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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-19
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in wages and basic hour work day
This increase would be "much
more" than the employees require to
live properly, according to Armour.
Walsh quoted government statistics to
show that 1880 yearly is the minimum
family with three children need to
live in Chicago. The employees averag-
ed s456 less than this sum, according
to Walsh
o. E. Pagin. government Indictment
expert associated with the federal
trade commission 5 packing probe, was
an interested listener at the arbitra-
tiOn session.
Armour denied holding unregistered
stock together with other big pack
ers to control stcckyards secretly. In
giving details of ownership and di-
reeting heads in plants in which he Is
interested. Armour consulted his at
torneys before answering Walsh.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-19

An out of town wedding, which
brings q charming new bride to Salem
was solemnized at Vancouver, Sunday
afternoon at three o clock, when Miss
Mary Jane West of Portland and &.
y. Piper of Salem were united in mar
riage by Elder Skaggs of the First
Methodist church of that city.
Mrs. Piper is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. s. B. West, well known Port
land residents Mr.. West ranks as a
pioneer in the timber industries of
the state, having fathered many of the
early ventures in the lumber business
throughout various counties in Oregon,
and taking an active part in numerous
large timber transactions, until he re-
tired recently TO take up his resi-
dence in Portland.
The bridegroom who belongs to the
firm Of Scott and Piper, has made Sa-
lem his home for the past two years.
Following a dinner and other festiyi-
ties attendant upon the wedding,
which were enjoyed by large circle
of friends Of the young couple at Van
couver Mr. aud Mrs. Piper came to
Salem last night They viii be domi-
ciled at 1920 South Commercial street.
The scores of Salem Red Cross work.
ers are sadly deploring the fact today,
of the resignation Of Mrs. Henry w.
Meyers, as supervisor of the surgical
dressing department, in the local Red
Cross. headquarters. The splendid mi
tial organization Of the Salem workers,
was due in large part to the excellent
executive ability Of Mrs. Meyers, who
has devoted nnestimable time and
thought during the past ten months TO
the intricate problems and detail work,
that must of u necessity frequently
arise in such vital factor in the life
of today as the Red Cross plays.
Tho Willamette chapter has gained
more than local reputation for eff
cheney, speed and quantity of output
in the various branches of Red Cross
activities, and it is with a sense Of
having accomplished the decidedly
worth while, that Mrs. Meyers may
take advantage of necessary relaxa,
tion for several months Though not
assuming active charge after the date
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-19
SENATOR JOHNSON
(Oontinued from page one)

earning capacity of our soldiers for the
past three years should be the measure
of their compensation in this time of
crisis, he would be laughed to scorn.
When we deal, however, with the great
railroad companies we do not ask our
selves what is the minimum the nation
should pay and what sacrifice those who
own the railroad companies should
make.
"FOur percent upon liberty bonds and
more than double four percent to rail
road owners, who in the nation s crisis
have been unable to perform their
taskl"
Johnson criticised those who disagree
with the wisdom of the president s
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-19
]. Ogden Armour Is
Called As Witness

Chicago, Feb. IA. Ogden Armour
called by employees attorney Frank
P. Walsh as witness in the stock
yards wage arbitration hearings, de
elared his willingness to pay women
workers the same wage as men receive
for the same work.
But the big packer rejected the EN-
ployes demand fer 81 day increase
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-19

Floyd Maxwell, editor of the Union
Scout, has sold his paper to George
Seibird editor of the Union Republican
and will enter the ordnance depart
ment of the University of Oregon. The
two papers are consolidated.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-19

Don t YOU feel ike swearing out q
warrant for the arrest Of the silly thing
who holds her dog up to drink from the
public fountaini
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-19
The ouinine Tlas Does Not Affect
Head

Because Of It's tonic and laxative ef-
feet. Laxative Bromo QuInine can be
taken by anyone without causing
nervousness or ringing in the head.
There is onlv one . 5romo Quinine.
E. W. GROVES signature is on box
soc.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-19
x x x X X x x x x x x x
USEFUL HOT WATER BOTTLE .

