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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-17
IncOrpOrationS.

The Western Grain company oi
Portland, capitalized at $4,000 filed
articles Of incorporation with the cor
poration department here today. The
ineorporators are Robert Mcguire. W.
H. Mcguire and J. P. Winters.
Other corporations filing articles
today we're:
Hord-BroOks company. Portland;
$4,000; Glenn L. Hord. Joseph ].
Brooks and Bradley A. Ewers.
Norway Creamery company. Nor
way, Coos county; $4,000; NJ. NJ.
Schmidt, Theodore Clinton and ]. H.
Barklow.
Certificates of increase in capital
were filed as follows:
Alder Slope Ditch company. Port
land. from $4,000 to S25,20o
Kiernan & Flora company, Port
land. from $3.50. 900 to $780, ,0o0.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-17
IN THE COUNTY COURT

County of Marion
/. In the matter of the estate of Dan
Tracy, deceased.
Daniel Tracy, James Trey, Thomas
Tracy Mary Burke, Michael j. Tracy
Bridget Moran, Kathleen Tracy Jean
Baker Tracy Peterson, (formerly
Jean Baker Tracy,) alias Jean Tracy,
alias Jean Peterson, and Jean Peter
son, executrix of the last will and
testament of James Daniel Tracy, de-
ceased, petitioners and plaintiffs, VS.
Hazel Nutting Jones, formerly Hazel
Nutting, alias Hazel Butting, and
Bessie B. Bennet. and all persons
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1920-03-17
LONELY GIANTS OF THIS HoREs1

Mahogany trees do not grow in clus
ters, but are found scattered through
out forests and hidden in dense under
growths.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
GOV. RUSSELL MAY
VETOPARDONB BILL
Is Displeased With Legislative
Action in Abolishing
Board.

JACKSON. Miss, Jan. 80. (SpL (-
Gov Russell threatens to veto the
Stone substitute for the Riley bill,
passed by the house Thursday, abolish,
ing the state board Of pardons and
transferring the statutory powers ana
duties of that body to the prison board
Of trustees.
The governor Is very much displeased
with the legislative action, as II Is a
complete reversal o. the program out
lined in his inaugural address, which
proposed that the state board OF par
dons be retained and the prison board
of trustees abolished. H.,
House leaders, when they learned OF
the governors threatened veto, eN-
pressed confidence that they can pass
the bill over the veto by a good ma =
pority. The Stone substitute passed
Yesterday with only II dissenting votes.
and granting that the governor poilt-
ical Influence is sufficient to double
that number, which is a fair estimate
of his personal following in that BODY,
the advocates of the Stone Riley Dill
still have the sufficient two-thirds ma -
jority. r,......,,
This is the first time Coy. Russell
has openly threatened use of the veto
power since his Inauguration and IL Is
having a very interesting effect, the
most notable feature being tendency
| to develop political lines that, up 10
! this time. have been conspicuous by
| their absence.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
SAYS Venus MAY BE PLANET
. SENDING OUT RADIO SIGNALS
Smithsonian Authority Asserts That If MarcoHis Statement
Is Correct Mars Is Probably Not World Trying To
Communicate With Earth

observed with great telescopes under
well nigh perfect conditions.
"But It is objected there may be
other strange forms of beings which
need no water or vegetation or neat.
This is also reduced to impossibtlity 6y
the fact that all living things are mace
up largely Of different compounds OF
carbon. While the stellar spectrum
shows that there is carbon on an heav-
enly bodies the chemical combinations
OF this element such as are required
for life mostly require temperatures
above freezing to prevent Figldlty: %
the extremely low temperature on Mars;
probably never higher than zero, woulo
not allow the carbon compounds 70 eS-
list in a condition suitable for origlnat-
aThe planet Venus, on the other
hand. shows every condition necessary
for maintaining life, II is nearly inc
same size as the earth and rs ever
nearer the sun than the earth IS. inns
would apparently make the climate CON
siderably hotter on Venus except t99l
the feet that the atmosphere surround
ing Venus is continually cloudy. rms
universal cloudiness, by rejecting the
radiation from the sun, reduces th'
temperature to about the same rang'
as that experienced here on the earth
This cloudiness also shows a sufficient
amount of water vapor to support
vegetation and higher forms of life OF
the planet Venus. AS regards the pos
sibility of receiving wireless messages
from another planet, Venus at its near.
est approach to the earth is 25,OO0, OOt
miles away. whereas Mars is at leas
so, 000, 900.
"From these considerations II may
be concluded that if any planet is try.
ing to signal our earth it is Venus an(
not Mars. 1t can be definitely proved
that Mars is unsuted for maintainint
any conceivable form Of life, while
with the conditions prevailing on We
nus there is every reason to believe
that that planet may be populated b!
beings fairly similar to ourselves
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
VOTES FOR WOMEN
BEFORE SENATE
Mississippi Solons to Pass on
Right to Vote in
Primaries.

