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THH DAILY CAPITAE JOURNAC SALEH, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUG. 18, 1917. mini i hi ITS illlllllllll!l!lini(nilll)lllllimMIHiHIll)llIH'rillll!iiillllllllllMI)MlllllllllllllllHi imiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiihiiiiiiiihiiiiiiiiiiiiii Sk r The screens greatest emotional actress, will be seen in a drama of life in which woman proposes. The story is by Margaret Turnbull and is called Her Better Self 9 Other Attractions VAUDEVILLE Snowball Sisters Versatile Comediennes Pictograph Comedy Sunday- Monday 'Si,. .i '1 OREGON "Where the Crowds Go" i li t Mi! Si :'.': I t , . X . ( s " Q fijiiiiiiiliiiiiiiiii)'Ttii71 llllltllllllllllllllllllllHIIIIIIIIll iiiiiiiiiiiimiiimiiimiiiiiiiHiiiii mmm jfc sc sc sjc jjc sjc s( sjc jc ic s(c sc jjc 5jc sc SOCIETY (Continued from page two.) Mrs. Jacob Kamm (Florence Bon noil) who has teen the house guest of Sirs. William Connell Dyer for a few days, returned to her home in Portland Monday evening. Mrs. Louis W. Josse (Harriett Bark er) arrived home Thursday from Bose burg, where she has been spending the summer with her. parents, Mr. and Mrs J. F. Barker. The market seems to have quieted down and no changes arc recorded to day. Part of this dullness 'is due to the proposal of the government to control For Your Sunday Dinner The Elk's Restaurant 333 State Street For Sunday, August 19, 1917. BILL OF FARE Relishes Cucumbers Sliced 15c Sliced Tomatoes 15c Green Onions 10c Dill Pickles 10c Sweet Pickles 10c Radishes 10c Green Olives 10c Ripe Olives 10c Lettuce 10c Celery 10c 'Salads Chicken 35c Combination 30c Shrimp 25c Potato 10c Soup Chicken Broth with Rice Consomme 10c Fish - -Whole Cracked Crab with Mayonnaise 40c . Cove Oyster Stew 25c Fried Salmon 25c ' . Fried Halibut 25c Entree . One-half Spring Chicken en Toast 50c Breaded Pork or Veal Chops with Cream Gravy 35c Baked Chicken with Dressing 35c Chickeji Frisccasee with Green Peas 30c Small Steak Hunter Style 30c' - Scrambled Brains and Eggs 25c ShortRibs of Beef with Brown Sweet Potatoes 25c Dinner Hamburger, Spanish, 25c French Fried Sweet Potatoes 15c Hot Roast Beef Sandwish 15c Roasts v Leg of Pork with Dressing 30c Prime Ribs of Beef with Brown Gravy 30c Vegetables Mashed Potatoes Corn on the Cob Sweet Corn 10c String Beans 10c Sugar Peas 10c Stewed Tomatoes 10c Asparagus 20c Dessert Ice Cream Pie a la Mode 10c Oranges 10c Peaches and Cream 10c Bananas 10c Home Made Pies Green Apple 5c, Cocoanut .Cream 5c, Himalaya Berry 5c, Lobangerry 5c, Lemon 5c, Cherry. 5c ':. Raspberries and Cream 15c Loganberries and Cream 15c Cantaloupe 10c Watermelon 10c - Short orders served at all hours. grain prices. And again, many farmers who have the grain are not anxious to sell. ' Miss Dorothy Andrescn and her sis ter, Miss Stanis Andresen; left today for a week 's outing at Seaside; : - ' ... Each day brings several families homo from their favorite outing places, and soon the summer contingent will all be back in town again. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver v.. Locke who have been passing their two weeks outing at the Breynian summer home in Seal Bocks, were among those coming home this week; They returned Wednesday. On the same day, Mr. and Mrs. Ed win L. Baker and Mrs. Baker's sister, Mrs. Delnhoyde of Cripple Creek, re turned from Seal Rocks, after spending n couple of weeks with Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Baker at their cottage. Much regret is felt over the depar ture of Mr. and Mrs. Eldon W. More land who, with their three children, have gone to- Portland to make their home. Mr. Moreland, who was in the pub lic service commission, has been in Portland since his resignation a month or so ago, and is now consulting en gineer in that city. Mrs. Moreland and the children join ed him only last week and will be missed by their many friends. At the HotelDalles Wednesday even ing Charles W. Erskine, an attorney of