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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (April 23, 1917)
SALEM, OREGON MONDAY, APRIL 23, 1917. tAGS -H? TCN ft Quality SPECIAL SALE OF 36-INCH MESSALINES An excellent qualit for Waists, Skirts or Dresses, I regular $1.75 & $2 Silks, See the window showing. SMMNimMmHMMHWinniniiiiii tmmmmmmmmntmam A. - . I All Aronad Town During dull eeasoa suits pressed 60c. Cleaned and pressed $1.00. Modera Cleaner. Phone 360. . 4UU Court street. The Willamette University Glee club announces a grand concert to be giv en at the armory Friday evening of this week in connection with the annual I May day celebration. o , Call Pattton Plumbing Co., 355 Chel nieketa. Phone 199(J. Try us on repair work. 4-22 . t i . Joseph Goldman, Jewish Rabbi, will epeak at the penitentiary Monday ev ening! at 7, His subject is "Education and History." ; ' o '." Sugar Is off 25 cents a hundred this morning. Thero is just a suspicion that the high prices of sugar and tho fre quent chances in price, mostly upwards, is due to brokers in Portland The eastern refineries claim they are getting none of the Jiigh prices. o - Dr. A, Slaughter, 393 Court, Mechano Therapist or Therapeutic mechanic. Treats human diseases by securing prop er adjustments and lubrication of the human machine by drugless methods only. Consultation free. tf " o i The Portland Railway, Light & Power company has on display an electric iron that was brought to them for repairs, with tho following notations: "This is a Hea rs-Roebuck iron and we have no parts for it." Moral: Buy your eloctric iron in Salem if you wish any of the parts to be replaced or repaired." o . Convince yourself, try all the makes ff electric sweepers, then ask for a free demonstration of the Hoover, tho only , sweeper and suction cleaner on tie market, Wm. Gahlsdorf, Phone 07. Mr. and Mrs. Pred A. Mclntyre and Mrs. M. P. Ryan left for Aberdeen this morning to attend the funeral of Mrs. A. L. McKean. They were ascom punied by Mrs. Evan's daughter and husband, Mr. and Mrs. Frank M. Habcr man. Dance Tuesday night at K. O. hall. New music. Mrs. Parker. , o '" Company M, Third Oregon Infantry, Salem 'a unit on duty for Uncle Sam, took part in a big flag raising event nt La Grande. There was a big parade at 2 p. m. in which the eomptany was Used Furniture Wanted Highest cash prices paid for . used furniture. E L. STIFF 6 SON, Phone 941 or 603. "'"'" nr -Ttr Tit a fTllro viti a i iA - FORT a o m.. uptai iui uuc Fenurimmce oniy, ai me urana ineatre, me supreme Inumph of i i i maw t i i v .i t a r n t KICH- VAV quick Vv iikiki ,.., IMnn,,lll-lrrl.f , ,m, - , , .L--J.....-,..-..,..J "Salem's Best A SPECIAL SALE OF Women's Spring Coats MONDAY-TUESDAY-WEDNESDAY We have selected this lot of newest style coats for special attraction in our Ready-to-Wear Section. The lot consists of Wool Jersey, Velours and fancy mixture in old rose, new rose, blue, tan, gold, grey. A variety of modelsplain and belted backs. Former price $13.85, Coat Special $925 Former price $14.65, Coat Special $9.75 Former price $16.85, Coat Special $1125 Former price $18.65, Coat Special $12.45 Former Price $25.00, Coat Special $16.65 Special Sale Price $J J9 Yd. the leading feature. There were seven divisions to the parade, which wound its way to the Oregon-Washington railroad shops where the flag was raised. The mon of the shops purchased the flag, and many patriotic speeches wero made in honor or tho occasion. o Now that the chess experts of Salem have been holding a tournament, the Portland players are showing a disposi tion to take them on for another game by wire. It will be remembered that Portland was one too many for the home champions. .However, the Salem ex perts have expressed a willingness to try once more. Work on the new Polk's Salem and Marlon county fiircctiry will be com pleted thig week and deliveries will be made about tho first of July. The di rectory will include rural routes one and two in Polk county. About 450 copies of tho directory will be put out iu Halem and 300 in other parts of the county. o Mrs. K. T. Maulding, of Silverton, died Sunday morning at her home in that city. She was the