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THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON. EDNE&QAY, JANUARY 1. 1919.
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Happy
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Why Paris Shoe
Shop Grows
We Grow as our reputation is built on:
QaaSty Merchandise
Fair Prices
Honest Dealing
That is what you get at Paris Shoe Shop.
WATCH US GROW
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OFFJCiALJvSALT UKEj'j
Chief Subject For Discussion';
ill Be Concerning bov-
eminent Aid.
i.'SUPEBIHIMIS .
ASK TAX INCREASE
Also Recommend That Each
School District Be Given
$100 More AnnoaDy.
An increase in the county school tai
id a new basis for its distribution
among the various school distrir s in
the county is recommended in resolu
tions adopted by the county school su
perintendents who nre ia session a',
the state house as a state examining
boards
The superintendent recommend that
the eount y school tax, which is now i
levied on the basis of $8 for each child
numerated in the school census, be in-
J3 . a .in
Si As to the distribution of the county Ith 'government will extend aid
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State Highway Engineer Nunn will
leave tonight for Salt Lake to attend
a meeting of highway engineers and
highway officials of the west The
meeting will be held January 3
The ehief subject for discussion will
be the bill pending in congress which
provide that tie eavernmiint shall
spend 00,000,000 in aiding highway
construction in the "arious states. High
way oifieinlg of western states desire
to have a provision inserted in the bill
which will change the basis on which
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school fund, the euperintendents recom
mended that each school district be
given $200 instead of $100, as at pre
sent; that $lt be allowed for each
At present the basis is 50-50. The gov
eminent requires the state to put up
dollar for dollar, while the western
road men want this ratio out to at
teacher who attends the annual eoun-'1 '0 T fu onl l0T 6V'
ty teachers' institute, instead of 8 orv ?? P" "P bv ne tatc- Tiey
as at present; that the balance be ap-
gue that tho western slates, which
portioned on the basis of actual school j n&ve long distances and comparatively
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and forth on Market street in confetti
four inches deep, other throngs lined
up at tho bars gathering in inspiration,
without which it is believed, such a
colobratlon would fall flat.
Daylight found isolatod celebrants
confiding to lamp posts that the end
had come because the country it go
ing dry.
RESUME FEO-GERMAN PROBE
Washington, Jan. 1. The senate
committee investigating activities of
the Gcnmaa propagandist will resume
hearings Friday.
STREET CAB STRIKE
attendance and tho number. of teach
ers employed.
Miss Cornelia Marvin, state librarian
and who was recently appointed stave
historian to compile a record of the
Oregon soldiers and sailors, will con
fer with the county superintendents
tomorrow relative to the questionairc
which is beiug prepared for mailing to
I every school in the state. It is planneil
I to obtain through the work of the
I schools a full record of every soldier
or sailor. Each home from which an
enlisted man went to war is to be viB
ited and a questionaire for that soldier
will be filled out. The work is to be
completed between January 6 and 17,
WHAT? LABOR WANTS
scanty population, compared with east
ern states, are not getting a fair deal
under the SO-SO arrangement.
If the bil! "becomes a law Oregon's
share will be about $9,000,000 j
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NAVAL FORCES TO BEii
DIVIDED INTO TWO BIG i
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Milwaukee, Wis., Jan. 1. Milwaukee
streetcar men struck today for higher
wages. There were no disorders.
London, Jan. 1. Labor wants an in
ternational minimum wage, regulation
of child labor and abolition of sweat
shops, George H. Barnes, labor leader
ond former member of the war cabinet,
declared in an Interview today.
JOURNAL WANT ADS PAY
Admiral Benson Will Yisit
Pacific Coast To Survey
Situation Here.
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NEWYEAR'S
WISH
That it may bring you a
bountiful supply of the good
things of life, and a capacity
to fully enjoy them.
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OUR GREETINGS FOR THE
HAPPIEST OF NEW YEARS
E. L. Stiff & Son
To New Owners of
Victrolas
We Extend a Cordial Invitation to
Avail Themselves of
OUR VICTOR RECORD SERVICE-
, We devote an entire floor (second floor) to the proper demonstra
tion of Victor Records the Demonstration Rooms are glass par
titioned, sound-proof and perfectly ventilated Comfort Always.
We maintain a
BIG STOCK OF VICTOR AND PATHE RECORDS-
. Our corps of demonstrators will gladly play any record without
any obligation on your part to purchase. They will advise regard
. ing your selection of records being thoroughly familiar with all
the Victor Records, from the popular dance numbers to the most
beautiful operatic selections.
Convenient Payment Terms.
VICTROLAS $22.50 TO $400.09-
Dealers in Steinway and other Pianos, Pianola Pianos, yictrolas
and Records, Player Music Cabinets, Piano Lamps, etc. '
wusmngton, Jan. 1. American nava;, ii
forces will be equally divided into At-, J J
lurilic aud Pacific fleets by next sum-1 1 ..
mer, becretary of tho Navy Jui..ola;
told tho houso naval affairs committee "
The socrotary also said that he end AdffiiTal GntYSOn OrdCFS
Admiral Benson would visit the iaciiic r I . T T I l
const soon to survey the situation there! "resident 10 lake KCSt
with a view to putting the new plan 1
into operation. By Robert J. Bender
ticftllv strinn,l nnrl it. v,; .,i 1a"9 Jn- 1 President Wilson cn-
ment added to tho Atlantio fleet, 'be- , jnv 0(1 today his first relaxation since
cause of war conditions. coming to Europe. Despite a cold rain
Daniels pointed out that under the bo played golf early this moiling U
new plan of dividing' the forces imo. the famous Bt. Cuold links. He was ac
equal parti, tCS, fiftv would bejiept at companied by Mrs. Wilson and Keai
top noticji'bf fcompetitiou and rivalry , Admiral Grayson. ' .
