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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 15, 1920)
MONDAY,M.ip.ca,5,, p 4 npPM THE CAHTAI, JOURNAL R3R1IER SALEI1 WAR HO LOSES LONG HPHT AM U IIU1II Uil 1 , The funeral for John Harvey Green Co. A, 14T Machine Gun Battalion, 1st Brigade, 41st Division, who died )farch 9, at Forst Sheridan, of tetanus .caused by wounds received while In Action at Belleau Wood, France, will be held at the chapel of the Rlgdon -ft Son company at 2 p. m. Tuesday Rev. Gillespie will have charge of the en-Ices. The body Is to arrive In the city from the east Tuesday morning. ' Sergeant Green enlisted November J, 1917 at Glendale, Wash., and arriv ed In France January 1, 1918. He sus tained a compound fracture of the lower left limb through shrapnel shell June 11, 1918, while pressing the foe back from Belleau woods. Since that time Green has been undergoing crit ical ulcerations on his leg in hospitals In several parts of France, always dis playing the same valor that marked his service in the machine gun ranks. In September 1918 Green was Inval ided back to the United States, and several other operations were admin istered. Shortly after his transfer to Fort Sheridan he was permitted a brief furlough, returning in June 1919 to the camp. He underwent a serious operation for grafting of tha leg March 1, but failed to rally. . Sergeant Green was married April 19, 1919. Whle a resident here several years ugo he was employed at the Jlodgers Paper company. His wife, Hrs. Annie Green, and parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Green, reside, with two brothers and four sisters, at Mab ton. Wash. The sisters are: Kuth .Vlola Green, Estella H. Green, Ruth A. Green, Freida I. Green, and the brothers are Owen V. and Charles 3. Green. Members of the American Legion here, who will have charge of the funeral, are fluked to attend, as many as possible. Those with autog who will be able to come, are asked to re port to Lloyd Rlgdon before the fun ral so that other arrangements for cars will not be made. 'New Jersey Given Right To Test Prohibition Law ' Washington, Mar. 15. New Jersey Was Kin n ted permission today by the mipreme court to institute original pro ireedlne-s to test the validity of the pro hibition amendment. JOURNAL WANT ADS PAT Teachers Shape Plans For Drive j On Millage Bill Portland, Or., Mar. 15. Campaign plans for the teachers part in sup porting the two mill tax levy to In crease state funds for educational purposes have been outlined by the executive committee of the Oregon state teachers association, In the, court house, It was announced today. Portland teachers will mr.ee up the city campaign committee for the elec tion, but a large committee was nam ed for the rest of the state by Super intendent W. C. Alderaon, president of the association. The committee ents Gibson of Hood River and W. M. Smith of Marion county, City 8u will consist of County Superintend ents Austin of Pendleton and John Todd of Salem, Miss Hazel Kerr of Oregon City and Miss Mary Halvorsen of Eugene, representing the grade teachers. Assistant State Superintend ent E. F. Carleton of Salem will act as secretary and publicity manager. while State Superintendent Church ill, Superintendent Alderson and A. A. Campbell will tot as a committee at large. Auto Thieves Are Busy Here; One Car Is Brought Back Report of three auto thefts since Saturday night appeared on records at police headquarters today. Portland, Eugene, Oregon City and Albany were notified by police to maintain a watch for an aurb bearing Oregon Icense No, 61772, stolen from in front of the Klett Rink, at the east end of State Street, Saturday night. The machine belongs to ,W. M. Le- bold, reports show. Mr. Lebold Is of fering a reward for the return of the auto. At 2:15 a. m. today poltce head quarters were notified that a machine belonging to A. M. Mull, route 4, Salem, had been stolen from near the Llborty store. At daylight the ma chine was reported found In Mr. Mull's garage, and in good condition. Police were puzzled as to haw the car was returned to the garage and whut prompted the thieves to pluy such as prank. PoliceA said that the thieves must have been stricken by a paining con sclnce or have had n sense of humor to return the car to the garage. At first It was believed that the quintet of boys who escaped from the state reformatory had taken the machine to make a get-away In. Late Saturday night Sheriff Ken dall, of Albany, 'phoned police here to watch for a big car taken from the streets of that town that night. 0-E ESTABLISHES TO SERVICE CARD ON VALLEY LINES The new passenger schedule for all Oregon Electric trains on this line effective March 15, means vastly im proved service for the Willamette valley, says J. W. Ritchie, local agent for the company, and also marks the return to normal traffic conditions. The restoration of night freight service is another utility move made by the O-E lines and insures swift freight movements both ways thru the valley. With a night crew provid ed for, Mr. Ritchie states that the Salem office is able to make deliv ery to consignee by 7:30 each morn ing. Passenger trains restored by the schedule are: No. 1, southbound. Eu gene local arriving in Salem at 8:30 p. m; No. 7 arrives in Salem at 12:50 p. m. and runs through to Corvallis, instead of terminating at Salem as heretofore; No. 14, Express, leaves Salem at 1:40 p. m. for Portland. No. 20, leaves Salem at 5:30 p. m. as before, but starts from Corvallis in stead of Salem, making the run to Portland and local stops south of Sa lem. , The new Salem-Woodburn school train No. 24, leaves Salem at 4:30 every day except Saturday and Sun day. The old train, 24, is discontin ued, the southbound school service being replaced by train No. 1. Incorporations. The Wallowa Lake Power and De velopment company with headquar ters in Enterprise, filed articles of in corporation with the corporation de partment here Saturday. The com pany is capitalized at $150,000. A. J. Mclnturff, B. Mayfielo. and C. M. Lockwood are the incorporators. Other corporations filing articles Saturday were: Diamond Motor company, Port land; $100,000; A. Junge, B. Junge and E. V. Littlefield. D. H. Kline Motor Car company, Portland; $25,000; D. H. Kline, C. P Hansen and J. M. Soudder. Oregon Motor Accessories com pany, Portland; $10,000; J. King Uryon, Lew Wallace and J. M. SctsV der. The name of the Wheeler Box and Manufacturing company of Wheeler, Tillamook county, is changed to be Jensen Shingle Manufacturing com pany in supplementary articles filed here. ST. PATRICK'S DAY IS OCCASION OF BIG DANCE FOR SENATORS Salem should come out strong for the Senators, say Colonel A. Tynsr Woolpert, of the Oregon National guard, in commenting upon the com pany M's donation of the armory for the benefit dance given by the Salem baseball club on St. Patrick's night In aiding the home club, the guard and Colonel Woolpert give recognition of the fact that the Senators' lineup is 100 per cent ex-service men, most of whom were overseas with the Ameri can expeditionary forces. Due to the fact that the club's main 3 rive for park-building funds, is drag ging behind, they are givin? th's dace for the purpose of completing the fence around the new field at 12th and Oxford streets. "Admission for gentlemen is one dollar, ladles free," says Manager Bishop. "Whether you dance, or not. buy a ticket. Each pasteboard sold means three boards on the park fence!" Attention Is again called to the fact that new athletic park, while pro moted primarily as a baseball field, will be made available upon all possi ble occasions to other athletic enter prises and tournaments. The pork will also form an Ideal drill ground for any military project In this vicinity. "Go out and Bee the stands and then join the ranks of the many Salem fans who have made our growth possible," says Bishop. 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