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THREE GERMAN CAMPAIGNS
Germany's first campaign was based on overwhelming
force suddenly exerted before a world lulled to sleep
could prepare to mee"t it. When through the indomitable
bravery of the Belgians whose defense gave the French
a chance to gather and repel the German hordes this plan
failed a second campaign was started, one in which ruth
less destruction of life and property would strike terror
to the hearts of all mankind. This was used on all oc-,
-casions on land, and the sinking of the Lusitania and other
passenger ships with no attempt made to rescue any of
the helpless survivors was part of the effort through ter
ror,! to drive all nations from the seas.1 The destruction
. of the cathedral of Rhcims and other priceless examples
of mediaeval art were sacrifices upon this same altar.
Now that this has failed the third nd last card is being
played. It is a campaign of lies and deceit calculated to
" set the allied nations against each other and thus cause
their destruction just as has been done in the case of
: Russia. This, too, will fail, for the allies are perfectly
' aware of the attempt and of the manner in which it is
tried to be carried out.
Besides the German propagandists are not now deal
; ing with a lot of uneducated slavs just freed from serf
; dom, but with the most highly civilized and intelligent
'people in the world. These understand the Prussian
; game, the trickery, the lies, and cannot be deceived or
misled thereby. For this reason the third campaign of
the Hohenzollern robbers will fail. In the meanwhile to
back the campaign of lies, the father of them, the kaiser,
has assembled every ounce of his force for the purpose
of hammering his way through the opposing forces and
march to Paris. In this he will also fail, and after that
at .is only a question of time. Bad as is the trickery and
lies told in the attempt to sever the friendship of the
allies it is snow white compared to the baseless false
hoods told the German people by their leaders in order;
to encourage them to still greater sacrifices. They are
told Americans have weakened and quit, that the allies
are already whipped and are almost ready to sue for
peace. They are torn tnac starvation staiKS tnrougn
England and ranee, and that all that is required to
win is just a little more patience. And these are the
stories told the German people, and the German soldiers
are told the same to induce them to again and still again
hurl themselves against the allied ranks, they believing
they will meet with little or no resistance. The greatest
crimes the Emperor of Germany and the militarists will
have to answer for are those against his and their own
people.
WHAT DOES HE MEAN?
Lloyd George a few days ago in a speech, made the
statement that within a couple of weeks "the Americans
would give the Germans the surprise of their lives." His
remark has set those who noticed it to wondering what
he could mean. The American army is not large enough
in France to give any great surprise to the enemy there,
nor is the air service in such shape that it would justify
such a statement as the premier made. These must be
eliminated and this leaves only the sea as the place where
the surprise, if any, may be staged. If there what is its
nature? It is not only possible but probable that what
ever it is is connected in some way with the submarine
activities, and it may mean that some of the things hoped
for in this connection have matured. In this connection
it should be remembered that Ediscn some months ago
made the assertion that: "Every incouerruous element
is now under control." What he meant has never been
explained, but it is possible Lloyd George is hinting that
j the explanation is to be made, public soon.
borne or the business men gathered at Chicago m at
tendance on the meeting of the national chamber of com
merce, yesterday, ventured the opinion that the war
would last ten years yet. This is an apt illustration of
the fact that some folks talk entirely too much. General
Wood expressed the same idea, but he only still further
emphasizes the tact. The man power of the world would
be exhausted and so would the money power long before
that time. Germany is staking her all on a single throw
ot the dice, and if she loses the present battle it will not
be long before she will be compelled to give it up. Her
people at home have been buoyed up with false promises,
and when the drive which was to see the commander of
their armies dining in Paris ten days ago, is known to be
a lailure the beginning of the end vill be at hand.
EL TREATMENT
OF PRISONERS TOLD
BV ONE WHO ESCAPED
Big Audience of Salem Folk
Get First Had Stories
of War
The Russian newspapers object to the Japanese land
ing troops at Vladivostok fearing it "may break up the
revolution." If it could accomplish that, or instead give
it some kind of leadership, the balance of the world would
look upon it as something to be very much desired.
