The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, April 22, 1923, Image 7

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Newspaper Page TextTTIE OREGON STATESMAN. SALRa. OREGON SUNDAY. MORNING, APRIL 22, 1S23 ! 4 1 V Attack LatirichiBd Ion Prices but boodrBuyflig Support Brings Rally. NKW YORK, Aprl Speculators tor the. 21. decline launched i another 'attack on prices at the opening 04 today's stock ;warket l forcing recessions of 1 !to 4 points in a nnmber of Industrial and railroad leaders but KoodK xing support made its appearance at the lower levels and a number i of the early losses were modified or entirely can celled J '; t:- '':'; . : There j were ) no outside devel opments; to; Influence a .resump tion of selling pressure, which was merely a continuation of that inspired i by a i number ot unfavorable influences yesterday. Extensive I short covering opera tions et in after the' first hour 4ind gave added impetus tojthe moderate rally In the closing dealings. ' . , ; vV-;; ... Speculative Interest was again attracted to the sugar ftharea on Himley's 1 revised estimate, placing the Cuban, crop at ' 3, 735,000 tons as against an ear lier estiwate ' of 4,102,857. Pan-American oil leases vi were strong on Mr. "Doheny's announce ment of the projected develop ment in the ; California naval re serve oil lands.' . J ; ; Other loila moved within nar row and irregular limits. Steel shares had. a temporary sinking spell. - T: ;Vi.;,' ,,.,. T . .Investment i rails, which pre viously had offered good reals-' taoce to -j Belling power broke sharply in the absence of suffi cient buying support belor -current., price : levels, i ? I Trading: in . foreign exchange was i- dull with ; no : Important changes in rates. Deand sterling eased, slightly to 4.65 1-4, French francs held steady around 6.65 cents, and ' German marks were quoted around .0037 cents.' The . .. weekly clearing bouse statement shewed . decreases of $1-9.770,000 in loans, discounts and investments and $202,000 In cash In own vaults. Reserve of members, jin the federal re serve bank Increased by $9.758,f 000 net demand deposits by $48, 398,000 and time deposits by $1,417,000. . . . ; 1 Aggreijkte ;. reserve totaled $522,740,000. leaving an excess reserve of $15,996,740. an in crease of $3,503,440 over the previous, week. r .- , " j 7X Standard Oil of Calif. SAN' FRANCISCO. April 21. rhe.net profits of the Standard Oil . company in California for f92J:were $27,019,813. or 10.31 per cent. On the combined issue j-apltal, and book surplus of $262, 150.578 as Of December 31. 1922, according' to the annual, re port of the company issued today. The net profits are reached after deducting operation, depletion, Inr terest on debentures and estimat ed v income taxes. : ; y.j.ii ?; L The state's.- crude oil. produc- GRND - V t. America's Foremost maac ktAur. mm, (in peRsori ) A TASClflATlflQ TMRfLUnC- PLAV of A UrOfiOCRfUt. tove in m tonooci CHICAGO SUCCESS a I MAIIj OltIKKS NOW iSeat Hale Tuesla. lO a. in. vUK Llientele is composetl of discriminating men men who demand fine j TAILORING v WM. CHRISTIANCE . . . Artistic Tailoring ; i y Stage Terminal Building J ..Phone 69G tioa Increased from a daily aver age of 314.613 barrels in Janu ary, 1922, to a daily average of 497,639 in December 1922, ac cording td the report, j Of Ithe 804)00 barrels. a day it was neces sary to shut n during December, the company's share was 20,004 carrels a day. PASSES BEYOND Resident of Salem for 36 Years,' Former Postal Employe Is Called George Mi Grilley, for the past 36 years a respected resident of Salem, died Saturday at his home In South Salem. . j He Came V here j in 1 8 8 7 f rom Kansas and served .for a number of years as mall carrier on the Silverton, McCoy, Macleay and other routes in and out of the city;. . Finally he j resigned from the 1 postal service and took up farming and fruit growing in Salem Heights. He was a mem ber of, the Presbyterian church for almost 60 years. lie became much interested, in YMCA work, especially through his son. Al bert Grilley, the famous YMCA physical director and. leader, and maintained his own Interest to the time of his death. Mr. Grilley, who was 81 years of age at the time! ot his death, is survived by one sister, Mrs. E. M. Law of Salem; two nieces. Miss .Healey of Salem and Mrs. Ethel Gulvin of Jefl'erson, and