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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 22, 1924
CERTIFIED PUBLIC
MOTOR CAR MARKET
"Open Evenings
1930 Ford rebuilt, newly
Plnted ..........$200
1 021 Big 8ix Studebaker .
.. toarlng marvelous
ear to drive , ... . . ,f800
1922-23 Dodge Touring
- with high hood . . . . .$710
1023 Chevrolet Sedan-
driven Tery little ...$373
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Motor Car Market
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Phone 885
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Whitman Alumni Will -Meet
in Salem Today
.t Plans for local effort toward
he raising of 81,500,000 for en
dowment and building for Whit
man college' of Walla Walla, Wash,
will be formulated In Salem today
by Beverar alumni of the college
living in the Salem district, meet
ing at a luncheon conference at
1 o'clock at the Gray Belle. Those
who have been designated as local
chairmen wilt attend t
1 Stephen A. - Stone;, campaign
chairman for tne baiem district,
wiJt. preside. Robert L. Ringer
of Portland, chairman of the' wes
tern Oregon division, .will speak.
Other chairmen who -will attend
are Roy M. Tate of McMlnnvIlle.
Mrs. '.Charles L. Dunn ' of Salem
and Miss Helen 0. More of Sa-1
lem. U i.i m 'H' l i
.: The amount sought by Whitman
eollege is to be raised during1 a
. Satf on-wide campaign, which will
be launched by friends' of the col
lege in May. .Subscriptions pay
able over : five years will . be ob
; tained , in order to : increase . the
size of the faculty . and raise the
present faculty scale. At present
the highest paid professor receives
, 81600 a year although one out of
.every six members of the faculty
has taught at Whitman, more than
a quarter ; of a century The re
maining 8500,000 will be used to
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Shooting
Hard-Riding
Cowboy Drama
Comedy
News Events
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build a library,, an auditorium, a
girls dormitory, a girls' gymna
sium, and to purchase an athletic
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Whitman College la co-educational
and non-sectarian. It Is the
oldest endowed college in Wash
ington, having been founded in
1859. Dr. Stephen II. L. Penrose,
president of Whitman for 30 years,
Is the oldest college president in
America in length of service.
KELSO TEAM TO
PLAY III Still
Baseball Season to Open
With Two Games On
April 12 and 13
Salem's baseball team will of
ficially open the 1924 season Sat
urday arid Sunday, April 12 and
13, with the Kelso, Wash., aggre
gation, according to an announce
ment made Friday by "Biddie"
Bishop, manager of the local club.
The dates of the games have not
been definitely decided, but the
Washington team has consented
to come here for the two games
for 8250. It Is possible a third
game may be played Monday,
April 14. While the Kelso team
will officially open the season, it
Is expected the Oregon Aggies will
play here March 29 and two scrub
games, March 30 and April 6.
First call for practice has been
sounded and candidates are asked
to"meet at the Qx'ord park Sunday
afternoon for the initial workout.
Anyone who can .play baseball or
who believes himself a baseball
player, is Invited'to'cbme out and
show his stuff, and the best men
will be given an opportunity to
get in the lineup for the season.
The workout Is free and fans, are
asked' to come and "look 'em
over."
The four regulars who will be
paid a salary of 8100 a month, in
addition to "Biddie" Bishop, who
will play in addition to managing
the team, are Wayne Bar ham,
"Spec" Keene,,"Red"- Lund and
'Frisco Edwards, who is now on
his way to Salem from Los An
geles. ' .
