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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-02-22
AUTO REPAIRING

All kinds of auto repairing by an ex-
perienced workman. All work gpar-
anteed to be satisfactory. Studebak-
er repairs speciality. D. R. Moif,
263 N. Commercial.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Our After-the-Peace Army

General March was net indulging in
hyperbole when he told the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee that 1t would be
impossible for the army to function un-
der the Hay law of 1916. 1t will have to
function under that law, after the peace
treaty is signed, unless Congress mod
ernizes Mr. Hays bunglng work.
The Hay act was pacitistic in inspira-
ton and reactionary in effect. 1t sought
to perpetuate the military system which
we inherited from the era Of the War of
1912. 1t made the regular army sort
of constabulary, doing duty in small
units and in a primitive police way.
Modern armies had raised their working
unit to the division-of from 10000 to
$4,000 men. But in our army, up to
1917, it was extremely difficult to collect
more than a couple of brlgades-six or
seven thousand men--at any one point
or for any one occasion.
The Hay act permitted moderate in
crease in the strength of the regular
army, which might have been expanded
in the course of five years to 175,00O
tainable. But Mr.. Hay saw to it that the
old limitations on military efficiency
were preserved. The army was prevent
ed from developing into a real army 1t
,oH Eo1 no
point Of view almost toy
AS General March points out, return
to the Hay law would abolish the tank
corps, the air service, the motor trans
port corps and various other new and
now essential services. Under the Hay
law, for instance the air service was a
minor adjunct Of the Signal Corps. Now
it is the fourth arm of the military es-
tablishment, taking rank with the in
fantry, the cavalry and the artillery. 1t
could not survive if reduced to the petty
role assigned it in the army reorganiza-
tion Of 1916.
Whatever it's size hereafter, the regu-
lar army must be a highly trained OF
ganization, capable Of fighting according
to up-to-date methods. The new combat
and auxiliary branches must therefore
be enlarged and the infantry must be
concentrated into divisional units. in
stead of being scattered far and wide in
tiny detachments, assigned to police
work. The Hay maximum of 175, 600 in
peace time has become inadequate. But,
worse than that, the whole Hay concep-
ton of what constitutes an army is obso-
lete.
1t will take Congress some time to
work out permanent military policy.
But while that problem is being solved
it would be foolish to relapse to The
status of three years ago. The army
and the country have far outgrown the
dwarfing provisions Of Mr.. Hays Area
dian scheme
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Con1meYcia! Diplomacy

Mr.. Hurley, of the Shipping Board, has
declared for the operation of tho new
American merchant marine under sys-
tenn approximating to universal subsidy.
The ships are to be sold or leased to
operators, who are TO be practically III
sured against loss. On special routes, if
earnings do not at first suffice to meet
charges, the Treasury is to assume the
deficit. Foreigners will scarcely consider
arrangements Of such q character which
would favor American trade, as making
for "thc establishment OF an equality of
trade conditions"
Great Britain, which for seventy-five
years has followed a policy of trade
equality, now considers a change Colo
nial preference, long talked Of, seems
likely to come in some form. British
thought moreover does not run toward
giving to Germany dumping place.
The license system, developed by war
necessities, will continue and nulify in
large measure "the most favored nation"
clauses of commercial treaties. Britain
must provide work to; her demoblizcd
soldiers, and for industrial rehabilitation
something akin to protectionlsm may be
anticipated.
France seems firmly resolved not to
suffer again the alien economic permea-
ton which made her in many things a
German province She has listed certain
industries as 'basic" and purposes to re-
serve them for her nationals.
Italy, economically the most dependent
of the principal European nations, hopes
to supply her coal deficiency by harness
ing water powers and her lack of metals
by developing ore bodies in her pos
sessions The new Italy will struggle
hard to become self sufficient, and this
does not mean economic freedom
The new Russia after her present
crisis is over will strive to keep out the
Ge rmans-to her a disintegrating pest.
AS to the new nations, their fervd
patriotism will lead them to develop
economic independence for national
safety. In the new era more, rather
than less, trade barriers may be fore
seen. Idealists will demonstrate this
should not be so, but facts will continue
to be facts. For a number of years the
nations are likely to be highly suspi-
cious.
The old protectionism is losing strength
in this country, but tariff problems
are to be more acute and complex
than ever. We have need of commercial
diplomatists-of ncgotiators able to get
something for something. The solution
will be difficult, for the country is i'll
supplied with men competent for the
work. Americans love general pYin-
cipes. Our theorists are not enough
opportnnists, and our men Of practical
affairs are still handicapped by the
prejudice which assumes that anything
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
they ask is wrong because profit is

