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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-16

Tuesday nights game places three
teams in the scramble for second
place. The serious injury Of Bob
Brown, the Stars third baseman was
an item In the weakening Of the erss-
while league leaders. Brown was in
jured while working on truck at the
highway garage.
The Valley Motor "moguls' and the
"Y" Tigers will meet tonight at SWEET
land Field at 6.15. The public is cor
daily invited to attend these games
which are free.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20

the American penchant for meddling in affairs that do not concern usl
 By all means let Ireland be free, if the Irish can quit quarreiing among themselves long enough to decide what they really do want. If we were in the League of Nations we might consistently have something to say about it, but we are not in the League of Nations and are, there fore, not qualified to speak on this or any other subject which has to do. with the internal affairs of foreign country.
 By the Senate's failure to ratify thes speace treaty yesterday, which probably means that the question must be taken before the people and decided at the polls, we are still fur- ther removed, if that were possible, from participation in European af- fairs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
NEW WAY TO KILL RATS

toe "tacky.' This allows the rats to move on it with impunity. We are en- deavoring to meet that possibility by standardizing the quality of the varnisn. People should continue to put down the boards so long as they are catching rats. It does not matter if board has had a dead rat -on it. They should just re-
 move the body and put on more varnsh.
 The varnsh is not poisonous, and a coroner's jury would probably ascribe death to natural causes following a shock, continued Dr. Howarth. I think tEat the rats die of fright. Once their tails stick their doom is sealed. They never get near the bait. They get their feet in the varnish, and the more they struggle the faster they stick.
 Rats caught during the night are al- ways dead in the morning, and it is very remark able thing that if two rats get on the varnish together one of them
 kills the other Evidently each thinks
 that the other is holding him. Then there is battle royal, and we find one
 with his neck bitten through. As to the cruelty or IL, We cannot auoru tV w1S'e sentiment and it is certainly not as cruel as phosphorous poison, which takes about four hours to kill
 Dr. Howarth produced couple of the traps with the victims of his experiments. In each case the bait was untouched, the rats having stuck immediately they touched the varnish. The public health department at the Guildhall is ready to furnish information and to recommend manufacturers for supplying the varnish
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
IuKu u,IUKE SAYS

Amt wimmin the contrary critters About the time the men begin wear ing straw hats and Palm Beach suits lthe wimmin will begin wearing felt 'Lats and furs.
 Anyway. the poor man who has to buy shoes for four kids ought to be thankful that he isn't rich enough to have to buy four til es for four auto mobiles.
 Every man believes that the hus- band of the girl who turned him down gets a good beating every day from the mutt she married.
 Nearly everybody loves dogs and horses. And there's reason. Dogs and horses can't talk.
 The thirty-year-w wasn't the long est in history. Lots of married cou- ples have lived together longer than that.
 Ask any single girl who is more thar e7 years old and she'll assure you thai early marriages always turn out un' happily. One time woman is willing to le, someone else do all the talking is '',hen she has her ear glued to key hole.
 When you have a Joint bank ac. count with your wife it means tha' you will do all the putting in ant she will do all the drawing out wife may have her doubts as te what kept 4ler husband out until m. But she is certain that he wasn studying astronomy.
 The art:f.~iaf roses on a woman'' hat look about as natural as the one' cn her cheeks. The first of Suee month is the onl' gay some men get any mail.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
Louisville May Have a
 Recount of the Census

M F the large cities whose census " population has been announced, Louisville has most reason to be dis appointed. It showed a growth of only about ten thousand since 1910.
 Louisville is a prosperous city, and the claim it made of two hundred and fifty thousand was reasonable, but instead of that, it is credited with less than two hundred and thirty-five thousand.
 If the census bureau agrees to give Louisville another enumeration, it should lose no time in doing so, for the result of new census will nat urally determine the action of other disappointed cities in demanding new counts.
 The census was taken in January, anu Iiie IWo ihoiIho ch"e "AiA he' w passed before enumerators could get to work again would make an appre- ciable addition to the original emu meration. This would hardly be fair to cities that have accepted the sit uation.
 If Louisville gets a recount, Bir- mingham will surely have a right to insist upon similar action provided it's census figures fall much below two hundred thousand. All cases of recounts will be watched with de- cided interest.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
A BACHELOR TAX IN FRANCE

