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EIGHT THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM, OREGON. MONDAY, FEB. 7, 1916. ' IsW WW WIJ Vff WW WQ 1 Ft EXTRA SPECIAL Opening Surprise Sale of Spring Silks 1 1REGARDLE It t t i Railroad Will Be Extended 1 Logs For Salem and New . berg Mills off PESOFI Ei II tl 11 Rii A grand assortment of the newest Silk Fabrics for the coming season. Latest patterns and color effects ;55 inches wide Qualities worth up to $2.00 Sale Price, Your Choice This sale price equals about 59c a yard for ordinary widths. Be sure to see this big assortment and get an early choice. FOR RENT Millinery Department Space on second floor after February 15. Inquire at Office. THE HOUSE ilCOLODlOOOPS All A Dr. Mendelsohn, specialist, fits glass es correctly. U. 8. Bank, Bldg. o The Commercial Printing company is today moving into its new quarters in tlio basement of the U. S. Natiomil bunk building. Order your pure milk and cream from Maple Grove Dairy, 1-15 South Commercial. Phone 208. tf Roy Ferguson, of the Capital Business I college, left this morning for Sheridan I to attend the funeral of his grund hiotlicr. O. H. P. Cough Bynip will stop your cough. No cure, no pay. For sale it the Opera House Pharmacy. tf Mrs. Mary Almlra Hinkle, who was murdered Friday evening, was buriei1 this afternoon from tho chapel of Webb ft Clough. Interment was in tho City Viow cemetery. Dr. Stone's drug store. The Rev. George F. Holt, of River side, Col., has formally accepted the call to tho pastorate of the First Baptist church. Ho has written the officials, of tho church that he will bo hero to take up tho work March 1. Electrio baths ana massage wider your physician's directions. N. N. Iro ns, 18 Hubbard Bldg. Phone 655. tf AIM t Nice Line of . ir Jewelry. EARL NE0OEBATTEB Masonic Bldg. RESIDENCE PARLORS Lincensed Lady Em balmer Moderate Prices Latest Methods Are Found Only At Cdtage Undertaking Parlors Phone 724. Salem, Ore. Phone 700 TAXI SERVICE OARS OF ANT KIND. FOR ' ANT PLACE, AT ANT TIME Good Oarage in connection for storage of cars. Reasonable Rat. SALEI TAXI CO. Ouage open all main. 248 State Street. $1.19 a yd. OF QUALITY r3 round Town suttmmmmmimmmuwanmauumrou Dr. Stone's Drug Store. The fair weather of this morning Htarted a full force of brick masons working on tho Mctiilchrist building. Steel girders for tho sidewalks on Lib erty street have already been laid. Frederick Warde at the armory to morrow night, at 8:30. The Woman's Alliance of tho Unitar ian church will meet Wednesday after noon with Mrs. J. W. Cox, of Win ter street. All members and friends are cordially invited. Frederick Warde at the armory to morrow night, at 8:;i0. W. II. Bi'Ooke, of Ontario, has filed as a candidate of tho republican party for the office of delegate to the nation al republican convention, from the Sec ond congressional district. His simple slogan is, "Let us nominate a inaji the people will elect." Willamette Encampment No. 2, at tention members, special business Tues day evening. Frank Davey, clerk of the Oregon State penitentiary, will address tho members of the Pilgrims' club tomor row evening in tho purlers of tho First Congregational church. A supper will be served by tho ladies of tho church at G: 1 5 o'clock. Mr. Davey will speak on, "Prison Responsibility," Regular meals 20c. Hot cakes and coffee, 10c. Jess George, formerly Now Kngland Kcstnurnnt. Gustav A. Taw, of the Capital Drug store, anil Miss Gladys Warner, of this city, wero married Saturday evening in Woodburn at the homo of the bride's sister, Mrs. T. F Patterson. They will make their homo at 1005 North Cot tngo street. Lost or stolon. Urge white collie, answering to name of Polar. Liberal reward for information leading to his recovery. Phono S-titn. Residence 8(i"i 1) street. J. A. Churchill. tf The exhibit of the Oregon Photo Art association which was to begin at the library this morning hns been postponed for a week on account of a school ex hibit which is now in plncc at the lib rary. The pictures of tho photo art club will ho hung the latter part of this week aud will bo oieued to tho public February H, Regular meeting of Hodson Council No. 1, K. & 8. M. this evening. A full attendance is requested by order of tho Thrice 111, Master. Business of im portance. Visiting companions wel come. Articles of dissolution were filed to day at the office of Corporation Com missioner Schuldermnnn by the officers of the Donald Lumber company. The Home Baking company, of Astoria, was incorporated with ft capitalization of 5,000 mid the A. F. Adolsporger Cruis ing company, of Marshfield, was