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CapitaljLJournal
Salem. Oreson
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"Without or ivith offense to friends or foes
I sketch your world exactly as it goes." byron.
Vote It Down
It is hoped that the Salem Chamber of Commerce does
not adopt the resolution offered its special committee oppos
ing the extension of the Oregon Trunk railroad into the
Klamath country and favoring giving the Southern Pacific a
monopoly of transportation in south central Oregon.
The resolution reads in part as follows :
Resolved, that the Chamber of Commerce of Salom, Oregon, express
Its confidence in the intention and ability of the Southern Pacific to
adequately serve and develop the territory its construction program
penetrates and be it further resolved wo oppose duplication of
expenditure and operation in tcrrilory that Is, jit will be, adequately
served by one line, and be it further resolved that future railroad
construction should bo directed to the opening of new territory in our
productive slate.
There are many reasons why such a resolution should be
voted down and none at all why Salem should burn her
fingers pulling Southern Pacific chestnuts out of the fire.
While Salem has always been friendly to the Southern
Pacific and is today, and has always helped maintain the
integrity of the system, the railroad is presuming too much
when it seeks to involve western Oregon communities in its
efforts to monopolize traffic and eliminate competition in
eastern Oregon.
If two separate lines will not pay, then it is up to the
Southern Pacific to grant common user rights to the northern
lines, for they are willing to take the risk and have assurance
of the traffic. Moreover, the more railroads the belter,
especially since the investment is outside money. If Wall
Street is willing to take the risk, we should worry.
The resolution should be voted down, because, if there was
no other reason, the central Oregon railroad quarrel does not
directly concern Salem and is therefore, none of Salem's
business.
don't blame her for losing her
heart to Nool." ..
She sauntered away, leaving a
group of embarrassed women be
hind her. More than one of them
had hoped that Noel Gardner
would attach himself to her when
he first returned from abroad, and
had been disappointed to find that
he was willing to be polite and
moiiuiy, out nothing more
But In a few mnmonrn tnnv n..
talking again, speculating about
mo luture. wnen would Jim Ice
land be back? What would he say
wncn no hca a that his wife had
been Hnnw-hnonfl In a .laoa-lA.)
summer cottage for three days
wun woei uaruner?
Tomorrow Confidences.
THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5, 1925
"Old Man Portland"
The Portland Orogonian cartoonist depicts "Old Man Port
land leading the procession climbing "Better Business
mountain to "Prosperity Peak" where the pennant of new
ledums is waving, inosc he is leading, of course, are buyers
from Oregon and various states who give Portland business
u.y Hjienmiig ineir money more.
When it comes to expenditures in the development of
these communities who do their buying in Portland, and
their enterprises such as Salem, even though such develop
ment directly increases their buying power, Portland tails
the procession, if in it at all, instead of leading it.
"Old Man ' Portland" is always readv to head any proces
sion that brings (lie cash to Portland or to lead any excursion
that by the lavish expenditure of hot-air and wind-jamming
brings more cash to Portland, but he never leads any
procession to put his cwn cash in the stale's resources outside
ol Ins own city limits.
"Old Man Portland" is correctly portrayed by the Oregon
lan as a middle aged gent running largely to belly, whose
stubby whiskers accentuate, rather than conceal, his expies
""" "' smugness, greed and avarice.
AMERICANS CONTINUE
TO FALL FOR SWINDLE
Washington, Aug. 6. (A. P.)
Despite repeated warnings from
tn0 government, Americans con
tinue to bo victimized by the
"Spanish swindle." an old scheme
for getting their money through
loiters promising them big re
wards for financial aid in attain
ing the rcleasa of fictitious prison
ers in faraway dungeone. The de
partment of justice has just un
covered a rocent version of this
swindle on information furnished
from its office In Spokane,, Wash.,
whore a letter was received indi
cating tfont the scheme was be
ing worked from Cuba. The de
partment notified the Cuban au
thorities and has Just received
word of the arrest there of Joeuu
Gony Ualaudin, alias Zuloago.
known to police authorities of
many nations as an international
swindler.