mother of Mrs. Mae Ivio of the Capital hotel, and of Mrs. L. R. Klumpp, of Portland, and grandmother of Mrs. L. E. Weeks of this city. Her daughter, Mrs. Cora B. Matlock, was killed last September in an automobile accident near tho fair grounds. o the treasury department at Washing ton is pretty careful about federal buildings, how they are used and for what purposes. Custodians of federal buildings aro held to strict account as to what goes on in and around public property. But there is an exception made for Red Cross work. Orders have been issued that it will be all right to solicit Red Cross funds in any postof fico building and if necessary, to give a Red Cross chapter temporary quar ters. The body of the Rev- A. A. Moore, who died Sunday morning in Portland, will lie in state this evening at St. Joseph's Catholic church. Those who wish to view the body may do so any time until the beginning of the funeral services to be held at 10 o 'clock Thurs day morning at the Catholic, church. Arcsbishop Christie of Portland, will celebrate pontificial high mass Thurs day morning. o Half a dozen of the leading business houses of Salem will soon erect large electric large electric signs. All of the signs will be of the large size and the cost will vary from $325 to $540 each. One of the largest signs, that of the Capital Drug store ,will be vertical while tho others will cxteud across the sidewnlk. They will be installed with in three or four weeks and are as fol- owg. Capital Drug store.Snlem Wool friTfii-inlii i'n, i.,-,.,-.,. , . ,n," "UTH7 At - v . Shopping Place" Service YOU CAN ALWAYS 1Y JJLcoopxcood s fc COMINGJEYENTS April 27 Lecture on "Homes of English Writers," public library, by Mrs. L. B. Shel ton. April 27. Red Cross benefit, "Get - Rich Quick Walling ford" at opera house. May 4. Willamette university annual concert at armory. May 4, 5. May Day festivities, Willamette university. May 5. Founders' Day at Champocg. May 19. Last day of register ing for Bpecial election, Juno 4. nr-n qi c n -a tr c v t I before its removal from Egypt. Twenty- en M.lls Schei Co., H- W. ft M. L.'five sli(lcs win be 11sei, in the lecture Meyers, Steusloff Bros., and Chambers Business continues good at the navy recruiting station in the postoffice building. Today the following young men placed themselves under tho train ing of the navy for tho next four years: Joseph H. Kirk wood, 21, Salem rural route No. 2, hospital corps; Lcland Den ver Van Bibbler, 20, Salem, apprentice seaman; L. L. Atkinson, 23, Salem, fire man of tho third class. They left for Portland today. No recruit is placed in active service until after the prelim inary training of four mouths or more. o The Salem Elks' lodge is in receipt of an invitation from the Vancouver, B. C, -lodgo to attend the Commercial Travelers' Carnival and War Dance to be given in that city four days begin ning May 2. The proceeds of this cele bration are to bo given to the Red Cross relief fund, the Patriotic relief fund, tho Retumod Soldiers' fund and the Sailors' relief fund. Elks' day is Friday, May 4, and all Elks attending will be properly entertained nt the Elks' lodge. o Just as a matter of form to meet the requirements of tho war department, it is probablo that a mass meeting of citizens will be called at tho Commer cial club this week to discuss with Engineer Jewett, of Portland, the pro posed bridge across the river. It seems that whenever a bridge is built across a navigable stream, it is customary to have a called meeting of citizens to ........ ... 'h i ... ..ut ,mne,B wuu any proposed ; llave had a plenty of rain this month it dock or water front improvement of aj-mighf be well to note the following c f figures, which are official according eim..,jw im.7rli. v , U tho records at the O. C. T. dock: The Sirimmlng classes , for the members of ,raifaU for Jinmarv of this ycar w begin Wednesday evening at 7:30 o'clock, according to an announceent of Captain Gray, of tho Third Corps or the Utility Department. All the girls of the honor guard who intend to take this work are requested to be present. The Y. M. C. A- has offered the use of the tank for the classes. Tho course of instruction will cover about three weeks, Tho object is not to teach, the girls to be expert swimmers but to get the fundamental principles of the art fixed in the mind. Six or seven men who are expert swimmers have offered their services to teach the girls. 