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THE OREGON STATESMAN Issued Dalljr Except Monday by THE STATESMAN I'L'IILISHIXG COMPAXY 21S 8. Commercial 8t., Salem, Oregon. I1EMRER OF T1IK AMHOCIATED PRESS Ths Associated Press Is excluslrely entitled to the use for republication of r ail news dispatches credited to It or not otnerwise creaiifa u v and also the local news published herein. ' R. J. Hendricks , . . .V ' ' 'J Stephen A. Stone. MMto,ifiEl Prank J.knki - Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, serted by carrier In Salem and suburbs, IS cents a week, SO cents a month. A . DAILY STATESMAN, by mall, $ a year; IS for six months; 60 cents a mnnh Vnr ttirM mnnthi nr mnrn oaid In advance, at rate or t a year. SUNDAY STATESMAN, $1 a year; 80 cents for six months; 21 cents for three months. . . WEEKLY STATESMAN. Issued In two six-page sections, Tuesdays and Fridays, 11 a year; 10 cents for six months; zs cents lor mree roonma TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, 6S3. Job Department, 683. Entered at the Postofflce In Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. ' THE KNOCKOUT BLOW THAT WILL BEING PEACE ! .' r I , - The opening paragraph of the-current weekly letter of Henry Clews, the Wall Street authority, is quoted below: 'Belief that the war will soon end grows Rtronger each day. This belief is not entirely intuitive, and is largely based upon the . break-away in Austria-Hungary and the growing dissensions in Ger- many, parucuiHrijr mc grrai iiuicbi uj v' - o and elsewhere, which may or may not be exaggerated for effect here. The Allies, no matter how weary, are eertainly in better con dition to continue the war than Germany, which is slowly but, in evitably drifting towards some sort of collapse. It is well to re member," however, that Germany is preeminently a military power and" being such the only final argument that counts is a blow. Mill ' tarism can only triumph through force, and can only be defeated by 11 1 t 1 a . "t - ! 1 ? . .1.... ....... the same means, n is naraiy nicety mat ucrmau lumutry u;uoij - will surrender until a-knockout blow has been administered. No such argument has yet been delivered, and probably will not be AmawSaam -tw-nlAa It a VA AlSYls1 IWa tl4 in Bit f f 1flnf f CiTOO ifl 'deliver it. - Moreover, a military dynasty, facing inevitable ruin, i quite likely to sell its life as dearly as possible; and the fact that "the great majority of Germany's strong men are in the army, com "paratively ignorant of the state of affairs at home, makes it reason- i .LI. A 4t..t V.j HtlUnir nAttrA. will avavfni fn fVla VOW utmost. VThe most encouraging event of the week, therefore, was the arrival of a number of American transports in France with a con--siderable body of men. Our Government has . been undoubtedly ispurred on by recent criticisms, and such displays of : energy will pnnvince flcrmflnv of our determination to win far more nuicklv nltan any threats, implied or actual. President "Wilson's announce ment that he believed the war would end this year was also assuring ! and materially strengthened peace hopes." IT DOAlf' lIATTAH . ' U j " ' ' -". . ' I'm 'way f'om Mississippi- , , F'om de sunny souf I am, An' I've lef de fields ob cotton To fight foh Uncle Sam,! O you color it doan mattali If you kin tote a gun -An' sight Bill Kaisah's Boches An' git 'em on de run. 4"' 'V- ' When we strike de mud ob Flandahs Well keep a-ploughin' froo ? Till the Boches run bekazo dey fin .Their nightmares comin true, O you' color it doan' mattah If you kin tote a! gun , An' sight Bill Kaisah's Boches An' git 'em on de run. ' : V v " " "' " ' ; - . When we have licked de Kaisah Won't Uncle Sam be proud When he sees us colored soldiers An' heahs x sin gin' loud, ' O you color it doan' mattah If you kin tote a gun An' sight Bill Kaisah's Boches An' keep 'cm on de run. ' Salem, Feb. 7, 1918 5 j C. V. B. Carranxa alone would do IL ' The Sammies wha had to swim part of the way to Prance will have something- on the other boys "over there." Kaiser Dill must consider himself pretty low down in the esteem of all mankind, when there Is only Car ranza to do his birthday honor. France Is a fine country, agree all the Oregonlans there. Hut not to bo spoken of the same day with Oregon. A lot of soldier boysyin France will be telling other soldier boys there that they were bound to get across. If they had to swim a!lthe wa .,; . That Dallas merchant, W. A. Ora ham. whose v wife yan away, with another man last , September, and Whose little daughter was killed In an automobile accident in Portland on Tuesday, has 'certainly had his full share of hard lock. t down to natural pride. Even so, however, we are proud ot our pride. Carranxa sounds like a cuss-word In tho mouth of the world, and It is more of a hissing and a by-word in every corner of the wide earth, since be congratulated Kaiser William of Germany r on his birthday. There isn't si Digger Indian Jn Mexico low enough to congratulate Carranzo on his birthday. , , . , Secretary of War Baker did not tell congress just how he would