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WllllUB
ILTflfl SILLS
Stricken Suddenly While on
. Tennis Court; Heart
Attack Cause
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tfce filma almost oyer night, after'
a successf uL stage career. Likel
many ofthbse with whom he rub
bed elbows in tne tneamcai
world, h!$ start was much by ac
cident. :
He was born In Chicago, Jan.
12; 1882, and was educated at
Hyde park nigh school and the
University of Chicago. He took
up teaching at a -vocation and
became a college instructor In
mathematics. He was the son of
William4 Henry and Josephine
SUU. f
Evincing a mild interest in am
ateur theatricals. Sills was one
day seen by a prominent produ
cer, who made him an offer. Sills
accepted and took to the stag as
his profession. His first training
came in plays produced by Belas
Frohman, Brady and the ShUf
berts. .
Rise was Rapid, v
As "Stage Star
Swiftly he rose to leading roles
aad the Broadway of twenty years
ago suddenly accepted him as the
matinee Idol of "This Woman and
This Man." "Just to Get , Mar
ried,!' "The Governor's- Lady."
. "Law of the Land," "Diplomacy,?
and others." He also appeared In
a series of Shakespearean plays.
From the status of a support
ing leading man he soon became
a star of the then silent screen.
His first success eame in "The
Honor System."
A splendid type of Tirile Man
hood, standing six feet 1 inch In
height and weighing 190 pounds,
he was presented as a rugged,
early, two-fisted type of he-man
hero.
Among his more memorable
hits are "The Barker." "Burning
Daylight.," "The Crash," "The
Hawk's Nest," and "The Bailey of
the Giants."
Sills suffered his first serious
setback in health early in MarchJ
19Z9. Arier rumors -naa persist
ed for some time thst be" had
collapsed, his wife told newspaper
Ken in New York that her hus
band was a patient in a West
Chester county sanitarium, where
he was undergoing treatment for
nerrous breakdown. At that
time his illness was ascribed to
verwork.
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cars driven by Bud Smith of Sea
aide and J. L. Batdorf of route
sine collided at the Brooks cor
ner. Batdorf's report says Clark
drove his ear on the main road
without observing the stop sign.
Those Injured were Jack Clark,
Jack and Bad Smith and Faith E.
Batdorf.
Mrs. E. E. Miller received
light bruises in th hook up a
quarter mile west of Mehama
Sunday night Car driven with
defective brakes and by Eugene
Drager crashed into a machine
owned toy E. E. Miller, whose car
in turn crashed into Ira Kirsch's
car. The KIrsch and Miller car's
were stopped at the side of the
road, partly off the pavement,
waiting for approaching cars. ,
L. P. Cumisky of Monmouth
reported that neither he nor Har
Ty Humphreys of routs five held
the other at fault in a mix-up
which sent both cars in the wrong
direction. They met on a curve,
the collision sending one car
cross the ditch and through a
fence, and landing the other on
Its aide. The accident happened
Saturday night five miles south
east of Salem on the Turner road.
LEGION KU
ff ,11113 IDE
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will be the keynote for the en
tertainment" for the evening fol
lowing the Installation.
At the Monday night meeting
reports were given concerning
the Baker convention by Mrs. Al
len Cleveland, Mrs. -William
Watkins, Mrs. King Bartlett, and
Mrs. M. J. Melchlor. Mrs. Chris
topher Butte gave an interest
ing commemoration of "Consti
tution Day" the official date of
which is September 17. Inter
esting talks were also made '.by
Tisitlnx members from -other
units.
As a matter of business Sep
tember 20 was set for a food
sale to be sponsored by the aux
iliary, the proceeds of which will
go to the child welfare fund. The
meeting concluded with a social
hour.
BENNY BASS WINS
DES MOINES. Sftnt IS tAV
Benny Bass, Philadelphia Junior
lightweight, hammered out a deci
sion over Eddie Anderson, Casper,
Wyo., eowboy. in a fast ten round
nout nere tonight.
