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Entered at the Postofflce in Salem,
NO GUN-LOCKED SEAS
ThcAmerican stand at Lausanne, that the Dardanelles
should be free to all ships of all nations and at all times, is
based ijjpon the historic American position. We foujrht one
war for the freedom of men and ships on the world's seas.
When tjie Germans tried to make the North Atlantic a German
lake we fought another. We want no gun-locked seas.
"Wearetnot likely to agree to any understanding that would
make any great part of the waters of the world a Russian lake
or an English or Japanese sea. The straits should be kept open
and the, free commerce of the world kept free. The Black Sea is
not owfied in fee simple by the Russians and the Turks. The
liulgar and the Rumanian must be considered as well as the
rest of the world that goes down to the sea in ships.
The.American announcement will have a marked effect upon
the Laiisanne conference. What was about to be made a Euras
ian settlement will come nearer being a world settlement.
We'annot guard. American lives and American property
along the shores of the Black Sea or the Straits unless we arc
fred to cdmav-and gof through .that deep-sea channel. Nor can
any other of the maritime nations. We do well to scorn the
suggestion that one warship at a time be admitted. We refuse
to accepfcahy limitations whatsoever on ships of war or com
merce, and the Turk and the i Russian may gujde themselves
accordingly. , M
Suppose Smyrna had been on the Black Sea instead of the
Aegean and but one warship at a time could go into those
waters! What would have happened to the fleeing Greek
population and to the American nationals caught in that wave
of dread and death! Turkey is Turkey, andkthere can be no
human guarantee! that Smyrna may not be re-enacted somewhere
along the Straits or the Black Sea.
When Ambassador Child spoke at Lausanne he voiced the
American heart as well as the American mind. What he said
may not bind the Near East conference, but the United States
will refuse to be bound by; any. other policy. Philadelphia
Ledger' .. u . '.. r' .
Correct. Words well spoken.
The' 'fault is that, so far,' the administration at Washington
gives, its advice by long distance or wireless, or broadcasted
scatteralion. It uses the absent treatment. It stands on the
ring sicle. It is on the outside looking in.
, WhAt the "American heart as "well as the American mind,"
out8idethe District of Columbia, wants is a little more intimacy
of sympathy and connection with the troubles of the world,
bestowed in a helpful way
An attitude of being of the great world, with a heart beating
in unison with' the universal heart of all mankind
Not as the Levite and the priest passing on the other side,
but as Hhes Samaritan who bound up the-wounds of the unfor
tunate man and poured oiPonto his hurt places and put him oh
his awn' beast and look him to the inn. " ""
As tld'Clenterieeau aaid, America can help 'the world by
tnerelyj 4 making a bow;"
N As we have acted lately, we have refused to make the bow,
but Unlle Sam has looked to the rest of the world like a wiz
ened old curmudgeon with a ramrod up his back, standing off
at. a distance, wUJi.hisjaose in the air. v
Theie are a lot" ol people in the United States, outside of
the tenfvmiles square that is the District of Columbia, who know
that wj cannot get by with imitating the ostrich of the story
with onr head in the sand. We are of the world, and we cannot
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CoprOt, 1923, A odated Editors
THE FUN BOX
Curbed Appetite -Dink
"Let'a Eat." . i
" Dunkl "Wherell we goT"v
r Dlnk$ "Let's eat up the street."
Dunk's "No, thanks.. Don't care
for asphalt." ' :
Hufsache, Main Ave. U.S.,
" S4n. Antonio, Texas. -
ui. vi uuia
"Whit's the matter with Mr.
Frog?-: :y v
; "He went, off on a trip and
now the creek's froxen oer and
he can't go homo until next
spring. V. V
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lVm Terrible 4 '. :
"Yes, I graduated from
an
automobile Bchool."
"What ia your class honk?",
Hard on Clothes
1 "There is nothing new under
the son." sighed the fond mother
as she sewed another patch upon
the trouseijs of, her offspring.
' The Near-Actor , .
