SATURDAY, APRIL R,
THE CAPITAL J0O1NAL
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New Company to
Handle Republic
Trucks in Salem
Incorporated for 20,00 the W. H.
Hildebrant & Co.. enter the Salem au
tomobile field next Monday morning
candling a full line of Republic trucks,
which are to be on display at their
sales rooms, 279 North Commercial
street 1
The new company enters the field as
a permanent organisation, designed
not onlyto sell Republic trucks but t
be on hand to give service to the pur
chasers of those vehicles so long as they
may be In use. A full stock of parts is
to be kept on hand and the working
force of the company win Include me
chanica skilled in the maintenance and
repair of Republic.
On the floor for the opening day will
be a line of Republic "Road Builder"
trucks of IK. 2 ft, 314 nd 4-ton ca
pacity, equipped with both solid and
pneumatic tires.
That W. H. Hildebrant, manager of
the company, intends to make this city
his permanent home is evidenced by
his purchase of a home at 1820 Che
meketa street and his announcement
that he is a .candidate for entrance In
to the various civic and commercial!
organizations in the city. I
Long Refuses To
Modify Former
Testimony Today
Washington, April 2. Captain By
ron C. Long, former aido for opera
tions on Rear Admiral Sims' staff nt
London, refused today to modify his
previous testimony that Rear Admiri
at William B. Fletcher disregard 3d
Sims' instructions that he formulate
a safe doctrine for convoy operations.
He was cross examined at length by
counsel for Admiral Fletcher bejo-e
the naval board investigating Fletch
er removal irom the Brest com
mand. Captain Lone said a nnmi
trlne of convoy operations was form
ulated at Queenstown for the destroy
er force there as early as May 117.
Success of Cycle
Tournament Here
In June Assured
With invitations accepted by motor
cycle clubs of Portland, Newberg, Eu
gene, Corvallis and Albany to partici
pate In the national gypsy-tour event
to ba held In Salem June 1S-20 under
the auspices of the recentiv nnmniu
Salem Motorcycle dub, the success oi
the evnet is assured.
Harry Scott, in charge of arrange
ment for the affair, estimates that be
tween S0 and 400 riders will take part
In the different events on the program,
one of which will Drobablv be a hill
climbing race. - The local club is now
Dusy ararngmg tor the entertainment
of the visitors.
Interest is steadily gaining In the
local club and many new members
have been added to the 35 who signed
up it the time of organization two
weeks ago. The officers of the club
are Reuel J. Smith, president; H. S.
Walker, secretary; Allen Fraser, treas
urer, and Hiram T. Smith, road cap
tain.
Eddie Rickenbacher, American ao
of aces, will in all probability, it is re
ported from Ogden, Utah, be the leau
er of the aviators for the proposed air
line between Denver, Ogden, Elko and
San Francisco. Rickenbacher, it is
said, has been offered a large salary o
superintendent the BOO planes that
have been purchased by the Denver
corporation promoting the line.
"It Is eighteen years since S last vis
ited the Occident and I regret to find
that In the meantime there have ap
peared some evidences of the decay of
western civilization. I never expected
to see suuch frivolity as that of Lon
don or New York." Baron Goto, a
Japanese governor.
Kolchak Forces
Melted to Reds
General States
New York. April 2. How an army
of 80,000 Kolchak troops "melted
away" by desertion of the bolsheviki.
following; a speech made to prisoners
of war by Leon Trotakyin Omsk, Si
beria, two days after that city's eva
cuation by the All Russian forces, was
told here today by Major General I.
Thord-Gray. a former officer of the
British, Canadian and AH-Rusisaa arm
ies just returned from Vladivostock. '
Trotxky, he said, addressing the
prisoners as "comraoea" said ur.
would be welcomed by the red army a"
they cared to Join. Captive officers, he
said, who wanted ta return to Kolchak
would be given safe escort and 2,090
rubles each. A number of the prisoners
accept the offer and, returning to
their own lines, told what Trotzky had
done. Within two weeks. General
Thord-Gray said, Kolchak had practic
ally no army and a few months later
was executed.
General Thord-Gray went to Siberia
with a Canadian expedition and was
taken prisoner by the bolsheviki when
they captured Vladivostock. Before
leaving, two attempts, he said, were
made to assassinate him.
Toward the Inst, he said, the bolshe
vik troops showed better morale than
Kolchak's men. They also had one ma
chine gun for every 20 men, he said,
whereas the Kolchak army had only
three with every battalion, almost 600
men. During the retreat of the Kol
chak army, a 2,000 mile retirement,
they were driven before machine guns
but seldom before rifle, fire. General
Sakharoff, the All-Russian war minis
ter and chief of staff, he said, "lost .the
army at Omsk without a fight."
Herbert Hoover has contributed to
ward the settlement of his partisan
status so far asto say that he was not
connected with the Democratic party
before the war.
