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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1918)
SHIPLEY'S QdflsaM cnos Sale Continues with Unabated Interest -Unusual Opportunities Are Offered for Material Sayings in . - - , - Worsen, Misses and Children's Ready-to-Wear and Ready-Jo-Use Merchandise. U.Q.SHIPLEY CO Outfitters to Women, Misses and Children BARELY MISSES ! FAMOUS ARTIST Russell Brooks Writes Antth er Interesting Letter from France How he barely missed meeting a very famous French artist is told by Sergeant Russell M. Blocks in a let ter to his mother, Mrs. Mildred. Rob- tertson Brooks, . In a recent letter .from France.. A French family with whom Sergeant. Brooks is intimately associated stands very high socially ,HIs letter follows: , - .; . v .''Right across the street from our . hotel (a hotel that the U. S. took ; over, bodily, installed .beds, tables, and i other necessities, their own .cooks, etc.). is .a - wonderful old church, .VNotre Dame' (Our .Lady) This . is giving away no secret fpr every French- town has its church .of like name dating back from the twelfth century. A great stone edi fice with a front portal that rises clear, and up to. the roof, no towers, .to set. it off, .but. many niches for "old statues. . I,dontt think .the ar chitecture Is so very, wonderful but; its bulk makes It Impressive. Good Friday evening I went with a good i friend . of . mine to this - church, and I was so Impressed that It has been continually in my mind to write some of my impressions which I have tried - to do though 1 my efforts re- SUITS M'SBE FOR ' YOU When you order a Riiit here you are not buying a "pig in a poke. " You arc not taking any chances as to style, fit, work manship or material. You select your choice of ma terial from our big stock of woolens. We take your exact measure and discuss the style you want. The suits are made by skillful tailors. . : , )..-- WE GUARANTEE OUR SUITS SCOTCH VOOLEtl MILLS STORE main far short of the effect the whole had upon my mind. 'Day before yesterday, the first day I of May, was celebrated here by women selling flowers "la premier jour male. My French friends gave me yesterday a little piece of lily of the valley called- by them muguet. Our name is much more beautiful and appropriate though I think. . "Have you ever heard of JOB the famous French artist whose de signs are known throughout France and I hope throughout the' world? He Is a marquis who now j devotes his time to assisting the wounded soldiers to make a living by design ing toys, usually military (figures which are sold at a nominal cost. I have t seen many of - his wonderful colors, o He has designed a book on the life of .Washington of which there is only one copy In France, the re mainder are being printed in the United States. But what. I i started to say was .that he was at the home of my French friends, -the i Lungs, the other, day.. As I have told you these people are very high socially and Quite rich. By an unfortunate chance I had to work Sunday and missed seeing him by a. short time. I have seen many of his books though and 'know how superb! they are. "By the way an uncle of, my French soldier has. a I very famous wine cave . (cellar) which Is visited by all. of the great' people who come nere, noiaoiy ine King or spaia ana others. So far I have' been denied the pleasure of vialtlngi these cellars but will some day go a calling there. . "The great battle still progresses with. little advantage to either. It is . merely another example of . the stalemate that has ' existed for the past Jour years bf fighting. I . am convinced that it will take our troops to turn the scale definitely, at what cost no one kpows. .. . . . "Am sending you two small stamps. aVsort of souvenir given me by my French friends. Literally the trans lation is No Germans, nothing Ger man. One sees signs In the various stores. "Pro Patrla Rien d Alle mand." Germany Is hated with a deep hate. It was my good fortune to glance over a book that probably caused a quicker beginning of the war. The German is cartooned and lampooned without mercy. He is al ways pictured as wearing a green cap, spectacles, long necked, and red DECISIONS ARE WATER TIGHT Appeals from Findings of Ac cident Board Less Than one in 1500. , Since the workmen's compensation act became operative in 1914, ap peals from decisions of the Industrial accident commission In settlement of claims have averaged less than one to every 1500 . This assertion If made in a rtatement made public by the commission yesterday,. sine t law became effectives total of 43. 459 accidents occurring under the law have been reoorted to the com mission, and of this number 41.181 have been settled by the hoard. From decisions of the commission in thl? number of cases onlv twenty-six ap peals have been made. The commission's statement says in part: "During the year, ending May 31. 1917. there were reported to the com mission a total of 11.761 accidents, of which 83 were fatal, while during the past year 20.769 accidents were reported. 