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PAGE FOUR The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, December 7, 1932 Kittyhawk Light "THE BLACK SWAN" t&y vawuiiiii "No Favor Sways Us; No Fear Shall Arcs" From First Statesman, March 28, 1851 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING CO. Charles A. Spracui ..... Editor-Manager Sheldon F. Sackett Managing Editor Member of the Associated Press Th' Associated Press la exclusively entitled to tha on for publica tion of all news dispatches credited to It or not otherwise credited la this paper. ADVERTISING Portland Representative Gordon B Bell. Security Building. Portland. Or. Eastern Advertising Representatives Bryant. Griffith ft Brunson, Inc.. CM care. New Tork, Detroit. Boston. Atlanta. Entered at the Poetoffice at Sctem, Oregon, at Secortd-Claat Matter. Published every morning except Monday. Butineee off nc. (.'ittnhie re ial Street. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: Mail Subscription Raten. In Advance. Within Oregon : Dally and Sunday, 1 Mo. 50 cents . 3 Mo. SI. .'5: Mo. 13.25; 1 year $4.00 Slsewhere cents per Mo., or S5 00 for 1 year In advance. By City Carrier: 4a cents a month; $5.00 a year to ad vane. Per Copy 2 cents. On trains anil News Stands i cent a t 25 Years of Achievement SEVENTEEN years a?o, Willamette university, oldest higher? educational institution in the northwest, faced a gloomy prospect. Its major debts were paid, it is true, it had some endowment, but around it were growing up great state institutions which threatened to dwarf its usefulness and to make its continuation parlous. Certain trustees of the university and some of its largest patrons were not cer tain the school should continue. Back at Wesleyan in West Virginia was one Carl Gregg Doney with eight years of successful university presidency behind him. Doney was invited to take the Willamette pres idency. He accepted. When he arrived in Salem some of the alumni and trustees were not in the least sure the choice had been wise; the newcomer was not eligible for membership in the Longfellow's club; if he had played football he could not have held a line position like Ex-President Hawley but would have been forced to be quarterback. However, when the new president spoke, and counselled and planned, the trustees knew their choice had been wise. Here was a scholar and a Christian ; a genial man, soul en tirely in the school which he was bent on making a greater and stronger university. He could be trusted and he must be supported. Thus with the arrival of Dr. Doney, who this year com pletes 25 years as a college president and 17 years at Wil lamette, the university here went forward into a new and greater era. Its endowment was quadrupled. Its debts were extinguished. Its faculty was augmented and better paid. Its physical plant Was enlarged. Its equipment was made ade quate. All the; while the ideals of scholarship and character were held paramount with the students and as the years went on the record of the alumni proved the ideals of Wil lamette made its material investment worthy. The job of being a college president is a risky, exacting one. It exceeds in hazards the coach's task. Any man who can serve successfully for 17 years as a university leader has arrived. He has proved superior ability. Throughout his administration Dr. Doney has built wisely. He has insisted upon adequate endowment, ample buildings, well-equipped and paid faculty. But he has put pri ority upon the intangibles of a great university : its charge to make the student's needs paramount and his intellec tual and character development outstanding. Yesterday 400 men in all walks of life paid tribute to Dr. Doney and his accomplishment as a university pres ident. The remarks filled a nicely bound book presented by R. J. Hendricks. Men of affairs and position in Oregon like E. S. Collins, R. A. Booth, Amedee Smith, C. J. Bishop add ed their oral appreciation for Dr. Doney's work in adding to the stability and the worth of old Willamette. And Pres ident Doney, as always, responded modestly, with fine dic tion and with a renewed plea for the intangibles of scholar ship and character for which Willamette is noted. Sales Taxes THEPvE are a lot of questions about the sales taxes which are threatened both by the congress and the state legis lature. People are concerned chiefly over who will pay the tax. Will it be like freight, paid at both ends? When a farm er has hogs to sell he gets the terminal price less freight to get them there. But the seller of pork in the city says it costs o much plus freight from the country. The sales tax will result in developing a new art, that of passing along the burden. Will it be passed along to customer like the electric tax