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1 LSLti'JG Kl "r. '"OF" THE Comedy .in Clara Bow's liveliest taaaner Is the chief ingredient of the-, Elinor , Glyn-Clarence Badger production. "IT." which shows at the . Elsinore today. May 14 and at the Oregon Sunday and Monday. A vivacious shop-girl possessing the iinusual power of "IT,"' an in . visible emanation said '- to exude from certain human beings mak ing them irresistible to all with whom they come In contact, is the picture's central figure. With the aid'of this strange power she wins -the attention of the president of thedepartment store In which she works and causes him to fall in love with her. . The romance and misunder standings which follow, leading up to m. thrilling yacht wreck and .rescue far out on. the ocean, is. presented with" exceptional skill and ' lavlshness. Antonio Moreno plajrs the leading male role. "Wil liam Austin, Priscilla Bonner, Julia Swayne GordonTand Jacque line Gadsdon are also in the cast. "The Scarlet Letter" will be the picture at the EhrinoMTtheater on Sunday and Monday.' May 15-16. In Addition there will be an ex ceptionally fine bill of Fanchon ahJj, Marco players. Throughout" the east and mid west, . a season of playgoing is scarcely a season at all unless the popular William Hodge comes along with a comedy from his own pen and to which he lends his dis tinctive acting methods.. The star's countless admirers will wel come, the announcement of his forthcoming appearance at the Elsinore, May, 18, 1927. in "The Judge's Husband,'! In which Mr. Hodge has been playing with marked success in Boston, Phila delphia, Chicago and-:New York. ', Mr. Hodge is an adherent of oux homely American traditions. In his inimitable delineations he "carries on the memory of such artists as Sol ' Smith Russell, James A. Herne and others whose plays and acting methods wera dis tinctly American, In fact Mr. Hodge is now almost alone in his field. In his latest offering; he portrays a quaint character; Joe Xirby a lawyer in a small New England town. His politically am bitious wife is elevated to the " bench. --She is surrounded by an unscrupulous crowd of politicians. Her' .home is neglected anji,her husband falls heir to the job of housekeeper and playing mother to a Bomewhat. erring daugjbter. A , Jomestlc clash-culminates in the divorce court with ; the .J wife as Judge presiding over the trial a unique scene In the annals . of Mage trials, but in its legal phases made possible by one of the pres ent laws of the state of Connecti- cut? ' . Th well known and lovely Gladys Hanson is Mr. Hodges leading woman and in her exper ieneed hands is the role of the Judge. The New York company which will be seen here also In cludes Richard Gordon, Dorothy Walters, Jessie Crommette, Marie Haynes, Philip Rhodes Thorn. Chas. P. McCarthy, Ruth Lyons, Francesca Hill and Dorothy Lyons Ore eon Theater Ppunding, crashing seas foam crested, madly tossing wares green, dark, angry. Water a man- mm ;s0!X!l!!rJrr m Broken Peppermint Sticks . 'Fresh From Portland ! Iiegular Price 35c a Lb. - For Saturday Only V 18c lb. Two Ibi. for 30c; - " - . , '. - . ' - , ' 1 : i t - i" ' ' ' ' " " We reserve the right to 1 limit quantities ;: ONLY AT aCHAEFER'G VJ duuq STonis 135 North Commercial . Street i The Original Yellow Front " Penslar Agency .-. ri;oM3 tvriy of-war plows its way with grim determination : through the gale. Skies are sullen. Wares almost as high as the ship's masts rise and sink, giving the world a topsy turvy look. . There is the throb bing undertone of engines driving the - vessel against- the ; resisting, on-rushing . waves. Conflict a struggle of man against the ele ments, old as the ages, but more interesting than a novel that will come fresh from tomorrow morn ing's printing. That is the key note of "The Blue Eagle," a tale of the high seas, which shows at the Oregon today. May 14. Capitol Theater Owen Moore, who ' recently played the male lead opposite Marion Davies in the tatter's ve hicle, "The Red Mill," a Cosmo politan production, plays the mafe lead of "The Taxi Dancer," which shows at the Capitol today. May 14. Moore, one of the best known male players of the screen today, recently Interpreted the role of the "Admiral" in "The Road to Mandalay," Lon Chaney's starring vehicle, directed by Tod Brown ing. "The Taxi Dancer," written in to a screen play by A. P. Younger from the novel by Robert T. Shan non, is a modern story of New York, set in the night clubs and jazz districts of that metropolis. Jean Crawford, who recently com pleted the leading feminine role in "The Understanding Heart," a Cosmopolitan production, plays the title role. A bright and sparkling melange of novelties, music, wholesome comedy, and mirth will be pres ented on the coming vaudeville bill at the Bligh's Capitol theater today. . . Lambert & Terrell Co., "Artis tic Gymnasts," head the bill and are all their billing implies. Miss Lambert has been known in the vaudeville world as the marvel Woman. Kenneth Terrell is known to all readers of "Physical Culture." Fitch Cooper, "The Musical Rube," is a rural charact er with a world, of novelty musical instruments. Fitch Cooper has the ability tb get music from every thing imaginable. Boice & Carew. "The Two Different Girls and a Piano," are a combination of pep, talent, and personality. The girls hand out an assortment of varied melodies and witty remarks that immediately establishes them as popular ""favorites. Edwards .& Cray. Two Step.' Children." are two clever entertainers in a whirl wind cycle of novelty dancing, "showing the latest and .most in tricate steps in the art oi poetry of motion. Gates & Marie in "Music Ala Carte," offer a musi cal diversion on violinn and xylo- nhonfi. Their offering is particu larly adapted to vaudeville re quirements. ESTATE LONG CONTESTED O'Connor's Handwriting Identified in Prayer Book HASTINGS, Neb., May 13. (AP) Twenty-five exhibits in eluding photographs, marriage and deith certificates and a Cath olic prayer book with the alleged autograph of John O'Connor on the fly leaf, were introduced to day in the long contested O'Con nor estate case to prove that Mrs, Elizabeth Burgoyne of Portland, Oregon, and Mrs. Katherine Plo quin, of Washburn, Wis., are nieces and only living heirs of John O'Connor, the Hastings-cob bler recluse, whose $100,000 es tate has been contested since 1913. Th autograph in the prayer book was identified today , by a Portland hand writing expert as being the signature of O'Connor. Old Haskell mine, in Susanville district. Baker County, will be re opened. ' LEAN ON A BETTER BANK BALANCE : MARTIN ! Writes Profit Producinj i V martin ADVERTISING SERVICE Director of . : Profitable rubUclty ; " Phone 705- . l DISTRICT OFFICE opHisra Movement to Give City Lar ger Place in This Import ant Service Although the American Auto mobile association has had an of fice in Salem scarcely one year. there have been so many demands for its services that headquarters officials are contemplating mak ing Salem- a district office, ac cording to George. H. Wycoff, of the membership department. In order to give Salem this dis tinction, Mr. Wyckoff says that the association must have not only the continued support of its for mer members, but an Increase in its present membership. About one year ago, when . ef forts were being made to secure a membership that would entitle Salem to an office, the Chamber of Commerce took an active part, due to the fact that Salem was the only city of any standing on the Pacific highway that did not support an office. California tourists especially travel on information given by A. A. A. offices, and, to attract this travel, the Chamber of Com merce strongly supported the movement for a A. A. A. office in Salem. With a district office establish ed in Salem, a district manager would make his home in the city and devote his time to the inter ests of those who are members of the A. A. A. NO LIMITATION PLACED ON USE OF ROAD FUND (Continued from Page 1.) ballot June 28, declared Mr. Giesy, as the rebate now due and future payments from the general road tax should care in large part for city street improvements. Among other things, the law passed in 11925 provided that the county court of each county of over 25,000 population must levy a general road tax of not less than one mill, nor more than 10 mills as a county road fund, 50 per cent of which should be remitted to the various road districts to be spent in those districts, the remaining 