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THE T5ATLY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON. WEDNESDAY. FER. fi, 1918. THREW AN IMMENSE STOCK OF CURTAIN NETS AND SCRIMS Important Reductions for the Closing Out Sale 12c Scrim 10c 18c Scrim 13c 20c Scrim 15c 25c Scrim .20c 35c Scrim 25c 40c Nets "..28c 45c Nets 32c 50c Nets 39c 60c Nets 49c 75c Nets -.. 62c CLOSING OUT SALE OF WOMEN'S KNIT UNDERWEAR BUY TABLE LINEN AT CLOSING OUT PRICES ALL LINEN will soon be a thing of the past. $2.25 and $2.00 -Linens $1.87 $1.75 Linens $1.58 $1.65 Linens .....$1.49 $1.50 Linens $1.35 $1.35 Linens $1.25 $1.00 Linens 89c 75c Linens 68c $1.25 Linens $1.15 Mercerized also reduced CLOSING OUT SALE OF BED COMFORTS -STUPENDOUS CUT IN EMBROIDERY PRICES $6.00 Embroidir's $3.00 $3.00 Embroider's $L50 $2.25 Embroider's $135 $2.00 Embroider's $1.00 $3.50 Embroider's $1.75 $1.00 Embroideries 50c 85c Embroideries.. 42c 50c Embroideries.. 39c 45c and 48c Emb's 29c 24c Embroideries.. 14c One Table, extra spl. 10c Another Table, extra special . . . 4c CLOSING OUT SALE OF HOUSE DRESSES. I DISEASE IS EVER THE SAME And in view of this fact a medicine like Hood's Sarsa pari 11a, which hag Deen successful for more than 40 years, is a 6afe one to rely upon. Hood's Barsaparilla is known to tiro people of America as the standard blood purifier. Its record is one of general satisfaction and re markable results. There is nothing better as ageneral touic and appetite maker for weak and run-down men, women atid children and old people, invalids and convalescents. It is pleasant to take, aids diges tion, and supplies the vital organs with rich red blood essential to perfect health. ' Get Hood's Sarsaparilla today and begin to take it at once. VALENCIENNES LACES A large line of regular 5c Laces now 2 for 5c Others, special lc and 4c One Assortment up to 15c .......... 10c Ccrcer Coui t and Ccia'l Sired, Salem SAMMIES TRAPPED (Continued tioa page one) The expected German attack, in an ticipation of which the barrage was sig nalled for, failed to develop. This was probably duo to the promptness and pre cision of the American barrage. , All day today the American artillery was fairly active. Machine guns chatter ed periodically along the whole Amer ican sector. The enemy threw over his regular quota of pineapple bombs and rifle grenades. German shells were scat tered over the Americans' supply and transport organizations in the rear. Photographs taken by aviators show that Saturday evening's American bar rage greatly damaged the enemy front lines. The'-damage has already been re paired. Nevertheless, the shelled German areas tre not yet entirely habitable. The army paymasters visited the Am erican artillery units today. With shouts of welcome, the troops scrambled from their bomb proofs and lined up to re ceive their salaries which they have FARMERS ASK HELP TO PRODUCE set aside for liberty bond installments "What can a guy do with money out here!" demanded one little artillery man, standing with his gas mask ready for use, and flourishing a handful of franc notes. Apparently the question was soon an swered. Ten minutes later an old blan ket was spread out on the ground un derneath the trees, and a cluster of Sam mies was kneeling about it, intently watching certain small white objects which were cast ever and anon upon the blanket while the soldiers cried: "Come on, my baby needs a pair of shoes!" and "read 'em; read 'em, cents. Bead 'em and weeri!" Mail is being delivered to the I mors, facing the danger of a short trench regularly. The carriers arrive at crop this year and the gruesome spec Fear That Shortage of Help Will Prevent Planting and , Harvesting of Crop Washington, Feb. 6 American far- "the' front"' with invaluable missives from "back there," and return laden with letters and cablegrams addressed to the home folks which can be promptly dispatched from the American base. while- sleeping, we '11 feel more like taking our usual wintertime jaunt to Florida. NOW SHOWING BELLE BENNETT in "BECAUSE OF A WOMAN" A Big 7-Reel Super Triangle Production; Also Comedy and Weekly LIBERTY 1 (MM iiFJUHR. Starting Friday i In "JOAN THE WOMAN" The Life History of the greatest woman the world has ever known, "Joan of Arc" The beloved im- fl mortal peasant girl of France. (Today's guiding spirit of the French Armies.) SPECIAL ORCHESTRA MUSIC Three Days Starting Friday, February 8 Showing all the Big Ones taolo of a national food shortage, are demanding that the government take necessary steps to prevent the catas trophe. Over two million farmers, represent ed at the gathering of the federal board of tarm organizations here to day, are deuiaudiug the creation of a national emergency crop committee, with sufficient power and financial ap propriation to aid them in raising this year's crops. Representatives of seven national farm organizations comprising the fed eral board of farm organization are planning to go before President Wilson to plead for the institution of a na tional farm program that will assure a supply of farm labor and grant fiuan cial