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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALE1.I, OREGON
THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 21, 1924
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Superintendent Hug Says
Preliminary Work Is Well
Under Way
Preliminary work relating'..
tha, opening of the Salem schools
has been completed and by the time
September 2 a rows around, every
detail will have been completed,
according to George W, Hug, sup
erintendent of schools. Based
upon figures of the last five years,
it is estimated that the school
population this year will be be
tween 4500 and 4600 pupils, a
gain over last year, when 4399
were registered. ,
To teach the small city young
sters, a corps of 150 teachers will
Whizz-Bang
"We have sold out our
J t agency at 186 So. High
' 'St. and must sell our
used, cars. .See these
- - cars and, compare our
prices, ip-- .-.
51923 Gardner, new
tires, fine mechanical -condition,
5 bearing .
.crank, shaft and every
thing, $850.
1921 Dodge, fine me-
. chanical condition, fine
shape, $300.
Light Overland, 1924
j modiil, run less than
1000 miles.
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Many others to chose
-from.';' - V-.-
II Courtesy Treatment
Burdett Albee
" Motor Co.
Gardner Distributors
Phone 18?8
to -restful
NEWPORT
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Low Roundtrip
Excursion Fares
Ct nC 16 day return limit.
Start Friday, Satur-
day or Sunday.
Q1? scason ticket, sold
daily. Good until Oc
tober 31st.
Regular daily service leave
Salem 11 :28 a. m., Albany
12:30 p. m. .
' For full information, call
,at ticket office, 184 No. -
Liberty Street, Southern
Pacific Station, or phone '
80 or 41. -
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For Information
D. L- Darling. Agent, Salem, or
A. A. Mlckel. D. P. & P. A.
184 Liberty Street
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DAROARA CASTLETOM
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EDUARD EARLE
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be necessary, a! majority, of whom
hare' been hired i for . the year.
These teachers will be proportion
ed to the. various; schools in Sa
lem as follows; Salem high school,
45 r J- ' L. Farrish Junior high
school 31; Mckinley Junior high
school, 12; Garfield, 10; Grant,
Lincoln and Park,' 9 each; High
land and Richmond, 8 each;
Englewood, . 7,: and Washington
portable, 2. i ' . '
' Enrollment in the Salem high
school has a : higher percentage
than in any of the 33 larger cit
ies of the United ! States, accord
ing to , Superintendent Hug, who
Quotes figures prepared for a re
cent Issue fo the 'Journal of the
National Education Association.
Salem had j a' percentage of
22.8, with Seattle leading the list
with 15 per cent." Portland wa
sixth with a percentage of 13.6.
In these statements no recogni
tion is taken of the, fact that the
number of pupils registering in
the first grade 3s la rgeV than the
number registering 12 years ago.
these pupils now being in the last
pat' of their high, school "career.
The figures," it is said, also tend to
correct- statements that but few
pupils entering the first grade
complete the four-year high school
course. T . j a
According to statistics prepared
by Mrs. Mary L. Fulkerson. county
school superintendent.' but 25 per
cent of the boys and about 50 per
cent of the j girls completed all
work from the first grade through
high school. - ; ' '
TRAINMEN N0T T0 FIX
CHOICE OF CANDIDATES
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undersigned has taken the position
that our .; organization : should not
indorse either Cooldige, Davis or
La Follette for president of the
United tales- Information fur
nished this office by the Washing
ton legislative bureau shows the
labor record of I each of three
above " mentioned (. candidates for
president to be as nearly 1 00 per
cent in each instance as could
reasonably be; expected. We are
advised the legislative boards in
certain states were favorable to
endorsing JohnW. Davis, in other
states President Coolidge,, and Ii
other states Senator La Follette.
"State legislative boards have
been advised that in our opinion
they should confine their endorse
ment to conditions for state of
fices, inclnding candidates for the
United States house and senate."
Credentials? Puzzle
League of Nations
GENEVA. Aug. 20. (By The
AP. Philip S. Henry, bearing a
signed and sealed, document from
Cameron Morrison of North Caro
lina, appointing Mr. Henry a spe
cial commissioner; from North Car
olina, arrived j in Geneva today.
