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PAGE FOUR THE CAPITAL JOURNAL, SALEM, OREGON nnrrml JT ! 1 t T,3( . .1 ILL " -...-e r - Salem, Oregon ; An Independent Newspaper, Published every evening eieept Sunday Telephone 81; newt 82 GEORGE PUTNAM, Editor and Publisher Time to Adjourn j Both the president of the senate and the speaker of the house agree in asserting that no emergency exists to justify j the calling of a special session of the legislature and that the best thing that can be done is to adjourn and go homej and stop the expense. That this is the view also of a majority of the members of both houses is apparent from their actions, for certainly they have accomplished nothing worth the calling of an ex tra session- nor are they likely to for whatever legislation is enacted will be so hastily considered as to probably Con tain fatal i?ffpct.S. ,-. The truth is that no sentiment existed outside of Portland for a special Bession. On the contrary, there was and is wide spread opposition both to the calling of the session ana to trie purpose for which it was called the voting of a tax to pay for an exposition. . The fact that this opposition was unorgan ized has not in the least prevented its effectiveness. Portland has long considered herself Oregon and figured she had but to demand and the state would comply. Her exposition promoters, figured that they had but to command and the legislature would obey illusions now in a way to be riisnelled. Since the state surrendered to Portland leadership, the average levy rate for state taxes has increased from i.ob mills in 1912 to 9.39 mills, the levy rate for 1922 taxes. This is an increase of over 500 per cent, without figuring anything for a Portland exposition. In 1907 state taxes totalled $625,000. In 1912 they had grown to $1,385,616. In 1921 they had jumped to $9,493,105 while in 1922 the people must pungle up $9,587,255 to pay fnr ttia Aanra nf the t.axeaters. These figures alone convince the tax-payers of the state that the time has arrived to call a halt and clamp the lid down that another million a year for three years must not be exacted for an exposition or any other cause, le3t taxation spell confiscation. ' It is as unfair to the auto owner as it is to the property owner to make him pay for Portland's merry-go-round. The motorist is already paying for the paved highways and their maintenance and further mulcting by means of a gas oline sale tax is penalizing. . Nor is it possible, in the limited time of the session to prepare a satisfactory income tax bill to finance the fair. An income tax is not the need of Oregon it will merely dig' up more money to further inflate the cost of govera- W As'a matter of fact, no tax can be conjured for an exposi tion that will not be discriminating and unfair, because it is special legislation in behalf of special interests and a special locality at public expense. If we are to have an exposition, it should be financed as all other expositions have been, privately and by its Dene iio)M ntw ritiVa have had no difficulty in raising mon- ey but Portland made no effort to so finance her proposed vnnaition or to enlist the support of the state in such financing because it was easier to soak the tax payer or the fair boomers thought it was. , Therefore, the suggestions of the president of the senate j i.v. ov. r.f tfcn hmis art to the Doint the sooner the Hiiu me bwhvw v . . , 1 . M ft. tVio ovTinaii inn financing b&CK 10 me promoters and adjourns, the better for the taxpayers. tar 15 m.fiv rue MfxTFFk AITUTM Ifoh MXlSneCibson"- I I II i H 1J ' mm ii - n What's New On The Market By Box Stewart The turkey market la looking exceedingly Orm. Forty two cents was offered this morning and a retail price of 48 and 50 cents was established throughout the stores. The retail price may go as high as 65 cents within the next day or two. with a depression on the Portland market Friday or Saturday. Due to the cold weather merchants have bought early with out fear of their stocks spoiling and as a consequence have had Jobbers thinking that there Is a greater demand than there actu ally Is. Late arrivals of birds In the city are expected to take a de crease. This condition can hardly be expected to affect the local market, which may run short If more offerings are not made. Black Cornish capons are on the market at a price cheaper than turkey, though the supply is very limited. They are semi-game birds and delicious eating, and