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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-22
KILLED IN ACTION

Oakland, Cal, June %. - Second
Lieutenant II. +. Waterhouse, U. s.
marines, killed in action in France,
was barely q years old, and received
his ieultenancy as soon as he became
21.
Waterhouse enlisted in the marines
last June. He was sophomore in the
University Of California at the time.
He was the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas.
j. Waterhouse.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-22

Natural history note from the Eugene
Guard: "'The boys at the Y. M. c. A.
are interested in one legged robin
which frequents the grounds around the
building. Ae bird gets around pretty
well and forages his own living in a
way which might shame some human
criuples,D
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-22
ANTI-BOLSHEVIKI
measures in repression of the disorders.
Cabinet May Resign.
CONTINUED from page one)

Amsterdam, june 22.-The Austrian
cabinet was scheduled to meet today
to decide the questions Of submitting
its resignation and of summoning parlia-
ment for an extraordinary session be-
cause Of the food situation. according
to dispatches from Vienna.
Premier Won Seydler is reported to
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-22
To Kill Emperor.

London, June 22.-An unconfirmed
report on the Amsterdam bourse de-
clared that an attempt has been made
to assassinate Emperor Karl, according
to Central News dispatch from Ans
terdam today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-22
Three Days, Starting Sunday, June 80

M. Fisher and Clayton j. Woodwork,
eompilers OF "The Finished Mystery"
The latter two live in Scranton, Pa.
All the convicted were found guilty
yestrday by a'jury in Justice Howe7s
court of conspiracy against the select
i've draft and against recruiting.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-22
FIRE AT FOREST GROVE

Forest Grove, Or, June 22s-The up.
per story and roof of the planning mill
here was destroyed by fire last night.
Quick work by firemen saved the lum-
Der and machinery. The mil is so situat-
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-22

air attacks was cut in two. Each sta
ton will cost $1,000,000.
The whole gun program is made up
in contemplation of fifty per cent
WaStage
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-22
Anti-War Leader Chosen.

Amsterdam, June 22.-M. Malinoff,
one of the Bulgarian leaders who op.
posed that country s entrance into the
war, has been appointed premier, Sofia
dispatch announced today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-22
Say Lenine Quits.

Zurich, June 22.-The Deutsches
Tages zeitung declares that Nikolai
Lenine, the bolsheviki premier, has re-
signed. There is no confirmation from
any source.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-22
KILLED IN AUTO WRECK

Portland, Or, June 22-Mrs. R. v.
Grady died today of injuries received
when she was crushed under her auto
mobile. She lost control of the machine
after it had struck a pedestrian.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-22

have gone to Austrian field headquar-
ters to present the government IS resig-
nation personally to Emperor Karl.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-22

ed that a larger fire would have en-
dangered the whole city.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1918-06-22

Dustin Farnum returns triumphantly to
the screen. His work in "The Spy" is
greater than anything ever previously
accomplished.
The Washington times., 1918-04-20
The TwO-PlatOOn System
1t Should Be In Effect In Our Fire Departns
By EARL GOODWIN.

Our fire department needs a two-platoon system. To
this end would impress Congress the Importance OF
providing in District appropriation bill money to take
of this modern method of conducting re6ghtng depart
ment
The two-platoon system requires than the
present method It two complete crews to be worked
alternately The present method provides and the
men live IN the engine house day and night with little time
off, and nothing to do between fires but play checkers and
sleep.
Unless man is full of pep, a fremans career in fire.
proof district about envening the life OF prisoner
solitary confinement He is duty ninetysix hours con-
tnuously and gets twentyou hours off, provided his turn
blocked by fire duty illness Of other member
of the company Each has three hours for meals in
every twentyfour hours and has twentyday furough
annually.
Fire departments all over the country are dscardng the
to working for the retirement of the members it would pro-
vide force for Washington much bigger than
thing possible For instance if all apparatus should
be called today ciywde fire. the would be tired
to the point Of complete exhaustion by night and there would
be no relief sight Under the twopatoon system fresh
duplicate fire department would be waiting for the word to
rush in.
See what Congressman Van Dyke of Minnesota has to
say about the proposed system writing his report the
Legislation providing for the change:
"The twoplaoon system is nothing than scien-
tc adjustment the force serving purposes First
thereby decreasing the expense of purchasing and operating
additional apparatus Second permitting the members of the
department time off duty, which will make for efficient
service by of contented personnel This system
would also place lighting force at the command
of the chief eng which, the event of large and long
drawn out FIR could m lied into service and relieve the
shift already working fire, which would be less
fatigued afte period hours and the shift coming
duty would fresh al VI orous and could continue the
work with orOgress."
The Washington times., 1918-04-20
BY Garrett p. SerViss.

