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rAGB EIGHT !3aUnMMal Journal , SALSA, OREGOn THURSDAY, FEB. 7, 1918. owest Prices on IL Bath 1 owels smcf Toweling In line with the good offerings throughout the store you will find these articles to be well worth your attention, as you cannot duplicate the mer chandise elsewhere at the prices we offer them. 18x33-inch all white Bath Towels 2 for 25c 20x42-inch all white Bath Towels 2 for 39c 22x45-inch all white Bath Towels ........ 2 for 49c 18x40-inch Unbleached Bath Towels 2 for 25c Linen Crash Toweling . .10c, 12 'c, 15c and 17c Yd. Huck Toweling 15c, 21c, 25c and 29c Yd. All Around Town j COMING EVENTS February 4-9. Begistration of German aliens. February 13. "Russia As It Is," illustrated lecture at Balem public library by Bev. F. T. Por ter. February 17. Lincoln-Washington Memorial exerolse at ar I At the Castel Chapel Church of the United Brethren in Christ, corner 17th ; street and Nebraska avenue, Englewood j the meetings under the leadership of iuuy x ii.cn .rneips will continue during ine ween irom tne 10th to 17th. A crowded house listened to his masterly addresses during the week just closed and this week's addresses promise to do Deuer yet. uome and hear him. The usual Lord's Day services will take place. Dr. M. P. dXendeisohii fits eyes cor-ectly- V. 8. Natl, bank bldg. tf Patton Plumbing Co.. 335 Chemeketa Phone IftOtt. We do repair work. Stoves and furnaees soiled. tf o The Willamette had risen to 16.6 feet this morning, a riso of 3 1-2 feet since yesterday forenoon. o "The fvaerwl beautiful," Webb & dough Oo. tf CABD OF THANKS We wish to thank our many friends for the beautiful flowers and their many acts of kindness and sympathy during our recent bereavement. John w i -: .. H "D T 1 m -. . ... .uaiiiiiB, mil). xyruil nrouiev, Alia. a. jyiangis, iilmer J. Mangis, H. i. Al len. j THE GOLDEN RULE Cr'- ' ' J MiiiiiiimYiii i; PERSONALS Margaret Lynn leaves tomorrow for Bend, Oregon. A. A. Underbill is a business visitor In Portland today. Mrs. E. K. Fabrom, of Wheatland, was in Salem yostorday and today. A. D. Hobart, of Silverton, was in the eity yesterday transacting business. Mrs. U. M. Craig left this morning over the Ureat Northern for Hoattlo. Nick Orth left today for Toppenish, Wash., traveling over the Oregon Klec trie. Mrs. Wm.A. Christiance returned yes terday after spending a week in Portland. "The beet" Is all yon can do when death eomes- Gall Webb & Clough Co. Phone 120. tf Quality is not sacrificed In Hygrade cagars sell for 5 cents. Only two aliens bad registered at the police station up till this afternoon, making a total of 23 up to date for the week. o Confetti dance at Highland hall Thursday evening. Funeral directors: Webb & Co. Clough tf Ralph Barnes, captain of company A of the high school cadet corps, left to day for Eugene where he will be join ed tomorrow by Cecil Nist, captain of the company B, of the cadets, and the two will observe instruction in military work given at the University of Oregon. Special military trench work will be giv en Saturday by a British army officer who has spent over 20 years in the Brit ish service. When In SALEM, OREGON, Stop at ELIG1I HOTEL Strictly modern, $1.00 a Day. 100 Booms of solid comfort. The only hotel in the business district. ' dr. L. M. Hum care of TICK W TONO Chinese Medicine and Tea Oo. line medicine which will euro any known disease. Open Sundays from 10 a. m. until 8 p. m. 153 South High St. Balum, Orogok.. Phone 2S3. Sft )fc )ft )( jc )(t )(C Tfc 3)C 9C SACKS WANTED Highest price paid for old sacks CAPITAL JUNK CO. 271 Chemoketa St., Phoue 308 L. A. Dukilin left yesterday over the Oregon Electric for Contralia, Wash. Dwight Misnor has sold his Chevro let agency and is leaving shortly for Iono, Oregon. Arthur Seely is home on a furlough from the navy for a visit with his mother, Mrs. Etta Squeir Seely. T. L. llillingsly, superintendent