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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-08

stomach. Upon examination. At is sato.
the physicians recommended that the
operation be postponed. It is said that
his case is hopeless. and it is only a
matter of a little time when the end
viii be reached.
Mr.. Knoll came here a few months
ago from Salem and purchased the
Silverton Bakery, and has been sue
cessful in building up good business.
Now he will have TO abandon the work
on account of his physical condition
Mrs. Marion Palmer has just re-
turned from Portland. where she suf-
fered an operation. 1t is said that her
condition has not been benefited by
he operation as much as was hoped it
would be.
DIR. H. W. Steelhammer, formerly
of Silverton, and Miss Blanch Dear
mon. former Independence girl, were
recently married Vale, Or, where
the doctor has been practicing medi-
cine for some time. They will be in
Silverton this week to visit his par
ents Mr. and Mrs. A. G.. Steelhammer.
Before entering the service DR.. Steel
hammer praetieed medicine in Silver
ton.
Charles Mckinley, who has been
employed by the state for some time
serving in the capacity of guard at the
penitentiary for three years and eleven
years prior to that in the home OF the
feeble minded, has leased the Ernest
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-08

ther increase in the consumption Of
water also made this inadequate and
recently the city voted. by a small ma
jority to dig a well that would fur
nish a supply Of water for all time to
come. In this operation. which was
completed a few days ago. an artesian
well was found. Boring into the
ground at great depth a vein of water
was reached which rises and flows like
a fountain owing to the pressure of
stores of underground water at high
er level 1t is said that the pressure is
sufficient to throw water twenty or
twenty-five feet above the opening.
and produces a supply of 5000 gallons
per hour. The water is pure and a
careful analysis made recently by com
petent persons. finds it to be absolute
Iy free of contagion or germs.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-08
ArteSian Well
Now Supplying
Water For aurora

Aurora, Or, June s.-Some Of the
people of this city, who. a few months
ago, raised serious objections to the
proposition submitted by the city coun
Gil of providing an adequate water
system at cost Of $500, are now
willing to foster the idea and assume
all the credit due, for the undertaking
has proven to be great success. In
the early days of Aurora's history the
city water supply was obtained from a
spring near by. AS the population in
creased this was insufficient and later
a well was made near the spring, Fur
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-08

ed, are these--th' days gone by when
a congressman can square himself
with Il package o seeds; willin'
worker y soon on committee; OPP
tiniism u all III various camps is up
tn Standard tn convention hall
decorations are peasln tn most fas-
tidlous; the convention band was
good an played literally, III tuba
Born bein' the biggest ever seen In
any convention; tn colorful head
gear o. tn women delegates broke tn
monotony o. tn sea o. heads that
confronted tn chairman an news
paper writer's: tn keynote speech was
ful 10 criticism an well received, al
though tn applause wuz hardly as
thunderous as Bryan used 4 receive
at spencer, lndiany, am other towns,
acoordln' t. number o. close polit-
ioal observers; II was feared fer a
while that tn delegates might wear
'emselves out applaudln' thrusts at
Wilson an not be able fer duty We'd
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-08

yeution hall with a statesman high
up in tn couTcils O. tn republican
party-a man who's sterlin' integrity
an keen insight | have no reason t
Underestimate statesman who's
been t tn Philippines an t France,
an t Mexico, an who has another
long trip planned fer this summer un-
less tn president holds him In Wash
ington. This brilliant an weathered
statesman told me that tn presden-
tial field had positively narrowed
down considerably overnight an that
Nicholas Murray Butler wuz out of 1t.
leavin' only Johnson. Hardin, Low
den. Wood. Coolidge, Watson an pos
sibly couple o dark horses, as tn
real contenders fer tn coveted nom
inatlon. TIL mornin' session lasted
only couple o. hours, but close po-
litical observers say there's nothin'
unusual In that. TIL upstandln' facts
that impress one most on tn openin'
day o. tn historic gatherin idle
conjectuEe, not mere statements bas-
ed on nothjn, but cold. stern facts
that can't be controverted or distort-
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-08
Little Hope Held
For Recovery Of
Cancer Victim