re treated on all hotel menus as an extreme delicacy. They were raised locally, have the else of a very small turkey, and are retail ing for 45 cents a pound. A 19 pound ham would make better Christmas present, to any one needing food, than-a turkey. A turkey must be eaten within a day or two, a ham en be kept for a long time and can be purchas ed tor 30 cents a pound. Bill to Prohibit lBocs In Congress Washington, Dec. 81. A, bill prohibiting the formation In eon- grpss of "blocs" based upon par ticular pursuit or geographical lo cation for the purpose or "in any way affecting legislation" was tn tr.ul uned today by Representative A .s renublican. New York. Stuffed Phone Coin Box Rains Nickels on Release New York, Dec. 21. Next time you go into 'a telephone pay sta tion, deposit your nickel, wait five minutes and fail to get your party, and the operator says "I will re turn your money," and you wait for the familiar tinkle of the jit ney in the metallic "coin return'' box, and it doesn't come; and you are about to tell the operator that she Is not playing fair with you just take a close look at the slot through which the coins are sup posed to drop. v Perhaps you will find there a wedge of paper, wood or some otU er substauce which prevents the release of the coveted coin. And when you take out the plug per haps you will get, not one nickel but a whole rain of them. This novel method of acquiring funds was discovered, here when detectives apprehended David Le vitch, 18-year-old clerk, in the act of colling from his "route" of telephone coin boxes. Levitch says he got the idea when he found a coin box in the subway plugged that way. One evil result of the practice Is said to be that a lot ot perfectly "dear" telephone operators are talked to in language that is not suited to their feminine ears and understanding. Turkey Growers Advised To Sell Ban Francisco, Dec. 11. Tur key producers were advised by Harry S. Maddox, state market director, to dispose ot their birds at a "reasonable profit rather than hold them for prices "which may antagonise consumers." Turkeys are moving slowly on the local market, Maddox declared In a statement today, and said there was evidence the consumer would not pay more than the pre vailing maximum of 60 cents a puund. The price to producers probably would not go below 40 Tommy Warner Calls Why, of course I will not hate you," I reassured the little bride. "I am very glad you got the part. Gloria, you know, asked to be ex cused. She has some very great trouble that makes It necessary for her to leave the city at once." "Oh, how lovely!" exclaimed the little bride. "Oh, I don't mean that," she added quickly. "I don't mean it is lovely that she has bad the trouble, but I do meau St Is lovely that she was not let out That is the gossip that has been going over the studio. I will & my best to stop it, now that you have told me." "And your husband Is not well Mrs. T" I hesitated, for 1 did not know her name. "Oh, don't you know my name? It is Ruth Drayton. Poor Ralph has not been well since he arriv ed here. ' I think it Is because he was so worried when he could not get a job either as a publicity man or as a reporter ou one ot the papers, and my job in the pictures, which was partly prom ised me, did not show up. If the truth must be told, Miss Winston, Ralph and I should never have married, for while he has not really got tuberculosis his lungs have been affected since he return ed from overseas. He ha never fully recovered from a gas attack. The doctors tell ua that out here he will get better, but of course he hasn't had time yet. He was way down in the depths when 1 came away this morning and I am Just craxy until lunch time, when I can telephone him the good news. You will come and see us won't you, Miss Winston T Ralph will be so happy when he knows that I have met you out here again We have spoken of you many times since we came and I told Ralph that I had Been you at the studio when I went home last night." "On the set. Miss Drayton," called Tommy Warner and he stopped to whisper to me: would have given you the. part it you had had any experience at all. That little girl haa been on the stage." I didn't know it then, but since I have grown to hate that word experience. About every picture studio in Hollywood the word hangs like a pall over the enthu siasm, ambition and talent of those who want to break luto the profession. Directors will tell you: "We' think you can do the part. It