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r PAGE FOUTi im orGOrrSTATCSMAH. Sato. Oregon, Tctsgay forasr. Jassarr zi. w r SOMETHING TO CUNG TO I WFoolishFearl Dr. Copeland's Health Message Today I "No Favor Sumys V; N6 Fear Shall Awe. From First Statesman. If arch IS, ltfl. THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Chakles A. Sprague, Sheldon T' Sackett, PublUktr Charles A. Speacue - - Editor-H anager Sheldon F. Sackett - ; Managing-Editor Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exelusisely entitled to the use for publication of uH news dispatches credited to it or not other- wise credited in this paper. TJ riv. iiinrtlcin, RsnrMenUUrei: Arthur W. Stypes, Inc.,? Portland, Security Bldg. San Francisco, Sharon Bids.; Los Ang eles. W. Pae. Bldg. Eastern Advertising Representatives: - Ford-Parsons-Stecher, Inc., New York, 271 Madison Are.; Chicago, 3 W N. Michigan Ave. Entered at the Posfoffice at Salem, Oregon, as SecondJXat Hatter. Published every morning except Monday. Butinest office 215 S. Commercial Street. r SUBSCRIPTION RATES Mail Subscription Rates. In Advance. Within Oregon; Daily and Sunday, 1 Mo. 60 cents; 3 Mo. $1.25; Mo. 2.25; 1 yeWt $1.00. Elsewhere 50 cents per Mo. or 9M for 1 year In advance. By City Carrier: SO cents a month; $5.50 a year in ad vance. Per Copy 2 cents. On trains, and News Stands 6 cent. The London Conference Opens " TODAY the London conference begins in an atmosphere of hope tinged with doubt. The -hope is thzc miy tc cardial agreement among the powers of earth looking to ward the actual reduction of competitive .armaments. The doubt is that the ambitions or false fears pi states may re solve the conference into an tinhappy deadlock. Opened with the pomp of royal presence, its preliminaries well threshed over in advance discussionjfbetween heads of governments, the conference itself must evolve the formulas which will satisfy the conflicting demands and reconcile; hostile atti-. tudes. " . It is sincrular that so much of the expression has been in terms of "demands" for additional armaments. Theoreti cally one might expect the nations to come forward with de- ... Ilk 11 ly KSV. U V1V W 'KM TV UA, M. wi mr ri .ass m wmm u i i iu i ri rm iiv .f i shipbuilding. Instead the powers speak of making "sacri fices," these sacrifices being a limitation on their privilege to let fleets and armies absorb such a large proportion of iheir hudc-ets. We had thou trht the sacrifices were the other way, in the heavy taxation to maintain vast floating arm aments. Perhaps it would be well to sketch briefly the back ground of this conference. The treaty embracing the league of nations expressed a pious hope that steps toward limita tion of armaments might.be undertaken. This was in that flush of faith that the great war might be really a "war to end war." Acting independently President Harding invited four great powers, Great Britain, France, Japan and Italy to send delegates to meet with American representatives in a conference at Washington. There on Nov. 13, 1921, Secre tary of State Hughes electrified the world by his proposals for naval parity between England and the United States, and definite steps for a truce in battleship construction. This Washington conference was fruitful of results. A ratio of 5:5:3:1.75 was worked out, the five representing parity be tween the United States and Britain, the three the -relative standing of Japan, and the 1.75 the position of France and w rwwt 1 1 f V Ail 1 " A J 3 liaiy. ine size ana numDer oi Daiuesnips were resiriciea. The proposal to abandon the submarine was defeated through French opposition. , The Geneva conference in 1927, called by President Cool idge, proved a failure. The clash was over the types of cruis ers to be authorized. Great Britain wanted a fleet of many small cruisers, able to police the sea lanes. The United States wanted cruisers up to 10,000 tons displacement, preferring the larger type 'because she possesses no naval bases over the world as does Britain. The United States would have placed the limit on the total tonnage of the cruiser fleet, while Britain would limit also the size of the individual ves sels, and particularly the number of cruisers of the large size. The cause for the breakdown of this conference was specified as the presence of too many fighting navy men on the delegations too many "admirals." Then the Shearers, pernicious lobbyists for private interests, greedy for ship and munitions contracts, played no little part in confounding the cnnfprenre delecntes. Now the Londo nconf erence begins. Extreme pains have been taken that this does not prove abortive. Premier Mac Donald has visited President Hoover. Ambassador Dawe3 has held manv