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SIX THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. ORE. SATURDAY, JUNE 15. 1918. ii il waBREsaEEivs IVW -: July 1st Is the Last Day July 1st freight rates advance 20. This means an advance of $20.00 on the 1 present price of the Chevrolet "FOUR NINETY". AU cars that we receive between this date and July 1st will be sold at the old price, $765.00 (war tax added) f. o b. Salem. v We wish to give FAIR WARNING, at this time, that after July 1st Auto mobiles that are in demand tike the Chevrolet will be very scarce and hard to get and many is the man that has said to himself, that he would buy a Chevro let SOME DAY SOON, will not find one to buy. This is no scare cry to hurry your decision, but straight honest facts. The Government need, and must have the material used in the construction of Automobiles and as a result the production will be reduced 75 as compared with the past year's production. Book your orders with us NOW as long as the supply lasts and save your self this advance. We have sold ahead of our allotment and the cars we have in stock, and the ones we have rolling, will not last long. Salem Automobile Company BUMS HITTING .359 IfflLE.0FCll3S.37J Larry Doyle's Average .426 But He Has Fiayed la Only 15 Games New York. Jus. 13. Oenrue Rurn. oi me Atretics aud Fred Merkle of the Cubs are the leading batters in their respective leagues, according to today's averages. Burns is hitting .359 and Mer kle .377. Larry Doyle is batting A2S but has played in but 13 games. The next in order in the American leaeue are' Sisler, .333; Baker, .347; Walker, .343; Hooper, .343 and Ruth, .333. Speaker is uniting .oio ana i.odd .ZDs. Following Merkle in ha Yntmnol are: Thorpe, .373; Smith, Boston, .364; aiann, ..Ho; Williams, .341; and Wick lund, .333. . Ked Faber is still the leading pitcher with four victories ami nn Ii.foi.to Thnrmahleii has won six and lost two; uu.n won eight, lost thee; Mays won r.n, lost tour. Earl Hamilton leads off the National pitchers with six won and n.m. lr.ot Both Ferrit nnd H. 'ItflriT hai'a U'Hn ami lost one. while Barnes has won six and lost one. News of Sot erest 6 ro . Twtlignt Baseball. San Francisco, June 13,-Twilht uusruau win oe ofred to San Fran ciscoans beginning next week, Coast league maenntes n after the Tuesday, Wednesday and Fri iday games will open at 6:30 o'clock. I Salt Lake will be the first team to meet -un rrancisco in the gloaming. AUSTRIA REPORTED (Continued from page one) this afternoon. "Our artillery countered effectively ' th statement adds. "F mm thA Aainflrn iploteaii to a point east of Brenta. nnd jalso in the middle Plava region, the , jenomy artillery fire has een maintain I ed with extremo violence. . j At lonale our batteries vesterday prevented the enomv from 'renewing e Valley Motor'" Co., I Concerning Autos UCKS& TRACTORS We have four car-loads of Maxwell and Overland Cars on the road and expect them at any time. Those wishing cars would do well to make ar rangements at once as the matter of getting cars will be very uncertain. Just received a car load of Samson Tractors. .A car load of Samson and Monarch Tractors on the way. WE ARE AGENTS FOR MAXWELL CARS OVERLAND CARS OLDSMOBILE CARS MAXWELL TRUCKS SAMSON TRACTORS MONARCH TRACTORS WATERLOO BOY TRACTORS FAGEOL TRACTORS Valley Motor Co. Front and State Streets Geo. Vick, Manager g F. G. Delano 216 State St., Salem, Oregon. A. I. Eoff Phone 97. SALEM WAS THERE , (Continued from page out) it did that we all .ignt light or do our share for civilization. Two Flue Numbers. Miss Ruth Bedford ' wui eljeted by tins teachers of the High school at their choice for a place on the program and she chose to giv.9 two piano numbers. Miss Bedford is not only an excellent pinuUt but she had the good taste to select mim'ocin that, were especially ad apted for concert playing and her work whs enthusiastically received. The address of the evening was by Frof. V. 0. Dubach 0f the Oregon Ag ricultural College who spolto on "Live and Let Llv.e." He gieutly admiied the fine collection of young girls and youths in the graduating class and thought it would be a fine thing If they all would attend the. 0. A. C. He expressed the opportunities in cultivating its friend ship. 1 Concerning Foreigners In regard to foreigners and tlw, fact that two nnd a half million poople here cannot speak our langunge, he thought that if anyone did not want to be an American citizen and speak our., lan guage, he should mow! out. This sugges tion met the hearty approval of the audience. Physical education had been overlook ed in this country, he Bnid, as one third of the men hnd lven refused military service as they were physically unfit; Another tiling that did not look right to Professor Dubneh was the fact that barely one third of the voters in Owgon went to the polls at the lust primary election. ' Principal J. C. Nelson announced that Willamette University had offered its usual two Bcholurships and had also named allrnntes. Kenneth Powers was idea that the world was pretty small BiVr all and that what wis happening Igivdi one scholarship witb Phillips El in ono part of the world whs of vital liott as alternate and the other to Hnr- interest to lis right here 111 Oregon. Inn Hunt, with Leslie Hpringer as alter lima was one of the great problems of the world, he said, .as if possessed the throe, great things that made