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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01

Berne, March 1.-The German gov
ernmcnt today faced the most serious
situation since the first revolution
With the new Spartaean uprising now
developing in all parts Of the country,
dispatches Indicated that further sue
cess of the radicals in the central dis
tricts might render the government W.T.
tually powerless.
The Spartacans, apparently deterInln-
cd above everything else TO isolate
Berlin from southern Germany, wers
cincentrating large forces in the een-
trail district for the purpose of prevent
inc the movement Of government troops
siuthward. Weimar had already been
cut off frim the res OF the country
|If the revolution triumps in the south,
the national assembly may fall, Come
dispatches Indicated that at least pofT
tion Of the cabinet had succeeded ~
reaching Berlin. The presence of 2
great body Of local troops IN ts ga n.
| ital has So far prevented d renewal o.
The January riots Strikers, however,
are reported to have succeeded IN re-
ducing Berlin = electrical supply to the
minimum,
Grow Apprehensivo
President Ebert and Chancellor
Scheidemann are said to be growing
apprehcnsive, but 50 far have failed ta
\ aprec Oh remedial measures The for
\ mer il understood to favor 4 compro
mise.
Two thirds Of the werkmen N sax
Iony, Thuringia and Franconias are re
ported to be striking. Fearing that tn
railway strike would net completely
paralyze traffice between Berlin ans
q Weimar ii reported to have led ths
spartacans to tear up long stretches q
Il the rails
!. Refusal Of Dir. Muehlon, former see
rotary for Krupps, TO constitute q new
\ ministry is said to have increased the
lpolitical confusion in Bavaria. Muchion
returned to Switzerland and Bavaria y
4 sad to be practically without gov.
ernmcnt. Tho military commander al
Munich il said to have forbidden az
4 public meetings, but is understood &c
\ have been ignored by the Spartaeans
THE central council also refused to ree
ognize his authority.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
new LAW RAISES TAX
/ on SECONDHAND CARS
Horsepower Only Counts--1he
Old Flvver Pays As Much
As The Latest Model.

The automobile tax law enacted by
the state legislature, which will 60
into effect Jan. /, 1920, works rather
a hardship on the man who owns an old
ear or who has bought second hand
one. According to the law age has moth
ing to do with the tax. 1t is just the
horsepower.
The owner Of q 1919 Ford will be tax
ed in Marion county on $400 assess
ment, amounting to tax of $l2.4S-
His license tax is 5000, making d total
Of $l8.4S. Beginning with 1920, his tax
will be $500.
But If he happens to have an ole
Ford, he is assessed 5000 with the Mar
ion county tax amounting 70 %b.24
His license costs 5000, making his tot
lal tax for this year $l2.24. Next yea
he will pay $500.
Tax On New Cars.
This year in Marion county new car
Iare to be taxed on the following valu
alton: Fords, $40O; Dodge, $500; Max
well, 5000; Chevrolet, $3.50; Overlands
$3.50; and Bucks $1,000 But with tnt
beginning Of next year, the county vii
not assess and each of these cars, al
well as those that have been in use
five or six years, will be taxed on horss
power.
Next January the owner of car vii
/ find himself confronted not only witt
the proposition Of paying for the l9l!
assessment. but paying IN advance Of
1920 for his license. He has been
Iyear behind on paying for his auto tax
After he gets through paying for hi
license next January and d little late
for his 1918 taxes, he will then have t.
pay in advance but once year whel
he takes out his license.
Another effect Of the new autvnlopii
Ilaw will be to reduce the assessed valu
alton Of the county, as beginning i
1920, autos are not to be assessed q
personal property. In Marion count,
1.-THE 2400 automobiles were assessed TIL
year at $67o.950.
/ County Gets Part of Fee.
According to the new law, one fourtl
Of the amunt OF the auto license Zee
must be returned to the counties iron
which collected. But this money will
go into the county court for the up
keep Of roads and not in the city treas
! Iurv where collected. Thus the city vii
loose large amount Of taxable prof.
/ Ierty.
In addition to the loss to the city 0
automobile taxable property, the lat
I legislature passed law that mortgage
T are not 10 be taxable. This again wi
reduce the income from taxes Of the cit
!, as well as county. With this tax incom
Z eliminated, there is just chance tha
] in 1920 the tax levy may be raised
make up for the loss. In Marion count
Z the loss from automobile and mortgage
!. will amount to more than $1,000.0C
{ in taxable property.
9 But the two outstanding features
q the new automobile law is that the ma
with an old car win find his taxes m
9 teriall increased and that next Januai
, in securing his license, he will pay
I the 1919 tax assessment.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
CASUALTIES OF War
OVER SEVEN MILLION
OF This Number United States
Had Smallest Losses OF
Powers.