a daughter and three grandchil dren in Portlands The funeral Is to be held Monday at 10:30. from the Terwilliger home, with Rev. Ward Willis Long1 in charge. The interment will be fn City View cemetery. j , ; OP TOWARD CITY Four Feet of Water Already Reported on Outskirts of. Metropolis ! WINNIPEG, April 2 1. - En gineers resorted to dynamite to day in an attempt to blast a new channel for flood waters of the Assinibolne river and check the threatened inundation Of ' Portage La Prairie. : ,.:; :.j , v' ; The . waters, already 15 spread over the outskirts were rapidiv climbing toward the center of the city. The city hall was bains surrounded when! .volunteers of the Canadian Pacific railway be gan blasting In the downtown section in the hope -of diverting the flood. , The danger to Portage La Prairie, 60 miles west of 'here, became -imminent early today when an Ice gorge in the Assini belri flammed and 'tho waters piled up, breaking through the river banks and Inundating a wide farming area to the south west. LDridges have gone out: fann- - ;illW: - - - 1AFSiL - - 25 Dramatic Actress i md. peeserrr CLAMOROOS FM CAST - mv JAW6S )) UMtJZQ FACAft IVirrs- Inc!iilini5 Tux tTc, 9 1.05,' 92.75 r Cleaning and 1'rcssrnj GE0.I. OHM FLOODS CREEPING T. : - 5t ' V-''- . 11 ' r"-"- 'I T C rW ' Increased thefts of motor cars and accessories have brought the motorist to realize that he must take extra precaution with- his machine" and its equipment. As rapidly as the number of cars have increased during the past years, the number of thefts have increased even more rapidly. -Is this cleverness" on the- part of the thief, or carelessness on the part of the motorist? Although the car owner cannot entirely eliminate this menace he certainly do something toward protecting his car and its equip ment. .'! - i; The average motorist would ers who did not desert their home have been i marooned; lines of communication were cut off and downtown sections of Portage La Prairie isolated, f : - The water was four feet dep in some places and manw families were imprisoned. The situation , at Brandon and surrounding districts was report ed improved today with the water receding slowly and the ice In the Assinibolne moving freely. Morris and other; pointB threat ened with inundation during the last two days were believed to day to be out of danger. J- - .:" Carl B. Wetherell Guest At Unitarian Gathering J A pleasant event of last night was the gathering of half a hun dred members of the congregation of the Unitarian church at dinner at the Marion hotel, with Carl B. Wetherell, Pacific coast secretary of the American Unitarian associa tion, as the guest of honor end principal-speaker. Mr. Wetherell is a. layman, not 'preacher nevertheless he is a speaker of unusual eloquence and , ? " , with fund of wit end humor that pitpher. Frik ornier y of Kel made his address enterUining ash' eTl his p,tlhmS ea well as an inspiration. He Willi ftotlvar tha oroco focr.ilaT-l service attheUnitarian church'to day, his subject being , "The; "City Courageous." i' ' ! Others who spoke briefly last night were Walter A. Denton, C. S.j Hamilton and Dr) R.,E. Lee Steiner, ,al members of the board ofrtrustee of the churchjnid Rev. Martin Fercshetian, pastor of the church. " . ; Mr. ' Fereshetian presided I over the program. 3m his remarks he expressed thanks to all who had apsited and offered to assit the church becaue of the recent fire that destroyed the pastor's home in the lower story. He memtioned savertl pastors of the city who had offered the use of their churches for jthe Unitarian services if ne cessary. Stephens Is Committed To Hospital for Insane Robert Stephens. 20. known as the "Salem beast," who was apt prehended Thursday night by op eratives from the sheriff's office fol'owing an attack made upon a local woma'n. was yesterday com mitted to the Oregon state hos pital after he had been pronounc ed Insane by an examining phy sician. Committment papers were tvigned by Judge W.1 M. Bushey. Stephens, who claims to have tome here about one month ago from California, was committed tof the eastern Oregon state hos pital for the insane about a year ago following - an , attack made upon' a Bend. Or., woman, ac cording to a telogram received by Sheriff O. D.' Bower yesterday He later escaped from the hospi tal and since that time has; been