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TTTR OREGON STATESMAN: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13. tH The Oregon Statesman Issued Dailr Except Mondaj bv . , THE STATESMAN I'llUJSHIXd COMPANY :- " vN 215 S. Commercial st.,1 Salem, Oregon MEMBER OF ; TmIbAHMK-IATKU PRESS The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use for republication of.all news dispatches credited to It or notrfotherwlse credited la this paper and also the local news published herein. T R. J. Hendricks. ....... jt . .Manager Stephen A. Stone...... t ... i ........... ..Managing Editor Ralph Glover. '. .1 ........ , Cashier W. C. Squler . - j. ....... . .Advertising Manager Frank Jaskoski. .. .Manager Job Dept. ' j. ' i i DAILY STATESMAN, served by carrier in Salem and suburbs, 15 cents a meek, 50 cents a month. U uAiiii oi ai.s3iai, oy mau, so a year; m ior six momns; u cents , month. For three months or more, paid In advance, at rate of $5 year. SUNDAY STATESMAN, $1 a year; 50 cents for six months; 25 cents for three months. WEEKLY STATESMAN, Issued in two six-page sections Tuesdays and Fridays, SI a, year (if not paid in advance, $1.25); 60 cent for six . months; 25 cents for three months. - j TELEPHONES: , . Business Office, 23. " Circnlation Department, 583. . Job Department, 683. Entered at the Postof f ice in Salem, Oregon, as second class matter. KEEP THIS THING OUT OF OREGON. The "Oregon Committee for Civil Service Legislation" writes this papttfrom its Portland office that it "has drawn and introduced Senate Bill 146 which provides for a classified and regulated civil service." ' : :. '".! ;' '. . " This means, of course,! for State positions in Oregon. iThe secretary. Miss Eldred Johnstone, asks for editorial comment. The writer is opposed to the bill. He hopes Oregon may not have any civil service commission. ,'IIe hopes Oregon may be spared the civil service system, as exemplified by a large part of the system as it works in the federal departments. It builds up a class. It tends to foster a spirit of "the public be damned." It would create in Oregon a caste of what are known as "institu tion tramns." It is un-American. un-Oregoniaiu It is Prussian.. So. the writer hones Senate. Bill 146 may die in committee, or be killed on the floor, or meet a lethal fate at some other point. It, and aloncr with it about eighty-five per cent of the other bills in the Oregon Legislature, introduced for special purposes of selfish in- . 1 1 A 1 1 teresi, or to sansiy some political grange. , We hear constant demands for a com mission' form of government, arid" for the civil service, and for other fads of the faddists. AI with the Inference that the State government of Oregon iiall wrong Yet. Oregon has the best and least expensive of all the State govern . ments in this Union. Not that there are not some leaks, perhaps, that ought to be stopped, and some abuses that ought to be corrected. To human organization is perfect. But the faddists would leaa us into more abuses and higher costs and less efficiency. Let us not smugly wrap the mantle of provincialism and self-satisfaction about us. But let ui take short cuts to efficiency, in the American way, and the Oregon Way, and not be led off after false gods. The returning American soldier boys are and will be the strongest force-in the United States against Bolshevism and all its hideous works.-This The Statesman has said and reiterated over.and over again. And yet a caitiff and infernal prevaricator attempts to mti " mate the opposite, because The Statesman presumes to point out home of the faults uf the Democratic administration at "Washington, now, thanks to the level-headed American voter about to go into everlasting eclipse. Also, the returning soldiers will boost along the progress of this eclipse, for the good of the country they love and a r -. - . - ' the Associated Press in Derlin last week, Arthur von Gwynner, piesl deut of the world-famous Deutsche Bank, said: "Getmany has been the second greatest nation. It has been an orderly and social nation, but we have always been political fools. Sus taining a glorious military clique was our sin. - Now in the midst of our death throes we are playing with an other variety of dynamite Social ism. Our country needs sane de mocracy no schoolboy experi ment?." Herr von Gwjxer is only repeat ing what he rest of the world i-s known for the last three years; but J his voice will have weight with his own countrymen, because be is rec ognized as one of the leading finan ciers of Europe. If the German peo ple will pay more attention to the advice given to them my men of the caliber of Von Gwyner and less to the ambitions of the Junkers and the rantings of the reds succeeding generations may find that even Ger many has benefited from the world war. If civilization can really pass into an era of peaceful Industrial ism, in which there is neither com pulsory military service nor economic servitude, the sacrifices made by the present generation will be at least paitially repaid. This is good roads day in Salem. Last day of the Salem automobile show. Worst storm