeavor.
Shortly after the United States be-
came involved in the European con-
that had obtained contracts for ships
and supplies demanded machinists in
large numbers. Shipyards building
steel vessels, especially, needed skilled
machinists. Right at this point, for
the first time in many years, was
shown the mistake of -neglecting to
develop all-around machinists.
The operators were willing enough,
but they lacked the broad training to
do the necessary planning required Of
the all-around machinist. Many of
these SO-CdlIeQ I1dCIInISIS, II was us
covered, were unable to read blue
prints. nor could they handle such
simple hand tools as the file, hammer
and chisel Thus the few real all-around
machinists that can be mustered must
be depended upon until an army of
operators can be trained to perform
their new duties. Meanwhile, ships
are wanted and wanted badly.
The situation is serious, to say the
least. says the Iron Trade Review. and
it proves that a mistake was made in
neslecting our apprenticeship system
of other days-a system that devel-
oped the all-around mechanic Thus
the war may serve a useful purpose in
pointing out the weakness of any sys-
tenn which does not bring about the
thoro training of young men for me
chanical pursuits along broad lines of
general service.
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can't accept your sacrifice for me, but
| shall never forget tor you, either.
Goodbye
Lois seized his arm and sob
caught in her throat
II won't let you co. she stormed.
Never! It's all true-I do love you
and 1 want to marry you more than
anything. If you won't let me, III
never marry anyone and I'll proba bly,
grow old and hard and money-loving.
1 want to stop working now, but in
a few years, II really do get ahead,
L might not want to. Don't You care
about me at all. SAM"
Care about your" he repeated. TAX
ing her into his arms. IT simply adore
you'll But I've nothing in the world
but my army pay and I don't even
know how much that will be-
Il don't care what 1t is. I'll work
while you're away, and when you come
back, we'll be married. 1 can live on
nothing week myself. And I'm not
sorry about your money-for me.
mean
Then I'm not sorry abou. it fc-
me. either" he assured her.
so Wen both have to fool the peo-
pie who'll be sorry for US and live
happy ever after" declared Lois, and
she looked as if the happy" part had
already begun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08
TRAWELETTE
COZunel.
BY NIKsAH.


1t is short journey from the
Yucatan coast to the Island of Cozu-
mel, or, in our language, the Island
Of Swallows Cozumel is a drowsily
tropic island. blessed with gardens
and groves that grow almost of them
selves and luxuriously shaded by a
forcs-. of ebony, rosewood, cedar, and
other trees of great price. Besides
AL this substantial treasure. Cozumel
claims: that the medieval pirates who
haunted the shores of the Caribbean
entrusted g part of their booty to the
islands soil, either thru the desire to
pay for -Cozumers hospitality or with
the intent to return later and reclaim
Their hoard. Ii is fairly certain that
the pirates made use of the island as
a sa-e deposit vault; but ii is matter
of speculation as to whether the is
land still holds the ill-gotten treasure.
TO digging has so far been unpro-
dcct,ve.
Archeologists find in Cozumei ade-
quate cause for tears and Indignation.
Herr. before the coming of the white
man, was the innermost shrine of
the Magyar religion, which drew thou
sands OF Magyar pilgrims yearly from
miles around. But the Spaniards
came, and with ruthless hand crushed
the Magyar pride and glory into
memory. The remaining stones of
tie temple lie in such chaotic ruin
among the grasses and flowers that
even t'los1 skilled in reading the life
of people in tile wrecks of their past
cannot clearly reconstruct>the picture
CT this sacred place of the Mayan
nation
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08

e: The following advice to advertisers
,tS found in the Los Angeles ilmes
If a man wants house or room OF
rooms. furnished or unfurnished' the
Governing factors that will control ms
SELECTION are locality and price and ne
naturally consults the advertising COL
'umns of his daily paper to ascertain
What IS offered. If an advertisements
saws terms reasonable" he disresaros
IL. for what appears reasonable to tne
landlord might be unreasonable to the
stenant. IL it says within walking DIS
lance of the street cars" he pays no
further attention to it, for what is
walking distance to long-legged' thin
man fond of pedestrian exercise might
not be walking distance to a short
legged. fat man who loathes calisthen-
les. If the advertiser would particu-
slarize and say location 927 feet four
inches from the corner of Bungay ave
nue. and He1Iodsplit street. terms -
"a week. his advertisement might Sc
cure him a tenant.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08

