Page Eight
fhe Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon.
Robbers' Is Ball Players Prepare for Busy SeasoflPresident
Epithet For
'Phone Men
Rate Rise Discussion
Hot at Meeting of
Council; Will Probe
Recall Proposal
"Robber" was the appeliuion
applied to the Pacific Telephone &
Telegraph company, and tue cor
porations' protective association"
Was the epithet used to diitnri;it)
the public service commission,
during the warm discussion of ibe
recent phone rate rise v.hVli took
place during the reguUr uioeting
f the Salem city council las-
Bight.
The phone rate rise matter was
brought to the foreground by me
reading of a letter from I he city
recorder of Roseburg, in whim 11
was said that the Roseburg coun
cil favors the recall of the public
tervlce commission, s City He
corder Earl Race came lo th
"yours truly," in the lett-sr, Sulc-m
aldermen lighted their locketj and
the bombardment began.
"Take Out Phones."
"I move,' announced Council
man Marcus, "that the letter b
laid on the table." Tho wordt
were not out until H. II. Vaider
vort was on his feet.
"1 don't think so," he declared
"It may be that we have to be
robbed, but lets put up ojno fighi
anyway. Let's take zo.r.-) niti n.
Mayor Halvorsen ofevcd some
advice. "The best thin? Is to take
out the phones," he i.uKKested.
Somebody expressed hiKse'.f nf
favoring the recall of t!i.i con, mis
gion, which brought a declaration
from Alderman K. L. Utter. "1
don't believe in all this tU aboul
recall," he said. "If you'i a going
to take some action.all rih' but I
don't favor this howl aboui 'rcnH'
as soon as the commission readers
a decision. It doesn't go."
"Loop" Is Considered.
Eventually a committee was ap
pointed to inquire Into the teasi
bility of endorsing the lecall
movement.
Following the formal presenta
tion of the plan for a proposed
loop-system for the Salem street
railway, which was offered by C.
W. Nlemcyer, representing the lo
cal realty men, the council voted
to have a committee appointed to
investigate the proposal. It was
made plain to Mr. Ntemeyer that
the aldermen will be back of any
proposition which they believe to
be for the benefit of the city. Mr.
Niemever contended that m.ich
better service would be rendered
the residents of all parts of tho
city by the proposed system.
A proposal to hold "cleun-up"
week here in the near future met
with the unanimous approval of
ho ..Mermen. Details will be
worked out later.
Chief Is Criticized.
Unauthorized purchases for the
police department by Chief ot l o
lice Moffitt caused a stir in the
-council chamber. Following an
argument, during which Council
men Oiesy and Baumgartner de
clared themselves opposed to allow
lng some of the bills, It was agreed
to pass favorably on those pre
sented. The city attorney was in
structed to notify the chief, how
ever, that in the future requisi
tion! must be secured before any
thing is bought.
City Recorder Earl Race was In
structed to call for bids on some
equipment needed by the street
department.
With the baseball season fastly approaching, thousands of fan
take them. The photograph shows regulars and rookies of the New
ball at their training camp in San Antonio, Texas.
s feel the old fever about to over
York (Jiants tossing the medicine
Boy, 10, Is Nearly
Carried Away by
Bird of Huge Size
BllllngK, Mont., Mar. 22. -Arnit
vlolatte, ten-year-old boy living on
ranch in the T'pper Yllow8tor"
valley, is alive today after a narrow
Hcape from an "aviator'H" death.
Melatte, ambitious to earn boun
y money for the pelts of coyotes,
;et two traps in a runway frequent
er! by the varmints. Visf t in,r hff
traps the lad found two monster
aU fanifH t nat in ha bit I he muiin
'tn'Mts sections nettr where tho
cabin of the lad's father Is located.
W hile endeavoring to t ie one of
he eagles, after having liberated it
rom the trap, the bird spread its
;reat wings for flight and rose in
he air with the frightened fad
linging to the rope that he ha 1
led around the eagle's legs. Tin
oy released his hold and the eagl"
ioared away while young Mftlfttt''
urnbled into a ravine He was
shaken up badly but suffered no
serious injury.
