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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-04
Report
On Deficiency Bill
Accepted Today

Washington. March After a
stormy debate today the senate voted
80 to 81 to accept the conference re-
port on the urgent deficiency bill
The conference eliminated a number
Of items frem the senate bill, includ-
ing $4,000. 900 for the repair Of naval
vessels.
Democratic senators vigorously op-
posed the conferees' action in yield
ing to the insistenee of the house
against the naval item. Senator Gay,
democrat. Louisiana, said elimina-
ton of the appropriation was false
economy as many dreadnaugats
cruisers, and smaller naval craft were
out OF commission because of lack of
funds TO repair them.
SenatoA. Phelan, democrat. Califor-
mia. declared the cut would throw
$4,000 skilled navy yard workers ou
of work and w9al3 scatter them
JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-04
Smith To Attempt
One-Day Flight
Of Pacific Coast

Seattle, Wash, March 4.--Major
Albert d. Smith, United States army
aviator, today received permission
from Washington, d. c., to attempt a
one day flight from Camp Lewis, Ia
coma, to San Diego. Major Smith,
who Is at Camp Lewis, eaii over the
telephone today that he would start
AZ daybrealS tomorrow
Stops will be made for fuel oil and
water at Eugene, Red Bluff, San
Francisco Fresno and possibly Los
Angeles Arrangements will be made
for quick service at the stopping
points.
Major Smith will attempt the flight
In DelIaviland plane. In a recent
flight to Seattle from San Diego he
used Sopwith machine In coming
north he was seven and one-hal
hours nj the air between San Francis
co and Seattle.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-04

spraying. pruning and cultivating' l
stir had faith in the prune industry. l
borrowed the money and bought 1t IN
1911 for about 500 an acre They
made me a low price because they fig
l would have 10 grub out the prune
trees before 1 could use the land. It has
been amOney-maker from the start In
1918 made more than twice as much
money on my crop as 1 paid for the
place. This fail expect TO have not
less than 100000 pounds of prnnes,
for which viii receive from is TO is
cents a pound. Pigs are pigs, and
prunes are prunes. these days"
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-04
THRIFT ENDS IN SUICIDE

San Francisco. Mar 4.-Charles
Peterson, an elevator operator who
committed suicide here recently, left
to relatives in San Francisco and in
Sweden an estate of $4,000. the ae-
of life time Of thrift.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-04

throughout the country running nay
yard organization aud efficiency.
The report already hSS been adoDt-
ed by the house.
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-03-04
CHAPTER viii-Continued.

He was slow In following. hanging
back as I approached closer to the
motionless form, and I could hear the
mutterlng OF his lips. PROFESSIONALLY
the man was dead; Of this was as
sured before / even knelt beside him.
He lay on his face In a litter OF dead
leaves, and almost the first thing
noticed was the death wound back OF
his ear, where a large-callber bullet
had pierced the brain. His exposed
hands proved him a negro, and II was
with feeling Of unusual reWugnance
that touched his body. turning It
over sufficiently TO see the face. All
at once / knew him, unable wholly to
repress cry Of startled surprise as
I stared down into the upturned
face-the dead man evidently mur.
dered, shot treacherously from behind
was Free Pete. sprang to my feet.
gazing about blindly Into the dim
woods. my mind for the instant dazed
by the Importance OF this discovery.
What could 1t meani How could 1t
have happenedi BY what means had
he reached this spot In advance Of u.s.
and at whose hand had he fallen3 He
gould have been there only for one
purpose. surely-in an attempt to
guide Eloise Beaucaire and the quad
room Della. Then what had become
Of the womenf Where were they
how1
stumbled backward to the support
Of the log. unable to answer any one
Of these questions. remembering only
In that moment that must tell Rene
the truth.
"Tell me-please." she begged. rs
the man dead2 Who Is ne, do you
knowf"
Yes" I replied desperately. "He is
dead. and l recognized his face. He
Is the negro Pete and has been killed,
shot from behind"
'Pete," she echoed. grasplng at the
log to keep erect, her eyes on that
dimly revealed figure In the leaves.
"Free Pete. Cartons Pete? How
could he have got herei Then-then
the others must have been with him.
What has become Of themf'
at is all mystery; the only way to
solve II Is for us to go on. 1t can do
no one any good to stand here. staring
at this dead body. When we reach
the cabin we may learn what has oc.
CURED. Go on ahead. Sam. and We
will follow-don't be afraid, boy; 1t
Is not the dead who hurt u.s."
She clunE tightly to me, shrinking
past the motIonless figure She was
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-03-04
CHAPTER TX.
Tho Trail Of the Raiders.

