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THE DATLr CAPITAL JOUENAU .A T.EM. OREGON, SATURDAY, DEC. 2. 1916. SEVEN City Election Men, Measures and Places Lit RKS HOLD liiL SERVICES SUNDAY fine Program Arranged for Afternoon and Public Is Invited 5 y In the general eity election next Monday, December 4, the following candidates are to be voted on: For Recorder J. A. Mills and Earl Race. For City Marshal E. E. Cooper and J. T. Walsh. For alderman the contest are only in wards Four and Seven. In' ward Four the race ib between A. BJIudle son and Paul V. Johnson. In the Seventh ward 'thff-mce is between G. C. Millet and E. W. Stubbs. Baferrcd to the people of the city by the council are two charter amend ments. The following are the amend ment titles as they appear on the bal lots: Shall Section 35 of the Charter be amended to give the Common Council power to provide by ordinance for the collection of liens upon property au thorized by the Charter and ordinances of the City of Balom, which now are or may hereafter become delinquent, either by salo of such property, or by . the issuance and salo of certificates of delinquency, and the foreclosure of such certificates by a suit in the Cir cuit Court in the manner now provided by law for the collection of delinquent state and county taxes. Vote Yes or No. Shall Section 24 of the Charter be amended to provido, (a) that laborers who are citizens of the United States and bona fido residents of Salem shall have the preference in City work ; (b) that the Council shall havte juris diction over trees, shrubs and plants growing in the streets; (c) that the Council shall have power to provido by ordinance for the removal of weeds and rank vegetation from streets and va cant lots and to make the cost of such removal a lien uion he abuting prop erty, or upon the lot upon which such weeds grew, provided en (10) days notice is first given the interested property owners. Vote Yes or No. - The voting places for the election Monday are as follows: Ward 1 Garfeild school basement. Ward 2 City Hall. Ward 3-Masonic building, north end. Ward 4 W. C. T. U. Ward 5 Rcddnway's store. Ward 0 Cameron's Paint Shop. Ward 7 Poisal and Shaw's Store. Naxwell Helps to Tie Nuptial Knot in Tacoma As thrilling as a "Hazards Helen" movie was the wild dash of two Taco ma girls a few days ago in a Maxwell touring car to get a best man for a wedding. As it was tho episode devel oped features which were little short of tho spectacular. Had the incidents which go to make up this story been deliberately plotted by a professional scenario writer, hero is about tho way tire cast of characters and a synopsis of the play would have linod up: llride Runollo Corbett Ihidegroom John Wood Bridesmaid Hazel Heasley Best Man i Bnymond Corbett I Parson Kev. K. H. McGinnis! Maxwell 25 By Itself j Synopsis. Raymond Corbett is employed in a logging eamp many miles east of Ta coma. His sister, Rancllc, is about to lie married to John Wood of Tacoma. At five o'clock, only a short time bo fore the hour set for the wedding cere mony, it is discovered that the bride's brother has not been notified of. tho time at which he is to officiate as best man. Moments are precious, Brido in " sists her brother can be the only man ' attendant upon the bridegroom and ..1hat it. is imperative ho bo at the wedding at any cosf. ' " - Suddenly . Miss Heasley remembers her speedy Maxwell car and suggests a death-defying drivo into the mountains,! bridging time and space, scizo Corbett at work in the logging camp, bundle his best togs together and make a mad race bock to Tacoma in time for the fixed hour of the wedding. No sooner said than done. In a jiffy the young women, with Mias Heasley at the wheel of her Maxwell, are tearing over the city streets and the mountain roads to the logging camp, leaving in their wake a cannon ade of 'deafening explosions from their open muffler cut-out, zipping by tele graph poles and pine trees at a speed which makes the passing scenery re semble a picket fenco. Corbett is overtaken on the forest road in the act of snagging a hugo pine log to the camp. He is rushed to the car, hurried to Mb boarding place, his togs thrown together in great haste and the thrilling race back to Tacoma is on. Despite a multiplicity of dangers and thrills through which tho trio is plunged they arrive in Tacoma just in time for the ceremony and to the de cided -relief of the waiting bridegroom, who had learned only a few moments before the perilous mission into the mountains. Jt is just 8 o'clock. All answer the roll-call in tho rectory of the Tkurch of the Holy 'Communion whero tho Rc1, R. li. ' Mediums says the binding words that make Miss Cor bett Mrs. Wood. hivK GET THEIR DOLE OF FISH -AT NEW Y Numbers Warmly Applauded and Encores Were Insistent Rflcrtinna frftm hn nt.nt.no niixin 'ak ill and musical finish characterized thn tirncrnim MtnilaMrl Inut tili ; armory by tho L. A. O. orchestra, which w. tfrA .i .... . 