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2 , tiik i)R:V HTATKSMAN: TI KSHA1, J U'NK IK. IDlH. The Oregon !al Daily Except Monday by .v THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 8. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS ' Associated. Presa Is exclusively entitled to the use for republication ci au news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited In thla paper Jo the local newa published herein r: J. Hendricks L.ethen A. Stone ralph OlOTer. ,w. u. sqnier. . . .. . . Frank Jaskoskl , . ................... "."... . P-ILY STATESMAN, served by carrier In Salem and suburbs. 16 cents a week. SO cents a month. DAILY STATESMAN, by mall. ft a year: S3 for six months; 60 cents a month. For three months or more, paid In advance, at rate of $6 a year. SUNDAY STATESMAN, $1 a year; 60 cents for six montts; 26 fents for three months. WEEKLY 8TATESM AN, issued In two six-page sections. Tuesdays and ... Fridays, $1 a year; (if not paid in advance. $1.25); 60 cents for six months; 26 cents f6r three months. TELEPHONES: Business Office, 23. Circulation Department, 683. Job " Department, 683. Entered at the Postolfice in Salem. B3 IUly holds,' and will hold. More Internal troubles, due to hunger. In both Austria and Ger many. .The beginning of the end has arrived. ! ' ' ' - '- ' President W'ilsonTbas been cheered in 'then capital of Bohemia. That would be a. good place to hold the next Democratic national tion. Los Angeles Times. conven- ; All General Foch has to doVto j tuture Dtsive and extensive work hold the,Huns-the Albicans w.lijin l Sunday schools of th Inter- give 'em v. hat is coining to ,. Ami f Foch Is holding' them to a fare-you-welk Exchange.' - i A British officer, at a luncheon in Los Angeles, said that the allied Una Is like a flexible rod in that the more It Is bent the marder it will strike back. Verily, the bowstring of jus tice has been stretched almost to its limit let Prussianlsm beware when the arrow of God's wrath is released. Now that they are mak.'ng Aalrs out of paper we might suggest that it would be easy to take a nap in a chair, made from our tedious con temporaries. Los Angeles Times. ' The concrete ship was a success and now they are pouring a concrete freight car. If it pans out all right there may be a string of them trail ing from coast to coast The car; is to be a regular "Jumbo at' that and In Its premiere performance Is fram ed up to handle 100.000 pound3 of freight.' Even a burglar would sa that was a big haul. s It takes about 6Q0O pounds of steel to hold it to gether but as It required about 30. 000 pounds in the mak'ng of an or dinary steel car there Is a huge sav ing In a material that Is mighty handy "in the making of cannon and other massive toys. SUNDAY SCHOOL HOST AT lUF-'- .', . FALO. - ' ; All the railway trains an! lake boats arriving at Buffalo, N.i Y., to day will bring delegates to the Fif teenth International Sunday School Convention, which Is to be formally opened there tomorrow. It is esti mated tpat 3000 delegates have al ready reached there, and it Is ex pected (hat by tomorrow morning 10,000 jrlsltors. will be in the ity to attend the proceedings of the con vention, -j For the receptlo nani ac ' commodation of this multitude the local committees have made their ar rangements On- an elaborate scale Many representative citfzens of B if falo hav opened their hearts and i homes to receive "the strangers Iwthln the gates." The Kingdom Come will be the general theme of a great convention ard the program will be built around these three words from the Lord's Preyer. - Bible study and religious education as essentials in this criti cal period will be stressed, and from the, moment when President Edward Kirk Warren opens the convention tomorrow morning, to the close of the great patriotic rally next Tues day evening, when Governor W Lit , man of New York will be the ehb speaker, the great purt-oe of th organized Sunday school in its re a tion to national and world problems will be emphasized, and the address es, conferences and reports will con tribute to a larger appreciation of the tasks that lie before the Sunday schools of America. Marion La wr a nee, who for nearly a score of years has been general secretary of the international assort a tion, and who is perhaps the best known Sunday school leader in the world, will lead in the dlscusslna FUTURES DATES. June lOi Thursday. Reunion of Ore gom Pioneer tiiocUUna, Portland. Jttna 21. Friday Annual meeting o Patera Commercial club. June Z2. Saturday Waldo Hill's Pion er Bicnle.' .-.