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THE OltEGOX STATESMAN: SUNDAY, MAY 12,191s The Oregon Statesman of It to the government la a time like tola? ! y Issued Dally Except Monday by I ! THE STATESMAN IUULISHIXG COMPANY I 215 8. Commercial SL. 8alerrf, Oregon. j MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ; The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the mse for republication of all sews dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In this paper and also the local news published herein I t R- J. Hendricks... ........ ...r i..J Manager Stephen A. Stone ... ......... . Managing Editor Ralph Glover. ;..:...! Cashier W. C. Squler. ...Advertising Manager Prank Jaskoskt . .Manager Job Dept. Senator Underwood of Alabama proposes less debate in the senate for the period of the war. When a politician from the South advocates the curtailing of oratory in order to saev time for vital action there can be no doubt of his patriotism. Lesi talk and more work should be th motto of all America today. DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier in Salem and suburbs. IS cents a week, SO, cents a month. it I . DAILY STATESMAN, by mail, ft a year; 3 for six months; 50 cents a month. For three months or more, paid in advance, at rate of f 5 a year. 8UNDAY STATESMAN. SI a year; 60 cents for six months; 25 cents for three months. I WEEKLY STATESMAN, Issued In two six-page sections. Tuesdays and Fridays, $1 a year; 50 cents for six months; 25 cents for three months. If Ireland objects to leing con scripted to asist England, what is the matter with her consenting to help America, the lauci mat nas fur nished about ail of the money used in her home-rule campaigns? TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, 583. Job Department, 583. . Entered at the Postolfice in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. Talk of Germany "offering peace terms to England. Hut there will he nothing doing until the moneyed man of the firm, which the same is your Uncle Sam. is consulted. Los , An geles Times. And nothing conclus ive until all the twenty nations ar rayed against Germany sit around the peace table. State Senator Walter M. Pierce of. La , Grande was in Salem yesterday,; on, his campaign for the; Democratic nominat ion for Gov ernor. He has been over nearly all of Oregon, ankl he said in Sa lem yesterday that Governor Withycombe is sure to bej renominated by the Republicans for Governor; that he is so far ahead now that there is no chance of his defeat; and that his-lcad is growing every day. ::L t .' :- .. j - ) With the seven seas all but free from German! submarines, and the wide heavens all but free from German airplanes, conditions that are. bound to prevail within a very short time, the hope of Victory will fast, vanish away from the imaginations of the German people. Then they will be nearly as good as defeated.! Their mor ale will be shattered. John D. Ryan has been formally nominated to have charge of the na tion's aircraft program. There was a time when to have men like Ryan. Schwab and Stettinius to be in the lead of such activities would be the ignal'for the charge of a part of the press that Wall street was run ning the war. Ilindenburg still hesitate;. lie is still in the doldrums, marking time. And still, he is bound to be ' damned if he does and damned if he don't." , ! It ought not be necessarylto correct the statement being made by some people that Olcott will be out of office at thc end of the present year, if he fails to secure the nomination land election for Governor. Aa Secretary of State, Mr. Olcott will remain in office nearly three years yet; or until January, 1921. He has hot resigned. A DOUGHBOY'S LETTER TO THE KAISER "An American Doughboy,' In an ! open letter, to the kaiser, tells him why the Americans are In France! ; and why they are going stay there j until the war is won. He sums up his indictment: I ., "You invaded with fire, sword and . Iron heel a country whose neutrality ' you were sworn to respect Belgium. 'In Belgium and Northern France you visited upon the natives such crimes as vwould make the tortures practiced by savage tribesmen' seem tame by comparison. " "By your orders fathers of fami lies were lined up against walls and shoHn the sight of their offspring. 