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THE OREGON STATESMAN. SALEM. OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING, APRIL 5. 1928 .ri ihe rail bill st arm. nur Three Musketeers" Will Headline Vaudeville for This Week Harrowins: Account Given Of Voyage Across Faciiic An entertaining Association vaudeville program with varied 'f.rinn that co to make up a v " ' pleasant erening or afternoon wui ho nn tan at the Cannot, tneaier. The bill la headlined by the Three Musketeers". FloVen 7irfid has lust produced a mo sical comely on Broadway based on the book written by Duma Douglas Fairbanks filmed it Three young men, Billy Lester Han Howson and Harry Brooks hare taken this name and have made it well known in vaudeville circle Thev are three youthF with harmonizing voices, and their accompanist is wheeled ir mt o mlnlitnr nlind All the DOP tiiar sones are given the oner. over by these exceptional singers A sketch entitled "Back to Wis easset", written by Paul Gerard Smith will be offered by L,ewi and Norton. The lullerous quer ies and answers of a lunatic ir conversation with a lady comprise r he larger portion of the act. . r 1-11 T. nn Tq fr md their children, are described is "Circus Aristocrats". Here If vaudeville1 cleverest family ad . -vho will present a variety of en tortaining features. Johnny Keane has a budget o wongs and stories. Mr. Keane ha a powerful tenor voice and lr Ings both comedy and ballaf" numbers. Good juggling under ordinar frcumstances is a great feat ir "fself. but when combined witl rapid flow of comedy patter an lances, it goes without saylnp Miat. the dispenser of same ar kept reasonably busy. Such I h- case with Frank Wilbur an ASTORIA. April 4. (AP). ! Rivalling the horror voyage Poe graphically depicted in his "Nar ative of a Gordon Pym." 14 gaunt, weary and sullen sailors today snarled'and growled a broken tale or hnnror harrfahin and horror as they lay in the clammy foc'sle of Kruse. Tha storv was liberally ouuctu- ated with profanity. They cursed the cook. They cursed the sea. Bat thronafc it all not one deroga tory word was. spoken of the skin ner. Cantain Bilhr Mavne. who has sailed the seven ceas since he was 14. It was -an -epic- of the sea. re plete with thrills and spine-quivering, incidents ai '.piece by piece the story came from them through a amoke of blasphemy. Tragedy stalked the echooner near the Midway islands when Aarne Lappi, who joined the ves sel in Adelaide. Australia, became infested with the idea that the schooner was carrying a cargo of corpses. He believed some raye-j terious person was seeking his life. One day near noon he quiet- j ly mounted the rigging and leap ed. He floundered about In the shark-infested 9efc and spurned the life buoy companions tossed him. Sufficient food was taken on board at Adelaide for 125 days. but the cook wasted the rations . lost his yeast." "didn't keep a .starter,", so they said. Constant cursing of the cook wag prevalent in the steaming foc'sle. The coal oil leaked and the sup ply ran low. Days were bitterly old as the southwest gale tossed them about. Spare gaffs and iinoms were chopped up. There were no matches and the only fire on board the vessel was kept up nous DEBATE SEASON ON IT SHS Jirlie. who do a novel jugglin .und dance turn. "STUDENT PICE" PROVING POPULAR ually entertaining. It is a ran ombinatiou of dramatic story an omedy. Miss Nixon is pretty and enacts ler role with ease, while Lewi; s very effective in his role, play- ne with the same inescapablt . harm which made him so populai n "The Collegians. The. story la well constructed md is taken from the play or the ame litle by Caesar Dunn, noted 3roadway playwright. It is about a vouns shoe clerk hose rival for the hand of the ?irl is the son of his employer. rhese are played by Iewis, Miss Vixon and Eddie Phillips. Of durse, the young man gats a . i . i . i i i ... i irraK wnen me iowii Dauaer acci- Ramon Novarro and Norma lentaiiy loans him $10,000. But : Shearer Featured In Splen- 'S. , i 1 n 1. I . . . . ... ... QIQ rrOUUUUUII I nis out to a surprising and mrm- ng denouement. There Is a woman In Salem She pays for what she gets. Pass es play no part In her visits to thi Elsinore. And. even if they did she would render an honest opin ion regarding any picture's merit -or lack of them. She saw the "Student Prince' which Is now showing at the El fcinore. "What, frankly, did you thin" of the film?" she was asked. Her reply came readily. "I thought It was marvelous I eninveri u so much and yoi know I seldom become enthus ntic about pictures." V. E. Mclntyre. manager of h Hlslnore. was told of the woman': opinion. "I believeevery thing consid ered that I'm not biased." lie re marked. "Yet I think 'The Stu dent Prince' is almost the arm wherein films are concerned." A Long lists of stars were looker I over by the producers before ther made a selection. "There are twr who will be