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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1927)
V WEDNESDAY MORNING, FEBRUARYS 6, ,1927 ; ' - ; ElUnore " ; : " -- Shooting a man as the first step toward falling; In love with him Is simply the Introduction to one of the most stirring romances yet to reach the screen, "Man of the For est. the Zane Grey Paramount picture which shows at the Elsi nore theatre today and tomorrow, February-1G and 17. ;JaeX Holt, as Milt Dale, Is the target,, and Georgia Hale, Nancy Raynor, the girl with the gun. It happens when Nancy comes west to claim a ranch .'Inherited from her uncle and is kidnapped by Dale, who Is saving her from' a gang of outlaws, i Not only does Nancy shoot him, she also has him arrested and put in jail. Unwit tingly, she plays into the hands of Clint 'Beasley, a. scoundrel, who helps her -.under - false ''pretenses and attempts to swindle her out of the ranch. , , " , . , ' Fromthat time,- things start happening. Dale 'escapes from jail with the help of his pet cougar Just as Nancy realises - Beasleys true character and her love for Pale. ,; - . The latter leads hts own sup porters into a pitched battle with Clint and his henchmen. One sur prising twist -; follows another in the plot's unraveling. , . . . . A carefully selected cast enacts this drama of the old west. War ner Oland,, is Beasley. Tom Ken nedy the venal sheriff and El Brendel .interprets a fine vein of comedy that relieves the narra tive's serious strain. Others in the company are Duke "Lee, Bruce Gordon, Ivan Christie, Walter Ack erman and Willard Cooler. The director responsible for "Forlorn River" and "Born to the WesfV John Waters, was behind the meg aphone, in itaelf a reliable promise of 'satisfactory entertainment. ; Oregon Why Girls Go Back Home." the Warner picture which is show ing at the Oregon theatre today and tomorrow, - February 1 6 and 17,' has a brilliant cast to enact the reason why girls do go back and was directed by James Flood. Patay Ruth Miller plays Marie Downy, a small town girl who falls In love with an actor at the local. theatre and follows him to New . York, believing his love is as gen vine as hers. This role is said to give Miss Miller the greatest op portunity of her successful career, since it combines dramatic and DISTRICT COURT BILL ;GETS BLOW FROM SEN. - Ooatinl from par. 1.) ents. Senator Butler referred to the remark by Senator Brown that - the. attorneys were responsible for the bill. I am getting tired," said Sen ator; Butler, "of the atUtude of soma members of this senate who repeatedly rap. the attorneys. The lawyers of this state pay taxes and are hot; such a bad class of men. They are entitled to a fair and im partial hearing as are the bankers and. men engaged in other, pro fessions." Senator Norblad declared that the district courts would assist In In the enforcement of the laws and would not undermine the judicial ' structure as Indicated by Senator Eddy. t . oeaaior aioser saia tne Marion county bar favored the hill, and - that it would be well for Senator urown to get in touch with his constituents. Senator Upton declared that under the existing lusti rnnrt system litigants have no protec tion, tie predicted that the fees of the district courts would more than pay the: costs of operations. Voting for Che bill were Sena tors Bailer. Banks. Bell - Davie Dunne, Hare, Jones, Kiddle, Klep per, Moser, Norblad, Reynolds and Upton. ; Against the bill were Senators Reals, Brown, Butler, Butt, Cars ner, Dann, Eddy, Elliott, Hall, Hunter; Joseph, Mann, Marks, Mil ler, Staples, Strayer and President cornet v - The senate voted d by Senator Joseph providing that ine inaas or tne state fish com mission should eo into th eral fund and that the commission would be compelled to appear be- xore tne legislature for its bien nial appropriations. The i senate Indefinitely postponed a resolution introduced by Representative Hazlett refer ring to the VOtera the anAatinn repealing the Interest guarantee jaw as it applies to Irrigation and drainage districts. The senate nassed over the tn of ex-Governor Pierce a bill ap- prorea ai tne