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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1918)
THE OREGON STATESMAN Issued Dally Except Monday by THE STATESMAN PUBUSHIXCJ COMPANY " 215 S. Commercial 8t Salm, Oregon. MEMBER OF T1IK ASSOCIATED PRES8 ' - Tha Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in mis paper and also the local news published herein. - . - " 1 i i . .... R. J. Hendricks .... Bttphen A. Stone. . . . Ralph Glover . W. C Sqoler . . , Prank Jaskoski Manager ... Managing Editor Cashier Advertising Manager . Manaser Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrler.ln Salem and suburbs, IS cents a week, 60 cents a month, ; ' DAILY STATESMAN, by mall. $ a year; $3 for six months; 60 cents a , month. For three months or more, paid 4n adrance, at rate of 1 5 a year. SUNDAY STATESMAN, $1 a year; 60 cents for six months; 26 cents for " three months. , WEEKLY STATESMAN, Issued in two six-pace sections, Tuesdays and Frldy. yar; 60 cents for six months; 26 cents for three months. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, 683. Job Department, 683. Entered at the Postoffiee In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. RECORD AS WAR GOVERNOR In periods of. the nation's aerioua! conflicts' to be the "War Governor" of a state was a cause for popular esteem or popular obloquy as the record of such Governor was loyally patriotic and active or was either indifferent! or positively disloyal. We have in mind three noted names that have been revered in their respective states on that account since the days of the civil war Oliver P. Morton of Indiana, Richard Yates of Illinois and Samuel J. Kirk wood of Iowa through whose splendid efforts in behalf of patriotic devotion to the Unin those states made! such an enviable record in the number and character of the men sent to the front to preserve the nation's integrity and make possible universal liberty. In the crisis through which we are now passing, the state of Oregon is peculiarly blessed in that respect and when all is oyer and peace is restored James -Withycombe will go down in history as the "War Governor" whose precept and example! have inspired and encour aged this state to outstrip all her sister states in every duty which this war has placed upon us. It will be a record; to be proud of. account of religious and racial pre judice, and because of superstitious falsehoods' concerning their doings. Trotsky Is a Jew. but be has not shown the practical good sense char acteristic of the race. If he had a balance' wheel, the chances for the lasting quality of ibis government would be amazingly improved. ITALY'S "FLOHKXCK ALK.M nk;iitin- 'THIRTEEN ' ' OUR LUCKY NUMBER u; Here's to good old "Thirteen," and may she help us to win the war!'. . I." ' If the United States emerges victorious from the great world conflict in which she is now engaged, and there are none who doubt it, the "unlucky thirteen" superstition Will be smashed to smither eens. ' vi'"'':V:'';'.:''7'v;f' ; . The number which so many persons are inclined to reward as A "hoodoo" is in reality the talisman pf our country, and has been such since the thirteen colonies banded together to fight for their independence. The original flag of the United States, that is, the original Old Glory,? contained thirteen stars, While i the flag of today still carries the lucky number in its thirteen stripes. The seal of the United States has thirteen arrrowa and thirteen stars. ' --:-,,: j ; I.' " . ";, ? -, : . The American eagle has thirteen tail and 4hirteen wing feathers. The national motto, "E pluribus,unum," contains thirteeen letters. . . . - j And, let it be remembered the name of the man who stands at the head of the nation in these troublous times, Woodrow Wilson, contains thirteen letters, as does also the name of his chief adviser, Robert Lansing, secretary of state.' ) j TUB COSTLY QAUE 1 (By Amelia Josephine' Burr of The Vigilantes) What is the price upon a baby's head) . , . Set it, you women who have borne a child And know the warm sweet weight upon your breast Of that which lay so long beneath your heart I Set it, you women who have only felt That blessed burden in your holiest dreams, Women whose arms go out so hungrily To others' children, that one turns away Blinded as by a vision, from the pure White flame of your vicarious motherhood f Set it, strong men, .the fathers of our race, Who from the innocent lips lifted to yours ' Take beyond sense Life's deepest oracles! Set it, O Son of Man and God, Whose hand Was laid on little heads of sunburned curls! These baby -heads, for which we have no price, These are the balla Bulgarian soldiers roll Across the Grecian greensward, where, the sheila Have left a level spot. ....... ; , O Lord,; how long f . ; ' Try to make all of them knocklesj 'days. , -We are also sounding the battle : cry of "Feed 'Em." After this war It will never again 'be possible for1 one 'man to get the 'world by the tall. That much is set tled right now. In this war we are for President t Wilson, right or wrong, as was said about our country in the famous . toast of Commodore Decatur, deliv ered at Norfolk, Va. Exchange. . in buclng the line Senator Cham iberlaln of Oregon has proven a wor thy successor, of the late Senator 'Harry Lane. Los Angeles Times. 