1919 IS BANNER
YEAR IN SALEM
HOLIDAY TRADE
Merchants Say Purchasers
Buy. Useful Gigv Chiefly
But Buy Fr
RUSH ON IN
SrN
EST
Outlook for 1920 Bright for
Business is General
Opinion
Salem merchants declare that the
1919 holiday season is going to be
one of the best selling years since
the pre-war basis tlmets and In some
instances exleeding any year in the
business history. Taking into-con
sideration the facts that holiday
goods cost 50 to 100 per cent more
than formerly and even at these pric
es it is difficult and in some instanc
es impossible to get shipments from
manufacturers the situation shows
that Salem is surging ahead, declare
business men.
In this era of high prices, general
sentiment, it is said, claims that
nothing is more apropriate as a gift
than something' that can be used in
the daily routine; And since the
war Jt is more, noticeable than ever,
the people or today are giving as
Christmas gifts, presents of tliis
character.
Just as the C hrtitmas shopping
was nicely begun thej untimely now
came along and! temporarily
squelched any efforts at Christmns
buying. This delay is practically
over now and business is recuperat
ing rapidly according to merchants
As soon as the roads are made pas
sable many of the out of town buy
ers will be coming in. It is estimat
ed that many thousands of dollars
' are brought to Salem from this
source every year. IThere is good
resson for this s Salem merchants
carry all the well known brands of
merchandise which makes It unnec
essary to go to the coast towns for
Christmas shopping. -
The 1919 business! year has been
a Banner year for the merchant:
there are some exceptions, vhlch did
not do as well this year as last, but
as' a whole, the averaee did far bet
ter than In 1918. The wr being
orer many restrict Ions were removed
that had proved to be a great draw-
"back to merchants though a neces
sity tp the public. From last Jan
uary until in June deemed1 to be
where the balance ofjthe year's sales
were made, barring the holiday sea
son..''.
Outlook Bright
The! ndustrial activities of Salem
hare been progressing in leaps and
hounds, dnrlnr the ! war and now
many extensive operat'7ns are
iimned and Sunder construction.',
among them the paper mill, proposed
" canneries and additions, apartment
houses. This means much construc
tlon work and when they are finished
, permanent resident will have to be
had to run them. Taking all this
as a whole the Salem businessmen
have a very promising outlook tor
1920, and offers to be one of Salem's
most progressive yearst it is pointed
out. .!'' '
A local merchant said yesterday
The sooner the local business man
realizes and takes advantage of the
industrial progress of Salem by us
ing modern methods of business pro-
Keep even wun tne indus
trial progress, the sooner he will
have to prepare for better business
and better profits." -
Alleged Secretary of 1. W. W.
Arrested After Long Search
I -OS AXGELES. Doc : 1 7 Vote
Burba, 38, alleged secretary of the
local branch of the I.W.W., was ar
rested tonight by agents of the de
partment of justice under instruc
tions from Washington on a chared
of criminal syndicalism. Federal of
ficers declared Burba is one of the
most widely sought !reds" in the
United States and his arrest ends a
nation-wide search of weeks.
Cheese Manufacturers Upon
Tenth Annual Convention
PORTLAND. Or. Dec. II. The
tenth annual convention of the Or
egon State Association of Butter
makers and Cheesemakers nnened
here today. R. E. Cavett. president
of the association, presided and an
address of welcome was made bv
Mayor George L. Baker. The after
noon program included addresses bv
E. B. Fitts of the Oregon Agricul
tural college: H. W. Thomas. T. S.
Townsend and F .S. Bine.
The program scheduled for ThJi
day includes talks by J. D. Mickle. on
the Oregon dairy laws and C. L. Haw
ley will discuss dairy legislation.
NEW SECRETARY
STATES POLICY
Alexander Says Foreign
Trade Will Be Promoted
With Aggressive Spirit
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. In his
first statement of policy since assum
ing the portfolio of secretary of com
merce, Joshua W. Alexander today
declared that under his administra
tion the department of commerce
would follow an alert and aggressive
policy In promoting foreign trade
Tempered with its aggressiveness,
the new secretary said, the depart
ment would pursue a policy of fait
play to America's competitors in the
foreign trade field. The United
States, . Secretary Alexander said,
must riot only exert itself in the for
eign markets to which it is accus
tomed but must push American
goods in the countries where little
headway has been made.