Wellesley, Mass, Feb. 10
( Discovered-a new use for hot
< water bottles. A Wellesley col
+ lege girl. whose name was
< withheld by officials, today
< gave the world the knowledge
( that burglars can't bear being
< beaten over the head with
( foot warmer.
+ The heroine awoke to find
: a man crouching in her room.
< She reached for her water bot
!: tie, jumped out Of bed and be-
: gan betting the intruder over
: the head. He fled with the
< foot warmer wielder in pur-
< suit.
< Later he was arrested and
< identified by the heroine.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-19
Ex-President Taft Takes
No Stock In Peace Talk

Camp Custer, Mich, Feb. 10
/" Brand present peace talk as prop
aganda," warned ex-President Will
liam H. Taft in an address delivered
here yesterday afternoon before the
largest assembly of enlisted men since
the building OF the cantonment The
great Y. M. C. A. auditorium was fill
ed to capacity with soldiers in train
ing who were anxious to hear Taft.
"Stamp on all proposals of peace as
ill-advised or seditious and then time
will make our victory certain" said
Taft.
"We are now at the danger points.
England, France and Russia since 1914
have been fighting the battle of the
world and fighting for us of America.
Three vca-r or more of war have drain
n their vitality. strained their credit
md Exhausted their man power. Con-
so-~on'lv, you men must realize that
al ""0ond7 on you and your hackers
ta win this war"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-02-19

Salem yesterday from Eugene, went on
to Portland today, where she will join
her son and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. George
Gray for short stay.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-30
Masters of the Skies.

The increasing superiority of the Allies in aerial
warfare is one of the most hopeful signs in the
from the zone. The latest report from
the British Air Ministry states that during the last
fortnight three hundred and twenty-eight German
airpanes have been brought down on the western
front and hundred and thirty-four driven out
of control.
At the same time, the Huns activities in the
skies have been constantly waning. Zeppelin raids
London a thing of the past, and fewer and
fewer are the reports of German raids behind the
lines French towns. Certainly, the allies appear
TO have the mastery of the blue as never be-
FORE
In this phase of the conflict Americas part in
the past has not been all that might have wished
it, although what few fiers boast have acquitted
themselves valianty. But now the time has come
when look without fear to the United States
taking its rightful place in sweeping the air along
with Britain and France.
In this connection, the report of the Senate
Committee on Military Affairs on the airplane pro-
gram investigation, made public last week. is most
significant to the average American in its summing
of the present status of affairs rather than in its
criticisms of the past. Going into lengthy details
the document recites innumerable instances of al
legged failure in the air program during the first
months of the war, but these defects, it admits
have now practically all been corrected. However
much may regret former mistakes and bum
glings, they are, after ALL much spilled milk"
why bewail them? With the errors of the past to
guide US rather than reproach us, we should be
content.
The outstanding fact in the committees re-
port is that three thousand pilots have been
trained, greater number than our air program
called for, and that American manufacturers have
mastered the technique of airplane construction to
the point where they turning out both motors
and planes of the necessary quantity and of the
necessary quality. Such being the case, the coun-
try has every reason to believe that from hence
forth Americas role in the air will be no more the
laggards than her part in the trenches and upon
the seas.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-30

