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FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 20, 1922 THE OREGON STATESMAN, SALEM, OREGON Iisaed Dally Except Monday by THH STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY 116 8. Commercial St., Salem, Oregon (Portland OffJca, 117 Board of MKMBKB OF TUB ASSOCIATED PRESS Tha Aaioclatad Preaa la exclusively entitled to the vao for publi cation of ail aowa dispatches credited to It or not otherwise eradlted ta tala papar and also the local news published herein. R. J. Hendricks Stephen A, 8tona ..:....... Ralph Glover TELEPHONES: i Boalneaa Office, St Circulation Department, lit .Job Department, SSI Society Entered at the Poatoffloe In Salem, Oregon, aa aecond elaaa matter f DAVID LLOYD GEORGE ! tvs -There is a break in the career of David Lloyd George, "the ; little Welsh lawyer," who, has been Prime Minister of Great I Britain for nearly six years, and a dictator of such power as : England has not known since the days of Cromwell ; and who I 'has 1y the same sign, and, too, on account of his peculiar abil i ities, been one of the dominant figures of world politics. Find i iffg himself without a majority in the House of Commons, Lloyd 1 George yesterday resigned his great office , 'And now the machinery of a general election will be set up, jmd there will be an appeal to the country 6a the issues that ' are to be decided in Great Britain a smaller Great Britain in - this respect than heretofore, for there will be no Irish members i cf Parliament to elect. ; t ' Lloyd -George was born in' Manchester, England, January ; 17, 1863.; Ilia parents, however, were Welsh; hence the nick name which has clung to him throughout his singularly stormy and his wonderfully brilliant career, -The son of a schoolmaster who died, when he was an infant, he knew the extremes of poverty, lzi youth and received, only a limited education. Obtaining an apprenticeship -with a firm of lawyers, iie finally succeeded in establishing his own practice in Wales. A fight for the Nonconformists made him,' noted through Wales, and in his 27th year he was elected to. Parliament, and he entered the British Cabinet as President of the Board of Trade in 1905, serving till 1908, .when he was appointed Chan cellor -of the Exchequer ' And in this office he was the author of budget reforms which' opened a new era in the fiscal history of the United Kingdom, which led, to the great constitutional conflict between the Uouse of Commons and the; House of Lords? 'The legis lative veto power of the peers was curbed; the insurance act for protecting the working, classes against illness , and unem ployment, and histoid age pension scheme, made Lloyd, George at that time one of the worst hated men in the empire. , But" tio World . war' came in 1914, and Chancellor Lloyd George was "shouldered with the responsibility of financing the empire's part in the great conflict. His responsibilities in creased with the gathering troubles of thf country. He assumed the place of Minister of Munitions, and he forced the working people to see the danger of their country, and through his efforts men as well as women were enlisted in the manufactur ing. of munitions, in even greater numbers than necessary, and a i question which,; threatened a : revolution was satisfactorily settled. . r ? Followed settlement of disputes between the coal miners and the mine ownprs) several, disputes; several settlements. A crisis eameSn England's affairs on account of 'dissatis faction in the conduct of the war; came the fall of the Asquith Cabinet j ;. ;i, " ' , jtad came, the elevation of Lloyd George, in December, 1916, to the place of Premier,' with a hew; war cabinet of five members jonlyf, and with sweeping powers which made him practically .England' dictator; A- V , In strange contrast to his energetic leadership in the prose cution of . the World . war, his first political prominence had come through his attacks on the pro-warsparty of Ihe. Boer war.: i He even refused to. .vote for the eeessary supplies to (maintain the army - 1 So he was' at different times,- on account fof his radicalism, i"one of the most hated men of England," hooted and the object of physical violence V. ' But he ever loomed up, as the man of the hour to solve his country's difficulties. i Lloyd George understands as few British 'statesmen do the .United States, and' he-is in full sympathy with America's ad vanced ideals of government f, Lloyd George's- resignation on account of the lack of a majority in xne uouse oi uomroons to Bupport nis measures may i S fTTOOXi arozxa 111 iCopyrlsht, 1022, Associated Editors THE FUN BOX Open the Lid t Open the lid and Laugh I : At 8e?. ' Neighbor: "Well and la your son' settling well-grounded in school?" 