running at large. Examiners pro nounced : him to be sub-normal, and a degenerate of the worst type. Unusual Lock Makes , not think irrng wis house without first locking it securely, yet he will drive up iff front of a business establishment and leave his car, j without even lock ing the ignition switch to ay nothing of the accessories on his car or the coats or robes that are left in it. M ! There areanUmber of types of locks on ithe market today that aid n4 foiling the thief but most of these locks can be used only ifor the one purpose for which they were originally in tended. "However an ingenious inventor has devised a lock that may be used as a general all SEIUATOnS PLAY FULT One of Portland's Strongest' f Ball Clubs Appears at Oxford Field The baseball team of the Ful ton 'Athletic chin, rated one of i the fastest teams in Portland will be the opponents of the Sa lem Senators at the, Oxford street grounds today. This will be the opening game o! the sea son for Saem oh the regular 'schedule, although the Senators already have played a couple of games with the penitentiary team, winning both. , l Salem, declares Manager Harry Wenderoth, has a faster team than last year. "Sped' Keene has been elected captain of i the club, and probably will l' 1 . V t l lAaA OnVnm'. mCLVB y"oau,'..T,p.u , . Otner pitCUer in the state ! of Washington last season outside the big leagues, will be on' the mound for the Senators. Carson may pitch part of . the game. Jones will be at the receiving end of the battery. FOR VOLLEYBALL Logans, Bings and Prune? to Compete for Athletic Superiority i' ' The Salem. ; Business Men's vol leyball team took in a little too much territory when they tried to annex the .- whole' state cham pionship at Portland two weeks ago." ' I ; . .. But now they are packing op ponents of their own size. They are going out to beat themselves by main strength and skill and good luck. There are three Sa lem teams, the Logans, the j Bings, and the Prunes, captain-j ed " respectively by Rev. ; J. J. j Kvans, Dr. Pi Barrick and J. Mc-J Clellan. . They are to hold a tournament of thr ir own, begin- j ning Monday at f:30; - with the Logans, pitted lagaiust the liings. j On Wednesday the" Logans will meet the Prunes; and on Thurs-j day the Rings, .and the Prunes will face "each" other in deadly battle -:."! : ;;.'.:'V- '.'-k The players are: ::': '--'1;; -: if Logansi J. J. Evans, Victor Collins, William llertzog. George Mooreheead. ; Rer. - B. L. Kirk of: leai ONS TODAV LOCAL TOURNEY Accessories Safe around lock for the car; 'Xeces- sity called for a lock that: -would protect a robe from being stolen! and this "lock ! was the answer. ; Its uses are- varied though and' may be also used forj securing; suitcases j or handgrips to the wheel or foot rail, and it is of-' ten used ,' as a car lock by se curely clamping the spark ana gas; lever: together to one o! the spokes of the steering wheel. In this -way :the gas and spark 'con trol levers cannot be moved, nei ther can the steering j wheel be turned. , )' X '' G. L. "Finnigan, local manager of the Western Auto Supply. Co- Patrick, Dr. Foster, Don Lock wood McCormick. . j Binigs: i Dr. P. Barrick, Hilborn, George Hug, Lloyd Rigdon, Rev. Milliken. k Carle ; Abrams, George Jjyrely, Bill ?::r Curtis, j ; iPruaes McCiellan, Roy Shields. sfCaVl t Wenger, Dwight Firidley, ir.' Hickman,- Baird, Colony, Mclntyre.e ' j mm ! ! Drapery Fabrics when questioned on how to safe- guard against heft, handed out the following information. , "Mo torists are realizing more j and more the necessity of protecting the numerous valuable accessor ies on their car as well as the car. itsel, yet there are 'ew who wait "until the horse has been stolen" then come back gor a duplicate of the accessory. but they always' find . some means of safeguarding it the next time.. This is -evidenced by the increased number of rsales of locking devices at our -'Western Auto' store." ; T00 LATE TO CLASSIFY J FOR SALE 1920s FORD TRUCK Cab . and body, over-drive transmission, rims for both pn?umatic "and hard rear tires; - good condition-i Inquire Mr. Newton ;at Statesman office. img Let Our Mr. Brock Tell About the HEALTH CLINIC IS Salem District Event' Chamber of Commeru;; , Others Are Planned at The health clinic for the Salem district wiU be held this. wrek. Wednesday, ' in the Chamber of