incor porated with a capital stock of $10,000. A gasoline explosion at the cleaning and pressing establishment at 4 111 Court street caused a fire alarm to be turned in at 8:30 this morning. Prompt and clever footwork on tho part of a by. stauder, however, put out the fire be fore tic arrival of the apparatus. The flaming pan of gasoline and rags was thrown out upon the sidewalk and did no damage. Street cars hare the privilege of changing their numbers when they ap pear in a new coat of cherry red. Car formerly ?o. 84 arrived in the city to day from the shops at Beaverton. and now that it is of tho regulation cherrv rod, the number has been changed to nil. it will he placed in service Ve.i. Header en Commercial street, witv Charles Ferrel. motorman, and Tlomor Harrison, conductor. When you purchase here you can feel secure about quality We do not sell bankrupt stock or trashy merchandise over our counters for we believe the best is none too good for our customers. As stand ardizes of merchandise for 06 years in this vi cinity we have always given great care in the selection of goods. They must be good goods or they cannot enter this store. A telegram sent to the governor's of fice by K. Y. C'lanton this morning stated that the Bonneville fish hatchers would suffer no damage from snows or floods it the tlumo held. All of the nsn are sale and no roots broken in though there lias been six feet of snow. o i" The river this morning was 16 feet anove low water, aim rising, me rain- fall for the 24 hours up to 8 o'clock this morning was .71 of nn inch. Tho river has risen 0.9 feet since Saturday morn ing and now is pretty well up on the dock. The highest guage for this winter wns December 8, when tho record was 10.2 feet. The guage tomorrow will possibly mink the high water mark of tho winter. o The Richmond school von tlio nri?p of a picture offered by the Commercial Clllh tor the school writinir tlm rrrinf. est number of letters during letter writing week. Today tho principal of tlio school, Anna Fisher, and Super intendent O. M. Elliott, selected the pic ture nnd within n few days the officials of tho Commercial club will have nh pleasure of presenting it to the school. o The SeAiitonnth t ... aia not get to the end of the line this morn- inii as the water was flowimr over the track b,.Hvn,..i P n,t r e ti... low grounds west of the. Leo Mission ... UO 1 1,1111 itn- cemetery. The cur attempted to pass, but the water came up over the floor. Fortunately, the city built its cross walks high nnd residents were able to pass dry shod over tho flooded dis trict. The Men's Liberal club will meet Wednesday evening nt the Unitarian church. Co-operative Marketing will be the subject for general discussion. Tho last regular meeting of tho club was postponed on account of tho lyceum lecture by Judgo Alden. Tho program of the last meeting will be the regular order Wednesday evenincr. All men. especially members of the grange are most cordially invited. Farmers Cash Store" is the name of a general storo the will occupy the business rooms vacated by Westncntt & Thielsen, on High street. The store will handle dry goods, groceries, shoes, clothing and furnishings, and will be operated by the Durdnll eompanv, from Charles City, lown. O. B. Durdall is the senior pnrtner, and associated with him are his two sons, Burton and Vi-' Durdall. Tho new storo expects to bf ready for business by March 1. o A two story brick buildlnir. 40 hv 7 feet will be erected this spring by I). Whito & Sons on the lot in the renr of their brick warehouse facing on Front street. Tho building will cost about 1.(100. With the completion of the new building, the firm will own the ware room on State street. 50 bv BS feet, two stories and a basement, and 42 bv teet on front street, which will also when completed, bo a two story bric building with basement. Nothing like admiring and acDreciat- mg your own handiwork. After Bros, had painted a Ford car a cherry red, tho foreman of the machine shop and tho bookkeeper of the Vick estab lishment admired the rar to such an ex tent that it was sold to them todnv Alfred Vick. bookkeenor. nn.l Ttnrnnrfl W. Vick, foreman, were the purchasers. However, according to Ceorgo Vick, this does not prevent th t having another red one, or oven green. Here is a hard luck story for those who havo. To those who haven't, thejness genuine moving pictures as a reg story is not quite so sad. Gasoline i ular part of the evening's services an went up nuother cent this morning, and possiDly to have tho pleasure of saying now those who drive a motor will have they attended the first services of the mo