Breaking up the present revolution is simply dispersing
a mob. However it is pretty certain the Russian people
will, especially encouraged by their good friends the Ger
mans, find some dangers to the liberties they do not have,
in the landing of a hundred or ro Japanese soldiers to
maintain order.
If the practice of internment is to be continued, it
should be done under such conditions as compel those in
terned to earn the price of their keep. This is no time to
maintain anyone in idleness and luxury. "No work, no
eat," is a splendid motto until after the war at least, and
some time after, too.
In order to help tide over the time until harvest the
French have cut their bread-ration one-third. In three
months more the wreat crop of 1918 will begin to be
available, and from present indications Will be sufficient
to give all dependent on us a fair bread ration.
When the war is over, the Germans will be in the worst
shape of all nations in regard to merchant shipping.
While her submarines have sunk thousands of vessels be
longing to other nations, these have kept building to make
good the losses. In Germany this has not been done attd
the consequence will be that in order to again supply food
to her long starved people she will have to rely on the
shipping of those countries whose ships she has so ruth
lessly destroyed. While vindictiveness is not to be en
couraged, the eternal fitness of mundane affaire would
suggest that Germany's citizenry be made to wait until
last to have their wants supplied. It would be quite in
keeping with the eternal principles of justice that those
who undertook to make the balance of the world go
hungry should be forced to take the dregs of the medicine
they have so generously prescribed.
Official court records are responsible for some queer
stories. One coming from California recently is to the
effect that an Irish constable, name O'Reilley, armed with
a search warrant was looking through Chinatown at
Stockton, California, for a couple of sailors who had
stolen the shield of an ex-king of Hawaii, and with it
had also swiped the king's skull. It wTas the head piece
j)i the deceased that was most badly wanted although the
shield was said to be set with diamonds and other jewels.
However we suggest it was a combination hard to beat.
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I Rippling Rhymes
by Walt Mason
THE YELLOW PERIL
Once more we face the dandelions, and
forty-nine impassioned Bryans could not
express the grief we're knowing, as we be
hold the rank weeds growing. Once more,
with knives and spades and diggers, we
j buckle down among the chiggers, uprooting
weeds that keep on thriving, that simply
will not quit surviving. Oh, there are other
deadly battles than those which wax where
cannon rattles; and there are foes a lot
more yellow than any dadblamed Teuton
fellow. Through wintry months I have
been yearning to see the good old spring re
turning; I prayed for Anril with an ardor
that made the March wind howl the harder; I filled the
air with soulful sighin's but I forgot the dandelions.
Jings! I was thinking of the roses w hich charm our win
ter weary noses; and of the buttercuns and lilies which
shoo away the dumps and willies. The dandelions I'd
lorgotten, and now they are a nuisance rotten. Each
day my frau gives me a wigging because I hate the end
less digging. "Go, do your bit," she says, uplifty, "and
make the place look neat and thrifty; our neighbors there,
the stately Ryans, have cleared their lawn of dandelions."
And so with digger I am wending, to start the war that
knows no ending.
JIAU M4S0M
"I was stripped of my clothes, st
up by my legs and beaten with steel
cables until my back waa raw, because
I objected to working in the mines. I
finally had to work or they would have
killed me."
The realities of the war were brought
homo to tho largo audience that filled
the armory last evening when Private
JJurke thus told of one of his cxper
iences as a German prisoner.
One of tho men gassed at Ypres, he
wiT.ii isa otner Canadians was taken
prisoner and subjected to inhumane
treatment. An officer's wrist was cut
with a bayonet when a German officer
robbed him of his watch, soldiers weak
ened from the gas were knocked down:
men were packed in box cars like cat
tle, and officers stabbed when too weak
to rise ana salute; these were com
mon experiences related by Mr. Burke.