is absolutely your type, but we can't give it to you for you have had no experience." - I think directors and producers are the moBt fearful people in all the world. And they are incon sistent, too. They will take long chances and produce a common place story by an author who has had more or less popularity. In deed, it is whispered about Holly wood that many of the producers are so afraid that some other one might get the production of the pen of this of that author that they have signed these men and women up at large salaries, only to find their stories worthless for the screen. I have often wished, and so has every other youthful aspirant, for screen fame, that they would lake the chance with the actor that they do with the author. But no. They toss the word experience to you, and that is to be given a chanee. The day seemed interminable. I did not know what was happen ing to Ria. I heard the whispers and saw the glances ot those about me, and I knew that the word was going about that I had been turned down tor Gloria's part. Tommy Warner, also scenting this, was especially nice to me. Jack Thompson and I were giv en all the prominence possible In every scene in which the atmos phere was used. Jack was rather disappointed that I did not get the part, but when I told him about Ruth Drayton and her hus band and how much she needed it than I he said: "You are a good sport, Virgie. I thought so the moment I looked at you. 1 know it now, when I find you are a good loser." I couldn't make him understand that I had never had the part. They only shot three scenes in which the atmosphere was used during the whole day and with the thoughts ot what Rla might be going through just at thia time I thought I should go .mad. The usual waiting was absolutely un bearable today. But at last as I was In Rla's dressing room, which I was now sharing with Ruth Drayton, Tom my Warner came to the door. "Vlrgle," he said. "I hav Just had telephone from Gloria. She wants me to bring you down to her apartment in my ear." And then he bent lower and whispered as be ready in a minute. So nice ot you to take me home." I knew from the look that Ruth gave me that she thought Tommy Warner had fallen for me (as Rla would say), especially as she said "I don't think you are going to have any trouble getting on in pictures. Hiss Winston." Tomorrow Virginia gets a Sur prise. Shanghai Has Largest Radio Plant In World ftiant Airship Roma In Flight Washington, Deo. 81. The eml-rlgld dirigible Roma, the largest American airship, arrived over Washington shortly before noon today on her first long dis tance flight after having been brought to the United States from Italy and reassembled at Langley field, Va. ; Gas Tax Hope (Continued from Page One.) and there enough ot them indi cating an eagerness to wield the axe in execution of the Kubli property tax bill and the Bean in come tax bill to Indicate that both if these measures are doom- The ed. . The second conclusion is diuxu upon a statement by Speaker Bean Shanghai. China, Dec. II.- world's most powerful radio sta tion Is to be built in Shanghai. It . -,rtin. hla arguments in vwtH be larger than any now in op- behalf ot his income tax bill be- eration in America and as large fore the committee in which he as the greatest wireless' plant in warned the legislators that "it e' . - they expected to get action on any the world at Bordeaux. France. they had bet. According to plans now being car- ter De preBented at once as the rled out, the big overseas station house is figuring on adjourning wUl surpass even the Bordeaux Thursday afternoon." station In equipment, as It Is to be , Th,lB "v Sh, Jo fitted with all time-saving appara- f "f.01"!1"" o tus of recent invention. , tax WU "offers an WuUyto The monster station is to com- Ti if ll ii any pleted and in operation within 18 ? probab, 7, m" ' lB months. An idea of its scope may ffVni whatever x. . 