- June It, Sunday War stamp rally at rmnrr. July to 14 Annual convention of rhriatlan rhureh at Turner. Aueiift J. ST and 38 Western Wat nut Grower Association to tour aut groves of Willamette valley Statesman Manager Managing Editor .Cashier Advertising Manager j ...Manager Job Dept. Oregon, as second class matter. dealing with the Sunday schools and their relation to war service and the task"of making the world safe for democracy. . . Some of the most noted platform speakers in the realm of Christian service will be heard at the conven on. In addition a large number of experts who are leading in effect ive service In states and provinces will tell the story of plans and suc- 1 -'Attala tttai will mMn mnrh fnp the feature of the program will be the presence of leading business men of ' the United States and "f Canada who will tell of the value of the Sun day school as a big dividend-paying investment. The speakers at the general ses sions will include such well-known religious and missionary workers as Bishop J. C. Hartzell, for many years missionary bishop of Africa for the Methodist Episcopal church; Chang Polling, princinal of Tientsin Chi nese high school, and one of the out standing leaders of new China; Rev. J. L. McLaughlin, Held secretary f-r the Philippines, and Rev. J. G. Hold croft . and M, L. Swlnehart. well known Sunday school workers in the Korean field. During the days of the convention there will be a large and compre hensive; exhibition of Sunday school material brought from many lands. Stereopticon talks will be given each evening showing Sunday School ac tivities across the seas. Sunday school lesson helps published In many languages will be seen. The officials of the internat'onal association are enthusiastic over th? prospects , for a successful conven tion. They declare that the pro gram Is a new "Call to the Colors" sent to "all who are interested In Sunday school work, which means 21,000.000 memmbers in, the 176,000 Sunday schools of the I'nited States and Canada, and of Mexico. Cuba Porto Rico, the West Indies and Cen tral America. CELEBRATE ltTTLK OF Bl'NKKi: HILL. Boston and vicinity gave vent to its war time patriotism yesterday in an enthusiastic celebration of Hunker Hill Day, commemorating the first notable engagement In the war for American independence. Although not a legal holiday, practically all the 'business activities of the city were suspended In observance of the anniversary. The patriotic celebra tion centered, as usual. In Charles town, the scene of the famous fight. The gala day opened with ralutes from the warships at Charlestown navy yard. .Later In the day there was a program of speerhmaking and a military parade in which the na tional army forces at Camp Devens and contingents of artillerists, ma rines and sailors from the roast forts and naval stations of this vi cinity participated. Bunker Hill day is the Massachu Wetts Fourth of July. It Is observej nowhere else, but there it is cele brated, with a vengeance. In one uianner or another the day has been vlebrated each year since the Revo lutionary period. In some years the celebrations have been conducted on a more elaborate scale than usual. Such an occasion was that In 1 873. when the centennial . anniversary of the battle was commemorate! with a three-day celebration in Boston which took on national scope. The most of the other notable celebra tions were held in connection with the building and completion of the Bunker Hill monument, which mark! the battleground 'where the officers of the American army issued the or ders : "Reserve your fire; wait un til you see' the whites of their eyes." The corner-stone for the monu ment was laid on this date, in 1S2S, on which occasion Gjneral Lafayett. then paying a visit to the United States, was the guest of honor. An account printed at that time sajd: "This celebration was unequaled la magnificence by anything of th kind that had ever been seen In New England." Many jears were to elapse before the great granite obelisk thus begun was to be- completed. Two years after the laying of the corner-stone the work of construc tion was fairly under way. It was estimated that $100.001 would be required to build the shaft, which was to in? 231 fct high. Th ,lloney then on hand carrier! the work along until 129. when the' monu ment had born raised about thirty seven feet, and then the work was suspended for lack of funds. Final ly the women of Maswwhuscttrf held fair in Boston. In ISiO. which re alized over 130.000. This, wlih $10. COO earh from Amos Iiwrence of Hoston and Judah Touro of Nw Orleans, and other smaller amounts, was sufficient to complete the work, which was recommenced in 1M1. The last stone was raised to plao the morning of July 23, 1841. Seventy-five years ago today there was a great celebratio nln honor of the completion and formal d-dia-tion of the monument., The dedication was attended by President Tyler, the members of hit cabinet, senators and representa tives, and other notable guests from all sections of ths country. Daniel Webster delivered the ora tion of the day. The battle of Bunker Hill was le markable on many accounts. It