Shocked and unnamed as was at
this discovery, to pause there staring
at those gruesome figures would have
only brought fresh alarm to the two
watching my every movement from
the edge Of the clearing. Gripping my
nerves. advanced over the first body,
watching for any sign Of the presence
Of life within the cabin. There was
none-the work of the murder had
been completed, and the perpetrators
had fed. The dead man, with ghastly
countennnce upturned to the roof raf-
ters. and the snowy beard. was un-
doubtedly the negro helper. Amos
Shrunk. Pete's description OF the ap.
pearance Of the man left this identif-
cation beyond all dispute. He had
been stricken down by savage blow,
which had literally crushed In one
side Of his head, but his dead hands
yet gripped rifle. as though he had
fallen fighting to the last.
The other man, the one lying across
the threshold. had been shot, although
! did not ascertain this fact until after
| turned the body over sufficiently to
reveal the face. This was dlsfigured
by the wound and covered with blood,
so that the features could scarcely be
seen, yet | instantly recognized the
fellow-Carver Surprised out Of all
control by this unexpected discovery,
| steadied myself against the log wall,
fully aroused to the sinister meaning
Of his presence. To degree the com.
plete significance OF this tragedy In.
stantly gripped my mind II this fel.
low Carver had been one Of the assail.
ants then II was absolutely certain
that Kirby must also have been pres
ent-the leader Of the attack. This
inevitably meant that both men had
been aboard the steamer, and later
were put ashore at the mouth Of the
Illinois. And, now that I thought
about 1t, why notl II was no accident,
and l wondered that the possibility
had never occurred to me before. The
gambler naturally knew all the gossip
Of the river. and beyond question he
would be aware Of the reported ex-
lstence Of this underground station
for runaway slaves. 1t was common
talk as far down as st. Louis. and his
mind would instantly revert to the
possibility that the fleeing Rene might
seek escape through the assistance of
Shrunk. The mysterious vanishing Of
the boat would serve to increase that
suspicion. Even II this had not oc.
Cured to him at first. the steamer
would have brought news that no keel.
boat had been seen on the lower river,
while the captain Of the John B.
Glover, or someone else on board,
would have been sure to have men.
toned the negro helper and suggest
that he might have had hand in the
affair. To follow that trail was, In.
deed. the most natural thing for Kir-
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-03-04

sldehill. and SO overhung with trees
as to be Invisible. except from the d..
rection Of our approach. We could see
only the side wall. which contained
one open window. and was a one-ro0m
affair. low and fat-roofed. built Of
logs. Its outward appearance was
peaceful enough, and the swift beat OF
my pulse quIeted as took rapid sur.
vey of the surroundings.
SAM" l commanded. "you are to
remain here with Rene, while learn
the truth yonder. Yes" to her quick
protest. "that will be the better way
there is no danger and l shall not be
gone but for moment"
l seated her on a low stump and
left them there together, Sans eyes
rolling about in a frightened effort to
perceive every covert In the woods,
but the girl satisfied to watch me In.
tently as moved cautiously forward.
A dozen steps brought me within view
Of the front Of the cabin. The door
had been smashed In and hung dan
Cling from one hinge. Another step,
now with pistol gripped In my hand.
enabled me to obtain a glimpse within.
Across the puncheon threshold. his
feet even protruding without. lay a
mans body; beyond him. half con-
cealed by the shadows of the interior,
appeared the outlines Of another. with
face upturned to the roof. plainly dis
tlnguishable because Of a snow-white
beard.
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-03-04