izs legislative ses sion relating to the conduct of the cnua weirare commission. - ..rLJ - FRANCE SNUBS COOLIDGE FLEA FOR DISARMING : UOBUaaod from pag. 1.) that the league is the place to talk disarmament and pat such words into action. He concludes by. ex pressing hope that the United States would continue to associate Itself with the preparatory com mission of the league in making a siuay oi armaments. J WASHINGTON. Feb. 15. f API Possibilities of a move toward a fourpower naval conference at Geneva with France eliminated loomed. here tonight with receipt or tne Tencn--reply declining President . Coolidge's fire-power suggestions. . . The American proposals In their present form; the French commun ication said, "risk compromising the success" of the preparatory disarmament commission . created by the League of Nations already at work at Genera. v , That commission, it added, la French opinion afford a place where "the American proposal can be effectually examined. j The reply reached Washington l tonight, too late for the consider ation 'by President Coolldge or EN comedic possibilities and. allows her to show how perfectly she can execute the Charleston. ! Clive Brooks plays the hand some matinee Idol who finds his idle flirtation with the naive coun try "girl has ; been taken too seri ously to suit him, and plans a cruel revenge. Jane Win ton plays the leading woman in the traveling troupe and llyrna Loy a chorns girl who be friends Marie when she Joins up with their show. Joseph Dowling is seen as Patsy Ruth Miller's fa ther and George O'Hara as her country sweetheart who mistrusts her when success and fame come to her as a Broadway star. "Why Girl Go Back Home Is a story of small town romance and big town reality written by Cath erine Brodv. It was adanted to the screen by Walter Morosco, and the scenario prepared by Sonya Hovey "Bean Geste," the "photoplay which opens at the Oregon theatre on Sunday, February 20, has Ron- aia uoiman as tne hero and a list of actors and actresses that make up one of the most important casts of any film In the last decade. The picture is based upon life in the Foreign Lerion and cm adapted from a book of the same name Dy Major Percival Christo pher Wren. The prologue of the film shows three well-known child actors taking the roles of the three Drotners about whom the story is written. Then the story shifts to the present, with Ronald Colman Neil Hamilton and Ralph Forbes casing tne rolea of the brothers. Noah Beery is also a member of the brilliant groun of film celebri ties playing the role of Sergeant iejaune, the cruelest beast and bravest soldier" of the Legion. William Powell, Alice Joyce. Mary Brian, Norman Trevor, Vic tor McLaglen and others have im portant roles. Much attention has been paid in the film to the desert effects, and Brenon, the director, has Introduced many picturesque scenes. In one scene thousands of color ful Touraregs are seen sweeping across the sand plains; in another scene a detachment of the Foreign Legion rushes over the desert tb relieve a fort which has hn at tacked. The magnificence of the desert and its tragedies are both empha sized in the picture. The film will b shown tint nn Sunday. Secretary Kellogg in official hours. Earlier in the day, however, it was emphasized at the White House that President Coolidge had made his proposal because It was "perfectly evident" that no practical agreements for naval limitations were to be expected from the preparatory commission because., of ! the participation of numerous small powers without or virtually without establishments. - The French reply took an-exactly reverse Tiew. It asserted the rule of the League of Nations em bodying "the principle - of the equality of the powers, greai or small," which principle It Is said would be injured by the American plan for a separate conference of the . great naval powers. Such a more,- it was added, would also "weaken the authority of the League of Nations art eaaentlal n the peace of the world." In riew of the French attitude, official attention was centered on Italy's reply. It is expected to be ah acceptance. Some officials go so