was the first great battle of th? Revolution, and demonstrated a re sistance made by the raw militamcn against the" veteran truops that was astonishing. About 3000 Americans engaged 4000 liritish. and the right was fierce for an hour and a half. The Americans were driven from their" osition with a loss off 450. The British lost 1054. General War ren and Colonel Prescott fell on the battlefield, and a monument to the Lforroer, and a bronze statue to the latter, erected "where they fell, help to commemorate th eevent. This grand opening scene of the' American Revolution was at first considered a dire Uefeat for the Americans, and for, a long time was referred to apologetically, and no one could be found who laid claim to having directed IL But it proved the quality of the American soldier and established the fact of open war be tween . the colonies and the mother country, and as time rolled on the historic engagement at Bunker appeared in Its true light on the pages of history. I BITS FOR BREAKFAST I Salem schools remain progressive. S In fact, Salem Is going to carry on. In every way. mm I It is a splendid thing to W the world know that Salm will continue to have a school system to which nil may point with pride. S The Statesman has lost a good many men; enlisted for the war. in be various branchea of the service. The latest was. the drafting f on" of the linotype men. And so the force is crippled somewhat by th necessary reorganization of the work. But It wil Is row more effirient every day now. Thit Is h somethings are crowded out this morning. But the readers will t.lejise lie pa tient. Everything will be reached In good time. It is gratifying to know that the American troops are now ma kins empty the former proud boast that there was no fighting on the soil of that, country. The Sammien are ix miles' Into Lorraine, near the Swis border. And. what Is more, they will stay there, and go farther. Some rsln In spots in the Wil lamtfe valley, in the early hours o --cte--v morning especially - in the hills to the west. But non around Salem. Andw not enough anywhere. A soaking rain Is needei S S With diamonds advancing 7u per cent., ordinary folks will feel more and more the olnch of war. We mixht as well make no our mind.f to accept the inevitable: Congress is likely to remain in ses- lno all summer. Exchange LEMON JUICE TAKES OFF TAN Girls! Make bleaching lotion if skin is sunburned, tannevl or freckled Spueeze the Juice of two lemons into a botle containing three ounces of Orchard White, shake well, and you have a quarter pint of the bes freckle, sunburn and tan lotion, and complexion beautifier, at a very, very small cost. Your arocer has the lemons and any drug store or toilet counter will supply three ounces of Orchard White, for a few cents. Massage this sweetly fragrant lotion Into the Tare, neck arms and bands each day anl see how freckles, sunburn, windburn and tan disappear and bow clear, soft and wblte the skin becomes. Yes! It la harmless. r ' il In R I A SOCIAL WAYH I A bride always has the privilege of changing her mind and if possi- b. of being even prettier in one gown than ever. Salem could easily laim Miss Lurile Benson as one oi is mont attractive brides of recent date and wedding plans so worked out that this beautiful bride stood t Hymen's alter even more winning than was anticipated. Hatlnc been graduated from Will amette university only a few days before, the wedding of Miss Lucile Benson and illthard II- Kooerispn of Portland was scheduled as a quiet and unpretentious affair for Saturday night.- But one plan broad ened the next. All along, the grad uate-bride said that she would be mairied In her traveling suit but things culminated. Tne motner wished her daughter to be a-really ruly June bride. As "a result, the winsome maiden was rationing in a white satin and tulle gown. She carried an exquiMte shower boquet of bride's roses and sweet peas. The nuptial music was sung by Mr. and Mis. George llotch- klss of Portland. Uev. Richard N. Avison read the vows. Among other out-of-town guests were Miss lsolette Hendrex. Mrs. Elizabeth Crysler. Miss Helen For rest. Mis. M. K. Daggett, all of Tort land and Mi. N. C. Brlggs, Jr.. of Ilollister. Calif. The ceremony was solemnized at o'clock at the residence of the bride's parents. Justice and Mrs. Henry Benson on North Summer streeL The groom Is prominent in musical circles in Portland, and has taken his bride there to live. Judge and Mrs. A. S. Bennett of The Dalles, their daughter. Miss Krma Bennett and Mrs. Jennie Mc- Cauley. also oi" The Dalles are visit ing in Salem as the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Cbauncey Butler, 485 South Commercial street. Mr." and Mrs. John Maurer have left for a week's motoring trip ol the Mackenzie river. T Miss Willa Barnes of Portland has been passing a visit in Salem as the guests