of the city street railway lines, has been con- f iuod to his home the past couple of days with illness. Homer Harrison, a conductor on the Commercial street car Jiue, has been at his homo this week with illness. He is said to have the mumps. Mrs. Delia Bullock returned yesterday to her home at Parma, Idaho, after spending the past two months with her sister nt this plate, Mrs. Lee M. Unruh of 1030 Hood street. G. W. Johnson, of the clothing firm of G. W. Johnson Sc Co., sustained a cut on the head and minor bruises yes terday afternoon when he was Btruck in front of "Vick Brothers' garage by a machine which was entering the build ing from tho street. His injuries aro not rugarucu as serious. Mrs. O. W. Oill. who wa t.r,,M, Mr. miri Mr. I: Wrinrhf rtaa Mnr. . J gnret Minner, returned from Los An-' V T V' y geles last Monday, where they havo ' . nn'eht' 18 ' ""eoMciou., but been spending the winter. Both report s '"'l'ved by the very dry weather in the southern sec- & Ln ; ' cmvnt hpr tion and are glad to be homo to enjoy j P 'Trt ' u r wine hope for her the mild, warm rains of Oregon. tt. l-.l . i ,.an cj i . assorts that the machine cut the corner Freeman E. Chilton, of Portland, for mor cleric in tne beward Hotel, was a mombor of tho 20th engineers, aboard the torpedoed transport Tuscania. o TJndartaloers; Webb & Clough Co. Phone 120. tf o Artisans attention! Election of su preme delegate tonight, 8 p. m-, I. O. O. IF. hall. o The Item yesterday relative to the promotion of Lyle J. Pago, son of .Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Page, should have read that he was promoted from tho posi tion of second lieutenant to that of first lieutenant, in the 12t)th field arillery now at Fort Still, Oklahoma. o Confetti dance at Highland hall to night. Records I received today a large shipment of Edison disc records, also tho new February Victor records. Geo. O. Will, 432 Stato St. . M. at his homo, 080 north Summer street, this week with a fractured rib. Mr. Tod hunter and his rib and an axe handle and a stick of wood all got into a mixup .', . .... ai i :i. i. i acciuunt. BOII1U Wtly Ul MUWUin UUU II1U lit; IIL IIIU worst of it. Ho is a caiman on tho street railway. " 1 ' i- on the left side of tho street and was driving rapidly. This version in at var iance with Miss Holt's story of the Bligh Hotels Arrivals. Mrs. H. A. Zulsdorff, Woodburnj Jns. Trimball and wife, Falls City; Mr. and Mrs. Tlios. Onterson, Detroit, Ore.; Jay H. Willard, Albany; C. Hayes and wife, MpMinnville; Fred Wiehie, Amity; Ulcnn Dunn, Black Bock; Ed Wade, To ledo, Ore.; Win. 11. Murray, Falls City; Geo. L. Carrlnnd, Port; M. J. McCarthy, S. L. Waters, Frank Burns, All Disquo, Geo. Johnson, W. E. fiuppoll, and Hay Kalley, all of Portland, e Court House News FARM LOANS Ti and seven years loans with privilege to repay $140 or multiples on any interest dtito. 4c I Vermont Loan & Trust Co. 811 Masonio Bldg, Salem, Ore. Kiss RagnhUd Johansson Massage ana Medical Cyaiuastic Graduate of SwMlon Trained Mum Phone 1347 6i N. Summer St. Hours by appoutmeut t your home. Used Fnrtsrc Wasted Highest Cash Pwioe Paid tor Used Furniture E. Ik STIFF ft BON, Thone Ml or 508 JQmil WANT ADS PAY Au order was issued in the circuit court vesterdnv disniU'siuir tho caso of C. A. Domnstera against Chas. O. Dumett et al, upon stipulation filed whereby defendants agreed to pay pluintiif the sum of $781. Complaint was filed yesterday in the circuit court by J. C. Ehodes versus H. C. Bailey, asking for a clearance of title to certain property in dispute be tween parties to action. Decreo was issued in circuit court yes terday granting to i-relon K. Wioiler- spohu a divorco from Frederick leder-spohn. Complaint wns filed yesterday in cir cuit court by Ida Ftonbrakor asking for dissolution of the bonds of matri mmiv lmtweitn nlaintiff aiur.1. I. Ston- brakor, which bonds were established Auirust 16, 1897, on illeged grounds