1 m 1 . KED 44 tt DO BETTER AT Mrs. E. E. Pisher, chairman of the membership committee of the Willam ette chapter of the American National Red Cross has called a meeting for the members of the committee to meet this evening at 7:30 o'clock at the Commer cial club. o The jury In the case of Ton Toy against John Gong, an action in tho circuit court for wages amounting to . $599.75, returned a verdict today in favor of the plaintiff. . The suit was tried this morning before Judge Kelly.1 Ton Toy alleged the money was due for labor performed. o Tonight at the Masonic Temple a lec ture will be given under the auspices of Salem lodge, No. 4. The lecturer will tell of the famous obelisk, Cleopatra's Needle and the Masonic emblems dis covered beneath the base of the obelisk and the music will be furnished by the quartet of No 4. Seven young men 'enlisted today for the duration of thewajr. Since April 6, all enlistments in the army aro for the duration of the war while in the navy, the enlistment is for four years. Those who went to Portland today, through an army enlistment are as follows: George W. Peters, 19, Chemawa, aviation sig nal corps; Otto F. Kublin, 21, Salem, aviation signal corps; Gale W. Church, 29, street car conductor, age 29, Salem, aviation signal corps; Harold Anderson, 20, Salem, aviation; Daniel M. Boone, 20, coast artillery; Henry H. Boedigh cimer, 27, aviation; Harold E. Nieswan der, 18, quartermaster's corps. The lecture Slides of "The Obelisk ' ' loaned to Salem lodge No. 4 by the grand lodge of Iowa will be given this ev ening at the Masonic Temple at 8 o'clock. The lecture was prepared by John W. Barry, P. S. G. W., under the direction of the Masonic Research society. The lecture has to do principally with tho famous Cleopa tra's Needle and the Masonic emblems discovered beneath the base of the great monolith when it was removed from Egypt to America. There are twenty five slides used in connection with the Obelisk, some of them color ed. Music will be furnished by the Ma sonic orchestra. All Master Masons and their families are most cordially invit ed to attend. wniie everyone seems to tmnk we 1.30 inches, whilo for January of one year ago it was 5.12 inches. Fof Feb ruary of this year it was 2.53 inches, while for the month one year ago it was G.41 inches. March of this year has recorded 3.61 inches, while for March of one year ago it was 10.0(5 inches. For April of this year the total so far is 3.53 inches, while for one year ago it was 2.14 inches. The total rainfall this year to date is 11.27 inches while 'for tho ame time last year it was 23 03 inches. Hence we are still nhoi t on nnr rnin snrmlv -sn friT tliJa venr Tim riv. I er is falling today and' the stage this morning was 7.9 feet above zero. l nri . . l r ' If , i t 9? VJ George Schreiber of Shedd, On, Winner In Essay Contests George Kaemer Schreiber of Shedd, Oregon, is the winner of first priae of 25, given by Senator W. D. Wood, chairman of" the state-wide legislative god roads commit tee for the best essay on the subject, "The beneft which will aecure to the state at large from the improvement of roads described I in the $6,000,000 bonding act." T 1 rr I. - -,. . 41-. nB n v .To .1 illU BITVUI IIH:r 111 V"' Won flnaimu Thomas O- Donnell of Harrisburg. ) The road essay contest, which was " divided into four divisions, has a total of 131 contestants. Winners Are Announced. The names of the winners were an nounced Saturday by Senator Wood, al follows: i Contest "A," subject: '"The Bene fit Accruing to tho County," in which the writer is a resident, from the im provement of the roads described in the bonding act. For the best argu ment, a first prize of $o; for the sec ond best argument, a prize of $2. Morrow county Romeo L. Hubbs, Heppncr, $5; Kdgar Copcnbaver, Hepp ner, $2. Columbia county Anna Eilertson, Clatskanie, $5; Evfa M. West, Scap poose, $2. Lake county Xadine Porter, Silver Lake, $o; Teddy Graves, Silver