because they know that it is necessary to victo-
rious and enduring peace.
1t is necessary because if the Selective Draft
ages not thus extended the Government
would be compelled to invade the ranks of essen
tial industries and strip many families of their
sole means of support in order to get the man
power needful for all decisive blow against the
Huns To cripple industries which the army's
maintenance depends would be to cripple the army
itself and so prolong the struggle. Whatever
else happens the soldiers must be kept freely sup
piled with food equipment and ammunition; and
this means that the country's productive forces
must be disturbed as slightly as possible But IL
the ranks of those between twenty-one and thirty
one were called upon at this juncture to furnish
two or three million troops in addition to those
already drafted from those ages, the effect on ag-
riculture, shipbuildi-g, munition making and
other indispensable industries would be extreme
ly unfortunate and in some instances, perhaps,
disastrous AS a matter of national efficiency,
therefore, the only wise is to secure the
requisite number of by extending the ages
for Selective Service and taking those who not
in basic industries and are not the support of de-
pendents
Under this plan some thirteen million men
will be added to nations potential military
strength and from these it will be easy increase
the present army to four, five six million with
out in any wise trammelng production endan-
gering the livelihood of dependent families.
Imagine the effect upon German morale when the
news leaks into the Kaisers land that thirteen
million more Americans have registered for mill
tary service. The German leaders will know at
once, and the German people will not be long in
finding out, that this assures the presence of
American army of four million the Western
front by the summer of 1919, if not earlier, and
makes the defeat of Prussianism inevitable.
Whatever lingering doubt the Huns may have had
of Americas determination to go the full way to
victory will vanish when they learn that the lew
Man-Power BILL after passing the House of Repre-
sentatives with but two dissenting votes, passed
the Senate unanimously. That alone, with its &C
companying moral effect will be worth a stagger-
ing blow against the Hindenburg line for it will
thunder into the minds of the Hohenzollerns and
their followers the terrifying certainty that Ameri-
cas- full man power is to be modified without de-
lay and kept pouring into the battle tide until
Germanys unconstitutional surrender. Congress
thus has struck mastery blow for victory in
passing the Draft measure so promptly and
in so united a spirit 1t has registered the coun-
trys patriotic will and, in the judgment of con-
sentative military men, has made probable Ger
many's decisive defeat in the year 1919.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-30

their hobbies, and the wall of the loser in game
of bridge seven up has fallen upon his
sympathetic 1t all in day or nights
work to Robert.
President ambassadors, princes explorers,
grand opera stars, comedians, movie men, mind
readers, congressman and cartoonists have enter
tanned and been entertained by the National Press
club. Robert the waiter, has lowered attentive
ly near Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson; the Duke Of
Connaught and the Prince of Monaco, Balfour,
Viviani and Joffre; Peary and Shackelton; Sarah
Bernhard and Nine. Homer, Victor Herbert and
Philip Sousa, Sothern and Faversham, Buffalo Bill
and Frank Gotch, Irwin Cobb, George M. Cohan
and Irving Berlin.
Eyes, sub, I'm going into this war to do jes
what 1 told, yessuh," said Robert in farewell
I'm a-goin' to try to fight jes like waits table
I don't want to kill nobody unless 1 has to; no,
sub, but if l mus kill man and go down below
and say 1 done killed I'd ruther that man
would be the Kaiser, yessuh.'
The crowd at the press club applauded this
peroration Robert wiped his perspiring forehead.
He shifted in embarrassment from one foot to
other. Then holding wrist watch in one hand
and $50 in one-dollar bills in the other Robert
Wood stepped from the platform, went back to the
kitchen and thence out of the clubrooms and onto
the street.
And the BLACK Napoleon of the National
Press club went forth to meet the draft board and
the great adventure
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-30

The outcome of the South Carolina elections
is a tribute to the keen-eyed loyalty of that gal
liant Commonwealth, and. we believe, sure fore
cast of the kind of decision Georgians will render
in this States approaching primary.
The outstanding contest in South Carolina
was the race for the long term United States Sen
atorship to succeed the late Senator Tillman.
There were three candidates two Of whom were
whoIehearted supporters of the and Of the
presidents policies. the third being, like Senator
Hardwick in Georgia, an opponent of the Admins
tration and of many of the essential war
measures The result bears eloquent wit
ness to the loyal sentiment and also to
the independent judgment of the rank and
file Of South Carolinians. They rejected the I'M
American and anti-Administration candidate, Cole
L. BIease. Overwhelmingly. And they chose, in
the true manner of self-governing people, freely
and in accordance with their own convictions, be-
tween the other candidates. Nat L. Dial and James
F. Rice, both of whom equally ardent sup
pOrters of the president and equally earnest advo
Gates of the vigorous prosecution Of the war.
Mr.. DIAL the winner, was nominated the
other contestant because in the opinion of the
majority of the voters he the better fitted to
represent them in the Senate. Thus South Caro-
lima has demonstrated that it is not necessary to
abandon either commOn-sense or the principle of
local self government in order to elect loyal
Senator. There was effort in that State to pro-
scribe any candidate whose devotion to the Ameri-
can cause and to the Democratic Administration
was unquestionable. The important effort was
in the first place, tC defeat Blease-a work to
which both the other candidates vigorously ad-
dressed themselyes-and. in the second place, to
nominate the ADLER of the two. The first end was
attained by a towering majority. AS to the sec
ond, only South CarOlinians themselves were in a
position to judge, and they judged freely their
own knowledge of the situation directed
The people of Georgia congratulate their good
ncighbOrs upon the inspiriting verdict they have
rendered for the cOuntrys cause. AS stands South
Carolina, stands Georgia for the defeat of any
candidate who is not earnestly benin. the Presi-
dent and behind the effective prosecution of the
war. and for free choice and fair play where I'M
Improbable loyalty asks hearing.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-30