of her aunt. Mrs. Thomas Bur- ows and her grandmother, Mrs. Cai- rie Dinsmore. - Miss Mildred Halvorsen of Tort- land passed Sunday with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. M. C Halvorun. - Mis Halvorsen Is a member of the Visit ing Nurse association of Portland. The women's chrle of the Kngle- wood Methodin chnrch will meet to morrow with Mrs. W. R. liuth, 1095 North Seventeenth slreeL A merry surprise! party was given at the home of E. D. Flake recent ly by the members of the Christian Kndeavor society of the Court Street Christian church. Games and music furnished the divers ons, followed by refreshments. Besides the mother of the host, Mrs. Mary Flake, those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Llnter Daue, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Baker, Mr and Mrs. Luther Creson, -Harriet Wallace, hern Davis. Helen Beeinan. Gladys Cage, Hazel Long. Opal Brown. Ethel Wycoff. Mary Monan. Marcella Pastcll. Doris Allen. Kuby Allen. Kdna Newton. Mary llettick. Gladys, llettick. Vernona Cndwell Walter Lebold. Lester Frame, Walter Mills and Walter Yon Orsdelt. BUSINESS IN SALEM IS IN GRAVE DANGER (Continued from page one) man in town who ran possibly lie present Is urred to attend . The sit uation is such that nothing but qiuck effective action can sate it. 1 Steelquist Is Chosen as Willamette Manager DALLAS, June 15. (Special t Th- Statesman) It. l steelquist. who for the past two years has leen "nar of the properties of the Ore jron Power company here and at Monmouth and Independence. wa promoted this week to the mar.asei ship of the holdings of the comnany in the Willamette valley and hete after will have his ofric at Alhanr. II. A. Joslin, the new manager who takes Mr. Steelqnist's place, is no straneer to the people of Dallas, hav ing been connected with the loeal office whi! J. I White was man acr. He h Iteen with the enmpanv in Engene for some time past. Mr. Steelquist has been aetive in civ'c improvement since coming bore an l at present Is vice president of th Dallas Commercial club and one or the members of the executive board of .the Polk County Fair assocfat'on Ed. Plaster Is Elected City Marshal at Dallas DALLAS. June 15. I Special t The Statesman) At a meetln of the city conncil this week that IkkIv elected to the position of marshal to succeed Jawca Hraden. who ' re signed the first of the month Ed Pla.-ter. In mHition to euardin? tho interests of the city and lookinr after the law violators. Marshil rlaster will clean the city r-treets at nrht. The council voted a salary of 100 a month for the services of the marshal. NEW TODAY TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY 0 CHERRY PICKERS WANTED At once, by S. P. Kimball, one mile west of Salem. Prefer those who can handle their own ladders. Will - pay 2 cents. Phone 56K2. 111 III . ? 1 N 1 remendous Bargains at tne BIG CLOSING OUT SALE Grand Closing Oat Sale of Ribbons fV plain riMmiiH .'K'c 4.V niul fiOe plain riMxiiiH lIDe &x and .'KV plain riMtoiv '2'h' 'lr plain rillMm 17e 1" plain riMion ..; 11 l'Jc One Assortment of Waists Value In $.'1.(H, now 50 cents Anolhcr Assortment Values to $G.OO Now 93 cents One Assortment of Parses $2.75 values, nqw $ .75 $4.00 values, now ... $1.25 $C00 values, now ... $1.50 $3.00 values, nowv . . . $2.00 $9.50 values, now ... $2.50 t The Story of a Honeymoon A Wonderful Romance of Married Life Wonderfully Told by ADELE GARRISON A LETTER FROM JACK As soon as Dicky bad left the bouse after our arrument over my proposed club position, I called op an employment aeency. axklng that .i cook b? sent to me. This done, I cleared away the dUhes and pre pared a dessert fnr diner. Then finding the want advertisements of the Sunday apers. I looked care fully thmrh the rolnmns headed "Situations Wanted. Female". ".Cook. German-Hungarian, first class, wishes position: sleep home, best references. 9S7 East One Hundred and Twenty-Seventh street, basement". This apealed to me for two rea sons, one that tho woman offered references, the other that she would sleep at home. Our apartment was too small to bouse a maid in addi tion to ourselves. If I were obliged to rent a room In the building for her It would add more than I cared to pay to the cost of her mainten ance . CfK)k. all-around, private family. sleep in or out. references. GS4 East One Hundred and Sixth street." This also appealed to me. but 1 could find no other Items In the col umn which looked even possible. I clipped the advertnspmeats and fastened each neatly to a sheet of note papr. Then I wrote, beneath each one: "Please call Thursday or Friday. Ask for Mrs. Richard Gra ham. Apartment 4. 