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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM,. OREGON. WEDNESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 3. 1020 COLLISION ON S. P. RESULTS IN FATALITY Pullman Porter Killed and 26 Injured Wnen Sec tions Collide TWO SERIOUSLY- HURT Three Pullman Cars Dam aged When Trainmen Fail to Place Flag j SAX FRANCISCO. Xot. 2. A Pullman porter named Weisenger from Oakland ws killed, two pas sengers seriously hurt and 24 .other persons slightly injured in the collusion today ot two sections ct Southern Pacific train No. 1C at Coram,-13 miles from Redding. Those seriously injured were Mrs. R. Long of Tacoma and her 10-year-old daughter Beulah, who were taken to a hospital at Duns r.iuir. Mrs. Long had a badly bruised left arm and hip, while the girl suffered possible internal injuries. " The accident occurred, accord ing to company reports. whenthe first section of the train backed out from a sidine to the main line without flag protection land was struck by the second section. Three cars were damaged. The lections were northbound. r The others injured included: Mrs. V. C. Mendenhall, route 4, Sacramento, back and hips bruised and sprained. J. P. King of Needles, a Santa Fe conductor eh route to Cherry ville, Or., to visit parents. Mrs. M. E. Hiller," Portland, back wrenched. Albert Teras, South Aberdeen, Wash., back sprained. Bob Moore,' Bpokane, "Wash., left leg sprained. '. Isabella Barron, Ashland, Or., slight" bruises on hip. Alva Farnham, Ashland, Or., slight hip bruise. C. B. -Johnson, Pullman porter, left hip bruised. C. A. Lesure, diner steward, left wrist sprained. M. B. Broadmark, Pullman por ter, arm sprained. Price Redactions ' of Automobiles The cause of the recent reduc tions in the price of some autos, and the future of the automobile business.! Prices were reduced to increase sales. Statements by , manufac turers to : the contrary are "pure bunk." 1 When. we entered the world war the government called on nearly all of the automobile manufactur ers to supply war materials. Some were to make motors for aero planes, some motors for tanks, and . some to furnish cars and trucks for army use. Nearly every factory had .more or less govern ment work to do, -which naturally cut down their production of cars. At the same time, owing to jour large export trade.", more money was coming into the country than ever before, and so many men were taken for the service that la bor was scarce and higher than before, his, with the high price of all farm produce, made an unusual demand for cars, a demand that the factories in operation at that time, owing to their war , work: could not fill, and the result was that a great many new automo bile factories came into existence, and hundreds of new auto dealers and selling agencies were formed. People who could not get the car they wanted bought whatever they could get, and as long as this de mand kept up and there were not enough of the standard makes to supply the demand, the new fac tories and dealers enjoyed a very good business. During the past season, how ever, owing to curtailments ot credit, shortage of gas, and man ufacturers of standard makes of cars getting into ful Iproduction, the sales on a great many of the new make dropped off. and. as a majority of the new dealers were doing business on a very small capital, they commenced to cut the price of their cars. Not by adver tising at cut prices, but by taking long trades, giving extra tires and accessories and by taking bonds at par when the market was about 85 to 90 per cent, and this price cutting with the curtailment of credits, and the fact that mer chants in various parts of the United States were trying to raise money to pay their obligations