Caesar brought his new calendar
into accord with the vernal equi-
nox, and undertook to keep it in
accord for the future. For this
purpose he ascertained that there
are about 1854 days in q year.
He therefore adopted that as the
true length Of a year, but to avoid
fractions of days he ordered that
three-quarters Of the years should
consist Of 365 days and one-quarter
of 366 days. In other words, the
year was to comprise 800 days for
three years in succession, but
every fourth year was to contain
366 days, thus conveniently dispos-
ing of the fraction OF one-fourth
of a day, but not counting it until
it added up one whole day. These
fourths, or long years, were called
leap years, the same term that we
use today.
But now mark what happened
TO Caesars calendar because Of
slight excess of the length that he
had calculated for the true year
over the real length. The real
length, with a decimal fraction, is
365.242197 days.
But Caesars estimate was
365.23 days. Subtract the real
length from Caesars and you have
for remainder .OO7S03, or say
7S-10OOOths o. a day, which is
only about 11A minutes. Yet
this very small excess, accumulat-
ing with the passage Of the CEN
turies at the rate of about three
days in 400 years, had, by the
year 1882, caused the vernal equi-
The Washington times., 1918-04-20

nox to fall back, on the calendar,
TO March IL. This was not very
inconvenient for agriculture, but
it was inconvenient for the cal
culation of Easter, and so Pope
Gregory XIII, readjusted Caesars
calendar by dropping out ten days.
Catching Up.
In Protestant countries like
England the Gregorian reform
was not adopted until 1852, by
which time it had become neces-
sary to drop eleven days from the
calendar. The readjustment was
perpetuated by simply changing
Caesars rule for leap year, so
that instead of adding a day every
four years the additional day
should be omitted in every CEN
tury year not divisible by 400.
Thus 1900 was not a leap year,
and 21O0 will not be one.
By this simple device the re-
formed Julian year, or Gregorlan
year, was brought so near the real
year in length that it is only
twenty-six seconds too long.
Now, imagine putting S66 days
into a year. 1t would send the
calendar aherd Of the equinox
more than eighteen hours every
year, so that only l20 years
would elapse before the calendar
would be three months ahead Of
the equinox, and the SHOWS OF
mid-winter would be covering the
ground at the time when, if the
calendar were to be believed, the
farmer ought to be beginning his
spring work.
The best thing to do is to let
the calendar as it now stands be,
and 5000 years from now. if our
descendants find that a single day
discrepancy between the equinox
and the almanac is too trouble
some, they can easily correct it.
The Washington times., 1918-04-20

quantity of time, and so is the
length of q ''year." Both depend
upon movements Of the earth,
over which we have not the
slightest control and which pay
no attention to our arithmetic.
To count 366 days for a year
would be putting the calendar
ahead of the sun at a rate so
rapid that in a few years the
seasons as shown by the alma
nae would drift out of all con-
nection with those recognized by
the weather and the planets.
When Caesar established the
Julian year" he gave the world
its first scientific calendar, al
though he got the fundamental
idea from the old Egyptians.
The problem was, and always
will be, to keep the calendar
dates as close as possible in ac-
cord with the natural point Of
beginning Of the year (for the
Northern Hemisphere, which Is
the populous half of the globe),
that point being the vernal equi-
nox, when the sun crosses the
equator coming northward after
its winter excursion into the
southern sky. To start with we
might have the vernal equinox
fall in any month we chose, and
on any day Of that month, but
once fixed it ought to remain con-
slant. Thus, as now arranged,
the equinox falls on March q,
and all our almanac dates are set
on that frame. If the equinox
drifted forward or backward in
the calendar, agricultural, as we'll
as all other affairs, would be up
set.
The Washington times., 1918-04-20
julius Caesar and Pope Gregory Got the

