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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1920)
PAGE EIGHT, Busy Bees Mere Pikers Besides Guys: Prepairing Good Times for Elk Herd J emurh: . FRANK DURBIN .-W j. rk studying up on ,', Wy 't&XiWf e ' ' P0RTS -.The proverbial one-armed man busy winding his wrist watch, is as inactive as an iron woman, compared to the committees in charge of ar rangements for the Big Bust the (state convention of Elks which will tie held in Salem July 23, according to persons best fitted to know. Spare time ordinarily spent by F. C Delano and Frank Durbln in the perusal of . Tolstoi, Bennett, Shaw, Wells and literature, of a like nature, Is now given over to reading of the Sportsman's Special, books on boxing, and the Police. Gazette. I "It's going to be some day from the sports angle." say they. ' With a permit to carry concealed , weapons, W. L. West, vulturine vic tualer of the Elks is busily in quest cf a super-abundance of eats to sat isfy the hungry visitors. "Hoover had a small Job," says Mr. West, "but watch us feed em." ; J. F. Hutchason, ex-Journalist and . publicity dispenser for the lodgemen, Jias bought another typewriter and now uses one with each hand. :At-pre ent he's only turning out three col umns hourly, but expects to show con siderable improvement. "We 11 bring 'em," -he says. "It's suing to be some day." Salem Scouts Huge Eaters Wot One Homesick Hiking, swimming,, fishing, playing, drilling, J08 Salem Boy Scouts, stow ing away distressing quantities of foou three times daily, are" having some what more than the times of their lives, according to Jack Walker of the Palem Kings Food Product company, who returned to Salem Sunday night after spending Saturday visiting the Scouts at their camp 10 miles from Oakridge. in the heart of the Cascades. "It was hard to believe that those youngsters could get away with tn amount of food that was heaped on their plates," Mr. "Walker said, "but I didn't see even one boy who experi enced any difficulty." Tanned, hearty and devoid of any nymptoms of homesickness, the boys Jteep busy every minute of the day, Air. Walker says. Fine "chow" is fur bished them, and they sleep in tents, Camp is located on Salt creek where mhelter Is afforded by hills on either wide of them. The Scouts are only a liulf mile from the McCredie ho springs. When the boys first arrived at their camp it was raining steadily, and tney were taken In by hotel people wtio practically turned over the place to the Scouts. Offering to bring messages to par entg of the boys, Mr. Walker was load . d down with about 100 letters, Mr era I packages and numerous boquets, Mr. Walker, who made the trip by automobile, says that the ronds are good and that the grades are not very rteep. Shriners Passing Through Salem rAre Given Roses Members of Cresent and Salaam temples, from Trenton and Newark, N. J., were loaded down with Oregon roses when the special train stopped liere just before noon today on its way in Shrine conclave at Portland. The liedge of roses about the capitol grounds as well as the shrubbery be decked capitol grounds themselves are the Source of much admiration on the pari', of ' the eastern and southern Shriners passing through here. Fast Game Slated Between "Y" Arid Weavers Tonight Monday night, the Valley Motor Voguls and the Kay Weavers will tangle In another fast bout of the Cherry City twilight series. The game Is played at Willamette field and starts at 6:15. ' The Kay team has put up a num ber of valiant battles in efforts to break the jinx that has tracked the Bine from the start of the series. Each fame in which the team has partici pated has been of good quality and a large attendance is expected tonight. Wednesday night, the Y Tigers and the Hauser Invlncibles will cross snow choes in a scrap as to the proper hold er of second place. Friday night's Same is played between two other live members of the Salem league. These games are free and James El vin, president of the league, urg?s heavy patronage by the fans as a raring crew of boosters is the best Incentive to good play. W. T. Price, water uperintendent of Hood River, announces that unless resi dents of the ctiy cease wasting water it will be necessary to either increase the supply or put in a meter system. HUTCHASON IS PROGRAMS OF THE BIO SHOW Wool Men Ask For Protection In Price Slump Washington, June 21. Immediate