'Father: "Well' : grounded! .TjVr he's actually stranded." ' : : Natnriil History The young city lad was visiting ' for the- first time on the f arml His grandfather (took him out into- the-barnyard .and-pointing- out Tert ' tmall' colt. :in;t that a cute little rascal!" he said. i "Tea,r:retoarked. ieboy, with v, puzzled .look, 'but where are his rockersV,' ;f.' ' V:-j.ATej'iPehpa' "Why are the snowtlakea danc . ing?" I "They're practicing for the snow ' bait," . ' ; - X ... 'Fortunate "Did you hear about that fel low who fell asleep in the bath- tub the other day, with the water running . t T "Not Did the: tub overflow?" t - "No, it didn't. Luckily he sleeps with his mouth open." ' ' A Total Collapse ,. ', She dropped her eyes when flrsl . i spoke "- 'T: Her fac began' to fall: She broke into a laugh . at last : ., . MTV . - 1 . wjiCB.i na saia it an. - " . Bralnlem . .- "' . "' -.J" UMpft brainless i one He is. all right." T .IUV V, Trada Building. Phono Automatic .Manager . . . . Managing Editor aMa .... Cashier Manager Job Dept. Editor. 10 C The Biggest little Paper la the World and Laugh have been brought up on a vaccu um bottle." The Difference- . Did that mule ever kick you?" inquired the stranger ,. "Nope," answered the. little colt ored boy. "but a lotta times he's kicked where ah jest been." fTHE SHORT STORY, JR. THE CAP IN THE CORNER . "I wish I could really speak out loud." mourned the cap In the corner. "Just think how;nice It would be for both of us. Then whenever Dick started in to find me I could Just yell out, 'Here I am!' and he could come right to me." The cap -lay crushed under two sweaters that had fallen off theM hooks in the crowded closet. "I wish he'd come soon," it com-j plained. "It's awfully sjutfy ' hi here. Wo're always having a reg ular game ot hide-and-seek. First he throws 'me down in some out of-the way place, then he goes around and accuses the whole family of hiding me, and then he sets out to hunt for me." "I'd . think you'd , b tired of such treatment,", grumbled one of the sweaters. "I can remember when you were a spruce : young new cap, with a cocky hill and not a single spot on you.vNow look ai you. xou re as oadiy orr aa I an. I wouldn't stand tor It, If not mean that he is permanently out of supreme leadership in Great Britain ; For he has a tremendous hold upon the sympathies of the people, and he is greatest in a great struggle; so he may "come back'f with banners flying. Indeed, he may be called back, by both friends and enemies, to again iron out difficulties that may arise beyond the power of any other directing hand and mind and heart to solve. There are rumors of peace in Ireland. That Is good news. Of course, Alexander con quered the world, but history does not relate that he ever collected any indemnity. Five maritime steamship lines have inaugurated a rate war. And that is a sort of imbroglio that the publie is keen to boost. There really ought to be a con stitutional amendment providing for an appeal from the United States supreme court to Sam Gom-pers.- Los Angeles Times. Lloyd George is out. But h served Great Britain and through Great Britain the world as no one else could; have been found to serve his nation and the rest of civilization. Attorney General Daugherty said yesterday in Ohio that Presi dent Harding's candidacy for a second term "has not yet been given any consideration." That cannot be exactly correct. But It has likely not been decided. Ex-Governor Cox has been asked by his party to remain at his old home in Dayton, O., and recuperate from his European trip. He has received but few in vitations to speak and bas been told that there must be a new deal in national politics. It is definitely announced that President Harding will take no part In the fall campaign, bo far as public addresses are con cerned. But the cabinet to a man will be on the stump. Mr. Harding will not be there, but he is sending a lot ot good men. Of the 259 Republican members of congress : who adced lot re nominations : this fall but four teen were denied the honor. In New York, with twenty-eight members, tout one was turned down. Doesn't look as if the peo ple were after President Hard in's administration to any appre ciable extent. There is no one in Salem who should not wish the Willamette university endowment campa'ign success; no one who is able to contribute who should not make his or her wish father to the act ot materially aiding