of cruel and inhuman treatment. Petitions for final citizenship papers were heard and acted upon in the cir cuit court yesterday as follows: Herman Kresia, Boute 5, Salem, con tinued till after the war. Marmiret Irvine Wishart. admitted. Rum li el narold Isherwood, 042 north nigh street, Salem, admitted. Hogcr Sefton Williams, Woodburn denied. William Weinrich, Silverton, contin ued till after the war. Christ Josse, Boute 5, Snlem denied. Hurold John Hickerson, Salem admit ted. Court House Notes Deputy United States Marshal Car ter came up from Portland this morn ing and took in charge Felix Kordina who was arrested the first of tho week on the charge of seditious utterances. Kordina will be tried before federal authorities in Portland. Complaint was filed in tho circuit court today by the Christy Accounting Begister company against Horace Lilly, et al, for tho sum of $15ti and costs and disbursements, on the grounds of fail ure of defendants to complete contract entered into lor purchase of cash register. Lewis Baker and Fred King wero committed to the state asylum yester day by the Marion county court, and Kobert B. Johnson, a traveling sales man, was committed to the same insti tution this morning. King and Johnson had gotten liadlv mixed up with "spir its'' and they had been sending num erous telegrams to various persons and places, including President Wilsou and several largo newspapers over tho country telling what the "spirits" had divulged to him. Latest Bulletins On ! Tuscania Disaster Washington, Feb. 7. Latest war de partment reports issued bv Secretary of ar Baker this afternoon -stated that 113 American troops .and 97 pas sengers and crew of the Tuscania a total of 10 are still missing. The dispatch was dated 11:45 today. fhe total number of troops aboard wa given as a.lou with a crew of 241. This giv'g a total of 2,043 troops sur vivors ana in crew and passenger survivors, . SALEM TAXICAB CO. Day cr Night Service PHONE 700 25 CENTS Washington, Feb. 7. Hope and be lief that the list of lost on the Tus cania will be greatly reduced by later reports was expressed today by Gen eral Mclntyre of the war department. The general said there were many ships in the vicinity of the sinking and that this fact, when these ships have all reported, may reduce the American losses to a minimum. San Francisco, Feb. 7. Two San Franciscans are among those rescued from the Tuscania, according to of ficers of the Twentieth engineer re cruiting office. " These were among the 30 reported as having landed at Fort Ellen Islay, Scot land. Thev are Harry A. Keller and James T. Moss. A resolution calling for the employ ment of a publicity man by the Salem Commercial club was presented to the board of directors at a meeting last night. His duties would consist of pre paring articles for newspapers and mag azines on the industrial growth and de velopmont and possibilities of Salem and the Willamette valley. The resolu tion was sponsored by a delegation con sisting of O. L .Ferris, Bobert C. Paul us, Frank Schmidt, Jack Walker, W G. Allen and E. C. Quinn. The board board voted its commendation of the resolution but deferred action pending further investigation of the matter, o Industrial Club Work For Boys and Grls J. A. Churchill, superintendent of public instruction, has just issued booklet on "Industrial Club Work of Oregon Bovs and Girls for 1918 which he is sending to boys and girls who may be interested in producing thmirs in the earden or tield. The booklet contaius stories of the personal experiences of dozens of boys and girls who were members ot inaus trial clubs last year, raising all sorts or irarden truck and HvestocK. You can help by . .loinine on inaus trial club and thus workiner to increase the food supply," says Mr. Churchill in tho foreword of the pamphlet. 