in thirty-one years in Nebraska. Beautiful sunshine in Salem yesterday. " ' Japan's attitude seems to be one Of extreme anxiety to be generous to China unless China should be so im pudent as to . ask for justice. Ex change. r ''-.'' "5 Anv Infant Wn (n tri tha Wflt-TM tiiUHt face numberless perils in or der to survive and reach maturity. The league of nations must take its chances too. '. were not for America the - world would be In the bread line and with no bread at the end of the line. Of course Great Britain (s in fa vor of universal peace and a .league of nations, but' in order to be ready for the eventualities she will keep a million men in commission. Ex change. Why shouldn't she? And France will do the same. And the United states about the same in cluding her naval forces. The de mocracies of the world cannot afford to take any chance?. The league of nations will net emerge full fledged rrom the peace conference. It will be young and new. Its wings will have to be tried, not it will grow and improve and. finally, it will in its walkings' make unnecessary great armies. spruce eid. When we got going good, wejhad 30,000 troops and 130. 000 civilians at work. Theie was never any labor trouble encountered. The men and employers formed the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lum bermen, and they fulfilled every duty that the title Implies. We formed a $25,000,000 corporation with the al lies as well as maintaining them selves In this coiporation financial ly we had 25.000 square miles in immediate prospects to clear. We built 13 railroads for a total of 300 miles and established 234 separate camps. When the armistice was signed we had cut 143,000.000 feet oi spruce and we had hanti scratched the surface of our i-esourc- es. Seventy per cent of what we turned out went to the allies. Amer ica took the rest. VThat was but a feature of the program. Other features called for the manufactute of machin rnn. and even bullets that had to be built like a watch. We had to hniM hi Icate machinery that would hoot those bullets through the spinning propeuer Diaoes. When .one of those propellers is goin at ton sneed von could shatter It by throwing a key imo li. i nave beard of hail wmV. ing propellors. That rives some Idea of what is necessary to turn out a program. America was not slow and she was suie in the bargain. ao Wate Incurred. "There were lossts of course hut there was no waste. Some times we had perfected an engine part at great expense only to find our that Germany had perfected something belter. Thn we had to throw our part away. That was war. We ex pected to be criticised but our con sciences are not hurting us. General Disnue was here to dis pose of the $19,000,000 assets that remain or the spruce corporation. He has several buyers In sight, he said. He looks for a big revival in the spruce Industry in the' tecon struction of Franco and Belgium. A lene thousand men remain to guard the rcsidne of the great Industry and production has .ceased, he said, but he looks for it to boom again. MARSHALL'S CREED BECAUSE WE HAVE ALWAYS GIVEN Money 1 U I The high cost of living is causing a most serious industrial crisis in Great Britain. The) whole woild faces a difficult period in getting back to first principles. Mme. Cathryrie Breshkovskaya, "grandmother of the Russian revo lution," is shortly to visit this coast. Hope she won't bring the brat here with her. It was a short war in which to have 370.000 courts-martial in the American army. It could fight, but evidently It, was not so submissive as It might have been. 'Italy and Belgium have made an other "touch", on Chicle Sam. If it GERMANY'S SALVATION Germany's financiers are appar ently making an honest effort to bring the people to'the'r senses, re store order and start the wheels of industry turning. These men of af fairs know that Germany has a heavy expiation to make before the German nation and people are again received on Industrial ' and Fiocial equality by other peoples. Speaking to a representative of AFTER-WAR THRIFT C AVING now is as profitable as it was , patriotic daring times of war. The re adjustment of economic conditions depends upon practical practice of thrift. And no matter, who you are that thrift will pay you bigger dividends upon your thoughtfulness if it leads you to a good bank like the United States National. KyjgIfa - . Saleg Oregon, Taking advantage of the absence from the country of the great chief the unobtrusive understudy has giv en a message to Americans that has all the dignity, patriotism and rhet orical splendor of a Wllsonian pro nouncement. Before the National Press club at Washington Vice-President Thomaa Riley Marshall voiced a creed for true Americans that rings like the clear note of the Liberty Bell. ' With that creed in a man's heart and life he cannot be otherwise than a good and worthy citizen and it should be sustained as a national policy. It might well be posted In every home or read from every pulpit and rostrum. There are paragraphs that deviate from the high literary standard of the prologue, but they give It a blunt strength that is all the