4. ,t ..ii. fair financing measure, whatever be gathered from the fact that this . d ( fi ht station will have six towers, each nature, is Biaiea lor ngut 1006 feet in height. It will be """ able to communicate with ny porters of the property tax pro- j. . .r..r4 ana riDrnvniMirH . M be subject to a fine of $5000) cents, ha said, and added that this It was proved they be- figure would provide, la most lc ed t ft "bloc." ca"9- nat profit. radio station in the world, i ' : nil. 111 I. n nnA A All 1UB BLUllUU will "P"" , t, t f tJ tU forms of wireless communication, ,,,,,, , . . . , . futility of this. cause was shown and, in addition to the commer- exposition cial service to be given, there will- commlttaa ln preeenting to the be a press service of 3500 words commlttee for lt8 con8laeratlon.a daily between America and China, ,ne u meagure modeied thus establishing a continuous somewhat alonff tha Une oI the dally news service. ; ' Fletcher bill except that it in The project Is being carried out yo,veg a con8titutional amend by the Federal Telegraph Company m(mt tQ Talldate taig form ot tax. of San Francisco. The work will ation be done by this company and the Ag'a con,panion mi to the con. Chinese government under terms stttutlonal amendment the legis- ot the agreement of January 8, ,ature wl,i be aBked to jncrease 1921. All difficult diplomatic tlle present tax of two cents per problems and differences of oppos- gaii0n to three cents per gallon, ing interests that developed when prom the revenue derived from the project was launched have tns source then $5000 per month been solved. would be diverted to the state highway fund for maintenance purposes, as the entire -revenue now Is, and the balance would be diverted to the exposition fund until the sum of $3,000,000 has been accumulated. After that the entire tax would again tie divert ed to the highway fund. "In proposing the property tax no how the fair should financ ed," Griffiths declared in explain ing that ihe gasoline tax bill also was mefsly offered "as a sugges tion for $uf0nsjderation of the law. makers, who, - he believed were agreeable t state participa tion In the fair if only some plan for this financing? conld be agreed upon. - "" : ' ' Griffith on Tax " "I believe the people of the state want the fair. Advices re ceived by the exposition commit tee from every section of the state so Indicate. But the matter of fi nancing the . fair is another thing," Griffith declared. - Under the proposed gasoline tax measure as under - the proposed property tax, Griffith explained, Multnomah county would con tribute one third of the total state contribution to the fair in addi tion to the $2,000,000 Toted by the city of Portland. "Don't adjourn without doing something," he pleaded In explain lng that the exposition committee was not advocating any particular method of financing the fair and was not even wedded to the gaso line tax bill if a better method could be devised, for meeting the problem. Logical Says Knbli Defending his personal proper-, ty tax before the committee Rep resentative Kubli declared it to be the "most logical, most sensi ble and moet equitable way" of financing 'the fair that has yet been proposed. However he Intimated that it might not pass, this . depending largely upon whether the legis lators had the nerve or courage to stand up tor what is for the Wednesday December m i favor of the legislature, That even the most ardent sup-, best Interests of the state. Many An inventor In Italy has devised a machine by which the impres. sions of a finger-print may be sent by wire. ' " For the first time in seven years the first complete telephone directory has been issued in Paris. There are no fewer than. 175 the exposition tommittee had no different kinds of wood In the for- thought of attempting to foreclose ests of Florida.. ' 1 ' ' . the Judgment of the legislators as of the lawmakers who were against his bill he declared, real ly recognized its merits but were afraid to antagonize their con stituents by voting for another property tax. Speaker Bean, differing with Kubli, insisted that his income tsx proposal was the most equit able way yet offered for flnanc lnt tbe fair. By his pliy, he in sisted, only tbose would be asked In pav who are able to p.iy an 1 In pr.irortlon to their abill'v to piv. Whether the Income tax was adopted as a means of financing the fair or not it would be adopt ed ultimately as a ' solution to Oregon's tax problem. Bean pre dicted. The bill, he explained, was drafted by Jack Latelle of Portland and was modeled after the federal income tax bill and a model form for state income tax purposes prepared by the National Tax association. It would raise approximately $2,275,00 year In Oregon, he declared. ; mccaeb w if . , rva I TU CHARD fa That Tanlac is a wonderful medicine for delicate children is conclusively proven by the remark able results accomplished In the cases of the three children shown in this picture. Little Blanche Blair, of Provi dence, R. I., age 13, gained 10 