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THE OREGON STATESMAN t WEDNESDAY, FEBRPAItY 13, i91 The Oregon Issued Dally Except Monday by T11K HTATKMMAN ITIH.MHIXH CXWII'AXY 210 8. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon. MKMBKIi OK.THK AHHOCIATKD'WtBiM The Associated Press la exclusively entitled to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local news published herein, h7Hend7ickaT7fr7 . .7. ..T.7.T.V.,:7.T7 ." .. Stephen A. Stone Managing Editor IlalDh Olover .. ...........' W r Hauler Advertising Manager Vr.nk T..kaakl... . DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier In Salem and suburba, 15 centa a week, 60 cents a month. I vn DAILY STATESMAN, by mall, $6 a year: $3 for six months; 50 cents a month. For three months or more, paid In advance, at rate of $5 a year. SUNDAY STATESMAN, $1 a year; 60 centa for six months; 26 cents for three months. ' , . WEEKLY STATE8MAN, issued In two six-page sections, Tuesdays and Fridays, $1 a year; 60 cents for six months; 26 centa for three montns. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, 683 Job Department, 683. if Entered at the Postoffice in S'alemTbregon, as second class matter. THE NEWSPAPER !r "Whn is fiffhtinir me in this Well, 1 don't care a d about the job, any way." Thus a Statesman reporter quotes 8. II. Van Trump, at a meeting of the fruit men at the Marion county court house last Saturday. ' , , , Mr. Van Trump had beeen appointed fruit inspector for the county, and a number of the fruit growers were protesting against liig retention. ! Up to a few days ago, the management of The Statesman did not know there was such a man in the world as 8. II. Van Trump. They can surely, have no prejudice against him. IIow could there be prejudice without knowledge? I - If he is the right man for fruit inspector, the management of this paper can have no sort of objection to bis employment, or con tinued employment. ! Nor could this newspaper, or any newspaper, consistently re frain from publishing the news concerning the controversy over the appointment or proposed appointment of, Mr. Van Trump. This is merely a sample case. I I Every day every newspaper makes enemies without intention, and against its fondest wishes, by merely publishing the news. It is unavoidable. i - i ' , There; are many reasons why the flunking of Russia from the war will not greatly assist Germany. There are possibilities of some elements of injury to the Central Powers to result from the con ditions of Russia now existing or likely to be developed. The Associated Press carries a very well written dispatch 'covering in general the situation, printed in The Statesman of this morning, under a Washington date line, and illuminating lights are thrown on the world news screen by the Bolsheviki proclamation itself. The latter is something new under the sun in peace proclamations, and it may lead to many complications. It may vex the Central Powers more-than could the most powerful army Russia, even under able and well followed leadership, could now muster for the rest of the war. . , ! "Give me a free sea," cries Dr. von Seyler, the Austrian Pre mier, "and I will show you that I can negotiate." But he is talking of the diplomatic sea, which is not likely to be free of quicksands and floating mines so long as the diplomats of the central powers say one thing and do another. j "That this Nation, under God, dom :and that government of the people, shall not perish from the burg, Speech. The ghost of Tolstoi is walking in Russia. , The Black sea' should have its name changed. To Yellow. ' President Wilson proposes to make every nation its brothers' keeper. X Kaiser William is sick. Nearly ajl the world outside of Germany and Mexico hopes be may crow sicker. EL A man has been granted exemp tion because he is a maker of baby carriages, and President Wilson on appeal decided that It was an. es sential Industry. Make your own wheeze on that. Exchange. ' . . asSSSSSSSMSSWSSSBSSSeSBBSBBBSSSMBBSaJSa An additional burden baa fallen to the American people who have made themselves responsible for the feeding of the starring