more understandable and im pressiveas, for instance, where he says: "I believe that America be longs to American citizens, na , tive and . naturalized, who are . willing to" seek redress for their grievances in orderly and con stitutional ways and I believe that all others should be taught, peacefully if .we can and forc ibly if we must, tha( our coun try is not an international boarding-house ncr an anarchist cafe." The Vice-President holds that on der our constitution and governmen tal machinery there is no wrong, in dividual or collective, that cannot be righted in a sane and orderly man ner. If it is the fixed will of the majority it is not a wrong. The inflammatory apostles of Bol shevism will quarrel with this rea soning, but they are the types upon whom the absolute soundness of the logic should be indelibly Impressed. ir all hold clearly to the Marshall creed of Americanism there would be no dawn for days of disorder and the strike with its attendant disruption and violence would be little used. America is not an international boarding-honse nor an anarchist cafe. but should be a home and haven for those to whom citizenship is a iltual and patriotism a creed. I BITS FOR BREAKFAST I . Salem's busy day. . The good roadsters will be here m Tk . rresiaeni nson is on his way home. He read the draft of the league of nations before h started. More for the Than others is one of the reasons for our rapid crewth from 1 to 197 Busy Stores in a little over 16 years. This dominant fact remains the same today as the day we started. We have a nice new line of 4 L FEfTIKBOAl j- ' At prices yon will like. You will find them in sateen, heatherhloom, taffeta and silk jersey. Prices range from ' $1.25, $1.98 $2.49, $3.98, $4.98 and $5.90. Our Satified, Customers Is our greatest advertising force. They are one of our greatestassets, . BUYING FOR 197 BUSY STORES ENABLES US TO UNDERSELL jf THE GOLDEN RULC S' That is the most Important docu- of the Armenians was perhaps th greatest tragedy of the war. The.-e people were not only subjected to tbe destructive cruelties of the war but a lo to the fiendish virlousncu of the Turks under the Turkish gov- Former Secretary of Treasury and Movie Star Who Induced Him to Take $100,000 Job ment ever written , in the history of I ernment. The history of the Armen- tnis old world. "W V Tfier are still iailinr leaders of the late Seattle sympathetic strike. Hope tney may get the right ones, and make a clean sweep. v : It is pretty nearly night and dar work at the Oregon legislature. It always Happens this way in the clos ing hoars. . APPROPRIATION FOR MONUMENT -a. Ian people is too dreadful to re hearse." Dr. Frederick G. Coan. who will speak at tbe Salem armory Sundav evening at 8 91 lock, has worked for many years among the Armenian and other kindred peoples, the vic tims of Turkish oppression and out rage, and he will show the great work that America has beene doinr to relieve thee dreadful conditions He is both an Interesting speaker and an eloquent orator and never falls to draw larre audiences. The meeting Sunday even inn is held for the purpose of giving this community an opportunity to become acquainted with this great situation before the International congress in Europe, and no solicitation for relief funds at this 7 ' - v 1 4 v , nr- - J. t I no soiiriiaiion ior reiier inn Washington State Legislature meeting is to be permitted Will Remember Soldiers and Sailors OLYMPIA. Wash.. Feb. 13. The house today passed the senate bill which appropriates 12.500.000 foe capitol buildings and $50,000 for monument to sailors and soldiers of the war. The vote was 80 to S. Dar ing discussion of the acts of the state capitol commission it was said that, the Untied States government building of a railroad to the' spruce and fir holdings of the commission had increased by 81,000,000 these grants. , The capitol grants total 132.000 acres. Representative Reed said these grants wII build all the cap ital buildings and furnish a surplus the interest on which will perpetual- ly maintain the buildings. Reorgan Bond Issue ior Highway Construction Is Urged SKS FRANCISCO. Feb. 13. An executive committee reprenentinr :ivic, commercial, agricultural and other organizations throughout Cal ifornia, announced it will recom mend to the present legls'ature that a bond issue of $33,015,000 be plac ed before the people to complete the present highway eyftem and to con struct 17 proposed new highway pro jects throughout the entire state. TO QfEXTIX ROOSKVKLT (Keith White who is with the 36th aero squadron in France has just sent his mother the copy of a poem written hr nn of his mates in mem- izatlon of the senate was perfected 1 ory 0f Qnentln Roosevelt, who lost icuay 10 meei me suuauon nrougnt 1 nis jife. Young Roosevelt was meir The trouble is that with a fw cents drop in the prices of a few commodities, they are still about 50 per cent too high. Exchange. Cor rect There must be a lot of com ing down off of high horses and a great deal of unscrambling yet. The sooner we get back to a point some what near to first principles, the better off will the whole