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Oisa aa aS rWa", ' : ' afav S4. 102 ; ' r r'"' And they went Into Capernaum; and straightway on the Sabbath day He entered Into the ayaagogue, mnd taaght. And they were as tonished at His doctrine, for He taught them a one tnai nan try. and not as the scribes. Mark V.tl and 11. Ian abifjiican merchant marine . W watch th it s. aovemment eucn uow aa uu uoei can absorb th difference in i uiicuunt la restored.! his -new tank la tne UnienUbleparaU pended Cor; state of ignorance which now ha so! libraries mesa room. The nuauc are niacins hooka aboard a d road, wnen said owners i iw ; - ,r- hviw i , - , - w - - mplSe the opeainV of new 1 for. tbey iiuUtjdt lAll they ahoald make i-oa blanderj pUced SSS? 1 now IB un m ana it u aajiui 10 WniCA ajeco uiyMa hwh 7 . throw them ashore In the position might quickly grasp and rectify. I pnonograpn ana piano pru- of anskiued Ubor. They should: Thirdly, shipowners snoaia in-: conauwui e syscens ther should, if meeting with gov ernment approval, receire ameh as sistance as If rendered loretgn shipowners hy their goTernmenttj when similarly engagea. CD The master or a ressel shoald sot be compelled to glre a seaman money when in port If the seaman la reported by his Imme diate officer as betag .nnaoie to remain sober or in a condition fit ting htm to work. When a sea man ref ases daty or remains drank while In port or at sea the power of the master to pnnish him shoald be considerably extended. He sboald bare at least the same power of fining heartly as a Brit ish master enjoys. If a master Is to be held entirely responsible fori the said passage and working of a yeesel It is only Just ho should also be giren authority. (t) The ImmleraUon laws shoald be rationalised so aa net to discriminate against shipmasters aad ship owners. . 1..- H allAd ti n.V. ki,' amaa mtnin Urhr: MTSl. say. OK COaOtUOna U lam liTiag In a Jnnlor position daring they eoald train their own ottt- American logging camps there wUl vf. Mfwi nf dnrMa. Th Mm M.ariv mr rrm ataam-' be no dearth of yoang native born niiM tn saatas svsDended. They! aain line in the world except those men willing to serve the flag on -v.i,f w ttlLnwAd tft taVa AmatrWn fla . earrlaa' the Cargo TOSSelS Of the nation r wimb ) afi kit- ms ota nan at uaa iwifc w Salenv He Is not a mixer mnd has never gone among them except to seek their votes.- Catholics, like other cttiseas desire to hava ssme Knowledge first-handed of t h e persons who . are to " represent them. Many well-known Catholics a,-. Aa supported Mr. Moores, ont tne rank and 'file. were not acquainted with him. -r--. , "r ' - . : rttnlio r!itln. Salem. Ore., May 13, IS IS. Itnna lonlftF tA the Ott Which tbT! held when suspended. If they served four years and has ob-jpsy 4 bad treatment are gone mn)r a armr and tkn .i.t hta IImiim ha enters Into The sea has entered upon a ne may be some doabt as to their' the line's employ aa a Junior of-' era. And the merchant marine. ability in any position, the exam tners could add aa a special pro-' vision to their suspension a denial of their application to serve in a iaalor capacity. Ia general, how ever, the application should be granted, as a matter of humanity aad common sense. It should be fleer aad makes the line his rear. There Is ao mora honors ble profession for an American boy than the ses, and ship owners shoald do everything in their novar to encourage, native-born citizens to work for them. A pro-i , gresslve system of promotion with already far ahead of other na tions In many respects, must go farther until .It ranks with the great fleets of the world. With a tremendous and growing export trade. withSai passenger traffic rapidly assuming . staggering pro portions as Americans find tne time and "money to travel, it is un thinkable that the American mer chant marine should be allowed to wither aad die through the apathy ofv near-sighted people and the in difference of congress. I have in the past six months recognised that If a master, or a' perhaps retirement and pensions mate has made a mistake he Is; at the end of ao many years of mAM than likely to be a better aerrfce would do much towards m.n for It. certainly Is sure to be nUclax the career of the sea upon a more careful seaman. The man as high a level as that, say, of civil k.. anr made a mistake Is enriaearinc or medicine. Other . . i i. -1 1. 