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The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
FRAGMENTS FROM THE FRONT

ne major sot NJ and Led ne way
Into the ccurtyard ana around "a
the stables
Here he la said the of,eer. grin
ming. He had stopped 10 front q
an aged mule His name is Pea
nuts.' He has served I'm Cuba. tht
Philippines. China. at Vera Cruz. oi
the Border and in France. Co u
Il. young man"
But an that Peanuts would sa,
for publication vsG. -He-hawi He
hawt
we were rsdihE along . WOOD
ed road" the ma tor related. I sas
my inteillgence oficer intsntIi
stutying the landscape ThH
getting observant. I'll make q damt
good soldier OF him yet Then
occurred 70 me 70 check up on thl
facta So asked him what he wa
thinking about
He pointed up 70 the festoons A
mistletoe that draped the road. and
grinned-
.ooTy.' be siehed. II I only had
my little Mary here in an old fash
toned country buggyT"
The favorits song OF q eertsf
outft OF machine gunners is to thi
tune OF "A Long, Long Trail" tn,
chorus runs:
There's a long. long trail s-win
ding.
Way out in No Mans Land ID
Where tn. shrspu.r shell, an
bursting.
And we must advance,
There'H be lots Of drills and nix,
ing,
Until our dreams all come trua
For we're going 10 show thl
What q machine Eun bsttslioI
can DO.
Five other verses in ballad form
follow. and then section seven adj
vances and delivers the coup dt
grace:
Well. Kaiser. I'm through talking
I'll give you one advice.
You had better chat with Ssmm,
And try to compromise.
For when we get good started
You never can tell: :
We're going 20 have you left san
Or chase you into ell
The orderly saluted .
Sir he reported. the ration
are coming up the road. IN chsrH
Of that lassoon man"
"who?'
"sergt Laerosss. that lassoot
man.
A light dawned on the sdjutsn nt
You mean liaisony-
Yes. UTILIZATION. sir ID
repeated painfully. It's . tough
word sir"
souvenir. n'sisurf Bees-kwes
4 s'Il yous plaitg-
That Is the cry along all Tho
i Paris-Amiens march route. from IN,
\ Juvenile population Of France II
| e. q plea for q remembrance IN ths
form OF hardbread- Young Franc,
loves these dinty crackers as pas
sionately as an epicure loves caviar
And. possibly, for the same reasa
1T 10 an acquired taste for q fopS
eign dsIioscy.-Ths Stars sns
Stripes.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

/ To hi1lef an entire battalion On TIE
limits Of two farm court yards means
cramped quarters. Everything that
can BE- made 20 pass for q shelter
must be pressed into service, and the
result 10 sornetfmes bizarre.
Our bilieting officer stopped bsside
o big sheet-iron cylinder that once
had been a cistern. but nov. discard
Cd. was lying In q corner Of the
courtyard on It's side.
TITS q wonder" he observed sar-
donicalfy. -that this neat little bomb
proof wasn't put on our list. II would
furnish cozy quarters for two. at
least"
A head popped out Of the open end
OF the cistern and grtnned:
ALREADY taken. SIR"
The officer crouched down and look
ed inside. The cylinder was bedded
with straw. two blanket rolls were
spread out In inspection order and
two walking sticks. trench model.
stood by the door.
Shades Of Huckleberry Finn" ths
lofficer cried. I've heard Of living In
hogshead and Q packing box. but
never before In q cistern.'
The company had stopped on the
march for a ten minute rest In q small
town. A husky doughboy sat down or
o doorstep and eased OF the weight
OF his pack. A small boy paused
turned and hesitated. An exchangs
OF grins and the youngster sided over
In another minute three or four 9th
er gamins were crowdlng round.
One particular small fellow climbed
up on the doughboy's knees. Sud
denly, the youngster reached up with
both arms and gave his burly Amer
lean ally a kiss on the cheek
The doughboy didn't seem to know
what TO do. A mule skinner coarse
ly guffawed. The small boy. not a
all embarrassed, repeated the per
formance. Again the driver sunaWed
but this time not 30 heartily. Ther
there was q marked pause.
"Er-how does Il feel. Billr' tn
mule skinner querried
Darn good" came the cheery an
swer. I'm a family man, you know.
We were searching for the mayor
who also was the schoolmaster o,
the ecole communale. We went q
the school house first, though IL wal
Sunday. on the chance that he Nigh
be In the neIghborhood-
We peeked in. A familiar figure
but not that Of the schoolmaster-
sat at the high puIpit-like desk. A
ruddy face; q large black cisar a-tilt
pencil flying across sheets OF copJ
paper. grinding out an article for thu
Saturday Evening Post.
Yep, Il was Col Irwin Cobb, Ky
IN G. u s. A
Here's where spend my Sun
days" he observed. IF you wan
to fnd me on week days keep Of
down the street TO where q dog vii
run out and bite you Anyway. b
bit me-"
Everybody in this outnt wears
gold stripe on his left arm, and
goodfy number boast campaign badge
in addition. So Il occurred to an en-
ergetic correspondent attached 10 tn
battalion TO request an interview viii
the organizations oldest veteran
Sure" agreed the major. bu
there are certain difficulties He
hard to interview"
Jaw, / can make him talk" De
clared the reporter. Just lead M
to him"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
Remodelins Old Clothes.

