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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-08
Woman and Son
Are Sent to Jail

Portland, Or, June 8.-Mrs. Elber.
tina BRANDED and her son Edwin must
serve ten days each in Jail. She was
found guilty today Of attempting to OBJ
struct the draft and he of attempting
to avoid military service.
The Brandels live in Linn county
near Lebanon. Officers who went to
learn why Edwin did not appear for
entrainment to Camp Lewis had to force
their way through two doors before
they found him.
Mrs. BRANDED was declared to have
assailed the supreme court for declaring
the draft law constitutional. She insist
ed that her son should not enter the
army.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-08
AN OPEN LETTER TO
BISHOP MATTHEW HUGHES

Dear Bishop: 1t was my great pleas
ure and privilege some years ago to
hear your mastery address on Chris
tian education before your own confer
enee at Long Beach, Cal, and also
your more recent address on the "Mis-
sion of the American Christian col
lege," on the occasion of the installa-
tion of President Doney of willamette
university.
| would respectfully call your atten-
tion to the following statements in the
latter address as reported in the Will
lametSe Collegian, Oct IS, 1916:
"This institution stands for the
Christian religion y
''If this mission is ignored, VILLAIN
ette has no excuse sor continued ex-
istence.
This function of the college is to
be kept uppermost.
CD is because we believe that the
prcsident-elect has the vision of these
ideals and will make them effective
in his labors that we give him the place
of educational leadership as the head
of our institution. ="
| would also call your attention to
the following statements printed in
local daily, Oct. Ia, 1918, from the ad-
dress Of the presiding officer, Hon. r.
A. Booth who "struek the key note
of the entire day.
We must do something that state
schools do net and cannot do"
"The principles of the privately en-
dowed college are to dominate the
lives of all men,"
! would further cali your attention
to this striking quotation from the ad-
dress of Pres. Doney:
A college can best serve the world
by keeping itself unspotted from the
world
From the foregoing we would seem
justified in concluding that William
ette stands for the best-for the high
est Christian ideals and standards-for
burning Christian gelism-evan-
gelism, the most progressive and ag-
gressive-the most searching and thor
ough-fOr the truth that ''the
church ''-or college" ceases to
be evangelistic will soon cease to be
evangelical - You well know how our
own in common with other denomina-
tions, has declared against that abom
ination of desolations,'' the Sunday
newspaper, which Dwight L. Moody,
with his wide experience and observa-
tion, to whom Willamette owes so much
through t. S. Mcdaniel has declared
to be the greatest Zoe Of evangelical
than the saloon. It
was, as I recall. in the summer of 1855
shortly after the now famous college
student conferences had been launched
at Northfield, while driven in a hack
from the R. R. station to the Nortifield
seminary grounds by one of Mr..
Moody s students, tina: he remarked
that Mr.. Moody had been stirring up
things by preaching against the Sun
day newspaper, that the annual Yale
boat races, an event of great
excitement, had come off on a previ-
Gus Saturday and among others Mr..
Moody's elder son, now the illustrious
Wm. r. Moody, appointed by his faith
er his only authorized biographer and
his successor as head Of the North
field schools, but then a student at
Yale, was reported to nave bought,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-08

1t is stated 10000 Germans have crossed the border in
to Mexico and for the deliberate purpose Of stirring up
trouble between that country and the United States
Carranza to take kindly to the "unkers" but at
the same time to retain sense enough not to do
some overt act that will get him into trouble When that
bunch of so Mexican editors coming to the United States
get home they will be able to tell his whiskers and the
balance Of the Mexcans something about the hated
gringoes that will set them thinking When they get an
idea Of what America is doing in the way of war prepar
ton they WILL when they get home tell their countrymen
to be good and not try pull the tail feathers out of the
American eagle That bird is not in mood to stand for
Mexican "playfulness" just now.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-08