there neiplesly narooned An this
was plain enough now. when It was
already too late to remedy the evil.
The struggling girl emerged through
the tangle Of shrubs and paused sud-
denly at my side. her lips giving ut
terance to q cry Of surprise.
"The-the boati It Is not herel"
"No; there Is not a sign Of 1t. Those
fellows must be still In the neighbor-
hood; must have seen rs when we
first came"
But what are we to dor
had no ready answer, yet the echo
Of utter despair In her voice stirred
me to my own duty as swiftly as
though she had thrust a knife into my
side. Do? We must do something
We could not sit down Idly there In
the swamp. And to decide what was
to be attempted was my part. II Kir.
by and whoever was with him had
stolen the missing boat. as undoubt.
edly they had, they could have pos.
sessed but one purpose-escape. They
were inspired to the act by desire
to get away, to fee from the scene
Of their crime. They must believe
that we were left helpless, unable to
pursue them or create alarm. Yet II
1t was Kirby why had be ned 81
swiftly, making no effort to take Rens
captive also1 1t was she he was seek
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-03-04
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not sobblng: her eyes were dry, yet
every movement. each glance exhibit.
cd her depth Of horror. l drew her
closer. thoughtless Of what she was
my heart yearning to speak words Of
comfort. yet realizing there was moth
Ing left me to say.
do not mind me- she said. paus-
ing before the utterance OF each word
to steady her voice. IL am not
going to break down. Tit is the
suddenness-the shock. IL shall be
strong again In a minute"
'You must be-" whispered. "for
their lives may depend on u.s."
II was a short path before us and
became more clearly defined as we ad-
vanced. A sharp turn brought us into
full view Of the cabin. which stood
b . ANAL epening. built against the
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-03-04
T CANNOT ORDER; I AM A SLAVE"


territory
to
daughter having
his plantation and hand unfairly dealt
nfure dops dead Knox induce Kirby his stolen
ashore and reaches hut Knox lies for days Recovering
ans him for His have Recovering
they with Pes help to get the to the cabin Of abo
Zionist, Shunk.
ovsh conversation between the sheriff and his deputy
girl who she s Rene Beaucrs Kirby insults the GIRL
try to with him They fall to md Pete where he had been
their the river Next
Q
taeherou behind lying the woods
. stunning surprise
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-03-04
Real Sermon.

"That was a splendid sermon you
preached last week."
"Did you like it?"
very much. 1t impressed me
greatly"
THAT sof'
Yes. actually. On Monday morn.
Ing because OF what you had said l
turned down a chance to make ten
thousand dollars on deal that might
not be considered exactly straight"
No woman has entered the convent
OF st. Catherine, on Mt. Sinai, for
more than 1.40O years.
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-03-04

That am q sIave-a Nsoress7"
ing; for the purpose Of gaining pos
session Of her these murders had been
committed. Why. then, should he run
away when he must have known the
girl was already In his graspf The
same thought apparently occurred to
her.
"You-you believe that Kirby did
this7"
"What other conclusion Is possiblei I
We know that he passed rs on the
steamer-Sam saw him plainly. It
was his man. Carver. whom we found
dead In the hut. It could have been
no one else"
But" she questioned, unsatisned.
''he would have only one reason for
being here-hunting me. his slave.
That was his one purpose, was 1t noti
II he saw rs then he must have known
Of my presence, that was here with
you. Why should he make no attempt
to take me with himf Why should he
steal our boat and run awayT
zone theory II a. good as another, |"
| said, "and mine 20 far have all been
wrong. What do you make Of it.
SamT
"Who, sahf Me, sahr'
"Yes, take 4 guess at this"
"'Pears like" he said, deliberately.
rubbing his ear with one hand. ''as
how 1t mought have happened dis yere
way. sab. All amt a-sayin' 1t wus-
It mought be. Maybe Massa Kirby
nebber got no sight OBJ Us tall. an
wus afeerd fer ter stay. He Just
knowed q party wus yere-likely
'nough sum Black Abolitionists. who'd
be huntin' him II he didn't cl'ar out,
just SO soon as dey foun' dat Amos
Shrunk wus dead. Here wus his
chance, an he done took It."
He bent suddenly forward. his
glance at the edge Of the log. "Dey
aln't took but just de one boat. sab.
fer de odder am showed under dar
out'r sight"
As l stopped further over l saw that
this was true. the small rowboat. with
the oars undisturbed In Its bottom,
had been pressed In beneath the con-
cealment Of the log wharf. almost COM
pletely hidden from above, yet to all
appearances uninjured. The very fact
that 1t should have been thus left only
added to the mystery Of the affair. II
It had been Kirby's deliberate purpose
to leave US there stranded ashore
why had he failed to crush In the
boats planking with q rocki Could
the leaving Of the craft In at condi-
tion for our use be part Of some care
fully conceived plan: a bait to draw
us Into some set trapl Or did 1t occur
merely a. an incident Of their hur.
ried fightf These were unanswerable
questions, yet the mere knowledge
that the boat was actually there and
In navigable condition promised rs an
opportunity to escape. While hope re.
mained, however vague. 1t was not my
nature to despair. Whether accident
or design had been the cause made no
odds was willing to match my wits
against Kirby and endeavor to win.
And ] must deal with facts Just a.
they were.
The Raymer enterprise., 1920-03-04
Fitting Work for the @Dev-
ips Own"
The Falllao Due,
GO BE coNTINUED.I