JACKSON, Miss, Jan. 30. (Spl THE
Mississippi legislature has discovered
that the suffrage question, like Ban
quo's ghost, will not down. Notwith-
standing the defeat in the house of the
Whitworth bill, comforting upon women
the right to participate in primary cleo
tons, replica of that measure, framed
by Senator Wood of Gulfport, has been
favorably reported from the commit
tee on registrations and elections and
will be called up as the special order
for passage next Tuesday.
Senator Wood feels confident that the
bill will pass in the senate and some
of the abiest members of that body are
enlisted for it's support, and will make
speeches In its behalf next Tuesday
Members of the senate feel that, in
view of the imminence of suffrage tor
women, notwithstanding the rejection
of the federal amendment, this is the
opportune time to give the women OF
Mississippi try OUT so to speak
and ascertain whether a majority Of the
sex really desire to use the ballot. This
can be more conclusively shown III a
primary election than general cleo
ton, for Democratic primary IN Mis-
sissippi is always a red not affair
whereas very little interest is shown
in general elections, not even except
ing presidential contest.
Insofar as the constitutional objection
raised Is concerned, the ablest lawyers
in the senate declare that this poin
is not worthy of consideration; that TIL
| Wood bill does not violate either th
| letter or spirit of the organic law, slnc'
| the supreme court has specifically hell
| that party primary is not an cleo
| ton, within the meaning of the con
| stitution, but merely nominating
| event.
In event the senate passes the Woo
| bill, it goes back to the house, wher
| identically the same bill already ha
been once rejected, However, ia
vorable report from the house commit
ttee on registration and elections is as
surcd, and this will put the measure o
! the calendar for consideration. In tn
meantime it will be up to the suffrag
lists to get busy and overcome an APP
parent majority Of from 20 to % agains
| their cause.
The senate committee on constltu
ton, it is stated, will return the fed
eral amendment, providing for woma
| suffrage, next Wednesday, awaiting re
suit of the fight for primary suffrag
before submitting it's report.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
FOOD IMPORTS NEARLY
DOUBLED OVER 1918

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.--Foodstuffs
imported in December amounted to
nearly double the value brought in dur
ing December, 1918, while exports of
foocstuf were s30,O0OO0O below the
total for the same month 9 year ago,
according to figures made public today
by the department of commerce
Foodstuffs imported in December
were valued at $S4,941,027, compared
with $43, 136,449 in December, 1918,
while exports were S172, 606261, as
against 5000, 9S3,316 in December a year
amounted to $1,10O 979,02S, compared
| with $743, O22, SOC in 1918, and exports
| for 1919 totaled $2,64l, 1870, 1853, against
| 81 1858, 255,312 for the previous year.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
PERFECTS GUN TO
SHOOT MESSAGES
Spoken Words Already Heard Half Mile Distant Through
Arrangement Devised By British Professor In
Imperial College of Technology

LONDON, Jan 3o.-At the Imperial
college Of technology, South Kensing-
ton, Prof Rankine is perfecting an
instrument which shoots messages as
a gun shoots shells
4 person talking into a trumpet at
tached to a minute mirror, rejecting a
strong light, can send a message to
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
N. C. R. EMPLOYEES TO.
HAVE OFFICIAL. BOARD

DAYTON, o.. Jan. SO.-President
John II. Patterson. Of the National
Cash Register company, today an
employees exclusive of persons holding
executive positions, viii be created at
once to have a part in determining the
policies and management of the con-
cern. The new board to be elected by
the employees Feb. 3, will be composed
of % men and three women.
Don't lose sleep with deep colds-try
Flumonla Salve. breathe easy. adv.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
Grand Jury Gets
Tally On Stolen
Cars; What Next?