Silverton. Or. June s.-According to
reports received yesterday from the
Salem hospital regarding E. H. Knoll's
an operation will be Of no
benefit to him. Mr.. Knoll went to Sa-
lem the latter part of the preceding
week expecting to undergo an oper-
ton for the removal of cancer in his
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-08
LODGE LAUNCHES KEYNOTE
COP Convention Strictly According TO HOyIe Says Abe

nesday but they stood up under It
amazin'ly we'll: nothin wuz said about
Mexico that haint allus been said:
light wine an beer wuz gracefully
sidestepped; capital an labor are still
goIn t be brought int harmonious
union an tn dye industry is t be
taken care of; also III world war wuz
baIled up. Altogether tn keynote
speech wuz a reg'lar republican
speech as 1t should o'course have
been. N0thin' sensational happened,
an sharp political observer laugh
in'ly remarked that 1t wuz tn calm
before storm which l judge it wuz
eonsiderin' all one hears. A very sgi-
nificant feature o. tn openin' session,
somethin' that did not impress me un-
Ill a willy Washin'ton writer called
my attention t it, wuz. to-wit: tn alb
sence o. applause an demonstration
when great political leaders took therI
seats in convention. Murry Crane wuz
unnoticed, an you might have heard
mornin glory unfurl its dewy
wings as Senator Borah fumbled fer,
his seat. But all seemed conscious o.
tn great impendin' task jest ahead O.
theS- tn elimination O. all the ac-
tive candidates-candsdates that have
been trampin' dissention, stirrin' up
ole hatreds, buildin' up new factions,
an wearin' the people out generally
an gittin' t'gether on some good,
strong, magnetic, well-t' do, dark
horse. whose opinion or position on
any question is unknown { anybody.
Ole political observers as we'll as sew
eral young, virile Washin'ton CORES
pondents, seem t. think that such a
course Is necessary if TIL party is {
present a solid, unruffled front in
November. "One thing is certain"
said nifty lookin' young Washin'ton
writer who's lived in tn capital al
most six months, 'if tn convention
don't watch out, an anominates tn
right feller even Carl Hagenbeek
hain't goin' T. be able { bring th'l
Borahs and Penroses, natural enem-
les O. u republican forest, t'gether
after tn smokes blows away
ABE MARTIN. !
Convention Notes.
A large, round, florid woman dele |
gate, who talked freely, got caught
in tn Jam at TIL Blackstone tday.
us women are really greedy t. be o.
service, an we are takin t. tn duty
O. citizenship seriously, an have our
clothes all made fer \ spirited cam
paign," she replied, when | asked
her hoy it felt t git away from
Somehow story got started this
morning that Wilson's name would
not be mentioned in tn conventnoil
an it caused TIL greatest eonsterna-
lion. In attemptln' t run 1t down I
'ell exhausted near tn stockyards an
vuz picked up by policeman.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-08

.;his morning. Van Dalsem's resisna-
tion was handed to the state board for
vocational education in session at Port
land Saturday and was accepted. No
successor has as yet been named.
Van Dalsem became director for vo-
cational education in Oregon last Sep
tember.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-08

Chicago. June s.-Th' great NOM
entous republican national conven-
tion is on. At tn first break Of dawn
delegates an visitors thronged about
IN entrances I tn vast Coliseum. Ex-
Senator Alfred ]. Beveridge. tn cele-
brated. collar-wiltin' lawn tie orator
from tn Indiany literary-belt. is here
dartin' about like a goldfish, ever
movement picture. 1t may be writ
ten down as a fact that walked
down Michigan boulevard L tn con-
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-08
Van DaLSenl Quits

Newton Van Dalsem, state director
for vocational education, has resigned
effective July l, according to informa-
ton given out by J. A. Churchill, state
superintendent Of public instruction,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-06-08

Palmer hop ranch north Of Silvertor
and moved his family here from Sa-
lem few days ago.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
Poets Of War To Be
Subject OF Noted
Woman Authority