1.. ! vA-i a 4 m I. ihIihmi hv fniind it " "7".:' lBO . " Vv," !r ; r..I. v- f talked with masters, mates and m j , . , n 1 1- ,v- man nd ondumr to r- men with shipowners, shlpbuua stant annoyance and a stumbling m men who have made errors tain the services of those compe- em pilots "d others errted In block in the smooth way of trade.! both brutal and unjust. In no, tent, and it would bo wise for the shipping iJJfL . An2 . .. . . . . i im . .iin. .nit Thu nld trio on an American vessel. Ana inu sppiies sjso xo uie liquor nu other proiession i a "-jiaipowuw - , . - . . cV,.., T narcotie laws. The liquor laws Sed for a moment's thoughtless- hit-and-miss system of :teBlag "iLSJJ make It especially hard for an ni or a simple human miajudg. crews should be abolished and the "J? SmlS Vh.'ITrio.n i n . .-v u . .ii 1.1.1.. inturest in his men and encouragement the American foreign passenger ships carrying lvL of the merchant serriee are should not end with the comple- merchant marine can mpata sue- Hnnoi- Ai nuttr of raid fULM.j ,!. it, OTA to nrOtOCt to tlOB of etth TOTe U tt OOes BOV. wsuuuj wuu im i u. -t - . ueuiuu - . . . " . . . i nx.kl .itlnnt nt In a nn alvnpt Mm the United States will possess a fleet second to none The Jones-White merchant marine bill was signed by the president yesterday. This new law-will give a number of ad Yantages that, have been denied to American ship own ers and operators i sseaws t a a.a - s nmnv a w av twvkf TjCflsXaU llS aostw ar w It 13 S lomr 8teD towards the building up Of an American practically every American liner tnem a uving in the event of a ll-j There Is at least one large- British V.r"r rarrla. MflBflr th ma almilar - .-.tvanatnn. Una which kCPS S Complete record merchant marine - But other things remain to be done. ' 7Jeffersdn Myers of Oregon' very well known here, wher his home was before going-to Portland, will talk to the four serriee dubs of Salem at their combined noon luncheon today, less this was more or less tolerat ed American liners would get no i I m I n-m -v .. ... ..1J V- wlaa tA .11 Via man sn1 mill each (lOWIl ! with the actual consent of Wash- ehanre the old sea custom which on a list for re-employment with- Inrton than at least with Wafh- i. it,, ftrat mate on the fo'c's'le In a certain time as soon as he IS inrton'a anofficial knowledce. The. whan tha nhin is entering or. naid off from his last ship. In this situation had to be faced that un-! nnrt ar fa about to anchor, manner the line Is assured of a On German ships the first mate; steady and reliable labor supply i tw KrM with the master, and hv encouraging its men to and will no doubt exnialn the details of what this new law is:" , st all. .P facts beingialld the cond mat. Roes for-ard( work HS "t.JiVi - i wrian idrt arn AmpriCB.n iiiif-i m suppose to do. The Statesman' is printing this morning the report of Albert Richard Wetjen to the big American mer. and in foreign ports (4) The marine taws, as inter preted by the U. S. supreme court. I2CQUEST MADIB LAGRANDE, Ore May 23. f ipi At a coroner's Inquest hId here last night, the Jury re turned a verdict that Mrs. Katn erlno P. Smith, whoso partly, de composed body was found in her , homo her Suaday afternoon, her death from a gunshot wound at the hands of some unknown person. ' " 1M fs.rtiToOfH- BECKE & HENDRICKS 18 Tt. High Telephone 11 chant ship owners, after a four months trip of inspection, making recommendations for the building up of the Ameri can merchant marine. Salem people should be sea minded, as they are now air minded; for this will help to forward the project for still water in the Willamette and direct connec tion up and down this valley with the great ports of the world. Mr. Wetjen's report is worth reading, by our people. There is another long step, and that is preferential tariffs in favor of American bottoms. Congressman Hawley may be called upon to draft a new tariff law, as chairman of the house ways and means committee. Salem is Mr. HawleyV home. This city may thus be brought into the lime light, in matters connected with the American merchant marine. Our people should inform themselves concerning these great matters, among the most important respecting the prosperity