get SO 0,0 00 American troops into France early in the year, and a mil lion and a half of them before the tad of the year. The incident off the northeast coast of Ireland show ed part of his hand. Since the are needed, or likely to be needed. In France, the thing to do is t!o get them1 there. - - enough thought and method belnj applied to overcoming them? "The only drawbacks to the bust- situation are the shortase and high prices of commodities, the de rangement of transportation and the (omlnr of another blc loan. Iut these facts have been largely dl counted, and after several months of liquidation the financial district at last appears disposed to take more hooefnl outlook." The fore going quoted words are from tb current weekly letter of Henry Clews the Wall street authority. In the course of his letter, Mr. Cltrws shows that the banking resources of th United States have rearhed over thirty-seven and a half billions, an Increase of fourteen billions in the last five years. That exploit of the German sub marine will likely cost the Huns a lot of submarines end tbo'r crews. The other German submarine com manders will be wanting . to score In the same way. And it is danger ous work; and will grow more eo. There will be a good many Ameri can soldiers who will prefer to be .convoyed by American fighting ships We are all prone to think our own people are a little more altert, some what quicker on the draw and the trigger, and a good deal more ac curate In marksmanship, than any ether poeple Though. It mast be con fessed, some of this feeling may ba Perfection of mall service to and fromptho American soldiers in France is not to be expected whllo the war lasts. Perhaps the service is as good as it is reasonable to ex pect,! but friends of 'soldiers who rite regularly to them and get com plaints that, letters or parkage3 are not received do not view the situa tion with equanimity. News from home Is of first importance to sol diers newly, taken out of cltll life. Congressman Rogers of Massachu setts gathered complaints of belated or lost letters , from every detach- ment of the American expeditionary forcej he visited on the other side, and.) hrough a privileged resolu tion, has called, on the postofflce de partment for specif lc Information. This Is a proper question for Con gress to ask, and the whole country wlir watch for the answer1. The dif ficulties are manifest, but are CKXTKXAIir OF MICHIGAN WAIt OVKHXCIt. At the state capitol in Lansing, Mich;, today the fact will be recalled that this Is the centennial anniver ary of the birth of Austin Hlair, Michigan's celebrated "war gover nor" in the '60s. Governor Blair filled the pfflce i of chief executive of Michigan during the entire period of the civil war, and in furthering the union cause he subjected himself to burdensome expenses for which his merely nominal salary did not furnish any equivalent. He left tho executive office practically Impover ished. Michigan as a state was only twenty-five years old at the com mencement of the civil war Yet the state put no fewer than 90,000 soldiers In the field during that great conflict. Largely through the efforts of Governor Blair the first Michigan regiment was ready an! equipped within four days after President, Lincoln's call for troops, and left Detroit In May, 1861. Tompkins county. New York, was the birthplace of-Austin Dlalr. UU father, George Dlalr, felled the first tree and built the first cabin In that locality. He prospered and was ablo' to give his son the 1 best education that the times afforded. Austin Blair attended t'nlon college .and was graduated at the age of 21. Two years later he was admitted to the , bar and soon afterward ho went to Michigan. In politics he van a Whig, and he supported Henry Clay for the presidency. Five years after his arrival in Michigan telalr was elected to the state legislature. There he was appointed a member of the judiciary committee and serv ed at the time of the general revision of the statutes of the state. Like hh father, he was at heart an earnest abolitionist, and he soon found him- t self in political difficulties because of his open advocacy of that cause. As a member of the judiciary com mittee in the legislature he made an earnest -report In favor of abol ishing the color distinction as re lating to the election franchise. Many members of. the Whig; party were displeased at this act of Blair and at the next election he was de feated.