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HONORABLE PART
,The late Harry. B. Miller, of Oregon, who was Consul
General of the United States in Japan during and after the
war between that country and Russia, once told the writer
that the governing classes of Japan are honest ; that their
word is good. ; He said this fact is well known among large
business concerns the world over, and it is especially import
ant because of the fact that both the family of the Mikado
and the government itself is interested in a financial way
and directly in nearly every big business concern in Japan.
;In no other country, not even Germany, is there such a
close cooperation between the government and the people;
or rather the people of large affairs.
This partly explains the confidence and the calmness that
has marked ts participation of the Japanese delegates in
the Washington conference; a thing-that has caused sur
prise in many quarters and has called forth words of praise
even from newspapers that have heretofore been alarmists
over the so-called "yellow peril."
: That delegation has talked little
It has not breathed forth ultimatums nor rattled the
saber- : . -. . '
''And its members have showed calm confidence in the
fair dealing, and uprightness of the governments with which
they were associated.
They ha Va. worked for harmony
; And they have made concessions in the face of the threats
of their yellow press at home for Japan has some of the
yellowest newspapers in he world, backed by an element of
fire-eating reactionaries who would, if they had the power,
keep the world in turmoil.
No. one can.accuse them of cowardice, for the Japanese
people have proved their valor and fortitude on more than one
occasion. " But, in the light of recent events at Washington,
no one can justly accuse them of seeking to emulate the brut
al militarism of the last years of Germany under the Hohen
zollerns. ' -
Her delegates have expressed their unreserved admira
tion for open diplomacy, as exemplified by Secretary Hughes
and the American delegation. They assert that it is a policy
wh ich the Japanese government will gladly and faithfully
observe..'' ;VL.';if "iZ-V -v' "V. 7
- If. the agreements which the Japanese delegates have ac
cepted are scrupulously observed by her government and peo
ple and there is every reason to believe in their sincerity
the war clouds that have loomed at times over the Pacific
area in the past will be effectually dispelled. For the Amer
ican people wSl never ask aught of the Japanese government
and people that they would not themselves grant if the re
spective positions of the two people were reversed.. Open di
plomacy proved the golden key to open the door to peace in
the Pacific. Japan has met our own government half way
and amicable relations have been established that give prom
ise to the peaceful development of the natural resources of
the richest territory under the heavens, the Pacific area.
Some Jester, says that Just now
It la a' cae ?ot Hughes who In
America. ,'.w
With the reduction of the
United States nary there will be
of necessity a number of resigna
tions of officers, and it will be
possible to. fully man battleships
that hare been short a full crew
. ; SCHOOL
! STUDY
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Copyright, 1921 Associated Editors
EASY JUGGLING
, Rasso, one of the most
t widely known professional
, Jugglers, has prepared a ser
r ies of ten lessons . in easy
Juggling especially for the
readers ot this newspaper.
, This is the sixth lesson. An
: other one next-week, '-j
Tricks In llalancliiR
, ; Tears 'ago circus" clowns had a
feather balancing trick they often
used to amused their audiences.
It is an easy one to .do.
T Obtain ' a mailing "tube about
two feet long. Or, if you wish,
you may niake a tube of heavy
paper.,. It should be about an inch
in diameter. V
Also obtain a feather about a
foot long; A peacock feather is
just the thing.. ' Place a' bit of
putty on the quill end. Put the
feather into the tube. Then with
a deep breath blow the feather,
ouill end first, high Into the air.
The weight of the putty will cause
the quill end to come down first.
Tt is a simple matter to catch the
"1 end on yourforehea and
THE OKEGON STATESMAN.
Manager
Managing Kdito
Cashier
Manager Job Dept.
Oregon, as second class matter.
PLAYED BY JAPAN
for a long time,
that graduates
will ba affected,
It is not likely
from Annapolis
There, seems to be no doubt
that the Allies will make the pay
ment of the January and Febru
ary installments of the war rep
aration money easier for Ger
many. The disposition to give
The Biggest little Paper in the World
LESSON 6
tng trick that I use on the stage
to secure a moment's rest.
. Fold a piece of tissue paper
about 7 inches long and 4 inches
wide, down 4 the center ot its
length. Then fold it evenly again,
open it out and yon will see that
it has three creases. Grasp two
opposite corners and pull on them.
This makes the tissue paper a
bit stiff.
Bend ,your head far back.
Grasping the tissue paper in both
hands. Carefully rest" one of the
short sides on the tip of your
nose and firehead. When the
paper is standing straight, let go
of it. Keep it balanced by mov
ing slightly in the direction in
which it leans. There should be
no draugh in the room. : ." .
Still another i trick is the old
"cannon-hall catch." The Juggler
balances a heavy cannon ball on
the end ot a rod on his forehend.