Bend, Or-, and Miss Helen McGuire, daughter of Mrs. Alexander Thompson; were married by Bev- Nathan Evans of the Methodist church. B. A. Stover, Bend, and Miss Celia Gavin, The Dalles were the attendants. Mr. and Mrs. Ersklnc have gone to Lake Louise, Canada, for n honeymoon trip, and will make their home at Bend Mr. and Mrs. Erskine met at Salem during the last session of the state leg- l&lKturc. Portland Journal. Mr. and Mrs. William Mayre tent ing at Caseadia, having motored there TODAY It's a Dandy Show "YANKEE PLUCK" 5 Reels Keystone Comedy 2 Reels Latest Pathe News LIBERTY THEATRE several days ago. Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Muukers of Portland are with them. . Honoring Mrs. Mary Osborn on the occasion of her birthday anniversary, Mrs. Anna Brook and Mrs-. A. H. Jack son gave a jolly surprise, party at her home near Uopmere Wednesday nignt. A supper preceded the gayctics, and the house was decorated in a yellow and green color scheme, with fragrant flowers. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Claggett, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Conley, Mrs. Anna Brook, Mrs. Nell Jones, Mrs. A. Jackson, Mrs. Kathcrine Jigger, Mrs. Smith Mrs. Dan Jigger, Gibson Osborn, Joe Jigger, Robert Bailey, Mr. Wyant and John Jigger. , . . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davcy are back from a two weeks outing at Newport. Laurence Hofer motored home from Agate Beach Thursday for a, tew days and will return the latter part of the week. ft ' Monday, Mr. and Mrs- John H. Me Nary and the Misses Gertrude ami Margaret Gray returned from a delight ful motor trip to the popular Tillamook resorts. They accompanied the girls father, George B. Gray, of Seattle who left for his home Tuesday. - , During their absence they visited Bay Ocean, Neah-Kah-Nie, Cannon Beach, Seaside and Astoria, remaining over night at each place. The lawn surounding the home of Mr. and Mrs- H. A. Johnson, Jr., 2030 North Commercial street, was the scene of a delightful surprise party, Tuesday afternoon, when friends and relatives gathered to celebrate the seventieth birthday anniversary of Mrs. John sou's grandmother, Mrs. Mandna Val entine. The affair was a complete sur prise to the honored celebrant, and she was showered with attractive gifts and tlowers. The out of town relatives and friends gathering for the occasion were, Mrs. Rose Davenport of Kellogg, Idaho, a daughter of-the honor guest; Mrs. Mary Cutler and Mrs. Rose Ellis of fiallas, Mrs. Af na Murray of PorUand, Mrs. Lettic Jones of Forest Grove and MiHS Myrtle' Leach, who recently has returned from China. Other guests were Mrs. H. V. Garvcr. Mrs- Roy B. Gilbert, Mrs. J. K. Boyall, Mrs- V. Nadstanck, Mrs. H. O. Thurs ton, Miss Ama Bpeerlin, Mrs. E. B. Copcland, Miss Jessie Edwards, Mrs. A. Schriber, Mrs. K. R. Murray, Mrs. I!. Dillman, Lotus Valentine, Mrs. II. Glaskin, Mrs. Lettie Johnson, Mrs.! Mary Mitchell, Mrs. J. V. valentine, I Mrs. Flora Beck, Mrs. Agnes Gardner, I Mary Treber, Eulalia Way, Mrs. A. C.j Btiffler, Mrs. Mabel Knapp, Mrs. Alice Walker, Mrs. F. Fnckey, Airs. K. Htitt ler, and a number of children. William Connell Dyer returned yes terdav from Yellowstone Park, where he and a party of 200 other members of "The hundred thousand dollar club of; the Missouri State Life Insurance com-! pany, have been enjoying their annual; outing. I Captain and Mrs. Walter L. Tooze and their son, Walter HI, and Lieuten ant Leslie Tooie arrived in Salem yes terday from the Presidio, San Fran cisco," and will be here until Captain and Lieutenant Tooze arc- commission ed to their respective posts. Mr. and Mrs. John Withycombe who State House News " There has been an increase in work days during the past year in the busi nesses under the industrial compensa tion act of 49.4 per cent and a decrease for the corresponding time in accidents of 43 per cent, according to a report published yesterday afternoon by tho industrial accident commission. This is a