1 C. A.OIACU3 Eaxl C. Bsowioza Sheldon F. Sacxttt I Salem. Orectm If Arch 10, 1029 - -4 PublUhtrt ... ev .. . . . Feafcunipes Watching the Side Door Entrance SENATOR CAPPER has had another bright idea. It is to give the president power to lay an embargo on the shipments of arms and monitions of war to any nation which is naughty enough to wage an "aggressive" war. On the surface the resolution whieh'he proposes looks innocent . enougn. n maxes ine customary appeal to many long-nairea pacifists. - It was widely proclaimed in Europe almost before it had any publicity in the United States. The spokesman for the French government said the Capper resolution was "of transcendent importance." A Geneva correspondent called it "the missing link"; others 7 there said it was the end of fur. Prof. Shotwell of Columbia, a league protagonist, came forward with his blessing, likewise' President Nicholas Murray Butler. 4 Ostensibly measures to for the outlawry of war, the what similar Porter resolution, ficacy of the Kellogg treaty. For the Kellogg treaty rests on the moral force of public opinion.. The signatory powers openly renounce war as an instrument of policy and pledge themselves to resort to arbitration' and conciliation in its stead. The Capper resolution real and effective participation in practically all the wars ' which may occur.! An embargo on arms and munitions laid against one of two .warring vite hostilities. America would set itself up as the umpire of the whole world, and get the , War will not be done away with by sanctifying war, 1 It will not be abolished by one nation's blessing one participant and damning another. The fundamental principle of the League of Nations that of enforcing peace through police rwvurpria wmnir. TVie fflnrwr rMnliiHrmr lnvrlvp rrirt to Si just such measures. It is making a side-door entrance to the League of Nations. No wonder it is hailed with delight by old world powers who want the United States to underwrite peace for them. . I What a job this resolution He would have to decide which was the aggressor. What country does not claim it is mere ly fighting for self-defense? the world with propaganda How could the president in " and divided opinion decide such a question? How'eoulfij tie keep this country out of war if he did lay sucK an 'embargo? The embargo law we now have with reference to the Central and South American states has caused us much trou ble. But these are weak and powerless to stand up against the might of America. To pass the Capper resolution would be to have the United States volunteer to police the whole world. When the people understand what the implications of the Capper resolution are, they will reject it in the same way as, the uovenant oi tne league oi .nations. Railroad Consolidations . JUST when some people are expressing alarm over the growth of mergers in the field of light and power utili ties, movements toward the consolidation of railroads into a few great systems are meeting with quite general approval. A big push toward railroad consolidations came with "the passage oi the Esch-Cummins act in 1920 which directed the Interstate Commerce Commission to formulate a plan for this end. The commission called in Prof. W. Z. Ripley of Harvard who worked out a plan of consolidation which would have reduced the .large number of roads now operat ing to about 26 systems. The commission held hearings on this plan but has, never given its pronouncement on a final plan f or th roads to follow. The present laws are not ade quate ttf compel the roads to adopt such a plan if the com mission does decree it. V New bills have been introduced by Representative Par ker and Senator Fess which would free the commission from having to formulate this final plan, and would permit volun tary consolidation-subject to the commission's approval, and create better machinery for the absorption of small roads by the large. ; ! ' "i r At present there is pending before the commission the petition for the merging of the em Pacific roads. . While' an" view of the many months that was formally presented, the commission may hold off longer to see what congress will do. 