THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 18, 1916. KIVK 3E 1 GRAND Opera House Days Starting JULY MONDAY 24 Mail Orders Now No Telephone Reservations MATINEE Every Evening Daily, 2:15 Sharp 8:15 Sharp Dr. W. Griffith's Mightiest Spectacle in the World 5000 18,000 SCENES Th Birth of a Nation Is Highly Commended by the Board of Censors It Will Positively Be Seen Here in Its Entirety PEOPLE Seats Thursday Get 'em Early COST $500,000 3000 HORSES Decisive Battles of the Civil War! Sherman's .March to the Sea! The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan! The Coming of the Prince of Peace The Burning of Atlanta! Lee's Surrender at Appomattox! What War Costs Mothers, Wives and Sisters! The Assassination of President Lincoln! 30 SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA 30 From Coast to Coast the Most Stupen Dramatic Sensation This Country Has Ever Known DDirCC Evenings 50, 75, $1, $150, $2 Seat Sale Opens rKlLLO Matinee 35, 50, 75, $1 Thur., July 20 Mail Orders Now Being Received Positively No Telephone Reservations. E Write Interesting Letters of Every-day Events In Tenting life The boys at the front will occasion 11y write interesting new, not espe cially military news, but just what hap pen to come under their observation. For instance: "On the Fourth of July when all the stores were closed in San Diego, the aaloons were wide open and the bars crowded. As far as I can see, San Diego a real live wide open town, but I ruppose that all California cities seem more wide open since I came from a Art territory." Here is something about the border while the bovs were at San Tsidro: "By a recent ruling, U. 8. soldiers are forbidden to cross the border under a neaaltv of six months in the federal nmitentiarv. so vou may be sure we all fight shy of that border. But the African anldiers can come to the store 7! par us. ' I have talked with some and ther are all very friendly." Here is something about real luxury: "Just had to go down to the store to carry -some ice cream up here to the ramp, so I guess we will oe over-fed to flay. Later: We were not over fed. The iee cream was for the battaKon canteen to be sold to us fellows at five cents per eat." Drilling is one thing and going to fUtt is another. This is how the cor- mpondent feels about it: that tbe U. S. is through with their monkey business." The letters were written by L. B. M. Pierce to Murray Wado of this city. jit COURT HOUSE NEWS t The county court yesterday appoint ed Jacob Oplinger as administrator of the estate of Abraham Oplinger. Char les Warner, Jacob Fox nnd Marion Lewis were sained as appraisers. Final account in the estate of Sam uel Lemon was filed in the eounty court yestenlay by Edward L. Lemon, administrator. Monday, August 21, was designated as the time for a final bearing. heard this afternoon. A notice of appeal to the supreme court was filed at the county clerk 'b oll'ice this morning in the case of (rare Barnes against Wm. Eseh and A. B. Spencer. An answer was filed today in the action of W. ('. Hubbard against Ethel P. Skiff and Frederick W. Skiff. Chautauqua Closes Season This Evening With the appearance of the Kaffir boy choir at the Salem Chautauqua tent this evening, the 1916 season closes and with the closing of the season comes the assurance that the Salem Chautau qua is a permanent Salem institution. Instead of the customary asking for pledges and having people sign agree ments to take a number of tickets a year hence, whether wanted or not at that time, a body of representativa citizens has taken the matter in charge and has already guaranteed to Ellison-White the amount necessary for the 1917 season. Therefore, those at- RAILROADS WANT LAW HELD UPFOR A TIE Clayton Anti-Trust Law and Threatened Strike Cause Business Crisis Washington, July 18. Personal ap peal to President Wilson for assistance in what they term a "business crisis," will be made by representatives of the big railroads tomorrow. Confronted on the one hand by pro visions of the Clayton anti-trust act, which thev claim are nazy and compli cated, and on the other by the threat of 300,000 runway workers to strike unless granted sitorter hours and more pay, railroad officials declare their sit uation is serious. The president will be asked in the first place to suggest a delay in the effective date of the Clayton act's provision, which governs the purchase of supplies by the roads, until the railroad officials and the interstate commerce commission "have had op portunity to study it." This is to go into effect in a few weeks unless the congress delays it. The four great train men brother hoods are voting on whether or not to Btrike. Some administration officials say anything which woula tie up the railroads of the country at this time would be a