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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31
coNFEREEs DEADLocKED

Washingon,' July 81. - Dead
locked, house and senate con
ferees on the food bill ad
journed late today until tomor-
row afternoon. House members
refused to accept any feature of
the congressional war commit
tee provision and senate con
ferees refused to go further to
eliminate that part which made
the committee a consulting
board with the president.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31
Crabs Doty's Market. Phone 2125.

@. P. Niebert, who was suing Charles
Loose in the justice court yesterday for
possession of COW, won his suit and the
jury returned verdict granting him the
possession of the bovine or the sum of
$50 in payment thereof. Notice of ap-
peal to the circuit court was given inn
mediately by the defendant.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

Miss Theckla Goering, a Salem girl,
left yesterday for Grand Island, Neb.,
where she will visit friends. Miss Goer-
ing will spend few days enroute at
Lake Tahoe. =.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

Workmen are excavating under the
Gray building today preparatory to the
installation of new furnace and hot
water heating plant.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31


November 8, 1916, Hauser Brothers
ordered 710 dozen trout flies from the
firm Of S. Allcock & Co., Ltd, Redditch
England, and today, July 81, 1917, they
received-no, not the order-but one
one-half the order, each item of the
order being just cut in two.
DR.. Mendelsohn's s office, U. s. Nat
ional bank building, will not be open
until $3.50 daily except by appoint
ment. 6-4
Band concert goers will have the
pleasure Of hearing Miss Pauline Liska
sing "Only a Year Ago." in Wilson
park tonight. The concert program has
been carefully arranged and promises
to be first class in every respect. The
Program will be found on another page
of today's Journal.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

Davies Place lat s. Commercial, can
dies, soft drinks, Davies pure ice cream.
Open from 1880 a. m. to IL p. M. 6-12
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31
Salt trout DOty's market. Phone 21a5
The local a. A. R. and other military

The local q. A. r. and other military
organizations will take special train
to Silverton Thursday to attend the an
nual meeting of the Marion County
Veteran association. The train will
leave over the Southern Pacific tracks,
and will start at 9:40 a. m. from Com
mereial street. The return trip will be
made at time when the folks are
ready TO come home.
Special prices on porch shades. Bani-
boo shades TT. wide $l.95. c. S. Ham
ilton.
The Rev. Robert s, Gill with Mrs.
Gill and children Mary, Alice and Rob
ert, leave tomorrow morning for a
months sojourn at Newport, where Mr..
Gill win have charge of the services
at st. Stephens Episcopal church at
that point for August. The services at
st. Paul's during the rector's absence
viii be maintained in part by Mr.. j. c.
Nelson, lay reader of the parish.
Shade your porch with Vudor shades.
The air can pass through but the heat
of the sun is broken C. S. Hamilton.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31
All Around Town


The Women's Club Of Salem will hold
a meeting in the Commercial club audit.
orium tomorrow afternoon at 2:30.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

X X X X X X X x X X x x x x X
4 NEW TODAY ADS WILL BIZ +
X read in the Journal in all live y
+ Marion county honestly 'em- y
x x x x X X X X x X y X X x x y.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31
Warren B. slabaugh, a student at the

Warren B. Slabaugh, student at the
Willamette university, who is now iK
Wenatchee, Washington, has written to
County Clerk Boyer concerning the fact
that he is among those on the first call
list. He is under the impression that
he will be called with the first five
hundred thousand and was making ar
rangements about a physical examina-
ton. The county clerk will write to
him and tell him he need not worry as
he will not be called on the first draft
as Marion county has about 200 en-
listments above the draft quota.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

The board of directors Of the CONNER
cial club will hold called meeting to-
morrow evening in the club room.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

Trade your old range on an Alcazar
gas and wood burning range. Hamiltons.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

Marion county peach growers will
meet at the Commercial club auditor
ium Saturday afternoon 2:30 p. m. to
discuss and formulate price and wage
scale.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