Miss bessie r. Ritfeuhouse. disrn-
guished American critic. nost and ier-
turrr viii sneak Thursday might at
SIS nj Goodwin institute on Poet q
Of tha War the croup inc'udi0g Ru-
pert brooke. Ipvu4 khuar Alan SOCCER
and Robert Nichols Miss EittenhOuse
knew personally most uf those soldier
poets and speaks with authority % their
personalities and work.
Miss gf3tenhc.-a knows also the
"post ReVoutionists," Robert Frost.
Edgar Lee Masters. Naschel Lindsay.
Amy Lowell and others whose work she
will present In her second lecture az
Goodwin institute Saturday night.
Miss Rittenhouse was formerly lit
erary editor OF the New York Times.
ard is now one uf the contributing
editors ot the Bookman and mem
Der OF the lecture staff Of Columbia
university. As secretary and leader OF
the Poetry Society Of America, she has
come into close touch with poets o:
America and Of Europe As a brilliant
and charming speaker. she has been
greeted by large and enthusiastic audi
ences all over the United States.
Miss Rittenhousa h1s written a hook
Of love songs. The Door of Dreams. "
and charming book Of appreciattvI
ESSAYS on The Younger American
Sorhonne in Paris and even as far
atjeld as the University Of Toxic. She
| has edited three delightful collections
| of modern poetry, including The Lit
| tie Book Of Modern Verse and very
| recently The Second Book OF Modern
Verse
All Miss Rittrnhouse's hooks are or
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
ASSOCIATED CHARITIES
FEARS epidemic IN CITY
FROM CROWDED CONDITION

and save in homrs Of thc middle class
or the r-aalthp there IS no privacy AMI
very li,tle family life today in Mem
phis'
Not only rs the lower class affected
In laet Miss Russell says that the man
who formerly paid from SIS TO $50 a
month FOR "a haass now finds himself
unable To get d decent dwelling for
that amount. and is forced to lease a
house at higher figure, This neces-
states him subreptng a portion OF the
place and she claims disorder, cunges-
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
BY MEMORY M'coRo.

Everybody in the city SAYS therc Is
room for one more. bur where in Menu
phis are you going 10 house him That's
the question worrying every individual
who doesn't own a home or hasn't
least a years lease with his landladF.
With hotels packed no houses for
rent 10 be found, tenements ftil and
rooming houses rungested. MrmnhH
faces an epidemic % some KIND or\a
hasty adjustment of present col dllonS
according 20 Miss Mary Russell. gen
eral secretary Of the Associated thau-
ties
With girls sleeping four in bed AMI
families OF eight to nine members cook
ings eating and sleeping in rooms l2Nlb
nothing else could be expected says
the social worker. She backs up heS
statements by naming an irritating
skin disease now prevalent in {Memphl )
and giving names and places OF resi-
dence-of families Of eight to nine mem
bers who are living in the same room
REGARDLESS of sanitation, sex or general
well-bejng She names landladies who
are allotting as many as four persons
to a. bed, and records a case not TAR
from the downtown district where a
man, his wife and mother are all III
with the flu. all three of them lying
in the same bed Several children, she
says. rest on a pallet beside them.
According to Miss Russell she her
self hes searched over month for 4
home for five families who are now in
the custody of the association, and as
yet, she states, these people are still
in the novels in which she found them.
High rents and scarcity Of houses are
tearing down Memphis standards of liv-
ing according to Miss Russell.
"But what can you expect she asks,
of children brought up in such en-
vironments as / have mentioned? Baths
are Injuries enjoyed by the very few
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
NEGRO WHO SLEW
FIVE AND ATTACKED
. GIRL IS EXECUTED

EDDYNTLl.E, Ky, March l1.-Petrie
kimbrough, alias Will I,ockett. con-
victed slayer of Geneva Hartman and
confessed slayer of four other women.
died in the electric chair at Eddyvile
prison at 4 :32 am. this morning.
Guards appeared at Kimbrough's cell
in death row at Ala am. and immedi-
ately escorted the negro to the chair
house. There were slight signs of emo
ton in his face as he was placed in
the electric chair and the black cap
lowered over his head. Prison Electri-
clan Collier turned on the current
which killed kimbrough within IS
seconds.
Two brothers of the Hardman girl
and II Lexington citizens together
with eight soldiers and Il prisCNl guards
witnessed the execution. whNh APP
parently was carried out without a
hitch in prearranged plans.
The negro refused to make a state
ment when he was taken from his cell.
Continually, however, during the night
he was heard praying aloud and sing
ing religious hymns, He declared yes
terday that he was ready to die and
that he prayed for the little 10-year-
old Hardrhan girl whom he killed. and
the entire Hardman family.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
OPERATORS, MINERS
IN LONG FARLEY
Wage Discussion Expected to
Last Several Weeks.