calamity. It is likely the railroad officials when they see the president tomorrow will take up this Question along with the other. They desire either that their men submit their claims to arbitration or an in vestigation of railroad wages by the interstate commerce commission, or by a congressional committee. Crown Only Can Save Casement London, July IS. Roger Casement's appeal from his conviction on the charge of high treason, for which he was sentenced to death today, was dismissed. The court of criminal appeal an nounced its decision after listening to arguments by Alexander Sullivan, Casement's counsel, who contended that the instructions to the jury in Casement's trial were inaccurate and that the actions complained of in the indictment did not constitute a statu tory offense. Unless the crown commutes the death sentence. Casement will "die on the gallows. The justice dismissed the ap peal without- hearing counsel for the crown. Think the Strike Is As Good As Settled Portland, Ore., July 18. Striking longshoremen in Portland expected to take action on the proposition of re turning to work on the wage scale pre vailing before the strike, when word from San Francisco was received. W. D. Wells, Portland agent of the San FranciRCO and Portland Steamship com pany, declared he had been informed the strikers would resume work for his organization at the old figure 50 cents an hour straight time and 75 cents an hour for overtime. Thomas McCuBker, of the employers' association, asserts he believes the strike is as good as settled. McCucker said he would insist on retaining the men employed during the trouble, and that he would reserve the right to se lect his own employes in the future. The strikers representatives say that if they return to work at the old scale it will be merely pending a conference in San Francisco Anguet 1. Thursday Evening at the Playground E Progressive and Other Politi cal Orphans Refuse Offer of Good Home The will of Libbie White was ad mitted to probate by the county court yesterday. Three brothers and one sis ter of the deceased are named as the heirs. They are John, Isaac and De Witt Berger, whose residence when last known was Albion, N. Y, and , ,,; ;,, .ni u ' F.,i -Sarah Davis, residence unknown. The ifh th. .: . -.i, .j devises of the will are A. A. Under- j siging a pledge for tickets. There will hill of Salem and B. R. Carlson and , be n0 piedgeg to sign nor solicitation, wife of Cresham. Mr. Carlson was The Chautauqua for next season is al named as executor of the will. ready guaranteed. With the amount, 41,500, already Carey F. Martin has been named by guaranteed by 50 representative citi the county court as executor of the bzens, the method of handling season estate of Emma L. Ide, deceased. J. F. Jones, George- Bolter and Chas. V. Stenstrom were appointed as apprais ers. f that iher will keen us here fer some time for drilling. So many of the boys enlisted only for the emergency which teemed to exist and they will "feel highly imposed on if they keep us here drilling and for moving picturs." While at San Tsidro, the boys were nwfiil ia maintaining the prestige of the United States. A soldier writes: "There are a lot of Mexicans prowling thieves who harrass the ranchers. Last nieht a rancher by the name of Chris tofferson, who used to Bve near Sa lem and who now Uvea about two miles from here, was accosted by some Mex icans who attempted to take some of his cattle. They beat and cut up his son bat a small ecouting party was sent fma our eamp and they arretted five Mexicans and made them pav for the raid. When the officers with only a tew men in sight demanded pay for the raid ,tbey balked but as soon as the rest f the men were called, the Mexicans net across without a murmur. I guess that is the main reason we are here, to top this raiding of the farmers aa well m to assure the rest of tbe greasers A large class will take out natural ization papers in Department No. 2 of the circuit eourt tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. Frank Davey, chief clerk at the penitentiary, will deliver an ad- "There is dress on "Citizenship.' The general public is invited. The date of the next examination of candidates for naturalization will be held October 4. A settlement has been effected In the case of Ivy against Minton, and the case has been dropped from the docket. This was an action growing out of certain derogatory remarks al leged to have been made by Mr. Min ton, at that time a member of the city council, concerning the Cottage Hotel, at that time under the management of Mrs. Ivt. Mrs. Ivy sued Mr. Minton for libel. Under the arrangement agreed upon yesterday neither party is to recover costs or disbursements from the other. The settlement does not af fect or cancel a judgment now held