Invention Robs
Fogs of Panger
Officer Claims
San' Francisco, April J. Fog will
soon be robbed of its dangers to Pa
cific Coast shipping by means of radio.
it was announced today by Lieutenant
Commander Scott D. McCaughey, dis
trict communication officer of the
twelfth naval district here. The open
ing of the naval radio compass sta
tions on the Pacific coast is but a few
weeks off. he announced. The first will
be four stations at the entrance of San
Francisco bay. at Point Montara; Bird
Island near Point Benita; Point Reyes
north of Point Reyes Lighthouse, and
Farallon Islands.
The system was one of the most val
uable aids to navigation developed by
the allies during the war, and since has
been in successful operation along the
Atlantic coast.
The method of operation is based oa
determining the direction of radio
waves. The vessel, concealed in fog.
sends out radio signals. Each of the
four radio stations intercept these sig
nals,, and by compass radio determines
from which direction they come. Each
station notifies the vessel the precise
direction it is from the station, and
these directions charted show by inter
section of the lines the vessel's precise
location.
Due to shortage of enlisted person
nel, the opening of all stations cannot
be expected at preBent, it was announ
ced, but it is the intention to open at
the earliest possible date one station,
probably Bird Island, at the northern
entrance of the Golden Gate as soon
as personnel can be trained.
Ralph Martin, prominent young Polk
county fanrfer, was a visitor In Salem
Thursday evening.
The public service commission will
go to Marshfield April 14 to hear the
application of the Coos Bay Loggin;
company for a franchise on Coos river.
Air Chief Dreams
Of Future Combat
Settled in Ozone
New York, April t. The first battle
of the next war will be fought in the
air, Brigadier Genera! William Mitch
ell chief of the division of training and
operations. Army Air service, declared
In a statement here toda, in which he
visualised a decbive aerial conflict.
The battle, he n "tded, would also be
the last one of the war because the
losing nation would be helpless and un
able to continue hostilities after its
air fleet had been conquered.
The air service chief predicted that
aviation will "completely drive" huge
battle cruisers, battleships and other
surface ships off the water In the next
conflict "A great air force can render
surface craft incapable of operating
and stop debarkations from shins and
attacks oa shore establishments," he
added.
Brigadier General Mitchell In his
visualization of the great air struggle
of the future described vividly the pun
he believes giant gun-bearing battle
planes, bombers, rigid dirigible bal
loons and armored aircraft of various
designs will play In the next war.
With the beginnig of war he pictures
a huge fleet of dirigible balloons soar
ing high above the ocean and, from
nests on the tops of these, tiny airplan
es are launched, locate the enemy fleet
vnd return with the information. The
chief air officer, working in contact
with the army and navy, sends hia air
force against the enemy.
Daniels Requests
Passage Of Navy
Base Provisions
Washington, April 2. Secretary
Daniels announced today that, he wos
torwarding a letter to Chairman Page
of the senate naval committee, ur
Ing that provision for a deep wat.Mr
naval base on San Francisco bay be
low Mre Island navy yard; a sub
marine base at San Pedro. Cal a do
stroyer base at Port Angeles, Wash.,
and extensions of navul facilities at
Hawaii, be passed by the house. Thte
increased facilities have been urged
by the secretary as necessary because
of the enlargement of th Pacific fleet.
Anita Stewart A ct Roll of Own Life
In Picture Coming to The Liberty Sunday
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Anita Stewart Is especially fittn
for her part In VMind the Paint Girl."
a First National Picture which will
be shown at the Liberty Theatre on
next Sunday.
The story is almost entirely built
around stirge life and Miss Stew, it
has spent a large part of her life in .
theatrical atmosphere. Consequently
she knows it thoroughly. The par,
she tukes In this picture Is practically
acting her own life.
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"The yellow chassis that selves so well"
W. H. HILDEBRANDT & COMPANY have
been appointed distributors of this high grade line
of Trucks for Marion and Polk counties, effective
'April 3, 1920.
The policy of this firm at all times will "be real
service to Republic owners9, skilled mechanics
and a stock of parts will facilitate this. An
$80,000 stock of parts and complete truck assem
blies at the Portland parts depot is always at our
command thru long distance telephone and ex
press. An average of three hours from order to
delivery of any part can be maintained.
There are now over 1000 Republic Trucks in
the territory adjacent to Portland and the 1920
allotment by the Republic factory for territory is
600 trucks, which will fall short of the demand.
Order yours early.
We will be pleased to meet and become ac
quainted with present Republic owners.
Prices of Republican Tti cks at Salem
1 Ton with Solid Tires . ---$1885
1 1-2 Ton with Solid Tires $2495
2 1-2 Ton with Solid Tires $3135
3 1-2-4 Ton with Solid Tires . - $4320
Ton with Giant Cords
1-2 Ton with Giant Cords .... - .
2 1-2 Ton with Giant Cords
3 12-4 Ton Dumbody & Hoist $1990
$2795
ALL MODELS ON DISPLA Y
W. H. HILD.EBRAND1
Distributors
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MARION COUNTY
279 NORTH COMMERCIAL ST. PHONE 675 ' '
rA mf'GOOI) SALESMEN WANTED WHO DRIVE THEIR OWN CARS
FOLK COUNTY