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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOl RNAL, SALEM, ORECr" FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 1916. r?.EE Easter lime BBYAN TELLS CONGRESS IT ONLY CAN DECLARE WAR Washington, April 21. Wil liam J. Bryan, former secretary of state, iu a t rowded aeries of conferences today told members of congress that they were free to exorcise the final decision with regard to a declaration of war. President Wilson haa the power to sever diplomatic .reln- tions, but there his power ends, sje Bryan told the legislators. Bryan believes n'majorlty in congress is opposed to war. He insists that he is not fighting President Wilson. Help bring cheer and go)d will by giving your friends Easter Flowers, Easier Lilies, Roses, Spireas, Hydrangeas, and many olher of Nature's handywork. Order now we deliy :r. Ruef Bros. Florists 121 N. Liberty St. Phone 381 IMPORTANT AUCTION At Vancouver, B. C On Mar the isi, 2nd, 3rd and 4th, 1916, CONTRACTING EQUIPMENT FOR MERLY USED BY THE BRITISH COLUMBIA ELECTRIC RAIL WAY CO., LTD., Originally costing $250,000. Including: Locomotive and Tender nbout 60-tons, Air Compressors, New Air i Mining Locomotives, Electric Mining Locomotive, Logging and Yarding Kn- j ginea, Mining Hoists, Operating Motors, I ('entrifognl Pumps, 24 Carriages and! Chain Grates for B. & W. Automatic; Feed Btokers, 2 Lidgerwood Pnnnma Type Cablcways, 1100 and 1200 feet spaa, 2 1-2 in. Steel Cable, Stationary and Marine Boilers, 30 Leyner Drills, 12 Little Giants, Tripods, Tunnel Bars, Orange Peel Bucket, 3"00 ft. Heavy Cap Welded Block Pipe, 8000 ft. of Monitor ripe, 18 in. and 11 in., and Fittings, 26 tons of Hollow Round and Octagonal Drill Steel, Dump Cars, Wood-working Machinery, which will be sold by Auc tion by F. GRUTIN & CO. ?T. R The Baldwin locomotive has been withdrawn from sale, but not the (10-ton Locomotive. On VI EW from 25th April to date of sale, from 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. Offices: 448 Seymour Street 311 California St Vancouver, B. C, and San Francico, CaL Get the drift of the world's doings by reading The Capital Journal. Campaign Pamphlets Mailed Out to Voters Secretary of State Olcolt has begun the mailing of the republican candi dates' campaign pamphlets to the reg istered republican voters of the differ ent counties. The voters' names are secured from the weekly lists furnished by the county clerk under the law. Reg istration books closed in the various counties April 18, but as it will require some days for the clerks to collect tho final registration's from, tho present precinct registers and prepare and for ward lists to this office, the mailing of these pamphlets cannot be complet ed for some ten days ot two weeks. Sec retary Olcott anys that should any of the registration lists bo delayed for any reason whatever he will continue to mail the pamphlets up to such time before election as will allow for the delivery of the same to the voter by ordinary mail." By this means the voter will have opportunity before elcctioi to examine the statements contained in the pamphlet. This pamphlet contains only the names of those candidates for election or nomination at the primary eledtini. May 19, 1916, who have submitted statements and. portrait cuts for publi cation and paid the prescribed charges therefor, ranging from 10 to $100 ac cording to the office. The mailing of this pamphlet was commenced curlier E Meeting Held at Polk County Seat Last Night Takes Action EstBEL""; .' " ' I.-.ICmw will Eli 1JN. lull Preserve the leather and mako W 111 X ill! I your shoe wear longer. They f IK contain no acid and will nor 1 J - 1 crack the leather. Easiest to use S. GrlQ 11 S and their shine huts longer. I V Mm if 11)1 A BLACK-WHITE-TAN (Capital Journal Special Service. 1 Dallas, Ore., April 21. At a meeting of the citizens of Polk county held iu the county court room in the court house iu Dallas, Thursday evening, April 20, at 8 oVlock, representatives from the different districts of the eoun ty were present and the subject of n bridge over the Willamette river at Sa lem was taken up and discussed at length. Mayor E. C. Kirkpatrick was chosen president of the nkcting and George T. Gorlinger, manager of tl Willamette Valley Lumber company, of this city, was elected secretary. The following resolution was intro duced and read, and upon motion duly made and seconded, was carried: Resolved by the citizens of Folk county assembled at Dallns, Oregon, on