they ask is wrong because a profit is
sought.
Consider what is implied by the policy
which says that the American who has
business abroad must not look to have
his establishments safeguarded. Or the
full depth of the folly displayed when
American railroad men were practically
told they must not build railroads in
China. Yet the onslaught on what was
called dollar diplomacy" was popular.
The commercial diplomacy of the post
war period demands a better under
standing Of many matters by the Ameri-
can public. Nations with internal bonds
tightened by the war may be expected
TO be competitive as organized social
groups. Such is the outlook, and to pre-
pare American opinion will be a work
of great magnitude, calling for the re-
vision of many accepted ideas.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
No More "RideYs"

he House Committee on Rules has
made an excellent start by refusing to
allow a daylight saving repeal amend
ment to be fastened as rider" on
the agricultural appropriation bill. The
''rider' is a vicious device The rules
of the House forbid general legislation
in an appropriation bill. The reason
Tor this prohibition is sound Appropri-
alton measures have Il right of way be
cause they merely provide money 10 do
work estimated for or already author
lied by law. Restrictions on the content
Of appropriation bills facilitate their
passage by eliminating contentious mat
ter. Different rules govern The consid-
Grafton of general legislation. 1t is,
therefore, d clear violation of the House
ard Senate codes to faston general legis-
lation on money bills. 1t also opens the
way to demorallzing log-rollng and
favoritsin
III war all rules are suspended. Much
general legislation was saddled on the
appropriation measures in 1917 and
1918. But the war emergency is over.
The daylight saving rcpealers empha-
sized that fact by bringing their propo-
stion forward. Yet the Committee on
Rules i'll the last House treated the re-
peal as if it was, in fact, war meas
ure and helped to rush it through last
February without any pretence of pub
lie discussion
The daylight repeal bill ought TO
have no more privileges than the Calder
daylight saving act had when it was
under consideration 1t should be
passed, if it is passed, in the established
way, subject TO ordinary delay and de-
bate. We are satisfied that the support
it seems to have in the House is facti-
tious. But in view of the alleged
strength Of that support, the Committee
on Rules did a courageous thing in re-
fusing to waive the anti-rder regulation
for it's benefit. This is good begin
ming. 1t encourages the belief that for
this Congress, at least, tho offensive
legislative "rider" has been dislnounted
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Must the Yeowoman Go?

There is opposition in the Naval AZ
fairs Committee of the House to the
continued enlistment of women in the
navy There are now more than eight
thousand filing yeomen's positions, and
naval officers testify to their efficiency.
The emergency Of war made their ser-
vices exceedingly valuable. Should they
net be retained in time Of peace? Those
who would have them dismissed do not
cffer very cogent arguments. Thus,
when Captain Leigh, the acting chief of
the Bureau Of Navigation, urged that
they be retained for at least year, Mr.
Butler, the chairman of the committee,
couutered with the retort, "Why don't
sou get 200 900 women in and let all
the men out of the navy" But this is
superficial 1oductio I'D obsurdeem. No
one has pretended that woman could
I'll any and every place.
No doubt the appearance Of women in
naval uniform was bit of a shock to
the public at first. Many refused to
take these "yeomanettes" seriously.
Most Of them looked very well in this
regulation attire, only slightly modified
TO fit the sex of the wearer. Perhaps
many OF them we're attracted to the ser
vice for this reason. The war has
shown that gold lace has charm for
the far even when they wear it them
selves. What with emergency aids and
Farious other war workers, it seemed as
If half the women had discarded the Gus
tonlary feminine garb. If in some cases
it vas regarded az sacrifice, there was
no evidence TO that effect On the con-
trary, the return TO "civics" has often
been reluctant.
There viii be Il missing note Of color
la the streets If the yeowomen disap
pear. But there are other than aesthetic
reasons for keeping them in the ser
vice. They arc not to be rcckoncd
as merely Sir Josephus's sisters and
cousins and aunts. "Thcy do all the
clerical work that men can do," says
Captain Leigh, "and in many cases they
do IL better" IT IL idle TO talk Of unfair
competition with men in these days,
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02