Suddenly he knocks the rod from
under the ball. As the ball fall
the Jugtler ' ducks his head and
catches the ball between his shoul
ders. -
Yon may duplicate the trick In
mir ho. -but Instead of catch
SALEM, OREGON
the German people, who hare
thrown r.li the reign of the. Ho
ienzollerui, a chance to turn
around . seftas to be universal
among the powers.
Switzerland haa a new presi
dent. Hut so Las the I'niteJ
Stat m, and he appears to he doing ;
pretty well, thank you.
No wonder the Japs balked at
first at the navai ratio ."-r-3. The
total of the numerals added up
thirteen.
Congresswonian KoberUon rt
Oklahoma cays she will be a can
didate fpr re-election. Alice ban
not had enough of Wonderland.
Much of the animosity against
Ch'na would be dlsatmed if any
body knew for sure how Ambas
sador Sze pronounces his name.
Elmer Dover of Tacoma is to
be assistant secretnry of the
I'nited States treasury. Dover
was for years private secretary to
Mark Hanna. It is mighty hard
to head off that Ohio bunch.
Uncle Sam is a mighty poor
business man. He has just sold
1574 houses at Fairview, N". J.;
for $3.822, 000, that cost him
$11,000,000. He did not lose any
more money because he had no
more houses to sell.
There is this to be said about
Joe Tumulty's book on the Wil
son administration. . It discloses
the fact that whatacer the presi
dent did it met with the approba
tion of Mr. Tumulty.
It Is announced that President
Harding will stick close to Wash
ington for the next three months.
He has a lot of things on the fire
and he is afraid that some of
them might burn.
AGAINST IHIIECT PRIMARY
(Los Angeles Times.)
Sentiment is growing in the
United States against that waster
of time and money, the direct pri
mary. Here in California it has
been found a nuisance and not ex
pressive of the majority will. In
other states the experience has
been similar. How often have
primary elections in this state
been participated in by more than
&0 per cent of the registered vot
ers? It is amusing to look back
upon the days when the enthusi
asts were promising Calif ornians
all sorts of benefits from the in
troduction of the system here
They declared that, as the voters
generally would participate, the
primary would be a true indica
tion of their deisres. As a matter
of fact, the voters generally have
not taken part; thousands of them
entirely ignore thi3 process of
choosing candidates for office.
New York, at fts last legislative
session, greatly limited the work
ings of the direct primary and one
learns that Massachusetts is like
ly to be the next state to act.
In Maine, too, the system is com
ing in for condemnation. There
they are recalling the fact that
ten years ago Hon. .William H.
as may be purchased for a small
sum at any variety store.
Ve Mailing Tube Again
The mailing tube used in the
feather fick will do as a ol n
which to ballance the ball. Place
the ball on one end of the tube
Then lift the tnbe carefully to
your chin. If yon wish, jou may
place it on your forehead, but it
Is easier for your eyes to focus
on the ball when the tube is on
your chin.
Suddenly with a 3harp move of
the hand, slap the tube from un
der the ball. Catch the ball in
your hands.
If you pretend that the ball is
very heavy and that it tajkes a
great deal of effort to balance it
on the tube, and that to catch .he
ball requires the strength ot a
Hercules, the trick will be more
amusing to your audience.
Next week we shall take up
another phase of juggling plate
spinning.
TODAY'S PUZZLE
"The occupants of the room be
gan to nod; Nolan saw his chance
to get away."
Hidden in the above sentence
is the name of an English city.
Answer to yesterday's: Laura,
Irma, Natalie, Cecil, Olive, Lena.
Nellie. Primala spell l'Lincoln.
C.or. im nectn ) aw Gee hk
w with kc y rr mnt
Taft. now chief Justice, made th
prediction that the time would
come when the states would gen
erally eliminate the direct prim
ary. Taft recognized the inher
ent weakness of the system, but
the people were following fals
prophets in those days and insist
ed ou experimenting. I'rimaiv
election are enormously expen
sive and thousands of dollars
have been thrown away for some
thing which, after all, has
proved of no particular value and
against which there are d ecided
objections.
KXI'LAIMMi A Ml'KDFR
Like a horse thif inquiring
what they will do to him ii he
returns the na;; to the stable an-i
cornea home, the rulsrs of Russia
are beginning to explain the mem
ftious crime that civilization will
always hold theia responsible for
the murder of Czar Nicholas,
his wife and innocent children.
Kerensky, who became dictator
of Russia after the downfall of
the Romanoffs, has written an
article for a Paris newspaper in
which he excitedly lays all the
blame on England. He says that,
at a critical moment, the Brtish
government refused asylum for
the royal family.
Kerensky claims that, in defi
ance of the Russian mobs who
had tried to kidnap the imperial
family, he had made all arrange
ments for their removal to Eng-
and when thi intimation came
that the passage of the Roman
offs to any point within the boun
daries of the British empire was
impossible.