1 -"Nursing mothers were hacked : about the body and their children Impaled on bayonets. ."Young girls were forced Into a condition worse than, slavery, worse than death and then branded with the red cress of Prussian shame. . y "Young men and old were deport ed from- their native land to work for you as no better than slaves, at : miserable wages, while fed on Insuf ficient food. ; "Children in arms were leftto per ; Ish without nourishment, and those '. of less tender age were left to shift for themselves in a shell-wrecked. ; flame-ridden country. , "On land you revived the horrible practice of .crucifixion and applied it to prisoners of war. ! "You practiced other" mutilation and disfigurement upon prisoners. "You; Incited your vnon-ChrlstIan allies, the Turks, to massacre thou sands upon thousands of helpless Ar ' menlan and Syrian Christians. - "You lent yourself to a deliberate campaign of murder, rape and pU- I lage in Serbia, 'the better to hand! cap that Invaded country in rehablll I fating itself. ! '"In diplomacy you, through your, was at peace, to which our nation make war upon us. i "You tried to poison Our press. our congress, our punilc men. with your, lies about our present allies. You set up a corruption fund of f 50,- 000,000 for the subversion of the legislative department of our gov eminent j - j - "You organized strikes, fomented plots, tried la every way to cripple peaceful Industry In our own coun try You attempted, on a large scale. to Incite a considerable! proportion of our population to rise against the rest of us. "You ordered us; to keep off the high seas under .pain Of being torpe doed unless we followed your de grading and ridiculous Instructions as to the manner of marking and sending our ships. "In short, you have, for the last three years and a half, spared nei ther men. women nor innocent chil dren- in your scheme of making war you htve preached "frightfulness' everywhere, and everywhere you have practiced what you have preached. ' j:- (. , - "You have blasphemously pro- clamed God to be your! ally, and have exhorted your troops to malm burn, rape and kill i'ln the name of the good old German, God.r You have made God out to be la God of cruelty and oppression, even as the savages have whereas, we know that our God is a God of love and of freedom "You have poisoned wells Indeed in the occupied districts of northern France; but, even worse than that you have poisoned the wells of truth for the entire world "That, in brief. Is why we are over here that is whyjwe are against you. That is why we will, in con cert with the otherjcivllized nations of the world, have at you until your power to work such woe is no more. foreign minister, openly urged ilex-j And not until that -has been done ieo and -Japan, two countries with i will be go home." Stars and Stripes Withycombe will be renominated. Governor Withycombe will be re ; nominated, for the very good reason that It is generally conceded that he ought to be. There will be. a very general divi sion of the votes that do not go to Governor Withycombe. Simpson will get a good many.' And even Harley will have a few. . : " The German airplanes are being shot out of the air. May the good work go on. And It will. Any way, Gutzon Dorglum had the courage of the first syllable of th? Christian name. Probably too much of it. If the war doesn't do anything else it has put about fifteen million per- i sons Into the bond-holding habit who i never had it before. That helps. ttohn P. Mltchel, formerly mayor of New York, has entered Uncle Sam's aviation service. He is the oldest, man ever accepted In Amcri can aviation corps, but he is proving a master of the art of flying. It is hard to keep a good man down. The Knights of Liberty 4 warned San Francisco business man that If fie did not buy a liberty! bond hi) past life would be exposed. Could anything worse be told about him than that he had plenty of money and refused to loan a small portion inspires a broader faith in the unerr ing system which governs the uni verse. Science and religion will cease to quarrel when each has walked as far as possible In its own particular direction end discovered that the two paths meet, forming" a circle." at Jason C. Moore Falls To Bring in His Bond Because he failed to deposit a $15,000 with the state land board on or before May 10. Jason C. Moore rfiust release Abert lake-from his con tract with the state, but be has six months in which to work 'Summer lake for its mineral deposits and make a payment of- 115,000 to the rlate. This is in accordance with terms of an agreement enteied Into between Moore and thj state board nne - NEWS FROM THF. lOLICE . D EPARTMKNT. A police' department Is one of the