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I p ...... The Oregon Statesman THE ORECOIf STATESMAN t ' FRIDAY. JUYIMPI i f . Issued Dally Except Monday by THE . STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY ' 215 8. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon. BtEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press Is exclusively entitled to the use tor republication of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein R, J. Hendricks.... Stephen i A. . Stone. . . Ralph GloTer. ........ V. C. Squler. ....... .V. . . . . . Frank Jaskoskl............. ; DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier In Salem and suburbs. IS cents a week, SO cents a month."' DAILY STATESMAN, by mall, ft a year; 12 for six months; SO cents a month. For three months or more, paid In advance, at rate of f S a year. SUNDAY STATESMAN. $1 a year; SO cents for six months; 2 S cents for three months. i WEEKLY STATESMAN, issued in two six-page sections. Tuesdays and Fridays, $1 a year; SO cents for six months; 25 cents for three months. TELEPHONES; Business Office, 2S, Circulation Department. 583. Job Department. 683. Entered at the Postof fice In Salem, ALL SIGNS POINT TO ; ' " (Oregon City Enterprise) . . "With the primary election close at hand all surface indications that are ascertainable point to the renomination of Oregon's Re publican Governor, James "Withycombe. -For several ti'eeeks senti ment has been drifting decidedly toward Governor Withycorabe. Until recently Toters were not "disposed to talk politics, as the war has been and will continue to be the all-absorbing topic The hearts of Oregonians are with the boys in uniform, and this' is one of many reasons why 'Governor Withycombe appears certain to be renominated and re-elected by, a.-margin that promises to be even more " overwhelming than' his own' record-breaking triumph four years ago. V,:: . w ; ;,.r !- ;' : ;The people of Oregon know well enough that Governor "Withy combe fs record as a war Governor is second to none in .ihe United States and that the example and inspiration of his constant leader ship are' represented in the achievements which have been recorded one after another by this state. Furthermore, air Oregonians know that Governor- Withycombe's heart will remain true blue in all ! patriotic issues and that he will continue to give the very best that is in him to every duty, every trust, every responsibility. As only one of the many guarantees that this confidence is merited Governor "Withycombe's own son is in; the service, having enlisted many months ago as a private. i Governor Withycombe has five rivals facing him for the Repub-j lican nomination, who must divide the " opposition vote, and the desperate straits in which these1 politicians find themselves, illus trc?s perhaps- as. well as anything else the success of the Withy cor be administration. Not one of the opposing 'candidates is able to oint out anything jwrong about the Withycombe' administration and theyT are, consequently, extremely "hard put' for an issue, They are merely promising to do the things which Governor Withy conbe is already accomplishing, therefore ,their glittering phrases arc falling on deaf' ears. .' w T4 f 'JA. !. Governor Withycombe,' in official as well as private life, has al ways stood for a cleaner and greater Oregon'. ,'tt lie has been constantly in touch with the people and mindful of their needs. J 1, ; 'V ' lie has been courageous in' facing every "duty, meeting each craerprency with sanity and dignity and avoiding grandstand play. He has at all times beeen true to his country, his state and has never been accused of disloyalty to his party, though he has refused to j fay politics in var times,;. ---;.r,r.;' Mindful, of theie facts and of the supplementary consideration l! ir.t it is not well to make unnecessary Changes in war time, the vctera as well as political observers are coming to be more and more unanimous in their conviction that there can and should be but one result oh May 17, the indorsement of Oregon's safe, sane, and patri otis war Governor, James Withycombe. As the immortal Abraham Lincoln truthfully remarked during the presidential campaign of If 3 4 when the Civil war was in progress. 