relief for Hie wool proaucing indus try was' urged before the federal ' re serve board today by representatives of several wool growers and dealers associations as well as b"y manufac turers and - bankers. The sudden drop in the price of wool May 20 from 66 cents to about 20 cents a pound, with no buyers even at that figure, has caused . a crisis which threatens heavy losses to pro ducers, the board was told. : Cessation of purchasing by the pub lic In protest agains tthe high -cost of clothing was cited as the immed iate cause of the drop in wool prices. Senators King and Smoot of Utah; Kellogg of Minnesota, and Represen tative Mondell, of Wyoming, were ;present at the conference and' advo cated a credit plan which would en able the banks to assist wool produc ers over the present emergency. Hanan Shots Fox Pttmps DtixBaxOil 326 LOOKING AFTER.' ' "THE. PUBLICITY AND Music Pupils Of . . Mrs. Denton Are Heard In Recital Mrs. Walter A. Denton presented her pupils in three recitals at . tier studio; 148 North- 12th street, on June 12, 14 and 15. The younger pu pils were presented on Saturday, june 11, and were assisted by Miss Pau line Knowland, reader, who respond ed to an encore. All students showed remarkable progress since their last appearance. Among those who deserve particular mention are. Arthur Fish er, Margaret Stelner, Maxine Glover, Francis Martin, Benita Edwards, Vir ginia Berger, Florence Power, Helen Ashelman, Helen Williamson, Mild red Gilbert and Nancy Thielsen. More than a hundred.'guests were present. The Intermediate and advanced pu pils gave- their recital June 14.. Rove- na Eyre, Pauline Knowiana, jonn Minto, Ronald Craven,. Elbert La chele, Donald Allison and Eugenia Savage, were especially good and ac quitted themselves creditably. -Miss Ruth Griffith, a vocal pupil of Miss Ada Miller, assisted on the program. The appearance of Mrs. Barbara Steiner and Karl Wenger, were the principal attractions of the Tuesday n wtice Free Demonstration MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WED NBSDA YTWO EMINENT 'CHICA GO PHYSICIANS Are here.- Members of the SCHOLL EDUCATIONAL STAFF The best known PRACTOPEDIC EXPERTS Dr. N. A. Goodwin Dr. E. A. Tufts THE PRICE SHOE CO. Statea - NexttoMSusliBaiiiC THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. evening muslcale. Mls Clura Howard assisted and responded to an encore. Pupils who appeared on the program were Elbert Lachele, Donald Allison, Mildred Brunk, Eugenia Savage, Florence Elgin, Francis Hodge, Char lotte Horning, Esther Duvics and Ronald Craven. - Decorations for the three musicales were of carnations, hydrangea, glad ioli and lupin. Candidates For Head Of Women's ' nrI T.. T,, 01 lVlinfl jjco iviuiiita, lit,, u 11 no Georgia A. Bacon of Massachusetts and Mrs. Thomas G. Winter, of Minn eapolis were nominated today for pre sldent of the General Federation of Women's Clubs in biennial conven tion. The nominating committee re ported early this afternoon. Shriners Colors And Emblem Shown By 'Scape Artist By Wednesday night the color plots on the court house grounds dedicat ed to Shrlners and Elks will present an enlivened appearance to visitors to this city. J. W. Maruny, who is carrying out the work under the auspices of the Salem Floral society, is busily engag ed in adding the dominant colors to the Shrine emblem. Golden hued pan- sies have been set out and Tuesday, Crimson carnations will be added to complete1 the design. ' Mr. Maruny, who has found a dearth of suitable decorative plants In this city has recently purchased another lot near his properjty at Miller and Saginaw streets and will devote this additional space to perennials The land scape gardener believes in and asserts that this section is most adaptable to open plot and green nouse develop ment. " Streams Call To Marion Sportsmen With the coming of good weather and the completion of spring road work in the outlying districts, sports men are making an increased number of pilgrimages to streams in the mountainous sections. Many licenses have been issued dur ing the past fortnight. Some of the more recent sport voocheis follow: Anglers: Martin Doerfler, Silverton; Lockle E. Cooper, McCoy; John Kuhnke, Earl H. Roberts, I.-R.. Cum mings, Arthur Cardier, R. A. Van Cleave, Bert Stout, C. E. Moore, Ot to H..TImme, V. B. VanCleave, H. Crawford, E, D. Smith, H. L. Basher Warren O. Edwards, Salem. Combination hunters and anglers: F.'I,. Carter, James Larsen, C. F. Pat- Bergman Boob IWitchEIhBootJ IbotAppIiaflfflJ inn. H.irold I Cook, W. N.