"You sky you were nearly -an
. . actorT"
"Oh, yes, so I was, in the past;
And thir ls the , way that it hap
; pened, ' ' '
I I once had my leg in - a' cast."
A Shining Light ''
i Father (reading to mother a
letter Irom bla son at collogeH
John .says he's got a beautiful
lamp from boxing." " '....
M.Vh!er: "l Anew he'd win
something In his athletics."
And They Did
The 1'hnrsnue; -WchVoid-trm-
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Oregon, as second class matter
The Biggest Little Paper la the World
er, we've got you now where you
can't do us much harm."
Samson: "We'll see about that,
I'm thinking you fe'.lows will
soon have a bad case of fallen
arches."
Following Orders
A man who had been bothered
by much petty thieving told' his
gardener to get him a good yard
dog. The gardener was gone all
day and finally returned with a
dachshund.
"Why, what's that ; you have
there?" asked the master.
"Well," said the gardener, "he's
the nearest I could get to a yard.
Ie's two feet and eleven inches
long."
THE SHORT STORY, JR.
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ACCIDENTS WILL ILPFEX
Alec pulled on his heavy fur
gloves ffnd turned his back to the
cheerful blaxe. A - Jong,-- hard
drive was before him. He had
promised his father. that he would
have the. car In the city for" him
lhat evening. i:" " , .. -
"I'll have to. hurry,, he thought,
as he Jumped into the machine
and quickly baeked it out of (he
garage.;-- Z.'f- , y v v
i. Alec's . father ) was ne . of - the
reporters for a big city paper.
Tonight the wedding of the gover
nor's daughter was. td Hake place.
Alec was very proud to think that
bis, father had been rhoseh to
bj.w l--.. .jf.i' .vv?"t '
uu iu wtmuiu. tie uuu want
escape our responsibilities or our dangers, and, being the
United States of America with our splendid traditions, our
unmatched institutions, our capaoities and responsibilities of
service and leadership, we ought not tovvvant to shirk our plain
duties and our manifest, God-given destiny. "'
The United States supreme
court is putting on a bit of style.
It is about to have a Butler.
The Salem United States Indian
training school also has the spirit
of expansion. It gets a new $35,
000 dormitory for small girls.
It seems that the ladies of the
Sultan's harem who are now out
of a job range in ages from 17 to
33. What do they do with the
old ones?
The big new machine of the Sa
lem paper mill is being erected.
It will soon be running. Thus
that great institution grows, and
so grows Salem.
"Extra girls" from middle west
farms, factory towns in New Eng
land and the plantations of the
Mississippi valley are thronging
the streets of Hollywood, waiting
for an opportunity to break into
the films. Many are facing heart
breaking social and financial sit
uations with but little hope for
the future.
January 15 is the date when
France will invade the Ruhr, un
less in the meantime something
satisfactory is done along the line
of the reparation payments. The
republic takes no stock in the re
port that the United States will
loan Germany a lJrge sum of
money. Possibly France is right
in this contention. There will
certainly be nothing doing until
the reparation Issue is settled.
But no doubt something will hap
pen to postpone the threat of
France.
Governor-elect Davis of Kansas
will take a cow with him to To
peka, and says he will milk the
animal twice a day himself. He
thinks this an improvement on
milking the taxpayers, which is
a favorite indoor sport. Ex
change. It is not likely that Governor-elect
Pierce wlH bring his
cow to Salem. But he will surely
be lonesome at times for his
"white-faced calves'," without
whose help In quip and allegory,
according to some of both his de
tractors and admirers, he has sel
dom made an oratorical flight
that had the power to move the
hearts if not start the lachrymal
flow -ef his hearers.
Te Statesman's Slogan editor
has found as he has gone down
the line In the-present series that
the growers are , taking all . the
stock the nurseries can furnish
in the right varieties of walnuts,
filberts and sweet- cherries and
that they would take more If
they could get them. There Is a
shortage also in some of the ap
ple varieties that ought to be
grown here in exclusion of other
kinds less likely to find profit-
ed his roadster to help him follow
the couple.
