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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 30, 1919)
TTTE ORF.CO STATESMAN: UETiYnSTUY, APRIL M, I0lf i Today and Tomorrow BILLIE RHODES in "THE GIRL OF MY DREAMS" A brand new 6-reel Special Feature i Comedy and Weekly BLIGH THEATRE 3 Republican Attitude on I Revised Covenant Sought WASHINGTON. April 29. Repub lican leaders in the next senate today took steps to ascertain party senti ment toward toe revised league of nation covenant and tivaid the uni fication of ail republican senators on the course to be pun-ued when the peace treat? comes before the senate for ratification. ' The attitude of the I;, publican senators would be decided n-on at a party onfeiv.ue to bsht'!i prior to the convening ol congres3. Until this conference the Repub lican members were advised to tall io telegrams rent out-ry Senators Lodge ql . Massachusetts floor lead er, and (rtis of Kansas whip to held final" expression ot opinion PRICE OF FLOUR IS THREATENED Federal Wheat Director Says Speculation Will Do Harm Unless Speedily Checked NEW YORK, April 29. Com menting on his notice that govern ment purchases of "white flour for export would be discontinued, with a view to stonpingnpeculation, Julius II. Barnes, federal wheat doctor ?nnounced through the food acminis tiaMcji grain corporation today that the speculative teedt-ncy threaten"!, unless checked, 10 carry flour prices shove their prooer reflection Df the federal resale price of wheat. Under government re-sale rates, the statement soSd, legitimate mill ing was protected for fair returns. Since there was tu the hands of ' Am erican millers, or directed by thm, it continued. d to SO million bush e of wheat, only part of which pro bacy was directed to flour users, the i resent sharp advances in flour H'es'were not 'fully warranted" if t.hey were continued, the announce ment asserted., rastiictions would be MAY ALLISON in "PEGGY DOES HER DARNDEST" A Comedy Treat Better than "In for1 Thirty Days".. x Last Times Today YE LIBERTY rt.axed to permit foreign wheat and flour to enter. Today's warning lo speculators wus the second i.ued by Mr. Hji nts' office thid month. Play Will Be Given in Pratum Hall Saturday Night PRATl'M. Oregon. April 28. The play "The Daughter of the Dessert" will be given at the' Pra tum hail next Saturday night. Ite lreshnients will be served. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gerig of Mill City are visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Yal Gerig. A. M. Lien is clearing ground for potatoes. Dr. E. Sherwood preached here last Sunday. Hev. J. W. Heckley from Polk county will preach next Sunday morning. Henry Harrison Powell was a Sa lem visitor Sunday. U. M. Lambert is building a mod em house on his ranch west of Tiere. Miss Lydia Powell and her sister. Mrs. Oscar Hair of Portland wre visitors at the home of their parents last week. Mr. and Mrs. Herman DeVries have been on the sick list for the past week. Superintendent W. M. Smith visit ed the Pratum school one day last week. see the emaciated faces or these w i etched, houieles bviiigs light up with new hope after long months of hunger and (Impair. The captain of the Pensacola re ports that the steaiuohip Western Melle is returning with a very full cargo about April 20, the profits from which will also mean substan tial help to the suffering peoples of the Near East. j Methodist Pastor Breaks All Records as Solicitor DIRECTORS PASS EXTRA DIVIDEND United States Steel Corpora tion Allows One Percent More on Stock E JUST ARRIVED A shipment f 2000 pairs of Men's, Women's and Children's TENNIS SHOES-the largest consignment ever shipped into Salem. Watch for our Saturday ad. We are going to offer these shoes at marvelous reduction. II pics tflsn More 186-194 N. Commercial St, Salem W H Y ? Can 3:o do better at Paris Bros, not only thin week by buying your shoes from us BUT. EVERY VEEK. We carry , shoes only of standard makes, Avhicb, hav a reputa tion; all .over this country. .(' . ": . r, . . : . , ' , i .. . : : Any one can sell you cheap shoes but when it comes to wearing they aren't there. Cheap shoes are the most costly shoes today. i When you buy suoes buy nothing but standard makes. SHOES FLORSHEIM BUCKINGHAM AND HECHT KEITH KONQUEROR SHOES ( . , THESE MAKES BUILT OUR BUSINESS cnos . - H? AIRING ... AND .DO IT WELL NEW YORK. April 29. Directors of United States Steel corporation fulfilled popular expectations at their quarterly meeting today by passing the "extra one per cent div idend on the common stock. In the statement of earnings for the first quarter of 1919 which ac companied the dividend announce nient. no appropriation vras mad out of the total ?arn"gs for federal income and war excess pi of its taxes This is a radical departure from the action takea by the directors at every , quarterly session since the middle of 1917. when sums ranging from $31,600,000 to almost $102, 000,900 were charged oft to meet these requirements. Total earnings for the first quar ter amounted $33,513,384; tnet in come was $22,874,429, and a surplus of $4,822,316 remained after pay ment of regular dividends of 1 and 1 per cent on the preferred and common shares, respectively. These figures compare with total earnings of $36,354,165, (after