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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON ! WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 1023 3J" 3 .1 1 1 ! i 1 ' f t I t i. i BOIIED PBODUGE ' iWOIJilETS Salem . Housewives Have Wide Field From Which to Select Menus Bunched Oregon vegetables are being offered on local markets and offer the housewife a wide field from which to select, her menus. Among these vegetables are car rots, spinach, turnips, beets and i celery.' Green onions are-1 being retailed at 5 cents a bunch, j Cauliflower la' reported to be moving good .and is being whole saled at $2 per crate. Both green and red peppers can be purchased V tor three pounds for 25 cents.' Gardner's pumpkins are plenti- - ful and are offered at 80 cents a dozen. Choice specimen's, owing to uncertain and 'irregular sizes, . are sold by the pound. ' Tokay grapes, from southern Oregon, are . being received in quantity shipments. ; and are sold ' at 12.25 to $2.50 a crate, whole sale. Brussels . sprouts i were among new vegetables becoming avail able for Salem housewives, the first of these ' appearing on the local market Tuesday. Few mushrooms are available for special occasions at 50 cents a pound. Apples' are plentiful and are re ported to be flooding the Port- land market's, great quantities of ; boxes having been stored in base ments, for cse a little later in the season. Eggs were quiet yesterday, with no additional rise in price and no cbange in quantity received, is un der tfcs demand. They are retail ing for 55 cents a dozen. DEMOTE THEM) KOT: OBSERVED Most- Issues Flounder Irreg ularly Within Narrow - Trading Areas ' ' Total stock sales " 565,200 chares. .... - . y Twenty industrials' averaged J s i.zsy net toss .ia. . . High 1S23, 105.38;; low 86.82. Twenty railroads averaged 81.02f net loss .03.' ' High 1$23 0.51; 4071.53. V NEW YORK, Oct. 23. Stock . prices generally failed to give any Indication of ;a definite trend in today's quiet market, "most issues -floundering irregularly" within "a narrow trading area. ' . , Renewed weakness of - sterling exchange, "which carried down" to another new low level for the year had a depressing effect on senti ment but its effect on stock pric es was generally held to be neg ligible. The financial community however, is paying close attention -to European ' cables which have formed the major topic of morn ing conferences in some . of the largest banks.''' Fluctuations in . stock prices continue to reflect the play of op posing speculative forces. Fresh weakness cropped out again to day in the rubber and leather is sues, most of which fell .to new low records for the year. Stocks of mail order houses. CLAY AWAY THE YEARS Apply Bonciila Beautiftcr casmic clay to your face, and rest while it dries, then remove and see and feel the wonderful difference in the color and texture of the akin.: , '. $ ' s Guaranteed to do these definite things for the face or money refunded. Clear the complexion and give ft color Lift out the lines. Remove blackheads and pimples. Close enlarged pores. Rebuild facial tis sues and muscles. Make the skin soft . and smooth. 5 ' You can obtain regular sizes from your favorite toilet counter. If not, send this fid. with 10 cents to Bonciila Laboratories, ndianapolis, Indiana, for a trial tube. ' The Geo. L. Rose Estate Furniture Auction 765 Court Street ':; ' . . . t i FRIDAY, Oct. Eleven Rooms of High Class Furnish ings Don't " Miss It See Tomor ; row's Papers for Particulars MRS. GEO. L. ROSE ;r Administratrix of '.:rT;'1-. Estate F.N. WOODRY, chain stores and tobacco compan ies were in good demand during most of the session. : ; r : " Loss of export business by; re cent developments in : the Ruhr was the explanation - generally heard for the heaviness of the cop pers' '" .. '" ' ." Demand sterling broke to a new low of $4.47 5-8 In the early trading but raillied later to 4.4 9 3-8S on publication of dispatches announcing the defeat of the sep aratist forces in various cities of the Ruhr. Continental exchange also recovered Rafter an early per iod of heaviness. German marks continued their course toward