1VA8T TIMES TODAY
BERT ROBT
WHEELER and WOOLSEY
"CUCKOOS"
Startles; Sept. 23
MATINEES '
f-Cox Office Opea 1:45 to S: 30
WEEKEND ACCHI
GRIST HERE HEAW
iTheCall I TflJOF STHFFT I Here. There I FBIGIIIL PLAN
Board V;
By OLIVE M. DOAK
THE HOLLYWOOD
Today Charles (Baddy)
Rogers in "Young Eagles."
Wednesday Conrad Nagel
In "The Ship from Shangt-
rytmr1
ChT?L Ker '
Lord Byron of Broadway."
THE GRAND
Today Robert Woolsey and
Bert Wheeler in "The Cuck
oos Wednesday Douglas Fair
.beaks In "Careless Age."
Friday Charley Murray in
"AroMd the Corner."
FOX ELSDfORB
Today Charles Ruggles
In
"Queen High."
Wednesday Handette Col-
bert in 'Manslaughter."
If you want to laugh as you
have not laughed at a show
since the year one go and see
'"Queen High" which is now
playing at the Fox Slslnore. It
is a combination musical com
edy and a comedy Play. There
is no explaining it for, it has
foolishness for its plot and that
one has to see to appreciate.
The idea of tne story is that
two pardners could not agree so
they decided to dissolve partner
shipnot being able to agree on
the terms they settle the affair
with a game of poker. The one
who loses is to be the other's
butler for one year.
Results are a riot. Charles
Ruggles is a show all by him
self, and he has plenty of sup
port in every member of the cast
which includes Ginger Rogers,
Frank Morgan, Stanley Smith
and Emma Dunn.
Mrs. Matthews
Funeral to be
Today, 10 a.m.
Funeral services for Mrs. Jan
ette J. Matthews, who died Sat
urday at her home, 159T) "Leo
street, will be held 'Tuesday morn
ing at 10 o'clock from the Ter
williger funeral home. The Sedg
wick Women's Relief corps and
Rev. Louise Pinnell will officiate.
Interment will be in the G. A. R.
circle at Cltyvlew cemetery. Mrs.
Matthews is survived by her hus
band, H. S. Matthews, and two
sons. Dan H. and Frank D.. both
of St. Mary's Idaho.
Mr. and Mrs. Matthews cele
brated their 70th wedding anni
versary August 11. As Mr. Mat
thews is a Civil War veteran, they
were prominent in patriotic cir
cles, before their health failed.
Mrs. Matthews was born In Mil
ton. Delaware, the latter part of
January, 1940. She has been par
tially blind tor several years. She
was a member of the Woman's Re
lief corps.
Last Rites ior
Mrs. Opsund to
Be on Tuesday
SILVERTON, Sept. 15 Fun
eral services for Mrs. Gunder Op
sund, who died Saturday, will be
held from the Immanuel church
Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock
with the Rev. J. M. Jensen offi
ciating. Interment will be made
in Valley View cemetery. Fun
eral arrangements are in charge
of Jack and Ekman.
Mrs. Opsund has, with her fam
ily, made her home at Silverton
since 1893.
Jefferson has
Nimrod Quota
Out in Field
JEFFERSON. Sept. 15. Quite
number of cltiiens are absent
this week owing to the opening
of the hunting season, Monday.
J. A. McKee, Paul McKee, W. L.
Jones and Elmer Knight are In
Eastern Oregon, near Prairie City.
Raymond McClaln. Herman Hes
ter and Merlin Whed bee went up
in the hills beyond Dallas to try
their luck at deer hunting.
Deerslayers out
As Season Opens
The deer hunting season open
throughout the entire state Mon
day. Lynn Cronemlller, state for
ester, said the recent rains had
been general, and that the fire
hazard had been eliminated.