- . I The next year he joined the" Free Soil movement, and was a member f the 'Buffalo convention In '1848. which nominated Martin Van Buren Blair acted with the Free Soilers untly the formation of the Republi for the presidency. Henceforth can party. In 1854. he was active lnj the formation of the new party at me nistoric convention neia at Jackson, Mich., being upon the plat form committee. This was two years before it became a national organi sation at the Philadelphia conven tion of 1856. In 1852 Mr. Blair was elected prosecuting attorney of Jackson couty. Two years yater he was sent to the state senate, where he Imme diately took rank as a speaker and man of affairs. ' '';. Tram vl 8 5 5 to 1860, when he was elected governor, he was a recog nized leader of the Republican party rcniiR DATES Fhrtiry 8, T"rMy. Arbor dayv February-i. Frliltv. Mid-yr tcrnd tiatton excrciaea at Salem Hlh School. School. February i 7 to 1J. Ninth Annual Portland Automobile how. February S. Friday. Poat-exams jubilee,-Willamette university. February S. FrMny Boy Soout an niveraary to he celebrated in Aalcm. February 9, Saturday. Intercolteff. late Trohibitlon aaaoclation oratorical content. Willamette nniveraity. February 19. Hunday. Time limit. epirea for payment of delinquent street aaaeaaments In Salem. February 11 to 17. Father and Son VMk In Oreiron. Feburary 1!. Tueaday Lincoln day. February 13. Wedneadar. Illutratel lecture, "U'loala aa It ia Today." by Iter. K T. Porter, at Salem I'ublic li brary. .- -- i March. 13. Friday. Military tourna ment -by Company A, high school cadeta. at armory. February 15. Friday. Third Liberty loen drive opena. -February l. Saturday. Annual meet I B a; Salem Fruit Union. rr..u'I?r ,. Kwrday. Celebration f ."M'.?? niveraary of founding- of B. t. O. K. Fbrnarv If fl.M.4.w . ------ vMiur nniU ex amination to he cotinducted at Eaton ir '"'f andldstes for appointment to United Statea naval academy. .February 11 to IS Farm crop and February 17. Sundav Joint celebra tion of Lincoln and Washing-ton daya. armory. birthday TT S2 Frlda,r'"wnlnSto" labor aurvey. February tt to ?4 Weafern Oreiron eonventlon of Chriatlan Kndearo ' mo- lnU.T.c1tVon,:r,1r-Pr,mjr aom,t' In Michigan Ms governor be was a tower of strength to the adminis tration at Washington. In conse quence of his herculean efforts in bis difficult and continuous talk or equipping, forwarding and sustain ing the troops Governor Bla!r per manently Impaired his health. After the war he was thrice elect tcd to congress and In his last term was chairman of the committee on claims. Including war claims-' He dls)leased Presldeut Orant by tome of his acts on this committee and in 1872 he supported Horace Greeley for the presidency. He continued to act with the Dem ocratic party for some years after, but always maintaining that he wai a Republican according to the plat form of 1860. In 1883 Governor Hlair was elect ed a regent of the state university, which was the last public office he filled. His Heath occurred at hi i borne in Jackson on August 6, J 89 4. OPK.V SKASOX FOlt AtTOCItATS. The supreme ruler of Russia, be he Czar of Bolshevik, continues to be regarded as an extra-hazardous tlsk by well-regulated life insurance companies. Sitting on the throne of Russia is very much akin to cling ing to the rim of an active volcano. About half the czars of the last cen- tury met unexpected and violent death. The last of the line Is now a plaything in the hands of the Bol- shevikL Kerensky occupied for a brief time the royal apartments in the winter palace, then fled Petro grad In the attire of a Red Cross nurse. Lenlne, the latest Russian autocrat. Is an almost dally target for reckless anarchists. He owe his life partly to the agility be ac quired dodging missiles composed of decaying animal and vegetable life while making socialist speeches ia New York and In part to the bad marksmanship of peeved Dolshevlkt. JAPANS TItOOPS. We often hear complaints, at though . not official, tfrom various quarters of the entente powers, that Japan Is very Indifferent in her at titude towards the world war. They say tha Japan sits tight in her com fortable place and declines to send ber powerful army to Europe. But before, they utter these words they should pause and think for a moment. Was it not Japan who sided with the Entente powers at the very start of the war? Suppose that Japan had remained out of th war till the time when Italy entered, or rather till the time when the United States joined hands with the allies. Could. Russia have with drawn her army from Siberia? Could England have brought her oversea troops safely to Europe? Could the shipping of the entente powers have gone on undisturbed by the German raiders? Then what would the result have been? One stitch in time saves nine. Japan has, in fact played a most Important part in the war. If we concede that there Is need for our men, it is impossible to send them to Europe because f the pres ent disorganized condition of trans portation In Russia and Siberia. Another thing: The Japanese army Is not a volunteer force. It is conscripted to protect our. eoun try when she Is actually threatened The policing of the Orient and the Pacific, help in supplying materials, and the participation of the navy are the utmost we can do at present. The Osaka Malnichl. MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWEATERS AT CLOSING OUT vPRICES BOYS' KNEE PANTS SUITS AT CLOSING OUT PRICES BOYS' LONO PANTS SUITS PRICES DEEPLY CUT EXTRAORDINARY VALUES ON MEN'S UMBRELLAS ) HANSEN'S DRESS, AUTO AND WORK Gloves for Men $1.25 values. .. $1.10 $1.50 values. . ..$1.35 $1.75 values $1.53 $2.00 values. ...$1.80 $2.50 values $2.25 $1.75 values.... $1.58 $3.00 values. .'..