- Barrett, H M. Friend. Balem; O. W. Russell .and Miles J. Russell, Gervais; Walter B. Eisling, .waconaa. Senator Walsh May be Chairman Of Convention San Francisco, June 21. Among delegates here, United States Senator Thomas J. Walsh of Montana, was be ing mentioned today for permanent chairman of the. democratic national convention, a position in connection with which the name of Buinbridge Colby, secretary of state, has been frequently heard. The convention will open at noon Monday, June 28. and a night sessi may follow the Initial meeting, Ho mer Cummings, phairman of the dem ocratlc national committee, announc ed today. Before that time the national com mittee which meets June 25, will have disposed of thg prospective contest over the seatlngVof United States Sen ator James Reed of the Fifth (Kan sas City) district of Missouri ana the contest over the seating ; of the 28 delegates from Georgia. The commit tee will act upon these in connection with its work of making up a tem porary roll and contests may be car ried to the credentials committee a-nd even to the floor of the convention. Practically all logging camps in the vicinity of Astoria will close Saturday for a period ot 30 days because of an accumulation of red fir logs at the mills. - t .- ! Turks Massacre of Armenians New York. The Turkish national ists forces in besieging Marash, Syria, last January deliberately and contin uously fired on the American college and Iear East relief hospital and or phanage there, according to Dr. Mabel Elliott, of Benton Harbor, Mich., who was in charge of the hospita ddii.it the three weeks' attack. Dr. Elliott, who has now returned to this country, with Mrs. Mabel Pow er, of North Hero, Vt.f Miss Helen $3.98 $5.75 $6.75 and $10.50 Our prices A Iways the Lowest GALE & CO. Commercial arid Court Streets ' Formerly Chicago Store Shultz of Reading, Pa,, und MUa Min nie Dougherty of Holyolie, Mass., told an eye-witness Btory of the attack, df rec'ted against the Armenian popula tlon;' ... : '; The slaughter of men, women and children was horrible, she said, and the pillage of houses Barbaric' In one Armenian church 2,500 persons were killed only 23 surviving the attack on it she said, ' Of a fleeing column of 5,000 Ar menians, mostly 'women and children driven from the besieged city, Dr. El liott said only2,200 reached their ob jective, Islahle, but 75 miles away, : "The whole three weeks of the wlge the firing from house tops and win dows never ceased," she said. "The Turks fired many buildings all over town, and from our windows wd could see columns of smoke rising first frorn one part of the city und then another, every hour of the day and night. The largest Armenain church at first sheltered some 2,500 "Armenians of the better class, shop keepers, bu siness men and merchants and their families. They had arms, and they put up 'a good fight. But the Turks finally fired the church and forced them out, Only 22 of them escaped with their lives. A communication trench was dug from French headquarters to the hos pital by whichthe French wounded were Brought in-to us. They wtsre Ell Seneglaese and Moroccans. The Scna galese blacks suffered frightfully from the cold. We had 900 cases wounded and frozen feet mostly frozen feet. 'All . over town, the Armenian would gather in the nearest churches for protection, largely because by be ing concentrated they were in greater force, and also because the church buildings are of stone, and surroundr ed by high walls, and thus made the best means of defense. It wan't pos sible to live a day in a private house, as the Turks would fire .' the house and drive the inhabitants puf, killing them as they ran for shelter. We could see that going on every, where. There were about 6,000 Armenians who Joined the column and tried to make the march over the mountains fo Islahie, 75 miles from Marash, when the French troops evacuated' the city. There was no food, for anyone, and only a few carts. Practically" every body had to walk the whole way. It was a ghastly, incredible night mare. The worst blizzard that Marash had ever known caught us. Most ofthe fugitives were women nd children. The men stayed behind to fight and cover our retreat. They died like flies.. 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