by the defendant against the plaintiff for the costs of an appeal of the case to the supreme court. Arguments in the damage suit of Anderson against Dr. Byrd are being tickets will be somewhat different next year. The 600 tickets to be eold at 2.50 each will be placed for sale at several stores a week before the open ing of the Chautauqua and general no tice be given. After the 600 have been sold, tbe sale will be withdrawn and no more offered. After the beginning of the season, tickets may be purchased at the tent for 3. The following have signed tbe guar antee and will have charge of the busi nosi of tbe Chautauqua for the com ing season: K. C. Bishop, D. W. Eyre, H. H. Van dervort, W. I. Staley, W. A. Denton, Dr. H. C. Epley, Benjamin Brick, C. E. Knowland, U. O. Shipley, William OnhtsdorY, R. A. Harris, M. L. Meyers, Wm. McOilchrist, Jr., W. W. Moore, C. S. Hamilton, Theodore Roth, C. T. Hoov er, C. V. Faulkner, Dr. Altman, E. R. Riugo, U. 8. Holt, Dr. O. A. OIboh. Col. J. Olmstead, J. W. Welles, A. Slaughter, T. B. Kay, J. W. Carson, Ivan O. Mar tin, Dr. E. E. Fisher, A. O. Davidson, R. J. Hendricks, Wm. McOilchrist, Sr., Henry Compton. MONET TO FIGHT EPIDEMIC Washington, July 18. An emergency appropriation of $135,000 was voted to day by the house for the public health service in )ts fight against infantile paralysis in New York and to stop its spread to other states. The Jonrnal Does Job Printing. 1 ALOHA' I ,- I By H. L. Berwick. (United Press staff correspondent.) Auditorium, St. Paul, jdinn., July 18. A movement to change the name of the prohibition party to the National Reform party met with heated opposi tion this afternoon at a conference of prohibition delegates prior to opening of their national convention. The movement, launched by Col. J. M. Ingersoll, of Idaho, progressive na tional committeeman from that state, who was the lone bull moose attemlinu the conference, was designed to combine the progressives and prohibitionists un der the new name. Ingersoll himself introduced the resolution which was re ferred after heated debate, to a com mittee of the conference. H. P. Fans, of Missouri, treasurer of the prohibitionists, and Mrs. Frances E. Beauchnmp, of the National committtee of the National Women's Prohibitionits, iea tne opposition. Merger Plan Falls St. Paul, Minn., July 18. Prohibi tionists who came to Si. Paul one day in advance of the opening of their na tional convention hoped against hope today that their predicted merger with dry elements of other parties could be accomplished. Up to the opening of the "get together" conference today at whieh scores of prominent bull moose, dry democrats and dry republi cans had been expected, there were on ly a handful of other party represent atives here. National Chairman Hiushaw and other prohibition leaders sought to round up all the bull moose in sight and lound one, Col. J. M. ingersoll, of Idaho, progressive national committee man from his state, who is strongly in favor of merging the bull moose with the prohibitionists. Col. John M. Parker of Louisiana, progressive nominee for vice president, was reported today to have turned the same kind of cold shoulder toward the drys as did Henry Ford. Telegrams from New Orleans today indicated that Parker had refused under any circum stances to be a prohibition candidate for vice president. At the get together conference ora tory was to be free and unlimited, Del egates, including hundreds of women who had spent sleepless nights in hot hotels, found the hall just as hot when thev arrived and prepared to take plenty of fans to the ronvention hall. Disappointment at failure of other party chieftains to arrive was echoed early today in statements by some prohibitionists that they, would fight any move to change the name of the party. "If we can't adopt the bull moose orphan, what's the use of changing our name to the progressive-prohibition party " was their line of reasoning. The race for presidential nomination seemed to have narrowed down to two today. Former Gov. Eugene N. Foss of Massaenusetts, it was reported, had deciued not to run. J. Frank Hanly, former governor of Indiana, and Wil liam Sulzer, former governor of New York, were the active candidates. Location of Fleet Is President's Business Washington, July 18. Pacific coast senators today were defeated 18 to 48 in an attempt to provide by amend ment to the general aaval bill that three of the proposed capital ships be maintained permanently on the Pa cific coast. Senators Works, Phelsn and Jones made speeches for the proposal, of which Works was the author. Senators Swanson and Lodge, principal support ers of the administration, insisted that Works' proposition was an infringe ment ef the constitutional powers of DIMOND'S FAMOUS SEXTET HAWAIIAN Musicians The