'Last vear 1201 club members in Oregon produced food materials amounting to $31,182.92. This is a remarkable show ing, but wo hope to double the amount of products this year. This little Dook let is sent to- you with the hope of cn couraeins vou in this work. "This department is cooperating with the Oregon Agricultural colleg in organizing and promoting the club work. As state superintendent of the schools of Oregon, .1 ask you, the boys and girls ot tnis stato, to continue juur club work, and to do all in your power to urge others to ,ioin these clubs. Seme Old Licenses Are Still Being Shown That 1917 green automobile license taue me still beincr used bv a few an tomobile owners in various parts of tho state is reported to Secretary of State Olrtott in two anonymous com munications just received by him. As the secretary of state is not vesten with police powers, the duty of en forcing the motor vehicle registration law by seeing that automobiles are tagged' with the 191S license plates de volves upon police officers, sheriffs and constables. The 191S auto license tags are blue, so tho old tags, which are green, are casilv detected. "What is the political influence and favoritism that permits use of 1917 green auto license tags, 38,901; 19,64fi; 4M0fi: 7094; 40,072; 39,160; 32.440; 19,089t" aslis the writer in his first cmiimnniciLt.ion. which is dated ot Coos Bav and sicned "Fair Play. ' ' Officers alwavs on tho watch for bootlegsrers (soak 'om bttrd), favor some local friend to use last year s license tas. " Another card, written at Albany, snvs: What, political pull, enables some the lirivilecru of 'the wearing of the srroen.' No- 17,173: 28,700; 21,417. when bine is suiioosed to be thp fash ionable and only permissible color in the gasoline set." Operations Performed at State Hospital Six operations wero performed yes terday and six more today on patients at the Oregon state hospital for the in sane, under orders of the state board of eugenics. AU told, the board order ed operations on seventeen patient3. These are the first operations to be made under the provisions of the ster ilization law passed by the 191" legis lature. Attorney W. A. Wiest Appointed Deputy Clerk W. A. Wiest, a young attorney of this city and who was formerly em ployed in the Salem, schools, was to day appointed deputy clerk of the su premo court to fill the vacancy caus ed when Arthur S Benson was pro moted to the clerkship. The appoint- position of deputy clerk pr.ys a salary I .Vww Twelve Oregonians Were Aboard Tuscania According to Report: rortland, Oret, Feb. 7. At least twelve Oregonians are members of companies D and F of the Twentieth engineers, the relatives Teport today. Two of these ere Portlaaders, Guy W. Jamieson being in company F. W. G. Bobertson, formerly of the Portland, Coos Bay and Eucene ImnA rv.mno is also with that unit, his friends say. uu raca irom Jttarshfield are be lieved to have sailed on the Tuscania. They are: Will Durrant, first sergeant company F, Sixth battalion; H. A. El ton, William Bell, Fred Johnson, Syd nep Bernitt and Will Curtis. Harris Eddee of Dallas and Earl Withycombe, son of Governor Withy combo, were assigned to units aboard the Tuscania. - Fully one thousand 'men from all parts of the northwest were recruited here for the forestry regiment. Greatest Loss of War In Tuscania Sinking Washington. Feb. 7. Tn thn ing of the Tuscania the United States suffered its greatest losses in men dur ing the war to date. Other navy casualties since Amoi-i. answered Germany's challenge have been as follows: October 17, Antilles transport, tor pedoed en route home, 67 lost. . October 31, Finland, transport, tor- yuuucu uut reacuea port, nine lost. November 5, Alcedo. patrol vBl sunk by submarine, 20 lost. November 19, Chauncey, destroyer, sunk in collision, 21 lost. DfiAnmlini" R To.nt. T .