Thursday evening, April 20, 1910, That the county courts of Marion and Pnlk counties, be and they are hereby re quested to have complete plans and specifications prepared, through a board of viewers heretofore appointed, for a high level concrete bridge at the most suitable location across the Willamette river at Salem, Oregon, and that such plans and specifications be placod on file with the county court of Marion county, and that bids upon the same be called for at the same time bid's are called for on a steel bridge across the said river. Signed, E. C. Kirkpatrick. chairman; George T. Oerlinger, secre tary. It was also the unanimous opinion of the assembly that a creosote painted wood block base with an asphalt cov ering was contrary to the best auth ority for a flooring for a bridge and thut a thoroughly creosoted wood block pavement should be used. 1 Among the prominent out of tow n county residents present at the meeting were: I. L. Patterson, Eola; J. V. 1)1 rieh, I. M. Simpson, C. V. Johnson, Air- J lie; J. C. Talbot and W. F. Nichols, of r ails City. Anderson and Willis Are "Former Prisoners" Los Angeles, Cal., April 21. Police are searching today for two muscular ."former prisoners" of the city jail. ! Guy Anderson and Arthur Willis, with seventy and forty days respect ively to serve, cut eighty feet from an elevator cable '"hent" the bars of an 'upper window in the. city jiil before (daylight today and escaped. I It was not until breakfast time that the escape was discovered. Anderson ! had been acting ns cook, and when , the morning meal failed to appear pris oners investigated. n . . . ... .... .... .. .... NOTICE Buyers of Clothin: When you come in today or tomorrow be sure and do not overlook our You cannot buy as reasonably anywhere else, as (his is a most unusual circumstance, on account of our J XX Dissolution of Partnership, Money Raising si Iu J1 rrt.niA S rt ,l..-nlG - ...L.i r 4.l - 1...., ..ft! i I i l. l i iiicic la nu use uvtcuuig un nuai yvi tan c ui uuat juu can uuj, suiuce iu ay we nave I lie goutis ami we are quoting the very lowest prices. tt Saturday's Crowds Will Be Handled With Despatch if As we have a sales force for the past three weeks that knows the stock of merchandise, and they, will cater to your wishes. , Come Without Delay for that EASTER OUTFIT j We fit you from head to foot Hats, Suits, Clothing, Underwear, Hosiery, Shoes, Etc. 4 XX Xz tt tt 1 BRICK BROS. ' H?Lr Everj i H UEEP YOUR SHOES tJEATl THI f.F.OALLIY CO., LTD. BUFFALO. N.V. I this year than at any tinjo heretofore, I and as tho lcgistrniiviH now el.ise H0 j days before the ?iccttc:i inste ad .if ). as before, under f.r.'ir.r.r' cunditiens the pamphlets shr"ld be in the hands t.f the registe.o.t votors in ample time ' before election. HARRY THAW TO MARRY Xew York, April 21. It was rumor ed today that Harry Thaw hid come to New York for tho purpose of marrying a school teacher. JIis secretary pro fessed iruoianee of any such plans. WILLAMETTE NOTES Our prices every day in the year are lower than special sale prices on the same grade of goods. Compare and judge for yourself. Farmer's Cash Store Bring us your mail orders, we will fill them at the same prices, and you can see what you are getting. The debate rally held in the chapel last night was attended by a large number of students and a whole cargo of enthusiasm was turned loose, which proved that interest in forensic mat ters is about equal with athletic work. A number of former forensic letter men gave short talks and the student body led by Yell Leader Walker gave some Willamette songs and gavo Willamette yells. The Willamette debnting teams are ready for the forensic battle tonight and a victory is expected at both For est Grove and here. Harry Savage and Walter (Hciser will leave for For este Grove this afternoon, they will debate the I'acific affirmative team; both aro letter men and their past ex perience will aid them in the debate to night. The Willamette affirmative team which will meet the Tacific negative tenm here tonight is eompwed of Har old Fakin, a former Salem high debate star, and Adolph Spiess, who was active in debate while in high school at I'nrk Place. They have been working on the question for almost three months and expect to convince Audience, judges land opponents that government owner ship of railroads should be adopted. The debate will begin at 8 p. m. tliii evening in the ehnpel of Waller hall, it will be preceded by an instrumental solo, "Polka De Concert," by Miss Fay