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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1922)
PAGE TEN VALTER PIERCE THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28, 1922 ADDRESSES With the Movies IEHCE IRE AUD If time, in its flight, might be tamed backward by Walter M. pierce, democratic candidate (or governor, there are some things which he would do differently, he eonfesoed to an audience in the Salem armory last night. Exact Jjr what this wag, or how he would do it, Mr. Pierce did not say. He had been referring, however, to bis career in the legislature. Mr. Pierce leaned toward his audience. Haven't you ever made mistakes?" be demanded. He paused, apparently awaiting an admission, but his audience proved reluctant to confess lta past errors. "I have," Mr. Pierce finished. Reduction of state taxes and state expenses was again advo cated by Mr. Pierce in his speech here. He declared that state auto mobiles and trucks are costing no less than $160,000 a year and that "this is an extravagance which will be cut to the bone" if he is elected governor. "X have bean asked to put my finger on items by which I can re duce taxes," he said,, "and for one thing I will eay that I can save the people of the state a very large turn by stopping the waste of pub lic funds in the use of state owned automobiles for pleasure purposes." Mr. Pierce said he had In his possession a list of 35 state owned .automobiles and trucks. "It Is common knowledge that these ' Dublicly owned automobiles are used by state employes to go on fishing trips and outing trips to the sea coast," he declared. Mr. Pierce said he estimated the eost Of these vehicle at from $150, 000 to $250,000. "When gov ernor," he added, "I will cut this expense to the bone and. I submit to my opponents that here Is a very definite item in which I can save public money." Mr, Pierce characterized himself as a "humble farmer" who has been an eye wtlness to the ascent of taxes which are "ruining agri-cuIture--the state's greatest in dustry." i "I want to ask the governor," he said, "If he is in favor of a new source of revenue? Is he in favor of a severance tax?" It elected governor, Mr. pierce said he would ask the legislature to so amend the mlllage taxes for the market road, higher education and primary education, that any money derived from any of the in direct sources can be used to re duce the mlllage taxes. "We have the highest property tax $9,400,000 according to wealth," he said. "We can reduce taxes we must reduce taxes.' Mr. Pierce Is for the people. He aid he wants to be governor so he can honestly administer the laws. When he's the state's chief executive the man in overalls will look as good as the man In broad' cloth, be declared. Mr. Pierce is for education and, incidentally for the so-called comDulsory education bill. He said so last night. . Mr. Pierce said there must be a redistribution of the tax burden The severance tax and a possible groBH earnings tax were advocated "Tom Kay asks why I don't tell the truth." Mr. Pierce said. "May. be he's one of those who Isn't pay. lug his full share. Is he for e graduated income tax or not?" Mr. Pierce was welcomed by t large audience. At the Bligh Theatre Tonight r i ..-,, Sis '- i - ...... jj. - - - Give me aich chow every time" 1 AAcrrrDAFTtw. At the Bligh. Alet.z & Metz, a comedy aero batlc, singing and dancing novel ty who perform many thrilling and ultra sensational stunts, As gymnasts and comedy pro ducers, they are in a class themselves and they always have something bright up their flgur atlve sleeves to present to lovers of vaudeville. Warda, the Female Politician, a travesty on when women rule. It is a very amusing monologue furnishing Its quota ot comedy and humorous situations ho Doys, come and see the fun and the fair sex will be in their glory. Warda Is a clever imper senator of the up to date woman Hoot Gibson will be the movie star In. the feature "The Gallop lng Kid." SEND APPLICATIONS FOB AUTO LICENSES Letters 123,(1 3 of them con taining