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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHT SALEM, OREGON MONDAY, MARCH 12, 1917. "Salem's Big Department Store" Ri' Vol., P : IV ' TUESDAY fig aiuco 111 it umcil a WEDNESDAY Suits and Coats A Special Sale of Women's Suits in black and white check and plain colors. Good Spring styles all new. Come and take your choice, Tuesday and Wednesday g A Special Sale of Women's Coats of black and white check material, suitable for early spring and summer wear, full lined; all new this season. Tuesday and Wednesday A Big Line of Women's Suits in velours, checks, serges, poplins, all sizes and a large variety of the season's new est colorings and models. Your choice, Tuesday and Wednesday jg rjrj I BigValuesatMeyersTuesday, Wednesday fx tt f . , . .... !; A Sale of Splendid. Zephyr Dress Ginghams 30 iiches wide in plain colors, stripe, check and plaid patterns. Selling at 25c a ir y l yard; Tuesday and Wednesday ...... IDC S ZXVi A Sale of Beautiful Silks Taffeta and Mcssalines in rich colorings, checks, tripes and plaids, in lengths from 2 1-2 to 12 yurds; selling, to $2.25. Tuesday no V J d Wednesday, only JJ5C Si lIXH A Sale of that Famous Cuticura Soap A! medicinal akin Soap of unusual quality, sells in the regular way nt 2oo. Tuesday 1A ft t and Wednesday lifC 8 LaKC A Sale of Pearl Buttons Plain and fish-eye kinds iu small and medium rnrnfs-dYy1"!.!!! 3 dozen for 5c A Sale of Fine Mohair Dress Goods l In navy or black with fine hair line stripe of white. Selling at $1.23. Tuesday 7fl V.J and Wednesday IJC 8 iarfl A Big Offering of Men's Fine Neckwear at 39c Included in this event arc men's ties up to G5cj a rich and beautiful assortment of desirable patterns. Tuesday and Wednesday ., 39c Each I Special Subscription Offer of the Delineator for a Few Days Salem Agents for Butterick Patterns YOU CAN ALWAYS DO BETTER AT pr3 MMntttHt tMMMHMMtt AH Around Town COLIGi'G EVENTS March 13. Address by Justice Wallace UcCammant, Pil grims e!ub of First Congrega tional church. March 17i Coapany M jitney dance at armory. March 23. Lecture on Palest ina by Dr. Doney, Salem public library. , March 2? aad 29. Salem Elk lodge will play "Oet Rich quick Walliigford." April 14. Marion County Odd fellows' convention. Ed Johnson, of SUverton, wag com mitted to the atate hospital for the in wards the Yirtrola for school. thd Lincoln The Epwoith Leagues of the First Methodist church arc planning to give a bt. Patrick 'a day party for the young people of the church, on the evening of Tuesday, March 20. o A contract for the mill work of a 115,- 000 building to be erected at Lnterprise by the Fnteririse Mercantile company has been awarded to tbo Hpauldiug Log ging company. , o Frank Lennon, a plasterer, fell from a scaffolding while working on the Ma jor Willis building on Court street to day and was seriously hurt. 0 J. K. Greer, who was charged last week with selling goods at auction with out a license and who was to have had sane Friday night. This is his second his trial at 10 o'clock this morning, Kit- commitment to the institution, the first urday secured a license and the case time Deing on September li, una. o- against hiin was dsimissed. The Woman's Foreign Missionary of the First Methodist church will meet : PERSONALS : W . '' ' Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Herrold were Port land visitors yesterday. . H. A. Zulsdorf and Chus. P. Zulsdorf, ef Edgewood, are iu the city. "B. 8.' McCurty was in Portland yes terday registered at the Carlton. P. L. Gregory and wife, of Albnny,' were Salem visitors Sunday. Mrs. B. O. Hoffenell left this after noon for an extended visit with her boh at Mesa, Arizona, Mrs. Ella Watt, of Portland, supreme instructor of tho Artisan lodge, was in the city yesterday. Grover A. Gates, Willamette univer sity studont, was in Portland yester- Vvu t.,m REAL PATRIOT Presidents of Railroad Broth erhoods To Take Part in Conference CLASSES JLi. THK INVISIBLE OlFOCAi They make Far View as plain as Near View. They can do this for you comfort ably because they have no lines or seams to obscure the