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. FRIDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 12. 1020 THE, OREGON STATEStAN. , SALEM, OREGON.- JLL THEATER GREETS SHOW ;entiary Melody Min is Score Success Be- ' ' - . i' ; ; '.apacity house greeted the y.ners In the eighth annual t; Vtlon of the Melody Mln f j'glven by the inmates of the joa state, penitentiary, last it. Before the curtain was d on the first act. every seat the house was engaged for i Thursday and Friday nights a large number taken for the 1 performance Saturday night, he minstrel circle was made 3f lft performers, 12 of whom ented a dignified appearance heir old colonial day costumes, ch were in sharp contrast to brilliant .apparel , worn . by ?e In the nappy negro sextett. he chorus work of the perfor s was especially" good i and es of unusual sweetness' and ios rang out clear and strong, ecially was this true in the old jrite' southern melodies: sung the closing numbers. Julius id rendered two solos which r from the audience prolonged lause, and displayed voice pfi 'llent power and range. he negro troupe . with .: their Jokes and fun-provoking, mirth added greatly to the evening's en joyment.. Music for the occasion was furnished by Hunt's orches tra.' - .In the audience Were to be seen many prominent state officials as well as those who are prominent In the social life of the city. The program as given last night follows: - . i . Opening chorus, "Dixie Land" i -. . . . Entire Company Ballad. ."Shadows" ....... j , James Delaney Trio- and Chorus End Songr"Aunt Jemima's Flap Jack Ball" T. E.i Hewett Baited. 'Tripoli". . .F. A. Rogers End Song. "Who's Gonna Bury I Me?",;., Jessie Jarvis Ballad, "Underneath the Itoyal i Palms" Julius Ward End Song. "Save a Little Dram j for Me' Cotton Pickers and 'The, Cotton . Town Jazz" "The Shimmy Moon" The following performers were In the circle: Julius Ward, Smith; Morey. Conia. Moore. WUliam. Perry. Dale. Steele, Rogers. ! Delaney, Willis, Pearlman. Ends Gra ham. Hewett. Brown. Fuller. "Lot" Moore, Jarvis. Uniformed Men Brutally Kill Sinn Fein Farmer TRALEE. Ireland. Nov. 11. Frank Huffman, a fanner, report ed t3 be a. Sinn Fein commandant, was stopped near his home last I evening by uniformed mea who V, 7. lie: L i asked his name. When be gave Closing Chorus.. Entire Company I youfe the man-we .want." They placed him against fence and bayonetted and snot mm Intermission OLIO (a) Buster Brown "Alabama Bound" (b) Julius Ward "Basso" - i (c) Graham & Pearlman "Between Flashes" Id) Two of Us. ! 1 "A Fleeting Hpur" 2 "Whispering" Intermission "Kentucky Days" The Imperial Four Graham. Hewett, Itokrers, Ward -- A Dixie Melody "Old Black Joe". ..J. Richardson Aunt Dinah". . . . . i . .Lee Dale dead. Several farm houses and hay and corn stacks in a wide area were set on fire last night in re prisal for the shooting of two po licemen at Ball brack.. Constable Griffin was wounded j last night at Castle Island. A H- censed house was "set on fire but J the police and military assisted in I extinguishing the flames. "Where do you ltve in this city close in?" "Fairly so 30 minutes on foot. 15 by -motor car. 25 by street, car and 45 Tr telephone." Kansas City Star. lostek Gt eenbaiim We re dace our prices on all merchandise; wnenever we get lower quotations from manufacturers and wholesalers. ' : . Nice colored Sflk Petticoats at $5 Beautiful colored eey 'Silk Petticoats. .t... J $7.50 z1'1 J6.50 Jap Table Covers and Napkin?, very neat, new patterns and new prices. - Bed Spreads, scalloped and cut comers, size 80x90, weight 3 pounds, priced spe cial at .J..............:.. ........U. $5 Bed Spreadsot ngood quality size, S0x90, weight 2 lbs. special low prices $3.75 Our best Silkalene Comforts, was $7.50, now . ....rl............... ....;...... $6.25 We have cheaper ones, but these are special fine ones, filled with fine white cotton. IvOry Powder Boxes, Hair Heceivers, Combs and Mirrors at reasonable prices. 3ilk;.Tjmbrellas, colors and,black, fine, handles .and Jvorg tipped. Swell umbrellas : ' I. . A 4".'