Washington, March 1.--Seven million,
three hundred fifty four thousand men
died in the war, according to the official
figures given out today by Chief Of
Staff March.
Russia paid the heaviest price with
i 100000 deaths, while Germany was
second, France third and the United
States last among the great nations.
Battle deaths arc those occurring IN
action and from wounds received in act
ion. The totals, aside from Russia, ran;
Germany, 100000; France, 1885,
600; Austria Hungary, 100000; Great
Britain, 100000; Italy, 100000; Turkey
$50 000 Belgium, 100000; Bulgaria
100000; Serbia and Montenegro, 100,
600; United States, $4,000.
Total Demobilization.
Demobiizations to date number ",
1852 Officers and 1,224,507 men, Marcf
announced.
Up to February 20, embGrkation'
from France totalled 352,922 men, o.
whom 24S,919 have landed. American
ships carried 10 per cent Of these mel
and British veslcs p percent.
Up to the signing Of the armlstice
! 2,059, ,122 men had been sent overseas
of which number the British carrie'
/ 11,O47,374 men; America, S9S,44o, an
other nations 6 comparatively smal
amount.
A table of awards Of distinguishe
service crosses showeu the pcconu Diy
ision received 664, the First, 800; Thirt
233; Twenty-Sixth, 229; Forty Secont
2o5; Thirtieth, M; Fifth, 1853; TweAt
Ninth, 150; Seventy Seventh, LAC
Twenty Seventh, 139; Thirty Secon(
ll34; Ninety First, 134; Eighty Mint
or; Seventy Ninth, 80; Thirty Thir'
rs; Fourth, 66; Twenty Eighth, 81
Ninetieth,57; Eightieth, AZ; Eight
Second, 81; Seventieth, 30; Thirty ce'
cnth, 25; Thirty Sixth, "a; Ninet
Second, 81; Eighty First, 10; Thirt
Fifth, II; Sixth, Tenth and Eighty
Eighth, one.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
Believe Blockade On
Germany Must Be Raised

London, March 1.-The Paris cores
pondent of the London News stated to-.
day that the new economic council has
reported to the supreme war council
that a preliminary peace mnsr De con-
Icludcd at once with Germany or the
blockade raised. The recommendation,
tit was said, was based on the report Of
fourteen British Officers, revealing the
seriousness Of tho situatiolf in the cen
lfraI nnwprs
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
Ccoethals Released From
Service By Own Request

Washington, Mar. 1-Major General
Goethals, at his own request, was re-
lieved from active service today. Ser
retary Of War Baker announced this
afternoon.
The builder Of the Panama canal had
made a remarkable record ii the di-
vision Of traffja. storage and supply Of
the war department, aftee quitting the
government shipbuilding organization
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
iNFRICA CAN AVERT
THREATENED war IN
SOUTH EAST EUROPE

be discussing the situation informally,
but have taken no action. II is CON
sidered probable that when the general
conference convenes again after Presi-
dent Wilson'S return it win be neces-
sary to lay down definite boundaries
in disputed territories, beyond which
no encroaehments will be permitted.
Meanwhile, the allies are holding the
club cf American economic pressure
ready. Supplies furnished by the al
lies to both Jugo-Slavia and Czeeho7
slovalia move through Laibach and if
the situation seriously interferes with
their movement, it is accepted that the
club win be welded.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
German Submarines To Be
Brought To America

Washington, March IA fieet Of
German submarines probably six or
eight in number-will be brought to
this country. Orders were issued today
bv the navy department to a group Of
officers and enlisted men to dusy in
connection with bringing the U-boats
to this country.
The vessels will be studied by naval
experts to obtain pointers on engine
construction, bow design and Other mat
ters.
Half Of them may be sent to the Pac-
ifie coast
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
sprabbIe Has Reached Stage
Almost Bordering On Open
Hoslilities.
ITALIANS have CLOSED
ENTIRE FRONTIER line
IIa'V And Jugo-Slavia Depend
On United States Eco
romically.
By Fred s. Ferguson