aid to the farmers to meet the emergency. With over 'two million mechanics and laborers taken from the Jjarms, since America entered the war, and facing danger of a crop shortage this year, tho farmers painted a gloomy pic ture today declaring immediate gov ernment action is imperative. .not only wul the food supply De short, should the neeessarv aid to the farmers be lacking, but shipments of food to tho allies may be endangered farmers declared today. "Unless sufficient government ac tion is taken, the country will face the greatest food shortage - ever, f' they said. "Labor has drifted to the indus trial centers to obtain higher wages. Farm machinery is scarce. The seed supply is greatly diminished and far mers are overburdened financially." Thev declared that "even if the constitution must be rinned to pieces,' the government must adopt a policy that will prevent the danger of a crop shortage by distributing money, labor and supplies tt. the farmer. The hands of the food administration and the de. partment of agriculture are tied as power to aid the farmers materially has not been granted them by congress Higher prices of food are threaten ed should there be a crop shortage this year, it was said. Price fixing is not favored. The farmer's only demand is that the government allow them a suf- i ficient profit- Wit h the wheat production in trance fifty per cent normal the necessity of shipping more wheat abroad is fully realized bv the American farmers, who patnoticaPv wish to raise more than a normal American crop. Farm organizations will demand rep resentation among various government bodies engaged in war work. Many Will Be Tried For Their Part In Strike Berne, Feb. 5. One hundred and twenty-six persons are awaiting trial in Berlin on charges growing out of the general strike, dispatches received here today asserted. Former Editor Eisner of the social ist organ Yorwaerts and Mrs. Lerrh Unterleutner, prominent socialist, will be tried in Munish for high treason. Both are said "to have been active in agitating strike demonstrations. SPECULATION IN GREEN COFFEE CURBED Food Administration Gets Busy With New York Coffee Exchange Washington, Feb. 6. The food ad ministration today took Bteps to curtail speculation in green coffee on the New York coffee exchange. It issued an order whereby no spec ulation in the product over a price of 8 1-2 cents a pound of type number 7, green coffee, is permitted. The food administration issued tho following statement: "The'Onited States food administra tion issued a rule today prohibiting speculation in green eolfee on the New York coffee and sugar exchange. This prohibition is effected by forbidding dealing in green coffee on the exchange at a pric? above 8 1-2 cents a pound of type number 7 on tho spot months. "This action followed a conference of members of the New York Coffee and Sugar Exchange in Washington yes terday, in which the exchange members patriotically volunteered to take the necessary action to eliminate specula tion in coffee." This rule is effective today. It was read on" the floor of the coffee exchange in New York. Dealers in coffee are prohibited to have more than a 90 day supply on hand; The stocks permitted to coffee dealers, the food administration explain ed are in addition to those which they have now en route from foreign coun tries or under contract with such coun tries. It is intended to restrict dealers in green coffee to profits normally mado in pre-war times and to prevent spec ulative profits. 'm . fotpson Will Make Whirlwind Campaign Coos Bay Mail Has Virtually Decided To Enter Race for Republican Nomination Will be Fifth Candidate in Field According to word from Portland, Jj- J. Simpson of Coos Bay is planning a whirlwind campaign for governor. fie has mapped out a program for a sixty day raco for the place. Thus in the ordinary course"of things, he would not announce himself definitely until March. However, this is dependent upon the date to be fixcil tor floating the next Liberty loan. Mr. Simpson wants to forget politics and aid the loan during that interim and he figures the amount of time alloted the liberty loan will have to be added to his campaign days. In commenting on tho expectancy of Governor Witliyeom.be announcing himself formally for the rcnominatiou, a Portland paper says: "L. J. Sampson of Coos county, made tho statement while in Salem re, cently that .ho intends to make his an nouncement from lrtland in the carlv part of this month, as to just what he will do, and within tho next few days it probably will be definitely known whether or not Mr. Simpson will be er me a factor in the race. From tho ac tivities in his behalf reported from Coos county, it is considered as the best bet that he probably will be a candidate, "If he comes out it will mean five candidates in the race all told Gov ernor Withycombe, Secretary of State Ok-ott,, President closer of th'e, state senate, and Dr. J. E. Anderson, of Th Dalles. Tl.cse men will be after the rrpnfblican nrmiijiation, whiilo the names of Harvey Starkweather of Clackamas county and