The Sim Feiners still making trouble in some Sec
tons of Ireland Like the proHuns in this country would
force the hand of the government because they think it
has not the time to punish them and in fact afraid to do
So The world used to sympathze with Ireland and to
admire the Irish people 1t does yet admire the Irish
character and the yet the refusal to take part in the
war for world freedom and to assist their country in
that war is rapidly winning for them the
supreme contempt of the balance of the civilized world
An lrishman who won't fight is freak and freaks are
not in demand just now
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-08

1t seems strange that Warden Murphy should require
deficiency appropriation to the penitentiary In
view OF the regularity with which convcts are walking
away we had supposed the only possible deficiency there
was in the roll of inmates By the way the Oregonian
and Telegram used to emit some doleful hows every
time there was request for deficiency appropriation
during the Chamberlain and West administration Now
they can't notice the inexcusable ineficiency of
Withycombe's prison management.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-08

ways in order protect and build up the manmade Ones
An effort being made correct this and it is sincerely
hoped it will prove successful God made the rivers and
man has closed them Our private opinion publicly ex-
pressed is that God knew what He was doing and why
much better than the officials who have prevented the
people using the highways He provided
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-08

Washington, June S.-President Will
son has taken direct hand in the
threatened strike of telegraphers thru
out the nation. He viii confer shortly
both with Newcomb Carlton, president
Of the Western Union and President S.
). Konenkamp of the Commercial TeIe-
graphers Union, in an effort to avert
a walkout, it was learned today.
This afternoon the president confer
red with Secretary Of Labor Wilson.
hundreds Of kilograms have reached the
White House demanding that the
threatened strike be prevented.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-08

uIIlh we re uOIlg SOnetfnng great. we
waste enough each passing day. because we do not use
our domes) to drive the wolves of want away from ftv
thousand soldiers homes We waste coin on prncely
duds when simpler rags would do as WE'LL we blow our
change for smokes and suds and gawds too numerous to
tek OF sacrifice we're talking large while on our padded
course we romp, like Cleopatra on her barge in luxury
and idle pomp. Our loyalty is all fake unless we show
1--we have some seam OH let prod ourselves awake and
do the things of which we dream
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-08
Ripping Rhymes
by Walt Mason
SACRIFICES

DHChIFIOEo
Still, still we bask in gilded ease, and soothe
ourselves with fine cigars, and fill ourselves
with costly cheese, and choo around in
motor cars. We put fine raiment on our
backs, we buy silk shirts of gorgeous price;
we haven't yet got down to tacks, we
haven't made sacrifice. We read stern
tales from o'er the sea, which tell of
Britain's battered line, and buy up seven
bonds or three where we should call for
forty-nine. We haven't helped our Uncle
Sam so much it's worth while to relate; we
eat brown bread, well spread with JAM and
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-08

Senators Lodge, Chamberlain, Brandegee and all the
other political ma[contents of the senate howled them
selves hoarse because the department did not give
the public information regarding the work it was
Going. Now when the Improvement of movement of
troops to France is gven Lodge calls it Dragging and
boastng "and asserts that it has probably stirred the
Germans to send their submarines to our coast Moral
no use to try to please crowd Of men whose entire lives
are devoted to playing cheap politics.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-08

That order that Americans must "work or fight" will
save considerable gasoline Not necessarily because those
accustomed to burning it have gone to work. but just in
order to "avoid the appearance of evil"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-08

The submarine menace seems to have
been Somwhat submerged.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-08

Joy riders these days should carry certificate that
they are employed at some useful occupation when
streaking it the country Otherwise they may be
held up and put at work. far far from home and friends
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-08

Harley 0. White and Chauncey Bishop ought to be
elected school directors without fail They are candidates
only in the that they have been induced to
in response to demand from those who are interested
in keeping up the standard of Saems public schools
They have been drafted for the public service and their
election will insure efficiency and harmony in the board
Evening star., 1918-08-11
Proposed Change of Boundaries of Three States