A number of Salem huting par
ties left for the timbered districts
last week, while many others left
Sunday and Monday. Reports re
ceived in Salem indicated that
aeer are plentiful this year.
iHOLLYWOODp
Home of 25c Talklee
LAST TIMES TODAY
CHAsitft (sueen
ROGERS
Also Oar Gaag Comedy
Metro Colored Review
COMING WEDNESDAY nd
' THURSDAY r '
DELAYED
New Ordinance Introduced
To Comply With aD
Legal Quirks
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"Attorney Keyes didn't let me
in on the procedure tonight and
I'm not ready," Bayne replied.
Keyes agreed with the council that
the remonstrator should be heard
and the council put Bayne's ap
pearance and his witnesses over to
the special meeting: next Friday.
Preceding the examination of
Helnleln Alderman Purrlne de
cleared the council was being made
the laughing-stock of the entire
community, and urged action one
way or another on the proposed
vacation.
"I think every councilman has
his mind made- up anyway and
any further hearing is merely
wasting time." Purrlne added.
Attorney Keyes insisted that the
addition 1 hearing was necessary
In order to make the council's ac
tion thoroughly legal.
An affidavit introduced by T.
M. Hicks was read to thecolfhciL
Hicks declares that after examin
ation of petitions circulated about
the city, he finds fully two-thirds
of the property holders of. legal
age in Salem, hare signed the pe
titions urging the vacation of
Trade street.
Stricklands to
Be Hosts Soon
At Their Home
AURORA, Sept 15. Mrs. M.
S. Swigert, mother of Mrs. A. L.
Strickland, who has been a guest
here for some time, left for her
home at Eugene on Friday. While
here, both ladies visited Portland.
The Stricklands will have as their
house guests, Mr. and Mrs. J. K.
Choate of Redlands, Calif., who
are on their way home from a vis
It of several months In Seattle and
other northern cities,
c Mrs. ,R. J. Hendricks and Miss
Barbara Pierce of Salem, are
spending the week with Charles
Beck and family.
Mrs. F. M. Hicken and sister.
Miss Hicken, paid a short call at
the home of Rev. Alfred Knorr,
while on their way from Longview
to Salem.
A. W. Miller and Miss Kafheiine
Coffee of Portland, were dinner
puests at the Andrew Miller home
Thursday evening.
Charles Little
Taken at Home
In Independence
INDEPENDENCE, Sept. ir.
Charles Little, 65, died at the
family home on Seventh street late
Friday evening. He Is survived by
his wife and several children.
Funeral services were held
from the Keeney Funeral home,
Sunday, September 14, at 11: OCT
o clock.
Dr. Charles Dunsmore officiat
ed. Interment I. O. O. F. ceme
tery. Middle Grove
School Opens
Oh September 29
MIDDLE GROVE. Sent. 1 K "A
meeting of the Middle Grove
goard of directors was held at
the school house Friday night. L.
E. Dudley la chairman of ,the
ooara.
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Eif2sf kJt0 "HIS HONOR THE. MAYOR
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X V Three Days Start Wed.
X'M A Liberty gave this mas-
1 cr Pictur three stars
r Glaudette Colbert
with FKEDRIC BlARCIl j I
A.CHARLrjS CHASE COMEDY ; tJi ZlI JjJ,
Here,
And Yon
Bits of Personal News
Gleaned About Interest
ing People
Miss Lola Barnes arrived la
Salem Sunday after having spent
the summer in the east studying
nt riiiHnr "i visited former
i-stadents all along the way. said
Miss Barnes. "in Mew xora
City I saw Jeaa Andrews playing
at the Palace theatre. She is
with Elisabeth Waters who is
another Salem girL Performers
say. that the Palace Is the dream
of every one, o the girls feel
pretty happy orer "playing there.
I picked vp Zelma Luthy at Den
ver where she studied this sum
mer with the Perry Mansfield
lamnM school and where she
won a diploma la dancing. She
will assist me this year. la Los
Angeles I met Newell Hurst who
is getting an act ready for Fan
chon and Marco and he told me
that he would be through Salem
soon.