principal organizations of a city through which the moral, social nd business interests of a city are pre served, and for this reason the head of the department, as well as each member, should be composed or In dividuals whose ability, character and good judgment in the mainten ance of the law and ordinances, com mands the respect and approval of all who are Interested in the welfare of the community. Because of the fact that I will not be able to meet personally with every voter who Is Interested In the nomination or a city marshal, and that I am depend In upon my record as a ieace orrieer -n.rrtlne- the nubile safety.. ror the ! nomination on May 17. for the pnr- of information, 1 suonui i several weeks ago. The two lakes are located in Iake county. The $15, 0(0 is part or an Inital payment of $25,000 required of Moore. He has paid $10,0000. THINGS HAVE CHANCED. A MATKRN'AIj OKGAXIZATIOX. In order to reduce the loss of life among women and children from dis eases incident to childbirth, a num ber of New York women have formed Maternity Center committee which will see to it that every expectant mother among the poverty-stricken and uncared-for Is brought under scelntlfte medical care and that ev ery new-born child Is properly look ed after at birth and for several weeks following. A committee j of this nature should be established in every city- in the; country and the operations of these committees should not be. confined to war time only. British Officer Takes Men From Penitentiary I.ioutenaat Evans, a British re cruiting-officer, took two prisoners from the state penitentiary ye&tarday for service In the British army. Both men are Canadian subject and will be paroled by the Oregon authorities. Their names are withheld. They are illing to serve in the army and both had previously applied for en listment but were rejected. REASON AXD FAITH. Los Angeles Times: "Why this eternal hubbub about matter and mind, form and spirit, truth and er ror? Why all this argument of falta against reason and reason against faith? These two Qualities of thj human mind are Interdependent and are indispensable to each other. It is impossible for a man to believe anything without reasoning about it to some extent, yet no man can use his God-given power to reason with out his faith must first asume i a starting point on which to found his logic The cultivation of faith -de velops the Imagination and hence compels comparison, while the de velopment of the reasoning faculty I BITS FOR BREAKFAST I Perfect Mar weather. This Is. election week. . Are you ready to vote? I British and French earvrd a few slices out or the new Ilindenburg line yesterday. For a "quiet" week, the British losses were very heavy. Something doing every minute, even In the "quiet times. ' " Germans taking cavalry from the western front to Russia. Troubles over on the east. And perhaps more coming. : Lloyd Ceorre said the American troops marching in the streets of London yesterday had the swing of the Welsh soldiers. And that Is say ing a lotIor Lloyd Goorge-. London went -wild orct the Amer ican. . v ' ueneral Maurice, who stirred up the latest crisis for Lloyd George, has been retired. It Is explained that he will have a chance to explain his case after the war Is over. Good Idea. This is no time fortalk. Work is the thtnr now. rtTCBB TJATKV May 15. Sunday Mother's Day. Ma IT. Friday.- Crlmary nonslaat In a- election. Mar 20. Monday Red Cross drive begins. May 18, Thursday. Richmond J. Hohiion apeaka at Armory. , May 17. Friday Willamette Cl dub. opera house. May 20 to 27 Second Red Cross wax fund campaign. i May 22 and 22. Wednesday and Thursday Wr conference in Portland. June 4. S. S and 7 State Grange con vention In falem. June 4S. Saturday Total eclipse f un. . i Jane 14. Friday High School grad uation, i June 14. Friday Klac day.! June 14. Friday UiKb School com mencement exercises. June 17. Monday Annual school election. f : June 28. Thursday. Reunion of Ore go Pionser association. Portland. August 2. 27 and 2 Western Wei nut Growers Association, to tour nut groves or wuiamette valley. x X . . . - L J. ADAMS REriBMCA CAnirATE yon CXJUXTV Jt'lMiK AT RKItni.ICA PRIMARIES MA V 17. IN REstnrr-K. mi.vf.rti. oret;o (raid Advertisement) ; ! S. A. HUGHES' Republican Candidate for Representative. If you want to, be represented by a man who has been tried and has a good clean recordand will give ev erybody a square deal, one who Is 100 per cent American and boosting for the boys in thetrenches, vote for S .A, Hughes. . ; , (Paid ad vhrs.' A.x Hughes.) rniinulnr statement: I was born in Huntsvlllc. Mo.. 1S69- was converted to the Christian faith 'at Heppner. Or.. 1SS7; came to Salem. 