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4 i The Oregon Statesman Issued Dally Except Monday by I t V,.' THE STATESMAN PUBLISHIXC COMPANY! I 215 S.' Commercial St.. Salem, Oregon, i MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS i The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the nse for republication or all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein. . R. J. Hendricks. .Manager Stephen A. Stone .Managing Editor Ralph Glover. . . .Cashier W. C. 8quler .......Advertising Manager Frank: Jaskoskl...... .......... . ...Manager Job Dept. DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier in Salem and suburbs, IS cents a i week. SO casts a month. : U DAILY STATESMAN, by mall, $6 a year; $3 for six months; 60 cents a ' " month. For three months or more, paid In advance, at Tate of SB a year. SUNDAY. STATESMAN. f 1 a year; 60 cents for six months; 26 cents for three months. - WEEKLY STATESMAN, Issued In two six-pare sections. Tuesdays and Fridays, fin year; 60 cents for six months; 26 cents for three months. " ; " Y. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 21. V Circulation Department, 683. . : Job Department. 683. "" Entered at the Postotfice in Salem. Oregon, as second clsiTmatterT FOB AN ADEQUATE OAS SUPPLY ir The gas plant of Salem, owned and operated by the Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. is inadequate for the summer needs' of thecity..' :- . ' ; It i$ n good plant as far as it goes ; better than the average plant in cities of Salem's size throughout the country, jjfor a good deal of the equipment is new and of the latest patterns.' But the capacity . is not large enough for the needs of Salem. i The number of customers has been constantly growing and there waa a shortage last summer and the, summer before. ..The company, in the past few! years, made .two voluntary re ductions in urates. Now, on account of. increased costs, owing to irar conditions, the revenue at the present rates is not sufficient to p'ay expenses and justify the expenditure of new capital in adding to the capacity of the plant. . : An additional bench, or gas generator, is neededJ' It must be added, if the "peak load" of the summer season is to be successfully -passed. .': ' i ' v- .' ' ' , Bat the rates cannot be increased without the sanction of the public service commission, and this would have to be preceded by an investigation to find out what ought to be a fair schedule of prices to gas users. : f The comDanv. through its local manacrer. W. M. Hamilton, is Asking the Salem city council to request such investigation and fix. Jng of rates. , Mr. Hamilton says the company would, upon such action being taken,'. likely add the necessary new bench or generator, because there would then be a reasonable assurance that the city would abide by the decision of the public service commission, and not fight and fioid the matter up indefinitely. I Surely, the additional capacity is a crying need. And, surely, . fhe. people of Salem, while expecting fair .treatment, which they would no doubt get, at the hands of the public service commission, do not expect the owning and operating company to continue run iiing at a loss, and to add further facilities, also to be operated at a '" . It is en emergency case. , , .-. . !: , . Y .- And, in face of the showing made, it would seem entirely, fair and reasonable for the chyrto take the action asked for: showine a willingness on the part of Salem to have fair, rates fixed, and to abide by the decision of the public service commission as to what are fair rates for gas m Salem. . ' i Work is to be commenced on the paving ot the road between Aurora and Salem, just as soon, as the higher-ops at Washington j ive their U. Ik. to the approved plans. CThis is necessary, because it is to be a post road. The new paved road will surely be finished 2.1 time for, next winter's travel. Everything is ready at this end ino state win itseii do the work. The O. K. from Washington will . lUI C iW ... , . - ; , . . P Nicaragua Is now In the war. (There are a few little ones left. The summer resorts will be hard hit, if the order of Secretary