pimsnro or paying 18 1-8 cents a! nun. i.n.n August ruling was com paratively cheap as tho price then was only 12 1-8 cents a gallon. Apparent ly, for those who have cars, the only way now, to beat the trust is to stav homb. ....ii. . . D . .. The Six O'clock club of the Tim Methodist church will hold its regular session tomorrow evening at S:30 o'clock. Instead of havtng one principal speaker, tho club will be addreesed bv the lay delegates who will attend the general conference of the church to be held in Saratoga next May. A. M. Ham mar, of Albany: H IT. Itughes, of Tort land, and Pr. It. I,. Steeveo, of Snlem, are the delegates and they will be present at tho meeting Tuesday evening ! Corvallis, Or.. Feb. 7. A transfer jhas been completed in Benton county whereby the Charles K. Spauldiug in terests become the owners of 5.1,000,000 ;foet of standing timber anil a logging railroad running to the edgo of the ; property. J The logging rnilrnod was formerly owned by the M.irv's River Timber ; company, and much of the timber was! the propertv of the Alsca Logging: .company, of which William Noon was a! 'will be known under tho name of Mary's Kiver Logging company. Tlie timber purchased by the Spauld iing people lies about 1.) miles west by south of C'orvnllis, in the vicinity of Miry's Mountain. The logging road ! extends from Xoon Station on the Cor- vallis & Eastern Kuilroaw three miles J west of Philomath, to the head of Woods creek. The timber lies mostly south from the end of the present line 'of railroad, in the direction of Alseajfj huh win uc iciiciicii i inu minium Isoon ns the weillier will permit the work to be carried on. By arrangement with the Southern Pacific company the logging company will ship logs to the two Spauldiug li'ii'.hcr mills, one at Salem and the oi her at -Xewberg. Logging will be gin as soon as The railroad is extcniled into the tibmer, which, it is reported, will be eirly in the spring. Steel Merger Causes Stocks To Go Higher ! (Copyrighted l!Ht by the New York Evening Post.) ew York, Feb. ".Announcement . of another step in the long discussed "steel merger" whereby tho $70,000,- ooo Midrale Steel and Ordinance com pany acquires the $15,000,000 Cambria Steel company after having previously taken up several less iiuportint con cerns was reasonably sure to start up speculative activity in industrial issues. Indeed that portion of the market mon opolized the days business today. .Almost every other stock that rumor or conjecture could assign to a "mer ger" was pushed to tho front. Theso made some sharp advances, though on ,he whole theirfrises were not spectac 11111 r As a whole the movement was irregu lar and though there wns some ad vance inalmost every stock, there were sharp gains in m my. nnd tell the club what measures they hope to bring before tho conference. The memberes of tlio club will be given 1111 opportunity to nsk questions, of tl' i delegates and learn their views on 1 1"8"? !" of import that will come i "etore the general conterence. A. A T . ., , . I.ee will preside and tho ladies of tl West Central Circle will serve the din ner. o Dr. G. L. Tufts, superintendent of the Weekly Uest Day League, addressed the meeting of the Ministerial Union tint morning. Ho told of the "one day rest in seven" bill that tho league will U "B UV'ZK'-". ",s,ulu 'rs, 1 i'-,'iiiii. xi'iuiuus tim Hircuuy ueing circulated for signatures. The objec' of the bill is to establish one day in Oregon when no ono need work. - The provisions of tho bill are not religious. Upon reading the announcement of the Commercial club that an aluminum Ji factory in the east is seeking a loca- ' tinn mi Iko Pa.,lf:., nnn.l nltt a B ...... v.. 1VI1V. VVU.Tl, V lllll'LI III Salem brought to the club rooms a sam ple of aluminum clay. The deposit, he claims, is unlimited in amount nnd has a face vein of about 40 feet in thick ness. The deposit in located about 30 miles from Salem. At the present time special largo corporations control the rights to develop aluminum deposits in the United States, but this right will soon expire. The executive committee of the State Teachers' association met in this city Saturday for a regular business session. Those present wero K. F. Carleton, president, E D. Ressler, of C'orvnllis, temporary secretary; George A. Bris coe, of Ashland; J. Fercy Wells, of Jackson county, H. D. Sheldon, head of!;n police court upon' his plea of guilty h .1. t c i. tt ! . . i ..;.; .....! tho department of education of the U, of O.; O. II. Elliott, superintendent of tho Salem public schools; Viola Orts child, of Portland, and H. II. Herdmnn, principnl of the Washington high school of Portland. o Warden Mlnto, of the Oregon state pen, left this city yesterda- for Fort Madison, where ho will receive a pris oner named Fraisch, and bring him back to the Oregon pen. Fraisch escaped from this pen about to years ago and ha been doing time at Fort Madison, where his time will expire within a few days. On his trip Mr. Minto will visit a number of eastern penitentiaries. 