He says that the czar was then
removed with his family from
Petrograd to Tobolsk because that
was considered to be the safest
place in Russia, just then.
Doubtless there was some jus
tification tor this reported action
of the British government.
Just after the Russian revolu
tion in 1917, a very dangerous
spirit of unrest was . sweepiag
over Europe. Kings were being
mowed down like over-ripe wheal.
Not a royal house In the world
was safe. There were even un
easy feelings in Japan. In Eng
land the Labor party was betaav
'.ng in a dangerous manner. A
very strong attempt was being
made to stir up a Bolshevist upris
ing in London,
In these circumstances, the
British could not afford to endan
ger the safety of their own royal
family by taking any wandering
royal fugitives to board.
It almost goes without saying
that royalty Is an absolutely es
sential bulwark of the British em
pire. If Great Britain ceased to be a
constitutional monarchy and be
came a republic empire, the East
Indians with th3ir 300,000,000
votes would bring the days of
Anglo-Saxon power to a sivdden
close. The president of the Brit
ish empire would be Rajah Gun
ga Din or somebody of Gunga
Din's race, although with, per
haps, a few more clothes.
It's no use for any Russian
party by accusing England to at-
HUMOB
PLAT
WOBK
Edited by John H. Millar
ONE REEL YARNS
"You must wear your rubbers
to the party," said Dick's mother
as he started toward the door.
"Aw, Mother, I don't want to
wear those old rubbers. I'm too
grown up for that. None of the
other fellows will come to the
party wearing rubbers."
"Never mind, son," said his
mother firmly. "Here they are.'
Dick put his rubbers on sulkily
and went on. His dog. Rastus
follow him, and Dick had to chase
him back, making him so much
later. Half Way to the house
where the party was to be held
Dick had an idea. He looked
around to see that no one was
watching. Then he took off the
hated rubbers and slipped them
behind a tree 'near the narkine
where he could easily find them
when he came back. Now he
wouldn't have V lk into the
pariy wearing those old rubbers
He was a little late in arriving
lnt he wa3 soon at bis ease and
ery proud of his grown-up ap
pearance. He even tnrneQ up his
hose at one of the vounrer hov
who came wearing rubbers and
had to take them off before the
assembled party, for every one
rushed to the door whenever the
doorbell rang to welcome each
guest.
Dick had never been to such
a fine party. He was very nron
of his first step into society The
guepts were in the midst of an
exciting game when the doorbell
rang, and out they all rushed to
greet me late comer.
A cold -chill ran down Dick'
spine when the door ooened an
there stood his older brother. He
saw Dick and held out immedi.
atelyy a newspaper, wrapped pac-
aage. . "Here's your rubbers,
kid. he Bald. I .'Via rnJnv hv
,IIPre,nqjmothr ..thought I'd bet
tempt to dodpe the blame for this
monstrous, cruel and fiendish
massacre of a weak, inoffensive
ittle man and his wife and inno
cent children.
The pr-sent canse of the'r nn-eaain-.-s
do.ibtles-- i.; that Maxim
Cork recently ariived in Stock
holm with a manuscript written
by Prof. T'oodorof f, who was the
czar's physician, which manu-
-cript Gorky declares to be '"of
the greatest historical altie."
I'XDKUNKATII THK iItOUXl
Hngineers are figuring on a
subway system for New York that
will be 4i0 feet under ground.
It would be in bedrock, beneath
the surface of the Hudson and
East rivers and could con
structed by a simple boring pr
cesa on direct lines. High speed
elevators would carry passengers
to and from the surface, and it Is
claimed that n the long run such
service would be cheaper . and
more effective than any plan now
obtaining for the care of traffic.
Speeds of CO to 100 miles an hoar
could "be indulged without any
material hazard. There would be
only one-way traffic in each tube
and head-on collisions would be
made impossible. It Is believed
that the project will fully mate
r'alize. OAS 1W MOONSHINERS
They are using gas grenades to
hunt down moonshiners who hide
in caves in the Kentucky hills.
It isn't safe to try to follow a
mountaineer into his pet cavern,
but by flooding the hole with
tear gas the fugitive is either put
to sleep or driven to the light.
It beats smoking him out. Some
things can be learned from the
Germans, after all.
THE II.M HEADS
Dr. Hubbard of the New York
health department, one of the
greatest authorities on scalps
since the days of Sitting.BuIl and
Big Thunder, testified in a case
in cpurt the other day that when
a man ia bald there is no drug,
dope, wash, tonic or other prepar
ation that will restodre his capil
lary adronment. He is bald and
might as well make the best of it.
He should accustom himself to
viewing his dome with pride ratli-
errthan alarm. That is the only
system.
BITS FOR BREAKFAST !
