THE OREGOX STATESMAN: FRIDAY APRIL, 5, 1018
Oregon Statesman
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THE STATESMAN FUBLISHIXO COMPAJTY
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and also the local news published herein, - -
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Stephen A. Stone. ......... Managing Editor
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W. C. Bquier. .Advertising Manager
Frank Jasfcoskl ............... . f ......... .Manager Job; Dept.
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TELEPHONES: ' - Business Office, 23.
Circulation DepartmeaC, 683;
, Job Department. 83.
Entered aTthe PostoincTnSalem. Oregon, as second class matter. -
There are over 4,600,000 illiterates
20 years old and more. Illiterates
above 10 years of age, according to
the common basis of reckoning, num
ber 4,416,163. j
A NATION OF NATIONS.
A SUBLIME LESSON IN LOYALTY
, In not only emptying their treasury of the last penny, but digging-down
into their pockets and shelling out their spare change
to the aggregate amount of $2106, all of which was offered as a
contribution to the fund of y Willamette Chapter, Red Cross, the
Marion County Veterans' association teaehes a sublime lesson in
loyalty and patriotismnd sets an example well worthy of emula
tion by the younger generation of American citizens.
The Marion County Veterans' association is composed of the
members of the Grand Army of the Republic, the "Women's Relief
Corps, the Ladies of the G. A. R., and kindred organizations. They
hold meetings throughout the county three times a year and are
now in session at the armory in this city. The next session of the
s association will be held at the picnic grove, at bilverton, on the first
! Thursday in August of this year. The sessions are held on the first
Thursdays in April, August and; December..
! During yesterday's session Gideon Stol2, treasurer of the associa
tion, suggested that the organization turn over the surplus in? the
treasury to the Red Cross. Thej venerable comrades not only took
immediate action upon this suggestion bat proposed an additional
voluntary contribution with the result that the fund was swelled to
the amount heretofore named which was turned over to Willamette
Chapter with expressions of regret that they did not have more to
i offer.! These' old veterans offered! up their all to the cause of liberty
and justice in the civil. war, andiare still willing to part with their
in. : A.i ' .i?i -
wonuiy possessions as a coninpuiion to wonq iioeny ana aemocracy.
Do not be surprised if there are further German "gains" on the
western. front. Leave it to General Foch and the rest. They know
the rules of the bloody game, and Germany will be licked to a fraz
zle, according to their plans. ij '
There will be no swapping of horses while crossing the stream
in the Oregon elections of this year. Peanut politics, and personal
political proms are tabu.. f
r -This is no time for neutrals or non-partisans, in either party.
It is a time for straightforward patriotism.
General. Foch Is ready.
Russia is stiffening, up and cut
Luc out the yellow. That is glorious
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Straight politics this year, gentle
men. This is no time for the trim
mei. Czernin knows when he Is licked.
So does Hindenburg, for that mat
ter, but he Is slow in making ac
knowledgment. . ...
i without colliding with each otter;
referring to frequent fatal accident
In the training camps of the air
Men.
, Cermans shelled Americans play-
lug baseball. That is an insult. Tho
Uoeches will soon get theirs, for
that, .'- . ' -.
: The kaiser has no more chance
cf winning this war than a celluloid
cat has of catching an asbestos rat
In bell. Los Angeles Times.
Another pathetic feature of the
Russian situation is that G per cent
of the people of that unhappy coun
try can't read the story of what has
happened to them the past year.
But one death in the last nine
month among the Americans on the
destroyers and suppfy ships. ThisJs
a remarkable testimonial to the rug
ged, n ess of the American sailor and
to the care which is given to bis phy.
sical needs and circumstances.
The Americanization of parliament
continues apace. The other day one
of the members used the phrase.
"We butted In" and the hour e mere
ly laughed.' Time was when such
an oiiense. wouia nave cost a mem
ber a full month's salary. New Tork
Evening Post.
' lie or she who acquires the Hoo
ver, habit these war days and still
carries, it into effect during the in
evitable days of peace, will be among
those benfitted by the war.
' 1 The Swiss gpernment has ordered
200,000 gae. masks, and the meaning
of the order is not likely to be mis
understood in Berlin. Readiness to
fight . gives the only assurance of
peare when the Teutons are In a
mood for murdering1 and stealing. -
Trance today is the most wonder
ful . country In the world. Charged
with frivolity and all cf the seven
sins of the calendar, the French arc
showing what they can do when their
nation is In danger. It is in the
"French, blood. All honor to France.