Tn;4od PROSE STAFF Cnpreenondan+l
paris March America stands 10.
aF The chief factor for avertina the
hlest threatened European war.
The sqlabblo between the Italians
md tbe Juqo.slays for control Of tho
Adhalic has reached a stage bordering
sn actual hostilities Both countries.
economically. lii case open warfare
results America will Immediately cut
uf their supplies If food and money.
rendering them practically impotent, Il
vas understood from reliable sources.
Just haw near Italy and .Juao,Slayia
are to an armed clash is evidenced by
The fact that the Italians have close
Tie entire frontier, as established .by
Tie Austrian armistice, giving az fheil
reason, that they do not wish 10 nave
Immediate resort to military action Il
seeupying the territories consented te
Havs ''',,soiSv; %oh;,;.., :.
Tho Italian, claim tho 1,go.sIavs ,,oyslg'
iavc eleven divisions mobilized nea
The border They say an ltalian foo, @
1Fsin has been attacked and that Il
one instance the FLAG on a train bear
'Agappatriated Italians was torn dow,
All burned
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
OUT OF ARMY SERVICE

Sergeant Alpheus J. Gillette, who
has been serving in the ordnance do
partment and recently WIS transfer
red from Fort STANLEY. Texas to camp
Lewis and there diseharged, arrived
home Tuesday night. He w s at Camp
Hancock, Ga, during most # his time
in the service. sergt. Gillette went to
salem yrs erday 70 sse about two
school positions that have been offer
ed him. His reported illness while II
service was an error. He IS baking vel
and feeling in the best Of iFipi.-Aood
burn Independent
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01

$500 900, lost 46S,Oo0 in killed m and
sbIso,,ld receive s500oO,0 900 The United
states mobilizei 100000, lost $4,000,
md shonId receive $15,000,00o.
The total amount to be disbursed
would Be $500, 100000, of which the
United States would be expected 2
furnish &C per cent, Great Britain nine =
per cent. France five per cent, ltais
five per cent and the remainder wonlo
be divided among japan and the snlalte'
nations. The Americans here find tls'
scheme interesting, at least
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
U. s. AvIAToPs KILLED.

Paris, Mareh i.-The American ayia-
tors killed near LaTrecy Sunday when
two airplanes colided werc first Lieuts-
Raymond D. Me,yer, Charles 1. Gus.
tafson and Hugh A. Thompson, It was
announced today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
LIBERTY BOND QUOTATIONS

New York, Mar. Liberty bonds
were quoted on the New York market
as follows: !, 70
aecond 81 IL os.l6, up .o2; first "a 3
g5lo up .0S; second 4A y a4-lo, Up
os; third All IS 1886, off .os; fourth
Az s 94.0S, up .O2.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
President Approves IS
Congress Bills Today

Washington, March President Will
son today approved fifteen congressionr
al bills and one joint resolution.
The most important measures signea
were:
The postoffiee appropriation Diii.
The measure authorizing resumption
Of voluntary enlistments in the army.
The bill allowing soldiers, sailors anu
marines TO retain their uniforms ana
other equipment.
The net authorizing the payment q
lallotments Of enlisted men u sases
where disputes have arisen ana ",
pendoats hive consequently su11e1su
from the discontinuanee.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
LE JOURNAL PRESENTS
Plan NTOPEHSIDN ALL
SOLDIERS WHO FOUGHT
Other Movements Are Under
Way 10 Amend World.
Constitution.
Nv lowell Mellest

United Press Staff Correspondent)
Paris. March Recurring from the
Tinted States, President. Wilson will
find a movement under way to incor-
porate several important amendments
in the league Of nations constitution
France and Japan particularly wish
70 obtain a greater measure Of protec-
tion for their special interests. Japan
win be ready to present her views re.
pardinr immigration, but Indications
TODAY were that she will not make a
real fight for their acceptance, allow.
ing the matter to rest after it IS on
record
France believes an international
army would help to maintain the league
ausrority in Europe, but if she cannot
secure such a provision in open debate,
she will abide by the decision Of the
majority.
Newspaper Has Scheme.
| Sionificant of France y newly warm
endorsement Of the lcasue, lie Journal
presents a plan whereby the leagY
would undertake the pensiohing Of oil
soldiers who participated in the war
The newspaper suggests Tia this be
made the leagues first budget. The
apportionments would be based, first
IN Il the number Of men modified; sec
ond. On the number killed; third, or
the length Of pariieipa ion in the war
fourth, on the material damage suffer
Cd. fifth. on population, and sixth, o.
war expenses. France modified $500,
900 men, Of which 100000 were kill
cd She was engaged ia war fifty threl
months and suffered severe damages
wherefore, says lie Journal, she ahoul'
receive $1eo,oOo,ooo annually Grea
Britain modified 100000, Of whie'
$4,000 were killed, and should reeeiv
$7s.o0O,oOO annually Italy mobilize
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
SITUATION is
MOST SERIOUS SINCE
START OF REVOLUTION