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE SUB
committee of operators and miners ap-
pointed TO negotiate a new wage agree
ment fC" the anthracite coal miners
held its first conference here today. The
sessions are expected to continue for
several weeks before a definite de-
ICeion is reached.
Neither the miners nor operators are
hcpefuI Of an early decision. as no def
mite agreement win be reached until
the bituminous coal commission hands
down its award in the cases of the soft
coal miners
Mine workers are hopeful that an
early decision will be reached by Athe
soft coal commission so as to avoid the
possibility of a suspension of mining
in both hard and soft coal fields.
Asked when he expected the btu
minouS commission to name it's award,
John j. Lewis, international president
of the Unite Mine Workers, said:
70 ut is impossible for me to forecast
the date of a possible decision. | am
concerned that the commission has not
made a report UP to this time. 1t will
be recalled that existing wage agree
ments do not run beyond March 81 |
am hopeful that a decision will be
rendered at an early date so as to in
sure continuance of coal production
after April J."
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
MINERS INDIVIDUALLY
HELD RESPONSIBLE

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. March H.
Members of the mine workers union,
who participated in the general coal
strike last November, are individually
responsible for their act and their
employers are not obligated to rein
state them. according to ruling
handed down here today by Umpire
f. Ii. Dryer.
Judge Dryer was appointed to ad
judicate the cases after the miners had
complained to Attorney General Palmer
that their former employers had locked
them out. The ruling directly affects
500 men
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
SOUTHERN OFFICIAL.
SEES LOCAL ACTIVITY

A daylight trip and inspection of the
Memphis division of the Southern rail
way was the program Thursday for j
H. Wassum, general superintendent
with offices in Birmingham, who was
to leave after a 24-heur stay here. MIR
Wassum while in Memphis inspected
the Forest yards, near Buntyn, Tenn.
and also the Charleston yards on Madi-
! son avenue. Satisfaction was espresso
at conditions.
4 Appointed March /, Mr. Wassum for
Anerly was division superintendent witt
headquarters at Greenvile, s. &. With
him on the trip to Memphis were O. *
Cameron, Sheffield division supern-
tendent;- George Jenkins, roadmaster
and j. w. Payne, trainmaster
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
LATIN AMERICANS
invoke MONROE
DOCTRINE IN PACT


differently. for ST is a national policy
hut the legal value Of an exception
z1totei a the time 81 entrance 10 the
league cannot be exaggerated
As the senate Of the United States
had appraised it, the Monroe doctrine
WAS not only 10 he interpreted by the
limited States alone. but any incoming
member of the league would have been
IN the position Of signing a blank check
accepting any Interpretation which flu
lure administrations might seek to i'm
Rose. At least now they have def
pition on which they can base future
4Drotests
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
Spanish King
Visits France

MADRID, March liking Alfonso
will leave tomorrow for Bordeaux,
where he viii remain for three days.
Recent reports have stated that while
IN France he will confer with President
byschaueL
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
THREE DIE IN WRECK.

ELUuMlNGTON. III March Do -
Three farmers were instantly hHled
"wednesday Vhen their motor truck was
struck hy two Rock Island trains pass
ing BOO opposite directions near OF
t1wa no.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
Sells Diamonds
For Armenia

NEW YORK. March 11.-Diamonds
valued at $4,000 are to be sold and the
proceeds given for Armenian relief by
Mrs Andrew D, White, widow of the
former president of the Cornell unlver-
sity ...
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
65O,OOO Textile
Workers On Strike

LILLE, France, March 1.-THE strika
of textile workers in Roubaix and Tur-
Going makes the total number of per
sons idle $4,000, according to estimates
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
Extract From Wilson Speech