small decrease in accidents in com parison to the number of men working and the work days but it indicates that although the number of work days arc greater than ever before the ratio of accidents has not increased. In July 191B the total work days was 820,834, with six fatal accidents and a total of 892 accidents; in June 1917, there was a total of 1,225,975 work days, with 17 fatal accidents, and 1321 other accidents. The lowest months for general accidents was Feb ruary 1917 while the largest were No vember 1910 and June 1917. Plans for the separation of the grade crossings on the Rex-Tigard road over the Southern Pacific lino are under way in the office of the state highway engineer,: according to a statement -of Highway Engineer Nunn this morning. The plans are being made on advice of the public service commission that the grades are dangerous. The engineer's office was instructed to prepare the plans two weeks ago by Commissioner Miller. The crossing at Botaw is what is known as an "under" crossing in that tho road goes under the track while that . at Tigard is an "over" crossing in that it goes above the track Vjlarenee W. Walls, formerly of this city and formerly connected with the state highway department, who is now a merchant at Fossil, stopped in at tho state highway office this morning on his way to Portland. He came up from the south and left this morning north ward. ... .- Carl Gabrielson, employed in secre tary of State Qlcott's office, and Roy Barth, employed in the bank examin er's office, leave- Monday for Port land, where on Tuesday they will take the boat for San Francisco. They will enter the second reserve officer's train ing camp at the Presidio on August 25 Miss Adelta Nye, stenographer in State Superintendent of Public Instruc tion Churchill 8 otticc, will leavo oa lem Monday for a two week's vacation, at Gearhart- Miss Marie Schwab, who has been on her vacation of two weeks will return to the office on Monday and resume her usual work. A. F. Dunphy, night editor of the Bozeman Chronicle, Bozeman, Mouta- no atminpil nffl hprfl this mornintf to u.rr , , a , ,.n., C L-M Pnua om-rninrv nf thA Htnr.ft nighwny commission, a visit before proceeding to nan Francisco, wnere ne will enter the second Teservo officors training camp. Ho is a cousin of Sec retary Ross. He expects to visit the Oregon coast a few days before re porting at the Presidio next Saturday. He likes the appearance of tha VVil lnmctto valley well. The Pacific Grain company of Port land filed articles of incorporation with the corporation commissioner this morning with a capital of $250,000 to do a dockage and wharfage business, and also to deal in grain and ray. Tho incorporators aro Sherman C. Draper, J. P. Hoben and Ralph Wilbur. Certificate of decrease of capitali zation of the Elmira Lumber company from $150,000 to $100,000 was filed also. have been spending the past week or so at their wheat ranch near Arlington, returned to "Labish Meadows" yes terday. With them on the trip were Mrs. Lc,o of Corvallis .and Mrs, Withycombe '8 young brother, Ronald Jones. From Arlington the party motored home by way of Seasido and the Til lamook country. The first organization of its kind in America came into being in Seattfc Thursday evening, when women of Se attle and southern Washington who have been interesting themselves in be half of the enlisted motherless soldiers met and organized "Tho War Mothers League of America. ' The objects ot this league are to try, as nearly as pos sible to fill the place of a mother; to write letters of cheer and-comfort; to send little things that only mothers think of; to interest themselves in the physical, mental and moral well being of" the boys before their leaving anil while at the front, and continue the in terest in them after their return. The women now number 55 in Seattle and 12 in tho southern part of the state, around South Bond. They have opened the organization tor a tew weeks tor charter members. Young girls arc not eligible the work is purely a moth ers' work. Journal. 