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4 TIIE OREGON BTATESMAX: TUt'It-SlUY, 3IAKC11 7, 191 5 jL-f j The O regon Statesman f - Issued Dally Except Monday by T1IK 8TATKMMA.V' PL'IIMMIIINO COMPANY ! i 216 S. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon. I The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication f all news die pate he credited to It or not otherwise credited in this paper 3d also the local news published herein. J. Hendricks. , , . . Manager tephen A. Stone. . , Managing Editor alph. Glover. . Cashier . C. Squier j. Advertising Manager Tank Jatkoskl. ........ .tTi Manager Job Dept. AILY STATESMAN, servei'byrrier 7n Salem and suburbs, 16 cents a i week, 60 cents a month. )AILY STATESMAN, by mail, $6 a year; $3 for tlx months; 50 cents a ! month. For three months or more, paid in advance, at rate of $5 a year. UNDAY STATESMAN, $1 a year; 60 cents for six months; 25 cents for three months. VEEKLY STATESMAN, Issued In two six-page sections, Tuesdays and Fridays, f 1 a year; 60 jcents for six months; 26 cents for three months. :ELEPIIONEsT Business Office, 23, Circulation Department, 683. '',,''' Job .Department, 683. "EnteredlaTtbTPoof f matter. HERBERT C. HOOVER, AMERICAN j - Mr. Herman Goode, the official go-between for the British Min stry and the American Food Administration, gave out some illumi Uting figures in an address lately delivered to the British Rotary 71ubs in London. By voluntary acts of abnegation the American eople have provided 150,000,000 pounds of bacon, 25,000,000 pounds f fresh meat andUhousands of tons of frozen meat for the. use -of has Allies in excess of the original estimate made by Mr. Hoover ,vhen he undertook the arduous duties of Food Controller. That these supplies have not been immediately available for She British, Freneh and Italian peoples is due to the tie-up of rail road traffic and the car congestion for which Mr. Hoover and the nation behind him are in no way responsible. Mr. Goode finished his address with the following graceful and by no means overstated tribute to his countrymen: "It is lucky for us that a man like Mr. Flobver is at the helm of the Allied food supply and that behind rim is a people willing to deny themselves so that democracy may live to fight." Seeing that Great Britain now relies on America for 65 per 2cnt. of her food that without this food she would be as hopelessly out of the fight as Belgium or Serbia the dependence of the Allied cause on Mr. Hoover's miraculous executive ability and the no less wonderful spirit displayed by the average American civilian be comes one of the greatest outstanding features in the exhaustive struggle with the Prussian overlord. - The way in which the United States has tackled the paramount problem of food supply speaks equally well for the determination of this people to make every sacrifice requested in the cause of hu manity and for the confidence inspired by the man who is asking of them these sacrifices. , j f Indeed every detail of Hoover's career, from his birth on an Iowa farm, from his boyhood's and early school days in Salem, vhere his brother, "Tad," was employed as a printer on The States man, and Herbert ("Bert") worked in the office of the Oregon Land company and at other tasks, through his college days at Stan ford University, during his wanderings through the wildest parts of the earth, in the handling of his extensive mining deals, in the lead he took during-the dark days of the Boxer rebellion in China, up to the present time when he has established himself as one of the 'greatest leaders in the world, war, demonstrate , the truth of Mr. jGoode's tribute that it is lucky for the foes of militarism that this typical American is today directing the food supplies of the Allied Inationa. ' "V ,' '. . j J ? For surely if versatility is the hall mark of American genius jllerbert Hoover is the typical representative American of the twen tieth century. h ' I Probably no name today is so often on the lips of the whole i of our people as that of the famous Food Controller. Indeed he has Gobi desert in. 'a ceaseless conflict with savage nature and no less jsa'vage humanity has never been adequately told. Yet the telling would; make a second Iliad. i ? Few people are aware that it was through the efforts of this same virile American that a great iron industry was developed in jthe Alps of Switzerland. His travels include such widely-scattered regions as Australia, China, Peru, Mexico and Burma. At Tien-tain, in the days of the Boxer rebellion, he marshalled the white people against the fanatic hordes and by his courage and ability prevented one of the bloodiest massacres in China. The "giant American" jis still mentioned with respect and admiration by the inhabitants of that f ar-off city. i,- I His executive, ability was recognized in his own circle long be (fore his handling of the Belgian relief made his name a household iword in all civilized lands. Said one of his business associates: "He j works twenty-six hours a day and never turns a hair; he manages a dozen things at once and yet leaves the impression on the ob server that he is doing nothing at all." And again: "He handles : his great Russian iron mines, with their seven thousand employees, with the little finger of his left hand." ; . Even moro striking than his capacity for never ceasing labor is i the strict and undeviating integrity that has marked the smallest no less than the largest of his multifarious business transactions. After i he established mining headquarters in London his advice was sought ! by every class of investors and not one man or woman ever lost a J penny by following his counsel. In fact a mining investment guar anteed by Herbert C. Hoover was known to be as safe as the Bank of England. ,":.''