a. i THE OREGON STATESJIAX: TTJESDAV, JANUARY I, 1017 V ft . ma and Best Vbh'es JEWELERS 1 prllCIANS, T TODAY AT TUB T. 2ATKRS. 0RE00N State I f 0. E. depot Home ?4lSrBf 1 andl Paramount pictures. Mary I iPckrord la t r latest, "The Little , Princess " ; - BLIQH SUU be Llbj ertr nd High. - arr.atl i n4 Bluebird film. E&cM films. YB LIB ERTT U i ertr near State. Greater nuxrapa. f er fecttoo and GelfTn films. "I Will Repay," vl Star Vita graph cast, i - ' Viola VercUfr Holma i J , Plays her farewell to Utm people at W.i A B. dance Are iry lonignt 8:30. ; - Dr. Mendelsohn ' . 1 t Eye Specialists United States Na- tlonal Bank building. We IeUre to Kinffii Our kratftnde to the l ny friends for their kind assistance nd lympa- tny extended during our recni Be reavement. '- ' . ' " l Mrs. J. W. Pratt aal Faaily. W. A B. Dance Armory r ' Tonight, 'Hunt's 5 pier) orchestra. ; . . ; lU-tjlr, Pofttoffkw Hoars Today- i ; There will be no city cr rnra de livery of mall from the filera post office today, the day .l:!n fecog fiized as a legal holiday Th s;en rvl delivery window V3 be open from 9 to -10 o'clock for transients only, and the stamp window will open during the, sane hciv - ' r i Met Me ' at the CI Mb ADr- -. 122 .N Commercial, rpttalra. Escape, From Hospital . " r r Chris Lenherr 75 yeir old, and W. J. Demorest, 60, e-ifed from the State Hospital for the ! Insane Snnday nifht and Jure Bot yt beenj FOR REST- . , Modern 3-room- apatf a In. 1hone 742. '. Used Furniture ffaniidi Hlgkst cash prices pall for oaW - furniture . i ,. " E. L. STTFF A f OX, f i rhone 941 or 1, f ( nouziinoLD g:ods r. the- very blrtMt price for household goods M to. of every kind. - .. ,--v , 'j PeopU'f Ceccrd ILsd ftore Clean Cotton Rags, Zc ft ponl.' Highest Iarket Prks pij. Give L's M TrtX 1 I r Western lz& tot i " i, ' ( : Phone 70.; -A ' T J1:--. Center and X. ComBwrclaJ St. Salem's Leading Jnak Dealer. C1P1TAL JtSK K)K 271 Oieniekeust. nsjn. h Pack and Store Ex rviMio- I Special rte on eastera linmenls! LAW.IER TRA!.S: V, C0i , Of flee Thone (, f . Home Phone If . ; ior ishes for thd lJ.:h:1-:f-''::::;;':1:,1 . .. . 1 AHAPFfT NEW YE1R WE movm Disc I ' r -m for thd New Year State toAibertv Streets ! "turned,, i Lenherr u committed I from. Donfias bounty and Demorest . Jinomah county and has Been in hospital several times. Colfo At CONfof 930,000 - Mount I Crest Abber Mausnlenm was boil tfo give Salem people an op- riunurto provide the best burial ArL florid. Manager. Phone V VV-YV.l BI W. B. Dance- Tonigi Armory. A Cret of men i mnlinwl Mnalr. Ing the 'oot-bridge that leads from the atafe training school to the Southeri Pacific rallrea'd. The bridge as washed out (luring the rceent light water and 'has caused inuch Inconvenience at the school. tr. Frei KHii ormlfly with Dr. Griffith. has moved is denUl office to 302 U. S. National Bank building. Paone 2106. X f.xpkmii. Urenftes Received Couniv Clerk Bover veKferHn V re ceived another lartre- suddIv of ex- Plosive licenses, so that all thnae who edild tfot' obtain them a few days a can now be supplied. 1918 CilemUrs Large Figures For practical use. ' Homer H Smith, Ins. man. Phone 96.' Jmlsrmint For Plaintiff In tie suit. Ot SteDhen Merfen nnA Mary 1U M. Mullen aeainst Henrv Kehensinii, also know as Heinricb RehemanG. decree was entered in the circuit court, barrlne defendant or Ills asjjgn .from claiming any right. ii tie mieresi ia rae property in dispuU. , ! :; , i By PurrhaKlnjc Tomb In Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum you have provided the burial place, the monument, and care of the grave forever. Tombs, $225r $250 or. 1275 each.! Manager. Phone 1060-W. Execution'; Retnrned The sheriff yesterday returned !uV to court ceeuUoiothe eult offV ILNorrls and AllceollTsHanst GeotgB -t- nhkmvnT trtal on adjudg ment for ! $460,, Interest and f costs, bowing the property was bid sin by plaintiffs for; $600. . V. . Patton riamblng Co., 355 Chemeketa Phone 1906. We do repair work. i - i! . . : . i Balance Due On Judgment ! iThe sheriff yesterday returned' rn to tho circuit court the execution in the suit of J. V. Dencer khd Jacob B. Diederks against S. G. Long and Alice Long, on a judgment for $1500, interest fi?34, cost- $40, attorneyr fees of $150,' and printing bill of $15, showing a sale of the property to plaintiffs for $1000, leaving a bal ance due on the judgment of $1039. 