PARTICULARS OF
H0NDURAN WAR GIVEN
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ed his route to the Nicaraguan bor
der. It is stated he did not have
enough ammunition to attack Ta
gucigalpa'. , y
On February 11 it was officially
learned that the United States gov
ernment had ceased dislomatlc re
lations with the existing regime
of Honduras.. This step had been
taken many days before, but Min
ister Morales had withheld it from
the diplomatic and consular corps,
the fact being known only to the
government and the American le
gation. About all some people have- to
make them happy is a superiority
complex. -
Last. Times f Today
Liberty
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GIANTS' INFIELD, A
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING FOR PENNANT FIGHT
This photograph, taken at the
spring training camp of the Nat
ional League champions at Saras
ota, Fla,. shows (left to right)
George Kelly,jflrst base; Frank
Russell Beckett Loses
In His Suit for Damages
Russell Beckett lost his suit for
damages against the Willamette
Valley Transfer company, Carl
Southworth and Henry Shaveland,
yesterday when a jury in the cir
cuit court found for the defend
ants. -
Damages were asked because of
injuries sustained in an accident
on the Pacific highway when the
car in which Beckett was riding
collided with teh transfer com
pany truck.
Jurors were warned by Judge
Kelly following the rendition of
the verdict, against conversations
o rother contacts with spectators
or attorneys. He said that in the
case ju3t finished a juror had a
conversation with an attorney con
nected with the case which might
have resulted In a mistrial. Be
cause of the standing of the at
torney, the difficulty was over
come by a stipulation.
WHISKEY DEAL IS
UNCOVERED IN PROBE
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ed their "best efforts
Mannington.
to produce
More than 81000 bills figured
in Goroni's story of the whiskey
transaction. He testified that he
had paid 850,000 in bills of that
denomination to W. A. Orr of New
York, previously connected with
the Dempsey-Carpentler fight film
"deal," and also 8150,000 to Owen
B. Murphy, another politician. The
payments, Goroni said, were at the
rate of 815 a case for permits
abtained to get whiskey into boot
leggers' hands. About 50,000 or
60,000 cases "went through" Gor
oni sa!d, although he told of pay
ing only 8200.000.
Orr told him Goroni said, that
Mannington received a fee of 82
a case, some of which went to
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COMBINATION OF YOUTHFUL DASH AND
Frisch, second; Travis Jackson,
shortstop, and Heinle Groh. third.
Groh and Kelly are the Veterans
of the combination, although Kelly .
Jess Smith to whom he said he
was introduced by Orr as he was
a friend of Mr. Daugherty.
The division of the whiskey fee
of 815 a case, according to Gor
oni, was 82 to Mannington, 81 to
the druggist, $1 to himself, 84 to
the prohibition director, -50 cents
to a lawyer named L'Esperance,
and the balance alvlded between
Orr and Murphy.
Harold L. Hart was identified
LEXnOOT, CRITICIZED FOR
VISIT TO FALIi, QUITS' AS
HEAD OF OIL COMMITTEE
Basing his resignation on the
state of his health, Senator Irvine
I j. Lenroot of Wisconsin notified
the Public Lands Committee in
vestigating the oil scandals that he
could no longer serve as chairman
or as a member. He was succeed
ed as chairman by Senator E. F.
Ladd of North Dakota. Lenroot
had been assailed in the Senate be
cause of a visit he and Senator
Heed Smoot of Utah made to Al
bert B. Fall, former Secretary of
the Interior, in advance of the
latter's being called to the witness
stand.
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is not so old in years. Although
Groh's hair is not as luxuriant as
It once was, he has been showing
his usual pep.
as the prohibition director for
New York, then in office, in 1921,
and he was one of the defendants
subsequently acquitted with Gor
oni in consp'racy prosecutions.
L'Esperance was identified as a
friend of United fctates District
Attorney Haywajrd and now a spe
cial assistant to Attorney Gener
al Daugherty in New York
First Anniversary of
Merger to Be Observed
Close of the first year's work
of the United Evangelical churches
which were merged at a confer
ence last year, will be observed
Sunday, March 29 Prior to this
merging there were two churches,
the United Evangeiical and the
Evangelical. Dr. G. L. Lovell, dis
trict superintendent, will hold the
final quarterly conference of the
year next Thursday, with the final
communion of the year to be ad
ministered March 29 by Dr. Pol
ing. The annual conference will
be held at the First, church, in
Portland, April 3 to 6 inclusive,
with Bishop S. P. Spreng. of Chi
cago, the presiding officer.