Hcporls allowed that more than
100 replies by caole had been re
ceived by Dal.mdin from persons
in the United Stales.
Blue-Eyed Cinderella
Looks Forward To
Fairy-Tale Paradise
New York, Auff. 6 (AP) Pick
od from 12,000 applicants, a dune
ing blue-eyed Cinderella with flax
en Mary Pickford curie, looked for
ward today to a paradise far be
yond tho realm of fairy talos.
OC poor parent. Mary Louleo
Spas, 18 years old, has become the
adopted daughter of Edward A,
Browning, millionaire realtor. She
is the girl with the kind disposi
tion and the sunny smile, for whom
Air. Browning advertised three
weeks ago.
Mary will be the playmate of an
other foster-child, Dorothy Sun
shine Browning, 9, who was lift
ed into tho lap of luxury six years
ago. In return for love and affec
tion of her new father she is to re
ceive her pick of motor cars, an
initial wardrobe of forty or fifty
frocks, the run of town and coun
try estates, with swimming pools
and root gardens, entry into homes
f elite and an education in the
most fashionable of girl's finish
ing schools.
Mary's parents are Mr. and Mrs.
John Spas of Astoria, !. I. They
came from Prague in search of
wealth when she was a year old.
She is an only child. Their saving;
were enough for two years of high
school, glvo her a few piano lessons
and spend some time at a ballet
school. Spas is superintendent of
a downtown office building. Adop
tion papers were signed yesterday.
Mary read Mr. Browning's ad
vertisement and walked five miles
from her home to his office two
days after applications were op
ened. Mr. Browning Interviewed
thousands of applicant since she
visited him, but none caught his
fancy as did she.
She 1 tho third child adopted
by tho millionaire. The second,
Marjorla Gloria Is with Mrs. Brown
fng, from whom he obtained a di
vorce Inst year In Paris.
I
Canton, China, Aug. S. Re
ports received tcday say that loot
ing ot tho British consulate at
VVuchow, 180 miles wwrt of Can
ton, took place immediately after
the building was ordered aban
doned as the result of the anti-
foreign Chinese rioting.
The situation lu Canton Is quiet
but the strike of Chinese workers
continues. At the French con
cession in Shamncen the interna
tional settlement, Anamites have
been imported to replace striking
Chinese servants.
Chuw Chao-wu. the Chinese !
leader, is seriously ill at a hos
pital here and trouble ie feared at!
any time between the "red' and I
the "anti-red" faction or tuo con-j
trolling Chinese military group.
HEADLESS BODY
Portland. Or., Aufr. 6. Au
tborities wore trying today to oh
tain flume clue that would explain
tho death of a man whose decapi
tated body was found in the Co
lumbia river near the mouth of
the Willamette Monday night
Deputy Coroner Buckley eaid the
head had been severed apparent
ly with a sharp instrument. The
man was a little under middle
ago. A pair of overalls and a
khaki shirt covered the body,
which had apparently been in the
wator about a week. There were
no marks on the body.
Deputy sheriffs today went to
search the banks of the Columbia
above where the unidentified
body was found, hoping to find
oome marks that would indicate
a struggle ,or perhaps the head
of the dead man.
The sheriffs office at Vancou
ver, Wash., was also notified, as
harbor patrol engineers agreed
that the body might have been
tossed into the river from either
side.
FRENCH GIRL UNABLE
TO CONQUER CHANNEL
Calais, France, Aug. 5 The Kng
lish channel remains unconquered
by woman. The icy waters which
has numbed so many swimmers,
last night halted Mile. Jane Slon
of France, when within one and
one quarter miles of her goal on
the English coast. Mile Sion was in
tho water 11 hours, 30 minutes.