$2.70 WONDERFUL VALUES IN Boys' I Shoes IN THE ECONOMY BASEMENT, ALSO EXTREME BARGAINS IN Men's' Shoes A Wonderful Cloth ing Opportunity A splendid stock of Men's Suits and Overcoats at DEEP CLOSING OUT PRICES WE CARRY THE GORDON. HAT $3.50 Hat. .-, , .. .... ....... . . . . . . .... . $2.45 $2.25 and $1.75 now. . . . . . . . .$15 One Assortment Stiff Hats. ... ....... . .50c CLOSING OUT PRICES ON FLORSHEHvI S BEACON'S AND EMERSON'S SHOES for MEN I BITS FOR BREAKFAST I Good April' weather. The mlsslnjr now down to 101. Tlopfl the number may be reduced to nothing. ;! The first reports "had It that 1000 lives were forfeited by .the Tuscania sinking. It seems to be pretty well esta'- llshed that ihe Tuscania was one of the ships used In transporting: the Oregon troops to France. S . An American officer on the Tn- cania thinks the submarine that snt the torpedo against the Tuscania was "done in" by depth bombs fired by a Hrltish destroyer. Nearlv the whole world will rejoloe to be as sured of such retribution.' S S The mob is lootinar wine cellars' In Petrograd. To that standard has fallen Russian patriotism. Jhe Ilol ftheviki government, or lack of gov ernment. Is hound to lead to a relsm of terror. And there lc - far no onr- look boyond. Unless a miracle hal be performed, that country will en rem bad to worse. If the rft of the world were i not busy, there would be a plain duty before It the duty of Intervenfa and straighten ing out Russian affairs and resorr Ins and keeping-order. And the t d ii tv may be orient aftr thro rent of the world rhali have been brought to a peace basis. . . -,:;; - V W Everybody In Austria Is so dis gusted with the war that they ref nso to give three cheers whenever the Kaiser assures them that God Is with them. He has been furnishing o many bum steers. IN A SOCIAL Br ftlre Elisabeth Clefcla Announcement Is made of the mar riage of Miss Mabel Loralne Foland, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Fol and. to Edward J. Walsh. Jr., of Portland. The" ceremony took place Wednesday. Feb. 6. at Tucson. Ariz. Mr. Walsh Is doing government work in Arizona and the couple will make their home for the present in San Carlos. Ariz. The bride has many friends in this city, where she has passed most of her life. For the past year she has been employed In Portland as a pri vate secretary by the W. P. Fuller company. The groom Is from a prom inent Portland family. He is a mem ber of the Multnomah Athletic club. He is also well known in university circles, as he is a graduate of the law school of the University of Oresjon. War rakes and tea forced the unique refreshments at an informal assembly at the Highland school yesterday afternoon when the teach ers of the school were hostesses for the mothers of the Highland dis trict. There was a shor.t program with a piano solo by Miss Henrietta Hoyser and a vocal solo rendered by MIhs Lulu Walton. Rev. Itobert S. Gill gave a talk on Junior Red Cross work. The school has more than 100 per cent paid membership in the Red Cros and Is pledged 100 per cent for Red Cross service. Recently the pi tills collect ed a half ton of pld pajer which was snld and the funds turned into Red Cross coffers. There were thirty mothers at the entertainment. The teacher-hostesses vrre the principal of the scbool, Mrs. La Moine R. Clark, Mi.M Henrietta Hoyser, Miss L.uln It. Wal ton. Miss -Ida Stauffer, Miss Ellen Currln and Miss Bertha Allen. Mrs. Harold, Forrest and little son Jiave left fori Creswell, Or., where they have joined Mr. Forrest for the month. A patriotic program will be given by the pupils of Richmond' school tonight when the numbers of the parent-teacher organization of ' the whool hold an entertainment. R? Etluar Maxwell liurke will also gi' a short address. Arbor day exe clses will be a feature of the pr gram in recoraition - of the chaw of Arbor day o'n tha coast from Apr to February. I ? w Mrs. Ora Casper of Dallas has tr' visltin durlne the week with 3!r Hay Slnieral. Mrs. Ralph While and her daupl ter. Miss Margaret White, pas?? Wednesday in Portland. FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN Women Praise Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound for Health Restored. In almost every neighborhood in America are women who hare tried this standard remedy for female ills and know its worth.. Athol. Mass.? Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound has done me a' world of good. I suffered from a weak ness and a frreat deal of pain every month and nothing brought me any re lief until I tried this famous medicine. 1 am a different Woman since I took it and want others who suffer to know about it." Mrs. Arthur Lawson, 659 Cottage St., AthoL Mass. San Francisco. Cal. " I Was In a verv weak nervous condition, having suffered terribly from a female trouble for over five years. I had taken all kinds of med icine and had many nlifferent doctors and they all said I would have to be operated on, but Lydia EL Ilnkham's egetable Compound cured me entirely and now I am a stronc well woman." Mrs. II. 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