and the safety of the United States. THE MASTER BUILDER hat they are American liners. -nd the third aft. With our sys- navigation and other scnoou. to might as well be given legal per- tem te third mate takes the marry, etc.. and to serve their time mission to ignore the eighteenth bridge with the master. This for s pension, has practically ellm amendment when on the high seas! canaea It to arise that when a mate inated all frictions. eventually receives his step to There are a few other lmprove master he has had no bridge ex-,' ments which will doubtless come variance for many years, not. In about in time. Nearly all ships make it necessary for American fact ince ne was a third. He is hare adopted the 3o degree corn- ships to carry three watches of seamen on deck, the men to work in periods of four hours with eight hours off. This system Is only known on Australian boats, the entirely at a loss and Is often em-" pass. The naval system of steer- barrassed. Had he been on the ing by right and left rudder Is not hridce with the master during his far off. though possibly the new mate's career he would already self-steering apparatus will be gen- tk Ha turliira iiMiilrt tn o.,ll annntad harnm this MVStem rest of the world working seamen enable him to take command attacks the merchant marine. All four hours on and four hours off.lwlthout trenidation. He would new shins are being built to do However, since the eight-hour day .1.0 know something of marine awav with the general fo'c's'le and law. ship's papers, consular re-' adopting cabins for the men. with EDITORIALS OF THE PEOPLE lit eorraapeadaaa far Ull Saaar aMat aaa b aisaaS fey ta wrrtat, oaat fca writtaa ea aaa aide af tha taper oaI. aal aaH at ha laacat Salem has in its midst a most daring group of young peo ple, and tomorrow evening they are going to transcend all of their previous acts of rashness. They are the members of Theta Alpha Phi, dramatic fraternity at Willamette liniver . sity, and the unheard of thing they are about to do is to stage a play by Henrik Ibsen, "The Master Builder," at the Cap itol theater. The recklessness of their decision to stage a play by Ibsen, a writer known only to "highbrows,' would be sufficient to cause cold shivers all over the city, but when they deliberate ly chose one of the most ultra-Ibsenesque of all Ibsen plays, in fact the last of his great plays and the most radically allegor ical of them all, it is strange that no protesting delegations of citizens have sought out the Theta Alpha Phi officers and attempted to dissuade them from their mad course. But apparently no verbal protest has been Registered, and Theta Alpha Phi will stage "The Master Builder" at the Cap itol theater tomorrow night. I Nevertheless, the members of Theta Alpha Phi are slight ly worried. As to the play and its author they have no fears. Ibsen is the greatest of modern dramatists, and "The Master Builder," while not his best play, is the best that can be pre sented with ordinary stage equipment. The cast, too, is not "a matter of concern. All of its mem hers are experienced and capable. But the question is this: Are there, in Salem, a sufficient number of people who are not afraid of the name Ibsen, to fill a theater auditorium? Are there that many people who urill walk riirht up to a thing that is labeled "highbrow, without flinching or keeping one eye on the door? Are there that manv people who know that the spectre of death which tmards the door to "good literature" in all its forms is but an outward appearance and that behind it, as Tennyson dis closed, stands a lovable child of interest and enjoyment? The answer will be known tomorrow evening. MERCHANT MARINE HAS GOOD PROSPECT, HELD (CaaUaaad troea ag I V . ataa Is paid off. Is then under ob ligation to find that man another ahl9 and to keep him out of trou ble with the authorities, a thank less task. In the event that a naater Insists and does pay off an Ineorricible seaman, he must ship Iu his place, as like as not, a man of the country In whose port he is Mir. And then, whoav be reach-; ea the states, the Immigration au-wlll possible to supply all Amer-j , thorities will not allow sucn a aem-, CA alj tae year round with fresh maa to land. If the man aoea tana summer fruits. and disappears, the shipmaster is; The McCormick line of the Pa- fined a thousand dollars. 