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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON. MONDAY, JAN. 10, 1916. Social ALIUS THOMPSON SOCIETY folk are eagerly antici pating the opening of the music il season, and as the date draws near it becomes more and more ap parent that Kmiio De Oogorza, the fa mous baritone, who opens the season February the seventh at the armory, will be greeted with a large and en thusiastic audience. Oogorza has an incomparable voice, resonant with rich power and caapable of tie most delightful nuances, while his Tinge, of songs covers everything that any baritone could essay. Miss Rita Steincr went to Portland Sunday to visit with her aunt, Mrs. W. C Kerron, for several days. The University of Oregon alumni as sociation, of which Dr. Carlton Smith is the president, is arranging for a oeiil evening to be given at the home of one or the members, sometime tne latter part of the week. The committee in charge of the af fair are: Mrs. Carlton Smith, Mrs. Lawrence Harris, Miss Catharine ('ar son, Dr. Prince Byrd and Ben Wil liams. Of Interest to Kappa Alpha Thelas and University of Oregon alumni, is the announcement of the engagement of Miss Rue Zimmerman, of Portland, and Paul B. Wilson, of Madera, Cali fornia. The wedding will be an event of the latter part of February. It is to be a simple home wedding. Mine Zimmerman, who has been the , motif of many chirming affairs, was tb honor guest Saturday for an Or pheum party followed by tea, for which a group of Irviugton girls wcro the hostesses. Miss Kliznbcth MeGaw also enter PERSONALS - Herbert Stiff went to Portland this morning. Arthur 0. Davidson went to Port land this morning. W. H. Dancy went to Independence this morning on business. Homer Kgan returned to Corvallis this morning to attend the 0. A. C. Mrs. K. K. Upmeyer of Harrison, was in the city Saturday and left yesterday for Portland. W. H. Waterbury nd wife of New port, spent the week-end at the home of O. E. Price. K. C. Quinn, manager canning com pany, left for San Fruncisco yesterday on a business trip. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Hobson were railed to Tacoma this morning by the death of Mrs. Hobson's brother. Frank Mnpes, who was subpoenaed on the federal grand jury, went to Port land on tho morning Oregou Electric. Miss Genevieve M. Frazier returned to Corvallis this morning. ,Sho is a stu dent of the Oregon Agricultural col lege. President Epley of Fhilomatu college, Special Stock Reducing Bargains Excellent Pick-Ups for Thrifty People WHITE GOODS A large lot of slightly shopworn Muslin Night Gowns for Women, Drawers, Corset Covers and Combinations, also Bureau Scarfs Reduced 20 to 50 TABLE RUNNERS 45c A lot of GOc and 75c Stamped Linen Table Run ners, choice 45c YARNS 10c All of our Eiderdown Yarns, good assortment of shades, a very suitable yarn for Scarfs; 15c skeins now 10c LEATHER COATS $5.00 A splendid, reversible Black Leather and Cord uroy Coat formerly sold at $6.90, worth much more if based on present leather prices; now $5 CORDUROY COATS $2.25 Men's Dark Corduroy Work Coats, blanket lined, formerly sold at $2.85, now .$2.25 All Men's and Boys' Suits and Overcoats Reduced 20 Per Cent Everything in the Store, Excepting Rubber Foot wear, Reduced at Leas! 10 Jiamcti fOadh Jfitcre Personal tained recently in honor of tie bride-to-be, with a CJrd party. mmmm K. Fritz Blade and Miss Kathryn Slode went to Silverton Sunday to tpend the day with the Claude P. Blades. Mrs. Henry K. Merwin will be the hostess for a gift tea on Wednesday af ternoon, from two thirty to five tnirty o'cloek at St. Joseph's hall, for the benefit of needy families and the less fortunate. Gifts of clothing, orders for food and cash donations will be gladly accepted. In the evening on the sime day the Daughters of Isabella will give a par cel shower to which all of the mem bers of the congregation are invited to attend, and bring parcels of food, clothing and other necessities to aid these vigilant hostesses in their benefi cient undertaking. The Junior D. P. M. Sunday school class of the Jacos Lee Memorial church met Friday afternoon at the home of Miss Ellen Aspinwall. Following a short business session a pleasant social time was spent by the class, including the sixteen members and Mrs. Kffie Wright, the class teach er. fYV. L 1! ' 1 - fill , i no iiusb guaruiHug 01 me i?uvor