to be permitted to die out, will not be
 affected by 10 per cent tax. The few
 who are still dominated by some
 blighted affection of the past will scorn
 money considerations. But if all the
 bachelors in France were to rush at once for the altar to put on the halter of matrimony. not all the maidens who want to be married would be accom-
 modated. France has hundreds of l thousands more women than men. However, a partial reform is better than none at all. A certain per cent of the galliards who have rested their philosophy of life on the cynical epi- 1 gram, The worst thing about woman 1 is that you can't take her in your arms without having her on your hands," will take a second thought when the tax collector begins to come around Their eyes will be opened to the charms of Susette, or Marie, or Diane, and mar riage is never wholly without love when | ones eyes are opened.
 I Probably American girls arc not a
 bit anxious to see the bachelor tax adopted here. They prefer to stand proudly on the high heels of industrial
 opportunity and let uncoerced men cap ] ture their affections if they can. The
 point of view is everything.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
 IT ONDON.-As the result of experi-
 ments carried out by his depart
 ~ ment, Dr. Howarth medical of-
 dcer for the city of London, is now able to recommend varnish. as one of the most effective ways of destroying rats on q large scale, writes Times reporter. In an interview yesterday, pr. How
 arth explained that the substance used
 is strong lithographc varnish. It should be warmed by heating the container holding 1t in boiling water. When warm
 the varnish will run, and in this condition it should be spread one-sixteenth to one eighth of an inch thick on pieces of stra wboard or fairly thick cardboard measuring about fifteen inches by twelve inches.
 A margin of about an inch should be left clear of varnish, and the bait placed in the center of the board where it will adhere to the varnish The traps should be placed along the rat run or near the holes. They remain effective for about four days, when the old varnish should be scraped oh and d fresh layer applied l We are continually faced with the rat problem in the city, said pr. Howarth We first discovered varnish being used in a place in Fenchurch street. Since lthen we have experimented very success fully. In some cases we had bags ol sixty to eighty, and l can recoiieet 1t as
 an excellent means of ridding a place oi I rats. Disappointmerts arise chiefly l through the yarnish being too weak ol
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
AN ARBITER OF ELEGANCE

From Current OpInlon.
 In Victorian England we learn from the Paris Matn, NJ Deschanel (the new
 President of France) would be dandy and anywhere he would be an exquisite.
 He fences, plays the piano, reads verses looks at pictures with finely discriminat-
 ing steely eyes, and shoots. He exercises with dumbbells in the morning hours,
 he has special appointments with his
 tailor and his chiropodist, and when he
 throws away a suit of clothes it is still
 new and fresh
 At those banquets over which he pre-
 sides with such distinction. he has a
 trick of raising his glass with that long
 white hand of his and peering through
 the liquor. One fancies he will drink,
 but no, he sets down the glass, makes
 felicitous remark-all the remarks of
 NJ Deschanel are felicitous-and begins
 to toy with the food in his plate. Petty men about him are eating and drinking,
 but monsieur toys with the viands artis- tically His taste is too fine for anything not served from his own individual cui- sine for the same reason that a book must be fresh from the shop before he will read it.
 In their absorption by NJ. Deschanei. our contemporaries abroad seem at times to forget that he has a wife. From the resources of her fathers fortune, ac- cording to the Humanite, Mime, Descha- mel is delighted to keep her husband go | ing. She has lived only for him since | first they, met, and they met before she came into the money accumulated by her i father from adventures in railway 1 finance She is so lost in her husband s career that she dresses for it. Never would Mme Deschanel risk a public ap- I pearance by her husbands side in a costume calculated to eclipse his ele- gance.
 l Deschanel assumes the presidency oi ! the French republic with a hundred diff l ferent suits of clothes, collection oi about fifty hats and enough pairs oi l shoes to fill two packing eases. It is ex- asperating to the Humanite. although its l conservative contemporaries point ou l that there must be costume for the academy, a suit for the morning, tht evening, the afternoon, the maneuver h'
 hunt and ever So many other ceremonial i occasions.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
Agricultural Department
 Must Not Be Crippled