VYvASHINGTON, D. c., Aug. 26.-Several times
Wv of late very orderly little drama has been
enacted in Lafayette Park, this city, with
out attracting much more attention than a dog
fight 1t always proceeds thus:
A group of wel-dressed women parades solemn
ly across the park, and stops before statue. One
of them ascends the pedestal and assumes an ora
torical attitude
A group of bluecoated policemen with equal
solemnity and dignity has approached from another
direction, and surrounds the feminine group
like a respectful audience The lady on the pedes-
tai clears her throat and says:
I'VE protest :"
A red-haired police sergeant pushes to her side
and lifts his cap politely.
Have you permission to speak. madam" he
inquiries.
"Then we must ask you to stop"
Il refuse" says the speaker quietly. I'VE pro-
Men" says the serseant in bored tone, place
these ladies under arrest" He always says
ladies" The ladies are then conducted to Jail:
The interest of this almost formal proceeding
lies in the fact that it is militant demonstration
in favor of national woman suffrage, which is now
on the eve of decision. How completely the coun-
try is absorbed in the war is shown by the fact
that fairly careful newspaper reader may
scarcely be aware of this fact.
When the new and complex draft regulations
sponsored by the war department have been dis
posed of, and when, one way or another, decision
has been effected regarding prohibition it is likely
that the national woman suffrage amendment will
again be brought before the senate. According to
canVaSSeS made both by party pont1cianS ana
suffrage leaders there little likelihood that the
amendment will be defeated if it comes to direct
vote Yet-as the case at its former presenta-
tion-opponents of the amendment may succeed
by fibuster in having it tabled until the present
congress adjourns.
The close Of a summer preceding a congressional
election is a trying time for senators, representa-
tves, and indeed politicians of any SORT They are
disposed to step carefully around many delicate
issues and to warily dodge legislation which may
have doubtful return of political capital. Safety
first" says the congressman, awaking with the first
breath of autumn, and transferring his thoughts
from the constitution to the constituency.
Now, it may very we'll be questioned whether
the country is really for woman suffrage at all. 1t
cannot be doubted, though, that the world is for
it, Since war began, more than 100000 women
in Russia, Denmark, England and Iceland have
been enfranchised and agitation for the vote has
reached the women of such obscure countries
Korea and India. But of America are at once
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-30
LIBERTY LOAN METHODS
By DR.. Frank Crane.