. A neighbor says he is no expert
on the subject of the air (excepting
hot air), but ft , would seem that
there ought to be room enough up
tbenj for beginners to fly" around tn
The congress of Russian Soviets
was so deeply touched by President
Wilson's message of sympathy that
it replied thanking him kindly for
his words and expressing the eat-
nest hope that the .time may soon
come when this government may be
overthrown land the United States
enjoy the Socialistic advantages now
so conspicuous in Russia. Chicago
Herald.-
This Liberty bond never grows too
decrepit to do a full day's work or
earn a full day's, pay, even though
you do. And when you want It back.
there it is safe and sound and in full
measure unto the uttermost farthing.
Laying up treasure in the Unite!
States treasury may not bring blind
ing thrill of Joy, but it brings days
of solid, comfort which in the long
run count more than ill the night
thrills that ever happened pn earth
since the j fall of Babylon. Minne
apolis Journal.
Almost
OUR SHAME.
In the British House of Lords re
cently Lord Parmoor made a motion
approving the principle of a league
of . nations, with "a tribunal whose
orders should be enforcible by -adequate
sanction."
On this side of the Atlantic Sena
tor Owen of Oklahoma has urged tbj
formation by treaty of a peace league
between the United States, Great Bri
tain, France, Italy, Japan and China.
He would have this league demand
of Germany and Austria either to
make peace within thirty days of fo?
five years the league would ahu
tnem off absolutely from commercial
intercourse with the rest of the
world, and that for every thirty days
after the first thirty that Germany
refused to make peace a year would
be added to the five years' period.
. The league of peace proposed by
Senator Owens would b9 a powerful
boycotting association directed at
Germany and Austria by the six na
tions composing it, but, while entire
ly justifiable, it would not includo
the larger and nobler purpose In
tended by the organization of a Na
tion of Nations on the lines suggested
by Grotius and favored by ex-Presl-dent
Taft, by the late General Har
rleon Gray Otis of Los Angeles, and
many others.'
The history of the present conflict
show's that International law has
been regarded by Germany and Aus
tria as practically non-existent, as a
collection of rules and maxims which
may be disregarded by the strong
and appealed to in vain by the weak,
for the reason that no one is concern
ed to enforce Its obedience. The first
essential of law that it must be,
obeyed and obeyed by all Is absent.
A Nation of Nations will place no
restriction on the number of its mem
bers. Any nation, from Switzerlan.1
to China, from Norway to Pern, may
join it. with only such distinctions
in legislative representation as pro
Ierly pertain to population ' ant
wealth.
"The Nation of National" says Al
fred Crotler, "will not be a mere
federation of nations. It will not ua
a mere temporary and dissoluble un
ion of many governments. It will
not be a mere treaty or agreement of
afltance between countries. It will
be a real government a new. Inde
pendent sovereign nation, with thi
usual functions and powers. It will
be complete within Itself. It will
have and rupport its own army and
navy. Its own officials, exclusively,
will direct Its affairs. It will not e
in alliance kith or In any way be
dependent upon or be subject to the
will of any other nation.
The Nation of Nations will not be
either a monarchy, an autocracy or a
democracy. It will be a genuine
representative government, repre
sentlng all of the nations, and the
inhabitants of all the nations which
form It, and its only citizens wilt b
the citizens of such supporting na
tions. .
It will make its own taws. Its
courts exclusively will construe them
and its executive will enforce them
without permission of or dictation
by -any or all other cations com
bined. The only limit on Its acts
and sovereign power will be its own
supremene constitution and" the
checks, restrictions and limits there
of interpreted by. Its own supreme
court.
aThe Supreme Constitution should
contain such checks and limitations
as would make It Impossible for ono
nation, or a small group of powerful
nations, to assail the Nation of Na
tions or undertake to use it for self
ish purposes or against the welfare
or legitimate Interests of any nation.
There should be, to begin with, a
tentative basis of representation a
which each nation should be equita
bly represented, which basis may be
changed by the j International con
gress after thorough discussion. And
the basis of' representation, when
f greed upon by: all the nation,
should' never be changed without the
actual formal consent of three
fourths of such cations.