rteu Circle No. 43 held a meeting on Fti- uk.t anernuoir ac aici. ornacis, nan. The meeting was held for the pur elude the past guardians of the circle. Refreshments .followed the business session. Mrs. William Sorrill entertained Sat urday noon with a urettilv-nnnointed luncheon. was in the city yesterday and spoke at the services of the United Brethren church. Lieutenant A. W. Chilton of the Uni ted States regular army, is the guest of H. C. McCannon. He is stationed at Man Francisco. Virgil C. Rush, of the Metropolitan Life Insurance company, has recently received a promotion from thnt of lo cal agent to agent unattached. Miss Echo Hunt returned to Corval lis this morning after a two weeks' vacation.' She is studying pharmacy at the Oregon Agricultural college. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ward went to Portland this morning. The Oregon State Pharmacy board of which Ward is treasurer, will meet in Port land tomorrow. To Cure ft Cold In One Day Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE l ablets. Druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. GROVE'S signa ture is on each box. 25c. ENGLISH PUBLISHER DEAD. I.ondou, Jan. 10. Lord Burnham, proprietor of the Daily Telegraph, is dead here at the ago of 82. Try Capital Journal Want Ado. EXPLOSION KILLS Small House Near Dupoat Works Blown to Atoms Early Today Wilmington, Del.. Jan. 10. Three. men were killed when an explosion early today destroyed a small powder house adjoining the Dupont company's plant number one at Carney's Point, across the river from here. A fourth man escaped because he was late to work. The dead: Foreman Richard Larney. John Walsh. P. C. Wynne. Early reports said two men had been arrested in connection with the blast, but company officials denied this. A strict investigation, however,' is under way. Black smokeless powder was being glazed with graphite in the machine house when it exploded. The shock shook towns for miles around, and blew the three men to atoms. The explosion occurred at 12:30 o' clock just after the night shift had gone to work. The other shift had em barked on a ferryboat when to their amazement the house blew np with a roar that knocked them from their feet, shattered windows and extin guished lights on the boat. The men who docked here were par alyzed with fear, realizing the narrow margin of time that saved them from being iu the explosion. Eugene Parkkeeper Gored to Death By Angry Herd of Deer Eugene, Or.. Jan. 10. Curious crowds swarmed to the city park today to see where William O. Wallaee, park-keeper, was gored to death by an angry herd of deer yesterday. Though there were no witnesses to his death, there was no dou,bt but Wal lace was killed by the deer which he was feeding. His body was found by the side of a little stream, several yards outside the deer park. The snow was spattered with blood and deer tracks. The gate was open but all the deer had returned to the enclosure. It ib thought Wallace had just opened the gate to feed the animals when they rushed him. The fact that ho died quickly led doctors to believe an ar tery was severed by the blow from the' antlers of a big buck. Alcohol In Patent Medicines Not Question of Law Says Brown The amount of alcohol 'in patent medicines is not a question of law but a question 0f fact says Attorney Gen eral Brown today in reply to an injuiry from the State Board of Pharmacy. The state board which is holding a three uays session in t'ortland asked the At torney General as to the amount of alcohol allowed in certain bitters and other patent medicines. Mr. Brown states that the amount of alcohol contained can be only determ ined by an analysis and if it is found that any of the medicines are put out in an attempt to evade the law and are not. in good faith that their sale should be prohibited without question under the law as the law is plain and the alcohol iu certain bitters is a question only of fact. After 20 Years George H. Waite Seeks Father After thinking his father dead for derly Avenue, Victoria, B. C, wrote to mr county ciwk oi mis county lonav seeking information relative to S. T. Waite, or Thomas Waite. The son states in his letter that ho bus nut find n lnMur frnm tiiu fnthat. fnr ll venrs hllT. flhnut ir vmrs nirn h. hoard his father started up Kogne Haver and a little later beard the report that his ...t. - i litiiicr nus ut'uu. Recently it