Bolin; following the debate Miss I.eln Helle Mcf'addam will sing "When the Cows Come Home," by George Nevin. The judges for the decision will be: I'rof. Joseph Schnfer, University of Oregon; l'rof. F. (J. Franklin, Albnny college; l'rof. G. W. Hug, city superin tendent of Mc.Minnvillo schools, judge J. C. Mol'eland, of the Oregon supreme court, will preside at the debate, in troducing the speakers, the following candidates: Student body president, Karl Flegcl. Vice-President, Kosamond Gilbert, Violet McClean. Secretary, Fannie McKcunoii, Carrie Cooksey. Treasurer, Tnul Miller. Kditor of Collegian. Samuel H. King. Business manager, Karl B. Cotton. The election of officers will be held next Friday, tho Australian ballot sys- i tem to be used. I Several brilliant nomination speeches ! were made, but tho former political; fights have shown flashes of brilliancy j that would have done justice to a sen-1 ntoriul or presidential election. The I candidates nominated, however, are well j fitted for the office and next year's, ndmiiiistrntion will hnve the executive ability to carry nil mailers to a finish. This year's ndministralion has made several good advances and it is up to the next to continue the movement. from nine organizations throughout the state will be present and Ivan H. Hhodes, secretary for Idaho and Oregon will be here. Gale Seaman, general secretary for the Y. M. C.t A. in the Pacific northwest, will attend anil talk up enthusiasm fur tnc coming summer ((inference to be held at Seabcck, Wash ington. Howard .Tewett, the versatile presi dent of the Willamette student body, is to be, the tonstmaster for the occasion and he has toast enough to supply the Mitirc group who will attend the ban quet. About 50 Willamette men will be present to paitnkc of the liauquct and President tileier of the local organiza tion will deliver the speech of wclcnmo to the visitors. The prohibition contest will be held tomorrow evening iu Waller chapel. Kight contestants will compete for tho silver medal which is offered as first prize to the winner. This contest ii open to the public and will begin at 'I p. in. The Y. M. C. A. program at the col lege for Sunday will be composed m' three speakers: President Carl G. Don ey, Gale. Seninnii, general secretary for Y. -l. (J. A.; Ivan H. Khodes, secretary for Oregon, Idaho. This morning was the long-expected by every student, for the nominations for student body officers was held. I the first time in many years the steam roller was not in action, evidently the engineers forgot it. would make a run today and neglected to get up stenm. As it was the nominations resulted in They Don't Keep Long Cakes baked with Merit Vanilla nave I rernai Icahln wav of lisaDDCArinir nuirLlv. The pUte. tickling flavor whicn it imparts delights IL A 2) cent bottle goes further than any other. At Your Grocers The University of Oregon baseball team will invade Salem tomorrow to meet the Willamette "Hear Cuts," and it is expected that the .'i ll score which was handed Willamette recently at Ku gene will be reversed. The rain all week has made practice a matter of difficulty but iu spite of this the men have l.-ea out whenever possible rubbing off the effects of lust Saturday's disaster. The University of Oregon men played a hard game w ith Willamette at Kugene on their own grounds and then did not win by a lurge score, consequently Wil lumette is expecting to turn the tables on them when they meet tomorrow aft ernoon on Sweetland field. The Oregon line up will be ns fol lows. Willamette's line-up is also given: Oregon Willamette Huntington C Dean Adams Uathbnrn or W. Adams or Tuerck V Kexford Nelson lb P. Miller Grebe l!b Hronu Cornell s.s Tnsto .Mnison Md Gates Medley 1 Kstel, Macl'lean O Shisler Sheehy it Proctor ' The Adelantc program for this aft ernoon will consist of a talk by l'rof. James T. Matthews, on "When Wil Inrnetic Was Young." Prof. .Matthews is an interesting speaker and will give an exceptionally good talk on this xub ject, as he has been connected with Willamette for many years and conse quently knows its carry history and all the traditions connected with student and faculty life. Miss Vefa Within will play a piano solo, and following this the society will hold its customary parliamentary prac tice. The Philodosian program will have a consideration of "The Bridge of the God," by the various members and Miss I.ela Met uddam and I.oise Benson will sing solos. The biggest event or the Y. M. C. 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