show of enchanting music and harmony from the Land of Sunshine TWO DAYS BLIGN THEATRE Wednesday Thursday GUARDSMEN 10 MOO OREGON Sanitary Conditions Responsi ble for Moving Militia from Laredo On Thursday evening of this week there will be a play hour at the Salem public playgrounds for children over 12 years or age ana grown-ups, ani ,th pre8idcnt M commander in chief guuu Hiiciiuuuvc " i" - Q army and navy I not forgotten how to play is PMted. I A threeaMt Bpkeri pointea outi Last week the attendance averaged 200 t i , r children a day while many of the PJ-1 ' ?" p,ifla coast degpite thrMt.f while the older girls will work withjmins, James, Johnson, LaFollette, 'The next battle the United States ...... , .;K h l,iM,n Prpnt nlP on ln8 are invited and .especially urged. t.; J"l come with the children Tor tne evening hour of play. It was necessary to postpone the Sat urday story hour and hand work because of the rain, and Wednesday has been set for these activities. The younger children will then make the twig dolls !! Ql a a a a a H n a a a a u it H Douglas Fairbanks and BESSIE LOVE San Antonio, Texas, July 18. Eight thousand national guardsmen now sta tioned at Laredo, will be transferred to other points, because of citizens of that place objected to sanitary condi tions m the camp. ma 1 n J Iff i "Since conditions are so bad in Lar-1 SS Ine uOOU'Dafl Man edo. I will mnvA tllA trnnm tn tnn-tia t i where conditions are better," said Funston. "It would not do to leave tbe militia there under the circum stances. . I '11 leave the regulars, though, as it does not matter about them, you know. Part of the militia will be sent to Del Kio and part to Corpus t'hristie." "Casual" Troops Arrive. Nognles, Ariz., July 18 First de tachments of "casual" troops arrived here today to replace married guards men and others with dependent fam ilies. Three companies of "casuals" under Capt. Bradford arrived from Connecticut tg fill out the ranks of tbe First and Second regiments of Con necticut infantry. Three more eonv panics under Captain North were due to follow shortly. Casual troops are recruits who en tered the service after the depurture of the regular militia units. Other contingents to arrive here were of "horseless" cavalry from Utah under Major Wallace, and a company of engineers from Philadelphia. Bandits Fleeing South. El Paso, Texas, July 18. Villista bandits are fleeing south from the Ros-ario-Jiminez district and not toward the American border, is stated in a message from Gen. Trcvino at Chihua hua received in Juarez today. Trcvino also denied that Villistas captured Mapami and Vermijillo as reported. Trevino declared he hnd taken every precaution to prevent banditswnp proaching to border. Bumors of Battle. Marathon, Texas, July 18. Champ Wood, an employe of the International Mining company returning from Bo qtiillas, Texas, today reported that a battle between Villista bandits and Carrnnza troops was believed to be in progress twenty miles south of that place late yesterday. He suid artillery firing could be heard plainly south of Boquillas. ' Strike of Boatmen In ! Bay District Ends flan Francisco. July 18, The strike of bay and river boatmen in tbe bay fleet may fight," said Senator Phelan, I dintriet is at an end. Under an agree "may be on the Pacific ocean. If soment w;th thcir employers reached at tne united ointes nas noi a single iimi an n njBht meeting, most or the II II II M n ;i ii if ii ii Ml u n ii if ii TODAY - TOMORROW H . ii is I in n ii ii I! II II I! II n II !i In A Griffith Comedy Full of Action and Drama Thrills Charles Murray in Her Marble Heart A Keystone Grouch Killer J Last Time Tonight 7 Royal Hawaiian Serenaders SINGERS DANCEHS ENTERTAINERS i 7 11 ' ii 'The House That Satisfies ii ii u class vessel for its fighting line. Senators voting for the proposal were: Ashurst. Chamberlain, Clapp, Cum- garden lavender. Miss Beatrice Walton will tell the story of "Thorn Kosa" and "Eaet O' the Sun and West O' the Moon." OPPOSE COLLEGE MERGER' Portland, Ore., July 18. The move ment to merge Pacific university at Forest Grove with Albany college at Albany, Ore., into a Presbyterian insti tution has aroused marked onnositien on the part of Congregational churches. ! time the dog had become quite infuria .