has come to his knowledge thnt his father is still living and in Willamette alley and he is trying to locate his parent. General Scott Favors Compulsory Army Service Washington, .Ion. 10. General Scott, chief of staff of tho army, declared flatly today for universal conscription between the ages of IS and 21 in his testimony at the house uiiltiury com mittee hearing. He declared that England would have been better off if she had estab lished conscription iu peace times. He pointed out that as 700,000 boys rearh IS years of ago annually, over 2,000,000 men would be provided under the three year training svstem. lie said that at least 1,000,000 men would be needed to defend the country. FOOL CASE DISMISSED. Washington, Jan. 10. The supreme court today dismissed the trans-Atlantic pool case. The court ordered dismissal of the ease, in which the alleged combination of steamship lines was charged with violation of the Sherman trust law, be cause the war has automatically brok en np the pool. ASK FOR and GET HORLICK?S TUB ORIGETAl MALTED mtli Cheap sabstltstM cost YOU aasM price. Mediators Attempt To Settle Strike (Continued from Fag One.) Over 400 men have been arrested and held in improvised bull rings at the oourt house, fire headquarters, and the county and ciiy jgTIl. Efforts will be mad T deport aliens who engaged in the rioting. Gangs were put to work to clean up the debris, left by the gangs of mad dened strikers when they placed their torches Friday night. The strikers will decide this after noon whether they would accept 23 cents an hour if the companies offered this. They have been standing pat for 25 cents but organizers have advised accepting the lower rate if they can get it. Authorities called unfounded, reports that two Austrian laborers recently from Yonkers, N. Y., had instigated the strike to stop manufacture of war supplies. Both are neld on rioting charges. The militia commander intends to start sending the 2,700 troops home soon if quiet continues. Auatriana May Take Places Washington, Jan. 10. Reports that Austrian had been sent from New York to Youngetown to start the strike there caused the department of justice today to order Cleveland agents to go to Youngetown to investigate. Strike In Carnegie plant Farrell, Pa., Jan. 10. Three hundred employes of the Carnegie Coke Works struck here today for higher wages. While it is quiet, fears are felt that there will be a repetition of the Youngs town, Ohio, rioting. Woman Was Murdered In Portland Yesterday Portland, Or., Jan. 10. Mrs. Minnie Lee, aged 25, is dead today, and Al bert Gabel, also 25, is in the city jail charged with killing her. With another couple Mrs. Lee and Gabel were in a house-boat on the Wil lamette river yesterday. Gabel had a 22 calibre rifle with which he had been shooting. The other couple heard a shot from anotther room and heard Mrs. Lee scream. Then they heard another shot and fled, . Gabel declared ' the shooting was accidental. . Wm-RockefeDerWi Re-tried For Conspiracy New York, Jan. 10. Arrangements for retrial of William Rockefeller and four other New Haven railroad direc tors in whose cases the jury disagreed in the conspiracy case against them were begun here today. It is believed, though, that it will be several weeks before another jury is drawn. After three months' trial of the case, followed by 15 hours jury deliberation, the jury held six of the defendants not guilty and failed to get a verdict on the other five. ' ' WEST STAYTON NOTES Mrs. Cones returned from San Fran cisco tho last of the week. Mr. and Mrs. Hnrry Briggs returned from Portland Monday evening. The B. B. 's will meet at the home of Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Weigand Wednes day. Mr. and Mrs. Myron Wctberby went to Portland Sunday for a short stay. The young people of West Stayton made the most of the snow, and sleigh ride parties were in order. The Misses Wbipp, of Salem, visited at the homo of their, aunt, Mrs. G. 0. Koff, a part of last week. Stayton Standard. BANK EXAMINER TRANSFERRED J. M. I.ognn, National bank eximin cr for the Portland district, lett last week for St. Louis, where ha has been appointed examiner for the district of which that city is the center. It is expected that J. A. Albert, son of J. II. Albert, of Salem, who now is examiner in tho Milwaukee district; will be transferred to Portland. Meanwhile H. R. Gaither, Assistant