73. 'i v. -r . -.-.;. Judgment ; Satisfied . .The sheriff yesterday returned In! to the circuit court execution In th suit of the Stay ton State bank against IL A. 'Huntley, et al: ona Judgment for, $1122; showing sal oof the property to plaintiff for $1626.- 16. :?l-:.;a)-1 In The l'robate Court- In the estata of S. H. Burson. de ceased, order was entered on the pe tition of Giant Murphy, administra tor, to sell certain property; to Aron WIebe for! $100. In the estate of A.v Olingef, deceased, actoilnistrator It. H. Ollttiger; was authorfaed to sell certain property for $1370. j jj-- ,. 7' . I " - Cables From France f i Rev. arid Mrs. G. t. Holt yester day received a New Tear cablegram from their son. Corporal Herbert B. Holt, who lis with Company B. Eigh teenth Railway engineers, In France. The mes3afce was dated December SO and read: Am well. Love to all." County Superintendent Here County Br.hool superintendents of Oregon, te'presentatrng practically every county In the state. atO gath ered In Salem for grading of papers turned In at the state teachers' ex amination)) held in December. ! Re sults -will i. b; announced In . two or three weeks.. tibrary;,"At.Home" Today i New Year fealls may be paid at the Salem; Public library between 2 end ' 5 o'clock this afternoon. The llbarry board, librarian and assist f nt librarians will be hosts and all friends of the library and persons In terested In! Its work- will be guests. The library be closed during the day a far as regular service Is concerned.' :-V:V-' '": - ' " . .r j- V White 'ci' knd Nervous. Diseaxes DIED ?-. BAUER In Salem, Sunday, Dee. 23, 1917. uenry uauer. a years oia. The body was sent to Portland yesterday! for Interment by the Rig don company. j , Child's Funeral Held i, The funeral of little Paul Meyer, the flfteent months old child who died from burns received by accident was held yesterday afternoon from the RIgdon undertaking parlors. Rev. George Koehler read the funeral ser vices and burial was in Odd Fellows cemetery Itecnlar Sleeting t. Of Chadwfck chapter No. 37, Order of Eastern StaV. "Tuesday evening, January 1, at S o'clock. Installation of officers. Present: From German fkxiety The Salem German society held its Christmas, celebration Sunday night. Owing to high water and inclement weather, there: was not a large at tendance. However, the usual col lection ! was taken up for some worthy object. It resulted In the president, August Kehrberger. who has held - that office for . the past seven years, being able yesterday morning to hand over to the Red Cross the sum of 1 10, This was done by direction of the society. Willanl IWt Observed j The W. C. T. U. will observe Mad ame Willard day at 2 o'clock this aft ernoon at the Old People's home with an appropriate program. Cherry City Home Rentaiiranf Will give a snecisl chicken dinner today from 12 to 2:30, for 33e. 1400 MEN, 60 GUNS TAKEN BY FRENCH (Continued from page 1) chine guns, seven cannon, sevl rapid firing trench guns and a f8? quantity of other" "War mjtrlf1' British and Italian batteries a4 Ir' teen cooperated ef f ectlvely.'". i s... f f - ' - BERLIN, via London. P5 8 1 The supplementary repoK from gen eral headquarters this renlng says: Trench fighting so& of Marco ing ended In our favr ,, ' m "At Monte Tomb (Italian front) Increased artillery a11'11 continued throughout the daf-. f "To all comri5; A