Armenians and Syrians. Russia was for a time taking care of a part of these starr ing people. She has fallen down In this as in other responsibilities. Rus sia la the world's great flunker. :Z The winter of 1W-18 will be nown as the winter of the "big blizzard', and the "oldest inhabi tant" will revel In the recollection. tint none of the expletives will apply to Southern California. Los Ange les Times. Nor to Western Oregon, or any other, part of the Pacific coast, either, for that matter. We are indebted to U. 8. Vice Consul 11. B. Bacbcock. at Yokoha ma, for the Information that the Japanese I fish loaf, (kamaboko) some of which Is finding its way to this country, is prepared from the species Sillago and Sphyroona Jap cjilca, ,8combrops chllodlpteroides and Anchllognathus intermedins. With free fish under the present tariff we are like to hare competi tion followed by indigestion. Air raids on London cut but a poor figure in face of the statement of Bonar Law that the U-boats hare done to death 14,120 noncombantant British men, women and children. To this must of course be added the thousands of civilians of other na tionalities, many of them neutrals, and the unknown number of the tjmrlos YersenkLH In comparison Statesman ..Manager Job Dept. GETS THE BLAME matterT la it The Statesman? shall have a new birth of free people, by the people, for the earth.' - -Prom Lincoln's Gettys- the results of the air raids are small, but the proportion of women and children is eren greater. The Berlin correspondent of a Rotterdam paper has sought for a frank statement of the purpose of these murderous raids,' and reports that while the re cent attack on Paris was In reprisal for attacks on German towns, the bombing of London is a systematic policy, and its military Justification is found in the fact, that the mainte nance by the British of a defensive barred zone on the east coast enables the Germans to hold their own In the air on the west front. It Is an excuse which does not excu.te, and itshol lowness Is shown by the Zeppelin raids planed for before the war and carried out on a false plea of repri sal. No one explanation will corer all the raids except a furious hatred on the part of the Germans which sought at any weapon to strike Eng land, regardless of censequences. GERMAN PLANS OR CAMOC 1 FLAGE. Never was an offensive advertised like the one which the Germans either are or are not going to make on the western front. Passinc br aa of dubious authen ticity lilndenburg's statement that it would not matter If all the food in Germany was gone by May because by April the Germans would be in Paris, we may note the unqualified assertion of the Frankfurter Zeitung that "French soil will be the scene cf the final struggle," and the dec laration of the Deutsche Tages Zei tung that "All eyes are now fixed on the west." 1 A, suspicious reader might fancy that the well-drilled German pres was doing Its best to keep all eyes fixed in that direction while Hinden burg and Ludendorff were planning something quite different But the experience of the war shows ttat the carefully planned publicity of, the German general staff cannot always be Interpreted by contraries. For, the present it is impossible to say whether the Germans mean to make a big -offensive In the west this spring or not, and It Is almost a matter of routine In German strat- tgy to shape plans In such a way a to leave: an option till the last mo ment. The preparations would much the same in either case, and it is quite possible that lilndenburg himself has not yet made up his wind. XCIT I SKII TO KAIX. A light shower fell and Inside of a few hours ten people bad been in jured In automobile accidents In Loj Angeles due to the slippery streets. Occassionally accidents come, and skidding Is unavoidable In wet weather unless the driver is exceed ingly careful; but why. why, why will people of Intelligence not be content to slow down to a snail's pace when they know that their tire are imoo th and the streets are slip pery? Los Angeles Times. They are not used to rain down In Los Angeles. It has rained so sel dom there for many