vision. For anyone who needs double vision glasses, there are none that can take the place of Kryptoks (pro nounced Crip-tocks). They give you the pleasant easy vision that you will appre ciate, for there are no lines, seams or shoulders to annoy the eye. Bring in the broken parts, we can duplicate any lens while you wait. No extra charges for ex aminations. DIM. P. MENDELSOHN Rooms 209-210-211 United States National Bank Building Washington, March Representa tives of two million laboring men, gathered in executive Bessioon here to duy to determine what shall be labor's part in preparedness for war. The meeting was opened by Presi dent (tampers of American Federation of Labor who addressed the delegates representing every national and inter national labor organigation on the duties of tho American working men toward the government in times of strife. "Pence," was the key note of the meeting not the kind of peace to pro hibit war, but peace between labor and government if hostilities come. The sessions are being held behind closed doors in tho federation of labor build ing. The Gompers' speech which was extemporaneous, was not made public. The railway brotherhood heads are due here tomorrow morning. It is ex pected the conference wil adopt reso lutions appointing a committee with authority to map out lnbor's course in the event of war. And Tabor will stand by the decision. The meeting, dele gates believed, will end tomorrow or ednesday. day registered at the Nortoni'u. Karl Burr, of Roseburg, was in tho city yesterday, registered at the Mligh. Dennis Donovan, bookkeeper for the Spaulding Logging company, at Black Kock, was a Salem visitor yesterday. Fred Bowrann, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Knu giser and Nevada Mann nil of Bluck Kock, were Salem visitors Yesterday. W. II- Lott and wife, of West Point, Coluumbia county, returned to then- home this afternoon after an over Sun day visit wi'h friends. V. H. Trunk, Miss Verna Cooder, Mr. and Mrs. F. H. DeVoro motored to Portland Hundny for a trip over the Columbia highway. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Seamster and daughter will leave Wedneshdny for a two months' visit iu Nebraska. Mr. Seamster is a conductor on the Commer cial street lino. STOLE TRUNK FULL OF JEWELS Boston, Mass., March 12. A trunk in which were jewels worth between $40,000 and $30,000 was stolen from the South citation between Sunday p. m. and early today, it was learnedthis afternoon. Tho trunk was being shipped from a well known New York jewelry firm to a firm in Boston. - Tho .Boston police and members of the Boston office the Pinkerton Petec tivo Agency are working on tho case. An arrest is expected. Lord's Day at the First Christian Church Every one was requested to bring a nail to Bible school yesterday and when at 10:30 tho school reassembled to hear Mr. Fntrnn'a normmiAtt. 'r;ia packed the seats, stood in the corridors and overflowed into tho balcony. Every sort, size and condition of nails was assembled and most striking and instructive were the lessons of com parisons between nail and people illus trated by Mr. Fagan. Mr Vnirnn aniH thn Pli Dl.nnl tho largest he had seen assembled dur ing the months he has been evangelizing in Washington, Oregon and California. The prenchintr service immediately following the Bible school, was delight ful in its snirit of revpreni-A nml mr. ship. Mr. Fagan again addressed a packed house and Mrs. Fagan deepened the imnression and harinntiv nt tha anrv. ice with a beautiful message in song. The evening sermon on the "Ups and Downs of a Fast Young Man," held the if...: . i f i. , . nkx-iiiiuu ui a mmse iuu to tnc top. The men's flinnio wnu a finn n.t.i.A n i.A service and again Mrs. Fagan completed i nt iicuiiasa or ine service wuii songs nine drove ine lessons home. A number of nililitinne mpo tlm o.ut.n of the day 's servico which closed with a most beautiful baptismal at the foot of the electrical cross. Ihe subject tonight will be "Danc- ncr. " Mrs 'nirnn will uimr Tlitv .i.iiif ingH will continue this week. j Members of U. of 0. Faculty Child Welfare Commission