'r- Why not send Emma Goldman and her "man." Berkman, back to Rus sia, and tell the Bolshevik! they are welcome to them. If they will only keep them there? It would -certainly be a good riddance of bad rubblih. '. It Is clear that Fuel Director Har ry. Garfield is earning- that salary of "one dollar a year he is receiving from the government, In these days of blizzards and freezing weather In the regions beyond the Rockies. Mr. Garfield mast long for spring. The health of the soldiers mas tered In the Western department of ,the United States army is good, less than : per cent Vlnj on the sick list In spite of the disquieting re ports of the Bolshevik! press. The conditions are mucn' better than in the previous history of large gath erings! of soldiers. It is a subject for congratulation. Los Angeles Times. Quite true. But there is still room for Improvement, and there will no doubt f i be constant improvement. Nothing is too good, for our soldier boys., :? A correspondent in the Spring field Republican writes: "Why not have Senator Chamberlain lnlerned for the duration of the war -charge: Giving aid and comfort to the ene my?" j The correspondent quoted probably intended this to be face tious. : , A dainty woman, with merry blue eyes, dimpled cheeks, and a sweet mouth, (very resolute in repose, but usually (parted over the teeth Ilk twin roWs of pearls, in a bewitch ing smile a dainty; creature radiat ing sunshine and the joy of life. Such Is 1 Countess jChiqulta Mazzuchl. the "angel of the Maine," and the Idol of Italy's soldiers. As the Countess "Chick." this amazing woman is known and loved in a hundred hospitals where men suffer and die, blessing her wltn their last breath. "My heart," one shattered Italian soldiers wrote to her, "shall, every 'night, shout) to the Supreme Architect of the unl- . r t verse a prayer ror you. we. cry. of us. In front of the flag which you carry with so much honor the flas of charity we cry 'Viva the Allies! d the Germans! and God blesi you."" ; ; , f ; : This woman ) of the great heart was a queen in the world of fashion, a butterfly of pleasure, when the horrors of war were let loose in Eu rope; and within a few weeks h'er palatial chateau on the Marne was reduced to a mass of tumbled mason ry, by German shells. But oven 'be fore that she had flung herself body and soul into, her great work for stricken soldiers, p For nearly a year she toiled day and night for the wounded in Franco risking her life again and again to tend them on the field of battle. She still carries In her body a bullet re ceived while ministering to a wound ed soldier., i ; - "He had many pieces of shrapnel in Bis leg," she says, "and I was down on my knees, picking them out with pincers -I didn't even know 'I had a dirty German bullet in me un til I tried to get up." t On another occasion a fragment of shelT broke several' of her ribs, and she still has a terrible cough, the result of being gassed. t But It is on the Italian front, to which she was .transferred more than two years ago, : that Countess "Chick" has done her noblest work. Here she has charge of twenty-two hospitals, largely equipped by the sale of her Jewels; and here she has won the almost Idolatrous homage of tb entire' Italian army. , feet," she said recently iU conversation with a friend, "are on a ache from standing fifteen hours a day. There Is no time to go to the dentist, 'so I cannot eat any but ths softest food, and' my clothes are all In rags." But the one-time queen of fashion laughs at all such discom forts. 