4 jj I V v.' r--" Vi T . ... r T -I- MANY BIG DRAMATIC MOMENTS IN PHOTOPLAY "Captain of the Grey Horse Troop" Possesses Picturesque arid Moving scenes There are many picturesque and mov ing scenes in the Vitagraph 's visuali zation of Hamlin Garland's novel,) "The Captain of the Grey Horse j Troop" which comes to the Liberty j theater on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday- One of tho most touching mo j ments is the glimpse of the Indian wife : Lithe Willow, bowed in grief over the body of her husband, Cut i inger. 1 Cut Finger killed a settler who at-! tempted to insult Lithe Willow. The i miBcrupurous settlers, cowmen and herd I ers unite to wipe out the socalled "out-1 rage." When the young Indian is lodgJ ed in jail by the Captain of the Grey Horse Troop, George Curtis, to await tair trial, the rutltk-ss pioneers torco their way into the prison and kill tho redskin. This is one of the dramatic moments of the photodiama, which reveals tha development of the American Indian from early days to the present. "Tho. Captain of the Grey Horse Troop," al though a romantic love story of tho frontier, is at heart an epic of the red skin. Hamlin Garland knows the In dian much as Frederick Remington tho artist understood him. r ,: k A ' j . 1 . . "f I .,., ,,, - " 4 1 X t , -- J I hi! Yi-; ' f t , (' 1 A i a Ik I I. r f . V Pauline FieEDEfcicie f :3 Hera BfcTTEfcSeLF' . FAMOUS PL AYC US-PARAMOUNT ff AJ "Her Better Self," Paulino FreJer icks' latest Famous Players picture on the Paramount program was written by Margaret Turnuull, directed by Rob ert G. Vignola and photographed by Ned Van Buron, This combination alone would insure its success and the excellent cast which has been added makes it one of the finest productions appearing this season. Director Vignola has been the director of many of Pau line Frederick's former sensational suc cesses and Mr. Van Buren, the photo grapher, promises many exceptionally beautiful photographic effects, among them, tho filming of Miss Frederick's reckless auto race against time, which it is said is the most graphic ever pic tured. "Her Better Self" is the at traction at the Oregon theater Sunduy and Monday. W0NT10RK ARE (Continued from Page One.) prentice plan. May Avoid This One. Portland, Or., Aug. 18. Peaceful set tlement of a threatened strike in Port land's steel shipyards was promised to day. - The Metal Trades Council, which for mally voted to strike August 22 if de mands were not granted, announced to day the strike would be held up until an effort had been mndo to settle the differences by mediation. W. II. Harry, federal mediator, is on his vay to Port land from Washington, D. O. ties since early in June, showed clear ly that the demands of tho organization would be recognized. "If this is the case," said Mahler, "of course thero will bo no strike" Strike On in England. London, Aug. 18. A strike of 40,000 railway tngineers and firemen employ ed on English railroads was declared certain this afternoon, following a meet ing of the union leaders, the president of the board of trade announced this afternoon. No Strike in Washington Seattle, Wash., Aug. 18. A general I. W. W. strike in the state of Wash ington, to enforce the demands of the organization that I. W. W. held in jails in the eastern part of the stnte he re leased, is not probablo according to Herbert Mahler, former secretary and now publicity agent at the local I. W. W. headquarters. - Mahler declared today that the re lease of fifty of the fifty four pris oners held by tho Ellensburg authori- TODAY GEORGE BEBAN A ROADSIDE Also VAUDEVILLE. THE 0IREG0N a, 2SUNDAYr- 1C f'TT TT ' : 'TT-1' TT SELECTED FROM THE IIIPPODR03IE THEATRE, PORTLAND "HIATT and GEER" in "The High-Gear Boys" JERRY and GRETCHEN O'MEARO in "A Musical Protean Novelty" Pathe Gold Rooster Feature. 'MMHSii HOLBROOK BUNN and DORIS KENYON in "THE EMPRESS" "Lonesome Luke Comedy" (BLlGHfA) ..J THEATRE