conferences with British officials and has con ferred directly with Mr. Hoover. The Japanese delegates fcjrcub evuie uajsiu vv asuing iuii cu xuute, iaj uuuuviu xu is .reasonable to conclude from the temper and obvious desires of Hoover and MacDonald that an agreement between these two English-speaking countries may not be difficult. The at titude of France and Italy is disconcerting. France reiter ates her reliance on the submarine. Italy seeks a place in the sun. Even Japan pleads that . The issues of the conference are of vast moment. The nations have now reached a point where Jthe lip-service of the Kellogg Pact is to be tested. The future of the effort to ward international accord hinges on the decisions of this conference, failure. to make an agreement would be calami tous: It would unleash the dogs of war and result in the re sumption of the mad race for naval supremacy whose end would culminate in some new Sarajevo. It would wreck the immediate hopes of those who have faith that ultimately ve- . , a . , m . , . J am - . , A of war. The great care which has been taken in advance pre parations indicates that the leaders of state realize the grav ity of this conference, and that buck of the firm resolve of presidents and premiers must be the compelling force of public opinion, mobilized for once on the side of a conquest of peace. Styles for W JL nin was preserved and through very skillful embalming his face retains its natural features. with fidelity so that his glass enclosed coffin becomes the mecca of thousands of pil irrims of communism. But Caruso seems to have fared equal ly well in the matter of choosing his embalmers, though it is V i i j il.i. ll - ; x vi;- nm. - not reuorieu iiiat zus remains Living Age records the following regarding the body of the ' crroaf fPTMYT! . "--'" nowned Italian tenor, told how Caruso's memory is being kept green hr a select eroun of friends who .k9A f wiaiv mrt Tf V MAthM avapv thvaa waaf frhla -arvavttfA yet touching ceremony occurs m where the body lies In a state of as fresh as it was In real life. Nobody has explained authorltatrrely the origin, of this rite, but the assumption seems to b that Caruso LILUUEUL Ikim IUCUIU1I KWH Oluni . . A - Jf - 4 A l.a V M Ma.a.a.M .V -. L V . . , Kepi up o uio wu, ii iu. icoauu, tut new c mutes. emuouy aiwaya rhaterer material, color and cnt oiguor otiuv Acyww .ub iwu; ro now res9a ui m, uves cmi and looks rery well Indeed."- . , . ' - ' ' :r - The Trettastoffa Bladamannafelarsina" of Reykarik. Iceland. has Joined the United Press. .Lord, Ed. Brodie win aare to read when "How do eats purr?? asks ths We'll make one guess, they page or ue uregonun. .:----j- - - - - Doo Spears his signed the Ill.SOO contract for coaching at the U. of O. Now If he has signed the pledge too, his success at Eugene w&eht to be assured. ' . - i r m v - a - sa.s w VS.,- .vrMW v v w her ratio be raised to 10:10:7. they dare not let it fail But (Dead) Men ll .t . T are open iu dudus view, me ' ' : ;; y- - 't dress the embalmed body of the, tne fozxio itaia cemetery m.wapies, perfect preservation. Its complexion ira ACU. ftUTD ii. MUM LUIkUCl aBlfl are most noimlar a tha moment. it's . newspapers like that which h goes to Finland. Oregonlan. ' "' fall asleep reading the editorial S) int. SI Tmtm SjMkkte. h(, Cmmt ktM BITS for BREAKFAST -By R. J. HENDRICKS Homeward bound: V When this is printed, the Bits man will.be on his way home; in San Francisco for a stop over Tuesday, with perhaps a, day or part of a day in Sacramento. S Just a few more words about the water situation in California. In the week up to Saturday, Jan., 11, about four and a half inches of rain fell at Los Angeles the first, excepting a trace, since June of last year. Lest the citi zens of Los Angeles get reckless. Chief Engineer Van Norman of the municipal water bureau warns them in the Times of Mon day, the 13th: "We must not only prevent wasting of the water we hare, but must go far afield to develop new resources. We must not lose sight of the fact that we are living in a semi arid region and must do all we possibly can to acquire more water bearing lands nd tap regions that will supply us until Colorado river water is made available. We must conserve and put to its highest use every drop of water that falls in this portion of the state. "Unfortunately the average rainfall in California is only 15.