Spartacan Uprsings Are Developing In Al Parts VI
Country And Further Success OF Radicals In gentfa
Districts Might Render Government Virtually Power
Iess--Are Determined Above Everything Else 10
Isolate Berlin From South Germany.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
oppose Increases

Sacramento, Cal, March 1.-Hacra-
mento local No go, international
Brotherhood Of Electrical Workers, Is on
record against the principle involved in
Postmaster General Bufleson 5 wage in
crease given California and Washington
linemen SO that in case of strike
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
Telephone Workers Not
Certain About Increase

San Francisco, March L. Leaders
among the telephone operators of the
Pacific coast, who have voted to strike
if their wage demands are not met, took
various views Of the wage increase giy'
en- California and Washington linemen
effective today.
Some declared it showed Postmaster
General Burleson preparing to meet the
demands. Others believed siuricson was
attempting to win the loyalty Of the
linement SO that in case of strike
these important employees would moi
walk out in sympathy with the operat
ors.
The wage increase was surprise. L
provided for increases Of 80 cents, u
cents and 70 cents per. day.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01
Weather RevoEl

Oregon; Tonight and Sunday
rain west portion. rain or snow
east portion: moderate 70
strong southeesseEly winds
shifting 10 southwesterly gales
on the coast.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-03-01

-! p1SI E1SlIIi,L.AMETTE j. VAL
! sEaagp "a NEWS s5IIlsEB sEByIcs !.
! III - = : = y
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-22
MAKING TEACHING ATTRACTIVE

In granting an increase in salary to the school teachers the Board
of Education has done much to raise the standard of teaching and to
attract to Perth Amboy the best instructors that are to be found.
Where the education Of the coming generation is involved only the
best is desirable The profession of teaching requires a great amount
of preparation; much expense is involved in securing the necessary
training Then it is necessary, if a teacher is II be successful, to con-
tnue ones studies thereby becoming more proficient and better able
to impart the knowledge to the pupils under their care
Time was when a person turned to teaching when it was impos-
sbe for him or her to do anything else Almost anybody could be a
teacher and as the salary was small the school authorities had to take
what they could get Naturally the children suffered We are all ia
milar with the complaint of business men and others of the out put
of our public schools. Some times the children are blamed and some
times the system, but not infrequently it has chen the ealibre of the
teachers. Persons who had no interest in their work whatever ex-
cepting to earn enough money to keep them, perhaps, or, as has often
been the case, to secure funds to continue a college course with no
intention whatever of adopting teaching as a profession, have served
as alleged instructors.
No wonder many of the children who have graduated from the
public schools have been failures.
Today, however, the profession of teaching is beginning to re-
ceve the recognition that it deserves. With the salaries advanced
to a living wage, with the pension system that assures retirement in
old age, with the tenure of office preventing removal except for real
cause, teaching becomes more attractive to the really competent per-
sons
But because it is thus attractive is all the more reason why dis
elimination should be used in securing instructors for the schools
Fayoritsm and sentiment that has sometimes entered into the APP
pointment of teachers ought never again to be considered There
os before the tenure of office law becomes effective That there are
1ncofppetents and misfts in our schools today is well known. They
think they are fixed for life and take things about as easy as they
dare The children entrusted to their care are the victims. As these
teachers are weeded out and efficient teachers, persons interested in
the subject they teach and in the development of children, should re-
place them. With adequate pay and long vacations, security in posi-
ton and a pension for old age, the parents have a right to demand
only the best as the Instructors Of their children
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-22

