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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1924)
i PkD.sandMA.s FOOTAISTAR iTOWEDhSCKIIETY; BELLE.T .7 .... ,i . . . . . .. . . n f Onr.GOX-"Big brother." r.UO !I-.'noHPrt Crucible." ' LimcnY r-Gold Madness." nitANIV-'iiuiKMibafk or Noire ! .name." "!" ; : With Tom r Moore the load role, supported by .Kdfth Roberta, ; I Raymond Hattoii and Mickey Ren . nettItex Beach's .; latest novel. '"Big. Brother,': ia to ba shown for the first time at the Oregon thea- ter this afternoon, and wilLcon ; thine as the bill there until Tues day, : . -j.. , -'j; :? , . . ; The stoty U that of Jimmy Do- noyan Tom Moore), leader of ight Jlew Tort underworld gangs v -whose pal, "Dig "Ben" Murray, Is killed In a gun fight, leaving his little brother. Midge, Tor Donovan to "bring up straight." The story of Donovan's battle with himself to go straight for the sake of Midge in one of lniense human In terest; holding not only a strong heart, appeal,' butralso Cleverly dis guised moral. A Pathe News reel and4 an Edu cational comedy. "Over" the Fence." completes a very attract ive bill. 'The Itunchbaok of Notre Dame," starring Lon Ohaney, in the rel of ljuasimodp, continues to draw crowds to the Grand. Last Bight's attendance'equaled that of the opening night, .when more than 1000 people paid admission to the, theaters It will hold the screen at the Grand until Sunday night. ; j Guy Bites Post makes bis final appearance in "Gold Madness," tie picturlzatlon of James Oliver Curwood's story, "The Man from Ten Strike," at the Liberty today. Tomorrow the Liberty will make its premier presentation of Charles Jones in the William Fox produc tion, "HeU'g Hole," into every foot of which actiou has been crowded and then compressed. 'Hell's Hole" is one of the most rapid fire motion pictures that has been seen here in months. Busselle May Run for t .Service Commissioner .., -r- r U -v. i : K. aTT- Busselle j of Salem does not deny s Tnmor that he Is to become a candldate-for the Repub lican nomination for public serv ire. commissioner to represent the western "Oregon district BnSseile ;wa4'fonfterty in the employ of the public, service commission as a tel ephone -expert, Edward Ostrand er, secretary of the commission, 'has announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination to rep resent the western district on the commission ' " ' Hawiey Sees Probable Reduction in Taxes Representative W. C. Hawiey yesterday telegraphed The States man that he' is confident the tax on telegraph and telephone mes sages, on-fruit juices, soft drinks, mineral .v.-aters. seating capacities of theaters, and the retail jew-i elers' tax will be removed and that great reductions will be made in taxes on admissions to movies, ete. Further consideration, he said, will undoubtedly result in re ductions or eliminations of other excise taxefe. J BIG COUNTRY STORE PRESENTS FOR ALL - ; - THE BIGGEST YET 1 B mm THEATRE Howard Gray (below), Princeton football star and son of the presi dent of the Union Pacific Railroad. and Miss Deweenta Intent in Omaha society, have an nounced their engagement. Miss Conrad Is a dancing while her fiance dpesn't dance step and says that j he doesn't in tend to learn. Young Gray was picked as an "All merican end" for 1922 by Walter Camp. He had been the star of Princeton's eleven and won the 1922 Johnny Poe cup for the best combination of athletic and scholastic activity during the year at the university. He Is now a freshman at the Nebraska Uni versity Medical School and living win his parents. Mrj and Mrs. Carl Gray, In Omaha. .; . . " . .. 1 is. , i - i , I enthusiast, li! v X, I . t " f HI I ' ,-:v.ss x .-' mil l : . . U , : : p J California Senator Assails Mellon Bill in Statement to Congress Grants Pass Physician Dies From His Injuries Dr. S. Loughridge, of Grants PaB's, died early Thursday morning in the Good Samaritan hospital in Portland. Death wjis the result of an automobile accident Monday, Dr. M. C. Findley of jSalem, a brother-in-law of Dr. j Loughridge, went to Grants Pass! at once after the accident and accompanied the injured man to Portland where an operation was performed in an ef fort to save his life.l Internal in juries proved, too severe and death resulted just after Thursday morning. midnight Dr. Loughridge was a nephew of Dr. Albert Loughridge who -died in Salem last . summer. He was .9 years of age and was a life long friend of Dr. Findley. The accident happened Monday when he was answering nh emer gency call accompanied by a pa tient. In crossing a bridge he was forced to apply the brakes because of the nearness of a car ahead; The automobile skidded and went through the rail of the bridge, turning completely over and falW ing 30 feet to the rocks below; The two men were pfuTfeid'TinTleT ttTiTTiew"'ro Salem yesterday, the car and it is not definitely known ho wlong they remained there before a teacher passing iby aw their predicament and went to the Loughridge home to sufti