8he has given much of her beautiful skin to replace that of wounded soldiers. And she doubt less would be just as willing to lay 'down life itself. If by doing so, she could give life to one of them. , ments made for pressing the product for the precious oil. j o, when the great air squadrons are ready, the castor oil will b forthcoming to.keep their macblneVy In running order. ' This is only a sample of the many problems that confronted the Wash ington off(cials In charge f this branch of the service, when a begin ning was made of providing the equipment to take the mastery of the air over the European battle fields. Hut they have all been met, or 'aa In process of -being solved. AM KIU CAN WOMKS AIKIT WAU OltPHAX. Just a little flash on the screen to give Americans an idea of what the war means to those unfortunates living in the war zone. A French soldier, passing by a farmhouse that had been set on fire by t German shells heard the shrill screams of a - baby coming from the blazing ruins. He slipped out of the ranks and ran into the house. Across the thresh old lay the body of a young, woman. The Inner room was on fire, and the flames bad . already set alight the wicker cradle in which the tiny mita lay screaming. : This baby, being brought toTarJs, has now been adopted by two wealthy American women. COMK WKST, YOfXU MAX, A Boston artist has been search ing In the Hub City for a Venus to sit as a model for him. He has in terviewed a hundred applicants, but declares that, while they all have almost perfect forms, none of them Is quite ideal. The trouble Is that the artist Is looking for feminine perfection In the wrong city and the wrong section. Has be not heard the dictum of the lateJoaquin Mil ler, the poet of the Sierras, that fe male beauty in its greatest perfec tion in all the world Is found In western Oregon? IN A SOCIAL! WAYCZZ , y rtortsc Elisabeth Xtebela Among the Important events scheduled for the Immediate future ia the. Cherrian ball whlcli will be given as a Red Cross benefit affair. LOYAL YOUXG PATRIOTS. --. ;;. a ; . Castor oil is needed for the use of the airmen at high altitudes. ' And there isn't a kid In Los Angeles who is not willing to give his share of the stuff. Los Angeles Times. No doubt. But, levity aside, the need t was a most serious one, that had to be met and solved by the air department of the United States. There was not enough in sight to more than begin to supply the needs for lubrication of the delicate parts, of the great Liberty air fleet that is being built; and not enough seed to be found in this part ef the world. So a ship load of castor beans was ehlpped from India to Texas, ": and contracts made with ; farmers there for raising the beans; and arrange- IrUTCRE DATES est balls of the winter season and ."careful plans are bslng tmatf e to make it a brilliant and fortrfal af fair. George Washington's birthdiy will be the inspiration fpr the dec orations. C. S. Hamilton la a mem ber of one of the committees in charge. The proceeds will go to Willamette chapter of the Red Cross. To bid good bye to Lieutenant Carl Gabrtelson who left yesterday for Ft. 8111, Oklahoma, a party of his relatives went to oPrtland yes terday. They were his mother, Mrs. C D. Gabrtelson, and Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey Bishop and their sons, Charles Kay and Robert. Lieuten ant Gabrtelson , has been at Camp Lewis since receiving his commis sion. He passed through Portland on his way to Oklahoma where he will take a six weeks' military course at a special school. Mrs. Isaae Lee Patterson is in Portland where she has gone to at tend meeting of the Multnomah and Willamette . chapters of tho Daughters of the American Revolu tion. ; Regular ; meetings were decided upon hereafter for the members of the Salem Patriotic League who were In session yesterday afternoon . at he Commercial club. Comrade Faulkner of the G. A. i R. presided at tne meeting. Ways and means were considered for the payment - of canvas bags which were made for the boys of Company M by the "league.--. - Those chosen as officers were: President, Mrs. Frank Davey; vice presiaenc, Mrs. J. u. Nadon ;. secre tary. Mrs. Norma Terwllllger; treas urer. Mrs. Hattie Cameron: vice day. Annual An Immense Stock of Curtain Nets and Scrims Important Reductions for the Closing Out Sale. 12c Scrim 10c 18c Scrim.... ... 13c 20c Scrim ...16c 25c Scrim. . 20c 35c Scrim. .25c 40c Nets........ .28c 45c Nets..... ..32c 50c Nets. . .33c 60c Nets. 49c 75c Nets.' V..62c Closing Out Sale on Women's Knit Underwear Buy Table Linen at Closing Out Prices ALL LINEN will goon be a thing of the past.' . $2.25 and $2.00 Linens $1.87 $1.75 Linens $L58 $1.65 Linens..... $1.49 $1.50 Linens $1.35 $1.35 Linens ........... $155 $155 Linen ....$1.15 $1.00 Linens ......$ 89 $ .75 Linens $ .68 Mercerized also reduced Closing Out Sale of Bed Comforts Stupendous Cut In Embroidery Prices $0.00 Embroideries. ... .$3.C0 $3.00 Embroideries.... ; $1X0 $255 iEmbroideries. ... .$155 $2.00 Embroideries . t . $1.03 $3.50 Embroideries. - .. .$1.75 $1.00 Embroideries. r.$ 0 $ .85 Embroideries.. ...$ .42 $ .50 Embroideries..... $-3 $. .45 and ,48c Emb's. .