The government should not Tr-called
upon for extension of credili to
foreign countries, Mr. Alexander de
clared. Credit, In his opinion, is a
matter for bunks and private con
cerns to furnish. I -
The secretaiy approvedithe policy
of the shipping board, that the gov
ernment should operate its ships un
til they can be taken over by Ameri
can shipping interests.
CONVENTION OF
MINERS NOT SET
Lewis Says Decision in Coal
Strike is Final and Will
Not Come Up Again
INDIANAPOLIS." Dec. 17. Acting
President John L. Lewis, of the Unit
ed Mine Workers tonight stated it
had not been determined when or
where the general convention of mine
workers to be called soon would be
held. It was decided to call such a
convention to explain to the 2.100
delegates from local unions reasons
for the 'action by the committee in
accepting the . president's proposal
for ending the; strike.
Mr. Lewis stated that the question
of approval or disapproval .of the
general committee's action would not
come before the convention, as Hi"
decision reached at Indianapolis last
week was final.
Officials of the United Mine Work
ers today said part of the organiza
tion's strike benefit fund, said to ex
ceed $15,000,000 would be used in
dispensing Christmas cheer anion?
the needy miners' families.
Industrial Preparedness
for War Urged by Baruch
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. Peace
time industrial preparedness for war
was tecommended by Bernard M. Ba
ruch. former charman of the war in
dustries board, in a report to Presi
dent Wilson submitted today to con
gress. Encouragement , by the gov
ernment of the mining of essential
war minerals, the preservation ol
skeleton munition plants, and the
creation of a skeleton organization,
similar to the war industries board,
were the specific recommendations
made by Mr. Baruch.
Alexander. Berkman. her companion
of years, and some 80 other Russian
radicals, tonight forwarded to Attor
ney General Palmer formal' notice of
htr action.
.Miss Goldman in a statement made
public by her counsel, declaied lta.ii
among things she expt-ctod to do In
soviet Russia would be organization
oi a Kusiian Friend- of Ameiirnn
Freedom along lines similar to those
of the "American Friends of Russian
freedom' in which, aroused
sentiment against th "tyrannies ct
the Czar."
Admiral and Lady Tudor
Arrive from Singapore
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 17..d
miral Sir Frederick Tudor, tor two
years commander of the British flext
in Asiatic waters, arrived today from
Singapore. He was accompanied by
Lady Tudor and his chief of Biaff,
Sir Frederick Fisher and Lady Fish
er. Admiral Tudor, in co-operation
with American and Japanese war
ships, bad charge of guarding mer
chant shipping against German raid
ers. '
PERSHING WOULD
MEEHETCRANS
General To Be in San Francis
co January 24-25 Is Lat
7 est Word
Woman Neuropath Arrested
on Charge of Manslaughter
LOS ANGELES. Dec. 17. Mrs.!
iCtrtmd Stoel. nuronath. was r-
rested tonight on a charge of man- j
YIDOV VINS IN
INSURANCE SUIT
TXmVX Minnie L Billings Gets
Verdict for $15,000
Saicide Claim Rejected
i days ago. She was later released on
Jder S2U00 bail. The district attor
ney's office charged Blaha died as a
1 result of an alleged poisonous fat.
lotion applied by Mrs. Steel.
Christmas on Air Department
JENKINS AFFAIR
GOES BY BOARD
Fall Denounces Policy of Gov
ernment in Relations
to Mexico
A
STARTS TODAY
Everybody Loves
This Fat Man
WHO IS HE?
FRANK
M'LNTIRE
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REX
BEACH'S
FAMOUS COMEDY
A 300-Ppnnd Patriot
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"TOO
FAT
TO
FIGHT"
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Other Features Too!