-. ' - V ' at reasonable prices V24b and 246 Commercial Street ARfillSTICE DAY IS CELEBRATED Armory Filled to Overflow ing When Judge Butler of The Dalles Speaks Salem's "celebration of the sec ond anniversary of Armistice day brought out a crowd that filled the armory to overflowing when Judge R. It.. Butler of The Dalles delivered a patriotic address .. terday and a musical program was given. The exercises at the armory began at 11 o'clock with miirlc by the Elks orchestra, which played a series of selections. These were followed by two solos by. Miss Gertrude Aldrich. talent ed young Salem vocalist. . Judge Butler's addrens was highly patriotic In nature. lie began by showing the value f living In a land of heroes au a land where anniversary d.ys cf great achicvem nts are eie bratexl. He did net confin .ijh eloquent tributes to ihe younn veterans of the world war. but also paid respect to the nitr. of the Grand Army and the vrT- ans cf other wars in whlcr'i thiJ Judge Butler was Introduced by Dr. W. Carlton Smith, com mander of Capital pest Xo. 3. American legion. Rev. II. N. Aldrich. of Leslie Methwdist charcb, gave the invocation. lawyer. and other outsiders. Only the 1C club owners will ue. part in th diruMIoii. Out of th pfiice n,'t""fjn' " i was expected that the i.aker plan . for baebaU rcrganiution will be modified to meet new situa tions. The minor leagues have j decided upon a "bands off pol ley in regard to endorsement of ) the phvn. but they InUt Upo.i ! w. a t .M. . ifftt with Ihn mi.' ior leagues on the new governing body. After the minor leaguer arreed upon the selection f a committee of six to meet with the major leugues in dvelo-lnt; the plan of bHcl;il! reorganization and had chosen Bufflo. .V V. for the 1921 meeting, the annual conven tion was closed. The committee rejected to meet with the major kague owners probably will not gv into conference with them un til after the threatened major league war in settled. It is considered likely that the Joint meetinK of the three organ nations probably will not be held until February. The minor leaguers unanimous ly vote.I President M. H. ixton of Rock Inland, lil., an annual salary of foort. A Six Cylinder Parable By the BUSINESS MANAGER DOVE HOVERS OVER BASEBALL Reorganization With Judge Landis Board, Chairman is Favored KANSAS CITY, Not. 11. With the dove of peace hovering orer them, the warring clubs of the American and National leagues left tonight for Chicago where to morrow; they will meet in confer ence to decide for war or peace in the major leagues. Predictions were made that the eleven club owners of the newly organized National league, and the five clubs "loyal" to Presi dent Ban Johnson of the. Ameri can league, will agree to end hos tilities. While no official an nouncement has been made, every member of the two major leagues, has gone on record as favoring a reorganization in baseball of the appointment of a new board of control, and the selection of Fed eral Judge Landis of Chicago as the chairman with a salary of $50,000 a year. When the 16 club' ownera go Into session tomorrow they will meet' to iron out their differences. Past grievances will be forgotten and no reflection will be cast on any of the major league officials present or absent. Xeither Pres ident Johnson nor President Hey dler of the National league will attend. Neither will there be any Wage Redaction Will Be Resisted by Labor WASHINGTON. Nov. 1 1 Plans for resisting n-ductious in wage t leait until the cost of living lit materially loweied were dicuh.ed today by the executive council of the American Federation of La lor at the opening session of its regular fall meeting. Labor lead ers, it was said, are determined to delay wage cuts as long as pos sible. . Reports were received by the council, it was learned, of In creasing unemployment and of wage reductions in some lines of work. Several officers of the federation are said to have de clared that strikes will be resort ed to if the pay of workers is re duced in violation of existing con tracts. Reprecentatives of the two doz en labor organizations which par ticipated in last spring's steel strike are expected to meet with the legislative council tomorrow. They will be asked, it was said today, to join in the fight again.t wate reductions. The council is framing a legis lative program which congress will be urged to adopt at the com ing session. fan HERE once was an Automobile j Driver who used all Six Cylinders going Down Grade, but when he came to a Hill he took the wires off two Spark Plugs and tried to negotiate the hill on Four Cylinders. You will agree that he was a Pretty Foolish Driver. - -li keep in mess touch with the world READ ADV ERTISEMENTS You can learn more from the advertise ments in your daily newspaper than you could in week! spent in visiting stores, shops "and offices. If you did not read the advertisements, you might go to a store and come home again and never learn ahout some new goods in that store that would interest you. But the storekeeper knows and he publishes the news in an advertise ment for you to read. If you did not read advertisements, you might go on purchasing one article for vars when a new and better article has come to take its place. f:. - s ' : ' - - - - - '.j..- ' ' . i-.