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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1924)
"P. RIGHT THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, 1924 DEFENSE E E Portland, Or., May 21. Defense of Hurry Jl. Hay hub, Portland baker, In the $85,000 suit of Mrs. Alice K Kobertson, uurse and nmnsei'Be, wus started yesterday afternoon after the plaintiff hud finished her testimony und a few minor witneseea testified on her behalf. In cross-examination of Mrs. Robertson, however, the defense made an attack on purl of her al legations. She was made to ad mit from the Btand thut Mr. liayncH liad shown her a -loclu.it ho carried on his watch clmm containing a picture of his wife and mother. A major point of the woman s case rested upon the al legation that Mr. I lay ilea repre sented himself to her us a single man and that she so regarded him during the time he wuh alleged to have been a wooer ami following their alleged exchange of promise.i to wed. The defense did not bring out clearly at just what point iu their relations the locket incident occurred. An allegation of the complaint on which the nurse hoped to col lect big damages to compensate for the alleged fraud und deceit practiced upon her was that Mrs. Lulu 1. ilaynes, wife of the de fendant, allowed the letters Mrs. KohertKon wrote Mr. Jiayues to numerous persons. For this por tion of the humiliation she lino said Hhe suffered, the plaintiff asked $25,000 damages, Mrs. Alys M, IJertrand, promi nently mentioned as one ol the persona to whom the love letters had been shown, was the second witness called by the defense. She never had scon tho letters, bug' testified. Under cross-examination Mr.'i. Jtoiicrtsou would not say positively that snc knew anyou? who had seen the let to in. "They told nie Mrs. Haynes was showing tho letters to her friends and oilier persons," Kit id the nurse. "Who do you mean by 'they' Portland Ships Shin Bones For MahJonggSets Portland, Or., May 21. The stoamer Ervlken, Bailing from Portland the 14th hud as part of its cargo 4i; 4 sx. or tiu tons of cat tic shin bones destined for Shang hai, Within a few months this same vessel, or others, will have this cargo to return to the United States in another form that of Mub Jongg sets. There has been quite a heavy movement of this commodity from j'ortland during the last year or bo. Portland is the center of the livestock indus try on the J'aeiifc coast. The CJreyloeli, of the Argonaut lino In the intercoastai service, took a small lot of 24t bags of Oregon walnuts for delivery in Nov York. Very few of thcHe have- ever gone iuto the eastern market for two reasons first, tho groves are just coming into full hearing; and secondly, the demand locally has been ho great due to the ex cellent quality of the Oregon wal nut that there has been no surplus to ship. The Grey lock also had aboard 00 tons of Cascara bark. Imita tions of this medicinal bark aiv found In other parts of the world, but the real Casc-ara hark is found only In a very limited area on tho ('oast range. In good faith by Hasten. Hasten, however, says the affair la not a Joke; that Hanson has not proved his ownership of the an imal, and that swearing out a horse theft complaint was the logical course to take when Han son Invaded his pasture and walked off with the roan. Mean while Hanson has the horse and Is at liberty under $1,000 bail. do you mean Mrs, Hertrand and Mrs. Krueger queried tho de fense attorney. "No, just friends of mine," was the answer. GIBBONS DEVELOPING PUZZLING NEW PUNCH Chicago, May 21. Tommy Gib bous, who meets Cieorgcs Carpcn tler nt Michigan City. Ind., May 31, is developing a short punch he believes will puzzle the French man. He tried it yesterday in workouts of two rounds each with sparring partners. Tho training staff of Carpentier has been augmented by two heavy weights. .Soldier King, a light weight Oraud Ilaptds, Mich., and; Jack Taylor, eastern negro. 