a special Sharse was aeliyere9 70 lfe
Ed Richards, in reference to the theft
of automobiles in Memphis Judge
Richards furnished the grand jury with
figures showing the number Of cars
stolen in Memphis last year together
with the number that were not recOV-
cred, and asked that Ihey make special
efforts to bring auto thieves to justice.
Judge Richards has announced that
he will exert every effort possible to
break up the practice Of stealing tutO-
mobiles and carrying pistols and that
offenders of this character may expect
no mercy from him if proven guilty in
his court. Division / of criminal court.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
LAYMEN TO CONSIDER
SUNDAY SCHOOL SURVEY

Representative laymen Of the Prot
estant churches of the city viii meet
at the Chamber of Commerce Saturday
noon to discuss the advisability of con-
Quoting thorough survey OF Sunday
school and church work in Memphis
and outlining lines for an organization
to make the survey if the proposition is
agreed upon.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30

WASHINGTON. Jan. 50. tBy the As
ISOLATED Press. If wireless messages
are being received on the earth from
some other. planet. as suggested by
William Marconi. Ii Is not Mars sending
says Dr. G. B. Abbott director Of the
Smithsonian astro-physical observatory
and assistant secretary Of the Smith
sonian institution.
Or. Abbott makes no claim that the
mysterious wireless signals do come
from another planet, but says II they
do Mars is eliminated as a possibility
because known condition on that planet
probably would not permit the exist
ence Of any form of living creature.
In the first place. says DR.. Alb
bolt, ION account of the greater dis
lance. nearly two and one-half times
less radiation from the sun reaches
Mars than reaches the earth. 1T Is
probably nearly 100 per cent colder on
the average on that distant planet than
on the earth. Knowing what low tenn
poratures occur on this earth in the
course Of the winter season II will
readily be realized what 100 degrees
colder would mean. In the second
place, even II any form of life could
withstand that degree of cold, it is
definitely known by the investigations
Of Director Campbell of Lick observa-
tory that there is practically no water
Fapor In the atmosphere surrounding
Mars, which fact crosses out the pos
sihility Of that planets supporting any
vegetarian or other forms of food for
living creatures,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
COVER UP WiSH5oNES
AND ANKLES; PERHAPS
THEY FOSTER THE FLU

Beside the abolition of the glazed
coat sleeve of that non -Shakespearean
lad who, with grimy face, creeps un-
willingly to school along with divers
and other methods of flu prevention,
'Ye Editor Mods suggests that the
health officials go a bit further and in
weigh against or call down anathema
upon the wishbone exposing waists of
sweet young things of office or ball
room. and the beautifully exposed
ankles, view of which low cuts, sans
spats, afford the admiring male passer-
by delectation.
!. \ Charm as these things afford to the
aesthetic masculine eye, it seemeth that
they would tend to cause the young
things to take cold
Perhaps, however, the tendency to
admire, may have unduly brought the
tendency upon the editor to deplore.
In viewing what morning paper has
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
ARKANSAS S0LONS
To QUIT FRIDAY

LITTLE ROCK. Ark. Jan. 80 tSpll--
The special session OF the legislature
probably viii end next Friday noon.
THE senate this morning adopted a con-
current resolution hy Senator King for
adjournment on that date. The original
resolution provided for adjournment
Thursday. but-it was amended eE mu-
ton Of Senator Caldwell II Is believed
the house will adopt the resolution.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30

out fear Of the words being intercepted.
10 is said.
The words spoken can be heard dis
tlnctly half a mile away and ARE trans
mitted through projectors to an electric
battery attached 10 a piece OF seleniulu
ntted to an ordinary telephone receiver
The larger the receiving battery. the
greater distance can the message oe
sent.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30

called the "Wishbone Exposing" APP
parel, perhaps the editor did not keep
his eye single to the wishbone
Perhaps also in viewing nifty ankles
the editor also desired to pursue the
subject too far, and, Like Paul and
Virginia
Read no more that day"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30

Hq Con. FaNlauku l6 mHeune4 nt .ne
Thrauiau press service eommitte
III Ukrainiau. Russian and Jewish cIti-
gems succeeded iD restoring order. tha
advicss state. and iu improving iht
provisioning Of the city and the admin
istwtiUn Of it's affairs
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
poEsN,T ELUTTER.