Mc Adoo against excursion rates holds. "This war cannot, be won with minimum!. This Is i, war of maxi mum are the words, of Secretary JIcAdoo: Well said. . pllments let us do the fair thing by the farmers. Oregon and Iowa, two distinctly agricultural states, were the first under the wire with their full quota, of the thirty Liberty Loan. Los Angeles Times. And Oregon was first. The number of Americans going to Europe this year breaks the rec ord, and It lsnot tourist travel. Something, new In the way of ger . rymanders,has been discovere d In the provision of thet Prussian electoral reform bill that district are to hare ' representation In propoitlon to their 'historic and economic importance." Working at 90 per cent of capacity the mills of the United States Steel corporation are not slacking. Got "ernment orders should now be . promptly t filled. This country has Hhe greatest Iron and steel Industry in the world and It should prove 'big war asset. . i f . t-- .. -r- r "-" When the recessional sounds for Tthe German army, the Crown Prince 'bridge, the Hlndenburg bridge, and the Ludendorff bridge will all be 'Very useful to the Germans in get ! ting back to their own side of the 'Rhine It they have not been blown hip by our enterprising airmen. The sUtue of Frederick the Great has gone to the cellar of the War 1 College, never more to return. But t the figure of old Baron , Steuben re ; mains intact. He was another, kind -of German.- When we are passing around eora- u . . rtrrcBK dtbi r May It. Pudy Mother's Day. May 17. Friday.- -Trlmary aualsat j. May 20. Monday Kd Cross . drlTt brrtna. May 19 to 17 Second Bed Cross War yt un4 campalsn. . . May 11 and 29.' WednaaAav Tburaday War eonfcrcnca la Portland. ?: . un , ana i stat urangra eon : ' Tniion, in ttaiem. Jan 14. Friday Hlsh School Com incmnt xerclaa. . Jan se. Tharday. Reunion of Ore Aunit Id. 27 and 18 Western Wal nur urowera- Aasociatlon to tour nut BroTa oi wiuameue vauey. It Is not a matter of what we hope or believe or pray. It is a matter of man power, of guns, of shells, ot ships, and of airplanes. Let us have done with deluding ourselves Into the idea that we are invincible mere ly because our cause Is just, or our spirit is courageous or our traditions are glorious. Los Angeles Times. were needed to nerve civilized coun tries to their utmost efforts, it Is the revelation of the barbarous way In which Germany uses whatever sci ence contributes to warfare. TKXXYSOX'H PROPHECIES. (Montreal Star). Most people are aware that Alfred Tennyson predicted aerial warfare in his "Locksley Hall." but bow mauy know that be also predicted the use of gas in warfare? ' The first-men tioned prediction is the well-known couplet: - i . . "Heard the heavens fill with shout. Inc. snd there rain'd a ghastly ' dew '.. i v t , From the nations airy navies grap- , pllng in the central bloe-7 The second prediction is the pen ultimate verse of, the famous poem and la in these words: "Comes a vapor from the margin. blackening over heath and holt. Cramming all the blast before it, in its breast a thunder-bolt" But these are not the only prophe cies ef the late poet laureate. In The Princess" he foreshadowed the women land workers when he said: . . the land, he understood for miles about was tilled by women. And again: , . . "and close behind her stood eight daughters of the plaw, strong er than men: huge women, blowced with health and wind, and- rain and labor. DESPOTISM'S BEST FRIENDS. German newspapers are beginning to express disappointment that the campaign of education" .waged in Great Britain through secret chan nels has not been as successful, as that which led to the collapse ot or ganized government in Russia. Ad- missiones made in leading articles of the German press reveal that the Bolshevist propaganda was in reality ot Hun origin, a, poison-gas invented for use among the civilian popula tions of the allied countries. Its purpose was to create Socialistic and anarchistic uprisings that would serve to weaken . the war spirit . of allied peoples. Viewed in this light. one cannot ; but ' wonder that the American government permits Bol shevists to come to