application blanks and other documents necessary to the formal and peaceful separation of the Ore gon motorist from his contribution to the automobile regiBtration fund for 3923, were put into the mails lero by Secretary of State Komt Friday, Assignment of the 1923 liceiiso plates will begin November 4, Kozer explains, and those who prefer the email numbers are warn ed to return thiir applications at Bused upon the registration of more tliun 131,500 automobiles and trucks this year Koser estimates the 1923 registration at not less than 14.1,000 cars. Fees ot the auto mobile department for this year will aggregate more than 13,300,000, Tito tng for 1923 will consist of white figures ayd letters on a dark blue background in marked con tract to the yellow and black of the 1923 tags. liberty "Free Air," written by Slnclal Lewis and which ran in the Sat urday .Evening Post, was made into. a motion picture and it will be shown at the Liberty starting Sunday. A fine cnBt was selected to play the different parts and this feature is suld to be one of the best. The scenic effects are wonderful, the story has a nice plot and with a number of thrills UNIVERSITY ALUMNI ORGANIZE FOR DONATIONS Organized for the purpose of re coiving and administering private benefactions for the university, the University of Oregon Alumni Holding company filed articles of Incorporation with the state cor poration department here Friday, The Incorporators nre P. L, Campbell, president of the unl versity; Itobert B. Kuykendal! president of the University of Ore gon Alumni association; W. K wewoii, rormcr university re gent, and F. L. Chambers. Camp. bell Is named ns president of the company, with Newell as secre tary and A. L. Ingalls, assistant secretury. l ne onject of the company as set out in the articles will be to promote the general welfare of the university, to promote and en courage higher education in the state and to obtain financial help from private sources In order that the university may meet the ex traordinary demands made upon It by the Increasing enrollment. SAFETY CAMPAIGN DECREASES ACCIDENTS Pointing out that only seven fa tal accidents have reported to the industrial accident commission dur ing the past six weeks as compar ed to '2$ fatalities in the tamo per iod a year ago, Will T. Kirk, mem her of the commission, ascribes thit decrease in di'atfo due to accidents in industry to the safety eompaign nhich has been waged by the coni- R.!s,Kn. Under the rules of the coiu- sUsion, Kirk points out, employers .are allowed a five percent reduction th.ir premium rate for carrying safety wort under the outline -;-.i-!d ty tls commission. Ap f rrtiirafi'ly 1J0 big employers are, tow i.V.vfi.r.2 this safety work. SEEK DISBARMENT OF LON L, PARKER Disbarment of Lon L. Parker. Portland attorney, from the fur ther practice of law in Oregon, is asked by the grievance commit tee of the Multnomah Bar associ ation in a complaint filed with the supreme court bore today. The complaint charges Parker with "willful deceit and miscon duct In his profession,', and Is based upon five specific charges of misappropriation of funds be longing to his clients, aggregat ing approximately $340. SGHINDLER IS BOUND OYER Accused of placing dirt in milk bottles ot a local dairy, raul Mtindler of Saletu waived a hear- O . " - j v. V tu.flr . U V WWe bound over te the j-nd jury yes terday. His ball was set at $200. Schindler wai arrested aeveral daya ago. According to an alleg ed eonfesflon he admitted putting dirt in milk in order to "get even" with a dairy ot which he is a former employe. thrown in It makes a very enjoy able film. One of the cleverest films ever produced comes to the Liberty theatre next week, Bert Lytell In a story of society and the prize ring entitled, "The Right that Failed." Virginia Valli is his lead ing lady. , "Sisters," written by Kathleen Norris comes to the Liberty thea tre next week. Matt Moore, Seena Owen and Gladys Leslie have the principal parts, the picture was directed by one of the greatest di rectors