Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-05-07

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X dence that all German battle \
X fronts will "continue inyin- X
X cible.' was expressed by the X
X kaiser today in a congratula. y
X tory birthday message 60 the X
X crown prince, according 20 Ber. X
X lin advices The message said; X
Il "In grateful spirit and with X
X full confidence, l look upon X
* your battle front and our other X
X battle fronts imperturbably re- X
+ sisting all attacks. They will X
X continue inyincible.o X
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Festival chorus rehearsal tonight,
chapel Waller hall, o'clock Every
one taking part is requested to be pres
ent.
The chairman of the membership
committee of Willamette Chapter Red
Cross wishes TO thank Miss Merriam
of the high school and her art class
for the Red Cross posters now on dis.
play in many of the business stores.
.
Miss Minnie A. Clark of Illinois and
Emory G. Van Slyke of Salem were
married this morning by the Rev. r.
n. Avison at the home of the groom S
parents, 2l3 North Twenty first street.
They will make their home in Salem.
Admiral o. Lindsey, 1s, enlisted with
Corporal Toy for the engineers corps in
the regular army and Clarence l.. Bowes
%. in the aviation section. Robert
Clearwater, u, goes into the coast ar
tillery corps.
Mrs Karen Morgren, who died at her
home Sunday at the age Of SO, came tc
Salem in 1870 and has lived in the home
in Salem Heights more than 40 years
She is survived by one son, N. c, Peter.
son, and two step-ehildren, Mrs. =. j.
Larsen, of Salem and =. G.. Morgren,
of Portland. The two sisters surviving
are Mrs. NJ. Rasmussen, of Salem, and
Mrs. j. Hansen, of Portland
| At the navy recruiting station the
| following have signed up for service
| in the navy: Ivan Floyd Schomaker,
age 20 and Algie Moore, 20, both of
Salem. They will go in as musicians
| As firemen of the third class, the fol
lard Thomas, 2l, Salem, and Ivan
Fruit, 81, Salem. Herbert Henry HoyseI
| left last Saturday having enlisted as
machinist mate of the second class and
A. " Simon of Lebanon, in the hospital
corps.
The Red Cross ana its work does not
belong entirely to the women. Instrue
tons have been received from head
quarters at Washington that men ar,
needed for the first air classes and thai
men who are not otherwise engaged il
some patriotic work might do so by lin
ing up with the men IS first aid classes
headquarters on Court street win tel
the patriotic men about organizing
classes.
Here's some inside advice for th'
good housekeeper. Buy your sugar an,
coffee now In casting around 70
something to tax, it is safe guess tina
congress will tax sugar and coffee anC
various cooking compounds. 1t is tn,
ultimate consumer that will have t,
pay the tax as the iobbers and commits
sion men will pass it on to the retaile
end the retailer will of necessity pas
: it on to the consumer. This hunch oil
the market conditions comes from MAJ
| who has recently been guessing abou
, 100 per cent right on what was goini
to happen to the market. He says bu,
coffee and sugar now.
A fair start was made yesterday il
1.-THE Salem churches towards raising tn
| ! 81 500 that has been asked of Salem 70
, the army Y. M. C. A. work. The tota
amount to be raised in the country 70
this work Is $3,000,000. Talks wer
made in all the churches yesterday an
the collections taken for the Y. NJ. G. A
At the First Methodist church, Governo
r Withycombe and Superintendent Joh
{ W. Todd assisted in the services wit
the Rev. R. N. Avison and collectio
was taken amounting to 1865. The tota
, in the city amounted to $1,000 The $40
still to be raised will be taken care o
this week by subscriptions Those VIII
have not given may take their money t
, Joseph H. Albert at rne Capital Na
! tional bank. Wednesday the pastors o
the city and the committee in charge o
, raising the $1,000 will meet at lunch
con to be given at the Y. NJ. C. A.