Says Crozler: "The world now
must have a great and all-powerful
l-ollce agency for regulating the con
duct of cations toward each other;
it must have a legislative body In
which all nations can be equitably
represented to enact international
laws. It must have a great world
court possessing the confidence and
respect of all nations, to construe
international laws and administer
justice between nations in orderly
fisnlon as a substitute for war and
carnage. And it must have a Su
preme Council made op of the great
est men of the different countries,
men with capacity for world states
manship based on right and justice.
A Nation of Nations thus organlzel
and conducted will be the greatest
blessing to the race ever devised by
human agencies."
The trend of history leads inevita
bly to 'a world state. The first at
tempt may or may cot be success
ful, but the principle of nnlon must
eventually prevail. The great con
flict may retard the prccess by in
flaming" old prejudices and hatreds.
or hasten It by Inspiring In all tho
f-ar of repetition; but it can not
thange. the tendency.
Radical Reductions on Men's and B oys'
Picked Up OnThe Street
CLOTH 1 1
Men's clothing is not only high priced in the wholesale market but it is scarce and hard to s;et at
any price.
Buy Now, Buy Here and Save Money
unbelievable facts have
keen brought to the attention of th3
country : with respect to Illiteracy,
through ;the draft It has been dis
covered that nearly 700.000 men of
draft age I in the United States can
nt read ! or write . any language.
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
The Third liberty Bond Sale Will Begin' April 6th. One of onr
Telleri will be stationed in onr Lobby to explain to those wish
ing information and to receire Libert y Bond Subscriptions.
A RECRUITING OFFICER "No.
there's no question as to the superior
attractiveness of the navy to young
recruits. It appeals both as to fin
ancial returns and the opportunity
to advance. Men of any ability an l
iccuuicai iraming get all tne way
from 70 to 140 a month at the
rtsrt. But it takes a good man to
get into that sort of berth. There
isn't one In ten of the applicants
who can get past the rigid examina
tions."
AT A POSTOFFICE WINDOW
"No. sir. there is very little attentloa
being paid to the postal savings de
partment these timer, and we make
no effort to bring the service to pub
lic attention. There is too- much
confidence In our banks, and besides.
the Liberty bonds -and the war sav
Inf stamps, are now attracting all
the spare money the public possess
or. The saving stamps are drawing
in a surprising amount of cash in
small units."
AN AUTO DEALER "There has
been no fallng off In our business
during the past year on account of
the war. There may be a slight re
daction In the number of touring
cars, etc. but that Is made up In the
number of. trucks put out. There Is
a growing demand for utility ma
chines. . We have placed about 40Q
machines in this field during the
put year, and the trade goes right
on in spite of a 20 per cent advance
in prices. Some of the 'purchasers
may be beating their grocery bills
or mortgaging their homes, but they
get the money some way, for we do a
ttrlctly thirty-day business."
A PRINTER ''Funny thing the
way the .trade thinks we're holding
them up because we're not making
the same prices on job work we dlJ
last year. I've just been comparing
my accounts and ' I find I am not
making a living profit even with the
Increase In rates on job, work. The
)rlces of paper swnks have gone up
fully 100 per cent In many cas, and
I can't advance my prices to make
up the difference. Almost every
week we get notices from the mann
facturers that certain stocks will be
advanced 5 or JO . per cent. It looks
as though the sky was going to
the limit. Under such conditions as
these I could get out and make more
money, as a common lalorer."
A NEW COMER He had been out
for . a bicycle trip on the Jefferson
road and other suburban byways, had
negotiated some of the deposits of
"nigger heads'' and round gravel and
his bicycle seat and his sensibilities
bad been considerably Jarred. "Say,
I was. in this 'country In '94 the
year of Coxey's army, when every-
i body was either badly bent or brok.;.
and I thought then tnat there was
tome excuse for Marion county In
making roads of round gravel anl
cobble stones; but I'll swear. by all
the Roman gods that that same gra
vel is out there kicking around to
day. And they, tell me they hae
about a dozen rock crushers in th
county. Talk about a slow country
why the heathen 'Chinese were us
ing that kind of stuff on their roads
4000 years ago. There is enough
cobble stone lyinar around loose in
this county to cover every mile of
highway six Inches deep ' with fine
ncreened crushed rock, : and they
would be next to bitullthlc If pro-
trlr taken cre of. They "are doing
it down In the outh part of the
state."
