THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1918.
19,939 NEW LICEfiSE
LADIES' FINEST GRADE FELT COMFY STYLE SLIPPERS IN OLD
rose, orchid, deep red, soft padded soles, very casv, the perfect com
fort for tired feet ." $2.25
- TA are bow issued
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Co:Lr5s'ion At Last Minute
Pnhfcle Unless AppSca
tisas Come Faster.
A:''.icateB for automobile licenses
are ii w being received by tin) motor
vrhie'j dopartinent in the secretary of
hUU 's office it the rate of 10QO day,
twit s far only approximately 19,000
tiave Leu issued out of a total of 63,
00' automobiles in the- state.
. ; Bttt even at the rate of 1000 licenses
icing issued a day, (here is bound to
' a big congestion at the last .minute
ami diring the first days of the new
J'ear unU-g there is an iinmediato in
crease in the number making applica
tion for liceuses.
. New license tag are not to be plac
ed oil the machines until the first of
t!i y.ar, points out Secrotory Olcott.
The. Mgs are being sent out early in
order that they may reach by the firat
if thn-yrar all who apply for licenses.
lit lire past it was eustomai to await
until a few days before the first of
tli'i year before mailing the tags, and
th.r result was that thy got caught in
ilhe ho iday rush of mail and were de
layed. io this year Mr. Olcott 'began
mailiti the tags on December 15. Tins
eni'.hUs persons in even the remote
liarta of the state to havo their tags
ou lm!:d by the beginning of. the new
year if thi'jr desire. '
localise of the large amount of mail
lieing sent out from the motor vehicle
department, the Salem postoffice main
tains a mail clerk at the secretary of
Mute's office and he distributes and
naeks the mail there, reBdy to 'bo sent
dinvt to. the trains.
Knights Templar To Hold
. Public Christmas Service
Tho regular Christmas nervines ot
JVMolay Commandory No. 5, Knight
Templer, will be hold Christmas morn
ing at 9.30 o'clock in the lmlgo rooms
u( the Masonic Temple. The services
will continue for one hour and an in
vitation is extended not only to all
M axons but to the general public.
. The services will be in charge of O.
A. Olson, eminent commander, K. F.
Oiirlotou. generalissimo, Percy 1. Cup-
ftir,. captain general and -other officers.
of the lodge recently totalled. .
; 'Besides appropriate ..umic for the oc
HHiini tho program will include a mini
lier of toasts and responses. Tho first
will be to th Ltand master Knights
Templar of tho United Slates. The
toast to the grand commander of the
otuto of Oregon will be responded to
y g and commander, Oeorge 0. Brown.
K Onrleton will respond to the' toast
to all Sir Knights wherever dispersed.
Other toasts are to ell Sir Knight who
liavo shed their blood in tho defense
af the Christian religion and to the
Brand master of the state of Oregon,
the lntter to bo responded to toy Jus
tice George II. Burnett. Tho toast to
tho grand liigh prieBt of Oregon will bo
.responded to by Al Stelnor.
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Pra ctical Gifts Jfbroert
member -pi (hefhmilg
Merry
Christmas
IT WILL BE IF YOU USE DISCRETION. BUY THE IDEAL, PLEASURE
GIVING, PRACTICAL, APPROPRIATE, ECONOMICAL, ACCEPTABLE
PRESENTS-SHOES OR SUPPERS : :
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WE WILL GIVE FREE TO THE KIDDIES
Beginning Monday, Dec. ' 2:5, we will
give to each child that conies in the
store with parents one "Uncle Sam V?.t
Purs" FREE! As long as they la: t,
then other presents will be given until
Christmas.
SHOES
In Great Variety
Babies' Soft Soles. at 50c to 85c
Infants' Hard Soles at $1.35 to $2.25
Children's from ..$1.65 to $3.25
HISSES' SIZES 11 TO 2, Uf
BLAOK OB BROWN OB ELK
SKIN', FROM $1.25 DOWN
TO $295.
LADIES' SLIPPERS
Black Felt, Cushion Botes
95c
Better Grade, Felt, grey or Black
51.25
Fine Orade, Grey with wine Collar, alst
Blue With White Collar
JU5
Blue,
pink or brown wi:h Ornamented
Collars, Cushion Soles
51.65
Liberty alV wool, with felt and leather
soles.
$1.65
Hilow Patterns in old rose, grey liad
dark Copenhagen, large sizes
$1.75
Fine Felt Juliettes, leather soles "
51.75
CHILDREN'S
SLIPPERS '
Blue felt, Bunny and Pigqy
orimnionls....; ..75c and C5c
lied felt, rose ornament, sizes '
11 to 2, at $15
Bed felt, 8kuter ornaraont,,!
sizes 6 to 11, at $1.15
MEN'S SLIPPERS
Grev er black, all
95c
felf.