"Since pony jacket styles have come
into their own again." says the fash
ion editor of the woman's Home
Companion. ''and all suit coats are
short. simply cut OF your old coat
to the approved length TO make II
up-to-date and, prehaps, add waist
coat II the collar is soiled. White
pique makes attractive waistcoats for
serge. silk and cotton suits"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

thoughts must be clear as crystal At that table
America must see to Il that the shackles of iron
literal iron, be loosed from the souls of men and
nations And let todays faith and desire be that
the furnace of Americas present trial viii loose the
last ryet in the shackles that tightening about
her own soul. Let her 60 to the peace table with
hands wholly clean
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
amy Boy In Khaki.

amy Boy I'm Khaki.
my Boy in Khaki" by Della
Thompson Iyutes. Harper & Brothers.
81 net), n a heart story Of q brave
American mother who has given her
only son to her country and his, that
autocracy may be yanquished from
the earth.
Into every home where the service
flag flies, this book will bring COM
fort, courage and inspiration because
It has been written by one who knows
and feels. II Is not an imaginary
story, written In an unreal atmos-
phere. 1t has been written by a
mother, q mother Of boy who is now
in France fighting for every one Of
us. There are thousands OF mothers
today who felt the same way as Mrs.
Lutes did when her only son bid her
good-by. 1t required one who has
felt, one who has seen her only son
pass out of her sight. to a living hell.
to understand and to write such q
book.
"Worrylng Won't VIM
Our old friends. Potash and PERL
mutter, again take the readers mind
of the tragedy Of the great war and
dIOW u nuIIlOEoub huuhallky W
creep in. Montague Glass (created he
them sits Abe and Mawruss down at
table and they discuss the European
war in a way that Is certainly good
for the blues.
No one but Mr.. Glass can mix up
unrelated subjects in such a way to
make them both interesting and
funny. For the man or woman with
a crouch, worrying Won't VIM" IL
the best cure that we know off. Abe
and Mawruss talk a great deal on
subjects that they know something
about and more on subjects they do
not know about. Hence the fun.
In expounding to Mawruss the diff
ference between q professional expert
and a professional cricket. Abe says:
"a professional expert 10 feller
which thinks ne knows all about a
business because he tried for years
and he could never make a success
of il. whereas a professional cricket is
a feller which thinks he knows all
about o business because he tried
for years and he could never even
break into It." Harper & Brothers.
OF New York. are the publishers. The
book sells for $3.50 net.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

We must be so busy fighting and preparing for
more fighting that we cannot listen to Germany S
camoufaged peace talk.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

How to have thrift vacation: Figure up the
total expense of a two-wceks stay at some summer
resort; blow it all in thrift stamps and then
have a nice, enjoyable time right here at home.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

Just notice that it is the American swine who
arc making the Germans squeal every time they
meet in the shock of battle
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

Congress is going to sweat some in drafting
/ new war tax law. But what the people want is
bill that will make the war prohteers sweat some
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