. ' All the attributes that go into the making of a leader of men j are to be found in this typical production of American soil and ; American institutions. Constructive ability, high standards of in tegrity and honor; broad imagination, keen humor, love of adven ture, audacity in operation and, above all, a physical and mental i capacity for hard and unremitting labor. A writer in the Los Angeles Times says t ?' California has especial reason for taking pride in this great American champion of the cause of democracy. For if Her i bert Hoover, was a native son of Iowa, he received his training and educationand chose, his wife ami started his famous career on the racific Coast." . Salera and Oregon have eqtial' claims. The only reason his wife is not a Salem girl is that Mr. Hoover was too youne to marry ! when he left this city. ! ;The present dope: Japan may go In and protect her interests, if she wants to. And she probably wants to "' I 'f s It is hard, at this stage of the great war game, to distinguish the yellow fromHhe other colors In Rus sia. Time will sift them out. The Pacific highway between Sa lem and Aurora will be hard sur faced, work to begin within thirty days. That will be great. Another scrap of paper that will furnished a new verb for the English language, let probably, too, few, know the m$ny big things he achieved before he attained his present world prominence. The story of how he crossed the great le thrown into the waste paper bas ket Is the German "treaty" with Ru mania. It is an old principle of law and justice that a paper signed under duress: is worthless. So will the world judge the jug-handled "trea ties" Germany Is now making over around the east front. i When President Polncare over came his personal pride and asked Senator Georges Clcmenceau to form the present cabinet he sent for his (keenest political critic, the one who had said the most cutting- things about him during the past live years, the man who bad criticised him the most persistently day in and day out since the war was declared as well as before and who opposed his election with ail his might. All of wLich shows that President Polncare is a mighty level-beaded man. Seattle voted on Tuesday to build an elevated street railway, the first in the Pacific northwest. Seattle has gone Swede. Ole Han son is to be mayor. The German press says that the kaiser has kept the peace for forty yars. But he will keep It for long er than that when this cruel war U over. It is reported that two young Am erican soldiers are to be shot for having been arleep on duty in front of the trenches. That is the kind of offenders the sainted Lincoln ueed to pardon. Paderewski's statement that there are now no children under seven years of age in Poland indicates one solution to the Polish question. It is certainly Paderewski's own belief that the German design is to exter minate the Polish people. The wisdom of publishing the prac tical results of our meatless days 1? apparent in the encouragement It af fords the people who have been go ing without meat. It make us all feel that we are accomplishing some thing to be told by Mr. Hoover that in four months the meatless days In (be United States have saved 140, 000.000 pounds of beef, which have been made available for shipment to the allies. The record Is a very good one, although It could be bet tered, in view of the fact that the raving by the consumer has been voluntary. One is forcibly reminded of what might be done to help the allies by the fact that their people are living on a meat ration of one pound a week, or less than 30 per cent of what Americans on the av erage are still consuming. NOT ENOUGH SHITS. There is much speculation orei the fact that there are thousands cl trained soldiers at the various can tenments, and an Idea is abroad that they ought to be sent overseas. The trouble Is the country Is not provid ed with enough ships to carry them across the Atlantic. The bulk of the shipping is utilized to send food to the soldiers already over there, Americans as well as the allies. ANSWERING TIIE CALL. Had you imagined that deaf people are only objects of charity? If to. you are wrong, especially concerning the deaf women of Los Angeles, who are more to be praised than pitied. The Times of that city says these women now'compose one of the most efficient Red Cross auxiliaries In that city, meeting twice a