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THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON. WEDNESDAY M ORNISH,- OCTOBER 2TVirn!n WOULD CHANGE FEDERAL TAX i; . ) ' -" 1 ": i Finance to be Regulated So That WiU Benefit Agriculture America Must Redeem, Her League Hedge to France the working man and women of Germany and Austria, bat I have no. more use-for the autocracy ot those countries than I have lor the jukers o America." Mr. Christen sen reiterated his i statement that, it he should be elected president he would send to- Leavenworth penftantlary all tKAoa ia- r tn a!a ava a a wstl t a from the mother of the hnv that tinal Peace' Homer S. Cumminga,- thor iivoo nh. v0.,i former chairman of the fields of Europe.' WICHITA.1 Kan:, Oct. 19. America must redeem the pledge made in Paris to aid in setting up I an effective association of nations "I f 7, a i for the preservation of interna. ' nnm. THIN THAT NF.VER- H APPEft WASHINGTON, Oct, 19. Dis cussion of federal taxation revis ion and financial relief for the ag 'Ticoltnral interests was1 pressed to the foretoday .before the. conven tion of the : ; American Bankers' association Suggested changes in tax laws, however, were indefinite although some probably will be dealt with in resolutions consider ed Thursday. , , Secretary : Meredith's speech Dleadine for a squaro deal for farmers by the banking interests opened the way for several infor mal meetings by rural bankers, j While none of these crystalized ln- to a settled plan, representatives of banks in the cotton states de cided upon a general mass meet ing tor tomorrow night. Robert Maddock, Atlanta bank erdeclared that the south was not' "nearly so broke as it has been made to appear." Mr. Maddock, however, said he appreciated the situations, said to be facing the cotton growers and that there appeared to be no hope or . help fro mthe government. He surges tea the . lormation or - a great eotton ' export corporation proposed for the southern states by Governor Harding of the. fed eral reserve board a year ago, saying this seemed to be the only practical solution. ' The tax question came up in the sectional meeting of the trust company bankers where Lynn V. Dinkins, New Orleans, president of the group, said he believed present tax laws placed a hand! cap on commercial pioneering and acted as a Drake on business. Savings bankers who met as sectional group. Joined with mem bers of the section from New York in adopting s resolution urging changes in the savings bank laws . of that state to" permit' the free ; pu rchase of railroad securities by sucn oancs. ! Jail Keeper Testifies i 1 Striker Did Not Eat CORK, Oct. 19. The verdict rendered today by the military curt of inquiry, into the 'death of Michael Fitzgerald, the first of the hunger strikers-to die in the Cork jail; was that the "deceased, of sound mind, deliberately caused his j own existence to Jend. nd did feloniously kill hlmselg." The governor of the Jail testi fied that Fitzgerald took no food for 68 days Dr. Pearson, a jail physician, testified that death was due to the gradual cessation ot the vital functions caused by prolonged abstenance front all forms of nourishment." Demo cratic national committee, de clared in an address here tonight. "Otherwise history will hold her accountable j for failure to Iteep an honorable made pledge," he asserted. j ' . " King Alexander is in Critical Condition ATHENS. Oct. 19. At 10 a. m. the condition of King Alexander- showed little change. The con gestion of the lungs persists. drowsiness is. taking the form of coma. His I temerature was re ported as 102; pulse 124; respi ration 34. I HOMMTP WA NOT LOCATED. SPOKANE, Wash.. Oct. 19. No trace has been obtained to night of the man who, just at closing- time today, held qp three employes of the Union Park bank, a suburban institution, and rob bed the bank of $200 in currency of-small denominations. He locked the three employes, Cash- !e"r E. R. Anderson, vice president. L. D. Means and Miss Glenn Ai Lee, bookkeeper, in the vault. It was the third holdup of the bank within three years. . PARIS, Oct. 19. A noted sur geon, whose name has not been disclosed, left here for Athens to night by special train in answer to an urgent summons from the bedside of King Alexander. It is understood he will attempt a further operation on the king. - 1 NOV) SOlb 1! - rf MY. HM YAKIMA HKKKS COLUXU: YAKIMA. Wash.. Oct. IS. Meeting today with Dr. J.' Alvin Orr, president of the board of education of th United Presby terian church the governing board of -the Yakima Commercial club plslred a site and moral and wa it i.iUpPort..,f lh cborrb Ut t as tuml lor boaMbokl L,i ,!J locaU a Prwby-.or. thrwiahoat th country in U ThLhff .uUur.'