the vanishing point, being quoted at one cent a billion. j Call money opened at 4 1-2 per cent and then eased to 4. , More money was available today at 5 1-4 per cent for all maturities up to ninety days but brokers are still bidding five. BULLISH EFFECT FELTf IN WUBKET Gossip of Possible Action By Government on Wheat Tariff Reacts CHICAGO, Oct. 23. Renewed gossip about possible governmen tal action regarding increase of the wheat tariff or as to reduction of railroad, freight rates on export wheat had a bullish effect today on the wheat market. Gains, how ever, ' failed to hold well. Closing prices were unsettled, 1-8 to 3-8 net higher,! with December at $1.03 to 1.05. and May. $1.10 to $-.10. Corn finished at 1-8 to )4c decline; oats 1-8 to off, and provisions varying from unchanged figures to a rise of 25 cents, f -i; After it wavering start the wheat market soon I took a decided up ward swing with active buying in progress on the part of leading houses. Some of the demand was attributed to' fresh indications of a shortage of choice milling wheat east of the' Rockies and the fact that September wheat exports from the United States were larger than had been generally supposed. The ' favorite : explanation of the upturn in prices, however, was the talk of expected 'tariff or freight rate changes.' But- nothing defi nite on either subject was forth coming, and witA the corn market showing notable - weakness -- the wheat market displayed lessened strength-in the last' hour of trad ing.; . ' " .-- : An estimate that non-European countries, China and Japan in par ticular; will : require 24.000,000 bushels more wheat this season than heretofore believed would be the case, was something of a bull ish factor. Prospects of ' United States ! vessel owners cooperating in handling Canadian wheat oh the Great Lakes Arere construed also as helpful to bulls. 3 ' "' Fine weather and the likelihood of liberal receipts sooner than had been expected ; had a distressing effect on nearby deliveries of corn. For the first: time in a long while country offerings exceeded the de mand. Oats were easier in sym pathy with corn. v Provisions J averaged higher In response to the action of the hog market. . Lard scored new high price records, for the season. -. GENERAL MARKETS PORTLAND," Or.. Oct. 23 Grain futures : i Wheat; J bluestem and baart, October November, De cember $1.65; soft white, October November $1.08; December $1.04 f western' white ; October ' $ 1 .0 4 November $1.05;' December $1.04 y hard winter, northern spring October, November, " December $1.01; westerni red October, Nov ember, December $1.02; ' . j OATS No. 2 58 pound, white feed Oct ober $33.50; November, Decem ber $33 ; No. 2 ay, October, Nov ember, December $32. BARLEY No. 2 46 pounds October $31; November, December '$30; 44 pound. October; $30.50; Novem ber $30; December $29.50. " .. , i CORN j ' ; No. 2 eastern yellow shipment 26th, 10 A- M. the Geo. L. Rose j Auctioneer. 1 Phone 511 I ' To know how flood a cigarette really can oe madi vnu musx irv - m y. - October $40; November $36; De cember $32. No. 3. came, October $39; November $35.50: December $31.50. . , - : . Mill run, . October, November. December $31.50. U K ) ' Salem to Be Featured In Oregonian Article Salem and vicinity will be fea tured by a full page in the Nov ember issue of the Morning Ore gonian. Photographs of attrac tive motor drives around the city and nearby points . ; of interest available for a visit by Portland motor parties for a day's outing are requested in particular, as the page is being featured by the au tomobile department. Other cities will be so featured over a period of two or three months during the winter, each Sunday issue be Ing devoted to another city of the state. Request for the photographs and accompanying write hps came to the Chamber of Commerce, and is being, handled by the secretary, C. E. Wilsfcn. Included in the photographs which will be sent, the letter also asking for agricul tural and Industrial views,' are several of Silver Creek Falls, dis plays of vegetables and walnuts, business activities, drives heavily bordered by Carolina l Testouts roses ' and of the Cherrians dis porting themselves in the orch ards during the annual Dlossom day celebration. ? ' CAPACITY HOUSE AT PRISON SHOW (Continued from page l.)l first week, twice as much the, sec ond week and three times as much the third." ; The proprietor the bell hop," the Sheik and the weep ing widow all accused him of be ing the "one" of the minute,' but he turned the tables on them, leav ing them to ponder over the fact that they were! each "the one" of four minutes.' : The quartet in "The Musical Stage Hands"' were called back for a number of encores, and 'Frank Clifford in his negro act wa'slwtell received. Barner Google and aia favorite steed. "Spark Plug."-provided a number of good laughs during the evening. ! ' "Sip-Sip-Sippy Moon" and "Car olina Mammy" opened the negro minstrel, ' which proved to be one of ' the popular numbers of the evening with its variety of har mony, guitar music and the foot work ranging from the clog to the cutting the pigebn wing and wringing the chicken's neck. George Kemp in an over abun dance of feather cushioned avoir dupois played ' the role of Aunt jemima, and Brinkley as Grandpa forgot his rheumatism and palsied old age when the guitar struck up a lively tune and gigged : and clogged, until the musicians were exhausted. A row of cells formed the back ground for the last skit, "Doing Time," a: musical comedy ihv one act, in which were featured the song hits, "Cut Yourself Piece ot Cake," "Someday." "Waiting for the Bvening Mail." and "Oh. How She Lied." Jimmie No. 13, whose hard luck followed - him like a shadow, provided much merriment, while the - laughter changed to a more serious mood as 'Russell Brake sang the clos ing ong "What's the Use of Dreaming." j ' The Oregon state penitentiary orchestra opened the program with a group of ' four overtures, and during the evening furnished the musical accompaniment for the solos and chorus work. - Other shows will be given each night this week and tickets' are on sale at Perry's Drug Store until 6 o'clock each night and later at the prison gate. ) I SALEM MARKETS OKAJH A3TD EAT No. 2 whet .3-4c. No. 3 red wheat, sacked .0. OaU :. 45 9 4e Cbt hmy $12 & i S13 Oat har . $13 (d 15. Clover hay. baled $12 1 Prices- quoted are wholeaate and all price received by farmera.- N retail Drieee ar Kiren. -exceDt an noted EGOS, BUTTE K, , BUTTEKTAT Creamery batter ......52c jy 53c. Bntterfat. delivered .. ..i-4..52ei Milk, per-ewt. f$S SO Lggs, ' select . . -.....f..47c. i Standards . , i...42c Pallet L- Sac. POTTLTKT Broiler1.... is 2Se Hy hens ...-j. .- 18e tj 20c Light hen j. ,..13c. PORK, MUTTOH AND BEEF Hor. top 150-326 lb, trt ...$8.00 Hoy, top, 223 275. rwt ....... ...7.50 ling, top, 275-SOO, cwt 95 0 $7 Light now, cwt S6.00 Rough heaTy 04 fj , .05 Top Teal, dresed -....OT fc .09. Top steara i , .05 OSVb Cowa :. ...03 04 Top Iamb . .-.9 Vi VJ LLOYO GEORGE IS GUEST 0 1 Great Britain's Only Aim Is to End Strife Says War Time.Premier CLEVELAND Ohio,-Oct. 23. (By The Associated Press De claring that Great Britain seeks nothing in Europe except a ces sation of strife and that "there you can help us" David Lloyd George, the war-time premier of Great Britain at the Chamber of Commerce luncheon here - today renewed his plea for "effective co hperation" between the twb great English-speaking commonwealths. "At'this hour," the former pre mier asserted, "there is a deadly, grim gastly struggle going on In Europe not for the moment with cannon and machine guns,-bat none the less It is a deadly strug gle and I ask you, don't turn your backs altogether on Europe. You saved it once, don't give it up. It has been a great continent. There have been great men thrown up through the ages in it to j whom you, as well as ourselves ' owe mdeh, . " ; "'And although I come to this land with no mission, if you ask me, I have got one word to say and since you press me to speak, I say, I ask yon the people of this mighty land, this prosperous land, this peaceable land, this land of liberty, once more to turn the eyes toward Europe that1 once saved it and will yet do so." Cherrian Show to Be First Week in December The Cherrian vaudeville