M:rs. Robert II. Tate, Dr. Mae II. Card well, and L. R. Alderman nf 1WK land; George Rebec, Medford, and iurs. iyj.1 Apperson, Alii'.U mnville, members of the Child Welfare 'commis sion appointed in 11) 1 3 by Governor Withycombc, have resigned 'as members of the commission and the governor has accepted the resignations. In line with his message to the twenty-ninth session of the Oregon legislature recommending that the child welfare commission be establish ed at the university of Oregon so that tho work can have official recognition he has appointed Professors B. W. Do Husk, of the department of education al psychology; Elizabeth Fox, dfan of women; George Rebec, of the depart ment of philosophy: F.dnumd S. Conk lin, head of the department of psy chology, and Earl Kirkpntrick, assist ant dean of the extension department as members of the new commission. With these officers of the state uni versity composing the commission it will operate as a distinctive part of the university and will each year make a report to the governor. The expert riflemen of the Salem Rifle club went to the government range yesterday at Finzer and made some re markable scores, considering the during the winter all the rifle practice has been in doors. The shooting was at from 300 to C00 yards slow fire and from 200 to 300 yards rapid fire, 10 shots at each range being fired. Out of a possible 250, the following scores were made; Frank Mapes, 202; II. V. Doe, 196; R. R. Nicholson, US; Bert Whorlev, 175; J. C. Mullen, 174; J. T. Welch, 141: Frod Uu, 151; R. E. Harbert, 128. Dr. D. X. Beech er, dentist, loMted 3-4 mile north of the fair grounds, Port land road. Owing to no office expense Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at prifies reasonable. 3-21 the home of Mrs. Ray L. Palmer, 90(5 1 O Chemcketa street. Miss Ada Holmes of After 32 years Incarceration In the Nochad, India, will attend as a special Oregon state insane asylum, David guest and will tell of her work. Pnrk died ftnturdnv nf atya nt fil I O v.v. , ' X. I There was continued applause at the tution 'from Multnomah county and is believed to lave no friends or relatives. a During dull season suits pressed 60c. Cleaned and pressed $1.00. Modern Cleaners, Phone 360. 466 Court street. The third annual meeting of the Ore gon Clay Workers will be held in Eu gene March 15 and 16. AV. E. Wilson of this city, representing tho Salem Tile and Mercantilo company is on the pro gram for an address on "Clay Products for Farmers' Use." Salem's Pride the smoker's joy Sold in all cigar stores La Corona, gen erously good 40c. tf o Dr. L. A. Bowman, dentist, room 604 U. 8. Bank bldg. 3-23 First Congregational church last even ing, ihe occasion was the showing in films of the "Ride of Paul Revere." However latent the patriotic spirit may have been, the audience showed its ap proval of the patriotism of Paul Revere all of which led to a good citizen to re mark that possibly there is a lot of pa triotism in the average American, pot withstanding the fact that so many pa rents are opposed to their sous enlisting in the local military company. The church last evening was crowded to ca pacity. o Automobilists who are looking for snow will find it by motoring to Silver ureen rails. Xesterday A. il. liesel man, D. T. Potter, L. J. Chapin and C. B. Smith, all 8pauldina Logging em ployes, procured a Ford and started for Silver Creek Falls just to find out if the car could travel to that part of the found ithin six Cherry Pickers Took Three Games la a Row Hills 0wry Putters won three Mraight games in the special bowling eoutrst that wiu played yesterday ! against the Outlaws. iHolittle of the' Cherry Pickera won high game with 2.6 points and also high average with 217 points. The game this evening will le between the Salem Alleys and the Printers. The following is the tabulat ed score: Outlaws (1) (2) Baker Campbell Sundin Calvia Harington I.-18 126 165 lt 111 112 161 1S2 17 136 (3) 141 140 122 15 162 To. 411 427 4ii9 332 449 Totals 769 169 7."0 22S8 Hills Cherry Pickers (1) (2) (3) To. .Taquet Ill 117 132 400 Pilkcnton .... 150 144 165 4.")9 Hill .' 