11 any. cosat has done in the timber ttquor Is found aboard, even if allj business much as tha If unson line reaxonsDic precauuuns b votk bs uoae in tne iruit business. . . ... . t . . l A ' . ... . . - . . . taaen to prevent ii cun j tuw TJ. S., the master Is fined again. The master Is constantly fined Tor a dosen or so offences, and this of course means the owner. There aro times when a sailor, perusing the marine laws, wonders whether to place a heavy tariff on the fruit and a man had to be sent carefully to point out what, any Britannlca would have told congress, that fruit shipped from Argentina con flicted in no way with the Ameri can market, because of the utter difference In seasons, the melons and grapes arriving in what in the north was dead winter. In other words the seasons for Argentine and the U. S. being exactly oppo site, it Is eaay to see how wide field opens up. Can the American merchant service develop the proper fast refrigeration ships it principle Is an established Amer ican fact and no American ship owner wishes to abrogate it, the law should at least be altered to allow a master to place on watch es only such seamen as are essen tial for the safety of the ship, such helmsmen and lookouts when used. The rest of the men the master should be allowed to put on day work, allowing them to work a straight eight . hours of daylight and sleeping all night. It is Impossible to do deck work on ship at night, and if the three watch system is Insisted upon it means the shipowners have to pay one watch for nothing, the men drawing the night watches stand ing necessarily idle. This situa tion Is not only-unsatisfactory to the owner, but also to the men, who naturally ' quarrel among themselves as to who Is Up nave the idle watch. This Is another law which ship owners snd masters are as a rule disregarding, and after telling off sufficient number of men to act as helmsmen, these to worx in three watches, then they use the rest of the men for day work This situation might as well be legalised. (5) It would be a great aid to American deep-water masters when shipping crews if the British system of giving the men "sea bopks" were adpoted. These books. lssned by the board of trade, are filled out each voyage by the ship master and contain a description of the seaman, his rank, his char acter and conduct upon his last vessel. In this way a man's whole career can be checked up and a master upon signing a man knows he is getting someone trustworthy and efficient. The British custom of the master taking charge of all tea books until the end of the voy age is also a great deterrent upon the men "jumping" ship, as It is hard for a man without a "book" to obtain fresh employment. The present American deep-water sys tem, which allows a man at the end of each voyage a separate dis charge on a separate sheet of paper, is rldiculousT If the sea man receives a bad discharge he merely destroys it. claims he has been ashore all daring the period It covers, and applies for a berth using his. last good discharge. Be cause of this men ship again and again who would not otherwise be allowed on s vessel's deck were their true characters known. (CI I suggest the creation In America of a bonrd similar to the Trinity Hnne Pilots' association of Great Britain, to recommend amendments to the marine laws to congress to advise and have reneral control of the coast and harbor lights and markings, and to modify from time to time and regulate the examination require ments governing the issue of masters and mates' licenses. From the way these matters have been handled in the past it would seem no attention has been paid at all to the actual requirements of the merchant service. It Is a habit of governing bodies when requiring advice or information as to 1 faring matters to consult the navy departments, which is ridiculous. Naval men have not the faintest conception of the needs, the tra ditions, or the reaulrements of Buying their ships from the ehlp-j merchant shipping. For this rea- Catholic aad air. Mooros Editor Statesman: A correspondent in yonr columns discussing the recent primary as sens that A. N. Moores for the legislature experienced a boycott on the part of Catholics, and I want to emphatically contradict that. The