Grey or Black Borneo, all felt
' 5125 '
Brown SHppeA, Leather Soles
; 51.45
. Black Kid Leather Soles
$1.65
Fine Brown Felt, Cushion Soles
$1.85
Fine Brown, all Ieathor, Cushion Bolts
5225
Finest all kid, in brown or black, with
Leather Hand Turned Soles, Kxtra
Quality. .
52.00
LADIES' "
SPATS
Or Ovcrgaitcrs
'In black, white, brown, cas
tor, light grey, dark grey col
ors, fine cloth
LADIES' r : ::
SHOES
For fine dress wear, ia all grey, all
browa, all black, blat'k with grey tops,
te.
. $11 Down To $6
Comfy shoes, service shots, medium
and wide toes, low heels, ell sorts . .
$7.50 Down To $3.95
MEN'S ' : .
SHOES
Fine dress shoes in black or brown,
Bound, Medium or Knglish toes, newesc
shapes, at prices ranging from
$12 Down To $4.95
WORK
SHOES
In all styles, best ser- ,
vice, at prices ranging
from
$3.50 ad 51.65
Visit Ouif- New Sphoe Repairing Shop. Fine Work, Good Leather, Prices Reasonable
DOWN TO
$3.95:
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Get the Go
and Avoid
Wast
Economy
n Every Cake
Frqnch nro a ( little uncertain as to
whether the Indians aro atill roaming
tho streets in far western Oregon. In
regard to tho wish so. of ton expressed
by people in Oregon that thoy might
cross the Atlantic, Mr. Jones writes
thero aro a loj 'of American boys in
Franco who nlo havo a longing to cross
tho big pond. : Ho writes that ho vin
do blunc, white wine of the French,
tnstes more like a - mouth garglo than
real wine. His letter was written Nov.
25.
Although the Bed Cross memberships
havo not boen coming in as eipocted.
announcement is made that momber-
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ANNOUNCEMENT EXTRAORDINARY
IT
J Oly News I
In regard to war savings stamps, the
records a tho Palem postoffico show
that it Is tho people living in tho coun
try and in the smaller towns of the
county who are holding on to their
stamps. ' Tho records also show that it
is the people of Salem who ore cashing
their stamps . or sending notice that
their pledges cannot be fulfilled.
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The city public library will close on
Tuesday evening ot 0:30 o'clock and
not open again until the usual hour
Tnuradny morning.
'.'The Christmas Spirit of 1018" giv
en yesterday at tho First I'rusbyterian
chuich will be presented this evening
at the Oregon State Training school, by
request. John Lucker will represent ' S, jg doing somo skylarking. It is of
tho spirit of 1918 and Florence 8cheurlo diomrht that mill run. 'which hanuons
tho spirit of Christmas. The play was lo bo wlat ja oft of tho wleat when According to the books of Ben T,
written by Mrs. W. W. Emmons. About ,lc wjtlto fi,)ur is taken out, will ad- Wost, eounty assessor, the assessed val-
HO pupils of the Presbyterian Bundny V.UH.0 tt)0U.t $io a ton. It seems that uo of all proporty in sehool district 24,
school will take part in tho play. sjm,0 t,e (ij Mt i,ocn takeu off on which includes Salom this jotr, is $12,-
Hilling, tho big eastern mills havo re- 923,S0. This is an increase of $315,
duccd tho prico of flour and charged 888 over the assessment of one year
tho lalnnoo up to mill run. In order to ago. For school district No. 4, Silver
meet tliisf competition western mill may ton, tho assessed valuo of all property
soon reduce tho prico of flour ana put this year is $1,759,964, compared to $1,
a Jiigger profit on mill run just to av- 690.370 of ono year ago. For tho eity
cragu up. Al least, this is tho way
prominent mill inan sizes up tho silun
turn.
country needs is invited to call at room
4Lo, Musoiiio Temple. Thero he will
find -he fivo Marion county represent
atives and the two seiators wl.a aro
snid to have their ears to tho irrotind
uir.tij'ib to tuko noto of what tho poople ships will continue to bo received by
wnnt in tho way of legislation next Mr. Smith at tho eourthouso. It is un
month. Anyhow thoy aro glad to re;dratood that a number of peoplo who
ccive suggestions and for this purpose i would bo glul to becomo members havi
only the meeting has been called for not been solicited. Up to Saturday ovc
tonight. ning tho total amount received for Mar-
o ... i ion county momberg totaled $"093, and
Now that all milling restrictions it is felt that Polk eounty will go fully
have ueen removed by tho food admin- half this amount. Altogether, tho two
1st ration, the price of mill run feed counties aro tunning about 50 per cent
what was expected.