II Prohibition were put to popular vote
there is a chance that more people would
vote for it than agains, 1t; but the day
light saving repeal bill would be defeated
by 10 to l majority. The only class op-
posed to daylight saving-cxcept some of
the farmcrs-are the tennis reporters
When a match doesn't end until $3.50, and
the courts are at least an hour from the
shop, 1T takes speed and adrotness for the
reporter to have his copy in by 9:30--which
is the sporting page deadline these hurried
evenings.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Nariety's Golden DAYS

Slr: How many of your readers ever
saw Dave Warheld do female impersona-
ton? Yet remember him we'll, way back
IN IN 1890 or thereabouts,, doing speciality in
Theatre, Bowery and CanaI Street Mark
,Murphy was the star of the show, and
Narfield appeared in d Jimmie Russell
makeup and gave an Irish servant girls
impressions of Sarah Bernhardt.
Just few blocks north Of the Windsor
was Harry Miners, a popular burlesque
house. Sam Bernard was a part owner
of "lhc Broadway Burlesquers," and in
the company were McAvoy and May who
attarward appeared on Broadway. On the
in those days. was a big blonde, with
powerful contralto voice. Can any of your
readers remember her as Emma Carus?
Sam Doverc sang shady songs, But in his
company was a wonderful musical artistic,
Lille Western, She played "Then You'll
her act with the Poet and Peasant" over
ture on the Xylophonc. Peter F. Daley
WAS member of the "Horseshoc Four"
and Billy Van belhop appeared fun
nier to me than he did last year as the
star Of "Thc Rainbow Girl" at the New
Amsterdam.
And two blocks further north was the
London Theatre, another popular home of
burlesque What a howl the regular
patrons made when spccuator made his
ii,b dpptd'aHCt ana SOlN lnC HIST I'VE rows
.,--reeularly 5oc-for Soc Weber and
Fields brought straight variety" com
panY Of eight numbers here every wear.
Besides the stars, who did their famous
pool table sketch, Johnny Carroll sang 81
Gibson, The Little Magnet" sang Little
Willie Knew Just What to Do Staley
and Drummond did musical act in black
smith shop and then made an instant
trans iormaton INTO a ballroom, and Maude
Il,tl I,o,Io
up with Billy Clifford. the first Of the silly
ass type. remember his blank stare
and the laugh when he asked his partner
Veil. If YOU bad sister, would she care
for Charlotte Russc?' One burlesoue com
pany (tho name escapes me) had on its
roster Matthews and Bulger, the De witt
Sisters and VIII West. They all appeared
later on in broadway productions One
comedy quartet had Jack Gardner, later of
"Mma. Sherry" fame, and Al Shean, who
is now ', playing Sam Bernard's former part
in "Friendly Enemies" at tho Hudson
Theatre. And John and Harry Kernell?
Well, what's the use of lamenting?
The team that did the musical black
smith act in our day Staey and Biz
beck We fail to recall Billy Cifford's
Charlotte Russo gag, but if he sprang it he
must have lifted it from Lord Dundreary"
The pleasures Of tho memory. as NJ. r.
Cicero used to say arc not surpassable
which accounts for the fact that contribs
enjoy writing their variety show rem-
n'sccnces. We enjoy reading EN-, for one,
and as this Plinth of Ptfle is constructed
with no other thought than our own de-
light, we shall keep printing them as long
as they continue to amuse and thrill
Variety acts may not have improved in
the past twenty-five years, but automobile
service stations fountain pens, coaster
brakes, linotyping and safety razors are
much better than they were in 1894.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Returning the Railroads