will be given the first week In December and probably will be Wednesday and Thursday nights, according to P. Ray. Pelker, manager. A meet ing of the entire troupe will be held Friday, evening to go over final arrangements. ) Among1 the features planned now are a musical rubesj act, a special act with Felker and Char ley Knowland which will also be musical, cabaret dancing, wo men's and men's quartets, a car toon specialty the passing ! review with special scenes painted for the show by Mr. Felker. j A fashion show to top off the performance is one of the acts for which It is hoped to arrange. A contest for a name for the show was recently announced and a few suggestions have been, re ceived by Mr.. Felker. Severe Charges Made In Divorce Complaints " i- Vile language against the plain tiff was the chief charge i n two divorce complaints filed ; yester day, j . Beulah Bliss Rund is seeking a divorce from Joseph Rund whom she charges threw the alarm clock at her along with numerous oth er small household articles, includ ing bottles and dishes. Following this she says .he ordered the plain tiff to take I their child, i Robert John Rund, and leave the house. The defendant is an employe of the Oregon Pulp & Paper company and the plaintiff asks Attorney's fees, alimony, custody of the child and money for the support of the child. Ralph Leonard McDowell filed suit for divorce from Velma Ade- A Grown Nursery ROSEBURG, 'Oct. 23. C. E. Moyer, who has been for the past three years developing a nursery at Dillard, finds his growing bus iness this season so great that he no longer could get along with obsolete methods, of digging ' the young trees for shipment, so or dered an up-to-date digger from the east. The, machine arrived to day. .The machine Is operated by four or six horses, as may be re quired,' and will ; go deep , enough to lift the nursery stock oat of the ground with the least possible damage to the root system. Mr; Moyer has a eplendid lot of trees growing, and under his experienc ed care they have made a remark able showing. This is strictly a home Industry, and practically the only 'nursery in the county at this time. , Oregon State News i The" Guard's New Home EUGENE, Oct. -23. The Guard is going to have a new home and this thne a home of its own. It is probably the 6econd oldest pa per in Oregon, the- Salem States man, originally published at Ore gon City, claiming first place, and there is some doubt whether The Guard or the Portland Oregonlan ought to have second place. The files of The Guard of pioneer days have disappeared, if they were ever kept, and Its early history is not clear in the minds of; the old est inhabitants, but It is cert a iu that it was away back in the be ginning of settlement 4n the Wit lamette Valley that the first" issue was printed: on one of the crude presses of that day. Some per sons yet active in affaire remem ber that la Cilll 5l &l8i w6i . . ' ' . 11a McDowell, t He charges that she. used vile language while talk ing to him and frequently was in the company of other men, admit ing, according to the " complaint that she spent the night with oth er men in Portland on "occasions. District Attorney May Demand All Testimony DENVER, X ColO.;. Oct. 23. Ju venile Judge Ben B. Lindsey's let ter today to the grand Jury, de claring he will not divulge all he knows concerning alleged illegal operations and abortions in Den ver may not prove sufficient to exuese him from appearing before that hody when it convenes to morrow morning. District Attor ney Phiip S. Van Cise said this, af ternoon. Judge Lindsey made the state ment that it was his belief that 1000 illegal operations were per formed in Denver annually in a letter mailed- today to the grand jury;. He also made public his In dences placed in him by women tentlon to refuse to violate confi and girls who have gone to him with their troubles. He 'has been subpoenaed to appear "before the grand Jury. ' ' Just what proceedure may be undertaken as a result of the judge's refusal to tell all he knows, ' was not stated by District Attorney Vancise, although he in timated that definite action would be taken.' 