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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 26, 1921)
Tue8dy July 26, Page El" The Capital Journal, Salem, Oregon Paris May Be Greatest River Port Plans Which Will Cost $7,000,000 Could At Give It Best Inland Facilities Paris, July 26. An elaborate scheme to make Paris one of the largest river ports In Europe is at present under discussion by the municipality of the city. It aims at the creation of three huge har bors in the immediate vicinity of the city, together with docks and basins. These harbors would be situated at Grennevilliers, on the west side of the city, and will maintain direct traffic with the sea, another at Bounnouil, on the Marne, and to the south of Paris, Will control the upper Marne and upper Seine traffic, and another at Pontin, on the Ourcq, which by a new system of canals will be linked with the industrial district In the north of France. Branch lines of the main railroads will connect the latter with the ports The plan also calls for the deep ening of the Seine between Bougi Tal and Paris so as to guarantee a depth of 40 feet. New locks and bridges are also to be built. Ia certain parts of the river barrages will be erected to supply electric and motor power to Paris and oth r Important towns on the river Seine. Part of the fortifications around Paris are to be transmored Into docks where ships could un dergo repairs. Canals to link the principal rivers flowing through or near Paris are also to be built, thereby making it possible for sea going uhipes to go from Ie Havre to Marseilles via Paris. It Is esti mated that this vast plan could be carried out In less than ten years at a cost of $7,000,000 at the nom lnal rate of exchange. Serum Cure for Blindness Announced New York, July 2. A serum, which Dr. Erasmus Arlington Pond, Brooklyn eye specialist, claims has cured nine cases of blindness caused by atrophy, will soon be demonstrated before the academy of medicine and the Am erican Medical association, it was reported today. Dr. Pond, who discovered thj serum, said the method of cure was to inject the fluid which nourished the optic nerve. Blind ness caused by accident, be said, could not be cured by the serum, nor would it be successful unless there was a Blight vision left to the patient. The physician said as soon as he had demonstrated his discovery before the medical pro fesslon he would make public the formula that is might be used generally. Says World Is No Place For Homely Maiden Baltimore, July 26. She isn't pretty, but in spite of a retrousfe nose and a heavy sprinkling of freckles, Virginia Hicks Is attrac tlve, even though her face In drawn with pain and the hope for death. She Is hoping against re covery at the Maryland general hospital here, having taken bichlo ride of mercury tablets. It was because of a man a man who promised her a home and mar riage, a man who didn't make good. 'It's because I'm homely," she said. "Men look only for beauty. They're all alike. 1 never want to see one again. I want to die. The only man I want to see Is God!" In spite of herself she is getting well. Virginia Is only twenty. She Is one of those girls who dream of a home and baby and keep on dreaming in their trustfulnsss. She will not tell the name of her betrayer. Virginia's condition, when she entered the hospital, was critical. She has now passed that stage, and her speedy recovery Is anticipated. Spur gin Fled to Canada With $50,000 In Cash Chicago, July 2. Walter C. Spurgin, missing president of the Michigan avenue trust company which closed last week. Is believed to have fled into Canada with $50,000 in currency. It was re ported last week that be was sup posed to have $300,000 in securi ties and cash. The involvment of the bank has not been defintely as certained but has been variously estimated at upwards of $1,000 - 000. Spurgin, Ben Newmark, chief Investigator for the state's attor ney believes, may attempt to go abroad and he has warned all ships scheduled to sail soon from Can ada, by wireless, to be on the look out. It developed today that Mrs. Spurgin, the banker's wife, and daughter, Vivian, 21 years old. had fled rather than face the no toriety. With $300, they motored to Detroit where they were traced. It had been supposed that Mrs. Spurgin had gone to her mother In Panora, Iowa. From Herman By ler, Miss Spurgin's fiance, it was learned that her $300 dwindled rapidly and both planned to go to work. Spurgin, according to By- ler, before h fled, confessed to his wife that his affairs at the bank were involved and that there was an entanglement with a woman. ters, Grace and Florence, of anta.apector General Lu Yung Ting, the Kwanrsi war lord, has virtual- jregon. Ii ended Walter Wallace and chil- LL' r ,.h rwn ,vern- ment are on the point of occupying Nanking, capital of the province of Kwangsi and General Lu Yung Ting is reported to have declared his Intentions of resigning. The Asiatic News agency, from Peking, reports that the civil war will soon be ended by agreement Of the Kwangsi party for the es- tabllsbmen of an autonomous gov ernment at Nanking, which means a severance of relations of Kwang si and Peking Clara, Oregon. Mrs dren of