\ Questionnaire, submitted to 13 ,424
editors and oliciting responses from
1892. asked (l) whether public opinion
in their localities favored return of
the railroads to private ownership and
operation; CD if not, was this adverse
opinion based in part on q desire to see
competition in service and facilities re-
stored; (3) the general judgment con-
cerning the proposal to extend govern
nlent operation for five years.
On the first question SO per cent voted
yes; on the second, rs per cent; on the
third, II per cent against extending the
period of government operation.
On the generalities Of the railroad
question, if the editors correctly assess
public opinion there is thus substantial
unanimity, for with the minorities are
reckoned all who are doubtful. The
American people have had a year and
half of McAdoo- Hines railroad man
agement. and they don't like it.
But this negative conclusion does not
carry far-helps little toward any af-
tirmatve solution. The question is not
so much whether the railroads shall be
returned, but under what conditions. To
turn them back under the conditions
that existed, plus the new adverse con-
ditions, would give little ground for hope
OF improvement.
The railroads were in the breakers
when the government took them over.
They had lost two essential attri-
butes OF private ownership. They con-
troled neither their income nor their
outgo. Higher rates have added bill
ion to income, but expenditures, chiefly
in higher wages. are up billion and a
half. Private managers would struggle
nearly as vainly to reduce the balance
as government agents have done. Rail
road managers, whether public or pri-
vate are not miracle workers and can
not draw rabbits from an empty hat.
The work of education OH the railway
question is not finished. It is scarcely
begun Having destroyed railway pros
perity in one burst of hysterical unrea-
son, it will do no particular good to bun
die them back to their former owners in
another burst. No one seems seriously
10 want to invest money in or to keep
money in the railway business unless
there is d reasonable prospect of getting
it back. The realities cannot be success
fully glozed over either at Washington
O. in the Office of the committees work
ing to bring government operation to
an end.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Fake Heroe S
By Wilbur Forrest

NOBLENz, Germany, May 1o.-"The
Ameroc," the American Army of Oc-
cupaton's official daily newspaper.
which voices the sentiments of those who
guard the Rhine brdgehead, prints the fol-
lowing editorial in its issue of May s:
Besides the Bolshcvist liars that arc
abroad in the States trying to detract from
the heroic acts of men who played impor-
tant roles in the A. L. f., ono must not
lose sight OF the fact that there arc many
men in and out of uniform, who have never
seen service, doing gross injustice to the
men who came overseas and fought the
war.
"These are the men who wear service and
wound chevrons to which they are not en-
titled. This type is greatly in the minori-
ty in the part they play in tearing down
public opinion, public regard for tho men
who deserve merit for their services.
Most dangerous is the man who lands
on the dock and Immediately begins blow
ing his horn in the newspapers Of how lie
won the war single handed Scores of these
liars have already been uncovered and
scores more will be publicly branded as
falsiiicrs when the members Of the Third
Army return home
Nothing is more encouraging to the con-
scientious objector or tho lady -fngcr-eat
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02

Gotham GIeanirlgs
I0iiTM0niia;1 SIS6iE2 Sir

Its boy at Dave Lawrence S
and Dave is handing out the cigars.
-. Jimmy Montague has left the
employ of VIII Hearst and is about
to buy new auto.
Gene OConnell's little GIRL
Patricia May, was mo. old YES
tortlay.
-l'ranll Butler Of New Rochelle
motorcd up to the Adirondack Mts.
over the recent holidays.
- ack Calder Of Utica and the
Motor Park near st. Nazaire will be
married , wks. from Tomorrow to
Miss Pauline Carmichael of Spring.
field Mass.
Friday was Decoration Day for
lots OF folks, but it was just Friday
lor We scribe.
Bert Green of Mt. Vernon is
spending 3 wks. in Gotham.
News are scarce at this writing
Here it is June again, one of
the best known Of the months.
Macs husband calls it the Ladies' Home
Jo"rnol, Marion the Ladies' Home Journal.
and the s. y. t. at the newsstand the Ladies'
Home Journal. And Mac wonders whether
there may not be a clcw herc-a subcon-
sclous stepping on the gas at the Sign of
the Psychic Interest. Not that it matters.
For example, some say last line.
And some last line. F,P.A.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
The Wheat Harvest Problem

Il rom Jhe TOpchn Cupitd')
Harvesting a two hundred million busheI
wheat crop is serious problem which Kansas
faces, to be accomplished within a few weeks
Wheat cutting cannot be put off State Farm
Labor Director Frizell, OF Larned, calls for
22o,C0o men to harvest the crop, more than
half OF this immense army Of workers to be
brought in from other states. There arc
still in the army, unavailable for harvest
hands, more than twice as many Kansas
men as year ago, and Kansas there fore
is shorthanded to an extent that it has
never been before.
With high wages in other occupations it is
not easy to induce mon to como into tho
wheat harvest The pay IS good enough but
the Job does not attract men who have per
manent employment. For harvest hands
Kansas must rely largely OH former men in
the S. A. 7. C.
"lf the wheat isn't harvested as soon as it
is ripe, it is lost Mr.. Frizel told Kansas
City this week. eve can put off our corn.
our hay and our alfalfa but we can't put of
wheat The crop this year is going to be
worth $475 900, ,0O0'
1t is worth supreme effort TO save the
whole Of it.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02

