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About Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1903-1919 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 20, 1919)
THE DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON. THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 20, 1919. PAGE FIVE AVIATORS PREPARE 10 ' FLY ACRO ATLANTIC Prize Of $50,000 Offerd For first successful rhgnt Bj London Daily Mail New York, Feb 20 With three possibly four aviators ready to fly across the Atlantic from the American aide to the British isles, the Aero club announced today that three airmen in England have filed their entries for the trans-ocean event a prize or ou,uou nas Been offered I n 1 n if ly the London Daily Mail for the first ! LOCo DlSKSt Dsn Buecessrui rugnt An additional fou,uuu They are expecting an order from Eng land for 100,000,000 feef of ties,- and if they get that there will be some thing doing. There are just three big saw mills here. They load the stuff on barges and- low it out to the ships. The docks here are crowded with bag ships from Australia, China and Japan, some of them with guns mounted fore ana art and their gun crews still en duty. It looks as though the war was sail on The town is full of soldiers, and just the other day the Empress of Japan left with 1200 soldiers aboard bound for Siberia. There are a great many crippled soldiers here armless, legless and blind. They sure have "had a hard time, but they seem to be hap py. They have an exhibition here of captured war materials brought over oy tne Canadians machine guns, can' non of all kinds and an airplane." is offered if the trip is made in a Brit ish built machine and the start is made from British soil Captain Hugo Sundstedt entered for the $50,000 February 24. Since that i time three English entries have been made, according to a cablegram to the Aero club. The names of the aspirants on the other side of the water have not been made public. Sundstedt, the independent, claims he can fly from New York to St. Johns N. F., and after replenishing his fuel tank, there, make tho jump from New foundland to Ireland, or possibly to the English coast in 21 hours. He has de posited his $500 forfeit in entering for the Daily Mail prize. According to the terms of the contest, entrants cannot mnke the flight until 14 days after filing the entry. In that time, they must allow a thorough inspection of their machines by Aero club officials. aundstedt it was reported might sac rifice the prize money rather than wait 14 days before making the attempt. It was rumored today that Lieuten ant Colonel "William A. Bishop, the Brit ish ace of aces, is now contemplating Team Win Victory Probably the hardest game of the- season for the local "5 Y" team was played Inst night at Dalles after a long wearisome ride through some of Polk county's favorite mud. The local team rode the storm with the a result of 15 to 13 in their favor, after a battle which probably cqunlg that of any game played in cither city this season. The Dallas team averaged ten pounds, heav ier than tho local team, and has had three years of victorious seasons to back them up in their claim for victory, but the grit and speed of Salem's "5 Y" bunch seemed to bewilder them, auu ad ded to tho fact hat the game was mayed on the Dallas dance floor, made things. lively tor both teams. This etme to tals the th game the "5 Y" team hav won this season. From the time the referee's whistle sounded the start until the timekeeper announced the score the house was one continuous uproar. For the first seven CHARGES 1HAT THIRTY FIFTH WERE HOI CASED FOR ARE UNFOUNDED Major Geneal Traub Told This To House Rales Commit tee Today. a flight from Newfoundland to minutes neither team was able to score land He was said to have an exeeotton- ally fast plane, "somewhere in Cana da" ready for the venture logging Camps Will Open . Later Than Usual This Year Supt. IT. O. Holt, of the Spaulddng Tagging company, returned recently from a visit at the Black Bock camp where he hag been looking after some construction work preparatory to the spring! operations. Owing to the unset tled condition of the lumber market lie thinks that their camps may be lat er than usual in opening tip Probably it will be April first