169 of these being fatal. The total numbeV of work days dur ing which workmen were exposed to the hazards of . employment was equivalent to the respective years to 40.923 and 55.472 full-time worn lone. Oneo get out of touch with ) men employed 300 days a year, thlnra and von are blind for an canal I llie Jump Shown. length of time so far as your work Is "'Employers contributed to the in Many' People Enjoying f ' Dennisoni Bathing Resort It Is really a pleasure to visit Dennlson's Bathing Resort at the foot of Court street and watch, the enthusiastic bathers. Everything is provided that could In any way add to the enjoyment of swimmers and it Is a surprise to note bow many are availing themselves of the pleasure of bathing and boating. Mr. Den4 nison. himself an expert swlniiWr and Instructor, is always on band guarding and assisting beginners fin the art of swimming. It Is surprising to note how quickly the art of swimming is grasped under his mWe of Instruction. J His bath house is provided with many private dressing rooms 1 and each bathing suit and towel is rVtdlJ", disinfected after being used. ff The water Is fine the temp, 4 ore being much pleasanter than iNy&ual at this time of the year; j fact. Mr. Dennison says the bathinttieason has commenced about a niontA earl ier than usual. concerned. Wright and Victor Are Called to Federal Court Police Officer J. E., Wright and O, F.. Victor of Salem have been sum moned by federal authorities to ap pear .in Portland, as witnesses in a case Involving the unlawful trans portation of liquor, into Oregon. Wright and Victor arretted Charles Cook and Charles M. Sorensen on November 30 last while they were in the act of tranferring liquor from an early morning Southern Pacific train to an automobile. The arrest of Cook and Sorensen letd to the ap prehension of. 37 other men alleged to be violating the prohibition - law and the breaking up. of one of the biggest bootlegging rings on the Pa elite coast. IF CHILDREN ARE ; REAL WARRIORS Orer $250,000 War Stamps Sold ly PopHs of Or L "' egori Schools. - Five , thousand Oregon school children have been enrolled In the five Junior Rainbow regiments org anized by State School Superintend ent Chui chill for the selling of war; savings stamps since the first of the year. The fifth regiment was com- pleted. yesteiday. To-- qualify tot membership in any one of the regi ments it was necessary' for a puwl to sell or purchase at least ISO worth of stajnps. , ; ! On this basis the amount in. war stamps represented by the 6000 stu4 dents is $250,000. but hundreds o the children have sold far In excess o the required $50 woith, some - o them making sales in excess of $100 The amount actually represented b the five regiments canaot be com- tM touted with accuracv. Because nosed with a flock under each arm. ' school year has closed enrollment in Riirance fnnd during the past year 11. 573.590.32. while In the preced ing Tear the total was only 1832. 175.59. The payments made by the workmen during the same periods were 1106.400.44 and $143,561.89, respectively. "There was paid out In compensa tion benefits during the past year 11.266.642.74 and for the preceding Year the total was 18X4.942.22. "Althoueh the compensation law Is an optional one. its actual opera tion has resulted in a very large pro portion of the Industrial operations of the state subject to its provisions coming under Its protection, vnen the law became effective in 1914 there were 4483 different employers operating under It, but since that time the number has steadily In creased until at the present time the I77! different Individ ual employers, firms and corpora tlrn are under its protection. Dur lES tne " three months out of a total of 6114 fcMents reported to the c-,'"i,,, "9 per cent were of accidents to workmen employed by ft5 aerating under the compen sation law and 5.41 per cent were of accidents to workmen employed by firms having rejected the law. Ratio Is Lowered. "During the year ending May 31. 1917. the cost of administration wan equal to 7.6S of the total deceipts. while for the past twelve months the ratio was lowered to 5.17 per cent-f, Out o,fall monies spent by tne com mission for efery purpose rince the law became,, effective. Injured work- Deschutes County People 'Apply Vor Water 'flights . Settlers -In Millican valliy. D schutes county, have filed an appli cation with State Engineer Lewis for,' a permit to appropriate the nurnlus waters of East lake for the irrigation of 25,000 or 30.000 acres. East lake is in the crater of an ex tinct volcano In Paulina mountalni about twenty-five miles south- of Bend. Its waters now flow west ward down Paulina creek to the De schutes river. The proposed project is on the opposite side of the moun tains and if feasible will invoice heavy construction work. We hope the Kaiser, when be dies. WilL go to his sarcophagus Wth all his dirty boastful lies - Rammed down his blamed esopha gus. .. Kansas Industrialist. men have received in. compensation benefits 91.71 of the total expendi tures." . ..' . . - - XT .tj ft -. A T -A New ... ' 1 ' -n bhow Today THEATRE i END OF SEASON SALE ON T uaoies s aitd Suits at Greatly Reduced Prices Coalj 111.90, 14.90,16.75 .1 ' Smts.....;:.:$ f 2. 