'i Meantime the eastern roads are making moves for the creation of four great trunk line systems in eastern terri tory. The Baltimore and Ohio would head one group and the Chesepeake and Ohio another group each with around 14,000 utiles of line. These roads have presented their plan to the .commission. The other two systems would be the Pennsyl- rania and the New York Central. New England roads would remain in a separate grouping. A year ago the commission knocked out the Loree plan for a fifth system in the east. built around the Delaware and Hudson and the Wabash. The D. & H. then turned around and sold its holdings to the Pennsylvania company million dollars, the Pennsylvania buymg in order to protect its own interests in the eastern i Railway consolidation is nomics of the situation. If it Interest and not primarily in nipulators, the results will dependent on our railroads; future. - :r: Salem Loses Game and Temper ONE of the first, lessons to be learned in interscholastic sports is that'of being a good loser. The Salem high school, or a goodly portion thereof, needs to learn this from page one of the primer of - they showed ignorance of it Friday night in staging a dem onstration against visiting school heads. .Salem lost the final game team. That was disappointing dian team several times previously because it shut the Salem team out of the state tournament. Salem has been nursing a grievance against the district the district meet, which they But Salem entered the meet, and entering it, had ho right then to protest. As the largest town in the district, with a long record of basketball victories, the Salem students ought to show a better spirit than to go wild when they lose a critical game. They have no excuse for resort to village hoodlumism. ,t : : The Strength of rriHE state game commission has hit upon a sensible plan . 4 when it instructs its wardens to talk to men known to Be . law violators to reason with them and to convince them that the killing of protected game .of one of the state's most vital game law observance, declares the commission, is more ef fective than fines. .- -mm en m . A a ' . ' ' - me premise ox , sen-government . is that men - are ra tional, unwilling to do things their happiness and welfare. , selves should be the best guardians of law; good sense is a Stronger determent than heavy fines. 3 m -1-"- ' .1 ; This is the season when all the fruit trees are full of prunes. . : Enterprising newspapers mas' type: days left for France has a "spokesman too) war, and "the one thing need give effect to the Kellogg pact Capper resolution and the some would really , cripple the ex- is a resort to reprisals, to' a nations would immediately in usual brickbats in return. would lay upon the president. of two or more warring state What country doe3 not flood on the aggressions of its foe; the welter of. confused counsel Great Northern and worth early decision is expected in have already elapsed since it in. Lehigh Valley and Wabash at a profit of around twenty set-up. made inevitable by the eco can be effected in the public the interest of the stock ma be beneficial. The country is and will be into the indefinite ' ; ; . .: . good sportsmanship. .Certain ; to Chemawa Indian school after they had beaten the In association board for calling claim was irregular, , ' , Law Education birds, and animals is robbery resources. Such a method of which would interfere with Rightly appealed to, men them might pick up the pre4rist-Vm filing your income tax" report ml' mrp f Or No. 5f "THOUGHTS ON Moreorer the Lord said unto m. Take thee great roll, and write in it with a man a pen concerning Maner-shahal-hasii-bas. Isaiah 1:1. 'What a funny name, enough to distract the linotyper and proor reader truly. This little known member of the Hash family merely get" his name in the Bible two times, once in the first Terse and again In the third; We can only specu late as to what was written about him on the great roll. Who was he; what feats did he perform; whom did he marry; his children; who preached his funeral and at what undertaking chapel did hit body lie!; All these 'facts would appear in the modern, newspaper's obituary. But Hash-bat remains a mystery. All- the efforts with the "man's pen" were utile. Great roll and man's pen and Hash himself hare sunk to obliv ion: but the name is immortal because Isaiah wrote it In his Im perishable prophecy. "Great rolls" were long used to frighten men. ; God was repre sented as a .great bookkeeper for lUay Bits for Breakfast "By R. J. Speaking of Salem Beautiful fc Which The Statesman Is proud to do in Its annual Slogan nam bcr devoted to that Important tea ture of the capital city's advan tages i: " S J. Quinn Thornton, - when ho went to represent the provisional government in asking for the law making Oregon a territory, and for other help at . the hands of congress, carried with him the notes and data for a book, which was completed In 1849; in two volumes, and published by Harper ft Brothers; the title being "Ore gon and California." In that book, Thornton said of Salem as be saw it when he went on his mission In 1S47: "Salem is a small village situated in Cham- poeg county, on the right bank of the Willamette river, having around it a country of' extraor