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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02
Washington, Oct. 2.

FREDERICK CARROLL BREWSTER
= Jr., of Germantown, who has been
spending a part of the summer at James
town., r. l., has addressed Speaker Clark
of the House of Representatives, on the
subject of prohibition. He argues that any
bill enacting national prohibition is uncon-
stitutional and illegal, and attributes the
present strength of the prohibition forces
to the weakness of political parties. He
insists that it will not be wise summarily
to abolish the use of alcoholic liquors, ana
cites the allowed opposition of the Dem
ocratic candidate for Governor of Pennsyl-
vania as a straw showing the way the
wind eventually will blow. This is not the
first time Mr.. Brewster has ventured to
make suggestions to the national law
making body. When President Roosevelt
by Executive order directed the remova
from the coins of the motto, I'm God We
Trust" he protested and sent to Washing
ton the draft of a bill holding the motto
in place. This bill was introduced by a
Philadelphia Representative, and the sub
stance Of it was subsequently enacted into
law. 1t was one of those rare instances in
which the redoubtable Roosevelt permitted
himself to be reversed, for although 1t was
in his power to veto the bill, he signed 1t.
TOE JACKSON'S history of Market street
y has found its way into the Congress
sional Library, where Pennsylvanians may
have an opportunity to look it over, and TO
better acquaint themselves with the ire
mendous part that old High street" played
in the story of the nation. Philadelphians
are constantly increasing in number In
the Capital City, and anything which gives
them a chance to boost their home town is
welcome. Many Of them knew Joe Jack
son personally, even back to the lays when
as a boy he used to climb the pubic
Ledger office stairs and drop a rev
pointers into the ear of Bob McWade or
Edmund Stirling. There was something
about Joe Observation-Disclosures Ambrose
Jackson, it was then-that gave promise
of future literary achievement. He knew
the story of the life of George w. Childs,
ana, ike MIN, began carry " pSh Up 0u
books, Autographs, engravings. and news
papers. He was almost as Industrious as
Samuel w. ~Pennypacker, who afterward
became the Governor. and frequently
bumped up against that distinguished Penn
! s~ylvania historian at book sales and outof-
the.way places, where odd volumes could
be obtained. 1t is good to bave this Jack
| sonian production where Philadelphians
can lay their hands on il.
SoMEBoDY is sending out literature
which calls uson Congress to suppress
tobacco. 1t conjures up most of the terms
and reasons used by the prohibitionists in
their campaign. against liquor. 1t is con-
tended that 1,400, 900 acres Of good land
that might be used for food products are
wasted growing tobacco. Tobacco's nico'
tine is a poison, it is said, "a habit-form-
ing drug" which has an Ill erect upon
the brain and nervous system. There Is
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

We thought Mr.. McAdoo had discon-
tinued the use of private cars. yet we saw
the most luxurious yacht on wheels of our
lives resting at the Reading Terminal the
other evening waiting for some Of the moguls
Of the railroad administration to step aboard.
The r. A. has no abb either, for its name
("United States Railroad Administration")
was printed on the side Of the car. Wouldn't
It be possible for the administrators, in war
time. to get along with an ordinary private
car without having new ones built?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02
HABIT AND THE GRIP

THE warning against crowds as infection
l. territory Of the influenza bacillus has
interesting significance in a city where
pedestrian routes are probably as rigidly
charted as anywhere on earth. Most Phila-
~delphians, however, while appreciatiye OF
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02
AUTUMN COMMUNION