Spit upon by women at stations when
he asked for water, called "English
swine", knocked in the head with the
butt of a rifle, when ho was too weak
to work these were his own experiences
while a prisoner of war and entitled to
civil treatment. He told of hundreds of
men gassed who were obliged to work in
coke ovens, resulting in their death
within a few weeks, and of how they
were fed on tho flesh of wounded and
sick horses.
Private Burke managed to escape into
Holland, where he was well taken care
of and later sent to England, where he
saw tho Belgian children whose arms
and legs had been cut off by German
Boldicts. In all his 18 months experience
in Germany, he said he failed to find
a decent German.
Sergeant Major Christy, also a Can
adian soldier, spoke of his experiences
wherein his company of 250 were or
dered to take a German post. "We took
it all right," said Major Christy, "but
only 24 of us came back uninjured."
One of the big 549 shells dropped into
the trench occupied by his company,
killing many of them although Major
Christy managed to escape with an eye
knocked out, a cracked skull and sev
eral other injuries.
Fiery Irritations of the Skin
Show Your Blood Heeds Purifyini
A Sluggish, Clogged-Up Circu
lation Causes Skin
Eruptions.
Eczema Is called a skin disease be
cause the tiny little germs which
cause the disease set up their colony
on some portion of the skin's surface,
and here spread their irritation that
soon begins to burn like flames of
fire.
There are other forms of so-called
diseases of skin, such as tetter, boils,
pimples, acne, erysipelas, scaly erup
tions, blotches and rough irritations,
that are a source of much pain and
annoyance.
And, while these disorders are gen
erally referred to as skin diseases,
they are really traceable to a disor
dered condition of 'the blood, and they
are never experienced by anyone
whose blood is free from impurities.
If you are a victim of any form of
these painful and irritating disorders
of the skin.'causing, as they do, such
constant annoyance, you canont ex
pect any real benefit from the local
treatment so generally used, such as
lotions, ointments, salves, etc.
You are simply postponing a cure
and adding to your days of torturing
discomfort when you waste time on
such remedies applied to the surface.
You must reach the cause of the dis
order, the actual source of the pain,
before you can hope to stop the pain
iteelf. The cause of all of these so
called skin diseases 13 in the blood,
and you cannot reach the blood bs
external remedies applied to the surface.
Give your blood a thorough cleans,
ing with S. S. S.. the great old blood
purifier, and you in this way elimi-
nate all impurities which cause skin
diseases and other derangements.
This is the logical treatment, and it
has proven its great worth in hun
dreds of cases because it is a purely
vegetable remedy and cleanses the
blood of all foreign substances, and
fills the veins with a fresh supply of
rich, red and vigorous blood. Go to
your drug store and get & bottle of
S. S. S. today, and get on the right
treatment, and waste no further time
on washes, ointments ' and lotions,
that cannot reach below the surface.
If your ease needs special medical ad
vice, it can be had without cost by .
writing to Medical Director, Swift
Specihc Co., 83 Swift Laboratory.
Atlanta. Ga.
j The Woman Who Changed
By JAOT3 PHELPS
DURING THE DINNER.
CHAPTEB LXVIII.
The exclamations of delight over the
place cards charmed me. I felt honored
that such an artist as Merton Gray had
thought me of enough importance to
devote his time to me. He treated the
matter very carlessly, yet I could not
bu recall what both Mrs. Sexton and
Madge Loring had said concerning him
that he was so expensive, his time so
valuablo, he never had consented to do
anything of the sort before.
James served the dinner perfectly. I
watched George, and his expression
showed that ho was pleased Really, his
own dinner his and Mrs. Sexton 'g had
not gono more smoothly. The food, too,
tra, but I had determined to follow
Mrs. Sexton's advice and have all my
arrangements as simple as possible.
Georgo had had professional entertain
ers, I would have only the Victrola,
On With The Dance.
George danced the first dance with
me. I was perfectly delighted that he
did so, and terribly surprised. Why ' I
should have been knowing it was the
proper thing for him to do I don't
know. Ho danced wonderfully and was
very gay and complimentary.