Sport F1utterings' writer on an aft
crnoon paper doesn't flutter high for
a while at least, as far as his physical
locomotion is concerned.
Boils come sometimes in the winter.
Mantlepleces are good places from
(which to eat and at times it is incon-
venient to "flutter" from one side of
ones seat to the other.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30

reached into his pocket when he had
reached a distance OF so feet. Hines
then fired.
Many box car ro5heries have occurred
In the vicinity Of the shooting, Hines
declared.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
YeEditO1'NOds
81 eJOlts and Jesfs
TtT Slipped Past
WSQThe Bltac Pencil
"BUDAP
(BY StubbYl

(Apoloaias to Wallace lrWln.)
FLU is RAGING IN BUDAPEST
News cable. ..
And now hath our soggy "flu" time
well nigh passed.
The recreant sun doth greet the world
And with his genial rays the earth doth
warm.
But bark, what's that which cometh
down the dale
Moving with heavy list and full-blown
sail. y
EIu doctors? No, not fluid kind
Whose numbers were as leaves in wind;
But those who in raucous tones unklnd
Say-"Close the town.
SO shut the play houses; unless there
arouses;
A bad germ nobody can find.
Get back to your homes; for, from pom
derous tones
Clouds in the sky, We'll see by and by
Sunshine or no today, sir. =,
It's raining in Budapest; bark, We II
you'd a pest
Utterly kill get away 'fur."
do not quit breathing, mat "0uio ~
leaving .t4
us without fees to secure. 49,
But as long as the rain pats down q
refrain
In Hungary we're not so sure.
L'ENRoI.
SO sound the tocsin--''War'
Chase the flu germ far
We know not what it is
SO do not closely quizz,
But in your homes, mem AS you are.
.
If there's a cloud on the horizon tn
size of womans hand we may no
get opened up until spring.
=
mo CAUSE FOR ALARM"
4 Thus sayeth u. S. Surgeon Genera
Blue.
CLOSE UP.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30

F1ue scares also make fat pur-
veyors Of those nostrums, all OF which
are sure cures, preVentlVes etc, WhlG
The flu seems to GO right on, if We
are to believe reports.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
IMPROPER?

Local department stores petticoat
sale, according to announcement, is fl
nally to be wound up"
The sale, not the petticoats.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
MODS" OFFERS HUGE PRIZE.

A prize of quart of bathing spirits
is offered the civilian who can circum-
navigate a tin can with one of those
little keys which wind UP tin and are
supposed to open aforesaid can.
A prize of pint of spts. vini rect. Is
offered the soldier or civilian who will
complete the decentralization Of the
can--after the key has caused the eX-
asperatingly alternating little strip of
tin to snap like a machine gun bullet
soaring oerhead--without using words
that would even make the negro maid
decamp. Elk service men are eligible
for this last prize.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
Those Polar Caps.

THE polar caps which are seen on
Mars may be either hoar frost from
the minute traces of water vapor in the
Marian atmosphere, or what is quite
as possible, frozen carbonic acid gas
The So called canals of Mars are non
existent, except as indefinite markings,
according to such telescope observers
as Barnard, Hale and others, who have
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
SUGGESTION FOR AID
FOR A BARBER SHOP

Clean efficient shaves; silent bar
bers; no manicurists; Deodorized Por'
tiers, broken spring on the Victrola,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
APPROPRIATE

Small negro boy went into Goodman
& Bach's jewelry store the other day
and asked: Does yall keep Jews
ha'ps?"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
CLOUDY,

Another make fat" day for the doc
tors
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30

Roy Davis. IS. negro. jackson Mound
avenue, was shot through the leg
Thursday night by Special Agent Hines
of the Frisco railroad. He is at the
General hospital.
Hines story Of the shooting is that
he came upon group Of negroes about
q fire near X. c, Junction. Davis ran,
he says, then turned, stopped and
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
sPENDTHRIFT.

What did the kaiser spend at Anne
rongeh? His birthday.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
THEY DO NOT SING,
DEAR, SWEET ADELINE

( No, Genevieve, he alcoholic quartet
mentioned in the days news are not
i. singers; merely niggers battling with
The law to convey a substantial guam
tity of spirits into the confines of
Shelby county.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
Neo'S of RiUers
River Bulletin,

Memphis. Tenn, Jam 80, 7 am.
Flond RaI
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
CINEMA OF CRIME
REFLECTED UPON
POLICE BLOTTER

II wasn't a "nigger" in the woodpile
which W. NJ. Lamb IS Beale avenue,
discovered Friday morning when he
stepped ous e get a bit Of wood 10
start the fire, Instead. Il was a hide
from a COW recently killed. Lamb re-
ported the attempt to hide the hide
Twelve more biddies Joined the re-
cruits under command of the fowl fan
ciers' association Thursday night. 2.
c. Wayland, $50 Faxon avenue. was
the loser.
Some pedaler has flown away with
the bicycle of Fly Mercer, go Cossitt
place. Fly reported the fight to fly
cops, in the hope that they might find
the fleeing flyer,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
CLOSE UP
Memphis.