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ONE LOT OF ' MftVc MEN'S UP-TO THE I ONE LOT OF
Men's Ha"s ram,TE Women's j
Shirts 0Y Collars Shoes
TERPFrTkiCT? " VALUES TO $5.00 i
SIZES 16 and 17. EA SPECIALS 2 for 25c NOW S2JJ5
VALUES TO $2.00, 50c, $15, $1.60 i ior-c j
NOW 08c ' 12,45 5 - " ; i
n FLORSHEIM AND 9 EXTRAORDINARY j
Men s all other Pajamas value given on
Gloves Shoes and night Men's
AT CLOSING OUT JlOOUT SHIETS AT PlnfllinCT
PRICES PRICES INO OUT PRICES V WlULlllllg-
btutcre date
April 5. .Friday. rubaU. Wlllam--tt
I'Uvrralty and University of Ore-
sron; saiem.
April. 6. haturriar rtaaebaM. Will
amette unlvemlty and Oregon Agricult
ural college, at Corvallis.
April ft. Saturday Baseball Ril.m T
diati Training- achool and University of
Oregron. at Chemawa.
April . Saturday. Third Liberty
loan drive brrina. ,
April , . Siturdny Third Liberty
bond campaign to be Initiated In Salem
oy pireet parade.
April 7. Sunday. Chart W .nibl.
Portia" to wk for third lib
erty loan at First Methodist church.
-rjl II Thttrsda Will H W.v.
national chairman f Republican party
to visit Portland. -
' "April 12. Friday. Meetlnr of Oreiron
Hooirowerr association for Hiun.
lutlon. -
April, fourth week. Marion County
Christian Rndeavor convention. Ralem.
May. dates not set State Grange
cowentlo, Flem.-
tay J. Thursday. Dedication of
Chatnpoes; memorial building.
May 17. Friday.- -Primary nomtaat
Inr election
f June IS. Thursday. Reunion of Ore
Koa Fioneer association, Portland.
Lemons Whiten and
Beautify the Skin!
' Make Cheap Lotion
The Juice of two fresh lemons
"trained Into a bottle containing
three ounces of orchard white makes
a whole quarter pint of the most
remarkable lemon skin beautifier a
about the cost one must pay for
small jar of the ordinary cold
creams. Care should be taken to
train the lemon juice throueh
fine cloth so no lemon pulp gets in
tnen this lotion wH keep fresh f..r
months. Every woman knows tMa
lemon juice Is used to bleach and
lA-emove such blemishes as freckles
i . ii . .
""" itK-sa ana xan ana is ine laeu
skin softener, sjnoothener and bean
inter.
Just try it! Make up a quarter
Pint or this sweetlv fragrant lotin
and massage it dally Into the face
neck, arms and hands. It should
naturally help to . whiten, soften
freshen and brina: out the hidden
roses and beauty of any skin. It I
wonderful for rough.' red hands.
Tour druggist twill Mil fhrf-e
ounces of orchard white at liul
cost, and any grocer will supply lh
lemons. , I
Men's & Boys
Suits 20 cpeenri Less
THESE. REDUCTIONS ARE
FROM THE OLD PRICES.
NO REDUCTIONS PROM
THE ' PRESENT HIGH
PRICES
CORNER COURT AND
COM'L STREET, SALEM
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I
IN A SOCIAL
WAY1
By Flare s EUuktlk Xlb4s
following a recent operation for ap
pendicitis. The Women's Relief corps will
meet tomorrow afternoon at 2
o'clock at McCornack hall for their
regular meeting.. Mrs. Louise Weill
Is the president of the corps.
WHILE Mrs. C. D. Gabrielson
was a visitor in the middle
Wt lilA W4 a vA m r m Ia.1 Ka,
her small grandson, Robert nisbop,
me eldest son of Mr. and Mrs.
Chauacey Bishop of this city. They
passed a large part of their afar in
I)es Moines, where ther were the
guests of relatives. The little lad
made himself much at home while in
that pretty c4ty and even wrote some
letters to the newspapers when unit
ing with some of the children's ac
tivities there.