pounds; Regina McCabe, at right, age 9, of Scranton, Pa., gained 15 pounds; little Richard Leary, Jr., of Philadelphia, who was very delicate, is now in fine, robust health. The statements made by their parents are as follows: Mr. A. M. Blair residing at 20 Atwood street, Providence, R. I. said: "We are Just so happy over the change Tanlac has made in our little girl that we can't do or say enough to show : our ap preciation. She had lost nearly 20 pounds in weight and looked so trail and weak that her mother and I were both almost worried sick ver her condition. Since taking Tanlac she has already gained 10 pounds her color is bet ter than it ever has been and she looks and acts like a, different girt." Ii.- Mrs. Catherine McCate, 414 Dickens Ave.. Scranton. Pa., said "The "flu' left my little Regina in such a bad condition that 1 have no idea she would be with me now it it hadnt been for Tniai- it is a mystery to me I stuck my head out of the door:jnow ane HTed on tne nttle she "Virginia, did you know that I M eaUnK and wa8 so lifeless Gloria and Herb Richardson are I neTer eTen cad to pUy with going to be married this evenlngT an toya 8ne sot at "Yes, I knew It. but I thought slnc Mng Tanlac II ,w" BMret- , she la as hardy and well as any "It is. She wants us to go!8 " . ,ained with them and be witnesses. I v , . . . . -iwll, don't understand It yet. but she pou.nds i" 7leh IZl lll I. ... I. d m.ll,lnr fnF Kit. Pr ty Dalton nd Herb 1 going to ""Je girl's health 1 Richard Leary, 2342 Palethor- There tea t sxwn mrtA hlAW ItaWirtll! atff ll. . " -v". .... pe St.. Philadelphia, said: lu Mat. - . ... ... j . I stepped back and said loudly o aouot m my imnu for Ruth s benefit: All right. I ll rl&c saved my little boy a lif-v, British Cancel Reservations Washington, Dec. 31. The British delegation today cancelled reservation it had - made on a steamer sailing from New York on December 31. It was stated mem bers of the delegation think there is little chance of their being able to leave before the middle of Jan uary. The British delegation was said to feel that the action ot the Japa nese delegation in calling upon Toklo for further Instructions in regard to Shantung would Involve considerable delay in the settle ment of that question owing to the slowness of cable communica tion between America and Japan. It was expected there will be a number of fag ends remaining to be disposed of, which might hold the conference in session until the middle ot January. Farm Home At Dallas Burned 1921 MM (Bart: 7r?nriMw - pri vacy, -tfiirtk ' how SW: "ILL a.Uti,k &&M&&$fc' More people, arrive, at-hh y... , by the orge route than, my ctfor, fa. ckeerful woman, is always beautiful ' " meitter kow homely she iJ- ' T?vtt fellow who sayj he can. lick any man. in. towa Is '"S ready to be htked hitns&n. , pefore yoo tan. get into ' good." socitfiT vow Kve to quit doinh useful worlc HEZ HECK SAY Si fa woman, remembers wore about dresses and fiats she sees ito f , cwrcn. xnaa nc ooej about- the serrnoaV ( TiU Irs. - i MS" J & f Premier Denies Coercing Irish Belfast, Dec. 21. (By Associ ated Press) "I stand by every thing I said," declared Robert C. Barton today, when shown the semi-official statement Issued In London, denying that Premier Lloyd-George had coerced the Irish plenipotentiaries through a threat of war, as stated by Mr. Barton in the Dall Eireann. Mr. Barton was a mem'ber ot the Sinn Fein delegation which signed the treaty. Accuse 13 of Night Murder Ardmore, Okla., Dec. 21. (By Associated Press) A statement declaring thirteen men charged with murder in connection with the killing last Tuesday night of j Joe Carroll at Wilson were parti of approximately 150 men who assembled at night in a secluded pasture and sent eight of their number to Carroll's home to bring him to the pasture, was issued here today by James H. Mathers, county attorney. " For two years I wouldn't have been a bit surprised to have seen him drop off at any time. He had stomach trouble and many a time the gas pressed up Into his chest until his heart palpitat ed so I thought sure he couldn't breathe but a few more gasps, j But Tanlac gave him back to us strong and well and we will praise it to our dying day." The effect of Tanlac on the delicate stomachs of the young is one ot the strongest evidences of its wholesomeness as well as its unusual merit. Although a po werful ' reconstructive, Tanlac contains no harmful ingredients, minerals or opiates which are so often found