- 24 inches. Thus, it readily may be understood that if we get even our normal rainfall we stiU shall fall far short of our consumptive use ... A normal fall of moisture Is far short of the amount con sumed by Los Angeles. On an average from two to five feet of water are used locally. Estimates show that in one city block an amount of water 88 feet deep is used In the period of a year! If we could save every drop of wat er that comes to us naturally we would not have enough to meet . m our present neeas mucn less meet future requirements. The earnest request -of the water bu reau la that every citizen contin ue to prevent waste of water and lend earnest support to the city in its effort to develop additional sources." After reading; the above, from the highest authority, look on thin picture: The Bits man heard a lady from the east, spending her money and time on a winter vaca tion, tell the Savoy betel cleric: Well, I dont like your Califor nia weather! I thought you had eternal sunshine down here, ' and X have hardly seen the sun for a week, and I dare not go on the streets without an umbrella ana overshoes!" V Boulder dam, when completed, will be constructed between black granite walls 1800 (eet.deep. It win be 650 feet high. It will cre ate a ' reservoir with two great arms, the longest extending up stream more than 80 miles. At its widest place' this reservoir will reach approximately 80 mUes from cliff to cliff; it-will take Its place as one of the major fresh water lakes in the . United States. It will be capable of holding the entire flow et the Colorado river for a year and a half. Its-capacity will be 21,000,000 acre feet en ough water to cover .2 0,0 0 0,000 acres one foot deep. It will be greater than all the large reser voirs in the United States com bined, with the Gatun lake in the Panama canal thrown in for good measure. . - - , . While the : government of the United States proposes to - build the dam, and the irrigation canal for the Imperial valley district. the whole sum will be repaid In time, with interest, by the users ot the water lor irrigation and domestic purposes, end the users of the power, for lighting and the driving ot machinery. Los Angel es win, of course, be obliged to build her own pipe line and her power plants" and transmission lines. These, a friend of the writer Bays, are estimated to cost,about i ritUt 1200,000,000. The Colorado river aqueduct will be, by far, the largest domestic water supply system in the world. It wiU be capable of delivering a billion gal lons of water a day; enough to meet the domestic needs of 7, 500,000 people. The water will have to be raised 1400 feet by pumping to the intake above the dam. The storing of the water be hind the proposed Boulder dam will, of course, prevent the pos sibility of a deficient supply for the Imperial valley farmers dur ing low water seasons, from which they have suffered in the past. The carrying out of this great project would, without doubt, cre ate a boom in Los Angeles. It would perhaps "make the rich richer and the poor poorer:" though it could scarcely accomp lish the latter, because thousands of them are now about as poor as any one can get. Many have been lured by. the hope ot work, to be disappointed; but more keep com ing. S In no other American city do the extremes meet more notice ably. The movie and mining and oil millionaires, and the eastern people who have made fortunes and want a place to live comfort ably, make an upper class in Los Angeles, with palatial homes and servants and all the trappings of wealth, maintaining serving and small tradesman class that is numerous. And there is a lot of color in Los Angeles; Mexicans who are mostly half or full blood Indians, negroes, Orientals, and all the shades and shadings be tween. It is a cosmopolitan city. The ends of the earth come to gether. Every language is spoken. Every religion and strange belief is represented. A lady tells the writer colored servants were scarce a few years ago, but the movie magnates have brought them in colonies, and now one may get the best trained of the race on call, and at reasonable rates. "m 'm .... There are many princely salar ies, but Los Angeles is a low wage city for the serving, classes and the hewers of wood and the drawers ot water generally. And it is a hard place to break into by professional men and women. They, would all better stay away, if they are not either resourceful or possess some material backing. H i- A friend here tells the writer Los Angeles is badly over built as well as over Sold on vacant lots, The latter excessively so, be yon a any city on the green earth the same being true ot all the cities around for scores of miles. But this friend thinks Los Angel es will catch up on buUding oc cupants, as she has done many times after booms. S However this may. be, there were 29 limit "height ntw buUd ings being definitely planned the first of this year, to say nothing of more, still in the prospect stages. A limit height building in Los Angeles is ISO feet high. It may have 15 floors; mostly they are 12 