As the car slid around the first
corner. Alec groaned. "Gee, I
forgot to put on those chains'
he thought. He slowed down and
debated whether he should go
back or not, but it would take
so long to put them on, and it
was already beginning to snow
harder. He decided to go on.
He turned on more gas to make
up for lost time. Like a flash
the low roadster sped along the
white road in the blinding snow.
He was going pretty fast, but the
road was clear.
Suddenly there was a crash.
Alec never knew just how It
happened. When he opened his
eyes a big chauffeur was leaning
over him. "Are you hurt?" he
asked.
"N-n-no, I guess not." Alec
tried to sit up, but fell back with
a groan. "Oh, my arm."
The chauffeur examined it.
"It's broken," he announced.
Alec set hia tth. "How's the
machine?" he asked.
"O.K. except for that wheel,
and I see you have an extra."
"Good, could you fix it? I've
got to get to the city for the gov
ernor's daughter's wedding."
The chauffeur seemed amused.
"Are you the bridegroom?" he
asked.
Alec tried again to get up, but
the horrible pain in his arm made
him sick- Just then a girl climb
ed out of the bark. of the other
car. "Oh! Are you hurt," she
Cried.
"Broken arm." Alec explained
shortly. "But I've got to get that
machine to the city.' I can make
It."
"Nonsense! You can't drive
that way. You're liable to faint.
I'll drive you In. James, you see
to having our car fixed and have
it at the Central Garage as soon
as possible.".
The ride was all a haze to Alec.
He remembered' the young lady
-am...- .aaajBiyiiBBaaMBy
able markets. , Perhaps other
shortages will be, found further
down the line. Some cooperative
or other form of concerted meth
od ought to be adopted here, in
! order to allow of the development
of our fruit growing industries as
fast as our people are able or de
sire to develop them. We can
grow faster in this way than we
are now growing.
MODERN PIRATE HUNTING
Something approximating the
romance of pirate days exists
along the Atlantic seaboard to
day. Federal prohibition en
forcement agents report that mm
smuggling ships carrying cargoes
of contraband liquor valued at
millions of dollars are lurking
outside the three-mile limit of the
New Jersey and Long Island
coast, awaiting strategic moments
to slip into harbor and disgorge
their, gladsome supply of cheer.
Already the dry sleuths have
made one rich haul, capturing a
craft laden with $230,000 worth
of whiskey.
The captain of a whisky boat
is not so romantic a figure as the
ferocious pirates of old, but there
Is a. certain amount of thrill and
adventure in the spectacle of a
doughty sea dog endeavoring to
run down the sea-going criminals
who scoot past government agents
into harbor and unload their Il
legal consignments.
Probably in the future the
small boy who longed to run
away to sea for adventure or fight
Indians will hanker instead to be
a prohibition agent. Considering
the habits of their adversaries, it
should be a sufficiently hazardous
calling to please the most daunt
less jsearcher for excitement. A
lawless pirate faced with the loss
of $250,000 Is apt to be in a
quarrelsome mood and not above
hastening the agent- on into his
next incarnation.
FIFTH-A VENUE MOTHERHOOD
A New York congressman who
also is a doctor made the start
ling statement, in a speech the
other day, that an average of 50
of each 1000 babies born in New
York City's lower East Side die
in Infancy, while an average of
100 of those born in the fashion
able Fifth-avenue residential dis
trict die In Infancy.
In other words, in New York
City a rich man's child has only
half the chance of living that a
poor man's child has!
The rich man's child is brought
FUTURE DATES
December 31. Sunday Blkt "Mid
night follies," Grand theater.
Monday. Jan. 1. Y. M. C. A. "Open
Ilouae," for everybody, Now Year'a da
afternoon and evening
January 5, Friday Elrin M. Owaley,
national commander of American Legion,
to be n Salem.
January 8, Monday Inauguration of
Governor elect Walter St. Pierce.