far as to say that French re fusal makes Italian acceptance the more probable. As Japanese acceptance seems officially assured and British ac ceptance has' been forecast, the four-power possibility Is already taking shape In official Quarters despite -the refusal to discuss to what steps the . French rejection might lead. If examination of the replies of the other three powers leaves any hope for attempting to go on without France, it seems wholly probable that such a sug festlo wIH be forthcoming from Wafihmgfon. Some officials belleTe there are. elements in the Euro pean political situation which might contribute to success of such a move. Auto Skids Into Ditch: No One Hurt Seriously J. W. Weedhouse of route 5, Salem, driving a Buick roadster owned t . a ti x. Commercial street, was forced off the road Monday night by a speed- That Annoying Cough Stopped by Taking r SCHAEFFER'S -HERBAL COUGH SYRUP Sold Only At SCHAEFER'Q DRUG STORJS P 135 North Commercial r; t; . ; Street....; . - , PHONE197V ,; The Original YeAow Front ' Drnj Store Penslar Store Ing - northbound motorist driving with - one headlight, ; about three miles north of Brooks. : Weed ho use claims that he was approaching a corner and that he misjudged the unknown driver's speed, both coming to the corner at the same time. Irr" making the turn the Buick skidded ' into a deep ditch and was wrecked. - Neither Weedhouse nor his wife were Injured seriously, although both were badly shaken up. THE ACT lie SUPREME COURT SAYS LAW LS UNCONSTITUTIONAL The state supreme court yester day held that the act passed at the 1921 legislative session providing for creation of tunnel districts was void and unconstitutional. The opinion, written by Jnstice Rand, upholds a decree of Judge George Bagley in a suit brought to re strain Tunnel District No. 1 from proceeding with its development. "It will be seen," the opinion stated, "that under the provisions of the act all owners of taxable property within the district are divided into two classes, one in cluding those owning land of 5000 feet or more in area and the other class those owning less area. "The classification contained in this act is purely arbitrary and creates discrimination not based upon 'any real or substantial dif ferences or distinctions." Pringle William Wright and family are moring to Salem this week. The Wrights will be greatly missed in this neighborhood as ' they hare been actire church workers and good neighbors. Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Coburn vis ited friends in Albany Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Miller and family accompanied by Mrs. Smith and daughter Marjorie, motored to Newport for the week-end.' Loraine . Probst is with her grandmother, Mrs. Ford, in Inde pendence, where she is attending school. Mrs. T. E. Meeks left Sunday for Milwaukie where she will rislt relatives and friends. Mrs. Vera Coburn has received a summons, for jury duty on the Marion coujity circuit court. Grandpa. Coburn is in rery poor health this month. Fourty-four people attended Sunday school at the Pringle church Sunday, an unusually large attendance. E. G.. Clark, road patrolman for this district, has been superintend ing some much needed repair work on the market roads.' A. J. Duncan has returned from Salem to his farm here. While In Salem he was connected with the Willamette Grocery company. .Mr. and Mrs., H-,E. Stewart and daughter Ocle entertained .'the "Wide Awake Sunday school class at their home Saturday afternoon. Fourteen members were present .to enjoy the program of games and music' The class proved them selves to be a lively bunch, living np to their name, s Casey's Guaranteed RHEUMATISM REMEDY Money refunded. 1C It does not cure your case NELSON & HUNT Druggists Cor. Court and Liberty TeL 7 ft ' THE OREGON " ' jj THE OREGON Today Why Girls Go r i Matinee 10c - 25c - RO&TEirj 6GREEMBAUM BEAUTIFUL RAYON BED SPREADS Reduced Prices, Special at $4.65 , . Beautiful Spreads at $5.00 and $4.19 ; PRETTY CRINKLED BED SPREADS Large Sizes Reduced Prfces ' Specials at $2.15 and $ J .95 FANCY TOWELS, , SPECIAL AT 25c 9-4 SHEETING-ESPECIAL LOW PRICES Wearwell 9-;4 ' J Sheeting -'r 1 Bleached - f : , Yard 45c 32 Inch Rayon, Striped Madras! Shirtings . Very fine material pretty patterns 50c values at 32c a Yard ' - . 