Countess Will
Buy Birthplace
On Long Island
Poles Rejoice
Over Returns
Of Plebiscit
Warsaw, Mar. 2 1 . Optimistic
news from the plebiscite distn.-K
in tinner Silesia tonight was re
ceived by
..r..d ill an open
here. The celebrators Improvised
cheering thousands
air meeting
an altar at which prayers were 01
fercd for the territory they be
lieved had been regained for Po
land after a separation of more
than 600 years.
The meeting was called by cn
thusiasts among the population,
notwithstanding the fact that the
late editions of the newspapers
showed the returns upon which
the rejoicing was based were un
official and incomplete.
Returns from Sunday's plebis
cite In Upper Silesia, received
Monday from Herman sources, in
dicated a Tote for the whole ter
ritory on a scale of about 3 to 2 in
favor of Germany. These advices
were borne out in large measure
by returns through London Mon
day night.
Assessors at Work.
Aurora, Or.. Mar. 12. L. I.
Snyder will be the deputy as-.-s n
this year and is now engaged at
his duties as such In the Aurora
district. He expect to complete
the work In six weeks. Mr Sny
der says there will be no arbi'i an
'Increase in the asses-d Vdl'u-
tlons. H. W. Hall Is tie deputy
assessor in the Woodburn 1i.-fkt
and F. M. I.ick will assess in ll.e
Brooks district.
The Countess Itaben, of Den
mark, wife of the. former Danish
foreign minister, who recently ar
rived In the L'nited States for the
purpose of purchasing her birth
place m Bast Hamilton, L. I., N.V.
Her daughter, Mrs. lathgow Os
borne, is known internationally as
.I'sculptl ess.
Rock Crushing
Plant Location
Is Decided Upon
The location of the new rock
crushing plant on the SantlaM
river, just above t he bridge at
Stayton, has been fully decided
upon according to County Com
missioner J. T. Hunt, who with
Itoadmaster Culver returned from
a trip around Aumsville. West
Stayton and Stayton today. The
county haa Obtained a five-year
lease on the property to be used
for the site.
ltoads in that district were In
fair shape. The erection of the
plant and graveling the roads will
begin at once.
Terms of
Mandates
Announced
Provisions Ruling Ad
ministrations of Pa
cific Islands Are
Given Out
London, Mar. 22. Tha leagt:e
of nations today issued the text of
the mandates for the administra
tion of Samoa by New Zeal&nJ, of
Hauru or Pleasant Island, in the
Pacific a short distance south of
the equator, by (Ireat Britain; of
German Southwest Africa by the
i ion of South Africa, an:i rf the
former German possessions in Hie
Pacific south of the equator, other
than Samoa and Nauru, by Aus
tralia, In accordance with the laws
of these mandatories.
1 lie terms provide fur promo
tion ofthe material and moral well
Deing ot the inhabitants of, the
territories, prohibition of slave
trading and prohibition of forced
labor except for essential publi
works, for which adequate remun
eration is to be paid.
Traffic in arms and ammuni
tion Is to be controlled. The sup
ply of intoxicating spirits and
beverages to natives is prohibited.
Military training of natives js
prohibited except for polios and
local defense. No military or :ia
val bases shall be established or
fortifications erected. Freu exer
cise of all forms of worship shall
be allowed and missionaries and
nations of states, members of the
league of nations shall be permit
ted to travel and reside in the ter
ritories and follow tliair callings.
Hotel at Mt. Ancel
To Close on April 1
Mt. Angel, Or.. Mar. 22. Tho
Marlon hotel In this city will go
out of business April 1, according
to a statement made ycst-'Tiliw by
Mr. Oeegan, the manager. Mr.
Oeegan came here from Tort laid
last fall and opened the hotel aft
er it had been closed for nearly
two years. lie lias conduct "d a
Concrete Walk
Freshman Gift
To University
Following the chapel exercises
yesterday, Albert Geyer, president
of the freshman class, presented
the concrete walks leading to the
entrances of Waller hall as the
gift of the freshman class to the
board of trustees, which was ac
cepted by Dr. B. L. Sleeves, presi
dent of the board of trustees. The
custom of making gifts to the uni
versity during the freshman year
was established by the class of
1921 when they presented a con
crete walk to the university for
years ago.