She made a gallant effort and
camo closer to success than any
woman who ever tried to negotiate
the treacherous 21 miles of the
channel bet wean Cap Qrls-Nez
and Dover.
FIVE LOSE LIVES
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 5. (A.
P.) Firemen digging today in a
twisted mass of rubbish and do
bris recovered two bodies, bring
ing the total of five persons who
lost their lives in the collapse of
a three-story brick rooming house
yesterday. Tho dead:
Mr. and Mrs. J, Holliday.
William Banks, negro work
man. William Simpson, negro work
man. An unid'.ntified carpenter.
Nearly a dozen persons were in
jured. The building, owned by Joseph
C. Cartella, had been leased to
John Disulvo, who was having it
remodeled into a cabaret. The
weakened condition ot the wails
and supports, due to the altera
tion, is believed to have cause the
two upfter floors to cave in.
The second and third floors of
the structure were occupied by
tenants. When the crash came,
Mr. and Mrs, Holliday were ca
tapulated to the first floor and
buried beneath brick and timbers.
$50,000 Jewelrv Stolen.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 4. (A. P.)
Jewelry valued at 250,000. left
in a woman's handbag, was taken
from an automobile here today
while a negro chauffeur sat in the
front seat of the car. Mrs. R. 15.
Wat lien reported to police.
STILL MYSTERY
Mftttoon, IU., Aug. 6. (A. P.)
Whether Miss Anna StoUnmn,
48 yearn old, former Cincinnati
school principal, took her own life
by poison or was murdered Is as
much of a mystery as it was last
Saturday when her body was
found In tho cistern of the farm
of her sister, Mrs. Thomas Seaman
near here.
Three days of Investigation of
tho tragedy have thrown no light
on the motive for the denth. Find
ing and decipherings of notes
found wtlh the body served only
to complicate the tangle.
Mrs. Soamun who, w'.th her hus
band, took the body to Cincinnati
for burial yesterday, Is confident
her sister committed suicide. Im
portant to the murder theory ore
t:ome 30 odd scrawled and print
ed letters, most of them attacking
Miss Slollman. Some of 'these
notes, made public by P. S. Schill
ing. Coles county coroner, partly
undecipherable. One of them said:
"You are as common as dirt and
are a regular snob. Your horse
is a nuisance and keep him where
he belongs."'
SUH-k Loads I. rook hart
Washington, Aug. 4 (AP) Not
tuing into account 2124 contested
ballots which will be pafacd upon
later, the recount of votes in the
Iowa senatorial contest showed tho
following results after 29 counties
had been checked. Brookhart, re
publican lie, 983; Steck, democrat,
117,147.
DUMB DORA
By Chick Young
One Wife on Approval
A r.. tr- . . Mr X.
liy Violet Dure
9
TIM-: TOWN ItlvW.I.Y TALKS!
vnlh!:i could not sleep that
nlnht. It seemed Incredible that
hor life could have taken stlih n
turn. Kilo wax happier than she
liad liver been In-fore when Kilo
thtiimht of Noel and his love for
hor! a new eunlentnient hail come
to her a alio IhniiKhl about him.
.She knew I li.it she eouM be, happy
with hiin mi mailer how poor they
were or under what conditions lltuy
llved.
And yet thorn wan Jim. She
had niarrli-i tilm. supposing that
alio loved hhu. It was only tiller he
lieelc-ctod her for his luolher tint
she was unhappy. Hho had tiled
to fan her love Into Its former
flame even after he had K'Hio off
to Honolulu hardly blithering tn
write her. she could not help
feelini; even yet that If his family
had not Inlerfcii'd Ihey inlMht have
got alonir tiiether.
"Hut that's about what we'd
have done--got nlonir." she told
her.self. -'We'd have I n like so
many marilcd couples. We'll nevnr
have known the wonderful happl
tuvw Ih it Noel and I could know."
She did tint know what to do.
She iiiiimI tell dim of her hivo for
Isoel of couie. After that ho
would have, to ,1,-, ide what was (i
happen.