0 Despite the ery unfavorable weather last evening, fully 700 were present at thn Pirvt f'inTrfifrnf inflnl ltltirch tn wit. hind ever held in the etate of Oregon The service were similar to those of any evening, with the exception the the pastor,' instead of occupying the evening with a sermon, gave a IS min ute talk on tho story of Joseph, fol lowed by a rathe moving picture of "Joseph in Bondage." The pictures were of the regulation' standard and equal to those thrown on any screen. Arrangements have been made by the pastor, the Rev. James Elvln, for a continuation of services of like nature for the coming year. The large at tendance at tho "first services of this nature was gratifying to tho church of ficials as well as the pastor, as they are pioneers in this movement for briugine to tho church Sunday evenings not onl their own members, but all the young We are determined to sell all Fall and Winter Goods. If you can use heavy or medium weight wear of any kind buy now at a great saving. You can al ways use the following: Regular $8.50 MacKinaw Coats, Special while they last, at only $5.45 Regular all wool Sweaters for Men and Boys, Special while they last . . J3.25 Men's and Boys' Suits in heavy, medium and light weights, to clean up Regular 25.00 Suits, Special $16-85 Regular $20.00 Suits, Special $13,85 Regular $15.00 Suits, Special $ 9,85 Here is something we all can use One line 50c Ties, Special 38c Three for 25c Handkerchiefs, Special g for 25c f f 11 II 11 M M tl 11 11 11 11 El II tl El El IX tl U tl 11 SI II 13 tl II 11 tl tl. II II a Watch This Space Tomorrow We may have a surprise for you. W. 141 N. COMMERCIAL mmm tU id H ju mm Mm mm m U Sal Capital Journal Locates Missing Heir In Person of "Tom" Scott of Salem Eduar V. Scott, who inherited prop erty from his mother in Bcllville, 111., and whose identity could not be learned although tho Illinois authorities claim- ea no uvea in ouiem, urrgou, iuis uwn found. He is known in Salem as Tom Scott and has worked for several vears on the Black Eagle, of iUj b'paulding Log- ging company. After reading the story in the Cap itay Journal Saturday, he brought a copy of the paper to Attorney loiiald Miles and announced himself as be ing the man looked for. This was cor roborated by Mr. Miles, as Scott is a member of "the local lodge of Moose, and his name appears as Edgar U. Scott. ' An affidavit and the necessary pap ers wero prepared by Mr. Miles and sent to the administrator at Bcllville, Indiana. Mr. Scott said that he had been noti fied soveral months ago by his cousin J. M. Rittonhouse, of Newbcrg, that he had inherited some property in Illinois, but did not believe the report. He is a bachelor and has been living for several vears on the boat Black Eagle. He says he had often written his mnthor but had not. been notified of! .looth The nronertv which he will inherit, he thinks will be worth about l-.no II., tine nnt hnnril from HIS li)00 brother for 15 years. According to the laws of Illinois when one has not been heard from for seven years, he is declared legally dead. people of the church. The subject for the services next Suuony evening has not as yet been announced. o William White was given a sentence of 20 days in the city jail this morning to a charco ot Deinir liuoxicaieii Whito hns been before Judee " , twice before on the same charge and tho last timo he wns released upon his promise to pay his fine. White evi dently forgot it but tho judge remem bered. o Frank Friebert, of this city, who has been working on tho new wing of the eastern Oregon asylum at Fendleton on the Burr plumbing contract, returned to Salem Saturday night on account of the illness of his father. There is still another week's work on the Barr eon tract but all work has been stopped by the cold weather. The Chemawa basketball team won an easy game from the Y. M. C. A. Saturday night by the score of 54 to 22. The Indians won all of tho way and the game was devoid of spectacular fea tures. MURDERED HI3 MOTHER Buffalo. N. Y.. Feb. 7 Murder of his mother was charccd to John Edward Teiner todav when he was arraigned and remanded without bail for pre llminarv heading Wednesday. The dis trict attornev in charcing matricide made no reference to