THIS autumn afternoon
= My fancy need invent
No untried sacrament. .
Man can still m
With Beauty as of old:
The tree. the winds Tyre.
The whirllng dust. the fire
In these my faith is told.
Beauty warns us all;
When horizons crimson burn.
We hold heavens cup in turn.
The dry leaves cleaning fall,
Crumbs of mystical bread;
My dole of Beauty I break,
Life to my lips I take,
And fear is quieted.
The symbols Of old are made anew:
] watch the reeds and the rushes,
The spruce trees dip their brushes
In the mountains dusky blue;
The sky is deep like a pool;
A fragrance the wind brings over
Is warm like hidden clover,
Though the wind itself is cool.
Across the air, between
The stems n the gray things,
Sunlight a trellis filings.
In quietude / lean:
I hear the lifting zephyr
Soft and shy and wild;
And I feel earth gentle and mild
Like the eyes of a velvet heifer.
Love scatters and love disperses.
Lightly the orchards dance
In a lovely radiance.
Down sloping terraces
They toss their mellow fruits.
Tn rhythmic wind is sowing,
Softly the floods are flowing
Between the twisted roots.
What Beauty need I own
When the symbol satisfies?
I follow services
OF tree and cloud and stone.
Color floods the world;
1 am swayed by sympathy;
Love is a litany
In leaf and cloud unfurled.
Gladys Cromwell. in. Poetry, a Magazin,
of Verse.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02
Liberty Limericks

Not small Mr.. McAdoo's touch Is.
Yet nobody's quota too much is;
So amputate bones
Fol the Liberty Loans
And let your purse 80 upon crutches.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

Mobs in Berlin are reported to have
cheered for Bulgaria. We have not heard
that Bulgaria is much elated, but as a back
handed way of damning the Kaiser this is a
good way for a Berlin mob to behave.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

The American weather mar forecasts
Most. but so far as Germany is concerned
Foch beat him to it long ago. over there,
'Old Probs" duly yields to New Certainty"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

Curious, isn't It. that when a fellow gets
. touch of the grip he begins TO. worry lest
the stone-cutter should be insuficiently pro-
vided with the details of his v~lrtuous life.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

Disarmistice may be a new word, but
it's rise to the crest Of popularity is indis-
putable.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

TINE special UNCONVENTIONAL Affiliations Of
L the groups in these units of mercy and
of service is so pitiably Insignificant, while
their testimony TO the common spirit of the
Church is so indispensably convincing. Surely
II is a belated suggestion to declare that
me Church has a great opportunity today,
for the patent fact, for whoever has eyes
to see is, that the Church of the Living God
is taking her opportunity. and through the
low-arched corridors of her sacrifice and
service is moving toward those new and
blessed realizations OF power and Of oppor-
tunity which wait as ever upon her con-
tinued fidelity and faith.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

Battling Belgium and surging Serbia are
relying on something stronger than either a
paper scrap or a scrap of paper.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

The German line totters and Bulgal
Ferdinand filters.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

The sun, say the doc
He's Lost His tors, is the best cure
Place in II for the Spanish FLU"
1t is suggested that
you let It shine in the windows without
stint or limit. Viewing the matter in a
larger way. therefore, one may feel assured
that the Kaiser will die OF Spanish flu"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

The Sultan seems to realize at last WHO
put the con in Constantinople.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

Mittel-Europa seems to have got the
'mitt' right in the forward part Of II.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

II is evident that Ferdinand has found
the Allies taking ways absolutely irresisti-
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

nut wilhelm Life in Germany Is
Has No shame just one Chancellor
after another.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

The grip is sowing its wild threats.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

WE Il told of the improved condition
w of the office of the chaplain In the
presence of the spiritual necessities of this
great war. The selection is being made not
by the grace of political influence, but by
the evidence of spiritual power in the hearts
Of real red -blcoded, devoted men. You say
we are weakening our churches by sending
our finest priests and ministers to our regi-
nrents; on the contrary, we are greatly
strengthening our churches by the adequacy
Of our response to the appeal for the very
best spiritual guidance the churches possess
to the men who are in grips with the titanic
emergencies of a conflict such as this. 1t Is
the evidence Of the life and the power of
the Church of the Living God that her pulpits
are being vacated that her ministers may
deposit the very life of the Church in the
heart of the camp,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