4$ Ea?t Twenty nirth stret. I addressed the envelopes proper inserted the answers in the envel opes, scaled and stamped them, then ran out to the post lox on the cor ner with them. I walked back very slowly, for there was nothing more that needed to be done, and I could put off no longer the settling of the problem. I locked the door of my room, pulled down the shade and. ex rhansing mv house dress for a com fortable negligee, lay down upon my bed to think things out. I tried to put myself in Dicky's -laoe. and to understand his .rea sons for objecting to my earning anr money of my own. I sat upright In bed as a thought flashed across my rain. Was that the reason? Were his objections to this plan of mine what he pretended they were. Did he really fear that I might bare un pleasant publicity thrust upon rue. and that some of cur pleasure plans might be spoiled by the weekly lect ure engagement? Or was he the type of man who could not bear bis wife to have money or plans or even thought which did not originate with him? I resolved to find nut-what motive was behind his objectons. If be were willing that I should try to vr ni'-ney n some other way 1 would gladly refuse this orrer. Hut if be were opposed to my ever hav ing any income of my own the issue TtiM as well come now as later.: later. A lmid ringing at the door bell awoke me. i For a moment I conbl not under stand bow I came to he in bed. TbeD 1 remembered. After the delibera tion of my q u Let hour, when I had determined to find out jnst what was Dicky's motive to npose my de etaion to earn some money of my own. I found I was shaking with a Embroideries G.tK) KmtiM s $iO tr.m) $1.77 $4.11 44 $1.6t5 1.50 44 l.f-1 1.00 44 ...'.o One larRf assort ment now 10c yd. A Large Assort ment of Last Year Quality Silk Gloves 50c, 75c, S5c, $1.00 $1.25, $1.50 a pair Black Petticoats of Sateen or Heatherbloom .'I.50 values . . $2.81) I.IK) values .. $2..T) $1.7r values .. $1.41 $1.25 values .. $ JDS Tablets Much larger am letter titan soM else where at these prices' 5c and 10c nervous chill. Ihad Iain down and pulled the covers closely aroud me in the endeavor to set warm. I must have fallen asleep. - Throwing off my negligee and ownloput- ea :.rwewlthtevehal so putting on a little afternoon gown. I twisted up my hair into a earth-si knot and hnrfed to the dwr. The itnc bad U-en the postman's. The afternoon newspapers lay npon the floor. With them was a letter wltn my former name upon It In a hand writing that I knew. It bad been forwarded from my, old bearding house. The supcrtr!pton looked queer to me. as if it were the name of some one I had known long ago. "Miss Marbarrt Spencer, and then. In the crabbed handwriting of my dear old landlady, "care of Mrr. Richard Graham.' I oicned the letter r-lowly. It bore a cw Orleans heading, and a date three days lefore. "Dear title girl." It besan. "A year is a long time between letters. Isn't It? Dut'you know I told nu when I left that the chances wrrt? slim for rettinr a IMer osck front Children Cry ins 2 rl A rTC The Elad You Have Always Bought, and which has ia la use for oyer ever 30 years, has borne the slgaarrire of has bcea made uader his per. CSJrMZ: "Pkioa Ice its Infancy. !ri TT , oe to deceive you la this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and 4Tust-as-Eood' are but Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health cf Infants and Children-Experience araint Experiment. What is CASTOR I A Castoria is a harmless substitute lor Castor Oil, Pareeorfc. SiXrl5 .jn:rS- Xt. U Iea"t- " conSS neither Opium, Morphine nor other narcotic substance. Its Jge is its guarantee. Fcr more than thirty years it hts !tCrt,0r.the nUei f Constipation, Flatulency, JJl" LJi V0 I nYiZ FeverUhnew arisini herefrom, and by reculatinK the Stomach and Bowels, aids GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS BeaT3 the In Use For Over 30 Years The Kind You Havo Always Bought Granite Ware Aluminum Porcelain Dishes in our 5c, l'kf l.V 'Uascment White Laundry Soap 5c per Cake lirpe ruxe-s or Hummer Matches 5s per Box CORNER COURT AND C0MX STREET, SaEm. the wild territory where I was jT'loC and 1 found when I reached there that 'slim was hardly tbe word. I wrote jog twice, bet have bo fcop that the letters ever r ached yon. I'.ut r.rw I am back In God's coo i try. or ha!l Up wbeo g t Notth. and bf coarse, my firt line Is to you. 1 atu writing thia to tbe old place, know ing it will be forwarded to yoa IX yon have left there. "I rhall be la New York two weeks from today, the 21th. Of tour 1 shall go to my old dirgiags. Tele phono me there, so 1 can see yon as sn as posible. I am looking for ward to a rral dinner, at a real res taurant, with tbe real est girt In tbe world opposite tne tbe first day I itrike New York, so get ready for m". I do hope yoa have been well ad as cheerful as poslt.!e. I know what a struggle this year must have been for you. "Till I see yon, dear, always your -JACK." I finUhcd reading tbe letter with t Continued on pag S) 3 for Fletcher's Signature of it 1 V I II 1 U n a. -X. 1 f 1 1 j - t