dinary fertility. It Is the most beautiful townslte I have ever seen." ' . - ."; S Thornton was a lawyer, a! grad uate of the University of Virginia, and Mrs. Thornton was a teacher In a Missouri university. They had suffered untold hardships on the plains" in IS 41, when many of their fellow travelers starved to death; including the famous Don ner? party. , The Thorntons had started with two wagons, -four yokes of oxen, and much personal property. They, arrived, in Polk county with : only their .. scanty clothing on their backs,; and re duced to the very verge of starva tion. Governor . Abernethy made Thornton judge of the supreme court- of the provisional govern- meat. They built a small cabin of logs; and no wonder they; loved the Oregon of their day I i . No wonder they thought Salem the "most beautiful townslte they had over seen. : No wonder they came to Salem to spend their last days. Their gentle spirits most look upon Salem from their pres ent abode wllh satisfaction, as this city grows still more beauti ful.- . ' - 1 -s ' , - f Note ' how ; Thornton 1 spelled WUhametteJ1 There were ten eoun- ies established by the Oregon pro visional government. . They were VSS" ST.- .tTf." and Clatsop, for the country north Children! Children! rZT t-TiK- roicw ermoos A LOST BIOGRAPHY ever writing down the debits and credits of our lives, but the monthly statements alw ays showed long, long columns of debits and scant credits. Only by acceptance of a wonderful form ula could the accounts be put in balance. Slowly, slowly the churches have been retreating from this - forbidding theology. God is not some harsh time-keeper on the works, forever docking, docking. He is not a meticulous accountant. Instead lie is- a Be ing to be loved and worshipped as well as feared. - With our thoughts and our deeds we are constantly writing the story of ouf lives. No one may be divinely appointed to in scribe our record on Tolls great or little, on transient paper or last ing bronse. Kven our names may never appear centuries hence to be laughed at by the moderns of that 'day. The record though we should be concerned with, that It merits our own self-respect; and that It harmonises with the finest conception of man's duty to- God. Hendricks' of the Columbia and west of the Wilhamett . (Willamette) rivers, and Clackamas, Champoeg and Linn for the country east of the Wilhamette. And Lewis and Van couver counties for all the coun try north of the Columbia, that is new the state of Washington. The people of Salem are of the salt of the earth. They are gen uinely good and uniformly kind. About a year ago, like a message out of a clear sky, John B. Glesy was told by the doctors that he was afflicted with a cancer, and that his only possible hope was a a immediate operation. No one was ever less prepared for such, a dread message. He submitted to the operation; eame so near to the valley of the shadow of death that blood transfusion was nec essary to keep the flickering pulse beats - going; failed to gain the road to recovery, and submitted to the surgeon's - knife a second time; . hoped, on . and - fought on, with ' the assurance of medical men that he would finally be well. , jThua he struggled through! al most a year of tferrible suffering -and finally on Wednesday pass ed peacefully to the home of which he sang. In his last days. Through out that nearly a full year of rack ing pain, his brother Odd Fellows did a thousand acts; of kindness; up to the very last hour. So did his., brothers of the Woodmen of the-World. So did the members of the. force . of the state accident commission, where he had been long employed. And so did. a host of others, throughout all Salem. and beyond the city's borders. : He had striven to live a life of unselfish service and helpfulness to others. -All this was given hack to him In his days of need through out the weary months iot pain. These acts . continued up to the last; to the fining-' of the crave where, his body, rests In the .Aur ora community cemetery.' Oscar A. Steelhamater took a sextette of the Salem hand and filled the. air with sweet music at the ' grave side, and Max'ns Sautter touch tngly sanga beautiful song.' The hearts of 'the members of : the stricken family, and the relatives near and far,,1 are filled to over flowing with gratitude they would Uke to express for the innumer able acts of, kindness and officer and expressions of sympathy ex tending over the long and try In perlsd. --t-t'-t They Say... ExpresnIoHS of Opinio from Statesman Readers are Welcomed for Use In this column. All Letters Mast Bear Writer's Name, Though This Need Nit be Prim ted. Salem, Ore., March 8. Editor Oregon Statesman. Dear Sir: I was deeply pained at the