$ 53 $ 54 Embroideries..,.. $ .14 One Table, extra special, ICe Another Tjable, extra special, :.iV-.: ...Ac Closing Out Sale cf House Dresses Laces A large line of regular 5c Laces now. . ..... .2 for.Sc Others, special,. . ,1c and 4c One Assortment up to 15c, , .... .....10c Friday night. February 22, at tta armory, it win oe one or tne ?iarg:f .,(,.... mr Mrniiri.rif .hieh president from Ladies of the G. A. R., Mrs. Sarah Oliver; ' vice presi dent from S. A. W. V., Charles .Wil son. Mrs. C. P. Bishops returned Mon day from a fortnight's stay In. Pen dleton and Hood River. She has as her guest, Mrs. Dr. Starr of Browns ville, who Is a sister of Senator Dish op. i . Mrs. E. W. Celgef ias arrived from Kansas City to remain indefin itely with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Seymour Jones. Announcement is made of the en gagement of Miss Gertrude Duell and was announced at a pretty luncheon given recently In Eugene. The bride- to-be is a graduate of the University of Oregon and a Delta Delta Delta sorority girl. .The groom is a law graduate and a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity of the state univer sity. Their marriage will take place February 16 in Portland. At that time Lieutenant McGilchrist will have a ten days' furlough from Camp Lwls. THE MAN WITH A WITHERE!) ABM ARE ADVKRT1HED MEDICINES WORTHLESS? The , building commissioner ' In Portland declares that there are not 500 vacant dwellings in all that city, and that most of these are old and out of repair. The situation there, he says, calls for( many new dwell ings to house the ship builders and their i families. Salem Is not far vway.j There are a good many va cant dwellings here; though the number is smaller than it was last year, and Is constantly decreasing.' A correspondent in the Saturday Evening Post, Just out of Russia, de clares that It is commonly talked in Petrograd ' that the government of Russia Is now In the hands of the Jews. That is a far cry from the time, under the old regime, only a few years ago, f when the ignorant Russian peasants were killing the Jews, men, women and children, on1 February S. Friday. Arbor February 7 to 13. Ninth Portland Automobile nhow. February S. Friday. Post-exams Jubilee. Willamette university. February 8. Friday. -Boy Scout an- nlreraary to be celebrated ' In Salem. February t. Saturday. Intercolleg iate Prohibition association oratorical contest. Willamette university. February J. Sunday. Time limit expires for payment of delinquent treet assessments in Salem. February 11 to 17. Father and Son fk In Orearon. Fe horary 11, Tuesday-Lincoln day. February 1J. Wednesdar- Illustrated lecture. "Russia as It Is Today." by Uer. F. T. ' Porter, , at Salem Public li brary. March. 15. Friday. Military tourna ment by Company A. , high school cadets, at armory. February 15. Friday. Third Liberty loan drive opens. : February i. - Saturday. Annual meeting- Salem Fruit Union. February 16. Saturday. Celebration of p,fJy anniversary of founding of February IS. Saturday. Mental ex amination to be counducted at Eaton halt for candidates for appointment to United States naval academy. February 11 to IS. Farm crop and February 17. Sunday. Joint celebra tion of Lincoln and Washington dars. armory. ; v,I!!.b.ruar l2 Fridays-Washington birthday. ' , lahor survey. February JS to 74 Western Oregon convention of Christian Endeavor so ciety, Kcnt. .! May 17. Friday. Primary nominat ing; election. - , . Use Cocoannt Oil For Washing Hair If you want to keep your hair In good condition, be careful what you wash it with. Moast : soaps and prepared sham poos contain too much alkali. This dries the scalD. make th hnlr hrit. Ue, and Is very harmful. Just plain muisined eocoanut oil (which Is pure and entirely greaseless), , is much better than the most expensive soap or anything else you can use for shampooing, as this can't possibly In jure the hair. i . . . Simply moisten your hair with wa ter and rub it In. One or two tea spoonfuls will make an abundance of rich creamy lather, and cleanses the hair and scalp thoroughly. The lath er rinses out easily, and removes ev ery particle of dust, dirt, dandruff and excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and It leaves It fine aad silky, bright, fluffy and easy to manage. You can get mulslfied eocoanut oil at most any druer store. It is very cheap, and a few ounces is enough to last everyone in the family months. . - v for There -Is no more reason to con demn all. advertised medicines than there lsto condemn all physicians or all druggists. Fakes there are In every profession and In every trade. but they do not last long. Take a