50 per cent to be spent by the county court in improving roads. Since Salem is a road district in itself, it is entitled to this money which it has not up to this time received. The total amount due the vari ous towns and cities in the coun ty has not yet been determined, and neither is it known whether all will seek to collect the money, which baa already been spent. on road improvement by. the county court. j Women's Contests Held on lllihee Golf Course Mrs. E. Lu Baker won the ap proaching and putting .contest in connection1 with ladies' day at the lllihee country club Friday, secur ing the prize of golf balls given by H. H. Smith. Mrs. Vic McKen sie won the driving contest, av eraging, 156 yards, .and the prize of a box of candy given by the Gray-Belle. Mrs. Paul Hendricks won in the second team approach ing and driving contest, the prize being a compact from the Central pharmacy. INCOME REPORT MADE Postal Telegraph Report On 1920 Income For Oregon The Postal Telegraph company had operating an income of S4045.09 in Oregon during the year 1926, according to the an nual reDOrt of the rnrnnrntlnn filed In the' offices of the public service commission here yesterday. The operating revenues of the company were 1187,474.06 while the operating expenses aggregated 1173,289.81. The net operating revenue was 114,184.25, and de ductions were $10,139.86. includ ing uncollectible operating revenue of 11333.27 and taxes amounting to $8799.89. ' 4 Bandon Defunct First Na tional Bank pays another . divi dend, making 70 per cent. Today EVi ' 8 Shows The BUccest 8 bow In Town See It! MILDRED HARRIS In The Show Girl'' . " Viola Vercler IlolmM and Her Capitol Orchestra PRICES Mat. S5-10 Uve. CO-S3 -Tomorrow '6 Acts ' '."Zx t, ' t i wt-.y I ..... t 1 l 111 - - 1 . - v.,..ieJ.r' . lll'l'li'll''MIII,,',M',,M b'dur r'i'awK-irwrr-t, Clara Bov? and Antonio Moreno in a scene from the Elinor Glyi Clarence Badger Production It' A Paramount Picture LUCK POOR YESTERDAY Portland Hit and Run Driver Crowds Two Off Highway Friday, the 13 th, was a hard day for three motorists yesterday morning on the Pacific highway four miles south of Salem. John B. Hughes, route 4, Sa lem, and T. H. Morley. 331. North 14th street, were driving north when a man giving his name as W. A. Jones of Portland cut in around a team of horses directly into' the path of the two north bound motorists. Morley went Into the ditch to avoid a head-on collision, and the Hughes car had a fender stripped off. Jones failed to stop, so Mr. Hughes turned his car and gave chase. "After trailing for three miles he overtook the fleeing Port land driver, who revealed his name as Jones, but did not have his own car,! as he was driving one belonging to Estella M. Carothers of Shedd. Neither Hughes nor Morley had taken action against Jones last night. BROOM FACTORY BURNS Fire at Portland Believed Incen diary; Damage SI 0,500 PORTLAND, May 13. (AP) The plant of the Standard Broom factory here was destroyed early today by fire, believed by fire jhar shals to have been of incendiary origin. Damage was estimated at 816,500. The building was val ued at $7500 and the contents, at $9,000. The blaze had gained such headway by the time appar atus arrived that little could be saved. Fire marshals have started an investigation. THREE IN SUICIDE PACT San Francisco Men Take Own . Lives for Atheism's Sake SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. AP) Discovery that three men who committed suicide here this week had. formed a death pact based on atheistic beliefs, was an nounced by the authorities today. The bodies were identified as those of Edward Stratton. 