This whole business of raising money for the
war; this whoop-la, rallying, speechifying game"
. said a to me, during the last Liberty Loan
drive lis foolish. If the government wants the
money, why doesn't it take it? Everything belongs
to the nation Let it confscate the money it needs
without all this fuss and feathers"
1t perfectly good reasoning, and the man
was a perfectly good business man. But he didn't
understand He knew business, but he didn't know
human nature.
For, in the first place. the Liberty Loan cam
pagns were successful. The government got the
money it asked for, and more 1t may be that it
got it extensively and uproariously and undigni-
edy, but it got it. The loans were oversubscribed
Doubtless agent of the national treasury
might have slipped into Wall street and have Sc
cured the amounts much more quietly. But the
administration officials wisely chose the more
celbent way. They chose the way of the brass band
The result that they not only got what they
went after but they awakened thousands of people
to a realization of patriotism.
The money-raisng appeals at the theaters light
ed the fires of enthusiasm in many Indifferent
breast They gave opportunity for using the
massed power of crowds toward arousng the nation
spirit. So that, apart from the money end of it,
this country is unified in soul, solidy in
favor of the and better prepared to make fur
Their sacrifices than it otherwise would have been.
The Liberty Loan campaign went back to the
most primitive American methods, the methods of
the early Methodist revivals and of the political
hurrahs Prominent actors and actresses outdid
Billy Sunday in their gymnastics. Every trick
known to the art Of raising money for the dedica-
ton Of a church the election OF mayor was
brought out in the New York theaters. The people
cajoled, moved to tears, provoked to laughter
browbeaten, abused, and fattered. And they liked
it, They willingly stayed another hour at the show
to have a hundred dollars wheedled from their
pockets. They went home feeling pleased not only
that they had done something for their country,
but thrilled with the sensation that they, each
one, had some share in the mighty passion of de-
termination and righteousness that is sweeping out
from America to overwhelm the world.
Americans are not cold-blooded folk. They
are not trained in militarism. They are asked to
undergo a total transformation of their business,
their lives and their plans and they need a GER
tain amount of enthusiasm and halelujah. The
Liberty Loan campaign is a great religious revival
and the spiritual results attained not the least
considerable of its advantages.
There is direct connection between the cheer
ing crowds at a Broadway moving picture show
raising their fifty thousand dollars for the and
the spirit of the American boys sweeping the Huns
back from the Marne
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-30
The Ne5C Man-Power Act.

The Senate's unanimous passage OF the new
Man-Power bill, promptly following the action of
the House where only two votes were recorded
against the measure gives impressive proof OF
Americas determination to fight on unsweEvingly
and with ever increasing vigor until German mill
tarism is crushed. 1t is highly significant that
whereas the first Selective Service law, enacted
May Is, 1917, encountered serious opposition, the
present BILL notwithstanding its far more sweep
ing provisions, has been accepted by both Con-
This attitude is greatly to the credit of the ma
tion's judgment well as its patriotism.
A years experience in the grim business of
war making has convinced the American people,
even those who originally thought to the con-
trary that the Selective Draft is the only efficient
way and only fair way of raising an army ade-
quate for the herculean task now in hand They
are convinced moreover, by conditions at the bat
tlefront that the only way of assuring victory
without prOlOnging the conflict and needless
ly sacrificing human lives is to increase the ma
tons fighting strength forthwith by an extension
Of the Seectiye Draft principle. Hence it is that
the present Man-POwer bill is accepted with hard
ly a murmur Of complaint. 1t will reach into the
country's homes and pull at the peoples heart
strings as no similar law ever has done. 1t calls
TOR the registration of every American youth who
has reached his eighteenth year and at the same
time advances the Selective Service age so as to
include all men below forty-six. Few indeed will
shaken by this far-reaching act. Yet the Ameri-
can people accept it with cheerful patriotism and
win measure proudly up to the duties it imposes,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1918-08-30
Plant Wheat.


Every southern farmer should bear in mind the
governments request and plant wheat this fall on
at least part of his acreage.
According to agricultural authorities, wheat can
be successfully grown anywhere in the cotton belt
with the possible exception of the very light and
sandy soils of the coastal plain section Many
Georgia farmers have demonstrated that fact this
year. in point is cited in the Barlow County
Journal:
Mr. John Altman, of Addie, was in the
city Tuesday and tells he made the best
wheat this year he has ever had. He sowed
five and half gallons and threshed out
twenty-eght bushels from this amount which
was sown something like three-fourths of
He says that this wheat will weigh
sixty-three pounds to the bushel. He has also
threshed some that turned out little more
than twenty-five bushels to the acre. This
also weighs heavy"
AS the Progressive Farmer points out, wheat
put on good, strong land, will usually yield well,
and every bushel made is a direct contribution to-
ward winning the In making their plans for
fall planting, Georgia farmers may well hearken to
this advice