de ducting $50,000,000 for federal in come, and war profits), net income of $25,437,103 and surplus of $2,997, 255 at the close of the previous quar ter. .P Total earnins submitted today are tne smallest of any quarter since June of 1915, even allowing for the large war deductions already re ferred to. They are equivalent to only $2.20 on common stock, as against $2. S3 In the previous quar ter and $7.81 in the first quarter of 1918. HOME OF QUALITY- CARGO PROFITS GO FOR RELIEF Returning Ship Captain Tell: of Distress Among Ar menian People NEW YORK, April29. The Unit ed States steamship Pensacola ar rived in New York. April 16 from Constantinople with a 200-ton cargo of figs, tobacco, medicinal opium, and oil of roses. Profits from the freieht paid by the consignees of this careo the navy department generously turns over to the American commit tee for AMnenian and Svrlan raliaf as t did . in the case of the Jtfercur ius, which like the Pensacola was a transport" granted by the navy de partment ; to the committee for re lief purposes. . The Pensacola sailed from New York Januarp 25, carrying 42 relief workers, all men. She arrived at Beirut, Syria, February 20. The Pensacola was the first American ship to land at' Beirut since the be ginning of the war and received a stirring ovation from the starving people of that region who showed profound gratitude at the. sight of the Pensacola's great cargo of sup plies, which consisted of 15 com pletely equipped hospital units of 100 beds each, army trucks, ambu lances. - motor trucks, tractors, har rows, a great quantity of coal and condensed milk. 130 tons of other foodstuffs. 2,000.000 yards of mus lin and 25.000 blankets. The food administration granted a special li cense for the export of the foodstuff In such quantities, which is not oth erwise allowed. t? pn t nltUmma f rrmi Cvrf -i va has increased in strength. The bod ies of friendless poor who die on the street are too many for the author- j ities to bury. Some are thrown In to the river,. others collected in empty houses, and a cart is sent around every day or two to carry the corpses off to the sands." Another cable reads: "Nearly one- half of the total population of 127 villages is dead. Of the remainine 64,972 residents of these villaees. 26,181 are in absolute need of helo. The total number of orphans needing help is 6.642." The people of America who have generously contributed to the $30. 600,000 drive for relief work in the ear East which makes possible this lif saving enterprise, would be Im mensely gratified If thep could only PORTLAND. Or.. April 25. Rev. Robert Warner, pastor or the Meth odist church at Wenatchee, Wash., is believed to have made a national record as the result of hia indivii ual effort In collecting $6,000 for the $105,000,000 Methodist centen ary at the little tow.i of Oroville, Wash, In 10 hours, according to re ports to local Methodist centenary leaders today. Collecting frnds at the rate of $10 a minute In an ordinary solicitation offort for the benefit of Christiani ty was termed as something quite out of tbo ordinary at northwestern headquarters of the Methodist cen tenary. Mr. Warmer made a similar record at Wenatchee. his home city, cr llct ins $36,000 for the Methodist cen tenary and local Methodist in&titu tions In almost equally shcrt r.rder After he had completed hi task at Otoville. he iret two frieuds en the trains and obtained an additional Mono In pledges from them. Such an example has this Wenat chee pastor provided that leaders of the Methodist centej.iry at Spo kane have Invited him to visit them ana tell them how he "dii It." acted a toastmaster at the banquet' I Othr speakers were: Y. 1)1 Vintow J or McMinnville. Ir. A. H. Starbuck'X oi udiia.i; r reu j. ju:juuu ui As toria; Walter C. Gleaion of Port land: J. N. Knisht and Bill" Smith also of McMinnville. Governor Declines to Permit Willard Fight SOLDI KHS ItKTl'RX CLOVERDALE. Or April 29. Kay Farris arrived home Thursday from his camp in Virginia where he has been for many months. Walter. Miller arrived home Fri day from France. He looks well and hearty In spite of the hardships en dured In France. The . Cloverdale schoolchildren were please Friday afternoon by a visit from two of their former school mates. Theo and Leonard Graybill now living in Salem. - Ray Farris left for Florence Fri day for a visit with former friends Lane County Mills Get Big Railway Tie Orders EUGENE. Or:, April 2. Orders for 4i0,0Q0 railway ties, approxl mately 18,000,000 feet of. timber have been placed mills in Lane coun ty and vicinity, O. 1L Ball, secre tary of the Western Oregon Tie and Lumber association, said today.; The price paid will be $378,000 for the total amount, the-the United States railroad administration is buying the order at $21 per thousand instead o $17 as has be'a .paifl until the last few days, he said. ' The poster prtrer of $21 was re stored by the order of XI. Tt. Spencer, director of purchases, mho said that the price had been lowered by pur chasing agents ' xst the northwest without authority' front Washington said Ball, on thls-'brder alone differ ence of $72,000 returns on the sale is made. Dallas Pyhians Visited by Grand Officers of Lodge DALLAS. Or., April 29. (Special to The Statesman) F-ed J. John son of