28; Sam Lehrer, 40; and George Taschner, 26. The men sealed cracks in their rooms with piaster, and turned on the gas.. Friends declared today, that the men' had tried various religious creeds, including occultism, and finally had turned to atheism Several -old, logging camps in Klamath County being reopened ELECTRIC MOTORS Rewound and Repaired ' f New or Used Motors ? for Sale VIBBERT & TODD Things Electrical 191 South High St. TELEPHONE 2112 rrj Today 3 Knows Cecil Deacon ".. - on the Ascending WarUiaer Sun's Eastern' Vaudeville " AT THE ELSINORE TODAY SO W LL GRADUATE AT SILVERTON HIGH SILVERTON, Or., May 13. (Special.) Silverton high school will graduate 50 students on June 2. This is one of the largest class es1 to receive diplomas here. Dean James H. Gilbert, of the University of Oregon, will give the address, his subject to be "Democ racy in Education." Diplomas will be presented by Robert Goetz, superintendent of the Silverton schools, with Edwin Tinglestad, principal of the high school award ing the honors. Musical selections will include violin selections by Iva Claire Love of Salem, and vo cal solos by Lavalle Yantis and Alfred Beatie. Minnie Albright won the honor' of , being valedictorian, with Mel vin Bell as salulatorian. "Members of the class to be graduated are: Melvin Bell, Clay ton Benson. Harry Bock, Roy Brady, Delmar Brown, Lowell Brown, Merle Bye, Lawrence Car penter, Arfhur Clark, Norman Eastman, Marian Green, Owen Harvey, Leonard Jones, Edward Lais, Merl Larson, Howard Loe, George Lovett, Dale Miller, Law rence Opedal, Marden oyeross. Theodore' Riches, Enis Rowland, Rex Russell, Donald Skaife and Lindsay Warren. i Minnie Albright. Rosellia Al- rick, Florence Depart, Edna Dick, Helen Dickerson, Iola Frye, Ellen Haverson, Georgia Henley, Clara Holman, Jewell Jack,- Louise Joiin Eon, Ruth Jones, Bernice Jones, Ethel Larson, Edith Liechty, Eva McVay, Florence Merryman, Anna Meyer, Ruth Minor, Dorothy Neai, Ada Scott, Lucile Skaife, Lela Stortz, Minnie Strand and Muriel "Webb. OAC POLO TEAM SWAMPS HUSKIES frnrtvAi.r.Ts iwnvi2 i at . Washington's polo four in its first j r intercollegiate game was outclass ed today by the veteran hard rid- inr Oregon Agricultural college All Sizes' Films, Kodaks, Devel oping Oar Specialty Prompt Service J. F. TYLER'S DRUG STORE 157 South Commercial . "The Home of Drug Store 1 Service - NEXT TMt SHOW TMA --'TM tUKM MECVACLC tO0 PtOVLI , IMCltlMM K THE CHINESE BEAUTY LOLA LEE CHONO the CMtKrac eiAfcr nmtrmr LIU VU CHI MO -r THE MUMAN MIVKMHI . tmsxb trJESTsux uixet? 14 rwv NossfMta rtoM tmunk BIOCEST TRAVCUNO ZOO ON EARTH TWO PERFORMANCES DAILY . 8 AND 8 PH.RAIN OR SHINE H Mi Tfg wooto m oeu L t' AL.O. BARNES - Added Attractions n,JAS. J.f? THOS, KCAM mm , Grandtitand Chair Seata on w $ale Wednesday at I "PATTOX'S BOOK STOmi" ft ml MM W mm TSCIFFCRMT III Mil LLLHLUi team which defeated the norther ners 20 to 1 in the opening round of the western conference tourn ament on the Middle Kauff field. Frazier ' saved Washington from being blanked with a goal in the fifth chukker. Huffman, playing No. 1 for the Aggies, was high man with six counters. Capt. Paul Jackson of Washington took a spill as the game opened when an Aggie man crossed him, but continued in the game for two periods, when he was replaced by Eldridge. NEW CORPORATIONS - o The Yamhill Hospital Building association with capital stock of $13,500 and headquarters at Mc Minnville, has been Incorporated by M. E. Reitzel, J. C. Shirley and H. H. Plumeau. Other articles filed in the state corporation department yester days follow: Oregon Canning company, Port- anl; capitol stock increased from $150,000 to $300,000. West Coast Loan and Discount corporation, Astoria; capitol stock increased to $23,000. Gilbert & Harriman, Inc., Tort- land; notice of dissolution. Easley-Turnidge, Portland; no tice of dissolution. ... . . . The Metropolitan Corporatioj, with capital stock of $15,000 and headquarters in Portland, has been incorporated by J. II. Kelly, Ruby Yerrington and . Arthur q. Dayton. . Other articles filed in the state corporation department Thursday follow: Charley's Chop House, Port land, $1000; Roy McCampbell, Mary McCampbell and Fred Ross, Independent" Full, Gospel. Mis- sion of Klamath Indian Reserva tion, Chlloquin. Klamath county. $1650; Levi " "Barney, ' Patrick Jackson and Charles Hood. 2005 N. Capitol Phone 620 Today Matinee 2:30 ' Matinee Any Seat lOc "SHIPWRECKED Evening at 7 and 9 P. M. Coming Sunday Rudolph Val entino in "Son of A Shiek" ELSINORE ?nWed.,Mayl8 A Notable Theatrical Event Not a Motion Picture First appearance here of the popular American tar Since "The Man from Home." Sir. Lee Shnbert presents WM. liU IN HIS GREAT LAUGHING SUCCESS - The Comedy Triumph of New York, Chicago and Boston with the New York cast and production intact. MAIL ORDERS NOW , Please enclose self -ad