week' in the Mason building, where they pre pare surgical dressings for our de fenders "over there." They are also taking lessons in lip reading in or der to teach the young men who, aft er the war, may be In need of their Instructions. Verily, there are none so deaf as they who do not bear their country's call to service. KOMKTIf I-NCJ AINHT "RARXKY" IIAIlUCIf. President Wilson's appointment of Bernard Uaruch to succeed Daniel Wlllard as chairman of the war in tustrles board has served to call pub lic attention anew to a man of whom much has been beard In connection with the mobilization of American Industries and the strengthening of the "second line of defense" since the war - began. Mr. Uaruch has rome to be regarded as one of the notable "finds" of the war. Ilefore the conflict began his name was vir tually unknown outside Of the Imme diate circle in which he moved. To day he occupies a high place in of ficial estimation, and Washington has come to look, upon him as a man of whom much more Is likely to be beard before the war is over. Bernard M. Baruch, or "Barney" Itaruch, as he is better known to the public. Is a product of New York city. When he was old enough to go to work he found employment in a brokerage bouse at a wage of $3 a week. He did not exactly polish i p the handle of the big front door, but he weighed the mails of the con- rUTlHB DATE 9 March t. Friday. Intercollegiate oratorical contest. First Methodist church. March Saturday. Meetinar of Marion county fruit irrowers called to du laor iU"tlon. March IS. Wedneaday. Present sit uation in Iluaaia lecture by Dr. J. O. Hall, auditorium ef Public Library. March. IS. Friday. Mllltarr tourna ment by Company A. hlgjh school cadeta. at armor jr. March 17. IS and If. Lymen't Mia slnarv convention. Balem. March 2. Friday Oreg-on Hnpgrow ers association meets for dissolution. March SO. Saturday. Freshman glee t Willamette university. April . Saturday. Third Liberty loan drive bea-ina. April, fourth week. Marlon County Christian Endeavor convention. Salem. May. date not t set -State Grange convention. Salem.! Mar 17. Friday.- -Crlmary nominat ing election. cern that employed him so carefully that his compensation was soon rais ed to $f.. Tfc-n he got a job In a email baik at a' small salary. La te r, be !,etn. in a small way. with a big bonf and stock concern. At the end of six years he was able to withdraw from a partnership in that house with $1,000,000 in bin own name. Thereupon he started in bus iness for himself, attended sedu lously to his own affairs, read the newspapers carefully, and one dty discovered a "but" in a speech by Mr. Lloyd George, which enabled him to go into the New York stock exchange and "clean up" an Immense profit. The world might never have known anything about this transac tion if he had not been named, in the course of a sensational episode, as one of those who had been ap praised in advance .of the forthcom ing of the famous "peace note" dis patched to all the powers by Presi dent Wilson, some time before the. latter decided that the United State could not, in honor, keep out of the. war. Before a committee of congress. "Barney" Uaruch testified that he had no advance knowledge whatever with regard to the peace not, but he made no attempt to conceal the fact that, from his own judgment of existing conditions, based partly up on a passage in an Interview with Mr. Lloyd George, published in Lon don about the same time, and tele graphed to New York, he made his trades on the probability that some thing would be said or done that might be taken to Indicate, on the side of the allies, a willingness to negotiate with the enemy. Although Mr. Lloyd ; George was misunder stood or misquoted, the Interview contained a passage which seemed to Indicate that, while the peacs overtures made by the imperial Ger man chancellor could only be reject ed without qualification, the door would not be closed against a pos sible understanding. Mr. Baruch, it will be recalled. came through the congressional in vestigation with a cleaa bill. How pleasing this circumstance was to President Wilson very few knew at the time, but, as a matter of fact, cny other outcome would have been extremely disagreeable to the execu tive. The reason is not hard to give. As Mr. Baruch increased in wealth he was Invited to accept various honorary positions in his home city. Thus he was given a seat on the board of trustees of the College of the City of New York. Here one of his closest associates was William 1'. McCombs, who was later to man age the campaign for the nomina tion and election of Woodrow Wil son in 1912. Through Mr. McComb3 Mr. Baruch met the then governor of New Jersey, and something in the nature of a personal and political filendship sprang up between the two. Mr. Baruch first became inter j'sted in Mj. Wilson because his friend, McCombs, was interested In him, and, as time went on, he be came interested In Woodrow Wilson for his own sake. During the first years of his ad ministration Mr. Wilson did not glva Mr. Baruch a thought, perhaps, as a possible officeholder, nor, it