Walter Pierce of Tnion county, are tho probable dem ocratic candidates for the nomination. G.eorge Cameron of Portland, also has been quoted as saying that he intended to take a' flier at. the republican noml- nation, and if this is correct there will j be a field of six candidates for that nomination" 0ns Man Dpd aid Three Others Injured Seattle, Wash., Feb. 6. One man is dead and three are in a precarious con dition the result of a'hyxiation while at work in the Milwaukee railroad tun nel between Rockdale and Iliyak late vesterdav afternoon. The dead man is John Levin, section foreman- The three members of his crew, now in Providence hospital here, are exjieeted to five. They were discov ered, unconscious, by Signalman Char les Ernestcr, about 1800 feet inside the bore. The signalman was passing thru the tunnel on a motor speeder, and picked up the men and rushed them tr the hospital where the pulmotorwas used to good effect on all but Lavin. W. B. Foster, general superintend ent of the Milwaukee said today that he was at a loss to explain the pres ence of gas fumes in the tunnel, as it is supposed to clear itself automatically. TRY JOUREM. WANT .AD ROAD BUILDING TO DEPEND UPON WAR State Highway Commission Wiil Improve Mam Roads Only Road construction in Oregon this year involving tho expenditure" of state funds, will be confined to completing the Pacific Highway, the Columbia River Highway and ' such other main line sections of highways as may be found desirable and available for mili tary uses. And even then this construc tion work will be undertaken only af ter the federal authorities have investi gated each separate improvement and given it approval. '11ns curtailed policy of road building was adopted yesterday by the State Highway Commission at a meeting held in the rooms of the Portland Press club. It was decided upon following the expressed wishes of the government authorities and was attended by the assurance of delegations of citizens from various parts of tho state that such a policy by the commission would have their hearty and patriotic support. opening oi sias postponed. In pursuance of this decision the commission deferred indefinitely the opening of bids for $500,000 of road bonds advertised to be opened at yes terday's meeting. These proposals will not be opened and considered until the members of the commission shall have submitted to the proper federal auth orities a detailed plan of their proposed road-building programme, as that pro gramme relates to the completion of the main trunk lines, and are authorized to proceed with the work. A week ago W. L. Thompson, member of the commission, telegraphed Secre tary of the Treasury McAdoo of the in tention of the commission at its meeting yesterday to sell $300,000 of bonds for road-building purposes. His purpose was to obtain the required permission of the capital issues committee at Washington to dispose of th.e bonds. .Responsive to the request, Paul M. Warburg, chairman of the capital issues committee of the federal reserve board, on January 29 telegraphed Mr. Thompson from Wash ington as follows: ' ' Secretary McAdoo has turned over to this committee your telegram yester day. Committee expresses appreciation of your submitting your proposition in view of early date you have set for re ceiving bids. It is impossible for com mittee to assemble sufficient data to judgo fairly and intelligently merits of case involved. If it is you desire to have positive expression of 'views and if it is possible somewhat to postpone the date of your sale, it is recommended that you furnish data immediately to Federal Reserve Bank at San Francisco, governor and chairman of which will act as local committee for this commit tee. ' ' This committee holds to the broad view that no expenditure should be made at this time except those that are clearly compatible with and essential to national welfare as distinguished from local interest." S. Benson, chairman, and E. J. Adams the third commissioner, joined with Mr. Thompson in requesting an expression from those in the audience as to wheth er or not they would support a policy by the commission which proposed con fining all work this year to the con struction of the main highways. Hearty co-operation of such -a plan, which was generally declared to be sat isfactory, was assured by L, M. Graham, of Forest Grove; .County Judges Malonc of Benton county; Mclvnight, of Linn; Phy, of Union; Kirkpatrick of Polk; and Barnes of Deschutes, and M. Mc Donald, of Orenco. "If it is good business for the gov ernment to curtail its work, then it is a good thing for the Highway Commis sion to curtail its activities," said Judge Kirkpatrick. This same sentiment was expressed by a number of the others. Abandonment Is Opposed J. A. Thornhnrg, of Forest Grove, was opposed to abandoning road work en tirely and argued strongly for laying the base and providing better t'. if fie conditions to facilitate tho movement of increased crop production to the mar kets. Mr. Thornburg argupd that the need of more roads that could be trav eled was imperative, and