January S. Monday TeriaUtnre meeta
HTJafOB
PLAT
WOKX
Edited by Johm H. Millar
told his father what a brave boy
he had been. Then saying she
would have to hurry, she hailed a
taxi and was off before they
could thank her.
Alec sat up in the hospital hed.
his arm all bandaged. The nurse
brought him the morning paper.
Quickly he turned to the society
page to read his father's account
of the big wedding. , From the
center of the page the young lady
that had driven him smiled out
at bim. Under it Alec, , read,
"Governor's daughter is late to
her iredding." if'1
PICTURE PUZZLE
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James lives
in
AnwT TeieHair". Cooper wrote
' Leather &tockin Tale a.
but Jonr
lives in
I TUES
ili.
into- the world by a specialist.
either in a hospital 0r wltft every
essential of an obeterlca ward at
hand in the borne. Nothing that
money can buy is denied it. It Is
reared on the best milk purchas
able. Its surroundings are per
fectly sanitary. It breathes clean
air.
The lower East Sida is a dis
trict of small Jewish shops, dis
mal, crowded tenements, insani
tary living conditions an! pover
ty. The ladies of fashionable
Fifth avenue can think of it only
as a "squalid foreign quarter."
Yet it is on Fifth avenue that
the babies die, two for one!
There are marked differences
between the ladies of Fifth ave
nue and the women of the lower
East Side. The former have all
the advantage when it comes to
hlplessness, high-heeled shoe?,
shifting waistlines, decollete
gowns and a continuous round of
social diversions. Of course, wo
men with such demands on their
time, their strength and their fig
ures can't go around looking like
sacks of meal before their babies
arrive, as their East Side sisters
do, and often shrink from nurs
ing their babies afterward.
And yet, as said before, it Is
the Fifth-avenue babies that die
in most alarming numbers, while
the poor little East Side kiddies
born with so little apparent chanca
in life, live and thrive and grow
up to be New York theater man
agers! It certainly is a mystery.
A REAL FAREWELL
Sarah Bernhardt . has f inallyj
been ordered by her physicians to
quit the stage and the presump
tion is that this marks her eternal
farewell to the footlights. A one
legged woman 78 years of age Is
not the popular conception of a
French actress and yet Sarah is
one of the seven wonders of the
world. She won the second prize
for tragedy In the Paris Conserv
atoire in 1861 and has been a
high priestess of Melpomene
ever since. She has had the
friendship of kings and the wor
ship of the masses. She has a
conspicuous chapter in the annals
of the stage. Exchange.
Don't be so sure about the "real
farewell." This great woman has
a great woman's will which even
age cannot wither.
THE TEMPERATE ZONE
We are promised a bone-dry
New year's. Not a drop of the
hard stuff will be permitted to
circulate and even the home brew
er wUl have to do their Incanta
tions in darkness and in secret.
The town will be so dry that it
will squeak when stepped on. He
that putteth the bottle- to his
neighbor's lips will be shot at sun
rise and . even the almost near
beer will be pared down' to the
'narrowest margin .-permitted by
the Volstead manifesto. For once
in its life America Is to greet a
new year In a condition of un
tarnished sobriety. This is the
temperate zone and everybody
must so understand it. Los An
geles Times.
TALKING IX BILLIONS
The esteemed secretary of agri
culture calls us up to inform us
that the nation's farm and field
crops for the year are valued at
the fine figure of $7,572,890,000.
This makes an impressive total,
and stands for more money than
is represented by the gold re
sources of the world at this mo
ment. An added joy is the fact
that a very comfortable slice of
It is the portion of the Salem dis
trict fruit growers and farmers.
Last year the same crops' were
valued at $5,729,912,000. Here
is an increase of some $1,800,
000,000 although the farmers
have had their trials and tribu
lations. THE CI RIO HI XTER
Thore is an international scau
dal. Some vulgar American mil
lionaire is said to have purloined
two or three of the priceless chairs
from Buckingham palace. Now
when the king gets tired he has
to lean against the hatrack or sit
on the back porch. If George
doesn't fasten an anchor to his
throne some American collector
will be adding that historic piece
of furniture to his parlor set.