botween the two forces. ; After returning from his golf the
Keep Main Air Stations. Iprosidont held a lengthy conference
The navy will k'ep one main air sta- with Colonel House,
tion at San Diego and another at Pen-1; President and Mrs. Poincare called
sncila, the secretary said, adding that upon he Wilsons at the Murat palace
no additional stations would be built this afternoon.
now. A training ition wr the marine; Orayson has ordered tho pv-artfent to
corps will also be kipt at Ban Diego : tako tw0 days absolute rest. Ho will
and it is probsbU.hat the naval train- spend ono of these days in Paris and
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ing station at Goat Island will bo trans-
fo -fcil 1 1 fan Diego or some other south
oru Cuiifornin port Final decision on
this matter will oe rcsorved until Dan
iels visits the coast ,he said. Daniels
also gnvo the committee a statement on
Japans' naval strength. Ho shows that
Japan has 13 battleships with four
building or projected, seven battle
cruisors, ten cruisers, 16 light cruisers
with seven building or projected, 66
destroyers with 23 more building and j
10 submarines with 27 building,
Asks About ConQitions. I
Representative Hicks of New York
asked Daniels about reports of the un
sanitary condition of the marine corps
CEinp at Brest.
Daniels replied that tlte printed sto- j
ries were "very sensational" and tuat
Genorul Butler has been officially roc
ouunended to him for making the con
ditions at the camp toierable I
Representative Butler of Ponneyiv-.t-l
in, fuiuer of General Butler, who was
mentioned by DanieiS, di.tcusu uio
condition of the camp, but both Dan
iels and Butler requested that what
tuey said should not be printed. Their
remarks, however, tended to coiiium
mat t no Conditions st Brest were
very bad. At on tune, it was s m v .
ing the discussion that the Marines had
taken hay sway from the hoi sub to
make beds for sick soldiers. Daniels
ended the discussion by pointing out)
I that the marines were under direction I
jofthe army the moment they landed in'
: Krn nee. . j
The committee was then handed pro- j
; posed legislation putt'sg the permanent;
jstrenfth of tne mi rine corps at
! about 9000 more than the present nu
jthorized peniinnent strength, but about
loue-hulf of the present temporary
strougth.
Soon in Permanent Stations.
The marines, Daniels said, would
soon bo taken out of the New York
i and Mare Island navy yards au.i pu.c-
at tho permanent marine stations at
I Jaii Diego, Paris Islnil, 8. C, aud yuan
jtieo. The station for advanro training
will be at (junntico and the other two
, will be used for preliminary training,
j Daniels declared that the buying cf
i 12 acres of land at the JS'ew York nuvy
yard was "absolutely necessary." He
asked $2)00,000 for this purchase, stat
ing that the New York yard would al
ways be the most important one. Delay !
in the purchase would interfere withi
naval construction, Daniels (said.
1 Explainig the need for land at .-tew-j
port, R. I., the secretary said that he
planned to establish one of the base
r'aciu-s ,i nav-ul traii stations there. I
!., t .'a- t two me to be at Hampton
; Kucds and CliieJuro.
Par-Mi asked fo nB.tretion of a
v.nter tyMem at Key Vet, Fla., at a
c-st of 2,0fJ.lKTJ, lirlaiiMi tiiat Key
West was one sou'iern jy.rt adapted
f ir a base. The other to !.ses, ho
said, would bo kept st Now Loudou,
Conu., and San Diego. -
o on the train on route to Italy, for
which he will depart nt 7 o'clock tonight.
Yisit other Italian Cities.
Rome, Deo. 81. President Wilson
will visit Naples, Florence, Venice and
probably Milnn, in addition to Rome,
it was semi officially announced today
The Giornalo D 'Italia declared today
that Premier Orlando has decided to
postpone reorganization of the minis
try until President Wilson's arrival.
Preparing for Visit.
Rome, Dec. 31. Decoration of . the
chamber of deputies, in prcpsration for
President Wilson's visit, was. begun to
day. . Z
Former Crown Prince
Appears At Public Dance
Wieringen, Jan. 1. The former Ger
man crown prince, mingling with the"
people for the first time since tho re
cent unpleasantness connected with his
gift of a pair of silk stockings to a
local modiste, attended a public dance
last night. He neither ate nor drank;
fearing, it ia lolieve-d, he might be
poisoned. j
Portland Greets New
Year Very
Portland, Or., Jan. 1. Nine-
teen nineteen was greeted here
by crowds which thronged the
streets and cafes until aa car.
'ly .hour this morning.
There was mncn noise,' little
booze and no disorders - -
Bootlegging added- to the -Jf
good time of a few of the eel-
vbrants, liquor changing hands $
on street corners. sjc
The price, early in the even-
ing was $15 a quart, $16 by
midnight and $20 at tne break
of dawn.
During the year 1918 there ver ap
proximately 23,000 iudustrial accidents
or an avcrago of 84 for every working
day, reported to the state industri1
accident commission. In 1917 the total
number of accidents reported reached
15.000. .
Feldstein Director
Company
Wish You
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A Hap
py New Year
Ever since coming to Salem we have enjoyed a very
liberal patronage and We cannot refrain at this time from
expressing to you our appreciation.
We trust that our relations for the future will con
tinue as pleasant as they have been in the past and that
suuu neaiin ana gooa icrtune will be yours duTinjr the
New Year.
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