Mrs. Mary Lincoln Beckwith. great
granddaughter of Abraham Lincoln, is
going to pillow the fields of the family
farm in Vermont asa part of her war
work this spring. She has inherited
sufficient Drawn from the railsplitter
of Illinois to do a mans stint, and the
sineKs of the Green Mountain boys
are now being devoted to trench-dig-
ging. The honest pillow has become
one of our chief weapons against the
Hun. II Cincinnatus were alive to-
day, he would tuck in his toga and
hitch another gang pillow to the trac-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08

standing about it so as to exclude
the heat from the traveller were the
other lawyers interested in the case.
At length one of the groui. turned
to Lincoln:
Pretty cold. eh?" he asked.
Yes replied Lincoln, las cold as
it is hot in Hades."
Ever been to Hades. stranger?,,'
asked another.
Yes" replied Lincoln solemnly.
This raised a faint smile among
the other lawyers.
What does it look like there 2"
they asked.
Every much like this" said Lin
coin. dryly; 'all the lawyers nearest
the fire"
you look tired"
mo wonder. I've just been gassed
for forty-five minutes
"Yor don't say so! Who did it,
"A politician"
Hicks is crazy about etiqaet He
saw in the paper the other day that
in the best circles the wife ladies out
the soup. and he has consequently
given up SOUP
Why"
He has no wife"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08

Today. at the call of the wounded
world. 5000 miles away. without
bounty, without substitutes. and with
purpose SO lofty that all nations.
save guilty Germany. concede it. TO-
600, 600 young Americans are being Sc
iected for service in war. Lives. ships.
guns and shot and being rendered with
such emphasis and in such profusion
that the America of Civil war days is
weak and faint-hearted compared
with the America of today.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08
FACTS ABOUT THE WAR.

Each new turn which the war takes,
each new German offensive. whether
by arms or talk or printed matter.
adds evidence to the two most certain
facts in the whole war situation. The
first is that it is not safe to believe
any German promise which we have
not the force to compel her to fulfill
and tho second fact that follows from
this is that no promise of peace or
l1rgain of any kind with Germany
is worth more than a scrap of paper
a., long as the German army is intact.
And what applies to Germany applies
equally to Austria and Turkey.
To face these facts. says Worlds
Work. means fighting until Germany
and Austria are defeated. There are
still, unfortunately, number of
sinuous-minded people in this coun-
try Tho so dislike these hard facts
that they spend their energies in try
ing ID dodge them. and in trying to
create some formula by which they
can becloud the truth
Every peace speech, whether h. po-
critical or real, gives them new hope
II at the task TO winch We nave set
our hand may in some manner be
avoided. and they busy themselves
with such schemes for world improve
ment as urging the British govern
lent to duplicate Trotzky's guarantees
of freedom to Persia.
These curious mentalities with their
subtle manners of thought. are apt to
speak of the more supplemented peo-
J e who believe in actually winning
this war for democracy as bitter
encers." But the term is misapplied
These who believe in making no COM
promise with autocracy are not bit
ter enders." On the contrary, they
are willing to fight a bitter war thru.
but they insist that the end shall be
s -eet. The real bitter enders are
those who. like the poor Russians.
h We put their faith in princes-and
CeJtonic princes at that-and who be-
lieve that democracy is safe while
Hohenzoller1 and Hapsburg rule, and
their armies are still intact. Where
these people prevail the end will in
deed be bitter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08
Heart and Beauty
Problems
BY MRS. ELIZABETH rHoMP

Dear Mrs. Thompson: l am going
with two girls and they are friends
or rather used to be. 1 don't know
which girl I like better because they
are so different. One girl dances
and plays the piano and 1 like that,
and the other girl is more interesting
to talk to. The girls have been
chums until l started to go with both
of them The girl who is the inter
esting talker introduced me to her
friend. do not care to come be-
tween them and so 1 feel / must
make a choice. Which shall it be:
1t is like tossing a penny and so
thought I would write to you in
stead. WILLIE.
To drop one girl would not help to
make the girls good friends again.
1t would only cause hard feeling be-
tween them. because the girl you
dropped would not be able to forgive
the girl of your choice. 1 would con-
tinue to go with both of them If 1
were you and let matters adjust them
selves. Ny sympathies are with the
girl who is the good talker, because
she introduced you to the other girl
and has to be generous to let you di-
vide your attention.
Dear Mrs. Thompson: Do you think
shell-rimmed glasses are tough?
BETTY
They are worn by many refined
girls. 1 do not consider them tough
Dear Mrs Thompson: I am four
teen years old and go to grammar
school. 1 saw a little boy steal a
pencil out of another boys desk. Do
you think 1 ought to tell my teacher
on him? FOURTEEN.
Perhaps the boy put the pencil back
when you did not see him. Do not be
too harsh in your judgment of him.
and don't tell your teacher.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08
OTHER LIBERTY LOANS
A Summary OF the First and Second
Campaigns Issued from Washington