10 i o ; $20 3 OUR PRICES ALWAYS THE XO WEST Gale oi$gay : Phone 1 QJ2 Commercial and Court Sts. Porineriy' Cblctgo liter ; CHAIN LETTER ; HITS PROMS ' ""i ...... ? State Officials Receire Mix sire and Are Aiked to j Pass ' It on Some state officials here have re celved chain letters designed to ail" the work, of German propagandists who are.circutating false rumors con cerning high officials, the Red Cross, conditions at cantonments, etc The letter declares the' rumors are ac cepted as news and are .riven, the widest publicity by innocent persona. The chain letter follows: "To false rumors and malicious stories constantly being circulated as facts, discrediting our. high officials, the Red Cross, the care and conduct of our troops, the conditions or can tonments, etc., are German propa ganda intended to create distrust and discontent among our people and to discourage those working for our country. "These stories are accepted as news and ' unfortunately are l 'given the widest , circulation 1; triotle Americana who do not t that they are aiding our enemi t tTTie "espionage act'.provldei ; iahment for tnofe who convey i talieT repoHalpr statements "ect Ing' our' government. , "Thoso who are flghtlag for at i serve the" fullest measure of oar 1 alty. both in words' and deeds. I hav resolved to close my ( to' all such steries. and to dlaeoxr their circulation. Will you do same? . "Every )ojX cltlxen should as in stoppiag these malignant liei, enlist yoar. friends by'maiyag to. flve or more copies of this, letter. Pleae do not break the chain." The study of German forbidden in the .public 'schools -many .American cities; hut In Louis, one of .the strongest Gere municipalities In the United Su it was prohibited thirty years a The point then made was that r ents desiring their children ech ed in a foreign language should t the expense and not load It oa t public nrrryrrr This latter because during the war of 1870 the Alleraands (Bosche) stole all of these very fine pieces of mechanism and. took them to Ger many where they remain very highly prized by these looters, .. One can hardly wonder at the; indignation common throughout France. . .. Thls theoretical idea of punishing Germany for her own good Is , truly very nice philosophy but It hardly Tills the requirement for the Individ ual acta of many of ; these people. Perhaps collectively we do not hate; the regiments will be discontinued j and Superintendent Churchill has not, decided whether he will organize other regiments afther the opening; of the next school year. The hundred children completing the ti ttb regiment are : . j Helen Laugaard, Kathleen Walker, Vera Andeison, Pdrtland; Mabel Haiding. Agatha Harding. Troutdalej Robert O. Battey, Portland; . Oren, Primm. ' Oswego; Paul Johnson, Roseburgt Robert Metschan, Grants Pass; Thelma Bennett. Edward the nation: we do hate the system;! Winter.' Marion Neer. Louis Ballard, but more than either we despise the j Kenneth Stout. Miller Nicholson j acta of many or tne.uermans wuo.raui xsewion. Mania wignt. irwin; have more of the bestial in their na ture than could be thought possible in a race we have known so long. "I have been Invited to go to the country place of my-French family Sunday but can't get away., Besides I don't care to leave- my .worluOhat a Today Glara Kimb In her first Picture by Her Own Company Ml KClTlA99 HER BEST YET lNliVjjL Also a Good Comedr WHO IS YOUR NEIGHBOR? He May. Be an Enemy to Your Country! How Io you know that you are not harboring a Teuton spy within your own hornet T See the secrets of German methods exposed in this thril ling drama of diplomacy. - ; . M DUSTIN FARNUM in "THE SPY" A Timely American Drama Exposing the Operations of Foreign Enemy Secret Police. . IT STARTS SUNDAY Liberty Theatre REGULAR ; PRICES v Fulop, Geotge Frlede, Marian Fried, Arthur Petrie. John Anderson. Alice Schultx. George Moorad. Robert Hob- man, Elihu Jones, Lucile Moore, LU-j lian Trojan. Robert McCormlck, Ber nice Henry. Christine Holt, Thomas Barnard, Rulon Ballard. Frances Dick, Arnold Sanden, Mabel Johant son, Sheridan Everett, Gresham? Alma Larsen,- Boring: Kenneth Scott,1 Maurice Buehler, Ella Locker by Reginald Wyld. Eva Normandin. Gladys Hoffman. 1 Kathryn Pickardj Lillian Handt, Portland; Bert New-' man. Pearl Erlckson. Virpinia Craig, John Larse&r Portland; Viola Stratton. Seneca; Agnes Thlelen, Sa lem; Elizabeth .Ball; Portland; Clif ford Poterf, Wayne Drapper, Lena, Poterf. Elmira; .Milas Hrbacek, Ger-" aid Johnson. Sbaniko; Pete .Loftus.! Enterprise; Clifford E. DUler. Walter. Gross, James Carle Rlnehait, Gene-; vieve M, Kruse. Florence Jane Krusej Virginia AVarnock. . Harriet Bertha Douglas. James Maxwell McCutcheon. Elizabeth D. Watson. William Perry Jordan, Virginia Roth Gteen, Cath-; arina Reeder. Julia. Uit Rwr Dorfu Gramm, Anna. Weiner, Clark North,! Ralph Potter. Hazel Cuddy. John Robinson, Norman Reisch, Carl Bau er, Loise Gaidner. 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