4- V.
TRISTAN CALLED
HAVEN OF KEST
. .
Isolated Spot of Content
ment is Visited by Brit
ish Cruiser
, BUENOS AIRES. Jan. 5. The
Island of Tristan da Cunha is de
scribed as "an 'unspoiled haven of
rent for the weary soul, a Mecca
for those who Jons for relief from
worries of life." by the chaplain
of the British cruiser Dartmouth
which has just returned from a
visit to that isolated spot.
j"No need to worry over money
there for there Is none," said the
chaplain. "There are no taxes,
no doctors, no lawyers, no cler
gymen, no policemen, hot even a
head man. Newspapers and. mail
arrive with luck about once every
two years. ,i;
'There is , not .even any medi
cine, for the last supply of reme
dies was thrown, into the sea by
TTiir.-Fri--Sat t
A' et. pictarization
of a great novel
''TheLittfeShepherd
ot lungaom .
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By John Fox, Jr.
The soul of an out
cast mountain lad : The
great out-doors : Jack
Pickford in the type of
role you love to see
him. . ,; ' ( ..
Don't miss this
heart-interest t drama
of Kentucky live3 and
loves. Adventures -Romance
Thrills ga
lore! ' " , . ,;
Three days only .
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J
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tailor-made now.
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trousers for your coat?
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today, and get that Extra
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they will be matched up
! as long as they last. -Order
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Scotch Woolen Mills
, Store
:42G State St., Salem, Ore.
PANTS
TTIE OftKGON -STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON
the inhabitants, who are remark
" nMy healthy. Epidemics are un-
"Tristan is a British possession
in the South Atlantic between
South Africa and South America.
Its snow-capped peak, towers
nearly 800a feet above sea level.
It is only 21 miles in circumfer
ence. The , nearest inhabited
place is St. Helena, 1,200 miles
away. The Island itself is of vol
canic origin, the only habitable
portion of it being a tongue of
fertile land at the foot of the
precipitous cliffs.
"Sufficient potatoes are grown
in plots to meet the neud of the
Inhabitants. Cattle and sheep
were introduced . years ago and
many cattle now run wild. Cothes
are only to, be obtained by barter
ing from ships that call. For pro
tection to the feet the people
make moccasins of bullock hide.
Wonderful socks are made by the
womsn from ooI carded by them,
selves ...,..
"From June to October of this
year the people had been without
bread, tea. coffee and sugar, but
they all looked pretty well nour
ished." The reason there is no bread
is that 50 or 60 years ago a ship
wreck near the Island allowed
rats to get ashore so that since
that time no wheat has been
raised. . But the men say that
they are going to try again when
the next mail in & year or two
brings them some seed wheat. Tn
1 At . .
ids in emu Li we uiej are in no nur
ry: if there Isn't any bread they
can be contented on potatoes.
And to supplement their potatoes
fish are abundant, and cattle, and
birds with their eggs, and seals.
They want for many things, says
the chaplain, nevertheless "there
appears to be little discontent
and few ever wish to leave the
aland".
Indian ani Bride Are
Content With Marriage
TOPEKA. Kan.. Jan., 5. Jack
son Barnett, red 72. reputed oil
millionaire and said to be the
wealthiest Indian in America and
his white ' Wife, formerly Anna
Laura Lowe, aged 30, have defeat
ed a suit to have their marriage
cancelled. By living amicably
throughout a month's honeymoon
in the Indian's humble domicile
near Ilenryetta, Okla they swept
aside all evidense presented in
three months of procedure in the
Kansas supreme court and suit to
annul the union has been croaseed
off the calendar. ,
The suit was brought by Carl J.