- "i- (-' . - ' - ft pavs to keep in touch with the busi ness world by reading advertisements. It pays if you have nothing to buy but your own clothes and shoes and candy and books and other personal things. It pays even more if you are buying for a household. By keeping in touch through reading advertisements you can buy to more advantage, find our where and when to get ihe things you want, and avoid regrettable expenditures. A large part of our world of today is the .world of business and commerce. And the Voice by which it speaks is advertising. It has a message for you. Keep in touch by reading this message by reading advertisements. Red Cross Have Formed No Irish Relief Plans WASHINGTON. Nov. U. Dr. Livingston Farrand. chairman of the central committee. American Red Cross tonight said no defin ite plans had been formulated to extend relief work to Ireland. "Following Its regular proced ure the Red Cross has requested of its representatives la Europe report on the situation both as to-the need and the practicability of, American Red Cross assist ance." he said. "Such a report has not yet been received. . "Further, there has not come to the American Red Cross from the government of the United States nor from "any government concerned any intimation that conditions call for the im mediate offer of such assistanca as the American Red'Cross might be expected under its charter to render. "Should conditions demand and Che international situation permit, the American Red Cross would gladly give snch aid as would be L consistent with Its resources. Its ooiigauons ei sewn ere and Its re sponsibility to the American public." Coiag 4owa lull U Vmi H Six CylUf. Yet a Lot of automobile advertisers and other advertisers are Just Like Him. Last fall and winter when they couldn't supply their Customers Demands (the Going was Good) they advertised on a very Large Scale used.Six Cylinders). Now that they have Struck the Upgrade, quite a Few of them are Deliberately get ting out and taking the Wires off two of their Spark Plugs. Just like the Grocer who Pulled Down the Curtains in his store because his groceries Weren't Selling. ' Another automobile company Took an Opposite View. They ran on Six Cylinders in good times; now they are running on Six and Giving her. a lot of. Extra Gas. When others are Dropping Out they are going Strong. Here's what they say: With furarner coming oa and the market alowing up we've started adver tising bij. We are running more and larger copy than we used last wiaur. Our buxineta ia briak. We told r&ort cars in August than In June." Uk tk Ulx tw Sswtk flags. A lot of Pessimists say we are in for a business depression This Winter. Those who Discharge their Best Sales men doubtless will find business slow. But think how much Better it would be for Everyone to keep On His Toes and when business shows Signs of Slowing Down, step on the Gas, keep Hitting 03 All Six and take the Hill on High! MORAL: TKe purpose of Advertising is to Sell Goods and the time to Push Advertising is when Sales Don't Cocao Easy. i4p'"!!nLifli:.. THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEP BEARCATS OFF FOR TACOMA Willamette and College of Puget Sound Meet on Gridiron Saturday Amid the shouts of enthusiastic btudents and the din of the var sity band the Willamette fighting bearcats left last night for Ta coma where they will engage in a gridiron contest with the Col lage of Puget' Sound Saturday. Nearly 300 pepsters met at the Oregon Electric depot to boost the Willamette squad on by their rH. song and band harmony. - This will be the first time the Willamette Bearcats have entered the areha of their brother Metho dists or the north. A fighting quad is awaiting them. The con test will be staged iu the stadium and undoubtedly will be witnessed by, a record-breaking crowd for ?acoma people are football en thusiasts and this will he a col-l-e rame. C. P. S. has labored all season for one purpose -the ueieai or w lllamette In football. However hard they may try. Willamette has the dge on them to start with it Is said and their fighting spirit does not bein to compare with that of the varsity, according to reports. Last year W. IT. defeated almost the same team by 1 to 0. Two weeks ago C P-. S. played a tie game with Pacific and one week later Wil lamette unmercifully defeated Pa cfic 23 to ?, so the dope Is strong, ly In favor of the local squad. '. It is thought the Willamette team will Hne'up abont the same as It did In the contest agatnst Pacific a week ago. Wapato will probably retain his new position at half back and H&sler will probably assume the pivot position while. Harry Rarey will probably handle th tackle position and Jit Nickel will