this country and preach the doctrine that led to the betrayal of Russia. Volksstlmme, a Chemnitz publica tion." warns its readers that "There is (absolutely no. prospect ot bring ing England to her knees as we have forced Russia to her knees. The main reason for this is that, despite the efforts of , our propagandists. there are no serious signs whatever ot anarchistic or -Socialistic disinte gration of the. proletariat - In Eng land." This is plafn -speech. " Social ist preaching has been one of the most effective weapons of the Junk ers. Paid I secret" agents, have been sowing the seed of the radlcallstdoe- trlnes In 'the allied countries, trust ing that - the harvest may cripple their fighting force, It is an admis sion from the Germans themselves of the truth of the assertion made repeatedly in jth la country: Social Ism and anarchy' are the foes ot de mocracy and i the secret friends of despotism. They would subjugate the democracies ot the world by In citing democratic nations to commit governmental suicide. and learn the art of making powder, and on his return set up a mill with complete success. He was one ot those who planned snd executed the destruction of tea in Bofton harbor. ' it was the 'midnight ride," how ever, which laid the foundation for Revere's Immortal fame. On April 18, 1775, Dr. Joseph Warren learne l that British troops were gathering on Boston Common and confided to Re vere his fears for the safety of the patriot leaders, John Hancock and Samuel Adams, who were at Lexing ton .and for whose capture and that of the military stores st Concord he believed the expedition orgsnlzed. Revere at once volunteered to warn the patriots. Arrangements were made with the sexton of the North church, which wss conspicu ously located on the Boston side of the Charles river, for the displsying of two lights rrom the belfry. If the British soldiers departed by water, and of one if by land. Revere was rowed across the river and arrived safely in Charlestown, where he waited until two signal lights shone out from the belfry. He procured a horse and started for Lex ington and Concord by way of Med ford, alarming the minute men along the route. On his wsy he delivered his message to Hancock and Adams. When about half way to Concord Revere and a companion who had Joined him en route were captured by British scouts, but In the excite ment that followed Ihey were re leased. Throughout the remainder of the war Revere continued to render val uable services to the patriot cause, n the summer of 1776 he eras made lieutenant-colonel of a regiment of artillery raised by the state of Massa chusetts for home defense. He was member of the unsuccessful expe dition to Castlne. Maine. In 1779. After the war Revere resumed his trade in - Boston, and established . a foundry for casting church bells and cannon. Here he Inaugurated the method of rolling copper In large sheets. In his foundry were made the plates for the frigate Constitu tion, and for Robert Fulton's steam boats. He wss prominent In the Ma sonic fraternity and as grand master of that order he laid the cornerstone tor the state house in Boston.- The kaiser's periodical Interviews with his favorite war correspondent seem designed to play some such role as the supergun that has been bombarding Paris. If the German people realized r what an enormous irritant, their helineted kalzer is to the outside world, a writer In the Springfield Republican thinks they would shut him up In a fortress un til the end of the war. And there are fvporadie cases of expressions coming from Germany Indicating that some ot the people of that coun try begin to understand to what ex tent their ruler is separating them from the sympathy of the world. The . Germans keep telling about their next drive. But It may be all camouflage. Their last drive has left , the whole German nation, as well as the entire German army, groggy. The allies may have to start the next drive. If congressional Investigations will ppeed up the air program, there should be plenty - ot them.. And it there has been delay on account ot profiteering, no punishment tsJoo severe tor the guilty parties. Such work