36-inch ' ; 27-inch Outing Flannel - Outing Flannel v Yard 15c Yard 12 Our Blankets Are AH First Quality i7H80 Blankets -; Blankets i Grey, Tan r White : ; First Quality . ' ; , First Quality Pair $2.59 Pair gl.69 246 NORTH COIMCIAL: STREET.. :ic OU BOTTLERS' ASSOCIATION F.-EETS Walter J. Nelson Re-elected Secretary,1 Cooperation Key Note of Meet Oyer half of the bottling works manufacturing carbonated bever ages In Oregon were represented at the 15th annual convention of the Oregon Bottlers association, held in Salem Tuesday at the Mar ion hotel. Fifty delegates from all parts of the state were present, representing 23 bottling plants. Officers elected for the coming year were L Albert of Portland, president; Loren P. Davis of Al bany, vice president; Walter J. Nelson of Salem, reelected' sec retary for the fifth term; and B. Ruvinsky of Portland, director. Clarence Gilda of Oregon City, president during the past year, was toastmaster at the banq.net Tuesday evening. Closer acquaintance and cooper ation among the bottlers of car bonated beverages was . the key note of the meeting. C. B. Chesterrman, president of the American Bottlers of -Carbonated Beverages, of Sioux City, la., was the principal speaker. He emphasized the importance Of the ? 2,000,0 00 national advertising campaign which the organization he heads is launching this year, as the largest cooperative industrial advertising campaign ever con ducted by any association. "It is estimated that two hun dred million bottles of pint ginger ale were produced and sold in the United States in 1926." President Chesterrman said, "and it is al most impossible to estimate the hundreds of millions of bottles of other carbonated beverages that were produced." Clyde D. Lightbody, manager of THE ELSINORE 03 35c Evening 35c GRANDIN at the Wurlitzer avavfc.a. b. A. Tomorrow Back Homel Evening 10c - 35c 1 Wearwelll9-4 Sheeting i Unbleached ' Yard 42J4c Matinee g2 the Pacitie Bottler. trade news paper,' and secretary-treasurer of the California bottlers organisa tion, emphasized the need of clos er relationship among the manu facturers. FURTHER INTO THE Rural Route 4, Out of Salem, to Serve More People After , March 16 Congressman W. C. Hawley wires The Statesman: "Iepart ment has authorized extension of rural route No. 4 out of Salem, Oregon, four "miles, effective March 16. 1927." Route 4 now goes southerly on Church and High Btreets to Hoyt, 1.6 mile; north to IOOF cemetery and retrace to High; .4 mile south to Judson; east to Smith .5 mile; south to Falrview avenue; east to 12th street .6 mile; south to coun ty road .1 mile; west and south west to Jefferson way; thence south and southeast to Rosedale, and so on through that section and back to Grabenhorst's corner and Pringle school and return to kthe postof f ice. The route is now 26.2 miles long. The extra four miles of service will make It two-tenths of a mile more than 30 miles long. It serves one of the best fruit "sec tions of Marion county. QUAKE, STORM, AND AVALANCHE HIT CALIF. (Continued on pg. 4.) intensity along the line of the San Andreas fault from Inverness, Sonoma county, to Watsonville, Santa Cruz county, was reported at 3:55 this afternoon. No dam age was reported. - The official report of the dis- cnumitr with mail OREGON THEATRE sunSay FEBRUARY 20 2:30 Matinee C a "LAUGH you grinning dogs ! 99 And a hideoas, quavering travesty of a laugh rang out What mad, incredible business this, that cniy laughter among the dead, from men about to die? Forctd to laugh intbtfactof dtatb N uvJr Htrbtrt Brnton "j "BEAU GESTE" is called " the year! greatest melodrama." The Year's Greatest Melodrama 20 Piece Touring Orchestra rrices; Matinee 50c, 75c, $1.10; Nights 50c, 75c, SI. 10, ft Seats On Try We TO) TO) IT Ml , Kane's Cigar Store Pastime Cigar Store XC Perry,- Druggist Smith's Cigar Store ICIelt's Cigar Store Opera; House Pharmacy , "'mummmmm "" j""''""""""' . ii i ' i I, r ,i !....:;:".:..;: ' " - ""TTZZZ tarbance from' the