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PAGE EIGHT " SALEM, OREGON. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1918. t flnUpfoW Journal For DEPENDABLE MERCHANDISE At the Lowest Price You Will Find That the J. C. PENNEY CO. Always leads." For Dry Goods, Shoes and Ready-to-wear Goods for Men, Women and Children, call on us and you will be pleased. - 3 yf W.C Sr J eW tsr frl Vl f y incorporsiea. " ' 0. P .iff AIQICES STAFF OF EMPLOYES T lesl ter G. Mil 0 fSpringfield Will Be Assistant State Treasurer. O. P. Hoff, state labor commissioner Who will succeed T. B. Kay as State treasurer the first Monday in January, ag announced tho following staff of employes for nil dopartmont; Assistant state truasuror, Lostor G. Hulin, cashier of tho (First National lank of Springfield. Ha will succeed T. G. Ryan. , Cashier, John Sutherland, who has held that position for many years, Mr. Sutherland ia an appointee of the state land board as ho hag chargd of the notes representing loans from the state school fund. ' Hoad bookkeeper, Harvey M. Hos kins of Wowiberg, who will suecood icott Paige. Head of the Inheritance tax depart aient, Stanley Oulvor, who has boon holding that position under Mr. Kny. Ohiof stenographer and assistant bookkeeper, Miss Mario Lodge, who has Iboon holding a similar position un der Mr. Hoff in the lufoor commission er's office. fcHenogrnphors Mis, May Cleveland, employed in the offioe, and Mrs. "Willi K. Rohde of Portland. IWzeL Deputy Sealer ' Deputy stats sealer of weights aud measures, VV. A. Dalael, now deputy la or commissioner. It is announced that Mr. 3alziel will rotain all but one of the district deputy sealers, as follows: Korthorn district, C. R. Nicholson, Portland; eastern district, J. A, Yea fur, Pilot Ruck; western .district, J. P. Jones, Salem; southern district, E. E. Bond of Kugeno, who will succeed D, T. Tawton, resigned. While Mr. Hulin will take office at thin time as assistant treasurer it is snderntood that after the closo of the legislative session that Joseph (1. Rich ardson of I'ortlnnd will take the posi tion. Mr. Richardson is stute represent tiva from Multnomah county and will DELAYS IN SHIPMENT . OF STOCK LOOSED INTO J. P. O'Brien Of Railroad Ad ministration, Assures Prompt ness At Yards. Willamette valley stock men are to lave no further causa for complaint against long delays of livestock ship Bents at Brooklyn, according to as mraneos given the public service com rimion in a letter received from J. P. 'Prion of the railroad administration. Many shippers had complained to the ommission that livestock consigned to the stock yards at North Portland would be delayed so long at Brook lyn, before being transferred from tho flouthorn Pacific to the O. W. R. N. that a serious shrinkage in the weight f the animals occurred, resulting in a Issa to the shippers. ' Mr. O'Brien says that arrangements we being mads for the movement of livestock direct to Albina, where a switch engine will ibe available to take are of the transfer to the other line. IHo also says plans are bcing mado for "regiilar stock days" which will aid ia giving prompt movement to live stock shipments. ' ACETYLENE TANK EXPLODES. . Lebanon, N. J., Dec. 31. Eleven parsons are missing today and aro be Isved to have been killed when an ace trfene tank exploded in the postoffict wilding here. Two men were blown through windows of the building. RESULT OF ENGLISH VISIT SATISFACTORY Wilson Believes Qemenceau Will Concede Much In In terests Of Right. Dovor, Dec. 31. Prosidont Wilson will reply to Premier Clomonccau's speech regarding "balance of power" at the proper time. Tho president left England today per foctly satisfied with the results he had aeomphshod and not in the least dis turbed by Cloniuiicoau's statoinonts. A careful analysis of the spcoch in dicates the French promior is prepared to concede much in the interest of right His attitude is not regarded as any cause for alarm. Wilson's last act before his depar ture was to tolograph King Oeorge, thanking him for his hospitality and wishing him and his family a happy Now Year and poaco and prosperity for Great Britain. PERSONALS Dan Stoffor of Silverton registered yesieraay m me uugu. , u , d egpeciaiIy the Mennonites in J. M. Dovers of Eugone was a city'r,.1"',. W -mk. , nt,4ont nf the vlitor yestorday, Mrs. Mildred Brooks, who has boon visiting tho past weok at Newport, will return tomorrow. Charles J. Simon, who has been spend ing the holidays with his grundmothor, Mrs. Isabel Simon, will roturn tomor row to the University of California to continue his medical studios, Major John B Hibbard was in tho city yosterday registered at the Mar ion. JuiIl'o and Mrs. fjawreneo T. Harris arrived home last evening from a shoi visit at Eugene, R. 1). Barton who is in tho signal corps headquarters company at camp Lewis, is visiting relatives over the hoi idnys. Ho will return to Camp Lewi, tomorrow. Almost