and the tax on admissions? Or will practices vary by individual businesses? It may wind up like the overcoat in the traveling man's expense account : "It's there but you don't know it". The theory of the sales tax, as we understand it, is that it shall be added to the cost of the merchandise and thus paid by the consumer. Under present competition manufacturers and merchants are in no position to absorb the tax. Many of them, like the farmers, have been living off of capital for three years, and if they were to assume the sales tax it would be ruinQus. Department store nets run only around 3 cents out of each dollar of sales even in good times. So if a sales tax of 2 comes out of their net, it will be just "too bad" for them. The sales tax sounds good in theory because it is the only thing that hasn't been tried. But as it is agitated the mercantile interests are commencing to take alarm, and there is prospect of a referendum on it. The state has to raise more revenue ; and all will have to contribute. The difficult thing is to distribute the burden with equity. Salem gives a hearty welcome to th horticulturists and the nut-growers. As the heart of the Irnit and nut-growing districts of western Oregon Salem is Tltally concerned with the progrena and prosperity of these lines of enterprise. They have their problems and worries; and these annual conventions giro thorough study to the problems which affect the producers. The papers which are pre sented are more than usually Taluable, coming as they do from practical men as weU as from college scientists. Those who hare the time will find it Interesting to drop in on the sessions at the chamber of commerce. The state congratulates Oregon City for turning down a pro posal which would have wrecked Its fine city government. Political mischief-makers sought to recall the present city commission, and bungle up the administration of the city's business in spite of the fact that It has given Oregon City one of the best city governments ia the west. The rest of the state applauds the display of sanity In the seat of Clackamas county. Speaking of the "Sea Thrush" wreck the reporting done by Jack Routh of Astoria for the Oregonian was a nice bit of work. Well-written, with fine sense of the drama of the situation, the story rates as one of the good pieces of journalism In 1933. A free lance writer was the Thrush". A real shipwreck, and up in the first person. What a The Oregonian comments that are hungry not for bread but for publicity. That frost makes the genuine easterner yearn for buckwheat 'caEes&nr T8al fflap1yftt$. - - only passenger on the Ill-fated "Sea she the only one there to write It break! the people on the hunger march power. It might add, hungry for i ;i ; V" " . 1 j I- M J- ' WRIGHT MEIlOrWife BITS for BREAKFAST Bv R. J. HENDRICKS- McLoughlin's answer to spies: S (Continuing from yesterday:) "By the provisions of the Joint occupation treaty British and American subjects alike were en titled to settle in the Oregon country. The fur monopoly of the Hudson's Bay company, therefore, and its legal jurisdiction ex tended over British subjects only by act of parliament. " S "This history of the Oregon country until the treaty of 1846 revolves to a large extent around the forceful personality of Dr. McLoughlin. He ruled over the Indians and British subjects, principally trappers in the em ploy of the company, firmly and wisely. To his salutary Influence is attributed, in no small degree, the almost utter lack of Indian war3 and crimes during his ten ure of office. He inspired respect by his InslKtcnce upon equal Jus tice for red men and white. Per haps the preservation of harmony waa owing largely to his interdict Daily Health Talks By ROYAL S. COPELAND, M. D. By ROYAL S. COPELAHD, M. D. United States Senator from New Tork. Former CommUtioner tf BeaJth, Xew York City. THIS 13 THE time of year when "quinsy sore throat" may come to plague us. It is a disease which oc curs moat frequently in early spring and late fall, but any tlm when weather Is changeable It ap pears to prosper. This is an un comfortable and painful amieUon and sometimes prov.es serious. Quinsy is quite different from the sore throat tha t accompan ies a cold. In quinsy sore throat an ab scess forms. Like Or. Copeiand any other ab scess. It must be opened and the pus gotten rid of beore relief and cur can be obtained. The Infection that causes this ail ment la usually traced to enlarged and diseased tonsils. As a rule, even though both tonsils ax abnormal, quinsy affects one side only. It may be a complication of tonsllitis. in flammation of th tonsil. May Follow Tonsilitia In tonsllitis the tonsils become swollen, enlarged and palnfuL Swal lowing la mora and more difficult and fever la