1. il. . : o ,,. H-1.UJ1U uuiuurr uu me ouiem IjVeiMlTII eniirfUV Thrt nnnrH, to nniln. direction of the Ellison-White Lyceum uuit-nu. me armory was well lined wnji an appreciative audience. The ensemble work of the orchestra revealed a unity and care in expression that made the numbers wholly pleasing and Rfltittlvtncr In tha n,n)n players won their audionce with their ovtfati. w,..!. nJ ..I..... ..I a. . .,17,1V nviA aim vtcvoi cuaracierifcii-tions. One of the favorite numbers of the evening was the quarter from the "Firefly," "When a Maid Comes Knocking." -Miss Edith Bcebe as the "cellist was excellent, and Miss Beu- lflh TlMllft ivhn BnrvAfl nt 1ia 4nn .lvtim showed the wonderful effects to be de rived from that instrument. Sho also appeared m several amusing readings and impersonations. "One Fine Day," a selection from Madame Butterfly, sung by Miss Mar vin Tharpe, brought rounds of applause She was recalled insistently. Miss Faye Palmer appeared in a trombone solo which won unstinted applause. She ren dered the "Air VnriA M Cav Mmlth with excellent coloring of tone. In her encores sne responded much such heart touchinir numbers as "Coinin' Thrniiwh the Kye." Cozy Jacket For . ' First Wintry Days 1! "V. J ft vT,if W r 9 1 V r' t..iia. GETTING -THEie SUPPLY OF FR.EE FISH J : (Parity takes the form of free dis tribution of surplus fish every Friday at the Fulton market, New York city, day's business is done poor women, with a smaller number of men, gather at the market to receive tneir doles of sea food fresh from the ocean. Such where the greater portion of tho city -si. gathering, photographed on a recent fish supply is handled. After the early Friday morning, is seen in the picture. Capital Journal Want Ads Br i n g Su c cess ' If -. v t u m i ' - The Elks annual memorial services to be held at the opera house Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock is a public ser vice and the public is weleome. The program in. full is as follows: Introductory mnreh, .Elks' orchestra. Kitualistic ceremonies, lodge officers "Oh, Dry Those Tears," Mis. Hallie Parrish Hinges. . Thanatopsis. Sobin Day; Selection, Elks' orchestra. Address, Hon. Walter H. Evanfi. "My Rose of Yester e'eii", Mrs. Hallie Parrish Hinges. Eulogy, Dr. W. Carlton Smith. March, Finale, Elks' orchestra. CITY NEWS The range of temperature yesterday was from 47 to 31 and the river fell 1.4 feet. It is now 6.7 feet above zero. , A marriage license was Issued this iftemoon to William W. Oglesby, a bookkeeper of Salem, and Ruth Weils a Salem stenographer. A misstatinent was made in the Thursday issue of the Capital Journal with repnrd to the munKo, , ThiDil... giving baskets given out by the local Salvation Army, as only a few families are usually helped at Thanksgiving as the most of the help is reserved for the Christmas season and Inter months of the winter. Tentative drawinen hav in ,o by George M. Post for the proposed Sma- dormitory or Willamette univer sity, in order that C, E. Richards, secre tary of education of Willamette univer sitv. mar have something in uhnw vt,Qf the university hopes to build when suf- ncient lunas are subscribed. Already ,000 has been given by W. W. Brown of eastern Orecon. Tho nlnn. o- ,!,., by Mr. Tost -tall for about -a $40,000 building. This la a gentle hint to the would-be speeder and especially to the driver who cuts corners in tho down-town district. Two special policemen have been placed on duty recently just to catch these speeders and corner cutters, and no far the crop has been fairly large. The po licemen are not in uniform, hence the man who violates tho city ordinance is likely to get "pinched" when not a uni form is in sight.: Members of the Salem tmcIa i,,i, become so interested in the automatic Can make a promise but the finished job makes you respect the claims we make. Cheap printing will not cost you as much at first but that's not economy. Inexpensive printing can have a great deal of char acterif handled the way we do it. Don't let the ad ditional cost eclipse the many additional benefits of a really high class job of printing. S 81 US or lloilpjCnjnlIlrjuraal targets just installed in the old armory oyer the city hall that a practice shoo't will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. The range will bo 50 and 75 feet. Later on ararngements will be made for a turkey shoot, in which the man with the truest aim will be entitled to carry home the turkey at about one tenth of the original cost. One more moM covered roof from the central business district of the city is about to pass into oblivion and live only in the memory of the boys of long ago who made certain parts