LIBERTY
MAN, MISTAKEN
FOR LION, SHOT
Edward Warner, Pilot Rock,
Kills Cousin, Ashley Janes,
While Hunting
PENDLETON. Or.. Dec. 17.-Ed-ward
Warner of Pilot Rock. Or..
mistook his cousin. Ashley Janes, for
a cougar while the two were hunting
near there yesterday and shot and
killed him, acording to word
brought here tonight. Janes was 25
years old.
TACOMA. Wash.. Dec. 17. Min
nie E. Billings, widow or Orville Bil
lings. Taeima capitalist and politic
ian, won her suit in the federal court
here today, when jury brought a
verdict in her favor, for -113.000
which Mrs. Billings was attempting
to collect from a life insurance com
pany. The Jury was out but fe
mlnutes and its findings is taken al-
1 . v. n;itl A I A nt
Yoik. urged the committee to ap--j . , :. u ' , T
prove the Curry bill consolidating all ; commit raicioe mm u,
aviations sections under director of '" b Insurance comply.
: aviation not a cabinet officer, but the Ma met death through the accldent-fub-committee
took no forma! action. al discharge of his own revolver.
I SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 1 7. A tel
egram received by Mayor Rolph to- Action Delayed UntU AftCT
' general rersbing expected
to be In San Franrliro January 21
and 2to inspect the Presidio and j WASHINGTON. Dec. IT.Aetion
me rorts on the south side of San Ion a united air service was deferred
Francisco bay. General Pershinr ! ,odaT until after the hristmas re
asked that in ronnprti... .:., .!' b the ott military commit-
t,r , . -"'(tee. Representative LaGuardia. New
.u . iinFLr-i jor nis recepiion
opportunity be offered for him to
meet members of the American le
gion and other former service men.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. Reply
of the Mexican government to the
second American note renewing the
request for the release of Consular
Agent Jenkins had reached the state
department tonight and officials said
they had not been advised that it
had been handed to George Summer
lin. the American charge at Mexico
City.
Secretary Lansing refused to read
the text as given out In Mexico City
last night and transmitted in an As
sociated Press dispatch and said he
would not comment before the of
ficial text had been received.
Before leaving the border where
he Is to resume the investigation In
to Mexican affairs by the senate
committee of which he Is chairman.
Senator Fall. Republican. New. Mex
ico, issued a statement declaring the
American eovernment had started ne
gotiations in the Jenkins case with
an ultimatum and had ended up wun
a final abandonment of its position
He added that he had no reason
to think that any thing further would
be done by the government "In the
Jenkins case or any other case other
than to back, wash our hands wl
invisible water, roll our eyes upward
and proclaim "peace on earth, good
will to bandits'."
YALE FOOTBALL
CHIEFS GO OUT
Noted Figures Retire From
Active Participation in
Gridiron Affairs
NEW HAVEN, Conn.. Dec. 17.
Noted figures in Yale's football his
tory passed out of active participa
tion in grididou activities at the uni
versity tonight vhen the executive
conim'ttee of the board of control ap
proved the football committee for
lli 20, as appointed by Captain John
T. Callaham.
Three member.! of the committee
were not reappointed. They are:
Walter Camp, 'SO,. regarded for years
as Yale's leading advisory football
coach and himself a gridiron star it.
18T&-79; Vance C. McCormlck. '93.
former chairman of the Democratic
national committee, and one of Am
erica'p economic delegates at the
peace conference and Joseph R. Swan
'02. ;
Dr. William Foster Will
Accept New Place is Word
PORTLAND. Or., Dec. 17. Pri
vate telegrams received here today
from Los Angeles announced that
Dr.. William Trufant Foster, presi
dent of Reed college, has been select
ed as superintendent of the city
schools there and that his forma!
election will follow tomorrow. Ac
cording to the information Dr. Fost
er has agreed to accept the offer. He
went south from here recently an a
combined business and pleasure trip
He has been president of Reed col
lege since it was first opened In 1911
Employment Bureau Places
500 Men in Work in 2 Weeks
PORTLAND. Or.. Dec. 17. Ac
cording to a report filed today by the
city free employment bureau, five
hundred men have been placed In po
sitions by the bureau within the past
wo weeks. More than two thousand
men sought work, according to the
report. itbln the same period po
sitions were found for 34 women.