The following letters appeared In
the Des Moines Tribune:
Dear Cousin Eleanor: I am on
a visit here from Salem, Ore., which
was my native home, and my lifelong
nome. which is 8 years old. I
have heard a lor about the Kiddie
khtb and would like to join. My un
cle is working at The Tribune and
told me about the Kiddle klub. I
can often write you what happens
in Oregon. I would like to have
my button as soon as possible and
see my letter in print.
Your new cousin,
' Robert Bishop.
Salem, Ore.
Dear Cousin Eleanor: I have
four patriotic uncles. My Uncle
Clarence has a woolen mm in Ore
gon, and makes blankets for the sol
diers My Uncle Carl Is a first lieu
tenant In the army. My Uncle
Charlie works at The Evening Trib
une. My Uncle Hilly has gone to
Y. M. C. A. work in France.
My 4-year-old brother has a lien-
tenant's suit and can say the salute
to the f la sr.
1 gave you the wrong address for
my pin. Please send It to 14 43 West
Thirteenth street. Des Moines. I
would like to ppe my letter In print.
Your new cousin.
Robert Bishop.
The Sweet Briar club held a party
at the home of Miss Nellie Taylor
Monday night as a bit of merriment
for the first of April. A committee
of the club also acted as hostesses.
They were Mrs. C. C. Chaffee. Mrs.
S. P. Kimball. Mrs. John Kerauson.
MIkb Isa belle Millere and Miss Sylvia
Reil. A delightful program was
a part of the entertainment. Re
niarks were made by Albert Steiner
on "Why We Celebrate All Fools'
Day"; piano selections. Mlns Margar
et Steiner: reading. Mrs. S..P. Kim
ball; reading:. Miss Gavnell IWkett:
games of charades: reading. MIm
Jessie May Gregory; readihg. 'MI.43
Mary Christine. Ferguson. James
Imlah was a winner In one of the
game diversions. Refreshments were
served with comical favors. There
were about thirty-five guests, includ
ing; the husbands and children of the
club members.
Mrs. I). A. White of 6 3.1 North
Front street will entertain the mem
bers of the C W. B. M. of the
Christian church this afternoon at
2:50 o'clock.
The women's mislsonary circle of
the Firpt Baptist church will meet
this afternoon at 2:30 .o'clock with
Mrs. Earl RfCe. 1103 South Twelfth
street. Mrs. George Holt has pre
pared a program and will have
charge of a lesson.
The many friends of Mrs. E. S.
Tillinghast will he sladdenod to
learn that she Is recuperating nicely
I BITS FOR BREAKFAST I
Beautiful sunshine.
Busy days on the land.
S
Ten times the Germans attacked
the French yesterday. x
- And ten times they were driven
back with great losses.
. i
There will have to be further ex
planations to thejGerman people con
cerning the wanton sacrifice of the
lives of their soldiers on the western
front. Their patience will not last
much longer. '
The Austrian! are assembling aa
enormous army to overwhelm Italy.
But the outcome .will be enormous
losses, and the people of that coun- ' '
try will also demand, explanations.' '
The Austrian people are 'already "
tired: . mere so than the Germ a a
people.
t
The Armenians have taken Erze- "
rum an points therabouts from the
Turks. The ghosts of the massacred-
millions muKt le fighting.
German troops are being landed
in Finland, and the people of that
country will remember the "good
old days" under the bloody rule of
the czars. . "
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Folks who crave paying- for things -'
on the, installment plan wllj be ac-
ouimodated with the third Liberty
Bond issne.
Springipp
SUITS
Are more be&utifnl this season
than ever before and we are allow
ing every new style in every new
color in serges, poplins and jer
seys. Here are some exceptional
values.
mm m m
4 . n liar ' v i
$17.50, $22.50 and up
DRESSES
New Dresses Just Arrived Arc
Now onr Display
r: i a i i 1
i
4-
-f a
$12.75
a
a 'f-a i w t
$15.00, $ 17.50 and up
COATS I
A large collection of coats awaits
your inspection. A coat is a neces-.
sity this season. Beautiful styles
reasonable values ' - t
$10.00
$15.00, $1750 and up i
The Latest in Hats, Waists and
Skirts. A New Stock a New Policy
at an Old Location
Portland Cloak
& Suit Co.
AT STOCKTON'S
Cor. Courtrand Commercial
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