.1 " rating of coal, by ordering that y!?iJ JM to,ll6 twm-U'-t in tho royal palace .kail b Yakima and Albany. Or. ; iirhfe4 lf when aboltely ne- 'eary. Ern then they are to KING C!:oiu;t: sinrs EXASII'LK ; kH ai small as jKmible. IXiXlXiS. cvt 19 King George t . Suir.au CtAtttJ (U Prohibition Violation ftay Prove Expensive Christensenl Addresses i . Enthusiastic Audience CHEYENNE Wyo.. Oct 19. Parley, P Christensen, farmer labor candidate for the presideh : cy, addressed a large and enthu siastic , audience of working pao- pie here tonight. - - . "My; party will organize 7 a , league of nations whose, represen tatives will be chosen by the peo ple," he said.. "At the league table there will be a chair for Ireland-and India that country which baa. been exploited ! for so many ,yearv , ,: 'I hold out a helping hand to Body is Recovered : - From Sandy River T ' . ' r ' PORTLAND. OcL 19. .Recov ery of another -body from the San dy river leaves three bodies ot the five men lost Sunday night when an automobile plung-ad from a cliff into the Sandy rivet, still unacounted for. The body wad Identified by members of the searching party as that of M. D. McDonald, father of waiter and Alex ' McDonald whose bodies have not yetbe-3n recovered. The body of Edward 'A. Harty, Jr., was recovered yesterday eve ning just above the Sandy River bridge. WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. Per sons who violate state prohibition laws by manufacturing or selling either fermented or distilled in toxicating liquors, are liable upon conviction not only for the. fine and penalty levied by the court. but must also pay the federal government $1,000 as a special tax. Internal Revenue Commis sioner Williams Instructed prohi bltlon agents and internal revenue collectors tonight that a publica tion of revenue laws of 1918 Im posing the tax was still in effect and directed them to carry it out. LOWER COAL CONSIDERED JORDAN ARRIVES IN WEST. SAN DIEGO. Cal.. Oct 19. John A. Jordan,- chief of construc tion of the United States aarial mall service, arrived here tonight to investigate the feasibility ot establishing f aerial mail (service between this city and San Francis co. He said that the postoffice department also had under con sideration an aeriil line between San Diego and Portland, Ore! WASHINGTON, Oct, 19. Re duction in bituminous coal prices will be considered by mine owners in Cleveland. October 26, at meeting called today by the Na tional coal association at the sug gestion of Attorney General Pal mer. ;Mr. Palmer's j suggestion carried the assurance, -the an nouncement said, that any action towards reduction of high prices and elimination of profiteering would not be construed under the Lever act. as an infringement ot the law. MISSING SEAPLANE SAFE !b5 "THE PERIL OF POCKET MONEY" SOMEONE called it just by that name when too much cash were carried. It ' withdraws money unnecessarily from business and from the bank too when you pack it around, to say nothing of your pwn danger. 6f losing or spending it. . " The United States National Bank, is one of the big clearing houses of business in the Willamette Valley. Money (deposited here keeps working every minute. MIAMI, Fla:, Oct. 19. A wire less message from Nassau early tonight stated the "Big Fish" passengar seaplane which left here Sunday - morning, 'with ten persona- on board as hai been list ed as missing, arrived safely In Nassau at 5:50 p. m.. after stop ping at Blmini three 'days to es cape heavy-winds.