re port of the TuUy-Lindsay debate in yesterday's Issue of your paper. I have happened to visit for a time In other towns where similar debates were held and from what I have learned the after effects of such debates are very bad. Young people do not make Judge Lindsay's fine distinction. They think very Utile-about his arguments, but they do If some way gather from these debates the Idea that sin is not so very dreadful after all. It seems to me that it would be better If Christian leaders were to 'follow the example of Jesus and warn young people of the awful penalty of that is -sure to follow the breaking of God's laws. The awful things I saw during my hospital training and since then have lead me to the conclu sion that it is wicked in the ex treme to hide these 'things from young people. Many of the things 1 have seen are too horrible to he written, but I will say that God's words ifj true when He says: Be not de ceived, God is not mocked fotf what soever a man soweth, thai shall he also reap." It Is useless to think that by being careful the penalty of sin can be avoided, for the penalty comes . directly from God and can not be evaded. It will come, either in this world or the next or in both. Not the least Is the awful doom of enter ing eternity "without God' and without hope", for eternity is rery long. - . . I believe older people are great ly to blame for many of the fool ish and sinful marriages we see daily. The eternal joking' about marriage.: . The continual teasing 6X young people ii st least tire some and disgusting. The .brain less and vulgar habit of speaking' of a single woman as an old maid at twenty-five, while. a married woman is young at sixty all these things -are brainless and sinful and do much harm. Instead of this, girls should he taught- the great risk : they are taking in marrying at aJL - They should he taught to rely . wholly on God for guidance in the choice of a husband and . to pray con tinually before entering into, any thing so serious as marraige, and above all they should be taught to avoid all sin. great or small, and In so doing avoid the punishment that is certain to follow. Toung men , should also be taught the dangers of a careless marriage, for at the present . time it would appear that there Is more immor ality, among girls than ; among men. X will conclude my letter with the words of God In Ercle siastsles 11 which can be applied to alIr""ReJo!ee. oh.-young' man; in thy youth: ' and- let 'thy heart cheer thee In the - days - of- thy youth and walk in ; the; ways of thine heart and in the sight of thine eyes; hut know thou that for all these things God will bring thee unto Judgment.' GRADUATE NURSE. T 'March 10. .104'--"V-Marion county representatives o the '.State Grange meatlng In orvallla nave been chosen as fol- t: Mr. and Mrs.'-' Dan Catlow of "Tmrlse Grange, snd Jude J. B Taldo and Clara H. Wal io ct Mac esy CrancC ZTyROE FULKERSON CHAPTER XLV1 nhTOT discouraged, Betty search- l ed the newspapers eagerly the next day for a position. She found an advertisement for a secretarv which gave an office ad dress and Instructed applicants to anely at nine. Betty was on hand early, only to find the hall outside of the door crowded with the same as sortmeat of girls she had seen the previous day. They were as thick as they could stand around - the door, and for 10 feet back in the hall. The. situation looked hopeless. so she did not Join the erush, but waited near the elevator. She bad only been standing a moment when the elevator stopped ana a young man stepped out. He looked down the halL his jaw droppsd. and he exclaimed: "Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gravy!" His look of dismay got the bet ter of Betty's discretion. She laughed aloud. He turned to her Editors Say: DAWES IS HIMSELF AGAIN Charles G. Dawes, as this writer has sometimes remarked, is a much more Interesting figure out of office than in. Before he be came vice-president the nation looked to him and never in vain -for much' of its diversion, as well as fer substantial national and international accomplish ments. Everybody remembers how Dawes, before he became vice president, assailed publicly the ar chaic and deadening senate rules and announced that he purposed to reform them. All know how. once on the senate dais, Dawes found himself powerless and hog- tied. Through four long years ho has been able to do nothing more picturesque than smoke his invert ed pipe. Now he is out of office and glad of It. He celebrated his return to normalcy at the very In auguration of his successor by raising his voice once more in protest.' Said Dawes: "Alone of all the deliberate bodies of the world, the senate of the United States, under