Washington, April s--Here are
facts of the last two liberty loans:
SECOND LIBERTY LOAN:
Bonds actually sold. s3,s08.766. SO:
interest rate 4 per cent, maturity 25
years Campaign ran from October
j to %, 1917. Subscriptions. $1.6lI.-
$4,000, of which half the S1.6l7.00o.-
600 oversubscriptions above the s3.-
100000. 900 minimum offering Were
accepted.
Reported number of subscribers,
100000 with indications that actual
number ran far above that. About
100000 separate bonds were sold.
Bonds were convertible at par into
next subsequent issue bearing higher
interest rate.
FIRST LIBERTY LOAN:
Bonds actually sold $1,000, 900. 900;
interest rate. 3h per cent; maturity.
80 years. Campaign ran from May IL
to June Is, 1917. Subscription. s3.-
035,226.850, of which the $1.O35.22e.-
$50 oversubscriptfon were rejected.
Reported number of subscribers, A.
900 900. About 100000 separate
bonds were sold. Bonds were con-
vertible at par into second liberty
loan bonds bearing per cent. or any
@I'i,sequent issue bearing a higher
rate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08

Fifty-four years ago. when the
American nation was graphing with
.disunion, and Lincoln and Grant were
passing thru the dark days of a war
that was then three years old, the New
York papers printed advertisements
Ike this: Army and Navy Render
vous-Good news for one-year volun-
teers: The greenbacks are waiting,
Oh. dear. oh. dear. the greenbacks are
waiting, oh, dear; the greenbacks are
waiting and want 10 be taken, and
spent by our brave volunteers. Six
hundred dollars paid for one-year VOL
unteers and no humbug. as. soon as
passed by the doctor. Come all who
wish to volunteer. Ncw is your time"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08

What this country can do under
stress of necessity along lines not at
tempted under normal conditions is
illustrated well by the dye situation
Three years ago the press was filled
With warnings that cutting off the
dives from Germany would result in
everybody wearing white clothing, and
that colors would not be available to
meet ordinary demands. Yet advertis-
ing in a commercial newspaper now
contains the following announce
uients: BLANK Brand Dyes for Elk
port. Full Line of Colors." Full
Line of AniIine Colors Made in Amer
lea" ''Malachite Green Crystals
Equal to Best Imported"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08
DINNER STORIES

Tommy had capturedsa prisoner,
and while waiting for the escort to
come Up, sail to him:
Have you got a wife,
"Nein," answered the German.
Miner" gasped Tommy. "Lumme,
where's your iron CROSSE"
When Lincoln was still an insig
nificant country lawyer he had oc-
casion to travel to a small town to
take charge CT a case. 1t was a drive
of some fourteen miles from the rail-
way station 20 the town inn where
he was to spend the night Wet and
chilled to the bone he arrived at
last, but to his dismay found only q
small fire built in the CRATE, while
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08
The interstate commerce commits

: The interstate commerce commits
sion has ordered physical valuation
of a number of telegraph lines. Ply
steal valuation of the railroads was
Immense sum of money has been ex-
pended on the work, with no satisfac
tory result. The information is gained
So slowly that it is worthless. owing to
changing conditions from year to year.
There seems little reason to expect
that valuation of telegraph lines will
prove any more useful.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08
DEATHS AND FUNERALS