took tho' po sition that it was good business to pro ceed with that plan .of cotipruction, pa ving the roads later. Clyde N. Johnson, of Junction City concurred in this view, pointing out that by simply supplying tho base for roads a greater mileage would be gain ed, and at the same time would supply passable roads for the producer. After considerable general discussion the meeting reached the opinion that the only policy to bo followed at this time in road building was that tenta tively outlined by the commission. All sections of the state, represented at the meeting, were eager for securing immediate road building in their respec-1 tive localities, but unselfishly agreed; to wait until the time was more oppor-J tune for gaining sectional recognition.: The members of the Highway Com mission win immediately outline a uer- iniio poncy us io wiiui it ucsircs iu un dertake in the way of completing the main trunk highways. When finished this statement will be forwarded to the Federal Reserve Board at San Francis co. Personal Presentation Desired. Hoping to expedite a consideration of their case by the government author ities, tho commission last night tele graphed Mr. Perrin, chairman of the Federal Reserve Board at San Francis co, requesting permission if possible, to appear before the local Federal Reserve Board and present the same construc tion Tjlan for their consideration and recommendation to the Kan Francisco ! body. If it should be considered ad-1 visable by Mr. Perrin, the members of the commission will go to Kan Fran cisco and personally present their cae to the Federal Reserve Bank officials. Including the issue of bonds to the amount of $2,000,000, authorized to be made this year, the Highway Commis sion will have a total fund from all sources of approximately $j,."ii4,000 available for the construction of state Gould Not Eat or Sleep p iviaae wen rsy r tLxtunj Mr. William Denny, 1023 Park Ave, Springfield, Ohio, writes: "I find great pleasure in writing you and thanking you for what Pa rana haa- already don for gie. I have been troubled with catarrh for years, and It had affected my head, nose, throat and stomach, that I could not eat nor deep with any sat isfaction. "I have Just taken three bottles. I can eat most anything and am greatly relieved of nervousness, so that when I lie down I can sleep without the least trouble. I recommend it to all those who are sufferer, of that dread ful disease, catarrh. Catarrh For Year3 Can Nov Eat and Sleep To My Satisfaction a Fi. Those who object to liquid medi cines can procure Peruna Tablets. ,,1 f Fj, I 4, - 'Af 2S. V?AV- I , Execution of' Joan of Arc. 'Geraldine Farrar" as the Immortal peasant girl of France,, "Joan of Arc," today's guiding spirit of the Fronch armies, in "Joon the Wo man," to be shown at the Liberty theater, three days, starting Friday, Feb. 8, with special orchestra highways, post and forest roads during moundoros, Jean Resallis, son of the the year 1918, Kxclusive of tho $2,000,-! former premier and Priuco Ypsilanti, 000 bond item, this total is made up of I former equerry to King Cimstautine. the following items: Ex-Premier Skouloudis is ''under 1-4 mill road tax, state $ 230,000 1 surveillance," it was stated. Automobile licenses : 600,000 1 Raised by different counties 600,000 Forest road fund 954,000 Post road fund 1,200,000 Total $3,584,000 Eight Former Greek Officers Are Arrested London, Feb,, p. JEight I former Greek officers, including fivo ex-ministers of the cabinet havo been arrest ed "as the result of mutinies," an Athens dispatch reported today. They included former Ministers Za lososta, Hat.opoules, Tsaldari, Trian tafillakos and Baltazne; General Gon,- Trial of Bob Pasha Progresses In Paris Paris, Feb. 6. Filippo Covnllini, one of tho defendants involved in the charges of treason for which, Bolo Pa fha, is on trial here, admits handling more thnn $400,000 from Kevil Pasha, another of those involved, the prose cution announced today. Bolo Pasha declared he saw no harm in hig relations with Abbas Hilmi, for mer khedive of Kgypt. and the latter 's former minister, Snddik Pushn. "Everybody knew it President Point-are, Lord Bertie and Peleasse," he" declared. .. .. .. - LIBERTY The: 3 Matinees- LibbKl i 1 heat re f j. 3 Matinees-Nights imfs Ai FEBRUARY 12-13-14 V i V&3 J 2:308:15 p. m. TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Wll 1 1 AM FftY Presents the most stu ff I LLlHn I UA pendouscinema success in history. Playing everywhere to the largest and most discriminating audiences in motion picture his tory. Direct from its 6 months run at the Lyric Theatre, New York, at $2.00 a seat. THEBA AS CLEOFAT The Siren of the Nile RA RA Depicting the love adventures of Egypt's Vampire Queen, who over turned the world with her beauty and her wiles r.nd quered the two greatest men of her time. In it's Gorgeous Ssttings and countless scenes of pictorial beauty it sur passes all other film prod uctions. Prices Nights 50c. Reserved Seats 75c. MatineesAdults 50c. Children 25c. V; fy con- jjmmj,, i in ii Mi-raiiii i..--"lain -a I ;l