= Then follows this extract from the
cen of President Wilson, Jan
1915; .-.-- ...., ,.o
- claimed BY the United states on her
own authority 1t always has been
maintained upon her own response
~ bility. But the Monroe Doctrine de-
manded merely chat European gov
- ernments should not attempt to GA-
tend their political systems 70 inns
- side of the Atlantic, II did nott
- disclose the use which the United
States intendcd to make Of her
power on this side of the Atlanta.
ri it was "A hand held up in warning,
but there was no promise in II Cf
what America was going 10 90 WIN
- the implied and partial protectorate
which she apparently was trying 10
set m on this side of the water
and I believe you win sustain me in
- the statement thai it mas been
= fears and suspicious on this score
- which have hitherto prevented the
~ greater intimacy and confidence ana
- trust between the Americas. The
s.. states of America have not been
FL certain what the United States
@ would do with her power. That
doubt must be removed And lat
terly there has been very frank
a interchange ot views between the
authorities in Washington and those
who represented the other states
of this hemisphere, an interchange
of views charming and hopeful be
cause based upon an increasingly
III sure appreciation of the spirit in
which they were undertaken.
"These gentlemen have seen that,
#s- if America is to come into her own,
into her legitimate own, in a world
* Of peace and order, she must es-
tablish the foundations of amitN SO
-s- that no one will hereafter doubt
them hope and l believe this can
be accomplished. These confer
EEL ences have enabled me to foresee
81 how it will be accomplished. 1t will
be accomplished in the first place
by the states Of America unitin9 in
guaranteeing to each other abso-
lutely political independence and
s. territorial integrity.
"In the second place, and as
- necessary corrolary to that guaran-
teeing the agreement to settle all
<. nending boundary disputes as soon
- as possible and by amicable process,
by agreeing that all disputes among
themselves. should they unha ppiIy
arise, will be handled by patient,
s=@ impartial investigation and settled
by arbitration, and the agreement
necessary to the peace OF the
Americas that no state Of either
continent will permit revolutionary
- expeditions against another state to
be fitted out on it's territory and
that they will prohibit the cXporta
ton of the munitions of war for
the purpose of supplying revolu
tionists against neighboring gov
crnmentS.'
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
obtain protection They SOUGHT

Practically all the Central and South
American~ governments have obtained
SCOPES OF the correspondence between
the state department and the legation
Of Salvador and called it to the atten-
=tion Of their governments, each Of
which. in all probability. on entering
the league Of nations. viii make refer
ence 70 the definition given by Presi-
dent Wilson and thus protect them
Felves legally against wrongful use Of
the Monroe doctrine in the future, a
circumstance that has kept Spanish
American countries suspicious OF the
United States for a long time.
The government of Salvador, through
Its alert minister here, was careful not
TO try to define the Monroe doctrine re-.
specting the same as purely national
policy of the United States. But at the
same time it was deemed not improper
to ask the United States for an inter
a citation. Acting Secretary Polk, in
his formal note to Salvador sad:
The views of the government with
preference to the Monroe doctrine were
zset forth in the address of the president
&-of the United States to the second ran
American Scientific congress, copy OF
1.-THE pertinent portions Of which | beg
Ito attach herewith.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-03-11
YELLOW MUSTARD FOR
SORE THROAT, TONSILITTS

Old-iashioned remedies are often the
best Yellow Mustard. in the form of
plaster or poultice, has been used for
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-12-16
Perfumes

Perfumes are always in wide de-
mand at holiday time, and in Sc
lecting them for gift purposes
quality should be insisted upon.
We have fancy bottles from SOC
to $3.50. We also have dainty bot
ties and atomizers which we can
fill with bulk perfume.
If you want Sachet Powders,
Toilet Waters, Colognes, Etc, you
will find them here at the right
prices.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-12-16

THE COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, the
great national weekly of profitable
farming, also stands unswervingly
for a clean and orderly national life.
1t seeks not only to inform, but to
inspire through its news of farm sue
cess. You will find in its 81 big
weekly issues many helpful articles
and much wholesome entertainment
all for $1.00. We urge the double
advantage of being member of the
Grange and reader of THE CoUN-
TRY GENTLEMAN.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-12-16

There are so many gifts that
please the ladies that a limited
space will not even permit mention
of all of these suggestions. We
submit a few:
Perfume, Manicure Sets
Confectionery, Jewel Boxes,
Books, Toilet Cases,
Fancy Candlesticks, Mirrors,
Music Rolls.
Post Card Albums.
Tourist Pads.
Hand Bags.
Cut Glass, Etc.
Come in and see the things not
mentioned here. We will be glad
to make suggestions if you wish.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-12-16
BOOKS

Books make excellent gifts, because they are equ-
ally desirable for young old. They treasured
for lifetime and never lose their value Magazine
subscriptions make good gifts and should be glad
to place subscriptions for you. Prices as low as
you can secure through any agency.