Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1919-08-16

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The clergy Is wrought up ever the s
lesian question perhaps more than any
body else in Germsny. A letter from
Pastor Ffiebe of the parish Of DrOseh.
kau declares that ls,eoe persons in his
district are coming uedcr Polish will,
although they have been proven by a
test vote to be Germaa-feeliug. Like
wise the North German conference re-
Gently aaOpied aresslation Obieeting TO
the peace terms. and expressing the hope |
that Christianity could find a way Of
reeoneihag nations. This body was cspe.
eially wrought up over the silesian
question.
As has been said hefoFe. the German
national assembly differs little from
other national legislative bodies in the
matter of long -winded discussion. But,
it perhaps acquired a record when in
the course Of the past week, with vital
eeoonmie questions ON hand, it spent a
long time discussing the price Of cher
rics and the printing of a new issue Of
stamps commemorative Of the assembly.
The revolution in Germany may-may
is used advisely-dO away with tips for
servants.
A strong movement is now afoot to
abolish tipping, and some hotels aud
cafes have had moderate success there
with. But, the public, however, still
pays the bill
In some places, the workers council
and the management have agreed that
"A 10 per cent addition shall be placed on
all bills then 10 per cent extra to 20 to
the walters in lieu Of their usual tips.
While the workers in such cafes and
hotels claimed they'd be satisfied with
the system, it is still noted that with
out tips, service is inclined to be rather
lax Moreover, in some cases, hotels
have found it convenient TO make even
more than a 10 per cent increase in
prices under the plea of-higher wages
for employees, whereas the employees
maintain that they have had only part
of the added percentage.
Germany is soon to experience a ciga-
rette famine unless il gets fresh imports
of tobacco from other lands. IS pres
ent supply of cigarette tobacco is so
low that probably next month win w.
ness the Disappearance Of the real Ger
man cigarette made from Turkish or
Egyptian tobacco. AT present, cigarettes
cost about three or four cents apiece
whereas before the war they cost u
small fraction of cent apiece.
Recently a quantity of American cig.
arettes has appeared here having been
smuggled in from the COblenz region
where they were either stolen from the
American eommissary Or bought from
American soldiers.
/ Demolization of what is left of the
German army will release 100000
meters of cloth, to say nothing of hun
drcds of thousands of pair of shoes, As
a result, the government expects that
there will be a material decrease in the
price of clothes and shoes.
II proposes TO distribute the cloth and
shoes, which had been stored up against
further prosecution of the war, at low
prices to deserving families. Rates will
be made according to the size of the
family.
Out of the sordid annals Of the Ber-
lin criminal courts came today the story
of "B'aek Hard persecution which
had its inception in the recent anti
Semitic agitation here.
Karl Rietzc, recently returned from
Russian prison camp, was accused Of
trying TO cxtort several hundred thou
sand marks from two jewish merchants
under threat Of death.
4 Rietze told the court be was at
! loss to know why he had sclt the me-
chant "Black Hand letters, saying
they must deliver packets OF money =
stipulated places or suffer 9c eonse-
quences. But, he did plead that his
mind had been affected BY anti-semitie
propaganda. He had read a number of
the pogrom pamphlets, and then had
gone to the place of publication, where
about twenty persons were eongregated
There the suggestion was made that
the Jeys should be oppressed, just as in
Russia, and that money should be ex-
torted from them wherewith TO continue
the propaganda work.
Rietze said that he supposed this sug
geston had been the inspiration for his
own deed, for he at once set about to
send letters, signed the "Secret An
once" to the merchants. While they
were warned not to have anyone accom-
pany them, they at once called in the
police and had Rietze apprehcnded when
he came to receive the decoy packet Of
marks. .r
Communism may come to the aid Of
cupid here
Fearing that returning soldiers viii
be deferred from marrying and making
homes for themselves because Of the
high cost Of furniture an snterprising
communist has suggested that the gov
ernment communize the old furniture
business He says the stores charge too
much, whereas if the government took
them over, there'd be nothing in the
wav of feturnino soldiere MAKING hotues