in that hoped for success. The raising ot the funds now sought will keep the historic institution growing and expanding; and nothing short of the success of the present cam paign will serve even to keep up the present standards. So failure of the present plans is not to be thought of. ALFALFA FOB MEN bnce more a group of dieti tians are urging the, tired business man to include muffins or bis cuits made from alfalfa meal in' his morning refreshments. When I were you." "Of course," agreed the cap doubtfully, "I do get treated bad ly. Every time Dick gets excited he throws me up in the air and nearly scares me to death. Or if he's coming home from school and stops to play football he throws me down with his books and goes off, leaving me on the dirty ground. Once a dog carried me away and Dick had an awful time getting me back. I've never been the same since. "Then, too, those rough boys he plays with are always grabbing me and running with me, and then they have a tussle. It's a favorite game with them, but it's mighty hard on us caps. "He never hangs me up right. either, but always under a lot ot things, or else he wads me up in a corner. Sometimes he even rolls me up' and crams me in his pocket." The more it thought about it the more peevish the cap became, and the sweater egged it on. "I Just wish he'd forget all about me and leave me in peace." the cap continued bitterly. "Good ness knows, I'm old enough to de serve a rest." The closet door opened and a towsled head was poked in. 'I know I hung it up," Insisted Dick. "Why don't you wear yeur new cap?" urged his mother. "That old one looks so disreputable to wear down town." "Oh. dear," wailed the old cap, forgetting Its. harsh words. , "I don't want to. I like my old cap. Wish you'd quit fussing about It," SCrt it mm a man begins to live on vltamines and calories instead of dinner and supper the alfalfa suggestion should have its appeal. There are as many vltamines in a bale of alfalfa as there are in a whole nest of pork chops. When it comes to calories a bucket of shredded alfalfa is more impres sive than a Jumbo portion of filet mignon. Meal or flour made from alfatta is declared to be even more nourishing than the pearl of wheat. If worst comes to worst we can keep Europe alive by feed ins it bread made from alfalfa. The beneficiaries will not be eager for a second helping. If folks ate more alfalfa and less lobster they would live longer and bleat more. If the portly banker would browse gently on his al falfa bed instead of filling his face with a steaming mess of goulash he would last longer and his blood pressure! would be much reduced. The alfalfa water is dainty breakfast fodder and it carries no sting. The processes ot digestion are simplified and the brain la freed from its slavery to the odors of high cooking. It Is said that the heavy use of alfalfa as refreshment conduces to ami able reflection. Cows who par take heartily of alfalfa are In variably docile, kindly and good tempered. If the world were made up entirely of alfalfa eat ers there would be no more war. Los Angeles Times. SEGREGATING CHINESE School authorities in Victoria, B. C, have segregated Chinese children and the children object. They like the young Canadians full of "pep" though they may be. It is a healthy sign when orien tal chUdren are so anxious to be come occidentalized that they will figuratively fight for the privi lege even against so powerful a group of educators whose task It is to teach them the pitfalls lurk ing in the English language. One need only visit San Fran cesco's Chinatown to discover how thoroughly the young Celestials' become Americanized through the public schools of that city; -and in Salem the Chinese in our schools make splendid records. The young oriental generation speaks English without a flaw in pronounciation and from their conversation it is inferred that they are good Americans in every sense. It is unfortunate for those who object to the slant ot the Chinese eye or the color of his skin be cause the law of the United States opens the door for the FUTURE DATES October 22. Sunday Free Christian Science Lecture, Grand Theatre. October 28 and , Saturday and Sun day County Chrittian endeavor eonrea tion at Pratum. November 8, Friday Marion county T. M. O. A. convention at Stayton. November 7, Tuesday . General elec tion. November 30, Thursday Thanksgiving day. December 2, Satnrday Baiaar, fit. Paul's Church. 