selsmogTaph of the University of California aaid It lasted three minutes, although It was felt only momentarily l here and by few persons. At Walson ville. at the south extremity of the shake, i it was described as sharp." frightening thfeatre crowds and shoppers. No dam age was reported at Watsonville, however. . - eokmnmnh ezDerts at j the University of California said the greatest intensity poini snouiu have been at Inverness. opoiii ..,,ntv en rnllp.i northwest oi .WUMhJ, a Berkeley, but no alarm was leu there. LOS ANQKLES. Feb. 15. (AP) Row boats from a small io r, a I Anaelea nark were commandeered by police tonight to be used in rescuing more than 100 persons marooned in the su burban towns of the San Fernando roiis hv rinnda resulting from the three day storm which has deluged southern California from sea to mountains. j The waters suddenly reiched the flood stage late this afternoon and were reported to be sic feet deep in low parts of some of the valley towns. At that time the 8tom rainfall had reached a total of 4.33 inches, and 12.84 for the season, eclipsing rain records for five years. - Broken or difficult communica tions .over highways, electriej lines and railways, deaths of tw per sons in traffic accidents oh the slippery streets of Los Angeles and the wrecking of two small cot tages undermined at the beach near Santa Monica were the prin cipal effects of the storm, j The Your Car Deserve SEIBERLINGS America's Finest Tire ZOSEL'SS 10O S. Commercial Tel. 471 Night 8:10 .65 Hale Now The New Salem Confection, a 5c Bar, Made from- Cigbn Prunes ana w alnuts and Coating of Choc olate, Blended Together to Suit the Palate of Most Ahybne It Today, Will Give I You More THIS CONFECTION CAN BE PURCHASED Shoeshining Parlors on State St. Pickens & Haynes . Grocery ' ' " Terminal Cigar Store Nelson & Hunt Pharmacy weather bureau predicted further rains tomorrow.- r- SAN DIEGO;.CaL Feb. 15. (API This city vai cut off from the rest of the world early this evening as far a train service was concerned. ; "Trains i to and from the east over the San Diego and Arizona, railway stopped . running yesterday Vbecause of - bad wash outs. At-6 p.' m. today the Santa Fe of f ices here reported that no trains would enter or leave the city over Its line "between San Diego and Los Angeles 'until further notice ...... j. . Albany Driver's Car Demolished in wreck The large sedan i belonging to Judsoji O. Hall: of? Albany) was totally -demolished and its occu pants badly shaken when they were sideswiped by another car driven , north by Archer Rice ,of Salem. : ! -' , Hall was driving; south about seven miles south of; Salem on the Pacific highway when he was forced to pull; over: to let. Rice pass. In his report, sent from the sheriff's office at; Albany, nej states that the Rice machine was1 1 IV II i i ii - 1111 IV " w :- i . , -. . . via Rayon Vests 59c Rayon Bloomers to match 89c Rayon Vests t ...98c Glove Silk Vests (flesh only) ..$1.75 Bloomers to match ........$3.75 Rayon Slips (light or dark) .... .$1.48 to $3.48 Rayon Gowns. ...1.98 to $3.95 Rayon Pajamas .....$3.95 Kiddies Rayon Vests 75c to 98c Bloomers to match 98c to $ 1 .48 TUP CSiSSSiSiii3iiiSlB?iSiiSlll ! and if You The on the wrong side of the road and that he barely avoided a head on collision. The sedan turned turtle and rolled into a deep ditch on the right side of the road. Despite the condition of the Hall car, neither the driver or hh passengers, Mr. and Mrs. A. m4 Taylor of Albany, were seriously Injured. The Rice car was not badly damaged according to the report. Four van den Boom sister two of whom live in Kervenhf in,. Germany, and the others In Pflaz dorf, have a combined age of 3lfi years. The oldest Is 84, the sec ond 82, third 77, and fourth. 7?,. - Making his own oyster soup over an electric cooker at a res taurant table is the hobby of Col. Grant Marden. member of the British parliament. TRY US FIRST SALEM HARDWARE CO. Inc. The Winchester Store SAL. CM, OREGON Phone 172 120 N. ComL St. 3 1 I Y UJ Villi Like it AT Hill's Candy Factory, S. 12th St. 805 North Capitol Fletcher's Cigar Store, N. Commercial Cozy, 1272 State ft-