before the camps all get under way. The camps all along the coast as well as tho mills are oper ating on a conservative basis until it is learned what tho eastern and for eign markets aro going to require. James Day, who was for 11 years log ging foreman for the Spaulding com pany, now .located at Vancouver, B. C, writes to Mr. Holt that the same con ditions exist there, though they are handling a good deal of foreign trade. He writes: "They seem to be cutting mostly large timbers looks like ship stuff ibut it lis bound for Australia. but at the end of this period the first basket went to Salem, thrown by Brown from the center of the floor. From this point on the score was tied several wer0. removeA the t?mn. Washington, Feb. 20. Charges that the Thirty Fifth division was mis handled and not properly cared for in the battle of the Argonne are not "well founded," Major Peter Traub, tho div ision 's commander, told the house rulef committee today. Questioned categancallv concerning tne charges of Uovcrnor Allen of Kan sas, Traub either made a flat denial or said the condition was unavoidable, un der the exigencies of battle. Everything possible was done for tho wounded," Traub said. "But there weren't enough stretchers in the A. E F. to take care of seven thousand at one point." Traub denied flatly tha the Germans dominated the air. There was a shortage of horses." he said, but he denied the shortage was as great as so percent, Turning to artillery, Traub said about a half dozen shells from the allied ar tillery had fallen insicie the American lines. The division was never outside its army and corps artillery, he said. Generals Martin, a national guard of ficer find McClure, a regular army of ficer, had been removed on his recom mendation, Traub said, "One thing prompted me and that was the success of our arms." said Traub. Three regular army colonels - M ( tunes until finally it stood 12 to 12 even. Burroughs then found one bas ket and one foul that the Dallas ref eree deemed necessary to call on his own team. Dallas also threw the foul tondored them, making the final score lo to 13. The lineup of the Salem team was as follows: Herbert Socolofsky, Captain, E. G.. 0 George Tatro, L. G. 0 Frank Brown, C. .. 4 James Putnam, L. G .2 Julian Burroughs, B. F. . 9 Harold Socolofsky, Sub. , Bohaimn, Sub. The Dallas team will play a return gmno 0n tho Y. M. C. A. floor Saturday evening at 7:00 p. m. A lively scran is expected, IT. OF O. DEFEATS WASHINGTON Pullman, .IWah., fsb. 20.- Oregon, University outplayed and defeated the Washington State college baskfctball quintet here last night in a fast game that ended 28 to 38 in Oregon ' favor. Durao, Oregon "s right forward, alone Bcored 28 points. He played fast Traub maintained the BoldierB alwavt had something t0 eat although there was probably a shortage of food at some points.' Supplies of winter underwear had not caught up with the division at tho time of the Argonne fighting, Troub ex plained. . Engineer troops had been pressed into the lighting to relieve an infantry div ision. Traffb admitted. "And you can bet your sweet life they fought too." "The bocho had the Frenchman's goat. He would not go np there and try that job. ''Wo took in three hours what the French had been up against throe years. " XX XX V Reading .has helped ill advertisings ake. is a united country: it to and safe, taking no chances and' miss ing none The two teams are now tied in the Pacific Coast conference race, each with three defeats and six wins. Walter Leo Kelly, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kelly of Oregon City, died of pneumonia at Cnnip Meade, Md., February 14, The Last But The Biggest of our Don't miss the opportunity to get the real bargains in all kinds of groups. Dry goods, clothing and shoes at the Farmer's Cash Store, 151 North High street. We are moving at full speed to the J. L. Stockton store at 186-194 North Com mercial street, under the name of the Peoples Cash Store. We will celebrate our opening by the first of March with nice premiums to the customers and also with big bargains of every line of description in ourfetore. Our reduc tion prices for Friday and Saturday of this week will surprise you. Here are a few of our Big Reductions: Jim Hawkins props his feet On