T AM asked to give an opinion
concerning a proposed new
- calendar by which the year
would have 366 days, divided into
twelve months, six Of which
would have thirty days and the
other six thirty-one days each.
The weeks would consist Of six
days, including five working
days" and one resting day" Thus
there would be sixty-one weeks IN
this new calendar year.
Ny opinion is that Julius
Caesar-whose greatest achieve
ment was not laying the founda-
tion of imperial Rome, but put
ting chaos out of the calendar
would turn in his grave at the
suggestion Of an attempt to
thrust 66 days into a space OF
time that cannot contain even the
365k days that he assigned to
il without overcroWdlng.
Negligent Nature.
When nature sets the earth
spinning on its axis and at the
same time speeding around the
sun, she saw no necessity for
making the two motions chrOno-
logically commensurate. e., she
took no pains to have an even
number of days in a year. To
have done so would have been
somewhat like requiring an ath-
lete, in running a mile. to take
exactly 1,760 steps each three
feet long. Although such an ar
ranRement would unduestion-
ably be a great convenience for
almanac makers, as well as for
racetrack timekeepers, the things
are not done that way.
The length Of day is a fixed
The Washington times., 1918-04-20
Once OUers
osvynEA,. 1913. Ins.rusuSo.i Nvvs Ss-vse'
Perhaps the Boss
KHOWS Something.


py.ry tim. superior
tain Dsos Of work do you
think Of rOSiEnH
you do have the wrong spirit
u
capable Of hinT the superior poSiton
He himself able to advise and correct srroEA
Is himself and, IN his
peor Of the things he dOsH
It is al way and down the line
n he 1poksn mistakes
STOPPED making miStAk see very TOAdT WhA
boch his world
method be superior. but - - -
to do the boSSd while under him
would insist DAs
carried TO the lsttsA
Do 50 the tdSAf
The Washington times., 1918-04-20

II. B. K. WILLIS, formerly Of Cali
fornis, now in the office Of the Chief
Of Staff. says he was amazed to find
that he was charged SIS a month for
a "bathless primeval two-room suite
on the top floor Of an antebellum
abode" and amazed further when the
woman renting them said she had
been told by the local rooming COM
mittee that they were worth that
much and that with a bath they
would be worth 500 a month!
The Washington times., 1918-04-20

Mount Vernon, the home Of
George Washington, Is open to
visitors every day but Sunday.
Now that this city Is thronged
with strangers and newcomers,
/ move that the historic old
place, so often called -the shrine
Of American liberty be open
to the public every day In the
week, especially SUNDAY.
What do YOU say about lti
The Washington times., 1918-04-20
Il DD AND SEEN

LesvicS the oSua Of my neigh
u. y. II. CLAA aaEistant com.
AA-Ner Of patents, I ran head-On
into the ( plv chest Of JOSH CAL
LAHAN, %Ao regaled me with the
facts in his pursuit Of q pair Of
shoes costing less than $12.
And while regaling, We bumped
into BILL HART, with whom we
stopped to talk for q minute, when
along came WILLIAM BURNS, the
great detective, which made me re-
member I had lost my keys and
wondered If / dared ask Mr.. Burns
to find them.
DAVE ROSE, former mayor Of
Milwaukee, breezed along and be-
gan to talk Of this and that, wind
ing up by saying:
II did know q lot Of good fellows,
but they're all dead"
Would suggest you call the "Tub"
''The Wart,h as no one seems to
know what else it is-'but q bump
on the avenue" MRS. A. VAN
REUTH, 402 Tenth street north
east.
Have you seen Jourman ParsonsI
L. B. PERKINS, whose office Is in
the Riggs building, has been appeal
ed to by his old colored nanny" to
look about Washington to see If he
can locate her son. Jourman Par
sons, who came to Washington sew
eral months ago and has not been
heard of-by her-since.
"Will you help me and him?" says
Mr.. Perkins to ne. Il would rather
bring some good cheer into the heart
Of this, my good old nanny, than
to have the finest home In the city Of
Washington"
HARRY B. GOODWIN, Of the
Marine Corps. suggests naming one
of the tubs" Semper FideliS, the
motto Of the corps.
| JAIN OAL1B "nO uA8 DOeu UoIu-
porarily editing a paper somewhere
in the pie belt Of New England, Is In
the city en- route to the army. He
has enlisted and is the second pri-
vate 1 have heard Of In the city.
PEYToN B. FLETCHER says hd
has a little boy who sings in the
choir and buys W. s. S. with the
money the choir pays him, and
here's hoping the ehoirmaStsr
raises his pay.
The Washington times., 1918-04-20

Went downtown In . car with q
lady yesterday and she said TRAF.
FIC OFFICER LAMB, at Fourteenth
and New York avenue, Is the best
looking man In Washington
The Washington times., 1918-04-20