- , " NTnmATlONAt catoo con v. TOL'U FOR LEAGUE. " ' CLEVELAND, Oct. 19. Secre- tary of war isewion i. ir and aeven prominent men and women ot the east, including Re publicans and Democrats, who are touriqg the country In the in terest - of the league of , nations, addressed five meetings" here to "Everything that nas been criti cised about the present covenant is embodied in the- original pro- tram of the league to . enforce peace, ' secretary UaKer saio. MAYOR IS VERY FEEBLE. LONDON, Oct. 19. A bulletin issued at 9 p. m. by the Jrrffh Self- determination league, says: ' ''Lord Mayor MacSwlney passed a restless day. The doctor again was summoned and urged .bjm strongly to take lime Juice as a preventative against scurvy. This led to an altercation "which ex cited the patient and life hlni exhausted, but tonicht he was more, settled and his condition generally was uacuiaged." Vim K La teaman Clam I fieri Ada ELL IT TO THE S FARMER No matter what it ii, from a tLreslung machine, hone, or cow, to a oaper of plru. Hie farmer is the hext hoyer. THE GREAT WESTERN FARM PAPER Pohlished in Salem, Oregon, will place your advertisement in the hands of 20,- 000 farmers and they read it Bargain Column ads. cost only 3 cents a word, or 2Vz cents a word for four or more insertions. Try It . ' Statesman Building, Salexs, Oregon Read The Pacific Homestead, Weekly. $ 1 a year. YoaH find it well worth while. i SALEM ORCOON RAILWAY f HEAD' TO CHAXGB LIVINGSTON, Mont,, Oct 19 Unofficial reports at- the local headquarters of tha Northern Pa cific railroad declare that Gener al Superintendent A.; rf. Brown, I in charge of lines between Man- dan,; N. D. and Paradise. Mont., is to: be transferred to Tacoma to became general superintendent ot alk lines west of Paradise, .suc ceeding' J. E. Craver. acting gen eral superintendent, who will ex change positions with Mr. Brown and come here. . BOLSHEVIK FORCES RA3IPAXT LONDON. Oct. 19. Russian Bolshevik forces have defeated the army commanded by General Wrangell, which has been oper ating in the Nikopol and Kakho vka sectors, northeast of the Cri mean peninsula, - according to a wireless dispatch from Moscow. The soviet troops took large quantities of booty . and destroyed the Smolensk and j Alexaiett In fantry regiments of the south Russian army.f General Oabineff, commander of the Kuban division is reported killed, and it is said General Barbovitch, commander of a cavalry corps, was severely wounded. Is Your Child Under Weight? The table below will show you what your child should weigh to be in proper proporition to his height If the child is below the "dan ger point" it is time to act ! Heights, ind weights are iriven seDaratelv for bovs and cirls. Averages are given for births, for 3 months, for every 'month from 6 to "48, and there- axiyr iui ever jear up to xo. ine neiffnis ana weignts oi tne ennaren ex amined are to be compared with these average' heights and weights. No ueigius ana weignts are given lor the separate months after 48 months. With a cniia over 4 years of age, use the age at his last birthday. r Birtti , 3 roo. . 6 mot. , 1 m. S moi. rao. 10 noi, 11 mot. 12 noi. 13 m. 1 4 mm. 15 not, 1 ato. IT jnos. 1. BM(. 19 BKM. 20 BOI. 21 mot. 22 noi. 2 noi. 24 not, 2 not. 26 not. . 2? mm. 28 mos. 29 mot. 50 net 51 not. ! Boyt. l; . nVucbt. Wright. Iochet. Pound t. . ...20 7.8 ...?3X4 1.1 ..26 18 ..274 19i ..27S 29 .'.2M, 20 ..'.2' 20 ...2 21 ...29 21 ...29 23-54 ...30i 23 ...30 23 ...ai 24 ...1 24 ...31 24, ...33 25- ...33 - 25 ...32 25 ...M 26;J . .33 27 T ...,3S 27 ...34 27 .-34 "gi? it.34 ' 29 , i-33 29 ...35 29 -S.85 29 Oirlt. Hcht. Weight. Inrhrs. Ponndt. 20.5 7.18 if. 32 mot. 33 not. 34 mot. 35 mot. 39 mot. 87 mot. 3S mot. 39 mot. 40 mot. 41 mot. 42 mot. 43 mot. 44 mot.' 45 mot. 48 mot. 47 mot. 43 mot. yn. . yt. . y. : 9 yrt. . i m. . 11 yn. . 12 yn. . 13 yrt. 14 yn. . l 7n Boyt., , Height. Weight. Inrhet. Toandt. ,.3 ..36 ..3 ,.3'J ..37 30 30 31 Sl . 32 32 32 33 83 34 34 34 34 35 41.1 43.2 49.1 sa.s 59.2 5.3 70.2 , 76.9 S4.S 94.9 107.1 121.0 ... Oirlt. Height. Weight Inchet. Poundt 85 29 35 29 86 30 36 . 40 38 30 38 30 37 81 37 31 37 32 37 83 38 , 82 81 32 38 33 38 33 88 83 89 83 39 ' 85 A GREAT '500 PAGE BOOK E TO THE PACIFIC HOMESTEAD SUBSCRIBERS PRACTICAL FARMING ;'v-AD! GARDEN! WG' .: OR BIAKING THE FARM. 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