"Your dinner was very good in
deed," he said as wo glided round the
room, "and your decorations were
quaint and unusual. I am not only pleas
ed, but surprised with the taste and
good judgment you have shown."
"Oh, I am so glad you are pleased!'
was nerfectlv cooked. Marv had taken
special pains with everything, and my 'I returned, happily, as I gave his arm"
1 1 .. . . . iiiii. tt i ; .1 i .
Afl Inner nfl Rntrlanr! TVanta and a
United States are left, we will never young guests enthused over each and . a mtie squeeze. He raw imagined now
say die we will get there in the fin- .every corsc. I knew George would think j his praise affected me. I had . been so
ish." them undignified in this, yet I relished anxious, so arraia sometmng migni nap-
Sorg,'ant Maior Christy and Private the praiso, and couldn't help being pen to otrena ftis taste, or mm, tnat J.
Buvke will speak this evening at Wood- I glad he heard it. Even if they were naa scarcely Drcainea naiurany an tne
burn and Thursday evening at Silver-
ton.
HE BOUGHT A BOND
Portland, Ore., April 9. An adherent
to Russia's bolsheviki covcrnment
bought a $100 liberty Iond today.
When iTustav Uruhin, r.i.en uussian,
sent in his questionnaire ecently lie
write across its face:
"Bt-fure you can make me fight Ger-
n.sny y"u must get a per.-mt lroin ih t
bolsheviki government."
Bruhm was summoned before As
sistant United States Attorney Ran
kin today to explain just what he
meant.
Rankin explained some of tho war's
issues and appealed to Bruhm 's loyalty
to America, Then Bruhm volunteered
to buy the bond. Ho wanted to help,
ho said.
THE ELUSIVE BOOZE
Portland, Ore., April 9. Only the
most elusive quart of whiskey reaches
Portland.
Two hundred and forty-three such
quarts -started for this city on the
steamer Rose City, although four oi
them arrived, not one reached its in
tended destination.
The Rose City was first searched at
Astoria, where 2399 .quarts were dis
covered and confiscated. It wa-s
searched again upon arriving here and
four quarts already found. Later, a
third searching party visited the ves
sel. Now even the boat's officers ar
drinkless.
HE IS PRO-GERMAN.
younger than his crowd, they were all
charming people, and of the best fam
ilies in Morcland.
George was lovely to the twins, June
and Jennie Lawson, and congratulated
Frank and Charleton in the nicest way.
Even with all tho excitement, I could
but wonder again why he acted as ho
so often did, when he could be so
charming.
An Interruption.
About the middle of the dinner the
bell rang, and James brought in a tele
gram to George. After excusing himself,
he opened it, and a flash of annoyance
gone almost as soon as it came, swept
over his face.
What could it bet Surely he would
not allow anything to spoil my dinner
mul flip rl.inre T had rilnnned. after-
n.nml i llil wif lirtllf O lrtrtlr in TTI v Aimn- !
tion, Georgo crumpled the message into
his pocket, and continued his conver
sation with Evelyn Reeves right where
it had been interrupted by the telegram.
Would I ever learn to have an iota of
his aplomb?
But I soon forgot the interruption in
listening to Merton Gray's interesting
talk, and in watching that my guests
were properly served.
"Everything is going splendidly,"
Merton said to me, "Don't get ner
vous. Your cheeks are burning; it is
very becoming, but you will make your
self ill with anxiety."
My cheeks WERE burning, but not
as much as after Merton had spoken.
How thoughtful and kind he was, and
how much I liked him. I was indeed for
tunate to have such a friend, I thought,
as we rose from the table, after hav-j
evening. But now I gave myself up to
the enjoyment, with no thought of any
thing going wrong.
I danced with every one of the men.
once; with George and Merton Gray
twice. And as much as I liked Merton,
as comfortable as I was with him, I
was happier when dancing with George.
"Your husband is just lovely!" Juno
Lawsou gushed, as they were putting on
their wraps to leave.
"I think so too" Olive Rivers agreed.