The funeral of Nancy E. Sharp, who
died yesterday in the city, will be held
from the United Brethren church, 18th
and Nebraska avenue, Wednesday, Aug
ust l, at p m. The services will be
in charge of Rev. Mr.. Neff, the pastor,
and burial will be in the I. o. o. F. GEM
etery. Funeral arrangements are in
charge of the Terwilliger parlors.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

A few more refrigerators at special
discounted prices. Hamilton Is.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31
Marion county

The Alcazar range burns both coal
and wood. Prices not raised. Hamiltons.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

DR.. D. x Beechler, dentist, 202 U. 8.
Bank bldg. Fifteen years experience.
Most modern office equipment in the
valley. Sundays by appointment. tt
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

Robert M. Ankeny a popular young
farmer of Rickreall, and son of Levi
Ankeny, noted former United States
senator from Washington, who has been
in charge of an eight hundred acre
farm in Polk county for the past few
years, felt the call of the ocean too
strongly to resist, and came to Salem
yesterday, took the examination for
second machinist under recruiting Off
Ger J. E. Adams, pasesd, and motored
to Portland in company with Mr..
Adams where he was to report at s a.
m. today. Mr.. Ankeny is 80 years old
and is an experienced engineer, having
been locomotive engineer in the east
for many years.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

Opal ranges are guaranteed for is
especially adapted to the fuel used in
this locality. That s why they give such
good satisfaction. Sold by the G. S.
rates. Hamilton IS Furniture Store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31
BORN

PEARsoN-At the family home, sew.
en- miles south of the city, July 30,
1917, to Mr.. and Mrs. II. j. Pearson,
an pound boy
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31
Vaudeville at the BlieA all this week

Cecil A. DuRette who is registered
from Salem, wrote to the county clerk
today, stating that he asks exemption
from the draft On account of being on
active service at the Preside as second
lieutenant in the national army. He is
with company Threes R. 0. T. c. and
was one of the boys who took the exam
ination at Corvallis for the reserve Of
fieers corps.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

Dr.. stones Drug Store makes free
delivery. Phone 80.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31
George R. claxon, who is registered

at Shaw, Marion county, has enlisted at
Marshfield, Coos county, with the Ell
eventh company, Oregon Coast Artillery
Olin Brant, registered from Mill City,
has enlisted with Battery B, field ar
tillery, at Portland, according to advi-
ces received by County Clerk Boyer to-
day. This adds two more names to the
surplus that Marion county has over
the draft quota. If this keeps up when
the time comes for Marion county to
give men at the second call the quota
will be filled again.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

Listen, children, did you ever hear Of
such a place to play in before in your
life9 A place where swings, teeters,
sand piles, base ball diamonds, volley
ball courts, and swimming pools are
ready for you from ten in the morning
until eight at night, and where you
can have picnics7 The Salem city play
ground, in Albert s pasture has all of
these good time producers and then
some. W. D. Fletcher, who is in charge
said this afternoon that picnic parties
were always welcome. He said that he
wanted the grown ups in years, to come
also, and to enjoy themselves any time
during the day.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31
COMING EVENTS
Tonight,

Tonight.
July 31.-Band Concert, Will
son Park, 8 p. m.
July 27-August 6. = Oregon
Christian church missionary
convention, Turner Taber-
nacle, Turner, Ore.
July 27-August 6. - Baptist
Young Peoples Union Sum
mer Assembly, Fairgrounds.
July 31-August 12.-United
Evangelical camp meeting,
Quinaby Park.
August 1.-Salem Women's
club meeting, Commercial club
auditorium, 2:30 p. m.
August 81" Troubles of Mer-
chant" Commercial club audi
torium, s p. m.
August 4.--Peach growers
meeting, Commercial club audit
orium, 2:30 p. m.
Aug. 12-Cherrian annual Fete
day. Willamette river.
August 17-Iowa picnic, state
fair grounds.
September 24-30.-State Fair.
Salem.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

vacation baggage At HamiltOn's s.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

willard is starting over a million cars
this summer, And if the owners give us
a chance, we II keep 'em going, Willard
Service, 41S Court.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