adequate," they de ruled. The two are Ramon No ; varro and Norma Shearer. bot ! Salem favorites. The theme centers 'about an' among students In old Heidelberg I Traditions are most everything ' and duels are frequent. "The Student Prince" h l proved extraordinarily popula ! wherever it has been shown. by burning fish oil In a slush pot In the foc'sle. They patched sails bv the lia-ht of the slush pot murim In the emoke and soot with the stench of the rotten fish oil fresh in their nostrils. A week before the Kruse ap- noared off the Columbia river on her second attempt to enter tne river, the food supply was so low that the men were forced to eat the rice kept especially for the skipper's pet parrot. Even the parrot was threatened, they said, t wnm the time the Kruse head ed south, she met battering gales. On March 12 they met a tanker off Coos bay and signalled them her plight. At first the tankr treated their situation blithfully. but later offered aid. Seas were l- ..H mlA r nil Id nOt be rnatiuft - - given. On March 30. the tng Arrow Number 3. appeared off MeKenzie Head bearing the first bit of real food they had tasted for nearly iwn weeks. Immediately after putting the food aboard, the haw ser snapped and the Kruse was forced to put to sea. again to es cape beaching on Cape Disappoint ment. She went driving up the coast hefnre a southerly gale, catching sight of the coast guard cutter Snohom'eh which was believed to be accompanying her. They sail ed as far north as Vancouver. Then a nor-wester turned them around and they allowed the schooner to tear down the coast again toward the Columbia river. A slowing . gale helped them Amn anchor earlv Tuesday morn ing and they were hailed by the . . t s- pilot schooner toiumDia. food was put aboard. i-asi nigm the schooner wae towed into the ntlne off Astoria. It was late afternoon when the 14 sailors parted company, prob- ahlv forever with the K. V. Kruse They wobbled up the main street of this city, their sea legs unac customed to pavement, to the cus where a bit of money wa droDned into each of their hands VanU vnwed he'd never sail a pnln Cantain Billy Mayne declared the man who sailed a schooner these davs was "either a darned fool or razy." Weighty Questions Will Be Settled In Triangular Events Planned snma students mar choose base ball; some track; others dra matics or musical acuvty. but next week approximately 45 sen mr hlffh school students will begin preparation to settle a number of weighty questions, in snort, next week marks the opening of pre paration for the interclasa de bates. Nearly & month will be spent in nrenaration and try-outs tor the debates which will open the first week In May. Ralph Bailey, de htn roach, said yesterday In an nouncing the inter-class debating which he hopes to establish agajn as an annual event. Tarn trlanrular debates will be held, with each doss having both a negative and ainrmative team, and two alternates. First, second and third debating honors will be determined by the point system, or or total oi points nmeu in ue- bates, plus one point tor earn con test won. The debate questions will re- rnirff ahout so me nhase of school life and though they have not yet been selected, several topics nave already been proposed. Among itiooa ar a chanee in the method nf nominating School officials. The Introduction of a point sys tem for activities wmcn would serve to allow more students to participate In school affairs: and the establisnment oi an activity period which students would de vote to rehearsals, club meetings. committee meetings, singing prac tice and otner activities many oi which are now carried on In the evening, or after school hours. with such tonics In view, the amateur Websters should develop interest not only among them selves but throughout the student body especially In view or the ract that three teachers who know their debating text books from end to end have been selected to coach each class. Miss Cecil McKercher. teacher in the commercial department will assist the sophomores In their championship aspirations and Miss Marjorle Stone, home economics teacher, will guiq me u baters. Both Miss McKercher and Miss Stone are particularly well qualified to handle the work. Mr. Bailey pointed oui.r n haying debated four years for Uie University of Oreron and Miss Stone having speni u" debating under the O.S.C. colors. Mr. Bailey, who also has a four year debating record at the state university, will coaca ia juuiui aanlrants. Students who place, on tne ciass teams will receive tne aeoaie num eral, as well as aiding- their class latlon Of DOlntS tO- iu IUC - .. . ward the inter-class activity trophy. - Students who have debate num re ineligible for participa tion In the Inter -class contests. Mr. Bailey said. thereDy permuting those trying out to begin on a more even basis. witnesses, $440; total. $2193.40. The-quarter Just dosed shows a slight increase in acttvtr over nrevlous quarters. During Octo ber, November and December of last year there were 106 actions at law and 72 suits in equity. 