clearly related to the natives of both
Hawaii and New Zealand. For prac-
tioaI rpose these natives may De
divided into classes. At the heao
stand the chiefs, who are nereoltaIy
in the sense hat they must oeiong ~
certain families, but elective IN nat
they exercise authority py virtue VI
titles conferred on them.
sThe TulafaIe, talking-man. Is their
executive officer, who phrases their
thoughts In eloquent language. n IS
frequently the central figure IN the
dtstriet and the source of authority.
BELOW and above the lowest class,
composed of what are known as the
common people, are n natlve
teachers and catechists, who wear
more clothes and do less ngntins imam
the rest of the population.
There is nothing in the dress or
bearing of a high chief which al
a foreigner to distinguish him. but ne
is isolated from the rest OF the peo-
pie by a system of rigid No
one NAV hold up an umbrella or DO
certain kinds of work In his presence
and a special vocabulary Is set apart
in-which to address him. The COM
mon names for food, an axe, a pig,
etc. are tabooed in his presence. Hts
face. his anger, and other attributes
are described in an entirely dinerent
set of words from those used for or
binary men.
sHedged about as he is, the CHER.
in his intercourse with persons not OF
his rank, has come to depend largely
on his talking man who. * MS
chief. is elected from certain families
in which the office Is hereditary. As
a rule no one is elected who mas not
a gift for oratory, which Is a COM
mon talent in Samoa
1.-THE powers and duties of the talk
ing men are considerable. They are
men of much dignity Of carriage. and
as they stand leaning upon a STAN OF
office with a 'fue.' or fiy-fiap cas- over
n shoulder, with which occasionally
to emphasize their remarks. they com
pare favorably In appearance with the
orators of a nation more civilized than
themselves"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-22

WASHINGTON, d. c., May 2.-The
German Samoan islands for which
New Zealand is to hold the mandate,
according to preliminary summaries
of the peace treaty, is described in a
bulletin from the National Geograph-
ic Society, based on a communication
to that body, as follows:
Samoa, called by former geograph-
ers the aNvigators Islands, from the
skin in navigation shown by its in
habitants consists of four principal
bits of land lying in the South Pacific.
nearly midway between New Zealand
and Hawaii.
The number of island in the group
may, by counting the smaller, be In
creased to IL. or eve IA, but only
Sayii, Upolu, Tutuila, and the three
usually included under the general
term Manua, are important.
"All are vedure-clad and inhabited,
and in appearance and shape resemble
immense green hats, the interior rep
resenting the crown being mountain
GUS, while the brim or shore is COW
cred with %cocoanut palms. bread
fruit, banana, and other tropical trees,
which furnish the native food.
"A some prehistoric period the
peaks of a submerged mountain chain
running northeast and southwest have
been lifted from the depths of the
ocean by the upheaval of volcanoes
now long extinct. Accommodations of
soil brought by heavy rains from the
mountains meet the e~ver-growing
reef. which prevents easy approach to
the land except in those places where
fresh-water streams, forcing their way
through, from openings in the coral
barrier.
"Between reef and sboro n Iaooop
varying in width from 200 yards to
two or three miles, provides a secure
highway for coast and inter-island
traffic. The entire length of the
group. IL Rose Island be included, Is
little less than 800 miles, and its gross
area Is larger than the state of Rhode
Island by so square miles.
The native Inhabitants of the is
n are of Polynesian stock and are
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-22

theatrical folk should be especially
fortunate.
Publishers aIs now under a plan
etary government that Is most bene-
fetal. The making of books will be
profitable and new writers will win
fame.
This should be a profitable sway for
the drama. New plays will improve
in quality.
Lovers should benefit under this
rule. which makes for constancy and
prosperity.
Music will gain greatly in national
vogue during the next few years and
American artists will develop the
violin claiming the greatest artists.
Earthquakes and tornados long pre-
dicted ard recently prevalent will
cause loss Of life in June and July.
Mars. which becomes the morning
star this month. to shine ct dawn
during the summer shows little prom
Use of a speedy stoppage of all fight
ing in the world, but the conflicts
gradually become confined to blood
less revolutions.
It should be an auspicious time to
begin enterprises of every sort. Great
opportunities In business will present
themselves In South America and
Mexico.
Persons whose birthdate 1t Is have
the augury OF ~.nancial success during
the year. The young viii court. but
girls should be exceedingly circum-
spect.
children born on this day are likely
to be clevern talented and affection
ate. These subjects OF Gemini usually
meet with reverses before they reach
a correct decision regarding a voca-
ton. but they are generally success
full.