q railway trunk line they are almost
as much at variance with each other
as are re- north and south Idaho.
great, but 1t exists to a great degree.
From the Cascades east through
Washington and northern Idaho there
10 community Of interests. all center-
Ing at Spokane-often called the capi-
tai Of north Idaho. The interests Of
the Puget sound country are like
those of western Oregon. The inter-
ests Of neither is at all in conformity
with the tnter-mountain country. The
great inland empire. comprising CEN
tral and eastern Washington and
northern Idaho. is q country to itself.
1t has long cherished the idea of a
new state-the state of Lincoln it was
chirstened In advance-but those who
dreamed OF such commonw ealth
were forced at length to realize that,
in the opinion Of the east there were
too many western senators already.
and that the only way the inland ems
pire could ever become a state of it,
self would be. through correction OF
boundary lines.
Uniform conditions and industries
form the basis of the proposed new
states. Idaho would be an arid land
state. placed In a position to work
hindrance from sections which have
no interest in them. 1t would be fourth
state in the union in size, with its
130.6b5 square miles. exceeded in area
only by Texas, California and Mons
tana. Agriculture, stock raising and
mining would be its industries. The
interests of eastern Oregon are iden,
tical with those Of southern Idaho,
Eastern Oregon stockmen make Boise
their headquarters and banking cen-
ter and Boise wholesale houses sup$
ply the trade Of the great interiot
country consisting Of Malheur and
Harney counties and to some extent
the counties farther west. Idah9
would gain a lot Of territory, a little
in population and little in assessed
valuation of property by the propose4
change.
Oregon would become a great coast
line state, rivaling California. Its In.
dustries, too, would be uniform-ships
building, shipping, agriculture, timber
and fisheries Within It's boundar rieS
would be the cities Of Seattle. Portland
and Tacoma, with a score Of sixeablo
and growing smaller cities. in all maxi
ing population of more than a million
and half. Based on the population Of
1910 its population would, according
to the suggested bounaries. be 1,27O,18E
1t would be smaller in area than the
Continued on Tenth Pags)
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and south Idaho as to climate, in
dustry and legislative needs of the
inhabitants. as there Is between the
Hawaiian Islands and Alaska. There
Is nothing in common. The south Is
q desert---waste land absolutely until
the magic touch Of water changes 1t to
garden.
The north is a heavily timbered re-
gion. with an abundance of natural
rainfall for such agricultural pur-
poses as the soil is adapted to- There
is no railroad connecting the two
sections and the character of the
country makes one impracticable un-
til such time as the country becomes
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tions of the state. The Willamette
valley has the heaviest rainfall in
the United States. Eastern Oregon
is a desert. The complaint is heard
in the latter section that western
oregon. which. by reason of its larger
population. controls .the legislatures,
knows nothing of the problems of the
arid country and gives 1t scant con-
sideration. Western Oregon Is a
country Of farming under natural
conditions. of lumber manufacturing,
of fisheries and of shipping Eastern
stock raising and mining. Except for
the fact that they are connected by
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some have not religion enough of any
kind to hurt. That the entire popula-
tion Is not Mohammedan Is shown in
the statement that in districts where
the majority of the Inhabitants are
Russians affairs will be administered
by delegates from the workmen's s
council. This would seem to indicat te
a working agreement with the local
soviets. II not with the bolsheviki at
Moscow.
Some distinct information as to the
territorial extent of the Mokamm edan
republic of Turkestan Is given in the
statement of the districts which it
comprises. There are seven of these
and they apparently correspond close
ly to the former provinces. or govern
ments, as they were called adminis-
tratively, which existed under the
military rule of Russia. They are the
Transcaspian province, Khiva, Box
hara. Samarkand, Turgai, Syr-Darya
and Semiretchinsk.
The Transcaspian province is fairly
well known. 1t stretches from the
Caspian down to the northern limits
of Persia. 1t is very largely desert,
but it includes the fertile oasis of
Merv. where the Russians after their
military conquest established a great
military station and railroad center.
The Turcomans compose the larger
number of the inhabitants. Their
herce but futile resistance to the Rus
sian armies is one of the bloody chap
Evening star., 1918-08-11
BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