Commerce rooms. Towns and communities near Sal?m which are included in-the Salem distr:c. are Quinaby. Cbeniawa, Hays ville, H rooks. Turner. Liberty,' Sa'cm Heights. Macleay and Snap Mrs. B. K. ..Fsher is in charge of the registrations- - j ' Clinics wiil be held in. other districts of the. county during'the week begin (ne May 14 when Dr. Estelle Ford Warner will accom pany Mrs. John A. ' Carson to these different districts, . The Silverton district will in clude Mt. Angel, Pratum, Scotts Mi ls, Monitor : and WMlard. Mrs. H. C. Wray and Mrs. Wrishtman are in charge of the registrstiom. The Stayton dfstrict will in clude West Stay'on,- Aumsville ahd'Sublimit,y. Mrs, O, B. White j andIrs. Heauchamp will be in charge of the registrations. Th.9 Jefferson district wUl in clude Mnrion and Sidney, and Mrs. G. IT. Marr will be in charge. The Wnodburn jdistrict wi'l in claide Hubbard, Aurora, Donald, St, Paul, Gervals.. "Waconda, Mc Kee and PL Louis. . Mrs. Hiram Overton and Mrs. II. L. Gill will be in charge. " Exact date9 for the clinics .to be held in thes . districts will be announced later, according to Mrs. Carson. . It fs-necessary to first know when Dr. Warner can come to Salem. I PERSONAL Charles Edwards Hicks, of the Coos Bay" Times was a visitor ,l Salem yesterday.' .... . Miss Helen Berg of Corvallis; is visiting! with friends in Salem. - Howard George, principal -of the Myrtle Point high school,, is spending the .week-end in Salem as the guest of friends. .' Miss Lita Waters is- spending the week-end i with her mother, Mrs. Lena Waters. Miss Waters is a senior in home economics at Oregon Agricultural college. ' Andy ; Siegmund and xfite of Gervais were- in the city for the afternoon yesterday. . " "-" Jake "Yoor.hies of Woodburn was in the city yesterday.1 r '-' Chief Walter W. Biftchett and wife, and son Walter, Jr.. left for Aioany yesioraay wnere tney win spend the- Week-end ' with Mr. Birtchett's '- father and mother. Mr. and afr: G. W. Birtchett. THSWEEK mm and Curtaiioiis For Spring 1923 Scrims Marquisettes Plain Silks Figured Silks Velours Damasks Popular Priced Cretonnes - Buy your drapes and have them made and hung FROM HERE all this TEXXISv DRIVE TO START 1 NEW YORK, "April . 21. The . United States -Lawn Tennis assa ciatlon's national campaign for the department of municipal ten nis play will , be opened : in New York, May 2 in a roundjobin of matches between Wflliam T. Til den II. Willam Johnston and, Vincent Richards, the- country's ranking players!! The matches will be held-in Central Park. v V-Jv-NAVY- BEATS PEXV ANNAPOLIS, Md., April 21.r I rowing - regatta here todaif Navy .varsity defeated Pennsyl-. vanla varsity by , two lengths. Navy second crew defeated Penn sylvania seconds 'by'half a length. Navy; third def ?ated Pennsylvania third, by half a length. , Judge; not life until- you ar lived; one can no more be a Sntyr tes at 20 than an Adonis at 59. iBITS FOR BREAKFAST ' K : Thjs is blossom day It is unofficial, but real. ' "The country never looked-more . beautiful, and never will, till J next ppring and all. the following vernal - seasons. Herbert Hoover served Oregon apples 'at - a dinner given Friday evening to - the resident employes '. in Washington of the department ' a? commerced Mr. Hoover Is true to the state where he "Was a boy and a" helper in getting orchards started. , ' ; . - - b U What the loganberry growers need Is a Moses -whom they will air follow. Come to think about It, the Mosea of old had some difficulties ; with the backsliders.' But he overcame them. i : Chicago had two days of swe!- tering summer ; heeat, followed by a wind' storm yesterday that . destroyed a lot of - property; H Chicago people like that kin4 ot ; weather, it is the kind for them. They are welcdtne'to it. Put we Webfeet prefer our own, with not 'so many quick changes. - : ; S j -' ; Miss Iris Hawley, daughter of , Congressman . Hawley, was married in Washington Friday, to Samuel S. Tourtellot, of North Situate, 'Jlhode Island. Salem; people can- tell. Mr. Tourtellot that he Is fortunate; but he probably does not need the teU ing. ..... . -i ' . ' '; m "b S .-;" Mostly fair, is the long range weather-prediction for this sec-' , Uon. f or , this week. Berry grow ers, are : you : preparing to irri-i gate? You may need, to,, and M you do " you will need it very much. , ' . : ' , Uqo