560 Chemeketa. zroicoB PLAT woax Edited by John H. Millar "He's the dearest' boy," ex claimed the cap tenderly, to the sweater's great disgust. "I hope it doesn t take him long to find, me.' I PICTURE PUZZLE wnat trrea Frencn Cities .ore these ? f ' frk, feet, floer. flame, f ihtinj, four lferekea4. finxei. ,. . . I peoples of every nation apd pro vides a free public school edu cation for all alike. American children in the United States learn much from the zeal, dilligence and concen tration of the Chinese pupils, who frequently excel in their studies and win scholarships to the high er institutions of learning; as has been the case in Salem and in Oregon. It is probable that the parents of the Chinese pupils in Victoria, B. C. believe it highly desirable that their children absorb the as sertive and independent charac teristics of the Americans, whose initiative has done much to im prove living conditions even in China itself. One of the quickest and most efficient ways of Americanitlng the foreigner is to put his child under the capable management of a good school teacher for six or more hours each day in a room where most of the children are Americans. American children accept Chi nese, Hindus and all the others as a part of the school unless they are taught to believe they have no right there. The problem confronting the school authorities in Victoria, B. C, is not a problem in the United States. SPEED THE PLOW The high price of American gasoline abroad has been stimu lating the invention or discovery! of substitutes. At the great fair at Lyons, France, much interest centered in the demonstration of 'Gasogene." This calls for a ma chine or apparatus which is at tached to a tractor or truck to generate sufficient gas of low grade quality to run the motor for hours without the aid of pet rol. It is an auxiliary service, but is found efficient in many cases. It is expected that it will liberate French agriculture from its dependence upon foreign fuels. Some of the tests made have given boundless satisfaction. At cne place a tractor under gazo gene plowed a three-acre field in six hours at one-fifth of the or dinary cost. On a road to Paris heavy truck made 117 miles with the consumption of only two quarts of gasoline used chiefly for starting the engine. The fuel for feeding the strange cylindrical contrivance in which the gazogene is generated is car ried on a small platform attached to the device itself, which is in turn directly connected with the chassis of the truck or tractor. The original reservoir and car buretor are left in place as an auxiliary service. It is believed that the invention will have a stimulating effect on French ag riculture. The French have taken readily to the use of the tractor on the farm, but it is said that more than 10,000 of tl ese me chanical helpers are lying idle because of the almost prohibitory cost of American gasoline. Th new power is for the farm alone, it is not adapted for speed or for the city. But if it speeds the plow it will be a great thing for France or any other country. INSECTS SURPASS MANKIND With all the wonderful achieve ment of man in peace and war he is unable to successfully com bat the insect horde which is his worst enemy. After twenty years of battling against the cotton boll weevil, no remedy has been found to prevent its ravages. The Ar gentine ants now spreading over the world have been known to de vour a baby In its cradle and they have completely wiped out the birds of Maderia. The flea has caused 7,000,000 deaths in India by carrying plague. The housefly kills 1000 chil dren a year in England by im parting infant diarrhoea; and flies are as numerous as they were f.00 years ago. They carry ty phoid, enteric, cholera and dys entery. The beetle that destroyed the oak roof of Westminster Hall is at work in St. Paul's and very many church and old buildings. The louse is the cause of ty phus in Russia and will wipe na tiom) out it conditions prevjent cleanliness. AXD GREECE IS MELTING Mariners report that the Gulf Stream has been wandering from its proper course. And a scientist says that Geenland is drifting This general unrest begins to be po?itively cosmic. Chicago News RIGHTS WITHHELD They have what they might cal a legal impasse in Illinois. Un der one act women, toeing legal voters, must be included in the jury lists. Under the construe tion of another law women may not serve on juries. Therefore, the-judge may one day provide for the drawing of a panel of lady jurors and then order them excused when i they come into court. This makes It a bit embar rassing for them and it Is hoped that the new cpasfiitu&Jon fWill make their position more plain. REALTY EXCHANGES , Reported by Union Abstract Company G. E. Thomas to Emma Thom as Land In section 12, 9, 1 W. Marion county, Oregon; $10.00. O. J. Purcell and wife to A. J. Purcell and wife Land in C. 64, S-4 W. Marion county, Oregon; 150. Mrs. L. E. Berger and husband to Anna M. Young Part of lot 1, block 24, city of Salem; $10. G. B. Timick, et al to George A. Dimick-r-Land in Ct 53-4-1 W. Marion county, Oregon; $175. E. Hartley et al to Charles R. Archerd -4- Lot 25, Hollywood. Marion county, Oregon; $10. A. W. Linton and wife to G. Huwa and wife Land In CI 41-5 1 W. Marion county, Oregon; $10. Ada Lake and husband to A. N. Arnold 'Land in CI 61-7-3 W. Marion county, Oregon; $10. Leo N. Childs to O. C. Oglesby Lots 8, 9. 