by cutting prices of their merchan dise, led the public to believe that the top had been reached and everything would soon be much lower In price. Consequently, the sales of automobiles, as well as all other commodities showed a very material decrease. ( It was then that a number of manufacturers reduced the price of their cars to Increase the sales. There has been no reduction In the cost of producing automobiles, and will be none until the cost of labor is reduced, because over 90 per cent of the cost of the ear is la bor. The steel used in any car as it lays in the ground is worth very little. It takes labor to get it out, labor to get it to the blast furnace labor to make iron of It, more la bor to make steel, and so on down the line until it is! made up into parts. It is the same way with the wood, the rubber, aluminum or glass in fact, labor Is the decid ing factor in the present and fu ture price of automobiles, and when that comes down, automo biles and the cost of living will comedown; but "when that will be, I cannot even guess. Those automobile manufac turers who have sold their cars at a price that allowed them only a fair and reasonable profit on I their cost of manufacture, can not make any material reduction in their price and continue In business without forfeiting their pro'it or reducing the quality of their product, and the buying pub lic should look, more than ever before, into the quality of the car they buy. The mere fact that th'e price of'a car has been reduced does not always niak? it real val ue for the price asked. A great many of the newer" makes of cars that have appeared on the market In the last two or thre years will probably soon dis appear, and the owners of these cars will find themselves In a very-undesirable position; parts, will not be obtainable, and they will not be able to use their cars without them, and th? resale or cash value of such a car will be practically nil. so the owners of. these cars will pay pretty dearly for their experience. Ninety percent of the cars of today are used more or less for business purposes, very few cars can be classed as pleasure cars any more. Buying a car now Is simply a matter of buying trans portation, and the price you are going to pay for transportation will depend almost entirely on tb car you buy. The main factors to consider are the cost or upkeep and the resale or cash value of a car after it has run a given num ber ot miles. To determine true cost per mile, take purchaw price of car plus cost of upkeep, mlauft cash value at end of period, divid ed by number of luil; run this will give real cost per mile. Here are three examples. John Jones, Bill Smith and Joe Brown each bought cars in April, 1916: John Jones paid for car.f 515.00 Accessories and extras.. 125.00 Repairs. April, 1S16. to April. 1920 192.00 Gas and oil 600.00 Tires 225.00 Total ..11658 00 Cash value in April. 190 320.00 $1338.00 Miles run. 20.000. LI 3. - Bill Smith paid tor car.f. S80.00 Accessories 25.00 ReDaJrs . . . ,. 6 a. 00 das and oil . 5 SO. CO Tires 250.00 Total $18.00.00 Cash value of car April 1920 800.00 1 $1000.00 Miles run, 20.000. Cost per mile, .05. Joe Brown paid for car.. $ 925.00 Accessories 31.50 Repairs 250.00 Gas and oil 675.00 Tires 350.00 Total $2131.50 Cash value of car April. 1920 350.00 $1781.59 Miles run. 20.000. Cost per mile, .089. There are hundreds of John Jonses. Bill Smiths and Joe Browns in the country, and a check-up along this line will show that the cost per mile will figure all the way from flv to 25 cents per mile, according to the make of car. It will also be observed that the cost of upkeep and the cash, or resale value of the car after it has been run 20.000 miles are the main factors in determining the cost it mile (should the same car be run 50.000 mllen. the dif ference In the cost per mile would tx. far greater.) 