Complete Roster Of Non Partisan League Offi cials In Office. Bismarck, N. !., Dec 31. Arrange ments were completed here iodny for tho beginning of a new political cperi ment. Tomorrow North Dakota will inaugurate an almost complete rostor of Non Partisan League officials. The league claims machinery to carry ovt its platform. Governor Lynn J. Fra.ier, re-elected heads tho now regime. With one ex ception other state officers were leagui candidates or endorsed bv the league. Tho orceptlon Is Miss Minnio Niolson state superintendent. Legislation proposed by the league in eludes public ownership of marketing facilities, exempting land improve ments from taxation, initiative and ref erendum and statu insurance. Unprecedented Cash Selis In N. Y. Market New York, Dee. 31. The Evening Sun's financial review today says: Trading in the list ses&ioa tf tho se curities market for the year 191 8 was signalised by an altogether unprece dented cash selling morei.ient. This had in origin in tho desire of sfofk and bondholders to establish los ses in connection with the income tax return for the year closing today. The last opportunity in which to do this in the regular war passed yester day. ' 1 Secretary Baker is urging legislation authorizing medals for members of ar my draft boards and state officials who helped administer the selective service j law. . All Around Town COUNG EVENTS Dee. SO. Second elsstion oa school budget. . Poll close 7 o'clock p. m. Jaa 13 'Legislature convenes, Jaa. 15-18 Auto exhibit. TM Mitral aatlfiU."Wabb ft OemA Oa. tf ' it aa 70m m ao when Ua4 Webb Clough Co tt iatfc . 83km 1M. Word was received today that the Eev. F. T. Portor, formerly pastor of the First Christian church in this city, was filling a temporary appointment as pastor of the Christian church at Pul- lerton, Calif. Hlghwaya Bayld Transit A.nto aerrica to Portland aid way points daily, leav ing tmlen at 7 a. m. none orders by bibs before, 187 8. Com'l. Phone 663 tf Sigh trade, jeaaine fan for Christ- Mae tins at epesial antes, west Fur Ce., 017 South High 8t. tf A. H. Moore, bicycle man and alder man from the fourth ward, has moved west again. A yoar ago he moved one door west, but this time he is making it three doors to the west into larger quarters. Dr. J. O. lUttkts, asoclated with Dr. H. J. Clements, offioe 4.'l 410 Balem Baak ef Com. bldg. urnee tel. 073; res. 1T0S South Fir St. tel. 696. 12-37 alia is) flaUm's industries by rap- portisr those on the ground. tf Wanted, Bligh. wood choppers. See ft T. T. Buell, member of the Salem Elks lodge, writes his friends giving the information that he has been mus tered out of the sorvice and that fol lowing his discharge, he spent four days in Los Annolos as his own boss. He expects t0 celebrate the Now Year's ar rival in Han Francisco and will event ually arrive in Sulom, Salesn bread safvorta Salem' payroll aad ia turn the asks the support of as,- leal aeaDla. tf s Tn should buy there is a roason. Salem bread only, tf I kava moved my offices Into more pleasant aad or tomaoioua quar- Mrs oa tae taira noor 01 vne u. a. National bask buildisc. Dr. 0. L. Seett Cairopractic-Spinologist, 30-13 U., 8. National bank bldg. tf The Deaconess hospital will soon Is sue a qunrtoriy paper or mammiiie, m be dovotod to the interests of the hos valley, nunrterlv to eive ceneral information in regard to the farming itnerests of the valley near Salem and induco Men onites to make this country their houu. Relax aaul rest U Ike dental chair. Dr. Hartley fills asd extracts teeth without pais aud corrects diseased guns. Moore bldr. Phone 114. tf Solesa bread Is freshest and best, tf A marriage license was Issued yester day to Curtis 0. Smith of Silverton lSli vears old ,a laborer, and Julia Km ilv Johnson, 19, of Silverton. They wore married yesterday. Thi9 morning n license was issued to W. H. Williams 21, a foreman, of Salem and Miss Nellie Kuth Fowler, 21, a clerk, of ttulcm, Tbe budget of the Salem school board of directors was approved at the clcc tion held vesterduv by a vote of 38') in favor and 237 opposed. Iho oppo sition to maintaining the schools at their present high standard polled about 3D votes less than it did when tho buduet was first submitted. The board of directors and thoso interested in tho schools have all along felt that the school board would be sustained if it was generally known for what pur pose the money was wanted and also what the board had been doing tno past year to keep tho Salem schools up to the present high standard. The veteran seedman, D. A. White, who has boon in tho business in Salem for tho past 26 years, says he remem bers that at the closo of the Civil war corn was selling at 1.25 a bushel in Illinois. Tho prico today in Oregon is 1.73 including sack. Wheat after the war sold as high as B2.5U or more. To day as the price is established by the government, wheat in Oregon is worm from il.95 to -'.00 for