ing lounge lizard, who stayed at home, than
TO see stories of fake heroism perpetrated
Every story of this kind printed causes the
genuine nero to be doubted when he ar
rives the scene
lhe folks ct home are getting fed up
on the lake hero stories. 1t is getting so.
according to recent letters received from
the States from men who were decorated
for their bravery while in the A. L. f..
that a real soldier is discredited in certain
quarters until he can produce credentials.
But there arc men now out OF uniform who
even show decorations and claim TO have
won them, when in reality they spent the
last two years simply getting the benefits
OF military training in some comfortable
barracks back i'll the States
lis there not need of legislation which
will permit the punishment of takers along
this line? And if there is legislation. whv
are the men who are back TO civil life ~
ing about glorious deeds they alleged they
accomplished not punished? A law that is
not enforced is not a law The War Dc
partmcnt is not to blame, for after q man
leaves the ranks he is without the pale of
military jurisdiction in these matters.
ut Is the duty of every man in the A. r
+. to expose these takers when he aoes
home. While he is here he should exnoso
them by letters. Bring the attention of
editors to lying interviews you sec printed
IN your home paper For liars should not
reap the reward of the brave. Valor
does not live in takers"
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
The Coming 7ower
AN ATHALETIC ROM'NCE

Hal Hawkcr was a gladiator.
He soldered up his radiator
And claimed the ocean brdgeable
BY plane if not dirigible.
He picked a good locality
And warned the Admiralty
l'll wager all I have he ate
Before he tried to aviate.
He banked on neither Spanish
Tramp schoonera, Dutch nor Danish.
If he could on the ground land
The Azores or Newfoundland
Escape without a wound,
Nor have his engine ruined,
And follow the equator
With unclogged carburetor,
He'd get his rivals goat,
inspire many a poet,
. He'd boost the old Rolls Royce,
And cop ALT Harmsworth's purse.
SO he scared above the drink.
Amazed his land and king,
And brown as any berry
Was picked up by the Mary.
All honor to Hal Hawker!
Ill say that birds corkcr.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
Miss Elsie Janis, A. E. F.

Many Americans did many admirable
things in the war, but we know of moth
ing with greater muzzle velocity to cheer
and serve and inspire and heal than the
classic cartwheels and other poignant
drama enacted by Miss Elsie Janis for
the benefit of the A. e. f.
Noise of her doings has come back in
various forms. Young reporters have
written dithyrambs. Seasoned, grizzled
correspondents took to sonncts. Buck
privates vie with colonels in expounding
just how Miss Janis entered an impro-
vlsed theatre IN a railway repair shop
riding on the cowcatcher Of locomo-
tive. Often--usually-sh did her pro-
gramme over and over again, ten times
in close succession, to as many audi
cnces. And anybody who heard the
tenth performance saw just as much i'm
mortal pep and inimtable grace and
charm as those who heard the first.
There was no tiring Miss Janis. There
was no spot too weird, too impossible,
TOO close TO front lines or Gothas or
horrors OF noise or danger to daunt her.
She had the spirit of the A. 4. Il. to the
tip Of her tongue and to the last wheel
ing toe. Our salutations to her on her
safe return, true artist and a brave
American.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02

when the women are taking all sorts Of
jobs and making good with them. Will
not the Naval Affairs Committee have a
heart and spare, oh, spare the yco-
woman?
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
A Question Of Verrnin

fifon, Thc Kansas Ciy stem
A New Jersey town is reported to have
kept itself free Of Bolshcvism by threatening
to wash any red card agitator found within
it's limits
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02

toU purchase merchandise advertised In 1he
fH6UNE With absolute safetyor II dissatisfaction re-
cults In any THE TRIBUNE guarantees to your
money task upon request No red tape. No uuibh!lns
We mako GOOD promptly II the advertiser does rot.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02
MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled 10 the uss
fcs republication OF ali dispatches credited to 1t OK
otherwise IN this and tho local
o, Spontaneous origin published hereD,
All rights republication OF all other matter herein
Gs also reserseo.
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02

Danish Mary surely is entitled to a
small part of that consolation prize, or
is she TO remain the unrewarded heroine?
New-York tribune., 1919-06-02

The cold diplomacy that is menacing
the world again was made in Germany.