examiner for this district, is in charge or the orrice. orcgonino. EVELYN NEBBIT'S SON ILL Portland, Or., .Ian. 10. Russell Thaw the little son of Kvelvn JCesbit Th.iw. is ill witih the grip here today. For this reason, Mrs. Thaw will be compelled to remain in Portland Beveral days. She is scnenuied to appear in a San Iran- Cisco tncatre next Sunday. Watch Mrs. ViUa To Trap Rebel Chieftain l,os Angeles, Cnl., Jan. 10. Mexican secret service men watched the home of (lenernl Francisco Villa's wife here today, hoping to trap the rebel chief tain, who is reported hiding iu south ern California. According to informa tion received by Adolfo Cnrrillo, Mex ican consul here, Villa's moustache has bnen shaved and he is disguised. The sleuths soy they saw a man resembling Villa leave a Southern IV'ifie train at Colton recently and enter a closed auto mobile, which speeded toward Los Angeles. TORONTO STATION BURNS. Toronto, Out., Jon. 10. The I'nion station la burning and apparently is doomed. CO 1 STATE SEALERS TEST 2312 PAffiS0F SCALES General Conditions Through out State Are Improving SaysBuchtel According to the quarterly report of Deputy State Sealer Fred G. Buchtcl, issued today,, he inspected and tested 2,312 scales between August 22 and No vember 22. Of this number 1,487 scales were found accurate and sealed and 825 were found inaccurate at the time of in spection. Of the inaccurate scales 406 were adiusted or corrected and sealed and 419 were permanently condemned. A total of 2,277 weights were inspected and tested and 2,171 were found accur ate and passed, and 100 wero con demned. Two hundred and seven automatic gasoline and oil pumps were inspected, VIA were found accurate and sealed, 34 were found inaccurate at the time of inspection and 28 were corrected and passed, six oil pumps were condemned. In addition to the measures mention- .pd above, the various bop yards wore visited during the picking season and hop measures and scales inspected. While the large majority of these meas ures were correct, some of the scales in nse were inaccurate and caused losses to the pickers. In such instances new scales were purchased and installed, and the pickers reimbursed for the weights previously not recorded. A number of the county courts, when not satisfied with the manuer of pil ing the wood purchased for the coun ty, called upon the office to measure the same, the payments made being based upon the certified figures of the office, which resulted in considerable saving by these counties in tho purchase of their fuel. "In general the work accomplished during the last quarter was satisfac tory," said Mr. Buclitel "a large amount of different torritory covered, and much of the larger and heavier ap paratus inspected. Stock and warehouse scales to the number of 100 or more were tested. The apparatus at the mu nicipal dock, Astoria, Oregon, was test ed, and also the equipment iu use at the Union Meat company of North Port land. As usual the weights of various commodities held for sale were checked with the view of ascertaining the cor rectness of tho amounts delivered." Montana In Grip of Worst Blizzard In Many Years Past Missoula, Mont., Jan. 10. With the win.) blowing fifty miles nn hour and the mercury flirting with the zero mara, western .Montana, is today in the grip of one of the worst blizzards which has swept this part of tho coun try in a good money years. Becanse of the number of windows broken m the building at the Univer sity of Montana, early today, all class and laboratory work was practically suspended at noon todny. Gale at Seattle. Seattle, Wash., Jan. 10 Snatched from their frail foundations by huge rollers driven in from the sea at the head of a 30 mile Kale, the homes of A. K. Bell, at Alki Point, and iiisneich bor, were dashed aiainst the rocks at high tide this morning and crushed like egg shells. Scores of other homes were threit ened with destruction. Many were damaged and thousands of yards of new earth fill in the Alki district were washed away by the most furious ac quntic disturbance Seuttlc has suffered in many years. Three were uprooted, lawns scooped tway and the board walk that skirted What to Do for Eczema Greasy salves and ointments should not be applied if good clear skin is wanted. From- any druggist for 2ftc or J 1.00 for extra large size, fret a bottle of irmo. When applied as directed, it effectively remove