1903; was In "0"rn0m1 service during the war with Spain and the Insurrection In the BblllP plnes. from May 1. 189S. to March 1, 1902. I here quote from endorse ments of such service: "From personal observation or Sergeant WrUM I can "1;nJ him most highly. He has exhibit! commendable courage In the Held and In the performance of his duty as a non-com missioned officer and soldier, showing that h possesses ability which qualifies him for a hlcher position. I believe that It would be to the Interest of the serv ice to grant him a commission." (Signed) C. D. Dudley. Second Lieu tenant. Fourth Cavalrv. "His services with the scouts was excellent. Indeed. He accompanied the expedition to Bavombonr. and by his bravery and skill, gaining the rear of an insurgent trfneh. saved the command from what might have been a destructive fire, while passing the summit of the Caraballos. I can endorse Lieutenant Dudley's state ments." J. N. Monroe. First Lieu tenant. Fourth Cavalry. "From personal observation of Sergeant Joseph E. Wright, while he was on dutv as chief of regimental scoots, durinr the recent campaign In the north. I concur In the preced j Ing endorsements, and recommend him for a commission." E. M. Hayes. Lieutenant Colonel, Fourth Cavalry Command. "Character excellent, service hon est and falthfnl." John O'Shea. Cap tain. Fourth Cavalry. "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down hla life for Ms friends." Our two best friends are our coun try and our God. and In ibis, the honr or our country's 'greatest need or loyal men and women, let us stand united. lor our God. ror our country, and ror the blessings of democracy triumphant. I respectrully ask your support ror the nomination of city marshal. Youra for a clean city. Joseph E. Wright. 208 Bush Street. Seventh " Ward. Night Desk Sergeant. Police Department. (Paid Advertisement) SHIPLEY'S Showing of Seasonable Merchandise Have joi ceca the display of twea-ten? Lot after lot cf berxitrl sweaters have arrived and each shipment har e zncl tD contain more beauties than the previous oner. Silk, Pihra Silk and light weight wool are tha most favor ed materials. The attractive styles and combinations cf colors are so many as to be impossible of description. Prices are decidedly reasonable from $5S)5 up , ,". Especially Attractive Dresses Decidedly smart for afternoon or street wear good for one or more seasons and at prices not soon to be equaled. Prices range from $12.4,8 trowards. i Ever Serviceable Middies More middies are being worn this year than ever. Have you got yours? Our stock is complete. . Prices from $lf8 Quality Merchandise Popular Prices U. G. SHIPLEY COMPANY Where Shopping Is a Pleasure No Vacations Are Allowed I period toany members of the en gineering or office forces. Accord- Daring Busiest SeaSOn J Ing to the order lull time wUl be Because the period from May 1 to November 30 Is the dry weather sea son In Oregon and the busiest part of the year In the state highway de partment. State Engineer Nnnn ta bued an order yesterday that no va cation will be granted during that required on Saturday afternoons dur ing the busy season. Engineer Nona acre he believes employes of the de railment will be considerate of the sacrifices being made by the men on the war front and will make ne objection to the order. Pure Woolens-- I have still a very good selection of high Quality suit patterns pur chased before recent Increases in price. Order yon suit now and take advantage of the superior Quality of these materials as well as the reasonableness of my prices. John Sundin, Tailor 347 state Street Salem. Orrc&a PORTLAND CLOAKojSUIT CO." STDCt(T0J Uncle Sam says:- t DO YOUE BIT Make Potatoes Save Wheat j BE A 'POTATRIOT" THE FEDERAL FOOD ADMINISTRATOR HAS DESIGNATED THE WEEK OF MAY ! 13TH-18TH AS "P0-TAT0 WEEK" r WE ARE OFFERING A 10 Day Special NOW ON ABSOLUTELY FREE SACKS OF POTATOES -2 DELIVERED TO YOUR HOME WITH EVERY PURCHASE OF A ult. woatx 9 or. ED re HELP US DO OUR "BIT" AND DO YOURS BY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY. THE WHEAT HAS EMBARKED FOR SERVICE IN EUROPE. THE POTATOES ARE SERVING HERE AS A HOME GtJARD COATS. .... w. $io.oo AND UP DRESSES. .$12.75 AND UP SUITS ......$15.00 WAISTS, SKIRTS, MILLINERY AND UP PORTLAND CLOAK & SUIT CO. AT STOCKTON'S COURT AND COMMERCIAL STREETS J X