the hilling of Teiner 's brother. Fred, and the wound ine of his eister, Grace. CTJSTOMS DISTRICT EXTENDED Washington. Feb. 7. President Wil son signed this afternoon an execu tive order transferrin? tho north bun' of the Columbia Tiver to the Oregon ristom district with headquarters at Portland. G. Johnson STREET IS. & C. Vaudeville ! at The Grand Wally Rioulis and his " Sunshine trirls ' ' were headliners in the new bill at the Grand nnd the girls were really btipht, S laritlllli:, ROUU-unillluS ""'IT1, nnlw VaI ;n tt,a k... nn... ,1 trrio Wa is n K,,,ulim.v fimny int otf,-UUiX ,.omPliinll llIui llene Kdwards, 'hnpely " ' . i , , ropHi1(r Portland jirl, who is now Wally 's wife, is seen in dainty songs and dances. The Sunshine Girls have 'at least hilt a dozen dittereut enanges of costume, all smart and colorful. An associate comedian, elaborate stage set ting and many bree.y jokes and songs make the act i winner. The botvs and girls who attended yesterday's performances were thrilled and dcighted with' Jacob's trained dof. Their intelligence and unties created no end of merriment. The' grownups got the enthusiasm or tne kiddies .mil everyono had a fino time with tho performing eauiues. With rustic setting, Cairoll, Keating and 1'ay are putting on an act that brims with fun and music. Singing and a brisk firo of laugh-producing nonsense) made the number popular. The Three Alvarett.is are "three of a kind" acrobats, clever fellows, full of foolishness and stunts that are original and merry. Pantomine and original (cats combined in their act, which they designate as "I Can't Shut My Mouth." More songn ind several first class! I novelties are iiuiuuili vu li A'CUiue " - Alexander. .Monologues by nun are add - tv mumiug mini, Bankers and Corporation Directors of Germany Back of Government By Carl W. Ac'sennan. (dated Press Staff Correspondent.) Berlin, Feb. 7. Tn an important onfereuee of bankers nnd corporation lirectors today to discuss the German a ..... ;.... ;.,'..t;nn ..t i.A Lii9itanin ease, it is understood ma jority supported the refusal ot the gop ernment to disavow the incident as, America insisted, The conference was! reported to havo been called to give The announcement followed won l substantial assurance that the course of that the deal by which the Onm?iip the government meets with the hearty company was to merge with the I.aiy."' ipproval of men who havo helped to di- wanna Steel and Youngstown Sheet am' rect finaneiul affairs during the war. I Tube companies had been abandoned. WRITING, READING AND SEWING HandupOii MISS A. McCULLOCH, Optometrist, 208-209 Hubbard Building. Phone 109 SALEM'S BEST MARKET PLACE Now at 426 State Street WESTAC0TT-TH1ELS0N COMPANY 11 Rl n tl 3 m 1,1 tl 1,1 t.1 U tl ft 11 II n ti u M fk n u u 13 mi SALEM, OREGON OA Km K3 u When in SALEM, OREGON, stop at BLIGH HOTEL Strictly Modern Free anil Private Baths PITTS' "7. 1 Of! 11 KO TTP Tl A V Nearest to all Depots, Theatres and Capitol Buildings. A Home Away From Home. T. O. BLIGH, Prop. Both Phones. Free Auto Bus. Salem Public Schools Show Large Increase With the beginning of the present semester, the attendance of the public schools has increased until now tho total is more than 34200. Most of the increase over the last semester comes in the. .primary grades, about o'O having been enrolled for the first time. Tho senior and junior high schools also show nn increased enrollment. Miss Laura O. Bailey, from the fifth grade of the Walla Walla schools, will ...!. tii lln T.iii.nln -ri.tiinr ttiirVl sell I ! beginning today. Her work will be ft science and English. Miss Mildred McBride has been t?-mifurr,t to the Senior hi?il t-'chool frum tUc jneoln junior high. She will llonili linlniiv 1111,1 Hint llCIIIStt ICS. , Miss Ami Kllignt o sau,nl) c Kradu ate of tho University of Minnesota, haa been engaged to teach English at the Lincoln junior high. Mrs. Lamb, until "recently with the Monmouth school has been employed ami v. ..i teach science in the Grant junior high school. The average attendance of the city schools now is 125 more than during the last semester. STEEL CONCERNS MERGE Philadelphia, Feb. 7.-The Midval". Steel aud Ordnance, company has pur chased control of the Cambria Steel company according to official an nouncement fmlav. The Cambria stock sold ut a share but the number oi shares sold was not announced. are three occupations which often demand glasses to lessen the strain on tho eyes. If your eyes tire ever so lit tle, let me examine them, nnd if needed, prescribe GLASSES TOR CLOSE WORK that will rest the nerves, relieve the eye strniu tnd keep the wrinkles away. rant & Co.