League of Nations officials are
somewhat puzzled over how to re
ceive him. ! j I---..
Mr. Henry has not yet placed
his credentials,; but it was said to
day the league officials were going
to welcome him as a representa
tive American; anxious to learn
about the league. ' - ?
A SOURCE OF MANY ILLS
A great proportion of stomach
trouble aside from cancer or
ulcers is due to reflex irritation
from the rectum or colon. Un
aware to you, Piles or other rectal
disorders may be the cause of
your ill health. : j
The success of my non-surgical treat
ment over many years enables me to
GUARANTEE o cure
- any case of Piles or re-
?'- fund the patient's fee.
Write today for my FREE
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3TH AND MAI4-OPPOSITt COURT HO" Si
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TOMORROW
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CONFERENCE OF
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German Methodist People to
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August 28 to 31 is the date or
the Pacific German conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church
which will be held in Salem. Rev.
G. S.'Roeder will have charge of
the program, which will be of In
terest to a number of Salem
church people. Business sessions
will be held from 9 o'clock nntil
11:30 o'clock each morning while
the afternoons will be devoted to
committee meetings. A number
of ministers who will attend the
conference are expected to arrive
Saturday In order to be present
at the Sunday service. Services
will be conducted in the Ge-man
language the Irst two nighVs.
Bishop Johnson will offer a
stereopticon lecture on "Africa"
Friday night at the First Metho
dist church. He recently returned
from a number of years spent on
that continent. It is also possible
that Dr.' A. J. Buchers of Cincin
nati. Ohio, may be present. .There
will be a meeting of the confer
ence on Saturday night.
Miss Rath Fields, a retired mis
sionary from Calcutta, India, will
be the speaker at the Friday after
noon meeting of the Women's For
eign Missionary -society. She is a
graduate of Willamette university
and now home on t furlough. Dr.
B. S. Tully of Buffalo, N. Y., will
also speak Friday afternoon. .
The annual conference love
feast will be held at 9:30 o'clock
Sunday morning at the Center
street church, to be followed by
a sermon by Bishop Johnson at
10:30 o'clock. In the afternoon
and again at night ministers from
the east will be the principal
speakers, t
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SUPPORT COOLIDGE
Senator Capper, Farm Bloc
Leader, Makes a State-1
ment for Nominee
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. Farmers
and wage earners were appealed
to in statements issued ; at na
tional republican headquarters to
night by Senator Arthur Capper of
Kansas( leader of the farm bloc
and T. V. O'Connor of the Inter
national Longshoremen's union,
chairman of the United States
shipping board. ,
Mr. O'Connor addressed a group
of members of labor unions from
various parts of the country gath
ered for conference In the office of
National Chairman 1 William M.
Butler. ;. - '. " . j-
"Our fanners believe In Cal,
the hard boiled economizer,"
said Senator Capper. MThey be
lieve in the Dawes plan for bring
ing real peace to the world. Our
farmers know and the working
men in our industrial centers
know, that this truly Insures .their
prosperity," Senator Capper said.
He added that "common sense and
rigid economy appeal more to peo
ple" than "government ownership
of railroads, attacks upon the pro
tective tariff system, or untried
policies." , - n r
Battling Siki Refuses
To Continue Ring Battle
LORAIN, Ohio, Aug. 20. The
scheduled 10-round bout between
Battling- Siki, who conquered
Georges Carpentier, and Mike Con
roy, Rochester, N. Y., came to a
sudden ending tonight when Siki
refused to go on after the eighth
round.
. When the gdng sounded for the
ninth round Siki walked to" the
middle of the ring and exclaimed:
"I'm getting nothing for this;
I quit." . '
It was the main bout of a show
for the benefit of the Lorain re
lief fund. Referee Tommy Mc-i
Ginty of Cleveland awarded the
contest to Conroy, who had been
master of the situation through
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LEOPOLD, L0EB ARE
DENOUNCED AS FRIENDS
(Continued from pago 1)
he had 'see the blows coming."