1 OKLAHOMA SENATE RELEASES EXECUTIVE (Continued from page 1.) tion of Article 3 which charged the governor with an offense against the constitution by ' dispersing an assembly of the lower house on September 26 by the state militia. Testimony Given Each of the charges constitut-fng-sufficient grounds upon which to arraign t the governor before an impeachment court, they were submitted separately to the senate as bills of Impeachment as soon as the house had acted. Bynum told the committee he believed his removal from office as bank commissioner resulted from his refusal to appoint an in competent man as his assistant at the order of the governor. Bynum said he was called by the executive who said 'that stuff won't get by with me. 1 have five friends you have to take care of." - Blake's testimony at his second appearance before the committee dealt, with the governor's alleged use of state . department payrolls to accommodate his friends. The former executive counsellor told the committee that on one occas ion, while the governor was out of the city he had discharged 29 employes of the state highway de partment, who had been added to the payroll, because there was no funds frpm which they legally could be paid. HARVEY GIVES TALK AT PILGRIM CLUB (Continued from page 1.) pie of my country toward the peo ple of yours, that has taken place In the past few years." ,. The ambassador proceeded to expound the Monroe Doctrine and said that when the American elder statesmen, in return for their de mand for no interposition toy Eu rope in American arfairs, offered "no participation by the United States in the political broils of Europe, "the gTeat powers on this side of the ocean could not smile Indulgently at their presumptuous tender of payment in kind, so tri fling as to be negligible. Joaquin' Miller!. (the poet of the Sierras), and 'A. T. (Tony) Nort ner were editors and publishers of the paper, it was suppressed for a time 'becahse 'of alleged strong Southern sympathies. Such impres ive incident are stamped indel- iably upon the; memory , of the pioneer because the times were momentous, 'but common-place events In the career of that early ublication which is The Eugene Daily Guard of today have been forgotten Eugene Guard. Gives Lumber Iiease ALBANY, OW. 23. E. B. Haen, Portland timberman and for years associated with the Bridal Veil Timber company, has ' signed an option to lease j the Albany Lum ber company's mill in the south western part of the city. The lease I s for 30 days. It was announced today. J. " J. Barrett, president of the company, con firmed the report that the lease has been signed. CORVALLIS.1 Oct. 23 Chia yun Pan, a new etudent in OAC this fal 1 is anxious to finish his American education and return to his native country. Pan is special izing in soils And irrigation. He waa eent to America by the gov t, ernmcnt of China to study dry farming, but on , account of pres ent government conditions he is obliged' to work 'and pay his own expenses. . ? lJr . - ' Pan has . bee ! n away from his home In southwestern China,- pro vince of Szechuan, 10 years. He spev . ; ; . -.-rs in northern China whote great t -nets of land are in need of .irrigaticrr. Then he came to 'America to study oiIs. ' , MOVIE GOSSIP OREGON Booth Tarkington's '.Tenrod and Sam." LIBERTY "A Man -or Action." GRAND Friday "Thel Eleventh Hour' ;i i" ;" : ' William . Duncan "The Man of Might" Harold Lloyd Comedy Buried treasure, the most ap pealing . - adventure themes all through ""Wedges, commands the attention fblliiant', Duncan, in his daring role as Eric Carter in "The Man of! Might' "He will be seen In this-VltagTaph production at the BlisH tneater today. "The Man' of Might,, calling for action on land and sea, gives Dun can unlimited j opportunities to demonstrate that physical prow ess and great daring that has made him the ; peer of all dare devil actors. ' Fighting, swimming, climbing, daring dives, shooting all . are demanded of Duncan In this pic ture. ' - - Throughout the story of hidden gold runs a thread of love, the love which leads Sally Benson, played by Edith Johnson, to mar ry Carter, and follow him on bis adventures. Joe Ryan, the best loved of screen 'bad 5 men, is Ihe villain in this picture. " What a poor little boy of the New York streets did to get one insignificant flower ' in a big pri vate park1 is one of the many hu man incidents In " "Children of Dust," a 1 First National picture, which comes next Friday to the Liberty theater. It was directed by Frank Borzage, the young di rector who. made "Humoresque." When the little urchin's mother Auetion Sale .... .... . : . -' - . I . . j T -. . , I . . Of a stock of Groceries, all new and fresh. One -1923 Ford car, and store fixtures, some furniture.