dressed envelope to insure safe and prompt return of tickets. Seats Now Selling at j -Box Office Send In Mail Orders Now ! - Orders wilt be filled in the se quence In which they are re ceived. Please enclose self addressed ; envelope to insure safe, and prompt return of tickets. Box office sale opens Thura., May 12th. Prices in cluding tax: Main floor, first 7 rows. $1.65: balance lower floor$5J0;. mezzanine, $2.75; balcony, first 2 rows. $1.65; next 8 rows,' 1 1.10; last Ttows, 75C : GRflY-SfJYDER HEAR SEHTEffi When Fatal Words Spoken, Erstwhile Lovers Ignore Each Other NEW YORK, May 13. AP) Taunt and silent, with never a glance for each other, Mrs. Ruth Brown Snyder, and her erstwhile Daramour. Henry. Judd Gray, stood within arm's reach of each other today while they , were told they must die in the electric chair at Sing Sing the week of June 20 for the murder of Mrs. Snyder's husband. Albert Snyder, magazine art editor. Gray heard the sentence, read from notes by Justice Townsend Scudder. without a tremor; and hit eyes peered through heavy lenses directly at the Judge. But Mrs. Snyder, her hands clasping and unclasping, and one foot rock ing on the heel of a slipper, bowed her head. They stood a few feet apart. these former lovers, as they heard the state's voice demand their lives in forfeit, for that of Albert Snyder, whom they slew as he slept. They had testified to a love that could not be restrained, -and as the state alleged, they , had hopes, of sharing $96,000 of In surance surreptitiously optamea on Albert Snyder's life. - A smaller crowd than any day of their trial at Long Island City stood "at attention" as the death sentence was pronounced. Their backs were turned to "their pub lic" and only reporters who squeezed into spaces beside the bench saw the hopelessness and grief written upon their faces. Their! attorneys replied for them when they were asked if they had ought to say before court Imposed sentence, and the words, of the at torneys were: "Nothing at this time." Sentence Dronounced, the steely. blonde Queens Village housewife and the. corset salesman were led back, one at a tine, to the seclu sion of their separate cells in Queens county Jail. They will re main ; there until Monday, when "IT'S,rX Special Saturday Matinee ' Children 10c - Adults 25c : OF DEATH r ' l v wZfeZiP iwsssA Your Car Deserves ; fl rjl JjS, til SEIB-E R LINGS ' U UUUa0 America's Finest Tire f "v i-l rl I 1 J)f) ZOSEUSS hn' ?M) 190 S. Commercial Tel. 411 Jjj WvM J) ' EA(BDE . Last Times Today The Oregon ! ) X o7 V m X they will be whisked away to Sing Sing's' death house, - Mrs.' Snyder was sentenced first, and several moments elapsed be fore Gray's fate was pronounced. . ; Brief; motions asking ; that the verdict !be set aside were made by attorneys for both before sentence was pronounced. Justice Scudder immediately denied them. Notice of appeal were filed. By statute, those sentenced to death have the rights to ' appeal directly to the court of appeals, avoiding the de lay of laying their case before tne appellate division of the supreme court, aB in the' procedure In cases not involving the death penalty. Two months will be required. attorneys said, for preparation of. the appeals. It has been arranged that Mrs. Snyder and Gray, would be taken immediately after sentence. t."i Sing Sing, but Justice Scudder granted counsels request thitt Mrs. Snyder and Gray be permit ted to remain in Queens county jaii until Monday to arrange their affairs. Steamships for Shipping v Fruit Plan of Company i ' - - ... ""- PORTLAND, May 13. (AP) Establishment of a line of steam ships for transporting fruit freui Central America to Pacific coast ports' is planned1 by the United Fruit company. Louis M. Porter, general traffic manager of- th Fruit Dispatch company, of New York, subsidiary of the United Fruit company, made this an nouncement here today, while on a tour of Pacific ports. Porter said that selection of the city to lie the Pacific coast headquarters -would be made after he had com pleted his Investigation. Throb of Action Pulse of Sea Love of Woman FLI NOR CLYN- CLAREtXE DADCEa PRODUCTION . OH, lady, this has got it! Comedy, class, drama i-; and love scenes - as only Eleanor Glyn can wrl te r them! " , 1 I