The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, April 05, 1925, Image 3

Historic Oregon Newspapers

The Oregon statesman., April 05, 1925, Page 3, Image 3

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (April 5, 1925)

Prev Page of 22 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (6.2 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Prev Page of 22 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page TextTIIE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OHEGON SUNPAY MORNING, APHIL 5. .1923 4 Children Provide Amusenent During Show When Douglas Fairbanks ome tQ. Town i i ' f. i f'-'r" - ,,, r,.- "The Thief of Bagdad" Brings Forth Choice Bits of Comment From Juvenile Spectators at Hjpeclal Matineo , 'The Thief ; of nAgdad" ' nasi! ronie to town, and th indications! are that DongleS Fairbanks in such a role could stay a week and hot wear out his welcome. ' We chose to go wltji the school children. It and they were a rev elation. We knew the play would be. But the children 'were a sur prise. - ' -- . "I'll read you what it says," volunteered' Helen at our right back, while Willie at center back nuzzles two fists in our coal collar and Norman wants to know if that is the "Bagdad yet," and Willie wants to know what "is a bag bag anyway." But it doesn't mat ter. Helen' can reads "yarn' for yearn and not miss a single bit of the romance. She can even : read that "the mottoes ate storming the city" Instead of tbe Mongols. Why not? Persons at center front were wishing "someone would ' make those kids shui up." But we hoped no one would. The marvelous scenes were too amaz ing for mere adult minds to drink In to the--full, too j incredible. How wondrous they grew as Helen elucidated. i'Tbey are She - shrieks breathlessly J" I :--'; t iuif ' Ui "I wonder what that is?" Xor nian Ven8ures:4 : ' f-- "Oh, a! thing." Helen explains. If theiflylng carpet were a bit too 1 matter-of-fact, the flying horse was unsurpassed, unmistak able. The theatre literally rang with enthusiastic whistles and cheers. The plot and the romance the adventure and the Great Les son may! hare found in places no response j at all in the children, but in; all their lives before were they ever so excited? And ior us? Well, thd two hours could have been six, land no one would have been tired! . Northern Marion County, ; Woman Called By Death CERVAIS, Or., April 4. Mrs. Mary Johnston, wife of the late John j Johnston, died at her home three imiles southwest of Wood burnj ion! Friday, April 3, J923, at the age of S4 years. - Mrs; Johnston was born In (Mis sissippi in 1840,-and -was married to John Johnston at St. Paul, Or., . i- mrm- m - 1 Gaiibu Stand the! Tiith? LET ME TELL YOU i t ASTKOI.OGT. h. most '.. know a to hMory. r jMil,. linuir la innrrixer. f ru-Mt. ries. i:ulikn ",!r ther 'AM tritkMM ma b rr-mltd fhrvaKh th S!Tnln t ATROLOGV. AVH t-II yoo FKEK trtliim facts that may rBUBe th Mhalr whim of year lit m t-nl IBctm, happtan. mod prosperity titetrao f a-lalr and failure, which may now be tarhur yon la tlie fa. Uur trelacimt 4aierretkMi wrlttm In plain, imDlp iutuaie will wiiirt tf Mt to than two mIM pair. To ovoM triflera an.1 cliiltrra. eoetoeo J ewrta la aor form to I - fovrr ' of fhio Botiec BsalllBK. rtfi and (In BITLTn HATH. Tfiwe will he no ow wi hear f roia mo at oee l alala earrlato aeriirely araied pot iaij Xi.ia wooierf al offer may itt bo madfe GIVE BIRTH DATE ' ala to ACT M.. Addre fajajililra, ' i - J 1 1 BLIGH -- TODAY aBWajBfc Mr. Business Man NOTE For the sake of demonstrating the! superior quality : of our BAKAliL baked ename jobs we are offer- , 125 Discount :lasi Jobs. The only require- from our regular prices on 5 first clas ments are: j . .. - s 1 ,b . ": . i 1. The owner must be a down-town business man. 2. The car must be one that is regularly parked down town. 3. The jobs must be first class. Ko discount offered on any other class. . . ; . . . 