1 will not mention the merit of different makes of cars, the intending purchaser must de termine this from information that he should get in regard to the upkeep from users of cara.be has in mind, and as to actual cash or resale value from the prices for which he can buy tbe used ci.r. The price of parts, be ihotild vet from the dealer. He should also learn how complete a stock of parts the dealer carries, and how far apart the stocks of parts are throughout the country. Also. If the car he Intends to pur chase Is a one model car. or if there are several models and dif ferent sixes of that make of car. because if it takes a $5000 stock of parts to give adequate service on the one model car it would take a $10,000 stock to rive the same service on a two model, and very few dealers are tn position to give proper service on two sizes of cars. We all know that the automo bile has come to stay; also that the number of-cars will, be In creased from year to year, but the number of different makes will undoubtedly be decreased and become standardized. They will also be sold more along the line of other merchandise, and the public should buy automobilei strictly on their merits. II. F. BOXESTCELE., ' A million miles of barbed wir was used In the war. UlLLimX NEW YORK, Njv. 2. Returns from 6155 out of 7308 districts In New York state give: Cox 695.- 435; Harding 1.619.918. a plu rality of 924.183 for Harding. HKLKVA tnni vAf Re turns from 367 precincts out of in ine siaie gave jiarumc 3467 and Cox 18.907. Returns 'rem 376 precincts gave Dixon. Republican for governor. 36.322 and Wheeler. Ifemocrat. 18.555. COLUMBCS. Ohio. Nov. 2. Re turns late tonight from nearly one hair of the 7.145 precracts tn Ohio showed Fenator ilardlnr leading Governor Cox by more than 153.00 vote. If the present ratio Is contln- ud Senator Harding will carry his hJroe state by a plurality of approximately 357 000. The cor rected vote from 30 47 precincts was: Harding 478.558; Cox 324.-933. morclnr iird!nr 1.42: Cox 1221 For senator: Smith (D 1199; RiiDh Cameron (R 1493: for iTnor Sims (Ol 1205; Campbell tR 1540. COLUMBUS Ohio. Nov. 2. Former Senator Theodora Bur ton has be9 rlivtMl tn tk low er how of ennrrens from the 22nd Ohio (Cleveland) district, according to returns tabulated here tonight. It was uncertain It the iKmocrats had elected a tin gle ctatremn la the state. i SEATTLE. Wash.. Nov. 2. Re turns from 274 precincts oat of 2374 In Washington gie: Hard ing 3S. 153: Cox 12.606; Chrta tenn le.419. For United States senator 131 preciucts rive: Jones 16.i; Cotttrlll 4.236: France on. PORTLAND. Me.. Nov. J Harding swept the state ot Maine by the unprecedented plurality of 76.333 over Cox. The greatest previous plurality received by a I residential candidate In the state was 45.877, given McKinley over Bryan In 1896. The vote of Maiae complete was: Harding. 134.411; Cox. 58.078. WILMINGTON. Del.. Nov. 2. The Republicans apparently will carry the national aad state tick ets la Delaware by pluralities ranging from 3000 to 5000. Re turns from 65 of the 201 districts la the state give: Harding. 12. 643; Cox. 8.033. For governor: Denny (It). 12.633; Lynch (D). 8040. PHOENIX. Arlr.. Nov. J. Forty-six out of 474 p reelects tab alated up to 12:30 o'clock this CHARLESTON. W. Va, Nor. 2. R-turns from 15 precincts out of 1868 In Wen Virginia for pres ident give:. Cox 74.575; Harding 102.819. KNOXVILLK. Tea a. Nor. 1. Unofficial returns rota piled early today by the Journal and Tribune from 65 of the 95 roucties la Teanesaeo cave Hard lag a plural ity of 18.422 over Cox. SIOUX FALLS. S. D.. Nor. 2. 