4 4 It is not best to swap horses while crossing the stream. T Governor "Withycombe has kept Oregon first, why change t The Statesman on Sunday morning last took occasion to say the rrison flax plant is, a going concern: an increasing success, and ful filling the objects for which, on . ithycombe, it was established. The Statesman did this for the pur rc 3 of reassuring the farmers raising flax, and the taxnavers of the tt: te generally- because a false impression had gotten abroad that th experiment was a failure. How, we do not know. Possibly some cf Governor "Withycombe's political friends might be able to explain. A journalistic heckler and baiter of ihe Governor jurat into the arena an 1 attempts to show that, because the flax plant is a success, Gov crnor -Withycombe is proved to have been unfair to a former em rb'ee of the flax plant. The Statesman does not wish to injure any nan. "We did not refer to that ancient matter, for this reason; tried to avoid even an inference. But the fact is' that, with the saving of the high salary he was drawing from the. state, the flax plant is be ing operated much more smoothly, economically and successfully than ever, Jfl other words, the high salary that was p.aid'him was thrown away and worse than thrown away, as the seauel nlainlv nrovM. "What does this unfair heckler wantt Does it want the taxpayers to be burdened" with- high priced and worse than useless superin ' tendentt ........... - Looks like bumper crops. . Some German waves again; the usual mountains of German dead. ' The four big express companies root their business Tor the duration of the .war.- Stripping down to fighting trim. v V ?' As It was written, so It is now, he that. loses , hi life (on the field of uvue; tain HTe U, . President Wilson is said to be op posed to' a. declaration of war upon Eulargla. But suppose some of our troops snouia,! nappen to. meet up with Bulgarian troops on the west ern front? Los Angeles Times. Well ' My 11. Sunday Mother's Pay. ' Mar IT. VrMar- Oimary aomlaat In lactWta. May ?9, Monday Red Crotta drive May 19 to J7 Second Red Cross war Mar zz and 23 wii.uia. Thu radarWar conference in Portland. Juna 4. 8. C and T Stat Granra con vention in Fajam. ., Juna 14. Friday Fla day." Juna 14. KrWay High School con- Ju1,i I0, Th,,r,r.Rn!on of Ore Hon Pinnace aaociUn, Trtland. Aurut I.J7 and SS Weitn. Wil ........... I ... . .Manager ......... .Managing Editor ......... . .. ... . Cashier ......Advertising Manager ....... .Manager Job Dept. Oregon, as second class matter. WITHYCOHBE VICTORY the recommendation of Governor that would be different. It would require no declaration. T The acts would speak for themselves.' i : : Boston broker tells Willamette valley farmers to raise more beans; that, there's money in It; that the demand is unlimited. Coming from the world's chief bean city, he ought to be authority, any. war, as to the latter statement. - n n General JFoch will know wheju ter ritory becomes, more valuable than men. If ever It does." To the Ger mans, at least up to a few days ago. men were considered less valuable than territory.;" And they are sure, to conclude that they were mistaken. Reseat ch on the part of German chemists has demonstrated the fact that there are three colors that will no trun under any circumstances. They are Red, White and Blue, j ' ' Wliy - worry,- about the particular name American soldiers shall be known by in France? Call them "our boys" and let It go at that Los An geles Times, in the armies of the allies, the- most frequent name by which they are known Is Amex. Their soldiers are the .Amex. their bands THE KAISER'S DENTIST T ELLS OF CONDITIONS IN iv - ! GERMANY Dr. A. N. ; Davis, the kaiser's den-1 tut one or tne last Americans 10 oe; permitted; to' leave Berlin, nine months alter this country entered the war, spoke at a big Liberty loan meetUfe In Carnegie hall In New York city during the third Liberty Joan drtre. Here are some' of the things he said: "Germans find It Impossible ' to feed themselves without the import ation of food; their raw products have been exhausted and their com merce destroyed. Yon ask, wy. then, do they subscribe ao generous ly to the eighth war loan of three and. a half billion dollars? It U because they expect the United Ktates to pay an indemnity to make those bonds good. Will they get it?" - j . A mighty roar of No., never. which shook the building, was the answer to Dr. Davis' question. Dr. Davis said that because he had been friendly with some of the high est military leaders la Germany, the Imperial government feared to allow him to leave' with the rest of the Americans and held him back until last January. He told, from an ex perience of fifteen years at the court of Berlin, the vast preparations the kaiser had been making: for the war. especially with: a view of aligning America on his side. The doctor said he was glad to get out of Berlin alive. . , . "I'm going to say here, he said, "that since I have been in America I have been asked a number of times why I did not do something to the kaiser. I am glad to be able to b-a here with my own head, and I 'pre ferred to allow his own people to do something 'With