CHARLES l. TOLEB who died Sunday
evening of pneumonia. will be buried Tues
day afternoon. The funeral will be held
at o'clock in Bomgardners chapel.
SLOMON LOPP, of Perry, Kansas, died
Sunday at local hospital. lie was 50 years
of age. and an old tettler at Perry. Funeral
announcements will be made later.
MOLLIE S. TRACY. age 20. died at her
home. J31 North Kansas avenue, Sunday.
The funeral win be held Tuesday afternoon
at O'Clock in Penwelrs chapel. Burial i'll
Rochester cemetery.
EVA WAGiGENER age fl, died at
Granville Sunday afternoon ut 2 O'Clock.
The funeral was held this afternoon mt
40 O'Clock at the home of her uncle
Jesse Shaw.
ANDREW GILES, 1856 West street. died
Sunday at his home. The funeral will be
held TueSday afternoon at o'clock at St
John NJ. L. church.
REV. JAMES ADRIAN ALEXANDER,
age &C. died Sunday afternoon at his
home, SIG Clay street. Funeral services
will he held at o'clock Tuesday afternoon
at the Second Baptist church. Burial In
Mt. Auburn cemetery.
Lords Flowers Satisfy Tel se1-
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flour. ouckwheat flour.
oatmeal or oat flakes. rice, rice fiotf9, tapi-
oca flour, ferita flours and meals
Graham flour and whole wheat flour may
De sold with GO per cent of substitute
stitute cereal, nor must feed of any kind be
used as substitute cereal.
This list Is printed by order of the
United States Food Administration by
courtesy of the Topeka State Journal.
Prices approved by the Topeka board are
GnANULATED SUGAR.
Cost; Lee Id. :,sell 9Ac ID.
standaTd navy. cost. 15-15,sc ID: sell.
Pinto. cost, Toe H.: sell. .c-istsc lb.
~ Lima I'm cost 1aH:l55ac lb.; SELL 161s- lsc H.
Cost: ee-a 1Iac Ib. !: sell. e5-3sc ib.
Pey creamy: cost; &c II: sell e .se lb.
LARD
Pure cost. 26A -2sc: sell, so-s4c Ib.
Compound cost. 23A4 -241zc: sell. 26-2S1sc
oNI1SNs-
Northern. cost, lie h.; sell. 11s-e1sc Id.
PEAt' IiES-Evaporated-
Choice, cost, 11k-12c H.: sell. 14-15c Id.
This is Potato Week Eat potatoes and
RAISINS-
Ruik. seeded. cost. 9A-foc: sell. 1880 Id.
No. II choice seeded. cost. sac pkg.
No. 10 fancy seeded. cost HE pkg.
sell. .13c pkg.
Tan cans pink. cost. 1890: sell. 1890 can.
Tall cans Red Alaska. cost. 2i1sc can
FLOUR SuI; sow san'
Best patent. 4s lbs. cost; $40; sell Sc s. 8.
Rye. cost. s1sc h.: sell Sls9c Id.
Graham. cost. SIC H.. sell. 5s4 -6Ac Id.
Corn flour. -ost. sic; sell. Use Id.
CORN MEAL
Cost 4a4c h. sell. 51s &C Id.
Kiln dried. cost. 51Sc III. sell. G1zc In
FLAKE HOMINY-
Cost 71sc ill.,: sell. 9-10c III.
Pearl hominy. cost. 65sc; sell. s-s15c Id.
RICE
nlue Rose cost. a1a-1oc: sell. 11-1ac
50-do size. cost. liz Zee H.: sell. 14-15c Id
g 20 size, cost, lie h.; sell. lie Id.
ROLLED OATS
Bulk oats. cost. THc H.: sell. sis-9c III.
No. 2, cost, So -9isc; sell. 10-121sc pkg.
sYRuPsS S'
Light, 1A-lb. can, cost, 13c; SELL 15la
Light. 5-lb. can. cost. 3sAc; sell $3.50.
Light. 10-lD. can. cose. 12iac; SELL $500
Dark. 1E-lb. can, cost lie; sell, 15-16c.
EyAPORATED MILK
Small cans, cost. &c; sell, TIC.
Tall cans cost 10 12kc: sell, 1914 -15c.
No one is permitted to have sugar oil
flour in excess of thirty days supply. Par
ties having more will be considered hoard
ers," for which the penalty is very severe
Pinto beans are plentiful. Use them il
place of the other KINDS.
Eat potatoes, rice, and corn products.
Save wheat flour for our allies. Use sub
stitutes and do your bit to help win the war
Save wheat, meats, fats. sugar and servt
the cause of freedom.
appeal to the local board for reimbursement
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a failure of this new bond issue, de-
plares Champ Clark. would injure our
standing in the world as much as the
loss of a great battle and wound our
Eelf-respect beyond all surgery for we
al. must realize that no nation will
long survive or deserves to survive
which does not protect all its citizens
wherever they may be by land or sea
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: Vice President Marshall is reported
York, 1T is remarkable thing that
she American people always elect their
fools to office and leave their wise
men standing on the street corners"
Us the vice president the spokesman
for his party or was he referring
merely to his own eXperience?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1918-04-08
ON SPUR 4 Fl MOMENT
II RoY 4. HoULToN

Tactical.
If l were running the war,
l would be glad to see
The Germans getting all mixed up
In Russia.
The further they go, the worse
They will he mixed up
And thinned out and homesick.
IL the whole German army
Were sent into Russia.
There would be only one man
To every square mile.
And then the western front
Could get up and move east
About 200 miles,
And it would all be over.
That may be all wrong
From a tactical standpoint,
But 1t sounds good.
Personally I couldn't wish
Old Bloodshot Bill
Any more trouble than he
Is going to have in Russia
In about three months.