present Sometimes the acute symptoms of th attack sub eld, bat pain In on aid of th throat may continue. This may b du to abscess In the tonsil. Not all cases of tonsllitis result la quinsy sore throat, of course. But a- .y, Answers to Health Queries Luclle. Q. What would cause pain to the right of the stomach. Just under the thorax? A. This la probably du to gas. 1. S. Q. Is there a way for re ducing th nose? A I would suggest that you con fblt a plastlo surgeon; he will ad Jtse you. A Reader. Q. I am II years old. 4 ft 11 Inches tall, how much should I weigh? A For your height and ag you should weigh about 109 pounds as determined by examination of a num ber of people. M. R. N. Q. My heart stop beat- 4ns for a little- wkUe, la this sirtsneT ' upon the sale of liquor to the In dians. S "Great as was his Influence ia maintaining peace ia the Oregon country during the fur regime, still greater were his services In standing tor the cause of har mony when Great Britain and the United States were ready to plunge into hostilities over the disputed territory. McLoughlin early saw that Great Britain had no chance to secure territory south of the Columbia river. Nev ertheless he advised the retired employes of the company to set tle in the fertile Willamette val ley, territory destined to be Amer ican. This shows the human side of the man. He was true to the interests of the company he served, yet when the appeal to aid distress came, he was superior to interests of profit and served un iversal human necessities. We re fer to the American Immigration from 1841 on. What should Mc Loughlin do in regard to these vanguards of civilization? How such attacks are Ilkeiy to recur un less th diseased tonsils are re moved. On attack of quinsy sore throat will probably b followed by another. Though not all diseased tonsils re sult In quinsy sore throat, I would advise their removal Infected tonsils are a menac t health. They lead to kidney disease, heart disease, arthritis, neuritis and other disturbances within the body In children, diseased tonsils fre quently result in acuta rheumatic fever. They render th youngster liable to various infections and hin der normal growth and development Quinsy sors threat Is a dangerous condition and should not b neglect ed. Du to th poisons which are absorbed from th abscess In the throat, rover damag may be done to th heart and kidney. Do Net Delay Treatment Let me warn you against th dan ger of waiting too long for th ab scess to "break" of Its own accord If simple treatment does not relieve the pain and difficulty In swallowing It la probable your doctor will advise that th abscess be opened at one. For soma unexplained reason It Is customary to bare tonsils removed during warm weather. If the tonsils are actually diseased and cause re peated attacks or tonsllitis and quinsy sore throat, delay In dealing with them la dangerous. Do not watt for warm weather, but have them at tended to as soon as possible. Many persons with diseased tonsils ar advised to hare them removed. They delay action and postpone the necessary operation simply because they fear It. This la foolish, because removal of th tonsils la a slmpl measure. It need cause no undue alarm or anxiety. I have txen examined and told my heart la an right A ThLi may be due U ladiga Uon, there is no cause for alarm. Mrs. A. F. E. Q. What da yea advise for reducing? A Eat very sparingly of starches and sweet Send alf -addressed stamped envelop for full particular and repeat your question. F. a. Q. What causae the tongue to crack? A This may be due to add In the system caused by a faulty diet and poor elimination. Send self -addressed stamped envelop for full particulars and repeat your question. should h order his agents throughout the Oregon country to treat these frontiersmen, filled with prejudice against England? One line of policy, and that pur sued by the average man, would have been to set the Indians upon them, to refuse aid and succor to them at the company's posts, to place every hindrance and vex ation in the way of an advance that meant the downfall of the fur domain. Such a policy also undoubtedly would hkve meant war between the United States and Great Britain. S S "McLoughlin, howeyer, d 1 d none of these things. He order ed the Indians to keep the peace; he everywhere aided the tattered and penniless immigrants with supplies and money and he Join ed the provisional government of Oregon to prevent the rabid anti British Americans from attacking Fort Vancouver and thus precip itating hostilities. From the Hud son's Bay company McLoughlin received censure for his compro mising attitude toward the Amer icans, while from many of the Americans whom he aided he re ceived, as a Britisher, only slan der. Hi personal fortune was