him. You may not know that slnee the time when the king and crown prince of Portugal were murdered the kaiser and the crown prince had never been seen toegther publicly In Germany. If anything should happen to the kaiser he has six sons and they have many sons who would be willing: and glad to take the place. , "The one. thing which Germany fears from America Is the Injury our flyers can do to her country," he .continued. "The reason that she has tried to terrorise the world with he? air fleets and Zeppelins and subma rines and long-range guns Is that that would be the surest method to brine her to her own knees. High German officers have told me tnat they expect, to send air fleets with the Amex.bandajetcU That will prob ably stlek," -rather than Yanks, Sam- t mlesy etc. "A ,'V'fi i j If you are annoyed and deprived of your morning. nap by.th neighbor's rooster, all you have to do Is to cut a cord in the bird's neck' and then when he goes" through the motions of crowing he makes no sound. It would not be a bad idea to perform a similar operation on some men we all have on our lists. -. Some people do not see the force of being asked to save food when some of the substitutes cost more than the originals. The fallacy lies In the assumption that the drive of the Food Administration ' Is to save money. ''Abstention from the use of certain food products Is for the pur pose of saving them for the use of our fighters and allies. ' BACK - TO NATURE. So you've finally decided to eat whit you want, when you want It and ' when ' you can get' It? That sounds hope'ul. v For years you've been following Dr. Faddist. Dr. Fast, Dr. No-meat, Dr. Water-cure and a dozen others. Yon've been - trying to ce realize your stomach and make a canary out of yourself, you've been eating hay like a horse, you've fast ed and vegetarianlsed and hot-watered yourself until it's a wonder yoo have any stomach left And all the time you've been scared half sick because of what you ate or what you didn't eat If at last you've learned to use your instinct -and your com mon sense in regard to diet It's a good sign that (yon still have a chance of escaping the asylum. Los Angeles Times. I BITS FOR BREAKFAST Sunshine again. Lloyd George won. : V S Of course he would. t " The British do not want to swap horses while crossing the stream. Especially when they have the best horse of all purposes available. ' In other words, they will con tinue to let George do It. t May Day in Fairy Land at Grand Opera house tonight. "Tested and found adequate" Is he lamnie verdict, arter another German drive against the allied stone all In Flanders, southeast of Ypres. 1 V And two German divisions made the test. In waves, at the expense of another, mountain of German dead. S The Germans are now trying to "get" the ancient, id famous ca thedral at Amiens. Same as' the one at Rheims. It has no strategic value. The effort is merely along the general order of rrightfulness that has an giorrned, and disgusted gas bombs containing gas heavier tnan air to crop on Lonaon Thin gas wil be blown Into the subways and cellars and basements of tho houses where the people will be tak ing refuge. They expect by this method to destroy 1,000,000 of the civil "population of London. And New York they not only talk of their gigantic airplanes equipped with six motors and carrying fuel sufficient to more than make the journey to New York and back. "We must destroy the confidence of the German people In their kaiser and their Hlndenburg. So long as they continue to have successes, just so long will the people endure the nntold deprivations which have be come almost unbearable. We have heard much of the pro-Germans in this country. My advice would be to take the ringleaders and put them on a ship and send them to Hamburg. When they come under the iron hands of that military power they will become the most loyal Americans the world has ever -seen. r Their first break rast would consist of a substi tute for coffee .end a substitute for milk, and a substitute for sugar, and a substitute for real bread, and a substitute for eggs. ' "Germany's great hope has been to destroy the allied armies In the west and they thought that America would make an easy compromise peace. If we should be so foolish as to accept a compromise with Ger many, with her thumb upon Russia, with Its vast resources, the time would come when we would have to fight her axain. and possibly without the aid of France or Englsnd. Now Is the time to destroy that power1. Now Is our best opportunity, and do not ever forget It Germany believes that we have lost the spirit of our forefathers; that we are mercenary, that we are dollar-chasers. Now, Is .the time to show them what we can