191 1.13 15S 4SJ Freeland ...... 194 209 190 39.1 Doolittle ...... 201 224 226 651 At. 137 142 136 177 150 A v. 133. 153 161 19H 217 Totals 887 827 871 25S5 Planning Campaign To Secure Recruits It was announced at a confereiu-e at noon today between Major Carle Ab rams. Captain James R. Necr, Lieuten ant Allen, I Dick and Manager Me- j Daniels of the Commercial club, that in Salem there are from 800 to 1000 young men of military age who should be training for service to their coun try. It was declared by C. L. Dii-k, who was formerly in the military service, that there are enough young men in Salem to form a first class regiment. Plans for working out a campaign for securing at least thirty young men out of the 1000 to join Company M and pave it from being taken away from the city were discussed. It is expeetcd that tomorrow even ing, when the regular weekly meeting of company M is held, that there will be a number of young men show up who are willing to give a small por tion of their time in training. Potatoes $2.00 Bushel, 7 lbs. 25c Onions Large size, 10c a pound. Small size 6c Found Head Lettuce Leaf Lettuce Celery Cauliflower Cucumbers Tomatoes .... Befts, Parsnips, etc., 8c Head .. 5c Bunch . 10c Stalk . 15c Head .. 20c Each 25c Pound ..2c pound Oranges Large 35c, Med. 25c, Small 10c BANANAS 20c and 25c Dozen HOME CANNED FRUIT 1-2 Gal. 35c, Quarts 20c Westacott - Thielsen Co. ''Salem's Best Market Place" 426 State Street Two Phones, 830 and 840, Call Us Up. WANTED Household Furniture. Woodry the Auctioneer will pay highest cash price for same. Phone fill. world so early in the season. They J In 'the traveling all right until withi Mr. and Mrs B. T. Strlnn arrived the city this morning after a stay of milp" 'f thc ulls wnen a 8now f rm s'x nine months at Pocatello, Idaho. Hav ing tried thc Willamette valley for three years, last summer they thought Idaho was a better place. Now they are glad to get back to Salem and it is their intentions to stay here. rO "Promptness and neatness in watch repairing." Pomcroy and Wallace, 125 Commercial. "uo'i tf . -wo Order smelt of Ward K. Richardson. tf -fl inches to two feet deep was encountered. Starting at 8 o'clock Sunday morning, they arrived at the falls at 1:30 o'clock. The return trip was made in three hours. Near the falls they van into a heavy snow storm. The fishing isn 't very good at that point just now as the banks of the falls are covered with a blanket of from one to two feet of snow. fJI Joseph Cooke, a well known pioneer, died at Berkeley, Cal., February 28, at the age of 91 years. He was born in 1H25 in New York and started for Ore gon with his parents iu 1851. After a short stop iu Portland, he. came to Salem and lived here until 1893. In the spring of 1853 he met Isabelle Walker, a teach er of the .Institute, " which later be- The annual freshet is now about due. Weather prophets claim it will take a first class chinook to bring tho river up to the customary freshet stage. Last vAor iha hiah wfirpr wna nn Mnrell 27 when the gauge read 17 feet above, io- "'" "o":i '"-j riov it ; s 9. fnpf nhnvA the zero mnvk. married in August and in January of The range of temperature yesterday was ls5! ny took up a donation land claim from 46 tO 34 'tair 1 " v cuum ui nitrni n ui-re Liit'y uvea six years, in lsou they came to Salem. Later Mr. Cooke became interest ed in tho manufacture of cash and doors. When the factory was destroyed by fire in 1S93 he went to Seattle. " In the fire at San Francisco in 1906, he again lost everything. Don't forget the dance at Ryan's hall Sat. 10th. Everybody welcome. 