a nation people, agriculture and iron. Japan, the agressive nation of the orient ho thought was another worldfrllent work. The invocation was by the problem and South America as welltM peeiully as America had overlooked its uate. Other numbers on the program includ ed solos by Miss Agnes Hnls'll and the high school chorus. Miss Evelvn Do Liing as piano accompanist did most ex Itev. Edwin Sherwood and the benedic tion by the Hev. Cvo. P. Holt. Of the cars manufactured in America are equipped with Willara B arteries Call and have your Battery tested free we will tell you the reason for Willard supremacy. We sell the only Battery manufactured that is brand new the day it is put on your car. AMERICAWILL HAVE (Continued from page one) c mm 3 AUTO ELECTRIC SHOP 418 Court Street . Phone 203 ing west of Soissons to straight.'n oui along the general front." Ill- L - in such a case, wnen mere is a longer lino and suei strong attacks the importance of getting Americans over is pre-eminent. ''The mutters of tin numbers ' o' enemy trops on the western front is a question that must be lonsidin d witu reference to tho divisions v,hh have beet known to be lh?re all along and also with reference to iht: divisions which might w. ,r,v,v'hi firm the east front. It is inin.jssiblo tn i.m. diet today when a mastering superior ity will be in the hands of the allies. but tho number of troops we are send ing across now is limited only by the capacity of the boats to cairv them and we intend to keep them up." iiuui,- punning out mat tne drive now heads toward Paris, the general pointed out that capture of the channel ports would have a more immediate and important effect on the whole war situation than would the fall of Paris. incidentally, he suggested that the Hermans hud thus fur failed to reach! the maximum boundary they attained in 1WI4. He thought he could Hot say at this moment that tho battle is to turn to the channel ports. Asked as to the Russian situation. he replied that it was at oresent a ponucai matter. Tho military situation on the western front is better today than for months, due to the vapid increase in the num ber of United .states troops members of the senate military affairs commit tee were told. Americans are now rencliing the front in sufficient numbers to counter balance the wastage in tho ' allied armies while the dormant have no such force from which to replace their losses. At the same time Americans brigad ed with tho British and French "are gradually being withdrawn to hold the American trout aud new American I units are being put into the ''kinder- garton as some officers call the brigading arrangements. Tho ga question, committee mem bers learned, forms today the greatest problem faced by the allied armies. The Oerman gains aiueo March 21 have all been made chiefly through the aid of gas. The Teutons have systematized' their gas service so that they now use various gases for differ ent purpose. They drench territory over which they wish to advance with a which disappears quickly to it will not affect their own soldiers. They throw over another tort or gae on other sectors which they wish to nentralisie or put out of action. This gas hangs over the territory for a week at a time, i'apturcd Germans carried orders to stay out of certain sectors because of this gaa which it very dead ly. This enables the Herman to dis regard certain sectors while attacking Dtive at an End London, June 15 The fourth phase of the German offensive, the drive southward from Min'didier and Noyou apparently mas at an end today. The Germans have made no appreci able gain here for three days. Their greatest gain is in the center, south of lve, whore they are just north of Antheuil, representing an advance of about five milo. Considering the number of men en gaged the enemy ' losses nnd his mea ger progress, this drive is regarded as a costly failure. .. The French war office reported live ly artillery fighting in Hiingard wood, on the Amiens front and between vil-lers-Cotterets fore.t and Chateau-Thierry on the Maine front. Active on the Maxne Paris, June 15. Artillery fighting along various sectors of thb Oise and Marue fronts and patrol activity was reported by the French war office to day. "Between Montdidier and the Oise, south of the AUne, west of Rheims and near Chawplat and iJtidny there was artillery activity," tho 'communique, stated. "French patrols took prisoners in the Champagne region." Some British Balds London, June 15. Raiding operations in which tho British had the advant age was reported by Field Marshal Haig today. "A successful local operation north of Bethune last night netted more than sixty prisoners," the statement said. "An attempted enemy raid against one of cur posits in Aveluy wood was repulsed. . "We took a few prisoners and three machine guns in successful night raids in the Villers-Hretonneux seetor." on others and explains their ability to move reserves so freelv. Artillerymen are attacked with tear gaa which puts them out of action foi the time being and allows the Ger mans to rush their infantry over with out fear of barrage. American army official are now giving more serious attention to the gas problem and are progressing favorably. EVERY DAY is Bargain Day at the TIRE HOSPITAL" T R Oormana Violate Treaty London, June 15- The Germans havo stalled offensive tpevations in Russia, in violation of the Brest-Lit-ovsk treaty, accoiiding