to 14. Pent houses, para petsNand poles may be built above put no rentable floor space. Only one building Is higher; the new city hall, with 28 stories. This height limitation does not apply to? manufacturing buildings out side of the restricted districts, where showings can bo made ef their necessity, and permission ob tained. - : ': .This makes a better looking city than one with no height lim it; It spreads the congested dis tricts out wider and it is safer in case of an earthquake; the lat ter reason, however, is not men tioned by a good Angeleno. Getting, back to water again. ' sir : There will be enough for Los An geles for a long, long, time, when the 100 second feet are added to the present project, and the 1500 second feet-supply comes from the Colorado river. V But there will not be enough for the farming and trucking dis tricts of California, unless some engineer wiser than any now known is developed, or some one finds a way to get ocean water freed from salt onto the land at a rate that those who cultivate the soil can stand. Until that time, if you live any where out of Oregon and are thinking of going to California to do any kind of farming don't go. Come to Oregon. There is plenty of water here, and will be as long as you live. TAXES 99,289,000,000 NEW YORK, Jan. 20. (AP) Federal, state and local govern ment taxes collected in the United States during the fiscal year of 1928 totalled $9,289,000,000, ac cording to a survey announced to day by the national industrial con-1 ference board here. Nose-Bleed a Common Symptom, Usually Due to Locatf - Causes, and Should Not Cause Worry, Say 'Authority, Suggesting Treatment. By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. United States Senator from New York. Tormer Commisttoner of Health, Veto York tTify. - MANY persons worry over nosebleed. They seem to think ft means high blood pressure, "congestion of the brain," weak ened blood vessels, cancer and goodness knows what other terrible things. What lots iTiere seems XR COPELANXk ind heart produce congestion and may cause nosebleed. Some acute fevers have bleeding from the nose as one of the symptoms. Measles, influenza, pneumonia, diphtheria, whooping cough, scarlet fever, and Ispecially typhoid fever are such diseases. Anemia, and other condi tions wuon in Mooa quauiy is re-f- gucea may nave nosebleed as one H the complications. A blow on the nose, and catarrh, shen there la ulceration within the nose, are common causes of nose bleed. Almost sverybody has more r less catarrh. This Is due in many sasea to carelessness of the average individual regarding- the common sold and Its jjeglect. Repeated colds are followed by chroalo Inflammation of ths tissues of the nose. Constant blowing and Cussing with the nose result in oroaen tissues insids that organ. There a little raw spot. Mucus collects on this spot, hardens and forms an annoying crust. The crust comes off before the ulcer la healed Yesterdays ... Of Old Oregon Town Talks from the States man Our Fathers Read January 21, 1905 - The House heard a brisk de bate in which Smith (Josephine) of the minority offered a lively show in defending a bil provid ing for tiling with the secretary ot state proposed legislation. Smith's debate took place with Linthicum, a member of the judi ciary committee, as is Smith. House bill No. 1, Introduced by R. E. Lee Steiner, virtually removes all objections and ob stacles in way ot reclamation of over 300,000 acres of swamp and arid land In Klamath county. It is estimated this project, when carried through to successful com pletion, will create home3 for 30,000 families. Mme. Begenia Mantelli, fam ous prima donna who heads her own operatic company, will ap A STRANGER moves to your neighborhood. You observe him tolerantly; but with no immediate display of interest. You are an established resi-. dent, getting along rery nicely before he came. But you do not avoid him. For reasons hot entirely unselfish you wait for him to reveal himself. Possibly he may add something to your sodal and business life. Possibly he will take a highly respected place in tht community. He may eyen become one of your intimates. 1 is up to him. So you note his manners, talk with him, and form an opinion. If ho comes up to your requirements, yon accept him, and often he proves a wel come addition to your group of friends. It is with exactly the same attitude that the intelligent newspaper read er regards the advertisements of products new to him.: These atrangem may add something to his civilized enjoyment. . They may contribute to his comfort, safety-even hlMmu Uy ways they may pr0Te valuable. Certainlit is wise to give them careful consideraUon. Read the advertisements in the daUy newspapera. They may be the means of introducing you to products that wCl take imporUnt places ia youTlife. And every day theyiffl give you to buy intelligently and make your money go farther. : of things there are to worry overt born in the soul of each ef us the fear of death. We are taught that the blood is the. very Bfe of the body. If this precious fluid begins to run away, If nothing else happens, cer tainly titers oozes out with it the bravery we ordinarly possess. This is a foolish fear and unworthy of us. 