-l-i ---- " uuiica, ueairoyer, ""a V ouuuiarme, D- lost. October 16, Cassia, destroyer, torpe doed, but reached port, one lost. nr: - . - : iuiuc sweeper iounuered in storm, two patrol vesels sunk, accident ally, none lost. February, 5, Tuscania; transport, tor- ouuea, approximately; Z1.0 lost. Total lives lost, 392. (Crew loses are included in above). Twenty-Four Students Will Graduate Tomorrow LADIES' MEW HOSE I IN ALL THE WANTED COLORS GREY, CHAMPAGNE, BRONZE, KHAKI, PINK, GREEN, TOUPE, SAND, ETC. 39c, 79c, $1.45 PAIR . . OUR PRICES ALWAYS THE LOWEST Gale & Co. Commercial and Court Streets Formerly Chicago Store Phone 1072 Twenty-four students of the Sal em high school will graduate in the mid year class commencement . exercises which will be held at the high school to morrow night. Professor Joseph H. Hart of Beed College, Portland, will deliver the commencement address, the subject 01 tnis address being, "The War's De mands on Our Schools." Those who will graduate are: Clara Ahrens, Eddie Ahrens, Dor Allen, Es ther Busch, Alice Chung, George Croi son, Leon Culbertson, Pauline Denny, Merlo DuRette, Opal Everet, Garnet Uarra, Mildred Imlah, Clarence Lnch- elo, Charles McClelland, Virgil Meador, Ruth Morris, Pansy Nieswander. Lora Purvine, Hollis Ransom, Ethel Bupert, Marshall Byan, Maurice Sawyer. Ame lia Taylor and Ava Wigler. principal J. O. .Nelson will present tho class, and IT. O. White, chairman of the school board, wiU'prcsent the dip lomas to the graduates. Music will furnished by tho high school choruses under the direction of Miss Minnetta Magers, with Miss Buth Bedford at tho piano. I Boy Scouts of Salem Will Launch Campaign For. More Members The boy scouts of Salem will launch a campaign for more scouts and scout leaders, and incidentally celebrate tho eighth anniversary of the organization with a banquet and entertainment at the Y. M. C. A. tomorrow night. A. N. Fulkerson, formor scout mas ter of Salem Heights troop, will pre side as toastmaster at tho banquet, and several of the tusinoss men of the city will respond with short talks. After the banquet the boys will ad journ to the gymnasium floor where they will entertain their friends with demonstrations of various phases of scout lifo and work, including signal ling,' first 'aid, artilicial respiration camp life, etc. Various games will fol- low the program. Dunne the noon hour Jsaturdaj' tin boys will give a parade through the business section headed by the boys drum corps. All boys of the city, who are interested and would like to be come scouts, are urged to- participate in this parade. On Sunday evening a special boy scout Bervice will be held at the First Presbyterian church with a sermon fitting the occasion by Bev. Elliott. The local campaign for scouts and wont leaders is in connection with a national drive for that purpose. The pressing need for lenders will be seen when it is stated that over fifty per cent of the men who wero serving in that capacity at the outibreak of tho war are now in the army and navy. Endorsement has been given tha movement by President Wilson and scores of lefiTling men of the country, and the boy scouts of Salem are leav ing no stone unturned In their effort to "do their bit" in this respect. Get your Wedding Announce-' ment Printed at The Journal Job Department fry uyiyyijyiiBy r-'i&iMwiiiifaiT New Show Starts Today GALE KANE IN "SOUTHERN PRIDE" COMEDY AND WEEKLY Note War Tax Included. KIDDIES 5c MATINEES lOc EVENINGS 15c y BLIGH THEATRE STARTS TCMORROW-3 DAYS JESSE L. LASKY Presents If THE LIFE HISTORY OF THE GREATEST WOMAN THE WORLD HAS EVER ,KN0WN-J0AN OF ARC THE BELOVED IMMORTAL PEASANT GIRL OF FRANCE, TODAY'S GUIDING SPIRIT OF THE FRENCH ARMIES. PARAMOUNTS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT A Mighty 12 Part Photo-Spectacle Produced Under Supervision of CECIL B. Df MILLE FRIDAY-SATURDAY-SUNDAY SUPPORTING CAST: Wallace Reid Theodore Roberts Hobart Bosworth lolly Marshall Raymond Hatton Charles Clary William Conklin Walter Long and Thousands Others. LIBERTY! Same as Portland Prices MATDTKE And EVENING 20c War Tax Included of 1S00 a year.