may be presumed, did Mr. Baruch ever give a thought to filling a public of fice. But when war was declared Mr. Wilson thought be raw where a man of "Barney" Baruch's talents might be made very useful to the country. When the council of na tional defense was created Mr. Bar uch was one of the first appointees. Ills record In that capacity evidently has been so satisfactory that the president decided be was the man to fill the Important post of chairman of the war industries board. I BITS FOR BREAKFAST - Fair and fine. "e V Early spring gardening In oHer. - The German big offensive appeirs aboti ready: and the big defensive ready for it. S The Imnendinr battle may be the greatest of the whole war. S m Moscow Is to be the capital of Russia, and the war is to go on. That is the latest. But the news from that quick-change country may chanre any day, and then keep on changing. The hoarders of wheat flour In the state of Washington have been or dered to divvy with the general ub lic. There Is plenty for all. if, all are made to clay fair. . The American forces are now holding eight m'les of trencVies, and the line Is beinr extended and con solidated fast. We are now in the thick of the great war. The people of the United State are a?ain told, by the latest arrival from England to assist in conserving British interests over here, that but for this country the Enelish yeople would be ranch j nearer .the starving point than they now are, and strict rationing is being practiced there, with every one, both rich and poor. Jood experts are experimenting with whale meat. The possibllties of whale culture do not seem to com pare with what can be done with a supply of common hen eggs and an Incubator. Washington Star. r" ; SellingWayBelowPresentpoIesatePrices On Most Of Our Merchandise at the BIG CLOSING OUT SALE GINGHAMS 14c Yd. Sold Elsewhere at 25c. SILKS Values to $1.65 now Values 98c YARD Good Women's Shoes From Our Regular Stock Values to $5.00, NOW $2.95 A large bargain table of shoes on the Main Floor and also one in Economy Base ment IN A SOCIAL WAYCZZ By Fterestee Elisabeth lflela Accompanied by her brother, Hans Black. "lrs. R. S. Wallace went to Portland Tuesday, whtye she attend ed a social function. Mrs. Emily Cornell of Portland Is the guest of Mrs. J. II. LAUterman. Mrs. Cornell arrived Tuesday and her stay will be Indefinite. Sir. and Mrs. W. J. Haaedorn have returned from Vancouver, where they have been visiting with former Salera residents. . Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Tarpley and their daughter, Mrs. Henry Lee, re cently entertained as their guests Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Hepdun of Al berta, Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Richards of Stoughton, Wis., have been visiting with their cone In, Miss Frances Gel latly of the office of the state board of control. Mr. and Mrs. Richards were at Long Beach. Cal., for a part of the winter. They left yesterday afternoon for Portland and Seattle, and In a few days will leave the coast for Wisconsin. An informal gathering was held at the home of Dr. and Mrs. George H. Alden Monday night when they were hosts for the members of a club. Bo sides the club member those bidden as additional (participants In the merry making were Mr. and Mrs. H. II. Vandervort, Mrs. Carl Gregg Doney and Mrs. Katherine Upmeyer. Hr. and Mrs. B. L Steeves will en tertain this club at its next meeting. The ICiimalong klub, composed of the boys of the Crusaders and State Bible classes of Jason Lee Sunday school, aave a basket social at the church Tuesday evening of this week which was a big success. The baa ket sold at from 60 cents to $1.50. netting something over $21 to the club's treasury. The affair was held in the church basement where ih? decorations, principally of fir houghs and paper streamers, were arranged so abundantly and well that there was unfeigned surprise and delight ff Goes Further J Delicious Flavor Vacuum Packed Jj Guaranteed J Percales 121-2C and 15c Wholesale Price 21c and up Closing Out Prices I ON MEN'S I CLOTHING BROWN COTTON SUITING Extra Special 19c YARD LACES IclSO now 35c for Camisoles on the part of all who attended. Tha decorations also included the inscrip tion "Kumalong Klub" In large gilt letters on the outer wall of the club room. All in all. it was readily con ceded that the boys had outclassed, in their decorative preparations, any event ever held In the church base ment. An improvised but entirely adequate stage served for the prcs-. entatlon of the several unique fea tures of the program. J. F. Dunlap acted sis auctioneer In the sale of the baskets and made a real repu tation in his adept methods of ac cumulating bids. Miss OdI Hie Per sons won the rrixe for the, best ap pearing basket. Roscoe Dickey is the leader and teacher of the boys class. Mrs. A. B. Manley of Portland attended the Methodist conference at the Y. W. C. A. yesterday. White here Mrs. Manley was a guest of Mi. and Mrs. Charles W. Ntemeyer. Mr. Manley Is president of the Pacific Title & Trust company of Portland. Alkali In Soap Bad