- ii. .1 . i ri J L l ..j ...ii. 11 ..tklnn suit Lane. Oliver. Phelnn, Pittman, Pindex- ter, Smith '(Ariz.), Smoot, Sutherland, Vardaman and Works. Story of a Dog's Jaw. The strength of a dog's jaws and teeth were never more explified than in the case of a Ross-shire gamekeeper, whose collie was unfortunate enough to be caught in a steel vermin trap. The gamekeeper, gun in hand, was soon on the scene, but in in the short Prmtirallv all the ConpTPpmttensl ted with uain. Having nothing suit- churches of Portland and the state held able for muzzling the animal and fear meetings after the morning services ling to place the foot upon tne trap Sunday and adopted resolutions on the! spring with the dog'e jaws free, the proposed merger, and discussed what ! gamekeeper placed the gun barrels in measures they would take to prevent jthe dog's mouth and neld them there Parifin nniversitr from beeomins- a. I while easing the spring. With a vi- Presbyterian school. Icious snap the teeth closed on the cold Pacific university was founded by the Congregationalists September , 1848, and has been nurtured by them, except for help that a few of tbe other denominations have given it from time to time. Eight years ago the school was made nonsectarian, with the full consent of the trustees. This the Con gregstionalists are heartily in favor of, and also they agree to the consolida tion of Albany college and Pacific university on an absolute nonsectarian basis. An Old Bachelor. "I'm going to be married soon." "How old are yout" "Eighteen.' "TouH surprise people." "Tes; I kuess so. I don't know what my bachelor chums will say." steel ere he regained his freedom. The barrels were holed through an almost incredible performance and were ex amined shortly after. London Graphic. Mungo Park. The pioneer white man in Africa was Mungo Park. He began his trav els through the dark continent as ear ly as 1705, nearly twenty yeaTs before Livingstone was born. Park's first trip to Africa occupied two years and resulted in the very first definite knowledge of Africa in modern times During his second trip he was killed by the natives near Broussa, on the Niger. strikers resumed work today and the others will return as fast as places can bo provided for them. The men resumed under the same con ditions as prevailed before the strike was called, June 1, with the understand ing that a new working agreement and wage scale are to be negotiated by a conference board. Ship owners operating on the Sacra mento river will retain a number of non-union men who have been working since the strike began, but the union men will make an effort to organize these men. A Hard Hearted People. Filial piety finds no place in Tibetan character. It is no uncommon thing lor a sen to turn his father, when too old for work, out of doors and to leave him to perish in the eold. The supersti tion that the souls of the dead can, if they will, haunt the living drives their hardened natures to gain by the exercise of cruelty the promise of the dying that they will not return to earth. As death approaches the dying person is asked: "Will yon come back or will you notf" If he replies that he will they pull a leather bag over bis head and smother him. If he ays he will not he be is allowed to die in peace. Britain's Oldest Colony. Bermuda now ranks as the oldest of Britain's colonies, the English flag hav ing been hoisted there in 1612 by a party of eolonists from the Virginia company wno stopped at the islands on their way to the mainland, went on to Virginia, found Jamestown in a state "Pop, what does it mean by being, of starvation and returned. A prev ious explorer, jnan oe uermuuez, gave ' the group its same. US TODAY Tomorrow - Thursday JESSE L. LA SKY Present MAE MURRAY "SWEETKITTY BELLAIRS" . Paramount Weekly ' Salem's Only Exclusive' Picture Theatre. In a Class Separate. YE LIBERTY5 The Gordian Knot. The famous Oordian knot was ninlt of leather taken from some part of the harness belonging to the chariot of Uordiua, king of l'brygia. It seeme that this knot was so tied that the ends of the leather thong were not vis ible, hence the difficulty ia loosening it. Many must have tried to untie it, for its fame as a "sticker" at last reached the great oracle, which declar ed that tho lucky experimenter shoulrt be rewarded by the kingship of Per sia. Alexander, trying bis hand ami meeting with no better success than, the others, drew his sword and cut. in'o tho knot until he found the end of it. financially embarrasedt" "Being married, my son." Ex The Holland Primrose. There is a plant in Holland known aa tbe evening primrose, whieh grown to a height of five or six feet and beam a profusion of large yellow flowers, so brilliant that they attract immediate attention, even at a great distanc, but the chief peculiarity aoout the plant the fact that the tlowers, which open just before sunset, bnvut in'o bloom ui suddenly that they give one the im pression of some magical agency. A man who has seen this sudden bloom ing says it is just aa if some one hafl touched the land with a wand and thun covered it all at ouee with a golden sheet. A Boon. .."I know an actor who wants to rent the haunted house on your hnds.' ' "What does he want with a haunt en houset" "Says he'll jump at any place wheio the ghost walks regularly."