ex hausted through aiding many of the immigrants who subsequently refused repayment. a "a "After his resignation as chief factor and severance of his rela tions with the Hudson's Bay com pany, McLoughlin lived at Ore gon City where he possessed much property in lots. He became an American citizen and hoped to live out his life in peace in the country he had done so much to develop. Such a happy consumma tion was denied him. By sharp practices and propaganda on the part of his enemies he lost most of his land claims. He died in 1857 an embittered and unrequit ed man. S "In 1845 Lieutenants Warr and Vavasour were sent by the British government to Oregon for ; the purpose of examining the country with respect to the meas ures to be taken by England In case of war between that coun try and the United States over the Oregon boundary question; also to sound out opinion there among the American settlers and offi cials of the Hudson's Bay com pany. Their report was damaging to McLoughlin and was one or th reasons of his resignation as chief factor. S S "The following document is Mc- Loughlin's answer to the criticism in the Warre and Vavasour re port. It is copied from the Mc Loughlin papers in the Bancroft Library, University of California. Criticism of Warre and Vavasour "Remarks by the undersigned on the following extract of the Messrs. Warre and Vavasour re port sent by Sir George Simpson, governor in chief Rupert's Land (area of the original grant to the Hudson's Bay company) and council to James Douglas Esqr. (successor at Fort Vancouver to McLoughlin) and by him com municated to Joha McLoughlin: " 'In conclusion we must beg to be allowed to observe with an un biased opinion that whatever may have been the orders or the mo tives of the gentlemen in charge of the Hudson's Bay company! posts their policy has tended to the introduction of the Americaa settlers into the country. We are convinced that without their as sistance not 30 families would now hare been In the settlement. Tbji first immigration ia 1341 or 184 2 arrived in so miserable a condition that had It not been for the trading posts of the Hudson' Bay company they mast have starred or been cat off by th Ia dians. Through motives ct hu manlty we ar willing to believe and from th anticipation of ob taining their exports of wheat andrgimr W tar gnirahrBr - ttr - inursia j la ta year UM, wkea piracy I was rasspaat m ta 8paausa Mala, Macffla Harradine eailec frees the Wst Iniiee bowad far Eaglaae! aboard ta "Ceataor." Fa la ae ceaipaBled by middle-aged afajer Saads. the aid f her late father waa had beea Captala-Csairal f the Leeward Isle. Th Major alms ta via PriadHa's kaai aad fortnn. If oneiear Caarlee a Berala, former Dec tenant ef the aotorloaa baeca aeer, Henry Hrgaa i aboard. Ta Major la ktil toward D Beraia, coaaideriag th latter a pirate, hat Priadlla is fascinated by hi charm aad wit. Morgaa new is Governor sf Jamaica, and employed by hi King te rid th sea ef pirates. A few till clad him among them th scoundrel Tom Leach, for whoa eapture Morgaa has posted a re ward. Leach, en his ship Th Black Swan." engages th "Centaur" ta eembat and captures her, killing all hands on deck. In the cabin, De Bernis cautions the Major aad Pris eilla against denying anything he ssys as their lives may depend oa it He Introduces Prisdlls as his wife and the Major as his brother- in-law. De Bernis whets the pirate's greed with a story of a fortnn to b gleaned from a Spanish plate fleet sailing shortly, adding that he left Morgaa to search for Leach and enlist his aid ia its capture. De Bernis and Leach sign an agree ment that the former will lead the pirates t the plate fleet and re ceive one fifth of the treasure. Leach begrudges De Bernis such a large share bnt later, the pirate's lieutenant, Wogan, infers that the premise can be broken after the spoils are ia their possession. He also reminds Leach that Priscilla woald also be a fair prize. CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Monsieur de Bernis removed the pistol-bearing stole from about bis neck, lifted over his head the bal drick, to the carriages of which his long rapier was attached, and de livered on and the other to Pierre, with orders to bestow them ia bis cabin. They had been assumed chiefly for decorative purposes, and they had served their turn. Next he went to open the door of the cabin into which he had ush ered his fellow voyagers, and in vited them to come forth again. They came. Miss Priscilla pale and shaken, yet making a spirited attempt to conceal her feelings, the Major, also pallid, but truculent. and with no notion of dissembling, Terhaps youll tell us, sir, pre cisely what you intend by as," he demanded aggressively. They might have observed had they looked mora