nion the physician to the aid of the injured men not knowing that the doctor himself was one of these under the car. Besides his wiilow. Dr. Lough ridge.is survived by two daughters; Mrs. Charles Day of Portland and Mrs. Paul BlancKard of Chicago. While'arrangemerits for the funer al are, not definite yet it is expect ed it will be held Monday In Port land, according to Dr. Findley who WASHINGTON, Ian. 24. Th first partisan debate on taxes oit the floor of lu Iioiihh toduy pro voked a move by republican mem bers of iho ways and means com mittee to write their Own income tax rates, which some predict would jvlace a bill before the house on substantially tin lines supest ed by Secretary Mellin, Representative Treadway' of Massarhuseiiii, a Republican mem ber -of : the committee maibv the proposal after Representative fiar ner of Texas, rasking Denun iiit on the comnlil tee had , -declared' in the course or the debate that the Mel lon bill would' hot p:iss in -the house, even if left to a vote of the Republicans alone and that Presi dent Coolidge would not veto a tax bill farryinjc the higher surtax rates of the Democratic plan. The rortvmiitee cotitinued disens sions of. the new eceise rates and tentatively agreed to ' repeal the taxes on telegraph' and telephone mess'aRes, leased wires and candy! This would 'result in a ln;s of $4 4,000,000 in revenue,' it wan estinrated. Senator Jones, Democrat. Nw Mexico, iH-ought the' Democratic plan for tax revision before 'the. senate and criticized Secretary Meflon's description of it, as "in sincere and political." Senator Johnson , of California, a candidate for tlie presidential Republican com inSflOn, also uji sailed'tlrel srellftn'.bifl iri a State ment. - -' . - lnt)FFSSK)AL SOl faiT YAKIMA, Wash.. Jan. 24. Yakima Country club trustees to day had under consideration a deal to employ Henry Kspinosa, Oak land golf professional, as instruc tor on the Jocal course for 1924, George Wise, local professional who was developed on the Yakima links, is leaving for California soon. The dub has taken in ftew members this month until the membership is now over 200, and a bit; golf program for this year is planned. HIGHWAY AID PLANX KI WASMIXGToX, "Jan. 24. A hundred million dollars annually for the next thro years to pro vide federal aid to states for high way construction would be auth orized under a resolution intro duced today by Representative Douton, Democrat, North Caro-: Una. . TA NE.'- ANOiG.ING E fU RO DG E R.S JJniyersity of " Missouri (Co-eds Champion Syncopation . ' " ' . "Ydu really can't utilize your, college education unless you go on the stage," declare Jane and Binger Rcjdgers, pretty young Iteraduates of the University of jUissouri, yrho, to the amazement of -their highbrow friends, in Ifciudinir their Kappa Kappa Gam-, jaa sorority sjters, have just betaken themselves and their two masters' degrees to vaude ille. ( They got the degrees "while training to become professors of Xatin, but between lessons went In for amateur ' theatricals t and Jkhough! they led their ilatin lasses, this never brought them' ks much fame on the campus as JJane's ability, to 'write snappy lines and Ginger's cleverness at putting them over. ,. ' "We got a lot of offers in the (Latin field," said Jane, who has irresistible red curl?, "and reallrr "e had : to worm our . way ihto vaudeville, but I am convinced we've. chosen. welLtVitV'our coTi 1 lege degrees, "We got so mnch that we" could Jiever . use as- Latin .teachfrs-jjbise, .."'thV' ability-to make friends and a certain knowl edge of, life thatouliiniplye lost if we became 'profs.' ," . u ' "Besides, Ginger and t-have a! theory about taming jazz that we ; want to try out. - We believe that a college degree decorated with", common sense, is going ,tq make a ; lot of money for. thoso "owning: them by proving; to intellectuals, that 'jazz is the most moving, ' stirring music in the world, v "Take this melody from No," No, Nora, the new'fox trot: . 1 ... . . ... , .. . j ' M Ho.'no. fld-r drhe-ktwr'iwt vea. iar. f Jl'. 'ly.JJjpr-. you Kn otf,tio4,Y3Utt trull true, it&r ' : "It's certainly got more Jklck,. than Latin or Greek Aver had.4 tomorrow; . a.".V'.-- 'I"1 -I-1 ' ' VSV.-'- ; fiJAMlNG DRF THE WEST WITH ITS VIRTUE AND ITS VICE NO ADVANCE IN PRICES -; LAST TDIES TODAY GUY- BATES POST LIBERIA. Today Matinee Days Only j OREGON R 15 EAG Latest Story It Has What Only One Picture in a Thousand Has- a Soul rf VK n ; With Tom Moore Edith Roberts Raymond Hatton And Mickey; Bennett TODAY TOMORROW SUNDAY1 FEATURE STARTS 2 1 P. M. The Picture All Salem i Is Talking About . . Victor Hugo's Immortal Classic SETS I I . 1 t Special Music Score By " ;;. v. ;:, ' GRAND THEATRE ORCHESTRA AFTERNOON PRICES Lower" Floor ahl. Ralrotiy .'.50o r,,ih,,0 v ... . . . vl:;23o I . . w rv. . . t ........ . V ... ..S A Story of . New York's Underworld of a Gangster's Regeneration 2 SHOWS NIGHT 79:15 P. M. '2 SHOWS NIGHT 79:15 4 P. M v i i ) f i T I i I i t s . i i ' L ' hs - V VI 4 '; r-- s'ir