M1 o department of the government A V has been more efficiently ad- ministered than that of agriculture, and none has shown more practical re- suits.
 It was created by Congress in 1889. The scope was small and the ap- propriation for the first year amounted to less than a million dol l lars. Non-progressive observers re- garded it as a useless appendage, but in time its value was appre- ciated.
 The work of the department was increased year by year, and every specialized division added was of in- calculable benefit to farmers and fruit growers. When the annual ap- propriation was increased to $22,971,- TSP in 1916 no, intelligent congress- man thought it too much.
 Production has multiplied rapidly land the economy of the departments cost has been incalculable. The New Secretary of Agriculture, Edward T. Meredith, has started out to reduce the expenses of his department, but not at the sacrifice of efficiency. Members of the House however, are disposed to make large cuts-cuts that-would greatly impair the agricultural service. Not only should the farmers make vigorous protest to overdone retrenchment but business men and people in gen eral should be heard from.
 The demands on agricsltufe vii 1 increase as population grows. The time will never come when America production will be in excess of the worlds needs Congress should give Secretary Meredith adequate ane Ihearty support.
 The Maryland house of delegates has passed sis per cent beer bill. Even that is concession on the part of state al one time famous for it's rye whisky
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
Sympathy Is Expressed
 For a Popular Actor

TN AVID WAKEFIELD lies in Los U Angeles with a broken leg, the result of an automobile accident. In every city of considerable size in the country David Warfield has won the tribute of laughter and tears by his art. Of the many theatre patrons who have seen his performances in "The Auctioneer" and "The Music Master" there is not one who will not wish for him speedy recovery.
 Warfield has played other roles, but he rose to stardom in "The Auc- tioneer" and reached the summit of his career in .'The Music Master" If he never essays new character, his fame will be secure He is rightly esteemed one of the few great actors on the American stage. His popu- larity is like that of Joe Jefferson, based on the universal appeal he makes to the heart He is master of the simple emotions, the thoughts and experiences the average man and woman can understand, whether they are voiced in the broken English of ain East Side Jew, German music teacher or the quaint brogue of Rip Van Wrinkle.
 Critics profess to look askance on the so-called "one- part" actor. To some extent Warfield belongs in that category, for Levi the auctioner and Barwig the music master are simi- lar, but so far as the public is con cerned, it Cares not fig. for versa tility. Joe Jefferson, who played many parts, was Rip Van Wrinkle to the end and Warfield will never be associated with any other roles than the two on which his fame rests.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20

From The Brooklyn Eagle.
 TN ARAPHRASING David Harum'
 l0l one might say that "a reason
 4 able amount of tax is good for
 bachelor; keeps him from broodin too
 much on his being bachelor That's probably the view of the French states men who have planned, will enact and will enforce a 10 per cent tax on the incomes of male persons who remain in the enjoyment of single blessed ness.
 Your bachelor man isn't like the mai den lady. "ap unappropriated blessing. He is curmudgeon who refuses to appropriate the blessings that are lying round loose or timid fellow who Tets | q dare not wait upon Il would" till tbe habif- has become ineradicable- We suppose that often. even in the land l of Gaul. which isn't always a land of wormwood for him. he carries in his mind the French equivalent of our ven ] erable topical song
 When I was single. my pockets would jingle;
 l I would I were single again
 Those Frenchmen who are bachelors 1 from just sense of their own un- 1 worthiness or from fixed conviction that the. human race is so bad 1t ought
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
THE MAyFLowER,s FLAG

From the Manchester Guardian
 The proposed celebration in Manches ter of the tercentenary of the sailing of the Mayflower may render it of in terest to direct attention to curi- ous anachronism. In the magnificent fresco in the Palace of Westminster, in which the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers is depicted, the Mayflower is flying Union Jack. The Union Jack as every one knows, cid not come into existence until the passing of the first Act of Union in 1S00-1S0 years after the departure of the Pilgrim Fathers, One of the formalities connected with the Irish Union was a new standard combining the three orders of St. Patrick, which was hoisted in the cap itals of England. Scotland and Ire land
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
Another Blunder
 Committed By Senate