medicine like Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Compound, the true test of its merit is the fact that for forty years It, has been relieving women of America from the worst forms of fe male ailments, constantly growing in popularity and favor, until it is now recognized from ocean to ocean as the standard remedy for female His. I Your Combings From them we can make you Switches, Transformations or Mary Janes. We do hair dressing, hairj dyeing, etc. If your' hair- has not, the life and luxurience it should have, consult us. . It's our business to add beauty and health to your hair. We give all kinds of hair and scalp treatmen ts, massaging, shampooing, . dandruff re moving, etc. j - Try our electric Massage. - Men may order their toupes here. Phoebe E. Thompson Hairdressing and Beauty Parlors, 228 Hubbard Bldg. Salem, Or. V -Phone 1021 - OUV FITCH PHELPS There's a man by jthe Rhine with & withered arm, And a withered soul ami a withered brain; Who has washed- the world, with a flood of blood, And soaked it deep with a storm of pain; And turned hell loose with the hobbles off, And mangling hoofs and horrid mane. - V ' , -r. : . n .- . . There's a man by the Ithine" with a withered arm, . And withered temples and shrunken skull, , Who has nursed the veins of the sacrificed; He has sucked and gorged, he, i glutted JTuIl, And he-sits on a throne of "dead men's bones, With horns that drip' like a bated bull's. v . ' - . .. . , ' :- ' ;' ' ; ' There are maids in France who have mourned ffnd wept, For lovers slain by the trench and hill; And Belgian women debauched and crushed . j When the dread Hun swarmed to the ghastly 'Icill ) And many a face in fair Alsace, As white as the moon as white and as still. av va s w a 4 wa vv uviu vmv f n uifS V -; There are heaps of stone where - the cbtter dwelt. And the blasted trees- and the tainteA breeze Tell sure enough' what the lands ha ye felt, Xnd there's nothing kindly or goo(jt to see. But the old sweet time when the twilights melf. The earth is gutted with trench and pit, And poxed with holes where the shells have burst And sown like leaves with the fruit of wombs, The strong sweet fruit by a woman nursed, The mangled shape of the Rhine Man's rapes, Which he painted black with a paint accursed. But blood with God is a precious thing, r Be it out of the veins of a dove or sheep And it speaks with a voice that smothers out The roar of cannon which rip and sweep; And it speaks when the batteries are red with rust And still as stones by the bristling steep. Ah, the man by the Rhine has a withered arm, And a soul that is black as the gates of hell; ; But this is the 'hour when Prussian power, ' , Must hear the clang of its funeral bell, . And I greet the toll with a bounding soul, 1 For X know in the end all shall be well. For the throne of the king and the throne of the priest, From the inland stream to the bordering-sea, ' Like a house of cards go down at last -In the scorn of a world redeemed and free, For the snowy Christ must reign at last In the true and the clean Democracy. A A. V. R. Snyder Elected - Head of LaCreole Clab DALLAS, Or , Feb. 5. (Special to The Statesman.) The annual meeting of the Dallas LaCreole club, the pioneer social organization of this city, was held in the club rooms Sunday ofternoon and the following officers were elected to serve for the ensuing year? President, A, V. It. Snyder; vice president, J. M. Grant; secretary, Walter E. Ballantyne: treasurer, V. O. Vassal I. board of directors, W. L. Soehren. N. I Guy. H. A. Webster, H. L. Crider, Charles Gregory. A big service flag containing stars for fifteen members of the club who are in the service of their country was unfurled for the first time. The club members who are serving Uncle Sam are: Captain Conrad Stafrin, Captain Walter L. Tooze Jr.,. Leu tenant R. S. K reason. Lieutenant J. Waldo Finn, Ray Boydston. Uda Burk, Carl Fenton. Fred Gooch. Clyde Glbbs. Herman ITawkns, W. A. Himes, Ttbby Nachtlgall, E. E. Shaw, Laird Woods and W. J. White. The annual reports of officers show ed that the" club war in excellent financial condition1 and that numer ous Improvements - have been made ' in the. rooms (Turing the past year. 3IOVIK. PltOBLKMS. ; , "What's . puzzling the director i now?", . " v,, )J- v 'i "Here's the problem we got a, scene at the Pyramids." . "Well?" t "Now, would It be cheaper to take 3000 people to Egypt or buold a bunch of pyramids cutsido of L03 Angeles?" Film Fun. "' Therein a aifTerence between Saving the Hair and" trying . to resurrect it , HERPICIDE- 2ldk is a hair saver!. AppUcstiooa at the bsttsr twrber shops Gaarsatssd bj :Thm Bsrpicids C. Sold Ersrrwbsr