"So he was struck from behind,
four 'cowardly, dastardly blows,
with a carefully taped cold chisel
and then one or the other of these
fiends dragged him into the back
of the automobile and gouged out
his life."
Mr. Savage's description of the
crime started with the theft by
Leopold and Loeb of a portable
tyewrlter from a University of
Michigan fraternity house last fall.
He inferred that this showed pre
meditation of kidnaping and mur
der i at even that early date, and
then proceeded to sketch it. , He
had' reached the hiding, of " the
body in a culvert when adjourn
ment time came. !
: After Mr. Savage concludes,
which probably will be tomorrow,
the, defense ..will start - its final
summing up." Walter Bachrach is
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CLARKSBURC WELCOMES JOHN W. DAVIS
HOME FOR DEMOCRATS' FORMAL NOTIFICATION
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The Democratic nonilnee for the
Presidency Is seen here proceed
ing through Ms home town In an
automobile. .With aim is L.VvJSHE
dress paralleling Hkti Marshrs
legal reasoning. He .will be fol
lowed by his brother' Benjamin
and these! arguments: are expected
to consume the balance of athe
week. Clarence S. -:Darrow and
Robert E. Crowe state's attorney,
will match eloquence In the last
of the arguments.
Edward Cookingham Has
h Conference Wjth Officials
('Publication, of the report .of
Oswald West and George. Black of
Portland j relative to the alleged
irregularities in the sale of stock
0f the King's Food Products com
pany, and which assailed the Ladd
& Tilton bank of Portland,
brought j Edward ' Cookingham.
president; of the bank, to Salem
yesterday to confer with Gover
nor Pierce and State Treasurer
Myers. j .i-
Mr. Cookingham vehemently
denies the allegations' in the re
port, but following the conference
yesterday neither ho; nor the gov
ernor wonld make any statement
as to developments reached.
PIEltCE TO SPEAK
; PORTLAND, Or.. Aug. 20.
Game problems of the west will be
discussed, here tomorrow when the
annual convention of the Western
Association of Game wardens op
ens its sessions to continue Fri
day and ; Saturday. Governor
Pierce will deliver' the address t
welcome. ;
REFORMER DIES
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. Miss Lucy
Page Gaston, nationally known re
former and foe of cigarettes, died
in a sanitarium here today. Her
health failed several months ago
after she was injured in a street
car accident and a malignant
growth In her throat developed
Miss Gaston was conscious until
30 minutes before she died.
SOLDIERS INJURE CIVILIANS
i HONOLULU, Aug. 20. More
than 100 soldiers attacked and
injured a number of persons in
the Kalihi district last night in
revenge for an assault upon a sol
dier by gangsters Gunday night.
Both civilian and military police
were called to quell the disturb
ance. No arrests were made.
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John C. Johnson, one of West vir-l
glnla's! olde. Democrats, whorls I
said to din been the iman who I
BOYi fiRBESTEQ FOR :
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Threat on Life of Franks
Laid to 11 Year Old Boy ;ij
Two are Held
CHICAGO, Aug. 20. Earl
Sniith, 11-year-old school boy, was
arrestbd late today, charged with
having sent a threatening letter
to Jacob Franks, father of the
murdered Robert Franks. ; a;
; The lad was said to have ad
mitted his - 17-year-old ; brother.
Fielding, - and other companions
were confederates In demanding
$S000 from Mr. Franks on the
threat that his 'wife and daughter
would be killed. : ,
; Earl told the detectives - that
Fielding had dictated the letter
and tbld him to write. '
: Fielding told the officers, they
said, that several days ago his
brother showed him a letter ad
dressed to Franks and demanding
money. ' t
,"Tiat letter Is no good," the
officers said Fielding told Earl.
Her$ use this one." The older
boy then dictated the letter Mr.
Franks received, doing it in a
spirit of fun, he insisted, i;
Both boys were held for further
investigation. j ji H
j Murderer Identified.
; LOS - ANG ELES, Au g. 20.