The Failing Due.
Dora-Edith declares that the fel-
low she is marrying is a man Of note.
Flora-Quite right. Like q note be
exists on promises and ID discounted
n financial arclea-CartoouA
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-26
AN OPEN LETTER TO MR..
HARDING AND MR.. COX
BV DR.. Frank Crane

One of you is going to be elected Presi-
dent of the United States.
No matter which is the one, he is going to
face a tremendous practical tangle. 1t is
this:
With thirty-two Senators TO be elected
on November 2, thirty-two Republican and
thirty-one Democratic Senators whose terms
are unexpired and one vacancy to be filled
neither Republicans nor Democrats can Sc
cure the two-thirds majority of the Senate
necessary to WELD the treaty-making power
vested in the Senate under the Constitution
of the United States
While it is apparent that the Republicans
can prevent the ratification of the Versailles
Treaty and our entrance into the League of
Nations, it is equally true that the Demo-
Gratis will have the power to prevent the adop-
ton OF any resolution for a separate peace
with Germany, or for the entrance of Amer
lea into any new Association Of Nations"
You will perceive that cit is Condition
that confronts us, and not a Theory"
This is no time for blind, stubborn al
herence to ultimate ideals for which the peo-
pie are not yet ready. Nor is it time for
that foolish consistency which is the hob
goblin of little minds"
1t is your duty, Mr.. Next President to
Get the people of this country Together.
TO this end you must be the President of
ALL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, and not the
leader of a Party.
been made a Party Issue. You know that,
and have said it.
If you want to have successful admins
tration, therefore, and win the enthusiastic
applause of all classes
FORM COALITION GOVERNMENT.
Get men of Both Parties in your cabinet
We've had enough fighting. Let's Get To
gether!
L1ovd George said: every bell1gerent
country, with the exception of America has
been driven to coalition, to save the state"
He also said: "When there is storm 1t is
Ill hands on deck
The Business Men of the United States
ire sick and tired of Party squabbling.
The Workers are sick of it.
The Women are sick of it.
Everybody, except the political wrestlers,
is sick of it,
Can you not once you are elected, help
his torn. bleeding and disguised People to
Get Together?
Only so will we have Peace and Prosperity.
Men of influence in the party opposed to
ours will flock to your support.
Will you do this?
It is your amazing opportunity.
Copyright; 1920, by Frank Crane.)
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-26
CO ID D =

seventh seVe t.' W wooden; tenth, tin; twelfth.
silk and linen; fifteenth. crystal ;
twentieth. china: twenty, fifth Sill
ivory; fortieth, ruby; fftieth, golden;
seventy-f1fth. diamond.
| TO. What was the greatest vol
canic eruption in the world?
A. The greatest volcanic disturb
ance within the period of human his
interior valleys of Savil. Samoan Is
lands. With a brief resting period,
| this activity, which began in August.
| 1905. lasted for four years, and the
discharge of lava has! been estimated
at more than five cubic miles.
SO. What is the difference be-
tween an alligator and a croco-
ollie?
A. The alligator and the crocodile
closely related 6srs reptl onlv 0a e1s
minor differences in form. The
alligator has a round, blunt snouS.
and the crocodile a long, thin one.
There are two species OF ailiga-
tor; one of which is found in Flor.
ida and other parts Of the south, and
number of species Of crocodile. one
Of which is also found in Florida.
The crocodile is a more aggressive
treacherous and altogether danger
Gus reptile than the alllSator'
60. What verse IN tine Bible
contains ali the letters in the alpha
bet?'
A. Ezra vII-21 contains all the
letters of the English alphabet
except Il, which was formerly writ
80. What was the first real
news sent by telegraph?
A. The first news ever carried by
telegraph was the nomination OF
Polk. The line extended only from
Washington TO Baltimore.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-26