36 of which were divorce suits. Dur- inr January. February and March of 1927 the statistics were: ac tions at law, 75; suits In equity. 77; divorce suits. 35. There were 14 criminal cases during the first quarter of last year, as compared with 16 during the first quarter of this year. bunch of mohair goats and poss-i lbly a half-dosen children enrolled! in the school district. Such young women giving their young lives to teacning me mens ui iu citlrena how to snoot, at tne euu of the term having the usual "speaking of pieces." and some times concluding a few terms of teaching by marrying a irecaieu faced young rancher. oh. it is grtat to be one of the noble army . . that of country scnooi iecneis Lii ih. rut lira destinies of. this great republic in the hollow of their hands. T. COL. E. Murr." Salem. Ore.. April 4. 1928. DIVORCES 6AIIB MORE THAN HALF AS MANY AS MARRIAGES Divorces in Marion county were mnre than half as numerous as marriages during the first three month of this year, according to statistics compiled at the county clerk's office yesterday. Between i.n.,.rv 1 and April 1 there were 75 marriage licenses issued and 4i auita for divorce filed. The total number of actions at law and suits in equity ground out iw the leeal mills here during that time amounted to 214. of which 119 were actions at law and 54 were suits in equity other than divorce suits. Court costs during the quarter were listed as follows: for the petit Jury, $1604.95; for the grand Jury. $88.45; bailiffs. $60; LITTLE NOTES OF TRAVEL RELATED Got Off Stage at Eddyville; Climbed a Mountain lo Her First School nlaon has been connected ax. .tat hank in a- dspart- wuu w - ment since 192. He has senred la various liquidations. Including the State Bank or fortiano. '--1926 he has been in charge of the defunct French and comPny bank It The Dal- He. w.l. mov, to Portland. Mr. uiaon s .yw- was recommeuue- il nf Schramm, state superintendent of banks. - . nison To Assume Charge Ashley Bank Liquidation TODAY ONLY smn travelers the other day nt the Orearon stages was a modest looking country girl in a large figured flowered ifuck ui her own making, sne naa conciuu a u.ani termx at the Oreeon State formal school at Monmouth and was starting out In tne woria tn teach her first school. She car ried a straw hamper-style suitcase which contained her educational trousseau. She left the palatial stage with her one piece of luggage and two doughnuts and a red ap ple In a paper bag. and started up the side of the -mountain west of Eddyville for a seven mile hike to the country school in a drizzling rain, but happy as a lark in the springtime. Her first school is probably one of those built for tne benefit of half a dozen settlers clearing little homesteads with a tv. ctntA hankine board Wed- .i. confirmed the appointment of A. H. Olaon to assume charge of the liquidation of tne Asniey State bank In Portland, ine Dana closed its doors Monday. Our location spoaks for ! RATES: SiegU HKZaa'22 Ooubt SJ.0O .SQ Ail rooms with bath HOTEL FIELDING GEARY cu MASON SAN FRANCISCO a & n ( u n u D a rjTlie Romance of a ShoeE n Clerk and an Heiress. ri y NEWS COMKDY Adults 85c Kids lOcU o a UuiMANNiltQM 5 Paramount Acts LEAiiKorr a Gargle Aspirin for Tonsilitis or Sore Throat! .-i nar in i ess and ettectve gargie i to dissolve two "Bayer Tablets f Aspirin" in four tablespoonfuls tt water, and gargle throat thor ughly. Repeat in two hours if lecessary. Be sure you use only the genu ne Bayer Aspirin, marked with he Bayer Cross, which can be had a tin boxes of twelve tablets for ew cents. I I Q ii m I BOOM LEW CODY AILENE PRINGLE in "WICKEDNESS PREFERRED LAST TIMES TODAY TOMORROW "WYOMING" SAT. & SUN. SINGER STOCK COMPANY dtld. mmaiv well eelt 6 UVb 4 'F eves m T V f s 1! Marion Nixon Stars i with George Lewis In Picture At Capitol Theater i i :i i I Probably every motion pictun fan enjoyed "The Collegians" for their harmless, youthful exuber ance. Those same people will enjoy "The Fourflusher." which Is now at the Capitol theater for the same reason. It is youth, bub bling, gay. sometimes serious and often frivolous. "The Fourflusher". with Marian Nixon and George Lewis is unus- i t i ft STOP THE FAT AND GET THIN The way to reduction is to stop the formation of fat. Modern science baa found that way by turning your food into fuel and energy by supplying a natural element thatnelps do that. It is much better than starvation. That mod ern, scientific method is embodied in Marmots prescription tablets.. People have used them for 20 years millions of boxes of them. Mow the results in slender figures, new beauty and vitality, are seen everywhere. Eeh box of Marmola contains the formula, also the scientific reasons for results. 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