months that the residents of that metropolis ef tour ists forget that rain is wet and makes wet streets. However, the automobile drivers of Los Angeles are not the only ones who will not be content to slow down when the streets are dangerous. There are not many reckless driv ers In Salem, but there are some. and they have been getting especial ly careless the past few days care- leas of their own lives and the lives of others. These few daredevils who fly about at a rate far above the speed limit ought to be rounded up and given salutary lessons, before a lot more y tragedies come to shock the community into action. CHILI'S CENTURY OF INDE PENDENCE. a-aaaaaaaaaa. The Republic of Chill, one of the most important and most progres sive of the South American coun, tries, yesterday ; rounded out the first century of her Independence Chill was among the first of th j Spanish colonies to rebel against a foreign yoke. It declared Its inde pendence of Spain on Sept. 18, 1810, but it was not until February 12, 1818, that it made good its claims to freedom. In the intervening eight years of warfare it had repeatedly scored victories in battles with the Spaniards. In the great conflict the Chilian patriots were led by San Martin,; O'HIggins, Cochrane, Buan- co and other military leaders of re nown. 1 - . : ; ' Almagro, the companion, rival and enemy of the Plzarros. first pene trated. In 1585, Into Chill. II found the natives a fiercer, bolder race than the soft people of the Incas, and came back to perish 'In the civil wars of Peru. Valdlria. the founder of the Chilian "state, after a long and tierce resistance from the native tribes, was able only to plant a few fortified cities or colonies in their midst. - j Chill; under the Spanish rule lay almost uncultivated, and In the close of the eighteenth century Its people numbered scarcely 80.000. The government of the republic eontinuel unsettled for a quarter of t century after the Spanish dominion was thrown off. rThe contentions of the rival factions were varied by a foreign war. which ended in 1839 tn a disastrous defeat of Bolivia and Peru, the capture of Lima, and tho installation of a president dictated by Chill. During the administrations of President Bulnes (1841-50) and. of President Manuel Montt (1851-61) the country remained free from the troubles which agitated most of the other South American republics, two insurrections during the administra tion of the latter being easily sup pressed. President Montt was succeeded by President Peres, I who continued In cfflce until 1871. During his term Chill became involved, with Peru. Bolivia and Ecuador, in a war with Spain, which began in 1865. A Span ish fleet, on March 31, 1886, bom barded Valparaiso, but had to raise the blockade on AprlI14, owing to the remonstrances of the European powers.; Actual hostilities soon aft er ceased, but it was not until July. 1869, that a formal truce was con- ; FTTTCJRIB DATE February to II. Ninth Annual Portland Automobile show. February u to 17. Father and Son wk tn Orron. February JJ, Wednesday. Illustrated lecture, "Russia m It Is Today." f by Rer. F. T. Porter, at Salem Public li brary. N February t, Thursday. St. Valen tine's day. March, is. Friday. Military tourna ment by Company A. high school iadeta. at armory;- February IS. Friday. Third Libert loan drive opens. rttary. 1. Saturday. Annual meetina Salem Fruit Union. .rr.ZT7 1$: Brday. Celebration B. P O E nBlr,rr of oundlna of February IS Saturday. Mental ex amination to be coundueted at Katon 'or didates for appointment to United States naval academy. February 11 to 1. Farm crop and labor survey. February 17. Sunday Joint eelebra tlon of LJncoln and Washington days, armory. February- Tuesday. Pilgrim chorus tt First Congregational church In secutar concert, s . February 11. Friday Washinctons birthday. February Jl to 34 Western Oregon convention of Christian Endeavor so ciety, Eugene. May 17. Friday fMmaxy nominat ing election." - eluded through the mediation of the government of the United" States. In 1879 Chili became involved In dispute with llollvia concerning tb nitrate beds of