Editor Tri-Weekly Journal: Some
folks are considered mighty free
hearted and clever; others are con-
sidered clever but not enough to brag
about, and some folks are not con-
sidered clever at all, but mortal
stingy and regular tightwads.
II have found out that nearly ev-
erything is free-hearted and clever
with one certain thing, and that one
thing is free advice.
You get it. Just as, free as the
out to you in unlimited quantities.
In fact, nearly the whole population
is standin' ready, willin' and waiti1'
to offer advice and to hand it out
absolutely free and without charge
Il reckon that this free advice
question has always been in vogue.
I know it was in vogue away back
yonder when 1 was a small boy up
around Petit's Little Mill, and has
been very prominent ever since.
Some folks, in order to show how
clever and free they are on that
score, will hand you out free advice
about things that they really know
nothing about.
You may meet up with 'em and
tell 'em that you are not feelin' well,
and they will advise you to take a
certain medicine, when they don't
know any more about the properties
that go to make up that medicine
than a pet moneky, and they know
no more about the construction of
the human body than a six-months-
old baby.
"They will advise you all about
farmin' and tell you just exactly
how to get rich at it. when it may
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-26
WHY CHILDREN LIE
BY H. AddingtOn Bruce

GAIN and again l receive letters from
n parents worried by the classifying pro-
4 clivities of their children. In many
of these letters, 1 am glad to find, there is
recognition of the fact that the telling OF
lies is not necessarily an evidence of ode
pravity"
1t may, indeed, be an evidence rather OF
unsatisfied yearnings for love and sympa-
thetic interest Children who for any rea-
son feel that they are not getting out of life
all they should are not unlikely to resort to
lies as a means of gaining more attention
from their elders.
In this way, for example, children in whom
feelings of nferiority develop because OF
mental or bodily defect, an environment OF
poverty, or parental neglect, are apt to in
vent amazing yarns" with themselves as
the chief actors therein They may even tell
harmful lies about other people, being blind
to every consequence except the desired one
of making themselves appear more interest
ing.
Or habit of lying may be the product
Of nothing more serious than an underdevel-
opment of the critical faculty. Very young
children are, of course, particularly prone to
err in this way.
A vivid dream may be gravely related by
them as an actual occurrence. Or they may
ascribe to themselves happenings of actual
occurrence to others. What these little
falsifiers obviously need is not punishment,
DuL Trailing LudI Will uelp CASll " oASoA AL
nate between fancy and reality.
Even when lying is premeditated and de-
liberate--for the avoiding of penalties, dodg-
ing some irksome task, getting ones own
way, accomplishment may be neither the
surest nor the most logically indicated rem
edy.
"I'll teach you to tell lies!" cries an irate
parent, who perhaps has not himself set his
child a consistent example of truth-telling.
Or it may be that he has unconsciously in
cited his child to lie by the severity with
which he has penalized even slight faults.
Parents, as some one has we'll said, too
often forget the natural timidity of children.
Fear is assuredly the chief cause Of wilful
lying "There are more lives spoiled by I'M
due harshness than by undue gentleness."
And as not unimportant secondary cause
Of wilful lying comes imitation, whether Of
-disregarding playmates or h-dtsre-
garding parents. So that Eugenia Andruss
Leonard, writing on this complex subject OF
children's lies, suggests the best possible
course for parents to follow when she insists:
"The parent who is truthful, sympathetic
and sincerely interested in the problems that
perplex her child has little to fear from child
lying, for the recollection Of such friend
is mighty force prompting the child to bet
ter and worthier effort at truth"
If, however, sympathetic study and judi
cious handling alike fail to curb habitual
lying, then the aid Of specialist in mental
and nervous troubles should be invoked. For
the possibility is that the unfortunate little
falsifier is juvenile victim of that malady
known as mythomania, concerning which l
shall have something to say another day.
Copyright, 1920, by the Associated Newspa-
pers.)