M TIER months of unseemly N wrangling over the peace treaty, which contributed to unrest abroad and caused grave misgivings among the nations with whom Ameri- ca fought the Central Powers, the United States Senate caps the- eli max by giving England slap in the face.
 The adoption of the Irish reserva- tion to the peace treaty, in which sympathy is expressed with the as- pirations of the Irish people for a government of their own choise,' will further emphasize the unpopularity of Americans in England.
 The British were first amazed and then disgusted by the tactics of our politicians. Instead of the speedy CO., operation promised the allies in re- storing order in Europe and getting the world back on peace. basis, we Have done nothing but talk. We are still technically at war with Ger many. While England and France were facing new problems at every turn, both exhausted by the war, we held aloof Small wonder if they regard the American people as war profiteers and the rankest kind of qnitters.
 As if the spectaclcf we have i, er- mitted our representatives in Wash ington to make of us were not al- ready deplorable enough, behold this latest exhibition of tactlessness and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20

From the Home Sector.
 02. EEP out of the Hotel Ste. Anne lA was the warning received py 4S doughboys of the divisions at ,hs front during the summer of 1918. The fame of a certain group of ofncers ana enlisted men of the American army, who acted as a reception commmittee Tor soi- dfers who forgot to tell the captain they were running up to Paris for the weekend. spread throughout the length and breadth of the fighting zone. There was reason. Genial Boniface Hard Boiled Smith and his hotel crew iooKed after the comforts of their geests very' very closely.
 In the Home Sector. the ex-soidiers N eekly conducted by the former editorial council of the Stars and Stripes, in writ ing of the most unpopular hotel in the annals Of American history, a contrib utor says. There are no definite dates as to when the reign of terror in the Paris prison net began nor exactly when it ended It was, however, in the nine n, onths between June. 1sas, and April, lsis, that IL ran us worst DufihS eHis
 an average of between 800 and eao men a week were rounded up and shot throusn those four little rooms, the largest or which was only 15xso feet. on the top floor of. No. 10 Rue Ste. Anne (and after the arnistice at the Prison de Va Roaaette to Prison Farm No. ? at chelles, sixteen kilometers east of Paris. The heaviest catches were made from the Paris streets during the months of August, September. October and November. 1918, and in the six weeks from August IA to october l a total of 2.s4o prisoners were sent through the Hotel Ste Anne.
 There were .verase about ter
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
Great Lecture and
 a Worthy Cause

1NONIGHT at St. Mary's-on-che-
 0 Highlands citizens of Bir- mingham will have the opportunity of hearing the great novelist-lecturer, Coningsby Dawson, in his animating address entitled, "Remaking the World"
 There have been no end of inform ing discourses on war topics, but none of them equals in compelling in- terest this lecture of the distin- guishqd Anglo-American. No one who appreciates the best in war annals, or who feels braced by mighty thrill can afford to miss hearing Conings- by Dawson.
 The proceeds twill go to the Dis trict Nurses Association of St Mary's> There should not be a va cant seat.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
FuHARD-BOILED' SMITHS HOTEL

officers and 135 men on duty at No. Il Rue Ste Anne, where about nine-tenths of the trouble took place, Everyone te lis own taste, but as for me, l think J would almost rather have prison sen
 terce chalked up against my record thar to have been one of them I have befors me as write eight typewriter pages oi notes concerning brutality, robbery and refhciency charged and proved to have existed in Ste. Anne and later in it's worthy twin-sister. De la Roduette. ] know that there are at least 4ooo letters in the hands of Congressmen Dailinger Bland and Johnson and Senator Cham berlain. alleging all kinds of treatmen in, Paris prisons ranging from the theft of jack-knife to attempted murder"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20