Atacauia, and wt-ot to; war with that republic. Peru was soon Involved In the quarrel. end for a time the Peruvian fleet kept the Chllleans In check, but In August a naval victory for Chill gave that country command of tbo st as. Her fleet and army moved northward, seized the whole disputed nitrate district, put to root the su perior forces of Bolivia and Pert and reduced both these rial repub lics to a condition of complete deg- redation. Finally Lima was taken by storm on June 21, 1881. and was occupied by the Chllleans for more than two years, until a treaty of peace was signed by which the na trate region was ceded to the vic torious republic. Of late years Chill has made mar velous advances in the derelopment of Its resources and the education of the people. Today the republic is considered one of the foremost of the southern hemisphere and one whose adhesion to tbo allied cause in the European war would prove of great moral Influence throughout South America. The republic of Chill embraces at present a total "area of 292,100 square miles. The last census show ed a population of 5,000,000, which represented a galngof about 100 per cent within fifteen years. The two largest cities are Santiago, the cap ital, which has a population of half a million, and Valparaiso, the prin cipal port, with a population of 200, 000. Chill proper Is traversed from north to south by ranges of the An des, of which there are within Its limits two principal parallel chains. From the tropical beat of the rain- leas desert of Atacama to the per petual winter of Cape Horn, every variety of climate is found In the republic. The soil is singularly fer tile. It produces great crops of the finest wheat, its wines are strong and excellent, and its mineral de posits abundant and rarled. Simple War To. End Dandruff There Is Wie sure way that has n f.n.iM. :Hm AAxtt ii ledl Anon nH that tm Hi.niv i th you destroy it entirely To do this, Just get about four ounces of plain. common liquid arron from any drug store (this is all you will need), ap- Dlr It at niaht when retlrlna: use enough to moisten the scalp and rub it in gently with the finger tips. By morning, most if not all. of I your dandruff will be gone, and three or four more applications will com pletely dlsolve and entirely destroy every single sing and trace of It, no matter how much dandruff you may hare. . You will find all Itching and dig ging of the scalp will stop Instantly, and yon hair will be fluffy, lustrous. glossy, silky and soft, and look and reel a hundred tlmea better. I BITS FOR BREAKFAST I March weather. m More of same kind promised. S S V Russia refuses either to fight or tign peace treaties. Is uuuer uw inn. r.nrl rlV tZ ,.H- I 1. I tit,- , . , r. - . . . i line. s One offensive against the other may look like the old school prob lem of one irresistible force meeting another irresistible force going In the opposite direction. The United St7tes may lose the S W TO ALL mum WHO ARE ILL ThU Woman Recommend Lydla E. Puikham's Vege table Compound Her Personal Experience. If cLean. Neb.' I want to recom mend Lydia EL Plnkham's Vegetable j (compound to ail women who suffer from any functional disturbance, as it has done me more rood than all the doctor's medicine. Since takine It I have fine Healthy b&bv irirl and hava rained in health and I a a , a I IXengUL. HJ Dul I band and I both praise roar med- I Icine to all sufferine I i ., a f W XT . I aavuicu- -" - " I No. 1, McLean, Nebraska. This farooas root and herb remedr. I Lydia E. Pmkham's Vegetable rvn. I potmd. has been restoring women of Americs to health for more than forty years and it will well pay any woman who suffers from displacements, in- UaumMuon, ulceration, lnrpruianties, uacne, neaaacnes. nervousness or "the bines" to eiva this mtseflnafnl I remcay ? 