Ellis Jones, Salem boy, and former
high school student here, left Sunday
to take position with the Omaha Daily
News. He has been on a Chicago paper,
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. l..
Jones, of Labish Meadows.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

Opal ranges are kuaranteed for Is
years. They are made in Oregon and
sold for less money than eastern rang
es which subject to such high freight
rtes. Hamilton S Furniture Store.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

Salmon direct from Marshfield at
Doty's. Phone 2125.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

No more Harley Dayidson's S this year,
is the information reeeiyed by the local
dealers, Scott & Piper in the morning. IS
NAL. The cause for this is the great
demand for them by the government
for use in the machine gun companies,
according to Mr.. Scott.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

John Edgar, aged 16, who escaped
from the Oregon state training school
yesterday about nine O'Clock, was ar
rested last night in this city near the
Southern Pacific station by Al. Poland,
night sergeant. Edgar was returned to
the school today.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

Special vaudeville at the Bligh all
his week.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

Miss Theckla Goering, Salem girl
left yesterday for Grand Island, Neb
where she will visit friends. Miss Goer-
ing will spend few days enroute at
Lake Tahoe. -.
A few more refrigerators at special
discounted prices Hamilton s.
:. Plenty of fish and sea breeze''
was the terse comment of George Hal
vorsen who returned last night with his
family from Newport, where they had
spent week s vacation.
Trade your old range on an Alcazar
gas and wood burning range. Hamiltons.
.
With something less than 1000 fish
to hear them tell it, Frank Ward, Clyde
johnson C. Brewer and Lige Kurtz, who
have been on vacation in the Tilla-
nook country, returned last night.
%
The Alcazar range burns both coal
and wood. Prices not raised. Hamiltons.
Marion county peach growers will
meet at the Commercial club auditor
ium Saturday afternoon 2:30 p. m. to
discuss and formulate price and wage
scale.
Opal ranges are guaranteed for 15
especially adapted to the fuel used in
this locality. That 5 why they give such
good satisfaction. Sold by the G. S.
rates. Hamilton IS Furniture Store.
Ellis Jones, Salem boy, and former
high school student here, left Sunday
to take position with the Omaha Daily
He is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. l..
Jones, of Labish Meadows.
Opal ranges are kuaranteed for Is
years. They are made in Oregon and
sold for less money than eastern rang
es which subject to such high freight
rtes. Hamilton s Furniture Store.
.
John Edgar, aged 16, who escaped
from the Oregon state training school
yesterday about nine O'Clock, was ar
rested last night in this city near the
Southern Pacific station by AL. Poland,
night sergeant. Edgar was returned to
the school today.
Special vaudeville at the Bligh all
this week.
No more Harley Dayidson's this year,
is the information RECEIVED by the local
dealers, Scott & Piper in the mornings
nal. The cause for this is the great
demand for them by the government
for use in the machine gun companies,
according to Mr.. Scott.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1917-07-31

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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-11
ALL LONDON STIRRED.
AIR RAID AROJSES
PEOPLE TO ANGER.
army ana Navy Officials Denounced
Tor Miserable Incompetence in Not
Preparing for Adequate Defence Of
City.

London, July 9.-The morning m
pers subordinate everything to satur-
days air raid, a majority taking tho
they term inadequate preparation
theys term inadequate preparation
against air raids. Incidents are de-
scribed by most of the angry COM
mentators disgraceful alike to the
war and navy departments and the re-
moval Of those responsible for this
miserable display of incompetence"
is demanded. The victims hover
about the smouldering ruins searching
for mementoes Of their homes. The
worst sufferers are the wives and
children of men at the front who are
without means Of reesta blishing them
selves.
Andrew Bonar Law, chancellor Of
the EXechequer, announced in the
house of commons that the house
would hold a secre! session this even
Inc to discuss air deefnses of country.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-11
Rembert, June 5, 1917.
Ready for Registration.