We hope the fuel ad-
Has This Been PILED ministration has done
and Forgotten" something about sup
plying Bill Hohenzol-
lern with his winter coal for St. Helena.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

&C THAT the leader of our American
y forces is also the first representative of
the Church of the Living God. Now who
knows or who particularly cares what are
the generals UNCONVENTIONAL afiliations?
Whether his connection is with some obscure
country church struggling for its existence
or some great city temple rejoicing as a
strong man to run a race. What the world
knows and what the world cares about is
that the Church of the Living God is enjoy
ing a vigorous life in the soul of one of the
greatest genegals of the day. whose commit
tai to the principles of Christian righteous
ness and justice and liberty means as much
to the world of the next generation as those
of any man now living. The Church of the
Living God is not anemic so long as she has
her residence in the heart of such a leader
CT the hosts.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

THE troops themselves are the witness to
l. the vitality Of the Living Church. The
finest army, we are told, the world has
ever seen increases ten thousand men with
every sunset, on the French soil, where
already two millions. are in residence. Agile,
strong, sober. determined, they are the dis
ciples of an ideal, the soul OF which is reli-
gion. They may not be lugubrious with easy
confessions Of spiritual loyalty, but they are.
by all confession. leading. in the main. lives
which are so true an expression of the ideals
for which they fight, that the Old World
wonders and rejoices in giving sincere
thanks. The Church of the Living God has
gone overseas in the souls of our armies
and is proving its potency and power increas-
ingly with the advancing days. Nor must
it he forgotten that besides our men, our
women are at the front by the bravery, the
beauty and the dignity of their service, dis
bursting the sanre testimony OF the power of
the Church Of the Living God, II in the
early days the Roman marveled what
women these Christians have in these later
days our French allies are exclaiming. What
women these Americans have" They. too.
bring the testimony of the vitality of the
Church of the Living God, which in the
power OF her great confession enthroned in
lives of devotion and service has come to
her.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02
Something
in This

It begins to be appar-
Something ent why the Rhine
in This was placed so neatly
at the German border.
Wilhelm can drown himself picturesquely at
any time without the least trouble.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

If it is true that Sec
Staying rotary Baker went TO
Power Enforced Europe TO get a per-
sonal glimpse of
American victories, he probably won't be able
to come home until the wars over.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

Won could not ask for a more distinct
l. demonstration of the vitality of n living
Church than the sessions of that committee.
Of the higher and more powerful Christian
tiau that nobody cared about denominations
affiliations; in vision II was so broad in
wisdom so calm in effort so varied. and in
courage and determination so unquivering
as to put into clear and explicit evidence the
continuance through 1t of the most spiritual
traditions and permanent realities of the
Church OF the Living God. The commissioner
offering the sympathetic heart of thirty-three
million Americans to cur French brethren. so
pitiably devastated in their own hearts affec-
tious by the cruelty of the war. found every
where the most eager acceptance of the spir-
itual bestowal; he found Foch, Pershing,
Haig and Joffre not only great generals, con-
Quoting the campaign of inevitable victory.
but men who themselves walked with God,
possessing that spiritual reverence and faith
which is the soul of church life and efficiency
In his response to the message of the Fed
cral Council of the Churches of Christ in
America, delivered by Doctor mcfarland.
General Pershing declares: "The ideal of the
nation and of the churches is constantly be-
fore US, " We know that mere
wealth of resources or even of technical skill
will not suffice. The. invisible and uncon-
Qucrable force let loose by the prayers and
hopes and ideals of Christian America, of
which you are the representative. Is meal
culable. 1t furnishes the soul and motive for
the military body and its operations. 1t
steadies us to resist manfully those tempta-
tions which assail us in the extraordinary
condition of life in which we find ourselves"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02