start as guard. Those who made the trip were Captain Rarey. Irvine. Zeller, Sherwood. Barnes, Lyman, H. Rarey. Lawson. Nickel. Bain. Dasler White. Ganzans. Power, Bird and Oliver. Try Classified Ads. in The Statesman For Results on Adriatic Question WASHINGTON. Nov. 11. The Italian embassy communicated to day to the state department a dis patch from Its government say ing lhaj Italy and Jugoslavia, had reached an agreement on the Adriatic question. The dispatch was not made public, but at the embassy it was ssid that the boundary line agreed npon was virtually that proposed la th minimum demands of the Italian government. The new line runs through the Julian Alps and down the Dalma- tlan coast well to the eastward : of the original line proposed by President Wilson and cloly ap proximates the line laid down in the treaty of London sieved be tween Italy and France and Great Britain In 1)14. State department officials would not say whether thU sttlMneat would be objectionable to the American government, explaining that they had not had time to study it. Under the agreement. Fiume becomes an Independent Mate, without any bontrol by th leaKue of nations, as was pro posed by President Wilson. It was rtated Flume Immediately would underUke negotiations of customs agreements so commerce could be freely developed. Swedish Palp Market Displaces Canadian OTTAWA. Ont.. Nov. 11. United States pulp and paper mills which once supplied Japan with 60 per cent of its Imports of these products now itirnlth 17 per cent. A. E. Bryan. Canadian trade com missioner at Yokohama, declared in a report made public here to day. Canadian shippers, the re port asserted, have been displaced by Swedish for flrt place in the Japanese pulp and paper markets. The adverse exchange situation letween the United slat. ni Canada, the commissioner attri buted as the reafon for the do minion's failure to hold the lead. Owing to the fact that Canadian mills are demanding payment In United States gold dollars. Jap anese Importers are able to land Scandinavian pulp iD Jpan. duty laid, at lower prices than they can obtain the prod net from Can ada. ' If Canadian shippers had been content with the funds of their own country." Mr. Bryan assert ed. -onr pulp shipments would have been much larger than they were." Tm5 3"how niiiT worth The WAS Tn,lT YeRrV riit7 jtnivJ OIP CrV ME.ni 3Cf. .1 flfiYWAY i Democratic Leader Meet To Consider Policies FRENCH LICK. InL. Nov. 11. Numerous conferences were held today among democratic leaders on reconstruction pollciJ affectinb the democratic party's future. It Is said to ba the plan of the party leaders to go over the prop ositions put forward today In an endeavor to arrive at some defi nite Plan of reorranlxstlnn tnr the party., When a definite plan rm pry JJ -7 awTTJWATKisat caatoo can. t Is formed. It is sad. sentiment !'! be sounded out ia all sctlcns oH me country as to the tulvLsbllitj of putting ths policy into opera- ui-n. Sever- more republic idJ ers arrived today for a meeting ai vtesinaaen. There was .oa-l siderable talk imcer thm .nJ eerniag the possible make-op oH me rantnei. rrd W. IphJunJ treasurer ct the republican ntt-1 icnai committee, said he htt-vel ?wiior araing win nave a's raltd made on substantially for .- cabinet position before anything' can be accomplished either tcr or against Individual through thr efforts of any orgaaiiation or anyj group ci men. U. of 0. Frosh IVm From 0. A. C. RoofcJ EUGENE. Ore.. Nor. It. Uni versity of Oregon freshmen today dfated the Oregon Agrlcultnral college "rooks" at football bv a score of 12 to 0 on a wet and slippery fild. The locsl men showed their superiority at all time during tbe game. Though the rain was undoubtedly an ad vantage to them. O. A. C. several time attempted to open p a passing game but tbe rain made this form of offense Impractical. The vUitors kept np their flsbt tbrougbout'the entire fame and didn't give up unti I the end. . He My diar. I've warned you before and now I must insiitthat we try to live within our Ineoaie. Phe Oh. very well. If joa want t be considered ' eccentric by everybody "In our Boton Transcript. , Had I don't know about teed insr you any more mony. When I lent you two months ago von told me that ynn only wasted It for a little khile. Bright Son Well. dad. I didal keep It lent. Dallas N- When A Want Ad Is Working for You You're miking sure progress la your hant for a buyer for thai used machinery, or furaltar or office appliances. Peopls ara z.d afraid to bay needed, thlags becaas they ara -second haad." Thi Important tblar la that they are still good eaouga to tlvt satlsfae tory serrlce. If they are, your ad. will do buslaesa for you. !