horizon, the Fringe arounds sthe ears of baldheaded man is apt to grow longer than usual
 Senator Lodge reminds the senate that a civil war was once fought in this country with self-determination as the real issue Because of the Irish vote the Senate is wearing green spectacls.
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 A Chicago newspaper was enjoined from publishing the diary of beautiful "vamp." It wasn't pure reading matter, to begin with
 St. Patrlcll's day was celebrated with out the customary broken heads. The "drysp- are welcome to use this informa- ton for campaign material
 Russian grand duchess discovered living in boxcar. The world-is certainly up- side down when a grand duchess can't even get three square meals day.
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 A popular French poster compares cle~ meneeau to Cincinnatus. If memory is rot at fault, Cincinnatus retired volun- tarily. s
 The most astute political writers don't pretend to know what President Wilson is going to do between now and next November.
 Two months leave of absence should give General Wood plenty of time to learn that he can't be elected Presi- dent.
 Maybe when "Pancho'' Villa gets too old to lead his marauding band hell set tie down and open hotel for American ! tourists. W9 It is announced that M, Carpentier will appear in an American movie. The an l nouncement was to have been expected Louisville will demand a recount. Bir- 1 mingham may have to be content with 50,0o0 increase in population. .. # < | strike of soda water makers in New York is hailed as an infallible .harbinger of spring.
 Inhabitants of Berlin have learned how to pursue the even tenor of their way in spite of barbed wire and machine guns l Soviet Russia reports that Alaska is about to turn bolshevik. That will be news to Alaska. { # * $. l Uncle Sam would like to have movie of himself maintaining order in the neal east. 1 The United States Senate favors self government for Ireland That will evoke no cheers in Ulster | R $ &,
 Gratitude can go no further than of fering ones benefactor the key to one'' cellar.
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 Luettwitz, like the Tate" Jess Willard overestimated his ability to "come back.
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 Plots against the allies have become extra hazardous in Constantinople
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
GIVE US MEN

By Josiah Gilbert Holland. God give us men. The time demands Strong minds. great hearts. true faith,
 and willing hands: Men whom the lust of office does not
 kill: Men whom the spells of offics cannot Men who possess opinion and . will Men who have honor; men who will
 not lies. Men who can stand before demagogue And dam his freacherous flatteries
 without winking; Tall men. sun-crow ned. who live above
 the fog Tn public duty and in private th1nkinE.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
RAFTING THE CLIMAX

From the Pittsburg Dispatch.
 Chancellor Kapp kept a straight face expiainipg that in selecting the best type of republican government for Ger many the job should be in the hands or old school imperiaiists.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
UNDERWOOD VICTORY SURE

From the Ozark Southern Star.
 Judge Weakley and Hon. Breck Mus grove are both fstill in the running for United States senator and Hon. Oscar Underwood is in Washington looking after the duties of the office. 1t looks very much like he will be returned to the Senate by a very large majority.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
Can't Stay Away

''I cant staw away long from Bir- mingham where I spent some mighty happy years in the pastorate,' said Rev L. NI Bradley. and so l took the opportunity of running up to see somt relatives and friends. l also came to hear Dr. c. Campbell Morgan, and having heard him. I felt fully repaid for the visit. as he Is a wonderful Bible scholar with an unusual ability to interpret it so that the average man and woman as well as preachers can sit under his teaching by the hour without becoming wearied.'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
NOT THAT KIND

NOT THAT KIND. 44 , 'who is the gentleman?''< "He draws cover designs for nzgz- zines" "Ahl A connoisseur of feminine beauty" Quite so But don't jump to a false conclusion. His private life is irreproach- able" ,s
 % ras...,,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
OPPRESSIVE LANDLORD

From the Houston Post
 One Pittsburg landlord refuses 10 allow children. shaving or smoking in his apartment. Then, will he allow .ei,ants to own p2odles or to boil cab bage? Surely he gives them some rights.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
LOCATED

From the Nashville Banner
 Whats become of the old fashioned ..cut3 reporter who jumped at chance to sc to work for SIP week?-Bir- ingiiam Age-Herald. E He's Mow getting s13 and as happy AS q iarlS
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-03-20
sirrAkINC or MoCkERIEs

From the Pittsburg pispatch,
 Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis says the twenty wears sentence on Victor Berger was mockery. How would a fine of s2o.oco.ooc have done,