Catholics have no ill feeling toward Mr. Moores snd had no desire to boycott him. In fact. Mr. Moores is not known personal- ports, etc.. Instead of approaching washrooms fully equipped and air to many Catholics outside of f ri "-1 W V j Cutting Travel Costs Does your overhead ran "in the red" giyillatrihnirftt ia cei mln4cf iltocicsf Are tievil costs eating up profits t Perhaps you've overlooked the . fact that Oregon Stages are economical, as well as com .fortabl and convenient. Telephone your local depot for tares and schedules to all points. RED TOP 9 f o o Oregon, Stages System THE RED TOP COACHRI SENATOR HOTEL Court a High Sts. Phone 096 Stages Leave Salem: (effective April 1, 1928) Koatabaaad: T.OO. :10. 11:10 an: 1:10. 3:10. S:10. 5:10. T:10. 0:10. 11:10 paa. Xartaboaad : 4:10,7:00. T:50. t.'OO. 10:00. 11:00 aaa; 13:10, 1:00. 2:00. 3:00. 4:00, 5:00. 6:00. 7:00. 9:00. 11:55 pot. RELIABLE USED CARS v Xw"! X 1 . I7TJ L vs?- i-aai il l 1 1 fj J 4d- I x 4 K; AY U- VJ 7H 'J . 1 Streets Well" IP If property In your neighbor hood i to advance in value, you must have good streets. Pavements of portland ce ment concrete indicate a substantial community whose citizens exercise good judgment when investing in public improvements. Be sure that any paving petition you sign speci fies portland cement concrete! PORTLAND CEMENT ASSOCIATION 146 Fifth Street PORTLAND, ORB. A National Organisation to Improve and Extend the Usee of Concrete . Offices In 32 Cities ping board and settling to a steady monthly . schedule completely around South America they have developed the Douglas fir market in an unbelievable manner. Three years sgo they shipped" some tour thav.mra -fonued by children Wi ar fire mUliaa faa to JtrraHtlna maniacs. They were certainly. Last year they shipped twelv mil- never mads by the advice 01 uea- HoBU This year It will run close men. T Jto seventeen million. AU this Is Thar a has been some talk of. new trade and means a-reater roa- rotalnjng the American merchant parity to the American people. If ' marine under government owner-, the merchandise had to be carried ahip. but this Is to stifle the youth Sq foreign bottoms at least halt of before . manhood. Under private the benefits - would . be absorbed enterprise the stimulation to trade abroad. ' No one aware of the sit- Is Immense. The M unson Line, nation desire any but ' Inde ' for example, after buying: their pendent and powerful fleet of ships from the shipping board an, ships under the 8tars and Stripes, settling a steady twice-monthly manned by Americans and carry- Service to the Argentine, persuaa ing American goods. And to help ad the South American farmers to. make such a fleet possible I offer also grapes and honeydew melons as a practical seaman the follow-! to import into ins states, as soon mg suggestions: r as the results of this begsn, con- The Report Proper son any board created to deal with matters vital to merchant shipping should be composed chiefly of master mariners, serving for a per iod' of years and then replenished from the active ranks ao that any change; In conditions will at once receive sympathetic and under standing attention. Mtnor SmexteUtmm While the above suggestions cover most of the essential points, as I see them, and Immediate at tention to them would be of inea- tlmsble aid to the rapid growth of the American merchant marine, there are a tew minor points I might also make. While not es sential they would further a ship's efficiency and tend to make the seaman's lot less hard. Firstly, the law should be amended so that It and when a master's license Is suspended fori a period, he should be allowed to We Tel; Yoiui Ouair Abotuit The Tratti Cairs When you buy a used car it's pretty hard to tell its condition just by looking at it. Our appraisal of every used car is based on our mechanic's knowledge of its actual worth. And when we sell it we wOl always tell all we know about it. We want you to be satisfied with the used car you buy here because we want to keep you as a used and new car customer. It pays, in the long run, to buy a used car from a Buick dealer. ' 1 To busy to advcirtiicCo 10 Gold in 5 doyc. Vc bavo o Sew IcCtto S more days . ttOGO; Take Advantage of out $100.00 Used Car Offer.' OTTO J. 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