OHornett of Ilenryetta. Okla.. the
Indian's guardian, and Cato Sells,
United States commissioner of In
dian affairs. It Is set forth that
Barnett was illiterate and that
last May he and his bride eloped
in an automobile furnished by the
woman, crossed the Kansas line
and were married in Arkansas
City. In the original, proceedings
instituted in the Kansas supreme
court. 'Guardian O'Hornett net!
t oned that his aged ward be re
stored to him. It was charged that
the bride had kldnanied her bus
band and that she was an adven
turess.
Barnett, characteristic of his
race, is a man of few words. He
made it plain to the court, how
ever, that "he was well content.
"The Indian and his bride ap
pear to have stood the test ;ot
matrimony." commented . Judge
A. SI. Jackson, commissioner ap
pointed by the supreme court to
hear . the evidence in the case
"It was agreed. that Barnett and
his wife . be permitted to go on
honeymoon of a month. The
honeymoon over they still main
tain they- are satisfied, so after
conference with all parties con
cerned. it was agreed to recom
mend to the supreme court that
the case, be dropped." :
The supreme court acted in
accord with Judge Jackson's re
commendations. , ,,
The Indian for many years liv
ed on his land allotment near
Ilenryetta, his horses and - his
dogs his only companions. ' He
made little . use of his. land, his
cash allotment from the govern
tnent being ample to purchase his
tew worldly needs.
But a few years ago Barnett'a
farm began to yield oil. Under
bis state and federal guardiatas.
ine Indian's wealth increased
from the royalties until, accord
ing to O'Hornett, it now exceeds
a million dollars. ' .
Use of Horses at Bull ...
Fights ts Protested
MEXICO CITY, Jan. 5 There
is a slight aggitation here against
the use Of horses in hull fltrhtlnr-
One. contributor writing to a local
paper objects on the ground that
the bllll Will Vni mn tnanw linn..
that the supply of 'them 'for trans
portation In the city will be de-
Protest on behalf of the horses
is confined to those who are not
keen followers of the sport. A true
nun xtgnt fan will tell any one
that a horse,, even though he is
cored and mutilated bv in inirr
bull, is a necessary adjunct to the
ifgnt and plays a -part in keeping
with the picador who mounts him.
However, the sight ot a gored
animal running frantically around
the arena, fleeing, because of bis
blindfold, from he knows not
what, has sent ; many hundreds
home from the games before they
were completed. This was . espe-
clally noticeable when the United
LAST DAY
YE LIBERTY
T CONFERENCE
HERE JAN. 28-30
Oregon and Idaho to Have
Annual Convention in
Salem
- Plans for the forwarding of the
work of the Young Men's Chris
tian association in Oregon and
Idaho will be taken up at the
21st annual convention of the as
sociations of those two states ta
be held at Salem January 28 and
20. ; .
Addresses on various topics of
interest will be delivered by
speakers from all over the coun
try. Among these will be two of
the Y. M. C. A. leaders from New
York city, John Brown, Jr., senior
secretary, physical department ot
the international committee, and
George Irving, religious work de
partment of the international
committee.
There will be three major con
vention themes; The religious
field and opportunity of the as
fociation. volunteer service, and
the association's program for
health and recreation. Some of
the features of the gathering will
be group luncheons, men's mass
meeting, boys' mass meetings, fel
lowship banquet and book table
and exhibH. j
Preparations for the event are
in charge of W. V. Dillon, inter
state secretary, with headquarters
at roniana.
Among the sneakers who hr
been listed are the following:
John Brown, Jr.. M. D., senior
secretary, physical denartment in.
ternational committee. xw VnrW
city: George Irvine, relitiou
work department, international
committee. New York city; Ceo.
D. McDIll, executive secretary. Pa
cific region, international commit
tee. L4 Angeles; Charles Pueh
ler. industrial secretary. Pacific
region, international committee,
San Francisco.
Blaine Kirknatrirk
Methodist church SaUm- it w
Stone, general secretary Y. M. C.
t ortiana; u. U Shaw, gene
ral secretary Y. M. C. A., Baker;
A. R. Hodges, physical director
Y. M. C. A.. Boise; Hal nnnn.n.
student secretary. University of
Oregon; Cash AVood. secretary
-con county t. M. C. A.. Med
ford: W. w. Dillon, interstate
secretary Oregon-Idaho' Y. M. C.