nappy and victorious newai"'' WASHINGTON SPIRIT ATH TO TRIUMPH - (Continued from( page 1) In cosrmon by so many and such dif fered nationalities, In so many and In iueh distant parts of the globe. aVu per human and Irresistible force, divine impulse unites them and Aarmonizes the force and Impulse of the great: principles of justice ana humanity to bring peace to modem tiviUzation." , . WorUI' iVMtiny Is at Stake, r - 5 President faldex's greeting said: 'The renplic of Panama views with calm satisfaction the future of ,he world 4n this hour of history Then the yestlnies of the great mod ern comnjunlty are . at stake This -aim satif actloh rests upoa senti ments of loyalty and decision which 'mpelletf it at the first moment to umbrae' the cause of American de nocraey. which is the cause of the illies And the hope of the small na if lonswhich believe, despite every thing In the rule of right. May the new year bring final triumph to hoje principles and crown with the 'asrel of victory the brave warriors w)!ch are sheddin? their blood on le altars of a true peace which shall blder Knirian'd's FrtendVhip Cemented. LONDON. Dee. 31. Messages rom the British premier, Lloyd George, have been sent to all the titles : except Russia, but Including Greece. All express the good wishes ft the British ? war cabinet to the tovemments arid peoples addressed. To President ; Wilson, Mr. Lloyd George said: "At this season I wish in behalf f the Hrltish war cabinet to send o the United States government and neople a message of rood will. Every day that passes must make ns real ize: more clearly that the hopes of the human race center -upon the triumphs, of our cause. fEverr day proves to us that ou friendship for one another is becom ing more and more 'the cement of the league of free nations which now stands as the guardian of justice and liberty throughout the world. : 'We wish In particular to send a message of thanks to the United States navy for the great services II has rendered in the past year and of greeting to the young American army now In traininr to take its place In the battle for human freedom. We r relying nnijn the great addition this army will make to strengthen the .allies in their Joint .struggle for free civilization, and we are confi dent that when the time of'battlr comes they will sustain tb "ri traditions set by their own forbear--rs by helping to win a complete 'riumph for the cause to which they have dedicated themselves. FREIGHT ORDERED TO MOVE FASTER (Continued from page XJkr vltatlon and probably will nrgo that with the scarcity of railroad labor It will f be necessary to pay. highei wages to retain men; , Many adviser of the' director general' advocate in creasing wages; particularly fot many unorganized classes.' :? Justice to Labor lrrmiseL , , -Tbe;. federal board of mediation and conciliation will continue to pass on wage disputes now pending. t was announced after a conference of. the board with Mr. McAdno, :but eventually the director probably will handle wage questions directly. The government's attitude toward wage rhsnsrs will not be determined until t -obtems of speeding uptrans are threshed out. , " , ' Zoo limited his comments on the labor situation today to say ing that -he would "treat; the men with justiee and equity,", and would give "a just and square hearing" to the brotherhood heads. The director general conferred during the day with Secretaries bak er and Daniels, Chairman Hurley of the shipping board. Food I Adminis trator Hoover, Fuel Administrator Garfield and other government of flcials. ' . . Acting under the director general's authority, A. 11. Smith, president of the New York Central, and assistant of clearing congestion In the eart tonirht ordered eastern lines to stsrif a systematic campaign ito f:Z freight and to report daily to hl congested conditions, so that fitt roads less