-. 4 : miles southwest of Salem ; at Livesley station, Friday, October 26, 1 p. m. Fill hp your pantry ' for winter. - . : ' " ". ' '" AY.' H. BIXBV, Owner. G. SATTERLEE, Auctioneer. . STARTING FRIDAY ELINOR GLYN'S i. ( i "6 DAY'S" , STARTS TODAY LIBERTY " dies, he goes out to get a flower for her. - As he climbs the iron gates of .Grammercy Park, . the gruff old caretaker grabs him and beats him severely. ' When Archer is Imprisoned for the deed, the boy's forgiveness and sympathy arouses a love and re morse in the old chap's soul. Af ter his release he takes the boy as his.own.:f.;: . " '"'---J The story is simple but pulsates with life as it is really lived. The, old man is played with fine sensi bility by Bert Woodruff, while the boy is done by Frankie Lee and later by - Johnnie Walker. Pauline Garon Lloyd Hughes, George NI chols and others' make up the all star cast. ' '' ' The all-star cast at one time was .considered ;- - something 'new in the picture world.-. But now it has become' the accepted thing with motion picture audiences. Producers in their efforts to make a higher class of . pictures have seen the necessity of selecting the best players available.: ' ' '" ; Charles Brabin. in. his produc tion of Elinor Qlyn's sensational, story, ."Six Days," coming : to the Oregon theater next Friday spent more than a month in choosing players for the cast. ' Corinne Griffith v and Frank Mayo, who head the brilliant list, have long been stars' ' in : their own" right. Mayo, started pictures in 1912, playing the leading role in a picture produced in England. Corinne Griffith made her "bow to the -screen in 1917, when she played the feminine lead in a pic ture called "Bitter Sweet." . The remainder of the cast con sists "of a' number 'of the' best known and experienced -players in motion pictures, j -Myrtle Stedman qualified as a gifted actress' in 1 9 1 2, and for several years was starred in three-reel fetures. Maude George, whose ability aa a dramatic actress was never, more evident than in the Interpretation Penrod, Kani. Roddy Ritts, Mariorle ! ' . ' '"' ' " V"" " ' I W) lf r' Gcorisle Bassctt, Pa and Ma Schofleld, Just as Tarkingt on created them, and KWiaginjr n Utirt rt smfritr ilittt -font ' all. Yn might find a tear in it somewhere that's wlwit makes it great. J that's wlwit makes it great. I 1 III V of one of the leading rolea in von Strohelm'a "Foolish iWires," has an. important part in "Six Days". Spottiswoode Aitken and Charles Clary 1 have appeared in pictures since 1910 ; - ' Claude King has' had less pic ture experience; 'bat has; A Ions and distinguished stage career, fie first came to thiai country from England in 1919 to play opposite Ethel Barrymore in : "Declasse." He made his debut before . the ' camera with Pola Negri In her first photoplay filmed in Ameri ca. I King is admirably suited to the role he nortrays In "Six Days. The Penrod picture at the Ore gon surpasses any previous one of -its kind. - The gang xrs real boys, and you will love every one of them; A veteran sclio.,1 teach er of Chicago says she never' knew a bad boy. That fs what' one thinks after seeing PenroJ and Sam. Their army was : orderly and obedient. Their In-Or-'n or-: der had a strange and wonderful initiation ceremony. TODAY WILLIAM ... JpERYAN And EDJTH'JOHWSOri In THEUAfI OFWIGHJ A Six Reel Western ' Speciil - .. -. -- - .. .-. .And 1 HARM t t ? jyi -'iS' fj :UOV0 COIVJECJY ' , a- ' ir-- ' r- r-i rt - r. Jones,- bat r - COMING FRIDAY HARRY CAREY , i IN "THE CANYON OF THE FOOLS" mm i 1 i . s ' . j i t V-t.:,' '