Salem looks good to him, and
-prospects for a bright year la his
new Job are fine, says C. A.
.Guderian, Bend school man who
was last week elected to headtf
the machine shop at the Salem
high school. ' Guderian is in
towa getting the lay of things.
He will be here Jor a few days,
and then will return to Bend to
bring his wife and two children
to Salem to reside.
Rotarians are telling a good
story on Charles Archerd. In
his) biographical sketch before
the club last week he declared:
"I was born in Illinois, the same
state In which Lincoln was
born." Someone declared: "Lin
coln wasn't bora in Illinois."
Archerd replied: "What's the
difference? There aren't four
men in the house who know
where Lincoln was born."
Rev.Biddlels
Reassigned to
Pastorate Here
Rev. L. W. Biddle, pastor of
the Castle United Brethren church,
wm reassigned here at the con
ference appointments read at the
closing sessions of the annual con
ference held In The Dalles. About
150 ministers and delegates were
in attendance.
Rev. F. W. Pontius, who has
been superintendent of this dis
trict, takes pastorate of the Fre
month United Brethren church in
Portland. He will also serve as
superintendent, though only on a
part time basis. The conference
voted to dispense with a full time'
superintendent in order to in
crease salaries. He lives at Van
couver, Wash.
McSherry Goes
South to Make
Prison Survey
Irl McSherry. private secretary
to Governor Norbland, left here
Monday, for Sacramento, where he
will confer with Governor Younr
and members of the board of par
dons and paroles. McSherry also
will Inspect Folsom prison.
He then will go to 8an Fran
slsco, where he will represent the
state of Oregon at the 10th anni
versary of the Salvation Army for
the Western territory. McSherry
will return to Salem September 25.
Walter Norblad, son of Gover
nor N6rblad, Is serving as private
secretary in the executive depart
ment pending McSherrj s return.
LAST TIMES TODAY
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HERE
Advisory Committee Named
By Stockholders Win
Meet Directors
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company's bonds.1 President Kay
indicated that one of the first
steps to be takea la refinancing
would he the payment of this
loan, treeing a net of $87.00 ia
bonds for sale, assuming 1 28,009
of bonds were sold to meet the
loan.
Brief discussion of the linen
mill company's affairs was made
by tjiveral stockholders and a
few questions were asked.
"Kay explained his chagrin
that the company had made no
profit and -attributed part of the
cost to the newness of the indus
try and to general business de
pression. He declared himself emphati
cally a believer in the future of
the linen industry, said the Wil
lamette valley, was ideally lo
cated for flax production and
declared that Salem and Oregon
had acquired large national ad
vertising through the develop
ment made in the linen Industry.
He said with sufficient capital
the mill here could be made to
pay. He cited the Miles Linen
mill as a successful concern and
said the Oregon' Linen mill had
been handicapped from the start
by inadequate working funds.
CHOICE OF CIRCUIT
JUDGE IS DELAYED
Governor Norblad announced
Monday that he had deferred ap
pointment of a circuit Judge of
the third judicial district, com
prising Linn and Marion coun
ties, to succeed Judge Percy R.
Kelly of Albany, until later In
the week.
Judge Kelly recently was ap
pointed associate' Justice of the
state supreme court to succeed
the late Tbfomas A. McBride.
Governor Norblad said that
while 28 lawyers from tan and
Marion counties conferred with
him Saturday and urged the ap
pointment of Gail S. Hill of Al
bany, at least four of these men
had Bince written him letters re
questing the appointment of L.
O. Lewelling, district attorney of
Lina county. Lewelling was Linn
county manager for Governor
Norblad during the primary cam
paign. Governor Norblad said he was
giving careful consideratron to
the appointment of a circuit
Judge, but that he had not yet
determined upon a choice.
Peach Harvest
Heavy, is Word
From Polk Co.