GEORGE AUTHIER says the road
way on Pennsylvania avenue In
Georgetown Is the worst in the world
and has been for three years.
The Washington times., 1918-04-20

JAKE" BERMAN. our well-known
and energetic detective, Is on duty
In connection with the D. A r. con-
Vention this week.
The Washington times., 1918-04-20

I am for JOHN ENGLAND, high
school student, who petitions the
Board of Education to abolish Ger
man as a language study. Taboo the
Teutonic.
The Washington times., 1918-04-20

Ar. PINCI, who started ten years
ago this month to have an Italian
dinner, successfully handled the af-
fair last night in his apartments in
the California.
Among those present were
CHARLES COTTERILL, ED CAR
RINGTON, W. A. POLLARD, RUSS
YOUNG, DIR. r. GIORGIO. PAUL L.
WRIGHT, and Private Frank God
win, U. S. A.
FRANK WOODFIELD says that
all this talk about pedestrians be
ing careful at crossings makes him
tired.
Did you ever notice how many
automobiles run by the white chalk
lines at street Intersections" he
asks. 'If pedestrians have any
rights at all it is at crossings"
The Washington times., 1918-04-20

PEYToN B. FLETCHER says hd
has a little boy who sings in the
choir and buys W. s. S. with the
money the choir pays him, and
here's hoping the ehoirmaStsr
raises his pay.
The Washington times., 1918-04-20
newspaper:
Below this interesting l

Heads Of express companies
discussed today with the railroad
administration a proposal for
consolidating the express COM
panies into one corporation, which
would be authorized by Director
The Washington times., 1918-04-20

JACK DAILY, who has been tenn
porarily editing q paper somewhere
in the pie belt Of New England, is In
the city en- route to the army. He
has enlisted and is the second pri-
vate 1 have heard Of In the city.
The Washington times., 1918-04-20

HARRY B. GOODWIN, Of the
Marine Corps. suggests naming one
of the tubs" Semper FideliS, the
motto Of the corps.
The Washington times., 1918-04-20

Would suggest you call the Tub"
The Wart," as no one seems to
know what else it is-"but q bump
on the avenue" MRS. A. VAN
REUTH, 402 Tenth street north
east.
The Washington times., 1918-04-20
A Forty Million Dollar Express
Company Trust-Maybe
It Ought to Be Very Big Maybe. Why Fasten Such
A Parasite on Government Railroad Control:
This announcement appears in quiet corner of quiet
S4O,oOo,OoO MERGER IN
EXPRESS SERVICE, MAYBE

General McAdoo to conduct all
the express business in the coun-
try. The corporation would have
capital stock of about $40, ,OOO, 900,
divided among the companies in
proportion to the physical valua-
ton of their properties.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
Get New Kidneys! f!

The kidneys are the most overworked
organs Of the human body, and when they
fail in their work of filtering out and
throwing Of the poisons developed N the
system, things begin to happen.
One of the first warnings is pain or stid-
ness in the lower part of the back. highly
colored urine; loss of appetite; indige.-
ton; irritation. or even stone in the blad-
der. These symptoms indicate = condition
that may lead to that dreaded and fatal
malady, Bright's disease, for which there
is said to be no cure.
Do not delay a minute. At the first in
dication Of trouble in the kidney. liver.
bladder or urinary organs start taking
Gold Medal HARLEM Oil Capsules, and
save yourself before it is too late. Instant
treatment il necessary in kidney and blad-
der troubles. A delay is often fatal.
You can almost certainly find immediate
relief in Gold Medal HARLEM Oil Capsules.
For more than 200 years this famous. prep
aration has been an unfailing remedy for
all kidney, bladder and urinary troubles.
1t is the pure, original Harlem Oil your
great-grandmother used. About two cap.
sules each day will keep you toned MP and
feeling fine. Get it at any drug store, and
if it does not give you almost immediate
relief, your money will be refunded. Be
sure you get the GOLD MEDAL brand.
None other genuine. In boxes. three
sizes.-Adv.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
kindergarten
Helps for Parents
Arficles Lssaasd ~ ~ Deeorhssess
Of shs l1fsstoe. bere01of &dAscafioN
and ne
MUSIC is A NECESSITY
BY MRS. HARRIET AYERS sEY-
MOUR