All the 3,155 registration cards
which were filed in Sumter county on
June 5. registration day. were return
ed to the registration board of the
county a few days ago. as they had
not been arranged in the correct or
der. Though instructions had been
received to have these cards alpha
betically arranged according to the
precincts in which they were filed,
these instructions were not given
out to those who were doing the
work and, consequently. the cards
wore arranged alphabetically for the
county as a whole.
The cards have now been rear
ranged. however. and n quadruple du-
plicate list made OF them The cards
have been forwarded to the proper
authorities and now. as far as this
county is concerned, everything is in
readiness for the draft. Though thcr,
was some delay i'm getting these cards
arranged properly. the board of reg
istration succeeded i'm having Them
ready and sending them off ut the ap
pointed time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-11

CRIMINAL court convened this morn
ins at 10 o'clock with Judge Wilson
presiding.
The grand jury brought In a special
presentment asking that only the
cases be taken up against those who
are now confined to Jail. Accordingly.
all bond cases were postponed. but.
as there are about IS persons now held
In the Jail. Il will he several days be-
fore court can adjourn.
The only case disposed of up to
noon today was that of Alec Wilson
who was charged with petty larceny
He plead guilty and the sentence OF
the court was that he pay fine OF
s25 or serve so days at hard labor on
the gang.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-11
HngOOtl News and Views.

Better make your own music or you
may dance to another's tune.
Better dance to another's tune than
never dance at all.
'There's time to dance and if
you don't dance then there will be no
fun in it when you do.
We've had rain and rain and so far
when ii rains 1t pOurs" and i'm con-
sequence crops on uplands. especially
cotton are poor. In many places the
lands are badly washed.
We have always heard that when
crops can't grow grass can't, that may
be true sometimes but not always.
Those who planted wheat last fall
have cause for cOngratulation.
Just one syllable can make a time
Of stress distress.
Mrs. w. ]. Spencer, who has been
quite i'll is not improving very fast.
Our friend and excellent neighbor,
w. s. Thompson. has been quite under
weather. for some time.
Folks around are planting all sorts
OF crops. trying to prepare against
an evil day. If they form this habit
the war will not have proved an un-
mitigated evil.
Not always ITO be forewarned is to
be forearmed," for fools never learn
save in the bitter school of experience
SoMe Of the names of the command
ing generals by aid Of the imagination.
are suggestive. One can easily imagine
of things, garbling war news. The
Germans are greatly troubled with
ague (Gen. Haig) at Messines Ridge
The Russians came against the central
allies with such force I'm Galicia that
they just brushed twenty -four. thou
sand Off the face of the earth. (Gen
Brrssiloff.) He has an Unborn hatred
and contempt for the bloody Turk and
wonders why "old Maude" don't get
busy down there on the Tigris and do
some more hilarious kicking. He ask s
no explanations hating to appear
ignorant and forms all sorts of far
fetched notions about the conduct o!
the war. He has as vague an idea OF
caterpillar tractors rs the man in the
moon, and thinks Of cotton worms and
such like. If he has ever heard read
In the Bible about hornets driving the
people out he comes to associate the
two evils in his mind and as the Lord
sent the one he concludes lie must
have sent the other. and so the Ger
mans are doomed already. May he be
right in his conclusion.
Root lice are hurting cotton, causing
1t to die as we'll as greatly retard-
ing it's growth.
"lIagood."
Rembert, June 5, 1917.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-11
11lE TUBERCULOSIS CAMP.