NAAI AepupllC VI luThcStau 10
the latest Russian puzzle.
Not long ago a news dispatch
by way OF MOSCOW, Cologne
and Amsterdam said that the national
congress OF Turkestan had proclaimed
chat region to be a republic In alli-
ance with Russia. Later came dis
patch by way of Switzerland saying
that the bolshevlki in Turkestan had
been overthrown.
This Is about all the news that has
been received for months from
region as large as the Mississippi
valley. In the previous months there
also had been received very meager
news. Following the revolution which
overthrew the czar and the movement
to set up Il federated Russia some-
what similar to the United States
word came that Turkestan had pro-
claimed itself a unit in the fedora
tion and had provided its own gov
ernment. And then the information
ceased
" II
There are many things about Turk
estan which bear on the peace that
must come after the war. But to most
people the name Is hardly even a
vague geographical conception. For
their beneht 1t may be repeated that
Turkestan comprises n large section
or central Asia and that some of the
Biographies used to distinguish be-
tween Chinese Turkestan and Rus
sian Turkestan. Later the Russians
got into the habit of describing their
section OF central Asia as Turkestan
ana merely giving the name China to
the territory which was not Russian.
The boundaries. however. were fairly
wei defined and the Russian and the
1hihese governments never had seri-
Gus clashes over them.
me significant thing about the lat
est news from this remote region is
really has been set up It means a
Mohammedan republic and Moham-
mechanism and republicanism do not
seem to be compatible according to
western ideas. The Mohammedan
countries which have an existence as
inaependent governments or semi
lndependent governments are few, but
where they do exist they are autocra-
cies in which the will Of the ruling
monarch is law. That is the condition
IN Afghantstan. which has a Moham-
medan ruler although under British
protectors through the government OF
India. But this protectorate in no
way interferes with the laws and GUS
toms OF the Mohammedans When the
ruler OF Afghanistan blows offenders
from tho cannon's mouth. that is all in
harmony with custom and no outside
government. whatever the nature Of
its protectorate. will seek to interfere.
When the oung Turk movement
started In Constantinople. overthrew
the sultan and provided a constitu-
tion. all this was declared to be GER
tain to fail because 1t was contrary
to the fundamental ideas Of a Moham-
medan state. Mohammedanism in
Turkey at that time was not very
efficient and the Young Turks were
able to build up u political machine
which they turned over to Germany
IN the present war. Although in the
beginning those who were sincere
sought to adapt Turkey to Western
institutions they were wise enough
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heavily populated. it requires a trip
of two days through three states to
travel from north Idaho points to the
capital. There is but one thing in
common--mining-~a even this is
different, for the mines of the north
are silver and lead producers and
those OF the south. gold, almost ex-
clusively.
The same situation. less pronounced.
exists as to Oregon. The coast coun-
try in all its interests. differs vastly
from the central and eastern por-
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west. may be launched at
tho next sessions Of the legislatures
OF these states. The idea originated
in Boise, following long agitation
over the proposal to create new
state, carved out OF northern Idaho
and eastern Washington.
When the new state idea was aban-
doned. because 1t was realized Con-
gress would never give its consent to
the creation of another state in the
west, the plan to change the boundary
lines to more nearly conform with
natural divisions. was taken up and
Is now being given careful considera-
tion.
A number OF plans have been sug-
gested. all having as their object cor
rection of admittedly serious mis-
takes in the division of the north
west states. The one which has been
received with the greatest favor. and
which II Is proposed to submit to the
all the territory west of the Cascade
mountains. from the California line
to the Canadian boundary to bear the
name of Oregon: another. the state
Idaho north OF the Salmon river and
the section of Washington cast Of the
Cascades. and the third, Idaho, con-
sisting of the vast expanse of desert
from the Wyoming line on the east
to the Cascades on the west and ex-
tending from the Utah -Nevad.. Cali
fornia line on the south to the present
Oregon Washington boundary and the
Salmon river on the north.
Preparation of data on the charac-
ter of country, soil. resources and
industries shows that this scheme OF