80 - ~ wv v v ~ ~. IN
war and on General Pershins's. reply TO The
council Of Churches Of Christ in America sent
from Washington:
MO M cares to deny the defects and the
IN shortcomings of the modern Church, 1t
is true. however, that the present day Is
witnessing a revival of the confessed mower
and the influence of the Church OF the Liv-
ing God, which puts under the strongest obli-
cations the membership of that Church TO
see clearly, and TO see whole. and especially
TO appreciate that the defects are being out
thanked by the development and that the
world which is in the remaking, beneath our
very eyes, is finding the Church of the Living
God one of the most potent factors in the
gracious reconstruction.
This IL no time for spiritual cry babies in
the Church Of the Living God. 1t is the
hour for the courageous advance of the ad-
vcnturers Of faith. People talk about a
divided church it is time to recognize the
spiritually united Church. Here in our
own country we have a federation represent
ing the denominations and 33, 000, 900 people,
through which the common spiritual life and
purpose of the churches flows with increas-
ing tide TO the healing of the nations. The
general wartime committee of this body
held its annual meeting In Washington this
last week to hear the report of it's commits
sioncr to France and to take action for the
solidifyiug of the common spiritual power
in the interests of our terrific national under
taking to defend the weak, to dethrone
tyranny and to establish righteousness,
justice and liberty on the earth
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-10-02
THE CHURCH OF
THE LYING COD
BY Ref. Nehemiah Boynton

The following suggestive passages are taken
from a sermon preached last Sunday in Brook.
lyn by the Rev. Nehemiah Boynton, II. D., on
the relation of tho Christian Church TO the
war and on General Pershins's. reply to the
message from the committee of the Federal
Council. OF. Churches Of Christ in America sent
from Washlngton.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-05
Forty Hours Alteration
AT Catholic Church

In grateful acknowledgement OF the
cessation Of war, there will be forty
hours alteration in the Catholic church
commencing with high mass On FRI
day morning at 6.45, and another mass
lat 8. There will be continual alteration
during Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Masses on Saturday will be again at
|6:45 and 5 and on Sunday at 1880 and
lO:3O. A sermon viii be preached at
the masses on Friday and Saturday by
Rev. Father Naughton, and an evening
sermon Friday before benedicti9n at
1880 by Rev. Father Buck. Confessions
viii be heard on Thursday from to
6 and from to s. Friday at convenient
times after the masses. Saturday there
will be an assistant priest from Mount
EAngel who will hear confessions IN Ger
man from $3.50 to and from to .
D. m. Friday night there will be bene.
|diction at s o 'eloek. The ceremony Will
close on Sunday evening with process
SION in the church and benediction,
after an appropriate seTmon. The pub
lie is invited to any rail- Of these de-
votions
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-05
Congress Favored League
OF Nations Long Ago

Washington, Dec 5.--Gongress, it
was disclosed today, went on record IN
favor of a league Of nations to enforce
peace more than year before Prcsi-
dent Wilson.
On August 30, 1916, it passed law
authorizing and requesting President
Wilson to call conference Of nations
at the close of the war to discuss dis
international and other
means of avoiding future conflicts.
Senator Knox of Pennsylvania, cited
this law to show, he said, "that the
United States had a definite policy
with respect to the league of nations;
not alone with the chief OK
eeutivc, but with certain members Of
congress.
He said If formation Of the league is
deferred until after the peace treaty
has been signed the 1916 law could be
invoked.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-05