would be nothing less than treason. A - new era opens," thinks the Cologne Gazette, with the invention or the 76-mile cannon, but since it admits . that Germany can have no monopoly ot the invention, it Is very doubtful whether it will be a bless ing rto Germany any more than to therest of the world. If anything PAUL REVERE CENTENARY. New England public schools and historical societies hsve arranged for a suitable observance tomorrow of the one hundredth anniversary of the death of Paul Revere, the fam ous Revolutionary patriot immortal lzed In Longfellow's pcem of -The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere. Beautiful Xloral "offerings will be deposited today about the grave of the patriot in the Old Granary Bury ing Ground, Boston. Tomorrow there will be memorial exercises un der the auspices ot the local political and historical societies In. the old Paul Revere homestead. Few patriots of the American rev olution have received a larger meas ure ot fame than has fallen to the lot of Paul Revere. Born In Boston In 1715. of Huguenot descent. Revere was brought up to his father's trade of goldsmith. In 175 s. he was a lieu tenant o fHberty, and was stationed at Fort Edward, near Lake George. On his return to Boston he estab lished himself as a goldsmith, and a . a acquiring, nnaiaea. tne art or cop perplate engraving, was. at the out break ot the Revolution, one of the four engravers then In America. In 1776 Revere engraved a print emblematic ' of the repeal of the Stamp Act, which became very pop ular. In 1770 he published a print of "The Boston Massacre, followed several years later by another repre sentlng the landing ot the British troops in Boston. - a He was one of the grand jury which refused to act because of the action of parliament In-making the judge independent of the people. In 17 1 5 he engraved the plates, made the press, and printed the bills, of the paper money ordered by the Mas sachusetts provincial congress. By that body he was sent to Philadel phla to visit the powder mill there, I BITS FOR BREAKFAST I B I G ; -DRIVE - ON AT THE CLOSING J OUT SALE Closing Oat Sale of Embroideries $8.00 lvalue.... $2.00 $5.00 vaInes....$LT7 $3.50 values.... $1.00 $1.00 values...;. 50c 85c values 39c Values to. 15c now ,......... 10c One assortment val ues to 15c now yd. lc Closing Oat Sale o! Laces Values up to $1.50 now .-...35c Values to 85c now 19c "Values to 10c now 5c Values to 8c now 4c One assortment val ues to'15c now...lc Closing Oat Sale of Dress Goods $4.00 values $3.75 values $3.50 values. $3.00 values. $2JZ5 values $1.95 -values. $1.65 values. $1J50 values. $L35 values. 75c values.. 60c values.. ....$3.49 ....$3.00 ...$2.78 ...$2.67 ....$1X0 ...$1.49 ...$1.37 ...$1-24 ...$1.00 54C 49c ' Closing Oat Sale of Women's Umbrellas $L50 values. .3c $1.75 values;... $1.13 $2.00 values.... $L2J' $Z25 values.... $1.63 $2.50 values.... $1.21 $2.75 values.... $Z13 $4.00 values. . ..$3.44 $5.00 values.... $4.44 $11.00 values... $3.23 Men's Umbrellas also at Closing Out Prices Economy Basement Specials Waist values up to $3X0 now 60c Great values in Gorden Hats -(Straw) ' ' Boys' Suits....... '....$3.85 v COENEB COURT AND COUX STREET, SALEM. If! A SOCIAL WAY I 1 Ir B"toreat KXlaatk WlafcaU Hlndenburg hesitates. W He wobbles on his waves. Lots of wind bu not enough rain, Rumanian peace pact signed. Done under duress.. It will not stand. Mostly artillery duels yesterday; nothing more than raids In Infantry line. ... , . . . Nicaragua Is In; making twenty count them twenty, nations , against Germany. One more, and the war will be of age, in numbers of na tions engaged la making the world safe and decent., V m British casualties were the heavi est last week in any single week of fighting 3 8. ll. of which C5SS of ficers and men were killed or died of wounds. But this Included all the far-flung battle lines of the Brit ish; and there was heavy fighting in Mesopotamia and Palestine. m W Elsie Janies, the English and American actress, is in a hospital in Parts, on account ot singing to American soldiers In a contagious ward; One of the Salem boys wrote home to his people. In a letter re