As a result of the merging of
the two branches, the church on
North Capitol was sold and i,the
one at Liberty and Chemekela en
larged and remodeled. This year
will be closed with all improve
ments on the church and parson
age paid for and not a cent of in
debtedness against either. The
latter location was selected as the
permanent site as it was the home
of the First Evangelical church
west of the Rocky mountains.
PRISON BURNED
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., March 21.
The main dormitory mess hall,
power house and equipment at the
state prison farm for women, lo
cated at Jacksonville, 10 miles
from this city, was destroyed by
fire tonight.
Big Acreage in Prospect
From The Dalles District
Prospects of 1000 acres in the
Dallas district signed up with the
new Oregon Growers Cooperative
Prune assocition before the week
ends tonight are good, with the
anouncement yesterday that 200
more acres ha dbeen signed up,
making a total well past the 800
mark. Some of those signins on
the dotted line were the larger
growers of that district.
M. J. Newhouse, general mana
ger, and Kenneth Miller, presi
dent, of the Oregon Growers Co
operative association, left for
Roseburg yesterday to assist in
the Dcuglas county campaign and
to meet the bankers in that dis
trict. This meeting i one of the
most important of those being
held throughout the prune grow
ing sections. The sentiment of
the bankers Is expected to Influ
ence the number of growers who
sign. 1
Forest Grove will launch its
campaign Tuesday, with a big feed
at the Chamber of Commerce, to
which all growers in the county
have been invited. The Forest
Grove district, including Gaston
and North Plains, has between
2000 and 2500 acres. This cam
paign is designed to cover all of
Washington county.
If they quarrel and she holds
out the pearls, when returning his
gifts, she doesn't really love him.
Northern Film
Opens at Grand
With Tom Mix
The story itself Is the outstand
Ing feature, perhaps, of "North of
Hudson Bay," starring Tom Mix
which opened for a week-end at
the Grand theater last night and
will remain on the screen there
until Sunday night. Startling in
its theme, the story and the rapid
sequence of action keeps the audi
ence thrilled and thrilled again as
the compelling drama unfolds it
self.
Salem theater patrons have seen
"snow" pictures before, but never
one the exciting authenticity ,of
which has been so marked as in
A
VAUDEVIL
GREAT HERMAN & CO. AERIAL HESTERS ;
Fantastic Comedy and Weird Problems Comedy Trapeze Artists s ;
GERTRUDE DUDLEY CO. ' EVANS AND LEE VER ";
Polite Sarcasm The Boys From Town
Today
Tomorrow
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war-
pworM H" 5y
MARY PICKFORX) as the
this production.. Without any at
tempt to glamorize, or gloss stark
reality, the picture succeeds in
transcending the peak of romance
and adventurous glamor. The
scenes are not suggestive or over
stuffed wallets, they are simple
and grand.
The cast, headed by Tom Mix,
includes Kathleen Key, a talented
young girl whose work In this
picture forecasts a brilliant screen
career; Eugene Palette, Will Wall
ing, Frank Campeau, Frank Leigh
and Fred Kohler.
The "shots" of northern climes
bolt from the screen and overpow
er one by their crashing beauty.
New angles and specious arrange
ment of fadeouts and irises pro
mote the photographic quality.
John Ford, the director, by
Roy Stewart in "Pure Grit
Other Features
Continuous Today
SHOWS START 13579 P. M.
AMERICA'S SWEETHEART
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MARY
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Special Matinee
25c Today
A Seldom-Seen Phase xt
Of a'personality that is known and loved the
world over is expressed by "The World's Sweet- .;
heart" in a love story interminglinjz romance and.
tragedy, laughter and thrills. ,
Intensely, Vitally Alluring
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street singer, in ROSITT
careful management has given
much strength "to the . story 3t
carries through with a consistent
smash the sequences and suspense
being admirably handled. . j;,
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WINDOW GLASS
All Sizes.
Headquarter For
SHERWIN WILUALIS
PAINTS
FRY'S DRUG STORE
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