the valley pro duct. Hay is now worth wholesale $25 to $28 a ton and it costs more to feed horse than a man. The Bulck automobile of Lafayette Lawrenco which was stolen the other evening on State street, was located last evening at 18th and B streets. Nothing seems to have been stolen out of tho ear as tho suit ease with eoTne of Mr. Lawrence's clothing was found. Uo offered a reward of i!0 for the re turn of the car. F. W. Schloth of Portland, who has been with the Pacific Fruit and Pro duce company, will become manager of the Salem Fruit company beginning to mnrmw Xf r Wilrn. whn h&a been on the inside work will travel the local' territory in the intorests of the com-1 panT I ' Ever ginoa the beginning of the world there has been but one "beat" way to bury the dead, that way is in tombs. Mount Crest Abbey provides that "best" way, the eost is no more. See Caretaker at Mausoleum or your undertaker. 1-31 The temperature dropped to 25 above last night, according to the govern ment's official record which isn't so bad when one considers that in south ern California last night the mercury got down to the 22 notch. As the low temperature reeord for the year now Stands, the night of January 31 was the coldest when the weather dropped to 23 above. At three different tunes this month has the minimum, tempera' ture been 20 above. According to the present ottstousr. new year will daws in Salem wifS Vvt few folkg taking the trouble to remain awake to celebrate the event. With the influenza ban on against meetings of all kinds everything of a public nature was declared off and the Company M dance for tonight postponed until after the legislature meets. It is generally understood that Mrs. Winnie Braden met with no success in her campaign to become manager of the Salem Commercial club. While the election could not take place until the new president and board of directors are elected, yet he concensus of opin ion among s.tive members of fa club was opposed to her election and it is understood she was told candidly that tho club did not look with favor on her application. Fred S. Bynon and family who have been in Portland for tho past two months, left yesterday for Chicago whore Mr. Bynon will practice law. Mr. Bynon for some time after leaving Sa lem was associated with an insurance companj at Gary, tnd., in the law de partment, ' The Bev. W. 0. Kantner pastor of the First Congregational church, and fanutk are at home in the parsonage of tho church. They had planned a New Ycai event tomorrow for their friends but it has been postponed on account of the influenza situation." J. M. Brown and others of Silverton who rccontly lost their suit against .Sil verton in the circuit court, are not sat isfied with the court's decree and hav filed notice of an appeal to tho S'uiae court. This is tho paving case in which a lot of Silverton people objected to navinir for paving and carried their case to the supreme court where they won. Then the City of Silverton put the question up to a vote in the way of amending the charter of the city and again proceeded to pave and tax the paving bills against abbutting property Mr. Brown and others carnodl tne case to the circuit court and Judgo Percy E. Kelly decided that the final action of tho city was legal. ' It is against his decree that an appeal is made. The ten year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Joss. I Potter of Dallas, Oregon, died yesterday. The funeml services will bo hold at 10:30 o'clock Wednesday morn ing at Mount Crest Abbey mauseloum. Constable Percy M. Varney tomorrow will become Chief of Police Varney Huving been elocted by a vote of tin people, he takes office on the first of the year. Ho succeeds Chief of Police Foland. Other officers on the police force will hold until the city council elects at its first meeting to be hold Jan. 6. Mr. Varney now holds the rath er unique position of not only being constable for tho Salem district but chief of police for the city. According to the law, judicial officers do not as sume office until the first Monday in the year, and that happens to be on the six A. For this reason Waltor DcLong, eoctcd constablo for this district, will not take office until Monday, Jan. 6 Nor will Judge Webster step down and out unlil the sixth as the office of jus ticc of the peace is a judicial office. Sts&ern California And 'Frisco Tejngsrature Drop Los Angeles, Cal , Dec. 31. Portland, complaining of its cold weather with 26 above registered, should come to southern California for a brisk cl'mate. Temperatures registered at six a.m. today were: Pomona, 25; San Bernar dino, 25; Santa Ana, 22; Escondido 24 and Los Angeles, 28. Iho weather bureau warned fruit growers to protcet their ciops, for it predicted tonight will uo as cold or colder. Whether damage has already been dono fruit is unknown. fas Francisco, Dec. 31 At five m. today ban rruneisco t normomotci s fell to j degrees, the