Astoria, grand chancellor and Walter G. Gleason of Portland, grand keeper of records and seal of the Kaights of Pythias or Oregon. were In Dallas last night and paid Marmion lodge No. 96 of this city an official visit. A large delegation of Knights from McMinnville. Yam hill and Falls City were the Invited guests of the lodge at the meeting neid In honor of the grand officers, Wo-k was put on In the second rank after which the lodge aid the guesti departed for the dining room or the Dallas hotel where a chicken pie din ner was served. The Dallas lodge Is one tf the banner lodges pf the or der in the state and is making an erfort to gain the largest number of new members -during the present year. Circuit Jndge Ha-ry H. Belt Does Not Run, Crack or Come Off Preserves Shingles, Iron, Tin and all Prepared Asphalt Roofings Acid Proof. Made in Oregon. Sold direct to the consumer. Prices reasonable. Quality guaranteed CLEAVER MFG CO. Portland, Oregon Phone T25 Et P.ALT1MORK. Md.. pri! 29. fGovernor Ha-Tington this evening turned down the itition of Mayor Koons and the Chamber of Com merce and other leading citizens of Cumberland for permission to hold the Willard-Dempsey fight in that city. The governor would not give the Cumberland people a guarantee of non-interference. He said he was not satisfied that the "glove contest" would not degenerate into a "prize fight" and that more tha.i 12 rounds woud be fought. Mavor Koons says he assured the governor that every prevention wbud be taken to prevent any trou-be- or disturbances at the bout that it meant hundreds of thousands if doars for the mining city, but tht governor was inexorabe. lie has not objected or Interfered with the 12 round bouts that are fought weekly In- Baltimore city but he draws, the liae on a 25-round bout or a fight to a finish. NEW CHURCH IS TO COST $4000 Building Permit Secured by Free Methodists for Frame Structure Building permit for a Free Metho dist church now In the course of construction on Market street be tween Summer and Winter streets was secured yesterday at the office of City Recorded Earl Race. The structure is to cost $4000 and Is a frame building. No contract is being let for the church, the work being done by day labor. TELEGIUPII MEN KENT WEST CAMP MILLS, N. Y., April 29. Two hundred men and eleven offi cers of the 411th telegraph battal ion left Camp Mills today for Camps Travis, Pike. Gordon, The Presidio, Lewis, Fort Russell. Dodge. Grant, Custer, Sherman and Taylor The ma jority of the men were detailed for the Presidio ajd Camp Lewis. Slayer of Mrs. Lang to Serve Penitentiary Term PORTLAND, Or., April 29. San Roll!, convicted of killing Mrs. Bet ty Taug, was sentenced to from oae to fifteen years in the state peniten tiary today by Presiding Judge Sta pleton this morning. Rolll shot the woman at her home after she had rejected him and gone to live with her divorced husband, Hans Taug. Bomb Wrappers Searched for at Gimbel Brothers NEW YORK. April 29. Isaac Gimbel. president of Gimbel Broth ers, said today that he attached no importance to the fact that the bombs mailed lo New York to Sen ator Hardwick and Mayor Ole liai son of Seattle, were wrapped in pa per bearing the name of his com pany. 3Ir. Gimbel said no investigation had been started at the store to trar the bomb wrappers, asserting that an investigation would be futile. Explosion in Coal Mine Kills 16 Negro Miners BIRMINGHAM. Alal. Aoril ?9 CI...... -i, . .... oi iic-t j miners, ail DUl IWO OI wnomk were negroes, were killed and eight) others were Injured, probably fatal-1 iy toaay, oy an explosion of coal gaa Reading Advertisements has helped to make this a riited country::::::: r Jim Hawkins props his feet on the rose! festooned porch railing in an Oregon suburb and reads the same motor car advertisement that Cousin Peter is studying as he rides home from work in the New York subway. In Arizona yon can buy the same tooth paste and tobacco that are used by the folks in Maine. 3 California fruit growers advertise their oranges and lemons to the peo ple of the East. New Hampshire factories make ice cream freezers for Texas households. - s . . There can be no division in a coun try so bound together by taste, habit and custom. You can meet up with anybody in the United States andquickly get on a conversational footing because you both read the same advertise ments. - Advertising is the daily guide to what's good to buy. Advertisements give yon the latest news from the front line of business progress. . Reading advertisements enables you to get more for your money because they tell you where, what and when to buy. And it is a well-known fact that advertised goods are more reliable and better value than the unad vertised kinds. ""' ii I I In a mine of the Majestic Coal Min ing company, located 22 miles north or Birmingham. All : but fou- cf the 106 men In the mine at the time or the explosion have been accounted for tonight. Inquisitive Stnnrm v stand that measles broke out here recently? Constable (proudly) Yes; bnt onr head constable caught 'ta Tld "Would you advise a. young man to go into any business where he saw an opening?" It he was sure the opening wouldn't get him In a hole." Balti more American. Read the Classified Ads. CLEAR THE WAY " tv4' : .t - - - : ,- V - 1 , .. .-