in the business' and the famous novel by Miss Norris is uaid to have made a very unusual photo play. Oregon One of the greatest thrills ever shown on the screen Is promised to the. Oregon patrons in "Man slaughter" which opens a two day engagement tonight. The cast is a brilliant one, Thomas Melghan, Leatrice Joy and Lois Wilson, ar-j the leading players but every member of the cast Is a prominent screen player. Grand The Grand offers a double fea ture bill starting today, Pauline Stark appears in a very f the dra matic feature, "Wife Against Wife" and Charles Chaplin comes again in his great comedy success "The Idle Class. Hamman Auto Stage Effective Mny 22nd Three Stages Dally Leaves Sulem Stage Terminal: No. 1, 7:30 a. m. No, 3, 10:30 a. m. No. 6. 4:30 n. m. Leave Mill City: No. 6, 7 a. m. No. 2, 12:30 p. m. No. 4, 4 p m. No. 3 connects with east bound train at Mill Ulty, No. 2 waits lor west boun train at Mill City. JOS. HAMMAN, Prop. KaUni-Slln'i-um UIvInIoii Leaves Sulem Central Stage Ter minai, cuu a. m., n:00 a, m. :uo p. m. Leaves Bilverton News Stand, 8:00 k. m., p. m., :t)0 p. m. Snlt-iu-liidoiN-iHlt'iiixsMoniiioutli .Division Leaves Salem Central Staee Tar inwini, cuu a. m., :oo a. m., 11:00 i. m.. 3:00 d. m.. 8:00 n m j-mv:o luonmoum, Monmouth no tel. 8:15 a. m 1:00 p. in., 6:15 p. m. eaves Independence, Beaver ho lei, s:so a. m., 10:00 a. m 1:15 p. m., :o p. m., 6:30 p. m. ho mane connections at Kalom in mi parts or me valley. tiira nips ny appointment, J. W. I'AltRlJl General Manager SlLVUtTON C. & iouth bound Dly. lily. No 5 No 3 I'M Fit 6:00 1:30 8:05 3:35 :30 4:00 10:30 Ar At Ar North bound read lly W. Dlv. o i no 4 AM PM 10:30 4:00 8:25 1:65 8:00 1:30 Lv Lv MOUNT M. Stages Scheduln read down lly. No 1 AM 8:00 10:05 Portland Mt. Angel Silverton up No 8 PM 8:30 Portand 6:25 Mt. Angel 6:00 Silverton Lv Sunday only 8 pm from Portland Mattes leave Stage Terminal Port land and Steelhamnier's Drug store i l vert on Maybe those European nations expect to pay their war debt when they get through warring. Salem-Dallas Stage Leave Salem Stage Terminal 7:00 a. m.. 11:00 a. m . 5-10 . . Leave Dallas, Gail Hotel 8:30 a, m 13:30 p in.. 6:30 p. in. FARE 60 CENTS Dally and Sunday Every day except morning trip does not run Sunday .Round Trip 60 cents SEAVEY-BELL Insurance Agency 412 Oregon Bldgr, Thone 457 Wm. Bell Sheldon Sackett STANFORD PLAYS ON WET AGGIES GROUNDS TODAY Corvallls, Or., Oct. 38. Gener ally fair weather forecast for to day and the spirits of the Stanford university football warriors here for their game against Oregon Agricultural college today, were correspondingly on the rise. Wet day and a muddy field. It was gen erally considered would be favor able to the Aggies while contrary conditions wold be more in the line of what the visitors are ac customed to. The Stanford team was expect ed to come over early from Al bany, where they stayed last night. They paid a brief visit to the campus here yesterday- and had a short workout on the field Coaches of neither team would venture prediction as to the prob able result ot today's battle but each said his team was out to do its beet. The lineup as given tentatively follows: , O. A. C. McFadden, le; Locey, It; Ash, lgj Hjelte, c; Clark, rg; Mickelwalte, rt; Scott, re; Garber, McCart, Ih; Miller, rh; Tousy, Stanford Mertz, le; Shipley, It, Craven, lg; Degroot, c; Lu- decke, rg; Johnson, rt; Dole, re Woodward, q; Wilcox, lh; Dough ty, rh; Cuddeback, f. MMt44MMMtMT4 Bligh Vaudeville and Feature T Pictures Liberty Cullen Landis and Mary Alden In "The Man With TWO Mothers" And Four Other Reels Oregon Thomas Melghan and All Stars In : "Manslaughter" THE A TT I IS CHARLES CHAPLIN in "THE IDLE CLASS" Also "WIFE AGAINST WIFE" from Broadhurst's Stage success "The Price" Grand Pauline Starke In "Wife Again Wife" And Charles Chaplin in "The Idle Class" UNRUH CONTINUES HEARING The hearing of George A. Armi tage, charged with non-support, today was continued by Judge O. E. Unruh of the justice court. Armltage, who was to have had his hearing