division is the natural one for this
section of the country. Idaho is re-
garded as the best Illustration OF the
unfortunate conditions now existing
as q result OF the mistakes of the
early settlers. and of Congress, too,
in giving it's approval to the admis-
sion to the union of states SO
clumsliy created. There is very near
ly as much difference between north
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early seventies, effected treaty o1
peace with the Khan Of Khiva. the
ultimate consequence of which was
the Russian empire. :,
Bokhara had q similar experience.
1t was better known to the outside
world through the history which
clustered around 1t and through the
fanaticism Of Its Inhabitants and ite
the Emir Of Bokhaha into subjection
there was pretty general rejoicing In
the civilized world. Notwithstanding
the ruthless methods employed. Even
In England. which at that time was
fearful OF Russia's advance toward
faction because of the cruelties to
which British subjects who had yens
tured to visit Bokhara had been subs
jected.
1t is of passing interest that In thS
account givcn Of the setting UP of
the Turkestan republic the statement
is made that a republican commission
has been appointed to act as an ad.
wiser to the Emir of Bokhara. This
does not appear to show undue cons
fidence in the emir as republican
ruler or in Bokhara Itself as likely
to practice the principles of repubIis
can government as they may have
been understood by the national cone
gress which provided the executive
body of eleven Mohammedans. Mo.
Aammedans know one another better
than Christians knew them. and the
restraint placed on the Emir of Box
n Tl n hl rrtV I~rA. 49,
effort to insure that Moslem fanatic-
ism will not be allowed to prevail.
There are many other points OF inS
terest about this Mohammedan re<
public of Turkestan and also some
points Of doubt. The first query will
1t may not be a sinister develop
ment OF the German-Pan-T Turanian
movement to set UP puppet Moharn-
medan state In central Asia with the
kaiser taking the place. Of the
prophet, pro- Some Of the reports indicate
word will be awaited before q con-
elusive judgment can be formed.
News should not be SO had to OBJ
tain. The middle Asia railway system
traverses Turkestan in both direc-
tons; There is the Transcaspian line
which extends east through Samar-
kand to Tashkent and there is also
the line from Orenburg in European
Russia, which reaches down to Tush-
net. There is also connection with
the Siberian railway. A fairly good
telegraph system formerly was main
tafned in connection with the rail-
ways and there were also telegraph
lines to the military posts. some Of
which were distant from the railways.
1t is not understood that the rail-
way communications have been entire-
ly interrupted or that the telegraph
lines have ceased to transmit mes
sages. That these facilities still ex-
list makes the Jack of definite In
formation more puzzling. Unques-
tionably the bolsheviki at Moscow
have had some communication and
their leaders may have suppressed
important news as to what was going
on in Turkestan.
The news cannot be indefinitely
suppressed and 1t may be that before
long intelligence will reach the out
side world as to whether the Mo-
hammedan republic of Turkestan is
merely a part of the German PAN
Turanian scheme. is friendly to boil
sheyiki at Moscow. or is revolt
against it,
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not to call their political machine the
Turkish republic.
In Turkestan apparently different
course has been taken. The new gov
ernment Is declared to be a republic
in alliance with Russia. What Russia
there Is to be allied with does not
appear. but 1t may be assumed to be
the bolsheviki at Moscow. The ma
ture of the alliance AS understood In
Turkestan also may be assumed to
be that of an independent govern
ment federated with another govern
ment at MOSCOW. The interesting
point in the news that came from
Turkestan by way of Cologne and
Amsterdam and Moscow Is that there
actually was a national congress and
that 1t provided an executive body
composed of eleven Mohammedans.
This executive body being Mohamme-
dan would in reality mean Moham-
medan republic.
The very large majority of inhabi-
tants of the region known as Turkes-
tan are Mohammedans. SO that it is
logical and natural that those who
compose the government should be
Mohammedans. Many of the nomad
tribes, however. have their own inter-
probation Of the prophets religion.
Some of the tribes are fanatics and
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'peclal Correspondeuce Of The star.

BOISE. Idaho, August 4.
MOVEMENT to reconstruct
the boundary lines of Ore
gon. Washington and Idaho.
virtually creating three new
states in the Pacific north