its rules. has parted with the power to allot its time to the consideration of the subjects before It In accord ance with their relative impor tance. This defect of procedure Is fundamental. I take back noth ing." No senalbr can answer that re mark and say It is not true. All any senator can say Is that the senate will go right along as it always has gone. Vice-President Curtis did intimate something of the kind, replying to' Dawes. In a fair day Dawes was control ler of the currency. In the world war he served as a brigadier gen eral In charge of getting supplies to the army and he did the job. Later he led the thought and the action that set under way the In ternational reparations plan which brought order out of ehaos in world finance. His job as vice president has been the least of all his public jobs, but in that, too. he acquitted himself as well as anyone could. And Dawes deserves well of his country. Morning Register. SPRING OPEN'S With the arrival of the spring season of the year. Nature begins to bedeck herself in new raiment She doffs the' drab coat she -has been wearing during the winter months and arrays herself In col orful robes. ; The dead, brown grass gives way to verdant car pets, the trees put. 'forth their green foliage, dormant bulbs push their - tender shoots up through the. warming soli and everywhere there Is the evidence of an awak ening. What more logical, then, that man, too, should take notice of the 'arrival of the season of freshness and activity, and what better way to take such notice than to copy Nature and put on a new and brighter dress. That's the why of the Spring Opening which the merchants are staging this evenlirg. It signalises the de parture of the dull, lethargic days of winter and the. arrival of the season of new -life and color.' ClOUQJl HWfory oSaUm and (f?e snare oj ' FT1HE administration . escaped V' from its quandary in regard to the "54-40 or Fight V problem by the simple expedient of put I ting the matter squarely up to, 1 the Senate, and taking the Sen MB ate s advice in treaty. course, shifted the responsibility to the shoulders of the same time soothing the feelings of the English. v - THE ST0RY0F A GIRL WIO MADE MEN LIKE HER e tsao . by Central nmAmwAMi IseJ and grinned. Then, stepping over to her. he said, with pathos: "What' la heaven's name must I do?" "Tell them the position is fill ed," suggested Betty, feeling sor ry for him. - "That's the stuff!" he agreed. quietly. Then in a louder tone he said: "Ladles, I am sorry to have made all this trouble for you, but be position is already filled." A grumbling group of girls turned from the door and started past him to the elevator. "Stand by me! Stand by me!" he whis pered to Betty, backing against the wall. She laughed again., only to get black looks from the group of disappointed applicants. "Shee1 cautioned the man. "They may get violent!" They stood side by side until the elevator bad taken the last girl. The man breathed an exag gerated sigh of relief and wiped his face. "Young woman, I don't know who you are, but you saved my life. I was fool enough to put an ad In the paper for a secretary. I didn't know there were so many secretaries in the world. Give me your name and . address and I'll send you a box of candy. Do you work In this building?" "I haven't before this." Betty smiled at him. "Who are you?" "I am Betty Brown, your new secretary," she. said. "Huh?" "I am your new secretary," she explained. "You told them the po sition was filled, didn't you? I was one of them. I am going to fill the position, I hope. You wouldn't de ceive all those trusting women, would you?" "Oh, my gosh! Out of the fryinr pan into the fire! Another woman has adopted me! Listen. I'm hard to get along with!" hs warned. "I don't believe it!" Betty en joyed the situation immensely. "Come into the office and let's talk. Heaven be praised, you at least have a sense of humor. That is something. Do you by any chance write shorthand and oper ate a typewriter?" "A lot of secretaries can do that," assured Betty, as he open ed the office door and stood aside for her to pass. "I am one of them." "Sit down. We will find out what you know. Here's the morn ing mall." He began opening let ters rapidly, throwing some into the waste basket and laying others aside. "In a moment he picked' up a letter and began to dictate," and she to take It down in shorthand. The letter seemed to be to a per sonal friend. Some of the words made her smile. Business school dictation had never been about "lalapaloosas" or about "oosing eloquence from every, pore and pimple. When he had finished dictating. he tossed her another letter and said: "Tell this fellow 'js.' Bring me the, two letters