A ,
States excursionists were here
for President Dhrornn'. i ....
ration ceremonies.
President Obreron baa trVAn 1,1.
sanction of the sport by appear-
5 aunoar arternoon when
xvuuutiu uaona ana Ernesto Pas
tor fought jointly. He occupied a
ringside seat. When Pastor, play-
uB lue oan, made what ap
peared to be a death thrust the
president arose to Iasta ta
band Immediately struck up the
uauuuai naioem, une Dun, how
ever. 'was not dead And utariatl tn
charge. At the sound of the an-
them, he stonned tn tita trnov.
lowered his head and with 'Pastor
standing at rigid aUention not
three feet from the bull's horns,
thfe hymn was completed. A second
later the bull tumbled over dead.
veteran fight-goers asserted the
Spectacle was the nfrnnrwit Avar
seen in the local arena.
ROME PARADISE
Vast Tract of Atidcnt tiar
dens Has Renamed Idle
Since Fall of Rome
OSTIA. Italy. Jan. l5.Ef fort
are being made to reclaim and
plant parts of the vast tract of
land which'' stretches for -several
miles around . Rome and com hv
the name of the "Campagna Ro
mans." it has been allowed to
remain idle and uncultivated ever
fcince the fan Of the 'Roman empire-
- ' "
Before that time it was a sort
of terrestrial paradise; villas and
gardens were dotted all over it
as far as the eye could see, it
was luxuriant with fruits and
flowers. It supplied food and work
for thousands upon thousands of
men. it was one ot the most beaiT
t.'f ul and intensively cultivated
tipota in the world.
When Rome, . however, was
obliged to resign "her position as
"the mistress or the "world." the
"campagna", was abandoned and
gradually became a marshy, malaria-infected
desert. Inhabited
only by a few hardy shepherds.
Now, however, the law which
was recently passed, decreeing
that anyone who docs not culti
vate his land to the utmost of its
capacity is liable to have the land
confiscated, is beginning to have
its effects. Prince Aldobrandini
has engaged a company to reclaim
a huge estate of several thousand
acres, which he owns in the cam
pagna. "
- The work has , already begun,
and an experimental station has
been set up at Ostia. The land
waa first of all drained and then
arrangements were made to ob
tain water from the Tiber for ir
rigation. Electric tractors to
draw the plows were then bought
and various kinds of fruits, reg
ctables and cereals cultivated in
order to find out how fertile the
land is and what kind or crop
it is most adapted for.
The results were beyond the
wildest hopes of any of the pro
rooters of the company. The land,
after lying idle for centuries,
seems)? liav etored an its fer
tility throughout all that time
and now yi Aid s crop upon crop
with unstinting hand. 5
An attempt has even been mad
to grow cotton here, and tbe ex
periment has been auccMEful, but
how successful ItTuu Teea Impos-
TO BE RESTORED
stble to "determine, as the cotton
uced was of the worst quality ob
tainable. This year, however, it
is proposed to plant American or
Kpvptian cotton.
So happy have the results at
the experimental station been
that it is hoped that soon work
mav be bee tin for the total re
claiming of the whole of the
"campagna."
War Memorial To Be
Raised at Salt Lake
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah., Jan.
1 1. -AnnroDriationa tnr rr.nsrriir.
t'on cf a memorial building in
honor of the men who fought in
the world war will be considered
by the Utah legislature. Several
senators and representatives have
stated they believe $1,000,000
should be spent on the building.