In other medicines. Being - composed of the most beneficial roots and herbs known to science it is purely vegetable i id can be ttilcej o :hi :ucsl delicate children, and does not upset or Injure the weakest or most delicate stomach. Tanlac Dallas, Or., Dec. 21. A modern farm house was destroyed Sunday night by fire in the Liberty sec tion Just south and west ot Dal las a few miles. The residence was owned by C. C. Ralph, a well i known hop grower and was a loss of several thousand dollars. Noth ing was saved except the clothing that was owned by the family. The fire was discovered while the family was eating supper and be fore anything could be done the building was engulfed by flames. After the disaster the neighbors in the community cared for the fam ily that night, and tbe next day Mr. Ralph came to town and se cured sufficient supplies to lake care of the needs of the family, as they will make their temporary residence in a tenant house which was on the place. Owing to the inclemancy of the weather the loss wag a great shock to the family, but so far no physical difficulties have resulted. Mr. Ralph will not "ebuild until spring. No Third Party In Divorce Case Alleges Mrs. Crum Affirming that she instituted the divorce suit against her hus band, Lester Robert Crum, of her own accord, and not through the instiimtlnti of third oarties, Mrs. Robert Crum filed her affidavit, ntstinsr that she had agreed to re- l.turn to her husband because he had "insistently avowed a change nf iiurt htkT- disoosltion toward her," in the circuit court this af ternoon. The complaint of Mrs. Crum al leges that she was beaten by her husband and that he drank lem on extract. In his motion for dis missal of the suit. Crum, allegea that a third party had persuaaen his wife to get a divorce and the action was not brought through her own desires. JnilM fienree O. BIncham sign ed an order accompanying the af fidavit, dismissing the suit. . Roma Christened With Liquid Air Returns to Base ... r. Salens. Washington, Dec 21. Atter having been christened with liquid air. the new army semi-rigid dirl- gioie noma, purchased by the United States from Italy, left Bol ting Held at 1:30 p. m. today to return to Langley field. Virginia. A warning from the weather bu reau that a storm, accompanied by high winds, was expected late to day, led to tha cancellation of much of the program which wan to sold by Tyler's Drug have accompanied her first visit hare. Coos Harbor To Be Improved Portland. Or., Dec. 21. Pro posed improvement of Coos Bay harbor by construction ot two Jet ties Is to be covered in a report now twin? nrenared by army engi neers, according to " assurances given United States Senator Me Nary and Stanfield ot Oregon, the Portland chamber ot commerce has been advised by the senators. This report will reach congress In time to be within the provisions of the rivers and harbors bill, the senators' message stated. Miss Julia Stlmson, dean of the army nurses' training school, 1 the first and only woman major la the United States army. Conference Marks Time On Navy Cd Washington, Dec. ll-M Jj sociated Press.) Tbt rnWl tiations again stood to retai ti day while the French worked of their estimates I or an aaetuatt i lotment of auxiliary craft, ti Japanese waited for further 4 vices from Toklo regudlnj &if tung and the British prepared I presentation to the eoaferenti their case for abolltioi et Hums marine. f In the Interim tbert wti wid spread speculation among gates as to what might be the mv development In thediscusilou?! ative to application ol the four power treaty to the main lands of the Japanese empis The difference In interjteu revealed yesterday between f dent Harding and the Abb plenipotentiaries led to tlef- gestlons In some uanere .;.. i.k h (kn by the IIUU Ul6" - - gates themselves further to the language ol tne w Japs Want OpenD ForSfc ! Washington, MM , i sociated Pw-Erff i . Siberian mae " ence depends Inw B itude ot the UiUt-dWW-declared today Japan s a". - wa that anj!, the conference prog taken up so far as tM were concerned. japan's V$fiv to Siberia was ("no territorial a-.-,,. CIRie ui cw" throughout Siberia . g Among some JaP" sence of a solid and fZLt ing it more difl w ? concrete sctlon : Daniels Assert Charlotte, S. r less the ub..V I "root and brancn. fl( (reached for- "ff&tr I armaments. Md t? ference will h to Its fu of the navy ,- nirhu ft dress i' r. submarl jr world Ship. hl' m l preoTcted f.'' Sanger in anjj ?