'Besides, fear sets the heart beating strongly and this in turn increases the bleeding. You see the heart is influenced by our emotions. The sight of blood is apt to depress the heart action, or else the fear stimulates and excites it. There are many forms of bleeding. Nose bleed is the commonest. It may result from in jury, from local disease, or from some systemic disturbance. . Certain diseases af the kidneva. Kmr. Innn and this may be ths beginning of oosun&i irouDie. In another case there might be what Is best described as an enlarged and easily broken blood vessel. In blowing the nose there may be a gush of blood. But let me make clear to you that nosebleed is almost Always founded on some local disturbance, easily ac counted for and corrected. Go to your doctor or a nose specialist. He will give you a little treatment and the trouble win probably disappear. If you are at home where you ha access to home 'remedies, you may use any one of several simple reme dies la treatment of nosebleed. Cold applications are recommended. They pear at the Grand opera bouse here January 23. Dr. F. E. Smith .has bought from Mrs. Jennie G. Kyle the home on Court street opposite the capitol, that was built by Frank E. Hodkin and occupied so long by Judge F. A. Moore. PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 20. (AP) Officials of the West Coast Lumbermen's association here today estimated the lumber industry of the Pacific northwest Douglas fir region, which was slowly reviving production follow ing a month of greatly reduced cutting, in January has been held to 20 per cent of normal capacity because of heavy snow and con tinued freezing weather. Mills and logging camps in the fir districts, it was pointec' out, are constructed to be operated ' V . jr. - ... . in HARD HIT By STORM " Sometimes puttiac the feet la hot water will force the blood away from the head and thus assist in coatrollinr the bleeding Pin chins the now b tween the thumb and Baser wil sometime put enough pressure oa the bleeding point . to control thf hemorrhage- Tannic add Olsaolred la water ma? be applied on cotton. The patian clears the nose by blowing out th clots of blood and a cotton tampon la then pushed into the nasal pa sas- Peroxide of hydrosea ta aJso a atlsfoctory arent Cor controlling bleeding, and one of the best things is adrenalin chloride. This Is a solu tion which Is found in many houses and Is a marked astringenL Do not be frightened. ICeep coot, no not worry, and doubtless every thins will be aU right attar waiting a short time ) Answers to Health Queries ( IRENE 8. Q. What causes tight ness and stiffness In the knees? A. This may be due to arthritis. A. M." B. Q. What causes bad breath? ' A. May be due to decayed teeth. Indigestion, nasal catarrh or consti pation. MART, C Q. Q. What should a girl of fourteen, five feet two Inches tall weigh? 2 Is it harmful to get a severe coat of tan if it does not blister? A. She should weigh about llv pounds. I No. e e ANNE K. Q. What cause a weet copperish taste In the mouth? A. This may be due to auto-ra- toxica Uon. MRS. C E. M. Q. What do you advise for my five-year-old son who Is flatfooted? A. 1 would suggest that you taks him to an orthopedist who will ad vise the proper fitting arch support' necessary to correct this conditi through a winter of rainy weath er and most ot them cannot be run successfully during heavy snow or extreme coid weather. Stewart H. Holbrook, eidtor of the Four L Ne-srs, who returned today from a tour of the fir dis trict of western Washington, de clared the Grays Harbor area" is among the districts hardest hit by weather conditions. Onlv three mills were oner aline there while logging operations were al most completely at a standstill. Holbrook said. A few mills in the Pueet Sound district am nn- eratlhg but most of the large plants are idle. All Portland mills. have been shut down for three and four days because of ice. Mills along the Columbia river in Oregon and Washington are similarly handi capped. . . PARROT FEVER FEARED WASHINGTON, Jan. 20. (AP) Federal health authorities conferred today to consider means ot reinforcing measures taken thus far to prevent further spread of the rare disease, par rot's fever.