closely that d Bernis, himself, wore the strained,1 jaded air of a man who has passed through an ordeaL But not on that account did his patience desert him. He ignored the Msjor, however, and addressed himself entirely to the lady, who bad come to lean against the table. "Be assured, at least, that I In tend th best that I can do." Bat Major Sands did not mean to be Ignored. "Why should you?" he demanded. "Being what you are. why should you?" De Bernis smiled wearily. "I see that you've been eavesdropping. I can but assure you, and you, mademoiselle, that in spit of what I am, you shall be as safe as I can contrive to make you." Miss Priscilla looked at him with troubled eyes. "Was it truer what yea told that pirate? Are you, in deed, associating yourself with those . . . those men?" Monsieur de Bernis took tlm to answer bar. "Th question implies a doubt. Yon find it Incredible. From jroa that is a compliment. I thank you for it But I may not encourage it" "Then your service to Captain Bransome, your taking command oa ment and to the Sandwich Islands at a cheaper rate the agents of the H. B. company gave encour agement to their settlement and goods were forwarded to the Wil lamette Falls and retailed to these citizens of the United States at even a more advantageous rate than to British subjects. Thus en couraged, emigrations left th states In 1843. 1844, 1841 and were received in the same cordial manner. Their numbers have in creased so rapidly that the Brit ish party ar now ia th minority and the gentlemen of the Hud son's Bay company have been obliged to Join th organization without any reserve except the mere favor of the oath of office. Their lands are invaded, them selves insulted, and they now re quire the protection of th Brit ish government against th very people to th Introduction of whom they have been more than accessory.' " "McLoagblin's Defen Mess. Warre and Vavasour state " 'Whatever may have been the orders or motives of th gen tlemen of the Hudson's Bay com pany.' "Th orders I received from th governor and committee and 81r George Simpson and th council are at Vancouver and speak for themselves and in compliance with them my motives were to manage th business under my charge, with th utmost of my ability as most conducive to th interest of th Hudson's Bay com pany consistent with th duties of an honest man and a faithful British subject. " Their policy has tended to th Introduction of Americaa set tlers.' "As to oar policy it has beea to support religion and to n eourag industry so as ta main tain peace and order ia th coun try which was not only our duty but our Interest, as they ar the only means of happiness and se curity." (Continued tomorrow.) A survey of tourist 'cabins ia New Hampshire showed that 39 tPwnei3ad 1,149 cabins. Captain Bransome lay, with fallen at the foot the gun-deck, was a pretence?" "A reasonable inference." He shrugged. "It is useless to argue against facta. Remembering that, you will perhaps remember that it is also a fact that, for the time be ing at least, I have made you safe from Captain Leach and his crew. If the word of a buccaneer counts for anything with you, believe that it will be my aim to send you safely home to England. Unfortunately, this is not possible at once. Delays are unavoidable now. And there may be anxieties and discomforts. Bnt I hope and. indeed, I am con fident nothing worse. Meanwhile, I will beg you to keep the cabin, where I shall contrive that you are private." Upon that he left them to go on deck. He came out into the horrible shambles of the waist, still strewn with the bodies of the fallen men who had composed the crew of the Centaur and of three or four buc caneers whom they had cut down before being, themselves, over whelmed. Captain Bransome lay, with a cloven skull, where he had fallen at the foot of the companion, so that to go up to the quarter-deck d Bernis had to step over the body of that good-natured burly fellow, who last night had been rejoicing la the thought that this was his last voyage. His last voyage it had proved, indeed, and it had ended sooner far than hs had been ex pecting. If de Bernis thought of this aad bestowed an inward sigh on that honest life, so ruthlessly and wan tonly extinguished ia the very mo ment of reaching for the reward of its industry and courage, his coun tenance remained nevertheless set sad Impassive, as he went up th companion, a brave, jaunty figure ia his violet and silver. From a knot of men gathered about the mala hatch, from which the coaming had been removed, cam a hailing cheer for him la a sodden cry of: "Topgallant! Topgallant 1" It informed him that the news of bis presence and identity and of th en tecs rise to which he was to Yesterdays ... Of Old Salem Town Talks from The