3-8 o Special meeting of Hodson Council Xo. 1. R. & S. m.. this evening. Work in the R. & S. M- degrees. Visiting companions welcome. o Russell Brooks, a student at the Wil- lemette university college of law, won his first criminal case Saturday after noon when ho defended Roy Miller in Justice Webster's court on a charge of larceny by bailee of a ring belonging to Miss Fredricka Sturgis, and Miller was acquitted. It was alleged by Miss Stur gis that she lonned Miller a ring which" he promised to return to her when he passed through Salem on his way from Portland south. He did not stop and she had him arrested in Albany Friday afternoon and brought back, here for trial. The Scandinavian Ladies Aid to meet The Scandinavian Ladies Aid society "VorUrs" will meet at the home of Mrs. Anna E. Stenstrom, 2095 Trade street tomorrow afternoon, nt 2 p. m. An interesting program will be rendered. Refreshments served. All wel come. Now that the patriotic feeling is in tho air, there is also a feeling that a Red Cross association should be formed. Through the efforts of Miss Nell Sykes and Miss Anna C. Berg, a petition was sent to the Pacific," Coast League at San Francisco, asking that an association "be formed here. This petition will be sent on to Washington. -After the usual for malities, a committee of from 15 to 20 will be appointed and they will have the right to receive the official charter and elect local officers. Any one in terested in the Red Cross work may be come a member on the payment of $1. o The parent teachers circle wish to thamt all those who contributed to- P. A. Theuer, manager of the Royal bakery on fclouth. Commercial street, states that he regrets to hear that his loyalty to America and his citizenship has been questioned. Mr. Theuer has been a citizen of the United States for 22 years. He ieft Germany in 1887, com ing to Cannda where he lived three years. In 1890 he went to Chicago and five years later took out his citizen ship papers. He has no relatives living in Germany. After he had been in this country a few years, Mr, Theuer was so well satisfied with the new world that he secured from the German government a release of citizenship. This was in 1888 and relersed him from all minitary service to Germany. Mr. Theuer after hnvintr been a citizen 22 years, is sur prised that any one in any way should question his loyalty to America. " 0 Today there has been no means whereby teams could cross the river and there will be none for several days, at least not until tho landing is built, on this side, between Court aiid Chemeketa streets. The ferryboat that has been running, in charge of Captain Mitchell, went out of commission this morning! ami will not operate again until thc landing is completed. However, the Skinner & Buslinell launch the ' 'Inde pendence, " is running from the O. C. T. dock to the new landing on the Polk county side, but this is far passengers only. And as the planks have been tak en off the bridge on the Polk county side, the launch is the only means at present of getting across. Workmen arc busy today on the landing on this sidft and as soon as that is completed- both Captain Mitchell and Skinner & Bush nell will have barges in operation for Optometry Means Eye Service Wear Glasses That Are Becoming to You Study style and fashion in spec tacle wear. Combine these., with ..correct ltnses and perfect frames and spectacle wearing becomes a de light. Let me show you the ncwust Shelltcx mountings. Miss A. McCulloch, Optometrist 208-9 Hubbard Bldg, Phone 109 the accommodation of teams, autos and the carrying of general merchandise. o R. W. Strong, a farmer living near Independence, decided to cast his lot with the t.;. S. army and was sent yes terday to Vancouver for the usual pre liminary training. He selected the engineer corps. o A canvass is now being made of the city for the new Salem and Marion county directory. It will bo issued by R. L. Polk & Co. The directory now in use was issued in the spring of 1915, The Business Men's league of the Commercial Club will hold its monthly meeting Tuesday evening at the Com mercial club. The "bridge proposition will come in for a general discussion"? and there will be a report of the legis lative committee. o A chimney fire at the residence of Morris Klinger this morning at ten o'clock called out the fire department. The department responded promptly and no damage was done. Another chimney blaze at 575 ( Vnter street called out the department at ten o'clock and ten minutes. There was no damage done. ... o Motorists who have made the trip to Portland within the last few days re port that the roads" are all right from