Fingerprints of a burglary suspect
arrested here August 13 under the
name; of Harry Trafole, alias JL
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nrst lnaxruciea xar. - utvu in tn
politics and policies of the DemoJ
craUc party. . '
Arnett, have resulted in his Identi
fication ae John Revinsky, escaped
Memphis murderer and fugitive
from justice since 1917, police an
nounced tonight.
BELGIANS ENDORSE ACTION
BRUSSELS, Aug. 20.- (By the
AP.) -After listening today to a
detailed account of the recent rep
arations conference in London, the
Belgian cabinet unanimously en
dorsed the conduct of -affairs by
Premier Theunis and Foreign Min
ister Hymans and congratulated
them on the agreements reached.
VIOLATE LAND LAW
SEATTLE, Aug.8 20. Thomas
Chapman of Kent, Wash.,; was
charged la the superior court
here today with violation of an
alien land law prohibiting aliens
owning or leasing lands, by aiding
and: abetting an alien in holding
property from January 1 to Aug
ust 1 15, - by prosecuting Attorney
Malcom ; Douglas- Chapman was
said to have allowed T. Tomlnega
to continue in possession of some
property after Tomlnega's : lease
had expired.
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BACK in the 40s it took months for the thrilling news
of California's gold . strike to cross the continent.
; Today, a few hours after so important a discovery, the
entire story would be known to newspaper readers
throughout the country. , f
i In the early days, news spread by word of mouth. Today,
the telegraph and telephone speed the message into the
i newspaper office, it is rushed, into type, the paper is
! printed and shortly the news becomes public property.
i There are two kinds of news in the paper. One consists
of thOaffairs of other people; their sayings,, doings and
vhat they're going to do; things that have happened,
may happen and didn't happen. i
The other kind of news is about your affairs. That's
the part you'll find iii the advertisements. There's a lot
of valuable news there about things you want or .will
"want; things that have to do with your own personal
comfort, convenience and every-day efficiency. .
Every advertisement carries a personal message to some
one. Many advertisements carry messages of vital inter
est or value to you. r '
i! That's why. you can't afford to miss the advertisements. .
Read them. The advertisements are
j decidedly valuable to you.
STORMS PLAY FREAK
SOTS 1 EAST
Two are Killed in : Dakota;
Rain and Heat Strike
at Other Points
FARGO, N. D., Aug. 20. Two
persons were killed during a se
vere rain and electrical storm
which visited the southern half of
North Dakota late today.
GALESBURG, 111., Aug. 20.; A
heavy rain etartlng early yester
day and lasting all night, caused
a washout on the . main line of the
Burlington near Altoona, early to
day. All mainline traffic is tied
up. - -' - j y -ii
BENTON HARBOR, Mich , Aug.
20. Damage running into sev
eral thousand dollars was caused
here late yesterday by a wind
storm which unroofed several
small buildings. It is estimated
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We are contihuing our August
Clearance sale making sub
stantial reductions on all mer
chandise in stock.
It will payyou to purchase at this time
for Fall and Winter wear. Our gar
ments are the best in quality and smart
ness of styles. '. ; "
A small deposit will hold any Fur or
' Coat until a later time when you wish
it deivered. : ;
, Call and Inspect i Our Offerings, r
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West Fur Company
190 N. Liberty
We will be glad to help you in making
over or re-styling. yoorold fur or coat
GoUl
that half of the pear;; peach and
apple crop has been ruined.
OMAHA, - Neb., Aug. 20.
Bright sunshine and! hot winds,
the kind of weather in which Ne
braskans say . "they can hear the
com grow." prevailed in eastern
and southern Nebraska today,
bringing maximum temperatures
of 101 at Lincoln land 93 at
Omaha. - i :
Specials for
;Hop Piclsers
A large selection ?f GIove
Uats, Koveralls, fihirts.
We sell S5 p cent cheaper
tbaa the other stores. ' .
Work Shoe special to hop
pickers $1.83.
CAPITAL EXGHL'IGE
P. STEINBOClC, ,rrop.
343 N. Commercial
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