Lake, ?2-()0. Multnomah county Mrs. Mabel Nev ille, Portland, $'; W. W. Lawton, Portland, $2. Douglas county James Medley, Oak land, .fo; Horace Hatch, Oakland, $2. Lincoln county B. F. Jones, New port, 5; Florence Gray, Newport, $2. Washington county H- A. Ball, Hillsboro, $3; Adelaide A. Hunter, North Plains, $2. Deschutes county Ruth Kaesmeyer, Redmond, $o; Mrs. S. II. Daty, Red mond, $2. Coos county Miss Doris Tyrrell, C'oquille, $5. Hood River county W. H- Marshall, Doe. $5. Jackson county Mrs. John Dill, Ashlan.l, $5. Marion county, Hugh Magel, Seotts Mills, $5. Jefferson county Bernard Ramsey, Madras, $5. Yamhill county F. W. Lunger, Lafayette, $3. Gilliam county Clare Fletcher, Arl- ington, $5, Linn county- Wilma Waggoner, Lebanon, $,). State at Large. Contest " B," subject: "The bene fit which will accrue to the state at large from the improvement of the roads described in the bonding act." j For tho best argument, a first prize of $25: for the second b a prize of $15. est argument First prize, $25 George Raemer Schrieber, Shedd; second prize, $15 Tom O'Donncll, Harrisburg. Contest "O," subject:. The same as contest B. This contest is open only to bona fido students of Oregon high schools. For the best argument writ ten by a high schol student, a prize of $10. Prizo of $10 awarded to Lu cille Huff, Arlington, Or. Contest "D," subject: The same as contest B, and is open only to bona fide students of Oregon grammar schools. For the best argument, writ ten by a grammar school student, a prize of $10. Price of $10 awarded to Elizabeth. Simmons, 11 years old, Ladd school, Portland, Oregon. T. G. Bligh announces that the Bligh hotel has been leased for a terms of threo years to George E. Goode, who will assume the management May 1- Mr. Bligh will devote his entire time to his theatrical and moving picture interests. Mr. Goode was formerly a resident of Salem, at one time owning a drug store on the site of the United States Na tional bank. He formerly lived at Grants Pass where he was mayor. Un til recently, Mr. Goode was proprietor of the Sovnmer hotel at La Grande and is an experienced hotel man. CAR5 Oj Hire Any kimd AW TIME Autos to Rent with or without Jnvovc "fl&m RKrelt Hnfo! UIIIVIDa ViUVXi UUgU Jtu&ua 5$ cum. mam Wimm rioa m " I f 3 1 "OF 1 B. B. Houston, former freight agent of the Southern Pacific, baa written the Chcmans here that Santa Rosa, Calif., will add its twenty-cightk an nual Rose Carnival May 10 to 14 and that the Cherrians will be invited. He suggests that the Cherrians make their anuusl tour to Santa Rosa and notes the fact that the Asti Wineries are lo cated in thai city. Bosides, he prom ises some fine climate and something doing every day of the celebration, o William Lercfaea, King Ring of the Cherrians, la in receipt of a letter ask ing whether the t'herrians would be in terested in securing Sir Ernest Shackle ton for a lecture at the close of the war. Sir Ernest thinks the war will bo ovr by next October and that he will then resume his lecture tour in this eouutry. Before the Antarctic explorer will lecture a contract must be made whereby he is assured of $500 for the lecture and one half the gross receipts. Or he may be secured by the payment of $1000 for the one lecture. Sir Ern est will sail for England May 1. o Arrangements were completed today by which Henry R. Crawford of Turner, Oregon, purchases an interest in the Drager Fruit company- He will devote his entire time to the business and with Mr. Drager, will constitute the com pany. Mr. Drager and Mr. Crawford have just returned from southern Ore gon where they inspected the prune packing plants owned by the company at Roseburg and Myrtle Creek. Mr. Crawford is an experienced fruit man. At one time he was manager of the Salem Fruit Cnion and until his recent resignation, was a director. ! DIED ! McKEAN At her home iu Aberdeen, Wash., April 21, 1917, Mrs. Lizzie F. McKean, at the ago of 32 years. She was the wife of A. L. McKean. The funeral services will be held in Aberdeen, April 24. Mrs. McKean was formerly Miss Lizzie Stephens and was born and rear ed iu Salem. At the death of her pa rents, she moved to Aberdeen with her brother and sister, where