For the Hair Soap should be used very carefully. If you want to keep your hair look ing its best. Most soaps and pre pared shampoos contain too much al kali. This dries the scalp, make the hair brittle, and ruins it. f The be;t thing for steady use la Jtift ordinary mulnlrled cocoanut oil (which is pure and greaseleas ) , end is better than the most expensive soap or anything else you can nse. One or two teaspoonfuls " will cleanse the hair and scalu thorough ly. Simply moisten the hair with water and rub it In. It makes an abundance of rich, creamy lather, which rinses out easliv, removing every particle of dust, dirt, dandr.iff and excessive oil. The hair dries quickly and evenly, and it leaves the scalp soft, and the hair fine and silky, bright, lustrous, fluffy and easy to manage. You can get mulslfled cocoannt oil at any pharmacy, it's veiy cheap, and a few ounces will suppiy every member of the family for months. MEAT RULING LESS STRINGENT Tuesday Is Porkless, But Bars Are Down Remain der of Week Restriction on the use of meat under the rulings of the food admin istration are less stringent by the .latest order to come down from Washington through W. K. Newell, assistant federal food administrator for Oregon. The new ruling fol lows: "Meatles Days The preeent re strictions have been a porkless meal ench day", a porkless Tuesday and a Vorkless Saturday, but the order just received, retarding meatless days will modify these rules for tho state of Oregon as follows: "Tuesday will be Btrlctly pork less day and for the preeent there will be no other restrictions on the use of meat of any ktnd whatever. "Flour Accompanying our in struction regarding the removal of restrictions on meat nrodncts. cornea a more urgent appeal to save wheat. One of the principal reasons for re moving the meat restrictions is in order to enable people to save wheat to a srreater etent than they hava been doing. "Reports come to us from com 0Wm BOYS' LONG PANTS SUITS Great Bargains Big Reductions On MUSLIN UNDER WEAR PRICES mercial "Travelers that many eating places throughout the state are act ing in total disregard of the wreat lesg and meatless day programs With the one day restriction on pork thii matter should be very simple, but this one day shcMibi be jnt aa strlct Jy observed as before. "Many eating houses do not t'ovm yet to understand that they must have a license. If any of your eat ing places using more than three barrels of flour per month have not yet secured a license tell them ofice more this must be done at once, or they will be subject to heavy fine. If youru conditions warrant, yo;i might call a meeting of as many ef the eating house proprietors as you can get together and ssk the!r.co operatlon in the matter. The m.m. bers under license should be abl to help you bring into line any of those who are not required to have a license, but who may be evading the rules. Licensed eating houses should print their license numbers on their menu cards. "The state food arid dairy commis sioner has placed um uipoml C. A. Jewell, his chief deputy, who Is covering tbo state checking up the bakeries, hotels and restaurants who must have licenses and he will call upon you when he reaches your cotin ty and will be able to give you a great deal of help In lining up thca people. -r "We have been asked by the de- partment at Washington to -TjiHjuent all county administrators to fend all their communications through tho office of the. state administrator rather than directly to them. Oregon Electric Train Kills Man Near Portland Oregon Eletric railroad officials reported to the public service com mission yesteiday that train No. 22 killed Charles Phillips, said to have been a trespasser, about one nil!" west of the Portland city limits. Thl report stated that Phillips apparently stepped from an east bound track on which a freight train was ap proaching to the west bound track and in front ftf thc passenger train. A broken whinky bottle was found beside the body. SAGE TEA DANDY TO DARKEN HAIR It's Grandmother' Raelpe to Bring Back Color and Lustre to Hair You can - turn gray, faded hair beautifully dark and lustrou al nut t over night If youMJ et a bottle of -Wyeth"s Sage arfQ Sulphur Com pound" at any drug store. Milli.tiS' of bottles of this old famotia Sa?' Tea Recipe. Improved by the addi tion of other ingredient, arc sold annually, says a well known diu glst here, because it' darken the hair so naturally and evenlv that no one can tell it has been .applied. Those whose hair is. 'turning gray or becoming faded have a surprise awaiting them, because after ni or two applications the gray hair van ishes' and your locks become luxuri antly dark and-beautiful. This is the age of youth. Cray haired, rnattractive folk aren't wanted around,' so get busy with Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com pound tonight and you'll be uelizht ed with your dark, handsomo hair and your vouthful appearauf with in a few days. ( This preparation I a toilet requi site and Is not intended for thv cure, mitigation or prevention of diseafce. 1 I 4- j Li-"-.-.