The presentation program was
held in front of Waller hall before
the entire student body. In ac
cepting the gift, Dr. Sleeves com
mended the class for the "con
crete" manifestation of their love
for the "old school." Dr. C. G.
Doney also spoke yesterday morn
ing, stressing generosity and char
itableness of spirit as being wor
thy of cultivation. Mabel Davies
sprinkled flowers over the walk
instead of breaking a bottle of
champagne.
Bus Kiss and
Bus Hug To Be
Popular in Detroit
(By International News Service.)
Detroit. March 22. it's all
Telegram
Is Cause of
Near Panic
Columbus, Ohio, Mar. 22. A
near panic here is attributed to a
telegraph operator at Wellington.
A patron of a local hotel re
ceived the following telegram:
"Will burn hotel in Colum
bus tonight. BOCCO."
The telegram referred to the
hotel where the patron was quar
tered. Some guests changed hotels
hurriedly, but officials of the ill
fated hostelry presented a calm
demeanor as they tried to unravel
the mystery.
Despite extended inquiry at
Wallington and activity on the
part of Columbus police the send
er of the telegram eluded the of
ficials. It was late that night when he
arrived at the hotel.
Bocco immediately located his
friend, asking whether the patron
had received Bocco's telegram.
Admitting he . had, he asked
Bocco for an explanation.
"Why," declared Bocco. "I
wired: 'Will be at Hotel in
Columbus tonight."
Protest in England
Over Egret Plumes
London, Mar. 22. "Every self
respecting woman," declared the
bishop of Durham, speaking at a
meeting at Sunderland to protest
against the holding up of the
Plumage bill, "ought to be heart
ily ashamed of appearing in pub
lic with her person garnished--like
a savage Indian with the
scalps of his victims with great
plumbs and birds of paradise.
"I can hardly imagine a gross
er paradox than that which will
be presented in church this Raster
of Christian women" kneeling a
the altar rail to receive the bless
ing with their heads carrying
such trophies of . callous cruelty."
Summons
Congress
Session Called For
Noon, April 11; Leg
islative Program Is
Formulated i
Washington, March 22 A
lamation convening congress
in special session at noon April
"l "to receive such communica
tion as may be made by the
executive" was issued toua u)
President Harding.
Program Settled
Washington, March 22. With
the decision by republican leaders
the Fordney
emergency tariff bill, precisely as
vetoed by President wuson, im
mediately upon the convening oi
Mnirfi the major ieBi!iai"
program for the extra session was
believed today to De amuiiw
settled.
Revising their previous posi
tion acntnat the enactment of an
emergency tariff, members of the
house ways and means committee
yesterday acceded to the request
of President Harding for passage
at once of a measure designed to
i.tford protection to the farmers
against foreign competition.
Agreement to the program also
was iriven bv Senators Penrose.
Smoot and McCumber, conferees
from the senate finance commit
tee, Senator Penrose stating that
there would be limitation of de
bate if necessary to insure speedy
passage of the bill through the
senate. It probably will be rushed
through the house under a special
rule.
Permanent Tariff Up
With the emergency measure
out, of the way, the house, accord
ing to the final program agreed
on, then will take up the anti
dumping bill, to be followed by
permanent tariff revision. The
actual work of framing the tariff
bill will be begun by the ways
and means committee at once. It
is planned to speed up the pro
gram by having the senate fin
ance committee consider revenue
legislation while the house is at
work on the tariff.
Credit Men Mc't
Seattle, Wash., March 21. J. H.
Tregoe, Wichita, Kansas, secretary
of the National Credit .Men's asso
ciation, and K. D. Ross and D. E.
Galbraith, Portland, Ore., were to
address the northwest conference
of wholesale credit men which
met here today. Credit associa
tions in all sections of the norlh
West were represented by delegates
The school of physical education
of the University of Oregon has
Just published an eight-page illus
trated folder describing the work
and listing the 31 courses offered.