know mother with four children
who made up her mind that home
should be very heaven. To her.
music was Gods special gift to moth
ers and children, and so she begin
singing regularly with each of her
babies.
There are many lovely songs which
a mother can learn, and the best OF
all are the folk songs of different
Countries
Archibald T. Dawson and 7. w.
Surett have collected some excellent
and familiar ones In an Inexpensive
book called Fifty Rote Songs" pub
lished by the Boston Music company.
These include English and other for
eign folk songs.
A gay song for baby as he eats his
breakfast and n quiet one as he lies
down to go to sleep-these will sink In
deep and form wonderful foundation
for the music of his life.
With the older babies have regu-
lar singing time. Five o'clock is a
good hour. The children of whom !
speak had 'singing party" every day
at five, and sometimes the neighbors
came in and sang with them. Their
mother grew to be such a strong In
fiuence In the community that many
persons came to her for advice anC
refreshinent.
Singing Instead Of Nasoins.
Nagging Is often simply lack of
something better to do. A friend ol
this woman In speaking OF her home
life said. "She .has substituted sing
ing for nagging."
"Small Songs for Small Singers" by
Neldlinger &c. Schirmer. New York
publisher; $3.50 illustrated; IS cents
without illustrations) is a good collec-
tion for children from four to six
years old. These songs are very mu-
steal. simple, and rather full Of jokes
-"jOkey" us one child said.
Here are the words of q great favor
lite In this collection:
Mister frog came out of the pond one day.
And found himself In the rain;
Said he: "I'u get wet, and l may catch
cold.
30 he jumped In the pond again.
10y Is the best tonic there is, and
happiness creates health. The chill.
dren's song-hour will affect the atmos.
phere of the whole house.
Another good lot of songs Is . col
lection of Mature Songs for Chill
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
EMvLATEs HoRATIvs OF OLD
Chaplain Holds the Bridge ~ eraveiy
as Did the Roman
Captain.

Cleveland. O.-"Horatius at the
Bridge" had nothing on Rev. james NJ.
Hanley Of Cleveland, chaplain of a reg
iment In France. According to stories
drifting back from the front, the chap
lain WIS wounded while holding n
bridge the Huns sought to take. As II
Is related here by friends OF the for
mer priest, n captain and few SOL
diers were detailed to hold the bridge
against heavy odds. The captain said
1t couldn't be done without more men.
"Why, can hold that bridge with {.
club" Hanley is said to have declared.
'4Then do it," the captain answered
as he hurried OF for re-enforcements.
The soldiers. inspired by the action
of the chaplain. rallied around him and
held the contested bridge until the
captain returned with more men and
made the bridge safe.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
LIFE UNDER HUN
WASLIVINGHELL

$50 pair. re-sOling same s., while
dress goods and flannels became SO
expensive only the wealthy could buy.
Food supplies were unsatisfactory
and the Germans did nothing to alle-
viafe them.
In November. 1917. metals Of all
sorts, especially brass and copper.
were confiscated, German soldiers
going from house to house and build
ing to building to strip away the
metal.
Uses Funeral for Propaganda.
On February 2. 1917, some German
planes dropped bombs by mistake on
Bruges. Won Buttlar. commandant.
decided the funeral of the victims
could be utilized for propaganda pur-
poses. He got wreath and pho
tographer, and while the mourners
were about the grave. made them line
up. put himself In the center and had
the scene recorded. On September 3.
1917, allied airmen dropped bombs at
the Bassin and were fired at from st.
Croix. Shells fell In Bruges, killing
Il dozen people. The German officers
refused to allow funeral mass notices
to be posted unless the line "killed
by English shells" was added. The
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1918-12-26
STRONG FOR MASCOTS

in American barracks, living with the
soldiers and receiving the consiJera-
ton and regalement which befits the
ofYicial mascot OF a company OF "ie"
Amerfcanes." The practice started
when a few units annexed homeless
French boys who happened around
their camp. But the life was too at
tractive to be confined to the home
less, and other French youths, living
with their parents or provided for in
orphanages. deserted these homes to
become American soldiers prOteges.
At one aviation instruction center
ten boys were found, each supported
by an aviation squadron. which. by
way of tailor-made uniforms and
other means. was trying to outdo the
other In caring for their mascot. Most
of these boys were going to school
but-they were smoking cigarettes.
General Pershing issued an order
prohibiting the adoption" of more
boys and requiring that all those be-
ing maintained az mascots be returned
to their homes.