burdened might ? for the overflow. "'oem "Embargo any. consignee w' not release freight promptly ?B rival." said the order. Frelghti Put Fores 1 "So far as practicable? f80 senger trains which iteTl". giving necessary freigWJ;" i'-,-, "Call upon all enH'j 0 J"4 their efforts In this teri e"" Ice to the gover"-,ti nd the Ptor General jfe'; ed that there v no ntention: of abandoning the ir-"" V'. directed by Ra" .s-lfTt war Industrie. V' boLtht ,ln tb? future theserders would be Issued through th f rf or who believes th Mloction of preferential cars In iv Trdi in.mtfjr cases causes trouble i than to move an entii train and that every- class of shIHrt wI11 J faster If the whole ''-'' frelgnt goes j forward wltw Priority. tiiJroad authorities will use their dpcretlon. however, concerning the needier movement of perishable-articles, coal and any other materials which thev may believe justifies be ing put ahead. - , Some form pf drastic action Way be taken later againt consignees who fail to unload shipments as promptly as possible, the director general ex plained today. : , ' ; : GUATEMALA QUAKE ! KILLS 1000 PEOPLE V (Continued from page; 1) j; It appears that this last disturbance was the one which caused the moat damage. f' ' )--' U: L '. A shipload of Red Cross relief supplies, consisting of 600 barrels ot flour, quantities of clothing, disin fectants and general foodstuffs, wl'.l leave New Orleans Thursday fcr Puerto Barrios. I It will be followed by a shipment of tents by? the end of .this week. ; i f, : ' YEAR 1917 IS RECORD MAKER . ATtlONG BANKS I Neyer so Prosperous, Says Annual Report of I intendent Sargent I i BUSINESS FOOTING! FIRM Legixlation Desired to Make Federal Reserve Affili ation Easier j Banks In Oregon have never been as prosperous as daring the year 1977, declares an atnual report is sued yesterday by S. G, i Sargent, Uate superintendent of banks. This Is accounted for largely by the high price ot, farm products, which was more thifn high enough to offset the shortage in crops which prevailed In practically all sections of the state. Oregon banks ' have nearly all taken advantage of the opportunity to "clean house," and to that end have deferred the payment of divi dends in many cases and have 'ad Accept Our Thanks For 1917 . ;, . . , And Our WeU Wishes For 1918 fysf QH 'm- ', : "' , ''" "' v . ": i" fi "' '' ; '"'"'fe my 'i" ' " ) . ..v' : f " ' D.H-kosher : : tailor m: i y'i-m- m-m m . . - . ; . . . . ' , Court St. Salem, Or. , .; j . - '1 - . - V - ' . - , - -;'! . . . - : - ' -mm- BaBSP'' 'BBBs7BaaBSBsTSSBSBB A .. . ii ... . . ARMORY EVERYBODY :: e justed their doubtful assets, leaving J them on a business footing to begin the new year that probably has never before been as substantial., . - Xlne Charters , Granted. ' Nine applications for bank chart ers have been approved by the su perintendent daring the year and seven of these have gone through all the preliminaries, necessary while two others jbave not quite completed arrangements to begin operation. . Three state banks have joined the federal 1 reserve system during the year and i a large number : of others have made application, while the di rectors i J others are considering making applictlon and will doubtless do so. j In view of this Inclination of the banks to come under the fed eral reserve laws so that it will not be a difficult matter for them to come under the reserve system.. He believes that by the end of 1918 nearlv all the state banks will be un der the system. , . ' Kmployes Are Active. ' y Examiners from the superintend ent's office made 336 bank examina tions during the twelve months just closed and employes of the depart ment traveled, a total of 52,000 miles on official ,btdness. i " A statement of receipts and - ex penditures for the year shows the present balance In the state banking fond to be $7949.53. On January 1. -1917, the I