dier poet In shown by the fact that
Alan seesers poems are now In their
ninth printing. 1t has been necessary
to print 1--WE large editions of "On the
Right Of the British Line" by Capt.
Nobbs. the young English officer EhG
was blinded at the Somme and spent
many months as . prisoner In Ger
many.
Okeh Not Quite o. X.
A little furry was caused IN the
editorial department of the Century
Dictionary the other day by a tele-
gram from St. Louis regarding o GER
tain Choctaw word which President
Wilson habitually uses on the Gen.
tury's authority. The word 10 "okeh."
and the Presidents use of It In place
Of 20. K" for a long time mysti1ed
certain Of the executive secretaries.
On the other hand. according to the
telegram from St Louis, q number of
Oklahoma readers who are fairly con-
versant with Choctaw report that they
have not heard the word used by the
Indians. The Century editors state
as their authority, however. the
learned Cyrus Byington. the choctaw
scholar. pointing out that the sylla-
WE SoHeh hObtAhCE hdNC
canoe equivalent to that Of the He
brew and European word "amen'-so
be II. it is so. The currency OF the
Endorsement 20. h" on official papers
has been stated TO be due TO its use
by Andrew Jackson. who is known TO
have spent several years in contact
with the Indians and was during 1873
In the Choctaw region Of Mississipt L
A Little Book aBlx In sPIrit.s
Hermann Hagedorn in his new
book, Where Do You Stand?" pro-
vides the subject for a full column
editorial in the Duluth Herald. from
which the following extracts are
quoted:
Hermann Hagedorn, novelist. poet.
dramatist. is what we used to call a
'German-American.' He was born in
America but OF German parents. His
father today lives in Germany. He has
brothers fighting today in the German
army. His blood is German. his tra-
ditions and sentiments have been
German.
yet today he Is not . German
American but an American Of Ger
man Origin without q faint or a
udoS VI IlIIlIIltuB IN MS AIueTlCAnlSuls
"And he has written q book. q book
small in size. but big in spirit. which
he calls, Where Do You Stand?' He
addresses II to Americans of German
origin, and he talks straight talk to
them he says to them things that
Americans not OF German origin c1ul1
hardly say. But he says things to
them that ought to be said. and he
puts up to them q question that ought
to be put and answered.
He knows how they have felt and
how they feol. He knows the chill
that comes to them at times and in
their strange new association with
their fellow countrymen. He knows
why 1t comes and he bids them to
dlspel that chill in the only way Il
can be dispelled-by taking a stand
for America and against Germany. as
he has taken IL and as thousands of
other Americans of German Origin
have taken it
I'VE wish every so-called German
American who has not yet taken his
stand emohatlcally and without COM
promise for America and against the
Prussian plot would take this little
book home to his heart and dwell
with it for awhile. thoughtfuly and
prayerfully."
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
Dslikes Leave.

"When I left for my leave to Eng
land, 1 was not very keen on going.
The excitement Of the chase had
tight hold on my heart-strings, and 1
felt that the only thing I wanted was
to stay right at it and fight. and fight
and fight in the air. 1 don't think /
was ever happier in my life. 1t SEEM
ed that / had found the one thing 1
loved above all others. To me it was
not business or a profession. but
jut wonderful game. To bring down
machine did not seem to me to be
killing a man; 1t was more as If l
was just destroying a mechanical tar
get. with no human being in it. Once
or twice the idea that a live man had
been plotting the machine would occur
and recur to me, and 1t would worry
me a bit. My sleep would be spoiled
perhaps for q night. 1 did not relish
the idea even of killing Germans, yet,
when in a combat in the air, II seemed
more like any other kind of sport, and
to shoot down a machine was very
much the same as IL one were shoot
ing down clay pigeons. One had the
great satisfaction of feeling that he
had hit the target and brought it
down; that one was victorious again."
From winged Warfare" by Maj.
W. A. Bishop. VIC, D.S.O., NC.
George H. Doran Company
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

dier poet II shown by the fact that
Alan seesers poems are now in their
ninth printing. 1t has been necessary
to print five large editions Of "On the
Right OF the British Line" by Capt
Nobbs. the young English officer ThG
was blinded at the somme and spent
many months as q prisoner in Ger
many.
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16

The stars incline, but do not compel"
The Washington herald., 1918-06-16
The Merchant seaman IN war.

On the men Of the merchant service
has fallen the full brunt Of the strug-
gle against the submarine menace.
The record Of their adventures is
been bnried IN tba sfiS mira seoioey N
official reports. The men themselves,
open boat for days and nights. vet
and starving, have been wounded. or
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-27
DR. HOLT PLEADS FOR
REAL ANERICANISN
Stirring Address Of Doctor
Holt at Memorial Services
Yesterday