country be. about by the temporary retirement of Governor Ernest Tester, who wa removed from the capital yesterdav to tne Western Washington hospital oecanse of a breakdown. Lieutenant Governor F. li. Hart who at the governor's request be came acting chief executive was sue commander.) Venus, vou who shine so hrlRht Amongst the silvery utars of night You saw him dare, you aw him fly You saw his flight, you saw him die- You raw his eyes with heavenly hue ceded in the senate as president bv The prayer he said, you only knew. P. P. Carlyon. Senator Howard I)- You saw him Mil. out there alone.. Taylor, of King, was elected presl- fit -V-"" r.s w : ! vx V ill ... .gr 1 "From secretary of' the treasury and director general of the railroad to the movies" is what the screen-caption writer would flash before this picture was shownw. He. would be almost 'right. In this photograph are seen William G. McAdoo, who left President Wilson's cabinet because ho could not live on tbe $12,000 a year salary, he said; Mrs. McAdoo and, Douglas Fairbanks. "Doug" is said to have induced Mr. McAdoo to ac cept $100,000 a year to act as general counsel to the United Artist Dis tributing assoiation. This association, known as the "Dig Five" in the film world, is composed of Fairbanks, D. W. Grirfitbs. Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pick ford and William S. Hart. ing and for the entertainment of the party headed y Ex-President William Howard Taft. which will ar rive Sunday for the sessions. I'l'Ri; PORK SAUSAGE 1o each 100 pound of meat, pref erably CO to (5 per cent lean and gether "xell, sprinkle over tbe meat and mix thoroughly. If the ransage.l to !e kept for several months it should have two pounds of salt instead of 1H pounds. It should alo be staffed in casings, or packed in jars and covered with lard.- For convenience and to instiro You saw his star In heaven's dome. dent pro-tempore. ltoth branches adopted resolutions granting Gover nor Lister an Indefinite leave of ab sence "until such time as he shall fully recover his health and strength and bA lhl in tak nnnn tiimlr th duties of the governor of the state! 'Till our time is up. and we hear the Now he is gone, there's no regret We who served, remember yet. His cheery voice, his golden smile We'll meet again. Just wait awhile LEST WE FORGET! Vhe tumult and the shoutlnz dies The captains and the kings depart ' ttu stands Thine ancient sacrifice. An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of hosts, be with as yet, Lest we forget lest we forget! GERMAN SPIES HELPED t Continued from I'ase l.l This was In act-ord with the dicta tors of the Inter-allied '.. countries. There was a Mr pur poms lu this that completely indicated the action of that body. ' Production Kpeetty. "We lost no time in starting the of Washington." Bills already passed by the sen a' and signed by Hart as president which yet must have the governor signature to make them law, were or dered returned to the senate for the slnature of the new president. This was done to prevent any complica tions that might arise if Hart as act ing governor, should veto any bill bearing his sinature as president. Turkish Oppression to Be Described by Speaker The terrible conflict In Europe Just coming to a close was full of trage dies, such as devastated Relgium and ("ranee, bnt the situation or the Ar menians and Syrians probably pre sent the strongest appeal upon coin passion and sympathy of Am leans. Iterause of it fearful and riblo nature, and the fact that for utanj years our .nation has been de voting much attention to the rare education and wclfaro of those peo ple. ; ; - Kx-I'resident William Howard Tart commenting .upon the situation re cent y ald: "The inasacra and deportation call. Or the trumpet clear. It's meant for all. I'll answer "here"' when he calls tnv name. God give him peace, we'll give bin fame. And as of old. he'll lead us on Full of fight, the oath we've sworn God comfort the mother, she gave her son. God give him rest, the rest he's won Venus, you who shine so bright. Search in the silvery stars tonight !ook for oi. of beauty rare. For he sailed alone." alone "0;it There." ST. per cent fat finely ground, taho li pounds of salt, four liUncen of jkeepin? It can b made Into cakes. black pepper, two ounces of sage, and 1 fried, parked in containers and cov on onr.ee of nutmf. MK all to- vre-I wit'i lan). tbo Registrations for League of Nations Meet Go Up PORTIaANI). 0-e.. Feli. 13 Reg. Istrations for the Northwest confer ence for a league of nations to v held here next Sunday and Monday has reached approximately 1000. Oreson. Washington. Idaho and Mon tana will be represented at the meet ings. Practically all arrangements have been cmrletd for the mt- THE NEW OAKLAND SENSIBLE SIX 1 liavc seure tin ajreiiry fr tlii reniarkaMe car for l-oth -Plk ami Marion t-ounties. Salctt-rinjiH will lw oriic1 in the Turner Building a ooii nn Iht luiltlii ran Im; rnioMMl, (alxntt March I). REMEMBER ' , The price of this car is lower than anv oilier G cylinder cat in the market Unlay. $1250 e ' D. SAMUEL, Corner Ferry and t'ounncreial St. falrm