Construction of the memorial
building was first broached at the
session of the legislature two
years ago. and a committee was
named by the governor to inves
tigate the matter. Te legislature
voted the committee $5,000 ex
penses. (The committee's report, it is be
lieved, will be submitted at the
next, session. According to one
member, it will call for a build
ing to be erected here to con
tain a large auditorium, halls
for relics and rooms for meeting
places for service men and fc r
mer service men.
Consolidation of several state
commissions and departments, as
an economy move, probably will
be taken up by the legislature.
One d'scussed consolidation
would bring together the state
securities commission, which., has
charge of all stock sales, and the
state bank commission.
Amendment of the workmen's
compensation law to Include
agricultural, employes has been
recommended by the state indus
trial commission and probably
will be considered by the legis
lature. Coast Line Defense
Detects Ships at Sea
SAX FRANCISCO. Jan. 11.
California's coast line of defense
against a hostile fleet is now 2Z0
miles at sea and before the end
of the year a chain of stations
will be able to detect a hostile
fleet 24 hours . before it can
reach the coast, according to
Lieutenant Commander Scott D.
McCaughney. district communica
tion superintendent, of the 12th
naval district here. '
Direction-finding compass sta
tions are operating off San Fran
cisco bay. Eureka and Point Ar
guello. Within a month stations
will be opened protecting Santa
Barbara, San Pedro and San
Diego and one close to the Mexi
can border. Before the end ot
the year stations will be erected
along the Washington. Oregon
and Alaska coasts, some thirty
stations. Then a ship can be ac-
crately located more than: 400
miles at sea
This npv rnsKt Htf.nu war
ihventinn whlnh ta wtA Vi a nl I
-.- v uin-i
tsn neet in me battle or Jutland auve assemoiy can Introduce leg
end saved London from Zeppelin lation subject to the approval of
attack, is said in peace time to the governor general in the
save vessels from fogs and wrecks
by errors in steering a false
course
Twelve hundred bearings a
month have been given by the
San Francisco radio-compass, or
directing finding stations. These
groups of radio compass stations
intercept 'radio waves from ves
sels and can accurately locate the
vessel by determining the direc
tion from which tbe waves come.
Mariners, who were skeptical
whep plans for the stations were
uuwuubTu, wu; aire cu-uperaimg
enthusiastically, according to
Lieutenant Commander McCoy.
Several wrecks hrve been averted.
Recently a trans-Pacific liner ran
into a shoal off San Francisco
during a fog. The radio-compass
stations gave the liner's bearings
as ten miles distant from where
the ; captain's dead weckoninr
placed it. Lifting of the fog
fog proved the radio-compass di
rection right and the captain
wrong. ,
REALTY MEN TO
TURN BOOSTERS
Permanent County Organi
zation of Real Estate
Men Is Planned
A temporary organization of
the real estate men or Marion
county was formed last night at a
meeting Tield in the offices of Bell
and Swegel. when Mr. Hayford
was chosen chairman and Karl
Beck was named as secretary.
Plans for a real Oregon boosters'
club were set on foot. Fred O.
Brockman. secretary ot the Inter
state Realty association from
Portland was present and gave his
aid in the organization of the Ma
rion land dealers.
At a banquet to be held In the
hear future a permanent organiza
tion will be perfected. Invitations
will be sent to every licensed deal
er In Marion county to be present
and take a part in forming an or
ganization which has as its pri
mary purpose the boosting of the
Willamette valley. H
.The meeting last night unani
mously endorsed the proosed
state real estate license hill which
Isjto be 'presented. at the present
session of the legislature,
1 ,R: Ck wlcs manager
or the Oregon Growers Co-oper-alive
Asportation, reports the -pear
pot-l for this season amounted to
$49,59ft.47. Bartletta ranked
first, with sales of S241.D36.97.
with the Bosc second, its Bales
amounting to I7S.211.5S. AnJou
5larS,Wf.e th,rd w,,n -ales of
I56.871.52. and Winter Nelf,
fourth with sales ot'14,000,00
INDIA STANDS
ON NEW LAWS
Elections For Government
Fost Go On According
. to Act Provisions
The new law for the govern
ment of India went into effect
with the opening of the new year.