1 , : (J.j . ; . I Reliance Auto Painting Co. ' Jfomc of the Bakall I System . rhon OS7 ' '1 . ' ! : ' J210 Stat in 1855, and has lived on the farm home eyer since . v. Tna surviYors are lour daugh ters and four 430na; and many grandchildren. Sons and daugh ters are as follows: Mrs. J. K. Manning, Portland; - Mrs. Anna Hinkle, Portland; Mrs.' Cella O Neil, North Yamhilt, j and Mrs. Fred Kinns at the family home. The eons arej Robert Johnston of Sacramento, Cal., Tom Johnston, Forest Groret :WIllia,m and Chas. Johnston,; West Woodburn. h. The funeral will be held from the St. Loui4 Catholic church on Monday, April , 1925, with in terment: In St. Louis - Catholic cemetery:" : r- ' : ' - , m E EVEfiT WMITIEEPEI Appointments for Willamette University Program An nounced by hllis Comedy Four Presented on Bligh VaurJeville Program Ackerman & Harris haye booked for their headline attraction at the Bligh theater today the "Crescent Comedy Four." They are consid ered as one ) of the best quartets on the vaudeville stage today. Their act brings back fond recol lections of school days and is a scream froml start to finish, t The boys have been' together a num ber of years, land have worked out a program that offers real har mony singing and plenty of com edy, .j 'hH; --Tf!";": : Walsh and Kramer in "Who, Me? Alright," are sure gloom chasers. Comedy and plenty of it is the way; they are Hated, j; Youth, Pep and Harmony is tbe billing of the "Three Harmony Maids." This trio of young ladies in costumes f hat are the personifi cation of youth gaily romp thrugh their repertoire of comedy har mony singing and dancing. , Johnson ad May are a happy duo of fun makers whose! act con sists of wholesome, clean comedy talking, whistling and singing. ,The Rowelleys present a pro gram on a diversified collection of novelty ; musiccl ? Instruments, which are their own investions. Their repertoire is up to date, and they spring many surprise 'offer ings during thelract. j I The May Day program at Wil lamette university is now in the hands of the committees appoint ed by Francis Ellis, May Day manager. The details are now rapidly being cared for and a full program for the two days. May. 9 atrd 9, is assured. The committees appointed are as follows: : ' - Advisory, George Atkinson, chairman, Leland Chapln, - and Ruth Hewitt. Student Lunch Mildred McKIl- lican, chairamn. May Gilbert. Margaret) Mades. Mildred MUls, and George Adams. . ' Queens Court- Juanita Henry, MOSHBERGERTO I LEAD REGIMENT ; (Conttttutd from pags 1) regiment, excepting his own. Col onel Hiram Tj. Welch was Inspec tor of elections. - f :. - . Following, the completion 6t his promotion ji Colonel MoBhberger was given, an impromptu reception by a number of the officers of his regiment and was presented witn a set of silver 'eagles, the insignia of his new rank.1 s Annonncement was also made of - the; promotion t Major Fred M. West of Portland to lientenant colonel on the taft 61 the" 41sti division ; under jwar department authority. Lieutenant ' Colonel West Is assigned as assistant chief of staff G-2 or intelligence section He, is a veteran Oregon National Guardsman with 20 years service to his credit, and came up through the ranks frpmj priyate, serving witn the Oregon; regiment on the Mexican border j and going over seas with the 162nd infantry as a company commander. He has com manded a battalion in the 162nd miantry regiment .for the past four years, i : i j " . YAA ' t fct TheCallis . Answered Promptly OARRISH IpARAGRAPHS j V Doris Gopdsey s Miss Pbipps and Miss Crozer, who are home economics students at Willamette university, visited the cafeteria class Tuesday, and stayed through part of the lunch hour to (observe the serving of lunclw -j ! . I The manual training boys are putting the last j coat of palntjj on their new! work shop. ' I The lawn is being mowed and the fence removed.' The pupils are taking pride in their new lawn. Our health officer Is doing his best to keep the yard clean. much interested In the city park ing problem. Each student plans to interview several car owners to get j their5 expression on ; the question. ! .The studeius favor head-on, parking. ; The city has installed a ' fire hydrant at tbe corner of Capital and I) streets. j Xo stopping