lowest point rosea ed here this year. . . The Journal Job Department will print yon anything in the stationery line do it right and save yau real money. . - . - . - "" WILL CASE OF LONG STANDING IS SETTLED BY SOPH COURT Question Which Had Been In Courts Three Times In volved $500,000. - One of iho most famous will cases ever before the suprema court was de cided today, wben the court upheld the validity of an agreement made by George Tabias Myers and hie wife as to the distribution of their property after the denth of both of tnem, Myers had endeavoied to bieak the agree ment after the death of his wife, by making a new will. As the result of Myers' attempt to break the original agreement with his wife, Mrs. Frances Stevens has been fighting her brother, Georgu Tobias Myers, Jr., in the court for over 10 years in he. effort to gain possession of the estate, which is valued at more than $500,000. By the opinion of tho supreme court today, she has at last won her long legal battle, and will not only get one-half of the estate, but she will be given an accounting of all the income from the estate during the 10 years her brother has had possession of it and will be refunded one-half. Each Entered Agreement. It was in 1896 that Myers, and his wife entered into their agreement and each made a will, whicu provided tliat when one died his or her property should go to the other, and when the last one died all the property should be divided equally between their two chil dren. Mrs- Myers died first and Myers, under the terms of the will, took her property, then valued at $150,000. Ho became estranged from his daughter and destroyed the will he had .made, containing tho agreement with his wife, end made a new will which lefti his daughter only $20,000 to be paid her when she reached the age of 45, and gavo all the rest of the property to tne son. In July, 1907, Myers died and Mrs. Stevens learned that she had been practically disinherited. She instituted a contest against the validity of her father's will on the grounds that ho was unsound of mind when he made it. That case was carried to tho supreme court, which upheld the will and decid ed against Mrs. Stevens. Testimony in that case brought to light the agree ment and mutual wills which had been made back in 1896 and Mrs. Stevens then began the present action, which was decided agamBt her in the county and circuit, courts, but finally won in the supremo court Justice Johns Wrote Opinion. The opinion of the court was written by Justice Johns and covers 28 largo typewritten pages while a dissenting opinion covering 22 typewritten pages, was written by Justice Burnett. Tho case has been argued before the court three different times. Until Justice Johns and Justice Olson became mem bers of the court, the court was equally divided on the question and no opinion could be rendered as a majority of the court could not agree. The court stood three to three, while Justice Harris, tho seventh member, did not take part as he felt disqualified. The property involved consists chief ly of Portland real estate and fisher ies in Alaska. An Americn relief expedition, carry g physicians, nurses and supplies will sail from New York next month fol ria and Armenia. Good I A Happy New Year To the customers of the Farmer's Cash Store and also the patrons of The Stockton Store. The management of the Farmer's Cash Store has depided to continue in business and will move into the Stockton store, will be located in the Stockton store by March first, Under the name of "THE PEOPLES CASH STORE." Our future program for the business will be to enlarge the same with a complete stock of Groceries, Dry Goods, Clothing and Shoes. Our motto for doing business: 1. Pure and High Class Groceries. 2. Best qualities of Dry Goods, Clothing and Shoes. 3. The Lowest General Price. 4. The best of Service and FREE deliveries to the Homes, Garages, Barns and Depots. ' 5. A profit sharing ticket with each purchase redeemable in merchan dise to our customers. 6. We will take in exchange of farm produce. We expect to make""THE PEOPLES CASH STORE" a store for all the people. Until we move into our new location we will continue our removal sale of big bargains in all lines. . TrheFames' Gash Sto?e 151 HIGH STREET We deliver To out-of-town Buyers Asa, Transport Sailings Are Announced Today Washington, Dee. 31. The war de partment announced the sailing of the transport Santa Marta from France De cember 27 for New York, where it it due January 8 with the followiif troops: One hundred twelve officers and eol orea casual detachment number 3, on field officer and 12 men. Transfer Madawska sailed December 23 for Newport News, due January 8; with the following troops; 87 officers, 207 j men. Casual companies 113, 111, 11 j, 401, 408, 409, comprising 15 offi cers and 889 men. The headquarters of ITith infantry brigade, three offi cers and tea men; (those headquarters troops