Asserting that VIZ all now see that
the government has been lax in per.
mitting foreigners to hold to their ewn
language and customs while living in
this country, the Rev. DR.. G. f. Holt
was loudly applauded Sunday morning
at the Memorial services in the First
Baptist church when he declared that
If foreigners do not like our ways and
customs, they should be forced to re-
turn to the country from which they
came.
"We see now that fer people from
other countries to conc and settle here
IN communities of their own and to
continue the customs and languages of
those countries is all wrong" eontin-
ued DR.. Holt. Hereafter there shall
be but one language and one custom in
our country. Many foreigners coming
here are destroying the sacredness of
our Sundays. If they remain, they
must obey our laws. In a certain state
in this country, the county records arv
kept in a language we do not under
stand. This is all wrong'
DR.. Holt was enthusiastically ap-
plauded for his patriotic words in ad-
dressing the members of the G. A. R.,
the Woman's Relief Corps and the La
dies Of the G. A. R. who marched in
a body to the number of go to attend
the Memorial services at the Baptist
church.
In his sermon DR.. Holt called atten-
tion to the fact that the day was orig
inally called Decoration day from the
fact that the surviving members Of the
G. A. R. set aside that day to decorate
the graves of those who had died for
their country.
Now, Decoration day is used in a
broader sense, he declared, and that as
Memorial day, it was time to COM
memorate the spirit of patriotism and
when the members of the G. A. R. Wis
tied the schools, stirring in the hearts
of the pupils the feeling of patriotism.
Also a time when all are reminded of
their duty and obligation to their
country. "This Memorial day is the
one great occasion of the year to in
culcate the spirit of patriotism and de-
votion,' said DR.. Holt, and the con-
gregation agreed with him vigorously
applauding,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-27
AMERICANS Train
OVER LARGE AREAS
Secretary Bakers Statement
As To Number Of Men Not
Exaggerated
BY Lowell Mellett,

Omitted Press Staff Correspondent
With the Americans On the British
Front, May 23.-(By courier) .-Secre-
tary Bakers statement that half a
million American soldiers are in France
is not hard to believe after O trip
through the British zone, and Presidint
Wilson IS suggestion that the number
should not be limited to five million -
or any other figure--can be readily
understood.
These remarks are inspired by an ef
fort to catch sight today of only one
of the American units now being mold
ed into shape to be of service to the
British. Maybe they made a tremend-
GUS impression as they marched at
home; maybe the cheering crowds
thought the line would never end; but
the correspondents attached to this
particular section ran fairly high
powered motor car nearly to death
criss-crossing highways and lanes and
covering territory almost as large as
a New England state, without seeing
more than a company or two.
The division was engaged in man
euvers and rehearsing the everlasting
lesson of how to get from one place to
another with the least possible agony.
IT is a vast country and it will take
vast numbers to make any impression
A fearful summer dust storm made
it difficult to identify an approaching
column as Americans. The dust whit.
ened and eamouflaged the men as no
artist could have done. Only their
eyes showed any color They had been
tramping for miles but the column was
intact, the men were in step and there
were no stragglers.
1t would be too much to say they
looked happy, but they did look salts
fled with their job.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-27
manufacture coke and operate mines

manufacture coke and operate mines
and mills.
Gamma Phi Beta Of Corvallis, value
of properly $1,000, object to improve
social status of the members and if
possible reduce the cost Of living.
Hiner & Reed Steel Works of Tilla-
nook, capital stock $4,000, and object
to do a general foundry and machine
business.
Oriole Redemptioners Invcstmens
company, of Dayton, Ohio, capital stock
$4,000 and object to operate quartz
and placer mines.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-27
WILLAMETTE is DEFEATED

The defeat scored yesterday after
noon by Miss Marjorie Campbell, of
Oregon, over Miss Findley, William
cite, who had been winning in all
previous meets both this year and
last, was the surprise Of the William
etc. Oregon women's tennis tourna-
ment at the university. The scores in
this match were: GA, 81, 40, SO. The
meet was won easily by oregon.-Eu-
gene Register
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-27
Grandson Of Salem Woman
Goes Across to Fight

Grandma Fox, Of North Salem, has
recently received word that her grand
son, Harry E. Copeland, formerly Of
Newberg, Oregon, who about a year ago
graduated from the High school at De
Quincy, Louisiana, then joined the U.
s. Navy, and has been studying Radio
at Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass. and training TO be good sailor
in the naval training camp at that place
with sixty five of his Harvard class
mates and many others, started across
tht ocean for tower there on May
9th.
The letter says his father and mother
are very proud Of him, and wish they
had three or four more sons to send
across to help our Uncle Sam.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-27
Astoria May Secure
Government Buildin'