10, block 13, High land Add. to Salem; $10. Ericka Bareness and husband to W. L. Mercer and wife Lot 5. block 2 St. Elmo Add. to Salem, Oregon $10. G. E. Johnson and wife to State of Oregon Land in sec. 13- 9-1 E. Marion county, Oregon; $500. I NEW CORPORATIONS I The Western Salem Syndicate of Oregon yesterday filed articles of incorporation here, showing a cap- tallzatlonlof $200,000. The head quarters will be in Portland and the incorporators are M. D. East. Roscoe Casper and W. M. Abel. Other articles filed were: Lincoln! County Light & Power company, Portland; incorporators, H. A. HoHand, Maurice W. Seitr, M. E. McDermott; capitalization. $40,000. Southern Oregon Camp Site Pro tective association, Medford; in corporators, C. . E. Gates, G. A. Gardner, F. ' P, Farrell; assets. $500. Questions Are Presented to Candidate W. M. Pierce While in Portland. Wednesday. Walter Pferce of LaGrande, dem ocratic candidate for governor. was asked to make a statement on certain phases of state policy that would com before the next gov ernor, whoever he may be. Mr. Pierce was asked: "Will you be in favor of the law appointing the adjutant general or any other man to any office. for life?'? "I am i not in favor of such a law. Had I been governor at that time I should have vetoed the bill." he said. "Will you see that all men em ployed in) the bonus office are Ore gon ex-service men who are en titled to) receive the benefits of the Oregon bonus law and will you give: preference to crippled or disabled smen who are Qualified for the positions?" "Absolutely, yes." ' "All things being equal will you give thej ex-serriice men a prefer ence for employment when his re cord shows he is deserving of such employment, this to aonlv to all ex-service men regardless of when they may have served?" ,'Yes' BLASS OF SILTS If your; Back hurts or Illadder bothers you, drink lots of water. When your kidneys hurt and your back feels sore, don't get scared and proceed to load your stomach with a lot of drugs that excite the kidneys and irritate the entire urinary tract. Keep your kidneys clean like you keep your bowels clean, by flushing them them with a mild, harmless salts which helps to remove the body's urinous, waste and stimulate them to their normal activity. The func- tfon of the kidneys is to filter the blood. In 24 hours they strain from H 500 grains of acid and waste, jso we can readily under stand the vital importance of keeping the kidneys active. Drink lots of water you can't drink too much; also get from any pharmacist about four ounces of Jad $alts; take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before break rast each morning for a few days and your kidneys may then act fine. This famous salts is mari from the acid of grapes and lem on juice, combined with lithia. and has been used for generations to ciean and stimulate ielogged kid neys; also to neutralize the acids in urine so it is no longer a source of irritation, thus often ending bladder weakness. Jad iSalts is inexpensive: can not injure; makes a delightful effervescent lithia water drink, which everyone should take now and then to help keep their kid neys clean and active. Try this; also. keep up the. water drinking, and no doubt you will wonder what became of -your kidney trou ble and backache, -Adr. CLEANS KIDNEYS Buy Comfort Not a Pile of Castings The Sunbeam Furnace is drum with a fire pot and a scientifically designed, carefully proportioned heating plantthe outcome of many years of close application j; ; to home-heating problems and their solution. , Well be glad to give you an estimate. Drop in. Dont j delay. Colder weather is just around the corner, t Nelson S55 Chemeketa PIPE and -- - - y..,. Taxes and the Governor When a candidate for the high, offjee of, governor bases his i candidacy on certain claims and promises as to what he will do j if elected, the public is entitled to have his claims analyzed and t ' examined. ... . ; In this campaign, Walter Pierce