do. Money; with , the war loan, tne Liberty bonds, will do more at the present time to undermine and to lower the morale of the people of Germany, and to, show them that America is sincere and will carry this war to a victorious end. "With the Germany . of today, where graft, crime, robberies and disease are undermining' the civil population, if We can give them a military defeat they will disintegrate. I know today how the German press Is writing to bolster up the spirits of their people. They are saying that ihe American third Libert loan Is a failure. From a business standpoint. I would like to ask you. how would you like to buy a German war bond? 1 have never bought any. all the : civilised world, outside of Germany and Turkey, and parts of Austria. ' '' . t i : -. - ' . . "Austria tottering. so runs a head line. Don't let the fall be postponed on. our account. -ETxchange,"' v .v v; v (V r - ' ' Don't hear anything these days of the once popular ditty. "I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier. ; .' In the army rations of the men at the front we note beef, tomatoes, bacon, ham and jam. . - What Is the fare to the plains of Plcardy? Loa Angeles Times. Things are" iiot "always what they seem. It Is now given to a waiting world . that the real name of Jack Pickford, the movie player, Is John Charles Smith. ' " i... V , One of the best known advocates of equal suffrage says that men make the best ' cooks, the best milliners and the best bridge-builders. But the men must admit that the women make the best mothers. EDITORIALS OF THE PEOPLE (The Statesman Is pleaaad to print coram unlca.tiona upon topics of general Interest at any lima. There Is scarcely any limit to the topics or wg-enra4 in terest." It Is asked only that corre spondents refrain from personalities and use care that nothing- be written f a libelous nature. Letters meat hare writer's name and. address, thouch net neceeaaxuy lor puDiicauonw to.) Democratic Advice, fcdltor Statesman: Can you tell me. please, why our evening Democratic paper, the Capi tal Journal, Is so viciously and nn- justifiably attacking our present ex ecutive Governor Withycombe? Is It because the editor of the Democratic sheet realizes the great strength which our governor has before the people, that he restorts to abuse, mis representation ana raisenooa in a vain effort to undermine him at the approaching primaries? Possibly he mints by bis vilification he can In riuence a few Republicans to with draw their support from Governor Withycombe snd vote for a weaker candidate with a view by some hook or crook of electing the Democratic nominee. Such a transparent game ougnt not to deceive Renubllcans. The Intermeddlers advice for sugges tions is not invited nor wanted., I am not an office holder and have received ho favors from the present administration and I but voice the great mass of the Republican voters and the people generally la the state ment that Governor Withycombe by his staad on all public matters and his excellent administration of state affairs . deserves an emphatic en dorsement at the primaries and at the jsovemoer election. His renomina tion would ceitalaly be followed by an overwhelming. election this fall. il is our fluty to give our war gov ernor another term. That this will De done cannot be questioned. - Pioneer Republican. Salem, May t, mg. BIG IN THE MENS' CLOTHING STORE AT THE CLOS GORDON HATS Retail at $3.50 now Our Price...... $2-5 One Wow REN'S SUITS Less 20 per' cent on Old Prices A Big Line of Men's and Ladies' Work Straw HaU: .15c, 25c and 50c 1 A SOCIAL WAV I 1 Br anr EllawWUi ONE OP the ' most' important events in many a day and one could say for several years, will take plac tonight when the Initial presentation of "May Day I'Kalry Land," a Glance-recital with one hun dred children In the cast. Is given at the Grand Opera house. It is a decidedly clever sketch and, -the chil dren are from the smartest Salem homes. Mrs. Ralph White has been training the youngsters and 'the af fair Is for a patriotic cause. Among the features will be an "Allied Tableau" with America personified by young Jack Mlnto as Uncle Sam; France by Louise McDougal. who will ride 'a pony on the stage as Joan of Arc. and-Priscllla Fry. Oie attract ive little daughter or Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Fry. who will represent Enjf land by posing as Britannia. Sher man Plimpton will act as commander of the Hussars in a Russian military dance and tiny llttlb girls garbed as Red Cross nurses are also among the hits of the-performance. The stage setting will represent fairy land. Following the play tonight, a matinee will be given tomorrow aft ernoon. . ?:r ' ....; f Flowers . and felicitations . are rearhinff -Mrs' Frank Frlrkev nnon the advent of" a baby son, who ar- riTea. vo inam-.Tuesday.at the Salem hOSDltal. The Prlrkv-ra whn mnVm the! f heme a Salem Heights avenue. nave two otner children. Emily, who Is 5 years old. and Francis, a 4-year-old boy. Mrs. Frlckey Is a talented pianist and a prominent member of the Tuesday Mnslcal club. Her mother. Mrs. Adam Schaupp, of Pasa dena, Cal.. Is a guest In Salem and will probably remain until Mrs. Frlckey returns with her to California- for a visit. The baby has taken 1 : i : 4 1 ' r -1. . .A .r.ol,ip cIcvrer litt,e e?ri l'o will anca r in Mav Day house B,V5,n fr Patnotlc fusc. tonight aiul tomorrow BAR OUT Assortment of DRESS $2.00 HATS . HATS in Straw at Whole sale Cost Price LK BOYS SUITS i Less 20 per cent on BOYS' BASEBALL SUITS $1.25 values 03c Old Prices the name of Adam Schaupp Frlckey la honor of Its maternal grandfather. The last meeting of the year c f the Salem Woman's club will be held to morrow arternooa at 2:20 o'clock in the auditorium of the commercial club. An annual election of officers will be held and reports from1 the president. Mrs. Alice H. Dodd, and committees will be given. - ... ".-. ', , ! ' ' Mrs. .Lela Lynches recuperating from an- Illness of ten days at her home. 297 South Fifteenth street. 4 . The Red. Cross auxiliary, of the Central Congregational church met at the residence of Mrs. Amos Darker on Lee street Wednesday afternoon. The auxiliary meets each week at the homes of Its members and accom plishes much Red Cross work. Among the first Salem residents to start tbe eiodtt from -the elty-ao thejr country, homes are Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Lege, -who are leaving this week for their ranch on the Jefferson road, "six miles south of this oity. They will remain there during the summer months. ''-:-' Mrs. William McGIlchrlst. Jr.. has mm guests, her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Savage of Victor Point, Need Phonograph Needles To Help in Winning War SEATTLE. Wash.. May C. Phono graph needles the lound ones are needed to help win the war. accord ing to ann announcement in a recent Issue of a weekly bulletin Issued by the northwestern division of the Red Cross. r . The 'needles are 'needed the an nouncement explained, to spread the strains of American music, especially the rag time and jaxs tunes which are the delight of the pollus In the battle field canteens of the American Red Cross." . A letter Just received from a Red Cross canteener said, "needles for phonographs . are very scarce fn France and we have to use each need le a long time, so If'any friend wants to send anything I hope It will be phonograph needles. 4 5 . 1 ' f 1 . ' 4 i, s t mm m ; r m m mm r 1 a jmmmw ii ii i i i j GAINS SALE HANSEN'S GLOVES Less 10 per cent ca ' old Prices - ARROW COLLARS 5c and 15c each or 2 for ..25c Broken Lines CORNEB COURT AND COMX STREET, SALEM. Oregon Leeds Stales in - Association EnrcUmerd mW i f at a a f i iifi l I Oregon leads the northwest states la enrollment of members In UY National Education association, a re port that has been received by Stpte Superintendent J. A Churchill from' Secretary Crabtree of the association shows. Oregon's eareUmeol la 1 A iZ, . whlle-the enrollment ee Washlegtoa.. Is 38C and' Idaho .'.. Tzie state de partment of edoeatloa conducted a campaign Last year to secure active and. associate members from Orcson and) the 'large enrollment rtonn Is the ximU of -that .campaign. City of Portland CcrJiof - Declare Eneizzrxy Exists . The city of., Portland cannot de clare an emergency for the purpose of working - employee more ihmm. eight hoars a day. to facilitate the oiling of 120 miles of macadam road, according to advices from Attorney General rtrown to" Labor Commis sioner Hoff. The Portland city com mission 'asked the laKr commission er to gire permission tor the city to employ two skilled tnn more than eight hours a day so that the work might be completed in thirty days, but the statute provides that this canont be done except' In cases of emereency. TO RELIEVE CATARRHAL DEAFNESS AND HEAD - -NOISES-: - If yMi hatr Catarrhal - lmtmmm r -. head nois so to your druggtat k4 lft I ounce of I'armml atrensthl. and add to II 't of hot water , and a little srraBuiated jr. Take i'M tablespoonful loar times sv day. Thl will often bring- quick relief from th diatretaing brad aokjwa. ClTrf ged noalrils should opn. breathing be come raay and the tnucua atop dropping Into the throat. It la raay to prepare. . rusta little and la plraaant t take. Any one who has Catarrhal rvafneaa oe head noi.ea ahould give thia prescrtp tloa m, KUL Capital Drug lr 1 N e in Kairylaml a tlanrc m-ilaU afternoon at Ibe (Iran,! 0cri