Thus sayeth y. s. Surgeon General
Blue.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-01-30
"No CAUSE FOR ALARM"

If there's a cloud on the horizon thu
size of woman's hand we may no
get opened up until spring.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-16
SALVATION ARMY WORK
AIDED BY PEOPLE HERE

Captain and Mrs. Garrett Kip
house, in charge of the Salvation
Army work here, are much gratified
over the response of several of the
citizens here who contributed to the
Christmas fund, which will go to
ward the furnishing of Christmas
dinners to the less fortunate families
of the town. Mr.. and Mrs. Kip
house are instituting several activi-
ties here, especially for the children.
which will be of great service to
the community, and are Aleased to
note the interest which is being dis
played at this time.
Letters sent out to the people OF
the city have brought the following
responses:
C.>M. Peterson, $40: F. Pullman.
SIS; Washington Hose Co., $40;
George Durrua, IS; James Q'Tooie
S5; Franz Roessler, SIS: Green
span Bros, IS; Charles Christopher
son. So: Hampton Cutter, SO; Dana
Relief. IS; Braga Ladies, So; Dan.
ish Sisters Society. So; 1. r. Edgar,
50: Mrs. r. Rasmussen. So: and one
dollar from each of the following:
DR.. !. Silk, G. p. Goldsmith, James
Grimstead, Clifford Brown, and Mrs.
Garretson.
The two Christmas kettles have
thus far netted $159.17. Anyone who
wishes to makescontributfon can ad :
dress Captain Kliphouse at the Sal
vation Army Madison avenue.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-16

BY The Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16--Urging
rigid economy in appropriations for
government expenses during the
next fiscal year. in order to tighten
the tax burden. Representative Mon
dell. of Wyoming. Republican lead
er, declared in the house today that
the total estimate of S4.653, 100000
submitted by the secretary of the
treasury could be reduced by ap-
proximately $1.t00,000,000.
This reduction, he said, must be
effected chiefly by a drastic scaling
down in estimates for the army and
navy, and also for sundry civil ex-
penses, the total of which, he pointed
out, exceeded current appropriations
by more than $914,000,000.
Criticising the administration for
the "unfathomable inconsistency" In
the estimates submitted to congress,
and the pleas for economy made by
the president and the secretary OF
the treasury" he declared he would
leave it 10 others to properly char
acterize these estimates"
Two years after the war" he
added, when the world outside our
borders is largely bankrupt. and
everybody is praying for reduction
OF armament, the administration
asks for an appropriation of more
than s1.414.000,000 for the army
navy and fortif1cations. or five and
one-half times the highest peace
time appropriation of 1916.
Pointing out that current cfficien-
cies were not included in this total,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-12-16
Perth Amboy Gas Company
Not Paying Excessive Dividends,
COnvery Says; Accept $1.4O

Patrick Convery. president of the
Perth Amboy Gas Light Company In
an interview this morning stated
that the gas company had filed with
the Public Utility Commissioners its
acceptance of the rate of S1.49 per
thousahd cubic feei. as fixed Mon
day by the state body At meet
ing of the board of directors of the
light company held yesterday the
regular quarterly dividend was de-
ciared payable December 80 at one
per cent, making the total dividend
for the year four per cent.
mo one can charge the company
with paying excessive dividends"
declared Mr.. Convery. when sup
plies and labor were at normal
prices the company voluntarily re-
duced the price of gas to ninety
cents a thousand cubic feet, the re-
duction going into effect April l.,
1918.
'In regard to the present rate
of S1.40 a thousand cubic feet the
gas company filed a complete inven-
tory of the value of its property.
both real and personal. which was
checked up by the engineers and ac-
countants of the Public Utility Com
mission and the rate was fixed by
the commission taking into consid-
Grafton the cost of labor and mate