"Do you know, I was a little afra'd of
hiin, but he is perfect. Don't be jeal
ous, Mrs. Howard, will you?"
"No, indeed! I am too happy thnt
you all like him. J.t would be awful
you didn't," I replied. Then, laughing
and talking, they all left just as tha
clock struck two, leaving George aud
me alone I, tired, but very happy.
Tomorrow Clouds After Sunshiuii)
Claims It Aims at
Union Labor Rights
Sacramento, Cal., April 9. That tha
third count of the blanket indictment
of fifty-five I. W. W. members, which
charges thtm with conspiring against -the
laws and war work of the govern
ment by inciting and aiding industrial
strikes, is a direct blow at tne key
stone of trade unionism in America,
the right to strike, was the assertion
made by Attorney Nathan Coghlan to
day in arguing a demurrer to the in
dictment, before United States District
Judge Van Fleet. The demurrer waa
overruled.
LADD & BUSH, Bankers
The Third Liberty Bond Sale Will Begin April 6th.
One of our Tellers will be stationed in our Lobby to
explain to those wishing: information and to receive
Liberty Bond Subscriptions.
way, but I had ordered it served in
San Francisco, April 9. Captain R. J. that way; I would not do one single
Paulsen of Seattle, deputy federal in- ( thing as it had been done at his din
ruector of hulls and boilers, has been, nor.
If he aisapprovert ne said nothing;
and it was a very gay party that troop
ed into the drawing room. The rugs had
been taken up and all the good dance
records laid out conveniently. I knew
"The laneuaere of that count im-
ing had our coffee at the table. I fear-j peaches the right of labor to strike,"
ed George wouldn't like to have it that said Coghlan. "It is aimed at tha
lit! "Stirred goldu'ily at each passir
A n 1 Ci ! WT-hyr," he chanted soulfully.
UUT 1Slly DtOry j -,u, liastilydraw indent his cuff, te
made a note of thi ihmie on it.
! "Kephyr!" suo eril. "That reminds
AnTNITIES. jHie-I must buy w more wool for
Anyone doubting that Zilapone IWk- t'"' sailor's gart.-rs I'm knitting."
or was a poet, had only to look at hisj .And, for she vas a practical as sh
long hair and nu'spressiblo eyes. His wafceautiful, .h-vtonb out her little
hair was longer than ever, and his eves n euiorandum book an l iuad a noto in
ii'tn e inexpressible than usual that it. A blond niu- r.lf im stole into the j his leave", for the clock had just struck
Thursday evening to? aid; the end of rooir and sat oa the ciamoud solitaire it wo in the morning.
the 'V as he ga.-l pcimishlv at Kra of hor engagement ring.
gclla Spume. I "Light up the emblem soon, ah soon,' IftTnjM'lT AfKPAY
"Her hair, aj airy as hassenpfeff r, I We shall be nuptialed, lady moon! (JUi'IUUUi H ttm tLUU Irti
suspended rrom service pending inves
tigation of his t?erman connections, it
was announced here today. His suspen
sion followed testimony given in th
Uind-.i levolt plot trial here.
he intoned in his perfectly modulated
nierao-bass voice.
And he made another note on his
cuff.
"Lady moon! that reminds me!"
she exclaimed. "Lady Bloomfield Moon,
a real live duchess, is going to speak at
the club tomorrow for the beuefit of
the Fund for Retrieving Intoxicated
neroes, and Madge Mizzle promised
she'll introduce me if I get there ear
ly." And she made another note in her
(memorandum book, remarking, "Do you
know, Zil, I think us two are just -natural
affinities. Every thing you say
seems to remind me of something'
"Fraeclla, you are all soul.' he sigh
ed blindlv. and ros regretfully to take
working men of America, and we shall
defend for all unions the right to
strike. This is an inalienable right of
labor, one recognized by the govern
mtnt, when working conditions become
unbearable."
Judge Van Fleet differed with Cogt
lnn Mid claimed that the wording w.a
not intended as" a challence to tha
Georgo would not object to an orches-' right of lubor to strike.
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