3 For special SUrestions In remrd to I aaia . If ' . - f m-Jl a T' I B ii i, . , wru -yuia u. rmanam i -itpos rne uregon Agricultural coi MedidneCo.. Lynn. Mass. The result liar c. win Tia in Rim tn th ciiUloexpacalaartyourservk. BOYS' SUITS AND OVERCOATS CLOSING OUT PXICES 20 PER CENT LESS 25c Dri- Foot 17c 10c Dri-Foot, 7c MEN'S AND WOMEN'S SWEATERS AT CLOSING OUT PRICES BUY NOW and SAVE MONEY OUR PRICES are EXTREMELY LOW In Many Cases Below Present Wholesale Prices ALLSHOES Men's and Women's - . AT Closing Out Prices 4187,779,000 she loaned to Russia. Hut the full credit was S32S.000.000. ana part or it was saved ty not being drawn upon, anyway. However, la good time, Russia will no doubt be a responsible government, and nay her. debts. She will be well able. when she does reach that point. "W There are 1500 locomotives In this I a. m . n m - ! DirV uu,Jl ,or."nB"m- nfr r" I vea lor our ranroaas. uui uey are being built orer. They were con gs ive "even Inch-as, whlle the standard ?n ln.4the JU.n,td, .st.mte u r.,u! ff1 ,Jt " hJf ,D"; Uut the whole 1500 will be ready for use ,n tnU country in a few weeks. IN A SOCIAL ffAYi I Br riHM EUMtcth XMbela St. Valentine's day, which is to morrow, very fittingly comes as a date this week. It Is becoming: the inspiration of many pretty little and big parties and the week's S. OJ S.J auairs. A better time could not haTe ten chosen. Besides, Dan Cupid with all of his whims is al- i u.ukc u uu ail cnicnuoiDK! f. .ill. t .i ' . 1. r "B guru, gill dox uuiiiaujr .i una uwn assured and It is hoped that by the end of the week so many benefit gatherings win be neld by both the crown-uus and children that the soldiers' box will be filed to the very top. Miss Iantha Irvine and her broth er, Paul Irvine, principal of the Lin- L hJf5 k " u7 vMjn gill. VI IUO KlftllU- sting class who are entering the Sa lem senior high school this week, at heir home. 664 Ferry street, re cently. Games, contests and music furnished plentiful diversion for the evening. Other features of enjoy ment were solos by Miss Joy Deals and Superintendent John W, Todd; tongs bv the Lincoln Quartet and a "ct 1112! served with Miss Marie Anthonr as Minsr. Th guests were fifteen nembers of the class and the teach ers of the school. The Women's auxiliary of the United Spanish War Veterans will ive a St. Valentine dance tomorrow night at the armonr. A iercentace "t the proceeds will be devoted, to ft .1 . V ff aa ...af.l fta . uwayau mm am eiTTcio.! ueneill. Another collere romance eulmln- 'ed Sunday afternoon, when Aline tonnson. a ltmlr from -Portlsnt. "nd Charles Ttsdale. a senior from Sutherlln. were msrrted at - the "corn's home in SutherTln. says last - alaikti. n .f I ava a ' i uiuaau i riegrBui. The. two have been enraged for lmoet s vear and Ttsdale's enllst- ment In the aviation porna nrnbablv a a . .. . r " 'liaifinsn ina mtrrllM The bHde Is the dauchter of Ed win C. Johnson of the Portland Seed "mpanr. She Is a member of the Chi Omera somrltr. Tlsdale is the on of Mark Tlsdale. a prominent banker of Sutherlln. lie is a mem- W of the Kappa Sigma fraternity Mnd Alpha Kaopa PsI, national hon orary commercial fraternity, . m. MIs Doi-othr Buchner returned 'it nlrht (mm Corralllx. wh la. . a. aaa . a . ... a . remainder of the week with her par- TWO-PIECE COOPER'S WINTER UNDERWEAR FOR MEN 10 PER CENT LESS IDE'S SILVER COLLARS 2 FOR "2& 216 Pairs Women's SHOES TAKEN FROM OUR REG ULAR STOCK VALUES TO 5.00, NOW $2.95 pair ents, Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Ruchner 1310 Court street. K Mrs. Richard Cartwrlght Is enter talning as her guest her sister, Mrs. Edward M. TUlson of San Francisco, Mrs. Tlllson will remain for a month or more and undoubtedly will be the recipient of many little social honors as she formerly lived here. Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Shank entertained a number of their friends at! their home t Skoiine orchards, on Saturday evening. Feb ruary 3. Reside those invited from the Immediate neighborhood, a num ber motored out from town. Dane lng was enjoyed until a late hour, with music furnished by Mr. Win- slow. Mrs. Shank and Miss WIllcox, as well aa Mrs. Moore's phonograph At midnight Mrs. Knight Pearcy as sisted Mrs. Shank In serving a lunch. Those motoring out from town were Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Cutler and-son Edwin, Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Moyer, Miss Maude WIllcox, Miss Nellie Mc- Whorter, M. Welch and Harry Mc Whorter. Others present were Mr. and 'Mrs. George Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Knight Pearcy and son Willis. and Paul Wlnslow. Mrs. II. M. Finley left Monday for her home In Corrairis, following a short visit with her daughter. Mrs. Mark D. McCallIster. 