yesterday afternoon, pleaded not guilty to the charge. He is a Salem laundry man. His wife is private prosecutor of the case. . - PEGGY TELLS OF SEEING EH WITH HAMMER Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 2. Both nrosecutlon and defense were busy today with preparations for the resumption Monday ot the trial ot Mrs. Clara Phillips for the murder of Mrs. Alberta Tremaine Meadows, young widow, who was beaten to death wltn a nammer. No session was held today. vuLatm Mrs. Peesrv Caffee, former chorus girl and principal n,n1E for the state, gave the jury her version of a reputed eye witness to the slaying. After declaring she haa seen Mrs. Phillips strike Mrs. Meadows repeatedly with a hammer, and i,a acr, tha defendant bending ILUU - " over the unconscious form of the young widow, Mrs. Caffee told of her alleged trip back into the city from the outlying district, one testified: "As we were driving toward tnwn nhn said, 'vou remember Al berta Meadows admitted receiving Want Street Gars on Sunday Stopped Along With Everything Else ' Dubuque, Iowa, Oct. 28. .The senior assembly of the Grandview avenue Methodist Episcopal church has taken ac tion advocating the discontin uance of street cars on Sun day, closing all theaters -ani permitting drug stores to sell only medicines. , IDAHO TO PUY OREGON TODAY AT PORTLAI some things from my husband.' I made no answer as I knew she did not. I asked her how she could go home and wasn't her conscience guilty. She replied: 'I would kill any women who would take my husband.' As we got near town she mentioned that my face looked nnln nnd said. 'Remember,- don t you tell your husband or I'll kill him.' " Seekers after international so lidarity seem to be up against the same problem as the scientists they can't find the missing link. Miss Josephine Fitts, of Natchez, is the first woman in Mississippi to be elected superintendent of schools. Portland. Or.. fW i o . . - uniVM. sity ot Idaho and University of uregon looinau teams were prlmej and ready early today for thel( contest, to be nlavpd n - " "IU11D0, man field this afternoon, "it vyj be a wet." said Coach Mti,m. .. Idaho, "and this fact will handl. cap us." However, the weather prediction for the day was gen- erallv fair and it una f i . that if the prediction was verified the field would be fairlv v afternoon. The tentative linen'n. Idaho Cobley, le; Vohs, u' Neal, lg; Kline, c; Goff, rg; Haul sen, rt; Vesser, re; Stivers. Kleffner, lh; Kinnison, rh; Brown' t. Oregon T. , Johnson, lar i Shields,' It; McKeown, lg; Calll- dati f IP fiMalrla Vn A ... sons, lh; King, rh; W. Johnson, t. HHi IAheateiLA Matinee Only Johnnie Walker in "My Dad" Tonight DeMILLE'S "MANSLAUGHTER" CULLEN LANDIS and - MARY ALDEN : in " "THE MAN WITH TWO : MOTHERS." ; Also 4 Other Reels Tomorrow "Free Air" a Comedy 3 Scream; and Lee Moran. ; Sunday Monday TWO ACTS HIPPODROME VAUDEVILLE HOOT GIBSON THE GALLOPING KID TOM SANTSCHI In fef Comedy Scenic h4 STARTING SUNDAY The it TlJEATEiy Offers " , A Double Feature Bill TONIGHT TOMORROW MONDAY -TUESDAY LIB KihUrl fmm FREE-AIR row ttc Samay Benmg Past Stay by SIKCLAIR LEWIS StutAor of 'MAIN $TRT A Myron M, StMttia Productica -SPEEIMIMIT 115 MILES Pt'HOUR The Home of First Runs ir Jw' THOMAS ( y Leatrice Joy 1 r ,v" Sylvia Ashton I Vsfeo Raymond Hatton u rrrrrw i,twvy i? w u w ra mi 1 Ymy . ; J si it i at ,t r.nixn i . MEIGHAN IN 1 R Lois Wilson Julia Faye Charles Ogle Mickey Moore PRODUCTION THRILLS AND LAUGHS A Very Clever Comedy of the Great Outdoors and Across Country Trip by Auto Something Out of the Ordinary Don't Miss It. Also LEE MORAN in "HENPECKED" and A News Weekly ft M eaCP This is not just a Motion Picture, it is the Modern .World it self and you will see yourself and Life as it is today "Manslaughter" is by far the biggest production that Cecil B. DeMille ever attempted. Thomas Meighan surpasses anything he has ever done before on tne screen. Adults 50c; Children 25c, excepting Mon- Tues Matinee 35c and 25c ' in in mi immmmii , 1 4 aooi Music and Courtesy i