Charles Chaplin in a scene from "THE KID "j
NOW SHOWING AT YE LIBERTY THEATRE
'.rZ '7"" 'T right to spoon atop the Detroit
f rst cass house but states that ". bust.s provi(llnB voll don.,
there Is not business enough in
Mt. Angel to warrant the succers
of an enterprise of this kind. Mr.
Uecgan expects to move to Bend,
Or., where he was formerly en
gaged in the newspaper busiuiss.
Silverton Mill Closed.
Sllverton, Or., Mr. it.- -The
Silverton Lumber coiup.ie.j'i mili.
which has been running pan t;n.e
most of the winter, shu'. down
Saturday night for an Indefinite
period, and it Is state i that tt.ib-
orate improvements will be niui'.e
before operations are r sinned.
How long the mill will he. closed
is not known. Th Oliver Fn'ls
Timber company mill is running
full time.
disturb the other bus riders. Dr.
James W. Inches, police commis
sioner, has issued this edict to all
police officers, thus proving that
he is broader than his name im
plies. "They spoon in cafes, restaur
ants and shows." he said, "and to
attempt to stop it would be use
less." -
So the bus kiss and the bus hug
will be popular in Detroit this
summer, and it can be surmised
that upper deck seats will be at
a premium.
Along with other progressive cit
ies of the northwest, Astoria Is to
hare a police matron a a part of
the personnel ,,f its police depart
nsaat. The salary is f 121 a month.
Guard Recruits 60.
Albany. -Mar. 22. Sixty men
the required number to assure i
Albany a company in the Oregon
National guard, have signed f.ir
Oraneization of Fish (service in the coast ariillerv mm. I
And Game Club Starts pany for which Sergeant Jirak i
Silverton. Or . Mar. 22. CM- has baeB tb,ainng enlistment I
zens oi nvwnssj mm sh. mi.?. (iuring the last few davs.
itre making an effort to organise
a fish and game club. A pe'itlonj . .
, , . . .. .u, v. . - M tne graduating exercises at
is In circulation this week to se- (h( Monmoulll noimal OM
cure membership and it is said; March ;4. 1T students will receive
that more than 100 people hare state normal diplomas.
already expressed a willingness i
to join the club. The plan to toj The grape Is native In southern
get a fish hatchery established on !- Europe. Algeria, Morocco and
the Abiqua river east of thi city.' western Asia.
Furniture Sale
NOW ON
YOUR OPPORTUNITY
TO SAVE MONEY
On Furniture, Ranges, etc. Prices Cut to the Bottom. !
just a iew oi ine Bargains:
Ranges, up from $55.00
2-Burner Oil Stove 17.50
0x12 Congoleum Rug 15.00
n-pounti Cotton Mattress
35-pound Silk Floss Mattresi
2-inch Tost Bed
50-foot Hose, up from ..
Judge Bingham's
Decision Upheld
(Continued from Page One.)
ket priceand not subsequent con
tract prices ruled under the pro
visions of the rider, although the
opinon admits that "the contract
is ambiguous" and is "fairly and
reasonably susceptible of the con
struction contended for" by both
the plaintiff and the defendants.
Referring to the "rider" in the
contracts Justice Harris in his
opinion says:
Meaning in Doubt.
"The contract must be consid
ered as a whole; and the rider
must be considered in the light of
the stipulation concerning the
minimum of cour cents. The rid
er is introduced by the word 'if '
This is a word of condition; so
that the agreement to pay more
than four cents is conditional. The
plaintiff contends that theobliga
tion to pay more than four cents
is dependent upon two conditions,
tha ennicntion being that the rid
er means that if the plaintiff has
a buying price and if the planum
raises that buying price 'this con
tract will automatically conform
with that price.'
"We are unable to agree with
the plaintiff in its contention that
its construction is the one wtiicn
must necessarily be placed upon
the rider; nor can we agree with
the plaintiff that its construction
is theo nly one of which the ridei
is fairly and reasonably suscepti
ble. Nor can we agree with the
suggestion of the defendants that
the language of the rider was de
liberately chosen by the plaintiffs
representatives with a trickish
purpose.