of Court street their resting place of evenings. The little one story frame dwelling house on Court streot on the alley just across from the Roberts grocery store will be moved in a few days to make room for a two story brick building. o The South Salem Men's club will meet Thursday evening at the South Salem Friends church, at 0:30 o'clock. The dinner will be served by the ladies of the South Salem Friends church. The slogan of the club is "A Bigger and Better South Salem," and meetings will be held alternately at the Leslie M. E. church and tho South Sulem Friends church. J. D. Barber is president and N. D, Elliott chairman of the entertain ment committee. Only 18 more shopping days until Christinas. Business houses as well as postmasters throughout the country nro active in a campaign to educate tho peo ple to shop early. Those who intend to mail presents are urged to get their packages out early, to tie them secure ly and writo very plainly tho address. The street address should' be fully writ ten out. Do not write the nddrc&s as at the intersection of two streets, as sometimes the north eorner is served by one carrier and tho south corner by an other, especially in larger cities. You may write on the outside of the pack age, "Do not open until Christmas." That part of the Oregon Messenger printing plant that was formerly tho Snyder Printing company's plant was sold by tho sheriff today to M. L. My ers, who held a blanket mortgage over it to the extent of about $S00. He bid in $250 for the equipment, which went to satisfy the mortgage. Saturday evening Mr. and Mrs. Hop Lee presided as hostess at ft delightful 10 course dinner given in honor of tho birthday of their daughter Elsie. Cov ers were laid for 10 and tho table was beautiful in its decoration of twining fern under the soft glow of crimson shaded candles. The guests invited to share this cordial Oriental hospital ity were the Misses Margaret and Betty Lewis, Flossie Flanningan and Eugenia Mclnturff. Jurt to celebrate the fact that Mary Piokford with her own compnny will be shown for three days beginning today, and also Hie fact that the holiday ea son is almost with us, the Oregon the- i atre has . been beautifully decorated with chrysanthemums, holly, Oreirnn grape, mistletoe and carnations. The 'general artistic effect of the interior has been greatly improved with these suggestive holiday decorations. The Mennonite Deaconess hospital i dedication ceremonies will be held tn- morrow morning and afternoon at the armory, beginning nt 10 o'clock for the I morning anil 1:30 o'clock for the after I noon services. German will be spoken I during part of the morning exercise with addresses from the pastors of sev leral Mennonite churches in the valley, j On account of the lurge Mennonite pop ulation in this section, F. B- Wedel. president of tho hospital hopes to es tablish a large hospital here within a I few years. Already several members of I his church are postponing operations, iroifinn i.ntil Ilia l.,.um(l Au. Tiioiisnea. jit me morning services. Mayor Hailey O. White will deliver tho address of welcome, and in the after noon, governor Withycombe will speak. OurwantAds arefike a lnct TetbadivRjVvWofaLoslOiund want ad is wonderful Try one ifuou havelost somelhiift War making furs scarce, Paris has brought out this natty jacket for sports Hudson seal is the tur, cut with a high flare foliar and having pocket lids and cuff tops ed'ed with narrow beaver, LATE WARBULLETINS Pe'.rogrnd, Dec. 2 Thn most violent combats are marking the progress of the Russian offensive in the wooded Carpathians and alo"ng the Transylva nia frontier. Today's official statement declared that battle for domination of the heights east of Kirlibaba were con tinuing. The 'enemy is strongly resisting, by vigorous counter attacks, the Russian onslaughts hi the valleys of the Trotus the rulta, the Tcheboniaeh and the l'.a. "Tho combats are excced'uisly bit ter,.." the statement asserted. . Only Artillery Duels Berlin, via Savville wireless, Dec. 2. Only artillery duels were reported on the western front in today s statement from the war office. "On both banks of tho Acre, near 8t. Pierre Vaast, and south of the Som nie, near Chanlnes, there were tempo rary strong artillery duels," the state ment said. The Ammunition Wagons Berlin, via Savville wireless Dec. 2. Austro-Hungarian artillery firing ex ploded several Italian ammunition and mine depots on the front from Karst highland to Gorizia, yesterday's Vien na oiticial report, received here today, announced. Artillery combats contin ued along the whole line of this front. A lively artillery combat was reported in the Harinthian and Tyrolese sectors A hostile aviator dropped bombs in the Adigo valley without causing damage. 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