Welcome, gentle rain.
; "
Down in California, Jupiter Plu
vlus has been working over time
A'Dartv of Salem neonle trav-
'eTlng in the southern part of our
neighboring state- -to the sduth
has had rain every day for two
weeks down there.
B
Around Los Angeles the floods
have been so great that a number
of lives have been lost. When it
rains in southern California, it
pours.
".
No damage has been reported
to the broccoli crop in the Salem
district from the recent freezing
weather. The crop was not far
enough along to be in serious
danger.
If the weather conditions are
iOES SHOPPING IN CAPITOL
Capital pedestrians had a
glimpse ot Mrs. Oriko Komatsn,
wife of the private secretary to
Ylce-Admlral Kato, head " ,pf the
a -M.mM rilratlon to.ihe. arma-
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" WEDNESDAY MORNINC. DECEMBER 23.
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CHICAGO STOCK YARD STRIKE RESULT in maimi ramuuuj,
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The ft-iK yard strike in Chi
cago which has resulted in seri
ous riot was instigated by the
strikers and strike sympathizers.
Many have been irjured in the
riots, some seriously. The out
breaks .have resuUed in such vio
lence that four mediators two
from the United States Depart
ment of Labor and two repre
senting the Illinois Industrial
Commission have been sent to
restore order and bring the strike
differences to deliberations be
tween the packers and strikers.
One of the pictures shows wom
en rict leaders under arrest at
the stock yards police station,
while the other shows Frank Bud
niki, one of the strikers wounded
during the riotinp. His wife has
her arms around him as an officer
is about to place him ; inder arrest.-
favorable from now on, the Sa
lem district is going to have a
lot of broccoli to ship in February
and March possibly over 100
cars of it. With the prices pre
vailing last year, this would bring
in a nice sum of money, at a
timo when little else is selling
from the farms.
V
Japan differs from other coun
tries in not being in a hurry to
get its pay. China's proposal to
pay for the Shantung railway iu
three years is met by the counter-proposal
of 20 years. No doubt
both countries feel that in 20
years much may happen.
I NEW CORPORATIONS
Articles of incorporation wero
filed yesterday by the Adelsperger
White Cedar company of Marsh
iield, capitalized at J2.J.000. Tb?
Incorporators are A. E. Adelsper
ger, W. J. Conrad. ir.'K. Booth
and W. L. Forsythe.
Articles were filed by the Ros
enfeld Hat company, Inc.. of Port
land', capitalized at $40,000. The
incorporators ara Ben Uosenfeld,
D. L. Rosenfeid and H. D. Simon.
Farmers at Corvallis
For Annual Institute
CORVALLIS, Or., Dec. 27.
Farmers and their problems from
all sections of Oregon are here
for the first sessions ot farmers"
week. Others are expected to ar
rive by every incoming train flar
ing the next two days.- A pro
gram has been prepared intended
to interest any type of armer.
General assemblies are scheduled
for each evening.
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Prisoners Are Treated Well,
But Sfie Can Use Iron
Hand When Required
SAX ANGELO. Tdx., Dec. 27.
Kindness toward prisoners Is
shown by Mrs. Pat Conway, jailer
of the Tom Greene county jail in
San Angelo, but Mrs. Conway
uses force, if necessary, to con
trol her charges. She is the only
woman jailer in Texas, no far as
known, and one of the few. if not
the only woman jaiier in the
country.
For more than 12 years, Mrs.
Conway has had charge of all
kinds of criminals, including the
real "bad men" of the west, cattle
rustlers, bouse breakers, yeggs
una petty thieves.
Care is given by Mrs. Conway
to her charges and in case nrm h.
comes ill. she feeds the prisoner
with specially prepared food from
her own table. So far as possible
Appeal to
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fc,:i'lVl'iT. i .r , 'ne 0i"-n"i oeacnea, outdoor suoit
PlPvlrl tragranco of flowers aad oranges. " '
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she tries to make her charges for
get they are in prison aad to
make the surroundings as com
fortable as possible. i .s i
On one occasion. -Airs."-Conway
was tipped off that a big negT
prisoner and others had planned
to overpower her and make thelt
escape at meal time. Calmly sh
began her duties of giving them
supper. , The. , luegro t .edged to
wawa me uuur oi.iive cage ana ig
nored a command to move back
into his cell. Mrg. Conway had
the bunch of big' keys in' her
hand and with one blow rendered
the prisoner unconscious and
forced the others back Intn ihnlr
cells, s .t .
Mrs. Conway has been a resi
dent of San Angelo since the days
of old Fort Concho. Her husband,
Pat Conway, Janitor at the Tom
Green county court house, was a
soldier at Fort Concho when it
was a frontier post.
Knickerbockers for women are
not making much headway. No
body is fighting them. ,
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