eexema, quickly stops itching, and beals skin troubles, also sores, burns, wounds and chilling. It penetrates, cleanses and soothes, Zemo is dependable ami inexpensive. Try it, as we believe nothing you have ever used is as effective and satisfying. Zemo, Cleveland. Our Busy Removal Sale Is Still On We expect to be in our location at 416 State street, next to Salem Bank of Commerce, within a short time, but we don't want to move any more of our present stock than we can possibly help.So, in order to get rid of it before that time, we have put the prices down solow that every bit of merchandise in the store is selling at far below our ordinary low prices. The goods are new, up to date and fresh from the factories embracing Dry Goods and Furnishing Goods for Men, Women and Children. Do Not Miss This Money-Saving Opportunity Remember, Our New 115 N. Liberty near State Shipley9 s Annual January Clearance Sale An Absolute Clearance of All Surplus Merchandise Throughout tie Store ! EXTRAORDINARY SAVINGS Coats Suits Dresses Waists Undermuslins Knitted Underwear Sweaters Infant's and Chil dren's wear. ' , ; Reductions on all staple lines from 10 per cent to 20 per cent. Pictorial Review Patterns U. G.. Shipley Co. North Liberty St. the municipal bathing beach was torn up for blocks and carried out to sea. Tho band stand at the bathing pa vilion was lifted from its concrete foundation and smashed into kindling. The sand Along the entire beach was shifted and enrried far out. It was stated by tho city engineer that heavy damage was done to tho municipal bathing beach by the shifting of the sands. Mules Burled Iu Snow. Yreka, Cal., Jin. 10. Two mule kicked up their hects today from tho last of a. heavy snow drift that had buricii t'nem since Friday between Sawyers Har nnd Aetna Mills, at the same time dissipating a report thit their owners Tnctc Sam's mail car riers had perished, for it was the car riers who dug them out. Animals, mail carriers and mail were caught beneath x snowslido Friday, but tho men man aged to reach safety in a miners shnck. Inter returning to rescue the animals and their burden. Mail Carriers Lost Yreka, t'al., Jan. 10. Reports retch ed here today that three rural mail car riers had been lost iu the snow be tween Scott Valley and tho Salmon iver, on tho routo between Etna Mills nud Sawyers bar. Thero is no confir mation but if it should prove true, their friends fesr thnt they may have succumbed to tiie cold. Wires to Etna Mills were down today. Snowfall At Fresno. Fresno, Cnl., Jan. 10. The second snowfall of tho season visited Fresno at. noon today. During the half hour that tho ground wns covered, all busi ness stopped downtown while impromp tu sAowhall fights were staged. This is the fourth snowfall hero in six years. There was a heavy snowfall in tiie Sierras and telephone lines aid down, LABOR LEADER IN CABINET London, Jan. .10. Arthur Henderson, labor member of the cabinet, appeared unexpectedly at today's session of that y-t Location Is To Be At 416 Bank of Commerce KAFOURY BROS. Agents for American Lady Corsets Salem, Oregon When iu SALEM, OREGON, atop BLIGH HOTEL Strictly Modern nee and Private Baths . RATES: 75c, $1.00, $1.50 PER DAT The only hotel in the business district. Nearest to all Depots, Theatres and Capitol Buildings. A Home Away From Home. T. O. BLIGH, Prop. . Both Phones. Free Auto Bus. body after resigning last week. From this, it was assumed that he had either withdrawn his resignation or that it had not been accepted. KINYON IS NOMINATED. "Washington, Jon. 10. The nomina tion of Frank B. Kiuyon of Boise, Idaho, wns sent to tho senate today for the position of receiver of public moneys at Boise. ANOTHER DUPONT EXPLOSION Philadelphia, Jan. 10. An explosion in tho llagley yard of the Prismatic J owUcr company, a branch of tho lro pont company, shook the city shortly before five o'clock this afternoon, RAILROAD WORK PROMISED ", Monmouth, Or., Jan. 10. Tho Valley & Silctz Railroad Company will resume i operations soon ou tho construction of a. railroad into tho Silutz Basin coun try. It is reported timt 300 men w'll bo put to work near 11 oak ins at once, ind as soon us tho weather will permit, tho railroad will bo pushed to Inde pendence. It is rumored that a large snwmill will be erected in Independence instead of lloskins, as was previously report- led. -- 4 State, Next To Salem tt The Store for the People