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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-
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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
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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-
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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.
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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
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not reuorieu iiiat zus remains
Living Age records the following regarding the body of the
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nowned Italian tenor, told how Caruso's memory is being kept green
hr a select eroun of friends who
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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
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has Joined the United Press. .Lord,
Ed. Brodie win aare to read when
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dress the embalmed body of the,
tne fozxio itaia cemetery m.wapies,
perfect preservation. Its complexion
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are most noimlar a tha moment.
it's . newspapers like that which
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BITS for BREAKFAST
-By R. J. HENDRICKS
Homeward bound:
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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.
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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
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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!"
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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HARD HIT By STORM
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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.
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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.