71 precincts South Dakota. Hard ing 9.206; Cox 3.524. fciity-lx precincts for rultd States senator: Norbark 7653; Cherry 2969; Richards 655; Ayrea 1947. 58 precincts for governor: Mc Mastern. 241S; Howes 846; Bates 1.160. CKLKBRAnOX CAIJ-EII OFF. ' WASHINGTON. Nov. lv Plans of the local Democratic committee for a league of nations demonstra tion at the "White House tonight were called off at the suggeslioa of Secretary Turautly. i . j the Kafoury Men's Store Men's $6.50 Silk Shirts f or ..... 94.95 Men's $5.00 Dress Shirts for .$.1.93 Men's $4.00 Dress Shirts for... .92.95 Men's Flannel Shirts,. $2.50 to $4.00 , for i.. 91.95 Men's Flannel Shirts, $5.00 for.. 92.95 MEN'S HATS AND CAPS Your choice of any Hat or Cap at $1.00 less than regular price. " MEN'S SILK NECKWEAR Regular $1.25, $1.50, $1.75. Sale Price, each. . j .. .95c MEN'S SHIRTS $1.95 Special lot of Men's Dress Shirts, $3.00 to $5.00 valueB, on sale. ...... .91-95 1 Safomry's Readjustmemt Sale - ' - Begins Wednesday, 9 a. m and Ends Saturday, Nov. 13 xtra Tempting Specials ,' m -Jfc :. Men's $1.00 Suspenders, on sale. . . . . . . . . ... ... .... . . . .35c Men's 75c Belts, on sale. . ...35c Special lot Men's Caps. $ 2. 5 0 values on sale. J . . 45c Special lot Men's Cloth Hats, $3.50 and $4.00 values, on sale 92.45 5' ' Men's Half Hose The Famous Buster Brown makes, highly mercerized, regular 7&c value, Sale Price, 3 paiis for.'. L 9123 Men's Arrow Collars Ton can save now on these. Sale price, 5 for. Per dozen. . . .". Men's Cotton Sox, 35c value on sale,, 6 pairs. Men's Wool Sox,i45c and 55c, on sale, 3 pairs. Men's Silk Hose $1.00 value, on sale.. ... . . . .91.00 .91.00 .91.00 . . .75c Men's Overcoats v Mackinaw Coats That were $12.50, are now. ........ .99.95 $13.00 ones are, now , fe . . . . v ... . . 912.45 All Overcoats now' at a Big Discount 1 Waterproof Oil Coats on sal at 94. 97, 99 Roys and Men's Pants at 20 percent discounl' Cord Pants, light and dark colors "at. . . . . . ..... T. ,. L . .95.45, 96.50. 97.00' Water Repelant Pants were $4.50, now 93.73 Water Repelant Coats,1 Were $7.50 now 96.73 Mackinaw Shirts, $12.50 values, now.. 98.93 Men's B. V. D.s. were $2.00, on sale.. 91.45 Men's Union Suits. Haynes Brand, $3.50 val ue, now..,......, fl,73 Men's l- Shirts, or Drawers, were $2.50, on sale each. qMJ .....95c Men's L'nion Suits, $3.?0 values on sale 925 Men's Union Suits, $4 values, on sale 9325 Iteglar $2 Underwear for men on sale 91.45 Men's Pajamas, $3.95 values, on sale 92.95 Men's Outing Night Gowns, $3.25 .value. : 92.45 now 9 Women's Night Gowns Very Special Prices, White and Colors ; $1.50, $1.75 and $1.98 Silk Lisle Hose for Women Sold at 75c. Slight imper fections, Sale Price Pair 45c Silk Velvet in Colors" 18 inches wide, $2.50 and $2.75 values, Sale Price Yard $1.98 Coatings Zebelines, Mixtures, Plaids Diagonal and Heavy Serge Suitings, reduced to During these times of reconstruction and readjustment of stocks and prices we are keeping abreast with the times and have remarked our stocks and arranged 'prices in every department of the store which will mean a saying from twenty to thirty-three and a third per cent It has been our policy to never have a sale as we always mark our goods at the lowest possible margin of profit in the first place. So therefore come prepared to find extraordinary values that will long be remembered. Bargains in every department Sale of Vomen s Suits ft ff I J 1 One Special Lot $39.50 Coat Sweaters $2.50 and $3.50 values, on sale. ......... ...91 JXi Ruff Neck Sweaters, were $10.00. on sale ..97J5 Sleeveless Sweaters, were $2.50, on sale. .95c Overalls. Levi Strauss make, special:.....,-.-.,.. 91.95 All Bags and Suit Cases on sale at i ... .SO Per Cent Discount Boys Blouses. $2.50 values now. .... r ............ .t. . .91.45 Boys' Blouses. $2.00 values, now... , .05c Children's Playsuits $1.50 values on sale. . 95c Genuine Levi Strauss Koyralls. $2.00, on sale .91.45 Boys' Flannel Shirts, $3.95 value, on sale.,.7 . ..,.92J5 All Pants for Boys XOW REDUCED 4 Kaf oury s Men's Stor e State Street Half Price Georgette Waists Two Special Lots. Values to $8, on sale.... ...$2.98 Values to $12.00....$5.98 Extra Special Mill ends of Outing. Flan nels, Percales, Ginghams and Dress Goods at Great ly Reduced Prices. Dress Silks One Special lot of Taffe tas, Messaline, Crepe de niney-dauns, and Georg ettes, arranged on the Bar gain Counter. Sale Price $1.75 Here 3s a sale of unusual Importance. Yo.nVni be pleased when you see them. The workmanship of these suits deserves .a special word of commendation, for upon it depends its appearance and de , sirahlllty of the garment. Materials are Silvertone. Broadcloth, Trlcotine and Velour. Readjustment sale price 939.50 The balance of our suits on sale at 20 per cent discount. Children's Wool Dresses $6.50 One rack full of pretty Wool Dresses for children In all sizes. Sale price 9flJW Balance of stock at 20 per cent dis count. Women's Housed resses $2.95 One special lot of Gingham Housedr ess es for women. Sale price. ...... .92.95 Balance of slock at 20 per cent discount. WOMEN'S COATS One Special Lot $25 Come to Kafoury's for your coat, choose one from this twenty-five dol lar rack, you will find them to be ex ceptional values as well as smart look ing and approved styles.. Balance of Coal Stock at special discount. a WOMEN'S DRESSES Arranged in Three Lots $19.50, $25. $29.50 This is your onnortunitv to huv most stylish and becominir dress with out paying the price you usually would be compelled to. You'll admire these dresses at first sight, and their unus ually low prices will tempt 3-ou to buy one or two. Balance of Stock on sale at 10 per cent discount.- WOMEN'S AND CHILDREN'S SHOES AT SALEPRICES Women's $9.50 and $12.50 Dress Shoes, Grey Kid, Black Kid and Patent Leath- erat r - - $6.50 Women's $15.00 Fine Kid Dress Shoes in Grey, Beaver Brown. Black Kid and Dark Brown at : . jq ' Women's $10.00 Black Kid Lace Shoes with French or Military heels at..J7 5Q Children's and Misses Shoes at special low prices. Shoes for dress and school wear, light soles and heavy extension soles in Black and Brown. Lace and But ton, many different styles to select from. Sizes 5 to 8, values to $3.50 at $2.65 Sizes 8 to 11, values to $4.00 at....... 5Q Sizes in voluoa r. rn ni - "t mv3 iu a l A a a ,466.State Street, Phone 877 CROCHET THREAD Safe Price 10c a ball LONSDALE MUSLIN Sale Price 25c yard Buy Fancy Ribbons Now Splendid opportunity to buy your Christmas Ribbons for . fancy work at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES CHILD'S HOSE Special List -29c-pair - - HOPE 'MUSLIN 10 yards to a customer Sale Price 17c yard Silk Hose Reduced $1.50 Silk Hose, now. 4 LOO $2.00 Silk Hose now. $2.50 SUk Hose now. $3.00 Silk Hose now 41.45 4L9S 42.45 36 inch PERCALES Sale Price 25c and 29c yard Unbleached 36-inch Moslin Sale Price 16c yard Outing Flannels Reduced in Prices White and Colors Sale Prices 23c yard; 30c yard; 35c yard; 39c yard Apron Gingham Checks Sale Price 19c yard DRESS GINGHAMS Pretty patterns . Sale Price 29cyard Women's Middy Blouses Made of good quality drilling, many of the regula tion Middy Cloth. Three Lots- $1.98, $2.95, $3.95 Winter Under wear By all means buy your winter Underwear dur ing this sale, the oppor tunities for saving mon ey are big Select yours before sizes are broken. Women's Sweaters Pretty Sweaters in the Tuxedo styles, also in the Button up styles, values to $13.50, onsale Special $6.45, $7.50, $7.90. Slip ,on styles, special lot $3.95 Balance of stock like wise reduced..