ant frt Ka firm itm. In tk.
tory of India under British rub.
me election for government posts
are going on tn accordance with
the provisions of the new govern
ment of India act.
lUfqxHisibUo Government Planned
The stated aima of the new act
are "to introduce more responsi
ble government in India." Tha
preamble of the act luma un the
general purposes as follows:
"It is- the declared policy ot
Darliament to nrhvMe tnr tha In.
creasing population of Indians in
every branch of Indian adminis
tration and for the gradual devel
opment of self-governing institu
tions, with a view to the progres
sive realization or responsible
government In British India as
an integral part of tbe empire.
"i'rogress In giving ejrect -'to
this policy can only - be achieved
by successive stages and it is ex
pedient that substantial atena In
this direction should now be tak
en. '
"The time and manner of each
advance can ' be determined onlv
by parliament upo;i whom respon
sibility lies Tor the welfare and
advancement of the ndian peoples.
"The action of parliament in
such matters must be guided by
the cooperation received from
those on whom new opportunities
of service will be conferred and
by tbe extent to which it is found
that confidence can be reposed in
their sense or responsibility. (
"Concnrrently with the grad
ual development of slf-governinc
institutions in the provinces - of
India, it is expedient JLo give to
those provinces In provincial mat
ters the largest measure of inde
pendence of the government of In
dia which Is compatible with the
due discharge X the latter of Its
own responsibilities.- (
5,000,000,000 Person May Vole
Under the term of the ' act.
elections are being held for seats
in me provincial legislative coun
cils and the Indian legislature,
these being the only bodies for
which the act provides popular
eiecuons. About 5.000,000 per
sons are enfranchised by the act.
or about 1.6 per cent of the en
tire population.
The executive government in
India consists under the new. law
or a governor general appointed
by tbe secretary of state for India
in London, an executive council of
nine, 'three members . of . which
shall be Indians (heretofore enly
one member of six was an Indian
a council of .state, comprising 0
members, elected and appointed:
and a legislative assembly of 140
members, or whom 100 6hall be
elected and the rest appointed by
the governor .eneral of India.
The governor general shall be
president of the council of the
mate ana nas veto power over
legislation which comes from the
lf?f nln tHrs aa.nm Mv
w0iuvi. ine uracils
The legle
00 uticu of state. Final action on
ltne budget rests with the governor
1 aWaaiM ASM 1 1 1 m .
general and the council of state
Both the governor general and
the council are siren power' over
tariff and 'revenues. Army and
CHANGES Pf KCHKDtXES . .
OREGON ELECTRIC RAILWAY
On and after Sunday January
9th, changes in the passenger
scneauies ot the Oregon Electric
7 wUl be md Bn0wn
No. 12. will leave Salem K
11:13 a. m. instead of 11:30. ar
rive Portland. Jefferson street
1:05 p. m. Instead ot 1:30 and
North Bank station 1:20 p. m.
instead ot 1:45.
: No. 17 will leave Portland.
North Bank Station 6:25 P. M.
instead or 6:05. Jefferson Street
6:40 P. M. Instead of 6:20. ar
rive Salem 8:25 P. M. Instead of
8:05.
No. 19 will leave Portland.
North Bank Station 9:30 P. M.
Instead of 9:20. Jefferaon street
9:45 P. M. Instead of or.
rive Salem 11:25 P. M. Instead of
ii:so.
No. 22 will leave U'nwlhiirn
2:30 P. fcf Instead of ?A7 -rl
Salem 3:15 P. M. Instead of 3:05.
No. 5 from Portland will ar
rive Salem "10: 15 A. M. Instead of
10.11.
J. W. RITCHIE. Agent,
(adv.)
LAST
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Special Music on Our
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Starting
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WEDNESDAY MflftmNG.!
navv affairs retrial under the soft
control of tbe governor.