or parking of cars are allowed in front of our school. There are three zones for students to follow in crossing the street. This work was done by the city Thecfvics students are ery as a safety measure. Marriage Reform Needed Every State Offender NEW tORK CITY, March 2o. need for important! re the marriage laws ,and There ia forms in their administration, either or both, in practically every state in the United States, according. o a 150-page j report on "Child Mirri- chalrman, Elizabeth Silver, Myrtle J ages," issued here today by I the Jensen, Dwight Findley, an Wil- Kussell Sage Foundation as I the liam Walsh. : I result of several years' investiga- May Dances Jannell Vaode-1 tion extending into 90 cities in vort.l Lucia Card, and Elizabeth, practically every section of f the country. j . I . The' report, wthich was prepared McClure. i Hospitality Ruskin Blatchford chairman, Elaine Cbapin and Ter- fleld j Schindler. Publicity-iLee Crawford and William Warren. Program Lois Taylor and Jo seph Nunn. Campus' Work Herbert Jasper, by Mary E. Richmond, under whose direction the study was conducted, with the collaboration of Fred Si Hall, takes the position that at this stage reforms roust be effected feta to by state. . The re port calls upon associations of chairman, Rawson Chapin, DeLoss parents, women's organizations. Robertson and William McAllis- school authorities, ministerial as ter; ! . ! I soclations, social : workers, legis- Music- Mildred Tomlinson, I lators, anjd other interested in the chairman, Malcom Medler, and I problem of child marriage, to in- Fay Spaulding. . dertake the . following ten steps May Morning Breakfast Ger-toward a Solution, of this problem: designing person or Impulse of the moment may spirit away the immature girl or 'boy ' from the home and make the child a victin or an administrative system' which is without proper safeguards. . aldine Cook. Details- Wayne Crow, chair man, Harley Allen, and Arthu: Roundtree. - : Manager f the Junior Play Edward Guyer. Campus Stunts-4-Dale chairman, Harold Lucian Cobb. ' ; England Endorses American Steps to Safeguard . Milk 1. Work toward a reasonable and , enforceable minimum marri ageable age law; tbe minimum for girls should be at least 16; in many states it is still 12 2. Procire ; in states which i now TTnabina 1 are witnout it a law rpnuirintf five Fearing and J !ays advance notice of intention to marry J such a law ia now in op eration iri eight states. I 3. Put! the marriage market town out of business; ther are at least 40 -notorious Gretna Greens where the' exDloitation and LONDON, April 4 An Inter-1 commercialism of . marriage are national Milk congress in London, responsible ' for numerous ' child similar to that rheld In the United marriages.: ! ! r eiaies last year, is under ctonsi-1 4.ThroUKhi co-oneration 1 with deration by the ministies of agri-J adjoining states discourage hasty culture and health. Veterinary marriaeei across the state border. opinion in lhis country is so im-j where out-of-town marriages are pressed with steps taken by the railroaded through either ajt-the united States to prevent tbe spread of tuberculosis through miiKj tagen rrom infected cows, that j strong- representation's" made to governmental authorities here are jcpected ; to result'ln similar measures In England. license office or the justice of the peace office, or both. . ' 5. Know the work of your li cense issuers, so that the difficul ties with which they are now con tending single-handed may be brought to light, and that they may be encouraged to use . the descretion which the laws of many states now empower . them to exercise. : ' , 6. Dstroy the fee system; in so far as the system of fees in lieu of salaries to license issuers sur vives, it interf ers with the disih tereted character of their service. 