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KOoREMAN-At the home Of his par.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Kooreman
1880 High street, Thursday morning,
Dec. s, 1918, Milton A. Kooreman, at
the age of "a years.
Besides his parents he is survived by
brother, Theodore Kooreman, Of Dcs
Moinces, Iowa, and sister, Miss Jo.
sephine Kooreman of Salem.
The funeral services will be held on
Sunday afternoon at o'clock from
the Leslie NJ. H. Church of which Mr.,
Kooreman was a momber and will be
conducted by the pastor, the Rev. Mr..
Altiieh Burial will be in the City
View cemetery. The body will be in
state at the church from 2 until 8
o'clock Sunday afternoon,
Mr.. Kooroman was graduate from
the Salem high school in 1915 and for
three years studied to become me
chanical engineer at the Oregon Ag.
ricultural college. He enlisted in the
s. A.. T. @. and was at the Preside
training at the officers training camp
when he was taken i'll last June with
tropical dyscntery. He was member
of the Sigma Tau, an honorary cngi-
neoring frat at the o. A. c., and also
Of the Sigma Phi Epsilon. From carly
boyhood he had been member Of the
Leslie NJ II. church aud was active in
the Sunday school work and the Ep-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-05
LIBERTY
People who have soldier friends seem

People who have soldier friends seem
to have habit Of moving about and
failing to leave forwarding addresses
with the postal authrities. Three let
ters were received yesterday, all writ
ten by soldiers and none can be deliv.
cred as the parties have left and the
postal clerks have no record Of them.
There is one addressed to Miss lola
Howard, Salem, Oregon, general delir
cry. The "Nixie" man whose business
it is to look out for addresses Of all
kinds, has no record Of Miss Howard
There is soldiers letter addressed to
William L. Nicholson, care Willamette
University, Salem, Oregon. But he is
NOT there. Another is to Miss Leatha
Hall, Salem, Oregon, care Dcaconess
hospital But the hospital has no rec
ord of her present address. Anyone
knowing of the whereabouts of above
names would confer a favor at least
on the soldiers writer's by giving such
information to the Salem postofficc
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-05
Land Eliminated From
Deschutes National Forest

Portland, Or, Dec. Son November
27 the president signed proclamation
eliminating approximately 46,O62 acres
from the Deschutes National forest, Or
egon. The main area affected compris-
es a tract about 7 miles square, situat-
ed mean the present southwestern cor
ner of the forest. This tract is prac-
tieally a solid body of privately owned
land having become alienated as the
result of consolidation Of forest lands
through the means Of land exchange be-
tween the government and certain prl-
vate land owners. OF all the lands ex-
cluded nearly 90 per cent of the total
area is privately owned, only about
1900 acres of government lands beng
affected. These areas were shown to
have little value for national forest
while at the same time con-
tanning agricultural possibilities.
The presidents proclamation results
from recommendations submitted by
the secretary of agriculture,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-05
STATE HOUSE NEWS
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The Benham Irrigation company of
San francisco, Cal, has completed its
filing in the office of State Engineer
Percy A. Cupper for the appropriation
of the waters of the Mckenzie river
for the irrigation of $4,000 acres@of
land in the Willamette valley, near
Eugene. This land lies around the towns
Of Coburg and Harrisburg, on the east
side of the Willamette river.
1t is estimated that this project will
involve an expenditure Of $1,235,000
in the construction of canals and other
works. The construction work is to he
commenced within year after the
filing is approved.
1t will not be legal to pay the sal
ary of deputy labor commissioner out
Of the factory inspection fund and en-
ploy him for the special purpose of en-
forcing the rulings of the industrial
welfare commission relative to the en-
ployment of women and minors, accord
ing to an opinion given by Attorney
General Brown to G. H. Gramm, labor
ommissioner-elect.
Replying to another question, the at
torney general advises Mr.. Gramm that
it win be legal for him to open a
branch office in Portland, he consid-
ers it advisable, and pay the office
rent out of the factory inspection fund
Otto Staub, committed to the Ore
gon state hospital from Marion county,
ran away from the institution last
night. He was employed III the fields.
He makes it practice to run away
once or twice year, but usually comes
back.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-12-05
WANTED

Household goods, harness, wagons, tools
ranges, heaters, cookstoves, farm ma,
ehinery, etc. pay cash or will sell
on commission from stock sales con
dueted anywhere. Phone $40 or 51l
woodry, the Auetioneer.