1433 South Liberty street. To bid roodbre to her fiance. Lloyd Chester, who will sail on the next merchant vessel from a Cali fornia coaJt. Miss Ruth Woodward has left for San Francisco. She was accompanied by Mrs. T. C. Chestnut and In Portland they were joined by Mrs. C. Ha gar. i Anotlier Attempt to Break Prison F oiled by Officers Warden Murphy has announced that an attempt at prison delivery was made recently by convicts at the state penitentiary and that the plot was discovered last FrWay. He withheld the information, hoping that the guilty prisoners might be detected, but so far they are not known to the guards or officials. The attempt was similar to anoth er made several months ago.- A hole GIRLS! HAVE A MASS OF BEAUTIFUL HAIR, SOFT, GLOSSY, WAVY A small bottle destroys dati'lruf and doublen beauty of . j your hair. - V Within ten minutes after an appli cation of Danderine you can not find a single trace of dandruff or falling hair and your scalp will not itch, but what will pleas you most will be after a few weeks' use. when you su new hair, fine and downy at first- yes out really new hair growing an orer tne scaip. A' little Danderine immediately doubles the beauty of your hair. No difference how dull, faded, brittle and scraggy, just moisten a cloth with Danderine and carefully draw It inrougn your hair, taking one small strand at a time. The effect Is amarlng your hair will be light, fluffy and wary, and hare an appear ance of abundance; an Incomparable lustre., softness and luxuriance. Get a Small bottle of Knowltou's Danderine from any drug store or toilet counter for a few cents and prove that your hais Is as pretty and soft as any that it has been neglect ed or injured by careless treatment that's all you surely can hare beautiful hair and lots of it if you will just try a little Danderine. 30 OVERCOATS FOR BOYS $2.95 Men's Clothing AT CLOSING OUT PRICES REGULAR $3.50 Gordon Hats $2.45 had been cut through the roof over the north cell house and necessary tools and about sixty feet of rop had been assembled at a convenient place. The rope was made of atrln? stolen from the flax Ynlll. The offi cials have a theory that the prittoil ers hoped to make their escape at night while a show was in progroKi In the prison auditorium. Oregon Prunes Ahead of Boasted California Frull Manager Crawford of the Drarer Fruit company- yesterday reported that Oregon prunes are taking the place of California prunes; right la Santa Clara county which brags, that It raises the best prunes on earth. L. II Harper, a large grower of .prunes In 1 Marlon county,1 came to Mr. Drager some time ago and bad him pack a ten-pound box of the best grade prune In the house and h!p it to a sister in Santa Clara county as a present. r ' Yesterday a letter came to tLe house from Mr. Harper's sister. Which reads in part as follows: The box of prunes you sent me , came all right, and; while I want to thank you for remembering me, I want to say that If we are all not dead next year from lack of rain. we shall certainly get enough prunes from Oregon to last us the entlrs year." One of the most apparent evklcnccs of personal cleanliness follows the use of a Sanitary Hair Dressing HERPICIDE Applications at the Utter bsrbsr shops CuaraattMd by TIm HarplckU Co. Bold EvarrwlMrs Combings From them we lean make you Switches, Transformations or Mary Janet. We do hair dressing, hair dyeing, etc. If yonr hair has not the lif e and luznrience it should have, consult is. It's our business, to add beauty and health to your hair. We give all kinds of hair and scalp treatments massaging, shampooing, dandruff re moving, etc. Try our electric Massage. Men may order their toupea here.: Phoebe E. Thompson Hairdressing and Beauty : Parlors, -; "223 Hubbard Bldg. Salem, Or. Phone 1021 Save Your ) I i