will be discharged at Camp Dix N. J.) Eight casual officers, 1100 sick and wounded enlisted men, 58 sick and wounded tdf it ers, four sick and wound ed nurses, atteudeu by three officers 73 men Mid four nurses. One Y. M. C. A. civilian. Louisville Sails. Transport Louisville sailed from Southampton, England, for New York December 28, due January 6, with o2 officers and 837 men, divided as fol lows; Casual companies number 1008, three officers, 157 men; and the following all colored: 1109, 1068, 1089, 1070, 1071 totalling 12 officers and 607 men. Head quarters in charge of above casuals, 4 officers. Total 73 sick and wounded men, 13 casuals officers, one Japanese army officer and 95 civilians. The war department also announced the sailing of the Finland from St. Na- zaire, December 29. It is due at New port News January 10 with casuals, Sec ond battalion of 345th infantry of the 87th division from Camp Dix, General Martin of the 87th division and small number of miscellaneous troops. Ti an sport Eastern Queen from St. Na zaire "December 29, due at Baltimore January with 2 casual officors aboiuu. Transport Agamemnon from Brest December 28, due Now York City aJn uary 5 with men from Camp Dix, Funs ton, Dodge, Grant and Taylor and a number of casuals Spartacus Congress Agreed To Form New Labor Party Copenhagen, Dec. 31. The Spartacus congress, which opened in Berlin yes terday, unanimously icsolved to foim a new communistic labor party and break away from the independent so cialists, a dispatch from that city re ported today. M. Kadckof, of the Russian sovie government, addressed (he congress. COLD DAY IN SEATTLE. Seattle. Wash.; Dec. 31. With the exception of December 24, when the temperature dropped to 26 degrees, to day was the coldest of the year, the thermometer registered 27 above zero early in the morning. It later rose to 34. Fair weather and colder, is pre dicted for tonight and New Years. 'FLU" INCREASES IN 'FRISCO. San Francisco, Dec. 1 A slight in crease in the toll of new cases in the influenza epidemic was registered todny when 256 such cases wore reported to the San Francisco board of health. Thirteen deaths were reported. Sergeant Q, B. Haskell was killed and James F. Moore, a flight instructor, was severely injured when their airplane fell near Fort Worth, Texas, Saturday. Jesse S. Heard and Harry Wheeler two Pendleton boys are in a base hos pital in France. News drders of $1.50 and over free of charge we will pay 1-2 freight charges on all orders of $10 and over. kaJU JftiBfVflfc-tilMUfrsV 14,090 DESIGNATED FOR EMLY COSM Many Aero Squadrons Includ ed In List Of Troops Or dered Home. Washington, Dec. 31. Designation to early convoy of 2133 officers ana 12,024 men of the A. E. F., was an nounced by the war department today. The organizations ordered home in clude. " The 329th and 330th iufnntry regi ments of the 83d division, 118 offi cers and 6882 men; IKith engineers and train of the 41st division, with 28 officers and 1600 men, and the 54th field artillery coast artillery corps, 10 officers and 2429 men. The remainder of the organizations are composed of aero squadrons aver aging four officers and 150 men. The aero squadrons aro the 162d, two officers and 51 men; 483d, four offi cers, 154 men; 489th, four officers and 154 men; 490th, four officers and 154 men; 21st, five officers and 134 men; 30th, fivo officers, 152 men; 31st, five officers, 150 men 32d, five officers, 135 men; 33fl, five officers, 142 men; 37th, five officers, 143 men; 640th, four of- Iiccrs, xoa men; oa, nra uincers, o men; 101st, four officers, 154 men; 257th, four officers, 150 men; 4G9th, two officers, 116 men; 184th two of ficers, 147 men. Mechanic Companies The following mechanics companies: 17th, threo officers, 161 men; 18th, three officers, 152 men; 19th, one offi cer, lso men; air service casual com pany number 2; two officers, 185 men. The d'ourtn, oatn ana oui piuuuei infantry companies; 164th field hos pital, two officers, 55 men; chemical warfare servico casual company num ber 4, four officers, loO men. Tn assist ouarantincd families in pro curing cooked food and dolicaeies, Pen dleton has established a- community kitchen. The department of labor will send a representative to the reconstruction convention to be held at Portland Jan uary 9 to 11. A directory ef manufactories inst is- t sued ehows ihat Washington state laf at leaau uuu itiuivinja iiiiiuiMv".-.' 1000 commodities. George E. Sanders of Albany and Roy C. Jones of Tillamook have been, appointed majors in the Second regi ment, Oregon volunteer guard. Secretary Baker states that all war material captured by the American ar my will bo brought homo and disposed of as congress may direct. MM MM ' L.M.HUM care of Yu& So Toes Chinese Medicine and Tea 0. Has medicine which will sire any known disease. Opn Sundays from 10 a. m, on til 8 p. m. 153 South High St. Salem, Oregon. . Pkoae 18! an PHONE 453 S3