after you have typed them." She transcribed the letter he had dictated, then wrote a reply u tne other letter which indicated consent to the plan suggested She clothed It in the best English at her command. He read the second letter first and said: "That's good! I wish 1 could write a letter like that." He read the other letter musingly, and then tossed It into the waste bas ket. "I always wanted to know how to spell 'lalapaloosa'," he said. "I hope I can remember. You will do all right. Miss Miss. Gosh! I didn't ask you yonr name, or what Sunday school you go to, or anything!" "I told you in the hall that my name was Betty Brown. You were so excited you forgot." "Scared was what I was, scar ed!" he replied. "How much money does one pay for a secre tary after, the secretary has saved one's life! I can't-marry you like they do in story books, for that's already happened to me." "I am more interested in the prospects than In the present pay," answered Betty. "I want a perma nent position, where I ean look for something In the future. What is there for me here if you emnlov me?" . "My name, as you mav havelm. aglned from- reading my letter head is Smith. It is not an alias. My father was Mr. Smith, too. I represent two or three manufac A Oregon the lady the - upon advance . of the - Vv unusual as it was. Senate, at the ' K Up turers in this wicked city, and I've got nothing but a future! I work like the devil and am out of the nfflM mnmt af tKa time. I want some intelligent person to answer the telephone, take a few letters, keep my bank hook straight; that is alL If you stand by me like you did out in the 'halL I'll see that you don't suffer tor your loy alty." ; . "I'll start for $30 a week. I feel sure I cad preese you. "You got a job. Miss Brown!" He spoke enthusiastically. "Hadn't Intended to pay more than twenty five, but' a man always has to pay out more where women are con cerned than he expected to. I like you. The last sentence was said so frankly it carried no offense, and Betty answered it in kind. "I like you. too, Mr. Smith. It you want me to, I will come in the morn ing." "Come early. Miss Brown! Some more of those awful women might be back and catch me alone In the hall. Here Is the office key. Good bye, my guardian, rescuer, police man, friend!" "And secretary!" added Betty, passing out of the door, laughing. She could not resist dancing a few jass steps as She went down tha hall, elated at her new position. Mr. Smith seemed all she could ask In an employer. He was cheer ful and sufficiently helpless to appeal to her mothering instinct. . Betty laughed again when she thought how glad the heed wait ress would be when she told her she had a nice position and would soon be out of her way. She hurried back to tell George Harris of her good luck, and he congratulated her. "Betty, thirty dollars a week ia not a lot of money. I don't know what your office hours will be, but I suggest that you come from your new position here and take cash during the dinner hour. 'Take your dinner and breakfast here for the two hours' work In th-j evening. That is fair to both of us, and in that way I shall be able to keep in touch with you." "You would be better pleased if I did this?" asked Betty. I never want to be out of touch with you," he answered, fn his for- "Then I'll do it gladly. George." she said. "I think it Is very kind of you to offer It." "You won't feel that It ia un fair, I hope. It is a business ar rangement, pure and simple. You will earn your meals by the ser vice you render." Til be here," stated. Betty. simply. She went behind the desk to take up her work. "Yoti better knock off for the day. 1 know you'll be glad to go nome and ret. Suppose you cotne back at six o'clock and work through the dinner hour today. Just as you will hereafter." Before she left he paid her her salary up to the end of that day. ueuy siarted home, happier than she had been since the accident with Andy Adair la his automo bile. She was a bit saddened at the thought that she would have even less chance to see Andy in her new position. But she had told George Harris she would do anything he wanted her to. If she was to marry George, she better put Andy out of her mind entirely. She told Mrs. Hogan about her good luck, and how she had se cured her position. Mrs. Hocan sent her to her room to rest while she made a cake In celebration of the new job. (TO BS CONTINUED) Your health depends on what you eat FISHER'S FAST COOK ING TOASTED WHEAT every morninsr will, keep you well. WHY? Because it retain. 100 of the wheat, precooked wonder ful flavor easy to prepare. Cooks in three to five min utes. 6sU less than lc per dish. 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