~ commenting upon the refusal o.
the County Board OF Commissioner
TO sccept tho offer OF Mr.. Henry ]
Hardy to endow Tuberculosis Camr
Tor Sumter county. we were led into
error BY the substitution OF the word
or for the word from" I'm the re.
port OF the proceedings of the County
board. Mr.. Harby's offer was to en-
dow the camp with the income
from $4,000" not an income "or'
$4,000. This makes a big difference,
and the proposed camp. instead of be-
Ing guaranteed an income In perpet-
uity funicient TO maintain a fairly
large establishment. the income from
ten thousand dollars would be INSULT
Client to support even a small camp.
snlsa supplemented by the appro.
priation Of county funds or contribu-
tsons from other private sources. II
y question concerning which there
ea2r0Sny pc great diversity of opin-
t6n. whsthsY the county can AFFORD 10
undertake to paintain a tuberculosis
camp at thI. Il tne--whether the need
= 20 urgent foAensrictly local inst,-
tuition that the cod~> reul1pee jus
tined In assuming the bull the
greater part of Its support iY16rder to
obtain an endowment OF the income
from $4,000. In the circumstances
this statement Of the facts Is due the
County Board Of Commissioners. as
The Daily Item has no wish TO mlsrep.
sent that body.
Mr.. Hsrby's letter to the County
Board was as follows:
Mr.. Ia n. White. County Supervisor.
Sumter. g. C.
have In contemplation the cstao.
lishment OF n Tubercular Camp In
sumter county. including the city of
Sumter.
II furnish tho land. the site, and
sndow this camp with the income
from $4,000. viii the county do the
buil"ing. including the sanitary ar
ranssment. complete and maintain
the camp? VIII be glad IL YOU will
bring the matter before your Board
OF Commissioners. and advise me as
to what they viii do.
Very truly youis.
III. ]. Hardy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-11
AEROPLANES FOR NAVY.
Secretary Daniels Asks for Forty
Five Million Dollars,

Washington, July 9.-Secretary
Daniels has asked congress for forty
live million dollar appropriation for
navy aeronautics. This is in addition
to the six hundred and twenty-five
million dollars recommended to carry
out the army program. Secretary
Daniels said the navy is trying to
build up an efficient force of air
scouts and patrols for coasts
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-11
LOOK HERE FOR IT.
Many a Sumter Reader Will he Inter-
cStCd.

When people read about the cures
made by n medicine endorsed from
far away, is it surprising that they
wonder if the statements are true /:
But when they read of cases right
here at home, positive proof is with
in their reach, for close investigation
is an easy matter. Read this Sumter
endorsement of DOan's Kidney Pills:
w. NJ. Folsom. proprietor dry
goods store. Main Street, says:
MY back ached nearly all of the
time and when made a quick move
sharp pains started through me. AZ
ter sitting down for awhile, had
to lift myself up. The kidney
secrctions were highly colorcd and
contained sediment. Doan's Kidney
Pills relieved the backachc and pains
and could rest much better" Estate
mont given March II, 190S)
ON January II, 1915 Mr.. Folsom
said: 1.-The benefit Doan's Kidney
Pills brought me has lasted"
Price SOC. at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for n kidney remeIy--get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Folsom has twice publicly rec
commended. Foster -Milburn Co..,
Props, Buffalo, n. Y. D2)
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-11

New York. July 9.-COmmandeer-
ing of shipyards I'm the New York
and New Jersey districts by the gov
ernment is predicted by officials of the
shipyard companies. Labor leaders
said they contemplated calling a gem
eral strike unless the demands OF those
already out OH strike are met.
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-11

"a man may be so low down and
Orncry that he couldn't get another
man to stake him n nickel But he
can always find some woman who'll
take a chance and marry him."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-11

London. July 9.-The American
steamship Massapequa was sunk Sat =.
urday by a German submarine. The
crew has landed at a small port. 2S
miles from Brest.
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SUMTER OyrTON wA,sKwr.

r. q. BOWMAN. Cotton Buyer.
Corrected daily at 12 o'clock Noon.
Good Middiing 25 Ia.
Strict Middiing 20 lis
Middiing 20.
Strict Low Middling "a "a.
Low Mlddling "a 3-s.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1917-07-11
NEW YORK COrTON MARKET.

Cpcu Vigh Tow Clo~e CiO@r
July 26.s0 $500 $3.50 2G.G9 2s.4O
oct 1900 2C.aG 25s1 2G.12 25.s7
nee ss.2O 2s.G1 26It $3.50 $500
New York Spots. 27.20.