Trial Court Sustained.
"We think the contract is am
biguous and is fairly and reason
ably susceptible of the construc
tion contended for by the defend
ants and also, we may assume,
fairly and reasonably susceptible
jf the construction contended for
liy the plaintiff. If the contract
is construed standing alone and
by itself the ambiguity must be
resolved against the plaintiff, be
cause theplaintiff concedes tha; it
framed the rider and plainly on Its
face a rider was prepared for the
benefit of the defendants, li ihe
contract is viewed in the light of
what preceded and accompanied
as well as what followed its execu
tion the ambiguity must likewise
be resolved in favor of the defend
ants. Thet rial court resolved the
issues of fact against the plaintiff,
The evidence does not warrant us
in disturbing the findings made
by thetriul judges. The plaintiff
refused to perform the contracts,
except as construed by it and this
justified the trial court in decree
ing a cancellation of the contracts.
Mon4y, March 21,
opin-
The decree is affirmed." UrnintT -li
Chief Justice Burnett and Jus-j Inasmuch Dto-s
tices Benson and McBride concur was rnlll
!" 10 ".ben, Z1
aside. awiimu8t
The other cans i. ,
le tor contempt T H
01 Blll R,
ease is bn.oH ... 't
with Justice Harris in the
ion.
LaFollett Is Upheld.
In two Other opinions written
by Justice Harris and involving
controversies between the Salem
King's Products company and J.
W. LaFollette, a loganberry grow
er, the decree of Judge Bingham
of the lower court is reversed.
In one of these cases LaFollot;
refused to obey the injunction suit
of the lower court and sold n.r.
berries to a third party. He was
i-menttCtl
b indispensable Z'n,
injunction 7:'
to require such
bond i
(Hiin
it is he,,, "l:tm
ennrt , , -''""led the WJ
berries to a third party. He was' court for inflicti ue triaj
thereupon adjudged guilty of con-for contempt I"lI""ustj
WOODRY'S
270 N. COMMEECIAL ST.
Furniture at WOODRY'S
Lawn Mowers at WOODRY'S
Garden Tools at WOODRY'S
New Rugs at WOODRY'S
Suit Cases at WOODRY'S
Garden Hoses at WOODRY'S
WOODRY'S for Ranges and Heaters
Silk .Floss .Mattresses, .the . Mattress i
backed by $100 guarantee at Woodry's
He is selling them at y2 of - regular
price.
See WOODRY'S .Window .display .of
Sample Mattresses
Everything new and used at WOODRY'S
WOODRY buys and sells everything
Big Mattress demonstration on Thurs
day, Friday and Saturday afternoon-
Come and see them made right before
your very eyes at WOODRY'S. . . .
Why pay more when you can huy for less
at WOODRY'S.
WOODRY
The AUCTIONEER and
FURNITURE DALER
!
j Ladies' Coats!
and Suits
Swagger Coats, both long and short. All indication!
mint in a (rroot or! aonann nntl Wpll theV fflipt. 06-
cause never were coats more chic, more handsome or
more adaptable
$10.75 T0 S29.50
We are ready for Easter with a large shotting of
mtinrtivp Suits Our Suit Department has been
a surprise to many women who come here shopping I
and find the smart and distinguished new su.-
pnees way below regular
619.50 T0 $55.00
Our Prices Always the Lowest.
GALE & CO.
Commercial and Court Streets.
.::
17.09
13.iO
4.50
Come in and See Us It will Pay You.
Opportunity W on't Last Long.
This
People's Furniture
Store
271 K. CooiBiercial Street.
Public Attention!
Big Mattress Demonstration
At Woodry's Furniture Store
270 North Commercial Street, Salem, Oregon
Thursday Friday Saturday
Starting 1:00 P. M. Each Day
Come and. See How They Are Made
Have one made to your order 35, 40, 45 and 50 lb. Math
with Imperial Roll Edge, Best Art Ticking at only 50c a Vxm
one-half of the regular selling price.
GUARANTEE
$100 and a new Mattress free as . a guarantee that every MatW
soia wm oe exactly as represented.