WOMEN PROTEST
POET'S PARTING
D'Annunzio Says He Will
Stay in Fiume Until Pleb
iscite Orders Departure
TRIEST, Tuesday, Dec. 16. (By
The A ssociated Press) Withdrawal
from Fiume of Gabriele D'Annunzio
and his troops, ret for this mtrnin?.
did not take place, the women of
the town having implored D'Annun
zio to retain his garrison there.
D'Annunzio announces that be will
not leave Fiume until the plebiscite
which he has ordered for Thursday
approves his departure.
EMMA GOLDMAN
READY TO LEAVE
"Russian Friends of American
Freedom" to be Formed
in Soviet Russia
NEW YORK. Dec. 17. Harry
Wreinberger, counsel for Emma Gold
man who announced she would waive
her leeal rights to ask appeal from
the deportation order on which she
is to be sent back to Russia with
RUSSELL TALKS
IN OWN DEFENSE
Defendant in Winnipeg Strike
Case Seeks to Justify "One
Big Union"
. WINNIPEG, Dec. 17. In his own
defense. R. B. Russell, charged with
seditious conspiracy in connection
with the Winnipeg 'general strike
last May. outlined at his trial today
reasons for unrest among woricmen
which he said had led to the walk-
Seeking to Justify organization of
the one big union, which he termed
industrial unionism, he declared low
wages, refusal of employers to rec
ognize trade unions and orders In
council prohibiting strikes had
aroused the anger of working men-
Referring to the government rail
way board, he declared the govern
ment representing. M. E. Meighen
minister of the interior, had In an
swer to refusal of railway shopmen
to accept the award or the board in
1918. announced workers would be
put in khaki and forced to work.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE
ONE NIGHT
Friday, December 19
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Case of 32 I. W. W. Charged
Under Spy Act Goes to Jury
KANSAS CITY. Mo.. Dec. 17 The
case of 32 I.W.W. on trial In the
federal court charged with violation
of the espionage act, went to the jury
late today. .
Northcliffe Give Dinner
for American Ambassador
LONDON. Dec. 17. Lord and La
dy Northcliffe g&ve a dinner tonight
in honor of the American ambout
dor. anc. Mrs. Jchn W. Davis.
Ice in Willamette River
! Still Delays Navigation
PORTLAND) Or.. Tvec 17. Ice
conditions in the Willamette and Co
lumbia rivers today still hampered
navigation, but the steamers Rose
City and Curcacao bucked their wal
through from Astoria after trips of
more! than 24 hours, and three oil
tankirs left down. Wooden vessels
made no attempt to navigate. Ice
conditions were improving fast and
It was expected that all vessels would
be moving by tomorrow.
.j
Jury Complete for Trial
j Youth Held as Murderer
CQQUILLE, Or.. Dec. 17. The
jury was completed today in the cas?
of Harold Howell, 14 years old. on
trial for the second time charged
with having slaia 16-year-ld Lillian
Leuihold last July by shooting her
near her home in the country scu'h
ot here. Three days were required
to complete the Jury. It w-as an
nounced by the judge that each h
woud be permitted to catl 4 5 Har
nesses. Evidence against yoHing Ho
cll Is wholly circumstantial. The
pury in the former trial disagreed. "
Use of Klamath Lands for
Soldiers' Settlement Urged
WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. Utiliza
tion t ten thoua.nd acres of govern
ment owned swamp land near Klam
ath Lake, Oregon, as a soldiers' set
tlement project was urged. y the Or
egon delegation in the house at a
conference today with Secretary Lane
The government now is negotiating
contract with private interests to
reclaim the land and secure its use
for SO years.
Bean to Sign Final Decrees
in Long Pending Oil Cases
LOS ANGELES. Cal.. Dec." 17.
Final decrees settling the long pend
ing Midland Oil land cases will be
signed here soon by Judge Robert S.
Bean of the United States distrtt
j court, be announced this morning.
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