iUls evening at 7:30 o'clock any vot-
oi naving boiiio ideas as to what tho
REG
Al
ONE
ONLY
Clarenrp (juipiw
ma
The Distinguished
Violinist
' T. Then. TjivW
The Eminent Pianist
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PRICES
50c
AND
75c
ii s1bstwMiifli3
BLIGH THEATRE
FRIDAY
DEC. 27
la oi dor that even the last Christmas
packages may bo delivered, Postmaster
H.;ckestein has decided that all rural
deliveries will be made js usual Christ
inns day and thnt one morning delivery
will be i..iiilo in tho city of Salem. From
9 until 10 o'clock Christinas morning
tho stamp and general delivery, win
dows will bo open for business. Tho
general delivery will be for transients
and those getting their mail at the gen
eral delivery.
Salem it fortunate In having a fine
large Christinas tree standing in its;
rnurt house yard and realising this, the !
Cherrians for the past few years have CiL lmaJ. WnnU
b.,en deeoratinir said tree with electric uWulll ftalcllt llUUlU
Unlit. Tho same is being done today
and by this evening about 200 colored
light will brighten the tree. In charge
ofthe decorations are Fred Maugus.
chairman, and A. B. Wilson, committee
of Salem tho assessed valuation, includ
ing public utilitios, this year, is $12,
078,821, while one year ago it was 11,
758,788. The assessed valuation of the
eity of Silverton is 12,43 greater
than or.o year ago.
o
Carl R. Grav h Slitd
Ftr Director General
Washington. Pee. 23. Kx-
Prejident Carl B. Gray of the
Western Maryland railroad wu
reports today to bo slated for
the place of "railroad admini-
trator to sueoeed William O. .
MeAiKio.
c
Attorney John O'Gara, formerly an as
sistant district attorney.
Oldor went at once to tho hall of
justice to surrender himself.
O'Gara charges he was mailiciously
attacked in an article printed Decem
ber 13, which referred to attempts made
to obtain a pardon for John Byrne,
charged' with murder.
District Convention
Of Sasday Schools
' The Hayesville district . Sunday
school convention will be held at Hazel
Green next Suiidny, Dec. 29th.
Forenoon session 10 a. in. Song ser
vice. Devotional, Rev. F. Fisher.
Eoview of tho lessons fo: the last'
quartor by teachers from four differ
ent fiunday schools.
Address by Eev. G. B. Stover. I
Afternoon session 1:15 p. m. Devo
tional, iRov. G. R. Stover.
Business session.
"Round table," A. Kcinert.
Addross, Rev. Wm. JJiholl.
'iVS"'. Of Hn Fleet
Washington, Deo. 33. Soutk Amer
ica would like to get soma or all of the
surrendered Or man fleet, affording to
The Chxistmaa choc, committee of tr'.Por,, T- he. !!.'
Wlltcil V. c Auvnimu 19 t'littiruiivu ai
al strength and to have a si. are ia the
proposed interna'ional fleet larger thaa
they would with their present sea pow
er. ' :
Call Editor Is
8aa Frsneisco. Pee. 21. A warrant
for the arrest of Fremont Older, editor
Melville S. Jonas, with- an engineer --,f tie rM en a charge of eriminal
company ia yranee, write that tha Vb-), wfs isned today on complaint of
now received its instructions and also
'hose whom, the Cherrians will remem
ber. The Christmas giving of this
Cherrinn committee is not by chanee oi
haphasard. The names of those whom
the Cherrians will remember are given
to the workers of the committee and
""h ia expected to do his duty tomorrow.
1TWSM
RHGT9MS
By Webb Miller
(United rPess Staff Correspondent)
American Headquarters in Germany,
Dee. 21. (Delayed) Fifty to seventy
five thousand discharged German sol
diers have returned to their homes in
the area occupied by the Americans, it
was announce dtoday. This number i
being increased daily. Demobilization
is going on just outside the neutral
rone-
Ureat numbers of men dressed in
clothes obviously of the style tf 1914
can be seen on the streets and in the
cafes. The Americans arc not strictly
enforcing the rule regarding uniforms
being discarded, as they are finding
many German soldiers possess no civ
iliaa clothes. The authorities are al
lowing them time to obtain peaceful
raiment, which is scarce and expensive.