1 I;! CONCERT HERE A large crowd yesterday even ing attended the big concert of the .Salem Hoys' Chorus at the tabernacle and received a treat surpassed by tho hopes of the most optomistio. From beginning to end, the concert was exceptional and was given without hitch. Time and again the youngstors were called back for encore-. Probably one -of the biggest hits of the evening was made by little Uilly Utley, 4 years of age, ho sang a solo. A short talk was made by Mayor John li, Gicsy in which he ex pressed pride in the boys of the chorus. He paid a high tribute to Or. H. E. Epley, the director. A handsome music roll was pre sented to Dr. Kpley at the clone of the concert by tho boys of the chorus. William Mctiilchrist made tho presentation speech. Money taken In last night will go towards paying the salary of a boys' work secretary at the V. M. C. A. STREET SOAPED FOR MOVIES; WOMAN HURT FOREMEN MEET Tho monthly meeting and ban quet of the Foremana' club of the Willamette division, Portland Electric Power company, was held at the Marion hotel last evening. About 50 employees and heads of the various departments were present. C. C. Simeral, president of the club, presided. He former ly lived In Salem but Is now locat ed In Portland. Talks of the evening were given by H. H. Stanton, superintendent of the gas plant here: D. A. Wright, superintendent of the line department, and It. W, Sim eral, superintendent of the power plant. A number of Portland visitors were present and were presented with the "Trail 'em to Salem1' pamphlets, the official booster booklet. A little special entertainment was provided by F. Ray Felker, Lloyd Strausbaugh, and Fred Wilkinson. The meeting last evening was In keeping with the plan for the heads of the various departments to meet each month and discuss work of the past month. BABE RUTH JOINS N. Y. NATIONAL GUARD St. Maries, Idaho, May 21. (By Associated Press.) The Ida ho democratic state convention early today adopted a resolution endorsing the candidacy of Wil liam G. McAdoo, for the demo cratic presidential nomination without instructing that the state's eight votes in the national convention be cost for him. The action came as the climax to 12 hours of almost incessant contests which, prior to the McAdoo en-: dorsement fight had hinged on the candidacy of Robert H, Elder of Coeur d' Alene, for re-election as national committeeman. Tho latter contest resulted in Elder 'a selection over Asher B. Wilson of Twin Falls by a ma jority of 11 votes. The democrats in congress were congratulated on having "success fully combatted corrupt influences in government and intrusion of special interests" and - Senator Walsh and his associates were praised for their part in exposing governmental scandals. Economic relief waa covered in I declarations for tariff revision, membership in tho league of na tions were reservations and the world court, economic cooperation with Europe and passage of the McNary-IIaugen bill. served seven months. The pardon is based on. letters received from Circuit Judge John C. Kendall, District -Attorney Ben S. Fisher and members of the jury that heard the case. The letters state that during the trial evidence in dicated that the girl was of good moral character, but that subse quent developments show that she was not of good moral character The charge against Tolbert was assault with intent to commit rape, and the alleged offense, it is said, took place during a joy ride of several couples In whicii the girl voluntarily participated. Brockton, N. Y., May 20.- Light snow fell here today. The film of white remained on the ground and house roofs for some time. Residents believe It to be the first time in 15 years that snow has fallen so late In May, Los Angeles, Cal., May 21 Mrs. Matilda, Mcintosh, 40, was at the receiving hospital today suffering from a possible skull fracturo received yesterday when she slipped while trying to cross a paved street which was covered with soap preparatory to the Miming of a motion picture com edy featuring skidding automobiles. 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(CAL New York, May 21 Bahe Ruth, star slugger of the Yankees, is a soldier now a buck private. He joined tho national guard of New York today, enlisting with the 104th field artillery fgr three years. He was sworn in as he stood atop a gun carriage In Times Square. Police reserves had to be called to handle the crowds. PIERCE ISSUES FULL PARDON TO TOLBERT Governor Pierce today issued a full pardon to Robert Tolbert of Coos county, who was sentenced to serve seven years in the state penitentiary on a statutory charge in which Louise McQueen was the complaining witness. Tolbert has We Pay Cash For Your FURNITURE and Tools Best Prices Paid Capital Hardware & Furniture Co. 285 N. Com'l St. Phone 947 Auction Tomorrow Furniture yoiiv fd$t& in Coffee and stick 1247 Ferry St. fj Don't Miss It . THERE is just one coffee-taste that just suits you. Strong or mild or half-way, MJB can help you find it. For the flavor of MJB is always in the cup. The strength is up to you. 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