Hut If Cynttil.i was hew IMorod.
tho women who bad so often nos
elpcd ovr hrr nil'ilrs were not.
They all knitw evirlly what oujthl
tohe dolic--llic tut that they did
not natoe dt.. not make any of
them Ii'mi sure about ttn-lr own de
cisions. Cynthia's loe for Noel
would ho no news for tlioni! many
of theill had been prod lei hie; 1 1t it
tho two would fall In love wilh
each nlher over since their fu-sl
jnoctlng.
That afternoon nt lamella's thov
talked no fast nhd furiously about
J.ouell.l'a pretty sister-in-law that
tho bridge Riitno suffered find fin
ally had to ho Abandoned.
"My dear, I nlwnya knew- that
he and Jim wouldn't got nlmiK."
declared ono young matron, "she
Just Isn't Jim's kind. Much too
gay." This last In a tone ot dis
gust, despite the fart that tho
young- matron had hfrsrlf boon
characterized na "very wild" until
incroasliiK avolriliipola decreased
her eharma and forced her Into
domesticity! "I auld that at the
very flrat."
"Well, you know how It fa when
Rli-1 Juat grotva up, as they nay
UroUKht p by various relative
wasn't she?" contributed another!
ics. Nt ,i.,t that waa her
........ 01 coiirao! lit sho ncV9r
appreciated Jim or his family
from the first ,, rosimiod
ame l.elanila efforts lo break hor
J i to the right way of doing
"And mother tried o hard"
I.ouolla put In. "liv, n went mar
kellllK with her v.... i. .
Why. wo were all willing to do
over) thing for C,nthla. You know
now sue wae about not keeping
eiiK.iiienieiils m.ii.i -i... .
Iheni Hay after ih.v i.ol,.
, . ' vol
lo her home and saw to It that
ne was dressed and K,. to a brldgv
tally or ton or whatever Bl,a .
to no lo Cynlhl I'd .. .lb
Just moon around will, n. book If
"" ' Herself. ,,-,.,
I'u. w a bride who was more care-Ic-s
admit Itu. ...,i.,.. .;
1 'iiiiieiiis mat
re chen tor her!"
'And now this affair Willi Nuol
"lurr." put In the youm; matron
i"i as I .ii it M i ,i, in.... .
another e,,,. .., ,.,, .,,,,.
y shameful. They say that she
Invesled a lot f ntonev In lhat
tut i.-.u,i, r iboiiKht nln
oi tt.o a mi more. I suppiiM,..
Pcrliapa she ,11,1 it because she .,a
In hue wiih him."
' She
lid It because Mt.l,,
I. el. hi, I had boiitibt some eiik In
Hie sub-divislon while .Mm wa.
on his h, mown, inn " .i ...i ..
tirl who l,.,d taken no part In the
.'olivet.-illon until Mien. ".Ma,l.,i,,e
I .il.i nil 1.1 11110,1 ('iiilhi.i. .i,..t
"he'd boui.-ht Ihn
-lllsl I ailse Jim wasn't b..r
advise her. Ko Cynthia Bt niUi
" and then took It her-
"Well. she'll hue hor nm
now." the young matron declared.
ooi w-tinoui itlsfaeli,tn. "They
" thai land's mill o worthless
since the lots around , haV(,
boon iiold for fneloiiiia."
"Ami all tho Women who have
I'con wishing N-,.i i;nrJlior would
pay some, attention to Ihem. and
been ilusappointcd, will be glad he's
lost him money." commented Hie
' ilously. "I think Its
arrcamlngiy funny tho way every
body played for his favor when bo
came home from Kiimite, and thch
when he showed that ha ill,l'i
give a whoop f,. y of le wn :
men they promptly began erltlrls
lug him. I don't blame him for
tailing in love with Cynthia. And
ho did, without any family. Jim Lel.iml'a such a slick that i
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