ceived, telling of a visit ot Elsie Janls to the camp where the Salem soldiers are located. They nro- nounced the little lady a great en tertainer, and very clever. She came Into the center of the stage in front of the Salem crowd on a full slsed American locomotive. w v v The air mail service, between Washington and New York, with a stop at Philadelphia. Is to be started next week. Another, bit of pio neering. ' . s s s Sunshine and flowers. . V Do not keep the alabaster boxes of your kindness, seeled up until after your friends are dead. The public debt of Great Britain is estimated at 128,0 00.0 00.0 00. Not too high a price for the preservation of liberty throughout the world. Uncle Sam will soon be In the same class. V "W The Austrian emperor saves all talk of electing him to the Ananias club and elects himself. Philadel phia Press. . : It Is quite possible that the man' with a hole In the sest of his trous ers Is saving the money to Invest in bonds. If so, more power to him. It msy be necessary for a lot of us to go home In a barrel. Exchange. W Between the. - war poet and the spring poet the muses are having all sorts of fan. . ' m It Is all very well to Tefer to the Germans as -the enemy;" but what shall we call the profiteers? Ex change. - . m . And the chances are that the most of the work In the war gardens is done by the wives although father does not mention that fact. That big shipment of American telephone girls to France has arriv ed safely. There ought to be some thing doing from now on. - Among the new residents who are being welcomed In Salem are Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ewlng whd have become domiciled at 1311 State street Mr. and Mrs. Ewlnr hava been nmlnr the winter In Portland. They ire former residents of Dallas. 'Mrs. Keith Powell (Alice Blng ham) is expecting to Join her hus band, soon, at Camp Fremont. Palo Alto. California, where he has gone in the third officers training corps. one win dc accompanied soutn by her small son. Since her marrfaro: Mrs. Powell has made her home at LAfayette, Or. Since their recent visit la South Dakota the Powells have been the guests of Mrs. Powell's psrents, Mr. and Mrs. G. G. Bing ham. ' Mrs, George J. Pearc entertained week-end guests at her home on North Winter street- They were the Misses Flora Mason and Jane Mul lenbach ot Albany. -..' Mr. and Mrs. George E. Gould, 2055 Elm avenue, are leaving Salem, with their little son Marvin, to mak their home in Astoria. Preparatory to their departure they were given a merry farewell party by a group ot their friends. A dinner was the ear ly diversion, followed by dancing. Those present beside the Goulds were Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Walton. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Albin. Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Flinn. Mrs. F. E. Peck. Miss Ruth Peck. Miss Gladys Albin. Guy, and Lloyd Albin. ' Mrs. Forrest S. Fisher was unani mously re-elected president of the Association ot Collegiate alumnae at the annual meeting held Saturday at the University club, "says the Port land Journal. Other officers elected were: First vice president. Mrs. E. P. Geary: second vice president. Mrs. William H. Thomas: recording secre tary, Mrs. J. E. Wlthrow; treasurer. Mrs. W. L. Cooper; member at large. Miss Anna Hitchcock. Anual reports of committee chair men showed the past year to hare been one of the most successful In the history of the. organisation. Mrs. Fisher has been untiring In her. ef forts along lines, of constructive so cial and educational work and war serlvce and in securing sble speak ers. The membership has almost doubled in the past year. Definite work along vocational lines In the grammar and high schools has been accomplished through committees and by members making personal ap peals . at . parent-teacher meetings. The association waa a strong facto" In securing the promise of the school board to, install deans of women. Iff the high schools. The third, wedding anniversay, of Mr. and Mrs. Percy Pio was observed recently at theie home. 470 South Fourteenth street, when a group of guests gathered with them tor an evening of cards. Mrs. F. E. Peck and F. D. Moore won the high scores. A dainty repast wss served by the hostess assisted by Mrs. E. F. Wal ton." The guests were Mras4 Mrs. Ben Drag r,-Mr. aad Mrs. F- E- Peck and daughter Roth.' Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gregory. Mr.' and Mrs. James Kapphahn. Mr. and Mrs. E. F.. Wal ton, Irwin Lewis and F. D. Moore of Dallas. ' '. Ea route to her home In Pittsburg. Penn.. Mrs. John R. Harbison has arrived In Salem for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Harbison, 1S45 South Commercial, the, visitor being the mother of th host. Mrs. Harbison has been & winter guest in Califor nia. - The members pieced and qulUJ oaa quilt for the Red Cross. - There vers twelve members present. Summit HUI closes school Tues day. The pupils and tearber are preparing a program for the day. Miss Pesrl Blackmsn left Fator dsy evening for Portland to trend over Sunuay with b.-r sister. Cloverdale school f has anutfce quilt for- the Red Cross. All rrfcdes in the school have helped on this one. Excellent Work Done by r i 1 " Scotfs MUJj Comnuiiee ' i r t SCOTTS MILLS. Or May 7, -Al- HIGH HEELED SHOES PUT CORNS ON TOES t Tell Women How to Dry Up a Com So It lifts Oat Without Pain. Modern high-heeled .footwear buckles the toes and produces corns, and many of the thousands of hos pital cases of Infection and lockjaw are' the result of woman's suicidal habit of trying to cut away these painful pests. For little cost there can be- ob tained at any pharmacy a quarter of an ounce or a drug called freesone which is sufficient to rid Tone's feet of every hard or soft corn or callus without the slightest danger or in convenience. A few drops applied directly upon the tender, aching corn stops the soreness and shortly the entire corn root and all. lifts right out. It is a sticky substance, which dries the moment it is applied, and thousands of men snd women use it because the corn shrivels up and comes out without lnflamlnc or even irritating the surrounding tissue or skin. Cut this out snd try it if your corns bother you. IUihee School Gives . Very Successful Social CLOVERDALE. Or., Msy f-The niihee school gave a basket social Saturday evening. W. Wright tcted as auctioneer.' The school ttcJc In S44.45. This Is to go to the Red Cross. County Superintendent Smith and Supervisor Smith wero In at tendance and gave short addresses. A progranv was givon by the school. Grant Fa iris carte home. Sat day from Portland, where he has been working for 'several months . Normsn Hamilton and fax'ly or Salem spent Suedav afternooa 'sit ing with J. M. Hamilton. Several cases of measles hive In vaded this district again. Mabel .GraybUl is home ficm Sa lem with the mumps. Johnnla Craig, who has been working In Salem, spent Sunday with his mother, Mrs. J. D. Cralr. Ivan Hadley was In Salen Saturday. Carl Wood, accompanied by sever al young folk, made a trip up the Columbia hlthway Sunday. The W. C. T. U. met at the home of Mrs. Hatel Fll'let Wednesday. though Scotts Mills had no quits as-: signed for the last liberty 'oaf tJilve. It raised a total of $S100 In the city : anddmmedlate vklnlty.lTie raceer of the drive was ineto artrtlre committee Tmho canvassed tr.c terri- tory in a very thoomgh ma nix r, cos-, sistlng of. the following Individuals: A. L Brougher. C A. Addlcmsn. E. . W. Coulson. Hugh Ma?e. J. II. Fish er, C A. Dunnlgan, John Plas and Frank A. Hettwer. THAT SUMMER SUIT Don't swelter in the hot sum xaer weather when you can get a light weight all-wool suit made to tout personal rasure at practically the price of good ready-to-wears. We have a very large line of high grade suitings from which yon may make selection.- r Let us show thea'to you. SCOTCH WOOLEN MILLS STORE 42S STATE STREET TJse this coupon and enjoy a pleasant afternoon at thm BLIGH THEATRE ; Three of these eo-rpoas ot consecutive dates win be exchaaged si The STATESMAN office for a ticket which will admit one persoa to any matinee, except Saturday and Sunday, by pa; lag Be ' THIS COt POX IS DATED WEDNESDAY. MAY S. IBIS fHjlifej -aJE BONNETS- jt N FU mJ N aa as n i s L (Mil Um SSI lwii..T.UrTk LXSKU WHITMAN A CO. T