she married 11 r. McKean. Besides her husband she is survived by two children, Nedra Jane, age six years, and Alison, Jr., age two years. (She is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. M. F. Ryan, of Scio, Ore.; Mrs. Fred A. Mclntyre, of Salem, and Mrs. W. D. Hoover, of Aberdeen, Wash. MOORE The Rev. A. A. Moore, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic church of this city, died at St. Vincent's hos pital in Portland, Sunday morning, after an i!lness of a week. Ho was 51 years of age. The funeral services will be held from the Catholic church in Salem Thursday morning at 10 o'clock and will be conducted by Archbishop Christie of Portland, and other church dignitar ies, mc Doily will be brought from Portland by Webb & Clough and will lie in state at the rectory. Ho has been in charge of the Cath one cnurcn nere since IDvb, coining irom La Urande. He was born in Ne braska and educated in that state and Kansas. Practically all o'f his ordained lite has been spent in the west. For the past few months he had been feeling ill and had gone' to the Port land hospital a week go to undergo an operation for appendicitis. He was found dead in his room at the hospital Sunday morning, his death being caused by angina pectoris. For several years he has officiated as Catholic chaplain at the Oregon peni tentiary. PERSONALS 44 Clarence Forrest, of Aumsville. is in the city. J. H. Foster, of Dallas, is registered at the Blich. Clifford Spaulding is in the city from Newberg. J. O. Port wood, of Monmouth, is in the city attending to Imsineess affairs. Mrs. Lucia Pratt, of Newport, is vis iting her parents here for a few dnys. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Myers, o'f the Eu gene Gtiard. motored to Salem vester- day. The Rev. Seott,'a retired minister of Spring Valley, was in the city Sun day. Gates Cochran, of Portland, is hi the city for a few days' visit with his parents-Mrs. Ada Dayton Robertson, of Moro, Ore., is here for a few weeks' visit with her mother. E. D. Hart and family have just ar rived iu the city from Colorado and will make their home near Salem. Mrs. W. H. Turpin, of Vancouver, B. C, is in the city visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hunt. Miss Ada Ross and Miss Lapra Ross, who are teaching at Amity, were Sim day visitors with their parents. Mrs. Walter Loud nil. Cif VniidAnvoi' B. C, is in the city the guest of her Amateur Dramatic 1 TS Ytn TrNX 1 RUl tl LI l Safety HUBBARD BUILD HJQ KINGSTON STAGE HEADQUARTER Marlon Hotel, Phone 2010 5 and 7 Passenger Enclosed Can. For Rheumatism General Debility and Nervous ness their is nothing better than massage or electric treat ments. DR. EVA MURPHY 3S4 State St. Phone 75CJ DR. C. R SCHENK Drugless Physician Superintendent Hydro-Electro Therapeutic Institute 202 to 206 Masonio Temple Phone 1182. Hours 9 to 57 to 9 cousin, Mrs. George F. Rodgers. Ralph Welborn, who enlisted in tho signal corps of the nrmy, was in the city over Sunday from Vancouver. William Lerchen, King Bing of tho Cherrians, left t'his morning on a two weeks' business trip in southern Or gon. .Charles H. Shoemaker, assistant man ager of the J. C. Penny company storo at Hood River, was in the city yester day the guest of his parents. P. N. Andresen and family left today for Holdridge, Nebraska, where they will make their home. They were call ed to Nebraska by the illness of -Mr. Andresen 's father. h it The upper part of Kryp toks (pronounced Crip tocks) gives the necessary correction for far vision and the lower part for near vis ion. You can adjust your vision instantly from print ed page to distant view. They are entirely free from the unsightly, age-revealing seam or hump of old- fashioned bifocals. My thirty-four , years of Practical experience should be an asset to you. I make no extra charge for examination. I do not use drops or any drugs in. my examination as they are dangerous. My charges are veiy reasonable for the ma terial and the service con sidered. I change your plasses free of charge for a year if neces sary. All broken glasses duplicated. DR. M. P. MENDELSOHN 209-210-211 United States Bank Building, Salem, Or. Phone 110 Achievement $1 II Ij