INDEPENDENCE, Sept. 15
Mm. Jim Simington and Henry
McElmurry are assisting in the
harvest of the peach crop, at the
Swope and Berry orchard. Mrs.
Slmmlngton Is packing and Mr.
McElmurry is gathering; There
Is a very heavy crop of peachers
at this orchard this year.
Horris Fowl who has been
making his home here for some
time, is ill in the Dallas hospi
tal having submitted to an oper
ation. Last reports he was get
ting oa nicely.
Promises
it is TASTE and not word.
you enjoy in a smoke
0 1930, Lspcxrr 1 llvxas Tobacco Co.
BAILEY TELLS
STATE NEEDS
Taxation Adjustment is one
Essential Says Demo
cratic Candidate
Discussing the development of
Oregon, Edward F. Bailey, demo
cratic candidate for governor, op
ening the fall sessions of the
chamber of commerce with aa ad
dress here Monday noon. One
L4rondredand ten chamber mem
bers were out to greet saiiey ana
to start the tall work of the or
ganization.
Adjustment of Oregon's taxa
tion system and improvement of
transportation were stressed by
Bailey as imperative to Oregon's
delayed progress.
"I favor an income tax. Re
search has shown that 75 per
cent of the costs of government
in Oregon are being bora' by peo
ple who earn' 25 per cent of the
Income. Right here in Salem,
state tax investigation showed 29
i-per cent of the Income from an
office building went for taxes and
I consider this proportion exhor
bitant," Bailey averred.
In opening his address Bailey
said Oregon had every vital neces
sity tor a great state. Improved
distribution of the cost of goT
ernment and an increased spirit
of goodwill in the state, with a
lessening of sectional provincial
ism among varied areas of Ore
gon, are needed for development.
Bailey declared.
"I have said right In Portland
that that city should spend more
of its money upbuilding the en
tire stale if it sought progress for
Itself," Mr. Bailey stated. "I do
feel that every farm, every busi
ness which is doing well In the
up-state reflects to the Interest
of the metropolis."
In his introductory remarks
Bailey poked fun at the other
candidates, not mentioning them
by names. He alluded to Meier's
reported offer of donating the
four years' salary to the state as
"political bargain merchandise"
while he claimed Metschan was
offered "the damaged goods of re
publicanism at the same high
prices."
Kelly to Clean
Up Docket for
His Successor
Judge Percy Kelly, appointed
last week to the supreme bench,
will clean up docket for depart
ment No. 1 of the circuit court
here before he sits in his new
capacity, he has announced. He
already has the docket set tor
the main work of the October
term, this docket being excep
tionally heavy. Cases on the
docket are new.
In the Marlon county court,
practically all work is already
finished, a number of small or
ders received some time ago vir
tually cleaning up this end of
the couQL
Nash's Machine
Hits Light car
And Power Pole
KEIZER. Sept. 15. The autor
mobile of Elroy Nash, stock buy
er of the Salem vicinity, became
involved la plenty of trouble
early this morning at the Kelzer
schoolhouse corner.
Witnesses reported that Nash
passed up the "stop" sign. At
fill no sack"
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be
any rate the tracer behind ala
machine collided vita a light se-
Idaa oa the highway, practically
demolishing the sedaa bat caus
ing no apparent injury to the
driver though it was aeciarea a
miracle that he was not Kiuea.
Nash's machine caromed oil
the road and struck a power
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with t woaan ha didn't lore. Bat Axdeth refused to,
aoe, tfce tragie lot that Chance seemed to hare decreed
for he. Cho dared fa shatter eoavwatjxm la aehjer
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dramatically solved her
Great Love Problem in .
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grounds, - loosaatagT thev
former, with" the resalt that Rat
selre service statioa aad atora "
were withoat electricity for ser
eral hoars' an til repairs were
made. Damage to Nash's equt-1
page occurred mostly to the vj
trailer. Nash was not Injured.
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