7. Strengthen requirements as to proqf of age of applicants for marriage licenses; at present no proof of age 'is required in most marriage license offices and the practice of accepting affidavits leads to falsification by applicants and sometimes their parents, mak ing possible the marriage of child ren 11, 12, 13," and 14 years of age. 8. Substitute better evidence of age for affidavits; no other form of evidence is so unsatisfactory. Aside from birth and baptismal certificates 16 other forme of documentary evidence of age are suggested in the report. 9. Require both applicants for a marriage license to appear in person before the license issuer. 10. Harmonize the different state Jaws in which a minimum age is required; the minimum marriageable age should not be lower than the minimum working age, and the compulsory school attendance age should fit both these others. '.' Adoption of such reforms, says the report, would act as a check upon those parents who are wil ling! to marry off their boys and girls while, they are still children. What is more important, they would protect other parents who at present never know when some Freedom Turned Down V i For Joys of Life in Jail j . .. j, ; . ROME, April 4. The ; incor rigibility and contempt for the police" which made Silvio Visconti a thorn in the side of the authori ties a half century ago, when he was a member of the famous Cip riano La Gala oanait band stood him in good stead recently when he again, at the age of 94, found himself at iodds with the forces of law and order. : Informed! by the wardens of the 'DQ.WGb'AS" Portici prison la Naples, wlsre he had been incarcerated tc." 4 5 years, vthat he was free, Le in sisted that he wanted to s; eni the rest of his days in -jail.' De spite the aged man's protests, two carabineers took him to hisjiatlra village, Gissuni:Vallepiana. But Silvio .knew I hey. could not keep him" out of jail if he' broke his "good conduct parole, so he walked back 'the "300 miles to 'Naples aa heroic ;task for a man of his ae, sat " down in front of the prison gate and howled until the wardens were forced to admit him. Mayor Bell and Conrad Staffron were visitors here from Dallas yes terday. LAST TIMES TODAY 2 TO 11 P. M. JHIdiirolci 7i Mf. 0n& vk m MD II r r i TODAY AND 2 MORE DAYS OREGON ir Hapfines s must f i jgri be earned" : lO; , W&ggi LNOWOX neviep: Jl laughter Special Also -. - THE , .LONE VYOLP ' Healed up quickly There is a new-day treatment for eczema, based on decades of skin study. -It combines the best that modern science knows. The chief, factor is sulphur, because of its germ-destroying powers. But other; factors haye enormous value. llentho-Sulphur combines all factors. It forms the best belp we know for skin troubles. Relief is instant, healing begins at once. Often the skin is cleared so quick ly that the user Is amazed. Countless people are now end ing eczema in this quickefficient way. j Everyone should use It for skin troubles. Xsk your druggist for a jar of Rowles Mentho-Sul- phui-j then watch how it Seals the skin.! You will be glad yon tea rn- j ed about it. ' ;' For Free Sample Address WHITEHALL PHARMACAL CO. (Inc.) ; 60S Madison Ave. New" York, N. Y. it i f ' iii ill i - -.i i . if -i.'.v n - .... 1 f 1 I m- -m ..nn, ' f NV ' 1 r 'h-J:i i, v7xl Kr TmMM' vi 9T1 NOW PLAYING regardless of where it oricrinates. iwhen our phone rings. ,- We are equipped to serve in the surround- ing rural districts just as satisfac torily and just as efficiently as we do right here in our own part of ine ciiy. One wishincr "the type of service we render may call us with the ass urance that that ; service will be forthcomings regardles of location. i WEBB'S i 203 Sa Church Slrcct Ruhbins Alcqhol i : is totally use by bos f . Pltals for jrelievinf pat; ients in cases of cruis es, aches, lameness. I sore muscles, stiff I Inints etc." Pint Bottle CnC r7, , mMU Perry DruStor . i 115 Beth CaBT-Ttizl -i Salem, Oregon mm- : t if i -:i, : tir-r. ft- 5 i it Am f ji mm) Mi SI I i v -m-r- -t - . "II -.- -y Never before . .. Jias the screen ared to paint in such vivid colors the flame of exist ence! Never be fore has the screen revealed the secret places of the heart," the pas sions, the lusts, the tenderness es the touching-pathos I of h u m a n i t y's groping toward the light. r, v -v - - - -; i i . m x . i 4 V- it : I i i t t ' . t-...