Natron, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Nespit of Creswell, Oregon. Mrs. Irene Edgar and daughter. Nea, of Albany, Oregon. Miss M. A. Thomas of Albany, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. George Moore and family and G. A. G. Moore and son, Fred, all of Turner, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ramson and son, Wayne, of Aumsville, Ore gon. Mr. and Mrs. John Ramson and children of Shelburn, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. E. Spray of Cot tage Grove, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. William Wilkinson and children of Leona, Oregon. Mr. and Mrs. McKay of Myrtle Creek, Oregon Col. Harvey To Maintain Dry Embassy London, July 26. A shudder of horror - and dismay has just run through the American colony resi dent in London, fur It was reported that Colonel Harvey, the new am bassador, had declared his embas y "dry." acting on the principle that it is technically American soil and, consequently, amenable to the prohibition act. But on inquiry It was ascer tained that there Is no truth in the report. But there Is no doubt, however, that the rumor created a painful Impression, and opinions aired by Americans at the Hubs hinted that there was no need for Colonel Har vey to keep the spirit, as well as the letter of the law. The prospect of ice-cream sun daes, banana split and other 'soft" drinks hail reduced them to a spirit of unutterable depression. Hut the embassy was more cheerful, "No other embassy has gone 'dry'," said an official, "ao 1 do not see why we should." Colonel Hurvey's secretary went one better and denied the report. "I have heard nothing about It," he said, "so you may take it from me that there is no truth In the tory." As far as Mr. Harvey Is con cerned, however, It Is understood that, not being a teetotaller by conviction, he proposes to observe the custom of "the land of tho free" and be a "dry" ambassador He has already given evidence of bin Jeffersonlan simplicity of character by driving around that! Matutinal Prance of Paris Police famous Mecca of London society, I Paris, July 26. --The Paris po- Hyde park, in a Ford car aud a top lice have taken up basketball as hat. the snort best fitted to keen them in physical trim. Dressed only in bulbing trunks and slippers, one contingent of "agents" exercises on hour every morning. Reports Progress In School Clubs J. E. Calavan, Industrial field worker from the stale department i of education, has returned from a ' trip to Washington, Clatsop, Yam hill and Columbia counties direct lug and investigating the boys' and girls' club work. Mr. Calavan said good work was being accomplished in sewing, cookery, poultry, pig aud calf rais ing ut Waluski, Fernhill, Vesper, Brownsmead, Lewis and Clark, Snuppa and Silvlndale school dis tricts In Clatsop county. A county-wide picnic will be held at Brownsmead August V. Tho program fill consist of demon strations, slock judging by tho club members, a dinner and ad dress by prom in en I persons, Mr. Calavan visited the 100 per cent Tlgard rabbit club at the home of E. T. Trafflter. Six of the eight members of the' Island school club In Yamhill county have nearly completed three projects In sewing, cookery and home-making. The clubs of Birkenfeld. Clats- kanie, Yankton, St. Helens and Scappoose, Columbia county, are finishing work in sewing, cookery, poultry, rabbits, calf, pig and gar den propecti. Hail Rickard Before Jury New York, July 25. Tex Rick ard, fight promoter, and F. C. Quimby, motion picture producer. were summoned to appear before each year the federal grand jury today to! testify concerning the alleged transportation of movies of the Dempsey-Carpentier fight into this state from New Jersey in violation of federal law. Mr. Rickard has declared he knows nothing of the transporta tion of the filclures or of plans to show them here. Mr. Quimby also has denied any part in their transportation though admitting plans to exhibit them. His contention is that the federal law prohibiting interstate transportation of pictures of a prize fight does not apply to the Dempsey-Carpentier bout as that event was a boxing match and not a prize fight. Aid Extended Around Globe New York, July 26. A review of the work of the Rockefeller foundation in 1920 made public to day showed that the organization extended its activities virtually to every quarter of the globe. The foundation brought to a close its participation In the war time emergency relief by giving a million dollars to European chil ren. A million francs were appro priated for the Queen Elizabeth foundation for medical research In Belgium and an agreement was entered into whereby the founda tion will contribute toward the complete rebuilding of the medi cal school of the University of Brussels. A total of $3,000,000 has been voted to four of the most strate gically situated schools In Canada to insure proper distribution of the: three hundred physicians which it Is estimated the dominion needs Polk Highway . Case In Court Here Tomorrow Hearing of a motion to make more specific a complaint filed by residents of Independence who seek-to halt work on unimproved sections of the West Side Pacific highway, will be heard