has gone about the country ' ' melo-dranvaticully tearing tax bills in two by way of illustrating ,;, what he will do to taxes if elected. , ' e j The voter then should analyze the tax matter to the extent ; of becoming informed as to just what part the governor, playi rf I in imposing or reducing taxes. : " j In the first place, the voter should know that the total levy r l in Oregon for 1922 is $40,473,906. , ' .', V. This is a reduction of over $1,500,000 from last year, ao I j that it will be seen the high cost of government following the j war is already receding. : Of this 1922 levy of 40 million, over '31 million was for county, city and school district purposes over . which the gov ernor could have no possible control .whatever,:",- :," '. Of the remaining 9 million for state purposes, only 3Vfe mil lion are taxes over which the legislature has any discretion, and of this amount, only 2V2 million are for the actual expenses of slate' government and might therefore, in even the remotest degree, be charged to the method employed , by the governor r in administering the State's affairs, - , In passing, it should be noted that' this; state levy is-ai v increase of 41 percent since 1916 and not several hundred per cent, as stated on various occasions by the democratic candi date. It should also be noted that less than half of this 41 I percent occurred during Mr. Olcott's administration. Thit' ; ability to keep down the cost of the state government to so ' small an increase, when living expenses in the ordinary home in the same period increased ove 100 percent, is a most cred itable showing. . "t ME. PIERCE'S It is proper at this point to on taxes and see if past actions words. millage taxes, MR. PIERCE SPECIFICALLY IIAS APPROV- n ED OF $8,564,039, or 92 percent. He had no chance at most of the other 8 percent. Of the 1922 state taxes, Pierce introduced bills accounting for $1,429,126 or 15 percent. In addition to this, he voted to the amount of $6,114,109, and val on numberless occasions of measures passed since he was;, returned from the legilature causing taxes amounting to $1,020, 804, making a total of state taxes approved by Pierce of $8,564, 038 or 92 percent of the total 1922. There is no telling how much of the remainder he might have approved of if he had. had a chance and, it may be significant that the state taxes have; ; decreased over 11 percent since Mr. Pierce was retired from the , State Senate. '' H, v - Mr. Pierce has always been a consistent tax booster, ' He voted against only 3 percent of all the appropriations of the 1919 session of the legislature and voted for all the appropria tioiis of the 1920 special session. ' " . " II voted for submission nf tho sUOO.Onn lnnd issue to build. . a new penitentiary, Mr. Olcott, at no tax expense and with prison labor, has 25 years. , . . ! V ' Mr. Pierce introduced the bill into, the Legislature exempt ing money, notes and mortgages from taxation. If this bill had carried it would have increased the tax burden of the farmer. ' c, Mr. Pierce voted against accepting a gift of road machinery from the government. That machinery now amount in value to $1,800,000. . j . GOVERNOR OLCOTT'S RECORD . , The above are but a few fof the extravagances .bf'Pj0- , Mr. Olcott on the other hand has conducted the ousmcMjf the state in an economical, sane and business-like manner. Htf has saved the State thousands -of. dollars- because of his Ul headedness and his intimate knowledge of state affairs. He buju a new Boys' Industrial School Building by -diversion of a lage fund and therefore, without a single cent additional tax. He has insisted upon development of the various state ,f,anP connected with state institutions till the present year shows the unprecedented income from this source of $491,511. .Jle U n0, talker, no politician, no idle promiser and is not seeking re election under false pretences nor catering to prejudice, .hut is going to the people on his own splendid record,: confide01 1 that if he can but get that record and Mr. Tierce's record before the voters of Oregon that he will be vindicated on election day, Tuesday, Nov. 7th. - , 4- VOTE FOR BEN OLCOTT' FOR GOVERNOR REPUBLICAN STATE Walter Li Tooze Chairman , SUNBEAtr not simply a large metal few odd castings. It is a f. .) Bros. Phone 1906 PI :ss : r TAX RECORD examine Mr. Pierce's own record as a legislator square with his ; , " 1099 -urliiofi inrlnA thft. I ' ? - for tax bills introduced by others . he has given his publie appro CENTRAL COMMITTEE B-0.B.:lngaUV Secretary (Paid Advertisement) s V : I. V ' i i 1 I I ::! 7 ' r l