States man of Earlier Daya December 7, 1907 The friends of the'State univer sity at Eugene feel that the word ing for the ballots for the June 5 lection, referring to th referen um rote on the appropriation for that institution is misleading. W. C. Winslow has filed a petition with Judge Galloway for a friend ly suit ia equity to clear up the difficulty. CORVALLIS Coach Gordon B. Frost of U. of O. is not to be re tained to direct the football squad next year at U. of O., according to reports, as the students have decided that he does not know enough of the fine points of the game and does not make his men practice enough. Dr. C. F. Chase, second team coach, Michigan man who came west to coach Willam ette, probably will succeed Frost. Yesterday a force of mea was hnsv on the sew Court itrMl pavement cleaning away the mud that had been carried there in considerable quantity by th ve hlalas coming from the unpaved streets. December 7, 1023 A Joyously received "bomb shell" was thrown into the Wil lamette Forward Movement lunch eoa yesterday, when President Carl O. Doney announced that A. N. Bask at Salem had pledged 128,331 ta th ndowraent and building campaign. EUQENB Four small children were burned to death, three more seriously burned and four grown peopl received injuries from which perhaps two wUl die, when a Quantity of gasoltn that was being ased to start a fir ia a stove exploded at th home of Iver Johnson here last night. Chief Justice Georg. HiurAa4,sai-lochr. a cloven skull, where he had ef the companion. lead them had already spread through the ranks of Tom Leach's followers. The cry was taken up by others on the forecastle. It drowned the sounds of merriment that were emerging from the galley, to tell of ruffians finding entertainment there. De Bernis paused, midway in his ascent of the companion, and half turned to wave a hand in acknowl edgment to his acclaimers. Then he went on, and stepped upon the quarter-deck, to meet the lowering glance of Leach. The Captain en gaged there with Wogan and a score of hands, considering the tangle overhead which had resulted from the boarding, and dictating measures for disengaging the two vessels, which now, with yards al most bare, were drifting slowly before the breeze. It was in the articles that Mon sieur de Bernis had aigned with Captain Leach that the Frenchman should take command of the cap tured vessel with a prize crew from the Black Swan. De Bernis had in sisted upon this, claiming it as du to a leader of his distinction among buccaneers. Grudgingly Captain Leach had yielded the point. But now that de Bernis came on deck to exercise his command, he was to learn that the other had found a way to curtail it "Wogan stays aboard wi' you," he was curtly informed. TeU need a lieutenant. And yell have Halli well for your sailing-master." De Bernis was under no delusion as to his real Intention. These men were placed her by the pirate's suspicious nature to keep him hon est. He displayed, however, ao sign of resentment. "That suits me very well, pro vided it is understood they take their orders from me." And h pro ceeded immediately to the assertion of bis authority. "Well begin at once by getting the carpenters to work on the rudder-head, and swab, bers to clean op th mess you'v made on these decks. I liks a tidy ship." (T Be CoattaaeO Caarricfct. 1932. hj Rafael Safcatial Jfatribated b' Sua Fcatwaa Kra4m laa. nett of the Oregon supreme court yesterday wrote a recommenda tion endorsing Judge Charles H. Carey of Portland for appoint ment to the United States su preme court to fill a vacancy which it is understood will be made on the supreme bench in a short time. Daily Thought "Genius is mainly a matter of energy, and poetry is mainly an affair of genius; therefor a na tion characterised by energy may well be eminent in poetry." Mat thew Arnold. Thirteenth Chair Is Vehicle Chosen By Drama Pupils SILVERTON, Dec. . Th Sll verton high school Playmakera will present its play, "Th Thir teenth Chair." Friday night, De cember 3, at the Eugene Field au ditorium under th direction of Guy DeLay. The cast includes Margaret Lar son, Lynn Johnson, PauUn Hea Jum, Laurel Hansen, Catherin Tomison, Evelyn Stewart. Anna Larson, Glenn Scott, Merle Dav enport, Loyal Aydelott, Georg Reed. George Smitj, Buss Tweed. Versa Beugli, Wayn Satchwell and Louise Latham. Cooks' Club Formed For Rural Children ROCKY POINT, Dec. t A 4-H cooking club has beea organized at th Rocky Point school. Grace Knaph Is president; Vera Block er, ric president; Evangeline Williams, secretary. Th follow ing joined, Grace Knaph, Vera Blocker, Evangeline Williams, Ruby Shatto, Mary Shamberger, Germain Etzel, Angee Shamber ger, Bernlc Lambrecht, Rutn Williams, Kathryn Lambrecht Hazel Bloeher, RMahart Smith