the rose festooned porch railing in an Oregon suburb and reads the same motor car advertisement that Cousin Peter is studying as he rides home from work in the New York sub way. In Arizona you can buy the same tooth paste and tobacco that are used by the folks in Maine. California fruit growers adver tise their oranges and lemons to the ..people of the East. New Hampshire factories make ice ccream freezers for Texas households. There can be no division in a coun try so bound together by taste, habit ," and custom. You can meet up with anybody in the United States and quickly get on conversational footing because you both read the same advertisements. Advertising is the daily guide to what's good to buy. Advertisements give you the latest news from the front line of business progress. Reading advertisements.- enables you to get more for your money be cause they tell you where, what and when to buy. And it is a well-known fact that ad vertised goods are more reliable and better value than the unadvertised kinds. , fltliiii tti 1 i ttt tttt ttt ttitti M! tt fftf tt ' t TTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT t H M Mt Publisher Of "Hornet" For Libel Best Fisher's hardwheat Snow Fall flour $2.75 Best Valley flour "I!I!ZZZ"$2!50 Sack of sugar $9.65 10 pounds sugar $1.00 15 ounce pkg. raisins 13c 12 ounce RoyalBaking Powder.... 32c 10 lbs rolled oats, bulk 70c 10 pounds Pancake flour 65c 10 pounds Graham flour 60c 3 pounds head rice 30c 3 pounds head rice, broken 25c 3 pounds best white beans : 25c 3 pounds Red Mexican beans 25c 3 pounds best grade Reliance Coffee $1.10 F. C. S. 40c coffee 29c 2 pounds bulk cocoa 45c 1 pound peanut butter 8c 1 can "Hunter Boy" sweet corn "...15c 1 can Armour's best milk 15c 1 can Standard tomatoes 15-: 1 can Royal Club sauer kraut ...14c 1 can very best clams 13c 2 oz. extracts any kind ...20c 1 net pound Ghiradelii's chocolate 30c 1 gallon white table syrup 95c Honey in bulk, pound 2Gc 10 pounds Karo syrup 95c No. 5 Compound, pail '. $1.15 No. 5 Vegctole $1.39 Cottolene Net 3 pounds $1.07 1 gal. pure cooking oil ...$1.95 5 bars Armour's White Flyer soap 25c Selected onions, pound 1 l-2c; per sack $1.40 Burbank potatoes, per sack $1.50 Big size oranges, dozen 35c Eugene, Or., Feb. 20. James Fuller ton, who publishes a pamphlet which ho calls the ''Oregon Hornet" and which has been barred from the mails, wag in. dieted on five 'counts by the Lane conn ty grand jury on charges of printing false and scandalous matter and libc'j "of and concerning the officials, facul I ty and students of tr.e fnivcrstty of I Oregon." I The indictments returned by tht grand jury yesterday are as follows i For publishing on September 1, 1918. an article charging that immorality ex isted at the Tniversity and was publicly condoned by President Campdcll. For publishing in October issue libel ou statements concerning tho board of regents, the faculty and the students of the University, charging that the ro gents were ullowing the taxpayers to be robbed unmercifully. For also publishing in the January issue an article in which ho charges that immorality is rampant at the Cni versity. Twenty-nine witnesses wero examined by the grand jury and a final decision was reached late yesterday afternoon, Pullcrton has boon rolcased on $1000 bond and will plead tomorrow. Fullcrton was at one time an imnntc of an insane asylum. SENATE APPROVES GASOLINE TAX A road tax of one cent a gallon on gasoline and ouq half cent on distil late was voted by tho senate yesterday afternoon when housa bill 424 was pass ed without opposition Figures were prosonted by Senator Orton showing that approximately 31, 050,000 gallons of gasoline and 8,100, 000 gallons of ilistillnte aro used in Oregon annually, and the tax just vot ed will produce a revenue of $351,000 a year. This fund will go into the roud fund. As tho bill carries an. CBOTgnii".y clause tho tax will 'be in effect as soon as the governor approves the bill. The $10,000,000 road bonding bill, which wa passed by the hnuwe Tai day, was made , peelal order la iha sonata for thi iternops, t jgj Weston is going1 to have a iWOOO eoirt mimity building In .honor of th n ol diors who went to war and the pioneers of the county. 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