to a wireless message from retrograd this afternoon 'They are reported conducting hostili ties on a front from Valuika to Zhu- kovk. taking three villages in the neu tral zone. . Artillery Active With the Americans vu the Marne, June 13. (4. p. m.) Both American and German artillery was active north west of Chateau-Thierry today. Tho bodies threw a large quantity of gas shells into Bouresches and the vieinity. There woto no infantry actions. which brings to us the question as to of the board insist that these sugges tions be carried out regardless of the advantage, the critical times, or the costs. These are extravagant suggestions j and help toward overburdening our taxpayers. Also onr schools are over burdened with too numerous supervisors to the detriment of the pupil and adding to the burdens aud discomfort of the necessary teaching forco and taxpayers. The writer is strongly in favor of all school children getting the fundamentals and n more thorough education, and it can be done at L'ss cost, there has been entirely too much waste in the conduct ing of our schools. H. L. CLARK, Director. GRAIN PBIOES STEONO. Draws on White Russia Amsterdam. Juno 13. Recoirhizing that, thn battles nn the west front aro critical and decisive, the kaiser has or dered the transfer of German forces from White Russia to the west trout. J Open Forum t ft)!! TO THE TAXPAYERS OF SALEM SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 21, e fWiCH, FIRESTONE, DIAMOND, FEDERAL VULCANIZING, ; RETREADNG 279 N. Commercial St. Phone 1400 SERVICE-WHILES SATISFACTION Mr. Editor: Will you kindly allow the writer a little suace in which to call the taxpay ers attention to a few of the -extrava gances and irregularities that the school board is or has been exercising of late. At this particular tuut our people arc over burdened with numerous demands tnat must be met without waste. The writer will mention a few of them. Only a few .years ago the board adopted the agricultural idea and bought hoes, rakes and shovels that wwre only used a short time, then dropped. The McKinlcy building was built at a cost of between ;10,0UU and $33,000. The building will now stand idle. As suggested just re cently the dental clinic was adopted at a cost of several hundred dollars (which now also stands idle). Recently guns with ouo hundred rounds of ammuni tion were' bought for the High school cadets (when wooden guns ate good enough for the Willamette University boys and elsewhere) and at a cost of several hundred dollars,- ($13.50 each). And that above fivie hundred dollars, for which bids were not advertised for, a direct violation of the law. The latest addition to our school is the adopting oi the "Metal Trades." proposition pro posed by the Smith-Hughes act and sug gested and urged by our superintendent and the first biu tor equipment is es timated by some outside firms (secur ed by the superintendent) to cost some thing like nineteen hundred dollars. The authority with power to act has been placed ia the hands of the purchasing committee without advertising for bids, which it in violation of the law. (The law plainly states five hundred dollu'rs or ovr). and ignoring our Salem mer chants who are taxpayers and not giving them a chance to bid. All of the above suggestions have ben made by our late superintendents or other educator which is the servant. Th school board Chicago, June 13. Reports of hot winds in the southwest aud expected difficulty in moving other grains when wheat shipments begin, were leading factors in a bulge in futures on the Chicago board of trade today. A belief that com receipts may be smaller than had first been expected was another cause of the upward movement. Higher hog prices with the advance in grain futures h?lned provisions. IS TOTAL LOSS. . St. John, N. F., June 15. The Cun aid liner Ascauia, aground 15 miles east of Cape Ray was considered a total loa-i today. She is rapidly filling with water. All hands were saved. New Books Received at Public Library June 15 Bolton Famous leaders among men. Dowd. Polly of Lady Gay cottage, Lauder, Harry. A minstrel in France tho unique book of the war. Its tragic, sid s, its lighter side all of it seen through the eyes of one of the world's greatest artists, a patriot and a father, who has given his son to his country's cause. This book will be especially in teresting to, those who heard Harry Lauder last winter. Lilicoln. The postmaster. Another new book by an author so many enjoy. Montgomery. ; Anne's house c div?nms. A continuation of series. Rice. Calvary Alley. A new book by the author of "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cab bage Patch" and promises, to be equal ly interesting. ' White. Call of the North. A dra matic version of "Conjuror's house.'' Van Dyke. Poems of Henry Van Dyke. Tor The Children Darton. A wonder book of beasts. Hall. Weavers and other workers. A s'.ory about wool. Marzials. Stories for the story hour. I'arkman. Heroines of service. NO MEETINGS IN DUBLIN. Dublin, June 15. A proclamation is sued today prohibits all public meet ings and processions in Dublin until fur ther notice. '' . E I ossss: Federal" Cable-Base in. DouJJe CaUBaseTlTV suret greater Jrvwii. tire mileage. Steel cables' hold Federal" tires so firmly they can't slip, rock or shift. Use the improved "Rugged" white or "Traffik" black tread ' Vick Bros., 260 N. High St. v or the superintendent. Some members