Officers Are Elected By
Pacific Lodge No. 50
Paeifie'lodge No. 50, A, F. A. M.,
of Balem, at the regular meeting held
last Friday elected the following offi
eere for the coming year:
O. W. Porter, worshipful master.
Lester B. Davis, senior warden.
J. P. Bead, junior warder.
Lot L. Pearee, treasurer.
E. A. Choate, secretary.
Dr. O. A. Olson, trustee for three
years oa Masonic Temple assoeiatioa
board.
'"vwi WANft ADS PAY
EVERY SOLDIER NOW
IN FRANCE TO HAVE
CHEERY CHRISTMAS
Red Cross, Y. M. C. A. And
Kindred Organizations
Planning Amusemsnts.
By Fred S. Ferguson.
(United Press Staff Correspondent.)
Paris, Dee. 23 For most of tho dough
boys, this will bo their first Christmas
in Europe. It can now bo stated thoro
were only two American divisions in
tho training area last Christmas.
All auxiliary organizations of the ar
my consequently aro meeting the first
real test of their ability to spread good
cheer.
Thousands of packages mailed lrorn
Aniorica reached France during the past
week and wore hurried to tho front.
Tho Y. M. C. A. has forwardod 720,000
packages of cigarettes and a like quan
tity of gum, which will be distributed
from Belgium to Lorraine and as fat
as the Rhino bridgeheads. In addition,
14 carloads of gifts have reached tho
army region, including more than 300,
000 individual presents from home and
moro than 100,000 boxes of Christmas
trco decorations.
Provide Entertainment-
The Knights of Columbus have made
arrangements to provide Christmas on
tortainmonts. Every Salvation Army
hut is working overtime preparing pies,
doughnuts and the edibles that appeals
to the doughboys.
Every ajck and wounded man in the
hospitals will receive from tho Bod
Cross a gift. Their socks will be filled
with candies, nuts, fruits and imi
Special entertainments will bo given in
alt' the hospitals. A reception and a
dance will be held for officers and men
at Bed Cross headquarters in Paris.
Scattered Troops Bemembered.
Besides earing for the men in Lor
raine and Germany, the widely scat
tered American units will bo remem
bered. A battalion of the 339th in
fantry (Minnesota) and 310th engineer
and hospital company aro in Russia.
They landed on the Murman coast in
August. The first battalion of the
332nd infantry (Ohio) is near Cattaro.
Italy. The Second battalion ia near
Fiume, and the Third battalion is near
Treviso. .
Christmas cheer will enter thousands
of French homes in" the provinces,
through the Bed Cross. It is in the
smallest villages, stripped of men,
where houses have been destroyed, and
streets are ankle deep in mud, that woe
of the war stands out nakedly. More
KTIS BOARD
TOCEASipMl
Duties Of Various Sections Of
Board To Be Taken Over
By Oiner Departments.
Washington, Dee 23. Activities or"
the war industries board as such will
cease January 1. Chairman Baruch an
nounced today. Baruch sails for Eu
rope on December 81, in response to
the eall of President Wilson.
The division of planning and statis
tics will be taken over by the war
trade board on January 1. together
with officials end employes and all re
cords and files of the division.
The functions and powers section
of the wool division will be taken over
by the bureau of markets of the do
parement o agriculture, where the un
finished work will be disposed of.
The price fixing commissions will
ontinue to act until prices already
nxea snail .nave expired.
. All other activities of the war in
dustries boarl which it may not be
found possible to lispense wilh by Jan
aary 1, will be transferred on that lat i
ia the war trade board.
The cotton goods section with Sper
eer Turner, chief, was formally lisband
el today, together with the cotton lin
ers section, George B. James, chief
and the rubber section, Harry T. Bonn
chief.
yrdn To Pave American
Foodstuffs For Christmas
Washington, Dec. 23. More than ten
million pounds ef foodstuffs to meet
the shortage in the Scandinavian coun
tries are now en their way from tha
United States, the war board trade an
nounced today. It is said these foods
will reach Bwedcn in time for Christ
mas. "This shipment is not the result of
any superabundance of supplies," the
war trade board officials stated. Oa
the contrary, it represents a charing
with the Swedish people of commodi
ties of which this nation could nae all
it has. It shows the marked friendship
existing between America and Sweden
gions from Soissons to Chateau Thierry
will have their stockings filled with
toys, candies, nofflers and mmuh
Huge Christmas trees will be raised ia
Soissons and other centers. The Bed
Cross will also decorate more thaa S0OO
American graves, while French women
and children win redecorate grave
than six thousand children in the re- near their homes. .