The provincial government con
sists of a governor appointed by
the secretary of state lor India in
London, an executive council of
two members, ono of whom is an
Indian and the other a European:
and a legislative council. 70 per
cent ot whose members shall be
elected and 30 per cent appointed.
vernor iihwh .ninimrm
Vrrm the mnmbera of this coun
cil the governor chooses ministers
for the various departments.
The - act " ooes not conrer op:i
the Indians complete responsibil
ity over all governmental affairs
certain subjects'' to
be administered by the governor
in council, ine suojecis uwi
which, the Indians are Riven Jur
isdiction Include: education, agri
culture, except irrigation. lnd
revenue and water storage. Indus
tries, except factories, mines, rail
ways, shipping, navigation, cus
toms, currency and coinage. The
exceptions are inciuaea unaer iw
rMprail anhlerts m-bich will be
administered by the governor in
council. i
The new provincial gtvem
mednts will be - administered tn
Irtr nrovlneea. After a
period ot ten -years' trial, the act
provides Tor an inquiry into 11
ooerations and at that tinr it is
planned to extend its scope.
South Americans Welcome
Secretary Colby's Visit
SANTIAGO. Jan. -11.'; The
newspaper. La Naclon. comment
ing on the visit of Balnbridge
Colby, American secretary of
etate. to Brazil end Urugnay, sug
gested that it be arranged so he
would vifit Chile.
"It Is worthy of notice that'the
imperialistic " tendencies which
seem to dominate the spirit of
ome North American public men
never appear to remain In the
minds of iubllc figures in the
United States after they have
traveled among us and - thereby
obtained a fairly exact personal
impression of our republics, the
paper asserts, t "It would seem
that a voyage to this continent oZ
t prominent North American con
verts htm Immediately to respect
and esteem these young repub
lic." The paper recalls the visit of
Elihu Root and Dr. Leo S. Howe,
bead of the Pan American union,
"who upon their return have been
at pit times loyal friends oZ
Chile."
"Every effort to draw closer
the ties with other countries ol
America on a basis of just equal
ity Is a praiseworthy one," it
adds. "The.Toyage of' Mr. Colby
presents an opportunity to do this
with the United States and we
should not overlook the occa
sion." Bulgarian Politicians
Wives Called on Carpet
LONDON. Jan. 11. Th Itm
of prominent Bulgarian politic
ians and generals are being called
to account by the Bulgarian gov
ernment wn-never it ts proved
WANTED!
2.000 r ta prstuast girls la
: SALEM
U stUaa Us Opening af
. THE ,
CHARM SCHOOL"
' a Us Orsfa Tmaatrs
Vxt Baas 17
WALLACE IX ID, BopC
Af ter - -Inventory
W00LX100DS, SERGES, GINGHAMS, PERCALES. CURTAIN SCRIM, Etc.
jo men nau-wooi tncotinc:
u incn all wool trench Serge . $1.75
50 inch' all wool Storm Sere $1.75
56 inch all wool French Serge......, J2.9S
JUST ARRIVED
ix iicwujpmcm cunam fcnm ja$t recenred in white and ecrn.36 inchwirltJi
per yard.
Court and Commercial
JANUARY 12. 1921
that their Influence Over their
husbands has caused a political
or military disaster to the nation.
The wive of several public
men and generals . have already
been made responsible by the Bul
garian government for the disas
trous results of tbe war owing to
the influence they exerted , over
their husbands, says tbe nowspa
per Atre, published In Sofia.
It Is believed In Sofia that the
sentiments of a rumbcr of Bul
garian movement for a "greater
Bulgaria which Influenced Bul
garia to enter the war on the side
of the central powers.
Anil 'now the sloran is '"Use
Oregon Troducts.r This applies
to prunes, and now the Hotel
Marion- at Salem has Mtstland
prunes on Its menu. ' '
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