balance was $6066.46 and total receipts for the year were $19,469.09, while disbursement! have totaled $17,586.02. ; . ' i On the present salary basis of the department the superintendent and the employes draw an aggregate of $10.600"yearly. On the subject of general banking conditions In Oregon the report says: "Notwithstanding the heavy de-; mands made upon our banks due to war conditions, and the ' fact, that they have assisted In . financing two liberty bond campaigns, deposits In both state and national banks have shown a steady and, substantial growth; and on November 20. 1947, reached a grand total of $196,95, 775.40. Including balance doe from other banks. This Is an increase f tX4.361t794.64 - since November -17, 1916, and Indicates a most satisfac tory and , prosperous ; condition throughout the state. t ' "On ; November 20. 1917. con tinues the Teoort. "there were 171 state Institutions reporting to this department with total resources, ag gregating $92,427,718.15. being In crease riffone In the number of banks inee November 17. 1916. and an increase of $14,259,381.36 in total rsourrerf.- Total ; deposits held by these banks amounted to $76,642, 084.74. With h on hand and ne from other -nanhs aggregating $23, 563.095.84, giving an average re serve of over 30 per cent." ; Ovw-Comoetltion AroldWL Superintendent 'Sargent has been careful to avoid over-competition in banking circles an relative to this subiect remarks In his report: "Believing ths.t It If Incumbent upon the department 4o protect ex isting banks from undue competi tion, I have refused to Issue charters In several instances. Careful Inves tigations; made of these applications convinced me that the fields were al ready spfriclentlv served and that lo cal conditions did not warrant the organization of new institutions. New banks, however, will be organ ized and! charters rranted Just as fast as the development of the state offers opportunities for their establishment' I I! I - Dil HUNT'S ASSURED :: A :: A - ' J; 1 . - Dr.' M. P. Mcntlelsohn graduated in Medicine ntn t . Heidelberg College, but after he started on'hU life's. i : decided .there was a larger field, and that he: could do inn. mankind in correcting defects of vision, so after spend ii: : i jn, studying the eye he has been, actively engaged -in, that t , Dr.'ilendelsohn practiced in San Francisco for twn ty-f one-half years, but left the large Cali forma city after ti earthquake and moved to The Dalles, Oregon? where he v for some time. Since coming'tb Salem hc hasmade 1! Jfriends among his patrons The Doctor, never did turn a that needed professional skillj regardless of his ability (treatment. He has over 16,(XK) names on his books fit : Polk couqtics for whom he has made the proper correct of vision. Aside from his local practice, the doctor n sional visits from people from all points in Oregon vi. of his dependability., j 1 Dr. Mendelsohn places a thorough examination a' ; . and jafter the examination he will to bf had. T . --'i Dr. Mendelsohn recently returned from his sumr relatives in California and is now in his offices in V National Dank building, He is much improved in 1 a pleasure to attend to his constantly' increasing pt . LADDBUSW, CAPITAL $500 000.0 0 A Oovernment inexme tax House from January 2 until all those who wish it, explain the new incc. will furnish tho :iccessary, income tax blir' Itesidence Ilione, 233. Republic Trucks., Goodrich Tires. Mt. Arigel Gc:: - s citowK scii.MJini::: . : Ifoprietor. " , Sit.. Angel, Or. ,' Slorace and Ilepalrs. , r The Salem VuIbaniziziT -' ' ' ! i I ' . j . The oldest aid best equipped rcpz'r t When your tires or'tabes.riccd rr; us. We do the work as it!:l:. 474 Ferrv St Salem He: Extend, to you for a; Happy r Ji Yr A Wdl)d Ut'JliljiSv, 0RCI1ES 1 s rN GOOD :: use only the best gra '. ;' r v ESTAL officer will i January SO, 1 1 - - Overland