Salem to Barlow but from there on to Oregon City they are in pretty bad shape. This stretch of road has been hard surfaced but now is full of holes that keep the auto driver pretty busy in attempting to dodge. o The mill work for the store on Liberty street adjoining Ye Liberty theatre, erected for the Golden Rule store, will be placed by A. M. Hansen,' thc con tract having recently been awarded him. The store will have its opening about' thc first of April. Otto Hansen was awarded the contract for the mill work of the Golden Rule store at Oregon City. o Workmen are Wisy today tearing down the frame buildings on Liberty street just north of the Steusloff market on the lots on which the two story brick building will be erected for the "Portland Railway, Light & Power company. The work wjU be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible as the company hopes to get in its new quar ters by May 1. All Southern Pacific trains were late today on account of the wreck at 2 o'clock this morning of a freight train two miles south of Medford. It is ex pected that the wreckage will be cleared and that trains will be running on schedule late this evening. Fourteen freight cars were ditched. There was about 25 hoboes taking a free ride and the rep irt was to the effect that several had betn killed and seriously injured. c- ltfUIJtr' CARS oj AM KIMD p; rwV Any time Special rates on country trips and to State Institutions. Office Bligh Hotol. DR. C. H. SCHENK Drugless Physician Superintendent Hydro-Electro Therapeutic Institute 202 to 206 Masonic Temple J)houe 1182. Hours 9 to -5 7 to 9 b L tJU mj vl T p rf f p T ; s: ; i Used Furniture Wanted -Highest cash prices paid for used furniture. E. L. STIFF & SON, Phone 941 or 508. :J: Si! 4 tp iji 4 ft p 3 Jfi SJ Clean, Fresh, Airy Rooms HOTEL LOUVRE (Formerly Hotel Keith) 439 State St. Phone 1109 Booms 50c to $1.00 a Day Special Rates by the Week MRS. M. M. LAY, Proprietor 9t & ttf t f T When in SALEM, OREGON, stop fit BLIGH HOTEL Strictly Modern Free and Private Baths RATES: 75c, $1.00, $1.50 FEK DAY The only hotel in the business district. Nearest to all Depots, Theatres and Capitol Buildings. A Home Away From Home T. G. BLIGH, Prop. Both) Phones, Free Auto Bus When the window decorators of Watt Shipp want to make the average fisher man anxious to get out and wander in the wild woods, they just proceed to build a miniature hill and waterfall in one of the windows and to make it seem like the real thing, supply a few real fish. Today the crowds standing with admiring looks in front of the display rather indicates that before long busi ness will pick up in the line of fisher men 's supplies. . o At the recent state meeting of the Daughters of the, American Revolution held in' Eugene, Mrs. I, I Patterson of Chemeketa chapter was re-elected state regent and Mrs. C C. (lark of this city, of Chemeketa chapter, elected cor responding secretary, fliey adopted a resolution favoring thc $0,000,000 bond issue, indorsed a movement to change the name of Mt. Ranicr to Mt. Tacoma, and pledged to support the movement for the organization of the Red Cross in Oregon. They also asked that Governor Withyeombe proclaim Wash ington's birthday, 1915, as a holiday. Dogs Were Caught Killing a Goat Two dogs belonging to a man named Perrgor, who lives about eight miles north of this city near Hopmere, -were caught today in the act of killing a goat belonging to Homer Goulet. One of the clogs is a shepherd and thc other a mongrel. They had crippled the goat when discovered aud taken into custo dy. Just what will be done with them has not yet been decided. Under the law passed by thc legisla ture dogs have to be licensed and the money taken in from licenses goes to pay for animals killed by the dogs. Recently Al Jones had seven pure blood Hampshire sheep killed by dogs. The sheep were valued at $35 each. Consequently there is not much lovn for the sheep or goat killing dogs in that neighborhood. The next annual conference will be held in Albany. "If this be treason, make the mot of it-!'. "Sure; I will," says Germany. Sell it Journal clasified ad way.