Washington, May 27-seeretary Of
the Treasury McAdoo, on behalf Of
Postmaster Burleson today submitted
to congress estimates for building new
postoffices and making extensions in
forty-five cities.
McAdoo, in presenting the estimates
said that new postal quarters in the
cities named were necessary, and for
this reason extensions at this time do
not fall under MeAdoo's own ban
against non-essential building.
Cities for which new buildings were
asked include Astoria, Oregon, 100000.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-27

WANTED = Loganberry pickers for
As acres Of berries located y mile
from carline at Salem Heights. Fif'
teen minute service. Five cent fare
to Salem. Fine camp grove, free
wood, potato patch and straw for
bedding. Water piped on camp
grounds. No tents or bunk houses.
Telephone on camp grounds and free
daily delivery Of groceries. Picking
will start about June 18th. Telephone
21F2. B. Cunningham, Rt. 8, box l2l,
Salem, Or. 6-6
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-27

Is LOGANBERRY pickers wanted;
good picking, good camping ground,
can walk and live at home only 15
minutes walk from end of bridge.
Wallace road, Polk county; would
also like to register same crew for
picking beans. w. G. Franklin. Phone
52Fl4. If
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-27
Court House News
X x x X x X y X X x y x

Sheriff Needham like a good fellow
warns autoists, especially those who
are in the habit of erowding the speed
limit that speed cop is on the look
cut for them and any caught violating
the speed laws win stand good show
of paying fine and possibly serving
a Jail sentence.
Josie M. Moe plaintiff against A.
Porter and others is the title Of suit
begun this morning in the circuit court
to recover dover.
Applications have been made to the
county clerk to have the following
suits placed ON the trial docket Earl
McMeachen against H. +. Bonesteel;
Erie Ulvstead against H. P. Brough-
ten and F. R. Bentley against G. Cor
don E. Tower and Bessie E. Tower.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-27
H()RNER C)NFESSES
ANDSSENTENCEDTO
LIFE Term IN PRISON
Murderer Broke Down When
Confronted With Picture
of Bodies Of Victims
SENTENCED TO LIFE.

Kalama, Wash, May 27.-wllliam
Homer pleaded guilty to the Kelsc
triple murder this afternoon and was
sentenced to life Imprisonment. by
Judge Darch.
Horner confessed the crimes in these
words:
'.About daylight Saturday morning
MRS. Bassett woke u pand began to
talk. She asked me to marry her. She
begged me to. told her I conldn' {,
she was too old. She got excited and
acgHed. Then she cursed me while.
Then I turned over and thought about
it. Then ] got mad and went crazy.
got up and got the gun and shot her.
I don't know just how many times
did shoot"
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-27
SALE OF BoNDs-cALL FOR BIDS

SALE OF BoNDS-CALL FOR BIDS
The undersigned viii receive bids
up till five O'Clock p. m. June 3, 1918,
for improvement bonds of the city OF
Salem, Oregon, to the amount of sS,-
e33.5O, interest at the rate of 8 per
cent per annum, payable semi-annually
at Salem, Oregon. Such bonds will be
sold for not less than par and accrued
interest; date of bonds May !, 1918.
The city reserves the right to refuse
any and all bids.
EARL RACE,
5.29 City Recorder.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-27

AUCTION-Tuesday May
2s, on 0. B. Miles farm, 5 miles
south of Salem on Pacific highway,
Is registered Holsteins, herd bulls,
cows, heifers and young stock; the
best families Of the preed are repre-
sented in this sale. Also 10 high
grade Guernsey, Jersey and Holstein
milk cows, all heavy producers. IS
head hogs, brood sows and pigs. Sale
starts at l O'Clock. Catalog gives
full information, ask for one of 0.
B. Miles or at this office. o. B. Miles
proprietor. 5-21
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-27

SOME one wants your property and
you would sell. We charge no com
mission for putting buyer and sell
or together. For further information
Oregon Realty Exchange Investment
Co., Inc. IA Breyman bldg, Salem,
Or, Chamber Of Commerce bldg, Eu-
gene, Or, 2501k Sd st. Portland,
Oregon. u
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-27

Articles of incorporation were filed
today as follows: Coxer Butte Coal
Mining company of Mcdford, capital
stock $l50000 and object to prospect
for coal and other minerals and to
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-05-27

passed through there with the prisoner
Horner was subject Of curious in
spection by the crowd. but no threaten.
ing remarks were made.