?tne of our motor magnates con
sider the looting of Westminster
Abbey as good sport.
SETTLING THE BILL
William Bross Lloyd, the mil
lionaire Socialist, may have been
paroled by an indulgent gover
nor, but he is now to be required
to cough up $20,000 by the gov
ernment. He Is on Big Bill Hay
wood's bond to that amount and
when5 Haywood fled to Russia hid
bond was forfeited. Lloyd is to
find out that even being a Socia
list costs money.
FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 29. 1922
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BITS FOR BREAKF AST
1&22 ia on the toboggan
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Bet you iorget to write It 1923.
Turkey wants to dictate the
peace terms of that part of the
world: and a Turkish peace
would be a hell of a peace for
a Christian worii or a decent
one to witness.
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"The administration is having
a terrible time trying to do Us
duty by the world and avoid
those entangling alliance," re
marks a cynic.
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Two more weeks of this sort
of weather, and the half million
dollar broccoli crop of the Sa
lem district will be reasonably
safe.
A Salem boy told his friend
his father was sick. The friend
expressed his sorrow and said he
hoped it was nothing contagious.
"So do I." was the answer, "for
the doctor says he is suffering
from overwork."
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"You would never get this
country to go tJ war over the
Dardanelles unless they had to
cross them going from their
offices to their golf course."
quips Will Rogers in Life.
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Some of the restaurant men
of Salem are kicking like bay
steers, or red or trindle ones,
over a proposition for having a
restaurant in the state house
duing the session of the legis
lature. If there is no injunc-
Uon there will be more than
one mandamus, with the accent
on the second syllable.
CONFERENCE IS OP
POSED BY HARDING
(Continued from page 1)
cock of Nebraska and other
Democrats.
Many Speeches lue
Administration leaders hoped
to dispose of the Borah and all
related subjects tomorrow, but
speech making plans made a vote
doubtful, although possible. ' It
was arranged that Senator Poin
dexter. Republican of Washing
ton, in charge of the naval bill,
should make a point of order
against the Borah amendment
when It Is offered, but Senator
Borah today said he would not
formally submit it until all dis
cussion had . ended. Senator
Borah today, however, virtually
conceded during the debate on a
point of order, that the amend
ment is not germane of the house
naval armament conference, pro
vision .would be sustained.
Notice of an appeal from such
a ruling was given by Senator
Heflin, but administration forces
said a large margin to sustain the
ruling and reject the Borah
amendment was assured.
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"Three Generations"
Tainted by Herbert del Moreau, the Thnd
The scene is laid in an old blacksmith shop In the outskirts of Lyons, France,
where de Moreau makes his home, and where his grand father. Herbert de Moreau.
painter of the internationally famous painting, "The Village Blacksmith," lived and
died. . j
Hi father, Herbert de Moreau, Jr., painter of the famous canvas "Never Alone,
also tramped around Lyons and painted for years there; and now comes the grand
son, the 3rd Herbert de Moreau, and gives to the world a canvas Jequal to anything
produced before by the de Moreau family. In "The Toilers" he has produced por
traits of all three generations, grandson, and grandfather, posed as blacksmiths in
this little shop at Lyons. . . . :
De Moreau's depiction of fire light iij almost miraculous. His treatment of
cross lights, firelight and daylight is superb He has placed the aged grandfather .
in a flood of daylight, when he. fatigued by old age and toll has fallen asleep. The
grandson looks at him and smiles, while the father is givlnglall his time' to the
red-hot iron on his anvil.
It is hot a big canvas, but It is a priceless one.
Herbert de Moreau III. was born In Lyons. France, in 1892. He has shown with
dlstinct4ob in the Grand Solon, and the Colorossi.
The picture is one of a collection owned ia Boston, and is brought to Salem and
shown free as a New Year treat to the general public.
On exhibition for a limited time', in special settings on second floor. " " ,
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