by Judge Kelly here tomorrow. The motion was prepared by attorneys for the state highway department. Judge Belt originally was as signed to hear the motion, but he declined to serve because of pre judice. Judge Skipworth of Eu gene then was drafted to sit for Judge Belt, but upon learning that bis brother-in-law was chief coun sel for the plaintiffs, he also de clined to hear the motion. The su preme court then assigned Judge Kelly to preside at the arguments It Is expected that more than 200,000 boxes of apples will be shipped from Wasco county this year. Chinese Civil War Near End Canton, China, July 26. The war on the province of Kwang tung which has been waged for several months by Kwangsi mili tarists under the direction of In- 20,248 WANT ADS Not including real estate and classified, totalling 103,026 Lines Carried in the Capital Journal in the six months ending June 30, 1921. Double the number in any other paper A gain of 1369 ads and 9,256 lines over the same per iod a year ago. Cent a Pound Proposed Pay of Hop-Pickers Harrlsburg, Or., July 26. In reply to a question as to what would be the price paid for hop picking this year, Leon Boggs and Si Lowell, ranchers here, said that 1 cent a pound was about the price. Other promiuent ranchers, J. it. Cartwright, Edward Ayree. Mike Hochdanner, Fred Repine. Dug Wilson and James Murphy were said to have declared the same price. A cent and a quarter was talked of for some time but the prevail ing Impression was that unless a radical change took place in the murket the growers woud not bo able to pay more than the proposed cent. Kitson Hot Spring Kltson Springs, Or., July 26. Among the people who are enjoy ing the scenery of the upper Wil lamette river and Kltson Hot Springs are the following: Mrs. (' H. Shnffner and daurb- Two Days More $5,00 PASSENGER FLIGHTS-$5.00 By Special Arrangement CAPT. CHAS. R. PARMELEE And DOUGLAS D. CLARK Dare-Devil of the Air will remain in Salem TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, July 26 27 . Aerial Exhibitions 6:45 P.- M Both Days $5.00 PASSENGER FLIGHTS $5.00 Two Days More Yellow Fever Outbreak, Tampico Galveston, Texas, July 26. Yellow fever has developed at Tampico and all ships from that port will be detained six days after fumigation. Dr. W. F. Fox, assist ant surgeon In charge of the Un ited States quarantine bureau here, announced today. JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY. Too Trne. "So you graduated from a bar ber college? What Is your college yell? "Cut his Up, rut bis jaw. leave his face, raw, raw, raw!" JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY Received Big Shipment of Jap Crepes Plain Colors This is a washable material that is in great demand the coun try over, it is used for aprons, smocks ami dresses, colors are orange, yellow, honoydew, rose, pink, white. llue, copen, green MM tan. it is .,u niches wide. Priced, a yard MAIL ORDERS Your mail orders receive careful and prompt attention : we pay the postage or express on all orders. London the WMlAUmiit -IJouUFwd TJour Home Then CAPITAL JOURNAL WANT ADS SATISFY THE WANTS 466 State Street Phone 877 Mauretania Damaged by Fire and Water Southampton, Eng., Juiy After a battle lasting more than 12 hours the flames on board the Cunarder Mauretania, which broke out as she was lying at her pier here yesterday afternoon were finally conquered by the firemen early today but not before the in terior of the mammoth liner pre sented a sorry spectacle from fire and water. The damage Is not so extensive as was feared at first, but it is serious enough and considerable time will be required to put the big vessel into shape. Meanwhile the passengers booked to sail on the Mauretania will be transferred to other ships. The fire originated in a first cabin on the starboard side of the B deck and fifty cabins on that deck, extending across the ship and forward of the engine room bulkhead for eighty feet were de stroyed. The priceless carved wood panelling in the saloon for which the Mauretania was famous is untouched except for a few scorched places. The fire broke out anew several time during the night but finally . ... .. hAoniftal i firemen were eui m mji" , treatment aftei inhaling smoKe. Pete Herman Again Champion New York, Jury 2. For Uii second time in his fighting creei Pete Herman is bantamweight champion of the world. Disproving the old ring proverb that they can't come back," Her man tore Into Joe Lynch before a crowd of 30,000 at Brooklyn, last night and won back the title of which Lynch had deprived him last December 22. Herman regained his crown as he had lost it by a judge's de cision. The bout went the full 15 scheduled rounds and Herman clearly had the better of thirteen of them, on points. Nun Is Called in Jury. London, July 26. A nun living In a community in London has been summoned to serve as a wom an juror in the high courts. The incident is giving rise to great agi tation in Batholic and legal circles was completely extinguished. Four as it will mean her breaking her vows, and aTTTr: drafted by th, CathoHc"0 England to EfV6 " "i, auns. '""anility "SMILING ALL THE WAp I New Todaj DAVID BUTT. 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